Among the three people flying towards him, a slender young man was the first to come forward. When he was a hundred feet away from Li Yan, he immediately stopped and looked Li Yan up and down.
As they approached, the aura emanating from their bodies became clearer and clearer.
Li Yan roughly judged that this slender young man should be a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, while the other two seemed to be in the Golden Core stage.
Li Yan immediately floated in the air and looked at the other party with a vigilant look.
"Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?"
Seeing that Li Yan did not answer his question, he shouted at him instead.
The slender young man raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Yan's face again before speaking.
"I am the steward of the nearby 'Huangquan Dao'. Daoist friend, you are a stranger. What brings you to my sect's sphere of influence?"
"I'm just passing by. Why can't I leave here? I remember that there was no one checking here the last time I passed by here!"
Li Yan asked with a still vigilant look on his face.
"Fellow Daoist, an 'evil monk' has recently appeared in this area. Please show me your token!"
The slender young man became a little impatient when he saw that Li Yan didn't answer his questions.
The soul lamp of a deacon of their sect suddenly went out, forcing them to send out more people to search everywhere.
"So there is an 'evil monk', but I am just a casual cultivator, I don't have any tokens anymore!"
"A casual cultivator?"
After hearing this, the slender young man's eyes immediately became alert.
At the same time, the soul power on the surface of his body began to fluctuate slightly. Without even turning his head, he spoke to a short and strong monk behind him.
"Please ask this fellow Taoist to test it!!"
Upon hearing this, a short and strong monk behind him also stared at Li Yan, then shook his body slightly and moved to the front.
At the same time, there was a flash of light in his hand, and an octagonal object shaped like a formation compass appeared in his hand, which he casually raised in the air.
Then, while the three of them were staring at Li Yan, they immediately glanced at this thing out of the corner of their eyes.
Although the two sides were hundreds of feet apart, Li Yan had sharp eyes. He saw at a glance that after this thing appeared, there were four red spots flashing on it.
From the brightness, we can distinguish two strong and two weak light spots. One of the strong and two weak light spots is closer to each other, and the other brighter light spot is separated from the three light spots by a distance.
When they saw the four red spots clearly, the expressions on the faces of the three people relaxed slightly, and then they looked at Li Yan, as if waiting for something.
Li Yan secretly felt lucky. If it was before he met the gray-haired old man a few days ago, he really didn't know what this thing was used for.
This is a magic weapon refined by the "Huangquan Dao". Without using any magic, it can directly detect the strength of a cultivator's soul power.
Red soul and black spirit. Generally speaking, soul cultivation focuses on cultivating soul power, supplemented by spirit power. Therefore, most magic weapons are used to detect soul power.
This detection magic weapon has two functions. One of them is the situation that Li Yan is seeing now, which shows the soul power fluctuations of nearby creatures.
This is basically the same as the magic weapons seen in the hands of some cultivators a few days ago. The function is just similar, except that the shapes of the magic weapons refined by different sects are different.
The four red spots of light displayed on it represent the soul power of the four of them. After seeing the distribution of the four red spots of light clearly, Li Yan's heart moved.
My own soul power is quite strong, almost as strong as that of this slender monk, and the red color is even brighter.
It seems that all the hardship I suffered over the past ten years was not in vain.
But think about it, during those ten years, Li Yan, Zhao Min and Zi Kun fought almost day and night. After being beaten to death by various soul techniques time and time again, they continued to move forward again and again.
It seems that it is difficult for any soul cultivator to reach the level of not caring about their lives. After all, they are not cultivating inside, but want to break through and leave.
Li Yan said no more. He raised a finger, pointed it forward in the air, pressed lightly at the octagonal object, and then quickly retracted his finger.
Suddenly, two beams of light, one black and one red, as thick as little fingers, appeared on the octagonal object and rose up immediately after Li Yan pointed his finger.
After Li Yan retracted his fingers, the two-colored light beams disappeared.
