Chapter 316 - Chapter 316: Chapter 18 Cautious Lin Jing (1/2)

Chapter 316: Chapter 18 Cautious Lin Jing

Lin Jing was startled the moment he saw the secret box.

Afterwards, he controlled the observation angle, continuing to approach.

He didn’t stop until he was close to the secret box.

Then, Lin Jing started to carefully observe the patterns on the box.

After a period of meticulous observation…

Lin Jing finally confirmed that this secret box was exactly the same as the one Senior Han had brought to him before.

This, too, was a bloodline inheritance box of the Lin Family.

Moreover, despite an unknown number of years, the box was undamaged, with its patterns and designs still clearly visible.

Lin Jing then pulled back the viewpoint to look at the two sets of skeletal remains.

The cultivator with the secret box placed upon him had died an unknown time ago; his bones were different from those outside, snow-white and translucent like crystal.

The other, seated cross-legged and facing him, was the one with a hazy light glowing in its eye sockets.

This skeleton was of jade-like quality, without any impurities, even purer than the ones beside the water pool outside.

And.

At the eyebrow center of this jade-like skeleton, there was a black nail about two inches long, piercing through the skull and into the head.

It even nailed the flickering and hazy soul spirit within the bones, leaving it forever unable to escape.

At this time, the soul spirit inside the skull was barely glowing, apparently running out of energy and on the verge of dissipation.

The one with the secret box, whose bones were crystal clear, was very likely an ancestor of the Lin Family.

As for the other, Lin Jing wasn’t sure.

That is, the skeleton with the glowing soul light in the eye sockets.

Lin Jing was now certain that this soul light was definitely the surviving soul mentioned by the senior.

Although it was sitting opposite the Lin Family ancestor, it was not necessarily true that they were on good terms.

It was also very likely that they were enemies.

For safety’s sake, after thoughtful consideration, Lin Jing decided not to take any risks.

Because this surviving soul, in life, could very well have been a cultivator who endured Tribulation or was at the peak of the Mahayana Realm.

Having cultivated to such a level, they would possess all manner of terrifying and strange methods.

These methods were unfathomable, and Lin Jing, even if he tried, could not imagine them, naturally leaving him unprepared.

Even now, when only a faint soul was left, about to be extinguished, Lin Jing dared not act rashly.

For his own safety, Lin Jing still decided to wait, preferably until after the surviving soul had dissipated, before he would take action.

Even if the secret box was incredibly tempting to him.

However, all these could be set aside for the moment.

What he cared about most was actually another matter.

It was about the Trial Grounds, that is, whether the exit to leave Immortal Crossing Island was indeed inside this water pool.

Or, perhaps, there was some Formation inside the pool that concealed the exit.

Because, when Lin Jing was observing from outside earlier, the dense skeletal remains around the water pool made him feel something was off.

There were skeletal remains elsewhere, but compared to those near the pool, they were far fewer.

Lin Jing felt…

The surviving soul didn’t seem to have lied to him in this regard, it seemed that to leave, he would indeed have to go through this pool.

Then, Lin Jing controlled the observation mode, and began exploring inside the water pool.

However, after a complete exploration, he found nothing.

Out of options, Lin Jing could only leave the pool for the time being, using the observation mode.

After leaving the area of the water pool, Lin Jing began to explore within the woods on its edge.

This exploration was done with great care, even including the ground beneath.

After half an hour of thorough searching, Lin Jing had almost turned the place upside down, but still came up empty-handed.

In the end, Lin Jing, with no other choice, exited Observation Mode.

After exiting Observation Mode, Lin Jing sat cross-legged inside the Alchemy Room, contemplating how to enter that water pool to search for clues.

After pondering for a long time…

Lin Jing realized that aside from taking a risk and entering the pool, he had no other method to find the clues to leave.

The key point was that Lin Jing couldn’t gamble with his life; the surviving soul’s former cultivation was too strong, and Lin Jing didn’t trust that it lacked other means.

After his experience with the Zhang Family Patriarch, Lin Jing had come to understand something.

That is, regardless of who it was, they all cherished their lives immensely.

Especially those who had lived longer, they valued their lives even more.

Just like the Zhang Family Patriarch, in his drive to survive, he did not hesitate to fall into the Demonic Path and was even unscrupulous towards his own family members.

The surviving soul currently was at this stage.

It was about to disappear.

Moreover, the senior had specifically warned him that this soul belonged to the kind who were full of tricks and not to be trusted.

Before this.

The surviving soul had told him so much, and Lin Jing suspected that it was trying to lure him over, perhaps wanting to be freed by him.

Or maybe it intended to seize his body.

Lin Jing thought…

Even if he were to enter the water pool, he must wait until after the soul spirit was extinguished.

The surviving soul seemed like it could not hold on much longer, and Lin Jing decided to wait a bit longer to see.