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Chapter 664 - Missed

The middle-aged man respectfully said, "It was a flying sword. This junior looked at it and saw that it was very ordinary. Perhaps it really did have something special about it, but I don't believe it was strong. That kind of treasure doesn't meet the requirements of our pavilion."

He didn't dare to show any disrespect to the old man. Although this old man was only at the early stage of Soul Formation, he had a very high status in the pavilion. The middle-aged man vaguely knew that this old man had once reached the mid stage of Soul Transformation, but due to his injuries, his cultivation fell to the Soul Formation stage.

The old man looked at Wang Lin's gradually disappearing figure. There was a hint of doubt in his eyes, but soon he shook his head and walked back into the Whole Treasure Pavilion.

"That person is somewhat familiar…" The old man appeared to be extremely tired. After he returned to the building, he sat down on a rocking chair in the corner. He bitterly touched his chest before letting out a sigh and silently staring at the ground.

Wang Lin left the Whole Treasure Pavilion and walked toward the elegant Green Bamboo Pavilion. Although this pavilion wasn't large, it had a sense of elegance. Upon stepping inside, Wang Lin looked around and saw wooden shelves lining the walls. There was a small box on each shelf, and the inside of each box was lined in yellow silk. All kinds of magical treasures, pills, and other things were placed in them.

There was a young scholar sitting inside the pavilion. He had an ancient book in his hand, and he seemed to be reading with great interest. When the youth noticed Wang Lin entering, he put down the book, got up, and smiled. "Although our shop isn't large, we have quite a collection of goods. I wonder what friend needs."

This person's cultivation was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul. When he saw Wang Lin, he didn't show the arrogance the person from the Whole Treasure Pavilion showed. Instead, he had an easy and enthusiastic greeting.

Wang Lin faintly smiled. He slapped his bag of holding and the flying sword came out. He asked, "Would fellow cultivator accept his sword?"

When the young man looked at the sword, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled and he revealed a wry smile. "Fellow cultivator, this sword… Forget it can you let me examine the sword?"

The youth's attitude was extremely easygoing. Wang Lin smiled and pushed with this right hand. The flying sword gently flew toward the youth. The youth scanned it with his divine sense and said, "This sword is extremely ordinary. I'm afraid…Eh!!"

The youth only spoke half a sentence when his eyes suddenly opened wide. He stared at the ordinary-looking flying sword with eyes filled with shock.

He suddenly raised his head to look a Wang Lin and quickly said, "Fellow cultivator, the spell inside the flying sword…"

Wang Lin smiled. "You'll know when you try it!"

The youth took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in his heart. He had checked the inside of the flying sword with his divine sense and found a spell inside it. He couldn't see through this spell, but the pressure it gave off made his nascent soul tremble.

He cycled the spiritual energy in his body and injected it into the flying sword. The moment the spiritual energy touched the spell inside the sword, a powerful sword energy immediately burst forth. At the same time, the youth felt like he had become one with water.

His eyes revealed a pleasant surprise. Although the spell on the sword hadn't been activated yet, just the spiritual energy integration already classified it as a mid quality magical treasure.

He didn't immediately try to activate the spell but manipulated the sword and pointed at the large high quality spirit stone outside the shop. The sword shot out in a ray of light toward the spirit stone. Without a sound, the sword pierced through the spirit stone and flew back.

"Good sword!!" As the youth looked at the flying sword, his eyes revealed admiration. However, there was a hint of regret in them. "This level of integration can be considered mid quality. Such fierce spiritual energy can even be considered high quality. Unfortunately, its speed doesn't match the sword. What a pity! What a pity!"

As he spoke, he activated the spell inside the flying sword, and at that instant, his pupils suddenly shrank. He watched the flying sword disappear before him and reappear one hundred feet away.

"This…"

The youth's body trembled and he immediately stepped out of the shop. He waved his right hand and the flying sword immediately teleported back. The youth's eyes were no longer filled with ecstasy but shock. He sucked in a breath of cold air and pointed at the spirit stone again. The flying sword teleported and pierced through the spirit stone.

"This… this is teleportation!!!" The youth had his mouth wide open. He quickly called the flying sword back and held it in his hand. His heart was as complete mess right now. Generally, it was impossible to leave a teleportation spell inside a flying sword, because a sword couldn't handle the friction of teleportation. Also, without a heavenly cultivation level, it would be impossible to brand a sword with a teleportation spell.

More importantly, even if one had the cultivation, unless they had extremely powerful methods and a special domain, it would be impossible to make the teleportation spell last forever.

Wang Lin's life and death domain was what allowed the flying sword's teleportation spell to last forever. However, if the balance was broken, the spell would still expire.

The youth grabbed the flying sword. He hurried back into the shop while looking at Wang Lin and hurriedly said, "Fellow cultivator, this shop wants this sword! Are ten thousand high quality spirit stones enough?"

Wang Lin slightly frowned. The cultivation level of the youth before him was too low. Using spiritual energy, he was only able to use one-tenth of its power.

The youth saw Wang Lin frown and pondered for a moment. He clenched his teeth and said, "Fellow cultivator I can add fifty thousand more high quality spirit stones. Although this sword is a top quality spiritual treasure, I have already given a very high price."

Wang Lin frowned and asked, "Do you guys have Soul Transformation cultivators?"

The youth was startled. He revealed a look of displeasure and asked, "What does fellow cultivator mean? Do you think my cultivation level isn't high enough to see through the flying sword? We do have Soul Transformation seniors, and since you asked, I'll ask for one to come!" The youth slapped his bag of holding and a jade flew out. After leaving a message in it, he threw the jade and it flew out of the shop.

After sending out the jade, the youth silently sat in the chair and started playing with the flying sword in his hand.

With Wang Lin's cultivation, he naturally wouldn't bother with a low-ranked cultivator. He had already reached the status of a master. At this moment, he smiled and looked around at the magical treasures in the shop.

By contrast, the youth wasn't nearly as calm. After some time, his gaze fell on Wang Lin and he revealed a hint of shock. In his eyes, although this cultivator was only at the late stage of Core Formation, for a instant, he felt like he was looking at his family's patriarch or elders.

Wang Lin's casual and calm expression was not something a Core Formation cultivator should have, but this person was indeed at the late stage of Core Formation. He did consider that Wang Lin could be hiding his cultivation, but the Green Bamboo Pavilion had formations placed by the family's elders. Unless someone had reached the Ascendant stage, it would be impossible to hide.

Not long after, a gentle breeze came from outside. After the breeze disappeared, an old man stepped into the pavilion. The first thing the old man looked at was the flying sword in the youth's hand. When he saw the sword, there was a flash of light in his eyes.

When the youth saw the old man, he immediately stood up and respectfully said, "Junior Sun Mu greets Elder."

The old man softly replied and his gaze swept Wang Lin. His expression didn't change as he calmly asked, "Was it this person who asked for a magical treasure to be tested?"

The youth quickly nodded and respectfully presented the sword in his hand.

At the moment the old man entered, Wang Lin took a glance and withdrew his gaze. This old man was at the late stage of Soul Transformation. Although not at the peak, he had obviously been tested with many life and death situations, so his mind was much more tempered compared to the four little fellows he met before.

The old man didn't waste any time. He waved his right hand and caught the flying sword. After he swept it with his divine sense, his calm expression was replaced with shock.

"Elder, junior has looked at this treasure…" The youth beside the old man spoke. As he spoke, the old man suddenly shot a look at the youth that caused him to swallow the second half of that sentence.

The old man flicked the flying sword with his finger. It released a crisp sword hymn that immediately echoed across the building. This sound was like heavenly music and was pleasing to the ears. His eyes were filled with even more shock as he waved his right hand. The sword flew out and disappeared.

This time it teleported more five hundred kilometers away.

The next instant, the sword appeared next to the old man and circled him. The sword gave of celestial spiritual energy, and the fierce sword energy was like a drawn bow.

More importantly, there were strands of lightning moving along the sword. The old man stared at the lightning and pondered for a bit. He raised his finger and touched the lightning.

A crisp bang echoed across the room, then the old man's expression immediately turned pale and he took several steps back. It took him a while to recover. Not only did he not reveal any anger, his face was filled with ecstasy.

The youth was completely startled after seeing all of this. He naturally saw that under the old man's control, this sword had… celestial spiritual energy!

"Celestial treasure… This… This is a celestial treasure…" The youth was dumbfounded.

"Not celestial treasure, but a pseudo celestial treasure! There is a greater teleportation spell engraved in it, and in addition, the lightning is what makes the treasure precious. Without this lightning, this object could only be considered a normal pseudo celestial treasure. However, this lightning makes a big difference!" The old man didn't try to deliberately hide anything. As he spoke, he looked toward Wang Lin.

"This should have been gifted to you by your family. Are you sure you want to sell it?"

"Three thousand celestial jades!" Wang Lin didn't reply but quoted a price.

The old man's eyes narrowed and carefully examined Wang Lin. Without a word, he slapped his bag of holding and a pile of celestial jades immediately appeared on the ground. Dense celestial spiritual energy immediately filled the entire Green Bamboo Pavilion.

