Although he was confident in his soul level, Chen Lin was not careless. He raised his perception to the highest level and was always on guard against abnormal situations.
He did not send his spiritual thoughts too far. When he felt the intensity weakened, he immediately stopped extending them and changed the position of his body to expand the range of exploration.
In the following time, the three of them wandered in the space of the first level.
Half an hour later.
When he was concentrating on sensing the situation with his divine sense, an extremely dangerous feeling suddenly came to his mind, causing Chen Lin's face to change.
This is a warning from the innate ability!
He immediately used his secret technique to cut off the outstretched divine consciousness!
Then, a black line as thin as a hair slowly appeared in the void, as if it had lost its target.
Chen Lin felt relieved. It turned out that the opponent needed to rely on divine thoughts to be invisible and traceless. Once the divine thoughts were broken, he could no longer conceal his body.
Even so, it still frightened him.
If it weren't for the warning from his innate ability, he would not have sensed the intrusion of this thing at all. Its hiding ability was truly terrifying.
You know, he was always tense and didn't dare to relax at all.
Chen Lin retreated rapidly, staring closely at the thin black line, guarding against any other tricks the opponent might have.
Originally he thought that his spiritual power was strong enough that he would be able to sense the appearance of the ghost. But now it seems that being overconfident is not a good thing.
But he did not act rashly. Even if the opponent really followed his divine thoughts into his body, he could still destroy him with the protection of the Thunder God's Sword. Innate power is the nemesis of all strange things. It was precisely because of this trump card that he agreed to act as a bait to lure out the ghost.
However, killing and capturing alive are two different things. If you want to refine the ghost and increase the strength of its soul, you cannot use a dead one. Lu Xiaoyin needs to capture it alive.
At this time, Lu Xiaoyin had already taken action.
As soon as the black color appeared, she took out a fist-sized crystal, which emitted a dazzling light after being activated.
No one knew what kind of energy this light was, and Chen Lin didn't feel anything at all, but he saw that the black line seemed to be fixed, becoming extremely stiff, and unable to hide again.
Then Lu Xiaoyin walked comfortably under the black line, waved his hand, took the black line into his hand, and quickly wrapped it up.
Soon, the thin thread was pulled out from the void little by little and entangled into a tight ball.
Lu Xiaoyin cut the black thread, put it into a special box, and continued to wind it. When all the black threads were pulled out, he got another ball of thread of similar size, which he also put into a box.
The whole process went smoothly, as if it had been done countless times.
Chen Lin's eyes flickered slightly. He felt that this was definitely not the first time the other party had captured this kind of wandering silk. He was so skilled. Moreover, the crystal seemed to be a treasure tailor-made for capturing this kind of thing.
This made him curious about the other party's identity. If he specialized in the way of the soul, he could get in touch with him to see if he had any method to advance to the true soul.
"Okay, it's done!"
Lu Xiaoyin put away the crystal, walked to Chen Lin and handed him a box.
Chen Lin took the box in his hand, checked it, and was about to open it.
"Don't!"
Lu Xiaoyin immediately spoke out to stop him.
Then he explained: "This is a soul-sealing box, specially designed for small underworld creatures. The wandering silk inside has been revitalized at this moment. If you open it and let it invade your body, I will not care."
Chen Lin frowned and said, "If we want to refine this thing, what should we do?"
Lu Xiaoyin shrugged. "That depends on your own ability. I'm just reminding you. If you don't have the relevant secret technique, I can provide it to you, but I'll charge you half of your tour silk as a reward."
"hehe."
Chen Lin sneered, ignored the other party, and opened the box directly.
One end of the black line inside immediately bounced up and rushed straight towards his body.
But immediately, a dark light shot out from his fingertips and hit the black line.
The thin black thread suddenly softened and shrank back. Its breath became extremely weak and it began to tremble slightly.
Chen Lin showed a look of satisfaction when he saw this. As expected, the Soul-Destroying Finger was also very effective against this thing. This made it much easier to deal with. Otherwise, if he had to use the Thunder God's Sword to suppress it, he was really afraid of destroying it in one go.
In this way, if he encounters this creature again, he can use the Soul-Destroying Finger to capture it.
Then, Chen Lin directly grabbed the ball of black thread, threw the box to Lu Xiaoyin, took out his own soul-sealing bottle, stuffed the ball of thread into it, sealed it, and put it into the space bag.
Lu Xiaoyin and Zhang Zhenqian were shocked by this set of tactics.
Especially Zhang Zhenqian, he feels like a waste.
"Well, it seems that both of you Taoist friends have ways to restrain ghosts, so we can continue exploring without worry. The entrance to the next level is in front of us, let's go directly to the fourth floor!"
Zhang Zhenqian coughed dryly to hide his embarrassment, then spoke.
Chen Lin thought for a moment, then looked at the other party and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, do you want me to help you get that spiritual herb? What kind of spiritual herb is it that you are so concerned about?"
