Hand country.
Chen Lin looked at the purple ring in his hand, excitement appearing in his eyes.
He didn't expect that Tan Shiyi was so powerful. He repaired this broken spiritual treasure in less than half a year.
Of course, only the main body is repaired. If you want it to become a real spiritual treasure, you also need to use the Ten Thousand Souls Creation Technique to revive it.
But this has made him very happy.
According to the other party, this treasure, whether it is the material properties or the formation and restriction properties inside, are all capable of trapping the enemy. As long as it can be activated, it will be extremely powerful.
"Yes, Master Tan really didn't disappoint me. Here are some inheritances on refining equipment. I'll give them to you!"
Chen Lin handed over several weapon-refining books to the other party, then cleared the soul imprint in the other party's body and floated away.
Soul Kingdom, the royal secret place.
Chen Lin put away the alchemy furnace, handed several bottles of first-level soul-refining pills and three fourth-level soul-refining pills to the emperor's confidant, and then came to Princess Qinghua.
"My dear, are you really going to leave?"
Princess Qinghua already knew that separation was inevitable, but she still couldn't help but persuade him, her face full of reluctance to leave.
Chen Lin took a deep breath, suppressed the reluctance in his heart, and put a pill bottle in the other person's hand.
"If you refine these soul refining pills as soon as possible, they should allow your soul to complete a second condensation. In this way, if you perform another soul fusion, you should be able to advance to the silver soul."
In addition to the three given to the emperor, he still had three fourth-level soul-refining pills left, which he gave to the other party.
The people of Soul Country are different from him. He needs the help of the "fine" fourth-level soul refining pill to advance, but the other party does not need it because they still have the means of soul fusion.
Moreover, he felt that the other party could only advance through soul fusion. After all, the other party was incomplete, and his body structure was different from that of normal people. He needed the energy of other races' magical powers to complete the defects.
Princess Qinghua held the pill bottle tightly in her hand, her face full of happiness.
It was as if what was contained inside was not elixir, but Chen Lin’s heart.
"My dear, the day of welcoming the spirit is not long away. Can you wait for a while? If I can advance to the Gintama, I can leave with you."
Although she has a deep sense of responsibility towards the country and the royal family, she would still choose to leave if she could live together with Chen Lin.
Chen Lin shook his head and said, "There is something strange about this world. I have been noticed by the so-called gods. We must not wait until the day of welcoming the gods, otherwise something unexpected may happen. You should also pay attention. Once you advance to the silver soul, you must restrain your soul power and not be discovered by the gods. If you can leave, leave as soon as possible."
"ah!"
When Princess Qinghua heard this secret, her face turned pale.
She hurriedly whispered, "Then please leave quickly, my dear. I'm fine!"
Chen Lin felt a warm current rising in his heart when he saw this, and he gently hugged the other person and whispered: "My real name is Chen Lin. If one day you leave this world, perhaps we will meet again.
After a pause, he touched her hair and said sincerely: "Although you and I are together because of that secret technique, I have accepted you. Even if I don't have the secret technique now, you are still my woman."
After saying this, he made up his mind and walked towards the depths of the secret place.
Princess Qinghua stared at him in a daze and did not follow.
He just said in a voice that no one else could hear: "Me too."
…
Chen Lin came to the place where the black fog was.
There was no obstruction along the way, and no one could stop him.
The aura of the black fog is too harmful, so there are no guards here, only patrol teams come to check every once in a while.
He took a look, and without stopping, activated the Basalt Shield and walked into the black fog.
The black fog in the edge area is not too thick, and the Basalt Shield can resist it without the power of Gintama, but it consumes a lot of mana.
After the experiment, he removed the basalt shield and allowed the black mist to wrap around his body.
A trace of strange energy invaded the body, but it did not act on the flesh, but on the soul.
This energy carried a strong sense of annihilation, and even though he had advanced to the Gintama stage, he still felt very uncomfortable.
But it just felt uncomfortable, not to the point of being hurt.
Chen Lin concentrated and sensed it for a while, and determined that the aura of this energy was the same as that of the Soul-Destroying Finger. He became more and more suspicious that the Soul-Destroying Finger secret technique was related to Qiu Daoxuan.
Just as he put away his senses and was about to move forward, a figure walked out from the black fog.
This surprised him greatly and he quickly took defensive measures.
"Hey, is that you?"
When he saw the black shadow clearly, Chen Lin exclaimed in surprise.
It turned out to be the woman in black from Qingfeng Village.
He didn't expect that the other party would come to investigate at this time. He didn't know if it was a coincidence or he was waiting for him on purpose. However, looking at the other party's exhausted and embarrassed appearance, it seemed that the investigation was not going smoothly.
The woman smiled and said, "You came very quickly, my friend. I thought I would have to wait a few more days!"
Chen Lin's eyes flashed.
Sure enough, the other party was waiting for him here.
"My friend, what else do you want to talk to me about? The deal between you and me is over."
