Li Yan had just asked the other party about the location of the Dharma Teaching Pavilion. Shared places like this were basically located in a public area in the north, and all the monks from the three halls and one palace could enter.
Li Yan was so anxious that he didn't even want to go to the residential courtyard he had chosen before.
"Since everything is alright, then the matter here is over, Fellow Daoist Li, you can now..."
The fat middle-aged monk saw that the work had been done and of course did not want to be disturbed anymore. He wanted to meditate more when he had time, so he was about to send Li Yan away.
At this moment, the door behind Li Yan was suddenly slammed open with a loud bang, in an extremely brutal and violent manner.
The fat middle-aged monk's face changed. Who dared to be so bold and rush in without any courtesy? This is the deacon hall of Yique Hall.
Even those evil people in Huya Hall would not dare to do so. Could it be that an external enemy has broken into the Soul-Calming Palace?
The fat middle-aged monk's face darkened instantly, and as he looked up at the door, he was about to get angry.
Li Yan had his back to the door, and there was no warning sign beforehand, so he was startled by the sudden loud noise.
Instinctively, his figure blurred and turned to the side of the wall to hide. As the spiritual shield on his body flashed, he turned his head to look at the door.
"Fortunately, fortunately, I am not late, otherwise I would have to look for you everywhere..."
As soon as the man entered the house, his eyes immediately swept inside the house. After seeing Li Yan, he immediately spoke.
The fat middle-aged monk saw the intruder clearly at this moment, and the anger that was about to explode disappeared without a trace in an instant.
It was like changing one's face, and in just an instant, it turned into a flattering smile.
"Master Lan, why are you here?"
After seeing the person coming again, the fat middle-aged cultivator was shocked. It turned out that the person who came was a cultivator from Fuchen Hall, and a powerful cultivator in the Refining Void Realm—"Master Lan".
Although he called the other party that, the other party's actual attainments in refining equipment had already reached the grandmaster level.
However, this person has shown extraordinary aptitude in refining equipment and forming formations since the Foundation Establishment Stage. Almost no one at the same level can match his attainments in refining equipment and forming formations.
Therefore, when she was in the Jindan stage, she was called "Master Lan".
And she really continued to make great progress along the way, and her fame never fell flat, so people called her "Master Lan" all the way.
Even though she later achieved the level of Grandmaster or Grandmaster in refining equipment, people still habitually called her "Master Lan".
She herself has long been accustomed to this title, so she doesn't mind how others call her. On the contrary, it can show that she was already famous when she was young.
Fu Chen Tang is the hall that the cultivators from the other two halls are most willing to make friends with, so that once they need to refine some magic weapons or elixirs, they can be the first to find someone to help them.
And Master Lan is one of the most famous figures in weapon refining. She is also a master in alchemy. She is also a top expert in Fuchen Hall.
On ordinary days, let alone thinking about being able to say a word to someone, you would be flattered and proud if the other person even looks at you.
The fat middle-aged monk never expected that the person coming in would be Master Lan. This was like a big Buddha entering his small temple.
He immediately lost all his temper. To put it bluntly, even if the other party killed him, he would probably only receive a few warnings from the sect at most.
This Master Lan is a man who even dares to challenge the Sect Master, so of course I should just keep my tail between my legs.
Although Master Lan heard what the fat monk said, after seeing Li Yan, he was too lazy to even glance at him.
Li Yan also saw the appearance of the person who came at this time. It was a tall and thin old woman wearing a black robe.
She is about sixty years old. Although there are many wrinkles on her face, one can tell from her eyebrows and eyes that she must have been a beauty when she was young.
The old woman had snow-white hair, each strand of which was silver and shiny. She had tied her hair into a simple bun on top of her head, with a phoenix hairpin placed across it, giving people a sense of complete energy and spirit.
Especially this person's eyes were a little peculiar, they were actually light purple, and they were staring at him closely.
Li Yan's heart shuddered. The old woman did not conceal her breath at all. At such a close distance, Li Yan felt a breathless feeling after being stared at by those lavender eyes.
