I am cautiously cultivating immortals in a strange world

Chapter 2215 Wood Injures Itself

"what?"

Upon seeing the card in Chen Lin's hand, the red-haired rat let out a soft "hmm".

Change the body from leaning back to leaning forward.

After carefully sensing it, he exclaimed in surprise, "How did this card end up in your hands? Who are you to Mu Zishang?"

"Wood injures itself?"

Chen Lin shook his head.

“I don’t know the person you’re talking about. I obtained this item by chance in a low-level interface. It was originally a set of twelve cards, each with a pattern on it, which matches the number of the twelve zodiac animals that Your Majesty mentioned.”

"No doubt about it."

The red-haired mouse stroked its whiskers.

"This is the carrier of the zodiac chart. There are twelve kinds of monsters: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. I just didn't expect Mu Zishang to have actually collected them all. He is indeed a powerful person."

"However, the essence I left on this card is still there, albeit faint, which proves that the other party did not successfully integrate the zodiac image."

"Pity."

I gave my evaluation.

The red-haired rat looked at Chen Lin and asked, "Since it's a set, take it all out. I'll see what went wrong and caused it to fail to fuse."

Chen Lin shook his head.

"I didn't get them all, I only got a portion, and I didn't know what they were for. I used some of them, and now I only have this one left."

"Low-level interface?"

The red-haired mouse was somewhat puzzled.

He then said, "Forget it, it's been too long. Mu Zishang is so mysterious, no one can figure out his intentions. Since your card happens to be the Rat, I'll just relight it for you."

There was no pause.

It continued, "These zodiac animal pictures are drawn using character cards from the Ferry of Life. The carrier is strong enough, but due to the passage of time, the original essence of the zodiac animals on them has almost dissipated. If you want to obtain all the zodiac animal pictures, you need to find the other eleven cards."

"Not only did we find other zodiac cards."

The red-haired rat glanced sideways at Chen Lin.

"The original essence of this card has dissipated, and the others are not much better off. Even if you collect all the cards left by Mu Zishang, you will still have to find the corresponding zodiac inheritors and light them up one by one before you can use them."

Chen Lin didn't react.

He simply wrapped the 'Rat Token' in his soul power and delivered it to the red-haired rat.

He just wanted to learn about the Chinese zodiac signs; he didn't necessarily intend to collect them all.

I don't have that ability either.

The person who mentioned "Wood Self-Injury" should be the one who gave the character cards to the ancestors of the reclusive family. At the time, he also suspected that these cards held a great secret and wanted to collect all the zodiac cards, but he was not able to do so in the end.

All that I have now has been used up on the journey of life, and it's impossible to collect them all again.

Think of this.

Chen Lin then thought of Sun Jingning and Sun Chuxue.

The former can shape the soul of the zodiac cards, while the latter is a supernatural being left in the Sun family, with the inheritance of the zodiac cards sealed in her sea of ​​consciousness, and she is asked to find all twelve cards.

They probably wanted to incorporate the Chinese zodiac.

However, the two sisters have already been taken away by the Soulless Ancestor, and there's no way to confirm their whereabouts.

I quickly recalled the events in my mind.

Chen Lin turned his attention to the red-haired rat.

The opponent did not accept the card.

It simply opened its mouth and spat out a beam of red light, which transformed into the same red-haired rat phantom and merged into the card.

The card then flew back.

"All right."

The red-haired mouse patted its paws.

He said calmly, "Now if you inject your soul power, you will be able to see the zodiac animal diagram inside, but I am currently quite weak, so the effect of illuminating it will only last for three thousand years at most."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Lin thanked him.

They don't care about the three-thousand-year timeframe.

There are twelve sets of zodiac animal charts, and you need to find the corresponding twelve zodiac animals to light them up. This is an impossible task for him, whether it takes three hundred years or three thousand years.

But he still infused his soul power into the card.

Suddenly.

Chen Lin's consciousness was pulled into a starry sky, where countless stars twinkled all around, giving people a sense of vast and magnificent beauty.

