Chapter 1106 Peak of the Cloud Sea, Hope for the Second Perfection of the Heaven Defying Bead

"Nine more are needed, but the Star Tiger Beasts in the nearby star mist are already extinct. We must go further away to…" The middle-aged man gave a sinister smile. Before he could continue, his expression suddenly changed. He raised his right hand and grabbed at the void. A Storage Rift immediately appeared before him, and a Jade Slip flew out from within. The Jade Slip trembled with a click and split down the middle, a remnant soul drifting out from inside.

The appearance of that remnant soul was none other than Lu Di. His eyes revealed the terror of his final moments before he dissipated in front of the middle-aged man.

"Young Sect Master!!" The purple-robed old man beside the middle-aged man immediately wiped the smile from his face, his eyes filled with shock.

The middle-aged man stared blankly as the remnant soul gradually dissipated. He remained motionless, then slowly closed his eyes.

The old man beside him was shaken. He looked at the Sect Master next to him, his heart trembling. He had followed this Sect Master for many years and knew that the calmer the other was, the more it signaled that a storm was about to break.

"Where did Lu Di go before this?" After a long while, the middle-aged man opened his eyes. A trace of sorrow burned within them, but his voice was terrifyingly calm.

"The Young Sect Master… the Young Sect Master went to the Moro Continent." The old man bowed his head and said respectfully. The shock in his heart had yet to subside. He could not understand how anyone in the Fifth-Tier Star Domain would dare to risk offending the Zidao Sect and the Sect Master, Lu Yuncong, to kill the Young Sect Master, Lu Di!

"Moro Continent, Guiyuan Sect… Why did no one report this matter to me?" The middle-aged man's voice remained calm, but as it fell upon the old man's ears, it made his body tremble. A matter suddenly surfaced in his mind, and his face instantly turned pale.

"The Young Sect Master, he…"

"As a person of the Dao, he remained lecherous and arrogant. In the name of the Zidao Young Sect Master, he has harmed many female Disciples of various sects over the years, committing the heinous act of absorbing their primordial yin…" Before the old man could finish, the middle-aged man shook his head and said slowly, as if talking to himself.

"Sect Master…" The old man's face was bloodless.

"Who went with him to the Moro Continent? It must have been Song Wude. The child Di'er grew up under Song Wude's care since he was young. In his eyes, this Song Wude was perhaps like a second father to him. He went to the Moro Continent likely because he had his eyes on Lü Yanfei of the Guiyuan Sect, harboring the thought of taking advantage of the old man's death to turn the Guiyuan Sect into his personal bedchamber…"

The old man fell silent. As far as he knew, everything the Sect Master said was true.

The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at the blurry star mist ahead. He watched silently for a moment, then turned and walked toward the purple continent.

"This good-for-nothing, rebellious son, he died, so let him die. The world will have one less scourge from now on… However, I am his father after all. Since he liked that Lü Yanfei, let this girl be buried with him… As for the one who killed him, they shall be buried with him as well." The middle-aged man's calm words seemed to lack any emotional color.

"He was not like this before…" His back seemed to carry a hint of desolation.

The old man behind him was even paler now. He hesitated, then gritted his teeth and said, "Sect Master, before the Young Sect Master left, this old servant heard Wude say… said the Young Sect Master intended to go to the Purple Cloud Sea first to retrieve our Zidao Sect's Heavenly Yin Banner, saying he wanted to Seal Lü Yanfei's soul, along with the souls of the women he had collected previously, inside it to feed the Yin Immortal."

The middle-aged man's back suddenly stiffened. He turned around slowly, the calmness in his eyes collapsing, revealing monstrous rage, along with a sense of fear and panic emanating from his very soul that washed over his entire body.

"Rebellious son!!"

Moro Continent, inside the Guiyuan Sect.

Lü Yanfei looked silently at the ordinary wooden house in the Medicinal Courtyard. She hesitated for a moment before walking into the courtyard. Sun Yun followed behind, feeling very nervous. She could even clearly hear her own heart beating rapidly.

The door to Wang Lin's house was closed. The Master and Disciple, Lü Yanfei and Sun Yun, stood quietly outside the door, seemingly falling into silence as well.

After a long while, Lü Yanfei bit her lower lip and said softly, "Is Senior present?"

"Not here!" A flat voice came from inside the house. As it fell upon the ears of Lü Yanfei and Sun Yun, the Master and Disciple were stunned, clearly not having expected such an answer.

In fact, a long, long time ago, in the Alliance Star Domain, another woman had asked these same words and received the same answer.

After all, whether it was the main body or the Clone, it was still Wang Lin.

Lü Yanfei covered her mouth and smiled; it was very beautiful. She bowed toward the house and said softly, "My Master once had a Junior Martial Uncle named Lü Zihao. According to my Master, this Grand-Uncle Master was a Dao fanatic. Throughout his life, except for the last time he went out and went missing, he never left the Moro Continent. He never even went to the Main Sect, and he had very few friends. Even within the Guiyuan Sect, because so much time had passed, there was no one left who had seen him.

Even those three Senior Brothers of mine had never seen him. Only I, as a Junior, happened to see his portrait once back then. My Master showed it to me alone and gave that portrait to me… because this Grand-Uncle Master was an ancestor of my Lü family.

This portrait was from too long ago and had become tattered. On the way back just now, it fell apart."

Having said this, Lü Yanfei respectfully left the Medicinal Courtyard with a smile on her face. Sun Yun was quite confused by her Master's words; she did not understand the meaning behind what her Master had said.

Wang Lin sat cross-legged on the bed in the room, his eyes fixed on the black lotus flower in his right hand. At this moment, he looked up, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, as if he could pierce through the house and land on Lü Yanfei, who was walking out of the courtyard.

Lü Yanfei's body paused. She did not look back, maintained her calm, and walked out of the courtyard.

"What a clever woman!" Wang Lin withdrew his gaze. Aside from their conversation in the mountains, he had no contact with this Lü Yanfei. Yet, this woman had managed to come up with such an astonishing analysis through the clues reported by her Disciple, combined with their half-day conversation in the mountains and what she had seen earlier when Wang Lin killed Song Wude and Lu Di.

Sun Yun could not understand her words just now, but with Wang Lin's intelligence, he heard them clearly. It was obvious that this Lü Yanfei had guessed that he was that white-haired person, and she seemed quite certain. In her view, for someone with his level of cultivation to be hiding in the Guiyuan Sect, the reason—aside from plotting something against the Guiyuan Sect—must be to avoid enemies.

However, Lü Yanfei could not think of anything in the Guiyuan Sect that could attract his interest, so she was even more certain that he was avoiding enemies.

Thus, if Wang Lin were to continue staying in the Guiyuan Sect, he would need an identity that would not be suspected by anyone. Lü Yanfei's previous words were essentially handing Wang Lin an identity. As for the issue of Wang Lin's enemies, Lü Yanfei was clearly forced to ignore it.

Wang Lin had met countless people in his life, but he had not encountered many women with such intelligence. It was different from Liu Mei's ever-changing nature, different from Hong Die's cold arrogance, and even more different from Li Muwan's gentle fragility. It was wisdom—a wisdom not easily revealed!

After a moment of silence, a smile appeared on the corner of Wang Lin's mouth. He muttered to himself, "Lü Zihao… Such an identity actually gives me a root in this Cloud Sea Star Domain!"

The reason Wang Lin attached so much importance to his identity in the Cloud Sea Star Domain was related to his experience in Luotian. In Luotian, Wang Lin had not paid attention to this, and in the end, his identity became transparent in the eyes of those Cultivators with great Divine Abilities, which caused him great inconvenience. After all, in any Star Domain, there exists xenophobia and the sentiment that 'if they are not of our kin, their hearts must be different.'

Especially with his current level of cultivation, it was even harder to handle the issue of identity. But now, although everything was not yet perfect, there was at least a way to solve it.

No longer dwelling on this matter, Wang Lin focused his gaze on the black lotus flower in his right hand. He spread out his Divine Sense and continued to study it. If this lotus were merely a Magic Treasure, it would not be enough to hold Wang Lin's attention. But no matter how he probed with his Divine Sense, he was astonished to discover that this lotus was a natural creation; it was actually a real plant.

It was just that some simple magic arrays had been added to it later, acting as a slight Seal.

"This Cloud Sea Star Domain is truly mysterious and unfathomable. To think there exists a plant that can naturally become a Magic Treasure. If the Seal on this lotus were opened, it could form an extremely strong defense. It is truly quite marvelous." Toying with the lotus in his hand and examining it carefully for a while longer, Wang Lin set it aside and picked up the Storage Pouch that had belonged to the purple-robed youth.

The items inside the youth's Storage Pouch were quite miscellaneous. Apart from some lewd objects and scattered Magic Treasures, three items caught Wang Lin's attention.

A purple jade bottle, a small golden flag, and a stick of Burning Incense as thick as a baby's arm. As for Immortal Jade, it was surprisingly scarce, with fewer than a hundred pieces.

"It is a pity that after one's cultivation reaches the Jingnie stage, one no longer needs a Storage Pouch. The Storage Space one creates oneself cannot be located or opened by outsiders even after death. Otherwise, that Jingnie old man would surely have had many Medicinal Pills and treasures." Wang Lin shook his head. He first picked up the small golden flag and scanned it with his Divine Sense, but his expression immediately turned gloomy.

Inside the small flag, cold winds blew. As Wang Lin's Divine Sense swept through, he immediately discovered no fewer than several hundred female remnant souls. Each of these women was beautiful, and several were truly peerless.

However, inside the small flag, these women looked miserable, sealed within and unable to escape. Furthermore, inside the small flag was a snake-like beast soul. This beast soul seemed to feed on the female remnant souls. When Wang Lin's Divine Sense scanned in, it seemed to be awakened, releasing a shocking aura. Even Wang Lin's eyes narrowed at this.

"This is…" Wang Lin's heart was shaken. His Divine Sense was forced back by the impact from the beast soul, and he immediately withdrew it. He stared at the small golden flag in his hand, his pupils contracting.

"The aura of extreme yin!!" Wang Lin stood up abruptly. His calm state of mind was now surging like a stormy sea, moving with monstrous force. He took a few deep breaths.

"It is a pity that it is incomplete, possessing only a trace of extreme yin Qi. Moreover, the method of feeding it is completely wrong; it is far inferior to the extreme yang that Heavenly Fate Child created by borrowing from Bai Wei back then… But, this is, after all, a trace of extreme yin!!" Wang Lin touched the center of his brow. The Heaven Defying Bead needed the Five Elements to reach Perfection to become Yin and Yang. He had obtained the extreme yang from Bai Wei back then; he only lacked the extreme yin, and the Heaven Defying Bead could reach its second Perfection!!