Faced with this tremendous pressure, Li Yan was already horrified.
"This... Is this a powerful person in the Void Refining Realm?"
Li Yan couldn't sense the other party's specific realm, but such a powerful pressure was definitely beyond the existence of the God Transformation. He didn't know who the other party was, why he broke in so rudely and just stared at him like that.
From the time the old woman broke into the room to the time the three people looked at each other, it all happened in an instant.
"It's you. I saw the video of you breaking the formation during the test. Li Yan!"
Master Lan looked at Li Yan with some strange expressions in her eyes. She was still thinking about the image of the other party breaking the formation when she saw it before.
"Senior, what do you want?"
At this time, Li Yan also heard clearly the words from the fat middle-aged cultivator and the terrifyingly powerful female cultivator.
The strong person in front of him was named "Lan". She came to find him. It seemed that she had watched the video of his assessment
"The entire process of my assessment was recorded?"
This was the information Li Yan obtained in a short period of time, and he also didn't understand why the Soul-Suppressing Palace had to record the entire process for the entrance examination
He had just left the mountain gate examination room when the other party came to find him. Why? Did he reveal his true colors
In a flash, Li Yan thought of a possibility and cold sweat broke out on his body. He never expected that the assessment of the Soul-Realizing Palace would be reviewed by a Void-Refining cultivator.
This kind of thing was something he had never expected even in his dreams. Could it be that the Soul-Calming Palace was so cautious about the beginners? There were only so many Void-Refining cultivators in a sect, so there was no need for them to practice in seclusion.
"Oh no, this is going to be bad..."
While Li Yan was thinking, he still asked respectfully under the pressure from the other party. At this moment, in the eyes of others, he had sweat on his forehead but was still trying to remain calm.
Master Lan seemed to react at this moment, and she quickly restrained the pressure she was emitting. She was a little excited just now, and actually locked her aura directly on the other party.
This was just a little Nascent Soul. Even though he was locked in by her Qi, he did not collapse on the spot. Instead, he broke out in sweat while resisting and was even able to speak. This made her feel that this black-skinned boy had some skills.
Master Lan had never expected that Li Yan was totally unprepared for being visited by a Void Refinement cultivator, and he was so scared that he broke into a sweat.
"I'm glad I found you. I have a few questions for you. Um... who, please step out for a moment."
As soon as Master Lan restrained his breath, he immediately spoke to Li Yan, but when he was halfway through his words, he immediately thought of something.
Then he slightly turned his head to look at the fat middle-aged monk who had a puzzled look on his face, and gave him instructions without any politeness.
"yes!!"
The fat middle-aged monk was particularly curious about how Master Lan suddenly came here.
But Master Lan immediately drove him out. In response, the fat middle-aged monk still looked respectful and did not dare to go against the other party's wishes, even though this was his territory.
So he walked out quickly without any hesitation, and before leaving, he closed the door respectfully.
But at the moment of opening the door, the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Yan changed. Master Lan appeared here to look for a new monk.
If Li Yan offended Master Lan, he would never treat him well in the future, and might even add insult to injury.
But when Master Lan looked at Li Yan, it seemed that there was no dissatisfaction or hatred in his eyes, but rather a puzzled expression like his own.
In the room, Master Lan saw the fat middle-aged monk leave, and then he looked at Li Yan again.
"My young Taoist friend, I want to know a few questions. I wonder if you can answer them for me. Don't worry, they are all within your ability!"
Master Lan's face was not stern but serious, but Li Yan's heart was still beating fast.
"What flaws did she see in me through the photos? This is really fatal. If I don't give a good answer, my true colors will be exposed..."
Although Li Yan thought so in his heart, but things had come to this point, he could only bite the bullet and answer.
"Senior, I wonder what you need. If you need my help, please let me know!"
"During today's assessment, when you were breaking through the long alley, why were you able to sense the location of the soul in advance? I checked your information, and you have never been to the sect for an assessment before!
