Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

Chapter 272 Past Events 7

It was a very large puppet, and the aura emanating from it was very pure, like the power of a demon, but it was also somewhat different.

As for the divine descendants... the puppet's power has absolutely nothing to do with the divine descendants.

While the Mirror Spirit was puzzled, Ling Yi's gaze towards the Heavenly Ghost Puppet deepened considerably.

In the past storyline, Lin Chengtian's soul is inside a stone, Lin Chengze is dead, Ye Qingshuang does not appear, and there is a Heavenly Ghost Puppet...

Now, everything in the previous part of this storyline has changed, but the Heavenly Ghost Puppet still exists. Moreover, according to past memories, the story of Bai Qingjue sending pills to Rong Shu also exists. This means that the key to everything is the Lin family.

From the Lin family, or more precisely, from her return, there was a past and a present, but before her return, there was only one line, and the fork in the road was her.

The fact that this line is so different from the previous line means that someone must have intervened and changed it. Ling Yi can't think of anyone else but Tian Yan.

But Tianyan didn't appear in either the previous lives of Yunzhou or Qizhou, so they must have met later.

Now, regarding Qizhou, there is only one thing that needs to be confirmed.

In the past, Ling Yi destroyed the Heavenly Ghost Puppet upon seeing it. Unlike the current storyline where she is searching for fragments of the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl, the Ling Yi in the past did not search for any fragments of the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl. She left Yunzhou to go elsewhere and had no intention of staying in Qizhou. It was only because the people in Qizhou attacked her that she took action to kill them. Otherwise, Qizhou would have been just a stopover for her.

However, under the control of the divine descendants, Ling Yi left Yunzhou and experienced the events in Qizhou, becoming the public enemy of the Nine Domains and Seventeen States. After that, even if she left Qizhou and went to other places, even if she was just passing through, she would be attacked.

As long as she lives, the Nine Regions and Seventeen States will not give up, but that's a story for another time...

Qizhou launched several sieges against Ling Yi, resulting in countless deaths and injuries, but none of them could harm Ling Yi. Ling Yi did not stay in Qizhou for long and left Qizhou by fighting his way through the city.

As Ling Yi left Qizhou, the past turned dark once again.

The Mirror Spirit looked at Ling Yi: "In Qizhou... you did nothing but kill people."

Ling Yi understood what Jing Ling meant, but remained silent.

In her past life, she did nothing but kill people in Qizhou, but that's not the case now. The Sea God Kingdom didn't appear in her past life, but it has now appeared. The reason for the Sea God Kingdom's appearance is because of Jin Zhou. In other words, Jin Zhou didn't appear in her past life, but he has appeared in this storyline now, so it can only be due to external forces.

Given the external interference and Jin Zhou's attitude towards Ji Yanzhi, it's not hard to guess.

Ling Yi collected his thoughts. The Mountain and River Mirror, the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl, and the Destiny Chart—these were not in the past, but they are in this timeline. Could these things be related to the restart of the past timeline?

"Ling Yi?" Just as Ling Yi was pondering, the Mirror Spirit called out.

Hearing the sound, Ling Yi looked at the Mirror Spirit: "What's wrong?"

The Mirror Spirit said, "The past events in Qizhou have ended, and we can't see what happens next for now. Let me take you out first."

"Mm," Ling Yi replied.

The Mirror Spirit carried Ling Yi's consciousness away from the Mountain and River Mirror. Ling Yi opened his eyes and looked down at the Destiny Map in his hand.

The patterns on the Mountain and River Mirror and the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl were already lit up, but the subsequent patterns had not yet appeared. Based on experience, Ling Yi knew that they would only appear when he reached the next location, so he stopped looking, put away the Destiny Map, and called out, "Heavenly Evolution."

【I am here. 】

Ling Yi said, "The Spirit-Gathering Pearl has been collected. It's time for you to unseal it for me."

【Okay.】 Tianyan did not hesitate and unsealed Lingyi's time skill.

Time-based skills are different from physical enhancements; they have no side effects or pain, and can be unlocked simply by using them.

Tianyan Dao: [01, Time Skill unlocked. The Time Skill will increase with your cultivation level and cannot be upgraded separately.]

After listening to Tianyan's words, Lingyi said, "Let me take a look at the skill book."

Tianyan responded: 【Good.】

Ling Yi opened the skill book; the currently unlocked skills were Mantra, Healing, and Time Manipulation.

Of these three, only the healing spell can be upgraded and strengthened; the other two are linked to cultivation level.

Besides these three, there are the four elements: fire, wood, wind, and water. All four of them were previously leveled up to level 10, but because there are no corresponding spirit sources, they can only remain in a state of flux and cannot be upgraded further.

