Chapter 198: The Nascent Soul in Hibernation

Inside the Cultivation Devil Sea, there was no moonlight; only the faint starlight filtering through the thick fog from the bright moon. However, for a Cultivator, this minimal light was enough to illuminate their vision.

After Yun Fei left the Immortal Cave, she sped along, heading straight for the mountain city gate outside Qilin City. As she passed the gate, she paused, and immediately, a person walked out from inside the gate. This person was clad in black, wearing a Hooded Robe, their entire body almost completely wrapped in clothing.

The black-clothed man glanced at Yun Fei but said nothing, turning instead to walk outside the city. Yun Fei hesitated slightly, but quickly gritted her teeth and followed closely.

The two passed through the city gate quite smoothly, with no Qilin City guards coming forward to stop them.

Wang Lin, observing everything from afar through his Second Devil Head, sneered inwardly again. His body was like a ghost, transforming into a wisp of smoke, slowly trailing behind them.

Wang Lin, using the Second Devil Head, instantly saw that the black-clothed man's cultivation was merely at the Core Formation Middle Stage. If he wanted to kill him, Wang Lin only needed to move his Divine Thought, and the man's Divine Sense would surely be destroyed, leading to his death.

It was just that Yun Fei's actions tonight were rather secretive, and Wang Lin wanted to see who exactly Yun Fei had sought out to break his Restriction.

After exiting the mountain city gate, the black-clothed man and Yun Fei sped eastward. They stopped beneath a black-mist-shrouded mountain peak, three thousand miles outside Qilin City.

"Old Ancestor, this Disciple has brought the person," the black-clothed man said, kneeling on one knee, forming a lotus-like Hand Seal with his hands placed before his chest, his expression filled with reverence.

"You may leave!" A voice, slow and resounding like thunder, drifted out from the black-mist-shrouded mountain. Along its path, the surrounding black mist involuntarily transformed into ripples, dispersing outwards and revealing a small pavilion at the peak of the mountain.

The black-clothed man lowered his head in assent, stood up, and sped away without looking back, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Wang Lin was currently standing on a cliff a thousand miles away. After sensing the black-clothed man's departure, he pointed at his glabella with his right hand, and the Devil Head Xu Ligou immediately floated out.

After Xu Ligou appeared, having clearly received Wang Lin's orders, he chuckled a few times and quickly drifted away, heading directly toward the path the black-clothed man was bound to take.

As for Yun Fei, she stood outside the black mist, her heart filled with anxiety, causing her to hesitate again. In truth, she had not actively participated in any of tonight's events.

During the days Wang Lin was in seclusion, Yun Fei secretly sought out several Cultivators to remove the Restriction for her, but none succeeded. Originally, she had resigned herself to fate, but unexpectedly, yesterday, a Core Formation Middle Stage guard from Qilin City found her, stating he was entrusted by someone to ask her to go to a certain location where someone could undo her Restriction.

However, she would have to pay a certain price.

Because of this, Yun Fei couldn't help but hesitate. In her opinion, anyone who could command a Core Formation Middle Stage Cultivator to work for them must have formidable cultivation.

Whether this person could truly resolve the Restriction was another matter, as she believed Wang Lin's cultivation had reached an inconceivable level.

Just as she was wavering, the next day, this morning, the Core Formation Middle Stage Cultivator came to find her again and gave her a Jade Slip. The Jade Slip detailed a series of signs related to the Restriction before and after its activation, which instantly caused her mind to shake violently.

It must be known that even when she sought people in Qilin City to break the Restriction, she only briefly mentioned the symptoms of its activation and did not discuss the details. Therefore, regarding all the changes of this Restriction, it could be said that besides the Caster, only she understood them best.

Thus, the moment she saw the Jade Slip, Yun Fei's wavering heart immediately firmed up. She decided to take the risk and try!

This led to the scene tonight.

At this moment, Yun Fei looked up at the small pavilion on the mountain peak within the black mist. She could see a figure sitting in the pavilion, but due to the swirling mist obstructing her view, she could not discern the person's appearance.

"Senior, can you truly resolve the Restriction within this Junior's body?" Yun Fei bit her lower lip and asked softly.

