Chen Lin stood on the street, watching the golden light disappear, with a thoughtful look on his face.
I didn’t expect that the flying underwater palace turned out to be a fairy palace, and there was a passage to leave this world.
If that's the case, then I have to go and take a look.
Even strong men like the Resurrector and Wu Xingma are so afraid of the Youluo clone, so he naturally has no ability to fight against it. If these masters have left this world and there is no one to control the seal, the Youluo clone will run out sooner or later. At that time, he will have no choice but to hide in the demon world.
"Let's go, let's go back and take a look!"
Chen Lin withdrew his gaze from the Silver Light Palace, called Xiaocao, and left the city.
There is no need to use the spirit boat for the return trip. One can directly travel through the void across the Sea of Broken Souls, and then use the teleportation jade talisman to return to the underground node.
"How is it? Is there anything unusual?"
Chen Lin took Xiaocao out of the formation and asked.
The person on duty at the node at this time was Wu Wanshan. When he saw the movement in the teleportation array, he had already been waiting outside the defense formation.
"Reporting to the Lord, everything is normal."
Wu Wanshan answered, then glanced at the grass behind Chen Lin, a look of surprise on his face.
He is also a Nascent Soul cultivator and can sense the peculiarity of the grass.
Chen Lin did not explain. After asking for a while, he broke the node and used the crow puppet to explore it. After making sure there were no changes, he entered.
He took Xiaocao around the room first, explained the situation here in detail to the other party, then looked at Li Fuyao's scroll, and seeing that there was still no response, he shook his head and left.
In Zhiwu County.
Chen Lin returned to his original form and came to his house first.
I found that the house had been completed and was very grand. A shop had also been built facing the street. The hired housekeeper was directing the workers to decorate the shop outside.
"My lord, you are finally back!"
The butler was an old man with a kind face. When he saw Chen Lin appear, he immediately came forward excitedly, bowed and spoke.
"Oh? What's the matter?"
Chen Lin looked puzzled.
The old housekeeper replied hastily, "Yes, sir. The county magistrate has sent people to look for you several times, and Captain Jin has also come over twice. It seems that there is something urgent."
"The county lord is looking for me?"
Chen Lin became more and more confused.
If Xiong Ziqi wanted to look for him, he could go to Taiqing Mountain to find Chen Ling'er and the others. Then Chen Ling'er would naturally pass the message to him.
Thinking of this, his face changed. Could it be that something had happened to Chen Ling'er and the others
In a hurry, Chen Lin immediately used his special sense to contact Hua Ruyu, and then Hua Ruyu came to his side.
"The master is back? Hey, Xiaocao sister, you're awake!"
Hua Ruyu greeted Chen Lin and immediately noticed the grass behind Chen Lin, showing a look of surprise.
"Sister Hua!"
Xiaocao also smiled, which was rare for him. He walked forward and held Hua Ruyu's hand, appearing to be very intimate.
Chen Lin felt relieved when he saw this. Judging from Hua Ruyu's appearance, nothing should have happened.
But he still asked, "How is Taiqing Mountain? Is everything okay?"
"Master, everything is fine. We have also set up a mountain protection formation there, and used bone fragments to open up a training place without demonic energy. Ling'er and the others can use spirit crystals and elixirs to practice there."
"Mountain protection formation?"
Chen Lin understood a little bit in his mind. He guessed that Xiong Ziqi had also been to Taiqing Mountain, but was blocked by the formation. It was difficult for the other party to break the formation by force, so he asked the old butler to help convey the information.
But he immediately asked in confusion: "What materials did you use to set up the formation? Aren't they demonized?"
In the demon world, even spiritual treasures of the Condensation Spirit level can also be demonized, but the spiritual treasures have the existence of weapon spirits, so they have a higher resistance.
Therefore, unless you use the array formation tools from the demon world, you cannot use the array plates from the outside world. Once they are demonized, it is difficult to determine what effect they will produce, and it is very dangerous.
Hua Ruyu smiled and said, "It's a magic array that Ling'er collected before. It's very powerful and just covers the area around the waterfall. However, it can't use spirit crystals as energy, but needs magic coins instead."
Chen Lin knew that Chen Ling'er liked to collect items from the demon world, but he didn't expect that she also collected the formation plate. He was quite lucky.
But immediately his mind skipped a beat, and he asked hastily, "How many magic coins does the array need to be activated, and how long can it last each time?"
Magic coins can be used as energy sources. This information was learned from Xiong Ziqi, but Xiong Ziqi did not know how much energy a magic coin possessed, and the other party did not have any treasure that could be powered by magic coins.
Hua Ruyu knew Chen Lin's concerns and immediately replied, "Not much. One magic coin can activate the array, and it can last for a month each time."
One magic coin a month is really not much.
Chen Lin felt relieved, but was also secretly surprised that such a small magic coin contained so much energy. He didn't know what was used to make the magic coin.
If it is ore, then there must be veins. When exploring other scenes in the future, you can pay attention to this type of veins.
