“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
A hundred meters beneath the estuary of the three rivers, the crashing of the turbulent currents rang out incessantly.
Relying on his physical divine ability, 【Overturning Rivers and Seas】, Ye Lin was completely in his element in the water.
Instead of crushing his body like a colossal mountain crashing down, the rushing currents around him actually became a force that propelled him downward at extreme speed.
With the aid of these currents, he fell as fast as a plummeting meteor. In just fifteen minutes, he had descended over eight thousand meters to the deep seabed.
At such a depth, the surrounding water pressure was comparable to hundreds of giant mountains crushing down simultaneously. Let alone a Qi Condensation Stage cultivator, even any Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator would be instantly crushed into fine powder here.
However, the ability 【Overturning Rivers and Seas】 seemed to turn Ye Lin into a part of the deep sea itself, so he did not feel any pressure at all.
Following the navigation guidance provided by his trait 【A Daily Immortal Destiny】, Ye Lin passed through deep underwater mountain ranges. Before long, he spotted a broken mirror buried in the silt.
The mirror was only the size of a washbasin, completely pitch-black. Though the mirror surface was severely damaged, one could still faintly see carvings of the sun, moon, stars, magnificent pavilions, and jade palaces.
This ancient mirror must have had a glorious past; otherwise, the single trace of broken rules remaining inside it would not have been categorized as a high-grade opportunity by 【A Daily Immortal Destiny】.
After all, among all the opportunities he had obtained through 【A Daily Immortal Destiny】 so far, only the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda and the Origin Unity Art had been defined as supreme-grade opportunities.
High-grade opportunities were just below supreme-grade ones. For a mere wisp of a broken rule to be classified as a high-grade opportunity was enough to prove the extraordinary nature of this ancient mirror's past.
“Past glory disperses like mist, leaving only a broken mirror buried in the dust and sand,” Ye Lin muttered.
Looking at the ancient mirror before him, Ye Lin couldn't help but sigh at the vicissitudes of time.
Then, without any hesitation, he immediately activated the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda inside his body to collect the broken ancient mirror.
The broken mirror's spirituality had long been shattered, so it was easily taken in by the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda.
The entire process went exactly as described in the Immortal Destiny Secrets, without any danger.
With that done, Ye Lin shifted his consciousness and entered the second layer of the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda, the Myriad Treasures Heaven.
In this layer, he was the heavens, and he could easily suppress any treasures brought inside.
Thus, upon entering the Myriad Treasures Heaven, he dripped a drop of blood onto the broken mirror to claim ownership, while simultaneously circulating the 《Origin Unity Art》 in his body, intending to extract the last remaining broken rule from the mirror.
But to his surprise, the moment he began running the cultivation method, the broken mirror—which had already recognized him as its master through the blood drip—suddenly transformed into a streak of pitch-black light and shot straight into his right eye.
“What the hell? An underhanded trick?” Ye Lin was startled.
This scene was incredibly similar to when he had obtained the 《Origin Unity Art》.
One had rushed into his left eye, and now the other had rushed into his right.
Seeing that his vision was unaffected and his eye undamaged, Ye Lin could only curl his lips, then open the game panel to check the broken mirror's information.
【Item: Great Dao Mirror of Years
Description: Once a supreme Dao weapon used by the Ancient Heavenly Court to monitor the myriad worlds and illuminate the endless years of the heavens. It was destroyed during the fall of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
Currently, only a single wisp of a broken supreme rule remains—Reflecting the Present Life. Upon use, it can reveal the current identity and information of any living being.
If repaired with other rules, the broken mirror can slowly recover its former supreme power to illuminate the river of time across ancient and modern eras.】
“Not bad, not bad. The three tasks I accepted this time are all rather troublesome, mainly because those evil spirits are highly intelligent and even better at hiding than humans. Even Golden Core Stage cultivators struggle to see through their concealment.
“But with this broken mirror's 'Reflecting the Present Life' ability, I don't need to slowly investigate at all. With a single glance, I can expose their true identities, and then just go over and slash them with my sword.”
After reading all the information on the broken mirror, Ye Lin was extremely satisfied.
Setting aside whatever other heaven-defying abilities this Great Dao Mirror of Years might have, just the remaining Reflecting the Present Life ability alone was of immense help to him.
It made his consumption of the Immortal Destiny Secrets accumulated over so many days well worth it.
“Time to go and 'mingle' with my beloved evil spirit family.” Having secured his opportunity, Ye Lin did not linger on the seabed.
Exerting the full power of his 【Overturning Rivers and Seas】 ability, his figure shot up like a sword piercing the sky, quickly flying out of the depths of the sea.
Returning to the sea surface, he took out his small flying vessel once more and flew at high speed toward the county seat of Sanjiang County.
Over an hour later, the flying vessel came to a halt before an ancient city built against a mountain and surrounded by the sea on three sides.
This city was precisely the county seat of Sanjiang County, named Zhenhai City.
Compared to the royal capital, Tianqi City, although Zhenhai City was not a political or economic center, it was still a highly important commercial and trading city on the southern coast of the Tianyuan Dynasty.
