Chapter 471: Lost
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"Let's go to another fairy domain."
The figure in the beast robe made up his mind.
He had no choice. His reputation in this fairy domain was already well-known, and his life force had been locked on to. If he made a move, he would be recognized by other immortals.
This would lead to them contacting the major fairy cities, and then an endless pursuit would begin.
However, the figure in the beast robe did not regret his actions. The treasure he had obtained from killing the descendant of the City Lord of Beihan Fairy City had increased his strength by several levels.
Even if given the chance, he would choose to kill again without hesitation.
The path of cultivation was one of constant struggle—a struggle against other immortals and a struggle against the heavens themselves!
In the eyes of the beast-robed figure, those immortals who lacked strength yet possessed abundant cultivation resources were his prey, his sustenance on the path of cultivation.
"Let me see, which fairy domain should I choose next."
The figure in the beast robe pondered, as the choice of the fairy domain was important and would impact his future cultivation.
"Hmm? Xuantian Fairy Domain has given birth to a top-tier pill master named Yun Zhenzi?" The beast-robed figure's interest was piqued.
Top-tier pill masters were filthy rich, and the figure in the beast robe had once tried to assassinate one, only to be stopped by a top-tier Jade Immortal that they had hired for protection.
Naturally, these top-tier pill masters, while amassing great wealth, were also very cautious and willing to spend a lot to protect themselves.
"This Yun Zhenzi is a newly emerged top-tier pill master who hasn't hired a top-tier Jade Immortal for protection yet?" The beast-robed figure grew even more intrigued.
Yun Zhenzi's last appearance was nearly a hundred million years ago, and the combat strength displayed back then was only considered slightly above average among Jade Immortals.
In the eyes of the beast-robed figure, this was the perfect prey, even more attractive than the descendant of the City Lord of Beihan Fairy City.
A top-tier pill master, even a newly emerged one, possessed wealth far beyond that of ordinary Jade Immortals.
"The treasure I obtained from the descendant of the City Lord of Beihan has increased my strength by several levels. Dealing with a mere newly emerged top-tier pill master will not pose any unexpected problems."
The beast-robed figure was confident in his abilities.
As for the intelligence that Yun Zhenzi was extremely low-key and rarely left his cave abode, this was not an issue for the beast-robed figure.
He had dared to kill a city lord's descendant within a fairy city and escaped from the killing arrays of numerous fairy cities. He was confident in his ability to sneak past the killing array of Cangwu Fairy City and enter Yun Zhenzi's cave abode unnoticed.
"Xuantian Fairy Domain it is."
The figure in the beast robe rose, merged with the heavens and earth, and disappeared.
The Xuantian Fairy Domain was located right next to the Beizhou Fairy Domain, not too far away. With the presence of Yun Zhenzi, an ideal target, the beast-robed figure would not have to worry about cultivation resources for a long time if he succeeded in this endeavor.
Inside the cave abode, in the cultivation area, Lin Yuan remained seated cross-legged.
Just then, the void in front of him distorted slightly, and a figure appeared—it was the Taiyin Yuan Shen.
"These are the cultivation resources," said the Taiyin Yuan Shen as Lin Yuan opened his eyes and took out a space ring, floating in front of the projection.
In fact, the Lin Yuan who had been residing in this Grade A cave abode was not his true body, but the Taiyang Yuan Shen.
The Grade A cave abode in Cangwu Fairy City had an irregular crack connected to the origin of the fairy realm, where the Ancestor resided. Naturally, Lin Yuan would not risk exposing his true body there.
If an extreme situation arose and it caught the attention of the Ancestor, losing his true body would be a much more severe consequence than losing a single Yuan Shen.
Therefore—
Even though no incidents had occurred in the past five hundred years, Lin Yuan still kept his true body hidden in a secret place, while the Taiyang Yuan Shen accumulated cultivation resources in Cangwu Fairy City to supply the true body's cultivation.
