"Senior, what do you want to buy? Our store specializes in selling various Yuncheng specialties, maps and some..."
Although this foreigner who looked to be about forty years old was only in the foundation building stage, he was not timid in front of Lin Mo.
He first gave a salute, and then introduced them continuously, speaking very skillfully.
It's no wonder, given the opponent's cultivation level, it might be difficult to distinguish between the Nascent Soul stage and the Void Refining stage.
There are many people with advanced cultivation in Yun City. He has seen too much, so he naturally appears to be so experienced.
"Here's a detailed map of Yuncheng. In addition, I want to ask you a few things."
Lin Mo looked at the foreigner in front of him, suddenly waved his hand, and a mid-level crystal flew out, and said lightly at the same time.
"This is the best map in our store. If you have any questions, seniors, just ask. Juniors will tell you everything they know."
The shopkeeper took the crystal and immediately took out a piece of light red stone from the shelf with a smile on his face and handed it to Lin Mo, saying happily.
After a cup of tea, Lin Mo walked out of the shop calmly, stopped a beast cart at random on the street, told the driver a place name, and then closed his eyes and meditated in the carriage.
The driver immediately drove forward, heading towards the corner of Yuncheng.
After passing through an unknown number of streets, two hours later, the beast cart finally stopped in front of a giant building with a strange appearance.
Lin Mo casually took out a few spiritual stones and handed them to the driver. Then he got out of the car and looked at the building in front of him leisurely.
This is a tall, bulging, strange building that looks like a hill. It is made of a light yellow material that resembles sand grains.
This building seems to be more than a thousand feet tall, much higher than other buildings around it.
The surface of the building is dotted with numerous large and small portals, and occasionally someone pushes the door in and out.
This weird building looks like a super honeycomb from a distance.
Lin Mo was in a daze for a while, and then moved his gaze to a door at the bottom of the building.
On both sides of the gate, there were strange characters written on each side. Even with the foreign characters that Lin Mo mastered, it was impossible to identify which ethnic group's characters they were.
Lin Mo didn't think much, lightly touched his chin, and then walked straight to the door.
As soon as you enter the gate, you are greeted by a surprisingly spacious hall.
This hall is more than two hundred feet wide, with beautiful green jade all around and on the ground. There are also rows of flower pots several feet high placed around it, in which some unusually beautiful spiritual flowers and herbs are planted.
In the center of the hall, there was a dark and shabby wooden table. On the table lay a man with snow-white hair, wearing a gray robe, whose face could not be seen clearly.
The man seemed to be sleeping soundly.
"Give me a private room, I'll stay there for a few days." Lin Mo quietly walked to the table and said softly.
Although Lin Mo's voice was not high-pitched, it sounded like thunder in the old man's ears, enough to wake him up from his deep sleep.
"Ah, it turns out that a guest is here. The junior will find a room for the senior to stay in."
The old man's prone body trembled, and he sat upright in shock. He quickly took out a strange magic weapon that looked like a white account book from under his body, and quickly searched it.
Lin Mo frowned slightly when he saw this.
The old man in front of him is also a cultivator, so how could he not be alert? It seems that he really fell asleep just now and was not just pretending.
His heart moved, and he casually glanced at the old man's face. The next moment, he was surprised and said in a voice: "You are still alive, why are you here."
The old man's face was sallow and slightly sickly, but there seemed to be a hint of smoothness hidden in his eyebrows. He was actually Xiang Zhili who was the first to enter the space node.
He is the nominal "Senior Brother Xiang".
The soul lamps of him, Hu Laomo, Feng Laoguai and others all fell one after another shortly after entering the node. They were already considered to have disappeared.
Now that they suddenly reunited, Lin Mo was shocked, and even his voice changed a little.
When the old man heard Lin Mo's words, he lowered his head to search for a moment. After a while, he slowly raised his head and looked across.
"Junior brother Lin, it's really you." The old man murmured to himself, with a strange expression on his face, like crying and laughing, which looked unusual.
"It's Lin. How is your current cultivation and aura?"
Lin Mo asked, while using his spiritual mind to scan Xiang Zhili's body carefully, his expression became uncertain.
Xiang Zhili, who was originally a god-transforming monk in the human world, has now dropped to around the pill-forming stage. His aura is abnormally weak, and he seems to have been seriously injured.
