637: The Stunned Ancestor of the Ancient Country (55k)

"Xiao Shan, just come with us."

After rescuing him, Wan Fei proactively offered to let Xiao Shan stay.

This was, of course, also due to Lin Yang.

Xiao Shan was a subordinate of someone from Lin Yang's hometown, which was considered a relatively close relationship.

"Thank you, Lord Wan Fei!"

"Thank you, Lord Lin Yang!"

Xiao Shan was incredibly grateful, repeatedly thanking Wan Fei and Lin Yang in succession.

He could also see that Wan Fei keeping him was because of Lin Yang.

Therefore, he maintained humility and reverence in front of Lin Yang.

Time flowed by.

The end of this trial was gradually approaching.

The difficulty for Lin Yang and the others in hunting Other Species also increased.

After the area restrictions were lifted, Other Species had to separate into small teams; this was a rule of the Shi Yuan Land.

However, as the number of Other Species decreased, the number of Other Species teams could also decrease, and at the same time, the number of Other Species in each team could increase.

This led to the difficulty of killing Other Species becoming higher the further they progressed.

That day, Lin Yang and the others stopped hunting everywhere.

Because the number of Other Species teams had significantly reduced, it was no longer easy to lure and kill isolated ones.

Wan Fei tallied the numbers and said, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, over these years, we have killed a total of one thousand six hundred and twelve Other Species. Both sides, you and I, each received eight thousand and sixty trial points."

"Only this many?" Lin Yang couldn't help but sigh.

Killing Other Species was indeed too difficult.

Although the area restrictions were lifted, making it better than at the beginning, it wasn't much easier.

Killing less than two thousand Other Species in so many years was indeed not a lot.

Wan Fei, hearing this, chuckled, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, this is already a lot, it has already broken records! In Other Species trials, no one has ever managed to kill so many Other Species in a single instance!"

Xiao Shan, standing nearby, was even more shocked to hear this number: "Killed over one thousand six hundred Other Species? That's too terrifying!"

It could be said that, at this moment, apart from Lin Yang, who still thought it was too few, everyone else found this number of kills to be formidable.

"This time, it's pretty much this many trial points. It will be very difficult to hunt Other Species individually again later," Lin Yang added.

He truly felt it was a bit little.

Even if he didn't split half, it wouldn't be enough for twenty thousand points, not enough to exchange for one portion of ordinary primal liquid.

This was far from the previous plan.

It could only be said that plans couldn't keep up with changes.

"Oh well, if there's one less primal liquid, then so be it," Lin Yang sighed inwardly, not dwelling on it too much.

After all, life couldn't always be smooth sailing and follow the plan.

Moreover, although the trial points were few this time, his ranking was high!

He was absolutely the undisputed first.

It was a case of losing something in one place but gaining it in another.

After another period, the Other Species teams merged several more times.

Seeing this, Wan Fei said, "This trial is probably going to end early."

"End early? It can end early?" Lin Yang wondered.

"Yes, when encountering an Other Species trial, it usually ends early."

Wan Fei nodded:

"Because later on, the difficulty of killing Other Species is too high, making it almost impossible to kill them, and it doesn't significantly affect the ranking. Therefore, the Shi Yuan Spirit generally ends the trial early to avoid wasting time. Moreover, there's also an Other Species King this time."

"Oh... if only we could kill that Other Species King, it's worth one hundred thousand trial points," Lin Yang couldn't help but say.

Wan Fei laughed heartily, "It's too difficult to kill the Other Species King. He has a large team of Other Species around him. To kill the Other Species King, you'd have to get rid of those ordinary Other Species first to even have a chance. Besides, the Other Species King's combat power is comparable to the Dao Illusion Realm, so there's no real chance."

"Mm." Lin Yang nodded.

He was just saying it casually.

The trial points gained from killing the Other Species King were high, but the difficulty was absurdly immense.

Now, even killing a lone Other Species was arduous, let alone eliminating the Other Species King under the protection of a large Other Species army.