That formation was created by me. I consider myself a Divine Transformation cultivator. If I enter it for the first time, I won't know when they will appear. I control the aura of those souls very secretly. " The first question Master Lan asked made Li Yan's expression pause slightly.
He never expected that the question the other party asked was not about his identity, which he was most worried about, but such a question.
All the wording he had thought of before was suddenly unusable, which made him unable to react.
How did he know the location where the soul appeared? Of course he knew, he knew, and he had to know!
He had been through every part of that damn long alley countless times. In endless painful torture, they needed to try again and again before they could crack one place.
He has already engraved in his mind where soul cultivators would appear. They were all chopped out by a group of souls. If he doesn't remember, he will be chopped to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.
Moreover, in order to exert the greatest attack power, those souls appear in the most advantageous positions and angles in the long alley, but they are the most awkward directions for them to exert force.
This allowed him, Zhao Min and Zi Kun to, in the end, even if they encountered a location they had never been to before, they could often determine with 50% to 60% certainty that the next wave of souls would attack the location with just one glance.
Although the souls in this long alley today are of a higher level, the formation refined by the other party is exactly the same as the scene in the underground alley.
Whenever I saw those places in the alleys while clearing levels, I would subconsciously think about where the attacks would occur, but... but how could I explain this
After Li Yan understood the other party's question in an instant, he was unable to come up with a perfect explanation for a moment under the scorching gaze of a Void Refining cultivator.
“Senior, I can’t sense the breath of those souls either, but when I’m moving, at a certain moment, my soul will suddenly feel fear.
And... and there will be a clearer feedback direction, so we will do whatever it takes to attack somewhere in advance!"
Li Yan could only answer like this, but he was very nervous in his heart.
It was not until this moment that he realized one thing. When he was breaking through this level, he was only thinking about why this long alley appeared here? Then, he also thought about controlling the distance he could go.
However, the instinct etched in his bones made him subconsciously attack in advance at the place where the soul might appear. This was an instinctive reaction when he saw the long alley, and it was a counterattack etched in his bones for more than ten years.
In particular, Li Yan would never have thought that just a simple entry test could actually alarm a Void Refining cultivator.
In his opinion, hasn't the entrance examination formation always been there? The Void Refining cultivator had nothing better to do than to watch a young Nascent Soul being examined.
Otherwise, he would have thought more about it and might have been able to avoid this kind of thing from happening.
However, after listening to Li Yan's explanation, Master Lan did not show any surprise on her face, but in her heart, she was already a little disappointed.
The answer she hoped to hear was that this boy had heard of or even seen this formation in some book or from the mouth of an outside cultivator.
Master Lan had also looked at Li Yan's registration information and knew that his ancestors were from the Zhanling Sect. The Zhanling Sect had maintained a good relationship with some foreign soul cultivators from the very beginning.
Those foreign soul cultivators all have their own secrets, and they will not easily reveal them to others.
As a sect of the same origin as the Soul-Cultivating Palace, they would not go so far as to exterminate other soul-cultivating sects. Instead, they want to make use of these soul cultivators to continuously strengthen the power of soul cultivators.
Even in the future, if he could get out, he would be able to appear in the outside world openly and compete with other forces.
Of course, the more important reason for not suppressing the soul cultivators of other sects is to let them see some hope, let them dig out the various secret techniques of their own sect, and work together to break the shackles of heaven and earth here.
After the Soul-Slaying Sect came into contact with those foreign soul cultivators, they might have obtained some very secret things. This was the result that Master Lan wanted, but Li Yan's answer was also within her consideration.
"Then when I saw your moves, it seemed like you knew that when those spirits attacked in groups, they would attack in the same order. How did you do that?"
When Li Yan heard the second question asked by the other party, he secretly groaned in his heart.
Why didn't I pay attention to these things at that time? I only considered leaving room for improvement in terms of distance, but didn't consider other aspects.
"This... This junior really doesn't know, I just relied on the pressure from the surrounding spirit power and made random moves to deal with it!"
