Chapter 1109: Chapter 338: Sikong Yan? Lin Jin? No, No, Something’s Seriously Wrong... (6k)_2

No, that’s not right!

If Sikong Yan didn’t lie, then he must have already possessed the body of the former Palace Master of the Cangyan Daoist Palace.

And a cultivator can only possess a body once in a lifetime, afterward, they would suffer divine punishment.

Could it be that Lin Jin possessed Sikong Yan?

That’s even more impossible, Lin Jin clearly said he was going to die.

Zhou Qing just felt his mind was a bit chaotic, with his temples throbbing.

Suddenly, he recalled Senior Uncle Gao Xuan’s special trip to the White Jade Taixu Courtyard to remind him.

"Sikong Yan is in the academy, and even... he has always been there."

The next moment, a crazy idea suddenly pierced his mind—

"Could Lin Jin... be Sikong Yan’s clone?"

The two separated to slash the spirit, increasing the success rate of the Spirit Severing, and when they combine into one, they can directly break through to the Spirit Severing Realm?

But in an instant, he overthrew this guess.

Sikong Yan’s madness was unfathomable, as the sixth figure of the Divine Ruins Celestial Palace, he controlled a peculiar restricted zone of his own.

While the white-clothed Lin Jin was calm and composed, always speaking with a unique inverted sentence structure.

These were clearly two different personalities, how could they be clones of the same person?

If it were a clone, just the Heart Mirror Vision would have revealed it, so how could it bind twice?

The more Zhou Qing thought about it, the more he felt his mind was about to explode, yet a voice in his heart told him, that person earlier—was Sikong Yan!

"Spirit Severing Realm!" After a long time, Zhou Qing exhaled a deep breath, staring at the spot where the space crack dissipated, with a heavy heart.

Since the other party had broken through Spirit Severing, and specifically invited him to the Imperial City for assistance, it clearly showed how significant his schemes were.

Should he help or not?

After a brief consideration, Zhou Qing no longer rushed to figure it out, but instead sent a message to his senior brother Ghost Mastiff and second senior sister. After the three gathered, they rushed straight towards the outer city.

...

"Are you sure you don’t need guardianship?"

After Zhou Qing set up fifteen wood attribute Spirit Stones for the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, Ghost Mastiff confirmed again.

Zhou Qing smiled and shook his head, the ethereal energy would take over a month to nurture, and he couldn’t comprehend for more than an hour each time.

Otherwise, "Dao Eroding Moss" would grow on his body, corroding both cultivation and flesh.

This kind of intermittent cultivation didn’t need others to guard him.

Moreover, since he’s going to continuously use top-grade Spirit Stones to nourish the Ancient Tea Tree, he couldn’t keep troubling his senior brother and sister.

Don’t forget, they came to the Imperial City side for something.

"There are three perilous grounds outside the city in the ten thousand mile range."

Ghost Mastiff finally relented, pointing at the map on the Jade Scroll: "Rotten Scale Forest, Howling Wind Cliff, and Ancient Beast Wilderness, all places where fierce beasts run rampant, yet hiding countless opportunities."

"Since you don’t need us to guard you, I suppose you have your considerations and we won’t disturb you, planning to train there."

Zhou Qing’s eyes lit up, he hadn’t thought there would be such great places near the Imperial City.

Moreover, whether it was Senior Brother’s Blood Battle Path Intent or Second Senior Sister’s Gou Dao Realm, they both needed trials of life and death.

"In that case, I’ll go with you, anyway I will be in seclusion in a month and being closer means I can help in case of danger!"

Zhou Qing immediately decided.

To this, the two naturally agreed.

...

A dozen days later, when the Flying Ship pierced through the clouds, the three quickly arrived at the Ancient Beast Wilderness.

After confirming the Communication Jade Scroll was smooth, they each chose a direction and left.

Zhou Qing then nestled with the old hen in the temporary Cave Mansion. When the first wisp of ethereal energy finally appeared, he sighed with relief.

"I know the Restriction can’t trap you, but don’t run around carelessly, be careful not to get caught by someone and cooked to eat!" Zhou Qing warned as he looked at the old hen.

In response was a string of discontented "clucks."

Then, Zhou Qing embraced the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and started to comprehend and reflect.

Three months passed like flowing water, when he opened his eyes again, six thousand Spirit Seals floated around him, sparkling like a galaxy.

"These fifteen top-grade wood attribute Spirit Stones were almost insufficient, and the time is getting longer!"

Zhou Qing mumbled, rubbing his temples.

Even though he knew that inscribing a divine technique and gathering Spirit Seals would become increasingly difficult, seeing the densely packed Spirit Seals around him still felt rewarding.

"This is already a great shortcut, one shouldn’t be too greedy." He chuckled to himself.

After glancing at the old hen sleeping soundly beside him, and confirming that Senior Brother and Second Senior Sister were fine, he gritted his teeth and invested twenty more top-grade wood attribute Spirit Stones.

He then waited, relying on his own enlightenment to comprehend the "Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain".

Half a year passed in an instant.

Seven thousand Spirit Seals hovered around him like stars.

Eight months later, when Zhou Qing opened his eyes again, eight thousand Spirit Seals surrounded him, shining brilliantly.

And all the wood attribute Spirit Stones were already exhausted.

"According to this rate, if I want to gather nine thousand Spirit Seals next time, at least forty wood attribute Spirit Stones would be needed, taking a year..."

Zhou Qing shook his head with a bitter smile, "It’s like burning money!"

Counting the remaining, only over five hundred regular top-grade Spirit Stones were left.

To attempt the Spirit Severing Realm, at least a thousand are needed, naturally, the more the better.

After a brief thought, he took out the Divine Ruins Celestial Palace Token, recently, number four and number five have always been online.

On the other hand, number six Shen Hanyi and number seven Sikong Yan have been out of contact.

It’s a pity that what number six is busy with seems to be private, he has always been unwilling to disclose it, so there’s no way to help.

As for Sikong Yan...

He looked at the Friendship Sticker, if he could help him finish his tasks, he would receive fifty top-grade wood attribute Spirit Stones and a hundred regular top-grade Spirit Stones.

With the resources he dropped, gathering nine thousand Spirit Seals would be at his fingertips, just a step away from becoming a Fourth-level Array Master.