Chapter 121: Xiaozhi's Dream
The remains of the dead tree melted like wax. In an instant, it covered Xiaozhi's white jade scar.
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Then, the flowing dead wood slowly solidified and turned into scales with wood patterns. Then, it slowly disappeared under Xiaozhi's skin.
Xiaozhi's breathing was steady, and there was even a faint smile on her lips.
"It's effective!"
The white jade scar was slowly fading and becoming shallow.
Lin Yan couldn't figure out if there would be any terrible consequences when the Spirit Marrow fragment took effect.
However, in Xiaozhi's situation, any consequences would have to wait until he woke her
up.
He immediately took out the remaining dozen pieces and stuck them on the white jade scar on Xiaozhi's arm.
The wreckage was not hindered at all. Once it touched Xiaozhi, it immediately fused into her.
As the remains fused into her one by one, not only did this white jade scar quickly become shallow, but the other scars and spots on Xiaozhi's body also quickly faded and disappeared.
By the time the last of the remains were completely integrated, Xiaozhi's body had completely returned to normal. Only the scar on her arm still had a shallow mark, like a wooden scale embedded in her arm.
Xiaozhi's eyelids opened slightly and slowly. Her eyes lit up as she looked at Lin Yan. "Brother!"
"Xiaozhi!"
She was finally awake!
He picked up Xiaozhi and rubbed her head. Lin Yan suddenly relaxed.
They comforted each other.
Lin Yan asked Xiaozhi and found out that although Xiaozhi had been unconscious recently, she had fallen into a special dream and could occasionally sense the outside world.
For example, she could vaguely feel that someone was feeding her and taking care of her while wiping her body.
Especially when Lin Yan pasted the complete Spirit Marrow on Xiaozhi's body just now, Xiaozhi felt extremely strong and was about to wake up!
"In my dream, I seemed to have been rooted in the ground and couldn't move at all. My surroundings were filled with thick fog, and there were many mountains that were very tall and 1 couldn't see clearly.
"Suddenly, a very, very ugly, very bad bug appeared in my dream. It kept biting my hand.
"It was really ugly. It had four eyes and a huge mouth!
"How scary!
"I was very afraid. I cried and begged it. 1 kept telling it not to bite me. 1 was very thin and not delicious at all.
"But it didn't listen to me at all. It just kept biting."
Lin Yan's heart tightened when he saw the fear on Xiaozhi's face.
"What happened next?"
"After that, the big worm kept biting me until I broke.
"Its head was so big, but strangely, it actually crawled its head in through the wound on my arm!
"I don't know how it stuffed such a big head into my hand.
"I feel it drilling into my arm wound and crawling into my body. It's so swollen and painful!
"After that, I felt my brother!"
Xiaozhi jumped up excitedly and stood on the bed. "I feel Brother! Brother grabbed Big Bug's butt and pulled him out. Big Bug was still very angry, but it was useless. You still pulled it out of the dream!"
Lin Yan was silent. So this was the process of Spirit Marrow fusion in Xiaozhi's eyes?
"What happened after that?"
"Later on, I felt something cold crawl into my hand. It was neither painful nor itchy. Then, I felt that I… was getting bigger and bigger!"
Lin Yan was slightly stunned. He sized Xiaozhi up. Not to mention growing up, Xiaozhi's height was almost the same as half a year ago.
"It's not growing taller, it's, it's…"
Xiaozhi kept gesturing with her hands. Lin Yan quickly understood that she didn't mean that she had grown taller, but that her body had become huge?
"You felt bigger. Was there anything else in the dream?"
Since she had become bigger, there had to be something to refer to.
Xiaozhi looked a little embarrassed. "I only saw strange mountains everywhere in the dream, and they were all very tall. However, they were all in a thick fog, so I couldn't see anything clearly."
Xiaozhi was still young and her ability to express herself was limited. Coupled with the fact that she was half asleep, there was no effective information at all.
Lin Yan heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at the wooden scale mark on Xiaozhi's hand and found some ink ash. He smeared the mark and the surrounding skin black and wrapped it in a gray cloth.
"Xiaozhi, be careful not to let others see this mark."
"Xiaozhi understands!"
Lin Yan took out the remaining 13 Spirit Marrows and directly activated the Golden Bodhi Scripture to absorb them completely, filling up the Nine Wisdom Bodhi with 7.5 Wisdom Holes.
Then, he took six and sewed them into Xiaozhi's clothes. The remaining seven were placed in the box in the room.
"Xiaozhi, if you suddenly feel sleepy again in the future, take out these things and paste them on the mark on your arm. Do you remember?"
"Xiaozhi will remember!"
He seemed to have found a solution.
However, Lin Yan's brows were solemn, and he actually felt a little uneasy.
These wood-patterned scales did not look like they belonged to ordinary people. If others discovered them, she might be in danger.
