Looking back at the traces of time, Lian Ziling saw a completely unfamiliar young monk appearing in the cave of "Qihuangzi".

——After a long period of "reading", Lian Ziling is very familiar with the high-rise structure of "Qihuang Gate".

He can be sure that not only is this person appearing in this spiritual land for the first time, but also his existence, except for "Qihuangzi", the other "Qihuangmen" monks are also aware of this person's existence.

The state of knowing nothing.

This person's cultivation level is not surprising. Even if he was able to sneak into "Qihuangzi"'s cave quietly without touching the spiritual formation, it was all because "Qihuangzi" quietly opened the door for him behind his back.

After the young monk appeared, the two only had a brief, but full of witty conversation.

"Qihuangzi" sighed: "You are finally here."

The young monk said calmly: "But I'm here after all."

"Qihuangzi" nodded and hummed softly.

The young monk asked again: "Do you have any clues?"

When he saw this, Lian Ziling's head was really filled with questions.

"Clue? What clue? Could it be that 'Qihuangzi' is carrying a bigger secret?"

"No wonder the 'Qihuangmen' attaches great importance to the collection of information. Is this also a means for him to find the so-called 'clues'?"

Just as Lian Ziling was thinking about it, an old leather scroll appeared in "Qihuangzi's" hand.

He handed the leather scroll to the young monk.

The young monk raised his eyebrows and reached out to take the ancient leather scroll handed by "Qi Huangzi". He gently unfolded the leather scroll, and a "sloppy" map came into the young man's eyes.

It was also reflected in the eyes of another onlooker from a distance of time, Lian Ziling.

The reason why this map is called "sloppy" is that it is difficult to be accurate in any case.

It looks like a drunkard's random drawing, or like a child's scribbling. If this picture fell into the eyes of ordinary people, it would be almost impossible to interpret the accurate information.

Fortunately, Lian Ziling had a very accurate map of the Five Realms in his mind, so after being slightly stunned when he first saw the map, he quickly interpreted the map.

"This irregular circle at the northernmost point should be Wumeng Sea.

The two irregular thick lines running east and west should be the largest mountain range in the Alchemy Domain and the longest river in the Hehuan Domain..."

In the center of the map, there is a specially marked red circle. Within the red circle, there seems to be a small drop of red mark accidentally dropped by the mapper.

The only red mark on the ancient leather scroll is still so bright and eye-catching.

"This should be somewhere between the five realms."

Lian Ziling had such a guess in his mind, but for a while, he was unable to correlate the red circle with a specific area within the five domains.

Because the proportions of this leather scroll were so imprecise, it was difficult for him to determine its specific location through its relative relationship with several other places.

After the young monk unfolded the leather scroll and took a brief look, he seemed to have fully understood the true meaning of the map in the leather scroll in his hand. He rerolled the ancient leather scroll and put it away.

Then, he bowed his hand to "Qi Huangzi" and seemed to be about to say goodbye and leave.

I have no intention of staying any longer.

At this moment, "Qihuangzi" suddenly said: "Wait a minute."

The young monk paused and looked at "Qi Huangzi" again, with doubts in his eyes.

Another item appeared in "Qihuangzi"'s hand.

The moment he saw this item, Lian Ziling's expression suddenly shook.

It's just because the thing "Qihuangzi" is holding in his hand at this moment is the soul armor that was lost from Yanzhuang's hand.

"Take this thing away," said "Qihuangzi".

The young monk seemed to have seen some tricks, but there was no greed in his eyes. After hearing the words "Qihuangzi", he smiled and said:

"I didn't expect you to have such a harvest. You just use it for yourself. What can you do for me?

If I read it correctly, this object can at least make your soul defense reach the level of a fake baby, right?"

"Qihuangzi" shook his head and said:

"Are you saying that I don't want to use it for myself? This thing is really too dirty. The soul defense above that of a fake baby is certainly tempting, but I'm even more afraid of being tricked to death by it one day!"

When the young monk heard this, he took the Divine Soul Armor in his hand and examined it carefully, and then a look of understanding appeared in his eyes.

When Lian Ziling saw this scene, he was basically convinced that the real sea-like space of consciousness in the divine soul armor had been destroyed by the two of them, and the massive soul power inside that was full of decay, filth, and death would naturally no longer be able to

Hidden from their eyes.

