Chapter 984: Chapter 609: Inheritance of the Sect of Seven Poisons, Familiar Cave (2)

"Alright, you go ahead, just leave things here to this old man." Cheng Yu hadn’t expected Lu Lin to actually pull it off, so he let him return to his quarters without the slightest hesitation to sort through the memories of the Li Chengwu brothers.

As for the scene before him, Elder Cheng Yu could naturally handle it with ease.

Lu Lin agreed and quickly flew back to the courtyard. After about half an hour, Elder Cheng Yu also returned. Seeing that Lu Lin was still in seclusion, he did not disturb him.

In the blink of an eye, daylight broke.

Lu Lin walked out of the room. He came to the door of Elder Cheng Yu’s room, "Master, I’ve already finished organizing it."

"So fast?"

Elder Cheng Yu let Lu Lin in. "Lu Lin, how is it, did you gain anything?"

"Yes."

Lu Lin nodded. There wasn’t the slightest relaxation in his eyes; instead they were full of tension and gravity.

Elder Cheng Yu immediately had Lu Lin recount what he had found in the brothers’ memories.

It turned out that in the past the Li Chengwu brothers were also quite favored by Li Xuanjin. Over so many years, Li Xuanjin had only these two children, and their cultivation Talent was pretty good as well, so he naturally focused on cultivating them.

Although Li Xuanjin himself was unable to step into the Star Emperor Realm, he hoped his two children could break through that limitation. When the brothers were still quite young, he would often take them out to temper their strength.

After many years, in conduct, combat, and cultivation, the brothers could all be called outstanding among their peers. Even among the many Heavenly Talents of General Mountain, they could rank near the top.

But the good times didn’t last. Because Li Xuanjin’s temperament changed drastically, he lost his former drive to forge ahead, came to the Northwestern Domain and founded a Sect of his own, content with an ordinary, mediocre life.

The Li Chengwu brothers couldn’t adapt to their father’s change. They tried to persuade him many times to no avail, and could only go out together to temper themselves.

In one battle with demon beasts, the two ran into danger. Panicking, they fled blindly into the Northwestern Domain Demon Race’s territory.

In the end they actually found a cave. Lu Lin could see the location of this cave from their memories, but as for what happened after they entered, he could not find the slightest trace of it in either of their memories.

The next part picked up five hundred years later. The two brothers naturally hadn’t died, but before that they should have been trapped deep within the cave the whole time, unable to leave. The new memories showed the two leaving the Northwestern Domain.

After coming out, the brothers changed. In the past, they were keen on going out to temper themselves, striving to break through to higher levels, but after five hundred years in the cave, they grew obsessed with power. At that time, the Demon Slaying Sect had only one Junior Sect Leader, Hao Datong. The two brothers then told Li Xuanjin that they also wanted to serve as Junior Sect Leaders and compete together.

And they began all kinds of power struggles within the Sect. In addition, they used their authority to recruit human youths from the nearby area on a large scale, only to discard them again and again, then hand them over to the Sect of Seven Poisons’ weirdo to Refining Poison.

Several years ago, the brothers’ Cultivation was already at the Mid-stage Star Emperor, yet thousands of years later up to now, their Cultivation remained completely unchanged.

As for Li Xuanjin’s whereabouts, the two weren’t very clear either.

"So you’re saying that as early as thousands of years ago, the brothers had already become that freak’s Soul Slave?"

"And all they did was send some ordinary people to that freak so he could Refining Poison?"

Elder Cheng Yu frowned. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

As a high-ranking Elder of General Mountain Holy Land, he did not care much about the lives of ordinary commoners. Unless those commoners had become scarce to a certain extent, his attitude toward them was one of indifference.

However, this weirdo, over the span of several thousand years, only had these two brothers do such things. Given his understanding of the Sect of Seven Poisons, this did not seem likely to be so simple.

Lu Lin slapped his forehead. "Master, I remember now. That freak should have quite a background."

"When I found him just now, he mentioned the origin of my broken knife, and he also knew some things about Chen Buming."

"Oh?"

Elder Cheng Yu turned his head, looking at Lu Lin with great interest.

Lu Lin took out his own broken knife, but Elder Cheng Yu still couldn’t tell what background this knife had. He did not know that this was the very battle knife once used by the Saber Demon—Xue Xi.