After seeing the two-colored light beams rising, the three people, led by the slender young man, relaxed their guard on their faces.
Only soul cultivators can easily call upon the power of the soul, and they can do it with a wave of their hands.
Although Li Yan only took a cursory look at those introductory methods, he was proficient in "pulling souls to kill", so basically after he had mastered the formula, he could quickly master the power of stimulating souls.
"Then you are welcome, fellow Taoist!"
The slender young man was also straightforward. He immediately clasped his fists towards Li Yan. The other party was also a Nascent Soul level cultivator. Even if he was a casual cultivator, he was still at the same level, so he was also relatively polite.
Li Yan nodded, stopped talking, and flew forward.
"Oh, by the way, if this fellow Taoist finds any trace of the 'evil monk', he must be careful. It is best to find a sect or family nearby as soon as possible and pass the information to them quickly.
The number of "evil spirit monks" who have entered recently is unknown. They are either a large number of Nascent Soul monks or powerful cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Realm with extremely high cultivation bases.
From what I have heard, two cultivators have already died quietly, including a Nascent Soul Realm expert!! "
Just when Li Yan flew a distance, the voice of the slender young man came again from behind him.
"Thank you!"
Li Yan's figure paused, and his voice came from afar and then faded away.
"Alright, there's nothing wrong with this person, you guys continue searching!!"
After Li Yan's figure disappeared, a voice suddenly sounded from the void. The voice came extremely abruptly, but it was not made by those three people.
After hearing this, the slender young man and the other three immediately bowed towards a certain void.
"yes!"
Then, the three of them continued to fly in one direction!
They are setting bait to lure the enemy. If someone of the level of the slender young man continues to patrol outside, the other party will basically kill him once they encounter him.
The "evil monk" has killed two monks without any scruples in the past few days, and left very few clues. All this shows that the other party is extremely powerful.
"Huangquan Road" carefully investigated the place where the gray-haired old man disappeared, and through various means, found that there were almost no traces of fighting there, and the formation set up by the gray-haired old man was still there.
Various signs indicate that there are three to five "evil monks" who have entered. They act ruthlessly and decisively, and either do not attack at all or kill when they do.
Not only did they show no mercy to mortals, they even captured a powerful cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage after only fighting with him for five to ten breaths.
Only after interrogation did he kill the gray-haired old man and completely erase all traces.
But what surprised the "Huangquan Dao" was that they were soul cultivators, cultivators who knew the soul best. When a person died, as long as the soul disappeared into the void, they could follow the soul lamps left behind by the sect and track it down.
Even if the other party has some means of concealment, at least the approximate range where the soul disappeared can be confirmed.
But even if there was a spirit-transforming cultivator in the sect who had the extinguished soul lamp of the gray-haired old man, he was unable to find out where he died.
This means that the other party either has a magic weapon that can obscure the rules of heaven;
Or the gray-haired old man's soul had been completely refined into nothingness through vicious means, making it impossible for him to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
The former is still a normal method, but the latter is against the will of heaven and is condemned by both humans and gods.
This made the strong men in "Huangquan Road" full of murderous intent, and they believed that the latter situation had occurred.
The kind of magic weapon that can cover up the laws of heaven, judging from the level of cultivators that can be absorbed by the "Earth True Domain", is 99% non-existent. It was also because of Li Yan's ruthlessness and decisiveness in the early stage that he did not let the soul cultivators detect the villagers' memories, and clearly knew that he was alone.
As well as the various incredible methods of the Five Immortal Sect, it caused the "Huangquan Road" to make a mistake in judgment.
They determined that the cultivation level of the "evil spirit monks" who entered was at least at the Nascent Soul stage, and there were probably about three to five of them, and there might even be one at the Spirit Transformation stage among them.
It is impossible for a soul cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage to be captured alive without giving any warning.
It was based on these judgments that Li Yan was released after being checked and confirmed to be a soul cultivator.
