He cultivated himself into a Dao Ancestor starting from Qi Refining.

According to Lian Hongshang's original plan, she sent Chi Lian to get close to Lin Shaoyu, hoping that Chi Lian could find out information about the powerful master behind Lin Shaoyu.

Chi Lian clearly failed, because there was no so-called powerful master behind Lin Shaoyu, and the original plan also included Chi Lian personally capturing Lin Shaoyu.

Unfortunately, before the plan could be implemented, Blackstone City was breached, and Chi Lian lost track of Lin Shaoyu. After searching in vain, she could only return to the Dry Bone Demon Sect, but Lian Hongshang arranged for her to guard Lin Shaoyu's return outside the teleportation bone tower.

Chi Lian's repeated failures made Lian Hongshang pay more and more attention to Lin Shaoyu. When she learned that Lin Shaoyu had broken through to the twelfth level of Qi Refining in such a short time, Lian Hongshang was shocked and immediately ordered Chi Lian through the "Debt Line" to invite Lin Shaoyu.

Dinglu Peak.

Inside the cave where Lian Hongshang was located.

"This Lin Shaoyu..."

Lian Hongshang's expression was somewhat solemn. She felt increasingly unable to understand things. "Something's not right, very not right. Such a rapid advancement, could it be...?"

Suddenly, Lian Hongshang thought of a possibility.

"A reincarnation of supernatural powers?"

Lian Hongshang murmured softly, "Could Lin Shaoyu be the reincarnation of a great supernatural being? Is there actually no great supernatural being behind him, and my deduction was wrong? And the reason he severed my 'debt line' is because he has regained a part of his power from his previous life and has a great supernatural technique to protect him? Or perhaps he has a 'supernatural life treasure' to protect him?"

"No!"

Lian Hongshang felt increasingly uneasy. Without further hesitation, she walked out of her cave. "I must visit Senior Brother Qian."

Lin Shaoyu was unclear about Lian Hongshang's reaction, but he also knew that this matter was far from over, or rather, it had only just begun.

After parting ways with Chi Lian, Lin Shaoyu went to the outer sect mission building of Lian Gu Peak as soon as possible and handed over the mission. However, because the mission failed and Black Stone City was breached, the penalty for the mission was to deduct one thousand outer sect contribution points from Lin Shaoyu.

In this way.

Lin Shaoyu's outer sect contribution points in his identity token were deducted.

"call……"

Lin Shaoyu breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he had handed over the mission, he would no longer be investigated by the Enforcement Hall. Although he lost a thousand outer sect contribution points for failing the mission, Lin Shaoyu's gains this time were huge, and the thousand outer sect contribution points were just a drop in the ocean.

It was completely within Lin Shaoyu's tolerance.

Courtyard No. 7, Dingzi.

Lin Shaoyu has returned.

"Junior Brother Lin!"

"You're back!"

Before Lin Shaoyu even entered the courtyard, he was greeted by a male and a female outer disciple of the Bone Refining Peak. One of them lived in courtyard number six of the Ding-character courtyard, and the other lived in courtyard number eight of the Ding-character courtyard.

The male disciple who lived in courtyard number six of the Dingzi building had a handsome face and a sunny, boyish smile. In Lin Shaoyu's memory, he was a neighbor with whom he had a very good relationship, and his full name was "Zhang San".

The female disciple who lived in courtyard number 8 of the Dingzi building was exquisite in features, with snow-white skin and a voluptuous figure. There seemed to be a strange emotion in her eyes when she looked at Lin Shaoyu. She was none other than Gongsun Zhirou.

"Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Sister Zhirou."

A smile appeared on Lin Shaoyu's face. In his memory, he had a very good relationship with these two neighbors and they got along very well. He also had feelings for Gongsun Zhirou, but in a demonic sect like the Dry Bone Demon Sect, Lin Shaoyu did not dare to reveal his true feelings.

"well."

Zhang San smiled, exchanged a subtle glance with Gongsun Zhirou, and then looked at Lin Shaoyu. "Junior Brother Lin, did you gain anything from this trip? Speaking of which, Gongsun Zhirou and I took on a mission. The reward for this mission was quite good, and the content wasn't dangerous. As soon as we learned that you were back, Junior Brother Lin, we came to find you immediately."

"yes!"

Gongsun Zhirou nodded, and smiled gently, giving off a charming feeling. "We waited in the mission building for a long time before we found this mission."

"So that's how it is, I..."

Lin Shaoyu smiled, feeling deeply moved. In such a demonic sect, it was truly rare to encounter people like Senior Brother Zhang San and Senior Sister Zhirou who cared for him. This touched Lin Shaoyu, and he immediately wanted to agree to Zhang San and Gongsun Zhirou's request.

Click!Click!

But in the next moment.

Lin Shaoyu's expression changed slightly. The substitute's supernatural power actually started operating on its own. The supernatural power talisman in his dantian emitted bursts of light, and immediately a 'substitute life line' of the 'substitute life puppet' appeared.

"This is……"

Lin Shaoyu was horrified. He clearly felt a strange and elusive power that had been acting on him. With the appearance of the 'Substitute Life Line', this strange power flowed directly down onto Lin Shaoyu's 'Substitute Life Puppet'.

And this "substitute doll" is none other than Zhang Qianmian.

"ah!!!"

Zhang Qianmian, far away in the Yan Kingdom, was traveling with Du Min and the others at a fast pace. They had already left the territory of the Protectorate City, but at this moment, Zhang Qianmian's expression suddenly changed drastically.

"No! No!!!"

Zhang Qianmian's face was filled with terror. After that mysterious power landed on him, his memories and consciousness were immediately distorted, and countless memories that did not originally belong to him were added. He was unable to withstand this strange power, and his consciousness and soul were directly distorted.

"ah!!!"

Bang!

With a final, piercing scream, Zhang Qianmian's head exploded, bearing the 'calamity' that originally belonged to Lin Shaoyu.

The price to pay was Zhang Qianmian's life.

Because Zhang Qianmian was merely a Qi Refining cultivator, although he was at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, he had not cultivated any supernatural powers and was therefore unable to withstand their power.

"Zhang... Zhang Qianmian..."

Du Min's expression changed slightly.

"Dead...dead..."

Su Ya froze on the spot, staring at Zhang Qianmian's headless corpse. A terrifying chill ran through her body. At that moment, she finally understood that after becoming a "substitute puppet," her life was no longer her own.

However, her gaze quickly fell on the survivors, her beautiful eyes gleaming. If she could train these people as soon as possible to become the master's substitute puppets, then the next time the master needed substitute puppets in a calamity, they would most likely not be chosen.

"Who?! Who is it?!"

Lin Shaoyu was furious to the extreme, but the angrier he was, the calmer he became. His face was extremely gloomy, and his eyes were fixed on Zhang San and Gongsun Zhirou in front of him.

"When? When exactly? I've been affected by some strange supernatural power again, and I was influenced without even realizing it. If I hadn't cultivated into a substitute and created a substitute puppet, I would probably still be in the dark, influenced by false memories."

Lin Shaoyu was both shocked and furious. "Even a substitute puppet can't transfer the effect of this supernatural power. It has to be a substitute life puppet."

"What's wrong?"

Zhang San was unaware that Lin Shaoyu had broken through the supernatural power, but seeing that Lin Shaoyu seemed hesitant, he immediately asked with concern, "Were you injured on this mission? It's alright, you should heal first, and we can talk about the mission after you've recovered."