Within the Blood River Reincarnation Array, the Crimson Ghost King struggled desperately, but to no avail. Although he possessed a thousand years of cultivation, his opponent this time was simply too powerful.
Soon, the Blood River Reincarnation Array obliterated the Crimson Ghost King and then flew back into the Void Robe.
A palm-sized bead, shimmering with an earthy yellow light, appeared in Lin Yi's hand. He had acquired the Earth Spirit Bead, one of the Five Elemental Beads of Heaven and Earth.
Lin Yi borrowed magic power from Xuan Yao Dao Ren, then activated the "Taiyi Heavenly Escape Yin Yang Formation" to calculate the exact whereabouts of the other four spirit orbs.
Before long, the three detailed locations were calculated. Only the last one remained a mystery.
Lin Yi whispered, "It doesn't belong to the present, but it exists in the past and also in the future."
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Chapter 155 Unpleasant Guest Arrives
The timeline of this world is full of knots, where a certain event in the future changes the past and thus affects the present.
Time is a magical realm that hides countless mysteries, captivating the hearts of countless cultivators.
Lin Yi was very interested in the "Dream Return Technique," which could send people back to the past. At the same time, he also needed to find a way to locate the Water Spirit Orb among the Five Elemental Orbs.
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As night fell, a long rainbow shot out from the General's Tomb, stretching across the sky and heading towards the capital.
In the western suburbs of Chang'an, there is a grove of poisonous immortals. This place is overgrown with many harmful flowers and trees, and even has an abundance of poisonous insects, making it a place rarely visited by humans.
In the pitch-black forest, vines intertwined like a giant Bagua net, and a slender, beautiful woman in black sat gracefully on a vine branch in mid-air.
At her feet, a large net woven from snow-white spider silk bound a woman of unparalleled beauty.
Watching the stunningly beautiful woman struggling and screaming in the net, the woman in black laughed loudly and said, "Scream, scream, Caiyi, no one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out."
No sooner had she finished speaking than the woman in black saw a rainbow streak fly down from the sky.
The colorful light disappeared, and a Taoist priest in a green robe who looked to be about twenty-one or twenty-two years old appeared in the woods.
The beautiful woman in black stood ready, and asked solemnly, "Who are you?" Her voice was a little hoarse, but it had a captivating magnetism.
Lin Yi glanced at her closely. The beautiful woman in black had a shapely figure, and her body was tightly covered in black clothes with silver threads. Her beauty was accompanied by an ominous and sinister aura.
"Hand over the Thunder Spirit Pearl, and I'll spare your life." Lin Yi's voice was calm, yet it caused the black-clad beauty's expression to change drastically. Her deeply hidden secret had been revealed, and she immediately harbored the thought of killing him to silence him.
The spider silk spread silently, surging towards Lin Yi from all directions.
"You're courting death." Lin Yi said coldly. He was not one to show mercy to women, and a demon who had killed countless lives was not someone he was entitled to show leniency to.
As he spoke, Lin Yi pressed down with his right hand, and an overwhelming force crashed down. The beautiful woman in black screamed and fell to the ground.
After the beautiful woman in black landed, a wisp of green smoke rose from her body, and a huge black spider crawled out of the smoke.
The black spider's long legs were covered in a ghastly green hair, and its body was covered in vibrant red, orange, yellow, and green markings. However, its round, enormous abdomen was covered with wart-like bumps, making it look quite terrifying.
What's most disgusting is that the head of the black spider is actually the face of the beautiful woman in black.
The black spider demon, now in its true form, roared angrily, "Damn it... I'm going to kill you!"
Before he finished speaking, countless spider silks flew out and rushed straight towards Lin Yi.
This time, Lin Yi didn't bother with any more words. The Nine Heavens Thunder Palace General Array flew out from the Tai Xu robe, accompanied by thunder and lightning, instantly scattering the spider spirit's soul.
A round bead flashing with electric light appeared and disappeared within the array diagram; it was Lin Yi's target for this trip: the Thunder Spirit Bead.
After putting away the Thunder Spirit Pearl, Lin Yi turned his gaze southward. Next, it was time to head to the Nanzhao Kingdom.
Just then, a soft voice came from behind, saying, "My benefactor, please accept my bow."
Lin Yi turned around, looked at the stunningly beautiful woman who was kneeling gracefully, reached out and patted her, saying, "It's just a chance encounter, no need for formalities."
The stunningly beautiful woman said, "For my benefactor, it was just a small favor, but for me, it was an absolute life-saving grace."
Lin Yi said with a half-smile, "What's your name, and how do you plan to repay me?"
The stunningly beautiful woman said with utmost sincerity, "I, Caiyi, am willing to serve as your servant to repay your great kindness."
Lin Yi waved his hand and said, "If you are willing, do more good deeds in the future, and it will not have been in vain that I saved you once."
After saying that, a white cloud appeared beneath his feet and floated up into the sky.
In a moment of panic, Caiyi immediately revealed her true form, transforming into a colorful butterfly, and chased after Lin Yi.
A chance encounter with a deity is rare; be brave and pursue it.
For a little fairy like her with no lineage, the best option is to become the spirit beast of some immortal, receive enlightenment, and thus gain the hope of cultivating into an immortal.
The colorful butterfly tried its best to fly, but Lin Yi's figure grew farther and farther away.
"Should we give up?" Caiyi flapped her wings unwillingly, battling against the fierce wind.
The wind blade mercilessly sliced across Caiyi's body, leaving a deep wound.
"If I fly any further, I'll die." Caiyi felt a pang of regret. She was just an ordinary little fairy, not even worth a glance from him.
Self-pity, regret, and the pain in her body constantly assaulted Caiyi's mind, slowing her pace and causing her hope to gradually fade away.
Just then, a surge of magical power reached her from afar, and a familiar voice echoed in her mind, "Since you've caught up, then follow me."
The next moment, Caiyi appeared above the white clouds.
Lin Yi lay there lazily as the white clouds drifted leisurely southward.