Mortal: Starting with the Golden Jade Book

He stayed at Xin Ruyin's residence for several days and placed restrictions on the two of them.

However, the restriction placed this time is not some kind of soul-possessing technique, but a celestial restriction from the "Five Elements Transformation Technique"—the Divine Suppression Technique!

Speaking of which, some Nascent Soul cultivators in the human realm can also perform a kind of divine suppression technique, which extracts a part of a person's primordial spirit and imprisons it in a magical artifact.

To kill this person, one only needs to destroy part of the primordial spirit within the magical artifact.

Lin Zui's Divine Forbidden Technique, however, does not require extracting the primordial spirit. Instead, it injects a wisp of primordial spiritual energy refined from the Five Elements Transformation Technique into the opponent's primordial spirit. This energy is formless and intangible, and will not have any effect on the person. However, at crucial moments, it can still destroy the opponent's primordial spirit in one blow.

After completing the spell, Lin Zui set off for Yan Family Fortress, but did not take Xin Ruyin and the other two with him, leaving them behind.

After all, he went to Yan Family Fort to kidnap people, and bringing them along would only be a burden. Moreover, Han Li and they had several interactions, and Lin Zui didn't want the plot to change drastically again because of his own reasons.

However, recalling Qi Yunxiao's experience in the original work, he still gave them some detailed instructions before leaving, and gave each of them a Shrinking Earth Talisman and some high-level defensive talismans as a precaution.

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Yanliang Mountain.

Located in Linzhou, the most inconspicuous of the thirteen prefectures of Yue, the mountains are shrouded in mist all year round, and poisonous insects and ferocious beasts are frequently seen.

Ordinary people only see this place as a desolate and fierce deep forest, but little do they know that this is the important family home of the Yan family, the number one immortal cultivation family in Yue Kingdom, and the location of Yanling Fortress.

On this day, in the ordinary town of Qingliang near Yanliang Mountain.

A black streak of light flew through the air and stopped not far from the city gate; it was a jet-black flying boat, a magical artifact.

On the boat was a handsome young man in his twenties, looking slightly tired. He had been traveling for more than a month and had finally arrived at Linzui near Yanliang Mountain.

"This flying boat is indeed fast, but it's a bit too flashy, and it consumes a lot of magic power. If my magic power wasn't far beyond that of ordinary people, I really wouldn't be able to handle it."

Linzhou is a vast and sparsely populated place, with most areas where even ordinary people can't be seen, let alone cultivators. That's why Lin Zui dared to take out the flying boat magic artifact he got from the Ghost Spirit Sect envoy and flew for several days.

However, now that we're near Yanliang Mountain, we should keep a low profile; this flying boat is just too conspicuous.

With a wave of his hand, Lin Zui retrieved the flying boat, changed into an ordinary magic artifact, and looked down at the mortal town below.

"This should be the Qingliang City that Yan Feng mentioned. We don't know the current situation inside Yanling Fortress. It would be too risky to enter rashly. Let's call him out and ask him."

After thinking it over, Lin Zui immediately changed into mortal clothes, manipulated his magical artifact, and flew towards Qingliang City.

into the night.

Suddenly, a violent burst of fire erupted somewhere in the tranquil city of Qingliang.

However, due to the surrounding magic array, not a sound could be heard. The surroundings remained quiet, with only the two people in the array staring at each other, countless thoughts passing through their minds at the same time.

"Luckily, I was cautious and set up a sensory barrier around me beforehand. Otherwise, if this person had launched a silent sneak attack, I might have really been caught off guard and lost my life."

Lin Zui looked at the gaunt, skeletal middle-aged man in black opposite him, feeling a sense of relief, unaware that the other man was far more surprised than he was.

"What just happened? Why did my Azure Ghost Arrow lose so much power after reaching within ten feet of him? Otherwise, there would have been no way he could have blocked it!"

Seeing that the other party did not continue to attack, Lin Zui looked around. The formation set up by the people around him was just an ordinary water elemental formation, nothing special, and it would not be difficult to break.

As for the man in black, he was probably at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining. That attack just now was not something a cultivator at this level could casually unleash; he must have used some special method.

Having realized this, Lin Zui quickly calmed down.

"Who are you? I just arrived in Qingliang City today; I haven't offended you, have I?"

"Whether you've offended someone or not isn't up to you to decide. Anyone who dared to kill someone from my Ghost Spirit Sect should have expected this day to come!"

