Under Lin Jing’s control, the Qi Cultivation stage youth revealed everything.
He was a member of the Lin Family from Linglong City, named Lin Yun.
Although he lacked any special constitution, his control over True Qi was extremely sophisticated, allowing him to perform many Magic arts with flair.
In recent months, he frequently had a strange dream, dreaming that a chance encounter was hidden within this Evergreen Forest.
Initially, Lin Yun thought it was just an ordinary dream, but after having it more than ten times in a few months, he realized it might not be a simple dream, but rather a high-level Cultivator granting him an opportunity through dreams!
Thus, he came to this forest.
"Fool..." Lin Jing shook his head, drew out a thread of spider silk, and after the Ice Soul Gu erased his recent memory, he left directly.
"What opportunity, how could it be real..."
"The so-called opportunity he referred to must be a ’fraudulent opportunity.’
Drawing out this Lin Family genius from his family, deceiving him into this deep forest, then abducting him... no one understands being swindled better than I do!"
Having experienced being kidnapped by the Yin Corpse Sect, Lin Jing saw such opportunities as frauds.
Yet, after flying for a while, Lin Jing suddenly stopped, looking towards a cave covered by dense trees.
The mountain peak seemed unremarkable, but Lin Jing, with his profound Illusion Technique attainment, could clearly find an Illusion Array covering the cave.
He paused for a moment, swung a thread of spider silk, and then a Cultivation Technique was pulled out of the cave by Lin Jing.
"Immortal Slaying Technique!"
Such a grand and lofty name for a Cultivation Technique left Lin Jing stunned; could there actually be an opportunity?
However, when he opened the Cultivation Technique and saw its description, he fell silent; this opportunity was not worth it.
"To practice this technique, one must first sever the root; only by severing the root can one slay immortals! I, after two hundred years of bitter cultivation at the Golden Core Stage, finally developed this Divine Technique, yet unfortunately, my days are numbered, unable to carry this Divine Technique forward...
I specially hid this technique in this place, awaiting a fated person to inherit it. Finding this place indicates extraordinary talent, comparable to mine, remember my name, Master Rootless, I hope you can achieve success in cultivating this Immortal Slaying Technique, with great determination, to defy the heavens and sever the path!"
After flipping through a few more pages and confirming it was indeed a useless Cultivation Technique, Lin Jing threw it back into the cave.
Even if that Qi Cultivation stage youth truly found this opportunity, he likely wouldn’t cultivate it, would he?
A moment later, Lin Jing entered Linglong City, where Qingzhou has sixteen Daos, similar to the Ancient Country’s nine domains, each with numerous cultivation forces and cultivation cities.
However, compared to the Ancient Country, here it is more chaotic, with Demon Cultivators also quite rampant, otherwise, it wouldn’t have become the stronghold of the Yin Corpse Sect.
In addition, sects like the Joyful Union Sect which engage in flesh trade, or organizations involved in assassination businesses, also find better survival ground here than in the Ancient Country.
Of course, even without a court, if any cultivator wantonly slaughters innocents, or practices with mortals, they would face pursuit and bounty from other cultivation sects, especially when these mortals are within the territory of a cultivation sect.
Cultivators do not appear out of thin air; cultivation sects require vast mortal reproduction to acquire more disciples with outstanding qualifications, whether for inheriting the sect’s Dao or to serve as cheap labor, working as oxen and horses for the sect, it all requires population.
If Demon Cultivators were to practice using mortals, slaughtering indiscriminately, it would be seen by the Immortal Sects as behavior that undermines their foundation.
Senluo Dao, within Linglong City.
Lin Jing gathered more information; for example, within Senluo Dao, the strongest force is Senluo Hall, with a Void Profound Cultivator overseeing it.
Other than that, Senluo Dao also has three first-class forces with Divinity Transformation powerhouses.
Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Flower Sect, Thousand Illusions Mountain.
"I nearly forgot, this Senluo Dao, that’s where the Qingzhou Beast Sect is located..."
"What a coincidence indeed."
Lin Jing didn’t know if the Vice Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect who went to the Ancient Country along with two disciples returned to the sect; these three people have some familiarity with him.
However, as long as he did not openly display any magic that would reveal his identity, he would be fine.
Before obtaining the information about Senluo Dao, Lin Jing actually intended to head towards the Heaven-Reaching Dao of Qingzhou.
Heaven-Reaching Dao is the strongest Dao in Qingzhou, also housing the strongest human faction, Heaven-Reaching Tower.
