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Back at his Immortal Cave, Chen Lin summoned Yang Ziqing.

"Find out about a woman named Ling Qianxue. She's the sister of Ling Qianshan, a Rogue Cultivator in the Late Spirit Transformation Realm. She's fairly well known, but don't investigate her openly. Just learn what you can in secret, and whatever you do, don't let them discover you. Otherwise, they may well kill you on the spot."

He briefly explained Ling Qianshan's situation.

It was extremely dangerous for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to investigate someone close to a Spirit Transformation Cultivator, so he cautioned Yang Ziqing carefully.

Yang Ziqing drew a breath and nodded. "Yes, Master. I've heard of Ling Qianshan. He often appears in several mission halls and is obsessed with taking on missions. I'll be careful."

After Yang Ziqing left, Chen Lin began to ponder.

He carefully recalled examining Ling Qianxue's soul. He was certain he had not been mistaken: her condition was exactly the same as Ye Luo's.

If that was true, then even if her Origin Essence was restored, succeeding at Foundation Establishment would be no easy matter.

Back then, Ye Luo had barely succeeded with Lineage Patriarch Ye's intervention and the help of other Void Refinement experts. Ling Qianxue had only a brother in the Late Spirit Transformation Realm. It was highly unlikely he could sever her connection to that powerful existence, even briefly.

There was something else.

Ye Luo had been able to communicate with and summon the existence connected to her while still in the Qi Refining Stage. Ling Qianxue could probably do the same, but the Ling Siblings had concealed it. He had no idea what sort of monster she was connected to.

Perhaps she had lived so long not because she had eaten a Spiritual Fruit, but because of that connected