I am cautiously cultivating immortals in a strange world

Upon receiving the information from the hat, Chen Lin realized that there was probably a conspiracy behind Yingfei's matter.

He immediately ordered Silver Rat to continue searching for Adaya, while also contacting other powerful figures in the city to inquire about the situation at Mount Huang during the last Dark Year.

What happened ten thousand years ago is already dust in the past for ordinary people and low-level cultivators, but it is not too far away for high-level cultivators.

There are even people who have experienced it firsthand.

"Does Fellow Daoist Lin also need Yingfei?"

In a shop selling magical artifacts, the white-bearded shopkeeper poured Chen Lin a cup of spiritual tea and asked him questions with a hint of inquiry.

Chen Lin nodded.

He said frankly, "To be honest, Manager Xiao, the Firefly Jade is an aid in soul-breaking. I also have the idea of ​​trying to break free from the soul, so naturally I need this item."

"Soul dispelling?"

A glint flashed in Manager Xiao's cloudy eyes.

Looking at Chen Lin, he said, "I am not very knowledgeable about the matter of soul dissolution. Could Fellow Daoist Lin enlighten me?"

"Not knowing is actually a good thing."

Chen Lin sighed softly.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Soul-dispelling is extremely dangerous. Less than one in a hundred can survive, and there are many restrictions. Are you sure you want to listen, Manager Xiao? Once you know, it might be hard to resist the temptation."

"It doesn't matter."

Shopkeeper Xiao smiled.

"I have been cultivating for 30,000 years. I have no confidence whatsoever in the next great calamity. No matter how dangerous it is, as long as there is even a sliver of hope for advancement, I will do my best to seize it."

"Then I'll explain."

Chen Lin slowly began to speak, describing the situation of the soul-dispelling ritual.

Since you want to ask about Yingfei, you have to reciprocate; this can be considered a kind of unspoken deal.

However, this is just a simple description.

He didn't mention any information about the auxiliary items like Cui Xuandie, or the precautions Adaya had given him.

These are all closely guarded secrets that cannot be easily revealed to outsiders.

Even so, Manager Xiao was very satisfied and nodded frequently.

"Fellow Daoist Lin is truly learned and talented; he far surpasses this old fellow in his understanding of the path of cultivation."

Give a compliment.

Shopkeeper Xiao explained, "The Firefly Jade is actually the crystal spit out by the Thousand-Headed Firefly. Its main function is to paralyze the soul. It is an essential item for cultivating some special soul techniques, so it is very valuable."

"Fellow Daoist, have you ever seen the fireflies of Mount Huangshan with your own eyes? Are you sure it's a thousand-headed firefly?"

Chen Lin immediately inquired.

"Of course I've seen it."

Shopkeeper Xiao stroked his beard.

He said with a hint of pride, "Back then, I was also a cultivation genius. I advanced to the True Realm Perfection in less than ten thousand years. I participated in the competition for the Firefly Jade of Mount Huang twice in a row, and even obtained some."

talking.

He took out a small bottle from his storage ring.

It opened in front of Chen Lin, revealing specks of green light inside.

Like individual grains of rice.

"Look, this is the Firefly Jade. I got it from Mount Huang during the Dark Year. Unfortunately, there were too many Eternal Realm experts at the time, so I didn't dare to enter the central area. Besides, I didn't have much need for this item, so it wasn't worth risking my life."

"Oh?"

Chen Lin was surprised by the unexpected surprise.

Immediately take the bottle in your hand, pour out a pill, and observe it.

Suddenly.

An indescribable aura appeared.

Chen Lin felt warm and cozy, like a summer day after lunch. He was listless and just wanted to take a nice nap.

What surprised him the most was...

This aura is elusive; its cause and how to resist it are unknown.

Even with his high-dimensional soul, he still couldn't contend with it. Fortunately, the firefly in his hand was very small, otherwise his soul would probably have become numb.

"The world is full of wonders, and this thing is truly mysterious."

Chen Lin put the crystal back into the bottle.

Looking at Shopkeeper Xiao, he said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao has possessed this item for ten thousand years. Have you been able to figure out any clues? What can restrain this kind of erosion?"

"No."

Manager Xiao immediately shook his head.

"I have tried many soul defense treasures, but none of them worked. This Firefly Jade aura is invisible and intangible. There is only one way to completely defend against it, and that is to make your own soul strong enough."

Chen Lin didn't dwell on the matter any further.

Although the other party has lived a long time, he has been cultivating on the Great Yellow Star, and his cultivation level is only at the True Realm Perfection, so his knowledge is somewhat limited.

Let's get back to the main topic.

"Manager Xiao, could you please describe the Thousand-Headed Firefly in detail? Did you personally catch this kind of demonic insect back then?"

Either what the other party said, or the contents of the suicide note on the hat, must be false.

If the thousand fireflies of Mount Huang are transformed from characters in the book, they cannot possibly spew out real firefly jade. However, the firefly jade in front of us cannot be faked, so we still need to confirm it.

