Chen Lin waited for a while, and Xiaocao's sword light appeared again, turning into a stream of light and falling beside him.
"Master, I didn't find anything unusual, but I found this!"
Xiaocao handed the thing in his hand to Chen Lin, which turned out to be the photo-retaining bead tied to the crow puppet.
"Where did you find it?"
Chen Lin asked, then wrapped the image bead in his hand with his magic power.
After checking it, he couldn't help but frown. This thing has been demonized and cannot be activated.
"Not far from the edge of the pool."
Xiaocao replied.
Then he explained, "But there is only this one. I didn't see the crow puppet. It may have fallen into the pond. Do you want to look for it in the pond?"
Chen Lin shook his head.
It's just a crow puppet, if it's gone, it's gone.
The main thing now is to determine whether there is anything dangerous in the pool. If not, he can ask Chen Bao to bring the guide over to check whether there is a node connecting to the other world in this space.
The main purpose now is to find nodes, not to explore.
After thinking about it, Chen Lin took out the white jade palm.
The evil spirit around was dispelled instantly.
He placed his white jade palm on the image-retaining bead, trying to clear away the demonic aura from it.
There is a difference between objects being demonized and people being demonized. The demonic energy on objects can be cleared away, and anyone who knows about the demon world knows this.
Not only these items that have been demonized, but even items from the demon world itself, after being brought into the real world, the aura of the demon world will slowly dissipate.
It's just a matter of time.
But there are two exceptions, namely magic coins and passes.
These two things are very special. They do not have the ability to pull people into the demon world, but at the same time, the demon world aura contained in them will not disappear.
When he was in the Silver Immortal City, he once found a magic coin left over from ancient times in a ruin. The aura on it was no different from that of the new one.
This is also very confusing. Fairy Bai Yin and others, and even Master Wan Meng, could not guess the reason.
In addition, the speed at which the demonic energy on items from the demon world dissipates is related to their level and the concentration of the demonic energy they contain. If the demonic energy is strong, even if the aura on them will dissipate, it will take a long time.
Some may not be able to dissipate completely even after hundreds or thousands of years, just like Niu Niu's doll, which has been sealed for thousands of years and is still so terrifying.
Chen Lin felt that after a person was demonized, the demonic energy in his body should automatically dissipate. However, the time was too long, and before the demonic energy could weaken, the person had already been completely demonized and turned into an mindless demon creature.
Even if he was lucky enough not to die and the evil spirit in his body was washed away by the baptism of time, it would be meaningless.
While thinking, Chen Lin observed the image bead and found that as time went by, the aura of the demonic world on the image bead gradually weakened.
His eyes suddenly lit up.
It seems that the energy in the white jade palm really has a great inhibitory effect on demonic energy. Although it cannot restore the demonized body of the Silver Fairy, it can speed up the removal of demonic energy from objects.
That's enough.
After the demonic aura on the Image-Retaining Orb was cleared away, Chen Lin tried again, and the Image-Retaining Orb was immediately activated successfully.
A series of coherent images emerged.
As the picture changed little by little, the scene of a pond finally appeared.
The crow puppet first circled around the pool, and then came directly above the pool.
At this moment, a water arrow suddenly shot out from the pool, and then the scene ended.
Obviously, the crow puppet was broken into pieces. Perhaps due to the impact of inertia, the image-retaining bead flew to the edge of the pool and did not fall into the water.
"Master, there is something in the pond. Do you want Xiaocao to catch it?"
The light of the image-retaining bead dissipated, and Xiaocao, who was also watching the scene, immediately spoke up to share his master's worries.
Chen Lin shook his head decisively and said, "Forget it. Less trouble is worse than more trouble. The most urgent task is to find the space node."
Thinking of this, he handed the white jade palm to the other party and said, "Wait here, I will go and change Chen Bao over, you take it to explore whether there are any nodes in this area."
It seems that the creatures in the pool only attack things that try to enter the pool. Xiaocao was fine when she went to get the photo beads, so there should be no problem as long as Chen Bao doesn't get close to the pool.
After giving some instructions, Chen Lin returned to the node.
Xiaocao is his servant and cannot share the pass with Chen Bao, and cannot return with him. Otherwise, after he gives the pass to Chen Bao, the other party will not be able to come over.
It's fine to just stay here.
Moreover, as long as he and the other party do not exceed the kind of mysterious connection, the other party can ignore the restrictions of the pass and return to him, so there is no need to worry about the return journey.
This can also be considered as taking advantage of a loophole in the rules of the demon world.
What also surprised Chen Lin was that although Xiaocao was a creature from the demon world, he would not be harmed by the energy of the white jade palm. Even if the other party stayed in the real world for a long time, the faint aura of the demon world in his body would not dissipate.
This situation is somewhat similar to the status of magic coins and pass, and is very special.
