Chapter 449 - Chapter 449: Chapter 146: Withered Old Man (2/2)

and the various complex arrays within.

it wasn’t just any array master who could set it up.

after observing inside the moon for a while, lin jing then controlled the perspective of his observation mode and continued to move forward.

soon, lin jing arrived at the back of the moon.

behind the moon was a long upward tunnel, at the end of which there was a hint of faint light.

that light, cast through the tunnel, seemed almost like an exit that could lead to survival.

following that, lin jing continued upward along the tunnel…

he reached the very top and as his observational view was about to end, lin jing finally approached the source of the light.

the light looked like a mirror, or more like a pool of water.

except that it was upside down.

at that moment, a reflection appeared in that pool of water.

in that reflection was a very simple thatched cottage.

other than an old man who looked withered, as if he were about to be buried in the ground, there was nothing else inside the cottage.

right now, that withered old man was sitting in meditation.

it was unknown how long the old man hadn’t moved; a layer of dust had already settled on his body.

since the reflection was only projected through the pool of water, lin jing couldn’t ascertain the old man’s strength.

however, lin jing then remembered something jian yunxiang had mentioned earlier.

this entire devouring spirit blood realm was actually created by a divine transformation cultivator at the nascent soul peak, to deceive people into coming here, all for the sake of breaking through to a realm above divinity transformation.

if that was the case, could this withered old man be that very divine transformation cultivator at the nascent soul peak?

lin jing felt that it was very likely…

considering the reflection being observed, lin jing and the other golden cores were like fish being raised under the water pool, susceptible to being killed and eaten at any time.

and the withered old man was like the fish keeper.

just waiting for lin jing and the others to grow up before the old man’s feast began.

thereafter

lin jing tried to continue forward, wanting to pass through the water pool, yet he discovered he couldn’t get through it at all.

even in observation mode, it didn’t work.

this was the second time that observation mode had failed.

the first time was on immortal crossing island, at those trial steps.

but lin jing also knew why he couldn’t pass through the surface of the water pool using observation mode.

it seemed like only a layer of water was separating them, but in reality, it was a barrier between two different spaces.

observation mode could penetrate any obstacle except the barrier of space.

if they weren’t even in the same space, how could he get through?

in the end, after observing for a while longer, lin jing exited and returned to the system space.

previously, when observing the withered old man, the old man had never moved, as if he had been dormant for many years.

but lin jing was very clear.

once the devouring spirit blood realm had over a thousand golden cores enter, that withered old man would certainly take action.

now, there wasn’t much time left for lin jing.

following that, lin jing stayed in the system space until dawn, and only after daybreak did he leave the system space.

then, lin jing once again drove the flying boat and returned to the vicinity of the sea of blood beach.

the sea of blood beach was extremely chaotic.

every day, many cultivators searched there for the belongings that the blood corpses had carried off.

yet none of the cultivators searching the beach dared to venture into the sea of blood itself.

the sea of blood could devour a cultivator’s spiritual power just like the blood fog and at a much faster rate.

if a cultivator carelessly fell into the sea of blood, it would only take a few moments for their spiritual power to be completely devoured.

apart from that, even on the beach, one could not be careless, because the waves from the sea of blood carried more than just storage bags and magical treasures.

they could also bring up blood corpses.

if one saw a blood corpse, they would have to immediately distance themselves.

otherwise, if too close, the blood corpse could awaken instantly.

because the blood corpses were in a dormant state during the day, people dared to come to the beach to salvage magical treasures.

if the blood corpses were awake, not a single person would dare to come.

moreover, the cultivators at the sea of blood beach were especially cautious, particularly to avoid conflicts with others.

otherwise, they could accidentally awaken the sleeping blood corpses.

when lin jing returned to the sea of blood beach, he once again attracted the attention of some people.

because previously, as a newcomer, lin jing had arrived and, within a few days, had flown straight towards the depths of the sea of blood.

others clearly understood that lin jing’s prior venture into the sea of blood was to search for a way out.

people like lin jing came in every batch, but they always returned unsuccessful.

some had even disappeared since entering the sea of blood and the people knew all too well what had happened; over time, they simply stopped caring.

but as lin jing was a new face who had ventured deep into the sea of blood upon arrival, this was quite rare.

therefore, lin jing’s return inevitably sparked some attention.

look,

no sooner had lin jing come back than someone had come to find him.

and the cultivator who had come to find lin jing, lin jing recognized him too.

he was the same young cultivator who, during the bihai city trade meeting, had refused to explore the ruins with lin jing and the man in black and had opted to leave the trade meeting…