After the treasure appraisal conference ended, Chen Lin returned to the inn.
After a brief rest, he found the young man in white with whom he had traded.
The other party was called Qi Jianjia, a disciple of Tianxuan Sect, one of the three major sects in the city, and also a member of the Lianxu cultivator's clan, but not a direct descendant.
After using some tricks to confirm that the information recorded in the jade slip was correct, he left Xuandu City and headed straight for the node of the land of gods.
Twin Lakes Desert.
With a flash of light, Chen Lin's figure appeared.
He stood on a pile of yellow sand, looking at the sparkling waves in the distance, and couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of nature.
In this endless desert, there is such a large lake, and the water is clear and full of spiritual energy.
This place is one of the lakes in the Twin Lakes Desert, Yingyue Lake.
The node of the divine land that Qi Jianjia mentioned is at the bottom of this lake.
According to the other party, it was one of their disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage who discovered the anomaly, but he did not have the ability to break the node, so he reported it to the other party.
After observing for a while, Chen Lin spread out his body and flew around the lake.
There are quite a few cultivators gathered here, but because there are only low-grade spiritual veins, most of them are Qi-cultivating cultivators, and there are not many in the foundation-building stage.
And there are no permanent residents here; all of them come here to catch the magical fish in the lake.
This lake is rich in a kind of spiritual fish, which is not only delicious but also can slightly improve one’s cultivation level. It is the favorite of Qigong practitioners.
After making sure there was nothing unusual, Chen Lin hid his body, cast a spell and escaped into the water. After using his spiritual power to determine his location, he came to a ravine at the bottom of the lake.
This node is very secretive. Only Qi Jianjia and the foundation-building disciple know about it, and it has not been passed on to anyone else.
After learning this information, he found the other party's foundation-building disciple and gave him enough benefits so that both of them signed a spiritual contract to prevent the spread of this node information.
Doing so may not necessarily keep the secret, but it is enough as long as it does not spread over a large area in a short period of time.
After concentrating and sensing for a while, Chen Lin used the earth escape technique and sank about three feet. Then he discovered the subtle spatial fluctuations next to him.
This node is in the soil and is extremely stable. The fluctuations it emits are not strong. It is difficult to find if you don't get close. Qi Jianjia's disciple came here by chance when he wanted to catch a spiritual eel that sneaked in.
From this we can see that opportunities in the world of cultivation are everywhere, and anyone who can become a high-level cultivator has more or less some adventures. This time he gave the foundation-building cultivator a lot of benefits, so it will be much easier for the other party to form a pill.
This place is so hidden that Chen Lin did not set up any formations. If it were discovered, it would easily attract attention.
He came to the node and checked it, raised his hand to break the node, then slapped the storage bag on his waist, and a three-foot-long snow-white centipede appeared in his hand.
This is the third-level spiritual beast, the White Jade Spirit Centipede, which is also a prehistoric alien species. He bought and tamed it specifically to explore this node, and it cost a lot of spiritual crystals.
The purpose of buying this spirit beast is naturally to deal with the detour beast.
The combat power of this spirit beast is average, but it has many arms, more than a hundred in total. Forget about four arms or eight arms, even a hundred arms can't do anything to it. This thing is the nemesis of the circumnavigating beast.
"go!"
Chen Lin placed a photo-retaining bead on the white jade centipede's head, gave an order, and sent the other party into the node.
Then just wait quietly to keep the node open.
About half a quarter of an hour later, a white light flashed, and the white jade centipede flew out from the node and nodded in an anthropomorphic manner.
This means safety.
Although a third-level spiritual beast cannot speak, its intelligence has already begun to develop and it can engage in simple communication.
However, what the other party calls safety may not necessarily be truly safe.
Chen Lin took the photo-retaining bead and looked at it.
Sure enough, there were some orbiting beasts not far from the node. Judging by their size, there were not only several orbiting beasts with two arms, but also those with three arms!
With so many circling beasts with one arm or more, if they have not practiced the secret art of the soul, even a powerful Void Refinement cultivator may not be able to withstand them.
When Qi Jianjia entered, he only encountered a pair of arms circling around him, and the distance was very far. Just before he could reach him, the other party consumed a soul treasure and took the opportunity to escape from the range.
Even so, the soul was greatly damaged and was dying.
Later, the other party encountered a hunting team from the Soul Country that was capturing the detour beast. After learning about the habits of the detour beast, they managed to escape and never dared to enter it again.
Chen Lin was pleasantly surprised.
With his soul level, even the Eight-Armed Orbiting Beast can't do anything to him. The more orbiting beasts there are, the more he will gain.
Thinking of this, he put away the white jade centipede and stepped into the node.
Five years later.
Inside the cave of Tianbao Peak.
Chen Lin activated the True Fire Furnace, and a pill inside flew out and was caught in his hand.
He looked at it for a while and immediately showed joy.
After going through untold hardships, I finally managed to refine this sixth-grade soul-refining pill.
