Chapter 141 – Fighting the Evil Sect
The fog in the Sea of Devils was extremely thick and filled with Ying energy. Wang Lin had only been there for a short time, but his clothes were already soaked. The sticky feeling of his clothes sticking to him was extremely uncomfortable.
As for Li Muwan, her face was no longer pale but slightly flushed, and her skin was smooth as silk. Her clothes were also soaked in mist, revealing her incredibly charming body.
Wang Lin glanced at her briefly and then looked away. His heart wasn’t moved at all. If it weren’t for Li Muwan’s ability to refine the Remote Heaven Pill and various other pills, he wouldn’t have allowed her to follow him.
The Devil’s Sea was a vast basin. After diving for a long time, he still couldn’t see the bottom. However, he realized that the deeper he dove, the stronger the Ying energy became.
Soon, strange creatures began to appear within the fog, some of which even had spiritual energy fluctuations. This shocked Wang Lin greatly, but fortunately, he was able to detect them quickly enough, so there was little fear and no real danger.
Li Muwan was extremely nervous, having heard too many rumors about this Sea of Devils. There was no point in arguing with anyone here, as strength was the only thing that mattered. There was also a shortage of female cultivators, so unless she had strong backing, she would likely suffer a very miserable fate.
Before the upheaval in Hou Fen, there were always numerous cultivators stationed at the borders of the Demon Sea, often including Nascent Soul cultivators. Their primary purpose was to prevent demonic cultivators from invading their country.
Fortunately, the major powers in the Devil’s Sea were all in the center. The groups on the edges were all small, so as long as they were careful, nothing major would happen.
Wang Lin didn’t know how long they had been flying when he suddenly stopped. Li Muwan couldn’t react fast enough, so she bumped into him. Wang Lin coldly stared at the fog in the distance and said, “Come out, now!”
Three tall, thin figures appeared amidst the fog, but the fog was too thick for Wang Lin to see their true identities, although it was clear that they were three male cultivators. One of them shouted in a sharp voice.
“Arrogant! This area belongs to my Evil Warrior Sect. If you’re smart, just leave that female cultivator alone, or…”
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Lin let out a cold snort. “Shut up! Die!” The map stated that there was no reason in the Sea of Devils; only the strong were respected. He waved his right hand, and his Ji Realm Divine Sense spread out. These three were only mid-stage Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, so Wang Lin could kill them at will.
A flash of red lightning suddenly struck the three of them. Their vision grew dimmer before their souls shattered and they died.
Wang Lin stepped forward and grabbed their bags. He then kicked their bodies into the thick fog and left without looking back.
Li Muwan was horrified when she saw what was happening before her. This was her first time seeing Wang Lin in action. The other three people were all at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment like her, but they had all died mysteriously without any means of resistance.
She was shocked as she looked at Wang Lin’s back, then suddenly thought back to half a month ago, when her brother Li Qiqing had said something about a great battle for the spirit veins involving thousands of cultivators.
In the early stages of the battle, something strange happened to the Xuan Xu cultivators. All the Xuan Wu Foundation Establishment cultivators mysteriously died and fell from the sky.
If it were just one or two, then it wouldn’t be so bad, but Xuan Wu only had around 200 Foundation Establishment cultivators, and nearly half of them had died mysteriously like this. When he first heard this, he didn’t believe it; he thought it was just a rumor, but seeing how those three Foundation Establishment cultivators died, he couldn’t help but recall the story.
He followed behind Wang Lin and asked in a trembling voice, “Brother… senior apprentice brother, when you were in Hou Fen Union, which team did you join?”
Wang Lin didn’t turn his head as he said coldly, “The tenth army.”
The moment the words “Tenth Army” entered Li Muwan’s ears, it was like lightning striking her mind. She clearly remembered her brother saying that the Tenth Army was the one that fought in that battle. Now she was almost certain that this cold-faced young man was the one responsible for the deaths of a large number of Xuanwu Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Thinking of this, the last vestiges of his will to resist evaporated. He couldn’t even muster the strength to retreat. However, at that moment, he suddenly recalled a description of a strange technique he had read in the Lou He Sect and blurted out, “The technique you just used, was it a death spell?”
Wang Lin’s heart was a little shocked, but there was nothing visible on his face. He replied calmly, without turning around, “You also know about the death spell?”
As soon as Li Muwan heard Wang Lin’s words, she became even more convinced that Wang Lin knew the legendary death spell. The death spell was known as a technique from the ancient cultivation world that was extremely difficult to master. However, once mastered, all one had to do was look at someone, say the word “die,” and that person would instantly die.
