Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 681 Jiang Lin, Lord of the Western Regions!

Although the Ancient Sea is now the territory of the Whale Clan, Jiang Lin's decision to send the Dragon Clan to help guard it is seen as undermining the Whale Clan's interests. However, since the Whale Clan's ancestor Yuanxie had no objections, the other Whale Clan members naturally wouldn't object either.

Yuanxie is practically Lanhong's buddy in misfortune. Now, Yuanxie has regained his Dou Sheng strength with the help of the Taixu Dragon Clan, while the Taixu Dragon Clan naturally needs to enter the Ancient Sea early to share some of the benefits after the Origin Qi Continent appears. Essentially, it's an exchange of interests, so there's no conflict.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you're strange too. Before, you wanted to seal the spatial coordinates of the Ancient Sea Soul Palace and the Holy Soul Palace, but now you want to open them again?" Lan Hong felt a little strange about Jiang Lin's repeated changes.

Jiang Lin simply shook his head: "Before, I was just a little worried about the Holy Soul Hall, but now they have shown through their actions that they are all on our side. Since that's the case, then I will treat them as my own people."

"If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them. The Holy Soul Hall is now one of our own, so we don't need to worry about the coordinates here for the time being."

“If no one from the Central Continent Soul Hall informs us, then the Soul Hall’s Dou Sheng will not travel here through the Holy Soul Hall, so it is actually quite safe now.” Jiang Lin was only worried about the Holy Soul Hall, so he wanted to seal off the spatial teleportation array connecting the Holy Soul Hall to the Ancient Sea.

However, the Holy Soul Hall has already shown through its actions that they are no longer the same as the Soul Hall. Since that's the case, then Jiang Lin no longer needs to hide anything.

Within the Holy Soul Hall, only three people are qualified to access the spatial teleportation array data: Guardian Heron, Guardian Iron, and Venerable Qinghai. Judging from their reactions last time, Jiang Lin understands that all three have been assimilated into his ranks.

In other words, as long as these three don't betray us, Gu Hai's side will be fine for the time being.

Furthermore, Jiang Lin would not allow the people of the Holy Soul Hall to freely travel between the Ancient Sea and the Dou Qi Continent. As long as they could not travel freely, even if someone wanted to become a traitor, the people of the Holy Soul Hall would not know what Jiang Lin was doing, and those who were teleported to the Ancient Sea would not be able to fly back for several years.
If Jiang Lin is given a few more years, he will be able to break through to the Dou Sheng level and begin to have the ability to protect himself.

Jiang Lin is currently at the peak of the eight-star Dou Zun realm. Although he has fewer and fewer opportunities to fight, his true combat strength has not declined. However, after Dou Zun, the numerical difference between major realms becomes more and more terrifying. At the same time, those who can reach Dou Zun or Dou Sheng are all the chosen ones of heaven. The realms that Jiang Lin's true combat strength can cross are becoming fewer and fewer. The absurd situation of directly crossing an entire major realm will no longer occur as before.

At most, if Xiao Yan says he's invincible among his peers, then Zi Yan will stand up and stab him with her spear. If Zi Yan says she's invincible, then Jiang Lin will stand up, tell Zi Yan to sit down, and then say, "Everyone here is trash."

For Jiang Lin at this stage, the most important thing is to break through to the Dou Sheng realm. Once he breaks through to Dou Sheng, after undergoing the Dou Sheng tribulation to temper his body, even a peak nine-star Dou Sheng would find it virtually impossible to kill him in the Dou Qi plane.

It's not that Jiang Lin, with his strength as a one-star Dou Sheng, could directly clash with a peak nine-star Dou Sheng. Rather, Jiang Lin's path dictates that once he breaks through to Dou Sheng, even a peak Dou Sheng would find it difficult to instantly kill him. And if you can't instantly kill Jiang Lin, then escaping becomes incredibly easy for him. While the world's will in the Dou Qi plane might not directly aid Jiang Lin, it can indirectly grant him many privileges. Coupled with the unique nature of Jiang Lin's spirit body, once he escapes the sight of a peak Dou Sheng, that peak Dou Sheng shouldn't even think about finding him.

“I thought you would choose to cultivate for a longer period of time, such as after reaching the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Zun before coming out.” Inside the Ancient Sea Soul Palace, Yuan Xie went out to scout out the surrounding situation and to give instructions to the Whale Clan, while Lan Hong stayed by Jiang Lin’s side, watching how Jiang Lin reconnected to the spatial coordinates of the Holy Soul Palace on the Dou Qi Continent through the Ancient Sea Soul Palace’s teleportation array.

“There’s no need.” Jiang Lin opened his Chaotic Spirit Eyes and tried to restore the space teleportation array he had previously damaged. At the same time, he explained, “My path requires me to gather the Nine Spirits. At this stage, I only have the Fire Spirit, Water Spirit, Wind Spirit, and Metal Spirit. The other Dark, Ice, Lightning, Earth, and Wood Spirits are all pseudo-spirits.”

