Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 770 - 765 Investigation 3

Chapter 770: Chapter 765 Investigation 3

"Star Ranking?"

Lin Xin furrowed his brow as he looked at the message that had arrived in the Jade Talisman, which had been sent from his Honored Master, Dragon Serpent.

"The Star Ranking has appeared, so what? That’s just a ranking for those at the Heavenly Venerable level." He was somewhat puzzled.

"It’s not like that," Dragon Serpent explained from the other side of the Jade Talisman. "Now in the Void, those in the Earth Immortal stage who can achieve ten points of Immortal Light, or similar feats, also qualify for the Star Ranking. This represents that your potential is no less than theirs. It’s just that your cultivation practice is too short. In the future, there might be a day when you can compete with them."

"Moreover, the main sect has decided to list you as one of the key successors of the sect, with all resources fully tilted towards you."

"Key successor?" Lin Xin knew that revealing his ten points of Immortal Light would undeniably cause a sensation, but he hadn’t realized he had underestimated the extent of that sensation.

"Additionally, I received word that the Chanting Star Cult will soon send someone to find you. They have officially declared you the Star Chanting Saint Son yesterday and announced it throughout the Myriad Realms."

Dragon Serpent, still feeling it insufficient, continued.

"A large number of powerful beings will soon gather around you. The Taoist Ancestor has passed the word that an Earth Immortal with ten points of Immortal Light is the only hope in this great crisis. Therefore, many will attempt to approach you. Be very careful."

He was also somewhat worried, as Lin Xin’s cultivation was still weak. Now that it had been spread so quickly, becoming the target of many might not be beneficial.

In the entire Green Lake Mountain, there were only so many people who had ten points of Immortal Light.

Yin Chuan, Wei Ning, Feng Panjun—these were already confirmed successors, and now there was one more, Lin Xin.

To be ranked among these top geniuses, he was still too inexperienced.

"Spread the word?"

Lin Xin was a bit startled, but soon a smile appeared on his face.

Now that his great potential had been realized and the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads had transformed into an Abyssal Realm Artifact, he feared not even a Heavenly Immortal’s personal arrival.

The vast Void was his to explore.

"No matter. Let them come. It’s something that can’t be avoided anyway."

"All you can do is be careful," Dragon Serpent said rather helplessly from the other side.

"Rest assured, Honored Master."

After responding one last time, the two disconnected the Jade Talisman.

Lin Xin put away the Jade Talisman and stood before a lush green grassland, where countless blades of grass were wildly gathering, gradually forming a massive green monster.

The monster was entirely composed of green grass, over ten meters tall and humanoid, with just a pair of small red eyes on its head and no mouth or other organs.

It slowly pulled its body out of the grass and stomped forcefully onto the ground, creating a large indentation.

Roar!!!

It roared furiously at Lin Xin standing before it.

Despite having no mouth, it emitted a lion-like roar.

Lin Xin glanced at the monster before him and casually stepped forward.

Boom!!!

A terrifying aura exploded, spreading wildly in all directions from him as the center.

The large trees around him were instantly snapped and tilted, the grassy ground was overturned, revealing the dark earth and stones beneath.

The clouds in the sky shifted, with numerous blood-red clouds emerging and converging above Lin Xin’s head.

From above, looking down at the forest, an area hundreds of miles in radius was entirely suppressed by this explosive aura, causing all trees to lean outwards.

"Green Lake Mountain is handling this matter. Anyone not involved, scatter!"

Lin Xin’s voice instantly spread through the entire small world inside the black sphere, booming like thunder and slightly shaking the entire small world.

Since he had already been exposed, there was no point in hiding any longer. It was best to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

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Deep in the forest sea.

A group of cultivators, clad in green robes that blended them with the environment, all looked up at the sky, their faces filled with shock.

"Green Lake Mountain...!"

"Why has the madman from Green Lake Mountain come here!?"

"Brother Daoist, what do we do now?"

Their gazes turned to one of the older Taoists among them.

The Taoist gritted his teeth.

"Retreat! We can’t afford to provoke Green Lake Mountain. If we don’t listen and actually encounter them, getting killed will be in vain! We can’t take this risk."

"But we’re almost at the end ahead..." another female cultivator said reluctantly.

"No choice, we need to leave now. We can’t gamble," the Taoist interrupted.

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By a small stream in the woods.

Four cultivators, both male and female with deer antlers on their heads, looked up with alarm at the sky, which was faintly turning red above them.

"Green Lake Mountain... Now we’re in trouble... We’re not afraid of the people from the Four Seas Fairy Mountains, but if Green Lake Mountain gets involved..."

A burly deer-antlered man’s expression shifted, speaking in a low voice.

"That’s an Earth Immortal aura! Landis, are we really going to back out?"

"No! We’ve worked so hard to get here. The Azure Sky Secret Treasure is the last hope for our clan!"

The leader, a man named Landis, gripped his teeth.

The Four Seas Fairy Mountains and the Sunset Sect were searching for the secret treasure; the Soul Sect was also searching, and now Green Lake Mountain was involved.

This was truly the most fearsome scenario; even the combined forces of the Four Seas Fairy Mountains and the Soul Sect might not be able to stand against Green Lake Mountain.

But Landis knew his clan had no other options left.

They might as well fight to the death.

At this thought, he felt the object placed over his chest and again, his confidence somewhat restored.

