Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

“Well…” A troubled expression returned to Song Lin’s face. He said helplessly, “Brother Chen, I really can’t give you an exact time. But rest assured, once we are fully prepared, we will definitely send you a message. When that time comes, you can go in.”

“Message?” Chen Tian pondered for a moment and asked, “What kind of message?”

“Hehe, isn’t there a turquoise stone inlaid on the jade pendant I gave you earlier? Once we’re ready here, we’ll send a message, and at that time, the turquoise will shine with a hazy green light. That will be the message.”

“Oh, you mean when this turquoise stone emits light, it will be the time for me to enter the Demonic Abyss. Is that right?” A look of realization appeared on Chen Tian’s face as he said to Song Lin.

“That’s right, that’s right, that’s exactly what I mean.” Song Lin immediately echoed with a smile.

“If that’s the case, then I understand. I’ll just wait patiently.” Chen Tian nodded, no longer having any doubts.

Hearing this, Song Lin seemed relieved of a heavy burden. He gave Chen Tian a deep bow and said excitedly, “Thank you for your understanding, Brother Chen. Rest assured, after I return, I will definitely arrange everything as quickly as possible so that you can enter the Demonic Abyss as soon as possible.”

“Thank you for your trouble, Brother Song.” Chen Tian’s expression remained unchanged as he replied calmly.

However, in Chen Tian’s heart, countless thoughts were racing.

Chen Tian’s inquiry about the time limit was not without reason, but rather a test of Song Lin.

Chen Tian knew that the Frozen Demon Region had guarded the Demonic Abyss for tens of thousands of years and must have a thorough understanding of the situation inside. If they wanted to arrange for someone to enter, it would naturally be a very simple matter.

But now Song Lin said that he couldn’t give Chen Tian a time limit and asked him to wait.

This revealed a major problem.

Chen Tian knew that Song Lin’s reason of ‘not being ready’ was actually an excuse. The truth was that there were several batches of cultivators who would enter the Demonic Abyss before him.

When Chen Tian heard Song Lin say that the jade pendant was like a number plate, he already felt something was wrong.

Now, after deliberately probing, Chen Tian was even more certain that there should be several groups of people ahead of him who would enter the Demonic Abyss.

From another perspective, Song Lin had already done his best for Chen Tian.

And Chen Tian naturally wouldn’t care about the order. He even hoped to postpone it as much as possible, because he still had many things to do before entering the Demonic Abyss.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian’s expression didn’t reveal any abnormality as he said calmly, “Alright, I understand everything. Then I’ll trouble Brother Song to arrange it for me.”

“Haha, not at all, not at all, you’re too kind, Brother Chen.”

Song Lin, unaware that Chen Tian had already guessed everything, said with a smile, “Alright, since Brother Chen understands, then I won’t disturb you any further. I’ll take my leave first and go back to prepare for you.”

With that, Song Lin turned around and was about to walk out.

Just at this moment, Chen Tian frowned, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly called out to him, “Brother Song, please wait.”

Song Lin had already walked into the courtyard. Hearing Chen Tian’s call, he turned back in confusion and asked, “What’s wrong, Brother Chen? Is there anything else?”

“Oh, it’s just a personal matter.” Chen Tian’s expression was calm as he glanced at the empty ice coffin inside the hall and said, “Brother Song, you arrived here before me, have you noticed anything unusual here? Or did you see anyone steal the corpse that was placed in this ice coffin?”

Hearing this, Song Lin couldn’t help but ponder. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and said, “When I found out that Brother Chen might be coming to this Lu Feng Town, I set off early, wanting to arrive here ahead of you and meet you.

But who would have thought that when I arrived in Lu Feng Town, I found it deserted. As I walked further, I saw large patches of corpses on the ground and blood flowing like rivers. At that time, I realized that something was wrong and wanted to go and investigate.

But just at that moment, two clouds of mist, one black and one red, suddenly soared up from this dilapidated Taoist temple, chasing each other and flying west. They disappeared after a while.

I felt strange after seeing this, so I came to this Taoist temple to investigate, but I only saw that it was empty. The lid of the ice coffin was also opened, and the corpse inside had disappeared.

Just as I wanted to investigate further, suddenly, I discovered that you, Brother Chen, were rapidly approaching this place. I was afraid that you would become suspicious if you saw me here, so I used a遁术 (escape technique) and hid behind the main hall. But I didn’t expect that you would still see through me.”

As he spoke, Song Lin couldn’t help but smile sheepishly, as if he was a little embarrassed.

However, after hearing his explanation, Chen Tian’s expression had already darkened: “Brother Song, are you saying that when you arrived in Lu Feng Town, you happened to see two groups of people leaving this Taoist temple, is that right?”

“That’s right.” Song Lin nodded and said, “Although it was just a fleeting glance, I can be sure that both of these groups of people had extremely high strength, and they were definitely not on the same side. They even fought several times in the air before leaving quickly.”

“Not on the same side? And their strength was very high?”

Hearing these two suspicious points reported by Song Lin, Chen Tian’s expression became even gloomier: “What exactly happened in this Taoist temple? Who is Xiao Long’s corpse in the hands of now?”

Chen Tian only felt endless doubts assailing him, like an invisible giant mouth, about to swallow him whole.

“Brother Chen? Are you alright?” Song Lin, who was beside him, looked at Chen Tian’s troubled appearance and couldn’t help but feel a little worried, asking with concern.

Hearing this, Chen Tian immediately let out a long sigh, then shook his head and said, “I’m fine, thank you for your concern, Brother Song.”

“Phew, that’s good. Then I’ll take my leave first. We’ll meet again in the future.” Song Lin smiled, then his figure flashed, turning into a stream of light, rising from the ground, and disappearing into the vast sky after a while.

Chen Tian kept smiling and watching Song Lin leave, but until he could no longer see his figure at all, Chen Tian’s expression instantly turned gloomy!