I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

“...That’s how it is.” The flat-hooded man had no choice but to give false testimony for Li Lin.

The cavalry captain scrutinized the two men, but ultimately couldn't find any flaws, so he reluctantly suppressed his doubts.

"Alright, then I'll take my leave."

After seeing off the cavalry captain, who was clearly in a hurry and had important business to attend to, the man in the flat-hooded hat raised his head and said softly to Li Lin, "If you have time, would you do me the honor of coming over? Someone has something they would like to discuss with you."

The main storyline has already begun, hasn't it?!

Li Lin was beaming with pride and satisfaction.

Chapter 161: Main storyline complete!

"recieve the task."

Li Lin followed the man in the flat-hooded hat into his tent, then stood in front of him and shouted loudly.

The man in the flat-top hat gave Li Lin a strange look: "What mission?"

It seems the conditions are not met.

Li Lin remained calm. As long as he wasn't embarrassed, it was just someone else living in Bengbu.

Suppressing his doubts, the flat-hooded man removed his distinctive face, revealing a snake-like face.

It was a face that resembled that of a reptile, with a line of soft, pale blue scales blooming like the dawn rising at the horizon along the edge of his forehead and hairline; his cheeks were sunken and thin, like a shriveled heart that had been drained of blood; his eyes were bright and piercing, like two turquoise stones.

[A nobleman with a neck brace]

[Every noble with a sash is, or once was, one of the immortals of the Fifth History; they are destined to die in the Fifth History, and they escape from the Fifth History.]

They pledged their loyalty to all the Stars of Enlightenment.

He was an immortal being who had attained enlightenment, but his attitude was extremely humble compared to other immortal beings.

"I think you probably don't recognize me."

Although this nobleman with a hooded neck looked no different from a human, his way of speaking still had the characteristics of a snake-man, which was to exhale twice when he said three words. Li Lin maliciously wondered when he would bite his own tongue.

The hooded nobleman stuck out his tongue: "My noble name has been relinquished with the past. Now you can call me Allen... well, I think Dr. Allen Peale is a good name."

Before Li Lin could react, the nobleman named Allen began to recount part of their history.

Allen flicked his fingers, which were covered by withered flesh, and poured a cup of black tea from the pot into the cup.

“We once lived in the fifth history, and that is ultimately the history in which we will die.” Alan pushed the black tea toward Li Lin. “Whether we are immortal or mortal, we all yearn to live so intensely that we are unwilling to die. We move forward from the blank spaces of history itself, and we travel through the cracks of history.”

"We have turned our backs on the fate that we were supposed to die."

“We remember much about our elder sister and our kind mother, but we do not always offer our loyalty to her. Ah... We not only revere all the Diviners of the Awakening, but also maintain long-standing sacrifices to the Twins of the Sea, and we are no exception to the Diviners of the Woodlands.”

In the esoteric Buddhist world, there are only two deities who hold the title of Mother.

One of them is the Great Mother of Kübler, symbolizing the origin of the Earth Mother Goddess. She is the Sichen Red Cup, who drank up the tide of the ancient gods in the ancient war. She is known as the "Great Mother".

The second is the Mother of Salvation, namely the Ant Mother who, together with Colonel Sichen, killed the Seven Ancient Gods and inherited their positions, holding the seven secret powers. Her honorific name is [Mother of Mercy].

The nobles with hoods were once the children of the Seven Coiled Ones, and the Ant Mother inherited the position of the Seven Coiled Ones, so she naturally became the mother of all the nobles with hoods.

When He was reborn from the blood of the seven wombs, countless snakes were born with Him. These snakes shared a common name: "Young Sister".

Because they are the sisters of the ant mother, they can naturally resonate with the divine power of the ant mother.

Alan did not offer much criticism of the faith of the nobility. The sages do not decline because of the number of believers, nor are they changed by the backlash from the believers. They seem to transcend the changing tides of the times, extracting the parts they like to manifest their image.

"We fled from the Fifth History in order to escape unspeakable calamities."

As for the actions of the nobles who held their necks up, it was less a matter of betrayal and more a matter of desperate measures – if they could not leave the Fifth History, they would be lost in an unspeakable catastrophe.

As for the specifics of the "disaster," Alan said that those who know, know; those who don't, I can't say, but anyway, something big is coming.

After quickly shifting the topic away from the "unspeakable disaster," Alan seemed somewhat disinterested and casually mentioned some glorious deeds of the nobles with hoods.

These glorious deeds include, but are not limited to, traveling thousands of miles to initiate a war with another renowned order, only to be utterly defeated; provoking another vast empire, only to be soundly beaten by it; using dirt on the Woodland's Counts to blackmail them, only to be retaliated against by them later...

To be honest, the reason why the Sichens didn't have time to kill the Necklace Noble was largely due to the Ant Queen's influence.

With such precious items around his neck as examples, Master Li suddenly felt quite obedient.

He had completely forgotten that not long ago he had publicly mocked the Woodland officials by name and claimed to be the Lionmaker's father.

While Master Li was inwardly scorning the nobles with their necks draped, Alan, who had been talking incessantly, was starting to get impatient.

Li Lin's mind was unguarded, so as an Enlightened Being, he easily penetrated Li Lin's mind and glimpsed the traces of power of Si Chen's Double-Horned Axe.

This is no ordinary person who has been favored by Sichen. Even ordinary people who have been given names would not receive such favor from Sichen.

Alan is a traitor to the Necklace Nobles; he betrayed his own people and sought refuge with the Heart-Shattering Thunder Skin.

As a Heart-Shattering Star, Thunder Skin impartially and selflessly provides protection to all believers—the illusory sky of the esoteric world is a manifestation of Thunder Skin's power.

Thinking of the power Li Lin possessed, Allen even felt a genuine sense of jealousy.

As if he had thought of something, his expression dimmed slightly, and he stood up and bowed to Li Lin: "My traces in this history are gradually fading, but I have remembered your scent. I think we will meet again in the future."

In an effort to pass the level, Li Lin shook his head vigorously: "Please, next time, come see me as my little sister. It's really hard for me to keep going like this."

Allen's eyes, which were gradually losing their color, suddenly widened as he stared at Li Lin in astonishment.

However, at this moment, the traces that Allen left in this history have completely disappeared. His pupils have become like inorganic glass. No matter how much Li Lin pats his head, he only repeats those two sentences over and over again.

[The shed skin of an immortal who has attained enlightenment.]

The spirit that once resided there has departed.

[It possesses the status of an immortal being, but when driven by the residual spirituality within it, it is regarded as the fifth mark.]

"Oh my god, Allen's gone mad."

Li Lin clicked his tongue, thinking that he should still be able to run away in time, but he saw Alan get up blankly and walk out of the tent. When he met the cavalry captain and the Grand Vizier, he was still chatting and laughing as usual.

Seeing this, Master Li's heart stirred, and he tentatively approached Alan and Mustafa, asking, "Who is your father?"

Mustafa gave an irrelevant answer: "The main reason Vienna was so difficult to conquer was..."

Why did the art style suddenly turn into a real-time RPG?

Li Lin didn't believe in superstitions and asked Alan again.

"It really makes one miss their hometown..."

It's always the same sentence over and over again.

A thought suddenly struck Li Lin, and he walked up to Allen and said loudly, "Receive the mission!"

......

The group of people, far away in Vienna, suddenly found a new mission prompt popping up in front of them.

[To fulfill the obsession of one who had attained immortality.]

Chapter 162: Main story begins!!

"What happened? How come there are still immortal beings?"

When asked by his teammates, Li Lin smiled smugly and said, "Naturally, they were conquered by my charm."

Someone who can be captivated by Li Lin's charm is probably not someone with a normal aesthetic sense.

The year's end drifted unconsciously across the bed: "Hmm... I think it's less about charm and more about the timely gaze of a god upon you?"

After all, as a fellow immortal, her insight was quite sharp.

"In other words, the key to this secret realm lies not with Vienna, nor with the Ottomans, but with the immortal being who maintains the traces?"

He suddenly realized.

“That’s obvious.” Talulah, who felt she understood the situation, confidently pointed to the court attendants around her. “Now they’re clearly more like NPCs in a game.”

How can I help you?

The servant that Talulah pointed at walked towards them with a smile, but Li Lin firmly pushed him away.

"No thanks, my wife was great last night."

It seems that the disappearance of "Alan's" traces has caused the entire secret realm to lose a certain spirituality that changes with the changes of outsiders. Whether it is the 250,000 Ottomans or the more than 10,000 Vienna defenders, they have all become puppets that move according to predetermined rules.

Li Lin immediately began to rub his hands together excitedly: "In other words, all we need to do is free 'Alan'."

As for how to deliver him from this mess, the answer is, of course, to grind "Alan's" remains to dust and scatter his ashes into the Indian Ocean.

Nian strongly agreed with this, stating that if the final boss of this secret realm is the remains of an Enlightened Being, then limiting the challenger's output to the fifth mark would make sense.

Talulah and the Kingslayer had no objections to this. After all, there was a reason why these four people were able to get together. They were essentially a group of reckless brutes who charged in with knives.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Li Lin rubbed his hands together and pulled a crowbar from his crotch. "Let's get ready to fight the boss, friends."

Golden-purple twilight rippled from Li Lin's sleeves, enveloping the four of them.

Apparition.

......

On the Ottoman side, "Alan" had finished his communication with the Grand Vizier and was returning to his tent accompanied by the Mamluk cavalry captain.