However, he felt that the magic coin was neither like ore nor like metal. Not only was its texture extremely hard, but it was also seamless, with no signs of casting at all. Even the patterns on it looked as if they were created by nature.
He is more of a product of rules.
The same goes for the pass. These things that represent the basic rules of the demon world are likely derived from the rules themselves.
Chen Lin felt a little itchy.
Magic coins are hard to come by. Even if you only get one magic coin a month, it would still be a considerable expense over the years.
This girl Chen Ling'er really doesn't feel bad about spending my money. You have to know that as a first-class civil servant, he only gets a salary of ten magic coins a month. If he only got one magic coin a month before, it would just be enough to cover the consumption of the formation, and the whole family would have to starve.
Since everything was normal at Taiqing Mountain, Chen Lin was not in a hurry to go there, but took Hua Ruyu and Xiaocao straight to the county government office.
He was also very curious as to why Xiong Ziqi was so anxious to find him.
"Hello, Brother Bear!"
In the backyard of the county government office, when Chen Lin saw Xiong Ziqi, he immediately greeted him with a smile.
Whatever frictions they had in the past, they were now friends, or at least allies.
"Hahaha, Brother Chen is really a busy man. He said he would not show up, and then he disappeared for three or four years. Aren't you worried about a fire in the backyard?"
Xiong Ziqi greeted him with a smile, appearing very friendly.
Then he glanced at the grass behind Chen Lin and asked in surprise, "Who is this?"
He was also a cultivator, so he could naturally sense the powerful sword intent from Xiaocao, as well as the faint aura of the demonic world.
"This is my..."
Chen Lin was speechless for a moment.
In the past, when he introduced Xiaocao, he always said that she was his sister. Now that they have an intimate relationship, it is not appropriate to say that anymore.
If she said concubine or wife, Xiaocao would definitely be embarrassed.
After a brief pause, he answered normally, "This is my maid, named Xiaocao. She is a bit withdrawn and not good at socializing."
After saying that, he glanced at Xiaocao.
Xiaocao just stood there expressionlessly, as if he didn't care about anyone.
Chen Lin felt helpless, but he did not allow the other party and Xiong Ziqi to greet each other.
Xiong Ziqi didn't care about it, but instead felt a little jealous of Chen Lin.
I don’t know how this guy did it, he actually got such powerful demon creatures as his subordinates, and two of them!
Chen Lin didn't want to draw the other party's attention to Xiao Cao, so he changed the subject and said, "Why didn't I see Brother Jin? Did he go out to do something?"
Xiong Ziqi immediately shook his head and said, "If there were no outsiders, this county would not need to be managed. Captain Jin took his men to the outer wasteland to try his luck and see if he could find clues to leave the mission."
Chen Lin nodded.
For Xiong Ziqi and the others, nothing was more important than finding a way to leave.
But this had little to do with him, so he asked again: "I heard from my old housekeeper that Brother Xiong has been looking for me, but is there anything?"
Xiong Ziqi's smile disappeared immediately after hearing this, and he said with a sad face: "Brother, you don't know, for some reason, Jin Zhenshan and I felt the repulsive force suddenly intensified a year ago, several times stronger than before, and it is still increasing."
Glancing at Chen Lin, he continued, "When the projection enters the demon world, the repulsive force is constantly increasing. I'm sure you know this. But even so, with our strength, we could have lasted for thousands of years. But with this change, we will probably be repelled in less than a hundred years at most. If we haven't completed the task of leaving by then, we will surely die."
Chen Lin's expression also became solemn.
The other person's today may be his tomorrow, so we must take it seriously.
"Brother Xiong, do you mean that the repulsive force here has suddenly increased? But I didn't notice that the demonic energy here has become thicker. What could be the reason?"
Xiong Ziqi shook his head.
"I'm not too sure about this, but according to the time calculation, we have been here for exactly a thousand years. I wonder if there is a thousand-year catastrophe?"
Chen Lin frowned, unsure.
But even if it was not a thousand-year catastrophe, it must be related to the fact that the other party stayed in the demon world for too long.
This made him alert.
There are such disadvantages in the projection state, and it is likely that there will be the same disadvantages when the real body comes in. The idea of establishing a base in the demon world needs to be carefully considered.
"Brother Xiong, do you want me to help you find clues for the mission?"
Chen Lin took the initiative to ask.
Xiong Ziqi shook his head and sighed, "We have been searching for a thousand years, and the entire scene is almost completely dug up. It is unrealistic to expect to find it within a hundred years. I even doubt whether there is any mission to leave this broken place. It may be a dead end."
Chen Lin said nothing, waiting for the other party to continue.
What the other party said is not impossible. There is no logic to the things in the demon world.
Xiong Ziqi fixed his eyes on the shepherd's order on Chen Lin's waist and said, "My purpose is to ask you to help contact that Princess Gege Yun to see if she has any way to solve our crisis."
After a pause, he said hopefully, "Or we can ask them to help contact a guardian. As far as I know, the guardian has extremely high authority and will definitely allow us to be exempted from the mission and leave directly!"