Chapter 224

Living in seclusion in Tianqing City through the art of illusion and slowly earning the cultivation resources he needed through the art of alchemy, Lin Jing felt that maintaining his current state and not having to flee everywhere was quite comfortable.

However, things went against his wishes. Lin Jing seemed to have forgotten something he hadn't encountered for a long time—something with the ability to indiscriminately tear him out of a stable environment and drag him into disputes.

In the commercial street of Tianqing City, people were coming and going. There was a disturbance in the sky, and a huge sound accompanied by a beam of light descending from the sky smashed heavily into a corner of the commercial street, into a pavilion.

Boom!

As the beam of light fell, Venerable Lingquan, a Deity Transformation powerhouse in Tianqing City, walked out of his cave dwelling abruptly, "That direction is... the Nameless Pill Pavilion?"

"That young wandering alchemist has entered a cave heaven... Treasure light is leaking; it's actually a Heavenly Treasure Cave Heaven. Oh no."

"That kid hasn't finished paying back the Gluttony Pills he owes me, and I was planning to cooperate with the master behind him for a long time. He better not die!"

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"After nearly twenty years, I didn't expect to enter a cave heaven again..."

Compared to the noise outside, inside the cave heaven at this moment, Lin Jing himself was also very dazed.

After sending Brother Ouyang away, he started refining pills, and while refining, he was dragged into the cave heaven.

This cave heaven's arrival caught Lin Jing off guard, but now he was more concerned about the type and mechanism of this cave heaven.

"Heavenly Treasure Cave Heaven"!

Before long, in the bright white cave heaven hall, the six people who entered the cave heaven appeared around the stone tablet in the center of the hall.

On the stone tablet, the four characters "Heavenly Treasure Cave Heaven" were carved.

Besides this, the rules regarding the Heavenly Treasure Cave Heaven were also carved on the stone tablet.

Heavenly Treasure Cave Heaven, Heaven-Bestowed Supreme Treasure.

Explanation 1: The Heavenly Treasure Cave Heaven will choose a magic treasure from the treasure vault that is extremely compatible with the entrant as the final reward based on the entrant's situation. The entrant can know the information about their final reward in advance, and everyone's Heaven-Bestowed Treasure is different.

Explanation 2: After seeing the magic treasure information, the entrant can choose to "Acquire" or "Give Up".

Explanation 3: Choosing to acquire will lead to a chaotic battle with cultivators who have made the same choice, and the only person who survives in the end will receive the final reward.

Explanation 4: Choosing to give up will result in being isolated outside the hall, becoming a spectator, and being teleported back after the cave heaven ends, without any life danger.

"Are you kidding me? Why is it this cave heaven..."

Among the six, a young man dressed as a boatman scratched his head frantically.

A cave heaven where one must fight to the death to obtain opportunities... The risk is too high.

The six people quickly observed each other.

Lin Jing looked over: three men and two women.

The one who spoke just now is suspected to be a boatman youth

who cultivates water techniques in coastal areas.

There is also a tall thunder-cultivating youth with golden long hair dressed in luxurious clothes, who looks like he has an extraordinary background.

The two female cultivators: one is a young girl in a green long dress who looks delicate and charming, seemingly specializing in wood techniques.

The other woman looks like a fire cultivator, but there is no pill aura on her, and her strong physique makes her look more like an artifact refiner.

And the last youth, coincidentally, is someone Lin Jing knows, and at this moment, the other party is also looking at Lin Jing in disbelief.

The six people present all knew the cruelty of the Heavenly Treasure Cave Heaven. If they choose to compete, unless they have the strength to kill all opponents, what awaits them is death.

"Forget it..." the boatman youth muttered to himself, feeling that none of the other five people were easy to mess with.

However, when the information about their corresponding Heaven-Bestowed Treasure appeared before each person's eyes, powerful greed stirred their hearts again.