"The situation back then, huh?"

Shopkeeper Xiao revealed a look of reminiscence.

Speak slowly.

"The Thousand-Headed Firefly is a wondrous creature. It is called 'Thousand-Headed' not because it has a thousand heads, but because its heads are constantly changing."

"The most distinctive feature of this creature is its large head."

"Unlike normal fireflies, the Thousand-Headed Firefly's light-emitting part is also its head. This creature is very strange. Each time it changes, it can unleash different supernatural powers. Moreover, it can arrange its troops into formations, making it extremely difficult to deal with."

“During each Dark Year, many cultivators perish there, including many Eternal Powerhouses.”

Chen Lin nodded slightly.

He then asked, "The thousand fireflies only appear during the Dark Year. Where do they go at other times? Has anyone investigated?"

"This matter remains a mystery."

Shopkeeper Xiao stroked his beard again.

"Those thousand-headed fireflies seem to be born from the influence of the Dark Year. They appear at the beginning of each Dark Year and disappear after the Dark Year ends. There has never been an exception, and they never leave the area of ​​the Great Huangshan Mountain."

“Countless people have searched during normal times, and even the entire Huangshan Mountain has been uprooted, but nothing has been found.”

"Over time, people have come to accept this situation and regard it as a spectacle."

Chen Lin thought for a moment.

He asked, "Is it possible that the Thousand-Headed Firefly could be captured alive?"

"No."

Shopkeeper Xiao gave a negative answer.

He further explained, "We cannot capture them alive, and there is no corpse left after killing them; only Yingfei remains."

After a stick of incense.

Chen Lin left the shop.

I walked along the street, lost in thought.

Shopkeeper Xiao provided a lot of information, but it was still impossible to determine the authenticity of the suicide note in the hat.

Judging from the actual existence of Yingfei, it is unlikely that the Thousand-Headed Firefly is a transformation of characters. Moreover, this creature is not unique to Huangshan; it also exists in other star systems.

However, the characteristics it exhibits are consistent with the features of illusion.

Unable to leave Mount Huang, they leave no corpses after being killed, and the number is endless; no matter how many are killed, they can never be finished.

Calling it character transmutation is plausible.

Next.

Chen Lin then visited Lao Xiu, whom he had previously met.

But none of them know as much as Manager Xiao.

So he stopped wasting time and told Silver Rat to send people to the cities near Mount Huang to investigate. There must have been a lot of people there who wanted to get his hands on Firefly Jade, so they should have more information.

Shake.

Several years passed.

The feedback Chen Lin received from various parties all proved that the Thousand-Headed Firefly was a real demon insect, not a character transformed from a book.

The most common explanation is that the Thousand Spirit Emperor, the strongest being in this star field before the Sovereign Dragon, had his spirit dog perish at Mount Huang, causing changes in the space there and creating spatial rifts. The Thousand-Headed Firefly is a type of demonic insect that prefers darkness.

After the Dark Year arrived, it descended through spatial rifts to absorb the remaining energy of the spirit hound.

There is another explanation.

It is said that the Thousand Spirit Emperor did not die, but was seriously injured and has been hiding in the Void Secret Realm near Mount Huang.

The Thousand-Headed Firefly is kept by the other party and released periodically to absorb external energy in order to heal its own dominance.

However, this view is not widely accepted.

Because when the Supreme Dragon Sovereign was alive, he personally came to Great Yellow Star to investigate. If such a secret realm existed, it would be impossible for a Sovereign-level powerhouse not to discover it.

in the room.

Chen Lin sat quietly in deep thought.

He had a feeling that this trip to Huangshan would not go smoothly.

Unfortunately, the little black cat isn't here.

Alternatively, you could have them do a divination; perhaps they can offer some clues.

"Ugh!"

Sigh.

Chen Lin shook his head and stopped worrying about it.

There's no use in agonizing over it.

He has promised Adaya that he must go to Mount Huang if she requests it.

Now all he can do is wait for the other party to contact him, then he can explain the situation to them and let them make the decision. He can simply follow their instructions.

"My lord, Manager Yue requests an audience."

Just as Chen Lin put his hat away, Lin Xinyi's voice rang out.

"not see."

He frowned and responded rudely.

It seems that Yue Yingxian has her eye on him, and she comes over every now and then, making all the shops in the market think that the two of them have something going on.

However, he didn't want to fall out with her yet, so he always had Lin Xinyi drive her away.

"Manager Yue said she has obtained two more portions of dazzling liquid crystals and has come to present them to you, sir, so that she may personally deliver them to you."

Lin Xinyi's voice rang out again.

Chen Lin grinned.

Helpless, he said, "Please ask her to come up."

He still needed to obtain the dazzling liquid crystal, which was why he had been patient and had never completely severed ties with it.

After a series of footsteps on the stairs.

The door was pushed open.

Yue Yingxian gracefully entered the room.

Chen Lin raised an eyebrow.

