Lin Jinglong ignored the old man kneeling on the ground.
He turned his gaze to one of the cave walls, where a painting depicted an old man in black robes with an air of otherworldly wisdom, smiling as he looked out at the world beyond the painting.
"Aren't you going to show yourself? Do you really think I can't find you?"
Lin Jinglong revealed a mocking smile.
On the scroll, the old man who was smiling suddenly changed his expression. He stopped smiling and looked at Lin Jinglong with a deep anger.
"What exactly do you want? Are you trying to kill me?"
The old man in the painting is none other than You Jiu.
He did not actually escape from the cave; instead, he hid within the painting, which was, in fact, his true lair.
Just like the place where the true dragon and the five elements once resided.
Within that painting lies a small, secluded paradise.
Lin Jinglong looked at the old man in the painting with his hands behind his back and said in a low voice, "If I'm not mistaken, you should already be dead, but you've survived to this day by relying on ancient divine cultivation techniques."
Whether or not I should try to kill you depends on your attitude. If you answer my questions, perhaps I can let you go.
Lin Jinglong approached the painting and spoke calmly.
The old man frowned as he looked at him.
What do you want to ask?
"Logically speaking, the souls of the Chen family and the other families you control should have been scattered long ago. Why are they still alive and under your control?"
Upon hearing this, You Jiu suddenly burst into laughter.
"I initially thought it was some kind of problem. Even that old monster Mo Dongchen was killed by you. Logically speaking, you should be an ancient cultivator as well. Could it be that you are not a fellow Daoist who successfully possessed another body?"
Do you think everyone should know this kind of inside information?
Lin Jinglong looked at him suspiciously.
The other party shook his head and said calmly, "That's not true. After all, many things that happened around the Holy Realm in ancient times were only participated in by a few cultivators, who also knew some of the inside stories."
"Now you can answer my question."
Lin Jinglong has lost his patience.
You Jiu also realized that this young man was not someone to be trifled with.
He said in a deep voice, "It's very simple. In ancient times, there were extremely powerful beings who prophesied the severing of the connection between heaven and earth. Naturally, they could also predict when the severing of the connection between heaven and earth would end."
Lin Jinglong's eyes widened in shock.
"The moment when the Holy Realm collapses?"
"More or less, but the end of the 'Severing Heaven and Earth Connection' will be a process, not a specific moment."
You Jiu added a sentence.
He continued, "The reason why the souls I control have not been scattered is because the souls in this world do not voluntarily scatter after death."
"Instead, they lost contact with their own family."
"This is also part of the Separation of Heaven and Earth!"
Lin Jinglong's eyes flashed again.
I see!
Based on years of experience, apart from a few people who have mastered unique secret techniques for summoning souls, the Chen clan, no matter how they perform ancestral rites, cannot summon their ancestors back.
Because they change over time.
They have all vanished from this world.
But now it seems that this experience is wrong; the souls of the dead, if they have not been completely destroyed, still remain in this world.
However, only a few people have the ability to recall them.
"After the severance of the connection between heaven and earth is completed, by using the divine method and incense to connect, a family with a long lineage like the Chen family can summon back the souls of their ancestors. In this process, I used the divine method to control the souls of their ancestors in advance."
"I was just a middleman, quietly collecting a small tax on the incense they offered."
"Does what I'm doing conflict with your interests?"
You Jiu suddenly chuckled and said to Lin Jinglong.
Lin Jinglong has already understood everything.
With the severing of the connection between heaven and earth, incense, as a medium, will truly begin to play its role. A large number of spirits will emerge in the world, and they will surely return to the human realm after being worshipped by their clansmen.
But there are cunning and calculating beings like You Jiu.
They would start planning ahead, hiding behind the scenes like an old parasite, quietly draining the incense offerings that those aristocratic families made to their ancestors.
Lin Jinglong was too lazy to say anything more about this.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with him; he's just a bit unethical.
only……
"You taught Chen Guangzu the heretical sacrificial method, didn't you? Besides him, have the other thirty-odd families also learned your sacrificial methods?"
Lin Jinglong sneered as he looked at the old man in the painting.
You Jiu's brows finally furrowed deeply.
"It was just a sacrifice of some living people. You should know that twelve young girls can improve my cultivation for more than ten years. Those Chen clan members who are under my control can also be nourished."
"This is just one part of my path of cultivation."
Do you think I did something wrong?
You Jiu didn't think he was wrong.
In ancient times, this was how he cultivated. He was one of the founders of the divine methods in the world. Although his cultivation level was not very high, his methods were quite ingenious.
The fact that it has survived five thousand years since the end of time, regardless of how it did so, and retained its self-awareness to this day, is enough to prove its strength.
This also demonstrates that the person is unscrupulous.
Lin Jinglong shook his head and sneered, "Now I understand why the 'Severing Heaven and Earth Connection' happened. It must be because you ancient cultivators did too many immoral things that even the heavens couldn't stand it anymore."
"The end of the connection between heaven and earth is nothing to me, but are you bastards planning to continue to feed billions of living beings as offerings for your cultivation path?"
You Jiu fell silent.
He discovered that although Lin Jinglong had obtained a lot of information from him, the kid still treated him as an enemy.
His smile gradually turned sinister.
"I'll say it again: how I cultivate, whether I need to use living people as sacrifices, is none of your business. If you insist on blocking my way, I will absolutely not be polite to you!"
The words fell.
He stepped directly out of the painting.
The real person looked lifelike and didn't resemble a spirit practicing divine arts at all.
You Jiu exuded a rich incense scent.
He looked deeply at Lin Jinglong and whispered, "Retreat. I don't want to waste too much energy on you. I just want to walk to the end of the road alone!"
"Moreover, the end of the connection between heaven and earth means that your so-called God also thinks that the world should change."
"A world of flourishing incense offerings is about to arrive. No matter what method I use to cultivate, I am following the way of Heaven. Do you perhaps intend to defy Heaven?"
It was evident from his aura.
This person is actually a Yin Spirit at the Dao Integration stage!
Lin Jinglong looked at him coldly.
"So you're at the Dao Integration stage, and you're playing hide-and-seek with me so cautiously. No wonder you were able to survive the Great Tribulation of the Interconnection of Heaven and Earth. However, I cannot agree with your explanation."
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