Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

Lin Yu didn't stand on ceremony and ate a few bites. To his surprise, although the food didn't look very appealing, it tasted surprisingly good.

He put down the food, looked at Priest Wugu, and asked, "Priest, to be honest, I know nothing about this wasteland, and I have only felt that it is extremely dangerous along the way."

"I wonder what specific dangers this place poses? Or... is there anything special about this land? I want to seek refuge here temporarily to heal my wounds, and I need to familiarize myself with the surroundings to avoid unintentionally violating taboos or falling into a deadly situation."

The Priest Wugu stared at Lin Yu with his cloudy yet sharp eyes, and after a long while, he slowly nodded.

He gripped the beast bone scepter, tapping it lightly on the ground with a dull thud. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he were pondering how to answer Lin Yu's question. After a short while, he finally spoke, "The Forgotten Land is full of dangers."

Aside from the ubiquitous ferocious beasts, the black winds that can easily tear flesh apart, and the unpredictable quicksand pits… the greatest taboo must be the 'Abyss of Death' from the northwest.

"The Abyss of Death?" Lin Yu frowned slightly.

"It's a wound that tore the earth apart, larger than you can imagine, and bottomless." A deep sense of awe and fear flashed in the eyes of the Bone Priest.

"That place is shrouded in a gray-black mist all year round, a mist that can devour light and life."

Birds do not fly over it, and beasts do not approach it.

The tribe's oldest legend recounts that in countless distant ages, that place was not an abyss, but a mountain suspended in the sky, burning with an eternal divine fire, and also the site of the mountain gate of a cultivation sect called the "Divine Fire Sect."

"The Divine Fire Sect?" Lin Yu raised an eyebrow.

This seemed to be the first time he had actually heard any trace of ancient monks in reality.

Although he obtained some similar intelligence through the Heroes' Gathering, he basically never verified it, since the distance was too great.

"It's just some ancient legends." Priest Wugu shook his head: "It is said that this incomparably powerful sect perished in an unimaginable catastrophe. The sacred mountain collapsed and fell into the earth, thus forming the Death Abyss we see today."

Legend has it that the legacy and endless treasures of the Divine Fire Sect are also buried at the bottom of that abyss.

In the past century, many cultivators from outside the region, or warriors from tribes, have been lured by the legends to explore them, but...

The old priest lowered his voice even further: "Without exception, no one can come out alive."

Not even a single bone could be found there; an invisible curse permeated the area, devouring all life and soul—a forbidden land even our ancestral spirits refused to approach.

He stared intently at Lin Yu: "Young man, you saved our tribe's warriors and are a friend of the Black Stone Tribe. Therefore, I must give you the most solemn warning: no matter why you came here or what your purpose is, remember to stay away from the abyss of death."

A super immortal cultivation sect... the Divine Fire Sect... the buried legacy... the forbidden zone of death...

Lin Yu remained outwardly calm, but nodded solemnly to indicate that he had taken the warning to heart: "Thank you for informing me, High Priest. I will certainly remember this and will not risk my life."

Of course, despite saying that, Lin Yu would definitely not give up exploring this place.

Of course, he certainly wouldn't rush over there on a whim, as that would be tantamount to suicide. After all, the high priest had said that the place was very dangerous, and Lin Yu wasn't ungrateful, so his exploration would definitely be very cautious.

If the legends of that place have some truth to them, then it is highly likely that deep within this abyss of death, there exists an ancient lineage of cultivators that has not been completely buried by the dust of history.

So this could be considered a great opportunity for Lin Yu at present, since according to rumors, the cultivation methods of ancient cultivators were definitely not the strange ones we see now.

And it is highly likely to be a high-level knowledge-based skill.

Therefore, although the risks are high, it is worth Lin Yu's attempt.

Just as Lin Yu was weighing his options and preparing to ask for more details, an indescribable, terrifying pressure suddenly descended without warning.

