I am cautiously cultivating immortals in a strange world

Chapter 2348 Return to Kashima
Sun Caiyi's words stirred something in Chen Lin's heart.

If the other party knows the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Technique, doesn't that mean they are related to the destroyed Sun family?

They are descendants of the Sun family.

Or is it the reincarnation of a powerful member of the Sun family?
Thinking of this, Chen Lin immediately summoned Dugu Xiu and asked Xiahou Ling about the origin of the jade pendant.

really.

It is a treasure left behind by the Sun family, possessing the earth element power of the Sovereign level. It is a defensive treasure. All four major families have such treasures. It is not surprising that Xiahou Ling, with his special status, was able to obtain it.

He dismissed Dugu Xiu.

Chen Lin continued his conversation with Sun Caiyi.

The main questioning involves whether the other person's memories come from themselves or from Xiahou Ling's jade pendant, in order to deduce their identity and origin.

Sun Caiyi pondered for a long time.

He hesitated and said, "I'm not too sure about the others, but the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Technique is something I already had in my memory, but it was very vague. It only became clear after I absorbed the energy from that jade pendant."

Chen Lin sighed inwardly.

In that case, there's a high possibility that it's a reincarnation.

Now that the other party has lost their original physical body, their soul is still a reincarnated form. Although they are called Sun Caiyi, they have little to do with Sun Caiyi anymore. It all depends on what they think after they fully regain their memories.

"All right."

"Your mind is unstable right now, and it's too dangerous outside. Go into the cave to cultivate."

"Don't hesitate to ask if you need any help."

Chen Lin stopped worrying about it.

In any case, the person has finally been resurrected, which is some consolation for Chen Ling'er.

"May I ask what my name is, and how should I address you?"

Sun Caiyi asked tentatively.

“Your name is Sun Caiyi, though you may have other names as well. As for how you address me, if nothing changes, you should call me husband.”

"Husband?"

Sun Caiyi was somewhat surprised to hear Chen Lin's answer.

a long time.

She nodded slightly and returned to the jade pendant in the cave.

Chen Lin took out a piece of variegated crystal and handed it to Hong Chen: "Please take a look at it and have the little white snake keep an eye on her changes. If anything seems amiss, notify me immediately."

"Ok."

Hongchen agreed.

"Wait a moment."

Chen Lin then remembered something else.

"Now that we've arrived at Star Ruins, would you like to visit the True Destiny Peach Clan's encampment? If you'd like, I can find out the address for you."

"Need not."

Hongchen responded decisively.

Then they entered the Jade Pendant Cave.

Chen Lin stared blankly for a while, then, without thinking too much about it, he waved his hand and released the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Furnace, beginning to refine the Myriad Forms Shield.

After refining for a while, he couldn't help but shake his head.

This treasure was a rare and top-quality item in the Seven Star Realm, but it became somewhat insufficient after arriving at the Star Ruins. It was fine for refining some pills, but it was too much of a stretch to use it for refining materials of the level of Myriad Transformations Flowing Gold.

We need to find a way to improve it.

After extinguishing the flames in the furnace, Chen Lin got up and found Dugu Xiu, requesting to borrow the Dugu family's weapon-refining room.

They also asked the weapon-refining master of the Dugu family for help.

He was only going to refine a rough draft of the Myriad Phases Shield, which did not involve the fundamental structure of the treasure, so he was not worried about the refining method being leaked, and Xiaohua did not ask him to keep it a secret.

The process went relatively smoothly.

After half a year, the rough prototype of the treasure was successfully refined.

However, this is just a foundation. To fully refine the Myriad Phase Shield, there are several more processes to go through, and two other main materials are also essential.

The requirements for weapon refiners are also higher.

Chen Lin wasn't too worried about this. He was a master craftsman, and with his talent, he could still craft the treasure, though it would take a lot of time.

"My lord, the patriarch has returned and wishes to see you."

Having just finished forging the rough shield, Dugu Xiu came to the weapon-forging room to report.

Chen Lin immediately went to the main hall.

He didn't want to stay here any longer. There were still many things waiting for him to do. If it weren't for the quota for entering the Azure Peak Heavenly Palace, he wouldn't even have been here to refine the Myriad Phases Shield.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you must be getting impatient."

Dugu Batian could see Chen Lin's anxious mood.

No unnecessary words.

He said directly, "We were lucky this time and obtained a treasure that can stabilize our origin. With that, we can eliminate the strange rules."

"However, it is still inevitable that his cultivation level will decline."

"So after I resolve this, I will go into seclusion. If there is anything you need me to do, you can ask first, and I will try my best to meet your needs."

"I'm going to the Azure Peak Heavenly Palace."

Chen Lin told the truth.

"Oh?"

Dugu Batian became interested.

