Chen Ling'er and others happily left Taiqing Mountain and returned to the real world.
However, Chen Lin was not in a hurry, but went to the county government to meet Xiong Ziqi.
"Brother Chen, why are you free to come to my place today? Is there any good news?"
As time went by, Xiong Ziqi became more and more anxious. He could already feel that his own projection was being eroded. If it were not for the protection of his official body, he would have been unable to bear it and would have been expelled.
Chen Lin shook his head and said, "Not yet. How is Brother Xiong doing during this period?"
His tone was casual.
During the ten years, he and the other party had become very familiar with each other. He was originally worried that killing the father of the other party's concubine would make the other party feel resentful. Later, he learned that the concubine was the woman of the original county magistrate in this scene, and was also a creature from the demon world. The other party kept her just to pass the time and didn't care at all.
Xiong Ziqi smiled bitterly and said, "What can I do? It's still the same as before. There is no progress at all. Damn it! There must be no mission in this scene. In this damn place called the Demon Realm, there is no scene that is normal!"
Chen Lin felt sympathetic when he saw the other party's frustrated look.
It is difficult for anyone to face the situation calmly as they watch the time they have to live decrease day by day.
"Brother Xiong, are you still unable to enter Li Fuyao's house?"
Chen Lin continued to ask questions.
He had always thought that the other party could enter the house at will, but later he found out that it was not true.
Before Li Fuyao hid in, the other party could indeed enter at will and knew the existence of the node. However, after Li Fuyao hid in, he used some unknown means to block the place, and the other party could no longer enter.
He even personally took the other party with him and tried using the bronze key, but it still didn't work.
Not only can the other party not do this, even the creatures from the demon world here can't do this. Only outsiders like him who have entered through the node's real body and have the key can enter and exit freely.
It is obvious that the defensive measures Li Fuyao took were to guard against the opponent. There must be some dispute between the opponent and Li Fuyao.
However, the other party remained tight-lipped about these matters, and he was too lazy to ask.
Now that he had the passage to leave the fairy palace, this scene had become dispensable to him. Be it Li Fuyao or the other party, they had nothing to do with him anymore.
Xiong Ziqi didn't know what Chen Lin was thinking, so he shook his head and said, "I can't get in. I don't know what that woman Li Fuyao did. No matter what I do, I can't break the power of rules in that yard. But the clue to leave here should not be in that yard, otherwise Li Fuyao would have used it as a bargaining chip long ago."
Chen Lin nodded slightly.
There was indeed nothing unusual about the yard. He had checked almost every place, even digging three feet into the ground.
The only suspicious thing is the painting.
The fact that Li Fuyao can summon traveling merchants to buy items in the painting shows that the space in the painting is also part of the scene.
Even a standalone scene!
Otherwise, no matter how advanced the traveling merchant's pass is, it is impossible to directly travel into the space of a treasure.
Sometimes Chen Lin even suspected that the clue to the mission to leave this world was within the space of that painting, and since Li Fuyao had not responded to him, he probably had completed the mission and returned.
"Brother Xiong, what are your plans? The war in my world has ended. After I leave this time, I will probably rarely come here again."
Chen Lin did not mention the speculation about Li Fuyao's return. It would be useless to mention it. The other party could not enter the dilapidated courtyard, and would become more desperate if he knew.
Hearing Chen Lin's words, Xiong Ziqi's expression changed slightly.
Chen Lin has always been his only hope, and he doesn't want to see this line broken no matter what.
Thinking of this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Chen is now also a Void Refining cultivator. I wonder if you have any confidence in breaking through the Dao Integration Realm?"
"hehe."
Chen Lin smiled and said, "Brother Xiong, why do you have to hurt my heart? It is a blessing from heaven that I can be promoted to the Refining Void Stage. Now I am still struggling in the initial stage. I am not sure if I can reach the Dao Yun Stage, let alone the He Dao Realm."
He was being modest.
Although his progress in cultivation was slow, he still had a good understanding of Taoism, especially after using the Dao Stone given by Zi Shu. His Blade of Destiny had now reached a small level of success, comparable to a fourth-level Dao Yun master.
This made him marvel once again at the wonder of the Asking Stone.
If they were to comprehend it normally, most of the Void Refining cultivators would not be able to comprehend the mysteries of Taoism until they died from various calamities. Even if they had excellent aptitude, it would take a thousand years for them to reach the minor success stage.
Thinking back to the ancestor of the Ye family, such a heroic figure was stuck in the late stage of refining emptiness for countless years, unable to glimpse the charm of Taoism.
And he did it with a piece of asking stone.
A treasure can save thousands of years of hard work. No wonder the Asking Stone is the most coveted thing for the Void Refining Cultivators.
Xiong Ziqi did not notice Chen Lin's expression, but touched his chin with a look of struggle on his face.
