Chapter 216: Sealing the Mountain? (Thanks again to [Spicy Little Chicken Leg])

"Spirit..."

This voice was cold, vast, and carried a sense of the ruthlessness of the Dao, as if it had swept in from the long river of time.

Lin Chao's perception vanished at this moment.

On the official road, a carriage convoy moved slowly.

"Miss, this person is dressed too strangely; he looks like someone from the Foreign Lands at a glance. Why don't we... throw him away?" The little maidservant secretly glanced at the person behind the carriage, revealing a thoughtful posture.

"You little brat, your heart is quite wicked." Feng Jun glanced at the young man behind, her expression curious. "His appearance is not bad. If there is no silver for a reward when he wakes up, sell him to... a brothel."

"Miss, you are much worse than me." A shy expression appeared on the little maidservant's face.

"Let me guess, are you thinking of saving up some silver so you can go take care of his business in the future?" A brilliant smile appeared on Feng Jun's face.

"Miss, your mind is too..." The little maidservant's face turned red. "There are no... men in the brothel now."

"How do you know that so clearly?" Feng Jun laughed again.

She and Xiao Tang were like sisters, with no distinction between mistress and servant.

Only Xiao Tang dared to speak to her like this.

In the entire Feng Clan, all the servants viewed her like a fierce tiger.

After all, those surnamed Feng were all of the Zui Clan.

Even though her father was the noble High Priest of Zhu Guo.

Feng Jun teased Xiao Tang for a few moments, then her gaze returned to the young figure on the carriage, a flash of brilliance shining in her eyes.

Half a day later.

The carriage stopped at a residence.

Feng Jun got off the carriage and looked at the strangely dressed young man: "Xiao Tang, find a doctor for him."

"Alright, Miss."

Several maidservants stepped forward, supporting the young figure, and entered the guest room.

Feng Jun entered the residence, and the servants in the courtyard lowered their heads upon seeing her, their eyes filled with a trace of fear.

In the Feng Family's Kyoto residence, there were only three direct family members.

One was her, one was her brother, and one was her father, the High Priest of Zhu Guo.

Apart from the three of them, the other clansmen were all in the Ancestral Land and rarely came out.

Feng Jun entered the depths of the residence.

Suddenly, a wave of intense Dizziness struck her, and she immediately covered her ears.

That feeling of Dizziness finally disappeared.

Just then, a tall figure entered the room.

Seeing the person who arrived, Feng Jun looked worried: "Big Brother, the influence of that thing is getting greater and greater."

The tall man's sword-like brows were tightly furrowed: "Father has searched all of Zhu Guo, and all the Priests are powerless against it."

"Father is the best Priest in Zhu Guo; if even he is powerless, where could any other Priest solve it?" A lonely expression appeared in Feng Jun's eyes, but then she thought of something.

Feng Jun asked, "Big Brother, do you believe there are gods in this world?"

A nervous expression immediately appeared on the tall man's face: "Little sister, you haven't been bewitched by that thing, have you?"

That item was a blood-red bead.

One hundred years ago, the High Priest of Zhu Guo, who was also the clan leader of the Feng Clan, was offering sacrifices to Heaven.

Suddenly, a blood-red bead fell into the Feng Clan.

The clan leader regarded it as a Supreme Treasure, yet this bead brought disaster to the Feng Clan.

The next day, every descendant of the Feng Family over the age of forty died.

Only then did the Feng Family realize that this bead was the culprit.

However, this bead was impervious to Water and Fire and could not be destroyed; even if thrown away, it would randomly reappear in the Feng Family the next day.

To hide this secret, the Feng Family could only announce to the outside world that they had suffered divine retribution for leaking too many heavenly secrets.

Nowadays, only the core members of the Feng Family knew of the bead's existence.

In recent years, the whispering of a demon would occasionally emerge from this bead.

Anyone who became addicted to the whispering would bleed from their seven orifices and die.

That was why the tall man was so nervous when he heard his sister mention gods.

"It's not that, Big Brother." Feng Jun fell into memory. "Yesterday, I went to North Hope Mountain to pray for blessings at the summit.

Suddenly, I heard a boom, and a human figure fell from the sky, landing right in front of me.

That's right, he fell from the sky.

His clothes were very strange, and despite falling from the sky, there were no injuries on his body; he had simply fallen into a coma."

"What?" The tall man was also surprised.