"Come up and speak!" The figure's voice carried an irresistible trace of majesty. As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding black mist suddenly churned, transforming into black Mist Dragons, which roared and intertwined, forming a long Dragon Path. The Dragon Head was located at the mountain pavilion, while the Dragon Tail was spread beneath Yun Fei's feet.

Yun Fei forcefully suppressed the anxiety in her heart, stepped onto the Mist Dragon, and began walking upward little by little.

Soon, she arrived at the mountain peak pavilion. The moment she stepped onto it, she clearly saw the person inside: a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance and an air of nobility. He wore a Brocade Robe and had wise eyes, which shone brightly the instant he looked at Yun Fei.

"It truly is an Ancient Restriction!" the man muttered inwardly, but outwardly, he showed no abnormality. He said calmly, "I can resolve the Restriction for you, but you must tell me who placed it upon you."

Yun Fei hesitated briefly and whispered, "Senior, this Junior cannot say. How about this: I will offer a Pill Furnace of Medicinal Pills as the condition for you to resolve the Restriction?"

The middle-aged man pondered for a moment, then shook his head, saying, "If you refuse to speak, then I will not resolve this Restriction for you. Moreover, I can tell you plainly that not many people within the Inner Cultivation Devil Sea can break this Restriction. Consider it carefully."

Yun Fei's expression was volatile. After a long time, she gritted her teeth and said, "Alright, please, Senior, resolve it first. If successful, this Junior will certainly tell you everything."

The middle-aged man laughed heartily, stood up, and with a wave of his right hand, a purple stone immediately appeared in his grasp. The stone was round and incredibly smooth.

After taking out the item, he immediately struck it with several Spiritual Spells. The stone instantly flashed with seven-colored light, and then a red beam shot out from within it, landing on Yun Fei's glabella.

Yun Fei's body immediately trembled. She could feel that as soon as the red light entered her, it instantly dispersed into countless threads, which began drilling through her body.

At this time, the middle-aged man's attitude was quite solemn; he stared intently at Yun Fei, observing carefully.

Before long, a faint symbol slowly appeared above Yun Fei's glabella. This symbol was filled with an ancient, simple aura. The moment the middle-aged man saw this symbol, his face filled with ecstasy, and he muttered to himself, "It truly is an Ancient Restriction! I never expected that someone actually knows this kind of Restriction."

His eyes flickered. He bit the tip of his right index finger, squeezed out a drop of fresh blood, and let it fall onto the stone. The stone immediately shone brightly. This time, two beams of light—one black and one white—shot out from it, aiming directly at the symbol on Yun Fei's glabella.

But right at this moment, an unexpected change occurred. A shadow suddenly appeared on Yun Fei's hair bun. A beast head emerged from the shadow, instantly blocking her glabella. With a snap of its mouth, it swallowed the two light beams, one black and one white.

Immediately afterward, this small beast formed from the shadow suddenly inhaled toward Yun Fei. Yun Fei's eyes bulged abruptly, instantly filling with bloodshot veins. Her Divine Sense involuntarily left her body and was sucked into the small beast's mouth.

Everything happened too quickly; in the blink of an eye, Yun Fei had perished, suffering the fate of having her Divine Sense devoured.

In fact, the moment she stepped onto the Dragon Path, her fate was sealed—she was heading toward a dead end. If she had listened to Wang Lin and quietly waited for him to leave the Cultivation Devil Sea, she might have had a sliver of hope for survival.

At the same time, the small beast's body swelled up, immediately enveloping Yun Fei's corpse. A Storage Pouch, a Pill Furnace, and a pale golden Golden Core all flew out from the corpse and were swept up by the small beast, which was about to fly into the distance.

When the middle-aged man first saw the beast, his expression couldn't help but change. He truly couldn't discern what kind of beast it was, possessing such an eerie ability to forcibly suck away a person's Divine Sense.

He also had some guesses in his heart: had this beast been dwelling and hiding here all along, or did it belong to someone? The middle-aged man was quite shocked and suspicious about this.

