Lin Xuan rode the wind out, sensed danger below, and immediately flew upwards, shouting, "What kind of rat is hiding here, concealing its head and showing its tail?!"
Seeing that the ambush had failed, a figure emerged from the water below, appeared before Lin Xuan, and chuckled, "Hehe, Junior Brother Lin Xuan, why so nervous?"
The newcomer held a large saber, had long whiskers on his head, a small nose, a large mouth, and was entirely green, making it clear at a glance that he was of the Yao Race.
Lin Xuan, however, found him somewhat familiar. After a brief recollection, his eyes widened. "It's you!"
It turned out that the Yao Race member before him was none other than the Disciple of the Yao Race who had severely injured Lin Xuan's original body to snatch a di ling fruit before Lin Xuan's Transmigration!
This Yao was a Lizard Demon who had become a spirit, and like Lin Xuan, he was an Earth Immortal.
However, Lin Xuan was an Earth Immortal in the Early Stage, while this Yao was already at Earth Immortal Perfection, on the verge of Breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Previously, Lin Xuan was just an ordinary Disciple of the Jie Sect, with no special qualities. Given the disparity in their Realms, he was naturally no match for this Yao.
But now... Lin Xuan scrutinized the Lizard Demon before him, narrowing his eyes. "Senior Brother, are you specifically waiting for me here?"
The Lizard Demon smiled sinisterly, "Junior Brother, what do you think?"
Of course, it wasn't a chance encounter.
Previously, the Lizard Demon had been extremely arrogant, severely injuring Lin Xuan for a di ling fruit and snatching it away.
But thinking about it afterward, he was afraid that Lin Xuan, in his anger, would go to Golden Turtle Island to complain. Therefore, he had been guarding near Lin Xuan's Immortal Cave, planning to kill him with one strike once he came out, to end everything!
Who knew that after waiting for a long time, the Lizard Demon had just dozed off when Lin Xuan flew out of his Immortal Cave and disappeared.
The Lizard Demon followed the scent and arrived at the Restriction space that Lin Xuan had just broken.
Although he had caught up with Lin Xuan, he was worried that Lin Xuan might have set an ambush within the Restriction space, so he waited outside.
When Lin Xuan emerged, the Lizard Demon was pleasantly surprised to discover that Lin Xuan wasn't ambushing him inside; he had actually found a treasure within!
The Lizard Demon eyed the long spear in Lin Xuan's hand with greedy eyes. Although he didn't know its Rank, he could keenly sense its extraordinariness.
It must be at least a High Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure, right?
Lin Xuan watched the Lizard Demon's ugly display and sneered, "So, Senior Brother, why are you stopping me here?"
The Lizard Demon chuckled, "Junior Brother, let's cut the nonsense. Throw down the treasure in your hand, and today, Senior Brother will let you suffer less!"
Lin Xuan smiled slightly, "So Senior Brother wants the long spear in my hand? If so, why not come and take it yourself?"
As he spoke, he gripped the Mystic Ice Calamity Relief Spear and held it horizontally before him.
The Lizard Demon narrowed his eyes, snorted coldly, and extended his sharp claws like lightning, not aiming for the long spear in Lin Xuan's hand, but directly at Lin Xuan's chest!
He had never intended to let Lin Xuan live!
Lin Xuan sighed inwardly. Had the atmosphere of the Jie Sect really deteriorated to such an extent now?
At the same time, the power of the Mystic Ice Calamity Relief Spear in his hand was instantly activated!
A biting Qi suddenly erupted, swirling around Lin Xuan.
As the Lizard Demon's sharp claws approached, they were enveloped by the cold Qi and instantly stiffened!
Lin Xuan directly swept the spear horizontally!
Bang!
With a muffled thud, the Mystic Ice spear shaft directly struck the Lizard Demon's shoulder, sending him flying several feet away!
Although it didn't cause direct lethal damage, the bone-chilling cold Qi directly invaded the Lizard Demon's body through the strong body, covering him with a layer of frost and making his body stiff!