Now, the Taiyin Yuan Shen had come to deliver the cultivation resources gathered by the Taiyang Yuan Shen to the true body.
Whoosh.
The Taiyin Yuan Shen took the cultivation resources and quickly disappeared from the cave abode.
Before long,
The Taiyin Yuan Shen arrived at a certain underground location, an unknown number of billions of miles away from Cangwu Fairy City.
Here, an expansive underground palace had been formed, with Lin Yuan's true body seated cross-legged at its center.
Whoosh.
The Taiyin Yuan Shen appeared and took out the space ring.
"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan swallowed all the resources within the space ring in one go and then, with a slight movement in his heart, looked toward a certain direction.
It was the surface above the underground palace. The void there was rippling slightly, and strands of black aura permeated the area. Soon, seven or eight demon beasts descended.
"In recent decades, the impact of the Demon Abyss's invasion on the fairy realm has become more and more severe."
Lin Yuan's thoughts turned to this pressing issue.
The concrete manifestation was the increasing frequency of demon beast appearances in the fairy realm. Even this remote area that Lin Yuan had specifically chosen was frequently invaded by demon beasts, let alone other places.
"Why doesn't the Ancestor intervene?"
Lin Yuan frowned, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Although the Ancestor was exalted and distant, these demon beasts were clearly affecting the immortals of the fairy realm, especially with the Fairy-Demon Wars that had claimed the lives of countless Golden Immortals. Even Jade Immortals might not be able to escape unscathed.
With the strength of the Ancestor at the twelfth stage, he could easily suppress the ancestor of the Demon Abyss, let alone stop these demon beasts from invading the fairy realm.
Yet, time and again, the Fairy-Demon Wars had occurred.
The Ancestor, residing in the origin of the realm, overlooking all the immortals, showed no signs of taking action.
"Never mind."
"It's not necessary for me to consider these things right now."
Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts. No matter the reason for the Ancestor's inaction, it had nothing to do with him. His current goal was to comprehend the Seventh Layer of Space-Time and the legendary Chaos Laws.
"However, this temporary Demon Abyss passageway that has appeared does need to be dealt with.
By then, there was a possibility that traces of the underground palace would be discovered.
The demon beasts were unintelligent, driven only by their instincts. Although they were condensed from the aura of the Demon Abyss Ancestor, they possessed little sentience.
However, the same could not be said for the Jade Immortals, who possessed a multitude of methods. Lin Yuan did not wish to provoke them unnecessarily.
The next moment, the Taiyin Yuan Shen vanished.
When it reappeared, it was already on the surface, in front of the rapidly forming Demon Abyss passageway.
"Growl! Roar!"
The seven or eight demon beasts that had just entered the fairy realm were exhilarated. To them, the fairy qi, and the blood, flesh, and souls of the fairies were all delectable delicacies, especially the physical bodies of the Jade Immortals, which were supreme nourishing treasures.
Any demon beast that invaded the fairy realm and managed to return to the Demon Abyss would see its strength increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.
However...
Before these seven or eight demon beasts could get their bearings, their consciousness began to plunge into darkness, their physical bodies and souls transformed into the most fundamental demonic aura.
"Is this demonic aura the aura of the Demon Abyss Ancestor?"
Lin Yuan's Taiyin Yuan Shen used his primordial power to return the flesh and souls of the demon beasts to their origin, forming these minuscule traces of demonic aura.
"Demon Abyss Ancestor."
Lin Yuan observed carefully for a while, allowing the wisps of demonic aura to dissipate.
The Demon Abyss Ancestor was also a twelfth-stage being, and rashly retaining a trace of its aura was not a wise decision.
Especially recently, with the impending resurrection of the Demon Abyss Ancestor's consciousness, and the possibility of it regaining six-tenths of its consciousness, even the slightest trace of demonic aura could become a 'beacon' for the Demon Abyss Ancestor.
"Demon Abyss."
