Immortal Road.

Chapter 113 Joining the Black Lotus Sect

A group of one hundred people rode on Yan Yuanchun's brocade handkerchief. The magic weapon flew for five days and five nights before reaching the depths of the East China Sea.

Only by crossing it once can you realize how vast the East China Sea is.

No matter day or night, there is only the eternal blue sea as your companion, and only occasionally can you see some islands dotted among them. This emptiness and loneliness are very depressing.

It's no wonder that there are no top factions in the East China Sea. Although it is vast and boundless, the islands are scattered here and there and can't be pieced together. If there is no sea chart, I'm afraid I may not be able to find an island even if I wander around for half a month.

During this period, Luanchun, the little girl, was lively and carefree. She was angry with Linshan and ignored him, but the next day she came to argue with him again.

During the quarrel with Luanchun, Lin Shan gradually got some information out of him and understood the current situation of the three overseas demon sects, as well as the origin of Yan Yuanchun, the Jindan-stage guardian.

It turns out that a thousand years ago, the three major righteous sects of the Song Dynasty were at their peak, and as their power expanded, they needed to expand their territory. However, the Song Dynasty had only so much basic territory, and the six major sects of righteousness and evil had already been divided up. If they wanted to develop further, they could only rob.

It just so happened that there were constant frictions between the righteous and the evil. The leaders of the righteous sects calculated their own strengths and found that at that time, there was a lack of young people in the evil sects. The old generation of masters were gradually dying out, and the new generation of young people had not yet grown up.

Of course we must seize such a good opportunity.

So he found an excuse and brazenly started a civil war in the cultivation world of the Song Dynasty.

The ending was just like the current situation. After several years of fierce fighting, the three major sects of the evil way, the Hundred Ghosts Sect, the Blood River Palace, and the Black Lotus Sect, all had their mountain gates breached and were forced to go into exile in the northern Dayan Kingdom.

However, the resources of the Yan State's cultivation world had long been divided up by local forces, leaving them with no place to stay, so they had no choice but to continue wandering northward.

After finally crossing more than ten countries, they finally found a base in the distant State of Lu. It is said that they were accepted by a super magic sect there whose pressure radiated to several countries, and provided a shelter for the three exiled magic sects of the Song Dynasty.

On the Song side, there were also some remnants of the evil sect who did not flee into exile but instead went underground. Of course, they were called "the remnants of the Holy Religion" by Luanchun.

Anyway, the meaning is no different. He has been a street rat in the Song Dynasty for thousands of years. He can only lurk in the dark, and when he is caught by the righteous path by chance, he will fight against evil and defend the righteous path.

Just like the Black Lotus Messenger that Lin Shan met in the Yelang Ancient Tomb in southern Xinjiang, he was tragically tracked down by Lei Zhenzi, who came to capture the Zixiao Sect and brought him back for trial.

Yan Yuanchun, as a Jindan-stage cultivator of the Black Lotus Sect, had been hiding in a brothel in Yichuanfang City, secretly cultivating his own people, and occasionally receiving international instructions from the distant headquarters in the north.

A thousand years passed in a flash, and no one knew what the three evil sects of the northern Lu State had experienced, but in short, they had regained their original heyday, so they planned to return to their homeland of the Song Dynasty, inherit the will of their ancestors, restore the mountain gate and take revenge on the righteous path.

Two years ago, after a series of making friends with distant nations and attacking nearby ones, they joined forces with the major South China Sea sect Lin Yu Zhai and the Yan State's demonic sect Huang Quan Zong and seized the entire East China Sea. Now, batches of reinforcements and monks are arriving from the Lu State.

In addition to the independent cultivators recruited by the East China Sea, there are also the remnants of the evil sects that had been lurking in the Song Dynasty for thousands of years. Basically, in recent years, as long as they can consolidate the springboard, they will be ready to attack the inland.