But soon, he returned to normal. Seeing that the beast was about to leave, his eyes immediately flashed with cold light. He suddenly waved both hands, and the surrounding black mist once again transformed into Mist Dragons, encircling the beast.

Immediately afterward, he slapped his Storage Pouch with his right hand and instantly pulled out a small drum made from unknown beast hide. Staring at the small beast, he lightly flicked the Beast Drum.

With a sound of "dong," the surrounding black mist immediately surged and churned, transforming into Black-armored Devil Soldiers, who wielded various Magic Treasures and charged toward the small beast.

Mist Dragons were in the front, and Devil Soldiers were in the back, completely surrounding the Second Devil Head. During this, lights from various colorful Magic Treasures poured down all at once, like rain descending from the heavens.

However, since this small beast was Wang Lin's Second Devil Head, its power might not be exceedingly strong, but its ferocity was unimaginable. When Wang Lin first subdued this devil, he was almost counterattacked by it, which serves as a clear indication.

The devil didn't hesitate; it swallowed Yun Fei's Golden Core in one gulp, instantly increasing its size by a circumference. Immediately afterward, its body suddenly spun, transforming from one into ten, and then from ten into a hundred. Hundreds of small beasts densely appeared within the encirclement.

Simultaneously, the hundred small beasts all let out sharp Malevolent Cries. Rings of sound waves crashed outwards like raging, heaven-toppling waves. Following this, the hundred small beasts rapidly flapped their wings, intertwining with each other to form a hurricane that burst out in one direction with immense impact force.

The sound waves cleared the path, followed by the hurricane. In this way, the first ones affected were the Mist Dragons. Under the impact of the sound waves, the Mist Dragons' bodies instantly collapsed one after another. Even the Devil Soldiers' charging steps couldn't help but pause.

Next came the hurricane. The Mist Dragons, which had already collapsed, were completely dispersed by the sweeping force of the hurricane and were sucked into the Vortex hurricane.

The middle-aged man's eyes flashed with a strange light. He stared at the hurricane, a look of considerable interest in his eyes. Without rushing, his right hand continuously flicked the Beast Drum several times again.

Dong, dong, dong, dong! With four consecutive sounds, the entire expanse of black mist suddenly churned violently, transforming into various grotesque Vicious Beasts that appeared in the outer perimeter.

These Vicious Beasts were all emanating a malevolent aura, exuding waves of bloodthirsty slaughter qi, and collectively stared at the hurricane.

"I don't care who your master is, but no Spirit Beast that Qiu Siping has set his eyes on can escape. I know you can understand me. Listen carefully, before this, I only surrounded you, I didn't attack. But after three breaths, if you don't submit to me, then I will initiate an attack."

The Second Devil Head let out a sharp howl, and immediately all the small beasts it had dispersed within the hurricane condensed their Divine Sense together, forming a lightning bolt that instantly roared out, heading straight for the middle-aged man.

The lightning bolt formed by the Divine Sense attack swept through like a hot knife through butter. All the black mist blocking its path instantly dissipated. In the blink of an eye, the Divine Sense attack was already close to the middle-aged man.

The man's expression changed. He quickly retreated, and at the same time bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood. The Divine Sense attack landed on the fresh blood, immediately emitting sizzling sounds, causing it to pause slightly.

At the same time, the man swiftly pulled out a black piece of wood from his Storage Pouch with his right hand, his face ferocious, and he roared, "Receive!"

Instantly, the small beast's Divine Sense attack involuntarily scattered towards the black wood. But just as it was about to touch the wood, the Second Devil Head's fierce howl resounded again, and the Divine Sense attack immediately split into a hundred parts, swiftly retreating as if a hundred rivers were returning to the sea.

The middle-aged man's forehead was faintly sweating. If he had been even a little slower in that moment, he might have been in danger. But at this moment, his eyes revealed a strong fanaticism. He licked his lips and hoarsely shouted, "It can even use Divine Sense attacks! This kind of rare beast, even if you have a master, I, Qiu, will definitely snatch it alive!"

As soon as he uttered these words, an extremely cold and emotionless voice slowly drifted from the horizon: "Is that so?"

