“However, I followed Teacher’s words and held fast to my Dao Heart; I am still myself.”

Lin Moyu nodded. "Then, do you know your identity from your past life?"

Xiaomei drank another cup of tea before speaking slowly.

"I know. In my past life, I was called Gu Hanmei, and I was a member of the Gu family from the Hanshui Holy Land."

This time, it was Lin Moyu's turn to be surprised. She was actually from the Gu family of the Hanshui Holy Land; no wonder he felt her Dao was somewhat familiar before.

Lin Moyu had the illusion that the world was truly small. "Then, do you know Saint Master Gu Hanyu?"

After thinking for a while,

Xiaomei shook her head. "I don't know her," Lin Moyu asked curiously.

"She is currently the Saint Master of the Hanshui Holy Land." After pondering, Xiaomei still shook her head.

"I really don't know her. My reincarnation through sword-breaking was two hundred thousand years ago, so I don't know the juniors of today."

Lin Moyu looked surprised. "Two hundred thousand years ago?"

Xiaomei said, "To be precise, it was two hundred thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-two years ago." Lin Moyu asked,

"Why was it so long?"

"You reincarnated through sword-breaking over two hundred thousand years ago, why did you only enter the cycle of reincarnation ten years ago?"

"This interval is far too long." Xiaomei said, "It seems to be because something went wrong with the Great Dao."

"Time became chaotic. Originally, it shouldn't have taken this long, but it wouldn't have been too short either."

"After reincarnation through sword-breaking, the true spirit enters the River of Time, and a vast amount of time passes," Lin Moyu said in a low voice.

"So that's how it is!"

Chapter 3281: Each According to Their Own, Don't Mind So Much

Lin Moyu did not understand reincarnation through sword-breaking.

He hadn't expected that the true spirit would enter the River of Time. Once it enters the River of Time, it's hard to say how much time has passed.

As the true spirit flows along the River of Time, perhaps in the blink of an eye, countless years have already passed on the Origin Continent.

"In that case, two hundred thirteen thousand years isn't considered very long."

Xiaomei pondered. In her memories, there were still some fragments regarding the River of Time.

It seemed that the River of Time had some issues, but she wasn't clear on what exactly the problem was.

Xiaomei tilted her head, her brows tightly knitted as she searched through her memories.

But she couldn't find it no matter what. Lin Moyu poured her a cup of tea. "Don't think about it anymore."

"Some things are not important. The past life is already gone; what matters most is this life."

Xiaomei drank the tea, trying hard not to think about the overwhelming memories brought by the reincarnation through sword-breaking.

It wasn't so easy to fully absorb them; it would still take time. Lin Moyu chatted with Xiaomei.

They talked about everything under the sun, with nothing left unsaid. At this moment, Xiaomei…

…had become a knowledgeable cultivator. Gradually, Xiaomei's speech began to change.

When she first awakened, Xiaomei's speech was mature. After chatting for a long time,

Xiaomei gradually returned to her previous state, becoming innocent once again, and her eyes became clear.

Xiaomei held fast to her Dao Heart, treating all the memories as a dream, and was not dominated by the memories of her previous life.

In this life, Xiaomei was still Xiaomei, just with a lot more knowledge.

As an Xiaomei with rich cultivation experience, no matter what, she still maintained her independent personality.

She was no longer that Gu Hanmei from her past life. During their conversation, the seventy-fifth Dao Pattern condensed and formed.

She began to condense the seventy-sixth Dao Pattern. The speed slowed down slightly, but it was still very fast.

It wouldn't take long to condense it. Lin Moyu estimated that this blessing of luck

would at least allow him to condense five to six Dao Patterns in a short time, and the speed of condensing Dao Patterns in the future would also become faster. After Xiaomei recovered,

Lin Moyu also breathed a sigh of relief. Through these days of getting along, a strong bond of teacher and student had long since formed between Lin Moyu and Xiaomei.

Although Lin Moyu had selfish motives, he was also sincerely taking her as a disciple. He treated Xiaomei with sincerity.

In fact, regardless of the luck, Lin Moyu also hoped that Xiaomei would still be the same as before.