It was unrealistic.

"Before the trial ends, the Other Species King will likely command the Other Species army for another sweep. We still need to be more careful and hide," Wan Fei added.

He was very clear about the various trial situations.

Immediately, he prepared to stop hunting Other Species.

"Then let's find another place to hide," Lin Yang said.

Wan Fei nodded.

But before they could find a suitable place,

They sensed the vast aura of a large Other Species army approaching.

"It's the main force of the Other Species!"

"The Other Species King must be among them!"

Wan Fei and the others' expressions changed.

"Run!"

Immediately, Wan Fei let out a loud shout.

Facing an Other Species army with the Other Species King present, they would have no chance whatsoever!

"Other Species King..." Lin Yang extended his perception, sweeping over the Other Species army, but he didn't find any unique Other Species.

Wan Fei, seeing his expression, explained, "The Other Species King is very good at hiding himself and is indistinguishable from ordinary Other Species. This is also his most troublesome aspect; it's hard to even find him."

Lin Yang was somewhat astonished: "In that case, wouldn't it be even harder to kill him?"

"Exactly! There has never been a case in Other Species trials where the Other Species King was killed by someone!" Wan Fei quickly said.

"No wonder it gives one hundred thousand points. If you can't even find him, then those one hundred thousand points are just for show," Lin Yang said.

Wan Fei, however, added, "It's not entirely impossible to find him. In the last hundred years, the Other Species King must reveal himself. This is also a rule of the Shi Yuan Land, allowing for definite targeting of the Other Species King. But even so, no one has been able to kill an Other Species King."

"Oh? The Shi Yuan Land even forcibly restricts the Other Species King to reveal himself?" Lin Yang raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, this is to give people a chance to locate and kill the Other Species King, but no one has been able to do it," Wan Fei explained.

"Interesting!" Lin Yang felt it was a bit strange.

This truly lived up to the name "trial."

"Let's hide." Wan Fei took out that unique Dao artifact, similar to a Bagua plate, found a mountain range, activated it, and then led everyone inside.

The Other Species army arrived at this mountain range shortly after.

After lingering and searching in the mountain range for a long time, they finally retreated.

"It's safe now," Wan Fei breathed a sigh of relief. "From now on, we can stay here until the trial ends."

Lin Yang sat down cross-legged.

For him, this trial was somewhat undeserving of the name.

With the help of Wan Fei and the others, killing isolated Other Species faced no obstacles.

So, at this moment, he still had an indescribable feeling.

He just felt that this trial ended too quickly!

Of course, only Lin Yang himself felt that the trial ended quickly.

Everyone else, including those from the Great Countries, wished for the trial to end quickly.

Especially for rogue cultivators, the longer the trial continued, the higher the probability of them being discovered and killed by Other Species.

Some people were so exhausted from just fleeing that they were on the verge of collapse.

Finally, on this day, the deep voice of the Shi Yuan Spirit spread throughout the entire Shi Yuan Land.

"This trial has ended. Please proceed to the Shi Yuan Palace to submit the trial item, the Demonic Thunder Other Species Heart."

The Shi Yuan Palace was the palace in mid-air.

With the words of the Shi Yuan Spirit, the palace reopened.

"It's finally over."

Wan Fei and the others sighed with emotion.

Lin Yang, taking advantage of the Other Species army retreating north, flew into mid-air and saw the Other Species King.

There was still a clear difference from other ordinary Other Species.

While other Other Species had gray or black hair, the Other Species King's hair was silver, and there was a dark red flame mark on his forehead, which was very conspicuous.

Clearly, normally this Other Species King could hide his hair color and that flame mark, allowing him to blend in with the ordinary Other Species army.

And that Other Species King seemed to have sensed something.

He gazed at Lin Yang from afar across the sky.

"Hmm? Why do I feel like this Other Species King's killing intent towards me is particularly strong?"

Whether it was an illusion or not, Lin Yang always felt that the Other Species King seemed to harbor a very special killing intent specifically towards him.