The most troublesome thing was what exactly was this Spirit Marrow remains?
If he used it to solve Xiaozhi's problem, would it cause bigger problems in the future?
His gaze focused again. So all the mysteries still had to be solved if he returned to the depths of the crack to search?
The next day, when Zang Wei, Xie Lingyan, and the others saw that Xiaozhi had woken up again and was fine, they heaved a sigh of relief.
After Lin Yan remained silent about the reason for Xiaozhi's awakening, no one asked further. They could already tell that Lin Yan and Xiaozhi were hiding a lot of secrets, but they tacitly maintained their silence.
"Lin Yan, where did you get this statue?"
Pang Feiyan lifted the black cloth. Her face was flushed red, but her eyes were shining as she kept looking at the things under the black cloth.
Under the black cloth was the statue of the naked woman.
Now that it had been pieced together by Pang Feiyan, she observed it in high spirits. From time to time, she would turn her head and size Xie Lingyan's chest.
Lin Yan:"
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Xie Lingyan patted Pang Feiyan's head and pulled her up. An awkward expression appeared on her bright face.
She held a sickle blade of a insect monster in her hand. As she waved it, it rustled. "This sickle blade is extremely sharp. It's sharper than any knife I've seen in Ding'an City. If my master was still around, he would definitely like it very much…"
Her expression gradually darkened.
Lin Yan casually told him about his encounter with the insect monsters and the incident in the palace ruin, but he didn't mention that he had discovered them in the poisonous fog.
Zang Wei reached out and touched the blade. "It's so sharp. Isn't the strength of such a insect monster comparable to the Tough Realm?"
His and Xie Lingyan's gazes naturally converged on Lin Yan, and wordless shock flashed across their eyes.
Forget about the aura last night. No matter how one thought about it, the seven to eight saber arms and sickle blades on the ground were an extremely dangerous scene.
However, Lin Yan only used the words "hunt and counterattack" to describe it?
"I have plenty of saber arms. If you like them, I'll give you a few."
Lin Yan didn't say anything.
He picked four of them and wrapped them in a black cloth. Together with the woman's sculpture, he wrapped them tightly in a black cloth and carried them on his back before setting off again.
He planned to ask Elder Xu again this time and kill more insect monsters to accumulate Spirit Marrow. He did not know if Xiaozhi's illness would happen again.
He ran all the way and soon arrived outside the Song family's camp.
From afar, there were clearly fewer people in the Song family camp and the Void Fist Sect camp.
The Song family members were not much fewer, but half of the leather-armored soldiers patrolling were gone.
There were only a few yellow-robed disciples left in the Void Fist Sect camp. The others had disappeared.
Elder Xu had told him that the Void Fist Sect and the Song family seemed to be connected by marriage, but in fact, the two of them looked harmonious but were at odds. They were wary of each other and did not trust each other.
This was also the reason why he was not worried that the Song family would make things difficult for Elder Xu and Senior Sister Chen after he was discovered yesterday.
Lin Yan lowered the sculpture and saber arm on his back and hid them on a hidden high tree branch. He only took one of the saber arms and the face of the Buddha girl sculpture. He wrapped it in black cloth and carried it on his back.
He was originally worried about how to infiltrate the Song family after his identity was discovered yesterday.
However, he did not expect that more than half of the patrols in the Song family's camp had been reduced, and there were many gaps.
For someone with his speed and strength, the difficulty of infiltrating became simple.
Lin Yan observed for a moment and quickly found the edge of a camp. There were about ten breaths of time between the two patrols.
Taking advantage of the next defense change, Lin Yan transformed into a fine bolt of lightning. In just four breaths, he crossed a thousand feet, flipped over the fence, and silently entered a tent.
This was a single tent. There was no one inside, but there were a few gorgeous clothes hanging.
Wearing this outfit was too big a target. Lin Yan visited two or three empty tents and found a soldier armor to change into. He walked with his head held high and arrived outside the tent where Senior Sister Chen was last time.
There was actually no one guarding outside the tent this time. Lin Yan walked in and opened the tent to take a look.
"Huh? Where are they?"
Senior Sister Chen and Elder Xu were actually not around.
Thinking of the Song family and the Void Fist Sect, most of them were not around.
"Senior Sister Chen and Elder Xu are here to help the Song family decipher the ancient words… Could it be that they found some ruins?"
However, with the poisonous fog spreading, even if it was a ruin, how could they enter?
As he was thinking, many voices came from afar.
Lin Yan looked over and raised his eyebrows slightly. Someone was here!
A large group of people, fully equipped, slowly retreated from the direction of the poisonous fog.
Lin Yan opened the tent and hid in Senior Sister Chen's tent. He looked out through the gap in the tent curtain..
Chapter 122: Ten Spirit Marrows Are Not Expensive, Right? (1)
A large group of people came to the front of the camp to split up.