Earth Immortals... were they really that formidable?

"Keep moving forward, if we encounter anyone from Green Lake Mountain... Even if it means our clan’s demise, we must bring out the secret treasure!"

"Yes!!"

The others all exhibited a tragically resolute expression.

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For a moment, the various forces within the forest sea advanced and retreated, the forest sea within this black sphere only spanning a few thousand miles. When Lin Xin spoke, he immediately alerted all the outsiders who had entered before.

Here in this star domain, in these remote borderlands, the highest level of cultivation practice among those who came to explore was only up to Yuan Jing’s level.

Facing the suppression of an Earth Immortal, everyone calculated in their minds.

At the edge of the forest sea at this time.

A humanoid grass beast, vastly tall, dashed swiftly through the forest sea with Lin Xin standing silently atop its over ten-meter high head, looking toward the direction from which a sinister aura faintly emanated.

Upon releasing his aura, the grass beast immediately submitted and prostrated, daring not to even twitch.

Seeing this, he simply used it as his mount, proceeding directly forward.

"From my bodily senses, this small world seems to be only the First Layer, and there are layers beyond it. It’s truly a world within a realm."

Slightly closing his eyes, he scanned the entire small realm with his spiritual perception.

Soon, deep within the forest sea, he located a gray-white altar.

"It’s there!"

He opened his eyes and spurred the grass monster beneath his feet.

Roar!!

The grass monster surged forward fiercely, melding into the grass below as it moved, its already extreme speed abruptly increasing even more.

Countless wild creatures in panic dispersed in all directions, fearing for their lives. Unfortunately, some who were too close, were directly trampled over by the grass monster, instantly turning into a puddle of gore.

Before long, Lin Xin saw from afar two groups engaged in a fierce battle, and in the middle of the battlefield was the altar he had sensed.

On one side were figures in black robes, even their heads covered with robes, each marked with large characters for "Soul."

"It’s people from the Soul Sect!"

Lin Xin narrowed his eyes and then looked toward the other side.

The opposing group consisted of a motley array of differently dressed fighters, apparently several small forces combined in formation, struggling to withstand the attack.

"Who goes there!?"

The tremendous momentum of the grass monster’s arrival immediately drew the attention of the people from the Soul Sect.

Two black-robed cultivators immediately flew towards him head-on.

"The Soul Sect is handling affairs here, Daoist friend, please refrain from interfering," said one of the black robes, seeing Lin Xin’s impressive monster, also spoke with slight courtesy.

"Senior, save us! They want to commit murder for loot and do not allow anyone to approach the altar!" shouted a clear-voiced girl in a red dress among the other group of cultivators.

"We are targeted merely because one of us has the Golden Origin Bloodline. Their Young Master desires to kill him and refine a golden corpse!"

Lin Xin glanced at her indifferently and remained silent.

He was no saint full of compassion; naturally, he wouldn’t intervene without understanding the full situation, nor rashly make an enemy of power like the Soul Sect.

He feared no one, but he also disliked trouble, especially when the other party had not given him any reason to intervene.

"Senior!!"

The girl said anxiously.

At this moment, each of her companions stood powerless by her side, suppressed without any ability to resist. From her point of view, this newly arrived senior was their only hope. If she couldn’t persuade him, none in her group would likely survive.

"Bi Luo! Stop struggling. The Golden Origin Bloodline is merely an unexpected bonus. The woman this Young Master wants, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, you will still end up crawling to my feet," said a person protected by two black robes from the Soul Sect, slowly opening his mouth with a sneer.

"Hehe, still daring to resist. Once you’re in the palm of this Young Master, you’ll understand what it means to experience ’Ultimate Bliss’ endlessly..."

"Who is familiar with the second world inside the altar?" suddenly a cold voice came from the side.

The black-robed Young Master was slightly stunned, turning his head to look at the cultivator man standing atop the grass beast, his face expressionless as he stared in the direction of the altar.

"Daoist friend, the altar was first discovered by our Soul Sect and has already become our sect’s possession. If you wish to enter, you still need to pay..."

Boom!!!!

A terrifying oppressive force field, almost tangible, instantly enveloped the entire area.

Within a several hundred meters radius, all the ground and forest sea simultaneously sank, forming a huge pit hundreds of meters in diameter.

People from the Soul Sect were terrified and concentrated all their power to defend themselves, yet still, more than a dozen weaker cultivators were crushed, coughing up blood and severely damaged in both body and spirit.

The space twisted, the air seemed to be sucked away, leaving not a trace.

"I am Lieshan, realm master of Green Lake Mountain’s Scholar Academy from the Dragon Serpent Realm," Lin Xin stared at the Soul Sect’s Young Master and slowly said. "I do not have time to waste with you. Tell me, how to activate the altar, and who knows it best inside?"

"Green Lake Mountain!!? And a realm master!!"

Not only the various loose cultivators like Bi Luo but also the others were shocked.

People from the Soul Sect, originally prepared to threaten, now swallowed all their pompous words back into their stomachs.

Though the Soul Sect was secretive and domineering outside, compared to Green Lake Mountain, they were truly insignificant. Enraging these madmen, regardless of good or evil, black or white, they were often listed as human race traitors, killing them as needed was not uncommon.

Gulp...

The Soul Sect’s Young Master swallowed hard. Underneath the black robe, his face turned deathly pale with no trace of blood.