Chapter 84: The Stone Bead’s Transformation

Let's talk about Wang Lin. After the sudden Heavenly Might dissipated, his expression immediately became uncertain as he pondered. As soon as the Heavenly Might appeared, Ye Zizai sent a message and left; there must be a problem here!

Although Ye Zizai had left, the Corpse Yin Sect was surely even more heavily guarded. It was not a good opportunity to escape. Wang Lin thought for a moment and released his Divine Sense. However, as soon as it touched the surrounding walls, it was immediately blocked and could not penetrate. Only the small holes around him offered no obstruction to his Divine Sense.

But the cold Qi within the small holes was biting and unfathomable. Even after Wang Lin probed nearly a hundred zhang into the small holes, he still didn't find anything peculiar. However, he could clearly feel the cold Qi intensifying, and his Divine Sense was starting to struggle, showing signs of dissipating. He pondered for a moment, not acting rashly. Instead, he withdrew his Divine Sense, calmed his mind, and continuously cast several Hand Seals. Afterward, the Spiritual Qi throughout his body circulated rapidly. Slowly, a deep blue light appeared on the surface of his body. As soon as this light appeared, a Vortex immediately formed around Wang Lin's body, and a large amount of white Qi rushed out from the surrounding small holes, being drawn into the Vortex.

The many Disciples in closed-door Cultivation within the Corpse Yin Sect had just recovered from the Heavenly Might, each still shaken. The moment Wang Lin began to absorb Qi, they clearly felt the Yin cold Qi rapidly decreasing. Since the Yin cold Qi originated from a mysterious place deep underground, it was impossible to observe, and they were all somewhat surprised.

Wang Lin saw the endless Yin cold Qi surging in and immediately stopped devouring it, closing his eyes to digest the Yin cold Qi flow within his body.

While absorbing Qi, Wang Lin suddenly felt a chill where the Heaven Defying Bead rested against his chest. Startled, he immediately took out the bead and found countless tiny drops of liquid on it.

Wang Lin was immediately delighted. The only drawback of the Heaven Defying Bead was that there was no Spiritual Qi in its space, and one could only Cultivate within it by relying on Spiritual Qi liquid. However, drinking this Spiritual Qi liquid for a long time made its effects diminish, and only dew could maintain its efficacy.

But collecting dew was too slow, so since Cultivating the Yellow Springs Ascending Aperture Art, Wang Lin rarely entered the Dream Space. However, he had continuously collected dew, saving it for future Cultivation within the Dream Space.

Now, for some unknown reason, so much liquid had appeared on this Heaven Defying Bead. Furthermore, Wang Lin could clearly feel that the liquid on it had Yin cold attributes, and its Spiritual Qi fluctuations were no different from dew.

Wang Lin took a deep breath, and without another word, took out his Gourd and began collecting the liquid.

After collecting all the liquid, Wang Lin's eyes flickered. He once again absorbed the Yin cold Qi, and white Qi immediately surged around him. This time, Wang Lin's Divine Sense was tightly focused on the Stone Bead, and he immediately noticed wisps of white Qi silently entering the bead, followed by several drops of liquid exuding from the surface of the Stone Bead.

Wang Lin's face showed joy. Repeating this process, he slowly collected a Gourd full of liquid.

The entire Gourd's appearance had completely changed, with a faint glow beneath its deep blue surface. Even Wang Lin felt a chill when touching the Gourd.

If it were anyone else, even a touch would likely send a chill to their bones, freezing their flesh and blood.

Carefully putting the Gourd into his Storage Pouch, Wang Lin took out another Gourd. Just as he was about to continue absorbing Qi, his gaze swept over the Stone Bead, and his expression suddenly changed.

On the surface of the Stone Bead, there was originally only a faint leaf-shaped carving, but now another one had appeared, with the two leaves distributed symmetrically.

Wang Lin's eyes flickered. According to Situ Nan's speculation, this Heaven Defying Bead needed to absorb five types of Spiritual Qi – Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth – to the Perfection Realm before the bead would truly open and allow its owner to be recognized.

Water Spiritual Qi had long since reached Perfection, which was why the cloud carving on the bead had disappeared earlier, turning into a leaf, indicating the need for Wood-attributed Spiritual Qi.

However, Wood-attributed Spiritual Qi Materials were extremely difficult to find. Wang Lin had seen a few at the Teng Family City trade market before, all of which were quite expensive. Moreover, he didn't know how to make the bead absorb those Materials, and he wasn't even sure if those Wood-attributed Materials could complete the bead's evolution, so he had put that thought aside.

But now, seeing that another leaf had appeared on the bead, it was worth Wang Lin's deep thought. He stared at the bead carefully for a long time, then his eyes flickered as he looked up. He was no longer in a hurry to leave; at the very least, he had to wait until the bead had finished evolving, or he understood its mysteries, before leaving.