In an instant, the weather changed drastically. The already thin spiritual energy on the wasteland instantly solidified. All the livestock in the tribe collapsed to the ground, trembling. The tribespeople were as if they were being crushed by an invisible boulder, kneeling on the ground with extreme fear on their faces.

Even the old priest was deathly pale, his scepter humming as he struggled to support himself.

Lin Yu was the first to be affected. He felt the air around him become oppressive, making it difficult to breathe. A cold and greedy killing intent pierced his mind.

This momentum far surpasses that of any enemy encountered before.

Platinum level, absolutely platinum level.

A cold, ethereal female voice, yet carrying boundless killing intent, seemed to emanate from the deepest hell, clearly resounding across the entire wasteland and directly penetrating Lin Yu's mind:

"Immaculate Body, your farce should end!"

Before the words had even faded, a figure appeared silently above the tribe, like a ghost.

She was dressed in an elaborate black ceremonial robe, her face shrouded in a light veil, revealing only a pair of deep, abyss-like eyes that seemed to devour all light.

His body was surrounded by a tangible black and red resentment, which stained the sky with an ominous dark red.

The newcomer was none other than the Black Buddhist saintess.

She didn't even glance at the tribespeople below, who looked like ants; her eyes pierced through the stone house and locked firmly on Lin Yu.

"I've found you." The saint's voice carried a hint of teasing, like a cat playing with a mouse.

Faced with this overwhelming, platinum-level pressure that far exceeded any imagination of a gold-level being, Lin Yu felt his scalp tingle and his heart feel as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

Damn it, I've run to this godforsaken place like the no man's land, and yet someone is still chasing me, and such a powerful one at that. This is just unbelievable.

What do you guys do besides hunt me down?

Escape! We must escape!

Without any hesitation, without even time to think, his survival instinct made him make the right choice in an instant—to use his trump card once again.

"Leverage resources!"

The instant one's mind connects with the statue, pure golden divine power surges into the body.

But this time, Lin Yu's goal was not to fight. He knew very well that even with divine power, he would have no chance of directly confronting a platinum-level being in perfect condition in his current physical state.

He frantically poured most of his divine power into the [Heavenly Cloak] and the meridians of his own legs!

"call out--!"

The crimson-gold divine light shone brightly from the Hun Tian Cloak, transforming into an incomparably tough cocoon of light that enveloped Lin Yu.

At the same time, he suddenly pushed off with his feet, and his whole body shot towards the abyss of death like a golden meteor tearing through space.

Its speed was so fast that it almost exceeded the limits of visual capture, leaving behind a slowly dissipating afterimage.

"Hmm? This kind of power?!" The saintess exclaimed softly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"You do indeed harbor a great secret! But, before absolute power, it's nothing but a futile struggle!"

She didn't even make any big movements; she simply raised her slender hand casually and gently pressed it in the direction Lin Yu had fled.

In an instant, the space hundreds of meters in front of Lin Yu seemed to solidify into a solid, diamond-like barrier.

Behind him, a gigantic black hand formed from vengeful spirits had already caught up!

"BOOM—!!!"

The golden meteor collided violently with the pitch-black giant hand!

The deafening roar shook the entire tribe. The shockwave from the collision spread out in a ring, uprooting large swathes of weeds below and sending dust billowing through the air. The tribe's stone houses shook violently. If the old priest hadn't desperately activated his scepter to release a faint light to protect the core area, the entire tribe would probably have been mostly destroyed in the aftershocks.

"puff--!"

Lin Yu, inside the cocoon of light, was struck as if by lightning, and suddenly spat out a mouthful of scalding blood, which even contained some fragments of internal organs.

The brilliance of the [Heavenly Cloak] also dimmed considerably in an instant.

He felt as if his internal organs had shifted, and countless bones in his body were broken. His ability to borrow strength was almost completely shattered by this palm strike.

As expected of a Platinum-level weapon, even a casual strike is terrifying!

