Chapter 645: Chapter 518: Can You Do It or Not_2
"Hmm!" Ou Lianzi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Regardless of whether you pass the third trial and attain my inheritance, with your talent for spiritual power alone, I cannot let you leave unrewarded."
"Oh?" Lin Feng’s eyes lit up at these words, sensing a reward was coming. The other party was an Emperor Level Upper Grade Artifact Refiner; could it be that he would gift him an Emperor Level Divine Weapon?
Lin Feng couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming excitement surge within him!
He saw Ou Lianzi fall into contemplation, then immediately lift a somewhat ethereal hand and suddenly point a finger at Lin Feng’s head.
Lin Feng’s body shook violently, feeling an immense influx of information crazily pouring into his mind.
Uh!
Lin Feng couldn’t help but groan, his head feeling like it was going to split open.
Soon after, Ou Lianzi withdrew his hand, his body becoming even more transparent.
"Alright, this is your reward. I hope you do not let me down!" Having said this, Ou Lianzi sighed: "I am now merely a Body of Thought, having exhausted my final strength, and I am about to dissipate. Go and attempt the third trial! I hope you can succeed."
As soon as Ou Lianzi’s voice faded, his entire being slowly dissipated, turning into nothingness.
Lin Feng felt his head swelling with pain, and before he had time to examine the additional information in his brain, his body was engulfed by the light gushing out from the Fire Lotus and disappeared without a trace.
After Lin Feng left, silence continued to envelop this Stone Chamber. The remaining few people all wore stupefied expressions, and only after a long while did they regain their senses, causing an immediate uproar.
The scenery before Lin Feng changed once again, and the next moment, he appeared inside a grand hall.
As soon as his form materialized, Lin Feng felt his body become heavy, an odd power afflicting him; his Cultivation was actually sealed, and not even a trace of his Vigorous Origin could circulate within his body.
"What’s happening?" Startled, Lin Feng quickly shook his sore head and started to examine his surroundings.
This grand hall was very spacious, made entirely of stone, and in the center stood a stele with many ancient characters engraved upon it.
Above the stele, a huge scroll floated. Unfurled, it was ten zhang long, depicting towering mountains, lakes, and rivers—a beautifully crafted landscape world.
At this moment, Xuan Feng and Hong Qingxuan stood in front of the scroll, their gazes fixed upon it, their spiritual power flowing toward the scroll like tides.
"Big Brother Lin Feng, you’ve arrived!" Upon Lin Feng’s arrival, Hong Qingxuan immediately called out.
"What, so soon?
Seeing Lin Feng, Xuan Feng’s expression changed; he hadn’t expected Lin Feng to have also passed the second trial, and so quickly at that.
Xuan Feng had just arrived at the place, and not the time of a tea session had passed when Hong Qingxuan showed up, and now barely more than the time of a tea session later, Lin Feng had also arrived.
"Qingxuan, what is this scroll?" Lin Feng quickly approached and asked inquisitively.
"Big Brother Lin Feng, this scroll is a Space Treasure named ’Void Divine Map,’ refined by Elder Ou Lianzi over the course of a hundred years. It contains a world of its own. The inheritance of Elder Ou Lianzi lies within. If you obtain this scroll, you can obtain his inheritance," Hong Qingxuan excitedly explained.
"What?" Lin Feng’s heart shook, not so much at the mention of Ou Lianzi’s inheritance, but rather at the mention of the scroll itself.
A world of its own?
Is there really such a treasure?
Lin Feng was instantly thrilled. If he could get his hands on this ’Void Divine Map,’ wouldn’t he have his own little world? In that case, his family and the people of the Heavenly Vault Sect could all enter the Void Divine Map. Carrying it with him, he wouldn’t have to worry about any threats from Blood Luo Hall!
"Qingxuan, how do I get this Void Divine Map?" Lin Feng asked eagerly, foregoing checking Ou Lianzi’s reward in his mind.
"Big Brother Lin Feng, this is the third trial," Hong Qingxuan sighed, "One must merge their thoughts into this map for it to recognize its master, but there’s a special Array on the map, with a unique Power diffusing outward, making it impossible for Spiritual Sense and thoughts to approach. I have already tried hundreds of times, all in vain!"
"Oh! I see!"
Lin Feng understood and immediately activated his Spiritual Consciousness, but before it could approach within five zhang of the Void Divine Map, it was destroyed by a strange force.
Lin Feng furrowed his brows and immediately calmed his Mental State, starting to examine the map carefully.
