New and dark light years

Chapter 462 Liu Chi has been found

Li Lin picked up the other scrolls in the corner, opened them, and found that the images on these scrolls all had annotations.

After looking at them all, I realized that these were all 'inferior products' in the eyes of the immortals, not tasty, so they were thrown here.

Pay no attention to it anymore.

Hanging on the wall are the 'ghosts' that the immortals planned to raise and eat, and... they thought they were quite delicious.

Li Lin looked at the portraits hanging on the wall again. He was puzzled. What was the point of keeping those 'eaten' female ghosts hanging? Did they reappear after being eaten?

Or is it simply recording the same 'type'?
If we extend this line of thought, then this immortal is a 'devourer of evil spirits'?

Although ghosts and humans are indeed different, the ghosts in these paintings look like intelligent beings, and eating ghosts feels almost the same as eating humans.

If that's the case... then this sword immortal must have some mental issues.

At least that's what Li Lin thinks.

He walked around the secret room again, looking around, and found nothing of greater value except for a simple table and chairs and a white jade futon.

After thinking for a while, Li Lin began to remove the densely packed portraits from the wall. When he got to the east wall, he indeed discovered a clue.

After all the portraits on this wall were taken down, several light green circles, each about the size of a palm, were discovered on the wall, looking like some kind of formation.

After observing for a while, Li Lin took down all the portraits and put them aside. He then discovered similar circles on three walls.

The green circles on the three walls looked like they were painted on, but when Li Lin touched them, he found that the color grew from inside. He looked at his fingers and saw that there were green crystal fragments on them.

Li Lin pondered for a moment, then poured his spiritual energy into the green circle. The circle then lit up, and a section of green substance even 'grew' outwards, looking neither metal nor wood.

He touched it and found that the texture was strange, somewhat like touching human skin, very smooth and warm.

Li Lin looked at the other green circles and did not continue to input spiritual power.

Because he had already figured it out; it was a formation.

[Formation +1] [Formation +1]

The notifications kept refreshing, much faster than when I was specifically studying formations before.

Li Lin continued to observe the green circles.

Previously, he could only see green circles, but as he quickly gained 'experience', he could vaguely see patterns inside the circles.

Moreover, the texture becomes clearer and clearer as the experience guides the speed.

Once the 'hint' disappeared from his field of vision, he was able to clearly see the patterns in all the green circles.

It is a very ancient word.

It looks a bit like oracle bone script.

But Li Lin knew that this was not it, but a kind of talisman.

His mind was a little foggy at this moment, which was because too much 'information' had been crammed in at once.

He then sat cross-legged, focused his mind, and after a while, his mind finally cleared up.

He stood up again, looked at the dozen or so green circles, and punched the circle that had just been drained of spiritual energy and had grown 'something' back into the wall.

Then, he selected three circles on each of the three walls and infused them with spiritual energy.

As the nine spirit pillars grew out, the wall to Li Lin's left shrank back, and then a dark entrance appeared before him.

Then a burst of white, cold air emanated from it, and the surrounding air immediately became very cold.

If an ordinary person were exposed to this kind of air, they would most likely shiver from the cold, and even wearing thick clothes would not be able to resist it.

This is not ordinary cold air, but rather a kind of eerie chill emanating from something like a 'ghost'.

Li Lin activated his spiritual energy to protect himself, which prevented him from feeling cold.

He threw down several small paper figures, which ran into the entrance of the Black Cave in various comical poses.

After a while, the little paper figures conveyed the message that it was 'safe'.

Li Lin then went inside, holding a tinderbox.

Upon entering the cave, one discovers that the floor and walls are covered with a thick layer of frost. Stepping on it produces a crunching sound that echoes around, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Li Lin continued walking in and soon reached the end. Ahead was a square space, where the chill was at its worst. The chill formed by the 'eerie' energy rushed towards him.

There were many red patches of ice on the ground, one on the left and one on the right. Then he looked up, his pupils slightly contracted.

Because above him, there were many iron chains hanging down from the top.

At the end of each chain hung a 'female ghost'.

Some of the female ghosts had their eyes gouged out, and some had no hands.

Li Lin looked over and discovered that these female ghosts were all the same ones that had appeared in the portraits.

Every female ghost was covered in frost.

Moreover, the faces of these female ghosts... were extremely distorted, clearly indicating that they had suffered immense pain before their deaths.

Such a scene was extremely disgusting, but Li Lin didn't feel much of a reaction.

After all, he had been to the battlefield three times and had seen all kinds of horrific deaths.

Li Lin sighed and was about to leave when he suddenly realized something.

Because he suddenly heard a 'click' sound.

Although very faint, it is definitely there.

Li Lin looked towards the source of the sound, where there was a little dark red blood.