However, with the protection of the Hun Tian Cloak and the magic shield, Lin Yu did not completely lose his fighting ability. In fact, he even used the huge impact to fly away like a kite with a broken string, accelerating his escape.

This is my escape route!!!

"Huh? You actually managed to withstand one of my palm strikes?" The Holy Maiden's surprise deepened, but so did her killing intent.

"Let's see how many blows you can take!"

Without moving, she seemed to teleport, closing the distance between herself and Lin Yu once again. A second, more refined and larger black palm had already formed, ready to strike again.

Sensing the bloody wind coming from behind, Lin Yu quickly used spatial teleportation.

His figure flashed instantly, appearing 500 meters away. His dark palm struck empty air once again, leaving a huge handprint on the ground beneath Lin Yu.

Although Lin Yu dodged the attack, the crazy woman behind him quickly caught up again and began to gather strength for her third palm strike.

"In this situation, it seems we have no choice but to use the Master Ball."

Seeing this, Lin Yu gritted his teeth and reached into his pocket with his right hand.

That's where one of his strongest trump cards is kept—the Master Ball he acquired in the previous world.

Wait a minute!

But just as Lin Yu was about to use the Master Ball to solve this big problem, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

apartment!

Yeah, I still have an apartment, damn it! My brain must be rusty, I completely forgot about that!

Without hesitation, Lin Yu immediately used the [Apartment Relocation Card] to target the location below his current location.

"Use the Apartment Relocation Card!"

Om-!

A soft yet irresistible white light suddenly erupted from Lin Yu's center and rapidly spread outwards.

Just as the third giant black hand was about to strike, Lin Yu's apartment, which looked like a mud-brick house in this world, seemed to be drawn rapidly from nothingness by a paintbrush. The transparent phantom instantly solidified and was seamlessly "embedded" into the wasteland.

At the last moment before the apartment solidified, Lin Yu's figure seemed to be pulled by an invisible force and suddenly crashed into the room.

"Bang!"

The pitch-black giant hand slammed down, but instead of hitting Lin Yu, it smashed hard onto the roof of the adobe house that had suddenly appeared.

The anticipated scene of the adobe house being instantly reduced to dust did not occur.

The seemingly dilapidated rooftop burst forth with an indescribable clear light the moment the giant hand touched it.

In the clear light, a majestic and awe-inspiring phantom of a divine general with three eyes on his forehead could be vaguely seen flashing by.

"laugh--!"

Like a scorching hot iron meeting ice, the pitch-black giant hand, containing terrifying platinum-level power, emitted a piercing melting sound the moment it touched Qingguang.

The vengeful spirits that formed the giant hand howled and scattered wildly. The enormous hand shrank and faded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally vanished completely less than an inch from the roof, without even causing a ripple.

"What?!"

The Black Buddhist saintess, who had always been calm and composed, suddenly changed her expression, and her body even leaned back slightly uncontrollably.

Her deep, unfathomable eyes were filled with disbelief and horror...

She stared intently at the seemingly ordinary mud-brick house below, which radiated a clear light that made her heart tremble and even caused the power of the Buddha Mother within her to tremble.

"What... what kind of power is this?! It can actually... it can completely suppress the Buddha Mother's divine power?!" The saintess's voice trembled slightly, without her even realizing it.

The artistic conception contained in that clear light seemed to be a natural nemesis to her, who relied on resentment and evil power to cultivate. She could even feel that if she got any closer or tried to attack her forcefully, the clear light would attack her directly.

She tried to release a wisp of her divine sense to probe the mud-brick house, but the moment that divine sense touched the area of ​​the clear light, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, completely purified and swallowed up.

This house... is strange! Very strange!

Inside the apartment.

"Bang!"

Lin Yu crashed heavily onto the familiar floor, and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

He was in pain all over his body, most of his bones were cracked, and the backlash from using the force he had borrowed, combined with the damage from the saintess's palm strike, left him almost unable to move.