But he immediately sighed. It was a pity that after searching the entire land of gods, he only found this one with six arms. There were no higher-level ones.
This one pill alone would not be enough to push his soul to the peak of the third level.
The recipe for the Soul Refining Pill requires the use of eight arms to circumambulate, which seems to make sense. Without reaching the level of circumambulating with eight arms, it is impossible to bring the third-level soul, that is, the golden soul level, to perfection.
Shaking his head and not thinking too much about it, Chen Lin put away the alchemy furnace, then returned to the training room, swallowed the pill, and began to slowly refine and absorb it.
At the same time, ponder the situation in the land of gods.
The land of gods today is no longer as harmonious as it once was. There are constant wars between countries and the population is decreasing. On the contrary, more and more people are gaining supernatural powers on the day of welcoming the spirits, and the interface does not seem to be very stable.
These were nothing. What disappointed him the most was that the passage connecting the Soul Kingdom’s royal secret area and the Star North Realm had collapsed!
When he heard the news, he once again felt the fickleness of fate.
The way of heaven is vast and beyond human control. If one wants to make the way of heaven one's own way, one must make extraordinary efforts and possess an indelible spirit.
In this way, it is impossible to meet Princess Qinghua and Luo Xiaoyu, and it is unknown what the Xingbei Realm is like now.
But what is lost in the evening can be gained in the morning.
This change in his state of mind gave him a deeper understanding of the Way of Heaven. After five years of continuous digestion, he gradually found the opportunity to advance to the Void Refining Realm. Now he only lacks the last layer of membrane, and he could achieve success at any time.
There are two other benefits.
One was that he found the descendants of Tan Shiyi, a master weapon refiner from the Hand Country, and successfully repaired the Thousand-Layer Armor; the other was that he obtained something unexpected.
Thinking of this, Chen Lin took out a scroll.
When unfolded, it turns out to be a map.
This was left to him by Sima Liancheng, the inheritor of the Soul Kingdom's royal time magic. He had assisted him in refining the soul-refining pill and even spent his entire life to condense his own time blood crystal and gave it to him.
He suspected at the time that the other party had seen his future, and now it has been confirmed.
This scroll was given to him by the inheritor of the royal time magic when he asked the inheritor to help him make elixirs. It has been passed down for several generations.
In addition to the scroll, there was also a letter from Sima Liancheng.
The letter said that if he entered the land of the gods for the second time, it would mean that the other party's prediction was accurate. It said that he would encounter a great disaster in the future, and then would enter the place where the map was, and told him to go to the marked place on the map, where there was a way to survive.
As for why he helped him, Sima Liancheng did not say in his letter, but he must have had a purpose, and perhaps the purpose was also on this map.
Chen Lin thought for a while and looked at the map again.
This map covers a wide area, but is rather blurry and not very detailed.
There are a few obvious places, and then there are the 'marked places' marked in red.
He had studied this map countless times and was certain that it was not any place he had ever been to. For this reason, he also checked the land of the gods, but found no similarities.
"It's so mysterious and annoying!"
Chen Lin complained and rolled up the scroll and put it away.
Then he stopped caring about the matter. He had experienced countless dangers and nearly three digits of life and death disasters. One or two more would not matter.
On this day, Chen Lin finally finished refining the sixth-level soul refining pill. As he expected, he did not reach the perfection of the third level, and did not even reach the late third level. He only reached the peak of the middle level.
The so-called mid-term peak means that the second round of soul compression is completed, and the next breakthrough is the third round of compression. The medicinal properties of the sixth-level soul refining pill are obviously insufficient, and at least the seventh level is required. If you want to achieve perfection in the later stage, you must use a real soul refining pill.
That is the genuine elixir made with Eight-Armed Parallel and Time Sand.
Of course, if there was another True Soul Flower, that would be possible, but he searched almost every corner of the Gods' Land and couldn't find any trace of the True Soul Flower.
Now we can only place our hopes on the Cheng Lingdie sisters.
Exhaling a breath, Chen Lin stood up and left the cave.
Even if he failed to break through to the late third stage, his soul had become much stronger. If we compare soul strength alone, even Dao Yun masters might not be as strong as him.
"Little Honglan, you are so pretty. First turn left, then turn right!"
As soon as I walked out of the house, I heard Chen Ling'er's shouting, and on the other side, Xue Honglan's body was moving back and forth uncontrollably, sometimes left and sometimes right.
Chen Lin's face darkened when he saw this.
He felt that the copper coin treasure was really awkward to use, so he gave it to Chen Ling'er. The other party treated it as a treasure and took it out to play with it all the time. Because he warned her not to show it in front of others casually, several of her disciples suffered from it.
Having such a master, he felt a headache for Xue Honglan and others.
"Ah, Dad, you're out of confinement. My aunt wants to see you for something. Go quickly!"
Seeing Chen Lin, Chen Ling'er greeted him.
Then he turned around and cast the "true words" towards Xue Honglan.