The Lizard Demon shivered repeatedly, shouting angrily, "You, Lin Xuan, how dare you make me, your Senior Brother, so pathetic! Today, I will skin you alive!"
As he spoke, he brandished the large saber in his hand and roared towards Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan sneered, sweeping his long spear across the battlefield!
Boom!
In an instant, a biting cold wind forced the Lizard Demon to retreat in a hurry.
This long spear of the opponent was truly terrifying; the chilling cold was oppressive, making his limbs somewhat stiff, and this was without being directly pierced.
If he were pierced, wouldn't he instantly turn into an ice sculpture?
The Lizard Demon secretly considered retreating.
But thinking of the Rank of this spear, his heart burned with excitement again.
This spear... could it be an Innate Spirit Treasure?
The Lizard Demon gritted his teeth, opened his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of Immortal Fire, which dispelled some of the cold Qi and allowed his stiff body to recover somewhat.
Immediately after, the Lizard Demon let out a strange cry, spitting fire as he charged towards Lin Xuan!
Treasures move people's hearts.
Lin Xuan's eyes were cold, and he no longer held back, gripping the long spear tightly and unleashing its power without reservation!
Although he had only refined three Innate Restrictions, and he was only an Earth Immortal, he was far from being able to freeze thousands of miles.
But freezing a thousand miles of land was no problem at all!
Boom!
Lin Xuan thrust his spear, and the overwhelming cold Qi completely erupted!
At this moment, although Lin Xuan was in the air, the cold Qi spread in all directions, and even the sea surface beneath his feet quickly became covered with a layer of solid ice!
The Lizard Demon, who was at the center of the cold Qi's eruption, bore the brunt of it. His body rapidly stiffened, almost turning into an ice sculpture!
The Lizard Demon was so frightened that his liver and guts were shattered. He wanted to turn and flee, but it was already too late.
Lin Xuan thrust his spear again, directly at the Lizard Demon's chest!
At this point, the Lizard Demon could barely move. How could he possibly dodge?
"Ah!"
With a scream, the Lizard Demon was directly pierced through the chest by the spear tip and fiercely pinned to the ice!
An incomparably icy coldness erupted within the Lizard Demon's body, causing his blood to gradually freeze!
However, the Yao Race possessed tenacious vitality. The Lizard Demon still had one breath left and struggled to look at Lin Xuan, but instead of begging for mercy, he threatened:
"You, you dare to kill me?! I am one of the Seven Attending Immortals, Immortal Dingguang's..."
Bang!
Lin Xuan didn't even bother to let him finish, directly activating the long spear in his hand, turning him into fragments of exploding ice!
"Related to Immortal Dingguang, one of the Seven Attending Immortals? Hehe, so what? My Master is the Holy Mother Turtle Spirit!" Lin Xuan sneered.
Lin Xuan's Master was indeed the Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, but he was only a Named Disciple under this Holy Mother.
But even so, Lin Xuan wasn't afraid of the other party.
After killing the Lizard Demon, Lin Xuan naturally didn't forget to loot the body.
However, this Lizard Demon was also a pauper. Besides an ordinary large saber, he only had a small Storage Pouch, with not much else on him.
After a quick glance at the Storage Pouch, a red fruit inside startled Lin Xuan.
"Isn't this the di ling fruit?"
Lin Xuan's original body had gotten into a conflict with this Lizard Demon over a di ling fruit that was about to ripen, and was severely injured.
Now it seemed that after the di ling fruit ripened, it was picked by the Lizard Demon but he hadn't rushed to eat it.
Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, it returned to Lin Xuan's hands.
At this moment, with the death of the Lizard Demon, Lin Xuan felt a sense of relief, as if a great Karma had been resolved.
Thinking about it, the Lizard Demon was the culprit behind the original body's death. Now that he had killed the Lizard Demon, it could be considered revenge for the original body.