The ghosts here do not pose much threat to him, and it is not known who took Mu Shengyuan's storage bag. If the spiritual herbs the other party wants to take are very rare and they can share some with him, he can go and take a look. Otherwise, he will have to act alone.
Lu Xiaoyin also looked over, obviously having the same idea as Chen Lin.
Zhang Zhenqian hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "Since you two Taoist friends asked, I won't hide it. I'm going to get the Soul-Fixing Flower!"
Lu Xiaoyin was suddenly alert, and his eyes shone with brilliance.
Chen Lin didn't react much.
The Soul-Fixing Flower is indeed a rare treasure from heaven and earth. Its function is to temporarily fix the origin of the soul so that it will not disintegrate. It is useful for refining defensive soul treasures or practicing the secret art of dividing the soul.
Of course, its greatest function is naturally to assist cultivators in advancing to the Void Refining Realm!
When a cultivator is promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, his soul needs to be broken up and reorganized. The origin is most likely to disintegrate, so it will be much safer with the Soul-Fixing Flower. All cultivators who have the conditions to achieve this goal will prepare this item when they are promoted.
But this thing is of no significance to him, because his soul has become strong to a certain extent, and the stability of its origin exceeds the stable range of the Soul-Fixing Flower, so it would be a waste to use it.
Thinking of this, Chen Lin said, "So it's the Soul-Fixing Flower. I heard that this flower has a very long growth period, and there is only one flower at a time. I won't participate, and the two Taoist friends can still share more."
"After saying that, his figure flashed and disappeared from the spot."
This decisive action stunned Zhang Zhenqian and the other man.
As a cultivator in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, it was really unexpected that he could be so calm and even completely uninterested after hearing the news about the Soul-Fixing Flower.
"Hehe, where did you invite this person from? He is really mysterious. You must introduce him to me in the future. I am very interested in this friend!"
Lu Xiaoyin watched Chen Lin leave, smiled at Zhang Zhenqian, and spoke.
Zhang Zhenqian concentrated on thinking for a while and said, "You are right, he is indeed very mysterious. I didn't see it before. I thought he was just an alchemist who was good at refining pills."
After saying that, he glanced at Lu Xiaoyin and said, "Did Daoist Lu see who took Mu Shengyuan's storage bag?"
It is now certain that Mu Shengyuan's death was an accident and he was not assassinated by his own people, but the other party's storage bag was definitely not taken away by the roaming silk ghost.
"Why, do you doubt me?"
Lu Xiaoyin glared and glared.
Zhang Zhenqian shook his head. "It's not that I doubt you. Even the people in our team don't doubt you. After all, everyone is invited. I know a little bit about their character."
After a pause, he said solemnly: "But if it wasn't us, then it means there are other cultivators here. After all, ghosts generally won't touch the storage bags of cultivators."
Lu Xiaoyin nodded.
"You are right. If it was really taken away by a ghost, the situation is even more serious. It means that the ghost is very intelligent. Such ghosts are very powerful."
As she spoke, she pointed upwards and said, "I think it's more likely to be a high-level ghost. The means to make the exit disappear is not something that ordinary cultivators can do."
Zhang Zhenqian took a breath.
He also had such a guess, so he tried his best to persuade everyone to stick together.
Unfortunately, the persuasion failed.
"No matter what, we have to take out the Soul-Fixing Flower. It should be enough to have Fellow Daoist Lu to help. This flower has seven petals in total, and I only need three."
In order to prevent the other party from backing down, Zhang Zhenqian took the initiative to make concessions.
Lu Xiaoyin glanced at the rock wall high in the sky and said, "No problem. We can't get out now anyway, so let's go get the Soul-Fixing Flower first. But don't count on me to protect you. You can only take care of yourself when you encounter danger."
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The fourth floor of the cave.
Chen Lin's figure fell from a high altitude, looking a little embarrassed.
No one knew what changes had taken place in this cave. The number of ghosts and spirits had become very small, but every time they appeared they were very strange, completely different from Zhang Zhenqian's previous description.
In comparison, the ones with touring silk are considered ordinary.
He had bad luck and encountered several on both the second and third floors.
The others were all eliminated by him using the Soul-Destroying Finger and the Thunder God Sword, but on the third level he encountered a ghost in a jar, which was extremely difficult to deal with. He tried his best but couldn't eliminate it. Instead, he was constantly entangled by it, which made him very tired.
"My dear, don't run away, follow me, it's so good."
Just as Chen Lin stood firm, a black jar appeared out of thin air. A shriveled little head popped out from the mouth of the jar, shouting excitedly.
There was a copper coin stuck on the forehead of this head, and it emitted a flickering light as the tone of the voice rose and fell.
A mysterious force emanated from the copper coin, causing Chen Lin's body to fly towards the jar uncontrollably!