The man in black spoke in an icy tone.

"Those who know what's good for them will surrender and avoid further torture!"

Lin Zui was taken aback, then suddenly realized.

"The Ghost Spirit Sect? You mean that Ghost Spirit Sect envoy? I see. It seems there's a problem with Yan Feng. No wonder you were able to find me. It seems I gave myself away by sending him a message today."

"But do you think you few can take me down?"

"Hahahaha, don't get cocky just because you blocked my attack. You're only at the eighth level of Qi Refining..."

Before the man in black could finish speaking, Lin Zui was already too lazy to listen to his nonsense anymore.

The "Myriad Manifestations Armor" composed of high-level talismans floated around him. The talismans near his legs flashed with spiritual light, and Lin Zui disappeared instantly, leaving only a few illusory figures in the original place.

The next moment, Lin Zui had already arrived behind the man in black, wielding a massive flaming sword that cleaved down with astonishing force.

The man in black was startled, never expecting his opponent to be so ruthless. He quickly summoned a shield filled with eerie energy to block in front of him, and at the same time, with a wave of his hand, several streams of black energy, accompanied by the howling of ghosts and wolves, rushed towards Lin Zui.

However, a familiar scene appeared again. When the ghostly energy reached a radius of one zhang around Lin Zui, it suddenly seemed as if a layer of skin had been peeled off, weakening by three points out of thin air, and even the roar became weak and feeble.

Immediately, the "talisman armor" lit up with spiritual light, and a beam of fire shot out, instantly annihilating the ghostly energy.

"This is……"

The man in black was shocked, but before he could figure out what was going on, a loud clang came from above. The shield was hit hard and cleaved far away. However, the greatsword in Lin Zui's hand also lost some of its power and was shortened by half.

The man in black hurriedly retreated, but Lin Zui followed closely. His greatsword transformed into a flaming whip, which he lashed out and struck the man in black squarely.

The man in black grunted, only then realizing that what the other party held in their hand was not a magic weapon, but a pure manifestation of magical power. The blow he had just received felt like he had taken a mid-level spell head-on, causing his breathing to become disordered.

He couldn't believe how the other party, with only the eighth level of Qi Refining cultivation, could manipulate such a massive amount of magical power so skillfully. But whatever the reason, he dared not underestimate them any longer.

"Activate the magic array to trap him!"

The man in black shouted to his subordinates around him. Although the Water Element Formation was not an offensive formation, it was set up in advance mainly to prevent the enemy from escaping, but it must also have some means of trapping the enemy.

His subordinates agreed and activated their spells. Several streams of water immediately emerged from the magic array and wrapped around Lin Zui.

However, to the astonishment of the man in black, the water flow formed by the magic array weakened in power the instant it approached Lin Zui, and this time the weakening seemed even more pronounced, with its power reduced by nearly half.

"Impossible! What kind of bizarre technique is this? It can even weaken the attack of a magic array?"

Lin Zui revealed a mocking smile, but inwardly he was also impressed by the extraordinary nature of the Immortal Realm's secret techniques.

This is naturally the only combat-related secret technique that can be cultivated after reaching the seventh level of the "Five Elements Transformation Technique"—the Primordial Divine Light.

Once unleashed, it generates an invisible and colorless layer of primordial divine light around the body. This divine light cannot block attacks, but it can weaken all attacks.

If it is a magic attack of the five elements, it can be weakened by 50%. Magic attacks of different attributes such as wind, thunder, light, and darkness can be weakened by 30%. Even physical attacks such as flying swords and magic weapons can weaken the magic attached to them, greatly reducing their power. The Azure Ghost Arrow used by the man in black to launch the sneak attack at the beginning was weakened by the divine light, which is why Lin Zui was able to block it in time.

The "talisman armor" flashed several times, and several stone spikes shot out to block the water flow. It could be seen that the man in black had taken this opportunity to activate a high-level defensive talisman, and his whole body was emitting black energy. He was obviously trying to activate some ultimate move.

Lin Zui showed no interest in seeing what was going on. His hands shone brightly as he activated two high-level Heavenly Fire Talismans simultaneously. A huge fireball shot into the sky, then twisted and deformed under Lin Zui's control, eventually forming a giant scythe.

"cut!"

Lin Zui snorted coldly, waved his hand, and the giant scythe, carrying unparalleled pressure, slashed towards the man in black.