Wang Lin waved his sleeves and put the celestial jades inside his bag of holding.

The old man looked at Wang Lin and asked, "Do you have other pseudo celestial treasures?"

Wang Lin's expression was still neutral as he touched his bag of holding. He immediately took out a bronze mirror and threw it at the old man.

The old man caught it and his expression immediately changed like it never had before. This time he was even more shocked than he was at the flying sword. He exclaimed, "Inheritance pseudo celestial treasure!"

Chapter 665 - Warning

As the old man stared at the inheritance pseudo celestial treasure, his eyes revealed a well hidden trace of greed.

A hint of a smile that was not a smile flashed across Wang Lin's eyes. He didn't pretend to panic or act out in any way; he still was as calm as he had always been.

He didn't want to take the initiative to steal celestial jades. However, if this old man wanted to rob him, then he wouldn't be killing to steal treasure, he would be acting in righteous self defense.

As a result, even if he killed someone, he would have the moral high ground. Adding his powerful cultivation, no one would dare to call him out on planet Ran Yun.

After eight hundred years of cultivation, not only did Wang Lin gain wit, he also knew how to deal with sinister plots. However, he rarely revealed his sinister side. Now that he had changed his appearance, even someone who was familiar with him would not be able to identify him based just on this.

There was a hint of hesitation in the old man's eyes. Shortly after, he let out a long breath, and while holding the bronze mirror, he asked, "How many celestial jades do you want for this?"

Wang Lin's tone was calm as he slowly said, "Fifty thousand!"

The old man frowned. Although he could take out fifty thousand celestial jades from his bag, he had spent nearly a century accumulating them slowly in preparation for the future. He was worried he wouldn't have enough for reaching the Ascendant stage if he spent them now.

As he pondered, he lowered his head to look at the bronze mirror and hesitated. He was extremely tempted by this treasure. It has to be said that a Soul Transformation cultivator with an inheritance pseudo celestial treasure was very different. If the treasure was powerful enough, he could battle against peak late stage Soul Transformation cultivators.

Although he didn't know what power the bronze mirror had, as long as it was an inheritance treasure, it wouldn't be weak.

It wasn't that he hadn't considered killing to steal the treasure, but when he looked at the youth, the youth's eyes were calm. This was secondary, though. The most important thing was that if this youth could take out two magical treasures like these, he was obviously a core member of some cultivation family.

After pondering a for a bit, the old man took out a bag of holding. After taking out ten thousand celestial jades, he threw the bag at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin caught it. After using his divine sense to check that the numbers were accurate, he threw the inheritance jade at the old man.

The old man immediately caught the jade and carefully looked at it. His face revealed joy before he hesitantly asked, "Do you have more?"

Wang Lin looked at the old man and took out the hair pin from his bag of holding.

"This is also an pseudo celestial treasure." There was a hint of disappointment in the old man's eyes. He nodded at Wang Lin before turning around and walking out of the Green Bamboo Pavilion.

Wang Lin bought some materials from the shop before leaving. The youth inside the shop still couldn't believe what had just happened.

While walking down the street, Wang Lin had his divine sense spread out, and the corner of his mouth revealed a mocking smile. A divine sense had been locked onto him this whole time.

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"I'll give you a chance!" Wang Lin changed directions toward one of the city's gates. He left the city, took out a flying sword, and flew straight ahead.

His speed wasn't fast because he maintained the speed of a Core Formation cultivator. After he was five thousand kilometers away, a large cloud of fog suddenly appeared before him. This fog was extremely strange, and it had appeared out of nowhere.

In the blink of an eye, the fog condensed into a hand that reached toward Wang Lin. The hand created a shrill whistling sound.

The mockery in Wang Lin's eyes became even stronger and lightning flashed in them. At the moment the big hand closed in, Wang Lin waved his hand. A powerful wave of celestial spiritual energy appeared as Wang Lin waved his hand.

There was a loud bang and then the big hand immediately vanished. Even the fog behind it was blown back like crazy, and a miserable groan came from inside the fog.

"You're not a Core Formation cultivator!" The fog dissipated, revealing a thin, middle-aged man. He coughed out blood and lightning started moving across this body. This middle-aged man's face became filled with terror and he retreated without hesitation. There was black lightning coming from his body; clearly he had activated some kind of spell.

Wang Lin calmly glanced at him and casually chased after the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was only at the mid stage of Nascent Soul. If Wang Lin wanted to kill him, it would be effortless.

The middle-aged man was terrified. This person had only waved his hand, and that was enough to cause his nascent soul to scatter. If he couldn't return to the family in a short period of time, he would certainly die.

He was extremely regretful. He shouldn't have followed to Elder Sun's order to start trouble with this person for some spirit stones.

What frightened him even more was that the person was still chasing after him. This life and death pressure almost made him collapse.

Several thousand kilometers of distance passed by in a flash. When the middle-aged man entered the city, his face was extremely pale. A majority of his nascent soul had already scattered. He coughed out another mouthful of blood before rushing toward the Sun family's mansion at the center of the city.

After arriving here, he could no longer keep his nascent soul from scattering. He shouted in a hoarse voice, "Save me!" As if he had used the last of his strength, his body bent over and directly fell down.

A white shadow rushed over. It was a white-robed man. When he caught the middle-aged man, his expression changed slightly. Without any hesitation, he took out a large amount of pills from his bag of holding and poured them into the middle-aged man's mouth.

At the same time, various figures charged out of the Sun family's mansion and some even flew into the sky.

At this moment, Wang Lin calmly arrived.

"You dare to harm people of my Sun family!?" The people of the Sun family that flew out raised their flying swords and charged at Wang Lin. Wang Lin waved his sleeves and created a powerful gale that immediately became a storm. The storm swept all of the Sun family members within one thousand feet and threw them out.

"All of you, back down!" A shout came from within the house and then three old men came out. Among the three was Elder Sun, who had traded with Wang Lin.

At this moment, Elder Sun's expression was extremely gloomy.

The person who spoke was a red-faced old man. He coldly looked at Wang Lin in the air and coldly asked, "Which family are you from? Do you know that charging into my Sun family's home is a grievous crime?!"

Wang Lin smiled, pointed at Elder Sun next to the red-faced old man, and said, "I came for him!"

Elder Sun's expression became even more gloomy and he shouted, "Little child, this old man's trade with you has already ended. Could it be you are regretting it!?"

Wang Lin shook his head. He pointed at the middle-aged man in a coma and smiled. "It is interesting that I was intercepted by this person right after leaving the shop. After he lost, he ran here."

Elder Sun let out a cold snort, but the two old men beside him frowned. This matter became very simple to the two of them. They guessed that old man Sun was greedy for this person's things but couldn't act himself, so he had sent someone else.

However, Sun Mouren was an elder of the Sun family. Since it had already happened, they would definitely side with him. The red-faced old man coldly smiled. "Absurd. No matter what family you are from, stay here today. Wait for your elder to come and then we can decide whether you live or die!"

There was a hint of coldness in his eyes as he raised his right hand and pressed down. Suddenly, there were thunderous roars as a powerful pressure pressed down directly on the Sun family's mansion.

At this instant, all of the Sun family members' expressions changed greatly. They all cycled the spiritual energy inside their bodies to resist. It was as if they would immediately collapse if they didn't resist.

The eyes of the three old men, including Elder Sun, lit up, but there was a hint of terror in them.

"Absurd?" Wang Lin's voice was cold.

"Fellow cultivator, please don't be angry!" An ancient voice came from within the house. Following that, an old man in black slowly stepped out. His appearance caused the pressure to dissipate slightly.

Although this person's cultivation hadn't reached the Ascendant stage, he was at the peak of the late stage of Soul Transformation, just one step from the Ascendant stage. It looked like he was just missing one hint of comprehension to reach break through.

However, Wang Lin saw that this old had a hint of an Ascendant cultivator's aura. This wasn't because the old man was hiding his cultivation, it was because there was a concealed divine sense from an Ascendant cultivator on him.

The old man in black said, "This matter is my Sun family's fault and we have offended fellow cultivator."

After the old man said this, the three elders were startled, but they were enlightened a moment later.

"Two hundred thousand celestial jades and we forget about this!" Wang Lin calmly looked at the old man.

The expression of the old man in black changed slightly. He hesitated for a moment and nodded. "That is fine, it's just that two hundred thousand celestial jades is a huge sum and this is only an branch of the Sun family. Can fellow cultivator wait three days?"

Wang Lin profoundly looked at the old man. What he looked at wasn't the old man but at the divine sense of the Ascendant cultivator on the old man.

It wasn't until Wang Lin was far away that the old man in black relaxed and the Ascendant divine sense disappeared from his body. He glared at Elder Sun before letting out a cold snort.

The red-faced old man hesitated and softly said, "Two hundred thousand celestial jades… Even in the main family, it is a large sum."

The old man in black coldly said, "Earlier, our family ancestor's divine sense came to me and commanded me to agree to all requests. Not to mention two hundred thousand, even four hundred thousand would still be given! In addition, information about today's matter is to be sealed. Send out out the family order and don't disturb that person."

