I am cautiously cultivating immortals in a strange world

Chapter 2336 Perilous Situation
As soon as he entered the desert area, Chen Lin knew that he had underestimated the level of danger here.

The so-called gravel is not a physical entity, but rather individual energy particles containing highly corrosive power.

And it is transparent.

It is difficult to detect with the naked eye or through perception.

Almost the instant the spirit boat rushed in, eight layers of his nine-layered armor were broken through. Only the last layer, thanks to the blessing of the magic characters, could barely hold on, but it wouldn't last long either.

Chen Lin put the little white snake away.

With his divine eye activated to its fullest extent, he solemnly observed his surroundings.

This does allow you to see the 'gravel,' but it's not very useful.

Because there are so many grains of sand, there is nowhere to hide. The spatial rules in this area are severely affected, making it impossible to travel through the void.

Can only resist.

The desert is vast, and because of the sand, it is impossible to fly quickly. Whether it is short-distance travel or various escape techniques, none of them can be used.

Chen Lin could only fly by unfolding his soul wings.

However, after mastering the Soul Master's inheritance, the Soul Wing Technique underwent a qualitative change, greatly increasing its power, making it perfectly suited for use here.

What needs to be done now is to strengthen the defense.

But there's no good solution.

The Ninefold Armor was already his strongest technique; other methods were simply no match for the erosion of the sand. All he could do was try to dodge and reduce the pressure on the Ninefold Armor.

This way, it's barely enough to keep going.

The final layer of runic armor, enhanced by the magic symbols, possessed a significantly increased power. Although it was teetering on the brink of collapse, it remained intact.

It consumes a great deal of the runic source material and needs to constantly draw energy from the variegated crystal to replenish it.

Time passed slowly.

Chen Lin gradually adapted to the rhythm.

Like a bird soaring through a storm, sometimes up, sometimes down, sometimes left, sometimes right, becoming more and more agile and composed.

Just as he relaxed a little, a huge, barely visible tentacle suddenly appeared, lashing out with an indescribable, terrifying pressure.

"not good!"

Chen Lin's expression changed drastically.

The tentacles, of unknown origin, unleashed a torrent of energy, stirring up sand and gravel within a hundred miles, shrouding everything in a blanket of yellow sand, making it feel like being in a desert during a storm, where vision instantly became blurred.

Perception is also limited at the same time.

In the rush, it was impossible to discern from which direction the tentacles were attacking.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Lin immediately activated the Seven Star Spoon that he had prepared beforehand. The stroke of the character "法" was instantly completed, and it shone with seven-colored light.

Heaven and earth were cleansed.

Within the glow of the characters, all the sand melted away like ice and snow.

This is also one of the effects of 'all methods returning to their origin'.

at this time.

The tentacles were already in front of them.

However, it became sluggish due to the suppression of the characters, but its power was still terrifying, making it impossible for Chen Lin to even muster the will to resist.

"Go to hell!"

Chen Lin shook his soul source, briefly freeing himself from the suppression of the tentacles. Then, with a thought, the characters suddenly grew larger, their light becoming even more dazzling, enveloping the giant tentacles.

The tentacles immediately began to tremble violently.

Strange patterns appeared and flashed wildly, while the distant sand seemed to be summoned, gathering here as if swept by a gale, constantly consuming the energy of the characters.

Upon seeing this, Chen Lin's eyelids twitched.

This monster was able to withstand the attack of the Seven Star Spoon, and it was only a tentacle; its true level must have reached the Dominator level.

If the other party recovers, he will surely die.

But even the Seven Star Spoon was useless, and other methods were unlikely to be very effective either; they would only be a waste of time, and the longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

Chen Lin quickly weighed the options.

In the end, they didn't let Hongchen make a move, but instead directly activated the Soul-Supporting Secret Technique.

The Peach Fairy only had one peach left, which she needed to save to save her life. In this one-on-one stalemate, it was the perfect time to use Soul Techniques. With that characteristic, as long as Soul Techniques could be activated, even if they couldn't kill the opponent, they could still severely injure the monster.

The secret technique was successfully activated.

This made Chen Lin feel a little relieved.

The characteristic of the "Sacrifice for Righteousness" technique is that once it is successfully activated, the target will inevitably be affected, and then it depends on whose soul is stronger, his or the monster's.

immediately.

Chen Lin's heart jumped.

Almost instantly, his soul's essence was depleted, leaving only the part with that characteristic.

Fortunately, this part remains firm.

No matter how much it trembles, it remains unmoved.

The stalemate lasted for a while.

The pressure from the tentacles began to weaken, and the flashing frequency of the patterns on them slowed down, indicating a decline.

