Lin Yiying was originally from Xiepo Village, but she often went hungry as a child and couldn't get enough to eat, so she went to make a living near Qingshan Town at a young age. She settled down near Xiaoyunpo and lived there for 29 years.
Arriving at a village near the town, Lin Xiaofei glanced around casually and walked towards a dirt street.
Because he went to Xiaoyunpo to practice his immortal arts almost every day, he was very familiar with this dirt road.
Soon, he arrived at his second uncle's house, and the two started chatting.
"Xiao Fei, I've known about this old man for a long time. This story goes back to twenty-five years ago."
This old man's name is Wang Qingliang. He was originally from a wealthy family in the town. His family owned three large fish ponds and was very well-off. He disliked studying and was mischievous from a young age.
Unexpectedly, when he was twenty-seven, he met a cultivator in town. Drawn by the cultivator's magic, he wanted to follow him, but the cultivator refused, seeing his low aptitude.
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"When Wang Qingguang saw that the immortals would not take him in, he searched everywhere for the method of cultivating immortality. After seven or eight years, he was finally chosen by an old and sickly cultivator and began to cultivate immortal techniques. Later, after the old cultivator died, he inherited the old cultivator's immortal techniques."
Finally, for reasons unknown, he returned to Qingshan Town and lived in the dilapidated Taoist temple on Xiaoyunpo.
Lin Yiying spoke as if telling a story.
Nodding, Lin Xiaofei muttered to himself:
My second uncle's understanding of this old man was only a basic one; he knew nothing about the specific immortal techniques he practiced or his actual strength.
Seeing Lin Xiaofei listening intently, Lin Yiying continued with a smile:
This old man went out once when he was twenty-seven years old. After returning home, he thought about cultivating immortality and wanted to live forever. But I heard that the way of immortality requires a special opportunity, which is not something that we mortals can come into contact with.
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Lin Xiaofei nodded, thinking back to how he was only happy when he obtained the Dew True God Technique, never realizing that cultivating immortal techniques required a stroke of luck. It was clear that he had struck gold.
"Wang Qingliang spent seven or eight years searching for the method of cultivating immortality, and then cultivated for so many years. This time he killed two Jianghu assassins, so his strength must be quite strong."
After all, that old man has been cultivating immortal techniques for much longer than I have; he must have quite a few good things.
Listening to his second uncle's words, Lin Xiaofei gained a deeper understanding of him.
Three hours later, Lin Xiaofei had a meal at his second uncle's place before returning to the gang, which was his own room.
“The dilapidated Taoist temple on Xiaoyunpo was once inhabited by three cultivators, and the old man stayed there, but kept a low profile.”
Lin Xiaofei muttered to himself and shook his head.
This dilapidated little Taoist temple was built more than 60 years ago by three cultivators who received support from a certain force in Xiagu County. They established the temple outside Qingshan Town, but after that force was destroyed, the three cultivators were implicated and ostracized, making it impossible for them to stay in the temple.
Left with no other choice, two of the cultivators left first, leaving one to struggle on in the small Taoist temple. Under pressure, he finally left, but on the way, he met Wang Qingliang, who was eager for immortal techniques, and then took him as his disciple.
Years later, Wang Qingliang returned to Qingshan Town for some unknown reason and stayed in this dilapidated little Taoist temple.
Two days later, Lin Xiaofei followed behind the old man, chatting as they walked.
"Senior Wang, you brought me to this deep cave. Where are we going?"
At this moment, the two of them had arrived at the depths of a cave in Xiaoyunpo. The cave was overgrown with weeds, and the howls of wild animals could be heard from afar from time to time. Ordinary people would not dare to enter such a cave.
Fortunately, they were all highly skilled and courageous, and they were not afraid at all as they walked deep into the cave below.
After two days of deliberation, Lin Xiaofei decided to accompany the old man on the trip.