At this moment in the vast ocean on the east side of planet Ran Yun, a long-haired man with his upper body naked was sitting in the lotus position in the depths of the ocean. At this instant, he suddenly opened his eyes, and they lit up like two bright lamps in the ocean.

He raised his head and looked up at the sky. He muttered to himself, "Could this person be the Ascendant cultivator that suddenly appeared… It's just that I can't see through his cultivation… There is something in his body that makes me tremble.

"This person can't be provoked. Since he is staying at my Sun family's city, perhaps this is a chance for my Sun family!"

"His last glance was a warning… Yes, he was telling me to not disturb him… This person has the qualifications to speak to me like this…" The man pondered for a long time. Then he flew directly out from the bottom of the ocean.

Chapter 666 - Woman Dressed as a Man

Wang Lin was prepared to be low key during his time on planet Ran Yun. This would allow him to safely cultivate and quickly raise his cultivation level so he could return to the Alliance Star System.

However, low key didn't mean that he was going to be like a real low level cultivator and endure.

True low key was to not be afraid of others knowing about him and treating what happened around with complete indifference. He would not participate in any of the situations outside.

This kind of low key with this kind of attitude would create an invisible force that would prevent the top existences on planet Ran Yun from offending him.

This was the result Wang Lin wanted. His steps were gentle as he returned to the housing in the northern part of the city. The youth was still cultivating under the rock. It looked like the youth had been cultivating seriously all day.

As soon as he got near, the youth opened his eyes and softly snorted. "You, stop!"

Wang Lin was startled. He stopped walking and looked at the youth.

"Do you know what is most important to cultivators? I'll tell you: it is diligence!" The young man looked at Wang Lin and said, "Although your talent isn't good, if you are diligent, there is a chance for progress. I have guarded this place for many years, and some of the cultivators that came here have already reached the Soul Formation stage. They never left early in the morning like you and gave up time that could be spent cultivating to waste time wondering around.

"Your talent isn't good, so you should be more diligent. Otherwise, you won't be able to form your nascent soul in your lifetime!"

This lesson made Wang Lin even more startled and he revealed a wry smile.

When the youth saw Wang Lin's expression, his tone became better. The contempt in his eyes also lessened and he said, "It's not me looking down upon you. You must remember that in the cultivation world, you must not look down upon yourself if you want others to respect you. The spiritual energy here is very dense. If you're done taking care of matters, go into closed door cultivation for a decade, then maybe there will be a day where you reach the Nascent Soul stage. By then, I believe you should be able to have some power and responsibility in your family, like me."

Wang Lin rubbed his nose. Ever since he became a cultivator, everyone he met had been cunning and selfish. No one would have bothered to say those words to him. After he became powerful, due to all his killing, no one dared to say those things to him.

Even senior Dun Tian didn't have too much time with Wang Lin before he died.

At this moment, when he was suddenly scolded by this person, he felt melancholy and quickly nodded in agreement.

The youth's expression became even better, but he was still serious as he said, "If you have any problems with your cultivation, you can come and ask me. Remember one thing: having no talent isn't terrifying, what is terrifying is laziness. Us cultivators walk against the heavens. We can't relax our hearts and our bodies. If we do, how will we be able to walk against the heavens to cultivate? Go inside, hurry up and cultivate."

If anyone who knew Wang Lin saw this, they would be stunned by this scene.

Wang Lin's wry smile became even wider. As he entered the gate, he turned around to look at the youth. From the back, the youth looked somewhat thin, and the large clothes on his body seemed unbalanced.

At this moment, a gentle breeze flew by. It lifted the youth's hair, and the youth subconsciously moved his hair behind his ear.

He seemed to have noticed Wang Lin's gaze. He turned around to look at Wang Lin before turning back around and no longer bothering with Wang Lin.

This youth was a woman disguised in men's clothing. Her face was covered with a spell. Wang Lin saw through this the day before, but as for her actual appearance, Wang Lin didn't break past the spell to see.

After returning to the house, Wang Lin sat down in the lotus position. He slapped his bag of holding and one thousand celestial jades immediately flew out. His hand formed a seal and sent out several rays of light toward the large amount of celestial jades. The rich celestial spiritual energy was immediately restrained to the area around Wang Lin without any of it leaking out.

Wang Lin closed his eyes and began to cultivate. Strands of celestial spiritual energy entered his body and slowly cycled through him.

Time slowly passed. Three days later, Wang Lin opened his eyes. The one thousand celestial jades around his body had turned to dust and disappeared. He opened his eyes and looked around.

"Still not enough celestial jades. Ascendant cultivation can't compare to Soul Transformation at all. Back at the Soul Transformation stage, I could still bear the cost, but now at the Ascendant stage, the amount of celestial spiritual energy required is too large!

"Even with the two hundred thousand jades from the Sun family, I still won't be able to reach the mid stage of Ascendant. As for the late stage, the amount required will be unimaginable. There is also the peak of the Ascendant stage and breaking into the Yin and Yang stage…" Wang Lin's eyebrows knitted tightly together. This was something he didn't understand. Celestial jades were already very scarce, and Soul Transformation cultivators needed to use them on a daily basis. As the countless years passed, a large number of celestial jades would be consumed.

The Celestial Realm was already gone, so where did all these celestial jades come from? Wang Lin had thought about this before but couldn't think of anything.

"Also, this is only the first step of cultivation, yet it requires such a large number of celestial jades. How many celestial jades would a cultivator in the second step need? Wouldn't someone like the All-Seer need be the same amount of celestial jades as several Ascendant cultivators…" Wang Lin's eyebrows knitted tighter.

"Could it be… That the second step doesn't need celestial jades? Or is it that there is a special way to replace celestial jades?" A bold guess entered Wang Lin's mind.

As he pondered, he moved his head. There was a gentle breeze and the old man in black from the Sun family appeared outside the house.

Wang Lin waved his right hand and removed the restriction on the house. The old man quickly entered, and after hesitating for a moment, he also lowered his cultivation level to the Core Formation stage. He entered the room with a bitter smile in his heart.

"Senior, I was in a rush last time, so I didn't introduce myself. Junior is Sun family member Sun Qiming. I am the person in charge of the city here. I was wondering if I may learn Senior's name." The old man was extremely respectful. For the old ancestor to personally come out, this was someone he couldn't offend.

Wang Lin calmly said, "Xu Mu."

"Senior Xu, the two hundred thousand celestial jades have been prepared by the family. Please check them." The old man quickly took out a bag of holding. The old man couldn't help but sigh. Two hundred thousand celestial jades were gifted just like that by the old ancestor. This immediately showed how abnormal this person was.

After taking the bag, Wang Lin didn't check it. He believed that that fellow Ascendant cultivator from the Sun family wouldn't try to cheat him on this.

After the old man handed over the bag of holding, he quickly said, "Senior can rest assured; junior has already given the order to make sure yesterday's matter doesn't spread. No one even knows that junior came here today, so no one will disturb Senior's cultivation. In addition, if Senior wants to go into closed door cultivation, there are better places in the city."

Wang Lin calmly said, "No need. You can go."

The old man quickly and respectfully backed up. After hesitating a little, he said, "Senior, in seven days, the Ran family's Whole Treasure Pavilion will have an auction. It will include a rank 8 fake god pill…"

Wang Lin's gaze coldly swept the old man. The old man immediately trembled and swallowed the latter part of his sentence.

The room was completely quiet and time passed by. However, to the old man, it felt very long; it was as if each breath lasted a year.

This silence created a silent pressure that made the old man tremble. He didn't want to do this, but the family ordered him to test this person's cultivation, so he had to bite the bullet and ask the question. However, there was a hint of hope in his heart that this silence wasn't because Senior Xu Mu saw through his words but was tempted by the rank 8 fake god pill.

Shortly after, Wang Lin slowly opened his mouth. "Bring it here!"

The old man's face was pale as he stared at Wang Lin. He immediately reacted and took out a red token. He whispered, "This is a token for the auction.

"You can go." After receiving the token, Wang Lin closed his eyes.

The old man quickly left the house and let out a breath of relief. Cold sweat had already soaked his clothes, and at this moment, Wang Lin's cold words entered his ears.

"There won't be a second time!"

The old man's expression suddenly became pale. He quickly turned around and respectfully bowed before disappearing in a breeze. In a remote part of the city, he reappeared and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. At the moment Wang Lin's words entered his ears, he knew that all his thoughts had been seen through by him. This level of scheming made him terrified.

He acted according to the what the family told him and used the rank 8 fake god pill to test Wang Lin. If Wang Lin took the token, then it meant that Wang Lin was most likely an Ascendant cultivator. If Wang Lin wasn't tempted, he was to evacuate all family members inside the city without any explanation.

He had already gotten his answer, but his heart was unsettled.

"Rank eight pill…" Wang Lin pondered as he held the token.

