377: Chapter 377 Shocking News from the Lower Realm Pigsty!

The Tiannan Immortal Domain was vast and boundless.

Here, Immortal Qi was as thick as syrup, and the chains of Law were clearly visible. Immortal mountains and divine islands floated above the sea of clouds, radiating an eternal brilliance. Divine rainbows occasionally streaked across the sky, leaving behind trails of brilliant dao rhyme.

Compared to the Xuanyuan Continent in the Lower Realm, where Spiritual Qi was depleted and Laws were incomplete, this place was simply the ultimate paradise that Cultivators dreamed of.

As a peripheral force in the Tiannan Immortal Domain that couldn't even be considered third-rate, the Xuantian Immortal Sect still occupied a vast territory of millions of miles. Within the Sect, immortal peaks stood tall, Auspicious Beasts galloped, and the atmosphere was extraordinary.

Outer Sect, Deacon Hall.

In a quiet, independent courtyard surrounded by Immortal Qi, the fragrance of Immortal Plants drifted through the air.

Lin Batian was humming a lewd little tune, walking with a splayed gait, leisurely entering his Immortal Cave.

He was in an extremely good mood today.

He had just used his authority to embezzle a batch of newly issued "Foundation-Nurturing Pills" from the Medicinal Pill room. Although these Medicinal Pills were no longer of much use to him, they were excellent for exchanging for some Immortal Stones on the black market or rewarding the obedient Disciples below him.

Being a Deacon in the Outer Sect had its perks.

Although there wasn't much hope for his cultivation level, the benefits were plentiful, and the power was great. Life was much more comfortable than those Inner Sect Disciples who spent all day in death seclusion.

"When Xiao Wan finishes her seclusion next month, I'll send that 'Immortal Fruit' over," Lin Batian rubbed his hands together, a wretched smile appearing on his face. "Once she's happy, she might be able to get me a profound immortal technique from her Revered Master—that Golden Immortal Elder's pillow talk."

His sister, Lin Wan, was the only Genius their Lin family had produced in tens of thousands of years.

She had experienced the Awakening of the one-in-a-ten-thousand "Hundred Flowers Immortal Physique." Although it was only a support Physique with little combat power, her Alchemy and cultivation of Immortal Plants were top-notch. As soon as she entered the Inner Sect, she was favored by a Golden Immortal Elder and accepted as a Personal Disciple, causing her status to skyrocket.

And the fact that Lin Batian could hold the lucrative position of Outer Sect Deacon was mostly thanks to his sister.

As for his worthless nephew, Lin Yu, he was his sister's darling, someone she had pampered since childhood.

This time, sending Lin Yu to the Lower Realm to be some sort of guiding Immortal Envoy was also something he had arranged using his connections.

Firstly, it was to let the kid go out and gain some experience, to pad his resume.

Secondly, it was to keep him away from the Sect's troubles, lest he cause more mischief and implicate himself and his sister.

"Calculating the time, that kid should be back by now, right? I wonder how the harvest was this time. If he can bring back more Materials for the myriad spirits blood pill, I can make another fortune."

While thinking, Lin Batian pushed open the door to his Quiet Room.

However, the moment he stepped into the Quiet Room, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

A thick, pungent burnt smell carrying the aura of Divine Soul annihilation slammed into his nostrils like a heavy hammer!

The Immortal Qi in the Quiet Room seemed to be contaminated by this ominous aura, becoming murky and cold.

He jerked his head up, his gaze locked onto the table made of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nurturing Jade in the center of the Quiet Room, like iron filings attracted by a magnet.

On the table, two shimmering soul tablets were originally placed.

One was his, and the other was his nephew Lin Yu's.

And at this moment, the soul tablet belonging to Lin Yu had... exploded into a pile of black powder on the ground!

The fine powder was still emitting wisps of black smoke filled with despair and malice, radiating the deathly silence that only comes after a Divine Soul has been completely erased!

Even the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nurturing Jade table had a shallow pit corroded into it!

"..."

The color drained from Lin Batian's face at a visible rate, turning paler than a dead man's.

The muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably, and his pupils contracted into dangerous pinpoints due to extreme shock and fear!

Dead?

Lin Yu... is dead?!

Killed by someone in that Lower Realm they viewed as a "pigsty"?!

"Boom—!!!"

An indescribable chill, like the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice from the deepest part of the Nine Nether Abyss, instantly rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head!

At this moment, his brain completely stalled, turning blank, as if even his thoughts were frozen.

It's over!

It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over!

This time, it's completely screwed!

Lin Yu was Xiao Wan's heart and soul!

He was her only hope!

Lin Batian shuddered. He could even clearly imagine how his usually gentle and lovely sister would turn into a crazed, man-eating monster after learning this news!

She would definitely skin him alive!

Pull out his tendons!

And refine him into a furnace of Medicinal Pills!

"No... no... impossible..."

Lin Batian's voice became sharp and distorted. He stumbled to the jade table, his hands trembling as he tried to touch the black powder, but he jerked them back as if he had received an electric shock.

"There must be a mistake... something went wrong with the soul tablet... Yes! This crappy soul tablet must be a defective product!"

He paced back and forth in the Quiet Room like a madman, repeating his words incessantly, trying to convince himself.

But the pungent burnt smell and the deathly silence of the annihilated Divine Soul were like two invisible hands tightly clutching his throat, making it impossible for him to breathe.

Fear, like the fiercest tide, instantly submerged him completely.

His legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground with a "thud." He was drenched in cold sweat, his eyes were vacant, and only unconscious murmurs remained in his mouth.

"What should I do... what should I do... who can save me..."