158: Chapter 159 Cultivation Holy Land, Demons Appear

Something's not right!

Even if he had no sense of time, he wouldn't miscalculate by a full four hours.

Something must have gone wrong!

Lin Ye frowned.

Calculating carefully, from the moment they were shrouded in gray mist to when he chose to log off, roughly four hours had passed.

In other words, those four hours had been erased.

"Perhaps... it wasn't erased, but the flow of time has accelerated!"

He thought four hours had passed, but in reality, it might have only been half an hour or even less!

Thinking of this, Lin Ye's eyes suddenly lit up.

If this guess was true, he might be in for an epic-tier enhancement.

Without hesitation, Lin Ye returned to the game world once more.

He needed to verify it.

Sitting cross-legged, Lin Ye began to circulate Wind Breathing.

"proficiency +90"

"proficiency +90"

"proficiency +90"

...

When the Qi in his body completed one Greater Orbit, which took about fifteen minutes, Lin Ye logged off again.

Looking at the login countdown in his mind, compared to before, it had only increased by less than a minute!

It was confirmed; the time flow in Qishan Village was indeed much faster than in the real world, with a ratio of about 20:1.

Good grief, he finally understood why Lin Dong said this place was Hell.

Other players only needed to stay in the game for 12 hours to log off, but he had to stay for 120 hours!

Coupled with that eerie environment, anyone would go crazy!

But for Lin Ye, not only was this not Hell, it was actually a cultivation Holy Land.

He had Heaven Rewards Diligence; as long as he was given time, he could grow infinitely without having to worry about cultivation environments, resources, or Bottleneck restrictions.

If he stayed here for a year, only about half a month would pass in the outside world.

And in a year's time, he couldn't even imagine what Realm he could raise his Cultivation Technique proficiency to!

Thinking of this, Lin Ye began to calculate which Cultivation Technique proficiency he should grind.

First, Thunder Tiger Vajra Body and Earth-Splitting Staff Technique could be ruled out; for no other reason than they made too much noise.

This was an anomaly Domain, after all; he had to show some respect.

The only ones suitable for Cultivate were Wind Breathing and Mind Ape Visualization Method.

Since Wind Breathing's proficiency increased even without deliberate Cultivate, Lin Ye decisively chose to grind the Mind Ape Visualization Method.

Moreover, in an anomaly zone, increasing the spirit attribute would better guarantee his safety.

Entering the game, Lin Ye checked the proficiency of the Mind Ape Visualization Method: Mastery (10508800/20000000)

If he were outside, he would have to Cultivate for at least 40 days to Breakthrough to the next Realm.

But here, 4 days would suffice.

Of course, for Lin Ye, he still had to honestly Cultivate for 40 days.

It was just that in the eyes of outsiders, only 4 days would have passed.

Lin Ye's breathing gradually stabilized, and his mind slowly sank into the Mind Ape Space.

However, he didn't fully immerse himself; he kept a portion of his mind alert.

This way, even if there was any danger, he could react in time.

As for whether doing so would affect the visualization efficiency—with a 20x time flow, he didn't care about that bit of experience.

In the Mind Ape Space, that black ape still sat atop the mountain peak, its crimson eyes half-closed and half-open, like a slumbering divine statue.

Even with Lin Ye's current Soul strength, he still couldn't achieve complete fusion with the Heart Ape.

Of course, it was mainly because the technique's Realm wasn't high enough.

"proficiency +90"

"proficiency +90"

...

The System notification tones echoed in his ears, but they couldn't affect Lin Ye in the slightest.

He just sat there quietly, like a stone, without joy or sorrow!

Visualizing the Heart Ape was actually the process of subduing one's own Heart Ape.

Once the Heart Ape was completely subdued, one would naturally comprehend the True Intent of the Heart-Ape!

Lin Ye felt that he was not far from this goal.

When the time came, there would surely be a qualitative transformation.

Time passed quickly during the visualization.

He didn't know how long had passed when Lin Ye was startled awake by the sound of a rooster crowing.

He snapped his eyes open; a tinge of fish-belly white appeared on the horizon.

Dawn had broken in Qishan Village.

The sound of roosters crowing came from the distance, one after another, quite lively.

Vaguely, he could also hear a few dog barks and human shouting.

The entire village seemed to suddenly come to life.

"Click."

A soft sound.

Lin Ye followed the sound and saw the courtyard door of the nearest house open a crack.

A hand reached out from the gap, its fingers pale and gaunt, joints distinct, looking like five withered tree branches.

The door was pushed open, and an old man walked out.

He wore gray cloth clothes, a cloth belt tied around his waist, and straw sandals on his feet; his hair was gray and his wrinkles were deep, looking like a perfectly ordinary rural elder.

Then, more doors opened.

Men, women, the elderly, and children walked out of their houses one after another.

Carrying water, chopping wood, lighting fires to cook—they were busy and full of energy.

They chatted and laughed with each other, their voices neither high nor low, no different from the daily life of a normal village.

But Lin Ye's expression grew increasingly grim.

Because in his Slaughter Vision, not a single one of these people before him was alive.

Activating Qi Observation Technique, his gaze fell upon an old man.

[Rank 9 Evil Spirit] (White)

[Essence]: 8

[Qi]: 3

[Spirit]: 20

He looked at the next one; it was still an Demon.

Within the vision of the Qi Observation Technique, everyone here was shrouded in a layer of faint black qi.

However, amidst the black qi, there was also a streak of gray, originating from the same source as last night's gray mist.

Lin Ye didn't know what kind of qi that was, but it was clearly more high-end than the qi of life or evil qi.

After a bit of investigation, Lin Ye found that most of these Demons were Rank 9, and the weakest kind at that; he felt he could crush them at will.

But he didn't act rashly.

Last night, this place was as clean as a blank sheet of paper, yet by day, a bunch of Demons had immediately popped up; this was clearly abnormal.

At times like this, it was better to stay still than to move.

Before figuring out the underlying logic of this anomaly, acting prematurely would only put himself in danger; he wasn't as foolish as Lin Dong.

Besides, having finally found a cultivation Holy Land, he didn't want his cultivation rhythm to be disturbed.

Those Demons didn't notice Lin Ye's presence and continued doing their own things.

Carrying water, chopping wood, lighting fires, cooking—everything seemed so natural, so natural that it gave Lin Ye an illusion.

These weren't Demons at all, but just ordinary villagers.

But the Qi Observation Technique wouldn't lie.

Moreover, this village had been gone for over a decade; how could there still be living people?

Lin Ye observed secretly for a while longer but really couldn't find anything unusual.

Just as Lin Ye was preparing to continue his Cultivate, a red dot of light suddenly appeared in his vision.

This couldn't help but make his spirits lift!

Good grief, Old Man Shen and the others had finally come in.

But why was the location of that red dot inside the village?

This couldn't help but make Lin Ye wary.

Regardless, that was indeed a living aura; it was necessary to go take a look.

Lin Ye cautiously avoided the villagers' lines of sight and crept toward that red dot.

"Hmm? It's him?"

Appearing in Lin Ye's vision now was none other than that Captain with the weakest life aura from before.

However, the other party's state seemed a bit off.