Lin Yuan gazed at the pitch-black passageway before him, and with a flick of his thoughts, the space-time around the passage began to collapse, causing the demonic passage to rapidly disintegrate.
"Once my comprehension of space-time reaches the seventh layer, I can pay a visit to the Demon Abyss."
Lin Yuan thought to himself. With the seventh layer of space-time comprehension, he had the confidence to protect himself even against twelfth-stage beings. The existence of the Demon Abyss was rather peculiar.
If possible, Lin Yuan would naturally explore it in depth.
Moments later, the Demon Abyss passage in front of him completely collapsed, as if it had never existed.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan turned and left.
The disappearance of the Demon Abyss passage was nothing out of the ordinary, even for the numerous demon beasts within the Demon Abyss. If one passage was lost, they would simply move on to the next.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, ten years went by.
In the Cangwu Fairy City, within the cave abode region, the figure in the beast robe transformed into the form of a diminutive Golden Immortal and appeared before the Palace of Flying Immortals.
"That should be Yun Zhenzi's cave abode," the figure in the beast robe said, glancing at the cave abode region.
The Thirty-Three Immortal Domains were vast and boundless. Even though the Beizhou Immortal Domain and Xuantian Immortal Domain bordered each other, it still took the figure in the beast robe ten years to arrive at Cangwu Fairy City.
"It's been ten years, and this Yun Zhenzi still hasn't shown any intention of hiring a top-tier Jade Immortal for protection?" A strange look appeared on the face of the figure in the beast robe.
Over the past ten years, he had not stopped paying attention to Yun Zhenzi's intelligence, but he had never heard of any top-tier Jade Immortals being hired by him.
"Does he have confidence in the protective array of the fairy city, or has he secretly hired someone, and I just don't know about it?" The figure in the beast robe didn't bother to think too much about it.
Now that he was here, it meant that he was determined to succeed. Even if Yun Zhenzi had already hired a top-tier Jade Immortal for protection, he would still make his move.
Compared to the last time he had taken action, after obtaining the treasure from the descendant of the City Lord of Beihan Fairy City, the figure in the beast robe believed that his strength had increased significantly, and he was confident that he could swiftly assassinate Yun Zhenzi even under the protection of a top-tier Jade Immortal.
"Fairy City Array?"
The figure in the beast robe approached the cave abode region and smiled faintly as he merged with the heavens and earth, stealthily infiltrating the cave abode region.
Passing by one cave abode after another, the figure in the beast robe finally arrived before a Grade A cave abode.
This was the same cave abode where Lin Yuan resided.
"This Yun Zhenzi must have a deep relationship with the higher-ups of the fairy city. I can sense that the array pressure in this area is much higher."
The face of the figure in the beast robe turned slightly solemn, "But it won't affect me much."
The reason he could almost ignore the fairy city's array was due to his keen grasp of space-time.
All arrays were dependent on space-time, and by grasping space-time, one could render most arrays meaningless.
"Space-time."
The eyes of the figure in the beast robe faintly took on a translucent white color, and he soon merged with the Grade A cave abode.
"Yun Zhenzi should be in the cultivation area."
After infiltrating the cave abode, the figure in the beast robe quickly scanned his surroundings before making his way towards the cultivation area.
Soon enough...
The figure in the beast robe arrived before the core area.
"Yun Zhenzi."
A look of excitement appeared on the face of the figure in the beast robe. The fact that he had infiltrated this far without raising any alarms made him almost completely certain that assassinating Yun Zhenzi would be a straightforward task.
Swish!
The next moment, the figure in the beast robe vanished once more, entering the cultivation area of the cave abode.
It was like a pebble dropping into an endless ocean.
Just as the figure in the beast robe had finally reached the core area, he suddenly found that the world around him had transformed. The endless layers of space-time that made up this vast world seemed to have no end in sight.
"What happened to me?"
The figure in the beast robe was stunned, his eyes darting around in confusion.
At that moment, a bizarre thought popped into his head.
Had he gotten lost?
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