"The pseudo-spirit cannot improve along with my realm. Currently, the only ninth-tier magic core I have is the wood-type magic core. In other words, if I want to advance to the Dou Sheng realm, I need to find a ninth-tier magic core or a variant of one of the four attributes: dark, ice, lightning, or earth during my breakthrough."

"As for the Different Lightning, it depends on the situation. We might be able to get it from the Thunder Clan through some connections. Even if we can't, we should be able to get a ninth-tier lightning magic core. As for the Different Ice, I need to go to the Ice River Valley in the Central Continent to take a look. As for the Different Darkness, it depends on the situation. We also need to go to the Central Continent for the Different Earth," Jiang Lin explained.

The Soul Craftsman should be able to help him resolve the issues of the strange lightning and the strange darkness. Jiang Lin believes that among the ninth-tier lightning magic cores and strange lightning, the Thunder Clan should be able to produce one.

Yi Bing needs Jiang Lin to go to the Ice River Valley by himself, and Yi Tu also needs to go to Zhongzhou.

Because the Stone Realm possesses exotic soil, Jiang Lin needs to go there personally to assess the situation before making any plans.

Therefore, Jiang Lin has a lot of preparation work to do for his breakthrough. The difference between the peak of the eight-star Dou Zun and the peak of the nine-star Dou Zun is actually not that big.

An enemy that a peak nine-star Dou Zun can defeat, a peak eight-star Dou Zun can also contend with. Conversely, an enemy that a peak nine-star Dou Zun cannot defeat, a peak eight-star Dou Zun still cannot defeat. Furthermore, Jiang Lin doesn't currently have that many enemies. With his own production technology and the background of the most evil villainous Soul Clan's Soul Hall, as long as Jiang Lin doesn't provoke others, there's no reason for a Dou Sheng to suddenly attack him.

Moreover, an eight-star Dou Zun at the peak might actually advance to the nine-star Dou Zun peak while searching for 'Heavenly Dao Foundation Building' materials?

"As for Yi Lei..." Lan Hong's eyes flickered slightly upon hearing this. She looked at Jiang Lin, who was diligently repairing the space teleportation array, for a long time before finally saying in a low voice, "If you don't have any other options, you can go to the Void Thunder Pool."

"Hmm? I understand." Jiang Lin's eyes flickered slightly, then he nodded seriously: "I'll consider it."

"Alright, it's fixed. Senior Yuanxie is sure you want to guard the Ancient Sea, right?" It didn't take long. A few days later, after Jiang Lin successfully repaired the spatial teleportation array between the Ancient Sea Soul Palace and the Holy Soul Palace, he summoned Yuanxie and Lan Hong. "You'll be coming back soon anyway, so it's better for me to stay here. Besides, in this sea area, even ordinary high-level Dou Sheng can't defeat me," the tall Yuanxie said in a deep voice in front of the Ancient Sea Soul Palace's spatial teleportation array.

"Hmm, that's fine. Then I'll trouble Senior Yuanxue." Jiang Lin thought about it seriously for a moment and felt that Yuanxue's words made sense. If a reckless sea race Dou Zun suddenly appeared and destroyed their ancient sea teleportation array, then if Jiang Lin wanted to return later, he would have to fly that long and terrifying distance by force. Even with the Wind Spirit Twelve Wings, it would take Jiang Lin countless months to fly. You know, it takes Dou Sheng almost half a year to travel from the Dou Qi Continent.
"It's alright, everyone be careful," Yuanxue replied. A new golden age is about to begin, and whether the Whale Clan can regain its former glory depends entirely on Jiang Lin's development.

After bidding farewell to Yuanlu, Jiang Lin, along with Lan Hong, stepped onto the spatial teleportation array and began communicating with the Holy Soul Hall teleportation point on the Dou Qi Continent.

Inside the Holy Soul Hall: "Boss! That guy's messaged again!"

"What's going on? Wasn't that place quiet for almost three years? Why is it suddenly starting to move again?"

"Guardian! Look, there's a spatial message!"

"Hmm, let me see. Our own people??? Where did these 'own people' come from? Wait! You wait here! Venerable One! Venerable One! Urgent intelligence!!!"

As the surrounding spatial fluctuations slowly dissipated, Jiang Lin emerged from the radiant pillar of light of the teleportation array, accompanied by the loli-like dragon emperor who resembled a young girl. What came into view was the Holy Soul Hall elders, led by Venerable Qinghai, Protector Lu, and Protector Tie, who were looking at them with complicated expressions and strange gazes.

"Three years on the mainland, three years in the ancient sea, never underestimate a young man's potential. What, do you elders not recognize me?" Seeing the Holy Soul Hall elders looking at him strangely, Jiang Lin stepped forward, stood in front of the Loli Dragon Emperor, and smiled slightly at everyone.