Chen Lin's tone was cold.
In fact, when he met a monk here, he really wanted to communicate with him so as to learn about the information of the outside world.
However, the other party treated the Black Tortoise Shield as nothing, and his true identity might not be simple. He might even be a high-level cultivator pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, so he didn't want to cause any trouble.
Besides, he had already attracted the attention of the gods. With two outsiders gathered together, the target was twice as large, and the chance of being noticed by the gods increased greatly, so he had to avoid them.
"Haha, don't be nervous, I have no ill will towards you, I just came here to explore the way. However, this black fog is very harmful to the soul, and it gets thicker the deeper you go. Do you have any means to resist it?"
The woman glanced outside the black fog, and seeing that there were no guards there, she spoke with a smile.
His tone was relaxed, as if he had no guard against Chen Lin at all.
Chen Lin's eyes fell on the belt around the waist of the woman in black.
This belt has a strange shape and exudes a faint sense of rules. If I am not mistaken, it should also be a defensive spiritual treasure.
And it is even more advanced than his Basalt Shield.
Chen Lin suddenly realized.
No wonder the other party returned the Basalt Shield to him so easily, it turned out there was something better.
But this made him even more alert, preventing the other party from attacking him, killing people and stealing treasures.
After all, it is a big matter concerning leaving this world. If the other party suspects that he has a treasure that can help him leave, anything can happen.
"No."
Chen Lin shook his head and explained, "This is my first time here too, and I don't know what's going on inside the black fog."
The woman looked at Chen Lin quietly, as if trying to see if Chen Lin was lying.
Then he hesitated for a moment and said, "My name is Mu Fenglan, and I come from Tianxuan Territory. If you can take me out of here, and wait for me to return to the family, I can ask my father to give you a spiritual treasure of the spiritual transformation level."
A spiritual treasure of the spiritual level
Chen Lin was slightly stunned.
Every time a spiritual treasure is upgraded to a higher level, its power changes dramatically. If he could have a spiritual treasure of the Spiritual Transformation level, plus his second Yuanshen and Silver Soul, he would be able to fight against a Spiritual Transformation cultivator!
But he calmed down immediately.
Regardless of whether the other party's words were true or false, he had no ability to take the other party out.
Gintama can only improve his own resistance to the black fog, but cannot help others, otherwise Princess Qinghua will be taken away.
Moreover, he had tried it, and even the space bag could not block the breath of the black fog, so before entering the secret place, he had sent Xiaocao to the grove in the demon world.
"I'm sorry, I really can't help you."
Chen Lin shook his head helplessly.
In order to prevent the other party from going to extremes, he explained further, "My ability to resist this black fog is related to the magical power I have cultivated. It is only useful to me and cannot protect you."
Mu Fenglan didn't seem surprised.
He nodded and said, "It seems that you have benefited from the royal family of Soul Country and your soul has advanced. I also found out that there is a kind of elixir called Soul Refining Pill that has become popular here. I guess it must be your work?"
Chen Lin was not surprised either.
Considering that the other party can easily enter and exit this royal secret place, it is not difficult to find out some information about him.
So he readily admitted, "Indeed, I refined it, but because the raw material grade is too low and my alchemy skills are limited, the elixir I refined cannot reach the level of advancing the soul, and the remaining elixir has been given to the emperor of the Soul Kingdom, and I don't have any left."
He spread his hands and directed the blame to the emperor, to prevent him from waiting for him to leave and plotting against Princess Qinghua by taking the Soul Refining Pill.
However, if the opponent's strength is only what it has shown, it may not be able to fight against the power of the Soul Kingdom royal family.
Mu Fenglan was silent for a moment.
Then he said with a disappointed tone: "In this case, it seems that I can't leave with you. I have a token here. Can you help me take it back to my family and let my family members come to rescue me?"
After saying that, he took out a flawless white jade pendant.
He added: "I can write a letter. As long as you send the jade pendant to my family, you can get an ordinary spiritual treasure, or a treasure of the same level!"
This is not too much to ask.
Although Chen Lin thought it was troublesome, he decided to agree after some hesitation.
"Okay, but I have to make it clear in advance that I can only deliver the letter to you when I go to the interface where your family is. The time is uncertain, and there is no guarantee that it will be delivered."
Then he continued, "And a blank check won't do. In exchange, you tell me about the outside world. I come from a closed world, so I don't know much about the cultivation world."
Mu Fenglan was stunned for a moment.
Based on what she had learned these days, the person in front of her was no ordinary person. She didn't expect that he came from a low-level interface.
However, she had something to ask of someone, so in order not to upset the other party, she did not ask any more questions but nodded in agreement.
Then, the two began to talk at the edge of the black fog.
About an incense stick of time later, Chen Lin stood up and walked into the depths of the black fog.
Mu Fenglan waited quietly there. After more than an hour, she left the range of the black fog and her figure gradually faded and disappeared.