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Half of them entered the Song family's camp, and the other half entered the empty boxing door.
Lin Yan saw that everyone was hanging withered leaves and stepping on wet mud. Four or five people were carried back with green faces. They were clearly poisoned.
Could it be that they had entered the poisonous fog?!
Lin Yan hid in the tent and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Elder Xu and Chen Yuan return to the camp with crutches.
When the door was opened, Chen Yuan's beautiful eyes widened. "Lin…"
"Shh."
The two of them entered and put down the tent.
Elder Xu sat down and chuckled. "Little Lin, it's only been a day, and you're here to see Little Yuan'er again."
After the small talk.
Lin Yan asked seriously, "Senior Sister Chen, where did you go just now?"
Chen Yuan smiled. "We went to the edge of that large poisonous fog."
Lin Yan thought to himself, "Could it be that… they found a way to detoxify the poison?"
Chen Yuan was slightly surprised. "Junior Brother Lin, your guess is really accurate. However, the antidote was found by the Void Fist Sect.
"They even invited the Song family to watch the ceremony. We watched them enter the poisonous fog and come out. Grandma and I went over together to join in the fun."
Did the Void Fist Sect find it?
Lin Yan recalled that the Void Fist Sect had almost captured Xu Hongchang and the others previously for some experiment.
It seemed that they had succeeded?
In the future, when he entered the poisonous fog, not only would he have to be careful of the insect monsters, but he would also have to be even more careful of these people.
Elder Xu rubbed the head of her walking stick and clicked her tongue in wonder. "I've never heard of this Void Fist Sect being special in terms of medicinal pills. How did they come up with an antidote so quickly?"
At this moment, footsteps suddenly came from the door.
"Mrs. Xu! Mrs. Xu?!"
Lin Yan suddenly stood up. This voice belonged to the Noble Realm cultivator who forced him away with a palm!
"Xiao Lin, don't panic." Elder Xu gestured for him to relax. "Song Yuansi won't make things difficult for you. Last time, he even helped you cover up the matter of the Void Fist Sect."
Lin Yan smiled helplessly. "Elder Xu, you might not know this, but I have a deep entanglement with the Void Fist Sect. Last night… I also injured a few people."
Chen Yuan was slightly surprised. "So the Eight-Armed Buddha-Headed Vajra that they've been talking about this morning was you?"
The information of the Eight-Armed Vajra that Lin Yan shared last time quickly spread.
Last night, Lin Yan carried saber arms and a statue on his back. His shadow seemed to have seven or eight arms. The disciples of the Void Fist Sect thought that an eight-armed Vajra had really come to life.
Elder Xu smiled and said, "That's even better. Song Yuansi hates the Void Fist Sect so much now, so he won't do anything to you."
Outside the door, Song Yuansi shouted again, "Old Madam Xu, another guest is here? Why don't we get to know each other so that I can do my part as a host?"
Noble Realm cultivators had sharp senses. As the few of them conversed, he had already discovered that there was another person inside.
Since he had been discovered, Lin Yan decided not to leave openly. With the Iron Pagoda cultivation technique, he was confident that even if he could not defeat a Noble Realm expert, he could always escape.
The door was opened, and the three of them walked out to the courtyard.
Song Yuansi's eyes narrowed, and his curly beard curled slightly.
"Little brother, it's indeed you again. My Song family is hospitable. We welcome you as a guest.
"It's just that you sneak in without saying hello every time. Aren't you looking down on my Song family?"
He looked like he was questioning, but he was actually calm and relaxed.
Lin Yan understood. "Mr. Song, please forgive me. I'm worried about my sister, so 1 barged in several times. I'm really sorry…"
He took the opportunity to lift the saber arm in his hand and extended it in front of Song Yuansi. "It's just a small greeting gift. It's not enough to show my respect."
A trace of satisfaction appeared in Song Yuansi's eyes.
The gift was not important. What was important was attitude and face.
He didn't want to have a grudge with Lin Yan to begin with. Since Lin Yan had given him a way out, he immediately took advantage of the situation. He revealed a kind smile and took the long black cloth. "Why did you bring something? We can understand that you love your sister. These small problems aren't worth mentioning. However, in the future, my Song family's door will open for you, so you don't have to take the dark path."
"You're right, Mr. Song."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled.
Song Yuansi picked up the saber arm. "This thing…"
As he picked it up, the black cloth that was simply tied around his saber arm slid slightly to the side, and a sharp edge suddenly appeared.
Song Yuansi's eyes lit up. He thought that Lin Yan's casual gift was definitely nothing fancy.
However, the scythe saber arm in front of him had a sharp and long arc. It was more than half a person's length. The back of the blade was covered in barbs, and its entire body was covered in all kinds of ferocious patterns. The lines were natural. It was simply a perfect combination of violence and beauty!
When he was young, he especially liked to practice his saber. Now that he saw this strange weapon, he immediately liked it.