He told this feeling to Wan Fei and the others.

Wan Fei pondered for a moment and said, "It's probably because you killed too many of his subjects. In previous Other Species trials, this situation never occurred, and the born Other Species Kings wouldn't particularly show such killing intent towards a specific person."

"Perhaps," Lin Yang no longer thought much about it.

Wan Fei, however, suddenly said, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, you only recently broke through, yet you possess such strength. Perhaps next time you'll have a chance to kill this Other Species King?"

"Next time?" Hearing this, Lin Yang was momentarily stunned, then said, "Other Species trials don't occur continuously. We don't know what kind of trial it will be next time, and besides, one hundred thousand years is too long."

In one hundred thousand years, he might have already broken through to the Dao Illusion Realm.

"That's true. At Your Excellency Lin Yang's cultivation speed, it probably won't take one hundred thousand years to break through to the Dao Illusion Realm."

Wan Fei smiled:

"However, as long as Your Excellency Lin Yang isn't in a hurry to break through, there will definitely be a chance."

Wan Fei looked at Lin Yang: "According to the rules of the Shi Yuan Land, for the first few times anyone enters, as long as they achieve a sufficiently high ranking that meets the standard, there will be additional rewards. Your Excellency Lin Yang can completely suppress his breakthrough, wait to enter two more times, and then consider breaking through later. In the past, some people have done this."

Lin Yang nodded slightly: "We'll see how it goes then."

Wan Fei also nodded and said, "Let's go submit the quest items."

The Other Species Hearts had already been distributed.

Lin Yang took half alone.

They, in turn, distributed them among five people, each receiving over one thousand six hundred points.

The reason they weren't distributed among nine people, including Lin Yang, to secure the top ten, was because if divided among nine people, each would only get over eight hundred points, less than nine hundred.

And other Great Countries, over these many years, might have hunted a total of around a hundred, which would likely be concentrated on one person.

Eight or nine hundred points were not secure enough to guarantee a spot in the top ten.

Therefore, Wan Fei mainly distributed the points to several people who had entered no more than five and three times respectively, ensuring they could remain in the top ten.

In front of the Shi Yuan Palace.

Wan Fei looked at Lin Yang and said solemnly, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, after we hand in the mission items, we must leave immediately. Please give us an opportunity to meet, and do not leave Mang City."

"Don't worry, since I promised to meet you, I won't break my word." Lin Yang gave a definitive answer.

"Then we'll see you in Mang City!" Wan Fei said impatiently, then immediately had the others hand in the mission items, while he directly chose to leave the Shi Yuan Land.

This trial and everything else was not as important as Lin Yang!

Although he had already arranged for people to go out and report as soon as the trial ended.

But some things still needed him to say personally, to carry more weight!

The people from the other Great Countries were basically the same!

Familiar team leaders waited for Lin Yang at the entrance of the Shi Yuan Palace, all doing the same as Wan Fei, meeting Lin Yang briefly before quickly leaving.

However, when the people from Chu Country entered, the atmosphere instantly turned cold.

"Hmph, brat, you're dead!" Killing intent surged in Shang Bo's eyes!

Their Chu Country was destined not to win over Lin Yang, so naturally, they had to put Lin Yang to death!

"I'm waiting." Lin Yang didn't care at all.

This attitude naturally made Shang Bo even more furious, but he was helpless, so he could only snort coldly again and leave.

Lin Yang also entered the small door and took out all the Other Species Hearts.

"Trial participant Lin Yang, you have submitted 806 Demon Lightning Other Species Hearts, obtaining a total of 8060 trial points."

"Please note, whether you exchange these trial points or not, half of the remaining trial points will be deducted when the Shi Yuan Land closes. Do you wish to exchange them?"

Lin Yang shook his head: "No exchange."

These 8,000-plus points wouldn't get him anything useful.

It would be better to save them for next time.

This time, he had also witnessed the randomness of the trials within the Shi Yuan Land.