"Shopkeeper Yue, has something gone wrong with your cultivation? Why do you look so haggard?" she asked in surprise.

At this moment, although Yue Yingxian still possessed an outstanding temperament, she had become completely listless, and both her magical power fluctuations and soul fluctuations were much weaker.

And there was a strange feeling about it.

It was as if some unseen force was watching the other person, causing him to feel uneasy.

"Brother Lin is right, my sister has indeed encountered some problems."

Yue Yingxian placed the jade box in her hand in front of Chen Lin.

He gestured and said, "These are two newly acquired portions of Radiant Crystal. Knowing that Brother Lin needed them, I brought them to you as soon as possible. Please don't think it's too little."

Chen Lin glanced at it.

Instead of taking it immediately, he looked the other person up and down for a while.

suddenly.

His eyes flashed.

He said in a deep voice, "Manager Yue, are you currently facing a tribulation of the Great Dao?"

Yue Yingxian gave Chen Lin a deep look.

She smiled wryly and said, "Brother Lin has keen insight. My sister is indeed undergoing a tribulation, but this tribulation is somewhat special and will not affect our actions."

Chen Lin became more vigilant.

Without hesitation, he immediately activated the Ancient Witch's Eye and used the Wizard's Force Field to seal himself off, so as to prevent his aura from being sensed by the opponent's Dao Tribulation, which would result in him being implicated.

Yue Yingxian's expression froze.

She forced a smile.

She said softly, "Brother Lin, rest assured, my tribulation is not an attack, but an invisible one, and it will not affect others."

Chen Lin felt a slight sense of relief upon hearing this.

He forced a smile and said, "Please forgive me, Manager Yue. The tribulation of the Great Dao is no small matter. You are a powerful figure in the Star Ruins. If you were to be tainted by karma, my meager cultivation would not be able to withstand it."

The voice just fell.

Chen Lin suddenly remembered something, and his heart became heavy again.

I looked at the other person's face.

He said in a gloomy tone, "Manager Yue has approached me time and time again. Could it be that your tribulation is related to me?"

Yue Yingxian remained silent.

Chen Lin's heart sank.

After reaching the Eternal Realm, the tribulations of the Great Dao become incredibly diverse, with all sorts of things possible. Some are even unknown in their nature, but one is constantly subjected to the erosion of the Dao.

This is the invisible calamity.

It is also the type of calamity with the highest mortality rate.

As far as he knew, nine out of ten fallen Eternal Realm cultivators died from the Invisible Tribulation, a fact that made all the powerful cultivators tremble with fear. They thought that this situation would be better in higher-level environments, but it seems that it is the same everywhere.

The most important thing to resolve an invisible calamity is to find the source of the calamity.

No wonder the other party acted so strangely.

It's obvious they suspect he's the one destined for disaster!
"Fellow Daoist Yue must have made a mistake. I am a native cultivator of the Seven Star Realm. I have never been to other realms, let alone Star Ruins. You and I have absolutely no connection, so it is impossible for me to be related to your Dao Tribulation."

Chen Lin explained in a low voice.

Although he was not afraid of the other party, he did not want to get involved with them in this way.

"It was Master Zhenyangzi who said it."

Yue Yingxian stared intently into Chen Lin's eyes.

Chen Lin cursed under his breath.

There was no reaction from him; he said expressionlessly, "Who is Zhenyangzi? Why would he say that my Dao Tribulation is related to yours? Did he directly mention my name?"

"That's not there."

Yue Yingxian answered softly.

Chen Lin felt a little relieved.

He thought that Zhenyangzi was incredibly powerful, able to break through even the rules of the Ferry of Life, and that he knew that Zhenyangzi was Chen Lin and was secretly plotting something against him.

But before he could speak...

Yue Yingxian spoke again, "But I can confirm that Brother Lin is the person I'm looking for."

“How come you see?”

Chen Lin regained his composure, and his tone became indifferent.

"Master Zhenyangzi divined for me and said that the person who can save me is the place where the six-pointed stone descends in the Seven Star Realm. And in the entire Seven Star Realm, the only one that can be called a six-pointed stone from beyond the heavens is the divine stone in this city."

"Not necessarily."

Chen Lin pondered for a moment.

He guided her, saying, "As far as I know, there is a six-pointed star vortex within the boundary river, and there must also be six-pointed divine stones there. Manager Yue, don't be too hasty in making such a big decision."

"I naturally have other methods of verification."

Yue Yingxian took a deep breath.

Looking at Chen Lin, she said, "I am 80% certain that Brother Lin is the chosen one that Master Zhenyangzi spoke of, the one who can help me overcome my tribulation. Brother Lin has seen my current situation. If I cannot find a way to overcome this tribulation, I am afraid I will not be able to hold on for many more years."

After speaking, he bowed deeply.

"I beg Brother Lin's help. If you can help me through this calamity, I can secure a 10% share of the clan's rare crystals for you. We can sign a contract!" (End of Chapter)