Du Dahai looked at the location Chen Lin pointed to and immediately said, "We have explored it. This should be the place where the owner of this cave practiced, but we didn't find anything."
Chen Lin frowned when he heard the other party's answer.
The person who drew the map had clearly marked this location, and he thought it was the entrance to the small spiritual realm, but he didn't expect it to be the place where the owner of the cave practiced.
"Let's go and take a look."
Since it is marked on the map, it should be treated with special attention.
The two of them used their flying skills to fly close to the ground and soon arrived at their destination.
Chen Lin looked around and then his eyes fell on a huge courtyard in the middle. The architectural style was very consistent with the style of ancient cultivators. This also proved that the first generation of ancient cultivators and human cultivators had the same origin.
It flew around the courtyard and finally landed at the door.
"Go in, and explore more carefully this time."
Chen Lin greeted and walked into the yard.
When the two of them were exploring on a large scale just now, they had been to this place before, because this was where Du Dahai found the stone spirit, and they were given special attention, but they found nothing.
There are also some plants in the courtyard that do not need sunlight, which brings some vitality. Chen Lin released his divine sense and explored them one by one, without missing any place.
But after spending a lot of time and checking everywhere, no clues were found.
What made Chen Lin a little happy was that he found another piece of stone essence under the stone chamber that Du Dahai mentioned. It was an unexpected surprise.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, we searched this place for a long time last time and tried every possible method. There is definitely no secret room with any mechanism. Moreover, after so many years, some of the formations here are no longer effective. There is no such thing as an illusion formation."
Seeing that Chen Lin was still not giving up, Du Dahai immediately tried to persuade him.
Chen Lin looked at the courtyard again. He always felt that something was wrong here, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
After thinking about it, he temporarily put aside his doubts and said to Du Dahai: "Then let's go somewhere else first."
The search lasted for more than a month, and it can be said that every location in the cave was checked, and the only thing left was to dig three feet into the ground.
But the harvest was minimal.
"What are your plans?"
After confirming that the entrance to the small spiritual realm could not be found, Chen Lin asked Du Dahai.
It has been more than a month since they came in, and the Tianluo people's sacrificial activities are estimated to have ended. If the plans of the various gathering places to sacrifice pawns to save the king were successful, then the situation should have returned to its previous state, and they can return to the gathering places and continue to survive.
"I plan to practice with Fellow Daoist Chen in this place for a while, first improve my cultivation, and then leave the snowy land and venture out to other places."
"Oh? Where are you going, the swamp?"
Chen Lin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the other party still wanted to leave the snow.
Du Dahai's eyes showed a look of longing, and he said, "I have read in an ancient book that if you keep walking eastward along the snowy land, you will come across a place like a paradise, where there are beautiful mountains and clear waters, countless natural treasures, and even a legendary spiritual vein. I want to go and see it."
"A paradise on earth? What book did you read about this? Is it accurate?"
The other party's words made Chen Lin somewhat tempted.
He had checked many related books before, but had not obtained this information. However, since the first generation of ancient cultivators chose this snowy land as their base, that paradise must not be a safe place.
"Of course I can't guarantee its accuracy. It's a bamboo scroll passed down by the first generation of ancient cultivators. It has a simple description. However, the Tianluo people made such a big fuss this time, and the next time may be even bigger. It's impossible to be so lucky to survive every time. It's better to go to other areas to have a look."
After saying this, Du Dahai looked at the sky-covering stone above his head and said, "We cultivators have a long lifespan, but what's the point of hiding in this cave all day long? So even if it's dangerous outside, as long as I can appreciate the beauty of the legendary mountains and rivers, I will die without regrets."
Chen Lin glanced at the other party and nodded, "Daoyou, you see it clearly. Immortality without freedom is not immortality. Moreover, in such a bitter and cold place, leaving is indeed the best choice."
Having said that, he didn't think highly of the other party.
The cultivators here have all practiced the Tianyan Jue and have gone astray. The Lianxu realm is their end point, and there is absolutely no possibility of entering the Hedao realm. They cannot even reach the Dao rhyme.
Even though the realm of refining emptiness can theoretically allow for immortality, and cultivators here do not have to worry about heavenly tribulations, but being trapped in one place all the time makes it impossible to hone one's mind, and the tribulations of the inner demons are extremely fierce.
Immortal cultivators go against the will of heaven and there is no shortcut at all. Even if they can leave here, they don't have much potential on the path to the great road.
Du Dahai had no idea what Chen Lin was thinking, but when he heard Chen Lin's words, he suddenly felt heroic.
"That's right. One must see different things in one's lifetime. Otherwise, what's the difference between living a thousand years and one day? Besides, I also want to try my best to achieve the path to immortality mentioned in the classics!"
"Well, fellow Taoist, have high aspirations!"
Chen Lin gave a thumbs up and expressed his appreciation.
There are fifty avenues and forty-nine heavenly paths. As long as the will is there, there is a glimmer of hope.
