Soon, cultivators were brought to the gallows, where the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces bound them securely.
Subsequently, a cultivator from the Twelve True Palaces began to extract the spiritual power of that cultivator in a special way.
Whether turning demonic beasts into puppets or human cultivators into puppets, the essence is simply to understand the spiritual power contained within their physical bodies.
In ancient times, cultivators would forcibly dig out the internal organs of demonic beasts from their bodies. This was because lower-level demonic beasts did not possess a spiritual sea; they essentially stored their spiritual power through the power of their flesh and blood.
However, the same method works differently when dealing with human cultivators.
Human cultivators are born with a sea of spirit. To extract their spiritual power, one must establish a connection with their sea of spirit and forcibly extract it using powerful spiritual energy.
At the beginning of this process, the cultivator whose spiritual power is being extracted can feel pain, but they will gradually become numb later on.
"Ah/Ah/Ah/Ah!!..."
Even that brief moment of screams was enough to send chills down one's spine; even Lin Yu felt a pang of pity upon hearing it.
No wonder the other cultivators under the gallows all had numb expressions; after hearing such screams so many times, they could only feel endless numbness.
Lin Yu never expected that even in the Dao Qi era, there would still be cultivators using such primitive and brutal methods to extract the spiritual power of others.
In fact, according to what Lin Yu knew before, there were many ways to extract the spiritual power of human cultivators, and some methods could even cause human cultivators to lose most of their spiritual power without them even realizing it.
However, the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces chose the most primitive method at this moment, which was also the method that would make the puppet feel pain the most.
There is no greater pain in the world than this.
Lin Yu felt utterly desolate upon seeing this.
However, the same scene appeared completely different to the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces; they only felt excited.
Having been confined to the small space of the Twelve True Palaces for so long, their minds and thoughts had long been distorted. Facing the cultivators from the outside world, they felt no pity whatsoever; instead, they felt only satisfaction at the sight of this scene.
They have absolutely no pity for these "lucky ones" outside! Everything the Twelve True Palace cultivators are doing now is for revenge against them!
We are all the same human race, and we all have the nature of "greed". But just because we were born into the wrong family, they can only be confined to the Twelve True Palaces by the Peerless Daoist and cannot go far away, while those people can move freely in the outside world.
Although they appear free now, they have lived here for generations and have never stepped outside the Twelve Palaces, making them no different from prisoners born with a crime in their hearts.
But what sin in this world is a sin caused by your birth?
Under the mental control of the Lineage, most ordinary cultivators regard outsiders as enemies. They wonder why they can have free bodies while they are confined to a small space.
Because their living space was too small, the minds of the Twelve True Palace cultivators became increasingly cramped.
"Today I'll let you die knowing why! You guys are no different from us in nature."
"But you are only able to live in the outside world because you are lucky enough."
"It's all because of us, inexplicably chosen by that powerful figure to become prisoners of the Twelve True Palaces! In this world, someone always has to suffer, and we have suffered so much for you!"
"This is absolutely unfair! So now you should experience this feeling of being worse than dead, just like us!"
The cultivators from the Twelve True Palaces spoke arrogantly.
At first, they were quite calm in the face of these outsiders, but soon, the cultivators, led by the members of the Lineage, began to regard all of these outsiders as enemies.
All of this actually originated from Zhang Quan, a member of Lineage.
The person in power harbored hatred not so much for the cultivators outside, but for the world itself.
He hated not only the cultivators outside, but also the peerless Daoist who had trapped them here.
No matter how much hatred they harbored, they were powerless against the elusive and unpredictable Peerless Daoist. Therefore, they could only transfer all their anger to the cultivators outside.
Even if they were able to leave the land of the Twelve Palaces and be turned into puppets, they would have long lost their true freedom.
They are now firmly controlled by the Lineage and will never be able to escape their clutches in this lifetime.
"Our ancestors did nothing, yet they suffered so much for you! Now, it's time for you to pay your debt," the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces said menacingly.
Lin Yu was somewhat surprised after hearing this. Could it be that reality had been distorted into such a way?
"As far as I know, it was your ancestors thousands of years ago who, in their greed for wealth and glory, sought refuge with that peerless Daoist. Oh, this peerless Daoist is the important figure you speak of."
"Moreover, this peerless Daoist truly offered you a paradise of bliss in the first place, but you were ungrateful and destroyed it. The fact that things turned out this way ultimately comes down to your own self-destructive behavior. And you can blame it all on outside cultivators?"
"Even if you have someone to blame, you can only blame your ancestors for being too greedy."
Lin Yu shook his head helplessly; he simply couldn't communicate with the Twelve True Palace cultivators.
The cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces naturally didn't believe Lin Yu's Lin Yu, because everything he said was completely different from what they had known since childhood.
Unfortunately, these cultivators from the Twelve True Palaces had no idea that what Lin Yu said was the truth of the matter.
Their ancestors were initially attracted by the countless rare and precious treasures of the Twelve True Palaces, which is why they settled here. Who knew that their greed would destroy such a paradise on earth?
These Twelve True Palaces are the brainchild of the Peerless Daoist, so he naturally wouldn't let them go easily. However, on the other hand, he also didn't want to let them return to the outside world and harm people.
Therefore, the Peerless Daoist chose a compromise: to imprison their ancestors forever on the land of the Twelve True Palaces as an act of atonement for their sins.
This is both the benevolence and cruelty of the Peerless Daoist.