The moment this voice arrived, a buzzing sound suddenly appeared. The middle-aged man abruptly looked up and saw a massive hurricane appearing on the horizon. The hurricane moved incredibly fast, instantly rushing towards the black mist.

As the Vicious Beasts outside the black mist were about to resist, a sharp sound wave suddenly emanated from the hurricane. Immediately, a wave of Qi surged from within the hurricane, pushing away the black mist, causing the materialized forms to scatter.

At the same time, the Second Devil Head howled and rushed out, fusing with the hurricane. This devil was clearly extremely angry. After controlling the hurricane, it immediately spun madly through the surrounding black mist, shattering it into pieces.

The middle-aged man didn't even look at the hurricane, his gaze fixed on the horizon, a cautious expression in his eyes.

A white-haired man, dressed in black, slowly walked from the horizon. His steps seemed slow, but in reality, they were extremely fast. In just a few blinks of an eye, the man arrived at the top of the mountain.

The middle-aged man, Qiu Siping, his pupils suddenly contracted. He struck a drum with his right hand, and immediately the scattered black mist around him rapidly contracted, forming eight black mist orbs that floated around his body.

Qiu Siping's eyes flickered, and he said in a calm tone, "Your Excellency must be the one skilled in ancient Restrictions, correct?"

This white-haired man was Wang Lin. With a summons from his right hand, two items flew out from the hurricane: a Storage Pouch and a Pill Furnace. Wang Lin took them without examining them, placing them in his怀里. Only then did he glance at the other party. In Wang Lin's view, this middle-aged man's cultivation had already reached the Great Perfection of the Core Formation Late Stage, just a hair's breadth away from the Nascent Soul Stage.

But as long as he wasn't at the Nascent Soul Stage, it would be extremely simple for Wang Lin to kill him. His gaze was cold, and he said sinisterly, "I am the master of this beast. Didn't you want to snatch it earlier? Come and snatch it! I'll give you the chance!"

Wang Lin waved his right hand, and the Second Devil Head immediately flew out from the hurricane, floating motionless in front of the other party.

Qiu Siping frowned. He could tell that the other party's cultivation was similar to his own, both at the Core Formation Late Stage. However, this person's attitude was extremely arrogant, which, in his opinion, surely meant he had something to rely on.

Qiu Siping was naturally cautious. At this moment, his eyes flickered slightly as he glanced at the illusory small beast in front of him. Then, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you make me laugh. What I said earlier was just a joke. Since this beast belongs to Fellow Daoist, how could I dare to snatch it? I hope Fellow Daoist doesn't mind all the previous misunderstandings."

Wang Lin's gaze was calm. With a summons from his right hand, the Second Devil Head immediately flew back. At the same time, red light flashed in his eyes, and his extreme realm Divine Sense suddenly moved, transforming into a red lightning bolt that instantly poured out.

Instantly, a massive Divine Sense pressure suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.

Qiu Siping was about to speak, but the moment he saw the red light in Wang Lin's eyes, his expression immediately darkened. He never expected that this person wouldn't wait for him to finish speaking and would immediately make a killing move upon meeting. He felt a slight anger in his heart, thinking that this person, like himself, was at the Core Formation Late Stage. Even if you have a Magic Treasure, do I, Qiu Siping, not have one?!

He snorted lightly, his body rapidly retreating. He continuously waved his right hand, and immediately the eight mist orbs around him formed thick mist.

Qiu Siping's eyes revealed a cold glint. He had made up his mind that since this person refused to let him finish speaking, he would first capture him and then talk.

However, just as this thought arose, a chilling sound, as if from the Nine Nether Regions, came from Wang Lin's direction.

"Perish!"

Wang Lin's extreme realm Divine Sense was as fast as thunder, instantly sinking into the black mist. How could this mist compare to the extreme realm Divine Sense? It immediately collapsed and completely dissipated.

A series of explosions rang out as the eight mist orbs blocking the Divine Sense all collapsed.