This Heaven-Reaching Tower is an Alchemy power.
Qingzhou is renowned for its flora and Alchemy, its Alchemy standard far surpassing the Ancient Country, and the most representative Alchemy power in Qingzhou is this Heaven-Reaching Tower.
It’s said that within the Heaven-Reaching Tower, there exists an Immortal Pill with "intellection." With just a wisp of its breath, it can significantly enhance a cultivator’s combat strength; the Tower Master of the Heaven-Reaching Tower, due to the presence of this Immortal Pill, ranks among the top even among Dao Seeking powerhouses in fighting power.
The reason the Ancient Country could not annex Qingzhou as a territory is partly due to the natural barrier, the Mist Forest, and another reason is because Qingzhou has an "Immortal Pill Spirit" overseeing it; any Dao Seeking powerhouse teamed with this Immortal Pill Spirit can exhibit world-destroying power.
Even if the Ancient Emperor could mobilize national fortune, the Immortal Pill Spirit is not to be trifled with; at least, this Heaven-Reaching Tower won’t be subdued like the Ancient Country’s sects were by the first-generation Ancient Emperor.
The reason Lin Jing intended to visit Heaven-Reaching Dao is because of its flourishing Alchemy Dao; with its flourishing Alchemy Dao, various types of exotic fires with different attributes would be plentiful, collected and traded by major Alchemy powers.
By going there, it would be easier for Lin Jing to find exotic fires with the "longevity-burning" property to aid in cultivating his Celestial Demon Body.
However, now, before heading to the Heaven-Reaching Dao to seek exotic fires, Lin Jing suddenly changed his mind; not to mention whether he could find such exotic flames, with his current wealth and strength, acquiring them wouldn’t be easy.
Moreover, the Heaven-Reaching Dao has numerous powerhouses, and with his current level in the Illusion Dao, it would be challenging to conceal his Longevity Body at that time.
His enemies are not limited to the Yin Corpse Sect; another Longevity Body in this world is now imprisoned within some demon beast tribe in Qingzhou...
He plans to first improve his Illusion Technique skills in this relatively weaker Senluo Dao.
To enable him to have stronger abilities to hide everything about himself.
"Thousand Illusions Mountain, a cultivation sect renowned for Illusion Techniques, with an early-stage Divinity Transformation patriarch long in seclusion, while a half-step Divinity Transformation, Demigod Realm Sect Leader manages the sect daily."
"Within Thousand Illusions Mountain, besides the Cultivation Technique ’Thousand Illusions Canon,’ it also holds two major Secret Techniques, Void Reversal Technique, Beast’s Intent Dao..."
"Owing to these two major Secret Techniques, the combat style of Thousand Illusions Mountain disciples differs from other Illusion Technique sects."
"They favor using Illusion Techniques to create various advanced ferocious beasts, employing the might of these beasts to inflict mental and psychological damage on enemies..."
"Thousand Illusions Mountain’s Divine Beast Hall has sculptures of Divinity Transformation-level and Void Profound-level demon beasts from previous sect leaders as objects for apprentices to appreciate these powerful beasts’ prowess, and with the Beast’s Intent Dao Secret Technique, apprentices can quickly grasp the essence by emulating them."
"With these two major Secret Techniques, higher-powered pseudo-beasts can be made substantial, allowing disciples to control illusionary beasts to confront enemies and cause real devastation, which is the shortcut presented by Thousand Illusions Mountain’s shortcuts."
"If I can slip into this Thousand Illusions Mountain and leverage their heritage, enhancing my Illusion Dao profound skills, before proceeding to Heaven-Reaching Dao to search for exotic flames, it wouldn’t be an undesirable choice." The most update n0vels are published on novｅlfire.net
"The situation in Qingzhou, unlike that of the Ancient Country, where sects and disciples are more like employers and enforcers, the Ancient Country’s sect territories were often in a state of expansion, conflict, and antagonism, for they had no court. They require the rapid population growth of mortals to reap more talented disciples, whether to pass on the sect’s teachings or to use these disciples as cheap labor, toiling for the sect, it all demands manpower."
Thus, the differing national circumstances should make it somewhat easier for me to infiltrate this Thousand Illusions Mountain to learn magic secretly from other sects, even though I already belong to another sect, which might seem unethical.
Thousands of Illusions Techniques, created by Lin Jing himself, could actualize a "True Spirit of Magic" at the Qi Cultivation Stage. Now, this Thousand Illusions Mountain lies before Lin Jing as a shortcut to enhance his comprehension of the Illusion Dao.