Wang Lin knew the ranking of pills very well; after all, Li Muwan was an alchemy grandmaster. There were nine ranks for pills, and each rank had low, mid, and high quality. Rank 9 pills could be considered god pills, rank 8 were fake god pills, and rank 7 were celestial pills.

Back when Wang Lin formed his nascent soul, he swallowed a high quality rank 6 pill.

"The ranks of these pills were made up by the later generations. Although names like 'celestial' and 'god' sound amazing, they can't compare to the real celestial and god pills. The differences are like heaven and earth.

"To be more accurate, rank 9 pills are the limit. If one reaches the second step, pills become ineffective unless they obtain real celestial and god pills. However, with my current cultivation level, a rank eight pill is still effective." Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he made his decision.

"That black-robed junior wouldn't dare to test my cultivation with the pill. It must be the Sun family's Ascendant cultivator. He couldn't see through my cultivation and used this gentle method to test my cultivation.

"If I wasn't tempted, that would mean that I have already stepped past the first step of cultivation." Wang Lin touched the bag holding containing two hundred thousand celestial jades and then put this matter in the back of his mind.

Chapter 667 - A Special Magical Treasure Just for Wang Lin

A ray of red light was flying across the northern domain of the Allheaven Star System, and an ancient voice came from within.

"Mei Er, this is your teacher's hometown and your future home. Thinking about it now, it has been thousands of years since I returned. If it wasn't for the Allheaven Stone left by the Ancestor, it wouldn't have been so easy for Teacher to bring you there."

There was a woman inside the ray of red light. As the woman looked at this unfamiliar star system, there wasn't any sense of belonging.

"The glass-looking planet is planet Thousand Illusion. This is one of the main five stars in the northern domain of the Allheaven Star System. Mei Er, my Allheaven Star system cares a lot about bloodlines. Without the family bloodline, you won't be able to practice higher level cultivation methods and won't receive protection from the family.

"From now on, aside from being my disciple, you are also my adopted daughter. Once I return to planet Thousand Illusion, I'll cast the blood exchange ritual to change your bloodline. From then on you will no longer be called Liu Mei but Huan Mei! Do you agree?"

The old man's eyes were bright as he looked at the woman. He was very satisfied with his disciple and didn't want her to suffer due to some old tradition of the Allheaven Star System. Without a proper bloodline, she would have no status. Therefore, he didn't hesitate to use the rarely used bloodline exchange ritual to change her bloodline.

The woman pondered. Master had already mentioned this to her on their way here. She pondered for a moment before nodding. "Everything will go according to Master's will."

The old man laughed and was very happy. "Mei Er, this old man will definitely nurture you into a second step cultivator. You'll reach beyond this old man's Nirvana Scryer cultivation level!"

The red light quickly flew by, leaving behind only the sound of laughter as it charged straight toward the bright planet Thousand Illusion.

The woman looked at planet Thousand Illusion and thought in her heart, "This trip to Allheaven Star System is a new life for me… Wang Lin and everything that happened on planet Suzaku are now in the past. With his talent, he probably hasn't even reached the Ascendant stage yet. Also, it isn't even certain whether he can pass the life and death trial when breaking into the Ascendant stage.

"The difference between him and me has been getting wider and wider. He is no longer qualified to be considered my opponent. Unfortunately, the special magical treasure I prepared for him no longer has any use." The woman took a deep breath as she thought about the magical treasure that she had prepared especially for Wang Lin. There was a hint of heart breaking pain in her eyes, but that was soon masked by indifference.

"He is probably still on planet Suzaku. Compared to me… he is no longer on the same level."

The ray of red light entered planet Thousand Illusion and disappeared.

On planet Ran Yun, a large amount of celestial jades floated around Wang Lin as he slowly absorbed celestial spiritual energy. After seven days, he opened his eyes. There was lightning moving inside his eyes, making them look very strange.

After taking a large breath and devouring the remaining celestial spiritual energy, a large number of celestial jades became dust. Wang Lin seemed to notice something as he looked outside, so he stood up and walked outside.

The youth under the stone was still cultivating. The youth let out two white strands of gas which circled around her body before gradually disappearing.

She opened her eyes while looking up at the sky and muttered, "My talent isn't enough, but with diligence, I'll reach the mid stage of Nascent Soul one day."

Just at this moment, she suddenly frowned. A person walked toward her. This person had black hair and wore a purple robe without any ornaments.

This person looked like he was only thirty years old. He looked very handsome and gave off a fierce aura, making him seem very remarkable. As he stood there, it was as if he had become one with the surroundings. It was impossible to tell the two apart.

This person currently had his hands behind his back. He looked at the entrance as if he was waiting for something.

Noticing the gaze of the youth under the rock, he casually looked at the youth and then no longer paid any attention to her.

The youth under the rock frowned even harder. She couldn't see through this man's cultivation but she had a feeling that this was someone she shouldn't provoke. She felt a sense of crisis coming from her soul.

There was a flash of light at the entrance of one of the rooms as a person walked out. It was Wang Lin.

The moment he appeared, the person wearing purple suddenly arrived. A sense of prestige and majesty came from Wang Lin.

A hint of battle intent vaguely came from the man in purple, but it was forcibly suppressed by him. Aside from Wang Lin, no one else could detect it.

The youth under the stone suddenly felt the surrounding climate become cold as if winter had arrived. Her heart skipped a beat and she vaguely felt like something bad was going to happen. When she saw Wang Lin come out, she immediately said, "Go back!"

Wang Lin was startled and looked at the youth under the stone.

The youth stood up. Her large robe looked very unbalanced, but she had a serious expression on her face. In a few steps, she arrived at the control point of the formation. She urgently said, "What are you standing there for? Go back. This person is obviously here to cause trouble for you. I'm in charge of the formation here, so I'll keep you safe."

As she spoke, she slapped her bag of holding and a jade appeared in her hand.

Wang Lin carefully looked at the youth and said, "You're not his match."

The youth frowned again. She held the jade up and said, "You don't have to worry about this. If you insist on coming out, then I'm not going to help with this matter!"

Wang Lin was stunned. He took two steps back and went back inside the formation. The youth immediately arrived before Wang Lin. She looked at the man in purple and loudly said, "Senior, this is a housing area of my Sun family. I wonder why Senior is here."

The man in purple was also startled, and the battle intent completely disappeared. His eyes were filled with interest as he carefully examined the youth and smiled. "What is your name?"

The youth's expression froze for a moment and she said, "Junior's name is Sun Ling."

The man in purple nodded and said, "You're very dedicated to your job, good! You can leave. The person I'm looking for is the person behind you."

The youth's expression changed and she said, "Senior, if he leaves the area, then junior won't do anything. However, since he is still in the housing area, then this is junior's responsibility.

The man in purple frowned and coldly looked at the youth. Then his gaze went past the youth and landed on Wang Lin.

One gaze caused Sun Ling's body to tremble. She suddenly felt like the person standing before her was not a cultivator but an ancient beast. That gaze was like a warning; if she said any more or didn't move out of the way, she would be torn apart by that ancient beast.

Wang Lin's expression was still calm. He was completely indifferent to the man's gaze. The youth's origin soul was trembling, but she still stood before Wang Lin. Wang Lin looked at the youth's back and began to ponder.

Sun Ling took a deep breath and clenched his teeth. "Senior, as long as he doesn't step out, I'm responsible for his safety… Besides, he is only a Core Formation cultivator. Senior…"

The man in purple frowned. Being refuted so many times with his identity made displeasure appear in his heart.

"You, back…"

However, before the man in purple finished speaking, Wang Lin suddenly spoke up.

"Enough." Wang Lin's expression was neutral as he walked out of the formation at the entrance.

At the moment he walked out, Sun Ling immediately said, "Why did you leave? Come back!" She was about to crush the jade in her hand. This jade would send out a message.

Wang Lin turned around. He faintly smiled and said, "There is no problem." With that, Wang Lin walked toward the man in purple. A blue mist appeared. It surrounded the area and blocked Sun Ling's sight.

There were thirty steps between Wang Lin and the man in purple. Wang Lin looked extremely calm as he walked toward him. The man in purple was initially very comfortable, but as Wang Lin closed in, he felt a pressure coming from Wang Lin.

This pressure was very powerful. When Wang Lin was only 10 steps from him, the pressure almost reached its peak.

The man in purple's expression slightly changed and his eyes lit up brightly. He stared at Wang Lin, and instead of stepping back, he forced himself to stay still.

Wang Lin didn't stop and took another step forward. The moment that step landed, it was as if a thunderous roar exploded in the man's mind. It was as if that step hadn't landed on the ground but in his mind.

The man couldn't help but back up one step.

Back up one step, back up many steps!

Wang Lin took eight steps, and each step was like a thunderclap in the man in purple's mind. As he took each step, the effect seemed to stack. This created a storm inside the man's mind.

As he continued to back up, his expression became pale. His eyes were filled with shock as he looked at Wang Lin.

On the final step, Wang Lin lifted his foot and looked at the man in purple. There was a hint of coldness in his eyes as he suddenly stepped down!

If the steps from before were gradually building up power, then this last step was an outburst of all the power that gathered from before.

