Mortal: Starting with the Golden Jade Book

Lin Zui's voice was calm, yet it struck Wang Chan's heart like a heavy hammer.

Wang Chan froze, and a certain absurd conclusion instantly surged into his mind like an electric current, making the hairs on his body stand on end.

"You...it's you! The one from Yanjiabao back then...it was you!"

Wang Chan's eyes instantly turned blood red.

"This is outrageous! This is outrageous! What grudge do I have against you, sir? Why do you keep ruining my plans?"

Lin Zui shrugged.

"Fellow Daoist Wang is joking. I have no reason to make things difficult for the young master of the Ghost Spirit Sect. It's just that my cultivation method also requires a cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root, and it just happened to be a coincidence."

"Hahaha, great, what a coincidence..."

Wang Chan was so angry he laughed. This person had kidnapped Yan Ruyan back then, making him lose face, and now, right in front of him, he had let go of the last glimmer of hope that he had finally found. No matter the reason, he could not let this person go.

"You have ruined my path. If I don't kill you, how can I, Wang, have the face to live?"

"Prepare to die—"

Wang Chan suddenly roared, and the surrounding crimson mist was instantly drawn back into his body like a tide.

His eyes turned bloodshot, his fangs bared, and countless black runes appeared all over his body. His aura also grew wildly, soaring directly from the late Foundation Establishment stage to the Pseudo-Core stage.

With a flash, he rushed in front of Lin Zui at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and slashed at Lin Zui with a blood-red longsword.

"not good!"

Lin Zui cursed inwardly, "How come these guys all know this kind of secret technique to temporarily boost their magic power?"

He used to be able to suppress his opponent with the speed of the Five Elements Escape Technique, but now he can barely even dodge.

Although the Five Elements Escape Technique is fast enough, it is not a pure combat-oriented movement technique. Faced with the opponent's extreme speed, his reaction was ultimately a step slower.

Unable to dodge in time, he took the blow head-on. Although weakened by the Primordial Divine Light and the defensive magic weapon, a small portion of the power of the blow still struck Lin Zui.

Fortunately, he had a close-fitting inner armor and an internal defensive formation, so although his internal organs were churning from the shock, he was not seriously injured.

"The strength of a Pseudo-Core Realm cultivator is indeed extraordinary. We cannot withstand it head-on; we must think of another way."

Lin Zui's mind raced. Fortunately, with the power of that previous strike, he managed to create some distance between them. He quickly used the Five Elements Escape Technique to begin circling around Wang Chan.

As the distance increased, the advantages of the Five Elements Escape Technique became apparent. Although Wang Chan's cultivation level had increased rapidly, it still couldn't compare to this pure escape technique.

Seeing that Wang Chan could no longer catch up, Lin Zui's eyes flashed, and with a flick of his hand, he silently arranged invisible threads in the surrounding void.

After a prolonged and fruitless attack, Wang Chan grew impatient. With a flick of his wrist, the strange bell that had forced Qin Mengyao out of her escape technique reappeared in his hand.

It shook towards Lin Zui for a while, and an invisible sound wave attacked Lin Zui's soul directly.

Lin Zui suddenly stopped, and Wang Chan was overjoyed. This Soul-Capturing Bell specializes in attacking the soul. Not to mention that the opponent is only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, even the late stage of Foundation Establishment cannot be immune to its effects.

Seeing that his opponent was restrained, Wang Chan was not about to let go of this opportunity. He shot out and slashed at Lin Zui with his sword.

However, just as he approached Lin Zui, he suddenly felt a binding and pulling sensation on his body.

"What...?"

Wang Chan was startled and turned her head to look, only to find that she had been bound by countless transparent threads that were indistinguishable to the naked eye.

"It's really not easy to control you."

Lin Zui turned around, his gaze clear, showing no sign of being affected by the sound waves.

In fact, although the sound wave was powerful, Lin Zui's soul had become incredibly strong after cultivating the "Soul Resonance Technique" for more than 20 years. He could withstand the sound wave attack without any problem, not to mention the Soul Suppressing Bell, a magical artifact specially made by Qi Yunxiao to resist soul attacks.

Therefore, the attack of the Soul-Capturing Bell was almost completely imperceptible to Lin Zui.

