A technologically powerful nation: The national treasure is actually myself.

"It must be that the power of the ancient ruins and the power of that vengeful spirit were too strong, which directly shook open the secret chamber."

Lin Yang didn't think much of it and walked straight out of the secret room.

We passed through that passage and returned to the Holy Spirit Sect grounds.

At this moment, the Holy Spirit Sect was completely silent.

It seems that Xiao Yichen has already dismissed the few remaining outer disciples.

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Yu Qing has also been dragged into this?" Lin Yang thought to himself as he walked toward the sect's main hall.

An inexplicable feeling told him that Xiao Yichen was currently in the main hall.

as predicted.

When Lin Yang walked outside the main hall, he saw Xiao Yichen sitting upright inside, seemingly waiting for something.

He guessed that Xiao Yichen was probably waiting for the arrival of those foreign enemies.

I just don't understand why Xiao Yichen didn't run away when he had all this time, and instead waited here.

“Master…” Lin Yang began.

Before he could even utter the word "brother," Xiao Yichen suddenly appeared in front of him in a flash.

"Junior Brother?? You... why are you out here??"

"Wait, how did you get out?"

Xiao Yichen's face showed obvious astonishment, even shock.

Clearly, he was extremely surprised that Lin Yang was able to break through the secret chamber and come out.

That secret chamber was sealed using special methods; to get out of it, one would need to master at least an advanced spirit communication array.

To master advanced spirit communication arrays, one needs to raise their cultivation level to at least the Nirvana Realm.

This is to ensure that the junior disciple can stay in the secret room for a certain amount of time to the greatest extent possible, thus ensuring his safety.

But now, Lin Yang has only been inside for half a day and he's already come out. Xiao Yichen is starting to wonder if he's hallucinating!
He couldn't help but squeeze Lin Yang's shoulder hard, wanting to confirm whether the junior brother standing in front of him was real.

Lin Yang smiled and said, "Senior brother, I opened the secret chamber, so I naturally came out."

Xiao Yichen was stunned. After a long silence, he said in disbelief, "Impossible! Junior Brother, how did you open the secret chamber? You couldn't have opened it!"

He could confirm that the person standing in front of him was indeed his familiar junior brother, whose cultivation level was still above the Dao.

With such strength, there should be absolutely no way they could open the secret room.

Xiao Yichen couldn't understand it at all.

Could it be that my junior brother has mastered an advanced spirit communication array in just half a day?
But their cultivation levels don't match up!

Lin Yang continued, "Senior brother, opening the secret chamber shouldn't be too difficult, right? We just need to activate the sealing mechanism of the secret chamber using advanced spirit communication, isn't that enough?"

He spoke casually, but Xiao Yichen was stunned once again.

That makes sense, but when did Lin Yang master advanced spirit communication arrays?

He knew Lin Yang's cultivation progress perfectly well. Before today, he had never even seen the diagram of an advanced spirit communication array, so how could he possibly master it?

"Junior brother, you..." Xiao Yichen's mouth moved as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Because the matter had completely exceeded his comprehension.

Lin Yang took a deep breath and slowly said, "Senior brother, I know you want to protect me, but you underestimate my talent in learning spirit communication arrays. After you left the secret room, I took a look at the array diagram and learned it without much effort, so I came out."

That's obviously nonsense.

But he had to find a reason to explain, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get past this hurdle.

Even if the reason sounds ridiculous.

Of course, his explanation wasn't entirely baseless or made up.

He remembered that Xiao Yichen had mentioned before that this junior brother possessed some kind of spiritual body.

Now we can just focus all our efforts on this physical constitution.

Xiao Yichen found it unbelievable, but he couldn't find a more reasonable explanation for this absurd fact. After a long while, he finally said:

"Even so, your cultivation level is still insufficient to support you in setting up an advanced spirit communication array. If you force the array to be set up, you won't be able to withstand the backlash from the spirit communication array."

Lin Yang smiled and said, "Perhaps it was the blessing of the sect's founders. With my current cultivation level, setting up an advanced spirit communication array was indeed very difficult, but at the critical moment, a force helped me suppress the backlash, so I succeeded."

This sentence is true.

It was indeed impossible to succeed originally, but the power of the ancient ruins suppressed the power of the Yin spirits.

It wouldn't be wrong to say it was the blessing of the sect's founder.