Because he was only a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, and was alone, it was impossible for the gray-haired old man to be captured easily by such a person, and his suspicion was quickly eliminated.
Li Yan flew for three or four thousand miles and encountered several inspections along the way, but he was let go without any surprises.
It was not until Li Yan flew another 20,000 miles that he finally encountered a Jindan cultivator who was checking him. Finally, after questioning Li Yan, he actually asked him if he had any plans to join the sect.
Some sects wanted to recruit a Nascent Soul cultivator, but Li Yan declined. He was a fake soul cultivator, which meant he could only use some soul techniques.
If you really become a guest elder of a sect, and they really treat you as an elder of that level, your true colors will most likely be exposed after a while.
With Li Yan's current soul cultivation methods, except for his pretty good soul power, he would be unable to use soul techniques to fight against others. It might be better for him to go in and become a disciple.
So, after Li Yan continued to fly eastward for more than ten days, the number of inspections he encountered began to decrease significantly.
In the air, Li Yan was flying slowly, and below him was a large river.
"Through these days of attempts, it should be possible to pretend to be a soul cultivator, but fortunately the inspection is only to confirm whether or not you are a soul cultivator
There was no real fight with anyone, otherwise, with the power of my soul and the disparity between my soul skills, problems would be exposed.
Next, these hidden dangers must be resolved quickly without further delay. Once something unreasonable occurs, it will inevitably arouse suspicion from others..."
After these days of detection, Li Yan felt that his plan for the exam a few days ago should be feasible.
… …
A few days later, in an inn in the market town, Li Yan, dressed in a black gown, was sitting at a table in front of the window.
At this moment, he was not in a hurry to practice. One of his fingers was tapping rhythmically on the table.
There were seven or eight baby-palm-sized, thin things on the table that looked like green leaves. Li Yan was constantly thinking about something in his mind.
“When entering the market, the inspection is stricter, and the identity issue must also be resolved as soon as possible!!
I should now join a sect and get an official identity... But... But with my level of cultivation, there will be many problems when I join the sect..."
Li Yan has been in this market for four days. During these four days, he has been constantly buying some classics.
It is very difficult to use the spiritual consciousness in the "Earth True Realm", and one cannot refine and use jade slips. Using jade slips is simply an act of self-abuse.
They used something called a "Soul Tablet", in which they could engrave certain things with soul power.
When checking, one only needs to probe the soul power into the stone, and one can sense the text or images inside, just like a jade slip.
This made Li Yan sigh at the strong survival ability of the cultivators. This kind of "Soul Tablet" was also refined through "Soul Crystal Buds" and other auxiliary materials.
However, the "Soul Crystal Buds" used here do not need to be five hundred years old. Only more than sixty years are needed to refine "Soul Tablets" of different levels.
Moreover, in the market, you can not only trade with spirit stones, but also with "Soul Crystal Buds", but this depends on the grade of the "Soul Crystal Buds".
They are graded into one level of one hundred years, and the lowest growth period is also one hundred years. Most of the "soul crystal buds" of mortal species cannot be used as spirit stones, and usually can only be used to refine medicine and equipment.
Of course, there are also mortals who will open up special land to plant crops for more than a hundred years. At least with their lifespan, they may be able to harvest two or three times in their lifetime.
But there are also people who never harvest after planting, also making plans for their future generations, because they have inherited the "soul crystal buds" left by their ancestors.
Li Yan obtained a lot of information about the "Earth Realm" from these "Soul Tablets".
The Soul-Restoring Palace should now be managed by two old monsters in the Fusion Realm, but these two old monsters have not appeared for a thousand years.
It is said that these two people are probably practicing hard in seclusion, trying to break the shackles of the heavenly laws here.
If we can successfully break the shackles of the heavenly laws here, perhaps the "Earthly Realm" will be able to open a passage to the outside world.
In addition, there are at least four dangerous places in the "Earth Realm" that no one has been allowed to set foot in.