But he dared not delay for a moment. Enduring the excruciating pain, he crawled on his hands and feet to the Pure Spirit Spring in the corner of the living room, cupped the spring water in his hands, and gulped it down.

Cool and pure energy instantly flowed through his limbs and bones, frantically repairing his damaged meridians and internal organs, and dispelling the cold and resentful energy lingering in his wounds.

At the same time, the [Purification] effect calmed his chaotic mind somewhat.

He struggled to sit up, leaning against the cold stone wall of the spring, breathing heavily. After a while, he hurriedly took out the medicine and swallowed it.

"This is outrageous! Being one level higher is utterly crushing. I didn't even have the slightest ability to resist." Lin Yu felt a wave of fear as he felt the life force slowly returning to his body.

If he hadn't had a flash of inspiration at the last moment, thinking of taking advantage of the apartment's protection by the True Lord, he probably would have wasted that Master Ball.

Although the Platinum version was very tempting, to be honest, Lin Yu still didn't want to use up this awesome thing so easily.

After resting for a while, Lin Yu looked out the window (from inside the apartment, it still looked like a modern window, but from the outside, it looked like a small window of an adobe house) and could see that the figure shrouded in black and red resentment in the sky outside had not left.

The saintess hovered in mid-air, her face grim and uncertain, her gaze fixed on the apartment, as if weighing something.

Lin Yu knew that with the statue of Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun guarding the place, as long as he didn't go out, the other party would definitely be unable to do anything to him.

But this doesn't mean he's safe; he's essentially trapped here.

"I must recover from my injuries as soon as possible... and then, I need to think of a way to break this deadlock..." Lin Yu's mind raced as he considered how to do so.

A direct confrontation is definitely not an option; the gap in strength is too great. Even if I borrow the power of a True Monarch, I can only achieve invincibility within the Gold rank at best. The gap is still too large when fighting against Platinum-rank opponents.

According to Lin Yu's estimation, at his current rate of improvement, it would take him at least a few more months to reach a level where he could contend with Platinum-level opponents.

To be honest, Lin Yu could afford to wait this long, since his apartment had everything he needed, including food, drinks, and cultivation resources.

To be honest, it's just a bit too stifling.

But given the current situation, what else can Lin Yu do besides wait it out?

Looking for other players to help?

That's one way to do it.

Although Xuan Cheng, the president of the Heroes' Gathering, is only at the Gold level, for some reason, he seems to have a lot of influence in the 9527 neighborhood. Maybe he can find Platinum-level support for him.

But this will probably require you to pay a considerable price.

And there's a high probability that the other side won't be able to kill this guy.

It wasn't that Lin Yu couldn't afford it, but he felt somewhat disappointed if he couldn't get rid of this crazy woman.

Forget it, let's just wait and see. Anyway, this crazy woman can't do anything about my apartment. Let's wait a while and see what happens. If it really doesn't work, we'll ask someone for help.

With Lin Yu thinking this way, half a month quickly passed.

During these two weeks, Lin Yu focused on healing his injuries while simultaneously engaging in a stalemate with the Holy Maiden outside.

That crazy woman was constantly trying to sabotage the apartment, but unfortunately, even though she was a platinum-level being, she still couldn't do anything to the True Lord statue.

Lin Yu was initially a little worried, but later he was completely relieved. The saintess tried many times, even attacking the apartment from all four directions, but unsurprisingly, she was always repelled by the golden light.

The only time she came closest to the apartment wall, her hand, which was closest to the wall, was completely melted away by the golden light.

It's a physical melting process, like ice cream melting under the blazing sun.

This led her to never dare to get too close to the apartment again, and she could only grit her teeth and curse Lin Yu as a coward from outside.

Although he couldn't win the fight, Lin Yu wouldn't back down verbally.

He unleashed the vocabulary he had honed in Zu'an back in the day, using his parents as the center, relatives as the radius, and ancestors as the goal, to give this crazy woman a comprehensive baptism.