Qiu Siping's expression finally changed drastically. As his body rapidly retreated, he unhesitatingly performed Hand Seals with both hands, bit his tongue, and continuously spat out several mouthfuls of fresh blood, attempting to block the red lightning bolt. However, these mouthfuls of fresh blood were almost instantly evaporated, turning into a blood mist that scattered.

It didn't even serve to block for a single breath.

A shadow of death, which had not appeared for a long time, instantly enveloped Qiu Siping's heart like a dark cloud. Without a word, he quickly took out the black piece of wood from before. In the instant it was just conjured, Wang Lin's extreme realm Divine Sense had already arrived and struck the wood.

The black wooden block immediately emitted cracking sounds, then shattered into dust with a bang. A red light flashed within it and then sank into Qiu Siping's body.

Qiu Siping's body trembled, and his eyes immediately became unfocused. But after spitting out a large mouthful of fresh blood, his previously unfocused eyes actually cleared up again, though this clarity was tinged with intense fear.

Without another word, he immediately sped away backwards.

Wang Lin let out a soft '咦' sound. Under his extreme realm Divine Sense, this person actually didn't die, which surprised him a little. One must know that his extreme realm Divine Sense had only encountered one similar incident before, which was on the outskirts of the Cultivation Devil Sea, where a fellow named Shangguan Mo had escaped a calamity with a miraculous personal jade pendant.

Wang Lin's eyes flickered, and his body moved forward, as fast as thunder, instantly catching up and appearing in front of this person.

Qiu Siping was greatly alarmed. He said with a bitter smile, "Fellow Daoist, you and I have no deep enmity, why must you be so ruthless?" At this moment, he was extremely regretful. In fact, with a little thought, he could have realized that someone capable of casting ancient Restrictions could not be an ordinary person. Although this person's cultivation was at the Core Formation Late Stage, his Divine Sense attack was something even he couldn't resist. If he hadn't had a strange treasure protecting him, he might have already died.

In his eyes, this person, even if not at the Nascent Soul Stage, possessed the attack power of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator. How could he resist? How could he not run?!

However, he thought that the other party must possess a powerful Magic Treasure to have such offensive power.

Wang Lin's expression was indifferent, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes, and he said calmly, "You sent people several times to summon that woman surnamed Mo. Wasn't your purpose to find the person who cast the ancient Restrictions? Why are you running now that you've met him?"

Qiu Siping showed a bitter smile and said, "Fellow Daoist, I had no ill intentions, it's just…" He hesitated slightly, but then immediately continued, "It's just that there's an immense benefit that requires Fellow Daoist's help with ancient Restrictions!"

This Qiu Siping was an intelligent person. After hearing Wang Lin's words, he immediately guessed that his black-clothed man subordinate was probably in danger, but he pretended not to know and didn't ask a single question.

Wang Lin's expression was calm, and a faint red light flickered in his eyes. Qiu Siping secretly gritted his teeth and said urgently, "Fellow Daoist, you and I are both at the Core Formation Late Stage. If you listen to me, forming a Nascent Soul will be within reach!"

The red light in Wang Lin's eyes gradually faded. He stared at the man and said in a gloomy tone, "My patience is limited. I'll only give you three sentences. If you can't impress me in three sentences, don't blame me, Wang, for being merciless."

Qiu Siping cursed inwardly, but his expression revealed nothing. He took a deep breath and said, "Presumably, Fellow Daoist also knows that the gap between Core Formation and Nascent Soul is immense. If one wishes to form a Nascent Soul, even if one finds a place with dense Spiritual Qi, there is still a high failure rate."

Wang Lin's expression was calm and he said, "First sentence!"

Qiu Siping's voice faltered, but he quickly continued, "Unless there are some miraculous Spirit Pills that can increase the chance of forming a Nascent Soul, the Spiritual Qi required for forming a Nascent Soul simply cannot be met."

Wang Lin glanced at the man and said, "Second sentence!"

"Although I, Qiu, don't have any miraculous Spirit Pills, I know of something countless times more precious than Spirit Pills. If one can consume and absorb this item, then forming a Nascent Soul will not be difficult. This item is the Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator. I know of a place where there are at least two Nascent Souls in hibernation!" Qiu Siping almost said this last sentence in one breath.

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