The Lin Clan land of the Lin family.
Ancient trees reach for the sky, old vines coil around them, and ancient stone halls are nestled among the verdant greenery, with a misty Spiritual Qi enveloping the entire area like a thin veil.
The moment Lin Fan stepped into the ancestral land, several divine senses swept over him simultaneously.
It's not about exploration, it's about welcoming.
" Little Fanzi is back?"
An aged voice echoed from the depths of the ancestral land, tinged with a lazy chuckle, "I heard you brought back some good stuff?"
"Our ancestors were still so well-informed!"
Lin Fan smiled, took out the dark golden Immortal Seed from his storage ring, and held it in his palm.
The Immortal Seed glowed faintly, like a heart that was slowly breathing, and the dark golden light film on its surface flowed with ancient and pure Daoist charm.
The Drunkard Ancestor was the first to peek out from the pavilion, still looking drunk, carrying a gourd of wine in his hand. He staggered over and squinted at the Immortal Seed for a moment.
His cloudy, drunken eyes suddenly cleared for a moment.
hiss...
The Drunkard Ancestor smacked his lips, picked up his gourd, took a swig, and smacked his lips again. "Interesting. This stuff is indeed related to a certain secret of the Emperor Pass."
What secret?
Lin Fan raised an eyebrow.
The Drunkard Ancestor didn't answer directly. He simply circled the Immortal Seed, glanced at it a few more times, and then mumbled indistinctly, "The embryonic form of Immortal Dao... it really is real."
"There is also a faint, nascent form of a law passage hidden deep within the Immortal Seed, as if it has been sealed away for countless ages."
"Some people use this thing... as a bridge."
"To cross the bridge?"
Lin Fan frowned slightly. "What do you mean?"
The Drunkard Ancestor waved his hand, meaning "Don't overthink it," and downed a mouthful of wine. "Tell me first, what are you planning to do with this thing?"
Lin Fan pondered for a moment, "I originally intended to take it back for the elders to study. If they could glean some secrets of the Immortal Dao from it, our Lin Clan might just gain another powerful Immortal Dao expert."
"Otherwise, if beings from Foreign Domain find a passage to cross over, our Lin Clan's territory will be the first to suffer, ultimately putting us at a disadvantage."
After hearing this, the Drunkard Ancestor's lips twitched slightly, as if he was suppressing a laugh, "You little rascal... you've got some guts."
He shook his head and grinned. "But you're overthinking it. This thing is useless to us old guys."
"Useless?"
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment. "Why is it useless again? The Dao Comprehension Stele is useless, and the legendary Immortal Seed is useless too?"
He wanted his ancestors to become immortals first, so he could have a powerful backer, which is a bit troublesome...
What else?
The Drunkard Ancestor rolled his eyes at Lin Fan: "Your ancestor has lived this long, what storms haven't I weathered?"
"Back in the Great War of the Ages, your ancestor tore apart Immortal Dao immortal souls with his bare hands and trampled Devil Master from Foreign Domain under his feet. What Immortal Seed seeds and fruits haven't I eaten?"
"This thing is a treasure in other people's eyes, but in my eyes... it's just a toy."
"Toy?"
Lin Fan's lips twitched, and he almost couldn't hold back. "This is Immortal Seed, Ancestor, aren't you exaggerating a bit?"
"Big?"
The Drunkard Ancestor grinned, revealing his large yellow teeth, and chuckled, "If you had been born tens of thousands of years earlier, you would know just how formidable your ancestor was back in the day!"
"Alright, stop dawdling here. You can keep this for yourself."
"Your Chaos Gods and Devils Body is a perfect match for this thing. Giving it to you to comprehend will be ten or a hundred times better than giving it to us."
He patted Lin Fan on the shoulder and added, "As for Foreign Domain creatures? Hehe, if they dare to come, our Lin Clan's Immortal Annihilation Formation isn't to be trifled with. Don't worry."
"Your ancestor isn't done living yet; he won't let those dark, murky things set foot in the Lin Clan's gates."
Lin Fan: "..."
He wanted to say something more, but the Drunkard Ancestor had already turned and left with his gourd. "I'm leaving. It's nothing, don't disturb the old man's drinking!"
Lin Fan stood in the ancestral land, watching the figure of the Drunkard Ancestor disappear into the pavilion, and then looked around... The other ancestors had all returned to their respective positions, some were dozing, some were fishing, and some were even counting ants.
Not one of them showed any interest in the Immortal Seed.
Something's not right.
Lin Fan muttered to himself, "Something's definitely not right."
He always felt that the elders were hiding something from him.
The Dao Comprehension Stele was offered to them, but they declined.
When the Immortal Seed was brought out, they said it was useless.
Even the guide in the Immortal Ancient Ruins mentioned that the Immortal Seed was something the Ye Clan risked their lives to protect, something that could cause a major war at the Emperor Pass, yet in the eyes of their own ancestor, it had become nothing more than a "toy"?
What secret are they hiding?
Lin Fan stood there thinking for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. Finally, he shook his head and thought, "Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it anymore."
"Anyway, all we need to know is that those ancestors were awesome."
He turned and walked towards his own secluded cultivation area deep within the ancestral land. "However, since the ancestors said this thing is destined for me... then I'll try to comprehend it."
Lin Fan sat cross-legged on a blue stone platform deep within the ancestral land.
The ancient trees all around were lush and verdant, filled with a rich Spiritual Qi. It was completely silent, with only the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves, like a whisper from ancient times.
He closed his eyes and held the Immortal Seed in his palm.
The Immortal Seed throbbed slightly in his palm, like a heart awakening, and the dark golden membrane on its surface began to slowly wriggle, like a larva emerging from its cocoon.
"Buzz!"
A faint gray-gold light seeped out from the Immortal Seed, slowly flowing into his meridians along the lines of his palm.
In that instant, Lin Fan felt his blood boil slightly.
The Chaos Gods and Devils Body operated on its own, like a furnace being ignited. The three streams of Immortal Qi in its dantian were like three awakened dragons, swimming towards the direction of the Immortal Seed.
Three streams converge into the same lake.
The light membrane on the surface of that Immortal Seed seed slowly cracked open, like a clam shell being pried open.
A purer and more ancient Law of the Immortal Dao flowed out from him, like a drop of sweet dew compressed over countless years, seeping into his dantian along his meridians.
Lin Fan froze for a moment.
The feeling was like a traveler who had trekked through the desert for countless days suddenly finding an oasis, and feeling refreshed from head to toe, inside and out.
The laws entered his body, resonating with the Immortal Qi.
Within his dantian, three streams of Immortal Qi, like three pieces of divine iron that had been repeatedly tempered, were merging, colliding, and fusing with that Law of the Immortal Dao, like a furnace being reforged.
"Boom!"
Behind him, a Chaos Dharma Form suddenly appeared.
The Dharma image, which was originally just a blurry outline, now seemed to have been infused with a soul, its entire body swirling with ancient and profound Chaos Qi. Three thousand Gods and Devils images of gods and demons appeared behind the Dharma image, as if the three thousand Great Daos were bowing down at the same time.
The Spiritual Qi of the entire ancestral land was surging towards him frantically, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea.