The other party seemed to be silent for a moment before transmitting a voice, "Because this involves my great-grandaunt."
"It's probably Li Youlan."
Lu Xin understood in his heart upon hearing this. To be honest, with his current strength, letting Li Youlan go back wouldn't be a big problem. Moreover, he had promised to release her.
However, he was still a little reluctant, not because he liked her, but entirely because of a strange quirk at play.
His dream was to collect all the remnant souls of old monsters in the world, put them in bottles, and turn them into grandpa-like golden fingers.
Now he had two, and letting one go was always a bit unpleasant.
"See if I can exchange her for some benefits."
Lu Xin's mind raced, and he replied, "I don't know what this small cauldron is called. I entered a relic by chance and found it inside."
"Relic? Can Fellow Daoist Huang Long tell me the location of this relic?" Li Mulin responded immediately.
"It's on a deserted island in the depths of the East Sea, with no name. I only remember the location."
Lu Xin casually prevaricated, and then decided to inquire about some information, "Fellow Daoist Li just mentioned your great-grandaunt, what does this have to do with her?"
Li Mulin didn't hide anything and explained the matter.
It turned out that her great-grandaunt was indeed Li Youlan, who was her father's grandfather's sister, four generations removed from her.
Back then, Li Youlan was also amazingly talented, advancing to the Mahayana stage at just over seven thousand years old, becoming a pillar of the Li family and the Yuanze Holy Land.
Her name shook the entire Central Province.
However, the good times didn't last long. After venturing out to explore a secret realm, she never returned. After the Li family and the Yuanze Holy Land noticed something was wrong, they sent people to search the entire Spirit Realm for thousands of years, but to no avail.
Eventually, many people believed that she had already fallen in some secret realm, and they gave up searching.
However, after some time, the Li family suddenly received news that there were still forces looking for their missing Mahayana cultivators.
Thus, several families joined together and eventually found a clue, which was the Suspended Sky Holy Venerable, who had visited one of the families.
Moreover, he also mysteriously disappeared afterwards.
Therefore, several families speculated that the disappearance of their Mahayana cultivators must be inextricably linked to him.
So they focused their attention on searching for the Suspended Sky Holy Venerable.
But after searching the entire Spirit Realm, including his cave and the places he frequented, they didn't find any trace of him.
As time passed, it was dropped again.
Lu Xin understood that Li Youlan didn't tell anyone where she was going when she went out, which led to this situation.
But thinking about it, it was normal. He wouldn't say where he was going when he went out either.
He just didn't expect that the first instance he ventured into would involve so many things, and it seemed endless.
"Suspended Sky Holy Venerable, Changkong Secret Realm."
Lu Xin pondered for a moment, and sighed that the Suspended Sky Holy Venerable was quite good at hiding, actually running to Yan Country, this remote corner, to carry out his conspiracy.
He had considered it quite thoroughly, but unfortunately, he encountered Li Youlan, this anomaly.
He didn't expect that she would have the Nether Blue Ice Flame, such an exotic treasure.
He estimated that Li Youlan had only obtained the Nether Blue Ice Flame before going to the Changkong Secret Realm, otherwise, the Suspended Sky Holy Venerable's cunning wouldn't have overlooked this point.
Therefore, from this example, Lu Xin once again understood the importance of trump cards.
As long as you are unfathomable, the other party will never be able to figure you out.
"Yes, I still need to keep a low profile."
Lu Xin established his cultivation policy again.
However, he still had a doubt. So many forces in Central Province hadn't found the relationship between the Changkong Secret Realm and the Suspended Sky Holy Venerable, how did the owner of the hand scroll that Ji Yue found in the Holy Heart Sect find out?
Moreover, they could even find out that he possessed the Amethyst Star Pattern Fruit.
If the information was obvious, the Yuanze Holy Land and other forces had no reason not to find it.
"Could it be that Li Mulin's statement that they searched the entire Spirit Realm was just to express their importance? They didn't search very carefully? Or did they not find Yan Country at all?"
Anyway, this matter was full of doubts. With the passage of time, and the Suspended Sky Holy Venerable being killed by him, it was estimated that no one would ever know the secrets of this.
"Fellow Daoist Huang Long, can you take me to that deserted island? I can pay you."
Lu Xin thought about it. The Divine Fire Cauldron had already been seen by Li Mulin. Unless he killed her to silence her, she, as well as the Li family, the Yuanze Holy Land behind her, and several other forces that had lost Mahayana cultivators, would definitely come looking for him.
He wasn't afraid, but it would be extremely annoying.
"That's right, I'm hiding my identity now, why worry about this."
Lu Xin reacted.
Anyway, after going out, no one would be able to find him. Whether to release Li Youlan could be carefully considered at that time.
So Lu Xin temporarily agreed to her, "This… the journey is a bit far, let's discuss the details after we get out."
"Okay, thank you," Li Mulin replied immediately.
This matter was temporarily settled, and the four quickly arrived in front of the third level.
"This level is the Thousand Illusion Flower Tree Formation. Not only is it shaped like a maze, but it also produces various illusions. If you're not careful, the desires of greed and lust, as well as memories of the past, will take advantage of the weakness. If you fall into it, you will be consumed by lust and die miserably."
Tianzi Jin introduced as usual, mainly to Lu Xin, "So to pass this level, you must have a treasure to defend your primordial spirit. Fellow Daoist Huang Long, I wonder if you have this kind of treasure among your trump cards?"
His words carried some teasing.
Lu Xin certainly didn't have a primordial spirit defense treasure, but he had the [Self-Awareness] passive, and he was most unafraid of illusions.
So he was about to nod and say yes, but Li Mulin suddenly preempted him, "Let me take Fellow Daoist Huang Long through."
"You?"
Tianzi Jin and Nalan Zhizhu looked at her in surprise, not doubting her ability, after all, she had innate heterochromatic pupils that could see through falsehoods.
But they were wondering why she would be so proactive in helping others.
"Could there be something going on?"
Tianzi Jin muttered and questioned through voice transmission, "Good, Fellow Daoist Huang Long, I advised you earlier, but you were evasive in every way. I didn't expect you to have secretly made a move long ago. Tell me, when did you get together with her?"
A fire of gossip also ignited in Nalan Zhizhu's eyes.
Lu Xin didn't expect these people to be more gossipy than the last. Could he say that she was doing it for her great-grandaunt?
He replied through voice transmission, "That, Fellow Daoist Tian, I must remind you that the divine sense is suppressed here, and Fellow Daoist Li has ways to hear your voice transmissions."
"What!?"
Tianzi Jin exclaimed, looking at Li Mulin. He happened to meet her gloomy gaze and instantly understood that Lu Xin hadn't lied to him. He quickly pretended to cough, looked up at the sky, and planned to learn Lu Xin's thick skin.
"What are you shouting about?" Nalan Zhizhu was a little confused. Then, as if she had received Tianzi Jin's voice transmission, she quickly changed the subject, "The people who surpassed us earlier must have gone in first. Let's hurry through this formation too."
"Yes, I almost forgot the business," Tianzi Jin quickly echoed, and walked forward with Nalan Zhizhu.
At this time, Li Mulin came up and stretched out her hand, "Later inside, you remember to hold my hand and don't let go."
Lu Xin looked at the five slender jade fingers stretched out in front of him, and his heart was in a tangle, "Should he hold it or not?"
