Chapter 1652: Ancient Mystery, Seizing the Initiative (First Update)

The Immortal Venerable Dao Companion of Seven-Colored, Fan Shanmeng, hearing Wang Lin's words, her eyes flickered almost imperceptibly. She was about to speak with a light laugh, but at this moment, the Soul Demon Boat suddenly vibrated violently.

The vibration came from outside, like a howling gale, causing the Soul Demon Boat to tremble, accompanied by booming echoes. Under this tremor, the boat was swept back several hundred zhang.

This sudden change made Fan Shanmeng's expression shift, and she abruptly looked outside the Soul Demon Boat.

Wang Lin leaped, his feet three inches above the boat's deck, drifting with the boat. His eyes gleamed as he also looked outside the boat.

Outside the Soul Demon Boat, surrounded by a seven-colored light, the Seven-Colored Daoist continuously waved his hands in front of him. Each time his wide sleeves swept up, a strong wind howled, blowing against the countless light screen defenses outside the Soul Demon Boat. Crashing sounds reverberated, and the light screens shattered layer by layer. In an instant, almost half of them broke apart.

"It's fine, he won't be able to break through this boat without several days!" Fan Shanmeng coldly snorted, retracting her gaze and looking at Wang Lin, then slowly added.

"The altar you mentioned was accidentally obtained by my younger sister here. There is a dao ancient power within that altar. With her cultivation, she couldn't break it open, nor was there a need to, but for you, it's different.

If you can break through the altar's defenses and obtain the Legacy within, your cultivation will definitely increase. This altar is on the innermost layer of this Soul Demon Boat. Do you want to go now? However, you only have three days. During these three days, I can control this boat to escape and contend with that Seven-Colored Daoist, but at most, it will only be three days."

"Three days… not enough." Wang Lin frowned. At this moment, the Soul Demon Boat vibrated again. Under the booming sounds, it seemed the Seven-Colored Daoist's Divine Ability outside had grown stronger, making the Soul Demon Boat faintly seem as if it was about to collapse.

"The matter of the blood oath is not urgent for now. I am very interested in your Soul Demon Boat. Three days should be enough for me to study it." Wang Lin spoke slowly, not revealing any thoughts on his face.

"You want to study the Restrictions on this boat?" Fan Shanmeng was startled. Neither she nor her sister fully understood Wang Lin, unaware of his attainments in Restrictions. Hearing Wang Lin's words now, Fan Shanmeng's expression was strange, and after a long while, she spoke.

"This Soul Demon Boat is a restricted treasure of my Great Soul Gate. Although it is not High Grade, it has reached the Medium Grade level. For such a Magic Treasure, let alone you, even I wouldn't have the confidence to fully understand it through study.

Fellow Daoist Wang, I advise you to use these three days to try the altar. If you can absorb the power within it, with your Ancient Kingdom Physical Body, your cultivation can still increase." Fan Shanmeng's words were rather tactful, but their meaning was clear. She didn't believe Wang Lin was qualified to study the Soul Demon Boat, and even felt his words were extremely absurd.

"This child, a mere ant cultivator from the Immortal Cave Realm, actually presumes to deduce a restricted treasure of my Great Soul Gate. It's utterly ridiculous! He truly overestimates himself!"

"Oh? Could it be that Fellow Daoist is worried that I might take possession of this boat after studying and understanding its Restrictions?" Wang Lin showed a half-smile and glanced at Fan Shanmeng.

Wang Lin already knew her thoughts clearly. In his life, among all the people he had met, except for Heavenly Fate Child whom he couldn't fully fathom, everyone else was clear in his mind.

These two sisters obviously knew that the Seven-Colored Daoist would pursue them, so after a slight delay, they waited for the Seven-Colored Daoist to arrive and then led Wang Lin onto this Soul Demon Boat.

Using this boat as a hidden threat, and the Seven-Colored Daoist outside to exert overt pressure, even without any explicit threats, the effect was actually much stronger than direct threats.

In such circumstances, it seemed Wang Lin had no choice but to follow their suggestion and exchange the blood oath; there was no other way. This would leave Wang Lin completely passive, with the initiative entirely in their hands.

In fact, it was exactly as Wang Lin thought; these two sisters, Fan Shanmeng, had precisely this plan. If it were anyone else besides Wang Lin, they might truly have no other path and could only choose to obey to temporarily avoid this danger.

But with Wang Lin's intellect, he would not easily trust everything the other party said. He still preferred the feeling of having everything under his control, of mastering his own life.

At this moment, with the Soul Demon Boat controlled by the other party, even if Wang Lin went to the altar, everything would be under their surveillance. And to exaggerate, being inside the other party's Magic Treasure, Wang Lin felt no sense of security.

Moreover, how could Wang Lin give up so easily? Although his cultivation was high, his intellect was also considerable. His words now indeed contained hidden meaning!

If he could truly study and understand this Soul Demon Boat and gain control, then not only could he resolve the threat of the Seven-Colored Daoist outside, but he could also completely seize the initiative and break the other party's scheme.

Fan Shanmeng's expression tightened, but she quickly returned to normal, smiling slightly and speaking softly.

"Fellow Daoist Wang is joking. Since you have such confidence, then by all means, study this boat; I, a humble woman, will wait beside you." Although she said this, she was sneering inwardly, not believing for a moment that Wang Lin was qualified.

"Fellow Daoist still seems a bit displeased, but rest assured, even if I truly understand the Restrictions of this boat, I will not keep it for myself. I will definitely return it to Fellow Daoist." Wang Lin's expression remained half-smiling as he slowly spoke.

Fan Shanmeng calmly looked at Wang Lin and chuckled, "Fellow Daoist is so confident? Very well, if you can truly thoroughly study and understand the Restrictions on this boat, then what's the harm in giving it to you!"

But if you cannot complete it, then don't waste any more time. You and I will exchange blood oaths, and I will send you to a safe place."

"No problem, I'll take a look first. If it ultimately fails, I will naturally give up." Wang Lin was waiting for this very sentence. His expression was normal, not even looking at Fan Shanmeng. He walked to the side, sat cross-legged, and slowly spread his Divine Sense, beginning his research from the deck beneath his feet.

Fan Shanmeng's eyes concealed a cold chill. She absolutely had to obtain Wang Lin's blood oath. With this blood, she could seek her Master's help to activate a peculiar Spell. Once this Spell was cast, she was confident she could make Wang Lin her Puppet, and this Puppet would be a crucial means for her to kill Seven-Colored.

"Although this person is very cautious, I absolutely don't believe he can fully Master the Soul Demon Boat's Restrictions. He might have some knowledge of Restrictions, but he is, after all, an ant cultivator from the Immortal Cave Realm, a frog in a well. How could such an ant thoroughly study the Restrictions of the Immortal Astral Continent!"

This matter is truly laughable. Let's see how he studies it. If he fails and doesn't give me the blood oath, I have other means to deal with him!" The coldness in Fan Shanmeng's eyes dissipated, and a gentle smile appeared at the corner of her mouth as she looked at Wang Lin.

As Wang Lin's Divine Sense spread, the Ancient God Star Point on his brow flickered, rotating into a Vortex. The Demon Star Points in his left and right eyes appeared consecutively, and the Ancient Three Races Star Points rotated together, fusing into dao ancient power. The moment this dao ancient power appeared, a vague dao ancient figure manifested from Wang Lin's cross-legged body.

As soon as the dao ancient phantom appeared, it completely enveloped Wang Lin's body, also sitting cross-legged. From a distance, this scene was quite astonishing.

The size of the dao ancient phantom changed. The one appearing outside Wang Lin's body was only dozens of zhang in size, but it still looked like a small mountain. Wang Lin was inside, completely protected by the phantom.

This scene caught Fan Shanmeng's eye, causing her to frown.

"This person is overly cautious…"

With the dao ancient power protecting his entire body, Wang Lin finally felt at ease. He calmly spread his Divine Sense, slowly extending it into the deck beneath him. The moment his Divine Sense permeated, an invisible force rebounded, preventing Wang Lin's Divine Sense from penetrating deeper.

This invisible force was formed by the Restrictions on the deck, allowing Wang Lin to observe from the outside but not to see the internal structure of the deck's Restrictions.

Fan Shanmeng sneered inwardly; this Soul Demon Boat was a Magic Treasure of her Great Soul Gate, and she knew a lot about it.

"Leaving aside other things, just this obstructive force formed by the Restrictions, if one doesn't have extremely profound attainments in Restrictions, they will certainly…" Her thought had just begun when she suddenly froze, her eyes gleaming as she stared intently at Wang Lin.

Inside the dao ancient phantom, Wang Lin raised his right hand and waved it, and Restriction hand seals instantly appeared: ten, a hundred, a thousand… In an instant, nearly a million hand seals appeared simultaneously around his body.

These Restriction hand seals overlapped, emitting dazzling dark light, and in a flash, a million became one, pressed by Wang Lin's palm onto the deck beside him.

Under this palm, the deck vibrated with a rumble, and even the entire Soul Demon Boat trembled a few times. A ripple rapidly spread outwards from where Wang Lin's right hand pressed, passing by Fan Shanmeng in an instant and permeating nearly thirty percent of the boat's deck.

As the ripple swept across, the deck, in Wang Lin's eyes, was completely different, as if it had shed its clothes and revealed its Origin. He swept his gaze, and there was no deck on this Soul Demon Boat; this ground was clearly composed of countless Restriction runes condensed and spread out.

Those runes were all different, densely packed, enveloping the surroundings, faintly emitting dark light.

"He actually broke through the deck's Restriction defenses! He doesn't just know a few Restrictions; his mastery of Restrictions has already reached an extremely high level…" Fan Shanmeng gasped, her gaze towards Wang Lin immediately changing.

"No wonder he's so confident, but even if his attainments in Restrictions are extraordinary, what of it? The Restrictions existing in the Immortal Cave Realm are merely a part of the Immortal Astral Continent's Restrictions. In a mere three days, this person absolutely cannot fully Master them!" Fan Shanmeng was silent for a moment, then a cold sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Wang Lin's expression was calm. He raised his right hand and pointed at one of the rune Restrictions, his eyes constantly flickering with a look of deduction.

"This deck is merely the outer perimeter of the Soul Demon Boat's Restrictions, but the Restrictions upon it encompass a myriad of things. Three days is indeed a bit rushed…"

While monthly votes are being surpassed, it seems some people think Er Gen will lose in July?

I don't know what the outcome will be. Let's burst forth, the first update is here.