txolops Chapter 170 An Agreement Reached! The Former Territory of Yue!
Chapter 170 An Agreement Reached! The Former Territory of Yue!
The voice paused, carrying a hint of scrutiny and doubt.
Tell me, who are you?
Lin Chuan smiled slightly, stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly:
"My name is Lin Chuan. I know of your existence because I have also cultivated the Great Evolution Technique that you created."
There was a moment of silence on the other end.
"I see……"
The voice rang out again, this time with a hint of realization.
"Your spiritual sense is indeed powerful, far surpassing that of other cultivators of the same level. It seems that you not only cultivated my 'Great Evolution Technique,' but also mastered another, even more powerful, spiritual sense technique. The spiritual sense spikes condensed by that technique are even more powerful than my self-created 'Mind-Stealing Spike.'"
Lin Chuan did not deny this.
The profoundness of the Jingzhe Divine Sword is indeed far greater than the "Disorientation Strike" divine sense attack technique that comes with the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique.
However, when the two are combined, they are a perfect match—the Great Evolution Technique lays the foundation for divine sense, while the Awakening Insect Divine Sword is the technique for execution.
The voice transmission paused, then a hint of doubt crept into its tone: "Ten thousand years have passed since my time. How can you be so certain that I am the Great Evolution God-King?"
"Besides the Great Evolution Divine Lord, I can't think of anyone else in the Thousand Bamboo Sect who possesses such abilities," Han Feng said with a faint smile. "That Seven Emotions Technique should be specifically designed to attack Nascent Soul cultivators... Ordinary defensive methods would be directly pierced by that light!"
"Heh...that makes sense."
The voice chuckled softly, then its tone shifted sharply.
"What brings you here?"
"Naturally, it's for the 'Great Evolution Technique'," Lin Chuan said bluntly.
……
They had a long talk.
In the end, when Lin Chuan left the hall, he had a bamboo tube on his back.
The bamboo tube was only about a foot long, and its entire body was green. It looked unremarkable, but it was a spatial treasure that allowed the soul of the Great Evolution God to reside inside.
The two have reached an agreement.
The Great Evolution Divine Lord asked Lin Chuan to do two things, and in return, he agreed to give him the remaining three levels of the Great Evolution Technique.
The first thing: The Great Evolution Divine Lord needs to pass on his mantle. He needs a low-level cultivator with naturally strong divine sense to inherit his puppetry techniques and the "Great Evolution Technique".
The second matter: For the past ten thousand years, the Great Evolution Divine Lord has been pondering the method of crafting a puppet. If that puppet is successfully crafted, its combat power will be comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. However, he cannot gather the necessary materials and needs Lin Chuan to help him search for them.
"Don't worry, I'll get it done for you."
Lin Chuan carried the bamboo tube on his back and strode away from the desolate mountain.
……
Several months later, Lin Chuan embarked on his journey back to the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
On this journey, he would have to pass through the countries of the Righteous Alliance and then cross that vast desert before he could return to the territory of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
The journey was long, but with his Nascent Soul stage speed, it wasn't too difficult.
When passing through the former territory of the Yue Kingdom, Lin Chuan deliberately took a detour.
He wanted to see what the land he once lived on had become.
The Yue Kingdom was once a kingdom where seven sects stood in a tripartite balance of power in the cultivation of immortality.
Now, it has been completely occupied by the Ghost Spirit Sect.
The Ghost Spirit Sect, one of the six major sects of the demonic path, has at least six Nascent Soul cultivators, making it far stronger than the seven sects of Yue Kingdom back then.
They regarded the Yue Kingdom as their own private domain, where they levied exorbitant taxes, plundered resources, and slaughtered entire families for the slightest resistance.
As Lin Chuan flew high in the sky, looking down at the familiar mountains and rivers, he was filled with emotion.
The original gate of Huangfeng Valley is now a branch altar of the Ghost Spirit Sect.