On the other side, Elder Xu subconsciously walked out with her walking stick. She ignored Song Yuansi and reached out to brush the patterns on the scythe. A strong light flashed in her muddy eyes. "What is this? Did you make it?"
Lin Yan said casually, "No. Actually, this was plucked from a strange insect-like monster."
Song Yuansi was shocked. It grew on a living creature? With such a huge saber arm, how big must its owner be?
Lin Yan saw that Elder Xu had been stroking the patterns on the scythe but ignored the blade. He couldn't help but ask, "Elder Xu, is there anything special about these patterns?"
Elder Xu was delighted when she saw the scythe.. She stared at it and said, "Little Yuan'er, get me a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone!"
Chapter 123: Ten Spirit Marrows Are Not Expensive, Right? (2)
As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed the saber arm.
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However, she realized that Song Yuansi did not let go.
Elder Xu immediately glared at him. "Let go!"
Song Yuansi was speechless, but when he thought of Elder Xu's age, he reluctantly let go.
The saber arm was not light, and Elder Xu could barely hold it. Lin Yan quickly went up to help her
Chen Yuan quickly returned with a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone,
Elder Xu used a rough brush, dipped it in ink, and traced the patterns on the side of the saber arm carefully.
Song Yuansi opened his mouth. He really wanted to say, "This is mine! Did you get my permission to scribble and draw?!"
After drawing the dark green stripes with his brush and ink, Elder Xu immediately pasted a few pieces of yellow paper on the stripes before they dried and copied them on the yellow paper.
After the patterns were completely copied, she instructed Lin Yan and Chen Yuan to carefully tear off the yellow paper and spread it on the ground.
As for the saber arm, she abandoned it like trash and threw it on the ground…
This is my saber arm…
Song Yuansi walked over silently and picked it up.
Elder Xu leaned on her walking stick and looked happy. She kept observing the yellow paper on the ground.
Lin Yan also took a closer look. The patterns on it were copied and presented a rather complicated combination. Moreover, there were repetitions on the left, right, and up.
Looking at one of the units, the strokes crisscrossed. It actually looked a little like… a character?
"1 thought 1 was wrong. I didn't expect it to really look like a word," Elder Xu said with a smile.
"Elder Xu, do you recognize these words?"
"Yes, this is an 'Ong' character!"
"Ong?"
"This is a word of the Buddha s Six Characters Mantra. I've seen it in a miscellaneous book. The six words are respectively Ong, Ma, Ni, Ba, Mi and Mou'. It's said that every word contains the Buddha True Intent."
Ong, Ma, Ni, Ba, Mi and Mou?
Although Lin Yan couldn't understand these six words, he seemed to have heard of the so-called Six Words Mantra in his previous life.
On the insect monster's body, there were patterns similar to the character Ong' draw'll repeatedly?
"Elder Xu, can you write the remaining five ancient words?"
"It's fine."
Elder Xu wrote down six words, forming a mantra. Lin Yan quickly scanned it and memorized it. It seemed that he had indeed seen similar patterns on other insect monsters.
Thinking of the curved buns on the insect monster's head and the sarcoma prayer beads wrapped around their waist, he wondered if this insect monster was definitely related to Buddha.
Lin Yau's heart skipped a beat as he hurriedly described the specific image of the insect monster to Elder Xu.
Elder Xu frowned when she heard this. "I think I've seen this description somewhere before. Sigh, I'm old and can't remember… Let me investigate!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and walked into the tent. "Little Yuan'er, help me!"
"Grandma, slowdown!"
Chen Yuan turned around and nodded at Lin Yan. She helped Elder Xu into the tent.
Only Song Yuansi and Lin Yan were left standing in the courtyard.
Song Yuansi was deep in thought. "Little brother, where did you get this saber arm?1'
Lin Yan pointed in the direction of the poisonous fog and said solemnly, "There are countless such insect monsters in the poisonous fog."
Song Yuansi took a deep breath. "Are there many insect monsters?"
"There are many of them. If not for the fact that they can't leave the poisonous fog, I'm afraid the entire Guangchuan Mountains and even Ding'an City would have suffered."
Song Yuansi was skeptical. He probed, "In that case, little brother, you can enter the poison? You also found the formula for the antidote?!"
Lin Yan shook his head. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Song. 1 don't have an antidote. It's just that in my early years, 1 once ate a natural treasure and became immune to all poisons."
This was also an excuse he had thought of. He had the strength to be confident, regardless of whether others believed him or not.
A look of disappointment appeared on Song Yuansi's face.
"Mr. Song, aren't the Void Fist Sect and the Song family in-laws? Since they discovered the antidote, shouldn't they share it with you?"
Song Yuansi sneered. "These guys forget their righteousness when they see small gains and threaten us with antidotes. They want our Song family to contribute, but they want to monopolize 90% of the gains. I'm angry, so 1 naturally don't agree."