How could such a thing happen?

If that person really was a god, then what about their family's...?

Just then, an anxious voice came from outside.

"Miss, Miss, that young master has woken up!"

Xiao Tang ran in, a hurried expression on her face.

On the other side, Lin Chao slowly woke up.

At this moment, there was still a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Is this a dream within the Void Pool?

However, this is far too realistic.

Having just woken up, his perception had already spread throughout the entire city.

He had already learned of the situation here.

This place, shockingly, is Zhu Guo.

In the past history of the Great Xia Country in his original world.

This was the first time Lin Chao had encountered such a situation.

Could it be that the Void Pool leads to this world?

Just as he thought this, a pair of young man and woman entered the room.

"Young Master, you're awake?" The casualness Feng Jun had before disappeared; she looked at Lin Chao, her expression vaguely tinged with wariness.

"Many thanks to the young lady for saving my life," Lin Chao said politely.

Having entered this place, he naturally wanted to return to the Qiyuan World as quickly as possible.

"It was just a small effort," Feng Jun said casually.

"How did you, Young Master, end up on North Hope Mountain?" the tall man could not help but ask.

Lin Chao looked at the tall man before him, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

"Are you... Feng Shanyue?"

"How does the Young Master know my name?" A trace of astonishment appeared on Feng Shanyue's face.

Lin Chao smiled and said nothing.

In truth, he was still a bit confused even now.

If everything is real.

Time and space are chaotic.

Logic is contradictory.

Truth is a paradox.

"I am merely a wandering alchemist," Lin Chao finally replied.

"An alchemist?" A glimmer of excitement flashed in Feng Shanyue's eyes.

Alchemists are a group of mysterious people rumored to possess powerful strength.

Feng Shanyue had met many alchemists, but they were all fame-seeking charlatans.

Yet the young man before him did not look ordinary.

His younger sister had also said that his background was very mysterious.

Therefore, Feng Shanyue felt that the man before him was a genuine alchemist.

"May I ask how to address you, Young Master?"

Lin Chao paused for a moment: "Feng... Lin."

"You also have the surname Feng?" Feng Shanyue was slightly stunned.

The surname Feng is not common.

"Yes," Lin Chao nodded, but thinking of something, he said: "You siblings saved my life; I have no gold or silver to repay you. Propose a request, and I will help you complete it to settle this worldly debt."

Lin Chao remembered that he was still inside the Void Pool.

Perhaps all of this was within an illusion, like a game.

By completing the conditions, he would be able to wake up and break through to the Seventh Layer.

As Lin Chao spoke, a Snow Lotus suddenly appeared in his hand.

"This Snow Lotus was plucked by me from the Snow Mountain a thousand miles away; I gift it to you two," Lin Chao said, while also demonstrating his Daoist Method.

He did not want to waste time; he only wanted to display his Supernatural Power to quickly succeed in breaking through to the Seventh Layer.

Feng Shanyue and Feng Jun stared blankly at that Snow Lotus, which was still covered with a thin layer of white snow.

The two looked at Lin Chao, their eyes filled with reverence, and Feng Shanyue said directly: "Young Master, please save the Feng Family!"

Half an hour later.

Under the expectant gazes of Feng Shanyue and Feng Jun, Lin Chao entered a room.

Outside the room, Feng Shanyue was filled with worry: "I wonder if this Young Master can resolve..."

That blood-red bead was truly bizarre and not something ordinary people could understand.

"The Young Master has vast Supernatural Power; he will surely be fine!" Feng Jun stared intently at the room ahead.

Their father was less than two years away from turning forty.

They did not want to see their father die in such an inexplicable way.

They also did not want other descendants of the Feng Family to suffer such misery.

Inside the room, it was gloomy and cold.

A blood-red bead appeared before Lin Chao.

Lin Chao looked over, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He had seen a Sacred Artifact.

And the bead before him was far more unfathomable than any Sacred Artifact he had ever seen.

Lin Chao leaned in, and a burst of murmuring sounds also rang out at this moment.

"Don't come over!"

"Kill!"

"Save me!"

Various murmurs intertwined, filled with a seductive power.

Lin Chao's gaze suddenly locked onto a drop of scarlet blood inside that bead.

With his keen eyesight, he could naturally tell that this drop of scarlet blood was the very source of these murmurs and gibberish.

That drop of scarlet blood carried an aura of endless slaughter, violence, and madness.

