Cautiously Cultivating Immortality in a Strange World

Chapter 40: Preparation

"Sister!"

The two female cultivators' faces lit up with excitement as they saw the approaching figure, and they moved closer.

Chen Lin and Zhao Zhengyuan also went to pay their respects.

Ye Jingyun nodded and greeted them, then said, "Alright, everyone find a place to rest. I'm afraid there will be a big commotion tonight, and then there will be no chance to rest!"

After speaking, she hastily entered Yu Yuehai's room.

After Ye Jingyun left, the remaining few people looked at each other awkwardly.

Especially the two female cultivators, who wanted to follow her but didn't dare to.

At this time, Zhao Zhengyuan suddenly spoke up, "I'll go rest in my room too!" and walked back to his residence.

The change in him was quite significant, but Chen Lin didn't pay attention and instead looked at the two female cultivators, saying, "I'll go back too. There's an empty room over there, and if you two don't want to stay in the courtyard, you can rest there temporarily."

As cultivators, they were used to dealing with evil spirits and ghosts, so whether a room had been used before wasn't a problem.

Previously, he had also visited the wax-faced female cultivator's room, which was very clean and had almost nothing in it.

The two female cultivators nodded, but didn't move.

Chen Lin didn't bother to care; if it weren't for Ye Jingyun's face, he wouldn't even be talking to them. He was about to leave as he had many things to deal with.

Returning to his room, he began to pack his things.

This trip was a matter of life and death; if they didn't succeed, they wouldn't be able to come back.

He naturally couldn't bring all the big items, but he did pack the iron pot and stove.

In case he escaped and ended up in the wilderness, he might need these items. Even without materials to refine pills, he could still use them to cook food.

He also brought half a bag of spiritual rice and a few buckets of water.

As a Qi-refining cultivator, he couldn't go without eating or drinking, so he had to bring these essentials.

It was a pity he didn't buy the Fasting Pill; otherwise, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.

With that, his storage bag was almost full.

The remaining miscellaneous items could only be placed in the storage bag with Thunderbolt Bead, but he specially found a wooden box to separate the Thunderbolt Bead for easy access.

After organizing his things, he continued to cultivate his newly condensed sword qi.

However, he didn't test its effects, as it would need to be re-condensed after use, and he didn't have the time or want to go through that pain again.

Soon, it was midnight.

Chen Lin had already applied Clear Spirit Water to his eyes and was standing quietly by the window, waiting for the scene of the red thread in the sky.

He discovered that the two sisters hadn't gone to rest in the wax-faced female cultivator's room, but were standing under the eaves, looking up at the sky.

It was clear they also knew about the red thread.

It made sense, since they had been brought back by Yu Yuehai; how could they not know?

He poked his head out to see if Zhao Zhengyuan had come out, but before he could get a clear look, Yu Yuehai's door opened, and Ye Jingyun walked out, followed by Yu Yuehai, holding a strange, round, disk-like object.

"Everyone, come out!"

Yu Yuehai walked to the center of the courtyard and called out.

Chen Lin hastily went out.

Zhao Zhengyuan's door creaked open, and he walked out with a blank expression.

The Xia sisters also drew closer.

As soon as everyone gathered, Yu Yuehai tossed the round object into the air.

The disk emitted a bright light and rapidly expanded, growing to about one zhang in diameter, and was controlled to land on the ground.

Only then did Chen Lin see that the edge of the large disk had five concave slots, each containing a differently colored, large spirit stone.

Chen Lin had never seen spirit stones with colors before, but he knew why they were like this.

These spirit stones were different from ordinary spirit stones, which contained attribute-less spiritual energy. These spirit stones, on the other hand, had attributes.

For example, the red ones were fire-attribute spirit stones, and the yellow ones were earth-attribute spirit stones. The five colors here corresponded to the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

It was obvious that these five large spirit stones were used to drive the circular platform, which was likely an array disk.

Such a large array was beyond his understanding. Moreover, this thing could be enlarged and shrunk, so it must be a spiritual item. Yu Yuehai was really wealthy.

"According to each of your cultivation methods' attributes, choose the corresponding slot."

Yu Yuehai's voice sounded again.

Chen Lin was taken aback, looking at Zhao Zhengyuan and the Xia sisters, who also looked puzzled and confused.

"Hmph, are you still waiting for something? Don't you even know what attribute your cultivation method is?"

Yu Yuehai's tone was somewhat cold, and his voice was slightly raised.

The Xia sisters' bodies trembled, and they quickly moved to stand in front of the metal-attribute and earth-attribute spirit stones' slots.

Chen Lin also reacted, remembering that his cultivation method, the Mysterious Wood Technique, was a wood-attribute method, so he naturally chose the wood-attribute spirit stone's slot.

He also recalled that Zhao Zhengyuan cultivated a fire-attribute method, and it seemed that Yu Yuehai had not randomly selected these people.

Indeed, Zhao Zhengyuan walked to the fire-attribute slot, and Ye Jingyun occupied the water-attribute slot.

The five of them, each representing one of the five elements.

"Wait for my command. After I say ‘begin,' you will place your hands on the slots and channel your spiritual energy into them, temporarily replacing the spirit stones' energy supply. However, it's unlikely that we'll need to use this method, as the energy in these spirit stones should be sufficient."

Yu Yuehai explained briefly, then fell silent, gazing up at the sky.

The atmosphere was oppressive, and no one dared to ask questions. Only Ye Jingyun, who was also looking up at the sky, seemed brave enough to speak up.

Chen Lin knew that they were waiting for the red thread to appear, and he believed that Zhao Zhengyuan and the Xia sisters also knew.

Yu Yuehai must have informed them of the truth and given them Clear Spirit Water, allowing them to see the red thread's existence.

Moreover, the Xia sisters had not shown any signs of their previous abnormal behavior, and neither had Zhao Zhengyuan.

It seemed that Yu Yuehai had given them a way to suppress their abnormalities.

Ye Jingyun must have also found a way to suppress her, as she had pretended to be abnormal when they first met.

Chen Lin stood there, his mind racing with memories of the past.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Yu Yuehai was a cunning old man. He actually managed to live in this inconspicuous little courtyard for several years. He was really patient.

Moreover, Yu Yuehai's mysterious nature suggested that his goals went beyond simply escaping.

Just as Chen Lin was thinking this, a faint bell sound came from his room, and simultaneously, a network of red threads filled the sky!

At the same time, a massive, blurry figure appeared above the city!

Chen Lin was shocked, wondering how this thing had appeared again, and this time, it was even clearer, with its outline visible!

He couldn't help but feel a sense of trepidation.

Last time, it was this thing that had connected him to the red thread. Would it discover their abnormalities and ‘correct' them this time?