"Are you looking to buy some rare item that even our Dugu family's treasury doesn't have?"

"Yes."

Chen Lin nodded.

"I need a Nine-Tentacle Conch, but I couldn't find one in two places. Someone said that the Azure Peak Heavenly Palace might have one, so I want to go and take a look."

"It seems this item is very important to you."

Dugu Batian suddenly realized what was happening.

He then shook his head slightly.

"I can give you an invitation, but don't get your hopes up too high. The Nine-Tentacle Divine Conch is very famous, but it is extremely rare. After all, it is something cultivated by the Snail Clan and is rarely seen."

I gave you a heads-up.

Dugu Batian took out a uniquely designed invitation and handed it to Chen Lin.

"The Azure Peak Heavenly Palace opens once every hundred years, and it's estimated that the time will come in another ten years or so. The timing is just right."

He paused for a moment.

He continued, "I heard that a junior from the Xiahou family provoked you and you stole a treasure from him. The Xiahou family sent someone to plead for the jade pendant back in exchange for other treasures. What do you think?"

Chen Lin grinned.

He gave a dry laugh.

"I'm afraid it's impossible. That jade pendant was formed from condensed energy and has already been refined and absorbed by me. I can't return it even if I want to."

"I see."

"let it go."

Dugu Batian didn't care.

For a dominant power, conflicts between juniors are not worth paying attention to, especially since no one has died and it doesn't affect the relationship between the two families.

Seeing this, Chen Lin felt relieved.

He still kept this matter in mind, after all, Xiahou Ling's identity was extraordinary, and if he were to get the head of the Xiahou family to personally intervene, he would really have a hard time dealing with it.

We exchanged a few words briefly.

Chen Lin then followed Dugu Batian into the cultivation room to help him dispel the strange aura within his body.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the meditation room.

Dugu Batian's face was contorted, and a dark shadow between his brows kept writhing and flashing.

Each time it flashes.

He let out a muffled groan.

"Destroy!"

Chen Lin gave a low shout.

Gathering all his soul power, a dark golden light struck Dugu Batian's brow. It wasn't a one-hit wonder, but rather formed a beam of light between their brows, continuously eroding the shadow.

at last.

The shadowy figure couldn't withstand it.

The color gradually faded until only a black dot remained.

Dugu Batian's body shone with golden light, his entire head turned golden, and then the light gathered at the center of his brow, firmly enveloping the strange black spot.

Upon seeing this, Chen Lin immediately cooperated.

At the cost of consuming their own soul essence, they increased the output of Soul-Destroying Finger, making the black spot smaller and smaller.

"Come out!" Sensing that the time was right, he used the light of his soul as a thread to wrap around Dugu Batian's golden ball of light, and with a strong pull, he was about to pull the ball of light out from between his eyebrows.

However, the last remaining eerie aura was extremely difficult to deal with.

No matter how well the two cooperated, they just couldn't separate from the space between their eyebrows.

"Get out of here!"

With a roar, Dugu Batian's body exploded.

The eerie aura finally lost its root, and Chen Lin pulled it away from its original spot, then flicked his fingers repeatedly, completely annihilating the black dot.

On the other side.

Dugu Batian's body reformed, but his face was ashen, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

"Are you OK?"

He recovered for a while, then looked at Chen Lin and asked.

"No problem."

Chen Lin shook his head.

"Don't let your guard down. The strange kingdom is extremely mysterious. Although you are the Punisher, you can only restrain strange powers. You are not without the risk of being attacked. It would be best to check yourself."

"Thank you for your concern, senior."

He replied with a sentence.

Chen Lin had his body checked.

He knew he was alright, because he had indeed been affected by the backlash, but the aura dissipated instantly after encountering 'that characteristic'.

It did not cause him any harm.

"Does Your Excellency know someone named Mu Zishang?"

Chen Lin suddenly asked.

Red-haired Rat said that the original twelve zodiac cards were all made by this person. If he could find this person, he wouldn't have to waste his energy searching for other zodiac inheritances.

It can speed up the entry into the core secret realm.

"Wood injures itself?"

Dugu Batian pondered for a moment.

He shook his head and said, "I don't think I've ever heard of this name before. I can't quite remember it, but I've definitely never met him. Is there anything special about this person?"

"It's related to the Chinese zodiac animal."

Chen Lin briefly explained the information about the zodiac animals.

"I know about the zodiac beasts. The red-haired rat in the last life mission should be a zodiac beast. This matter is related to the Shadow Scholar, and many people have studied it."

"Has the senior also researched this? Do you have detailed information?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Lin immediately pressed for details.

Dugu Batian shook his head again, "I haven't studied it, nor do I want to. The Shadow Scholar is too mysterious. Everything related to him has a cause and effect, and I don't want to get involved."