Xiao Yichen was stunned for a moment, then murmured, "At the critical moment, a force helped you suppress the backlash? Could it really be the protection of the Ancestral Master?"

As he spoke, he turned to look at the ancestral tablets of some of the founders of the Holy Spirit Sect enshrined in the main hall, and then remained silent for a long time.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yichen suddenly let out a long sigh and whispered:

"Perhaps it is truly the will of Heaven. Since you, Junior Brother, have received the blessing of the Ancestral Master, it means that you are indeed the hope for our Holy Spirit Sect to continue in this chaotic world."

"Perhaps this is guidance from the patriarch. It's not safe for you to stay in the secret chamber. I need to find a way to get you out of here!"

As he continued speaking, Xiao Yichen's expression became more solemn than ever before.

He interpreted Lin Yang's early exit as some kind of guidance and hint from the Holy Spirit Sect's founder, suggesting that the secret room, which he thought was safe enough, was actually not safe at all.

He even became a little nervous, unsure of how to continue ensuring Lin Yang's safety.

Lin Yang found it both funny and exasperating.

Because a sealed room is safe.

Last time, the secret room wasn't discovered until the very end.

But he couldn't explain anything right now, so following Xiao Yichen's words, he raised a question that puzzled him:

"Senior brother, since we know that enemies are coming and we can't fight back, why don't we run away?"

He had thought about this problem before.

Since Xiao Yichen knew that enemies would definitely come to kill him, why didn't he run away instead of staying here to wait for death?
And from what Xiao Yichen just said, it seems that sending him away is not an easy thing for Xiao Yichen to do.

What are the reasons behind this?
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yichen sighed and said with a complicated expression, "Junior Brother, there are some things..."

He hesitated to speak.

But in the end, Xiao Yichen sighed deeply again and spoke:

"Well, it's come to this. There are some things I can't hide from you anymore."

"Junior brother, it's not that we don't want to run, it's that we can't run, and we're not capable of running!"

"Why?" Lin Yang asked, puzzled.

Xiao Yichen said, "Because there is nowhere to escape in the whole world. Those foreign races have sealed everything off with the Overturning Dao Technique. No matter where you run, the ending will be the same."

"We have already lost the battle against the foreign tribes. Only a few adults are still struggling to hold on and guard the last embers of hope."

"But the adults can't hold on much longer either; they're too weak to care about ordinary people."

“Powerful foreign races have already invaded all parts of the world.”

At this point, he glanced at Lin Yang and sighed:

“I used the backup plan left by my master to keep you in the secret room, which can isolate the causal connection and sever the last thread of causal connection with you on my body. So I must die. If I die, those foreign races will not be able to find you and will not look for you again.”

"As for you, according to the plan, you will have to stay in the secret chamber for at least hundreds of thousands of years. Master said that after hundreds of thousands of years, the world will change drastically, and there may be a turning point. When you come out then, you should be safe."

Lin Yang fell silent.

Why didn't Xiao Yichen run away? It was actually to protect him completely?
"Senior brother..." Lin Yang wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Why do you have to protect me?"

He didn't know why he asked that question, but he asked it anyway.

"Because you are the only hope for the future of our Holy Spirit Sect, and our master said that he had glimpsed a corner of the heavenly secrets, you cannot die. You may be able to change some things, so we must all protect you!" Xiao Yichen said softly.

"Just because of Master's words, you'd rather sacrifice yourself to protect me?" Lin Yang was somewhat moved.

Xiao Yichen nodded: "It's also because you are the junior brother. As the senior brother, it is my duty to protect you."

"..." Lin Yang was at a loss for words.

Xiao Yichen rubbed his temples, saying with a slight headache:

“But now, Junior Brother, you have actually come out of the secret chamber ahead of schedule. The method left by Master can only be used once.”

“Once the secret chamber is opened from the inside, that method will also become ineffective. You have given me a difficult problem. Without Master’s methods, I cannot guarantee that I can sever your karmic ties.”

He looked at Lin Yang with a rather helpless expression:

"To be honest, junior brother, you surprised me a lot this time by mastering an advanced spirit communication array. But I really can't think of any other way to protect you. If something happens to you, I will be ashamed of my master's entrustment and trust."

Lin Yang pondered for a moment and said:
"Senior brother, do you mean that even if we re-enter the secret chamber, we will be discovered by the outsiders?"

Xiao Yichen nodded: "Yes, the secret room originally had a method set up by Master at great cost to isolate any detection, but it's no longer possible."