He suddenly glanced at the black cloth wrapping the sculpture beside Lin Van's hand and changed the topic. "Little brother, since you can enter the poisonous fog, 1 wonder if you have any more gains? As long as there are strange things that are different from today's, 1 can pay a high price to buy them!"
Lin Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and pointed at the saber arm in Song Yuansi's hand. "Like it?"
"The more the merrier!"
"Mr. Song, although this saber arm is sharp, it's only a collection for you. It's not of much use, right?"
Song Yuansi smiled helplessly, "rm not afraid of you knowing. 1 don't need this thing, but…"
He pointed up. "Someone else does."
Lin Van's gaze suddenly froze. The appearance of the round-spectacled young man outside Ding'an City that night subconsciously appeared in his mind.
No wonder. It was not much different from what he had guessed.
In the wilderness and the ruins, it was fine if ordinary people found treasures to make money, but to these large families, it was actually not very attractive.
However, if there was a higher level of pressure, everything would make sense.
In that case, he could do this business well.
Lin Yan said, "Mr. Song, since you're asking to buy items, what price can you offer?"
"Young Brother, you have the final say in gold, silver, and wealth."
Lin Yan shook his head. "Mr. Song, you know the current situation in Ding'an City. Gold and silver are useless,"
Song Yuansi narrowed his eyes. "Then what do you want?"
Two things,. First, martial arts cultivation techniques! Second, Spirit Marrow!"
Chapter 124: Ten Spirit Marrows Are Not Expensive, Right? (3)
Song Yuansi's face stiffened. "Little brother, you're asking for too much. Martial arts techniques are extremely precious. Every book is the foundation of a faction. The Spirit Marrow is also extremely precious. Even my huge Song family only has less than a handful."
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Less than a handful? This number was more than Lin Yan had imagined.
A trace of confusion flashed across Lin Yan's eyes. "May 1 ask where you obtained this Spirit Marrow?"
"Although this is secret information, with your strength, there's no harm in knowing.
"Every year and a half, a few strange ferocious beasts will suddenly appear in the depths of the Guangchuan Mountains.
"A tiger with four eyes, a black panther with wings, a bear with horns on its head…
"They have different forms. They are huge and ferocious, as if they have become spirits.
"If you're lucky enough to encounter one and hunt it down, you can obtain a Spirit Marrow. Of course, this kind of thing can only be encountered by luck. It's just that you can accumulate a few Spirit Marrows over a few years.
Lin Yan's eyes widened. There was actually such a thing?
Was it natural, or was it related to the depths of the crack?
"Why have I never heard of it?"
"Spirit Marrow is precious. There are a few wealthy families that pay attention to it all year round. As soon as such ferocious monsters appear, they will find traces and hunt them down. It's naturally very difficult for outsiders to know."
Lin Yan was deep in thought. It seemed that the Spirit Marrow was even more mysterious than he had imagined.
However, since there was a stable source of production, there should be a lot of Spirit Marrow in the entire Ding'an City, right?
As his strength increased, his horizons gradually changed. Thinking back, when the Hong family took out the Spirit Marrow, they only sent a Tough Realm cultivator to protect it. It could be seen that the Spirit Marrow was not extremely rare above the Tough Realm.
"What about the Dingdeng Genius Battle? I heard that one can obtain the Spirit Marrow in the Dingdeng Genius Battle?"
At the mention of the Dingdeng Genius Battle, Song Yuansi's expression was filled with worry and anxiety. He forced a smile and said, "You can indeed obtain the Spirit Marrow in the Dingdeng Genius Battle and have a chance to use it perfectly.
"However, on one hand, you have to be powerful. On the other hand, you have to completely leave the lower-level cities and never return. Therefore, the Spirit Marrow of my Song family was obtained from the forest."
Seeing that Song Yuansi was in a bad mood, Lin Yan changed the topic. He immediately unwrapped the black cloth on his back, revealing the white jade female statue. He pushed it between the two of them. "Since Mr. Song wants to buy it, let's take a look and name a price."
"This is…"
Song Yuansi raised his eyebrows and was attracted by the lifelike sculpture.
At this moment, Elder Xu and Chen Yuan came out of the tent. "Found it, found it!"
Elder Xu was holding a withered ancient book in his hand. Chen Yuan helped her to Lin Yan.
Lin Yan quickly supported her.
Elder Xu pointed at the handwriting on the ancient book and showed it to Lin Yan. "Look, there are records here.
"In the Infinite Ghost Domain, there's a worm called the Corpse Buddha Cockroach.
"It's also known as the Buddha Descendant Worm and the Dead Buddha Mantis. It is both the Buddha's descendant and the mortal enemy of Buddha.
"Legend has it that there was no Buddha in ancient times. Humans wanted to create Buddhas but could not. The world was furious and the Corpse Buddha Cockroach was born.