"You should also try to avoid it."

"Oh, right."

"There's one more thing I need to remind you of."

"During this trip, I met a powerful figure. He said that the strange kingdom seems to have undergone a change, with powerful and strange creatures emerging from it. As the Punishment Lord, you may be forced to take on tasks by a powerful force. It's best to keep a low profile in your daily life."

"Thank you for the reminder, senior."

Chen Lin thanked him solemnly.

He couldn't help but wonder if the strange changes in the mysterious kingdom were related to his entry into the Zodiac Secret Realm.

"okay."

Dugu Batian took out a bluish-green, spindle-shaped object.

He tossed it to Chen Lin and said, "This is a flying artifact called the Azure Shuttle. It's extremely fast. Traveling in the Star Ruins is a big deal, and this will make things much easier."

"I can't help with anything else."

"At your level of cultivation, you must walk your own path. If you need any materials, feel free to take them from the treasure vault. Now, leave. I'm going into seclusion."

"Yes!"

Chen Lin clasped his hands in a fist salute.

Without saying another word, he got up and left the main hall.

He didn't take any materials from the treasure vault. After saying goodbye to Dugu Xiu, he flew away from Wudaopo and entered the Zodiac Secret Realm.

Five years later.

A beam of blue light landed on the edge of Deer Island, and it was Chen Lin, who had returned to this place after many twists and turns.

He retrieved the Azure Shuttle.

He looked at it with great interest before putting it into his storage treasure.

He secretly felt grateful to Dugu Batian.

This treasure was extremely important to him. The things he needed to do required long journeys, and since there were no teleportation arrays in the Star Ruins and he didn't have any speed-related supernatural abilities, he had been having a lot of headaches.

After having this item.

The problem was then easily solved.

This treasure truly lives up to its name, Azure Nether. It can move freely in and out of the Azure Nether as easily as breathing in a river, and travel millions of miles in an instant.

Otherwise, if you follow his route back here, don't even think about it for at least twenty or thirty years.

New Sprout Grocery Store.

Chen Lin stood on the street, watching the cultivators constantly coming and going from the shop entrance, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

He didn't leave behind many good things, and Xinya didn't have any alchemy or weapon crafting skills, so how could he attract so many cultivators?

I have doubts.

Chen Lin didn't rush in, but instead inquired around first.

Then he walked into the shop with a strange expression.

"Owner!"

Upon seeing Chen Lin enter, Xin Ya, who was dealing with customers, brightened up and quickly responded.

"Business is good."

Chen Lin spoke with a smile.

The shop is now filled with a dazzling array of treasures, and there are two young female cultivators who appear to be hired shop assistants.

Hiring people in the Star Ruins is not easy.

Because the Star Ruins are not suitable for low-level cultivators to survive, except in special circumstances, one must be at least at the True Realm. Those below the True Realm are either family members or disciples of powerful forces.

Otherwise, there would be no room for survival.

"Thanks to my master's good fortune, I have developed a divine liquid that can counteract the energy erosion in the Star Ruins, allowing even low-level cultivators to enter and explore the Star Ruins. It is selling like hotcakes."

"Well done."

Chen Lin gave a compliment.

He then transmitted his voice, saying, "But don't be too high-profile. You and I, master and servant, are alone and isolated. If we are targeted by powerful forces, it will be very troublesome."

"Don't worry, Master."

The new sprout was also changed to a voice transmission.

"My divine liquid is only effective for cultivators below the True Realm. The strong don't even bother with it. Moreover, it's only sold once a month, so it won't attract the covetousness of the strong."

"It's good that you're confident."

Chen Lin stopped hesitating and walked upstairs.

This general store is not large, but it has three floors. The third floor is reserved for rooms and a training room.

"Any news about what I mentioned?"

Upon entering the room, Chen Lin immediately asked questions.

"There was no news of the Nine-Touched Divine Conch, but we did receive half a bottle of Variegated Crystal Marrow and some Variegated Crystals."

Xin Ya took out a box, opened it, and placed it in front of Chen Lin.

Chen Lin's spirits lifted.

I immediately picked up the small bottle, opened it, and saw that it was indeed a variegated crystal.

"Very good, you deserve credit."

He praised it repeatedly.

Right now, these are the two things he needs most, especially the variegated crystal marrow; he can never have too much of it.

"I also learned an important piece of information."

New buds continue to sprout.

"What news?"

Chen Lin put away the bottle and the variegated crystals, and asked in surprise.

"It's a strange country."

Xin Ya's expression turned serious.

"I have received definite news that a strange change has occurred in the Mysterious Kingdom. Many powerful and strange creatures have entered the Star Ruins, and some Sovereign-level experts have already perished. Since the master is Xing Jun, we must be extra careful."