398: Chapter 398 Familiar Breath

Chapter 398: Familiar Aura

“Two groups of people have lived here! And they’re both familiar to me?”

Lin Yu was surprised to hear this.

It was truly amazing that people would choose to live in such a desolate place, and that they were all familiar to him.

He had originally come to find the Faceless Man and the star realm space-time tower, but he didn't expect to find other surprises.

“That’s right. One group was from the Holy Land not long ago. Their aura is very consistent with theirs, but it doesn't seem to be any of them, but someone else.”

“The other aura should be even more familiar to you—Chu Xi!”

The System's voice came again.

Lin Yu, however, was stunned.

The scene from the Time River involuntarily appeared in his mind.

He had never forgotten that beautiful figure.

Although his intentions were not pure when he took down Chu Xi, they had ultimately experienced life and death together, so there was naturally some affection between them.

He remembered that when he was teleporting away from the Space-Time Dark River, he had even left Chu Xi an information jade slip.

He wondered how she was doing now.

This ice palace, if nothing else, should be the first place she lived after inadvertently arriving on the Eternal Continent.

It was also built by her.

Some of the facilities inside this palace did indeed resemble a woman’s residence.

Moreover, the person from the Holy Land that the System mentioned should also be female.

She had adopted many things left behind by Chu Xi.

“System, can you confirm that the woman from the Holy Land is the Faceless Man? Are there any traces of the Star Tower here?”

After a brief moment of contemplation, he asked again.

There was nothing special left in the entire Northern Arctic Ice Field.

He had even investigated beneath the ice field's surface, all the way to the Earth's core, but found no anomalies.

Therefore, he suspected that the woman from the Holy Land was very likely the Faceless Man mentioned by An Ruosu.

He had once ascended the Star Tower, but he hadn't refined it. In fact, to avoid incurring the karma of that Immortal King too early, he rarely delved deeply into it during his time at the Piao Miao Sect.

To be honest, he didn't know much about it.

Naturally, he couldn't sense any traces of the Star Tower himself.

But the System had studied it before and even helped him deceive the Immortal King's rune detection.

If the Star Tower had been here, the System should have been able to sense it.

“Hmm... how should I put this? The Star Tower has indeed been here, but the space-time boundary marker hasn't. It's not a complete entity. If I'm not mistaken, that Immortal King seems to want to use this to lure out the person who killed his inheritor.”

“Little Lin, have you thought it through? Do you still want to investigate this thing? It's just an Immortal King Artifact. I don't think you need to provoke an Immortal King for it.”

The System gave a positive answer, but it differed somewhat from his conjecture.

The Faceless Man could basically be confirmed as someone from the Holy Land.

However, it seemed to be a chess piece of that Immortal King.

A chess piece to guide and assist his inheritor.

And Luo Xingchen was clearly the Immortal King's inheritor.

However, before this Faceless Man could fully play its role, Luo Xingchen was killed by him.

According to the System, that Immortal King seemed to have not given up, wanting to use the Star Tower as bait to lure him out.

One must know that Luo Xingchen's death, on the surface, was his own demise during the trial of Lingxiao Pavilion at that time.

No one truly knew the cause of Luo Xingchen's death.

From this perspective, it was understandable for that Immortal King to want to fish him out.

Although he didn't know the purpose of the other party choosing Luo Xingchen as an inheritor, to be able to bring out a top-tier Immortal King Artifact and pave the way for him.

It was imaginable that he was highly valued.

It was only right to avenge him.

However, as long as he didn't fall into the trap, the Immortal King's chances of finding him were infinitely small.

There was no inevitable causal relationship between them.

However, he seemed to have a considerable grudge with the Holy Land.

If he didn't go looking for trouble, the other party would probably come looking for him.

Instead of being passive, it was better to be proactive.

This way, he could control the situation himself and minimize the threat.

Of course, these were all plans for after entering the starry sky.

The matters on the Eternal Continent still needed to be dealt with first.

“System, for the next period, I will be comprehending secret techniques here. If a year passes, remember to wake me up!”

After a brief moment of contemplation, he spoke.

This was his next idea.

He had already unraveled the two mysteries on the Eternal Continent.

He already knew everything about the Mo Family Village, but he couldn't solve it.

As for the whereabouts of the Faceless Man and the Star Tower, he already knew them clearly in his heart.

There was nothing left worth solving in front of him.

He had originally thought that these two matters would take a lot of time, and had specifically set aside eleven months.

But unexpectedly, he had overthought it.

In total, it only took him a little over ten days.

But thinking about it, he was already the combat power ceiling of the Eternal Continent, and he had many trump cards in his hand.

Even in a small star region like the Jinyan Star Region, he now had the power to fight. Any mysterious matters on the Eternal Continent would become much simpler.

Even if there were things he couldn't solve, he could still investigate their causes.

Just like the Mo Family Village, which used to be mysterious, now its mysterious facade had been torn off by him.

He would use the remaining time to comprehend secret techniques.

Counting it, it had been a long time since he had focused on secret techniques.

Secret techniques like the Undying Body and the Rainbow Transformation Technique had been at the perfected stage for many years.

Now, he had enough cultivation points, so it was a good time to use them for comprehension.

As soon as he finished speaking, the System's satisfied reply came from his mind.

Lin Yu nodded.

The System had mentioned it once before, which was how he got this idea.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted cultivation points on these secret techniques that he previously thought were useless.

Sometimes, the improvement of strength is not necessarily brought about by the improvement of cultivation realm.

The improvement of combat secret techniques and innate secret techniques can both increase combat power.

And he also really wanted to see what effects these two secret techniques, boasted about by the System, would have after being upgraded.

With that, he went directly to the cultivation hall within the ice palace and sat down cross-legged.

After adjusting his state, he instantly entered into comprehension.

With cultivation points as his backing, he didn't have to worry about not being able to comprehend them.

Of course, he had placed a hidden and defensive formation plate outside the ice palace.

Although this place was rarely visited, he still couldn't be careless.

When in seclusion, necessary precautions still needed to be taken.

...

Time is the least valuable thing in cultivation.

Especially when the cultivation realm reaches a certain height.

Unconsciously, the one-year period was almost up.

The entire Northern Frontier was already bustling with activity.

The preparations for the Piao Miao Sect were also almost completely finished.