After discovering the "connotation" of the Divine Soul Armor, the young monk simply put it away. Then, without stopping, he bowed his hand to "Qihuangzi" and left the place.

After this person left, "Qihuangzi's" cave became peaceful again, and "Qihuangzi's" life returned to its previous appearance, as if this person had never appeared.

After Lian Ziling found this remnant hidden in the torrent of time, he also left Wumenghai, all the way out of Qingxuan Domain, and came to the vast "gap zone" between the five domains.

He didn't have much information about finding new clues in his heart, and his brows were furrowed tightly along the way.

The only thing that comforted him was that this trip was not completely directionless.

Although he only had a quick glance across the torrent of time, the map information on the ancient leather scroll had been deeply imprinted in his mind.

But what troubled him a little was that the map was too inaccurate, and he couldn't find an accurate destination based on it.

"Look for it slowly."

At this moment, Lian Ziling felt as calm as after being tortured to the point of numbness.

His previous experience made it easy for him to accept this fact.

"It's just a matter of spending more time."

Lian Ziling himself didn't even know what the core motivation was that supported him in pursuing this path.

At first, it could be said that it was because of the "revenge of blocking the road", but as we tracked it all the way, especially now that the entire "Qihuang Sect" including "Qihuangzi" has been destroyed, this persuasiveness has become weaker and weaker.

But he just wanted to follow this line and pursue it relentlessly.

…

Lian Ziling was wandering in the vast "gap zone" between the five realms, and before he knew it, nearly another year had passed.

On this day, Lian Ziling's figure disappeared into the void and flew away at high speed against the earth.

When passing above a crater, Lian Ziling subconsciously lowered his head and glanced casually into the crater below.

At this casual glance, the red and surging magma in the crater came into view.

Then, his figure had passed over the crater, and the surging red magma had disappeared, but its traces did not seem to completely disappear from his eyes. There was still a faint red mark dancing in his eyes.

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Lian Ziling, who was escaping at extremely high speed, still paused. The next moment, his figure once again appeared directly above the crater.

With his feet in the void, Lian Ziling looked down at the red magma surging below, and the map he had glanced at across the river of time once again appeared in his mind.

The bright red circle, with a smaller point inside the red circle, made him suspect that it was a drop of red that the painter accidentally dripped from the tip of the pen while drawing.

Because the entire map revealed a "sloppy" and "rough" style, when he saw the red circle mark in the center of the map, he naturally placed it closer to "sloppy" and "rough".

Who would have thought that the overall style is dominated by a "sloppy" and "rough" map, but the core markers are actually a completely opposite style.

At this moment, the crater that Lian Ziling saw in his eyes perfectly overlapped with the red mark in the center of the map that was reproduced in his mind.

If it weren't for Lian Ziling's naturally stable mood, at this moment, he would have wanted to speak in a coherent manner.

Taking a deep breath, the figure of Lian Ziling floating in the air suddenly sank, like a piece of extremely dense iron stone, falling straight towards the crater below.

Soon, Lian Ziling was submerged in the surging red magma.

The body shape remained still and continued to fall.

While falling, he was still carefully exploring everything around him.

Along the way, if there was any abnormality along the way, it would be impossible to hide it from his eyes.

And until his whole body was submerged into the lava, everything was normal and there was nothing suspicious about it.

This is a perfectly normal crater.

Until, Lian Ziling, who was sinking all the way in the magma, saw a tetrahedral altar hanging motionless in the depths of a sea of ​​red magma.

The moment he saw this object, Lian Ziling's mind was deeply touched.

In terms of the magnitude of the impact alone, it was even greater than "Qihuangzi" and others' brazen self-destruction, which caught him off guard and destroyed his body.

Even another Lian Ziling, who was far away in the Xingxiu Sea, was practicing meditation, but his practice was interrupted due to his violent mood changes.

Lian Ziling looked at the altar in front of him with somewhat absent-minded eyes.

He believed that his knowledge and understanding of everything within the jurisdiction of Xingxiu Palace was far superior to that of other Xingxiu Palace monks, not to mention those monks who were not from Xingxiu Palace.

But the strange creature in front of him made him realize his ignorance.

If it were true that he was a complete stranger, Lian Ziling's mood might be more stable.

But he saw many familiar elements on this completely unfamiliar altar.
To be continued...