The man in purple's expression changed greatly. He backed up without hesitation and clasped his hands. "Fellow Cultivator, I had no ill intent."

Wang Lin coldly looked at the man and walked past him. The man in purple let out a wry smile and followed after Wang Lin.

When the blue mist disappeared, there was no trace of anything that had happened. Sun Ling didn't feel what happened inside the mist. She let out a sigh and sat down in the lotus position under the rock once more.

"It will be very difficult for him to live after being taken away by that senior." The youth was afraid for a while before closing her eyes and going back to cultivating. She had fulfilled her duty.

After reaching the northern part of the city, Wang Lin leisurely walked toward the Whole Treasure Pavilion on the east side. The man in purple put on a wry smile and said, "Fellow Cultivator Xu, my name is Sun Xi. I had no ill intent earlier." Due to his status, he would normally never speak to someone with the same cultivation level as him like this. However, when he tested this person earlier, this Xu Mu's cultivation was too mysterious and he wasn't able to see any clues at all.

This wasn't the most important part. He felt a sense of confidence and powerful killing intent from Wang Lin. This aura could only come from someone who had killed someone of the same cultivation level, and not just once! This was the only way to gain this aura of self confidence.

This Sun Xi was one of the three Ascendant cultivators on planet Ran Yun. He was the old ancestor of the Sun family, an early stage Ascendant cultivator. After finishing his cultivation at the seabed, he rushed over to this city.

Chapter 668 - The Cause from Four Years Ago

Wang Lin calmly said, "I warned you before!" In his heart, although Sun Xi was at the same cultivation level as him, he didn't consider him an equal. In fact, Wang Lin didn't consider any cultivator on planet Ran Yun a threat. Moreover, this Sun Xi had come even after hearing his warning, which meant that Sun Xi had come to ask for a favor. Even so, Sun Xi needed to be punished, or else there would be more trouble in the future.

This was why Wang Lin's tone was not polite at all.

Wang Lin had cultivated for almost one thousand years and had experienced many things in his life. Most of the time, when you treat a person like a person, they treat you like you're weak. However, if you treat them like they're weak, they will treat you like you are strong.

This was the same as the children back in Wang Lin's village. Those that showed weakness were bullied. Those that were smart would show their strength, so other children rarely provoked them.

This was even the same for Wang Lin's family back then. The strong and weak would never be on equal footing; the difference was as wide as heaven and earth. This was a type of mentality. If you are weak, the other person is strong. If you are strong, the other person is weak.

Wang Lin had cultivated for many years, so he understood many things.

Sun Xi pondered. After a long time, he wryly smiled. "This was me being reckless, but I have an important thing to ask, so I was a bit hasty."

Wang Lin didn't reply but continued walking forward.

Sun Xi clenched his teeth and said, "Brother Xu, if you help me this once, I can use the entire Sun family to help you cultivate!"

Wang Lin calmly said, "Your family can't afford to nurture two Ascendant cultivators!"

Sun Xi's eyes became serious and he said, "Brother Xu, my Sun family indeed can't support two Ascendant cultivators. However, if you help me, I can give you the spot to enter the Thunder Celestial Realm in a century!"

Wang Lin paused and looked sideways at Sun Xi. He withdrew his gaze and continued walking forward.

"I believe that Brother Xu also knows that whenever my Allheaven Star System's Thunder Celestial Realm opens, all the Thunder Cauldrons used for entering the Thunder Celestial Realm are controlled by the Thunder Celestial Hall. It's be impossible for an outsider to obtain them. Only people of my Allheaven Star System and families recorded in the Thunder Celestial Hall can obtain a spot." Sun Xi's eyes were half closed as if he was just randomly explaining the details.

Very few people who had reached the Ascendant stage weren't cunning. This Sun Xi was also the founding ancestor of his family, so he was very cunning. Earlier, under Wang Lin's pressure, he had to act weak, but now he began his counter attack.

The explanation also pointed out his suspicion of Wang Lin's history.

Wang Lin faintly smiled. "Your family has a junior named Sun Xueshan. Is he doing well?"

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Sun Xi's eyes revealed a strange light and gave Wang Lin a meaningful look, then he smiled. "Xueshan has good cultivation, but not enough experience. I'm very grateful that brother Xu saved him."

The two smiled at each other and withdrew their gazes. Sun Xi's dread toward Wang Lin became even stronger. He glanced at Wang Lin from the side and sighed in his heart. "This person's origin is mysterious and his way of thinking is extremely profound. Sun Qiming's scouting before was immediately seen through by him. He was able to dissolve the doubt that I pointed out about his identity by mentioning Xueshan. He has already changed his appearance, so at most I can only pretend to not notice and not digger any further into this matter. However, he admitted to it himself, which is strange. He is obviously not afraid that I know. His cultivation level is also very high, far above mine. Someone like this is someone my Sun family must become friends with and not make an enemy out of."

"Planet Dong Lin… Could this person really be from planet Dong Lin…" Sun Xi silently pondered.

Sun Xi asked, "Is brother Xu satisfied with my proposal?"

"We will discuss this matter later. I'll need some time to consider it." Wang Lin easily dodged the question.

Sun Xi secretly sighed and no longer tried to test Wang Lin. He began introducing planet Ran Yun to Wang Lin. As the two talked, they arrived at the Whole Treasure Pavilion in the east side of the city.

Today was the day of the auction at the Whole Treasure Pavilion, so there were a lot of cultivators gathered outside. There were more than ten people working reception and leading people according to the level displayed on their tokens.

The moment Sun Xi and Wang Lin closed, in Sun Qiming, who had been waiting outside the pavilion, quickly walked up to them. His eyes were filled with respect as he bowed. "Third generation Sun Qiming greets Old Ancestor and Senior Xu."

Sun Xi revealed his majesty before others. He didn't speak and simply nodded.

Sun Qiming had arrived at the Whole Treasure Pavilion earlier. Although the Whole Treasure Pavilion belonged to the Ran family, Sun Qiming was the head of the Sun family in this city, so he naturally had higher status compared to other people. He personally led Wang Lin and Sun Xi directly to the fourth floor instead of allowing a worker to lead them.

The youth named Lou that had blocked Wang Lin from entering before was talking to some customers. When he saw Wang Lin, he raised his head. He was immediately startled, but then he saw Sun Qiming and was immediately shocked. As for Sun Xi, Lou didn't know who he was, but when he noticed how respectful Sun Qiming was, he assumed that Sun Xi was someone with very high status in the Sun family.

When he looked Wang Lin, the youth named Lou felt like he had missed something…

The Whole Treasure Pavilion was divided into four floors. The fourth floor was divided into rooms.

Sun Xi and Wang Lin sat down inside the first room from the left. The location was excellent; they could see the auction on the second floor at a glance.

Sun Qiming respectfully stood on the side, waiting for Sun Xi's order.

At the moment he entered, Wang Lin suddenly had a strange feeling. It was as if something inside his mind had stirred. When he spread out his divine sense, he immediately saw the old figure in the third floor.

"It's him!" Wang Lin was startled and immediately withdrew his divine sense.

"The imprint on his body is very light; most of it has already dissipated. There is a problem here!"

Sun Xi looked at Wang Lin and slowly said, "Brother Xu, this rank eight pill has some history. This pill does not come from planet Ran Yun but from a foreign cultivator who was seriously injured and fled here. I, the Ran family's ancestor, and Carefree Jushi worked together to steal it. The cultivator died to the Ran family's ancestor."

Wang Lin frowned, then he glanced at Sun Xi but didn't speak. He didn't want to know secrets like this, but Sun Xi still told him. It probably had some relation to the matter Sun Xi wanted to ask his help for.

Sun Xi pretended not to see Wang Lin's gaze and continued, "This was four years ago. This pill is very precious, especially to Ascendant cultivators like us. There was not one but a total of five pills. Me and Carefree Jushi both obtained one each. The Ran family's ancestor is at the mid stage of Ascendant, so he took three of the pills."

Wang Lin's expression remained the same as he looked at the second floor as if he wasn't listening.

Sun Xi didn't mind and continued, "It was just that the pills were a bit hot. We saw a token of the Huan family of planet Thousand Illusion in bag of the cultivator the Ran family's ancestor killed…"

Wang Lin turned his head, looked at Sun Xi, and blandly said, "Fellow cultivator Sun, I don't like listening to stories."

Sun Xi faintly smiled and said, "Brother Xu, if I hadn't told you this story, someone else would've. This city belongs to my Sun family, yet the pill is being auctioned here. I believe that with Brother Xu's wisdom, you should be aware of the reason."

Wang Lin's expression was neutral. He had his doubts before, but because he didn't understand the Allheaven Star System that well, he didn't think about it. However, now that Sun Xi had pointed it out, his gaze swept past the second floor and became cold.

Sun Xi had always been staring at Wang Lin's expression. At the moment he saw the coldness in Wang Lin's eyes, he felt relief, as his goal was reached. He no longer spoke; he poured himself a cup of tea and began tasting it.

