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第四卷 七星岛 第五百九十一章 聚魂术

Knowing that two old monsters of the Yuan婴 period were following behind, Lin Xuan naturally didn't dare to waste time. If they caught up, he wouldn’t even be able to escape, let alone take any treasures.

Although he no longer paid much attention to peers at his level, Lin Xuan still harbored a great deal of fear towards old monsters of the Yuan婴 period. Moreover, there were two of them!

The immediate priority was to quickly retrieve the treasure and leave this place.

However, at that moment, Lin Xuan stopped in his tracks, his face showing signs of contemplation.

He wasn't unaware of the urgency; rather, several forked paths appeared before him. How should he choose?

These paths looked similar from a distance, but Lin Xuan wanted to use his spirit sense to explore them. However, each path had strange prohibitions that prevented further exploration.

"Master, what's wrong?" Yue'er was also in a dilemma.

Lin Xuan didn't speak; instead, he frowned deeply and pondered for a moment before retrieving the jade pendant that resembled a master’s command token. He hoped to find some clues from it.

He cast a spell into the pendant, causing it to float. Lin Xuan closed his eyes as if sensing something intently.

Yue'er understood and kept her mouth shut, not daring to disturb him in any way...

Finally, after a cup of tea's time had passed, Lin Xuan reopened his eyes with a relaxed expression.

"Master, do you know which path we should take?" Yue'er curiously asked.

"Hmm." Lin Xuan nodded, grabbed the jade pendant back, and hesitated for a moment before heading down the second path to the left.

Although he appeared confident, Lin Xuan was actually somewhat nervous. He had only received slight hints from the pendant, so his confidence wasn't entirely justified. This amounted to gambling since there were no other options.

After walking about a hundred feet, Lin Xuan encountered nothing unusual and felt relieved that he might have chosen correctly.

Ahead, a small stone house appeared. Inside, there was nothing but an old, rudimentary teleportation array.

"This must be..."

Lin Xuan approached the array and identified it with his current knowledge of arrays. While not a master, he far surpassed ordinary cultivators.

The teleportation array had been covered in thick dust for who knew how long. Lin Xuan's sleeve swept over it, and a gust of wind revealed its true form.

Although still functional, its simplicity suggested that it could only transport short distances.

Lin Xuan didn't hesitate; he stepped onto the platform.

Soon, his body was enveloped by a flash of light as his mana surged in. A whirring sound filled his ears, and Lin Xuan disappeared from sight.

His consciousness returned quickly, and he opened his eyes again.

The short-distance teleportation had caused minimal dizziness. Looking at the surroundings, Lin Xuan's expression turned peculiar.

A tall stone gate stood before him, with gray-black rocks on either side that looked like a small mountain when viewed from afar. A cultivator’s cave was carved into the ground beneath his feet!

There was actually a mountain-like structure inside this pavilion; it was hard to imagine why ancient cultivators would create such a place.

Apart from this solitary mountain, everything else was empty.

Lin Xuan quickly returned his gaze to the gate behind him. It was where he had come from, and Lin Xuan hesitated but didn't destroy the array. If he couldn’t find another way out, he might need it later.

Better safe than sorry.

Of course, Lin Xuan made some minor changes so that the two old monsters outside wouldn’t be able to use the teleportation array.

With a sigh of relief, he examined the stone gate. It was about several dozen feet tall and emitted faint silver light with strange runes continuously flowing around it, like living creatures.

Clearly, there were powerful prohibitions on this gate.

Lin Xuan didn't say much; instead, he took out the jade pendant and injected mana into it. The pendant began to tremble as a ball of light the size of his fist formed.

"Break!"

Lin Xuan raised his right hand, and the light ball flew like a meteor towards the stone gate.

The gate also emitted silver light.

When the two beams of light touched, there was no sound, but the atmosphere seemed to freeze. Lin Xuan’s expression darkened as he continuously changed his mudras, sending several rays of light into the silver light in front of him.

Unfortunately, nothing stirred; Lin Xuan's face turned grim.

With a snort, the silver light flashed, revealing the Nine Heaven Moon Ring.

"Yue'er, help!"

"Yes, Master."

The ghost girl appeared with the Beast Soul Flag beside her.

The prohibitions on this stone gate were formidable. Although the pendant should have some counteracting effects, Lin Xuan wasn't from the Jade Mystical Sect and could only exert partial power.

Thus, he couldn’t break through the prohibition, but it had been weakened significantly. The remaining task was to use brute force to destroy it.

At this point, Lin Xuan wouldn’t hold back. Soon, several fire dragons and ice serpents flew out from the Nine Heaven Moon Ring, lunging at the stone gate with their mouths agape.

Inside the Beast Soul Flag, a harsh scream echoed as countless beast souls merged into a towering creature resembling a large gorilla.

"Aggregation of Souls!"

Lin Xuan nodded approvingly. He hadn’t expected Yue'er to have mastered such an advanced technique.

The Aggregation of Souls involved fusing the soul entities within the magic flag into a new monster, significantly boosting their combat power. The number of souls that could be merged was proportional to the strength used to control the artifact.

The gorilla pounded its chest and roared before transforming into a black beam and charging at the stone gate with ferocity...

"Has someone already been here?" Master Kǔ's face was grim as he and the turtle demon arrived at the herb garden.

Seeing the destruction, both human and beast looked dejected.

The turtle demon didn't respond; instead, it approached a plant whose fruits had already been harvested, carefully inspecting it before its expression darkened.

"What’s going on? Didn’t you say that the Jade Mystical Sect created an independent space, so no one else should be here?" Master Kǔ's eyes flashed with anger as he turned to the turtle demon and said slowly.

"I don't know; how would I know? Over the years, no one has entered. But if a friend of yours came first, it’s not impossible that someone else beat you to it," the turtle demon sounded frustrated as it spoke.

Master Kǔ's eyes glinted with ferocity but quickly calmed down: "Regardless, we can’t let this person take the treasure."

"That goes without saying. Although they got here first, he hasn't been gone long, so we should be able to catch up." Unfinished, please continue reading on the website for more chapters and support the author!

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