When it comes to insults, she really couldn't out-insult Lin Yu, a seasoned keyboard warrior, and could only rage helplessly.

Today, half a month later.

Lin Yu and the Black Buddhist saintess had just finished a verbal battle when Lin Yu returned to the Taoist study to continue his cultivation.

The black Buddhist saintess in the sky suddenly changed her expression, abruptly turning her head to look in the direction of the Great Qian capital.

Her eyes, which were originally filled with murderous intent and coldness, were instantly replaced by boundless shock, anger, and a hint of disbelief.

"How could this be?! How dare he... how dare he do this at this time?!" the saintess whispered, her voice filled with exasperation.

Just a moment ago, through her deep connection with the "All Bodies Return to One Buddha Mother" within her body, she clearly sensed the main Buddha Mother statue located at the core of the dragon vein in the underground palace of the imperial city.

It is being forcibly extracted and devoured by the power of the dragon vein.

She knew very well what this meant: the Emperor of Daqian had activated the core of the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Ancestors Formation" ahead of time while she was away, and had begun to forcibly fuse the Buddha Mother statue with the original soul power and flesh essence that had accumulated in Daqian for countless years.

This completely disrupted her plans!

According to her previous plan, she should bring back the "Immaculate Body" and then let the Buddha Mother use the Immaculate Body to recover in advance, so that she could fulfill her long-cherished wish of letting the Buddha Mother spread the teachings to the world.

As for the Emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, if he is sensible enough to completely convert to Buddhism at that time, then his wish to prolong his life can be fulfilled.

In her view, this idea was very likely to succeed, since the soul power and flesh and blood that the Buddha Mother had gathered were still some distance away from reaching the level required by the Emperor of Daqian.

The grand formation was not yet fully set up, so the emperor certainly wouldn't dare to act rashly.

After all, the risk is too great.

But now, the emperor has betrayed the alliance and wants to take all the spoils for himself.

Moreover, it was forcibly activated before the formation was fully set up and the soul power was far from saturated.

"He wants to forcefully transform into a dragon by using the incomplete power of the Buddha Mother and the dragon vein! Has he gone mad?! Even if he succeeds, he will only become a mindless monster that only knows destruction! And... the Buddha Mother's origin!" The Holy Maiden was both shocked and furious.

The Buddha Mother statue is not only a source of power for Black Buddhism, but is also closely related to her spiritual cultivation and life.

If the Buddha Mother's essence is forcibly devoured by the Emperor, she herself will suffer unimaginable damage, and may even fall from her realm, have her foundation damaged, and it is not impossible for her to perish on the spot.

Compared to capturing and killing Lin Yu and seizing the Immaculate Origin, preserving the Buddha Mother Statue's Origin and stopping the Emperor's mad behavior are clearly more important and urgent.

"You old bastard Huangfu! How dare you scheme against me!" The Holy Maiden gritted her teeth, her black and red resentment surging violently with her anger, scorching and distorting the surrounding space.

She glared hatefully at the mud-brick house below, which still emitted a chilling light that made her heart tremble, her eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

"A flawless body! Consider yourself lucky! Once I've dealt with matters in the capital, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Leaving behind these murderous words, the Holy Maiden no longer hesitated. Her figure suddenly transformed into a streak of black and red light that pierced through the heavens and earth, unleashing her full speed like a blood-red lightning bolt tearing through the sky, rushing madly towards the capital of Daqian.

That speed was several times faster than when they chased Lin Yu on the way here! Clearly, they had used some kind of escape technique.

Almost at the same time the saintess left, the suffocating platinum-level pressure that had enveloped the wasteland also receded like the tide.

The sky returned to its hazy gray, and the wasteland was deathly silent, save for the rustling of the wind through the withered grass and the faint cries and prayers of survivors coming from the direction of the Black Stone Tribe.

Inside the apartment, Lin Yu, who was cultivating, naturally sensed the Holy Maiden's sudden departure.