Although Chen Lin thought he had the strength to fight the female ghost in palace dress in the demon world, he did not chase her openly. Instead, he used Chen Bao's spatial ability to search within the range of activities that did not require a guide.
But after turning around, he looked puzzled.
The female ghost in palace dress is gone!
It is very unusual to disappear in this place, after all, it is a closed place.
Unless the other party also has a pass.
After searching around again and confirming that the female ghost in palace dress was not within the normal range of activities, Chen Lin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
If the other party also has a pass, then he probably didn't appear here to hunt down Nanmen Lingyue.
Could it be that he is also exploring the Demon World, trying to find a passage to other realms through the Demon World
Chen Lin had this thought, but immediately felt it was unlikely.
As a high-level monster with normal intelligence, it is not surprising that it knows the information about the world-destroying catastrophe. However, these dark creatures originally escaped from the underworld and can completely return to the underworld. There is no need to find other realms to avoid the catastrophe.
Of course, it is also possible to look for treasures in the demon world. After all, everything is possible in the demon world.
After thinking for a while without any result, Chen Lin continued to investigate.
Although Chen Bao could not enter the area of the first-level guide, the area of the first-level guide was not large, and the barrier was invisible, so one could basically see the entire area to the end with the naked eye.
Therefore, by patrolling along the barrier, you can get a general overview of the first-level guide area.
But after looking around carefully, he still didn't see any trace of the female ghost in palace costume.
This time Chen Lin was really surprised.
If there is no first-level guide in the area, then the other party must have gone deeper. This female ghost actually has a second-level guide!
Chen Lin's heart suddenly became hot.
A second-level guide is very useful to him now. With it, he can take Chen Bao to find nodes in a larger area, especially in the island scene of Huanling Lake.
"Chen Bao, go back and change Xiao Cao over. Remember, you only need to hide in the void next to the node and monitor. No matter whether the strange creature leaves the node or not, do not take action without authorization!"
Chen Lin gave an order.
He had to enter the secondary guide area to look for the female ghost in palace costume, and by the way, determine the node location next to the pond.
But he felt a little unsafe, so he had to bring Xiaocao with him.
Originally, he wanted to exploit a loophole in the rules of the demon world and try to pass through the barrier first, and then hand the pass to Chen Bao on the other side of the barrier. If successful, then the purpose of using one pass by multiple people would be achieved. After all, the pass is not locked to the holder and can be transferred at will.
But it simply doesn't work.
As long as he tried to pass the pass to Chen Bao through the barrier, he would be judged to be back inside the barrier and would be pulled back immediately.
The rules specify the guidelines, not the people.
As long as you don't have the corresponding guide, you cannot stay in an area that you are not allowed to enter.
Chen Lin even had a feeling that the moment he passed the pass through the barrier and handed it to Chen Bao, an extremely dangerous sensation lingered around him, making him dare not make any more attempts.
If the demon world also has a world will, such violations of the rules would probably lead to fatal disasters.
In this case, this loophole in the rules can only be used on him and Xiaocao.
Perhaps this is not a loophole, but the rules themselves allow it. After all, the relationship between Xiaocao and him was established through the rules of the demon world and is recognized by the rules of the demon world.
There was no loophole to exploit, so Chen Lin could only act according to the rules. After Xiaocao came over, the two of them first patrolled the range of the first-level pass. When they found nothing, they crossed the barrier together and entered the second-level pass area.
He still looked around along the barrier, and only started a large-scale search after he did not see the shadow of the female ghost in palace dress.
"Master, there's nothing. The weird thing is gone!"
Because his speed was not as fast as Xiaocao's in the demon world, and his combat power was not as good as the other party, so Chen Lin did not move, but let Xiaocao control the sword light to search, but he didn't expect that he didn't find it.
“Gone?”
Chen Lin frowned.
He was really surprised that there wasn't even a secondary guide area.
Could it be that the female ghost in palace dress has a third-level pass, or even a higher one
"Let's go and take a look near the water pond!"
Chen Lin grabbed the white jade palm in his hand and was carried by the grass to fly towards the pond.
"Master, Chen Bao said the node is at that location, huh?"
When they were about ten feet away from the pond, the two of them landed. Xiaocao pointed to one side of the pond and started talking. Halfway through his speech, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
At this time Chen Lin also discovered something was wrong.
Right where Xiaocao pointed, there was a hint of red. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a piece of red silk used by the female ghost in palace costume!
The other party left through this node!
Chen Lin's expression changed for a while. He took a few steps forward and found that the ground below the node was also a bit messy. It seemed that a small-scale battle had taken place there.
No need to ask, there must have been friction between the female ghost in palace dress and something in the pool.
But there is another possibility.
The female ghost in palace dress did not know where the node was, but after coming here, she found the pond, was killed by the things in the pond, and was dragged into the pond.
Both possibilities are not small, but Chen Lin instinctively feels that it won’t be the latter.