Immediately afterwards, the phantom of the red-haired rat appeared.

It opened its mouth and emitted a beam of red light, which spread outwards, growing thicker and thicker until it connected some of the stars, forming a path.

I dare not be too distracted.

To prevent the red-haired rat from making a sudden move, Chen Lin glanced at the card a few times, then stopped injecting soul power and separated his consciousness from the card.

I was deeply shocked.

No wonder it requires a powerful carrier. This way of constructing the map was something he could hardly have imagined before, which also suggests that the mysterious place the map points to must not be an ordinary region.

He was starting to believe it; the Shadow Scholar had indeed been inside.

"A map doesn't tell you anything. To get there, you have to collect all the zodiac animal pictures and combine them into a key to open the door."

The red-haired mouse opens its mouth as a warning.

Chen Lin put the cards away.

His gaze fixed on the red-haired rat, he said, "Your Majesty has received the inheritance of the Rat zodiac, haven't you thought of finding other zodiac inheritors to explore that place together?"

The red-haired mouse's mouth twitched violently.

Frustrated, he said, "How do you know I didn't go looking for it? That treasure trove was originally prepared for the inheritors of the Zodiac, but I didn't find it and have been trapped here for over ten thousand years."

"Everyone from the Linglong Sect deserves to die!"

Think of this.

The red-haired rat flew into a rage once again.

Then he urged Chen Lin, "Hurry up and give me the Longevity Mirror. I fell asleep earlier and missed this opportunity to transform into a primordial spirit infant. My innate lifespan is running out, and I can't hold on for much longer."

Chen Lin raised an eyebrow.

Changing the subject, he asked, "Can a congenital spiritual infant increase one's innate lifespan?"

While asking the question, he glanced at the crack out of the corner of his eye.

Be ready to leave at any time.

Although he possesses the Mirror of Longevity, it cannot restore the other party's innate lifespan. Once exposed, the other party will surely become enraged and attempt to kill him.

"Innate spiritual infants are special spiritual entities with many wonderful uses."

The red-haired mouse suppressed its anxiety.

He patiently explained, "The light it releases can reduce one's innate lifespan, but everything has two sides. If you absorb its energy, you can increase your innate lifespan, though not by much... Hmm?"

"What are you trying to do? Trying to run away!"

Although Chen Lin's actions were discreet, they were still discovered by the red-haired rat.

It roared.

His body trembled violently, and the red fur on his body transformed into streaks of red arrows, raining down on Chen Lin.

Each one exuded a terrifying pressure.

Chen Lin dared not resist.

He immediately activated the bone fragments, transforming them into a runic shield to defend himself.

At the same time, he used Soul-Destroying Finger to counterattack.

"Xing Jun?"

The red-haired mouse exclaimed in surprise.

"That must die too!"

As its furious roar resounded, Chen Lin saw the entire space burst into a crimson light, turning everything in his field of vision blood red.

For a moment, I couldn't see anything.

next moment.

Boundless sword intent emerged from above, and a blinding sword light pierced through the blood-red curtain, making the space bright again.

"You think you can just run away after lying to me? You're dreaming! Since you don't have the Mirror of Immortality, then you'll have to stay here and wait to die with me!"

The red-haired rat's weak voice carried a mocking tone.

Chen Lin continued to use the bone fragments for protection, and glanced at the changes in the space.

Then his expression changed.

At some point, his physical body was being trampled underfoot by a red-haired rat, whose body was covered in red fur, severing the connection between his true soul and his physical body.

The only thing I could clearly sense was the runes in my dantian.

However, Chen Lin did not dare to make any rash moves.

He feared that if he rashly activated the runes, the other party would destroy his physical body.

He wouldn't care so much if it were his own physical body, but this body belongs to the one who issued the life mission. If it is destroyed, it could directly lead to the failure of the mission.

The cost of losing the bet was too high, so he had no choice but to endure it for now.