The coldness only flashed across Wang Lin's eyes for an instant before disappearing. Unless the mid stage Ascendant cultivator of the Ran family allowed it, how could it be auctioned here? The price of this pill must've been as high as the heavens. Also, this pill was useless to people below the Ascendant stage. Not only would it be useless to most people, the high profile of the auction would make them a target. Anyone who was smart wouldn't buy it.

A cultivator below the Ascendant stage couldn't consume a rank 8 pill. If they consumed it, it would be the same as devouring poison.

The reason the pill was auctioned here was Wang Lin. The Ran cultivator wanted to secretly tempt Wang Lin into buying the pill.

Wang Lin didn't feel it was strange that the Ran family cultivator knew he was here. After all, the planet was named after the Ran family. If they didn't have any methods, they wouldn't have maintained their family's current status.

Taking the pill would be tantamount to participating in the matter from four years ago. Even if he tried to explain it to the Huan family, it would be pointless.

"What deep scheming!" Wang Lin's expression was calm, but his heart was on guard. No Ascendant cultivator was easy to deal with, and no one that founded a family was weak!

"The Ran family controls the auction, so no one else will buy this pill. If I don't buy it, then the Ran family will find another method to drag me into this."

The auction on the second floor had begun. Various magical weapons, materials, and pills were bidded upon.

Sun Xi put down the tea and muttered to himself, "Unfortunately, four years ago, that person didn't have time to tell us his identity before the three of us sneak attacked him and killed him. If we had known that he was from the Huan family, then we wouldn't have dared to attack.

"The Huan family of planet Thousand Illusion is extremely overbearing. If their family members are killed, everyone implicated is killed. Even if one obtains something from their family members through an auction, they will still incur their wrath.

"What the Huan family wants is absolute status. Even if things from a Huan family member's bag of holding were placed before you, you still wouldn't dare to take it and instead would willingly return it. Otherwise, you can only hope they don't find you, but you will forever live in fear while worrying for your life… Unfortunately, I'm still afraid to consume the pill I have…"

Wang Lin didn't speak; his gaze was still on the second floor.

A man's voice came from the second floor. "The next item in the auction is a rank 8 pill. This pill can only be taken by Ascendant cultivators. If anyone below the Ascendant stage takes it, their body will explode and they will die. Now the auction will start. Ten thousand celestial jades…"

Chapter 669 - Sun Tai

A middle-aged man wearing red robes on the second floor of the auction hall held a jade box in his hand. He opened it, revealing a pill the size of a baby's fist.

It didn't give off any medicinal fragrance; the pill looked very normal.

Waves of discussion echoed in the hall. Every cultivator here naturally had good eyesight. A rank 8 pill was an absolutely rare treasure for them. However, if one's cultivation level wasn't high enough, this pill would be like poison.

If it couldn't be consumed, then keeping it on them would be a curse. Any cultivator who didn't have the ability to protect it would encounter a great disaster the moment they left the city.

As a result, although the hall was filled with discussion, in the end, no one bidded.

Some young cultivators wanted to bid, but they were immediately stopped by the elders near them. In their eyes, this object was not a pill but a human head!

Whoever buys this pill will lose possession of their head.

Moreover, this matter was simply too strange. How could the Ran family sell a pill like this? Could the Ran family's ancestor not need this pill? Why would he auction it? Some with more active minds began to become filled with uncertainty, and they became even less willing to bid.

Time slowly passed and still no one bidded at all. The man in red wasn't impatient at all as he wasn't surprised. The Ran family carefully sent out the tokens for the people to participate at this auction. They were confident that none of them would bid for this pill.

If anyone was so blind, then the Ran family wouldn't mind killing them to steal it back.

The man's gaze sometimes swept by the fourth floor before he loudly said, "Is anyone willing to bid? If no one is willing to bid, the rank 8 pill will be stored in our Whole Treasure Pavilion."

Wang Lin's gaze lingered on the pill for a long time. His eyes revealed a hint of coldness and then he calmly said, "One celestial jade!"

"If you want to sell it to me, then I'll buy it!"

Although his voice was calm, it was clearly heard by every cultivator on the second floor. After a instant, there were bursts of discussions.

"One piece of celestial jade? Who is this? Could he be crazy!?"

"The starting price was ten thousand celestial jades, yet this person actually said one piece. This is ridiculous; even for the Whole Treasure Pavilion, something like this has never happened before."

"The Ran family stands behind the Whole Treasure Pavilion. This kind of behavior will indeed attract a great disaster. This is clearly trying to embarrass the Whole Treasure Pavilion."

"The sound should be from the fourth floor. Anyone who is on the fourth floor is not simple, but doing this is offending the Ran family."

The man wearing red was startled, and he raised his head toward the fourth floor. He was not from this city but someone from the main Ran family. His purpose was to sell the pill to a specific person.

He wryly smiled in his heart as the person he was waiting for appeared and made a bid. However, the price was not acceptable. If this price was accepted, it would be tantamount to telling everyone that there was some big secret behind this sale.

The Ran family's reputation would take a hit, and more importantly, if it was sold to this person, it would tell everyone that the Ran family was afraid.

Absolutely no one would believe that a rank 8 pill would sell for one celestial jade. However, if it really did happen, it would create a series of unimaginable troubles.

However, he had to sell it. The old ancestor had already ordered that this pill must be auctioned off here!

Inside the room in the fourth floor, Sun Xi, who had the tea cup next to his mouth, was startled. His eyes filled with a strange expression, then he put down the cup and sighed. "Brother Xu… I admire you! I admire you!"

Sun Qiming was also very serious and was speechless for a while.

"A single piece of celestial jade to purchase a rank 8 pill…"

Not only them, but even the youth named Lou had his eyes opened wide and was incredibly shocked. That voice was very familiar; it was the youth he had stopped outside several days ago.

At the moment he heard Wang Lin bid one celestial jade, the youth named Lou muttered to himself, "This person has gone crazy!"

At this moment, no one noticed that in the single room on the third floor, an old man's mind shook violently after hearing that voice!

He suddenly raised his head to look at the fourth floor, and his eyes revealed a strange light.

"This… This isn't his voice, but why did my mind tremble… In this old man's life, only that Chen Niu has left a brand in my soul." The old man was silent for a long time. He stood up, and after hesitating, he sat down. Then he began to stare blankly at the ground.

"My brand should have been broken on planet Dong Lin, so why… is it still there…"

The red-robed man on the second floor hesitated for a while before clenching his teeth. "Since only one person has bid, then it will be sold for one celestial jade!"

Wang Lin revealed a sneer and his right hand reached out. The pill flew out of the red-robed man's hand and into Wang Lin's hand, then he threw out a piece of celestial jade. Then he clasped his hands at Sun Xi and left.

Wang Lin completely ignored the uproar behind him. With one step, he teleported outside the Whole Treasure Pavilion.

"Just one pill isn't enough to drag me into this!" Wang Lin walked away from the pavilion.

On the third floor, the old man clenched his teeth and disappeared.

After Wang Lin arrived at a remote place, he turned around. The old man from the Whole Treasure Pavilion appeared behind him. He carefully looked at Wang Lin and revealed a look of doubt.

Noticing Wang Lin's gaze, the old man sighed and said, "Fellow Cultivator, this old man mistook you for someone else. I hope you won't take offense." He turned around and walked off into the distance. This figure was filled with vicissitudes.

Wang Lin pondered a bit and slowly said, "Sun Tai[1. The head elder of the corpse sect on planet Suzaku. He was the one Zhou Yi left an imprint on to be a slave to Wang Lin. He was teleported away by the Giant Demon Clan ancestor's bloodline power when he came to save Wang Lin. But he was also the one who placed seal on Wang Lin's cultivation at the time as well]!"

The moment those two words entered the old man's ears, his entire body shook. He jerked his head, looked at Wang Lin with shock, and exclaimed, "You… It really is you!"

Wang Lin scanned Sun Tai with his divine sense before frowning and saying, "How could the Giant Demon Clan Ancestor's bloodline ability have sent you to the Allheaven Star System?"

Sun Tai revealed a bitter expression and said, "I was also puzzled about this for hundreds of years. To my understanding, the bloodline ability shouldn't be this strong."

Wang Lin asked, "The brand on your body is very weak. Why?"

Sun Tai pondered a bit and said, "Do you know about planet Dong Lin in the Allheaven Star System?"

Wang Lin's eyes narrowed, and he didn't let Sun Tai continue speaking. He waved his sleeves and the two of them disappeared. They reappeared outside his house in the northern part of the city. Wang Lin led Sun Tai into the house.

After sitting down in the lotus position, Wang Lin looked at Sun Tai and said, "You can speak now!"

Chapter 670 - Above Life and Death, There is Karma

Sun Tai revealed a complex expression as he looked at Wang Lin. He was speechless for a long time. Although his cultivation had fallen to the Soul Formation stage, his observation skill was still there. However, no matter how he tried, he couldn't see through Wang Lin's cultivation.

He was shocked. He thought of the weak Soul Formation cultivator back in the Celestial Realm that was forced to give up control of him. The weak cultivator that could only watch the battle between him and Zhou Yi. It was impossible to consider that that weak cultivator was the person before him.