The female ghost is mysterious and powerful, she shouldn't be destroyed so easily.
After sensing at close range for a while, Chen Lin also sensed the slight fluctuation of the space node.
Although he couldn't find the surrounding nodes just by walking around like Chen Bao, if he knew the exact location of the nodes, he could still sense them after careful analysis. Otherwise, it would be impossible to use the nodes to travel through space.
After walking around the pond, Chen Lin returned to the grass.
"Let's go, go back first."
No matter which situation it is, we cannot try it rashly now. Chen Lin decided to go back and study it before making a decision.
Although some unexpected events occurred, Chen Lin finally found a node that could connect to other interfaces, and he felt much better.
After leaving the Demon Realm, he first went to the entrance node of the Cang Yun Secret Realm to take a look. As expected, there were quite a few cultivators gathered there. Most of them had lower cultivation bases, or did not have the ability to break the nodes by themselves. They were waiting for someone with the ability to break the nodes to open the nodes, and then they would follow in.
After looking for a while, Chen Lin did not go in to explore, but came to the underground teleportation array, sent a communication talisman to ask Qin Lingyu to repair the teleportation array over there, and then returned to the underground residence in Huanling Lake.
"Husband!"
"Husband!"
“Daddy!”
As soon as he came out of the teleportation array, he saw his wife and daughter waiting for him. When they saw him, they immediately surrounded him and asked about his well-being.
Chen Lin suddenly felt that all the dangers were worth it.
He is not a local monk and does not have the strict hierarchical thinking of the local monks. As a time traveler, he is still influenced by the state of mind of his previous life and attaches more importance to family affection.
After spending some time with his wife and daughter, Chen Lin came to the secret room and thought about how to use this node.
First of all, we need to determine where the other end of the node is. If it is somewhere else in this world, it will be meaningless. Even if it is connected to other scenes in the demon world, it will be useless.
It has to be a different world, preferably one where one can survive normally and not be rejected.
The second point is to deal with the creatures in the pool. If this node is not resolved, he and Xiaocao may be able to break through, but Qin Lingyu and others will definitely not be able to get through.
The last difficulty is how to bring Qin Lingyu and others over if that node can be used.
The first two problems are easy to solve. As long as there is grass, there is still hope, but it requires taking some risks.
The main difficulty lies in the last one.
He didn't want to get the second-level pass. Even if he ignored the others, he couldn't get it from a few close friends, so he had to find a way from other means.
In fact, he still has some ideas.
The best one is naturally Niu Niu, but seeing the scene of Niu Niu being tied up with chains last time, there is not much hope for this line.
Then the second choice is the cat-headed monster.
The other party has a fourth-level pass, which not only allows him to travel through scenes, but also allows him to lead people through pass barriers. He demonstrated this ability last time when he rescued the Silver Fairy.
If you can get help from the other party, the problem of leading people will be easily solved.
In addition, there should be ways from traveling merchants, but meeting traveling merchants depends entirely on chance, so you cannot rely on them.
After thinking for a while, Chen Lin decided to focus on the cat-headed monster.
The other party's appearance location is limited to the Gambling Lake, and as long as you catch the Fortune Treasure Chest, you will be able to successfully trade with the other party.
Since the Silver Fairy and the others had not returned, Chen Lin continued to explore the island scene while observing the situation in Duyun Lake.
Every once in a while, go and see if there are any changes in the pond scene.
More than three months passed like this.
What disappointed Chen Lin was that he never saw any trace of the cat-headed monster. It was not known whether the monster had given up on this demonic scene or something had happened, and it actually stopped coming to Duyun Lake to fish.
This made him a little anxious.
If he cannot get the help of the cat-headed monster, he cannot explore the water pool node for the time being. If he cannot come back after entering, his wife and daughter will probably be trapped and die in this world.
Although we have the Silver Fairy, Phantom Spirit and others, we cannot rely on them absolutely. Maybe they can help us out, but it is impossible to expect them to do their best.
And asking him to abandon his wife and daughter and escape alone is not in his character.
He couldn't help Luo Qinglan in the southern world of immortal cultivation, but he couldn't ignore his wife and daughter here. If he really did that, he would despise himself, and his state of mind would be damaged, and he would never be able to achieve anything on the path of cultivation.
A few more days passed.
The Silver Fairy and the others still haven't returned, but news has come from the Cang Yun Secret Realm.
Nanmen Lingyue sent a message saying that a large number of monks had excavated Cangyun Mountain and discovered a huge Buddha statue inside the mountain. Under the Demon-Suppressing Temple was an inverted nine-story black tower with the top of the tower held in the hands of the Buddha statue, which was very strange.
Originally, Chen Lin didn't want to get involved in this matter, but when he checked the cause and effect sword recently, he found that the line of cause and effect became clearer, which made him have some bad associations.
After much hesitation, I decided to explore the Cangyun Secret Realm.