"It had buns on its head and Buddhist prayer beads around its waist. It ate the Ghost Face Fish and occupied the lakeside of the Naichuan Lake. It didn't enter the human world."
Lin Yan couldn't understand the words on the ancient book. He only listened to Elder Xu interpret them word by word. As he listened, he relied on his powerful memory to forcefully remember more words.
"So, the insect monster's name is the Corpse Buddha Cockroach?
"The Infinite Ghost Domain, could it be that it refers to that poisonous fog?"
Lin Yan's heart trembled. Just the words "bun" and "Buddha prayer beads" were enough to determine that this insect monster was the Corpse Buddha Cockroach in the ancient book!
"Elder Xu, what is this ancient book about?"
"This is actually just an ancient Buddhist scripture. Most of it is scriptures. This paragraph is just to interpret the dangers of the Infinite Ghost Domain. It just so happens to mention this insect monster called the Corpse Buddha Cockroach."
Lin Yan subconsciously held his breath. Even so, it was enough to shock him!
Infinite Ghost Domain, the heavens and the earth were furious…
These words were clearly written in a mythical tone, but the Corpse Buddha Cockroach that they described was real!
Could that still be considered a legend?
What did this mean?
For a moment, the few of them were silent. The surrounding world seemed to be suddenly filled with grand secrets.
Chen Yuan and Elder Xu noticed the sculpture at the side. "What is this?"
Lin Yan suppressed the shock in his heart and briefly explained the six and a half murals he had seen in the palace ruins.
Song Yuansi's curly beard fluttered as his eyes were filled with disbelief. "So, you're saying that this woman was originally a real person? Then she turned into a statue? Are you sure?!"
Lin Yan nodded. After what happened to Xiaozhi, he was only guessing at first, but now he was certain.
"Little brother! 1'11 buy this sculpture! One Spirit Marrow. If you agree, we have a deal!" Song Yuansi said anxiously.
Lin Yan looked at him in surprise and shook his head. "Mr. Song, one won't do. 1 want ten."
Song Yuansi was stunned. "Ten? Little brother, it's not appropriate to ask for so many, right?"
"Ten. I'm honest with you."
Lin Yan gestured for Song Yuansi to wait for him for a moment before jumping out.
Not long after, he returned with a larger and longer package.
Clang! Clang!
A complete sculpture that had been cut into pieces, and the remaining three saber arms, fell to the ground.
Looking at Song Yuansi's eyeballs that were about to pop out, Lin Yan said calmly, "Such a huge sculpture is complete. Plus three saber arms. Ten Spirit Marrows. No bargaining.. I'm giving you a family and friend discount!"
Chapter 125: I'll Tell You Everything If You Don't Torture me!
Song Yuansi looked away with difficulty. He looked excited and conflicted.
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He knew what kind of ancient object the terrifying big shot at the City Lord Manor wanted. It was probably something strange and containing ancient secrets like the sculpture in front of him.
If he could offer such an antique, he would definitely be rewarded generously!
At the thought of that young man with terrifying strength, Song Yuansi's heart burned.
A priceless Blood Energy precious medicine, a mysterious martial arts secret technique, and an incomparably precious Spirit Transformation Fruit that was difficult to find even if one had a lot of money…
For a moment, Song Yuansi even had the thought of killing and snatching things.
However, in the end, he still said firmly, "Deal! However, you have to give me some time!"
Lin Yan's expression remained unchanged, but he was overjoyed in his heart. The man really agreed?
"Mr. Song, I'll hand over the goods when you give me the money.
"Don't worry, I know which families have the most Spirit Marrows. I'll be back soon."
Watching Song Yuansi leave quickly, Lin Yan's heart became more active.
It was obvious that there was a lot of Spirit Marrow in Ding'an City.
If they all valued the ancient items in the ruins so much, wouldn't he be rich?!
As long as he had enough Spirit Marrows, he could rob all the ruins in the poisonous fog!
"There's also the ruins from before. I wonder if the poisonous fog has dissipated or if the place has collapsed. I missed it!"
Lin Yan's heart ached. He made up his mind to go back and take a look later.
After chatting with Chen Yuan and Elder Xu for a while, Lin Yan benefited greatly. He even took out the words on the plaque that he had copied in the palace temple and asked Elder Xu.
"These words are the Goddess Temple. It seems that the ruins you entered worship the two sculptures you mentioned."
Goddess Temple…
What kind of woman would be called a goddess?
For a moment, Lin Yan thought of the three women on the mural, Xiaozhi, and many other things.
About an hour later, Lin Yan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Song Yuansi return alone from afar.
Although the probability was low, he was still prepared to escape in case Song Yuansi went to find someone to attack him.
A bag of Spirit Marrows woven with golden threads was handed to Lin Yan. "Deal!"