Perhaps the two old monsters had entered before, but perhaps it was too dangerous inside, so they retreated, and therefore there is no relevant record.
There are no prohibitions on the "Soul-Calming Palace" which is a dangerous place. Anyone who is not afraid of death can try to enter.
There is another piece of news about the dangerous place. It is that a long time ago, the first generation supreme elder and three elders went to explore a dangerous place. After the four of them entered, they never came out again.
It was because of this incident that the Zhenhun Palace almost faced a crisis.
Fortunately, the sect leader who stayed in the palace was already the strongest late-stage refining void master of the time, and with the help of other elders, he was able to barely suppress the forces of all parties.
It was not until later that he finally broke through to the fusion realm, and only then was the power of the Soul-Suppressing Palace consolidated again.
The "Soul Notes" recorded that a few days after the sect master reached the fusion realm, the "Earth True Region" ushered in a bloody purge, a large number of cultivators died, and many sects and families were wiped out...
In addition to this information, Li Yan also learned that there were indeed some foreign cultivators left in some areas of the "Earth True Realm".
After escaping from the soul cultivators' pursuit, some of them hid in some remote or dangerous places, practicing while they would occasionally come out to hunt soul cultivators in order to obtain more resources for practice.
Therefore, when walking in the "Earth Realm", except for some places where there are more concentrated sects, when walking in more remote areas, or when walking alone, you really have to be careful about being attacked and killed by others.
What Li Yan was most concerned about was the news that the two combined cultivators might still be trying to break through the shackles of heaven and earth and leave here.
Seeing this news also made him happy.
The other party still wants to break through the space restrictions here by breaking through his cultivation level, so he must have accumulated more other methods to try.
However, the results of those attempts may still be debatable or even fail. But Li Yan wanted to know what specific methods they used
For example, has the real exit ban location been found, but the seal there cannot be broken
If there is such information, he has the "Heaven-stealing Scarf", so of course he would try to see if he can break through successfully.
However, in order to obtain such information, he could not enter those small sects, but could only enter the Soul-Suppressing Palace to have hope of accessing this core information.
But Li Yan's biggest problem now is that his own realm is inconsistent with the realm of soul cultivation. He cannot enter after hiding his cultivation as he did when he entered the Falling Star Valley.
Although he could hide his cultivation level to the Golden Core Stage or even the Foundation Establishment Stage again, there would be some problems.
Li Yan's biggest purpose in entering is that if he wants to find out the core information as soon as possible, then his identity must have a certain status in the Zhenhun Palace.
At this time, Li Yan wished that his cultivation could be higher so that his status could be higher.
In addition, even if Li Yan was willing to lie dormant and gradually move from a young cultivator to a core disciple of the sect, he would definitely be assessed when he joined the Soul-Suppressing Palace.
His level of dual cultivation of Dharma and body can be concealed. As long as it is not personally assessed by a Void Refining cultivator, it should be possible to hide it.
However, there was no way to conceal the strength of his soul power. Currently, Li Yan only knew how to use soul techniques to attack and defend, and had not practiced any soul cultivation techniques.
If the other party finds out that you, a Foundation Establishment or Golden Core cultivator, actually possesses the powerful soul power of the Nascent Soul Realm, then you will definitely be in big trouble.
There are geniuses in this world, and there are also people who are born with powerful souls, but Li Yan's identity cannot withstand close scrutiny, so he must at least keep his soul cultivation level roughly the same as his soul.
"Then buy some better soul cultivation techniques from the market, and after you have practiced them to a certain level, you can go and join the Soul Calming Palace!"
After Li Yan thought for a while, he had to give up the idea of entering the Soul-Calming Palace quickly and could only carry out his plan step by step.
At present, he only had some basic skills obtained from soul searching, but they did not seem to be complete. They should have been memorized by the gray-haired old man when he first got this kind of skills and flipped through them casually.
Now that it was decided, Li Yan immediately took the "Soul Tablet" on the table, stood up and walked towards the door!