Chapter 554: Harvest

Outside the Immortal Cave, on the platform where the stone door originally stood, Wang Lin materialized amidst a flash of light. The Immortal Cave Spirit had disappeared, and even the stone door that had previously existed here was gone without a trace.

If not for the few spots of blood Yao Xixue had spat out still remaining on the ground, Wang Lin would surely have suspected that something had changed with his location.

Wang Lin held the small Crystal Token in his hand. Besides an Incantation for entering and leaving the Immortal Cave, this token also contained some brief information. After pondering for a moment, Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and his body turned into an afterimage, speeding away along the Dragon Path outside the platform.

He leaped along the path, passing eleven platforms. The stone statues on these platforms were unchanged, maintaining the state they were in when Yao Xixue Sealed them.

After his cultivation increased inside the Immortal Cave, Wang Lin's cultivation reached the Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation Late Stage Great Perfection. As a result, his speed immediately underwent a qualitative leap, being several times faster than lightning. It only took him half a month to return to the first platform!

This platform was empty, but with Wang Lin's current cultivation and the improvements gained from breaking Restrictions continuously for two months, he deliberately checked and immediately detected the Teleportation Formation left by the Blood Ancestor on the platform!

Gazing at the Formation, Wang Lin pondered briefly, then directly took out four Storage Pouches from his bosom. These four Storage Pouches belonged to Yao Xixue. Previously, with Wang Lin's Nascent Soul Transformation Middle Stage cultivation, opening these Storage Pouches would have been somewhat difficult.

But now, Wang Lin's cultivation had reached Nascent Soul Transformation Late Stage Great Perfection, surpassing even Yao Xixue's slightly. With a movement of his mind, he swept his right hand over the four Storage Pouches, and immediately, bursts of intense bloody light flashed on the Storage Pouches, stubbornly resisting the intrusion of Wang Lin's Divine Sense.

Wang Lin lightly snorted. the Immortal Power in his body gathered, and his Primordial Spirit merged into it. With a single grab, the bloody light inside one of the Storage Pouches instantly collapsed!

Wang Lin did not stop and grabbed the other Storage Pouch again. The bloody light on it resisted for three breaths before collapsing!

Following the same method, Wang Lin also erased Yao Xixue's Divine Sense imprint from the third Storage Pouch. Just as Wang Lin was preparing to erase the Divine Sense on the last Storage Pouch in one go, his expression suddenly changed, and his right hand abruptly stopped, hovering three inches above the fourth Storage Pouch.

His gaze became extremely solemn. He slowly withdrew his right hand and carefully examined the Storage Pouch. After acquiring these four Storage Pouches previously, he hadn't scrutinized them due to insufficient cultivation. But upon inspection now, he immediately noticed a clue.

Within the bloody light of this last Storage Pouch, a purple thread faintly flashed. If one didn't look closely, it would be hard to spot; indeed, without checking using Divine Sense, it would be impossible to notice with the naked eye.

"Although this Storage Pouch looks very ordinary, when I tried to erase the Divine Sense on it, I immediately felt a sense of dread. I'm afraid this might not be Yao Xixue's Divine Sense imprint… Could it be her father, the Blood Ancestor?" Wang Lin fell silent.

"Logically speaking, if the Divine Sense is not one's own, an outsider cannot open the Storage Pouch without erasing it. But the Blood Ancestor's cultivation is heaven-reaching, and having Cultivated for so long, he probably has another method to allow his daughter to use the contents of the Storage Pouch without erasing the Divine Sense. This way, even if an outsider obtains this Storage Pouch, if they are careless, they will immediately be killed by the Divine Sense on it… What a trick, Blood Ancestor!" Wang Lin slowly withdrew his Divine Sense. As his Divine Sense dissipated, the bloody light on the Storage Pouch immediately vanished.

Although Wang Lin had never personally met the Blood Ancestor, through the spread of the Blood Soul Pill identification method and the Divine Sense trap on the Storage Pouch, it was as if he had seen him with his own eyes. While admiring the man, he also felt deep apprehension.

After a brief silence, Wang Lin carefully put away this Storage Pouch, and his gaze fell upon the other three Storage Pouches.

His Divine Sense swept over them, and even with his composure, he couldn't help but gasp: the first Storage Pouch was filled entirely with Immortal Jade!

The quantity of Immortal Jade was inestimable. Wang Lin roughly estimated that there was likely ten times more than what Yao Xixue had previously gifted him!

"During Soul Transformation, the amount of Immortal Jade required is enormous, far exceeding the total amount needed for previous cultivation. After Soul Transformation, the amount of Immortal Jade needed to advance each stage is even unimaginable. Without sufficient reserves, one can only stop. Right now, this is a windfall for me!"

A slight smile appeared on Wang Lin's lips. He put away this Storage Pouch and focused his Divine Sense on the second one. Upon seeing its contents, excitement immediately flashed in his eyes.

Inside the second Storage Pouch, there were no less than a thousand blood-colored Jade Talismans!

Wang Lin had felt deep emotion regarding these Jade Talismans when interacting with Yao Xixue, and they were something he greatly feared. Once a talisman shattered, the bloody light released possessed extremely strong Seal power!

Besides Sealing, this bloody light could also provide powerful protection. According to Wang Lin's guess, this item should also be capable of attack, but without the corresponding Incantation and Mind-Cultivation Technique, its full potential could not be utilized.

Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He swept his right hand over the Storage Pouch, and a blood-colored Jade Talisman immediately appeared in his palm. After a brief thought, he squeezed his right hand, and the Jade Talisman instantly shattered with a bang.

A stream of bloody light immediately dispersed from the shattered Jade Talisman, spreading out in front of Wang Lin.

After checking with his Divine Sense, and as the bloody light dissipated, Wang Lin mused inwardly: "I don't have the Incantation for the Sealing technique, so using this Jade Talisman can only utilize its protective function! However, I have Yao Xixue in my grasp, so I can obtain everything!"

The items inside the third Storage Pouch were more miscellaneous, even including a good amount of feminine clothing and spices. Besides these, there were some small pieces of jewelry and dolls.

Wang Lin ignored these items directly. His Divine Sense swept through the Storage Pouch, and his eyes immediately narrowed. Inside, he saw more than ten wax pellets containing Blood Soul Pills!

These wax pellets were neatly placed together. The runes on them were dim, without any flicker.

Not all Blood Soul Pills were placed together. In a corner of the Storage Pouch's internal space, there was one Blood Soul Pill placed alone, and the runes on it were not dim, but faintly flickering.

Besides the Blood Soul Pills, there was also a Compass placed aside inside the Storage Pouch.

Wang Lin's target was precisely this Compass!

He swept his right hand over the Storage Pouch, and two items immediately appeared in his hand: the Compass and the Blood Soul Pill that was stored separately!

"It's clear that Yao Xixue couldn't have anticipated being subdued by me, nor that her Storage Pouches would be taken. Therefore, the placement of items inside this Storage Pouch subtly contains some information!

There is an eighty percent chance that this separately stored Blood Soul Pill is genuine! As for the others, they must be False Cores! Furthermore, besides the blood-colored Jade Talismans, there were no Magic Treasures in Yao Xixue's Storage Pouch. The Magic Treasures must be in the Storage Pouch imprinted with the Blood Ancestor's Divine Sense."

Wang Lin examined the Blood Soul Pill a few times and put it into his own Storage Pouch. As for his False Core, he took it out and tossed it into Yao Xixue's Storage Pouch.

Subsequently, his gaze fell upon the Compass. The entire Compass was blood-colored, crafted from unknown material. Holding it, waves of coolness transmitted into his body.

"Yao Xixue used this item to enter this place initially. This Compass and the Formation here should have a corresponding point effect!" Wang Lin swept his Divine Sense, immediately entering the Compass. Inside, there was Yao Xixue's Divine Sense imprint.

Wang Lin breathed a sigh of relief. If this Compass also had the Blood Ancestor's imprint, then Wang Lin would have had to find a way to modify the Formation on the platform to leave this place.

There was also a Teleportation Formation for leaving this area inside the Immortal Cave. Wang Lin knew this after obtaining the small Crystal Token. However, that Teleportation Formation was in the northeast corner of the Immortal Cave, and Wang Lin's location was quite far from it. Traveling there, given all the Restrictions and Seals along the way, would be too difficult.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to do things this way.

Easily, Wang Lin erased Yao Xixue's Divine Sense from the Compass. After leaving his own Divine Sense, he immediately discovered a small Formation inside the Compass. As the Compass pointer swung, this Formation was constantly changing, never remaining still.

"As expected! There is also a Formation within this Compass. This Teleportation Formation requires both sides to be modified simultaneously; otherwise, changing only one side won't take effect!" Wang Lin merged his Divine Sense into it. Although he couldn't grasp the entirety of the Formation through his study, he managed to discern some clues.

He spent three days making slight modifications, and then applied changes to the Teleportation Formation on the platform. As a result, this Formation immediately became greatly different.

Although Wang Lin's modifications to the Teleportation Formation on the platform were minor, he changed a key location within it. If any outsider other than him were to enter this Teleportation Formation, they would immediately be teleported back again. Repeated back-and-forth teleportation would inevitably cause the space wall to shatter, and the entrant would be instantly sucked into the Rift.

"Entering a space Rift isn't necessarily fatal, so I need to add some extra modifications!" Wang Lin pondered briefly and immediately got busy working on the Teleportation Formation again.

He spent three days modifying the Formation, but he spent thirty days adding countless Restrictions to it. Furthermore, he wasn't impatient while setting up these Restrictions; instead, he was quite cheerful.

"If someone truly teleports here… they will certainly be shocked!" Wang Lin's eyes flashed. His Divine Sense entered the Compass, instantly activating the Formation inside it. A bloody light flashed, enveloping Wang Lin's entire body. After several breaths, the bloody light, along with Wang Lin, completely vanished.

A thousand miles outside Ancient Demon City Military Camp, atop Drum Mountain, Wang Lin appeared in a flash of bloody light!

The dazzling sunlight shone into Wang Lin's eyes. He looked at everything around him, feeling a sense of having returned from another era. In the distance, Ancient Demon City faintly showed its outline, appearing unchanged from when he had left.

Wang Lin took a deep breath, and his body turned into a long rainbow, heading straight for the Military Camp ahead. His speed was immeasurably faster than when he had left. Under this rapid pace, he quickly approached the Military Camp!

Just then, a dense killing intent instantly radiated from within the Military Camp, locking onto Wang Lin.