Lin Yan picked one up and took a look. It was smaller than the ones he obtained from the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, but the Golden Bodhi Scripture vibrated. It was indeed the Spirit Marrow.
"Happy cooperation!"
Lin Yan happily put away the Spirit Marrow. Seeing that Song Yuansi was covered in dust, he said, "Mr. Song, if I bring some more things over…"
"I'll take them!" Song Yuansi said firmly. "I'll take as many as you have!"
"Okay!"
Although Lin Yan's heart was burning, he did not lose his mind, especially since the person standing behind Song Yuansi was an extremely dangerous young man.
Therefore, he did not plan to continue selling. It was best if he could find more things and accumulate them to sell them all at once.
After bidding farewell to Song Yuansi, Lin Yan left the Song family's camp and headed for the poisonous fog mountain.
After running for about fifteen minutes, Lin Yan suddenly stopped for a moment before continuing forward as if nothing had happened.
However, his slightly lowered eyes were already filled with dark clouds and he frowned.
Someone was following him!
The stalker was definitely an experienced man. Lin Yan didn't know where the man started following him.
It was not until just now that Lin Yan sensed something. Then, he deliberately stopped in a probing manner, causing the other party's footsteps to be chaotic before giving himself away.
When did he follow behind?
After leaving the Song family's camp, Lin Yan had been living in wasteland. It was very likely that this person had followed him from the Song family's camp!
Was the man sent by Song Yuansi?
Or was he from the Void Fist Sect?
They both had good reason to send someone to follow him. Who could it be?
Lin Yan controlled the direction intentionally or unintentionally and quickly turned into a dense forest near the poisonous fog. He could see the poisonous fog a thousand feet ahead from afar. He could attack or retreat.
Only then did he stop and turn around. "Friend behind me! You've been following me for so long. Aren't you coming out?
"Or do you want to hide forever?"
With that, Lin Yan stared behind him.
Not long after, the bushes behind him swayed and parted, and an ordinary young man with a round face walked out.
He was in his early twenties and was wearing extremely ordinary clothes. He looked similar to the villagers and would not be recognized if he was thrown into the crowd.
However, upon closer inspection, one could see waves of divine light converging in his eyes, vaguely revealing a temperament that was different from ordinary people.
The round-faced young man scratched his hair and asked curiously, "How did you discover me?"
Lin Yan didn't answer and said in a low voice, "Who are you? You've been following me for so long. What do you want?"
The round-faced man smiled kindly like a round marmot, revealing his white teeth. "Don't misunderstand, friend. I've been following you ever since you left the Song family camp. I just followed you. I don't have any ill intentions towards you."
"You call this not having any ill intentions?" Lin Yan was slightly stunned, unable to react.
The round-faced man had a matter-of-fact expression, as if that was what he thought. He smiled foolishly. "I really don't! You didn't break the rules. 1 don't want to capture you or deal with you. I just followed you and observed you. I really don't have any malice!"
Lin Yan:
This was the first time Lin Yan had heard of such a thing, but looking at the round-faced man's expression, the guy didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he said.
Pretending to be stupid?
A cold glint flashed across Lin Yan's eyes, and a kind smile appeared on his face. "I see…"
Before he could finish speaking, the force under his feet suddenly erupted, and a huge pit instantly opened in the ground. His body was like a black lightning as he suddenly approached the round-faced young man.
"Hey! What are you doing!"
The round-faced youth shouted. His body suddenly floated as if he was pulled by an invisible rope. He suddenly moved horizontally, and his movements were elegant, causing Lin Yan to miss.
Lin Yan's eyes narrowed. This speed was even faster than his!
He took another step, and with a bang, another pit appeared in the ground. Lin Yan pounced at the young man like an evil tiger.
The young man was like a ghost as he dodged Lin Yan again.
The two of them chased and fled. They grabbed and dodged. Their movements were so fast that they were dazzling. Their speed was extremely fast.
However, no matter how Lin Yan chased after him, he couldn't even touch the corner of the round-faced youth's clothes.
Moreover, every time he moved, he would make a big move, causing the entire ground to explode.
However, the round-faced youth's movements were very gentle and fleeting. He easily dodged Lin Yan's pounce as if he was taking a stroll in the park.
A trace of shock flashed across Lin Yan's eyes. He could vaguely tell that this young man's strength was only at the Tough Realm, but his speed was actually faster than him, who specialized in the Dragon-Shaped Fist!
"Stop chasing me! I really don't have any ill intentions… Besides, you can't catch up to me! Why bother!"
The round-faced man muttered as he dodged easily.
Can't catch up?'
Lin Yan sneered. When the pounce ended, his entire body suddenly shook violently. A strong aura burst out, and layers of force were injected into his legs.
At the level of injuring both the enemy and himself, the double force of Thousand Pound Break erupted!
In the next moment, his figure suddenly flashed and disappeared!