Besides these four, there is also the ice element. Ling Yi did not unseal the ice element before, but kept those skill points. Later, when dealing with Jiao Yuan, he obtained the Different Ice Spirit Source from Sheng Wei, which allowed him to unseal the ice element and directly level up to level ten. He then fused with the Different Ice Spirit Source and upgraded it to the highest level of mutation.

After reviewing the information, Ling Yi asked Tian Yan, "How many skill points do I have now?"

Tianyan remained silent.

Seeing that Tianyan remained silent, Ling Yi knew that there weren't many points to unlock this time.

But she killed many people.

Ling Yi asked, "Should we seal it off?"

Tianyan didn't answer immediately, but said: "[You had twenty-four unsealing points left before you came in. Because those shadows were special, they don't count as skill points, so it only counts the people you killed when you came in. On the side of the Divine Descendants, sixteen people were hostile to you, so that adds one unsealing point. You now have twenty-five unsealing points. As for the people you killed...]"

Tianyan understood better than anyone why Lingyi would target the divine descendants.

"Those divine descendants, though they have no connection with you, have done good in your lifting of the seal, aside from killing those who were hostile to you." Tianyan said, "Those people are not good people."

Ling Yi was somewhat surprised to hear this; she hadn't expected Tian Yan to find such an angle.

However, Tianyan was indeed right; in the Frost Illusion Realm, most people fear the evil deeds they have committed in the past, but...

"Just don't seal them off, don't count it as doing good deeds." Ling Yi said in a calm tone: "I killed them simply because I wanted to kill them, not for the sake of doing good deeds."

【Alright.】Tian Yan responded, then said: 【01, as I mentioned before, once your cultivation reaches the Spirit Saint level, you can unseal your physical strength once. However, your current cultivation has reached the Yellow Spirit Master level. You are currently an eighth-level Yellow Spirit Master, which allows you to unseal twice. If you enter the Yellow Spirit General stage, you can unseal once more.】

"Eighth-level Yellow Spirit Master..." Before she entered, she hadn't even reached the Spirit Saint realm, but now she had already reached the Yellow Spirit realm. Logically, she should be satisfied, but...

She didn't care about the shadow or the origin of Hossin.

But she absorbed Ji Yanzhi's soul...

What can an eighth-level Yellow Spirit Master do?

It doesn't count as anything.

Before leaving Yunzhou, Ling Yi wasn't in such a hurry to regain his power, but after his trip to the Sea God Kingdom, he wanted to regain his former power as soon as possible.

"Is there no other way besides cultivation?" Ling Yi said, "During the time you were away, I was able to mobilize my former power because you lifted the restrictions for me. Can't you lift them outside?"

【01, No.】Tianyan rarely refused Lingyi, but on this point, he had to refuse: 【The Sea God Kingdom is special, and given that you previously had someone by your side who could quickly heal you, I lifted the restrictions. However, if you are outside, even if that person can heal you, the restrictions cannot be lifted except during battle. Otherwise, you will remain in a state of collapse, and you will not be able to withstand it.】

Ling Yi did not doubt what Tian Yan said.

Although there are many secrets between her and Tianyan, as far as we can see, everything Tianyan has given her has been good.

He did not harm her.

"I understand." Ling Yi didn't mention it again: "I'll unseal my physical strength when I get to Huangling."

It's not that Ling Yi doesn't want to unseal immediately, but she only has 25 unseal points right now. Unsealing her physical strength requires 100 points each time, and 300 points for three times. She's 275 points short, so she can't unseal even if she wants to. She can only wait until she goes out and collects more points before unsealing.

【01】Tianyan said: 【Killing the shadows won't collect unlocking points, but if you can eliminate those shadows before Golden Day and open the entrance to the Sea God Kingdom ahead of time, allowing those trapped inside to come and go freely, that would be a good thing. There are many people trapped inside; five shadows count as one unlocking, so you can collect a lot.】

Ling Yi understood Tian Yan's meaning, but she didn't want to.

Putting aside whether she could deal with those shadows before Jin Zhou returned, even if she could, she didn't want to consider it an act of kindness, because she had no intention of doing anything good.

Tianyan was well aware of Ling Yi's thoughts, and said gently, "[01, you only need to deal with those; I'll handle the rest.]"

As long as Ling Yi does it, he can calculate it.

Ling Yi didn't answer immediately, but said, "Let's talk about it later. Let me take a look at this place first."

"Okay." Tianyan responded without further persuasion.

Ling stood up and looked at the stone statues.