This technique is considered one of the most evil among demonic cultivators. It requires one to fuse three types of energy. The first is Yin energy, derived from the Nascent Souls of female cultivators, using Yin harvesting techniques. The second is Death energy, obtained by absorbing energy from the bones of the deceased. Although similar to Ying energy, its quality is very different. The third is Killing energy. After a person has killed enough, their body will produce its own killing intent. Once this killing intent gains its own consciousness, it becomes the killing energy needed.
The fusion of these three energies forces the user to survive a test to continue developing the technique. However, every night, the user suffers unimaginable pain, and they must survive this test again every three years.
Only after going through this cycle countless times can the initial stage of the Death Spell be considered complete. If one were to continue cultivating it, the chance of death would be even higher. According to some calculations, the chance of completely mastering the Death Spell is essentially zero. Although this technique is powerful, it is extremely cruel. Only a few demonic cultivators are willing to try to learn it.
After listening to Li Muwan explain the death spell with her trembling voice, Wang Lin’s expression changed slightly and he remained silent. This silence made Li Muwan even more afraid, and her heart began to pound.
After wandering for some time in the Sea of Devils, Wang Lin finally entered the sea part of the area. The fog was now much thicker and the Ying energy much stronger.
Staring at the ground below, Wang Lin muttered for a moment before taking a step back. He jumped up and down until he reached the top of the mountain. He stood on a protruding rock and took out a flying sword from his bag. He then pointed it toward the mountain. The flying sword flew toward the mountain and began carving.
The sound of metal scraping against stone rang in Wang Lin’s ears. He couldn’t help but frown because the mountain was too strong and the flying sword was so weak.
He snorted and patted his storage bag again. This time, over 30 swords flew out. His Divine Sense of the Ji Realm entered each sword, and they rained down on the mountain.
In this way, her progress immediately accelerated, and a cave appeared on the mountainside. Li Muwan had already become familiar with Wang Lin during their journey. Since this person could complete the death spell, controlling 30 flying swords was nothing surprising.
He knew that the number of flying swords one could control depended on a cultivator’s divine sense.
Time passed slowly, and a cave with four rooms gradually took shape. Thus, a simple cultivation cave was formed. Wang Lin took out spirit stones and laid down various formations around the cave.
After Li Muwan saw the formation, she revealed a look of surprise, but after seeing the formation, her surprise disappeared and a hint of disgust appeared. However, that hint of disgust quickly disappeared as she hid it.
However, this slight sense of disgust was still caught by Wang Lin. Even though he was focused on the placement of the formation, his divine sense never left Li Muwan. Even on the way here, it was still the same. If Li Muwan made an unusual move, Wang Lin would not care that she was a woman; he would kill her mercilessly.
After Wang Lin finished placing the spirit stones, he didn’t even turn his head as he coldly said, “I plan to stay in this cave for a long time. If this formation is broken, I can easily escape, but you will have to rely on yourself.” After that, he turned around and looked at Li Muwan.
Li Muwan gritted her teeth and moved forward without a word. She took out black flags from her bag and placed them around the cave. However, she still felt unsafe, so she placed more formations around the cave and even set up Wang Lin’s formation to connect them all.
After doing all this, he clenched his jaws again and took out a blue, crystalline animal bone. He used his flying sword to cut it into several pieces and, after calculating for a moment, he placed one piece down.
She continued to place them. When all 18 pieces of the beast bones were in place, three hours had passed. Li Muwan’s forehead was covered in sweat. She looked extremely tired as she said, “Including the formations you’ve placed, there are a total of 214 formations. However, those are just beginner formations that can only stop Foundation Establishment cultivators from entering. I just used the crystal beast bones to lay down a nine-skeleton formation. Although that formation only has 30% of its power due to the lack of bones, it can still block Core Formation cultivators for an hour.”
“I only have this many crystal beast bones. If you want the formation to be more stable, then we need more spirit beast bones.”
Afterward, he waved his right hand and threw out a piece of jade. Wang Lin caught it and scanned it with his divine sense. Inside was information on how to enter the formation. After he finished reading it, he crushed the jade, then looked at Li Muwan and pointed forward.
Li Muwan knew she couldn’t believe it, but there was nothing she could do, so she walked into the formation. Wang Lin left a wisp of divine consciousness with her and followed behind her.
After safely passing through the layers of formations and entering the cave, Li Muwan took out another small flag. She waved it gently, and all the formations activated, releasing a thick mist. From a distance, one couldn’t see anything, and even if one looked closely, they would only see mountains.
Inside the cave, Wang Lin examined Li Muwan, which caused her face to turn even paler. He took a few steps back and whispered, “Senior apprentice sister, should I refine the Remote Heaven Pill for you now?”