"Junior brother Lin, you also came to the spirit world from the space node, right."
"Looking at your cultivation, your magic power has improved greatly. However, it is not appropriate to talk too much here. There are no other guests now. Come with me first and find a place to talk."
Xiang Zhili stared at Lin Mo blankly for a while, with an unpredictable expression on his face. He suddenly remembered something, stood up hurriedly, and led Lin Mo towards the side door on the side of the hall.
Lin Mo hesitated for a moment, but finally followed.
After passing through the side door, there is a long corridor, lined with exotic flowers and plants."
"Xiang Zhili didn't take Lin Mo very far, but opened a stone door nearby and invited Lin Mo to enter.
"Junior brother, please take a seat. I never thought that I would see Junior Brother Lin again in my lifetime. But Xiang's current desolate state is really unbearable to see."
After the two sat down, Xiang Zhili said with a wry smile, his voice was extremely low, which was very different from the image of the great monk in the human world.
"What happened to you when you passed the node? Are the two of them still there?" Lin Mo was silent for a moment and asked directly what he wanted to know.
"Both Feng Laoguai and Hu Laomo have fallen."
"When we passed the node, our luck was really bad. We encountered space storms continuously. The last time, two space storms broke out at the same time."
"Among the three, I am the only one who survived. However, due to my frequent use of life-saving secret techniques, I almost lost all my cultivation."
"The current level of cultivation has been rebuilt through hard work over the years." Xiang Zhili sighed and said with some helplessness.
"That space node is indeed extremely dangerous. Senior Brother Xiang is lucky enough to be able to survive."
"However, your natal lamp left in the human world has been extinguished, and why did you appear in the Thunder Continent instead of the place where the human race ascends?" Lin Mo comforted him, but then asked doubtfully.
"The natal lamp went out, probably because of the secret technique I used to save my life."
"That's the price of exchanging one's life. It's almost the same as exchanging another life."
"As for why it appeared on this continent, I'm not sure."
"After being involved in the space storm, I saved my life with the help of secret techniques, but as soon as I left the node, I came to the land of Tianyun."
"Fortunately, someone rescued me, otherwise I might no longer be alive. I heard from my junior brother that I came out of the node but ended up in the human area of the spirit world."
"It seems that the original space storm did deviate from our route." Xiang Zhili recalled his experience in the node, and his expression became ugly.
This time, Lin Mo did not interrupt, but nodded thoughtfully.
"Why is Senior Brother Xiang working here? What does it have to do with the owner of this inn? Have you never thought about returning to the human race?" Lin Mo asked without going into details.
"The owner of this inn is a member of the Stone Cocoon tribe, and he was also the one who saved me."
"He is kind-hearted, his cultivation is not weak, and he seems to have some status among the Stone Cocoon Clan."
"On the one hand, I want to repay my kindness, but on the other hand, I have nowhere to go, so I can only do something for him."
"As for returning to the human race, I have already given up."
"Although the Thirteen Tianyun Tribes control a teleportation array that can cross the continent, each time it is activated, it costs a lot of money and can even destroy the Holy Tribe's family. It cannot be controlled by ordinary spiritual stones."
"And even if I recover, I still won't be able to use it."
"Furthermore, even if I successfully teleport to Feng Yuan Continent, my cultivation level is now low and my vitality is greatly damaged. I will not be able to cross the wild world and return to the human area."
"I have lost the possibility of attacking the void, and I no longer take risks. I am ready to spend the rest of my life here." Xiang Zhili shook his head, his expression slightly melancholy.
Listening to Xiang Zhili's words, Lin Mo didn't know what to say and was speechless for a moment.
"By the way, I haven't heard from my junior brother about your experience."
"Although I can't return to the human race, I also want to know about the situation of the human race in the spiritual world. Can you tell me?" Xiang Zhili suddenly remembered and asked with a slightly better expression.
"My experience is nothing special. I just followed the coordinates sent by my senior brother and found the node after cultivating to the realm of god transformation."
"Then enter together with an ice phoenix that has also reached the realm of divine transformation."
"Although I also encountered a space storm, I luckily escaped with the help of Bingfeng's space magical power."
"As for the situation of the human race, as far as I know, they can survive in the spirit world and barely protect themselves."
Lin Mo simply talked about his own affairs and did not mention his complete loss of cultivation. He only mentioned a few things about the situation of the human race.