Using the other party's body and identity naturally presented no barriers or obstacles.
At the same time, the System light screen appeared before Lin Xuan.
"Congratulations, Host, you have gained 100 experience points! The Chat Group has leveled up!"
"Current Chat Group Rank: Level Two (0/1000)!"
...As the Chat Group leveled up, a surge of information also poured into Lin Xuan's mind.
It turned out that to level up the Chat Group, experience points were needed, and the way to obtain experience points was by slaying enemies!
To upgrade the Chat Group from Level One to Level Two, only 100 experience points were needed, so slaying one enemy was enough.
However, to upgrade the Chat Group from Level Two to Level Three, 1000 experience points were needed, meaning he would have to slay ten enemies.
He just didn't know if the required experience would continue to increase after the next upgrade.
But Lin Xuan was too lazy to worry about that now. What he cared more about was a new function that appeared after the Chat Group leveled up.
The Download function!
Through this function, Lin Xuan could randomly download a random ability from one of the group members!
This was truly astonishing.
One must know that his Chat Group contained precious treasures such as the chaos pearl, chaos bell, and fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation!
If he was lucky, he could really download powerful abilities!
For example, the innate supreme treasure chaos bell, which not only had invincible defense but also excellent offense and defense, capable of reflecting all incoming attacks.
If Lin Xuan could download this ability, he could deal damage to enemies by simply standing still.
Another example is the fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation, which is an ultimate treasure for comprehending the Dao. Its main ability is to assist in comprehending the Dao.
If Lin Xuan could download it, it would be no different from obtaining a fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation.
In the future, comprehending the Dao or Cultivating Divine Abilities would be twice as effective!
Lin Xuan immediately began the download without hesitation.
"Congratulations, Host, download target locked: chaos pearl!"
Seeing the System prompt, Lin Xuan's breathing quickened slightly.
This was a Chaos Supreme Treasure!
Immediately after, the System prompt flashed again.
"Congratulations, Host, successfully downloaded the chaos pearl ability: Confuse and Conceal Heavenly Secrets!"
Lin Xuan paused for a moment, then reluctantly nodded.
Alright, that's not bad either.
The chaos pearl has two main abilities: one is to form its own Realm, independent of the Great Desolation, and the other is to confuse and conceal Heavenly Secrets.
Since he didn't randomly get the ability to form its own Realm, it was naturally the ability to confuse Heavenly Secrets.
In fact, the chaos pearl's ability to confuse Heavenly Secrets is extremely powerful, capable of even affecting Sages of the Heavenly Dao!
In the current Great Desolation, this ability is actually very important!
Lin Xuan didn't want to be noticed by a Sage of the Heavenly Dao one day and then unwittingly fall into their schemes.
Even now, this ability was of no small help to him.
At the very least, he didn't have to worry about Immortal Dingguang calculating that he was the one who killed the Lizard Demon.
However, Lin Fan also had a Master, so he wasn't that worried to begin with.
Although the Holy Mother Turtle Spirit had a relatively gentle temperament and was more Buddhist, disliking contention, she was still very good to her Disciples. Even if they were just Named Disciples, she would protect them.
Lin Xuan set the matter aside and continued to tally his spoils.
Soon, Lin Xuan found a strange jade bottle in the Lizard Demon's Storage Pouch.
This jade bottle was also a spatial Magic Treasure. The space within the bottle was quite large, but after Lin Xuan inspected it, his expression immediately changed.
Within the jade bottle, blood Qi surged, and a small crimson stream flowed!
Lin Xuan frowned as he examined it, discovering that it seemed to be all Human Race blood, but it was somewhat strange.
To form such a small stream, one could imagine how heavy the Karma of killing was for this Lizard Demon!
Lin Xuan himself was of the Human Race, so he naturally wouldn't use this blood.
However, these bloods carried deep resentment, and he dared not dispose of them carelessly. He could only temporarily put them away and purify them when he had the Opportunity in the future.
Looking at the Lizard Demon's corpse before him, Lin Xuan couldn't help but shake his head.
This Lizard Demon was truly a fool. He had already achieved Immortal Ascension, yet he still dared to slaughter the Human Race like this.
One must know that the Human Race is the protagonist of the Great Tribulation, the darlings of heaven and earth, beloved by heaven and earth.
If it's just mutual slaughter among mortal beings, then there's no problem.
But if an Immortal dares to attack the mortal Human Race, they will be entangled with Karma!
Killing a few isn't a big deal, but if too many are killed, and the Karma isn't dispelled, it will damage one's Luck, and Cultivation will also be affected, with extremely serious consequences.
It's hard to say that the Lizard Demon's reckless encounter with him didn't have something to do with this.
With this matter concluded, Lin Xuan no longer delayed, waving his hand to cast a ball of Spiritual Fire, burning the Lizard Demon's corpse to ashes, and then he left directly.
However, he wasn't in a hurry to return to Golden Turtle Island, after all, he had killed Immortal Dingguang's Disciple.
Although he now had the ability to obscure the Heavenly Dao, what if Immortal Dingguang found him through other channels?
Lin Xuan would not take that risk.
He simply decided not to rush back, planning to first improve his strength.
Finding an inconspicuous small island, Lin Xuan descended from the clouds, used Earth-element Spells to open up an Immortal Cave, and began his secluded Cultivation.
Lin Xuan sat cross-legged in the Immortal Cave, first taking out the di ling fruit he had recovered from the Lizard Demon.
The di ling fruit is a High Grade Acquired Spiritual Fruit, containing the purifying power of earth veins. Its greatest effect is not to improve Cultivation, but to transform one's foundation!
It is precisely because of this that this fruit is ranked as a High Grade Acquired treasure.
Lin Xuan's foundation was Acquired, and even among Acquired foundations, it was relatively ordinary; otherwise, he wouldn't just be a Named Disciple.
Now with the di ling fruit in hand, he could finally improve his foundation.
After a brief adjustment of his breathing, Lin Xuan swallowed the di ling fruit in his hand.
The Spiritual Fruit melted upon entry, transforming into pure earth vein purifying power, dispersing into Lin Xuan's limbs and bones, helping him transform his foundation.
A moment later, the earth vein purifying power was exhausted, and Lin Xuan slowly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them.
Advanced Acquired foundation!
Foundations are usually divided into four Ranks: Top, Advanced, Intermediate, and Elementary. Lin Xuan originally had an Elementary Acquired foundation, which was very ordinary.
But now, with one di ling fruit, his foundation transformed to the Advanced level, his speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi greatly increased, and the upper limit of his unseen Bottleneck also rose considerably.
The reason why one's foundation is important is because it often determines the upper limit of one's Cultivation.
An ordinary Acquired foundation is considered good if it can Cultivate to the Earth Immortal Realm. Only with good Luck or the aid of Magic Treasures can one Breakthrough the Bottleneck and Cultivate to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
And now that Lin Xuan has an Advanced Acquired foundation, he doesn't have to worry about Bottlenecks when Breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and there's a good chance of becoming a True Immortal.
Of course, wanting to cross from an Acquired foundation to an Innate foundation, to reverse the Innate, is almost impossible.
The di ling fruit mostly helped him cleanse his marrow and purify his veins.
Even so, Lin Xuan was extremely satisfied... Meanwhile, Lin Xuan quietly Cultivated, improving his strength.
And on Golden Turtle Island, Immortal Dingguang in his Immortal Cave finally sensed the death of the Lizard Demon.
“That little lizard is dead? Strange, why can't I calculate where he died, or who killed him?”
Immortal Dingguang frowned, his face gloomy, continuously performing divinations.
It was easy to calculate whether the Lizard Demon was alive or dead, but when he tried to calculate the identity of his killer, the Heavenly Dao was obscure.
