Life outside the city.
In a secret room in a deserted mountain.
Chen Lin's figure flashed, he looked around, and then nodded.
This one-time teleportation talisman is quite effective, mainly because there are no formations in this world, and the royal secret area is only guarded by people with supernatural powers. They probably never expected that someone would leave by teleportation.
Although he was confident in his own strength, he still kept this backup plan before refining the elixir.
The emperor of the time had no idea that he and Princess Qinghua had switched positions as master and servant. Seeing that he had refined the fourth-grade soul-refining pill, he might have some ideas. Moreover, he was not sure whether there were any hidden masters in the royal family, so it was worth wasting a disposable teleportation array to avoid risks.
He has set up several such teleportation arrays, even one in Qingfeng Village. Over the years, he has accumulated a lot of similar array equipment.
However, a teleportation device of this level can only be effective here. The cultivators have plenty of means to interrupt the teleportation and it is impossible for them to give you time to activate the teleportation talisman. Only the instantaneous teleportation jade talisman like the one he gave to Chen Ling'er can be used, but that kind of treasure is hard to come by.
After checking and making sure that no one had entered the secret room, Chen Lin set up an isolation array and began to refine the elixir.
In the royal secret place.
After listening to Sima Liancheng's description, the middle-aged emperor looked at Princess Qinghua with a puzzled look.
He was very familiar with the secret art of dual cultivation. Once the soul entanglement was completed, although the controlled party had independent consciousness, it would never leave alone without saying goodbye, so he thought it was a signal from Princess Qinghua.
"Qinghua, even if you really have feelings for Lin Feiyu, you must put the royal family first. After all, he is from the outside world. People who are not of our race must have different hearts. I am not greedy for that soul refining pill, but this kind of pill must be controlled by our royal family. Otherwise, if it is obtained by other people with ulterior motives, I am afraid that disaster will arise."
The middle-aged emperor suppressed his anger and explained the seriousness of the matter to Princess Qinghua in a gentle tone.
Princess Qinghua's expression changed, but it was not because of the soul-refining pill, but because she was worried that Chen Lin would leave without saying goodbye.
This made her very disappointed.
"Okay, you can make your own decision on this matter, but remember, even if you don't want to force the other party to hand over the pill, you can't let the pill flow out, and it's best for you to use it, not the other party. Although the secret technique is powerful, you can't trust it too much."
The middle-aged emperor still needed Princess Qinghua to stabilize his throne, so he didn't dare to say anything too harsh and could only persuade her in a tactful way.
Then he left the secret room with a gloomy look.
"Prince."
As soon as the emperor left, Sima Liancheng suddenly spoke, attracting Princess Qinghua's attention.
Then the white-bearded old man reached into the space bag on his waist and took out a small, white, round bottle.
Under the puzzled gaze of Princess Qinghua, he handed the bottle over and said, "This is the magical blood crystal that I condensed with my own blood essence. It has a certain power of time. As long as it is placed in this bottle, it can be preserved for a long time. You can pass it to Master Lin on my behalf and tell him that I gave it to him."
Princess Qinghua was stunned.
It took him a while to react. He looked at the other person in astonishment, frowned slightly and said, "Did you see something in the future picture?"
The other party's action was so abrupt that she couldn't help but doubt it.
Sima Liancheng just smiled and said, "My magical power is vague, what can I see? I just want to make a good relationship. But don't tell your majesty about this matter. Condensing this blood crystal will damage the magical power. The power of the next magical power will be greatly weakened."
Having said this, his body shook violently.
His expression changed slightly, but immediately returned to normal.
Then he said calmly, "Inform His Majesty that I have been using my magical powers continuously and have run out of energy. Arrange for someone to inherit my magical powers to come here immediately!"
After saying this, he closed his eyes and said no more.
…
Three months later.
Inside the mountain's secret chamber.
Chen Lin sat upright on a cushion, emitting a strange aura that was sometimes strong and sometimes weak.
Finally, the breath weakened and disappeared.
"Not yet?"
Chen Lin opened his eyes with a gloomy face.
A group of four arms circled around and produced a total of five pills. When it came to refining the second pill, the light particles in the soul had completed the second condensation.
He thought that with one more he would be able to advance easily, but the reality was that after using two in a row, he still could not fuse all the light particles into a whole.
He took out the last Soul Refining Pill, looked at it, and put it away.
In this situation, it’s not a question of how many pills there are, but rather that the level of the pills is not high enough!
The medicinal strength of the fourth-level soul-refining pill is not enough to complete the final fusion. If you want to advance, you have to use a higher-level soul-refining pill.
With a sigh, Chen Lin stood up, put away the formation equipment, and then left the secret room.
Prince's Mansion.
"You want a five-armed circumambulation?"
