I am cautiously cultivating immortals in a strange world

Dream City.

Chen Lin declined Elder Yu's invitation to celebrate the victory and immediately returned to his cave to review the course of the battle.

Although this battle was dangerous, it achieved its expected results and was considered to be under control.

of course.

It's still very risky.

If his indomitable spirit hadn't been successfully ignited at the last moment, he might have truly perished; at best, his physical body would have been destroyed, leaving only his soul to escape.

The titled Duke's desperate attack was not something that the Ninefold Armor could withstand.

"Luck can't always be on your side, and you should try to avoid such risky actions in the future."

I reminded myself.

Chen Lin began to examine the changes in his body.

At this moment, his heart turned golden, even more powerful than when he used his second identity. Once activated, the Crimson Ape's battle intent became almost tangible, greatly increasing his control over the Armor of Hope and the Mystic Gold Spear.

Especially the Xuanjin Spear.

It has finally returned to its original state as a natal treasure.

"Change!"

Chen Lin held the Xuanjin Spear in his palm, gave a soft shout, and the spear began to shrink rapidly, becoming only an inch in size in the blink of an eye.

His eyes lit up.

Take another sip.

"receive!"

The miniature black gold spear flashed and disappeared.

next moment.

It appeared within his golden heart, nourished by the power of his indomitable spirit.

then.

A thought suddenly occurred to him.

Golden light shone from between his brows, and the Xuanjin Spear shot out, instantly growing to over ten feet in length, radiating a powerful aura.

Chen Lin nodded in satisfaction.

They were also amazed.

The ancestral spirit of the Golden Warrior Clan was indeed a master of profound methods. Without any refining or inscribing any rules on the spear, it simply infused it with its own essence, thus transforming the rotten into the miraculous.

It transformed a simple metal material into a treasure of immeasurable value.

I owe this person a huge favor.

Suppress distracting thoughts.

Chen Lin put the Xuanjin Spear away again.

Then he closed his eyes slightly and continuously stirred his Crimson Ape bloodline.

Then inspire an indomitable spirit.

His entire body suddenly shone with golden light, expanding several times its original size and illuminating the entire cave in gold.

However, due to the presence of the formation, the aura did not leak out.

"No?"

Chen Lin opened his eyes and asked in confusion.

Now that his indomitable spirit has been restored and his Crimson Ape bloodline has been enhanced, he has not yet received the inheritance of the Zodiac Monkey. It is unknown whether this is due to a miscalculation, the Crimson Ape's identity being unrelated to the Zodiac inheritance, or whether his bloodline level has not been enhanced enough.

He paused for a moment.

Chen Lin steeled his resolve and infused the unique soul power into the Xuanjin Spear. He then used the resonance between the Xuanjin Spear and his heart to further enhance the essence of the Crimson Ape bloodline.

Stimulated by the Xuanjin Spear, his heart pounded faster, like a drumbeat, each beat shaking his very soul.

If a cultivator below the True Realm were nearby, they would be instantly killed by the shockwave.

The blood in my heart was rapidly being consumed.

Their fighting spirit continued to rise.

It reached a point where it was almost out of control.

Chen Lin's indomitable spirit was reignited.

"boom!"

His heart seemed to explode, a dazzling light accompanied by a deafening roar, and a golden arrow of blood shot out, scattering a rain of blood that bathed Chen Lin in it.

Not a single drop was wasted.

It was all absorbed by the body.

then.

Chen Lin's body slowly shrank back to its normal size, but his overall aura became even more profound, giving people a sense that he could not look directly at him.

"Break...for me!"

In my mind.

A golden giant ape phantom stood with its head held high, throwing a punch at the darkness above.

A crack was opened in the dark 'sky', and a speck of light, like starlight, fell down.

Drifting and swaying.

It landed directly on the head of the giant ape phantom.

Chen Lin's body trembled.

A sense of inheritance entered my mind.

But before he could check it out...

The giant ape phantom slowly dissipated, releasing bursts of strange energy that seemed to be altering his body.

Upon seeing this.

Chen Lin immediately activated that characteristic, using the Xuanjin Spear as a medium to resist the strange energy.

The stalemate lasted only a short while.

The strange energy lost its momentum and was dissolved into nothingness, thus averting the danger of him becoming a zodiac beast.

The inheritance was absorbed in its entirety.

The supernatural power is called Ape's Cry. Its effect is to increase one's own aura, making it earth-shattering, instilling fear in enemies, and breaking through all suppression.

It's also a sound-related category.

However, the effects of this inheritance are compatible with one's own bloodline and supernatural abilities, and can be used in many ways.

not bad.