The boatman youth's breathing suddenly became rapid, his previous thoughts were instantly cut off, and even at the risk of death, he suddenly wanted to fight for that slim chance.

Including Lin Jing.

As the ten-second countdown for the choice appeared on the stone tablet, a phantom hourglass appeared before Lin Jing's eyes, which only Lin Jing could see.

At the same time, the information about the hourglass flooded into Lin Jing's mind, making his eyes widen slightly.

The holder can enter the space of the hourglass to cultivate. The internal time flow rate and the external time flow rate are 10:1, meaning that for ten years inside the hourglass, only one year passes outside.

Besides this, the exotic space inside the hourglass is difficult to destroy or break into unless one is a cultivator who is simultaneously proficient in the Dao of Time and Space...

"This magic treasure..." Lin Jing was instantly attracted.

The Sand of Time also has flaws: every time one stays inside for ten years, one needs to leave the hourglass space and stay outside for a full year before one can re-enter. The cooldown time for use is one year in the outside world.

Furthermore, while in the hourglass space, the entrant's age will increase according to the internal time, and their lifespan will also pass according to the internal time, which will not be the same as the external time flow rate.

But for a Longevity Body, this doesn't matter. People with normal lifespans might feel uncomfortable as their lifespan passes as usual, but a Longevity Body doesn't worry.

"It is indeed a magic treasure tailored for a Longevity Body. The difficulty for a Longevity Body is how to convert a long lifespan into cultivation. This Space-Time Hourglass directly solves this problem to a certain extent."

"Most importantly, its internal space can also be used to avoid powerful enemies. Great cultivators who are simultaneously proficient in the Dao of Time and Space..." The first person Lin Jing can think of is the Tower Master of the Heavenly Secret Tower; such cultivators are too rare.

However, the price to obtain this magic treasure is also enormous...

Lin Jing scanned the others; their eyes were also red,

obviously having seen a magic treasure that was very compatible with them, and the value was estimated to be no less than the Sand of Time Lin Jing saw.

"To obtain this Heaven-Bestowed Treasure, one must kill other geniuses according to the cave heaven rules. The forces behind these geniuses will definitely not let it go... It would be fine if the other party is not a Qingzhou cultivator, but if they are, it will be troublesome."

"By then, my fake identity will definitely be dragged into the storm again..."

"But if I choose to give up, I will miss this supreme treasure with time and space attributes..."

"I give up..." While Lin Jing was still choosing, among the six entrants, a youth at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection looked in Lin Jing's direction and gave up this cave heaven opportunity, not intending to compete to acquire the Heaven-Bestowed Treasure he saw.

He was dressed in the pill attendant uniform of the Heaven-Reaching Tower, and his aura was powerful. This person walked directly out of the hall to watch the battle from below.

This youth was none other than Xia Yan, who had passed the Heaven-Reaching Tower assessment by purchasing Gluttony Pills at the time.

"This alchemist can change my destiny with a single pill, and can see through my father's background at a glance. He is definitely not as simple as the mid-Foundation Establishment he appears to be. Even without considering the favor, I would definitely not be his opponent. It's better not to compete for this cave heaven opportunity." Xia Yan looked at the supreme treasure information before him, his heart bleeding, but his reason made him give up.

After all, this was a person even his father feared.

Finally... the ten-second countdown ended, and only two people gave up the magic treasure. Following Xia Yan, the artifact-refining female cultivator also walked out of the hall, leaving only the last four people accompanying the countdown on the stone tablet, their eyes revealing different expressions.

"Kid... did you also see that the yellow-haired one is not easy to mess with?" After the artifact-refining female cultivator walked down, she spoke to Xia Yan and looked solemnly at the golden-haired youth.

"Who is he? Shouldn't the one who is not easy to mess with be that alchemist in the fire-cloud pill robe?" Xia Yan looked at her, thinking that since she was also a fire cultivator, she had sensed the terrifying fire power within Lin Jing's body.