After a long while, he spoke: "It is difficult to comprehend the Dao arts, and it is even more difficult to comprehend the state of perfection. Even in our Eight Immortal Realm, there are countless people with natural talents who fail at this level. That is why we have developed a secret method to avoid the limitation of Dao arts perfection and find another way to advance to the Dao."
Chen Lin's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything, waiting for the other party's next words.
Naturally, he needs such secret techniques.
Even though he had comprehended the Taoist arts to the fourth level of Dao Yun in the early stage of Refining Void, that was the credit of the two Dao Stones and had nothing to do with him.
Treasures like the Asking Stone are hard to come by. Even Lan Ruxue, who was the master of a palace, could not get it. It was only after he told the other party that it existed in the ruins of the White Bone Saint Lord that the other party obtained it and broke through to the Hedao realm in one fell swoop.
Even if he wanted to get it, it wouldn't be easy.
in addition.
When using this Taoist stone, he clearly felt that its effect had weakened. It was somewhat unrealistic to rely on it to advance his Taoist skills to perfection.
Based on his own understanding, the time consumed would probably be thousands of years, and there would be too many accidents along the way.
However, he cannot ask for it actively, because then the other party will take the initiative and will definitely ask for a lot of things.
Sure enough, seeing that he didn't seem very interested, Xiong Ziqi was a little confused about the situation.
Then he took the initiative to say: "This secret technique is a secret that cannot be passed on. If I am not desperate, I will never take it out. As long as Brother Chen can help contact Princess Gege Yun and let her meet with me, I will offer this secret technique to you with both hands!"
This requirement is really not high.
But Chen Lin said helplessly: "Brother Xiong still doesn't believe me. I really didn't lie. Even I can't see the princess, so I can't help you."
Xiong Ziqi was immediately disappointed when he heard this.
He offered so many benefits, but Chen Lin still answered like this, which meant he really didn't lie.
Both of them fell silent.
Chen Lin thought about it for a long time, but in the end he did not tell anyone that he knew the guardian.
If it were in the past, he really wanted to borrow Connie's big mushroom and let the other party use the fourth-level guide to go to the mushroom hut to meet Xiaohong.
On the one hand, it gives the other party hope, but more importantly, it tests Xiaohong's attitude.
But now his mind has changed.
Since Xiaohong's attitude was unclear and no one could get any information out of her by probing her, he simply decided to remain unchanged and just wait for Niu Niu to contact him.
Anyway, he is not in any crisis now, so he might as well improve his cultivation. Otherwise, with his current strength, he will be unable to help even if Niu Niu is in danger.
Seeing the other party's gloomy expression, Chen Lin comforted him: "Brother Xiong, don't despair. There are still decades left. Think of other ways. I can also help you find out outside. Maybe the princess will come back during this period!"
Xiong Ziqi forced a smile and clasped his fists to express his gratitude.
Since he couldn't help the other party, Chen Lin didn't want to mention the secret method again. After the two of them exchanged some more words, they said goodbye and left.
After returning to Yucai Sect, Chen Lin first learned about the external situation and found that nothing special had happened.
All continents were peaceful and no other evil creatures appeared.
So he prepared for his retreat.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he planned to use the clone fruit that Connie gave him.
But he did not intend to refine a clone, but to refine it into a substitute puppet!
This suggestion was made by Zi Shu after he had discussed it with the Cheng sisters. He asked the two girls to bring it to him and also provided a refining method.
According to the other party, the clone is a thing with both advantages and disadvantages. It seems to be an extra insurance and can help him understand information from the outside world, but the disadvantages are also obvious.
The most important point is that it will interfere with your understanding of the Tao.
Although it is a clone, it is an independent personality after all, and has its own feelings. When the memories merge, these feelings will also merge together and cannot be separated.
This doesn't matter to Connie's race, because their way of cultivation is different and they don't need to comprehend the great Dao.
But he can't.
Of course, if the memories are not integrated, this disadvantage will not occur.
But without this function, the meaning of the clone is not great, and the only function left is the ability to be reborn through a shell.
However, this function has many limitations, so it is better to directly refine it into a substitute puppet.
Chen Lin moved his fingers, and a jade slip appeared in his hand. He used his spiritual sense to examine it.
The secret method that Zi Shu gave him was very advanced. After it was refined, this substitute puppet would be integrated into himself. No matter how he was killed, the substitute puppet would be effective and help his master escape the disaster.
With his current level of cultivation, the level of the resurrection scroll is too low to be effective, and the scroll was placed in the Star South Realm by him and cannot be retrieved. With this scapegoat puppet, he has an extra life-saving trump card.
It just so happened that Chen Lin still had some doubts about Connie's clone fruit, worried that the other party might have left a backup plan inside. Now if he used it to refine a substitute puppet, there would be no problem.