In a hurry to get the marrow of spiritual gold to prevent any trouble, Chen Lin went to a coastal market after landing and used the teleportation array to directly arrive at Bamian City.
This is a very large and prosperous city.
After all, it is the headquarters of the world's top trading company, and there are powerful Void Refining masters in charge, so it will naturally attract many cultivators to settle here.
After walking out of the teleportation hall, Chen Lin made some inquiries and went straight to the reception desk of the Bamian Trading Company headquarters.
"Oh? It's Miss Thirty-Six's keepsake?"
Chen Lin displayed his spiritual cultivation, and was immediately greeted by a deacon elder. After seeing the jade pendant that Chen Lin took out, he immediately spoke.
Chen Lin was a little surprised that Huang Ying was ranked thirty-sixth. It seemed that this Qingyun ancestor had many descendants.
The deacon elder carefully identified it and said apologetically: "I can't handle this thing. Senior, please follow me to see the great elder!"
Then, Chen Lin was taken to a grand courtyard, and after some procedures, he met the so-called great elder.
The other party was a burly old man with a dignified look on his face and his cultivation had reached the perfect level of spiritual transformation.
"How did you get this jade pendant, fellow Daoist?"
Feeling the strong aura from Chen Lin, the Great Elder slowed down his tone and went straight to the point.
This was exactly what Chen Lin wanted, so he explained the matter of the golden island.
The great elder nodded and flicked the jade pendant. The jade pendant began to glow dimly and then revealed Chen Lin's appearance.
Chen Lin's eyes showed strangeness, but he didn't say anything.
"Yes, it is indeed Thirty-Six's token, and the character also matches. Thirty-Six has sent a message back. Daoist friend needs the Spirit Gold Marrow, right?"
After the Great Elder confirmed it, he put down the jade pendant and said to Chen Lin.
Seeing the other party's reaction, Chen Lin couldn't help but feel depressed and felt that something was going to happen.
However, he had anticipated this. After all, the Spirit Gold Marrow was a rare treasure. Huang Ying had compelling reasons to make the promise under the circumstances at the time, and it was also possible that the headquarters would go back on its word.
After all, it was Huang Ying who signed the spiritual contract with him, not the manager of the Bamian Trading Company headquarters.
"Yes, I do need the Spirit Gold Marrow. I hope the Great Elder will fulfill his promise."
Chen Lin put away his speculation and spoke calmly.
He is determined to obtain the Spirit Gold Marrow, and this is what he deserves. If the other party really goes back on his word, he will not let it go easily. The day he is promoted to the Refining Void Stage will be the day when this business will be destroyed!
Seeing Chen Lin's calm demeanor, the elder's eyes flashed with a strange look, and then he smiled and said, "As a well-known company in Tiancang Realm, our company will naturally not break its promise. It's just that the Spirit Gold Marrow is too rare, and we don't have any in stock at the moment. If you can change the conditions, that would be great. If you must have the Spirit Gold Marrow, you'll have to wait for some time, and we'll need to negotiate with other companies."
Chen Lin's expression softened.
This makes sense.
Although he still had some doubts and didn't want to delay any further, but since the other party had said so and he also planned to stay here for a while, he nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I'll trouble you, Great Elder. Just let me know when you have any news. I hope it won't take too long."
Chen Lin took out the communication talisman and handed it to the other party, and asked casually: "The golden island has been mined, I wonder what treasure the golden pillar is?"
The Great Elder smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Then he said, "To be honest, fellow Daoist, the island has indeed been mined, but the pillar cannot be shaken at all. Now Patriarch Qingyun has gone to check it out in person, but no news has been sent back yet."
Chen Lin looked surprised.
Even Patriarch Qingyun went there in person. It seems that the golden pillar is really extraordinary.
After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively: "Then, Great Elder, do you know if there are any unusual changes in the pillar? How deep is it inserted into the seabed? There must be an end, right?"
"Nothing has changed. The exact depth is still under investigation. The ore at the bottom of the sea is extremely hard and difficult to penetrate with spiritual power, so the excavation speed is very slow."
The Great Elder replied.
Then he looked over and said, "But there are the words 'Ruyi' on that giant pillar, which seems to mean it is retractable. When Fellow Daoist Chen discovered this object, was it under the water or above the water?"
"As one wishes?"
Hearing these two words, Chen Lin's expression suddenly became strange.
But he immediately calmed down and replied, "When I found it, it was above the water, emitting golden light. At that time, I thought it was an island, so I went to take a look."
After saying that, he stood up and put away Huang Ying's jade pendant.
Then he clasped his fists towards the old man and said, "In that case, I will not waste the Great Elder's time any longer. I hope that the Great Elder can retrieve the Spirit Gold Marrow as soon as possible. Farewell."
After leaving the courtyard, Chen Lin found a wine house to sit in. While tasting the wine, he thought about the information he got from the great elder.