The bloodstains were fresh, and were rapidly freezing.

At the same time, the blood ice there is much higher than anywhere else.

Li Lin looked up and saw a female ghost chained up, staring at him with wide eyes.

Her body was suspended by a huge iron hook, which went in through her abdomen and out through the back of her neck.

Logically speaking, she should have died from such injuries, but she is still alive.

"people……"

She stared at Li Lin, her eyes filled with disbelief, then a startling light flashed in them. "Save...me!"

Her voice was hoarse, weak, and almost inaudible.

Li Lin couldn't see her face clearly because her long hair was messy and covered most of her features.

But it is precisely because of this that her eyes are so memorable.

It was filled with surprises and hope; the light of anticipation almost burst forth.

Li Lin looked up and saw the connection between the iron chain and the stone wall above, where a talisman controlled it.

Seeing those talismans, Li Lin felt a stinging pain on his forehead.

"There's no way to save him." Li Lin shook his head.

"Yes, please..."

The female ghost looked at Li Lin, her eyes filled with pleading.

“There… there’s a trap there.” Li Lin pointed to the talisman and said, “If I move and put you down, it will trigger, and I will die, and you will die too.”

The female ghost tried to raise her head, but the iron hook caught on the back of her neck, preventing her from doing so.

She moved her head twice, then lowered it again, looked at Li Lin, and said, "Please... I can't hold on much longer."

Li Lin looked around and asked, "Are you the only one alive here?"

“Yes… he captured me and brought me back. First, he cut off my horns, then he hung me up. Just as he was about to eat the rest of my body, something seemed to happen, and then he never came back.” As the female ghost spoke, tears streamed down her face, mixed with an unusual blood color. “Please, save me. I’m in so much pain, it’s so hard.”

Li Lin shook his head again.

"Then kill me!" The female ghost looked at Li Lin: "Please, if you can't save me, then kill me."

Li Lin shook his head again.

The female ghost began to cry, her voice broken and intermittent; she couldn't even let out a loud cry.

Li Lin sighed and asked, "How much longer can you hold on?"

"At most... two hundred years."

Li Lin's expression was... indescribable.

Although the other party was in a terrible state, the thought that the other party could survive for another two hundred years made him feel less of a sense of urgency.

Li Lin looked at the talisman on the iron chain, and at this moment, the prompt indicating that his proficiency had increased appeared in his field of vision again.

But it's very slow, extremely slow.

It occurs approximately every sixty breaths.

This indicates that the 'strength' of the talisman is beyond Li Lin's current comprehension.

Therefore, the speed is particularly slow.

"By the way, what's your name?" Li Lin asked.

He wanted to see if the woman appeared in the portraits outside.

“Liu Chi…”

Li Lin's eyes widened involuntarily as he stared at the other person in shock: "Your name is Liu Chi?"

The woman looked at him, her pained eyes filled with confusion. She didn't understand why Li Lin was reacting so strongly.

"My name is Liu Chi."

Li Lin let out a soft breath and asked, "May I see your face?"

"It's ugly. Its horns have been dug out, and it hasn't had anything to eat for hundreds of years. Now it looks like a shrew."

"Can?"

"random."

Li Lin walked over, and even in this gloomy slaughterhouse filled with the smell of blood, he could still smell the warmth emanating from the other person.

It feels like the rising sun shining on your face.

"excuse me."

Li Lin brushed aside the other person's messy, seaweed-like hair, and then a pale, bluish-white face appeared before him.

Just as the other person said, she was very thin, so thin that she looked unrecognizable and ugly.

However, one can still tell from the eyes and eyebrows that the other person's appearance is somewhat similar to that of Liu Zhe and Liu Shen.

It also bears a striking resemblance to the portrait hanging on the outside wall.

It must be Liu Chi.

Liu Chi closed her eyes; she seemed somewhat inferior.

Li Lin's gaze fell on the other person's forehead, where there were two red and black blood holes.

That must be the wound left after the corner was gouged out.

"The portrait outside says you're 'awaiting growth,' so why is it hung here?" Li Lin asked, puzzled.

"What do you mean 'needs to grow'?" Liu Chi asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing," Li Lin said. "How did you get arrested?"

Liu Chi said in a sobbing voice, "I was recuperating in the Dragon Pool, preparing to transform into a golden dragon, but I don't know what happened, the Dragon Pool shattered, and then I was captured and brought here."

Just as Li Lin was about to say something, he suddenly sensed someone entering.

The paper figure he left at the cave entrance was a warning to himself from afar.

Li Lin said, "I'll go out for a while, you stay here."

"Don't go...don't leave me..." Liu Chi looked at Li Lin with pleading eyes.

"I'll be back in a bit."

Li Lin turned around and left the slaughterhouse without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)