Preparation

"Sister!"

Seeing the person arrive, the two female cultivators immediately showed happy expressions and went over.

Chen Lin and Zhao Zhengyuan also went up to pay their respects one after another.

Ye Jingyun nodded and greeted them, then said, "Alright, find a place to rest. There will likely be big movements tonight, and there won't be any chance to rest then!"

After speaking, she hurried into Yu Yuehai's room.

With Ye Jingyun gone, the remaining people looked at each other.

Especially the two female cultivators, who wanted to follow but didn't dare.

At this moment, Zhao Zhengyuan suddenly spoke, "Then I'll go back to my room to rest too!" and walked straight back to the room he was staying in.

The other party's change was quite significant. Chen Lin glanced at it but didn't pay attention. Instead, he looked at the two female cultivators and said, "I'm going back too. There's another empty room over there. If you two don't want to stay in the courtyard, you can rest there for now."

Cultivators themselves were people who eliminated devils and caught ghosts, so whether a room had a death in it was not a problem.

He had also been to the sallow-faced female cultivator's room before; it was basically empty and very clean.

The two female cultivators nodded but didn't move.

Chen Lin couldn't be bothered to pay attention. If it weren't for Ye Jingyun's sake, he wouldn't even talk to them. He was leaving soon and had many things to deal with.

Returning to his room, he began to pack.

This departure meant either success or death; there was no possibility of returning.

Large items naturally couldn't be taken, but he still put away the iron pot and alchemy furnace.

What if he escaped and ended up in the wilderness? He might still need this item. Even if he didn't have materials to refine pills, he could still boil porridge and cook food.

He also had to take half a bag of spirit rice, as well as several buckets of water.

At the Qi Refining stage, one couldn't go without eating or drinking; not taking them would mean going hungry.

It was a pity he hadn't bought a Bigu Pill, otherwise, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.

With this, his storage bag was basically full.

The remaining odds and ends could only be placed in the storage bag of the Thunderclap Bead. However, he specifically found a wooden box to separate the Thunderclap Bead for easier retrieval when needed.

After organizing his belongings, he continued to nurture the newly condensed sword qi.

But he didn't test its effects. Once this thing was used, it needed to be condensed again. He didn't have the time and didn't want to endure that kind of pain again.

Soon, it was midnight.

Chen Lin had already applied Mingqing Spirit Water to his eyes and stood quietly by the window, waiting for the scene of the sky filled with red lines.

He noticed that the sisters hadn't gone to the sallow-faced female cultivator's room to rest. Instead, they had been standing under the eaves, and at this moment, they were also looking up at the sky.

Clearly, they also knew about the existence of the red lines.

It made sense. Since they were brought back by Yu Yuehai, how could they not know?

He poked his head out, wanting to see if Zhao Zhengyuan was coming out. Before he could get a clear look, he saw Yu Yuehai's room door open, and the man and Ye Jingyun walked out one after the other, holding a strange circular object.

"Everyone come out!"

Yu Yuehai walked to the center of the courtyard and called out.

Chen Lin quickly went out.

Zhao Zhengyuan's room door also creaked open, and he walked out with a blank expression.

The Xia sisters also moved closer.

As soon as they gathered, Yu Yuehai tossed the circular object in his hand.

The disk emitted light and rapidly enlarged, becoming a full ten feet in diameter. It was controlled and landed on the ground.

Only then did Chen Lin see clearly that at the edge of the huge disk, there was a groove at intervals.

There were five in total.

Each groove was inlaid with a large spirit stone of a different color.

This was Chen Lin's first time seeing colored spirit stones, but he knew why they were like this.

These spirit stones were different from ordinary spirit stones. Ordinary spirit stones contained spirit energy of no attribute, while these had attributes.

For example, the red one was a fire attribute spirit stone, and the yellow one was an earth attribute spirit stone. The five colors here were precisely the five attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

It was obvious that these five large spirit stones were used to drive the disk, and this disk was likely a formation disk.

Such a large formation disk was truly beyond his comprehension. Moreover, this item could be enlarged and shrunk, so it must be a spiritual artifact. Yu Yuehai was truly wealthy.

"According to the attribute of the cultivation technique each of you practices, stand in the corresponding groove."

Yu Yuehai's voice rang out again.

Chen Lin was stunned. He glanced at Zhao Zhengyuan and the Xia sisters, seeing that they also looked confused and bewildered.

"Hmph, what are you waiting for? Don't you even know the attribute of your own cultivation technique!"

Yu Yuehai's tone became somewhat cold, and his voice rose a little.

The Xia sisters' bodies trembled, and they immediately moved their feet, walking to the slots for the Gold Attribute and Earth Attribute Spirit Stones, respectively.

Chen Lin also reacted. The Profound Wood Art he cultivated was a Wood Attribute cultivation technique, so naturally, he had to choose the slot for the Wood Attribute Spirit Stone.

He still remembered that Zhao Zhengyuan cultivated a Fire Attribute cultivation technique. It seemed that Yu Yuehai hadn't randomly chosen these people.

As expected, Zhao Zhengyuan walked to the Fire Attribute slot, while the last Water Attribute slot was taken by Ye Jingyun.

Five people, with all five elements covered.

"Listen to my orders later. When I say start, you will place your hands on the slots and channel your Magical Power into them to temporarily replace the Spiritual Power supply of the Spirit Stones so I can change to new ones. However, it might not be necessary. The Spiritual Power in this batch of Spirit Stones should be almost enough."

Yu Yuehai explained briefly, then stopped talking and quietly looked up at the sky.

The opponent's pressure was immense, so no one dared to ask. Ye Jingyun, the only one who dared to ask, also tilted her head back to watch.

Chen Lin knew they were waiting for the red lines to appear, and he believed Zhao Zhengyuan and the Xia sisters knew it too.

Since Yu Yuehai had chosen them, he wouldn't have withheld the truth. He must have given them Mingqing Spirit Water so they could see the red lines.

Furthermore, the Xia sisters hadn't shown that sideways, cold-smiling sickness from beginning to end, and neither had Zhao Zhengyuan.

In the past, Zhao Zhengyuan hadn't been this normal.

This indicated that Yu Yuehai had given them items that could suppress the abnormalities.

Ye Jingyun must also have a way to suppress it. The first time they met, the sideways, cold smile she displayed should have been, like his, a deliberate act.

Chen Lin stood there, his mind constantly recalling past events.

The more he recalled, the more he felt Yu Yuehai was a cunning old fox, able to live in this inconspicuous small courtyard for years. He really had a lot of patience.

Moreover, the man was so mysterious; it was unlikely his only motive was to escape.

Just as he was mentally complaining, a faint bell chime suddenly sounded from his room. At the same time, the sky instantly filled with red lines!

Simultaneously, a huge, blurry figure appeared above the city!

Chen Lin was greatly shocked. Why had this thing appeared again? And it was clearer than the last time he saw it; he could already vaguely make out its general outline!

He couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

It was this thing that appeared last time, which caused him to be connected by red lines. Now that it was out again, would it discover their abnormalities and "correct" them?