Now that Xiaomei was fine, he also sighed with relief. However, at the same time,

he also had a headache. Xiaomei's past life was called Gu Hanmei; just looking at the name, one would know

she was not only from the Gu family, but very likely from the same lineage as Saint Master Gu Hanyu. Calculating by seniority,

Gu Hanmei should be of the same generation as Saint Master Gu Hanyu's ancestor. The ancestor of the Gu family had become his disciple, and Saint Master Gu Hanyu had a husband-and-wife relationship with him.

This relationship seemed a bit messy. However, for cultivators,

there was no need to worry about such things; each should be addressed according to their own status. Xiaomei would never become Gu Hanmei again.

After understanding this point, it didn't matter anymore. After resting for a day,

Lin Moyu once again set off with Xiaomei. Xiaomei was still sitting on the cloud-piercing sword, cultivating. Xiaomei now had a set of techniques more suitable for herself.

It was the Dao Cold Technique, a secret transmission of the Hanshui Holy Land. The Dao Cold Technique was an extremely powerful technique, and one could start cultivating the Dao Cold Technique from the Super God Realm.

By coming into contact with the power of the Great Dao, one's combat power would be extremely strong at the very beginning of cultivation.

Furthermore, the Dao Cold Technique would constantly suppress one's realm, known as "three suppressions, one advancement." Cultivating the Dao Cold Technique,

from the Super God Realm to the True God Realm, one must complete the cultivation three times, each time cultivating to the peak of the Super God Realm.

Then suppress it back to the early stage of the Super God Realm, then to the peak, and then suppress it back again, repeating this three times.

Only until the fourth time of cultivating to the peak of the Super God Realm could one truly break through and enter the True God Realm.

After reaching the True God Realm, one must again perform the "three suppressions, one advancement," so the speed of cultivating the Dao Cold Technique was extremely, extremely slow.

Perhaps people of the same generation had already cultivated to the Dao Venerable Realm, while you were still lingering in the Supreme Realm, not even having reached the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

However, once the Dao Cold Technique was cultivated to the Dao Venerable Realm, it would be completely different. The accumulation from the past

would all erupt in the Dao Venerable Realm. The cultivation speed in the Dao Venerable Realm would be more than ten times faster than others.

Furthermore, all previous accumulations would be converted into combat power. Invincibility within the same realm was not a dream; one might even have the ability to fight across realms.

The Dao Cold Technique was a very strong technique, but it had extremely high requirements for aptitude; not just anyone could cultivate it.

Gu Hanmei cultivated the Dao Cold Technique back then. Relying on her astonishing aptitude and the Gu family's vast resources, she reached the Ninth Realm of Dao Venerable in only thirty thousand years.

Originally, she was the person in the Gu family most likely to impact the Great Dao Realm. However, Gu Hanmei accidentally obtained a magic treasure related to the Great Dao of Fate. Through that magic treasure,

Gu Hanmei saw her own fate: she could break through to the Great Dao Realm, but it wouldn't be successful.

It wouldn't fail either; in the end, she would only become a Pseudo-Great Dao Realm powerhouse, and would have no hope of the Great Dao for the rest of her life.

This result was not necessarily correct, but it had a high probability.

At the time, young and proud, she naturally would not accept this result, so Gu Hanmei resolutely chose reincarnation through sword-breaking.

In fact, the human race had extremely limited information on the Great Dao Realm. Gu Hanmei only knew that as long as reincarnation through sword-breaking was successful, one could ascend to the Great Dao Realm; she had no idea why one could ascend to the Great Dao Realm.

After Lin Moyu explained it to her, she finally understood what an innate soul was. She now had the best foundation to ascend to the Great Dao Realm.

As long as she cultivated properly, the Great Dao Realm would be within reach. One month later,

Lin Moyu left the Dragon Clan territory. A vast darkness appeared in his field of vision; the darkness was only separated from the Dragon Clan territory by a single line.

On one side, the Sun Origin shone upon the earth, while on the other side, it was dark and gloomy, with boundless black energy rising from the earth.

It blocked all the light from the Sun Origin. This was the territory belonging to the Nether Clan. The Nether Clan's territory was far less vast than the Dragon Clan's.