"Oh? Is that the reason? Then, my friend, can I sense your soul power?"
Master Lan frowned. Li Yan's answer was of no use to her at all, which made her very dissatisfied.
"This... this is no problem!"
Li Yan showed some hesitation on his face, but soon agreed. This was the most normal behavior for a cultivator.
You are not the other person's teacher. It is impossible for others to allow you to explore their body just because you are their senior.
At the same time, Li Yan was really nervous because he had concealed his soul power before.
But at this moment, facing the request from such a cultivator, Li Yan had no reason to refuse. He had just joined the Zhenhun Palace and had just undergone the assessment.
If I refuse, it not only means that I might have something to hide, but the other party just needs to change the way he expresses himself, it would be just a casual remark.
"The sect has doubts about your assessment!"
You have to cooperate!
After only a dozen breaths, Master Lan withdrew her soul power. She looked at Li Yan with strange eyes, which made Li Yan even more uneasy.
“You are at the Nascent Soul stage, but your soul power has reached the Spiritualization stage. The degree of your soul concentration is surprisingly strong to this extent. I have only seen similar records of this in some classics.
"And the purity of your soul is so rare, so rare! It turns out that there are people with such excellent natural talents in the world!"
Every word that Master Lan said made Li Yan's heart tremble. A Void Refining cultivator is a Void Refining cultivator. Could he be exposed so easily
But fortunately, the other party only released soul power for detection, and did not forcibly use spiritual consciousness or magic power to detect the concentration of magic power in his body and the breath of Nascent Soul.
If the other party discovered that the fluctuations of his Nascent Soul magic power had actually reached the late Nascent Soul stage, rather than the early Nascent Soul stage of a soul cultivator, the trouble would be even greater.
However, Li Yan is still confident about this.
With the spiritual consciousness so restricted in the "Earthly Realm", the spiritual consciousness of a Void Refining cultivator can probably only be released about an inch and a half outside the body and cannot travel through his own body.
Without taking action, it was almost impossible to figure out his level of physical cultivation. Besides, Li Yan had been practicing the "Ebb Tide" technique in secret.
Seeing that Li Yan's eyes became dull after being seen through by him, Master Lan glanced at him sideways.
“Your true cultivation is still at the Nascent Soul stage, but when you truly explode, you can rely on your powerful soul power to exert the combat power of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
However, due to the limitations of your realm, you are unable to unleash soul attacks at the level of Divine Transformation.
Therefore, you did not deceive the sect on this point. No wonder you wanted to join the sect. It seems that you have already known your own conditions. The cultivation resources for independent cultivators are really scarce. It is a pity that you are staying outside.
However, this is everyone's privacy, so don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
After Master Lan thought about it, he stopped dwelling on this issue. Li Yan did not hide his cultivation level from the sect.
Moreover, she has never cared much about other things. She only cares about refining medicine and weapons, and how to improve her own attainments.
After detecting Li Yan's soul power, Master Lan gave the answer himself. Although Li Yan's soul power has reached the level of transformation, it is completely different from the soul in the level of transformation that he has cultivated all the way.
The cultivators at the Spirit Transformation Realm are unable to sense the location of their souls in the formation, because their souls are completely cultivated through acquired training.
People like Li Yan are born with excellent talents. To put it bluntly, his soul has been mutated since he was born, and he has a sensitivity to some unknown things that is beyond others.
Only in this way can we explain why the other party, who had clearly never seen this formation before, could still make those strange reactions.
After listening to Master Lan's words, Li Yan showed an undisguised look of relaxation on his face.
This was also Li Yan's true feeling. The other party was a powerful cultivator, so there was no need for him to deceive him. If he wanted to capture him, it would be so easy that he could do it at any time.
In the face of absolute strength, there is no need to bother with any tricks.
"However, I still have some questions that I need you to explain!"
Just when Li Yan had just relaxed a little, Master Lan stared at him with a faint purple light flashing in his eyes, and said slowly!
(End of this chapter)