Chapter 895: Chapter 571: Apprenticing to the Seven Great Elders, Soul Devouring Fog, Thousand-Layer Mountain Protection Array (2)

He was filled with hatred.

He didn’t even have time to bring the super-genius Kui Tong he had discovered; he just vanished in the Longyuan World.

For hundreds of years afterward, it seemed like the various Spinach Forces of General Mountain didn’t take much action, but secretly they never stopped searching for Dong Bihe.

Yet where did Dong Bihe go, was he alive or dead, no one knew anymore.

...

"Lu Lin, come here for a moment."

After the Heavenly Talent War ended, following a night of revelry, Lu Lin along with all the Big Shots of the Fierce Tiger Legion, the Military Advisors, and leaders were all drunk to oblivion. Little did he expect, just as he was preparing to return to his residence, he suddenly heard Elder of Heng Mountain’s voice transmission.

Lu Lin replied immediately, using Star Power to dissipate the scent and effects of alcohol from his body, and swiftly walked out of the senior garrison of the Fierce Tiger Legion.

At this moment, outside the garrison, seven Elders were standing in a line at the entrance, waiting for Lu Lin to arrive.

"Greetings, Elder of Heng Mountain, greetings, Elder Li Song..."

Lu Lin greeted several Elders he knew, after which Elder of Heng Mountain introduced the identities of the others to him.

"Lu Lin, this is Elder Cheng Yu, this is Elder Gui Bei, and this is Elder Han Chan."

"This time, the seven of us have decided together to bring you under our command, however, you are not our disciple."

Elder of Heng Mountain calmly stated.

He recalled the instructions given to them by Lv Potian on the mountaintop after the Heavenly Talent War concluded yesterday.

Letting the seven top-notch Elders guide Lu Lin so he would quickly familiarize himself with the Longyuan World and General Mountain, and then arranging a series of training missions for him.

Even the seven Elders secretly marveled at the training missions upon seeing them.

Was the Lord General paying too much attention to Lu Lin, or was he too dissatisfied with him?

To use such a method to deal with a little fellow who was merely at Star Lord Level.

Even if this little fellow’s strength wasn’t weak.

But the series of tasks and future development plans Lv Potian proposed for Lu Lin secretly shocked even them, who were Star Emperor Realm Elders.

Such tasks, even when they first entered the Star Emperor Realm, they couldn’t say they would pass without any damage.

Yet now they were given to Lu Lin, a Heavenly Talent merely at Star Lord Peak.

Lu Lin found Elder of Heng Mountain’s words a bit odd.

Last time, when the group found him, wasn’t it to take him as their disciple? Why had it completely changed now?

However, what was in the minds of these Big Shots, Lu Lin had no way of knowing, all he could do was follow their arrangements.

"Each of us specializes in different areas; everyone will teach you for a period. Once your learning ends, or there’s nothing left to learn, you’ll automatically proceed to the next teacher to study."

"Yes, in the future, you can call us teacher."

Elder of Heng Mountain smiled as he explained, "After you’ve studied, you will enter the practical stage, participating in various Heavenly Talent activities inside General Mountain, taking on missions, participating in the exchanges between the Nine Great Sacred Lands... eh, there will often be exchange activities, and you can compete and exchange with disciples of the Holy Land we’re familiar with. Besides, you can also enter the Holy Land’s Secret Tome Pavilion to cultivate Cultivation Methods."

"The first teacher you will follow is..."

Elder of Heng Mountain guided Lu Lin, "It’s Elder Long."

"Elder Long is the most outstanding Elder in physical practice at my General Mountain. Additionally, he has profound knowledge in weapon warfare. Since you’re cultivating the battle knife, you should make good use of the time following Elder Long to learn well."

"Yes."

Lu Lin already had quite a favorable impression of Elder Long, and he felt a bit delighted upon hearing that his first teacher would be him.

"Alright, since the arrangements for your teaching have been made, you can add us all to your contacts. Anytime you have a problem or encounter difficulties, you can talk to your teachers."

"Even though we are not your Master, a teacher is also a master."

"We will treat you like a true Direct Disciple."

After Elder of Heng Mountain said this, he left his contact information with Lu Lin and departed.

The other Elders also exchanged contact information with Lu Lin with smiling faces before leaving one by one.