It was not even one percent of the Dragon Clan's. They did not look powerful, but they had been able to exist for so many years in the narrow space between the Dragon Clan and the Hundred Herbs Alliance.

There must be a reason for this. Lin Moyu naturally would not underestimate the Nether Clan, but he had to go to the Nether Clan.

He quickly crossed the boundary and entered the Nether Clan's territory, this land that had been sealed for who knew how many years.

Today, it welcomed two new guests. As soon as they stepped into the Nether Clan's territory, strands of black energy coiled around them.

He was too familiar with this black energy; it was identical to the black energy of the Nether Black Pool in his Bone Hell.

Lin Moyu's heart stirred, and his Bone Hell automatically appeared.

It enveloped himself and Xiaomei. Xiaomei was still cultivating at this moment and could not be disturbed.

When the black energy touched the Bone Hell, it naturally dissipated into nothingness. Lin Moyu felt that the Bone Hell was perfectly integrated with this place.

The composition of the power here seemed to be seventy or eighty percent similar to the Bone Hell. Lin Moyu moved forward on the black earth.

At the same time, he released a large number of Skeleton Divine Generals, sending them in all directions to map the area for him.

Transmitting information, in his Soul World, his soul was condensing the eighty-first Dao Pattern.

Previously, influenced by Xiaomei's luck, he had condensed five Dao Patterns in a very short time, which made Lin Moyu very satisfied.

Chapter 3282: As Long as They Did It, Then They Deserve to Die

However, with each additional Dao Pattern condensed, the speed would slow down significantly. Then, the speed of the eightieth Dao Pattern slowed down completely.

It took a full twenty-plus days to condense it successfully. As for the eighty-first Dao Pattern, the speed was even slower.

It would take about three months. The benefits brought by the luck had already faded, and it began to stabilize.

The Skeleton Divine Generals explored in all directions, quickly forming a map in Lin Moyu's mind. Soon,

a giant village was discovered. He had found one!

Lin Moyu revealed a slight smile.

He quickly walked towards the village. The Nether Clan had no cities, only village tribes.

Each village was a tribe, and what Lin Moyu was looking for were these tribes. Xiaomei woke up from her cultivation.

Her small brows knitted. "Teacher, have we arrived in the Nether Clan's territory?"

Lin Moyu smiled. "Have you been here before, Xiaomei?"

Xiaomei shook her head.

"I've only heard of it; I've never been here. Most of the human race

doesn't know much about the Nether Clan. They are too far apart, and there is no interaction between them."

"Only the Three Ancestors have some information about the Nether Clan, but under normal circumstances,

this information is not for sale. It was because of special circumstances that the Three Ancestors gave some of the information to Lin Moyu."

Together with the information obtained from the Demon Emperor and several royal clans of the Demon Clan, Lin Moyu could be considered to have a deeper understanding of the Nether Clan.

Xiaomei asked, "Teacher, did you come to the Nether Clan to retrieve that hell fragment?"

Lin Moyu said, "The Nether Clan itself should already have one hell fragment, and Buddha Sansheng gave them another one."

"Now they should have two. However, the hell fragment is only one thing; there is one more thing

that I also need to retrieve." Lin Moyu's heart stirred, and the Bone Hell shrouding the two of them suddenly became clear.

Xiaomei's eyes glowed slightly, and she instinctively exclaimed, "Hell!"

Lin Moyu shook his head. "Not yet, it's just a spell of mine."

At this moment, the Nether Black Pool magnified in front of Xiaomei. "Do you recognize this?"

Xiaomei said instinctively.

"It is said that there is a bottomless black pool in Hell, and a black dragon lives in the black pool. The black dragon is terrifyingly powerful."

"It is enough to rival the ancestor of the Dragon Clan. Legend has it that Hell shattered, and the Nether Black Pool broke away from Hell,"

"falling onto the Origin Continent and evolving into the Nether Clan, but this is just a legend."

"It's hard to say if Hell even truly exists. Legends about Hell circulate on the Origin Continent."

"There are many versions, and among them is the description of the Nether Black Pool," Lin Moyu said.