Chen Lin dared not relax.

The hand tucked into his sleeve gripped Hongchen tightly, ready to act immediately should any change occur.

The mutation did not occur.

As the tentacles' aura weakened, the patterns on them disappeared again. Then, the tentacles trembled slightly and broke off in the middle.

The front part quickly dissipated, while the back part shrank back and disappeared to who knows where.

Chen Lin immediately felt the pressure ease.

Once the soul-binding technique ended, he returned to normal.

A feeling of weakness washed over him, causing his body to sway involuntarily. However, since the surrounding sand had been cleared away, there was no danger.

He did not use the crystal marrow, but instead slowly recovered with the variegated crystal, while carefully observing the surrounding situation.

He never sensed the monster's true form; a single tentacle was enough to put him in grave danger.

Moreover, the Soul-Slaying Secret Technique only caused the opponent to lose half of a tentacle.

It could reappear at any time.

But the feared scenario did not occur.

Even after his body had fully recovered, the surroundings remained silent, and the tentacle monster never returned.

Chen Lin dared not linger any longer.

Unfurling its soul wings, it continued flying forward.

He had only been flying for a short while when he stopped again, staring at the front with a grim expression.

Amidst the swirling sand, a colossal creature floated silently, its shape bizarre, its nature obscured.

"what?"

I observed for a while.

Chen Lin's expression shifted slightly.

He discovered that the huge black shadow had no tentacles and no signs of life, unlike the monster that had just attacked him.

Instead, it resembles a large flying artifact!

I waited a while longer.

Chen Lin slowly approached the shadowy figure.

The sand and gravel in the desert are very harmful to living beings, but less corrosive to non-living objects, so there is a possibility that flying artifacts exist there.

As the distance closes.

The shadowy figure gradually became clearer, and it really was a treasure—a giant spaceship shaped like a behemoth!
Is anyone home?

Chen Lin used his soul transmission technique to envelop the spaceship with his voice.

However, no response was received.

"anyone there?"

"May I ask who you are, fellow Daoist? Would you be so kind as to give me a ride?"

I asked a couple more questions.

Still receiving no response, Chen Lin moved forward again.

"Help……"

A voice as soft as a mosquito's murmur suddenly rang out.

Chen Lin's lips twitched.

He wanted to hitch a ride on the other person's spaceship, but he didn't expect that the other person had also perished and needed his rescue.

Carefully approach the side of the boat.

After scanning the ship, I found it completely empty. There were no people or anything of note. Moreover, this spaceship was not a normal passenger ship; the deck was completely flat, and there was no entrance to the cabin.

This puzzled Chen Lin.

He heard it clearly; there were definitely cries for help. "Help..."

At this time.

That faint voice rang out again.

Chen Lin immediately looked towards the middle of the ship, where there were some boxes, most of which were broken and damaged, with only three still intact.

The cries for help came from there.

I thought about it.

Chen Lin still managed to leap onto the boat.

A thought crossed my mind.

Runes immediately began to fly around him, forming a safe zone centered on the magic character, blocking out all the surrounding sand and gravel.

He can't hold on for long in this situation.

Chen Lin immediately conjured a rune figure, which flew to the three intact boxes and opened them one by one, revealing their contents.

There are three people.

An elderly man with white hair and a middle-aged man.

There was also a woman wearing a jade hairpin.

wrong.

Chen Lin's gaze swept over the woman and he noticed a small head beneath her, presumably that of an infant she was holding.

"Help..."

"Save my son..."

Feeling the box being opened, the woman struggled and raised her head, her face showing pleading.

Chen Lin reached out and took out a pill.

He wrapped it in his soul power and delivered it to the woman, then checked on the other two.

His expression immediately changed.

The white-haired old man and the middle-aged man were not dead, but their essence had been severely eroded, and they had fallen into an unconscious state.

However, he had no way to save them, so he could only give them some spiritual liquid and then close the box again.

This box is no ordinary object.

The fact that these people have survived until now is entirely due to the box protecting them from the erosion of the sand and gravel; otherwise, they would have been reduced to ashes long ago.

Then Chen Lin used his soul power to probe the other boxes.

But all the remaining boxes were damaged, and even if someone had hidden inside, they couldn't have survived. I glanced at them briefly and then stopped paying attention.

"How are you? Can you speak now?"

After the woman swallowed the pill, Chen Lin looked at her and asked her a question.

"Please, benefactor, save my son!"

The woman was still weak, but she was able to communicate normally. She lifted the baby in her arms, intending to hand it to Chen Lin.

Chen Lin did not answer.