Wang Lin shook his head and said, “I don’t dare to eat the pills you made.”
Li Muwan’s eyes immediately turned red as she lowered her head silently. After a long time, she raised her head, revealing a tearful face, and whispered, “Senior apprentice-sister saved my life. Just tell me what I need to do to make you believe me.” She was currently extremely beautiful and alluring.
Wang Lin wasn’t affected by Li Muwan’s beauty at all. His expression remained calm as he said, “I don’t like to force people, so I won’t ask too much of you. All you need to do is refine enough pills for me to reach the Core Formation stage. Once I reach the Core Formation stage, I’ll escort you out of the Sea of Devils. However, during this period of time, I’ll need you to hand over your soul essence blood to ensure that nothing goes wrong with the pills during this period of time.”
Li Muwan pondered for a moment, then nodded. She pointed her finger at her brow and extracted some of her soul essence blood. She then dripped it onto Wang Lin.
After Wang Lin received the soul essence blood, he threw out a few storage bags and said, “All the ingredients are here. See what pills you can make.”
Li Muwan examined the bags with her divine sense and immediately exclaimed, “This… this is the desolate wood root, and there’s yellow core grass. This… there’s the flaming gold root and the heaven spirit grass…” The more she looked at the bags, the more shocked she became. Most of these ingredients were for refining pills, and some had long been extinct in Hou Fen. Only disciples who returned from the foreign battlefield every 100 years would bring back some.
Wang Lin rubbed his chin and threw out more than ten treasure bags. These were his recent loot. After removing all the treasures and spirit stones, all that was left were unknown materials, so it was only right that Li Muwan identified them.
After checking all the storage bags, all of Li Muwan’s previous sadness disappeared, and her face was now radiant. Her face was filled with joy as she raised her head and asked, “Senior apprentice-sister, can I use all these materials freely?”
Wang Lin nodded. “I just want the pill. As for the process, you can do whatever you want.”
Li Muwan smiled at Wang Lin for the first time. Her smile was very sweet as she said, confidently, “Senior apprentice-brother can rest assured. I’ve calculated that I can refine 300 Yellow Spirit Pills that can help increase cultivation, 50 Poison Avoidance Pills, and various other pills with various effects. Once I’m done, I’ll hand them over to senior apprentice-brother. Senior apprentice-brother, among the materials you have, the most valuable is this devil blood vine.” With that, she took out a piece of red wood that looked very ordinary.
“This piece of redwood is one of the ingredients for refining the Remote Heaven Pill, and it’s also one of the most important. I’ve only seen this devil blood vine in ancient records. With this, I’m confident I can refine one Remote Heaven Pill; however, its effects will be slightly weaker because I’ll need to find substitutes for the other ingredients.”
Wang Lin’s expression remained calm as he said calmly, “I won’t ask too many questions about matters related to pill refining.” He pondered for a moment and said, “I plan to go on a trip outside. It will be at least three days and at most half a month. Take care of yourself.”
After that, he prepared to leave. Li Muwan hesitated for a moment, then quickly said, “Senior apprentice-brother, while you’re out, can you find a pill furnace for me? I’m fine with the ingredients, and the pill furnace I brought is also fine for ordinary pills. However, if I use my current pill furnace, the success rate of the Remote Heaven Pill will only be 50%. Normally, the completion of the Remote Heaven Pill uses the sect’s Heaven Melting Furnace.”
Wang Lin frowned slightly. He glanced at Li Muwan, then left without a word.
Li Muwan secretly sighed. She originally didn’t want to lie, but she was afraid that if she told him the truth earlier, he would abandon her. However, now that they had reached this stage and he had even handed over his soul essence blood, she decided to bring up the issue of the success rate of the Remote Heaven Pill. If something happened in the future, he would probably kill her instantly in a fit of rage.
After leaving the cave, Wang Lin checked his direction and looked toward Zhao. His gaze turned cold as he muttered, “Teng Huayuan, I’m about to reach the Core Formation stage. Once I reach the Nascent Soul stage, I’ll kill people to return to Zhao and uproot your entire clan. Teng Huayuan, you better not die early. Live and wait for my return…”
The coldness in his eyes slowly disappeared. He took a step, activated the Earth Escape Technique, and quickly charged into the distance. The reason he had come out was to find more spirit beast bones. According to Li Muwan, only by adding more spirit beast bones could the nine-skeleton formation reach its maximum power. Wang Lin knew that he was in a hurry to reach the Core Formation stage, and in a dangerous place like the Sea of Devils, he needed a relatively safe place to ensure nothing went wrong.
