Chapter 198: Person from Outside the Boundary

“Thank you for the praise, Elder.” Lin Jing continued to act, suddenly falling in love with this feeling.

Having superb attainments in the Illusion Dao is perfect for joining other Sects to steal and learn Spells.

“It is because you have striven for progress yourself.” Elder Qin was in a good mood upon seeing a Disciple with good talent.

Actually, whether Lin Jing was excellent or not did not have much to do with him, but having guarded the Divine Beast Hall for many years and having seen too many foolish Disciples, Elder Qin felt very weary.

Being able to Cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage, his own talent back then was also very outstanding, so he really could not understand why something as simple as conjuring a Yao Beast could stump a group of people—was it really that difficult?

It was simply a hatred for stupidity; seeing a Genius Disciple who could use basic conjuration techniques well made him feel relieved!

“The White Underworld Monkey King…” Beside him, seeing Lin Jing’s talent, You Wanli was also very surprised; this was much more impressive than he had been back then.

Now, in the future at Thousand Illusion Mountain, there was no telling who would be taking care of whom.

“After you return, continue to perfect the phantom beast you conjured in the image of the ‘White Underworld Monkey King’!”

“When your phantom beast can perfectly display the might of a Yao King, you will be qualified to vie for a spot among the True Disciples.”

“When you become a True Disciple, you will also have the qualification to observe the ‘Yao Emperor Statue’ deeper within the Divine Beast Hall!”

“Your talent is not bad. This old man looks forward to the day you come to the Divine Beast Hall again.” Elder Qin chuckled.

Lin Jing’s face flushed, as if excited by the praise and appreciation.

Soon after, You Wanli brought Lin Jing back to the inner mountains, to a location outside an Immortal Cave that belonged to Lin Jing.

This Immortal Cave had relatively superior Spiritual Qi conditions, but it was far inferior to Lin Jing’s academy Immortal Cave—this made Lin Jing think of the remaining decades of usage rights.

“Junior Brother Huang, for the next period of time, you can just Cultivate here.”

“With the talent you have displayed, I estimate it won’t be long before someone comes to invite you to join a certain hall.”

“At that time, whoever comes to find you first, just join wherever that is; do not refuse and do not delay.” You Wanli patted Lin Jing’s shoulder and instructed.

“Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother You.”

You Wanli laughed. “It is nothing. Did the Second Master give you the Inner Sect Disciple token along with the Cultivation Technique? With this token, you can also go to the Inner Sect Scripture Pavilion to choose three Advanced Spells to practice for free.”

“Don’t forget to go and collect them.”

After You Wanli left, Lin Jing put away his smile.

“Spells…”

He did not stay in the Immortal Cave for long and immediately headed to the Inner Sect Scripture Pavilion of Thousand Illusion Mountain.

He had come to Thousand Illusion Mountain precisely for these things, so naturally, he did not want to delay for even a moment.

As an Inner Sect Disciple of Thousand Illusion Mountain, one could learn basic Spells at will, but most basic Spells were just conjuring characters or scenes, which, given Lin Jing’s current attainments in the Illusion Dao, he did not need to pay attention to at all.

Only those Advanced Spells were currently of any help to Lin Jing.

In the end, at the Scripture Pavilion of Thousand Illusion Mountain, Lin Jing selected three Spells: “Soul Endowment Technique,” “Divine Law,” and “Stacked Phantom Art.”

These three Spells were carefully selected by Lin Jing and could compensate for his shortcomings in the Illusion Dao in many aspects.

Among them, the Soul Endowment Technique was precisely the reason why the countless Yao Beast statues and murals in the Divine Beast Hall could display the spirit of Yao Beasts!

It allowed a phantom Cultivator’s Spells to be attached to a carrier and kept in one place; not only could it leave powerful phantoms in the Sect to deter enemies, but it could also be used to leave phantom image information to transmit intelligence.

As for the Divine Law, it was exactly what Lin Jing lacked. Most Spells did not possess lethality and could only serve to confuse; to cause damage, one had to rely on the target being timid or having an unstable Dao Heart.

