"Has Miss Liu ever heard of the name of this shop?"
Seeing Liu Rumian's attention shifted to the store, Chen Lin immediately asked.
Liu Rumian didn't respond, but looked at the shops on the left and right again. After making sure that he had read correctly, he looked away with a look of surprise.
"The store at this location, I remember, is called Yuanyuan Grocery Store. Why did the name change?"
"No, even the appearance of the store is different!"
Liu Rumian looked at Chen Lin, "Do you know what's happening here?"
Chen Lin immediately shook his head.
"I don't know. When I went in, it was Yuanyuan Grocery Store, but when I came out, it turned into this Tianya Water Pavilion."
"A sudden change?"
Liu Rumian frowned.
Then he asked: "Besides you, was there anyone else inside at that time?"
Chen Lin's heart moved and he replied: "There is another young man in white, but he didn't come out. I don't know where he went. Is there any problem?"
"Young man in white? What does he look like?"
Liu Rumian immediately asked after hearing this.
Chen Lin activated his soul power and simply sketched a human face in the void. It was simple but very expressive.
"Xu Duoling!"
Upon seeing the portrait, Liu Rumian immediately spoke in shock.
"Miss Liu knows this person?"
Chen Lin put away his soul power and asked curiously.
If the other party knows him, it means that the young man in white is a person with no boundaries, and it is unlikely that he is being asked for help.
This is what he wants to verify, otherwise he won't draw the person or even mention it.
Because if the other party is not a trustee, the value of the statue will still be there, and it is worth spending effort to understand.
Liu Rumian's face changed, and she looked at the store's plaque again.
"I think we know each other. This person is very famous and very powerful. He likes to steal all kinds of bells and other treasures, so he is called Xu Diaoling."
At this point, her tone became weird.
"And this person is the chief disciple of the super power in the Borderless South, Tianya Water Pavilion!"
Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, and then a chill came over him.
He didn't know what Tianya Water Pavilion was. There were so many big forces without boundaries that he didn't go out of his way to understand. But the young man in white came from this sect, and now the shop also has this name. Doesn't it mean that the other party replaced Yuanyuan?
Shopkeeper, are you trapped here?
"I'll go in and take a look!"
Liu Rumian obviously had the same suspicion and immediately walked into the store.
Yes or no, you can tell at a glance.
Chen Lin did not move.
If it is true that the young man in white has replaced shopkeeper Yuanyuan, it should be due to the failure in fighting for the statue with him, so it would be better to stay away.
Soon, Liu Rumian came out with a gloomy expression.
"It's him, Xu Diaoling. He was trapped here by the sealed memory and turned into a half-nightmare creature. It's the same as when he failed to defend the ring!"
When she came to Chen Lin, she frowned and asked, "What did you two do in the store to cause such a change?"
"I don't know. I don't know what he did. I walked out of the store after buying the things and didn't have any communication with him."
Chen Lin immediately shook his head, as if he didn't know anything.
It is better to do less than to do more. Although he was also curious about the reasons for the changes in the store, he did not want to cause trouble.
Be more careful when buying things in the future.
Chen Lin felt that the reason why Xu Diaoling replaced shopkeeper Yuanyuan was most likely because bidding for treasures in a store was considered a competition, and the loser would be like a loser and replace the original store owner.
The original shopkeeper was freed.
Of course, there must be other triggering mechanisms, otherwise it would be impossible for the shops on the street to remain unchanged for so long.
But he didn't want to go into details, and just secretly decided that if he went into a store to buy something in the future, as long as there were other people in the store, he would immediately turn around and leave.
Liu Rumian could feel that Chen Lin was not telling the truth, but she had no contact with Tianya Water Pavilion. Whether Xu Dioling turned into a nightmare or not had nothing to do with her.
She only cares about her gold nightmare coins now.
"Okay, I have something else to do. You must remember to return the gold nightmare coin to me as soon as possible, otherwise I will definitely not let you go!"
After warning Chen Lin again, Liu Rumian was about to leave.
At this moment, Chen Lin suddenly remembered something and called out to the other party.
"Wait a moment!"
"Anything else?"
Liu Rumian interrupted the rejection and glanced sideways at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's okay."
"You fool me!"
Liu Rumian's expression turned cold, and a dangerous aura emanated.
When Chen Lin saw this, the corner of his mouth twitched. This woman really got offended and had a bad temper.
"Miss Liu, don't get me wrong. I have no business playing tricks on you. I just want to ask you if you know what those light gates outside the city are for."
He asked a random question.
In fact, he just wanted to ask about the Chaos Cultivation Technique, but then he thought about it and decided to look for the Xiantian Cultivation Technique first. If he couldn't find it, then he would ask. There was no need to ask at this moment as it would only make the other party suspicious.
"Have you ever been outside the city?"
Liu Rumian didn't know what had happened in Chen Lin's heart, and looked shocked when she heard this.