After all, it was surrounded by the sea on three sides, making it convenient for cargo ships to come and go. Although the trend of cultivation was prevalent in this world, those with Spiritual Roots were ultimately the minority, and ordinary people remained the main body of this world.
Therefore, with such geographic and transport advantages, Zhenhai City not only attracted outsiders to do business but also allowed people to take ships to the vast lands beyond the Tianyuan Dynasty. Prosperity was inevitable.
However, all of that was past glory. Now, due to the continuous demonic chaos, countless merchants and cultivators had died mysteriously, leaving the city's inhabitants in a constant state of panic.
No matter how great its geographical advantages were, it was ultimately difficult to return to its former prosperity.
But today, the evil spirits in this city would welcome their strictest father, Ye Lin!
Putting away his small flying vessel, Ye Lin looked at the decaying sight of Zhenhai City ahead. Holding the Sword of Original Sin, he directly activated the Reflecting the Present Life ability of the Great Dao Mirror of Years with his right eye.
Then, with an expressionless face, he walked toward the city gates of Zhenhai City.
Seeing a cultivator walking toward them, the two soldiers guarding the gate couldn't help but exchange a look.
“Sigh, why is it another Qi Condensation Stage piece of trash? The Venerables have clearly been setting this trap for over half a month. Why won't the human Golden Core Stage Venerables fall for it?
“Capturing these Qi Condensation Stage trash every day... who knows when we'll gather enough blood food to break Lord Queyue's seal?”
“Cut the crap. Our Lord Queyue is a Nascent Soul True Monarch, an existence who can destroy a city with a flip of his hand.
“And this Tianyuan Dynasty is nothing but a barren wasteland. Golden Core Stage Venerables are ancestor-level figures here, and each one is shrewder than the last.
“They would rather abandon the entire population of Zhenhai City than dare to provoke Lord Queyue. Otherwise, why do you think we can act so tyrannically here without any cultivators coming to fight us?”
“Since no one is falling for the Venerables' trap, doesn't it make our evil race look a bit stupid?”
“Are you an idiot? The Venerables set up this trap on purpose to show the other human Venerables, making them think we only want this Zhenhai City.
“In reality, the Venerables have already begun hunting other human Golden Core Stage Venerables in the shadows.”
The two evil spirits disguised as human soldiers were still casually chatting via voice transmission.
But what they didn't know was that their identities had long been seen through by Ye Lin.
【Name: Yueyao
Race: Dark evil spirit
Identity: An unvalued evil spirit noble
Cultivation: Great perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage
Talent: High-grade Thousand-Faced Life
Description: Terrible combat power, cowardly as a mouse, skilled in disguise, and extremely adept at fleeing.】
...
【Name: Yuekuang
Race: Dark evil spirit
Cultivation: Great perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage
Identity: Ordinary evil spirit cannon fodder
Talent: Mid-grade Gigantification
Description: Decent combat power, skilled in poisoning.】
After seeing the information of the two revealed by the Great Dao Mirror of Years, Ye Lin didn't even bother to shout, “Audacious monster, I can tell you're not human with a single glance!”
He simply walked straight over and unleashed an incredibly smooth execution of the 《Nine Shadows Ultimate Slay》 sword technique.
Spurt!
The dark evil spirit named Yuekuang couldn't even utter a single word before being sliced into fragments by nine afterimages.
【Ding! You have slain a heinous Foundation Establishment Stage evil spirit. The trait 'The Strictest Father of Other Races' has been activated. You have obtained 500 years of other-race lifespan.
Your Luck Value has increased by 30 points. The trait 'Talent Forging Pool' has been activated. You have picked up the Mid-grade Gigantification talent.
The Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda has automatically taken the evil spirit's corpse to extract its blood and qi, and the Soaring Fairy Visualization Chart has drawn out its soul for refinement. You have accumulated a wisp of the Power of Sin, and you have accumulated a wisp of the Power of Heaven's Punishment...】
Just as he killed the seemingly fiercer evil spirit, the game notification chime rang in Ye Lin's ears.
For the moment, he ignored the game notifications because Yueyao, the evil spirit skilled at fleeing, had already transformed into a streak of black light and dashed toward the interior of Zhenhai City.
“Damn it! Where did this arrogant cultivator come from? How dare he directly attack our evil race in Zhenhai City?” Yueyao cursed furiously in his heart as he fled in panic.
If he hadn't been born ten times more sensitive to danger than others and possessed a knack for fleeing, he would have been slain by Ye Lin alongside Yuekuang just now.
“Do you think you can escape?” Looking at the panic-stricken black light ahead, Ye Lin reached out and made a grasping motion.
The black light that Yueyao had transformed into was instantly dragged back to him from hundreds of meters away.
This technique was precisely the spatial divine ability he had deduced from the remnant page of the 《Book of Space》: 'Divine Eye Heaven-Seizing Hand'.
Wherever his gaze landed, he only needed to raise his hand to forcibly drag his enemies before him.
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