Chapter 11: The Great Search of the Xuantian Sect

  Remember in one second

  This seemingly inconspicuous ripple... serves as a seasoning for Lin's dull and mundane life.

  A fortnight later, "Four Wings Heavenly Vessel" arrived at a town called Xi'an Town near the Shoujing Mountains.

  Lin Heng and Mr. Two Million bid farewell, with Mr. Two Million saying: "Loulancity is only over 5,000 miles away from here, I will stay there for two months before being transferred to the remote Shuiyuetown for a long-term stay. If you encounter any trouble, you can find me there. In this distant land, our Baobao Guild may not have much power, but we are good at gathering information, which is our strong point. If you encounter difficulties, we can help you gather news at any time."

  Lin Heng naturally thanked him, watching the "Four-Winged Heavenly Vessel" disappear like a shooting star on the horizon. For the first time, he stood alone in an unfamiliar foreign land, feeling slightly unaccustomed to it.

  Go to the town to buy a "Map Spirit Symbol"... Combine it with the partial content of the spirit symbol left by my adoptive father, and for the first time, I know the specific location of the Ti Yin Sect.

  From the "Map of Ling Symbol", looking up, although the area of Shoujing Mountain Range is not as vast as that of Manghu Mountain, it also stretches for tens of millions of square kilometers, equivalent to the territory of a small country.

  The Weihui Sect is located in a deep and remote mountain range over 600 miles to the east, with two smaller sects nearby.

  If Lin had known the location beforehand, he would have gone directly to hand over the task. However, now that he knows the internal situation of the Hidden Sect is chaotic, he naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to do so. For one day, he wasn't clear about the internal situation of the Hidden Sect, and he wouldn't expose his purpose for coming here. Otherwise, it would seem like he was perfunctory and irresponsible towards his adoptive father's will. More importantly, not to mention that he had traveled thousands of miles in hardship, but his adoptive father had spent ten years on this matter, and he not only wanted to hand over the thing to the other party but also wanted to get the reward, one of the three great treasures of the sect.

  Of course, his subconscious also hid a third reason, that is, as the guest elder of the Ti Yin Sect, he had a duty to protect and maintain order for the Ti Yin Sect. As an adopted son, he did not want to see the Ti Yin Sect fall into extinction due to power struggles.

  After some deliberation, Lin Huan decided to wait and observe the situation. If the Di Yin Sect was facing a fate of defeat, he would lend a helping hand if he could. If not, he would have no choice but to follow the trend. In his heart, he was inclined to help the young master of the Di Yin Sect. If that young master was capable and loyal to the Di Yin Sect, he would be willing to hand over the object to him rather than to someone like Yang De Song who colluded with external enemies.

  Anyway, he is not anxious to return home now. Having come from afar, things must be done thoroughly.

  He had planned before he came, even if he completed his task, he would still stay in the cave of his adoptive father and use his thick savings to cultivate for a period of time.

  All along the way, what he heard and saw made Lin Lang gradually develop a faint sense of disgust towards Xuan Tian Sect, one of the three major outer sects.

  He didn't have a deep relationship with the Yi Hui Sect, but he couldn't bear to see a good sect being devoured by the Xuan Tian Sect, especially one that was related to his adoptive father. Of course, he also understood that this was Xuan Tian Sect's territory, and Xuan Tian Sect was one of the three major sects in Han country, any elder or true disciple could kill him instantly. So he didn't want to act rashly either, otherwise helping might not be helpful, but instead become someone else's arrow fodder.

  "First go to the cave where my adoptive father used to live, which is not far from the Ti Yin Sect. Rest for two days and then investigate the current situation of the Ti Yin Sect before making a move. Also, take the opportunity to obtain the 'Xuan Yan Seven Segment Secret Manual'."

  As soon as Lin Huan thought of "Xuan Xin Qi Jue", a surge of wild excitement burst forth in his blood vessels.

  He has been practicing martial arts for nearly a year, and although he has made rapid progress, he still lacks the high-level internal energy that is essential for his main discipline.

  Don't look at him now in the middle of the third grade, but when chatting with others, he is embarrassed to say that his practice is "Xiu Shen Xin Fa" and "Xiu Xi Xin Fa", these trashy goods. As one steps into the middle of the third grade, the higher the level, the harder it is to make progress. Without a high-level internal skill as the main practice, he finds it difficult to make progress like before.

  For Lin Huan now, a high-level internal elixir is far more urgent and effective than a high-level martial skill.

  "The Seven Segments of the Mysterious Introspection" was obtained by his adoptive father in a secret place of ancient times, explaining what was left behind from that era. If it were to be spread out, those great sects and heretical demonic cults would spare no expense to fight for it. Even the most ordinary inner elixir would not be inferior to the current third or fourth grade secret elixirs.

  Lin Heng was filled with longing in an instant, and for several months on the road, he had been adjusting his breath and sitting in meditation every day in the "Four-Winged Heavenly Ark", tempering the inner elixirs of the demonic beasts. The nearly two hundred first- and second-grade inner elixirs he had harvested in Hu Mang Mountain were all gone, and now he only had six fourth-grade beast elixirs left that he couldn't temper.

  He has absorbed such a powerful energy, and he is already very close to the late stage of Grade 3. If he also gets his hands on the "Xuan Xian Seven-Section Mystery", it will be easy for him to break through to the late stage of Grade 3 in no time, and it's likely that within a year, he'll be able to enter Grade 4 and produce a fourth vortex of accumulated power.

