258: Chapter 258 An Extraordinary Storage Ring

Since Lin Qing explicitly called out their identities, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao and the Grandmaster removed their disguises.

"Didn't we focus our search targets on the super forces before? Now the Qianbao Mysterious Palace and Wanyan Spirit Pavilion have basically been ruled out."

"We originally wanted to see if we could follow the two of them to look for clues."

Disregarding the peculiar expressions of Ren Wudi and Qiyue, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao recounted the whole story.

Don't look at these two as being young; one was once ranked first on the young master ranking, and the other is still ranked first on the Beauty Ranking. Their authority within their respective Sects is truly not low.

"Qing'er, should we...?"

The Grandmaster chimed in at this moment, looking at Ren Wudi and the other while making a throat-slitting gesture.

Rumors of a romance between Lin Qing and Qiyue had circulated in the Central Continent for a time before, but that was before the Qianbao City auction. Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao and the others naturally knew that the two actually had no relationship.

Now that the matter was exposed, silencing them was undoubtedly a very good choice, but after thinking about it, Lin Qing still shook his head.

He had contact with both of them and knew a thing or two about their character. Furthermore, even if they spread the matter, it wouldn't have any impact.

The relationship between Juechenzi and Lin Qing wasn't that difficult to investigate. If Juechenzi was truly in the hands of some super force, then things that were supposed to happen would happen eventually.

For instance, using Juechenzi to force Lin Qing to show himself, but why hasn't the other party made any similar moves until now? Unless, in their eyes, Juechenzi was even more important than Lin Qing.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing looked at the Storage Ring in his hand.

This Storage Ring was an apprenticeship gift given to Lin Qing by Juechenzi when he first became his apprentice. Its main purpose was to conceal the Five Elements Spiritual Vein inside Lin Qing's body.

And its concealment ability was indeed extremely powerful. As long as the ring never left his body and Lin Qing didn't actively reveal it, no one had ever been able to see through him.

Even the Old Turtle of the Divine Sovereign Realm only jumped out to ask for his help in resolving the hidden injuries within its body after Lin Qing used the Five Elements Will.

Yet, despite the ring's powerful ability, Lin Qing hadn't sensed any traces of a Formation existing on it. One must know that his current attainment in Formations was not low; although he hadn't reached Tenth Rank Perfection, before the Tenth Rank, his Foundation could be described as incomparably solid.

Not to mention a Tenth Rank Formation, even if a Level 11 Formation was placed before him, as long as it wasn't too obscure, he could break it given a certain amount of time.

This was similar to cultivation, because his cultivation Foundation was solid, he could fight above his Rank. And a solid technical Foundation brought the same effect.

Lin Qing had yet to sense any Formation on the Storage Ring; there were only two possibilities.

One was that the Rank of this Formation was ridiculously high, at least Level 12, or perhaps even higher.

A Level 12 Formation—aside from Sun Shaoping, probably no one else in this world could produce it. After all, Cultivators in the Divine Sovereign Realm in this world had not appeared for more than fifty thousand years. Right now, they were probably still busy creating Level 12 Cultivation Techniques, so where would they find the time to study Formations?

Lin Qing had always been reluctant to contact the Divine Venerables of those super forces precisely for these reasons. If Lin Qing fell into their hands, he would definitely not be killed right away, but what awaited him would be a fate far more terrifying than death: eternal imprisonment, eternal research, and eternal slave labor.

Another possibility was that there was simply no Formation on the ring; the ability to conceal Lin Qing's Five Elements Spiritual Vein came from the special nature of the ring's material itself.

No matter which possibility it was, it all demonstrated the extraordinary nature of this ring.

"Um... may I ask what is going on? Perhaps I can help."

Ren Wudi spoke. From his gaze, it could be seen that this wasn't something he said merely to avoid being silenced by Lin Qing and the others.

Ren Wudi was only taken in by the Lingxiao Sword Sect after his talent was revealed. His sense of belonging to the Lingxiao Sword Sect perhaps truly wasn't that strong.

Back then in the Kunxu Secret Realm, Ren Wudi, who had walked out of the Forbidden Ground, had met with Ling Shu and the others. Ren Wudi gave Ling Shu a communication token and asked her to pass it to Lin Qing. That token was currently lying in Lin Qing's Storage Ring.

If Ren Wudi stood on the side of the Lingxiao Sword Sect, he could completely report this matter to the Sect. The Lingxiao Sword Sect would definitely figure out a way and then use this token to send a message to Lin Qing, forcing him to show himself.

But for more than two years, this communication token had never rung. Lin Qing decided to tell Ren Wudi about Juechenzi; perhaps it could really play some role.

"My Revered Master, Juechenzi, went missing in the Central Continent more than two years ago. No information was transmitted back before he disappeared. He has Level 11 cultivation; ordinary forces cannot achieve to this extent."

Ren Wudi did not reply, only silently nodding to indicate that he had remembered it.

Lin Qing turned his gaze to Qiyue once more. Qiyue hurriedly raised her hand to swear.

"I will never speak of this matter."

She didn't say she would help inquire about news, and naturally, Lin Qing wouldn't force her.

"I'll send you off later."

The location they were currently in was even deeper within the Southern Region. Without Lin Qing's escort, Ren Wudi and the other might not necessarily be able to walk out on their own. Qiyue aside, since Ren Wudi had expressed that he wanted to help, Lin Qing naturally had to let him return safely to the Central Continent. Otherwise, how could a dead person help?

Lin Qing cupped his fists at Zhang Wang and Hua You. They could only be considered acquaintances by chance, yet Zhang Wang and the other chose to come forward and help after knowing he was Lin Qing. Although they didn't actually help, and even in the subsequent Yao Beast attack, they survived entirely thanks to Lin Qing, Lin Qing accepted this favor from them.

"Many thanks for earlier, Fellow Daoists. I wonder what plans the two of you have next? Would you be willing to go with me to Dongxuan first?"

The information that they had previously stood together with Lin Qing must have already been collected by those nearby Cultivators. If they returned to the Central Continent, there might be some trouble.

They were different from Ren Wudi and the other two. Ren Wudi and Qiyue had both contacted Lin Qing before, and Qiyue even had rumors of a romance with Lin Qing, but they came from super forces and wouldn't be implicated by Lin Qing.

Even this time, it might cause them some trouble, but there wouldn't be any major problems. Zhang Wang and Hua You were different; they were merely Loose Cultivators.

The two looked at each other, then nodded heavily at Lin Qing.

"Alright!"

Clearly, they also realized the seriousness of the problem, so they agreed without too much hesitation.

"Grandmaster, Grand Aunt-Master, come back to Dongxuan with me first!"

"What about your Master?"

The expressions of the two were somewhat anxious. Clearly, their affection for Juechenzi was very deep, and they were afraid that Lin Qing would give up on Juechenzi. As for Ren Wudi, in their eyes, he was unreliable.

"Operating in the Central Continent is ultimately still too dangerous for you. I plan to send you back to Dongxuan first, and then I will return to the Central Continent to search for Revered Master's whereabouts."