txolops Chapter 169 The Great Evolution Divine Lord! The Seven Love Decisions!
Chapter 169 The Great Evolution Divine Lord! The Seven Love Decisions!
Lin Chuan arrived at the headquarters of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.
The headquarters of the Thousand Bamboo Sect is located on a giant mountain in the center of the far west. The mountain is majestic and the palaces are numerous, which looks quite imposing from a distance.
But upon closer inspection, one can see that the palaces have been in disrepair for many years, with mottled walls and weeds growing in many places.
The Thousand Bamboo Sect indeed has many followers, with branches spread throughout the far west.
However, the actual strength of the cultivators in the sect is far less impressive than its reputation suggests.
Most of the followers are low-level disciples in the Qi Refining stage, while Foundation Establishment cultivators can serve as Dharma Protectors.
The sect leader himself was merely a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
It can be said that they were both made and destroyed by puppets.
When the Great Evolution God Lord founded the Thousand Bamboo Sect, he established the rule of establishing the sect based on puppetry.
The cultivators of the Thousand Bamboo Sect must learn puppetry and study the way of puppetry from a young age.
This was originally a good thing—if one mastered puppetry, one could indeed defeat the strong with the weak, and one's combat power would far exceed that of others of the same level.
The problem is that the people of the Thousand Bamboo Cult are too obsessed with puppetry.
They spent most of their time studying the puppets, neglecting the improvement of their cultivation.
The far west was too peaceful, without any external enemies to invade. Over time, the Thousand Bamboo Sect declined with each generation and could no longer produce Nascent Soul cultivators.
Lin Chuan's divine sense had surpassed that of ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. He concealed his aura and infiltrated the Thousand Bamboo Sect's headquarters like a ghost, without anyone noticing.
He walked through the main altar and soon found the hall where the cult leader was located.
The Golden Cult Leader was sitting cross-legged on a futon, a scroll of bamboo slips spread out in front of him, seemingly studying some kind of puppet manual. His cultivation was only at the late stage of Core Formation; in front of Lin Chuan, he was like an ant.
Lin Chuan appeared directly.
"Who...who are you?!"
Jin, the leader of the cult, was shocked and stood up abruptly, a short, emerald-green sword now in his hand.
But the next moment, a powerful divine pressure descended like Mount Tai pressing down, and the Golden Sect Leader's face turned pale, his legs went weak, and he knelt down on the ground!
"S-senpai..."
His voice trembled, and his face was filled with terror.
Although he was in the late stage of Core Formation, he was completely powerless against a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Lin Chuan stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly:
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I just need you to help me investigate something."
"Please speak, senior! I will do my best to fulfill your request!"
Leader Kim nodded repeatedly, as if he had been granted a pardon.
"I want to know where the Great Evolution God Lord last lived in seclusion ten thousand years ago."
Leader Jin was taken aback, then looked troubled.
"This... Senior, the Great Evolution Divine Lord was a figure from ten thousand years ago, and most of the records about him have been lost..."
"Investigate," Lin Chuan interrupted him. "I'll give you three months."
……
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
Leader Jin searched through all the scripture pavilions, secret rooms, and hidden compartments of the Thousand Bamboo Sect, examining countless books, bamboo slips, and jade slips. Finally, he found a clue in a tattered ancient book.
According to ancient records, in his later years, the Great Evolution God Lord lived in seclusion in the most remote and desolate mountain in the far west. The place was deserted and lacked spiritual energy, so much so that even wild beasts were unwilling to approach it.
Jin, the leader of the cult, respectfully handed the rubbing of the ancient book to Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan took it, scanned it with his divine sense, and nodded.
"Well done."
He casually tossed a high-grade spirit stone to the leader of the Golden Sect and turned to leave.
The leader of the Golden Sect stood there, holding the high-grade spirit stone, stunned and unable to recover for a long time.
……
Following the map, Lin Chuan arrived at the most remote and desolate mountain in the far west.
This place is desolate and uninhabited, with so little spiritual energy that it is almost imperceptible. As far as the eye can see, there are only bare rocks and withered yellow grass, which look completely unremarkable.
But Lin Chuan scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered something amiss.
Behind an inconspicuous mountain wall, there was a stone door concealed by a restriction. The restriction was set up so cleverly that he would not have been able to find it if his divine sense had not far surpassed that of ordinary people.
Lin Chuan raised his hand, and a beam of azure light shot out. The restriction rippled out like water and disappeared without a trace after a moment.
Beyond the stone gate lies a deep, dark passage. The stone walls on both sides of the passage are covered with densely packed runes, but due to their age, most of them have become blurred and indistinct.
Lin Chuan walked along the passage and soon arrived at a large hall that was twenty or thirty feet wide.
In the center of the hall stood an ancient, gray stone coffin. The surface of the coffin was covered with intricate patterns, but its original color was no longer discernible.
There were more than a dozen puppets scattered around, some missing arms, some with broken legs, and some with a large hole in their chests, clearly having been abandoned for many years.
There is nothing else besides that.
But Lin Chuan knew that among these puppets, one contained the divine soul of the Great Evolution God.
He approached them one by one, his divine sense carefully scanning every corner of each puppet.
The first one was abandoned and empty inside.
The second one was abandoned, containing only a pile of broken parts.
The third one, abandoned...
The fourth body...
The fifth one...
Lin Chuan remained calm and collected, examining each body one by one.
Finally, his gaze settled on a giant ape puppet in the corner.
The puppet was over ten feet tall, entirely black, and although covered in dust, the exquisite craftsmanship of its original form was still evident. It sat crouching in a corner, its eyes closed, as if it were just an ordinary, discarded puppet.
However, when Lin Chuan probed into it with his divine sense, he sensed an extremely faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation of divine soul.
found it.
Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand, and his magic power transformed into a large cyan hand, reaching out to grab the giant ape puppet.
Just as the giant hand was about to touch the puppet—
"Whoosh—!"
The giant ape puppet suddenly opened its mouth, and a beam of seven-colored light shot out from it! The light was extremely fast, like a rainbow, and rushed straight towards Lin Chuan's face!
The Seven Emotions Formula!
Lin Chuan had been on guard.
Instead of taking the hit head-on, he instantly summoned the Void Shuttle and retreated ten feet.
The seven-colored light passed through his original position and struck the stone wall behind him, silently corroding a deep hole the size of a bowl.
Lin Chuan appeared at the entrance of the hall.
His gaze turned cold, and his divine sense surged wildly between his brows!
The Divine Sword of Awakening Insects!
He had already broken through to the eighth level of this divine sense technique, and could release seventy-two divine sense spikes at the same time.
At this moment, he only released thirty-six.
Thirty-six invisible and shadowless divine sense spikes shot towards the seven-colored light ball like a torrential rain!
"puff--!"
A slight muffled thud.
The seven-colored light was struck by the divine sense spike and instantly dissipated!
As the light faded, silence returned to the hall.
Lin Chuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the giant ape puppet, a smile appearing on his lips.
"Great Evolution God, you've been hiding your true intentions well."
The voice echoed in the hall.
The giant ape puppet stood motionless, as if it were a truly inanimate object.
A moment later, a slightly hoarse voice reached Lin Chuan's ears.
"Able to dodge my Seven Emotions Technique attack, and recognize me at a glance... and even knows the title 'Great Evolution Divine Lord'."