However, although he had temporarily subdued him, Lin Zui really didn't dare to kill him. After all, he was a second-generation Nascent Soul cultivator. Who knew if his Nascent Soul father would sense his impending death and possess him to kill him with a single finger?

"Forget it, that girl should have escaped quite far by now. Let's get away as soon as possible."

Lin Zui threw out several talismans, intending to completely control her. However, an unexpected event occurred. The moment the talismans approached her body, Wang Chan's body flashed with light, and the talismans spontaneously combusted and vanished.

"What kind of treasure is this?"

Lin Zui was filled with curiosity, and for a moment he even had the urge to strip the other person naked and examine them.

However, the next moment, the divine sense detected several more powerful fluctuations of magical power flying towards this side.

"It seems we can't delay any longer."

Lin Zui thought for a moment, then took out the Qiankun Tower talisman that Yan Ruyan had given him from his bosom. He poured his magic power into it, and soon the talisman shone brightly, revealing a majestic and imposing tower.

In the distance, Xue Tianya, Tian Buque, Lian Feihua, and the others, who had finally escaped with the help of a group of Core Formation cultivators, suddenly stopped and stared in shock at the phantom of the pagoda not far away.

However, the person who was a thousand times more shocked than them was Yan Yan, the former patriarch of the Yan family, who was still entangled with Qin Zhi!

"This is... the Qiankun Tower? How did this thing end up there? Could it be Yan'er?"

Thinking of this, Yan Yan lost all interest in continuing to entangle with Qin Zhi. Originally, he didn't want to waste his magic power, but now he couldn't care less about that.

Unleashing his killing move and enduring several fierce blows from his opponent, Yan Yan swiftly killed Qin Zhi and shot off into the distance.

In the distance, Lin Zui had already activated the Qiankun Tower.

The Qiankun Pagoda is a treasure with many uses. In addition to attacking by directly smashing down with its massive tower body, it can also be used for sealing, suppressing, and many other purposes.

Lin Zui dared not kill Wang Chan, so he did not use those offensive methods, but instead used the Suppression Technique. A phantom of a pagoda split off from the pagoda body and pressed down on Wang Chan like Mount Tai.

"ah--"

Wang Chan screamed in agony, but he was completely unable to resist. Like Sun Wukong being captured by the Buddha, he was quickly pressed to the bottom of the tower.

Lin Zui retracted the silk thread, glanced at the several streaks of light flying rapidly towards him in the distance, and without lingering, used the Five Elements Escape Technique to instantly disappear into the ground without a trace.

After a few breaths.

Yan Yan shattered the illusory image of the Qiankun Tower with a single strike, rescuing Wang Chan who was trapped underneath.

"Chase him! Catch him and kill him!"

Ignoring her injuries, Wang Chan glared at Yan Yan through gritted teeth.

"That person is the one from Yan Family Fortress..."

Yan Yan had already guessed it, and now that Wang Chan said it, how could he not know?

Unfortunately, although he had already locked onto the person with his divine sense, the other party had used some kind of escape technique, and their speed was no less than that of a Core Formation cultivator.

Moreover, after escaping for a while, he used the same strange talisman he had used in Yan Family Fortress to sever his spiritual senses. He was already completely lifeless, so where could he possibly chase after him?

"Brother Wang, who exactly is that person? How could they cause you such a great loss?"

As they were talking, Xue Tianya and his group caught up. Seeing Wang Chan's disheveled appearance, they felt a sense of schadenfreude, but also a bit more wary of the mysterious person who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

However, Wang Chan was in no mood to pay attention to the mockery of the others. After learning that even Yan Yan could no longer track that person, she was filled with great fear.

When Yan Family Fort lost Yan Ruyan, at least he was young and had time. However, after more than 20 years of wasting time, he missed Qin Mengyao again, and even he himself was not confident that he could find a suitable candidate for the third time.

The thought that he might be stuck in the Foundation Establishment stage for life and unable to form his core made it hard for Wang Chan to suppress his fear.

"Uncle-Master Shattered Soul... Uncle-Master Shattered Soul must have a way..."

Suddenly, a glimmer of light appeared in Wang Chan's eyes, as if he had grasped the last straw. He muttered to himself and ignored the others, flying directly toward the Ghost Spirit Gate.