Lin Chao immediately took action and began to refine that drop of fresh blood.

Once it was fully refined, all the anomalies of this bead would vanish without a trace.

This Feng Family would also no longer suffer from the curse.

To Lin Chao, this was entirely a minor issue.

Although the owner of this drop of blood was very powerful.

Yet this drop of blood seemed to have already been washed away by the passage of time, and now it was merely somewhat extraordinary.

It seems that while the events experienced in the Void Pool this time were bizarre, they were not too difficult.

Just then, however, a lazy voice suddenly arrived.

"Eh? The Great Thousand World is full of wonders; I have actually encountered a... living being with an incomplete soul."

Lin Chao's gaze immediately fell upon the bead.

He could perceive that the voice came from that bead.

Yet, no matter how he sensed it, he could not perceive the existence of any living being.

"Who are you?" Lin Chao frowned, looking at the bead before him.

"You living beings, whenever you meet me, you like to ask me this question; I am already tired of answering it.

However, since you want to ask, I will show mercy and tell you: I... am called Duo Bao Coin."

"Coin?" Lin Chao looked at the bead before him; this seemed to have nothing to do with a coin.

However, he did not care.

A physical body is merely an external manifestation.

"You just said my soul is incomplete; what does that mean?" Lin Chao asked.

Duo Bao Coin appeared to be a chatterbox, babbling on incessantly.

"It just means your soul... is incomplete.

All living beings possess a soul.

If the soul is incomplete, then... you are done for.

How strange, it seems you are not the only living being with an incomplete soul I have seen.

My predecessor's predecessor's predecessor's... predecessor seems to have met one, and even conducted a transaction with him.

Sigh, this world is becoming increasingly incomprehensible; the memories of my predecessor's predecessor's... predecessor tell me that all things have no soul."

Lin Chao understood that if Duo Bao Coin was an artifact spirit, then the predecessor it spoke of was the bead's previous artifact spirit.

"I don't have much time left to stay awake, so I won't talk nonsense.

Since I have awakened, this means good fortune has descended upon you.

Kid, as long as you are willing to trade with me and pay a certain price, I can give you anything you want."

"Anything at all?"

"Of course!"

"The specific location of the person I am looking for?"

"Man, have some ambition; this... perhaps, probably won't work, pick another."

"I want the number one combat power in the heavens and myriad worlds." Lin Chao's eyes held a smile.

"Pick another, *cough cough*."

"Then the second?"

"Pick another again, *cough cough*, I have traded too much and am a bit weak now."

"Traversing time and space, controlling the life and death of living beings?"

"*Cough cough*..."

Lin Chao looked at the bead and finally asked a simple one.

"What about the Path of God?"

"This, I can still manage."

"What price must be paid?"

"No need to pay anymore; you have already paid."

"Hm?"

"You wiped that drop of beast blood clean, allowing me to wake up; that counts as the price."

"Good." Lin Chao maintained his original heart, and his No-Refusal Dao Heart also exerted its maximum effect.

The matters here were too bizarre, and the things he wanted to obtain were obtained too easily.

"The Path of God is..." A massive amount of information surged into Lin Chao's mind.

Lin Chao immediately closed his eyes and began to absorb this information.

The bead flickered with a faint light; Duo Bao Coin seemed to be staring at Lin Chao in front of it.

It suddenly spoke.

"Actually, you did pay a price.

The price you paid is wasting some memories; remember me, hahaha!"

At this moment, the bead also vanished in an instant.

Lin Chao's eyes opened at this moment.

Looking back, the place where he appeared was unexpectedly inside the Void Pool.

Everything just now felt like a dream.

"Is it real or fake?" Lin Chao narrowed his eyes slightly.

Just now, when he used the Daoist Method to pluck the Snow Lotus, he had left behind a Snow Lotus in the depths of the Snow Mountain that would never wither for ten thousand years.

Once the reincarnation ended, he could go and take a look.

Of course... there was one more way to verify it.

But these things were not important to him.

What was most important to him was still to strive to improve his own strength.

This time, entering the Void Pool, he had fulfilled his wish and broken through to the Seventh Layer, and he had also gained the Path of God.

The harvest was bountiful.

"Huh?" Only then did Lin Chao discover that the Water in the Void Pool had actually disappeared without a trace.

As if... it no longer existed.

(End of this chapter)