However, he did have some understanding of the name Chen Buming.

"Lu Lin, you actually know Senior Bu Ming?"

"I guess I do. The little sister of a good brother of mine is currently following Senior Bu Ming on Kongtong Mountain to study cultivation."

Lu Lin thought of Xiao Ru. After coming to Longyuan World, his contact with Xiao Ru had become much less frequent. Every time they communicated, Xiao Ru would say she was busy and would contact him when she was free.

Only, in these decades, Xiao Ru had contacted Lu Lin fewer than ten times.

"Oh?"

This time Elder Cheng Yu was even more shocked. Chen Buming counted as one of the most top-tier existences in Longyuan World; his Cultivation and ability were unfathomable.

The seemingly lofty Holy Land Master wasn’t even a match for Chen Buming.

As for how strong he truly was, Elder Cheng Yu didn’t know either. He hadn’t expected that a Heavenly Talent from a small world like Lu Lin could actually have ties to Chen Buming.

"Alright then, we’ll leave that freak’s matter aside for now. After all, after suffering such heavy injuries, he won’t be able to stir up trouble again within a short time. Right now the most pressing thing is still to find Li Xuanjin."

"I know, Master."

Lu Lin was already calculating in his heart.

Because in this search for Li Xuanjin’s whereabouts, he couldn’t directly rely on the Guiding Star Skill to find him, he had lingered in the Demon Slaying Sect for more than one day. He hadn’t expected that in just one night, among the Demon Slaying Sect’s five Junior Sect Leaders, the brothers Li Chengwu and Li Chenggong were dead, Cao Hui had become Lu Lin’s slave, and only Ye Xiaorou and Hao Datong were people Lu Lin had yet to make contact with.

After Lu Lin left Elder Cheng Yu’s small courtyard, Cheng Yu looked at his back with a meaningful gaze.

Perhaps very few people knew this, but Cheng Yu more or less understood a bit.

Saint Lord Lv Potian of General Mountain and Chen Buming had some connection. Over tens of thousands of years of interaction, whether Elder Cheng Yu brought it up on purpose or watched other Elders mention the three characters "Chen Buming" in front of Lv Potian, Lv Potian would always show a trace of respect.

Although Lv Potian hid it very well, after so many times, the meticulous Elder Cheng Yu still sensed that something was off.

Although Chen Buming possessed powerful strength, he had almost nothing to do with General Mountain. At most, he and Lv Potian could be considered fellow Holy Land Masters, and the two had never had any formal meeting or exchange before.

Lv Potian had displayed his Talent within an extremely short period in General Mountain, becoming its top combat force, and before the previous General Mountain Holy Land Master’s term ended, he had already become General Mountain’s most sought-after presence.

Now another Lu Lin had appeared, and he also had a connection to Chen Buming. Elder Cheng Yu couldn’t help but think more about it.

But he only kept this matter in his heart. As for what Chen Buming was plotting, he did not know, nor did he have the right to know. He would just have to wait and see in the future.

Leaving the courtyard where Cheng Yu was resting, Lu Lin clearly felt that the atmosphere inside the Demon Slaying Sect was somewhat heavy.

In the place they viewed as their lair, such a threatening freak had actually appeared. Although the damage caused wasn’t very great, two Junior Sect Leaders had died. In any place, this could not be considered a small matter.

On top of that, with the Sect Leader Li Xuanjin missing, if not for Cao Hui, Ye Xiaorou, and Hao Datong still holding things down, the Demon Slaying Sect might well have disbanded overnight.

Lu Lin took out Li Xuanjin’s Soul Lamp Stone and used the Guiding Star Skill. A golden arrow appeared before him.

Lu Lin smiled faintly. From the beginning until now, the Guiding Star Skill had never let him down.

Following the guidance of the arrow, Lu Lin flew all the way toward the Deep Northwest Domain.

On the way, he saw dozens of Demon Race tribes, but since this trip was to search for someone, he did not alert anyone. He only concealed his presence and passed by from the side.

He flew for a full two days, until Lu Lin could no longer accurately determine his own position. Just then, the golden arrow suddenly pointed toward a cave.

Lu Lin stared at this seemingly familiar place, stunned on the spot.

Isn’t this...