He could sense that the baby was not in any danger and was in better condition than the woman. The baby was silent because it was sealed by an energy.

"Please, my benefactor, please take my son away!"

The woman continued to plead.

As he spoke, he took out an exquisite token from his person.

He showed it to Chen Lin and said, "I am from the Wang family of Xiaoxuan Island in the Shattered Star Ring. My benefactor, take this token and bring me there. The Wang family will definitely give you a generous reward."

It seemed as if they were afraid Chen Lin wouldn't believe them.

She immediately took out another scroll, unrolled it, pricked her finger, and wrote quickly on it.

After finishing writing, he showed the scroll to Chen Lin.

Chen Lin glanced at it.

The gist of the message is that this child is the eldest son of the royal family, who encountered misfortune in the desert and was rescued by a benefactor. The child requests a reward of some kind to the benefactor.

The promised conditions are only average.

At this point, all that's written on it are ten pieces of iridescent crystal, a dozen kinds of rare and precious materials, and the rest are just some secret techniques and the rights of certain shops.

However, this also shows that the other party did not lie.

"No need for that."

Chen Lin did not accept the scroll and token.

He reached out his hand.

The seven-star spoon was taken out.

Then he took out the small bottle containing the variegated crystal marrow, drank a little more than half of it in one gulp, and then activated the Seven Star Spoon again.

He dared not continue traveling at a leisurely pace; if he encountered the tentacle monster again, he might not be so lucky as to escape.

So they planned to use the power of the Seven Star Spoon to see if they could forcibly break through space and travel out.

Seven-colored light burst forth.

With the blessing of the Seven Star Spoon, the characters unleashed terrifying power of rules. Chen Lin focused all his power on the rules of space.

The seven-colored light condensed into a knife.

A light slash.

The once perfectly stable space immediately began to ripple. Chen Lin's eyes lit up as he determined the location. He then manipulated the surrounding runes to pull the giant ship into the ripples.

A hundred miles outside the sandy sea.

The silent void suddenly trembled.

A spaceship resembling a ferocious behemoth slowly emerged from the void, surrounded by runes, giving it an unusually mysterious feel.

A person stood with his hands behind his back at the bow of the ship.

It was Chen Lin.

Once the spaceship had completely emerged from the void, he waved his hand, and all the runes, like swallows returning to their nests, burrowed into his body.

He looked back again.

The void a hundred miles away was still the same as when it was viewed from the opposite side, only slightly yellowish, and there was no sense of danger at all.

If we hadn't known about the situation beforehand, we probably would have had to plunge in before discovering the anomaly.

The Star Ruins are indeed fraught with danger.

After a moment of quiet reflection, Chen Lin looked at the woman in the box.

At this moment, the woman was filled with the joy of surviving a disaster and a deep sense of shock, and her gaze toward Chen Lin became increasingly respectful.

It recovered for a while.

The woman struggled for a few moments, then stood up from the box. She carefully placed the baby back in the box, then stepped out and bowed deeply to Chen Lin.

"Junior Su Wanyi is the wife of Wang Qingchuan, the current head of the Xiaoxuan Island of the Shattered Star Ring. I am deeply grateful for your great kindness in saving me. I have no way to repay you now, but once I return to my family, I will do everything in my power to serve you. I am willing to serve you like a dog!"

"hehe."

Chen Lin smiled.

Having escaped danger, he felt relieved.

He waved his hand and said, "I am not a senior, I just have some supernatural abilities. You and I are both eternal cultivators, so we can treat each other as equals."

The woman was taken aback.

His face clearly showed suspicion.

The ability to traverse the void in the desert is virtually impossible for anyone other than a master cultivator.

Therefore, she thought Chen Lin was trying to hide his cultivation level.

So she changed her words and said, "My benefactor, could you please tell me your name so that I may remember this kindness?"

"There's no need to mention the favor, but it's just a favor. My name is Lin Feiyu, and I happen to be going to Wudaopo. We can travel together for a while."

"what!"

Su Wanyi exclaimed in surprise.

She was worried about what to do on the journey ahead, but if she could travel with this powerful person, she wouldn't have to worry about her safety.

The worries are gone.

She immediately remembered that there were two people in the box whose fate was unknown, so she quickly apologized to Chen Lin and hurried over to check.

Chen Lin also went over to take a look.

He said calmly, "They won't die, but their essence will be severely damaged, and their cultivation level will likely drop significantly. Are they from the Wang family?"

"Yes."

Su Wanyi nodded sadly.

Then he stopped talking, took out some rare and precious herbs, and began to treat the two of them.

"what is this?"

Chen Lin, who was watching from the side, suddenly pointed to a bent little grass and asked.