However, necessary actions still had to be taken. A cold glint flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. He put away the bead, formed Hand Seals with his right hand, and sent out a blue light. The moment the blue light struck the cave wall, the wall seemed to melt, and an opening appeared. Wang Lin rushed out without a word, following the passage and walking unhurriedly along the route he had memorized earlier.

The passage wasn't long. Before long, he arrived at another溶洞. As soon as he stepped out, Wang Lin suddenly stopped. He saw Mu Rong sitting cross-legged in the溶洞. He stared at Wang Lin and said:

"Grandmaster, please return. Before Ancestor left, he specifically instructed that no one is allowed to leave their respective溶洞s without permission. Grandmaster, please don't make things difficult for me."

Wang Lin's gaze swept over him, then he nodded and retreated a few steps, turning to walk towards his Cultivation cave. He pondered inwardly, 'Things have changed!'

The Corpse Yin Sect's strict guarding was within Wang Lin's expectations, but no matter how strict, there was no need to arrange a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage expert outside Wang Lin's cave, was there?

Wang Lin clearly remembered that when he arrived earlier, there was a Disciple around the thirteenth layer of Qi Condensation sitting there.

After a brief thought, Wang Lin immediately found another exit in his Cultivation cave and went out. Before long, he reached the end of the passage, where a slightly smaller溶洞 appeared before his eyes.

But after only a few steps, Wang Lin immediately stopped. On the ground of the溶洞, a black-clothed youth sat cross-legged. His expression was cold, and he stared at Wang Lin without saying a word. Behind him floated a completely emerald green coffin.

"Another Foundation Establishment Middle Stage…" Wang Lin's pupils contracted slightly. He retreated a few steps and turned to leave. It wasn't until he had walked a long distance that the other party's Divine Sense moved away from him.

In this manner, Wang Lin walked through eleven passages in total. Five of them were sealed, preventing entry, while the other six were all guarded by Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. In one溶洞, there was even a Foundation Establishment Late Stage expert sitting there.

Wang Lin returned to his Cultivation溶洞 with a heavy heart, sat cross-legged, and pondered. All of this was definitely not a coincidence. Combined with his previous conjectures about Ye Zizai, it wasn't hard to figure out that this was Ye Zizai's deliberate arrangement, aimed at making it impossible for him to escape.

Wang Lin frowned slightly. Among these six people, except for the Foundation Establishment Late Stage expert, Wang Lin was confident that he could defeat the other five, even if they had Corpse Puppets. But this was merely the first layer of溶洞s; on the way Mu Rong led him, they had passed through more than thirty of them.

Given this, he wouldn't be able to leave in a short time. Once he made a move, he feared that he would be intercepted by a Corpse Yin Sect Foundation Establishment Late Stage or Core Formation expert before even reaching the last溶洞.

Wang Lin couldn't help but smile bitterly. At this moment, he desperately hoped Situ Nan would awaken. If Situ's teleportation was available, leaving this place would be much simpler.

After calling out to the Stone Bead a few times and finding no signs of Situ Nan awakening, Wang Lin sighed lightly, giving up on that option.

However, Wang Lin also knew that leaving this place was not something that could be done quickly. His previous actions were merely a slight test.

Forming Hand Seals with both hands, he sealed the Cultivation cave. Wang Lin once again absorbed the Yin cold Qi. This time, he not only took out the bead and the Gourd, but his Divine Sense also drilled into the surrounding small holes the moment the white Qi surged out.

Wang Lin did not disperse his Divine Sense but rather condensed it all together, probing into one of the small holes. This greatly increased the distance his Divine Sense could observe.

Originally, with his current Divine Sense, an area of a thousand zhang was no problem. But the surrounding cave walls had extremely strong obstructive power, completely confining him within the cave.

As Wang Lin absorbed Qi, white Qi surged rapidly. Wang Lin's Divine Sense, like a thin thread, continuously probed deeper into one of the small holes. The passages within the small holes were winding and twisting, yet their size was surprisingly uniform.

He quickly reached the previously probed location, which was about a hundred zhang from Wang Lin's溶洞. After his Divine Sense reached this point, it became difficult to probe further. The Yin cold Qi surged in like a tide, layer upon layer. If Wang Lin hadn't Cultivated the Yellow Springs Ascending Aperture Art, which gave him strong immunity to Yin cold Qi, his Divine Sense would have immediately dissipated with just one impact.

But even so, Wang Lin's probing speed still slowed down. After an unknown amount of time, his Divine Sense finally penetrated about three hundred zhang. At this point, the surging white Qi became even more intense, continuously impacting and almost forming a 'door' where they converged.

Wang Lin gritted his teeth, and his Divine Sense fiercely slammed forward, breaking through this 'door'. His Divine Sense suddenly rushed inside.

The scene before him caused Wang Lin, who had been sitting cross-legged with closed eyes, to suddenly open them…