After all, he had already obtained one of the other party's alchemy techniques, and he also coveted the other party's Illusionary Eye Technique. In addition, Guo Zishan did not reveal the murder, otherwise, he would have been taken away by the people of the Law Enforcement Hall.
He knew that things between him and Guo Zishan wouldn't end there.
Moreover, he discovered that several disciples of the Enforcement Hall had taken action, seemingly searching for the missing persons in the gang's prison, namely Li Yiming and the other two whom he had killed. When the gang's disciples searched for Wang Yiming in the prison again, they found that the person imprisoned had been replaced and was not Li Yiming.
Lin Xiaofei became alert and also found it strange. Li Yiming and the other two were just outer disciples, so why would they attract the attention of a high-ranking figure in the sect? Did Li Yiming and the other two know a secret of a high-ranking figure? Otherwise, why would they be interested in three death row inmates? And even want to go back to the prison to visit Wang Yiming.
Those law enforcement officers and intelligence officers cooperated with each other, and their search methods were very sophisticated, even more so than those of the government.
Therefore, Lin Xiaofei was worried that this matter might lead to a search of him, and what would happen to Guo Zishan? This left him with some doubts.
Unable to come up with a solution, he decided to go with the old man first.
"You've already reached the third level of Qi Refining at such a young age; you have quite the talent."
The old man smiled gently and said.
"Senior Wang, please stop praising me. You still haven't told me where you're going to take me."
"Will we encounter any danger as we walk through this deep cave?"
Lin Xiaofei said directly.
"You'll know when you get to your destination."
As for whether there will be any danger, you can rest assured. I won't let you do anything dangerous with me.
The old man smiled gently and said.
"I know that you wouldn't let me do anything dangerous, otherwise I wouldn't dare to accompany you to this bottomless cave alone."
But you still haven't told me what to do? This leaves me completely uncertain.
Lin Xiaofei spoke with a mix of truth and falsehood, but in his heart he wondered why the old man had brought him to this deep cave. Was he doing something unknown to others?
He had some doubts about whether the old man was a normal person, and why he would come to such a bottomless place.
"You should know about mythical beasts, right?"
The old man said calmly.
Lin Xiaofei was taken aback for a moment, then asked:
Are we going to kill some kind of alien beast? It's not one of those particularly powerful ones, is it?
Thinking to himself, Lin Xiaofei quickly stopped and said again:
"Senior, what kind of strange beast requires two cultivators to hunt it down? You're not joking, are you?"
According to his understanding, there are many kinds of strange beasts, and most of them are quite powerful and cannot be hunted by ordinary people.
Most of these strange beasts roam deep in the mountains, often consuming wild medicinal herbs to cleanse their blood and make themselves stronger. Their skin and flesh are exceptionally tough, and their strength surpasses that of many martial artists.
The deep cave below is dimly lit. If you encounter a particularly powerful beast there, you'd be unable to fight it freely, which would be incredibly frustrating and could even cost you your life.
Furthermore, he had heard his master say that there were some strange beasts that even martial artists at the Inner Qi Realm dared not fight.
Therefore, when Lin Xiaofei heard that it involved hunting exotic beasts, he hesitated, feeling that this was not a good thing.
"It's kind of like a half-beast!"
The old man turned to look at Lin Xiaofei and quickly said:
If it were a powerful beast, I wouldn't provoke it at all; wouldn't that be suicide? Although I'm old, I still want to live a few more years.
"All right.
What then is meant by "half a strange beast"?
Lin Xiaofei asked with a curious expression.
"The so-called half-beast is a special kind of beast that gradually petrifies its body by consuming a large amount of iron and stone, thus forming a species that is both beast-like and stone-like."
Of course, this is the name I gave it myself.
The old man smiled and explained.
"Oh, I didn't know that. I thought it was something else. You scared me. Can the two of us defeat that half of a strange beast?"
Lin Xiaofei let out a slow breath, feeling much more relaxed, and said.
If that half-beast possesses the strength of a peak-level martial artist, or even the strength of an Inner Qi Realm cultivator, then he must find a way to leave.
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