Chen Lin suspected that it might be because the other party was transformed into a creature from the demon world later in life, or it might be related to the special energy in the other party's body.
Of course, this is just speculation.
At present, everyone's understanding of the demon world is still superficial, and the specific reasons have to be discovered step by step.
When Chen Lin returned to the node, Chen Bao was shaking off feathers out of boredom.
"Hey, Boss, where's that little weed?"
Seeing Chen Lin coming back alone, Chen Bao immediately asked anxiously, his eyes full of worry.
Although it was always worried that Xiaocao would steal its master's favor, they fought side by side along the way and forged a deep friendship. Moreover, the other party had risked his life to save the master, so it didn't want anything to happen to the other party.
"You still have some conscience."
Chen Lin flicked Chen Bao's chicken head, then hung the pass around his neck and explained his idea.
Chen Bao suddenly felt a sense of being reused, and cried out: "Master, just wait and see. As long as there is a node here, I will find it for you!"
After saying that, he flapped his wings and flew towards the grass.
Watching the other party disappear, Chen Lin began to think about his next plan.
If there is no node here, then he will take Chen Bao to the Cangyun Secret Realm. The entrance to that secret realm should have been closed long ago, but they can try to see if they can find a node to enter like they did with the Yunding Secret Realm.
If you find it, go in and take a look.
If not, then go back and continue exploring the island scene of Huanling Lake.
"Um?"
While thinking, Chen Lin suddenly felt a spatial fluctuation.
He immediately looked towards the node and saw ripples appearing in the void there.
This surprised him a little.
In this situation, it is obvious that someone outside is trying to open the node and come in!
Chen Lin couldn't help but wonder who would appear at this time.
He had already set up a formation outside. Although the power of the formation was not very strong and could not defend against high-level cultivators, since the formation was there, it meant that someone had come in first, and latecomers should give way. This was an unwritten rule when the real body explored the demon world.
It is well known that the demon world is not suitable for multiple people to explore together.
Moreover, he only told the Silver Fairy and the others about this node, and no one else should know about it.
Under Chen Lin's vigilant gaze, the node was finally opened, and then a tall female figure suddenly rushed in.
The man's clothes were disheveled, his face was frightened, and he had several injuries on his body. He looked very miserable.
It seems like he was being chased and hid here.
And Chen Lin knows this person!
"Fellow Daoist Nanmen?"
After Chen Lin saw the other person's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but express his confusion.
"ah!"
Nanmen Lingyue was shocked because she didn't expect that there was someone standing here.
However, when she saw that it was Chen Lin, her eyes suddenly showed surprise, and then she fell to the ground.
Chen Lin frowned and didn't step forward rashly.
He waited until the ripples in space disappeared and saw no pursuers coming before he used his spiritual sense to check the opponent's body.
After a check, he found nothing abnormal, just a normal coma, so he walked up and took the person aside.
What surprised Chen Lin was that the other party did not have the Immortal Stone. In just a short while, his body had already shown signs of being demonized.
After all, the other party is only a Jindan, and does not have the strong resistance to the aura of the demon world of a Yuanying cultivator.
However, this does mean that the other party came here by chance and not specifically to explore the demon world.
Chen Lin took out a fairy stone and placed it on the opponent, then took out some healing pills and stuffed them into the opponent's mouth, then waited quietly.
After a while, Nanmen Lingyue woke up slowly.
He first checked the surrounding situation, then struggled to stand up, bowed slightly to Chen Lin and said: "Thank you, Brother Chen, for saving me."
Chen Lin waved his hands and asked in confusion: "How did you know about this demon world node?"
"Demon world?"
Nanmen Lingyue was slightly stunned. Just as she was about to speak, Chen Lin pointed at the Immortal Stone on the ground and said, "Hurry up and pick up the Immortal Stone, or you will become a monster in the demon world in a moment."
When the other party just stood up, the Immortal Stone fell off his body.
Nanmen Lingyue's heart trembled when she heard this. She also felt that a strange energy was corroding her. She immediately bent down and took the Immortal Stone in her hand.
Her clothes were already torn, and this action revealed her private parts even more. She couldn't help but blush and took out a robe from her storage bag and put it on.
Chen Lin did not shy away from the question. He just watched the man put on his clothes quietly, and then asked, "How did you get into this state? Are you being chased by some powerful enemy?"
Nanmen Lingyue calmed down and said, "Yes, I originally wanted to go to the Cangyun Secret Realm, but I didn't expect to encounter a powerful ghost. When I was fleeing, I found a formation here. I thought there was a master, so I broke the formation and went in to ask for help. Then I sensed this space node and came here with the boundary-breaking talisman."
Chen Lin nodded. This was pretty much what he thought.
The other party has special talents, so it is normal that he can sense the existence of space nodes.
However, the fact that the other party was going to the Cangyun Secret Realm made him a little confused, so he asked, "Is the entrance to that secret realm not closed yet?"