After waiting for a while, still no one came out, Chen Lin couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that these two people can't get out.
This was the result he least wanted to see, but there was nothing he could do about it. Moreover, in this way, he could not be sure whether the difficulty of the next task would increase. If he wanted to transfer back to the Star South Realm, he had to think carefully.
After staring at the node, Chen Lin withdrew his gaze.
Now he didn't know what was going on inside, so he didn't dare to go in and check it out. So he told Hua Ruyu to stay here, and he took Xiaocao and left the spirit boat to explore the surrounding waters to prevent the presence of powerful monsters.
Without the suppression in their cultivation, the two explored very quickly.
The range was expanded in circles, but no monster was detected. However, a reef was found a hundred miles away.
Chen Lin went deep beneath the sea, took out several positioning instruments and placed them at different depths. He also opened up a small space inside the reef and set up a disposable teleportation array.
According to Gou Yushan, most of the entire spiritual and demonic world is sea, there are only one or two places that can be called land, and the rest are islands of varying sizes.
The sea is so vast that if there is nothing to locate you, it will be difficult to find you again once you leave.
Next, he took Xiaocao and found several reefs and even a very small island. After marking them all, he returned to the spirit boat.
"Um?"
Not long after returning to the spirit boat, Chen Lin's expression changed and he looked towards the node location.
Then I saw waves appearing at the nodes, forming a ripple.
Then, a petal floated out from it.
There were only petals but no shadows. Chen Lin was a little confused. He immediately took out the crow puppet and flew over to catch the petals and brought them back.
After carefully examining it and making sure that the petals showed no signs of being demonized, he took them in his hand.
As soon as he sensed it, he frowned.
The soul fluctuations in the petals have become extremely weak and are in danger of collapsing in the next moment.
After thinking about it, he rummaged through his storage bag, found some materials, took out the alchemy furnace and began to refine the pill.
Soon, a pill came out of the oven. He immediately took it and placed it together with the flower petals. Then the energy in the pill was absorbed by the flower petals bit by bit.
Seeing this, he nodded and felt relieved.
Three days later.
The entire pill was absorbed, and the petals finally glowed with a faint fluorescence.
Then, a barely perceptible shadow appeared.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen, for saving my life."
The voice of the Fairy of Flowers was weak, but she still managed to bow to Chen Lin.
Chen Lin immediately waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, fellow Daoist. How do you feel now? Is your soul source still stable?"
"Fortunately, although I am very weak, the worry of the origin collapse has been resolved."
After saying that, Fairy Baihua looked at Chen Lin and said, "Brother Chen, the elixir you gave me is specifically for the soul body, right? The effect is truly miraculous. Do you have any more?"
"Yes, this is the Nine Revolutions Soul Condensing Pill from the Ji family in the lower realm. I have the recipe and some materials. I can refine it anytime you need it."
The Fairy of Flowers was suddenly refreshed and thanked him again.
Chen Lin glanced at the node where there were no ripples and asked, "What happened inside? Is Gou Yushan still alive?"
Fairy Baihua shook her head and said, "Nothing has changed. It's still the same as before. As long as you attack those statues, warriors will appear. Although their appearances are different, they are all wearing black armor, so they should be of the same level."
Having said that, she glanced at Hua Ruyu behind Chen Lin.
He continued, "But that general was very terrifying. He killed Gou Yushan with just one shot. After he was killed, he turned into a withered statue and became a member of the withered statue army. I didn't dare to act rashly. I pondered and formulated a plan to deal with the enemy. That's why I was delayed for so long. It's all thanks to the jade talisman of fellow Taoist. Otherwise, I would have no chance of survival."
Chen Lin didn't look surprised at all.
After he understood the rules, he knew there was no way he could get out of Gouyushan alive.
The opponent is far inferior in both means and will. It’s okay to bully the weak, but it’s impossible for him to defeat such a powerful creature from the demon world.
He was waiting here, mainly for the Fairy of Flowers. No matter what, the other party had been very caring towards Luo Qinglan, so there was a favor between them.
It was for this reason that he handed over the Soul Sword Jade Talisman that he kept for his own life to the other party. The price of this talisman was higher than that of a fine spiritual treasure.
"So what does Daoist Baihua plan to do? Stay here or go back to Xingnan Realm?"
Chen Lin asked again.
At the same time, looking at the other party's petals, this thing should have the ability to store space, otherwise I couldn't see where the other party's token was placed.
"I won't go back to Xingnan Realm. Anyway, I can't practice in my current state. It's the same wherever I go. If I go back, I have to be on guard against my reincarnation. Why, fellow Taoist, do you want to go back?"
Fairy Baihua looked at Chen Lin and then advised: "Tianxuan Day is coming soon. Even if there is no danger to my reincarnated body, it is not suitable to stay there any longer. It is better to wait until Tianxuan Day is over."