Now, eleven of the twelve zodiac animals have been obtained, with only the snake missing. Once the little white snake recovers, we'll know if it's the other one. If it is, we can open the core area of ​​the Zodiac Secret Realm.

Chen Lin took out a healing pill and swallowed it. While recovering his body, he manipulated the Xuanjin Spear to determine the degree of control he had over the treasure under that special effect.

Extreme precision is required to neutralize the strange power of the rules emanating from the little white snakes.

There was a slight mishap.

Even without the erosion of strange rules, that characteristic alone is enough to reduce them to ashes, leaving not even a trace.

There was no rush to take action.

Chen Lin put away the Xuanjin Spear, took out the Banlan Spear and held it in his hand, focusing all his efforts on recovering from his injuries.

Several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

The body has basically recovered.

Chen Lin called Leng Yue over to ask her some questions, and then took out the spoils of war to examine them.

There are only three items in total.

A black short gun, armor, and a jet-black gourd.

In fact, there were more than just these three spoils. The twelve strange creatures also left behind treasures, but he didn't take them all.

Firstly, it's not very useful.

Furthermore.

Although he was the main force in this battle, Elder Yu and the others' battle formation also restrained the subordinates of the Black Armor Duke. Otherwise, if they had all attacked him, he would not have been able to withstand it.

They won't even have the chance to awaken an indomitable spirit.

One should not be greedy.

First, pick up the gourd.

Instead of opening it directly, he released a rune doll, retreated to a distance, and directed the doll to do its work.

There was nothing unusual when it was opened; it was empty, with nothing inside.

Chen Lin was somewhat disappointed.

Upon closer inspection, the contents were the same size as the gourd itself, indicating it was not a spatial treasure.

They tried using different energies, but none of them could be activated.

"Just an ordinary gourd?"

Chen Lin muttered to himself.

He thought it was unlikely.

It's a duke-level bizarre creature, after all. It wouldn't carry an ordinary item on its person. This item must have some special function, it's just that we haven't discovered it yet.

I thought about it.

He separated a wisp of his soul containing that characteristic and let it enter the gourd through its opening.

"what?"

As soon as the divided soul entered the gourd, Chen Lin immediately sensed something was wrong.

This thing contains a secret.

Normal vision and perception cannot detect anything, but with the enhancement of that characteristic, when the divided soul came to the bottom of the gourd to probe, it discovered that there was an invisible barrier at a certain point.

Very small.

If he hadn't been so determined and tried every little detail, he would never have discovered it.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Lin didn't dare to make a move.

He first went outside, gave Leng Yue some instructions, and then left the city with Tian Shu and Jin Lin.

It didn't fly very far.

Stopping a hundred miles away, he took out the newly purchased invisible spirit boat, activated the defensive array, and the spirit boat instantly disappeared into the void.

However, Chen Lin did not stay on it.

It's only used to store gourds.

He himself flew several miles away.

Have Tian Shu and Jin Lin Guardian separate their souls, each containing that characteristic, and send them aboard the spirit boat.

Enter the gourd.

Only then did he feel relieved. With a gentle probe, he passed through the invisible barrier at the bottom of the gourd.

Like passing through a curtain of water.

A flash.

It appears in a separate space.

The space is not large.

However, it was divided into four areas.

Each area is covered by an inverted light shield, leaving only a small open space in the middle, which is the foothold after entering.

Chen Lin glanced at it quickly.

It was determined that this was a small-scale grotto-heaven, and in terms of energy intensity and rule level, it was higher than his jade pendant grotto-heaven, but it contained a different kind of energy.

It felt similar to the divine energy I experienced when entering the temple.

Not very suitable for cultivators.

Unaware of any danger, Chen Lin gripped the Xuanjin Spear and began to observe it carefully.

One of the areas contained what appeared to be miscellaneous items, not many in number, mostly bottles, jars, boxes, and similar containers.

There is a small spring in the second area.

The spring water that flows out is very clear.

Around the spring, some unknown plants were planted, and they all looked very strange.

The quantity is not large.

Chen Lin counted them; there were nine plants in total.

This is not unusual.

In fact, the strange creatures and these cultivators are only different in their cultivation systems and life nature; otherwise, there is not much difference. It is not uncommon for them to cultivate using external objects.

He probably wouldn't need this, but he could let Xiaocao and Jinlin try it.

Our gaze shifts to the third area.

There was only one item here, which looked like a piece of metal, about the size of a palm, and was as black as ink. It was placed on a large black rock and could not be seen unless you looked closely.

The light shield has the effect of isolating perception, making it impossible to sense what it is.

Chen Lin looked through the light shield.

After finding nothing, they turned their attention to the last area.

There is only one item here.

It was a long, narrow black boulder, about ten feet long and three feet wide. It was not very regular in shape and looked ordinary, but it was floating in the air and slowly rotating.

