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

To see whether the surviving soul was truly as weak as it seemed.

Although Lin Jing wanted to leave, he could still afford to wait a bit longer at this point.

After formulating a plan, Lin Jing directly bypassed the pool and continued to explore other areas.

……

After a period of exploration, Lin Jing finally confirmed that this pool was the center of the desert.

During this time, Lin Jing also finally understood why this pool was the way out.

The phantom soul had indeed not deceived him.

When the night of the full moon came, moonlight sprinkled onto the surface of the water, and the pool began to change.

It was also when Lin Jing was investigating the aura of the phantom soul that he discovered the changes in the pool.

At that moment,

moonlight sprinkled over the pool, reflecting the moon in the sky, and the moon’s reflection in the water grew increasingly bright.

Eventually, it even reflected above the pool.

In the space above the pool, a peculiar entrance with a teleportation function was formed.

When Lin Jing saw this scene, he was stunned on the spot.

He hadn’t expected the entrance to be like this.

Lin Jing could even see some of the scenes inside the entrance.

Inside, it seemed like the outside desert, a place ravaged by fierce winds.

However, due to the raging winds inside and the sky filled with yellow sand, many things were obscured from sight.

Lin Jing didn’t see much.

But what he saw was enough.

Now that Lin Jing knew this was the entrance to the Trial Grounds, all he had to do next was wait.

He would wait for the phantom soul to completely vanish before he would try to venture into the Trial Grounds.

During this time of exploration, Lin Jing also discovered that the light emitted by the phantom soul grew dimmer and dimmer.

Clearly, it was about to give out.

So Lin Jing waited just outside the oasis, waiting for the disappearance of the phantom soul.

While waiting in boredom, upon seeing the sandstorm, he suddenly thought of the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique he had acquired from the Storage Bag of the Wu Cai Immortal.

Lin Jing had glanced over that technique a bit.

It included methods of tempering the body using various harsh environments.

And the sandstorm in the desert was just such a harsh environment, perfect for practicing the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique.

Moreover, lately,

Lin Jing needed to conserve his time in the System Space, meaning he had to spend most of his time in the desert outside of it.

Since there was no Spiritual Energy in the desert and he couldn’t practice other spells, he might as well spend the time practicing the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique.

Thinking this, Lin Jing entered the System Space, took out the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique, and began the first step of training.

……

Time flew by quickly, and a month passed.

When Lin Jing took the time to investigate again, he incidentally discovered that the phantom soul within the bones had disappeared without a trace.

Lin Jing then conducted a meticulous exploration and finally confirmed this fact.

After the phantom soul dissipated, Lin Jing did not rush forward; instead, he continued to return to the turbulent sandstorm.

Because Lin Jing had not witnessed how the phantom soul had dissipated, he was not entirely sure it had truly gone.

So for now, Lin Jing decided to continue waiting.

Anyway, he was about to reach the eighth level of Foundation Establishment. Lin Jing decided that once he broke through to the eighth level, he would go back to the pool for another look.

Subsequently, Lin Jing left the oasis and continued to enter the sandstorm area to practice the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique.

Time is like flowing water, fleeting in an instant.

Quickly, another month passed.

In this desert of sand dancing wildly in the sky.

A person suddenly appeared out of nowhere with bronze-colored skin that made him look very strong. He just stood in the midst of the fierce wind, completely defenseless.

The violent winds, laden with yellow sand and gravel, struck the person’s body, but he did not react at all.

This suddenly appearing person was Lin Jing, who had just advanced to the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment.

Lin Jing looked at his strong physique, which had caused the clothes he had prepared to stretch almost to the point of tearing.

He couldn’t help but smile wryly.

He hadn’t expected that after practicing the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique, the muscles on his body would uncontrollably experience an explosive increase.

Lin Jing’s current appearance was that of an extremely strong man, vastly different from his former self.

However, the benefits of practicing the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique were evident.

Now, Lin Jing didn’t need to use a Spiritual Shield at all in the desert. He just stood there, and the sandstorm could not harm him.

This saved him a lot of trouble.

Now that it had been a whole month since the phantom soul had dissipated, it was time for Lin Jing to explore further.

However, he always remembered the words entrusted to him by his senior. For this exploration, Lin Jing naturally would not go unprepared.

This time, he also took out the gourd left behind after he had killed Liu Yiyuan.

Lin Jing had checked the gourd again a few days before.

No matter what methods Lin Jing used, the gourd remained unresponsive.

However, Lin Jing knew one of the gourd’s characteristics — it could allow the Soul Spirit to attach to it. He took out the gourd because he was interested in this particular feature of the gourd.

If the phantom soul wasn’t dead, perhaps, he might be able to rely on this gourd to accomplish a great feat…