"It turns out that our human race in the spirit world also has many combined-level beings. That's really reassuring."
Xiang Zhili listened carefully to Lin Mo's narrative and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Lin Mo fell into silence again, but after a moment, his eyes flashed and he suddenly asked: "Where did senior brother learn about the fact that the Thirteen Tianyun Clan really has a super teleportation array?"
"Haha, junior brother is also concerned about the super teleportation array. This is no secret."
"Tianyun's thirteen clans, the Jiaochi clan and the Ye clan each have one."
"Among the nearby big clans, probably only the Baoming clan has not built one. However, junior brother, it is best not to try."
"That teleportation array cannot be used by people below the combined level."
"Besides, you are not from one of these tribes, so it is even more difficult for you to stand a chance."
"However, the Thirteen Tianyun Clan do not exclude other foreign races. You can practice here with me."
"When your cultivation progresses greatly, it won't be too late to consider returning to the human race."
"By the way, how is your current cultivation level?" Xiang Zhili asked with a smile.
"I still need to think about the teleportation array. As for my cultivation, I have recently advanced to the realm of refining the void." Lin Mo answered frankly.
"Refining the Void Realm? You have cultivated so quickly. Then, you should no longer be troubled by longevity." Xiang Zhili said with some envy.
"Although your lifespan is nominally unlimited, the great catastrophe still exists."
"The great catastrophe that occurs every three thousand years is more ferocious than the last. Unless you ascend to the True Immortal Realm, you will eventually be unable to escape the disaster." Lin Mo said lightly.
"But since you have advanced to the realm of refining the void, your lifespan should be tens of thousands of years. Don't worry, with your qualifications, you should be able to reach the last step." Xiang Zhili comforted him.
"It's not easy to ascend to the True Immortal Realm. Although our two races have many extraordinary talents, not many can succeed. I can only take it step by step and see what happens." Lin Mo said with a bitter smile.
"Let's talk about this issue later. Now you stay in my store for now. After I finish my work, I will talk to you in detail in the evening." Xiang Zhili said with a smile.
"Okay, I also need to ask my teacher for some things." Lin Mo nodded.
So Xiang Zhili arranged a quiet room for Lin Mo, located in the corner, and personally led him to live there.
And he himself returned to the hall.
After Lin Mo arranged some isolation restrictions in the room, he sat down cross-legged and meditated.
The unexpected encounter with Xiang Zhili forced him to think carefully.
When evening came, Xiang Zhili visited on time and chatted with Lin Mo for a long night.
From Xiang Zhili's words, Lin Mo learned a lot of previously unknown information about Yuncheng and the Thirteen Tianyun Clan.
It wasn't until dawn that Xiang Zhili said goodbye with satisfaction.
However, when Lin Mo walked him to the door, Xiang Zhili seemed to suddenly remember something. He suddenly turned around with a trace of hesitation on his face and said:
"Junior Brother Lin, it is impossible for me to return to the human race. But you may still have such an opportunity."
"If one day you want to leave Yuncheng and go somewhere else, can you come see me first?"
"I have something to leave you, and I have a favor to ask of you."
"But don't worry, junior brother, as long as you can return to the human race, this matter will be just a piece of cake for you, and it will also bring a lot of benefits."
"Oh, can't you tell me what it is now? I'm really not sure."
"In case of an emergency, it may be too late to say goodbye to you." After hearing these words, Lin Mo pondered for a moment and then asked.
"To tell you the truth, it's not convenient to reveal the details right now."
"And I still need some time to prepare. It's best if you come over then."
"Otherwise, we might all feel sorry for missing this thing." Xiang Zhili shook his head and said meaningfully.
After hearing Xiang Zhili's words, Lin Mo naturally said that he would do his best.
Xiang Zhili nodded, then turned and left the room.
Lin Mo watched Xiang Zhili quickly disappear outside the door, but there was a strange look on his face.
Suddenly, he stretched out his hand to grab the door, and a strong force suddenly attracted him. The wooden door shook and then quickly closed.
At the same time, a layer of white light appeared on the four walls of the room, and a restriction automatically activated, covering the entire room.
Lin Mo slowly walked to a corner of the room and sat down cross-legged again, with a faint smile on his face and a cold light in his eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.
The next day, Lin Mo stayed in the room to rest and had no intention of going out.