"Then why didn't you hide inside with me before, senior brother?" Lin Yang was a little confused.

Since we can block detection, why don't we hide inside together sooner? Wouldn't that save Xiao Yichen from dying?

Xiao Yichen gave a wry smile: "Junior Brother, I can't hide inside. If I hide inside too, no one will sever my causal connection, and the outsiders will still find out. So I can't go in."

Lin Yang raised an eyebrow: "So Master's method requires someone to sacrifice themselves in order to completely protect another person?"

“Not bad.” Xiao Yichen nodded.

Lin Yang remained silent once again.

What kind of ridiculous method is this?

“Alright, junior brother, I’ve thought about it. Although there’s nowhere to escape to outside, you can’t stay in the sect. Go down the mountain first and run as far as you can. Perhaps once the causal threads are broken, they won’t be able to find you. I’ll stall them for a bit.”

Xiao Yichen began urging Lin Yang to run away quickly, as this was a last resort for him.

We have no choice but to take a gamble.

Lin Yang wanted to say something more, but suddenly his expression changed.

A streak of light flashed across the sky and arrived in an instant.

Xiao Yichen's expression changed drastically in an instant: "Oh no, they're here! How could they be here so fast? Junior Brother, you must go back to the secret chamber quickly. Although the secret chamber is not as safe as before, I will try my best to prevent them from finding you!"

However, it was too late.

No sooner had Xiao Yichen finished speaking than a figure appeared before him.

"The Holy Spirit Sect must be destroyed!"

A cold voice sounded.

For some reason, Lin Yang couldn't make out the figure in front of him.

Even if it's right in front of you.

"Junior brother, run!"

Xiao Yichen transmitted his voice, indicating that he had already positioned himself in front of Lin Yang and launched an attack on the figure.

"Ants."

The cold voice rang out again. With just a word and without making a move, Xiao Yichen was sent flying backward, instantly collapsing to the ground severely injured.

This startled Lin Yang.

What the hell is that level of skill?
Xiao Yichen possesses cultivation equivalent to the Nirvana Realm!
But this guy, whose appearance was unclear, seriously injured Xiao Yichen with just one sentence.

What level of existence must this be?

Xiao Yichen's eyes widened in horror. He coughed up blood and stammered, "You...you are..."

He seemed to want to say something, but couldn't utter a word, as if some force was preventing him from revealing the person's identity.

Clearly, the enemy that attacked this time was beyond Xiao Yichen's imagination!
This is not something that should be here!
Xiao Yichen was also a little confused.

How could something like this appear here?

Seeing this, Lin Yang also looked over and saw some things.

It seems that something has changed this time.

This person is probably not the enemy Xiao Yichen anticipated.

They weren't originally supposed to be members of the Holy Spirit Sect.

Rather, it is something even more terrifying.

Suddenly, Lin Yang felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

The figure looked at him.

Although he couldn't see the other person's face at all, Lin Yang could feel that the other person was staring at him.

But strangely, the other party did not immediately attack him.

Instead, after staring at him for a while, she said something strange:
"Interesting. A person who shouldn't exist, a dead person, has appeared here."

Lin Yang felt a chill run down his spine.

What does this mean?
Before he could think it through,

The blurry figure said again, "No, that's not right. You don't seem to belong to this era. How interesting."

As the words fell, Lin Yang felt an irresistible force surge directly into his body.

It seemed as if they wanted to peel him apart.

It was obvious that this figure wanted to uncover all his secrets.

Lin Yang was terrified and tried to resist, but to no avail.

But at that moment, the power of the ancient ruins suddenly reappeared and surged toward the figure.

"Heh, this is even more interesting. A power from outside the world? This is getting more and more intriguing."

However, the figure didn't care at all. With just a light tap of his finger, the power of the ancient ruins was gradually suppressed.

Lin Yang felt a chill run down his spine.

The power of the ancient ruins was able to suppress even that mysterious ghost before.

But in front of this figure, they were actually at a disadvantage!

Unbelievable!

You should know that he is currently in the ancient ruins.

Logically speaking, the power of the ancient ruins should be invincible.

Because this is in a world formed by the power of ancient ruins.

The power of that ancient ruin must be absolutely supreme.

But now they are being suppressed by this figure.

This was somewhat contrary to Lin Yang's understanding. (End of Chapter)