Although the Wang Lin back then was fierce, he was still lacking in wit, and his cultivation level was simply too low. If not for Zhou Yi's brand, he would have killed Wang Lin with one palm.

The Wang Lin before him was calm, but one gaze was enough to make his origin soul tremble. This vast different was something Sun Tai couldn't accept.

The Wang Lin from back then had a lowly status and was only considered a pawn. None of the Ascendant cultivators considered him any threat.

However, the moment Wang Lin appeared, he immediately aroused the attention of the Ran family's ancestor to the point of even being gifted a rank 8 pill. As for himself, he was only a guest of the Ran family and had lost all the glory he had in the past.

Back then, when Wang Lin faced a life and death situation, Wang Lin required him to help. If not for him, Wang Lin would have been killed by the Giant Demon Clan ancestor back then.

However, the person before him had a very high cultivation level. Also, the aura Wang Lin gave off told Sun Tai that Wang Lin had killed cultivators on the same level as him!

To have killed an Ascendant cultivator was a terrifying concept!

The strong contrast caused a very complex feeling to gush out of Sun Tai's heart. The changes that happened in the past several hundred years to the person before him were heaven-shaking.

During his shock, his mental image of the weak cultivator who could only look up at him gradually disappeared. It was replaced with someone who was so powerful that he didn't to speak loudly near them or even looked them in the eye. Even if he was made to become this person's servant, he would have no complaints!

Wang Lind didn't say anything, but he could more or less guess what Sun Tai's mood was from his expression. He remained silent and calmly looked at Sun Tai.

Sun Tai stared at Wang Lin and whispered, "You… What cultivation level are you at now?"

Wang Lin calmly said, "Ascendant!"

Sun Tai wryly smiled. He didn't believe Wang Lin was merely at the Ascendant stage. If Wang Lin was just at the Ascendant stage, he would still be able to feel something. From his view, even the Ran family's ancestor couldn't compare to this once weak cultivator.

He finally understood why the Ran family's ancestor had gifted the rank 8 pill to Wang Lin through an auction.

"You still haven't answered my question!" Wang Lin's voice was very calm. His gaze left Sun Tain and looked outside the window.

This simple sentence made Sun Tai's body shake, and a complex feeling appeared in his heart. This little cultivator from back then dared to talk to him like this, but sadly, just one sentence was enough to make his soul tremble.

Sun Tai bitterly said, "I… When I was transferred to the Allheaven Star System, I appeared neared planet Dong Lin. I lived there for almost a century, doing work for the Lu family. Only after that did I finally gain my freedom.

"The brand in my body was broken by someone from the Lu family. Just… I had no idea that the brand still existed."

"Lu family?" Wang Lin's eyes narrowed.

Sun Tai whispered, "The three strongest families on planet Dong Lin are Xu, Lu, and Liu!"

Wang Lin pondered and slowly said, "How strong are the three families? Is there anything special about plant Dong Lin?"

"Very strong; the three families are unfathomable. As for exactly how strong, my status wasn't high enough to know. However, the families would only need to casually send out an elder to slaughter planet Ran Yun…

"As for what is different about planet Dong Lin, the only thing I can say is that it is a chaotic and bloody world." As Sun Tai recalled the past, his eyes filled with fears.

When Wang Lin noticed this trace of fear, he secretly sighed. The once head elder of the Corpse Sect on planet Suzaku was gone. Even if he recovered his cultivation, he would never be able to climb any higher.

This was because he had lost the dao heart a cultivator should have. This dao heart was crushed by the century he had spent on planet Dong Lin.

Wang Lin suddenly asked, "Is there a Xiang family on planet Dong Lin?"

"Xiang family?" Sun Tai thought for a long time and shook his head. "As far as I know, there is no Xiang family. Of course, it may also be that my status was too low to know any secrets."

Wang Lin pondered for a bit before looking at Sun Tai and saying, "You were the head elder of the Corpse Sect on planet Suzaku in the Alliance Star System, so you must know of certain matters. What kind of organization is the Corpse Sect?"

Sun Tai let out a sigh and bitterly said, "Although I was the head elder of the Corpse Sect on planet Suzaku, there are still a lot of things I don't know. I just know that the Corpse Sect was one of the two great sects of the Alliance Star System.

"The sects I'm talking about are real sects; not those that only exist on one planet. These sects extend across the alliance. There are numerous powerful cultivators in them, and their strength even extends into the inner part of the Cultivation Alliance.

"Rumor has it that the ancestor of the Corpse Sect is someone with very high status in the alliance. This is why the Corpse Sect has existed for so long.

"As for the other large sect that can contend with the Corpse Sect, it is the Four Divine Sect. To be accurate, planet Suzaku is regarded as a distant branch of the Four Divine Sect. The first generation Suzaku was rumored to have come from the Four Divine Planet.

"The Four Divine Planet is only a branch of the Four Divine Sect. If you think about it, you can be considered an outermost disciple of the Four Divine Sect."

Wang Lin's eyes were very serious. After all, his time as cultivator was relatively short, so there were a lot of secrets he didn't know about. Now that he heard this, he felt like he had a new understanding of the Alliance Star System.

After pondering for a bit, Wang Lin looked at Sun Tai and asked, "What is your status in the Ran family?"

"I'm only a guest of the Ran family, and I'm spending my retirement at the Whole Treasure Pavilion. The Ran family's ancestor only took me in because I have some skills in alchemy and treasure refining." Sun Tai's eyes were filled with depression. He hesitated and said, "You… You shouldn't have taken that rank eight pill. It was a trap set by the Ran family ancestor. Four years ago…"

Sun Tai explained everything he knew from four years ago. It was roughly the same as what Sun Xi had told him.

At this moment, the sky outside was darkening. It was already sunset. The light from outside landed on Sun Tai, making him look even older, as if he was in this twilight years.

Even a sliver of death aura appeared when the sun hit his body. Although it was vague, Wang Lin's domain was life and death, so he was immediately able to see through it.

Wang Lin withdrew his gaze and calmly said, "You don't have much time left…"

Sun Tai bitterly nodded. "Indeed, not much time left. I can feel I have around twenty years left."

"You can go back. If I'm still on planet Ran Yun in 20 years, I'll personally send you off." Wang Lin closed his eyes.

Sun Tai pondered for a long time before standing up. He looked out the window and softly said, "You… Can you promise me something?"

Wang Lin didn't open his eyes and calmly said, "Speak."

"If you really send me off in 20 years, please take my ashes back to the Alliance Star System's planet Dark Moon. There is a mountain that pierces into the sky. I remember there being a village at the foot of the mountain. Please send my ashes back there."

Wang Lin let out a sigh, then he opened his eyes and nodded at Sun Tai.

Sun Tai revealed a smile of gratitude. At this moment, he was like a mortal old man who wanted to return to his roots after he died and not become a foreign ghost.

He took out a bag of holding, slowly put it down, and said, "Here are some celestial jades. I been saving them for the day when I recover my cultivation, but after seeing you, I feel like I don't need them anymore. There are also records of my alchemy and treasure refining experiences. Take them as my thanks for sending his old man home."

Sun Tai walked out while looking at the sunset. The orange light from the sunset accompanied Sun Tai as he walked further and further away.

He had met an old friend and really didn't know what kind of mood he was in. As Wang Lin looked at Sun Tai's figure, the all-powerful head elder of the Corpse Sect that had fought with Zhou Yi and stolen the female corpse slowly overlapped with this figure.

Even after he left, he didn't ask what happened to the child he released back then. Perhaps he really had given up on everything and just wanted live his last 20 years quietly.

Giving away his bag of holding was him loosening a knot in his heart. It meant that he had given up on recovering and had given up on everything, including the unwillingness he felt for the hundreds of years he had spent here.

It was because of Wang Lin that he ended up with such a fate, but also because of Wang Lin that he was relieved of the pain in his soul for hundreds of years. If there was karma, this was it.

His only request was to for him to return to his roots, for Wang Lin to send him back to the small village under the sky piercing mountain…

The sun setted and Wang Lin closed his eyes. Life and death, karmatic cause and karmatic effect are only separated by just one thought, much like Yin and Yang, true and false.

This was the way the world was.

"Karma is a path after the life and death domain. It can be said that karma is the root of life and death; it is because there is a karmatic cause of life that there is a karmatic effect of life." Wang Lin felt a hint of enlightenment, but everything still felt foreign. It was as if he could see it but not touch it.

Chapter 671 - The Celestial Wind Blows Gently, the Trees are Not Silent

Some say that life and death are the most unpredictable things in the world. This is because mortals don't know when they will die. The mysteries of death are like an unpredictable knife over their heads, making people feel fear from the depths of their souls.

However, they don't knew that life and death are merely a small part of something bigger. If they chased it to the source, they'd find out that it's just a type of karma.

No can can escape yesterday's karmatic cause and today's karmatic effect.

Just like Liu Mei, who was currently sitting cross-legged in a room in planet Thousand Illusion. While touching her bag of holding, she looked at the strange environment outside, and her heart felt more steadfast.