This place has many stone statues of mermaids, including children, women, and men, young and old.

Ling Yi didn't know why the heart had led her here, but since she was already here and had witnessed Qi Zhou's past, there was no harm in staying here for a while.

Ling Yi headed towards the merman statue.

Upon closer inspection, Ling Yi noticed that the stone statues had developed cracks to varying degrees, and the black mist was emanating from these cracks.

Seeing this, Ling Yi reached out to try and absorb the black mist, but as her hand landed on the stone statue, she heard a childish voice: "Sister, it hurts..."

Upon hearing the voice, Ling Yi looked at the stone statue with a surprised expression.

The stone statue she was standing in was a small mermaid statue, a little girl.

The voice just now was very childish, which was very much in line with the age of this stone statue. Could it be that... that voice really was from this stone statue?

Ling placed the stone statue back on with one hand.

"Sister, it hurts..." The childish voice rang out again, sounding as if the pain was severe.

This time, Ling Yi didn't immediately withdraw his hand, but instead asked, "Isn't this a stone statue? Why can you talk?"

The voice seemed frightened when it heard Ling Yi's question, and after a while it spoke softly, "I've been inside the stone statue the whole time."

Always?

Upon hearing this, Ling Yi immediately looked up at the other stone statues and asked the little girl, "Are there people inside the other stone statues too?"

"Mmm." The little girl nodded: "Mother, father, sister, brother, everyone is here because we can't leave. We have to suppress this black fog."

"But it hurts so much, I can't hold it in any longer..." The little girl's voice was a little weak: "If this black mist gets out, more and more shadows will appear. I... I've been trying so hard to keep the black mist out, but it really hurts, I can't hold on much longer..."

After hearing what the little girl said, Ling Yi was speechless with shock.

They were all alive!

Thinking of this, Ling Yi withdrew his hand and placed it on another stone statue. The statue remained silent, without making any other sound.

No, didn't she say they were all there?

Why is there no sound?

Thinking of this, Ling Yi went to test the other stone statues. He discovered a problem: some stone statues made sounds, while others did not.

However, the voices of the stone statues that could make sounds were very weak. Apart from occasionally uttering a few words, they were mostly silent, as if they were too weak to speak.

Ling Yi wanted to know what was going on here, but obviously, if she went back to ask the child, she might not know. After all, according to the child, her family was still there, but in reality, some of the stone statues had stopped making any noise.

Ling Yi continued forward, occasionally probing the merfolk, and found that their voices were mostly intermittent, unlike the child, who could speak in complete sentences.

Ling stopped and looked ahead. There were still many mermaid statues ahead, but she was afraid that they would be like the ones she had explored before, unable to speak in complete sentences.

Should we go back to find that child, or continue forward?

After thinking it over, Ling Yi decided to continue forward. The child was there and wouldn't run away, but it was unclear what lay ahead, so he had to go and check.

Thinking this, Ling Yi flew forward. This time, however, she didn't stop halfway. She wanted to go straight to the front and see what was there.

Ling Yi was very fast, but he stopped before he reached the innermost part of the Mermaid Tomb.

In front of Ling Yi, there was an extremely dazzling white light that illuminated the surroundings, making the originally dim Mermaid Tomb much brighter.

Ling Yi stared at the white light and couldn't help but think of Jin Zhou.

When I first met Jin Zhou, he was still inside that woman's belly, and the stone she was lying on could glow.

Thinking of this, Ling Yi moved and approached the ball of light, quickly entering it.

After entering the range of that light, Ling Yi went forward for a while and saw a huge, white stone. Inside that stone lay a child of six or seven years old. The child was none other than Jin Zhou, who had swallowed the golden pearl earlier.

Ling Yi approached the stone and quietly gazed at the golden light within it.

Jin Zhou is currently in a state of slumber and is completely unaware of the outside world.

Ling Yi never expected to see Jin Zhou here. She knew Jin Zhou was in a deep slumber, and she had assumed he was in the palace in the central area. She never imagined he would be in the Mermaid Tomb, but…

Is Jin Zhou here because of that heart that led her here?

Ling Yi didn't know, but she was quite curious about another thing, which was this stone.

In her past life, she took out a similar stone and placed Lin Chengtian's soul into it. Jin Zhou, who was in the first realm, had also mentioned the Destiny Stone. If she was not mistaken, this should be that Destiny Stone.

This Destiny Stone can contain a soul. In addition, based on the clues she learned in the first realm, she had taken away Jin Zhou's Destiny Stone before. If it were useless, she wouldn't want a stone. The fact that she wanted it means that this Destiny Stone is useful to her.

Destiny Stone, Destiny Chart...