Everything else was secondary. He never expected that there were words on the pillar.
The most important thing is the word "Ruyi".
These two words gave him endless imagination.
Fortunately, there was no golden hoop on the pillar, otherwise he would have thought it was the Ruyi Jingu Bang from the mythology of his previous life!
Could it really be the Ruyi Jingu Bang
This idea suddenly occurred to Chen Lin's mind.
Although it is ridiculous, it is not impossible.
The demon world can project everything, so it is possible that the Monkey King and the Ruyi Jingu Bang were projected out. If they were really projected and happened to be brought out of the demon world and dropped here, wouldn’t that be the Ruyi Jingu Bang
Moreover, the golden pillar also carries the aura of Buddhism. The Monkey King is also a Buddha, so the two seem to be closely related.
After thinking for a while, Chen Lin smiled.
This is really getting more and more outrageous the more I think about it. The Buddhism in this world is completely different from that in the previous life, and no mythological figures from the previous life have appeared there, so it is definitely not a realm, or even a meta-realm.
So far, he has never seen any characters from his previous life in the scenes of the demon world he has come into contact with. He must have thought that the projection of the demon world was also limited, and that golden pillar could not be the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
Putting aside the unrealistic ideas, Chen Lin left the Ling Tavern and began to wander around the city.
Although this is the headquarters of Bamian Trading Company, there are also other shops here. It is a city dominated by commerce, with a wide variety of shops, making it a good place to collect resources.
Unfortunately, in this world, cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage are the pinnacle, so treasures that can assist in advancing to the Nascent Soul stage are extremely rare. It is impossible to buy them in stores, and one can only wait and see if they can be found at the True Spirit Conference.
"Boss, I want these books. Give me one!"
Chen Lin came to a shop that specialized in selling various ancient cultivation books and spoke after looking through the catalog.
"Okay, please wait a moment, senior."
Selling classics is a no-cost business and not many can be sold in a day. When the shopkeeper saw that Chen Lin wanted to buy, he immediately smiled happily.
After taking out all the books that Chen Lin wanted, the shopkeeper introduced them diligently: "I see that what you want are books about the origin of the interface and strange stories. I have a special one here. I wonder if you are interested?"
"Oh? What's the special method?"
Chen Lin flipped through the book and asked.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Senior, have you ever heard of the historian turtle?"
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, do you have this kind of strange monster in your store?"
The Historian Tortoise is a legendary monster that likes to record the information it learns on its back. Because of its long lifespan, people can learn about history from the words on its back, hence its name.
But this creature only exists in legends and is a divine beast. Even if it is a descendant of its bloodline, it must be at least a sixth-rank monster and cannot be easily killed.
"Senior, you are joking. How could my small shop have such a thing? I just got a copy of the text copied from the tortoise shell of the descendants of the ancient historian turtle."
The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly and explained.
Chen Lin became interested and asked, "It's just a tortoise shell. How many words can be recorded? Moreover, it's a rubbing version. I'm afraid it's impossible to restore all the information, right?"
The shopkeeper shook his head. "I really can't be sure about this. Senior may not know that the back of the descendant of the historian turtle is a fairy text. One character contains countless meanings. This kind of fairy text cannot be deciphered by a small shop, so I sell it directly in its original form. If you want to buy it, don't say I'm deceiving you."
"Xianwen? I'd like to see it. What's the price?"
Chen Lin became more interested.
The so-called immortal text here is Taixu text. However, this world only has legends about Taixu text, or a few characters appear in some ancient relics, but no one has ever heard of anyone who can decipher Taixu text.
The other party's thing was lucky to meet him, otherwise it would be difficult to sell it. I guess they thought he was a sucker.
In this case, Chen Lin took the opportunity to be cheated and directly bought the original version of the rubbing at a high price.
Originally, due to the purity of the bloodline of the descendants of the historian turtle, the characters generated were a bit blurry, and the second rubbing was even more distorted and prone to errors.
After leaving the shop, Chen Lin no longer had the heart to continue shopping. He found an inn and rented an independent courtyard. After setting up the formation, he took out the rubbings to look at them.
The material of this rubbing is very strange. It is translucent and looks like the skin of some creature, but there are almost no visible lines. The rubbing characters are very clear.
However, the characters themselves were somewhat distorted, and they were superimposed on each other, so the lines were very confusing. It took Chen Lin a long time to recognize the two Taixu characters.
Even so, he was still amazed.
He had always thought that Taixu characters were invented by immortals. Now it seems that this kind of characters is likely to be formed naturally, or evolved according to the rules of the Tao, otherwise it would not appear on the turtle's back.
There are still a few months before the True Spirit Conference, so Chen Lin will continue to collect materials while studying the characters on the turtle's back.
Soon, three months passed.
There is still no news about the spiritual gold marrow, but there is new progress on the golden pillar.
The information sent back made Chen Lin's expression change drastically!