The round-faced man's expression changed drastically.
However, Lin Yan was too fast!
He tried his best to dodge to the side and suddenly felt a claw that was like a pincer grab his shoulder. Then, like a lion pouncing on his face, he was directly sent flying by a huge force. He rolled into a gourd and fell into the bushes.
Before he could regain his senses, the numb tendons on his right elbow were firmly grabbed. A knee that was like a mountain pressed against his back and pressed him firmly to the ground.
Lin Yan's other hand exerted force and covered the back of the round-faced man's head.
There was a hint of danger in his eyes. "I ask, you answer. If you don't answer well, your head will be removed."
The confusion on the round-faced man's face had yet to fade. Feeling the terrifying force behind his head that was like needles, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his face was pale. "Friend, brother, big brother! Spare me!"
"Who are you?"
The round-faced man's lips trembled. "My name is Fan Xiaopeng. I'm 25 years old this year. I live on Red Eucalyptus Street. I have an old mother and father, and two younger sisters. They're only a little more than ten years old…"
"Playing tricks?" Lin Yan pressed Fan Xiaopeng's head into the ground and made him eat a mouthful of soil before raising it again.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft. I, I'm not scheming! I'm really Fan Xiaopeng!"
"Who sent you? Song Yuansi, or the Void Fist Sect?"
"Neither! No one sent me. I followed you myself!"
"By yourself? Do you think I'm a fool?"
"It's true! I just feel that you're very strong at such a young age, so I followed you to take a look. I'm curious, purely curious!"
"Strong… In that case, you saw me at the Song family's camp last time?"
Fan Xiaopeng's face froze. "Big Brother is really amazing. You guessed it right!"
A member of the Song family? No!
Lin Yan frowned slightly. Of course, he wouldn't believe Fan Xiaopeng's nonsense. He didn't even know if this name was true.
However, when he heard Fan Xiaopeng's tone, he felt that it was very awkward. It was not a problem with the guy's accent, but his tone and demeanor… There was a sense of incompatibility.
Furthermore, with this kid's Tough Realm strength, he could surpass Lin Yan in speed!
Such terrifying talent and strength did not seem like people from the Song family or the Void Fist Sect.
"It seems that you won't be able to speak properly if you don't suffer a little."
Lin Yan grabbed the back of Fan Xiaopeng's neck and lifted him up. He walked into the poisonous fog step by step.
"If you don't tell the truth, I can only throw you into the poisonous fog. This poisonous fog is extremely powerful. Without an antidote, the person who is poisoned will die in extreme pain."
The more Lin Yan spoke, the paler Fan Xiaopeng's face became. His face was trembling as he nodded crazily like a chick pecking at rice. "Even if I don't suffer, I'll speak properly! Brother! I'll really tell you properly. I'll answer whatever you ask and won't hide it from you! Just ask!"
Lin Yan turned a deaf ear and left with Fan Xiaopeng.
This kid was pretending to be crazy and making jokes. If Lin Yan didn't give him any serious threats, he would really think that he was smart.
Lin Yan did not speed up and walked steadily towards the poisonous fog.
For the first hundred steps, Fan Xiaopeng was still talking non-stop. His eyes darted left and right as he joked.
When it was the second hundred steps and he saw that Lin Yan was ignoring him, he finally panicked completely. His heart was about to jump out of his chest and his entire body began to tremble.
"Stop! Stop! You can't hurt me. If you hurt me, there will be terrible consequences. You can't bear it!"
"Really, believe me! My status is very extraordinary. If you really hurt me, you'll definitely be the unlucky one in the end!"
"Big Brother, Grandpa! I'm begging you! I'll definitely tell you if I can. There are some things 1 really can't say!"
Lin Yan didn't stop walking and sneered. "You admit that you were not being honest?!"
"Brother, stop quickly. Ouch, I've touched the poisonous fog. Stop, stop, I can't breathe!"
In the end, when Lin Yan carried him to the poisonous fog.
Fan Xiaopeng wailed, "Boohoo! 1 don't want to die! Ah Hua, Ah Mei, I miss you so much!
Boohoo, I'm only 22 years old, and I'm still so young. Boohoo, come and save me!"
Lin Yan:"…"
Twenty-two years old? He just said that he was twenty-five!
As expected, this kid was dishonest and had been acting this whole time!
However, even now, when they were about to approach the poisonous fog, this kid still shut his mouth tightly. He clearly knew what Lin Yan wanted to hear, but he refused to say it. He was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, but his mouth was still very tough.
How should he put it…
Both cowardly and unyielding.
Lin Yan sighed slightly. It seemed like he couldn't get anything out of him. Forget it, he would kill him first.
Suddenly, a mocking voice sounded.
"Yo, yo, yo.. Little Master Peng, who usually provokes chickens and dogs and is hated by everybody, why are you howling like this today? How rare!"