Immortal Dingguang's expression was grim.
It wasn't that he cared much about this Disciple; what he truly cared about was that bottle of Human Race infant heart blood!
That's right, that bottle of Human Race blood was not ordinary Human Race blood, but infant heart blood!
How much blood can an infant have? Not to mention the extremely rare heart blood.
The Karma from that bottle of blood was far heavier than Lin Xuan imagined!
And the reason why that Lizard Demon went to slaughter the Human Race to collect blood was at Immortal Dingguang's instigation; in essence, he was Immortal Dingguang's dirty work.
Immortal Dingguang, being a Golden Immortal, naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to wantonly slaughter the Human Race, bringing Karma upon himself and ruining his Luck.
Therefore, he took a Named Disciple and had him do this for him.
Although some Karma would still be incurred when the blood finally came into his hands, it was a very small portion, and compared to the huge help it provided for Cultivation, Immortal Dingguang could completely bear this small loss.
At this moment, Immortal Dingguang frowned, pondered for a moment, then called a Disciple and instructed:
“That little lizard died outside. Go investigate what happened!”
The Disciple quickly agreed.
“Furthermore, this Master is at a critical juncture in Cultivation, and this month's heart blood cannot be lacking. As his Senior Brother, you must shoulder this responsibility!” Immortal Dingguang stared at the Disciple before him.
The Disciple trembled, then quickly nodded.
“Yes!”
Immortal Dingguang nodded with satisfaction.
“Go!”
...Lin Xuan at this time still didn't know how evil the bottle of blood he had confiscated was.
He was currently busy Cultivating and chatting in the Chat Group.
The benefits of his transformed foundation were obvious; Lin Xuan's Cultivation speed was much faster than before, and he quickly raised his Cultivation to the Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm.
However, he still didn't forget to pay attention to his Chat Group.
Probably because he had used the alias “Wushi Bell”, the group had been quite lively recently.
In addition to those who enjoyed the lively, like jie sect's luck and chaos bell, even the long-term lurkers had emerged.
And at the initiative of jie sect's luck, a few others actually followed suit and sent out red packets!
As a user with privileges, Lin Xuan naturally snatched them without hesitation.
One ID named 【Gengjin Apple Tree】 was very generous with its red packet, which was actually an Innate Gengjin Apple!
Undoubtedly, this one's true form was the Innate Gengjin Apple Tree, which is a genuine Innate Spiritual Root, extremely precious, even if it was a Low Grade one.
With the Innate Gengjin Apple in hand, Lin Xuan decisively consumed and refined it.
With the help of the Innate Spiritual Fruit, Lin Xuan naturally Breakthrough smoothly and became a Heavenly Immortal!
Not only that, this Innate Gengjin Apple was quite miraculous.
Because it inherently carried the Qi of the Five Elements Geng Metal, after Lin Fan's Breakthrough, the Magic Power within his body also gained a trace of Geng Metal sharpness!
Generally speaking, only at the Golden Immortal Realm would Magic Power contain attributes.
And after Lin Fan's Magic Power gained Geng Metal sharpness, when applied to his Mystic Ice Calamity Relief Spear, it immediately made this Spirit Treasure incredibly sharp and its power surged!
Besides the Innate Gengjin Apple Tree, another group member with the ID 【Money Tree】 also sent out red packets, and quite a few at once.
Lin Xuan naturally snatched one as well, but found the red packet contained a copper coin.
This copper coin contained a trace of weak, peculiar power, but this peculiar power was still too weak, causing Lin Xuan to study it for a long time without figuring out its use, and the group member 【Money Tree】 did not provide an explanation.
One day, Lin Xuan continued to Cultivate while watching the group members chat in the group.