It gives people a sense of mystery.

Observe them all once.

Chen Lin hesitated for a moment before entering the area where miscellaneous items were stored.

We've already got the spoils, so we can't just give up because we're worried about something going wrong. Whether we can use them or not, we have to figure it out first.

The light cover is similar to the barrier at the bottom of the gourd.

Other methods were ineffective, but under that characteristic, they were powerless to stop it.

Chen Lin pondered to himself.

If this thing fell into someone else's hands, it would probably be considered useless. Even if it wasn't thrown away, it could only be used as a simple container, and the internal space would remain undiscovered.

It was much more concealed than his Jade Pendant.

I wonder if we can change the energy properties here. If we can, it would be a great hiding place.

of course.

There is another prerequisite.

To use this item, you must ensure that it is completely refined; otherwise, if it were to connect with the divine realm of the strange kingdom, it would be no joke, and the possibility of that happening is not low.

While pondering.

Chen Lin easily passed through the light barrier and arrived in front of a large box. After sensing it for a moment, he opened it.

Then I was taken aback.

This box was filled with variegated crystals, and there were probably hundreds of them!
"Looks like you've killed quite a few people."

Chen Lin muttered something to himself.

The colorful crystals are not a product of the strange kingdom. The fact that the Black Duke collected so many must be because he killed cultivators. He must have fought his way here from the Northern Region, participating in countless battles and destroying countless forces.

He sighed.

Chen Lin closed the box.

Then open the other two that are similar.

really.

They are all variegated crystals.

The three boxes together cost about 1,500 to 1,600 yuan.

But Chen Lin wasn't particularly excited.

Every crystal here is stained with the blood of cultivators.

Although the cultivation world is a dog-eat-dog world where cultivators constantly fight each other, the large-scale annihilation by alien races is still a heavy blow to the heart.

then.

He checked the rest of the containers as well.

Apart from a box of strange coins and a few other strange items, everything else belonged to cultivators.

The selection includes a wide variety of items such as colorful crystals, various spiritual wines and liquids, talismans and pills, cultivation techniques and magical artifacts, and so on.

"A catastrophe!"

He sighed again.

Chen Lin waved his sleeve, storing all the items into his storage artifact, and then turned and walked out of the light barrier.

We arrived at the spring area.

There are nine plants in total, each emanating a unique energy and with a peculiar shape. None of them are recorded in the 'Treasury of Spiritual Plants'.

It should be a plant from a strange land, not a spoil of war from killing cultivators.

I didn't do much research.

Chen Lin arrived at the spring and probed it with his spiritual sense.

The spring in the cave could not have been formed out of thin air; it needed to absorb and transform external energy. If this space is connected to a strange kingdom, this spring must be the connection point.

There were no obstacles.

The soul easily probed into the spring.

Then Chen Lin sensed that deep within the spring, there was a bead the size of an egg, constantly absorbing energy from the outside world, gathering it into liquid, and then gushing out from the spring.

In other words.

There is no connection to other spaces here, and the spring is man-made.

Chen Lin became interested.

He carefully sensed the bead with his soul, wondering if he could separate it and transfer it to his jade pendant in his grotto.

However, after inspection, it was determined that the bead and the gourd in the cave had been refined together. If they were forcibly separated, the cave would definitely collapse, and it was uncertain whether the bead would still be usable.

So I stopped thinking about it.

He withdrew his spiritual senses and continued to examine the other two areas.

First, enter the light shield where the metal fragments are placed.

As soon as he entered, Chen Lin felt a strong corrosive sensation emanating from the metal fragments. Even though his divided soul contained that characteristic, he felt a chill all over his body.

If an ordinary life form were to enter, it would perish within a breath.

No wonder they covered it up.

After adjusting for a moment, Chen Lin enlarged the Xuanjin Spear and slowly approached the fragment.

By the time he got close, the erosion had reached its peak, to the point that he could hardly bear it, since this was only a fragment of the soul, and its characteristics were limited.

There was no other choice.

He only managed a few quick glances before retreating to a safe distance.

However, the visibility is still acceptable, and it can be seen clearly from a distance. It does indeed appear to be a metal fragment, irregularly shaped, with broken edges.

The entire color is black.

Pure black.

It has no texture or pattern whatsoever, and apart from being extremely corrosive, there is nothing else unusual about it.

It went around in a circle.

After trying to sense it again with his soul power but failing to discern any clues, Chen Lin gave up the research.

There are still a lot of things to do outside, so he can't waste his energy here for the time being. Besides, this thing has a strong strange aura, and even if he figures it out, he may not be able to use it.

then.

He entered the last light barrier. (End of Chapter)