Chapter 84

As for Wang Lin, after the sudden appearance of the oppressive pressure from heaven and earth dissipated, his expression immediately became uncertain as he pondered deeply. The moment the pressure appeared, Ye Zizai left, which certainly indicated a problem!

At this moment, although Ye Zizai had left, the Ziyin Sect would undoubtedly be even more stringent. Escaping was not a good opportunity. Wang Lin thought for a moment, then his divine sense spread out. But as soon as it touched the surrounding walls, it was immediately blocked and could not penetrate, except for the small holes around which did not obstruct his divine sense.

However, the cold air inside the small holes was intense and immeasurable. Even after Wang Lin probed nearly a hundred zhang into the small holes, he still did not discover anything unusual. However, he could clearly feel the cold air becoming even heavier, and his divine sense was struggling to bear it, showing signs of dispersing. He pondered for a moment, did not act rashly, but instead withdrew his divine sense, calmed his mind, and cast several spells. Subsequently, his spiritual energy flowed rapidly throughout his body. Slowly, a deep blue light appeared on the surface of his body. As soon as this light appeared, a vortex formed around Wang Lin, and a large amount of white mist rushed out from the small holes and was drawn into the vortex.

The many disciples of the Ziyin Sect who were in closed cultivation all just recovered from the oppressive pressure from heaven and earth. They were still shaken, and at the moment Wang Lin was breathing in and out, they clearly felt a large amount of cold yin energy decreasing. Since the cold yin energy originated from a mysterious place deep underground, they could not observe it, and they were all somewhat surprised.

Seeing the endless cold yin energy surging in, Wang Lin immediately and decisively stopped absorbing it and closed his eyes to digest the cold yin energy inside his body.

While breathing in and out, Wang Lin suddenly felt a chill at the spot where the Tian Ni Pearl was attached to his chest. He was startled and immediately took out the pearl, only to find that it was covered with a dense layer of liquid droplets.

Wang Lin was immediately delighted. The only drawback of the Tian Ni Pearl was that there was no spiritual energy in its internal space, and it could only be used for cultivation with spiritual energy liquid. However, the effect of the spiritual energy liquid diminished over time, and only dew could maintain its effectiveness.

But collecting dew was too slow, so after cultivating the Huangquan Shengqiao Technique, Wang Lin rarely entered the dream space. However, he had been collecting dew all along, reserving it for future use in the dream space.

Now, for some reason, the Tian Ni Pearl had produced so much liquid, and he could clearly feel that the liquid on it was of a cold yin nature, and its spiritual energy fluctuation was no different from dew.

Wang Lin took a deep breath, said nothing, and took out a gourd to start collecting the liquid.

After collecting all the liquid, Wang Lin's eyes flickered, and he began to breathe in and out again, causing white mist to surge around him. This time, his divine sense closely watched the stone pearl and immediately noticed a thin stream of white mist quietly penetrating the pearl, followed by several drops of liquid oozing out on the surface of the stone pearl.

Wang Lin's face showed a smile. This process repeated, and he slowly collected a gourd full of liquid.

The appearance of the gourd had completely changed, with a deep blue surface emitting a faint light. Even Wang Lin felt a chill when he touched the gourd.

If others were to touch it, the cold would likely penetrate their bones, freezing their flesh and blood.

Carefully putting the gourd back into his storage bag, Wang Lin took out another gourd and was about to continue breathing in and out when he suddenly noticed the stone pearl out of the corner of his eye, and his expression changed.

On the surface of the stone pearl, there was originally only a faint leaf-shaped engraving, but now another one had appeared, with the two leaves symmetrically positioned.

Wang Lin's eyes flickered. According to Situ Nan's guess, the Tian Ni Pearl needed to absorb the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to their fullest extent to truly activate the pearl and allow it to recognize its master.

The water element had already reached its fullest extent, so the cloud engraving on the pearl had disappeared and turned into a leaf, indicating the need for wood element energy.

However, materials for the wood element were extremely hard to find. Wang Lin had seen a few at the trading market in Tengjia City, all of which were very expensive. Moreover, he did not know how to make the pearl absorb those materials, or even if those materials could complete the pearl's evolution. Thus, he had put this idea aside.

But now, seeing an additional leaf on the pearl, Wang Lin had much to ponder. He stared at the pearl for a long time, his eyes flickering, and he raised his head. He was no longer in a hurry to leave; at the very least, he would wait until the pearl evolved or he understood its secrets before leaving.