Chen Lin also knew this, but Mu Xingchen was probably about to come to Zhongzhou City. If he couldn't find him by then, he might think something had happened to him.
Moreover, without him, if danger arises during the interface fusion, it will be difficult for the other party and Luo Qinglan to survive.
Besides, he had another worry.
It is unknown whether the reincarnated body will stay in Zhongzhou City, and whether it will find out information about him. If his cave is really found, Mu Xingchen and the others will be in great danger.
However, it is definitely impossible to return in the near future. The reincarnated body is likely to be guarding outside the node, so we have to be on guard.
Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Chen Lin refined another Nine-Transformation Soul-Condensing Pill. After handing it to the Fairy of Flowers, he controlled the spirit boat to the island he had discovered before.
He used the formation plate to set up several formations, and then continued to explore the surrounding sea while waiting for the Fairy of Flowers to recover.
Three months passed.
After using up several pills, Fairy Baihua had finally recovered, and was even more solid than when she first started.
At this time, the materials for refining the elixir have been exhausted, so the process has to be interrupted.
The exploration of the surrounding sea areas was also expanded to a very far range, but apart from the discovery of two more small islands, no other discoveries were made.
However, this world also has day and night, sun, moon and stars. Except for the time of day being different from that in the Southern Star Realm, there is basically no difference.
Even the rules between heaven and earth can be pried open a little, and the realm of the soul can be exerted, which means that this place has a certain connection with the interface of cultivators and the power of rules is of the same origin.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, should we choose a direction to continue exploring and find the gathering place of the cultivators here?"
The Fairy of Flowers came to Chen Lin and offered suggestions.
Ever since the Nine Revolutions Soul Condensing Pill was cut off, her soul could no longer continue to condense. It would have been fine if there was no hope, but now that she had hope but it was interrupted, she was very unwilling to accept this, so she urgently wanted to find a place where cultivators gathered to collect materials for alchemy.
Chen Lin knew what the other party was thinking, but he didn't want to have too much contact with the practitioners here. He just wanted to wait here, and after the Tianxuan Day passed, he would return to the Xingnan Realm.
Although the situation here is similar to that of the cultivator's world, it is not suitable for him to practice at all because of the mixture of demonic energy.
It is true that using pills and spirit stones can help one to practice normally, but they will eventually run out. In addition, according to the information provided by Gou Yushan before, the 'spirits' here are similar in physique to the other side, while the 'demons' are of another type, and none of them are the same as them, so they are easily regarded as aliens here.
Seeing that Chen Lin did not respond, the Fairy of Flowers was helpless and could only use a secret technique to allow the soul to recover naturally.
A few days later, Chen Lin suddenly took Hua Ruyu away from the island and came to the node.
He took out a storage bag and a token and handed them to the other party, saying: "Take the token and never leave it. I may summon you back at any time and need you when the time comes."
"yes!"
Hua Ruyu took the thing and put it into her cloak.
Chen Lin reminded again: "Please put your own safety first. If you find something wrong after leaving the node, return immediately and I will think of other ways."
"Okay, Master. I'll remember that."
Hua Ruyu agreed, came to the node, waved her hand and sent out a ray of white light, and the node was broken instantly.
When Chen Lin saw this scene, his eyes lit up with surprise. His new servant was really extraordinary. In addition to the three abilities of the tricolor flower, he recently gained a new spatial magical power.
The other party's spatial ability is stronger than Luo Qinglan's, and he can even teleport. This is why he came up with the idea of asking the other party to go back.
"I'm leaving master!"
Hua Ruyu reported and entered the node.
After a while, he came out again and said to Chen Lin: "Master, there is nothing unusual inside."
Then enter it again.
Chen Lin was surprised. This was not his order. The other party could actually think of this. He was indeed much smarter than Xiaocao. He was so smart that he didn't seem like a demon creature whose memory had been erased.
He had a premonition that sooner or later the other party would break away from the rules of the demon world and leave him.
Don't think too much about it. We can worry about the future later. Now it's enough as long as it is useful to him.
Then, Chen Lin's mind moved, and he manifested the line of destiny in his sea of consciousness, imagining himself returning to the Southern Star Realm, but no corresponding line appeared.
He shook his head to disperse the picture. The future was full of changes and could not be predicted.
When he made predictions for Hua Ruyu before, he could see some lines in the long river of fate. Although they were vague, he did not see any obvious breaks. This was one of the reasons why he asked her to go back.
Next, Chen Lin took out the spirit boat and hid at the node and waited.
Early morning ten days later.
Chen Lin watched as usual, and then he saw the node sway and Hua Ruyu's figure appeared.
Just as he was about to go forward, he saw another figure leap out from inside, which made him stop!