Perhaps next time, he would just happen to be short by more than 4,000 points to exchange for a portion of primordial liquid?

"Alright, trial participant Lin Yang, your trial ranking this time is first. Since this is your first time entering the Shi Yuan Land, you will receive an additional special reward. This special reward will be distributed by the guiding envoy within a hundred years after the Shi Yuan Land closes. Now, you may leave the Shi Yuan Land." The Spirit of Shi Yuan said again.

"Alright." Lin Yang responded and exited.

The next moment, he returned to the sky above Mang City in the Mirage Domain.

"What a magical method, so accurately positioning everyone's entry point."

Lin Yang sighed and returned to his courtyard.

At the same time, the rankings for this Entering Dao Realm trial began to spread throughout the Three Great Domains.

For a time, various major forces began to pay attention... Sky Desolate Domain, Baizhi Country.

Several ancestors of the Saint Xuan Ancient Country also successively withdrew from the Shi Yuan Land of the Dao Illusion Realm.

The ancestor of the Xuan Taihuang lineage was Xuan Yu.

He looked at Xuan Yao and the other ancestors of several lineages, whose expressions were not very good.

This time, they were not successful.

Xuan Yao's face was the most somber: "Those old fellows from Lan Sheng Ancient Kingdom specifically targeted us. They messed things up again, otherwise, these trial points would definitely have been enough to exchange for that item. Sooner or later, I will kill those old bastards."

Yes, that's right.

In the High-Level Spacetime, because they all came from the same Endless Spacetime, the ancestors of Lan Sheng Ancient Kingdom and Saint Xuan Ancient Country, instead of becoming friends due to being from the same homeland, became enemies.

The ancestors of Lan Sheng Ancient Kingdom couldn't stand to see the ancestors of Saint Xuan Ancient Country doing well, and repeatedly ruined the good deeds of the Saint Xuan Ancient Country's ancestors.

Their purpose was to prevent the ancestors of Saint Xuan Ancient Country from obtaining better resources to send back to Saint Xuan Ancient Country.

There were not many Ancient Countries in the Endless Spacetime, and the ancestors of Lan Sheng Ancient Kingdom wanted to cut off the path of Saint Xuan Ancient Country.

Over time, the two sides became almost irreconcilable.

"It's a pity that the younger generations of our Ancient Country are not up to par. After so many years, only a few people can enter the Dao Realm, let alone the Dao Illusion Realm. There's a generational gap. Otherwise, those old fellows from Lan Sheng Ancient Kingdom wouldn't be so arrogant!"

Xuan Yu was also very unwilling, and then he said:

"By the way, I received a message from my descendant saying that a guest named Lin Yang also came to the High-Level Spacetime, asking me to take care of him if I had the chance. Is he the one Xuan Ming, Xuan Nuo's descendant, mentioned last time, the one who forced him into the High-Level Spacetime?"

He looked at another ancestor of the Saint Xuan Ancient Country.

As for Xuan Ming in his words, it was naturally Saint Xuan Ruler Xuanming Wilderness who fled into the High-Level Spacetime.

However, after coming to the High-Level Spacetime, he only used his given name.

Xuan Nuo said casually: "I'm not sure. This is competition among their younger generation. You can summon Xuan Ming to ask."

"Alas, what a headache. Originally, encouraging them to compete was meant to put pressure on each other in competition, so they could progress earlier. But after so many years of competition, the enmity between the various lineages has only increased, and I haven't seen many people break through."

Xuan Yu sighed deeply, suddenly a little doubtful whether the approach of encouraging competition was problematic.

"Competition is definitely not a problem. Otherwise, are we to fight tooth and nail in the High-Level Spacetime, bring back resources, and provide for some second-generation rich kids who only know how to live off their ancestors?" Xuan Nuo saw Xuan Yu's thoughts and said indifferently.

"Competition causing deadly feuds is also troublesome."