Finally, the last Elder, Elder Gui Bei, patted Lu Lin on the shoulder and said.

"Little fellow, although Old Long is strong in physical practice, I’m not bad either as Gui Bei."

"I am looking forward to the day you come to study under me."

"Keep it up."

Having said that, without waiting for Lu Lin’s response, he gave him a meaningful smile and then left.

In the blink of an eye, the seven Elders who were there just now had all departed, leaving only Elder Long standing beside Lu Lin.

"Alright, Lu Lin, follow me."

"My Cave Mansion is near the mountain peak, just one teleportation, and we’ll arrive."

With that, Elder Long grabbed Lu Lin by the neck like picking up a kitten or puppy, and flew toward the mountain peak.

On General Mountain.

Lu Lin had already attempted teleportation, but due to strong rule restrictions, he was unable to teleport here.

Even Hu Zeng, who had reached the Star Emperor Realm, couldn’t teleport here.

Later he understood that only the seven Elders and the one hundred and eight Golden Divine Generals who were permitted could teleport on this mountain.

Even the Star Lodging War General and Star Dust General didn’t have such permission.

Along the way, a cold wind blew fiercely.

For Lu Lin, ever since he came to General Mountain, it was his first time flying in the sky.

In the thousands of meters high above General Mountain, there’s always a thin, somewhat blurry fog covering the area.

Even the seven Elders dared not recklessly enter this fog.

At this moment, flying in the air, Elder Long specifically flew close to the area near this fog.

Allowing Lu Lin to feel the special nature of this fog as well.

Like the endless sea encountered in the Exotic Battlefield, this fog could also absorb the cultivator’s power.

Only this time...

What the fog absorbed was Soul Power.

Any cultivator needs a soul.

Even some special races of demon beasts, or even non-flesh lives, if they wish to cultivate, to learn, to possess wisdom, the prerequisite is to have a soul.

Without a soul, it is just an ordinary rock or tree.

This seemingly transparent, dreamy fog can silently absorb a cultivator’s Soul Power.

If it weren’t for Lu Lin’s sufficiently strong Soul Power, he might not even have realized becoming a walking corpse within this fog.

Moreover.

This was merely the area close to the fog distribution, not really entering deep into the fog.

"Lu Lin, did you feel the power of this Soul Devouring Fog?"

Elder Long, within a distance of less than 500 meters near the fog, quickly descended.

"Yes, this Soul Devouring Fog can actually devour my Soul Power, it’s quite terrifying."

A hint of fright appeared on Lu Lin’s face.

"That’s considered fortunate, as your Soul Power Cultivation is powerful enough, so you can feel how this Soul Devouring Fog consumes souls."

"If a person’s Soul Power was weaker, they might not even know where they died."

"Within this range of Soul Devouring Fog, there are at least tens of thousands of Star Emperor and Star King Level masters existing as walking corpses."

"However, the cultivators of my General Mountain need not fear, as long as they possess the Disciple Token, they can freely fly in and out."

"This was a Formation painstakingly arranged by Elder Ting Yu over tens of thousands of years."

"A Formation?"

Lu Lin exclaimed in astonishment.

He looked around; the mist covered the entire sky above General Mountain.

General Mountain itself occupied an immense area of tens of million kilometers.

And Elder Long said this Soul Devouring Fog was merely a formation and not some naturally formed existence.

"Indeed, it’s just a routine defensive Formation."

"If my General Mountain actually faced an invasion from external enemies, at that time our Thousand-Layer Mountain Protection Array would activate its defense."

"Thousand-Layer? Mountain Protection Array?"

Lu Lin, though not inexperienced, felt completely unable to grasp what Elder Long was talking about.

General Mountain, honored as one of the Nine Great Sacred Lands, is the top existence in Longyuan World, with over ten thousand known Star Emperors and Star Emperors alone.

What forces in the world could pose a threat to General Mountain?

Needing the placement of a thousand-layer Mountain Protection Array, and in addition setting up the Soul Devouring Fog Formation capable of making people unknowingly turn into walking corpses.

"Right, we have arrived at the place; let’s go down first, I will then explain to you in detail."

Elder Long didn’t immediately explain but instead led Lu Lin to leap from the sky to a seemingly simple Cave Mansion.

Here, it is where Elder Long usually cultivates and resides.