Another reason was that he needed spirit beast skulls to create a reaction furnace for the War God Temple’s refining techniques. With the formation and reaction furnace, spirit beast bones were now a necessity for Wang Lin. According to the description given in the jade map, there were spirit beasts within the fog and spirit beast bones at the bottom of the sea.
However, many of the spirit beast bones had been dug up by others, so even after walking for quite a while, Wang Lin still hadn’t found a single one. Moreover, the fog on the seabed was very thick, so his eyes were useless and he could only see with his divine senses.
As he moved, his expression suddenly changed and he took a step back. Then, a flying sword, flying in a wavy pattern, flashed past where Wang Lin was.
Wang Lin was at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, the pseudo Core Formation stage, so he was able to fully see through this forty-year-old man who was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage. This man’s face was dark purple, and his breathing was extremely ragged. It was clear that he had been poisoned by a powerful poison, causing him to be unable to fully control his spiritual energy.
As the flying sword passed, another beam of light chased after it closely.
Wang Lin’s expression became extremely strange because the person chasing the early Foundation Establishment cultivator was a young man at the peak of the 15th layer of Qi Condensation. This person’s face was as white as snow, his eyes were slender, and he had a hint of evil on his face.
The evil-faced young man was holding a black animal bone. While chasing the middle-aged man, he kept blowing on the bone. Every time he blew on it, black smoke would come out.
As the black smoke appeared, it quickly chased after the Foundation Establishment cultivator and entered his body.
“Senior apprentice-brother, run faster. Your junior apprentice-brother wants to see how long you can last with 16 deadly poisons inside your body.” The youth blew on the black bone again and continued, in a sinister voice, “Senior apprentice-brother, this junior apprentice-brother here has spent a very long time preparing these 16 different deadly poisons for you. How else would I dare to act against you with your Foundation Establishment cultivation? Senior apprentice-brother, you won’t be able to escape.”
The middle-aged man clenched his teeth and remained silent as his flying sword flew at an angle up the mountain.
“Senior apprentice-brother, you’re already so old. How about you accept death and let me devour you with my foundation-stealing technique?” The evil-faced young man said very slowly as he approached the middle-aged man.
Wang Lin was interested in the beast bones on the young man’s body. He stepped forward and silently followed behind them.
After the middle-aged man heard what the young man said, he didn’t even turn around as he cursed hoarsely, “Sang Muya, you bastard. If it weren’t for me begging you back then, how could Master have accepted you as a disciple? How dare you do such a cruel thing to a fellow disciple? Aren’t you afraid of Master finding out?”
The evil youth laughed hysterically and said, “Sir? If you don’t agree, how could I dare to ambush you so openly like this?”
The middle-aged man’s body trembled as he coughed and coughed out a mouthful of black blood. His body weakened, and he fell from his flying sword. The evil youth snorted coldly and stopped three feet from the corpse with his flying sword. He stabbed the corpse several times with it to ensure it was dead before grabbing it and leaving.
However, he suddenly stopped as he stared at the dark figure amidst the mist. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead. When he was chasing his senior apprentice-brother, he had spread out his divine sense and hadn’t noticed anything. However, this person had now appeared silently before him, which meant that this person’s cultivation level was far above his own.
He threw the corpse to the ground, then immediately clasped his hands and bowed. The evil expression disappeared from his face, replaced by a simple and honest expression as he said, “Junior is a disciple of the Evil Warrior Sect, Sang Muya. What is it that makes Senior stop Junior? Junior will do his best to assist Senior.”
Wang Lin slowly walked out of the fog and stared coldly at the young man.
The young man felt as if his simple and honest expression could be seen through by Wang Lin at a glance, so he suddenly felt afraid.
He had only felt this way when facing his teacher, but his teacher was at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage and had already reached the Core Formation stage. Could this young man, who didn’t look much older than him, already be at the pseudo-Core Formation stage…
The young man’s heart trembled and his expression became more respectful.
“Bring your animal bones here.” Wang Lin’s voice was cold and devoid of any emotion.
The more Wang Lin acted like this, the more Sang Muya panicked. He had grown up in the Sea of Devils and had heard of all kinds of devilish techniques. Although his cultivation level wasn’t high, he had successfully cultivated a pair of Devil Knowledge Eyes. He knew that powerful devil cultivators were cold and ruthless, and although he had seen many devil cultivators with those eyes, most were just imitations. But this senior before him seemed cold and ruthless from within, especially those eyes that chilled even his heart.
He immediately threw away the animal bone in his hand because he didn’t dare to have any thoughts of fighting back.