(Xiao Yan: Isn't it thirty years?)
(Jiang Lin: Thirty years is too long.)
Although it felt a bit strange, I have to say that seeing all these Dou Huang and Dou Zong elders in the Saint Soul Hall's platinum robes, all of whom were on our side, was a really wonderful feeling.

At first, Jiang Lin only used the Holy Soul Hall as a tool, but this tool unknowingly completed its own conquest and became a member of the Spirit Craftsman camp.

Originally, Jiang Lin only recognized two factions: the 'Black Alliance' (Black Corner Region Fate Community Alliance) led by Canaan Academy, and the 'Lin Alliance' (Alliance of Refiners Guilds of Major Empires in the Western Regions of the Dou Qi Continent) led by Gama Refining Guild. Because many refiners guilds within the Western Regions, and even the Northwest Region, were deeply influenced by Jiang Lin's "Lin Refining Notes," this alliance of empires, sects, and guilds was called the 'Lin Alliance.'

The sudden addition of the Holy Soul Hall essentially means that, in the entire Western Region of the Dou Qi Continent, with the Holy Soul Hall, the Black Alliance, and the Lin Alliance joining forces, Jiang Lin has become the de facto 'Domain Lord'.

"If even the lord is considered poor, then wouldn't we be considered beggars?" Protector Lu chuckled awkwardly. As the person in the Holy Soul Hall who had the longest contact with Jiang Lin, Protector Lu knew Jiang Lin's personality well; he was a very easy person to talk to.

"Alright, it's rare to have you all here. Perfect timing. Venerable Qinghai, Protector Lu, Protector Tie, the three of you, come with me. The other elders of the Holy Soul Hall, please rest for a bit and follow their instructions." Jiang Lin smiled, glanced at the cultivation levels of Venerable Qinghai, Protector Lu, and Protector Tie, and then spoke.

"We will follow Lord Spirit Craftsman's arrangements!" Upon hearing this, the other elders of the Holy Soul Hall immediately brightened their eyes and looked excited! Judging from Lord Spirit Craftsman's demeanor, he was definitely about to start showering them with gold coins!

Soon, the crowd dispersed, and Venerable Qinghai led Jiang Lin and the others to the magnificent and luxurious main hall of the Holy Soul Palace.

Under the somewhat complicated gaze of the Venerable Qinghai, Jiang Lin calmly sat down in the position of Palace Master, while the loli Dragon Emperor followed behind him the whole time.

Venerable Qinghai discovered that he couldn't sense any aura from either Jiang Lin or the pretty little girl. Were the two people before him just ordinary people? Even if Venerable Qinghai's main body agreed with this idea, his subconscious disagreed!
Little Head: Who said the corpus cavernosum can't be used as the hippocampus?

"It's been three years, and Venerable Qinghai is even closer to the Three-Star Dou Zun realm." From his seat as the Palace Master, Jiang Lin looked at Venerable Qinghai and smiled.

At the same time, Jiang Lin looked at Protector Lu and Protector Tie and said with a smile, "Protector Lu is already at the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm? I didn't realize you had such good talent. Protector Tie is the same, at the peak of the Five-Star Dou Zong realm, not far from the Six-Star Dou Zong realm."

Whether it's Venerable Qinghai, Protector Lu, or Protector Tie, their cultivation speed is extremely fast. If other members of the Soul Palace knew this, they would be astonished.

Under the Soul Tax system designed by Jiang Lin, the Soul Hall collects almost as much soul power as the Soul Halls in other regions combined each year. Moreover, with the silent efforts of Yao Tianhuo within Canaan Academy, the core technology of the Nine-One Spirit Gathering Array has been broken. In the years since Jiang Lin left, Yao Tianhuo has been working overtime to create the core of the Spirit Gathering Array, allowing the Soul Tax system to be spread further and further in the Western Regions of the continent!

With the increased collection of soul power, the benefits for the Holy Soul Hall members naturally become more substantial, especially for Venerable Qinghai and his group. Due to the lag in information transmission between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, it would take at least ten years for a Dou Sheng level expert to arrive and provide the Central Plains with accurate data on the Holy Soul Hall's true situation. During this period, Venerable Qinghai and his group only need to contribute slightly more soul essence to the Holy Soul Hall than other regions' Holy Soul Halls; the rest is entirely theirs.
In just five or six years, Venerable Qinghai, who had only recently broken through to the two-star Dou Zun level, is already close to breaking through to the three-star Dou Zun level. The others are also improving at a very fast pace. Apart from Protector Lu, who is about to reach the peak of the nine-star Dou Zong level, the Holy Soul Hall has also produced new Dou Zongs and a large number of Dou Wangs and Dou Huangs in the past five or six years!

This is also why Venerable Qinghai subconsciously sided with Jiang Lin back then, because following Jiang Lin really meant you could eat meat!
"I happen to have some specially made Origin Pills here, which can help Venerable Qinghai break through to the three-star Dou Zun, Protector Lu break through to Dou Zun, and Protector Tie break through to the six-star Dou Zong."

(End of this chapter)