It was as if she wouldn't feel lonely as long as she had the object inside her bag of holding with her.

She gently stroked her bag of holding. Liu Mei's face once more revealed a trace of pain, but this pain was quickly replaced by indifference.

It was as if something inside the bag of holding had sent out waves of ripples.

After feeling the fluctuations inside the bag, Liu Mei bit her fingertip. She then squeezed out a drop of fresh blood and flicked it into the bag of holding. The fluctuations gradually disappeared.

Liu Mei sighed. "The treasure I prepared for him is now useless…"

A big event was taking place on planet Thousand Illusion. An ancestor that had left thousands of years ago had returned. He had also brought back a disciple with amazing talent, and three months from now a bloodline ritual was going to occur for this disciple in order to make her a core member of the Huan family.

News of this matter quickly spread like a storm until every planet that was related to planet Thousand Illusion knew about it.

Planet Ran Yun was a subordinate to planet Thousand Illusion.

After Sun Tai left, Wang Lin quietly cultivated inside the room. There were more than fifty thousand pieces of celestial jade in the bag Sun Tai had left behind. It was the limit of how much Sun Tai could obtain.

Adding on the celestial jades from before, Wang Lin had a total of a bit below three hundred thousand celestial jades. His eyes lit up and muttered to himself, "It should barley be enough!"

He stood up and then disappeared from the room. When he reappeared, he was more than fifty thousand kilometers away from the house. His divine sense swept the area before he slapped his bag of holding and large number of celestial jades flew out.

Wang Lin sat in the lotus position and his hand formed seals, sending out restrictions. After dozens of restrictions were set, the celestial jades fell one by one, forming a giant formation.

This formation was nameless; it was something Wang Lin had derived himself from his underworld river's third ability. It could absorb a large amount of celestial jades and use the powerful impact to improve his cultivation.

As more than three hundred thousand celestial jades descended, Wang Lin slapped his bag once more and the Seven Star Sword Formation flew out. It hung around Wang Lin, protecting him. The celestial guard also came out from his shadow and fused into nothingness. If anyone dared to disturb him, the celestial guard would kill without hesitation.

After taking a deep breath, Wang Lin closed his eyes. His hands formed a seal and then rested on his knees, then he softly said, "Shatter!"

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The sound of his voice became a spell and spread out like a loud rumble. It immediately caused the surrounding celestial jades to explode and turn into dust. At this moment, it was as if the entire heavens and earth were covered by the dust of the celestial jades. Then an unimaginable force of celestial spiritual energy suddenly exploded forth.

This celestial spiritual energy was very powerful, to the point of being terrifying. It turned into a tornado of celestial spiritual energy with Wang Lin as the center and charged straight into the sky.

A powerful ripple spread out, causing thunder to rumble across the world.

The celestial spiritual energy tornado became even stronger as more and more celestial jades exploded. The celestial spiritual energy from the jades fueled the tornado, making it more powerful. It felt like it was ready to charge out of planet Ran Yun.

Only three people on planet Ran Yun clearly felt this powerful storm of celestial spiritual energy. The first person was naturally Sun Xi, who was the closest.

Sun Xi was cultivating when he suddenly opened his eyes, and they were filled with shock.

The second person was a middle-aged man who was in the depths of a glacier on the other side of planet Ran Yun. This person was inside a piece of nevermelting ice, absorbing the cold energy within. At the moment the burst of celestial spiritual energy occurred, he opened his eyes. His eyes emitted a cold light as he looked toward the location of the mysterious celestial spiritual energy storm.

"Is it a warning…" The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and then ignored it.

The third person was at the central part of planet Ran Yun, where the Ran family was located.

In the Ran family's ancestral home, an old man with a head full of white hair narrowed his eyes as he listened to the report of the auction from a family member. After hearing that the rank 8 pill was sold for only one piece of celestial jade, he let out a cold snort and his eyes filled with dissatisfaction.

Just as he was about to speak, he detected the appearance of the storm of celestial spiritual energy. He immediately stood up and looked at the direction of the celestial storm with a gloomy expression.

After a long time, he muttered to himself, "What does he mean…"

Inside the tornado, Wang Lin's hand formed a seal. He suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "Absorb!"

That one word was like roaring thunder that could shatter the tornado. Wang Lin opened his mouth and the tornado was rapidly sucked into his mouth.

An underworld river vaguely appeared around Wang Lin. The underworld river revolved around Wang Lin and formed an invisible force that condensed the tornado of celestial spiritual energy.

The celestial spiritual energy tornado was being inhaled by Wang Lin; it was as if he was devouring the heavens. Large amounts of celestial jades surrounded Wang Lin, and his meridians immediately swelled up several fold. The celestial spiritual energy was immediately devoured as it entered his origin soul.

Right now Wang Lin's body was like the Tide Abyss, and his origin soul was the black hole that devoured everything in the Tide Abyss.

The powerful celestial spiritual energy tornado was being devoured by Wang Lin. It quickly shrank until it was completely devoured. Wang Lin's complexion was a bit red, his eyes were bright, and lightning was crackling all over his body.

The giant tornado disappeared and the world returned back to normal. Aside from the fact that there were no clouds nearby, everything was back to normal. It was as if everything that had just happened was only an illusion.

The underworld river gradually faded until it disappeared without a trace.

Wang Lin took a deep breath. He then stood up and his eyes lit up like a torch.

"I only need enlightenment in my domain to reach the mid stage of Ascendant! However, I can't rush domain enlightenment… It could happen in the next instant, or in ten years, or in one hundred years…"

"Now it's time to settle some matters… I wanted to peacefully cultivate on planet Ran Yun, but some people don't want this peace to continue. Since he wants to involve me in this matter, then he must show enough sincerity! I presume those three understood the idea of my performance just now." Wang Lin revealed a sneer and waved his hand. The Seven Star Sword Formation flew back into his bag and the celestial guard once more returned to his shadow.

As he walked, he used greater teleportation. At the same time, he spread out his divine sense to cover the entire planet. After locking on to the mid stage Ascendant cultivator, Wang Lin disappeared.

In the Ran family's ancestral home, the old man's expression changed and his eyes shone brightly. Then his body flickered and directly teleported out. He appeared five thousand kilometers from the Ran family's home and then his hand formed a seal. A bolt of lightning appeared, and without any hesitation, he threw it at the void.

The old man waved his hand and a bolt of lightning appeared in the sky with a loud boom.

Palm Thunder, one of the Ran family's ancestor's Ascendant spells!

The lightning bolt charged directly at the void. At this moment, a cold snort came from the void and Wang Lin's figure appeared. He didn't move, but the shadow under him flickered. The celestial guard flickered before Wang Lin and the Palm Thunder immediately collapsed.

At the same time, the celestial guard's shadow appeared before the Ran family's ancestor and gently pushed him. The Ran family's ancestor immediately coughed out blood and flew back like a meteor. He then coughed out more blood and his became became extremely pale. He quickly took out large amount of pills from his bag and devoured them.

All of this happened in an instant; so fast that the Ran family's ancestor only felt aghast in his heart along with a deep sense of fear.

"What exactly is his cultivation level… It's too terrifying!! He didn't want to kill me; otherwise, I would have without a doubt died to that blow! This person, could his cultivation be at the peak of the late stage of Ascendant?!" The old man gasped.

The celestial guard's shadow disappeared behind Wang Lin. Then Wang Lin coldly looked at the Ran family's ancestor and calmly asked, "Was it you who wanted to drag me into the matter from four years ago?"

The old man's mind trembled. After pondering for a bit, he clenched his teeth and said, "Fellow Cultivator, this matter was my fault. I only did this because…"

"I'm not going to listen to your excuse. If you want to receive my protection, you must show your sincerity! The sincerity you've shown so far isn't enough!" Wang Lin had his hands behind his bad and looked very calm.

The old man took a deep breath. Hundreds of ideas turned in his head, then he immediately asked, "Fellow Cultivator means?"

Wang Lin slowly said, "Give me ninety percent of all the celestial jades your family has!"

The old man pondered and began to hesitate in his heart.

Wang Lin looked forward and calmly said, "The two of you, come out as well!"

Two illusions appeared where Wang Lin was looking. It was Sun Xi and the middle-aged man inside the glacier. Their eyes were filled with terror. The scene of the Ran family's ancestor almost losing his life with one sweep had shaken their hearts greatly.

"You take out your seventy percent of your family's celestial jades for protection!" Wang Lin pointed at Sun Xi.

Sun Xi's eyes became serious and he immediately nodded. "Fellow Cultivator Xu, I'm OK with this matter! As long as I can walk out from the shadow of four years ago, I can accept this condition!"

"As for you, give me ninety percent of your family's celestial jades!" Wang Lin's gaze landed on the middle-aged man that was inside the glacier.

"In addition, there are also the remaining pills and the bag of holding from the Huan family member from four years ago. Bring me everything without a single thing missing!

"Also, if I don't have enough celestial jades, you all will have to get more for me. If there aren't enough for my cultivation, then I won't bother with this matter!"