But having learned the Divine Law, one could integrate the phantom Cultivator’s own Mental Energy into the phantom. The moment the enemy encountered a terrifying phantom and their mind was at its loosest and most vulnerable, one could most rapidly inflict huge damage on the enemy’s spirit.

This technique could be used in conjunction with the Soul Endowment Technique, allowing the statues or murals where a Cultivator stored phantoms to contain a mental shock effect.

And the Stacked Phantom Art was even more important; it was the key to strengthening Spells.

Thousand Illusion Mountain had a famous Sect-protecting phantom formation called the Thousand Illusion Great Formation. Those who entered would fall into a thousand layers of illusions; after breaking one layer of illusion, there was a second layer, a third layer—up to a thousand layers.

This kind of illusion where one did not know when they would return to reality could drive those who entered the formation mad.

And this Stacked Phantom Art had a similar effect to the Thousand Illusion Formation; it allowed a phantom Cultivator to master the technique of creating dual illusions.

Currently, Lin Jing only used one layer of Spell to cover himself; if an enemy broke this layer of conjuration through Divine Sense, they would be able to see his true form.

But if Lin Jing could master this Stacked Phantom Art, in the future, he would be able to skillfully perform secondary conjuration!

On the basis of one Spell, layer another Spell on top.

Even if the enemy broke the first layer of conjuration, if they were careless and did not continue to break the illusion, what they might see would not be his true form, but the second layer of false identity that Lin Jing had deliberately created, which would greatly increase his safety.

After obtaining the three Spells, Lin Jing headed straight for his Immortal Cave, intending to go into seclusion for a period of time first.

“This Yin Corpse Sect doesn’t seem to be entirely useless.”

After returning to the Immortal Cave, Lin Jing discovered that the Potential Dragon Luck he had almost exhausted because of Cultivating the Heavenly Demon Body seemed to be surging again.

He thought about it carefully; damn it, the Yin Corpse Sect was issuing a wanted notice for him everywhere—wasn’t that also indirectly increasing his reputation!

Just like earlier, that Elder Qin seemed to have praised him.

“The Luck for Cultivating Spells has arrived.”

At the same time.

In the endless turbulence of the Void Realm, a Pine Cone was drifting aimlessly, feeling very miserable.

“This Immortal Palace Compass said it would randomly teleport people to a location on the Tian Yuan Continent, it didn’t say it would teleport them into a closed Void Realm ruin! Where is this? I want to go back!!!”

“Does this even count as being within the Tian Yuan Continent?”

“And this boundary wall, why is it so hard to break through—”

Looking at the ancient war ruins around him, the Divine Pine found it difficult to penetrate the boundary wall, not understanding where he had been dumped by the Immortal Palace Compass.

“This is the boundary wall. The place you are currently in is the crevice of the boundary wall of the Tian Yuan World. You are not a creature of this world, so naturally, it is difficult to pass through easily. Even your arrival here might be because the Tian Yuan World’s rejection of your identity caused your spatial teleportation to go wrong.”

Suddenly, a remnant soul emerged from the Void Realm ruins, staring straight at the Divine Pine.

“Wait—although you are not a creature of the Tian Yuan World, your whole body is full of the aura of the Tian Yuan World. You, this pine tree, did you smuggle yourself into the Tian Yuan World from another realm, and then, in order to blend into this world, undergo a Reincarnation that forgot everything?”

“Or were you beaten to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering by a powerhouse of that world, and had no choice but to be reincarnated as a pine tree to hide?”

“Hmm… mastering the art of smuggling across realms, are you a member of the Heavenly Devil Sect? That Heavenly Devil Sect that likes to invade various Immortal Cultivation Worlds!” The remnant soul asked several rapid-fire questions.

“Damn, this old man is referring to a type of plant.” The Divine Pine looked at this remnant soul. Who are you? This old man, me, Heavenly Devil Sect, person from outside the boundary?