However, necessary actions still needed to be taken. Wang Lin's eyes flashed with a cold light, he put away the pearl, and with his right hand, he cast a blue light. The blue light struck the cave wall, which seemed to melt, creating an opening. Wang Lin said nothing and quickly rushed out, following the passage and walking forward at a steady pace according to the route he had memorized.

The passage was not long, and soon he arrived at another cave. As soon as he stepped out, Wang Lin suddenly stopped. He saw Mu Rong sitting cross-legged in the cave, staring at Wang Lin and saying,

"Ancestor, please return. Before leaving, the Ancestor specifically instructed that no one should leave their respective caves without permission. Ancestor, don't make this difficult for me."

Wang Lin's eyes swept over the area, and he nodded, stepping back a few steps and turning to walk back to his cultivation cave. He pondered deeply; something had changed!

The strict guard of the Ziyin Sect was within Wang Lin's expectations, but no matter how strict it was, there was no need to arrange a mid-stage Foundation Establishment expert outside Wang Lin's cave.

When he came here, Wang Lin clearly remembered that a disciple at the 13th layer of the Condensation of Qi stage was stationed there.

After a moment's thought, Wang Lin said nothing and found another exit in his cultivation cave, walking out. Soon, he arrived at the end of the passage, where a slightly smaller cave appeared before him.

But after taking a few steps, Wang Lin immediately stopped. Inside the cave, a black-robed youth sat cross-legged, his expression cold, staring at Wang Lin without a word. Behind him, a completely green coffin floated.

"Another mid-stage Foundation Establishment expert..." Wang Lin's pupils slightly contracted, and he stepped back a few steps and turned to leave. It wasn't until he had walked far away that the other's divine sense moved away from him.

In this manner, Wang Lin walked through eleven passages. Five of them were sealed, preventing entry, while the other six were guarded by Foundation Establishment experts, and in one cave, there was even a late-stage Foundation Establishment expert.

Wang Lin returned to his cultivation cave, feeling heavy-hearted, and sat cross-legged, pondering. This was definitely not a coincidence. Combining this with his previous suspicions about Ye Zizai, it was not hard to deduce that this was a deliberate arrangement by Ye Zizai, with the purpose of making it impossible for him to escape.

Wang Lin's brows furrowed. Among these six people, except for the late-stage Foundation Establishment expert, Wang Lin was confident that he could defeat the other five, even if they had corpse puppets. But this was just the first layer of caves. On the way Mu Rong led him, they passed through more than thirty.

In this case, he could not leave in a short time. Once he made a move, he would likely be intercepted by late-stage Foundation Establishment or Core Formation experts of the Ziyin Sect before reaching the last cave.

Wang Lin couldn't help but smile bitterly. At this moment, he greatly hoped that Situ Nan would awaken. If Situ had his teleportation ability, leaving this place would be much easier.

After calling out to the stone pearl a few times and finding no signs of Situ Nan awakening, Wang Lin sighed lightly and gave up on this option.

However, Wang Lin also knew that leaving this place would not be accomplished in a short time. His previous actions were merely a preliminary probe.

Sealing the cultivation cave with hand seals, Wang Lin once again began to breathe in and out the cold yin energy. This time, he not only took out the pearl and the gourd but also extended his divine sense into the small holes as soon as the white mist appeared.

Wang Lin did not disperse his divine sense but concentrated it all and probed into one of the small holes. This way, the distance his divine sense could observe increased significantly.

Originally, with his current divine sense, he could cover a thousand zhang in all directions. However, the resistance from the cave walls was extremely strong, confining it within the cave.

As Wang Lin breathed in and out, the white mist surged rapidly. His divine sense, like a thin thread, continuously probed into one of the small holes. The passage inside the small hole was winding and twisting, but its size was surprisingly consistent.

He soon reached the position he had previously probed, which was about a hundred zhang away from his cave. After reaching this point, it became difficult to probe further. The cold yin energy surged like waves, and if not for Wang Lin's cultivation of the Huangquan Shengqiao Technique, which gave him strong immunity to cold yin energy, his divine sense would have immediately dispersed with just one impact.

Despite this, Wang Lin's probing speed slowed down. After an unknown amount of time, his divine sense finally reached about three hundred zhang. At this point, the surging white mist became even stronger, continuously impacting and almost forming a barrier.

Wang Lin gritted his teeth, and his divine sense forcefully collided, breaking through this "barrier." His divine sense suddenly rushed in.

The scene before him made Wang Lin, who had been sitting in meditation with his eyes closed, suddenly open his eyes...