"What, can't we go outside the city?"
Chen Lin asked back.
"I didn't say I couldn't go, but I heard that there is a thick fog outside the city. There is a strange creature in the fog that cannot be attacked. It is very dangerous. Almost everyone who leaves the city has no chance to come back."
"As for those light gates."
"There are three theories, one is that it is connected to other interfaces, another is that it is connected to the treasure land, and the last one is that it leads to different battlefields. You need to defend it a hundred times to obtain the status of a warrior before you can enter.
"
Speaking of this, Liu Rumian looked at Chen Lin and said, "Since you can leave the city, you have a silver level three road to guide you. Can you lend it to me?"
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows.
No wonder I explained to him so patiently, it turned out that I had a plan.
After pondering for a while, he said with a smile: "It's possible, but the third-level silver road guide is not common, so it can't be used in vain. How about offsetting the gold nightmare coins I owe you?"
"Forget it, I'll borrow it from someone else."
Liu Rumian waved her hand, and her figure quickly faded and disappeared.
Seeing the other party leaving directly, Chen Lin shook his head.
He just tried it out, and if the other party agreed, he would probably refuse. After all, he only had the third-level silver guide authority, not a real guide.
After taking a look at the plaque of Tianya Water Pavilion, he no longer had the intention to continue buying anything, so he refused to leave.
Returning to the real world, the first thing I did was to check the information about Tianya Water Pavilion.
It is really a super power, no worse than Liuxuanmen and Sanxian Mountain, but it is in the borderless south and the distance is very far.
After understanding it, Chen Lin stopped paying attention.
His current location is the borderless east, and his next trip will definitely be to the north, and he will never go to the south, as there is no possibility of intersecting with this sect.
By the way, he checked some information about Fantasy God Island.
However the result is still the same.
The Island of the Illusionary God is very famous, and there are many related records, but there is no information about its exact location. It seems to be hidden in the void and constantly traveling back and forth.
Some people also speculate that it is a separate interface, and some even infer that it is in the upper seven realms.
So Chen Lin looked at the information about the Upper Seven Realms again.
There are even more divergent opinions on this. Some say it is the same interface as Borderless, but with a more special form of existence. Others say it is an interface for ascension after cultivating the true realm to the end.
The information was too complicated, so he briefly looked at it and didn't delve into it further.
I just focused on checking the information about the underworld.
It was similar to what he had known before. This interface was full of underworld ghosts. It was recorded in classics that the soul would enter it after death, but it seemed to be only for mortals. The soul of a cultivator had undergone a qualitative change, and would it still be pulled away by the underworld?
Good prediction.
Because every soul that is normally pulled into the underworld has to pass through the Naihe Bridge and drink Wangchen Soup, the memory of past lives will be erased, and naturally no one will know what is going on inside.
Chen Lin even found some records about the Forgotten Soul Spring, which is located on the seventh level of the underworld, but there is no accurate location.
Each layer of the underworld is a vast interface. Blindly sneaking in to search for it is definitely not possible. Maybe I really want to go to the Soulless Sect to explore the reality.
Back in the cave, Chen Lin thought about his next plan.
I decided to retreat in this Vientiane City in the short term, first purchase some high-level spells to practice, improve my own strength, and at the same time continue to explore the information about Illusion God Island.
During this period, you can also explore the Nightmare Realm.
If you can find innate magic and solutions to your own hidden dangers in the nightmare world, then you don't have to run around and take risks in the real world.
High-level spells are hard to find, and if you can't buy suitable ones in the market, you can only wait for the auction in Baitafang City.
After formulating a simple plan, Chen Lin retired the current cave and spent a huge amount of money to rent a large courtyard-style cave that occupied an entire hill.
Consumed less than half of his crystal sand!
But there is a reason why it is expensive.
In addition to the cave, the entire hill is at his disposal, and there are several different systems of formations. It is said that it is difficult to break through for people below the true level, and safety is guaranteed.
It also comes with residence rights for ten people.
In other words, during the period of renting the cave, these ten people are not restricted by the right to live in the city, and they do not need to pay additional crystal sand and points.
This can also be regarded as an alternative, giving those who are unwilling to complete tasks to obtain points a way to obtain residency rights.
Not feeling confident about the formations he was equipped with, Chen Lin purchased a set of top-notch formation plates and formation flags, and used fake and genuine treasures as formation eyes to strengthen the protection.
After cleaning up, he started recruiting people.
We still adhere to the consistent principle of only looking at character and not qualifications.
After some investigation, four registered disciples were selected, two maids were hired to take care of the courtyard, and two veteran cultivators were hired to explore the nightmare world.
Including him, there are nine people in total, and the remaining one spot can be used flexibly.
After everyone moved in, the courtyard finally gained some popularity. Chen Lin no longer delayed and immediately assigned an old cultivator to start exploring the nightmare world.