【Peach Mountain: Something interesting to share, a strange young Cultivator came to my mountain today, acting mysteriously, and carrying a zither.】
【Flower Fruit Mountain: What's so interesting about that? Is your place usually too boring? Probably a desolate place, hahaha!】
【Peach Mountain: (Angry) Is it something to be proud of that a bunch of monkeys poop on you every day?】
【Flower Fruit Mountain: At least I find watching monkeys fight every day quite interesting, better than a place where you can't even see monkeys, right?】
【Peach Mountain: You!】
...There were many mountain-type group members in the group. They were beings similar to mountain spirits and were also pulled into this group.
Most of them were very quiet on weekdays, but today, for some reason, Peach Mountain and Flower Fruit Mountain started arguing.
Lin Xuan watched happily, and seeing that they were about to calm down, he quickly opened a secondary account to fan the flames.
【Mystic Heavy Mountain: If you ask me, whether our mountains are good or not has nothing to do with how lively they are. The key is the Spiritual Qi and whether there are treasures!】
【Peach Mountain: That makes sense! What's the use of being lively? It's hilarious!】
【Flower Fruit Mountain: What a coincidence, my mountain has treasures within it, and not just treasures, but also a Blessed Land!】
【Mystic Heavy Mountain: Ho, that's truly amazing! Peach Mountain, we can't compare now.】
【Peach Mountain: What's there not to compare? Isn't it just a Blessed Land? My mountain has one too!】
【Flower Fruit Mountain: Hehe, you're just boasting!】
【Peach Mountain: You're the one boasting! My mountain dares to swear by its very body, do you dare?】
【Flower Fruit Mountain: What's there not to dare?】
...Watching the two mountain spirit group members make vows like children, Lin Xuan's heart stirred.
Peach Mountain's demeanor... truly didn't seem like he was lying.
He knew about the Blessed Land in Flower Fruit Mountain, the Water Curtain Cave, but Lin Xuan dared not go to that Blessed Land now... it was too deep, and he was afraid of encountering a Sage of the Heavenly Dao.
Peach Mountain was much better; it wasn't well-known, so even if it had a Blessed Land, no one would notice.
Blessed Lands are generally divided into large, medium, and small types. Large Blessed Lands are sufficient as Saint Daoist sites, such as Kunlun Jade Void and Shouyang Xuandu Purple Mansion.
But in the current Great Desolation, what remains are usually small Blessed Lands.
However, even a small Blessed Land, for Lin Xuan now, was a once-in-a-lifetime Opportunity; the resources within it could absolutely transform Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan quickly continued to fan the flames and extract information with his secondary account, confirming the specific location of the Blessed Land within Peach Mountain.
Afterward, Lin Xuan planned to officially exit his secluded Cultivation and head to Peach Mountain to search for the Blessed Land.
However, Peach Mountain was, after all, a distant journey, unlike the East Sea.
Lin Xuan was currently a Disciple under Holy Mother Turtle Spirit. Although he was only a Named Disciple, this Master was indeed good, and he should, both emotionally and logically, go say goodbye before a long journey.
Coincidentally, he could also report the matter of the jade bottle of blood to his Master and ask her to help deal with it.
Once Lin Xuan had made up his mind, he packed up and immediately set off, heading straight for Golden Turtle Island.
He had been in secluded Cultivation near Golden Turtle Island before, so it didn't take long for him to return to Golden Turtle Island and arrive in front of Holy Mother Turtle Spirit's Immortal Cave.
After being announced by a child attendant, Lin Xuan successfully met Holy Mother Turtle Spirit.
“Oh, it's Lin Xuan. Why have you come to see your Master today?” Holy Mother Turtle Spirit asked with a smile.
Holy Mother Turtle Spirit had a very good temper and was kind even to her Named Disciples.
Lin Xuan respectfully said, “Reporting to Master, this Disciple intends to go out and travel for a while, so I've come to bid you farewell. Also, there is an urgent matter I need to report to Master.”
As he spoke, he took out the jade bottle, shrouded in blood Qi, and presented it.
The pungent blood Qi made Holy Mother Turtle Spirit frown, and after opening the jade bottle, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit's expression changed drastically!