Upon investigation, he discovered that the unusual power emanating from the Void Divine Map took the form of transparent, densely packed threads, winding around the entire scroll like a labyrinth.
Moreover, these densely packed transparent forces were constantly changing positions.
To fuse his consciousness into this map, one had to navigate through the gaps in these thread-like forces, bypassing layers of labyrinth, to finally get close to the map.
"Amazing!" Lin Feng inwardly praised; Ou Lianzi, as an Emperor Level Artifact Refiner, truly had such exquisite techniques.
Clearly, this test was designed to assess a martial artist’s ability to control spiritual power!
For if one’s control was not strong, the moment the spiritual consciousness made contact with the thread-like forces, it would be dissipated immediately, making it impossible to merge into the Void Divine Map.
"Qingxuan, don’t give up, let’s try together!" Lin Feng said in a deep voice, and then once again, his consciousness was stirred, merging into his spiritual sense, transforming into a long, thin thread, threading through the labyrinth.
"Hehe! With only an hour’s time, it’s impossible for you to succeed!" A cold laugh sounded, and Xuan Feng’s face showed disdain.
At this moment, Xuan Feng’s expression was not looking good. He was immensely covetous of the inheritance within the Void Divine Map, yet after attempting more than two hundred times, all ended in failure.
This made him feel both anger and helplessness!
Xuan Feng’s eyes flickered. He and Hong Qingxuan could not succeed, and he did not believe Lin Feng could either.
However, he did hope that Lin Feng could succeed because then...
"An hour’s time, huh?" Lin Feng’s expression became slightly solemn; it seemed if he could not succeed within an hour, he would be teleported out.
Lin Feng took a deep breath, trying hard to control the thread formed by his spiritual consciousness and thoughts, moving forward through the labyrinth. However, the transparent threads forming the maze were changing too fast. Lin Feng had advanced only five feet before being shredded into nothingness.
"Indeed quite difficult!" Lin Feng’s heart sank, but how could he possibly give up.
This time, Lin Feng did not rashly try again, but instead closed his eyes and carefully felt the changes of the labyrinth-like power threads, wanting to grasp their frequency and pattern of change.
Only by understanding the rules of this labyrinth of power could he possibly succeed, otherwise, even ten thousand attempts would be futile.
While probing the changes of the labyrinth-like forces, Lin Feng couldn’t help but divert a wisp of his mind to check the information that had previously flooded his mind.
The reward of an Emperor Level Upper Grade Artifact Refining Master filled Lin Feng with anticipation.
After a round of checking, Lin Feng was deeply shocked.
The reward from Ou Lianzi was a vast knowledge of artifact refining called ’Lifebound Sword Casting Technique’.
And the Lifebound Sword Casting Technique, what it forged were Spirit Swords, also known as the top grade among Spirit Swords, the Lifebound Spirit Swords!
The Lifebound Spirit Sword, merging with the martial artist’s spirit, would grow with the martial artist’s growth, eventually reaching unimaginable heights.
The ’Lifebound Sword Casting Technique’ was not an original creation by Ou Lianzi, but a most powerful swordsmithing technique from the ancient era. However, Ou Lianzi adapted it, making it even more suitable for martial artists to control.
Lin Feng was completely excited; he never expected that Ou Lianzi’s reward would turn out to be a Spirit Sword forging technique that had long been lost to time.
With this ’Lifebound Sword Casting Technique’, he would be able to forge his own Lifebound Spirit Swords in the future.
With a single thought, a Spirit Sword would appear; taking the enemy’s head from thousands of miles away was an exciting thought for Lin Feng.
After a while, Lin Feng forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart; clearly, now was not the time to study the ’Lifebound Sword Casting Technique’.
Retracting his mind, Lin Feng sat cross-legged and quietly felt the changing Power Maze on the Void Divine Map.
Time slowly elapsed, and Lin Feng sat there for almost half an hour.
During this half an hour, Xuan Feng and Hong Qingxuan did not give up either, the two of them kept trying to penetrate the labyrinth with their consciousness to merge into the Void Divine Map but still ended up failing again and again.
At this point, Xuan Feng started to get anxious; the time he spent here was approaching an hour.
Once the time was up, he would be teleported out, forever parting ways with the Void Divine Map and Ou Lianzi’s inheritance.
"Junior Brother Lin, what are you doing? Hurry and figure something out!"
Seeing Lin Feng with closed eyes and sitting cross-legged without any movement, Xuan Feng’s heart surged with anger.