Chapter 86 – Forest Ruins
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. He pointed at Teng Li’s spirit and began to absorb it. Teng Li’s spirit began to swell and churn.
Then, the blood ball rapidly shot up and melted into a spirit. Gradually, the spirit began to shrink, and the ball of flesh and bones also melted into a spirit mist.
The spirit had changed drastically. It was now a narrow ring floating in the air, emitting a soft light.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. He knew he was at the final step. He became even more focused as he placed his soul into the ring.
After a long time, the ring suddenly emitted a bright light. Wang Lin’s eyes lit up, and he immediately bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood. The moment the blood touched the ring, a hissing sound rang out, and all the blood instantly disappeared.
After the ring fused with the blood, it began to vibrate. It began to emit a powerful pressure, and all living things within a kilometer of Wang Lin felt the change.
Several powerful auras appeared and quickly attacked Wang Lin.
Wang Lin didn’t even blink. He waved his hand, and the ring quickly merged into his chest. A powerful surge of spiritual power suddenly flowed through his body, causing his face to turn red.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. His body moved like an arrow and quickly disappeared into the forest.
Shortly after he left, a giant python suddenly raised its head. After smelling the area, it showed a confused expression. After shaking its head, it turned and left.
After that, a ten-foot-tall monkey came as fast as lightning. It charged into the hole in the tree and searched for a while, then left in frustration.
Several stronger beasts came to check, but they all left in confusion.
Wang Lin ran through the forest, his body filled with spiritual energy. Furthermore, as he ran, a foul-smelling black liquid oozed from every pore on his body.
Wang Lin felt like his body was being torn apart, so he frowned and stopped. After walking around for a while, his eyes flashed and he activated the pulling technique with the massive amount of spiritual energy in his body.
The ground on the ground moved sideways as if two giant hands were pushing it. Soon, a bottomless hole appeared on the ground.
Without a word, Wang Lin jumped into the hole. Then, the soil was moved back into the hole and everything returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
Sitting cross-legged underground, Wang Lin focused his attention on regulating the spiritual energy in his body. His body was constantly transforming into Foundation Establishment.
With the silence of being underground and no one to disturb him, Wang Lin began his 3rd closed door training.
Time passed and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
The ground above where Wang Lin had been undergoing his closed-door training was now covered in a layer of rotting leaves with poisonous insects crawling within them.
That day, the ground suddenly shook and countless poisonous insects poured out from the leaves. Dead leaves were pushed apart, followed by layers of dirt as a dark figure emerged from the hole.
When the figure appeared, all the insects screamed in fear and immediately retreated.
“This foundation stealing technique is truly mysterious. I’ve finally reached Foundation Establishment.” This dark figure was Wang Lin.
Wang Lin’s gaze was like electricity, and his entire body was filled with powerful spiritual energy. He opened his mouth and spat out a green light that transformed into a green flying sword.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He raised his hand and the sword sheath flew out as he muttered, “After two years of refining the sword sheath, it’s almost completely mine. If used with a flying sword, its effects should be extremely powerful.”
After putting away the sword and scabbard, he pondered for a moment. Then, he touched the bead on his chest and thought, “Two years ago, Situ Nan used too much Nascent Soul Essence when he helped me escape from Teng Li. He also cast a spell that prevented Teng Huayuan from finding me. He’s been asleep for over a year, and I’m not sure when he’ll wake up. Luckily, I’ve memorized the Underworld Ascension Method. Now I just need to find a place with plenty of Yin energy to practice it.”
After making a decision, Wang Lin took a deep breath and spread his divine sense. Suddenly he moved north until he arrived at a river and washed away all the black dirt on his body. After finally washing away all the dirt, he felt very refreshed.
Sitting on a rock near the river, he recalled his previous near-death experience and felt deep regret. He didn’t know if Zhang Hu was still alive. He prayed that Zhang Hu would survive.
With a sigh, Wang Lin put away those thoughts and began to ponder. After a long time, Wang Lin formed a seal with his right hand and shot out a ray of white light. As the white light appeared, its color began to change. It turned from white to gray, and its color gradually darkened as it rapidly flew westward.
Wang Lin was stunned. This technique was something Situ Nan had taught him. It was used to find places with extremely strong Yin energy. The darker the light, the closer he was to the place with extreme Yin energy. When the light turned black, it meant he had found the place.
Without a word, Wang Lin quickly chased after the light that had turned gray. The light was getting darker and darker. When it turned black, it suddenly collapsed and disappeared.
Suddenly, Wang Lin stopped. He stared blankly into the distance. He was so shocked that he couldn’t say anything.
Before him was nothing but endless ruins. Buildings and trees collapsed as far as the eye could see.
The ruins were covered with wild plants, with small animals running among them, occasionally making screaming sounds.
There are cracks in the ground that seem to devour life on the surface.
The abundance of metal debris mixed with the growing greenery creates an impression of desolation. The depressing atmosphere will make anyone’s heart tremble.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. He was completely stunned as he stared at the ruins.
Just then, from within one of the towers in the ruins, a pillar of white light shot out.
Wang Lin was shocked. His expression changed as he turned toward the nearby forest. He saw a small, blood-covered beast crawling toward the spot where the white light pillar had landed. There was a wound deep enough to reveal the bone in its right leg. As it walked, it left a trail of blood.
After a long time, he finally arrived under the pillar of white light and screamed in joy. In just a few seconds, the wound on his leg healed, and the little beast was completely healed.
He shook his body happily before leaving the pillar and disappearing into the distance.
At this moment, the pillar of light was still burning. Wang Lin stared at it with a stunned expression.
Just then, the pillar shattered into countless silver specks. Wang Lin stared at that location and continued observing. Half an hour later, the pillar of light reappeared.
This cycle continued several times. After observing it for a day, Wang Lin finally gained some insight.
According to Wang Lin’s judgment, this pillar of light was related to sunlight. It seemed that even though this place was in ruins, some treasures were still functioning. After absorbing enough light, this pillar of light would activate its abilities.
And it seemed that many beasts knew about the healing effects of the light pillar. Within a single day, Wang Lin saw no fewer than 20 injured beasts walking toward the pillar.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Wang Lin predicted that the last pillar would soon appear. Without hesitation, he stepped forward and thrust his hand into the pillar of light. He felt a very warm air flowing through the light. This wasn’t a feeling of spiritual power, but something Wang Lin had never felt before.
As he slowly felt the air flow, Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He cut off his arm and placed it inside the pillar of light. In the blink of an eye, his wound healed.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. Without a word, he moved through the ruins and arrived in front of a large tower.
These are the ruins of a giant cylindrical tower. Seen from the outside, it’s clear that parts of the tower have collapsed. However, even in ruins, it’s clear how magnificent the tower once was. Two giant statues holding swords stand, topped by a tower about 30 meters high.
Wang Lin stared at the ruins. His mind couldn’t help but imagine the moment the once-magnificent tower had split in two, half of it falling on the two statues.
The pillar of light came from a stone bead about 2 meters in diameter at the top of the tower.
Standing next to the stone beads, Wang Lin began to hesitate. The stone beads were too big and could not be moved easily. He was also not sure how the stone beads were healed. He was afraid that if he let go of them, the beads would stop working.
After thinking it over, he didn’t act recklessly, but instead began to observe the area. Gradually, Wang Lin’s expression became strange. After examining the area, he discovered something strange.
In some well-preserved ruins, there are still intact porcelain items. Some of them even contain a black substance.
The sky was getting darker now. Wang Lin quickly left the ruins. When the sky was completely dark, Wang Lin arrived back in the forest. He stared at the ruins with sparkling eyes.