Chapter 46

Wang Lin put away the thunderbolt bomb, glanced at the other person, and said, "Senior Brother Li Shan, I won’t disturb you from continuing to sell your goods. I’ll take my leave, Wang Lin!"

Li Shan hurriedly nodded, revealing a kind expression, and said, "Junior Brother, when you use this thunderbolt bomb, be extra careful. As I mentioned earlier, the throwing technique is an issue, so I can’t guarantee it will work every time. Don’t say I deceived you if it fails."

After saying this, he continued to call out to the others.

"Senior Brothers, I have another treasure here. It’s a token of the Huanhuan Sect. Whoever has this can find a beauty for dual cultivation at the Huanhuan Sect. I went through great efforts to obtain this. This time, I’m reluctantly parting with it. Senior Brothers of the Hengyue Sect, seize this opportunity!"

Wang Lin smiled lightly, turned, and walked towards the medicinal garden. After a short while, he returned to his residence. He scanned with his divine sense and found that Sun Dazhu was not there. He then sat cross-legged in his room, took out three thunderbolt bombs, and carefully examined them.

After a long time, Wang Lin showed an interested expression. Under his divine sense, the thunderbolt bomb seemed transparent, with no secrets to hide.

In fact, it contained a strand of Li Shan’s divine sense, which allowed him to control the explosion.

Wang Lin had never known that divine sense could be used in this way. After carefully imitating it for a while, he effortlessly covered the thunderbolt bomb with his own divine sense.

He did not dispel the other person’s divine sense but wrapped it around, ready to dispel it at any time if he wished.

The use of divine sense on the thunderbolt bomb gave Wang Lin great inspiration. He pondered for a moment and took out the mysterious stone bead.

"Since divine sense can be used this way, can it also be condensed on this bead?" Wang Lin’s eyes flickered, and his divine sense immediately condensed on the mysterious stone bead.

After a long time, Wang Lin frowned. The stone bead showed no changes and appeared as ordinary as before under his divine sense.

After some thought, Wang Lin’s expression changed slightly. He held the bead, stood up, and quickly left the medicinal garden. He walked as fast as he could to a secluded spot in the mountains, ensuring it was safe before immediately entering the dream space.

The moment he entered, Wang Lin knew time was tight, so he immediately expanded his divine sense.

Half an incense stick, one incense stick, two incense sticks...

There were no changes around him. Wang Lin rubbed his chin in frustration, muttering to himself, "Is it really impossible to leave divine sense in the stone bead?"

At that moment, the nearest elongated glowing object suddenly flickered and gradually dimmed.

Wang Lin was taken aback. Then, like a chain reaction, one after another, the glowing objects dimmed. Eventually, all the glowing objects in the dream space dimmed, and soon the surroundings were pitch black, with no light at all.

Wang Lin was shocked. He carefully observed for a long time but saw no abnormalities.

"You don’t need to observe anymore. With your mere Spirit Movement stage quasi-perfection, it’s a delusion to think you can discern the abnormalities of the Tian Ni bead!" A hoarse voice suddenly appeared, filled with沧桑 (沧桑 means "沧桑" in Chinese, which can be translated as "沧桑" in English, but in this context, it means "age-old" or "weathered").

Wang Lin was startled, his pupils contracting sharply. He had cultivated in the dream space for several decades, and this was the first time he had heard another voice. His heart was filled with overwhelming shock.

"Junior Wang Lin, may I ask who the senior is?" Wang Lin took a deep breath, suppressing his shock, and respectfully clasped his hands.

Wang Lin was a smart person. He couldn’t help but think that the other party couldn’t have appeared suddenly and must have been inside the stone bead all along. He had probably been under the other party’s surveillance for nearly thirty years.

"The name of this old man is not something a mere junior from a third-tier cultivation nation has the right to know. You spent nearly thirty years, with my secret assistance and the help of the Tian Ni bead, and yet you only reached the quasi-perfection stage of the Spirit Movement. It’s truly disappointing, especially your insight. You only thought to use divine sense to observe the bead now, hmpf!"

Wang Lin remained silent. He had used divine sense to observe the stone bead before, but not for as long as this time.

"Especially your way of doing things, which I find most repulsive. Cultivators are those who defy heaven. If someone offends you, you should kill them. In the few years you’ve been in that worthless sect, I’ve been secretly observing. If it were me, hmpf, that sect would have been wiped out long ago. All those who insulted you would have been made to dissipate into nothingness! Especially that Wang Zhuo. With my temperament, he would have been taken out and thrown into the hellish cycle of reincarnation, and then I would have gone to his family and wiped them out, leaving no survivors. Sigh, that Zhang Hu from your sect, I quite like him. He’s ruthless enough. And that Liu junior, I like him even more. He fits my taste."

Wang Lin’s expression was strange, and he smiled bitterly, "Senior, I..."

"Don’t interrupt me, I’m not finished yet, hmpf. You need to earn some respect. Hurry up and cultivate. Strive to reach the Infant Transformation stage soon, and this old man can come out. Sigh."

Wang Lin hesitated, feeling a bit confused, and asked, "Senior, what is the Infant Transformation stage? And what do you mean by my current quasi-perfection stage of the Spirit Movement?"

"Can’t you think for yourself? Asking so many questions. Forget it, a mere junior from a third-tier cultivation nation wouldn’t be able to figure it out even if you broke your head. Hmpf, listen carefully, boy. The Spirit Movement stage is a general term used by fourth-tier and above cultivation nations for foundational cultivators, equivalent to the Qi Condensation stage in your world, but with a broader scope.

To put it simply, in your third-tier cultivation nation, there are only four stages: Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul. The Deity Transformation stage is a legendary realm in your eyes.

Once a third-tier cultivation nation produces a Deity Transformation stage cultivator, the nation will be upgraded to a fourth-tier cultivation nation. It will then receive various aids from the Cultivation Alliance and gain the资格 (资格 means "资格" in Chinese, which can be translated as "资格" in English, but in this context, it means "qualification") to compete for outer cultivation planets. It will also have to undertake the mission of maintaining the Cultivation Alliance.

Similarly, if a fourth-tier cultivation nation produces an Infant Transformation stage cultivator, it will be promoted to a fifth-tier cultivation nation. And so on."