When Princess Qinghua heard Chen Lin's question, she immediately shook her head and said, "No, as far as I know, the highest level of circumnavigation beast is the four-arm circumnavigation beast. I have never heard of a higher level, but it is not certain. I will go and find out now!"
After not seeing her for several months, she had lost a lot of weight.
Although I knew that Chen Lin would leave sooner or later and I was mentally prepared, it was still very painful to actually part with him.
When Chen Lin returned, she suddenly looked radiant.
Looking at the other party's impetuous appearance, Chen Lin's eyes lost their indifference and showed a hint of tenderness.
Although he was not a person who would repay evil with kindness, he was not a cold-blooded person either. This woman finally made him let go of his resistance and left a trace in his heart.
It was not until the evening that Princess Qinghua returned.
But he brought back bad news. There was no five-armed beast in the royal treasury, and there was no information about four-armed beasts in any classics.
This made Chen Lin very depressed.
He thought it would be difficult to advance to Gintama. After all, in hundreds of years, the entire Soul Kingdom had only produced one retired emperor.
But he didn't expect it to be so difficult.
From the time he got the recipe for the Soul Refining Pill until now, he had taken the pills from the first level all the way up to the fourth level. He had no idea how many pills he had consumed, but he still hadn't been able to advance successfully.
Although the more difficult the advancement, the greater the power after the advancement, but he is now eager to leave this world. If he does not reach Gintama, he will not be able to enter the black fog to find the node.
And if the fourth-level soul refining pill doesn't work, and he can't perform the soul fusion, doesn't that mean he will never be able to advance and will be trapped here
No, I can't give up!
Chen Lin thought of a solution quickly.
Finally, he decided to double or several times the amount of various alchemy materials, to accumulate the medicinal effects by quantity, to see if he could refine a more effective pill.
This is the only solution.
However, the other materials are fine, but I don’t know whether the output speed of Sima Liancheng’s time power can reach the required amount.
Moreover, when refining in this way, the consumption of luck to correct the thread of destiny will definitely increase. The luck fish will definitely not work, but I hope the golden crab can do it. Otherwise, I will have to use the big lobster.
Chen Lin felt helpless.
It's a pity that the golden toad in Duyun Lake now dislikes him, otherwise he should go fishing for the fortune treasure chest, perhaps he can change his current predicament.
"My dear."
Just as he was thinking, the voice of Princess Qinghua suddenly rang out.
Then Chen Lin saw the other party handing him a small round bottle.
"This is?"
He looked at the other person in confusion.
"Sima Liancheng is dead!"
Princess Qinghua said something that surprised Chen Lin.
"Dead, how did he die?"
The last time I saw him, although he was very old, he didn't look too dead. It felt like he should live a few more years.
Princess Qinghua hesitated for a moment and said, "He used his magical powers too many times in a short period of time, overdrawing his energy, and he seems to have lived long enough."
After saying that, she handed the vial to Chen Lin.
"This is what he asked me to give you before he died. He said that this is a blood crystal that he condensed with his own blood essence. It contains the power of time and is purer than the power of time that he released directly with his magical powers."
"oh?"
Chen Lin was a little surprised.
He opened the bottle in confusion and saw half a bottle of blood-colored crystals the size of soybeans in the bottle.
Concentrating and sensing it, I found that it indeed contained a rich power of time.
Chen Lin closed the bottle, looked at Princess Qinghua, frowned and said, "Did the other party say anything when he gave you this thing? Why do you think he was so nice?"
It can be said that he has nothing to do with Sima Liancheng, and the other party's death is related to him. There is no reason for the other party to give him such a big gift.
Besides, the other party knew that he was going to die, so it was impossible for him to get anything from him.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong, and we have to find out.
Princess Qinghua also seemed very puzzled, and recalled: "I think the other party may have seen something from the future picture when cooperating with you to refine the elixir, but the other party did not give a clear answer, but just said that he wanted to establish a good relationship."
"Good fate?"
Chen Lin was even more confused.
What's the point of good karma now that the person is dead? Does he want him and Princess Qinghua to take care of each other's families
Thinking of this, he asked, "Does Sima Liancheng have any offspring?"
Princess Qinghua shook her head. "No, the inheritors of this magical power in the past all had many wives and concubines and countless children, but Sima Liancheng doesn't have a single family record. It is said that he was born with a disease and cannot have sexual relations."
These words made Chen Lin even more confused. He had no idea what Sima Liancheng was up to.
After thinking for a while, he stopped thinking about it.
The other party might have really seen the future and knew that his breakthrough would fail, so he left this thing behind.
But no matter what the other party intends to do, at this moment, this half bottle of blood crystal is a timely help to him.
Chen Lin was not worried that the other party would tamper with the blood crystal. He relied on his innate ability to refine the pill. As long as the pill was successful, it meant that there was no problem with the pill.
This way, his previous idea could be put to the test.