No one can determine success or failure unless you fight to the end!
After making the decision, the two of them each chose a place to practice, and Du Dahai chose a location near the eye of the storm.
The so-called eye of the wind is the place where the air is exchanged between the underground cave and the outside world. Although high-level Tianyan Stone is used, it can block the gap of the eye of the wind and isolate the Tianluo people from sensing.
For the cave monks who practice the Tianyan Jue, the eye of the wind is equivalent to the spiritual vein. On the contrary, the small spiritual realm, a place with abundant spiritual energy, is a Jedi because there is no alien energy.
But Chen Lin couldn't do that. He couldn't find the small spiritual realm, so he could only rely on spiritual crystals and elixirs, so it was the same no matter where he was.
He was not in a hurry to practice, but came to the cave owner's courtyard again.
Because he suddenly remembered what the strange feeling was before.
Demonic energy!
In that room with stone spirits, there is the aura of the demonic world!
The breath was very faint, almost undetectable, so he ignored it and didn't think in that direction.
Arriving at the room, Chen Lin closed his eyes slightly and concentrated on sensing.
Sure enough, his feeling was not wrong, it was the breath of the demon world, he was too familiar with this breath.
Chen Lin sensed the wall little by little, then came to the adjacent room, and finally stood in front of a wall.
With a flip of his wrist, a flying sword appeared in his hand, and he controlled it to stab into the wall.
The walls here are all made of natural stone and are not very strong. The formations arranged on them have long been ineffective and can be easily penetrated.
Chen Lin frowned when he saw this, and retreated out of the room. Then he took out a puppet and commanded it to pull out the flying sword.
Suddenly, a strong aura of the demonic world emanated from the sword hole.
“There really is a mezzanine!”
Chen Lin asked the puppet to take a piece of Tianyan Stone from another place, break it and plug the sword hole, so that the evil spirit would no longer leak out.
There was a glint in his eyes.
This Tianyan Stone can actually isolate the evil spirit and will not be demonized. It is truly extraordinary.
However, what is used here is also high-end products like Fengkou, and I don’t know how the ordinary effects are.
On second thought, it's actually useless.
If this thing wants to isolate the evil spirit, it must form a sealed space. Only a higher level of stone essence can achieve the effect of the Immortal Stone.
The stone essence seems to be extremely precious and not easy to obtain.
He still had to practice here and couldn't let this place turn into a demonic environment. After thinking about it, Chen Lin released a large number of puppets and started to transform the room.
All other places were demolished, and then the demolished sky-covering stones were rebuilt to surround the mezzanine walls, and even the underground and the top were sealed tightly.
If his guess was correct, there should be a node in the demon world in the mezzanine, and only at the node would the demonic energy leak.
If that's true, then it would be very useful to him. Once a powerful Tianluo person comes looking for him, he can hide in the demon world.
Of course, it takes some careful planning.
First of all, you have to figure out what the scene is like inside this node and whether it is dangerous or not. You also have to ensure the stability of the node, otherwise it will be troublesome if the node collapses and traps him inside.
The most important thing is to be on guard against the possibility that there is a silver-level scene inside. If it is a silver-level scene, once you enter, you may not be able to get out.
But no matter what, this node must be explored. Not only can it serve as a shelter, but if there are other nodes in the scene, he can leave this damn place!
While he was thinking, the puppet had already built the isolation wall. Chen Lin thought about it, took out the bronze coffin to protect himself, entered the grove of the Demon Realm and brought Fat Tiger out.
"Master, there is a demonic aura here."
Fat Tiger was very sensitive to evil spirits and he realized something was wrong as soon as he came out.
"Um."
Chen Lin responded and then expressed his thoughts.
"Okay, Master. Just leave it to me."
Fat Tiger immediately patted his chest and made a promise.
"Be careful and leave immediately if anything unusual happens."
Chen Lin gave an order, put away the other puppets, left the isolation wall, and blocked the exit.
At the same time, vigilance was increased.
He suspected that the reason why the first generation of ancient cultivators here moved their caves was because of this node. Ordinary nodes would definitely not make the first generation of ancient cultivators fearful. It is possible that a creature from the demon world escaped from the node.
If he didn't have high hopes for this node, he wouldn't touch it.
"Master, it's okay. It is indeed a node, but it is no longer leaking demonic energy."
After a while, Fat Tiger's voice was heard from inside.
Chen Lin's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he opened the entrance and walked in.
Sure enough, the demonic energy was not that strong.
At this moment, the mezzanine wall has been completely pushed down. If you sense it carefully, you can feel that there is a subtle fluctuation of the space node at the position half a meter high of the original wall.
But the node was normal and no evil energy leaked out.
This situation made Chen Lin even more suspicious that the evil spirit here was caused by creatures from the demon world.
"Master, I'll go in and check it out!"
After Chen Lin finished his inspection, Fat Tiger immediately volunteered.