The places where he once cultivated are now unrecognizable.
Just then, a golden light appeared before their eyes.
Today's divination result: Minor good fortune.
[The divination reads: At noon today, you encountered a late-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Ghost Spirit Sect within the territory of Yue Kingdom. This person was slaughtering a rogue cultivator, extracting his soul to cultivate a secret technique. You intervened and killed him; the battle went smoothly and without harm.]
"From the Ghost Spirit Sect?"
Lin Chuan's expression remained calm.
As noon approached, he deliberately slowed down.
……
Sure enough, a violent surge of magical energy came from ahead.
Lin Chuan scanned the scene in the valley below with his divine sense and "saw" it.
A middle-aged man dressed in a black robe with a sinister face was hovering in mid-air.
Before him, a rogue cultivator covered in blood struggled desperately, trying to activate his protective aura, but the aura was already teetering on the brink of collapse.
That rogue cultivator was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, with a young face and eyes full of despair and resentment.
"Senior! Senior, spare my life!"
He pleaded hoarsely, "I had no resources, and I only managed to reach the Foundation Establishment stage step by step with great difficulty. I have never offended the Ghost Spirit Sect! Why do you want to kill me, senior?"
Why?
The man in black robes sneered, "A mere rogue cultivator, contributing a portion of your soul to my secret technique is already a stroke of good fortune. What else is there to complain about?"
He raised his hand, and a pitch-black ghost claw materialized out of thin air, reaching out to grab the rogue cultivator!
The rogue cultivator turned pale and closed his eyes, awaiting death.
Just then—
A calm voice came from high above:
"The Ghost Spirit Sect people are really arrogant."
The man in the black robe's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly looked up!
A figure in blue suddenly appeared above him, standing with hands behind his back, looking down at him.
"Who are you?!"
The man in black robes shouted angrily, while frantically channeling his magic power, and the ghostly claw turned to grab Lin Chuan!
Lin Chuan didn't even glance at the ghostly claw, he simply raised his hand and pointed—
A golden sword light shot out from his fingertips!
That was the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword infused with Geng essence!
The sword flashed, so fast that it couldn't be caught by the naked eye!
"Pfft!"
Before the man in black could finish speaking, his head flew high into the air!
The ghostly claw lost control and disintegrated in mid-air.
The headless corpse swayed and fell from the sky.
The rogue cultivator, having narrowly escaped death, collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. He looked up at Lin Chuan, his eyes filled with relief and gratitude for surviving the ordeal.
"Thank you so much, senior, for saving my life!"
Lin Chuan didn't say much, and casually put the black-robed man's storage bag into his sleeve.
Then, he transformed into a streak of light and drifted away.
……
Not long after Lin Chuan left, a black streak of light shot from afar and landed at the site of the previous battle.
The light faded, revealing a middle-aged man in black robes.
His face was sinister, his aura deep, and he exuded a faint pressure of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
His gaze swept over the headless corpse on the ground, and his face suddenly darkened.
"How dare you commit murder on my Ghost Spirit Sect's territory!"
He let out a roar, his divine sense spreading wildly, searching every corner within a radius of hundreds of miles.
But Lin Chuan has long since gone, where can one find any trace of him?
The man in black robes had a livid face. He stomped his foot angrily, shattering the rocks beneath his feet.
"Don't let me find out who you are!"
……
Lin Chuan traveled eastward, passing through the various kingdoms of the Righteous Path Alliance, and finally returned to the territory of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
A few days later, he finally returned to Yellow Maple Valley.
Zi Ling cultivated peacefully in her cave.
Yin Yue was also there. Although her cultivation level had plummeted after she possessed the Snow Cloud Fox, her foundation remained intact, and she recovered quite quickly.
After settling the soul of the Great Evolution Divine Lord, Lin Chuan began to prepare for the next step of his plan.
The two things he promised the Great Yan Divine Lord need to be done slowly.
He himself also needs to find an opportunity to break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.