Xuan Yu rubbed his brow. While their several ancestors were harmonious with each other, the younger generations were becoming increasingly discordant, which also made him a bit annoyed.

However, at the moment, he had no time to think about these things, and instead said:

"According to my descendant, that Lin Yang cultivates quite fast, and his talent is quite extraordinary. Although he is a guest, he is worth cultivating vigorously. I will investigate to see which domain he went to."

Saying that, he prepared to inquire.

After all, this was the first time the Xuan Taihuang lineage had so solemnly sent him a message, asking him to look after a guest.

And they praised Lin Yang to the skies.

This made Xuan Yu unwilling to give up on a junior with exceptional talent.

However, the next moment, his actions paused.

Even Xuan Yu and the others showed expressions of shock.

Before their eyes, an old man with a vast and profound aura suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Beside the old man was another person, none other than Wan Fei!

Wan Fei looked at Xuan Yu and the others without speaking, while the old man said indifferently:

"Are you the ancestors of the Saint Xuan Ancient Country?"

"This is... a Dao Tribulation Realm adult of Lanlou Country?!"

In an instant, Xuan Yu and the others were greatly shaken!

As a vassal state, they naturally recognized that the person before them was an adult from Lanlou Country.

At once, they all bowed, extremely humble:

"Greetings to the two adults. Replying to the adults, we are. May we ask what instructions the adults have for their sudden arrival?"

While replying, Xuan Yu and the others also felt a little nervous.

Why would an adult from Lanlou Country suddenly come looking for them?

And two of them at that!

Although Wan Fei was in the Entering Dao Realm, the golden Lanlou flower emblem on his robe collar showed his identity: he was a core royal family member of Lanlou Country!

This identity also made them dare not be negligent!

They all felt a little uneasy.

The old man still said indifferently: "A person from your homeland has come here and needs to meet with you. Now, you will accompany this venerable one to the Mirage Domain for a meeting."

These words instantly made Xuan Yu and the others' scalps tingle.

A person from their homeland?

What person from their homeland needed to meet them, to the extent of directly alarming an adult from Lanlou Country to personally come and find them for a meeting, and across domains at that?!

Their hearts trembled with shock.

They didn't remember knowing any other people from their homeland.

Moreover, someone who looked like such a distinguished figure!

To trouble a Dao Tribulation Realm expert from Lanlou Country to personally appear, the Respect of this identity needed no further explanation.

The several people exchanged silent glances, and Xuan Yu, emboldened, said: "May I ask, adult, which adult wishes to summon us?"

He really racked his brains but couldn't think of how they knew such a prominent figure.

If they knew such a prominent figure, why would they still be suppressed by the ancestors of Lan Sheng Ancient Kingdom?

The old man glanced at them indifferently and spoke Lin Yang's name.

"Lin Yang?"

"Which Lin Yang?"

Xuan Yu and the others were stunned again.

In their memories, there was no such name.

Because, if they knew such an adult, they would never forget the adult's name!

Suddenly.

Xuan Yu seemed to have thought of something.

Lin Yang?

"Could it be..."

An incredible thought suddenly popped into Xuan Yu's mind.

But then he dismissed it.

The Lin Yang he had just mentioned was the Transformation Dao Realm expert whom Xuan Taihuang had sent a message to him to look after, someone who had only recently entered the High-Level Spacetime.

It was impossible for him to know an adult from Lanlou Country!

But besides this Lin Yang, he really couldn't remember knowing anyone else named Lin Yang.

He looked at Xuan Yao and the others, who also had confused expressions.

Seeing this, Wan Fei spoke:

"Sirs, Your Excellency Lin Yang has only recently entered the High-Level Spacetime, so you may not have met him yet."

"Please transmit a message back to the Saint Xuan Ancient Country now to request specific information about Your Excellency Lin Yang."

"At the same time, please be sure to bring back news of Your Excellency Lin Yang's hometown and family's recent situation!"

"Wh-what...?"

At these words, Xuan Yu and the others were instantly dumbfounded. (End of Chapter)