  This was an unfamiliar foreign land, Lin Feng feared drawing attention to himself and didn't dare to use the "Nine Volume Cloud-Pursuing Ribbon". Once he left the town, he opened up his stride and sped along like the wind. Although it wasn't comparable to using the "Nine Volume Cloud-Pursuing Ribbon", with a speed like this, arriving at the Xuan Ming Sect by tomorrow morning wouldn't be a problem.

  The sky reveals a dark blue dawn, and the dew on the mountain meadow is very heavy.

  "Halt! Who goes there?"

  Lin Heng was blocked by four or five people in a place less than twenty miles away from Liting.

  Lin Heng stopped in his tracks, gazing at them, and instead of answering, asked: "Who are you people? Why have you intercepted the boat?"

  The leader sneered at us, saying "Our Xuantian Sect has taken care of this matter, the road is already blocked, scram!"

  Xuantian Sect? Isn't this matter over yet?, Lin Heng furrowed his brow, on that day in Xipu City he had already heard that the Xuantian Sect had sealed off the Weihui Sect and demanded people from them. How could they still be sealed off?

  Lin Heng didn't want to provoke them for the time being. He thought of another route that would take him around to his adoptive father's cave mansion, and turned to leave.

  "Shi Men Shixiong, this person suddenly appeared early in the morning and then slipped away quietly. Do you want to keep him here?"

  The leader said that as long as we don't let anyone in, it's none of our business. No matter how well we do, the credit will be taken by those inside, so why bother with trivial matters? Unless we can catch Xie Li and his two brothers, we won't get any credit for taking down the Di Yin Sect, not even a drop of soup will spill into our bowls.

  "Damn it! Everyone else is out there searching for those two brothers and getting all the credit, while we're stuck here, it's so frustrating!"

  Lin Hang had not gone far, and their conversation fell into his ears.

  It seems that the power struggle of the Wei Yin Sect has ended in thorough defeat for the Young Master Xie Li, and he can't help but feel a slight sense of regret.

  This means that even if he is unwilling, he can only hand over the things entrusted by his adoptive father to Yang Desong, the elder.

  Lin Heng arrived at a lush mountain peak with the spiritual symbol's bow, but saw that above halfway up the peak was shrouded in mist and couldn't see anything. As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he felt a strong backlash force.

  Like many sect territories, many places where powerful people live are protected by formations.

  Lin Heng knew from the Ling symbol that this was a turtle shield formation, and without the master's permission, even a sixth-grade strongman could not enter.

  Yifu Li Zhongwang handed him three objects, one was the oilcloth package, and the other two were a Lingfu talisman with the words "find and enter" engraved on it, and a guest seal. Lin Heng was about to take out the seal when he suddenly heard rustling sounds from behind, and turned around to look at several large trees not far away.

  "Hmm, who's sneaking behind me? If you don't come out, don't blame me for being rude."

  After a moment of silence, a figure jumped down from the big tree, and it was actually a young girl.

  Lin Hang looked at her and asked, "Who are you? Why are you staring at me in front of the door?"

  And who are you? You're just a blood-spitting person, I was already on the tree, and you came later, the girl retorted.

  Lin Heng thought for a moment and felt that the other party should have been hiding in the tree earlier. If they had followed him, entering the thicket would have made such a big noise, he should have discovered it earlier.

  Hiding and sneaking around, afraid to be seen by people, either a thief or a robber. You're just a girl, why aren't you staying at home? Why are you climbing trees?

  The girl pouted and said, "This is my territory, what's it to you? By the way, why are you still asking me questions? Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before? What did you come to Li Qianbei's cave for? Are you trying to steal something?"

  Lin Huan didn't expect her to know that this mountain was his adoptive father's cave mansion, it seems she should be a person from the Ti Yin Sect.

  At this time, someone in the distance occasionally shouted "Where is that stinky girl?"

  She must be around here, can't run far...

  The girl's face changed greatly, and she no longer paid attention to Lin Heng. With a swish, like a small fox that had encountered a hunter, she blinked and drilled into the dense forest, disappearing from sight.

  A hint of unusual color flashed across Lin's eyes. Could it be that she and Shaozong's brother and sister, Xie Li, were related?

  He didn't want others to see him, so he took out the seal, pressed it according to his adoptive father's method, and used his inner strength to urge it on. Then he inserted it into a four-slotted void shadow.

  He was instantly enveloped by a strong suction force into a cave-like mansion that seemed to be carved out of the mountain, with a space that wasn't too large and appeared extremely cluttered. Perhaps no one had entered for over a decade, and there was a musty smell inside.

  There is a detailed map of the Dongfu on the Ling symbol. Lin Heng first finds the only room that can accommodate people, and cleans it up.

  Then, according to the map, he joined in and searched inside.

  The Dongfu is a rectangular cave with a right-angled turn, divided into six rooms in the pattern of three at the front and three at the back.

  Although the cave is inside the mountain, it doesn't see daylight, but every room inside has luminous crystals that make visibility no different from outside. Lin Hang lives in the third room at the front, and what excites him are the last three rooms: one is where his adoptive father cultivates and also serves as his bedroom; the second is a treasure room storing accumulated elixirs and precious instruments. According to his adoptive father's instructions, the "Xuan Xin Qi Duan Secret" is also hidden here; the third room has nothing in it, but his adoptive father specially drew a striking red circle on the wall of this room.

  The place where Li Zhongwang practiced was very messy, with a pile of miscellaneous objects on the stone bed, and his dirty body, which could be seen from the side that he didn't care about his appearance. There was a new futon spread out, probably where he sat every day to meditate quietly.