A century is a lifetime for an ordinary person, but for a cultivator, it is merely a small part of their long life.
After a hundred years of cultivation, Lin Xiao Tian's strength had increased considerably, but he had still not broken through to the early Nascent Soul stage.
He had initially intended to scour some benefits from Black Mountain, but unfortunately, the demonic beasts there had become alert. When Lin Xiao Tian returned, he could no longer obtain anything of value.
As for the treasures of demonic beasts below the Nascent Soul stage, Lin Xiao Tian had no use for them.
The spiritual energy resources on Earth were scarce. If Lin Xiao Tian continued to stay here, he would never be able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage even if he spent his entire life.
"It seems it's time to check out the teleportation array."
Lin Xiao Tian sighed.
Over two hundred years, Lin Xiao Tian had become much more indifferent to the grievances and disputes of the mortal world.
The Lin family had now become the foremost family in the world. Thanks to the Lin family's power, Shen Zhou's influence in the world had also grown.
In the past, there were still quite a few countries that, under the guise of maintaining world peace, caused disputes around Shen Zhou. But now, they were only worried about Shen Zhou causing trouble on their borders.
Fortunately, Shen Zhou had always adhered to the principle of peaceful coexistence and did not engage in hegemonism, which had greatly reassured countries around the world.
The Lin family had no rivals left, and Qin Yu Xiang paid less attention to Lin Xiao Tian. However, just in case, Lin Xiao Tian still announced to the outside world that he was in seclusion.
Now that Lin Xiao Tian was one of the highest-ranking members of the Lin family, no one would bother to check if he was truly in seclusion. Qin Yu Xiang also knew the severe consequences of disturbing a secluded cultivator. Thus, Lin Xiao Tian was free to move about.
Lin Xiao Tian quietly approached Black Mountain and took out the teleportation token.
Over the past hundred years, he had thoroughly studied the token and was certain that there were no longer any risks.
Lin Xiao Tian activated the Great Teleportation Token according to the methods described in the Five Elements Qimen.
The next moment, he vanished from his original spot.
Deep within Black Mountain.
When he reappeared, Lin Xiao Tian was half-floating in the air.
Beneath him was a giant Yin-Yang diagram, with the Yin and Yang fish intertwining.
In front of Lin Xiao Tian, five or six auras had already appeared.
These auras were not hidden at all, and all of them far surpassed Lin Xiao Tian's strength.
One of the auras even gave Lin Xiao Tian a feeling of impending death.
Fortunately, the array had isolated this aura; otherwise, its mere presence would have reduced Lin Xiao Tian to dust.
As expected of existences beyond the Nascent Soul stage, their power was truly unfathomable!
Fortunately, this aura was not excessively directed at Lin Xiao Tian; it merely watched him from afar.
Lin Xiao Tian knew that they were unable to act against him, but it was not because they did not want to.
The demonic beasts before him were too powerful, and Lin Xiao Tian dared not harbor any ill intentions towards them. His purpose for coming here was not them, but the intertwining Yin-Yang fish at his feet, which was his true target.
The Yin-Yang fish were the core of the teleportation array. As long as he found the switch, Lin Xiao Tian could use it to enter a new world.
Upon closer inspection, the array did not require much energy; it could absorb energy from its surroundings on its own. All Lin Xiao Tian had to do was to infuse a small amount of magic power to activate it.
Lin Xiao Tian thought of Li Da Zhu. The fortune that Li Da Zhu had mentioned back then must have referred to cultivating within the teleportation array, right?
After all, the teleportation array could spontaneously absorb surrounding energy, and this place was deep within Black Mountain, where energy was far more abundant than outside.
However, this energy was of little significance to Lin Xiao Tian.
Lin Xiao Tian pondered for a moment and finally decided to leave Black Mountain first.
As he was about to truly depart, Lin Xiao Tian found himself with many reservations.
Just as Lin Xiao Tian was about to leave, a voice echoed from the darkness.
"Nascent Soul stage?"
"You are the second most powerful human I have ever seen."
Lin Xiao Tian looked up, and a cyan figure appeared before him.
It was a cyan dragon with magnificent dragon horns on its head, radiating a flowing light all over its body.
The flowing lights appeared minuscule, but any single strand of them possessed power exceeding any modern firearm invented by humans.
"Pure-blooded Dragon race!" Lin Xiao Tian recognized its identity.
This cyan dragon was a genuine pure-blooded dragon.
In human mythology, it was one of the Four Divine Guardians of humanity.
However, the cyan dragon before him clearly had no connection to this identity; it more likely wished for Lin Xiao Tian, a human, to die.
"Kid, what's your name?" the cyan dragon asked.
Lin Xiao Tian did not answer.
When facing an expert of this caliber, sometimes even ordinary conversation could conceal immense danger.
"Heh heh, you are very cautious."
"Actually, I bear no ill will. I just wanted to remind you that it's best if you don't meddle with this teleportation array."
Lin Xiao Tian was stunned.
He was very curious about the cyan dragon's words.
"This teleportation array is one-way, only allowing exit and no entry. This is a rule left behind by that person, and even he cannot violate it," the cyan dragon explained.
The person the cyan dragon spoke of was likely Shen Nong.
However, Lin Xiao Tian did not expect the cyan dragon to be so kind.
He had originally intended to leave immediately, but upon hearing the cyan dragon's words, Lin Xiao Tian suddenly became interested and decided to stay.
"Kid, the world outside the teleportation array is vastly different from the world you currently inhabit. I advise you, for the sake of your own life, to remain here. Even if you are at the Nascent Soul stage, there are many beings in that world who can suppress you."
"If you really intend to go there, at least wait until your strength is comparable to that person."
What the cyan dragon said was the same as what Lin Xiao Tian had seen in his memories of old man Shen Nong.
This indicated that the cyan dragon was not lying to him.
But why was the cyan dragon being so good to him?
Lin Xiao Tian was very puzzled.
"Kid, how about we make a deal? I'll give you what you need for cultivation and advancement, and you bring me fresh humans. How about it, mutually beneficial?"
As the cyan dragon spoke, it spat out a wisp of crimson.
Lin Xiao Tian was stunned.
This was the cyan dragon's dragon blood!
If Lin Xiao Tian absorbed this dragon blood, his strength would undoubtedly soar to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
As the king of scaled beasts, the dragon race's bloodline was close to divine. Their blood had always been highly sought after by cultivators.
Now that he had the chance to obtain it for free, who wouldn't be tempted?
Lin Xiao Tian instinctively reached out his hand, preparing to absorb the dragon blood.
At this moment, the dragon blood held an indescribable allure for Lin Xiao Tian; he felt compelled to obtain it.
"Very good, a wise choice!" the cyan dragon's approving voice came.
Just as the dragon blood was inches away from Lin Xiao Tian's hand, the array suddenly erupted with intense light!
The next moment, a scream was heard.
The cyan dragon, which had been smiling a moment ago, was instantly torn to shreds by the light of the array!
Lin Xiao Tian jolted awake and stumbled back several steps.
He then realized that he had unknowingly moved to the edge of the array. If the array had not triggered in time, Lin Xiao Tian would now be a corpse!