This time, Yan Yuanchun led hundreds of disciples to the East China Sea, which could be said to be a way to return to their roots and orthodoxy before the war started. Otherwise, if a war really broke out, it would be hard to say whether they could leave the mainland.

……

As they chatted, the shadow of an island gradually emerged on the sea level in the distance.

As the handkerchief under his feet approached quickly, he found that it was a huge archipelago gathered together, with a radius of thousands of miles.

There are towering volcanoes on the islands, and the heat waves are rolling. However, some of the giant peaks thousands of meters above sea level are covered with snow, which is a world of difference from the mountains below.

There are several mortal cities on the island for recuperation, and palaces and temples have been built on the three highest peaks. It is obvious that this place is located in the hinterland of the East China Sea. Not only is it deep enough, but it also has a vast area and excellent spiritual veins. It has become the temporary headquarters of the three sects of magic.

Yan Yuanchun led everyone to land on a mountain peak on the left. There were people coming and going here. The monks passing by were in a hurry, each with a mission to accomplish. A rough estimate was that there were tens of thousands of monks.

Most of the Black Lotus Cult members wore black robes and capes, looking like charlatans, and had a strong religious atmosphere. "This is the temporary headquarters of the Black Lotus Cult. I will take you to the main hall to meet the headmaster first and confirm the return of our branch."

Everyone followed Yan Yuanchun all the way up the mountain. The palaces and caves around them showed signs of having been newly developed, but it seemed that not many people lived there.

I think now that the East China Sea has been initially stabilized, a large number of cultivators should be sent out to consolidate the territory. The 10,000 people in the headquarters may just be the reinforcements that have just arrived.

After passing through countless caves and climbing thousands of steps, they finally arrived at the main hall on the top of the mountain. After everyone followed in, they found that there were already several teams waiting inside the hall, and each team had dozens or hundreds of people.

A dozen Jindan-stage cultivators were chatting about something in the hall. When they saw Yan Yuanchun coming with their own cultivators, they all greeted him. It seemed that everyone knew each other.

"Since Junior Sister Yan is here, the remaining members of the local clan are all here. Let's come together to hold the homecoming ceremony."

A middle-aged man in a black robe in the middle called Yan Yuanchun up. From what others called him, he was the current headmaster of the Black Lotus Sect. He was already in the late Jindan stage of great perfection. If the old monster in the Yuanying stage did not show up, he was basically able to control the overall situation and lead all the disciples in the sect.

"Master, isn't it too trifling to hold the Return Ceremony with just a few of us?"

"We have to make decisions in an emergency. There are thousands of mountains and rivers between Lu and Song, and reinforcements from the headquarters are still being transported in batches. The East China Sea is short of manpower and has been sent out. At present, we can only make do with simple means."

The head master expressed his apologies slightly. The other local Jindan masters had been hiding for so long and finally could straighten their heads and return to their backers. Naturally, they had no extra objections and all agreed.

Six Jindan-stage survivors of the Black Lotus Sect returned with hundreds of people. The other Jindan-stage members in the hall were a few guardians of the sect who came from the State of Lu. The head sect leader had already prepared various matters for today.

In this way, under the guidance of the dozen Jindan Zhenren on the stage, hundreds of people in the palace, including Lin Shan, hastily went through some procedures, such as worshipping ancestors, worshipping Buddha, and reading out the religious precepts, and then they officially returned to the Black Lotus Sect and became one of its members.

Fortunately, the Black Lotus Sect does not have any rules such as not being allowed to drink alcohol, eat meat, or touch women. It simply worships the "Black Lotus Buddha".

Yes, you heard it right!
It’s not belief, it’s just worship!
The monks in the church are responsible for spreading the incense and letting mortals believe in it. As for who will finally harvest the incense, that is not something you can find out. Just stay within your means.

Apart from this, everything else feels quite normal, no different from other sects. Everyone is leaning against a big tree for shade, and the disciples in the sect are like a family. Don't kill each other, live in harmony, and take preaching as your responsibility.

His Highness Lin Shan was confused. Is this still the demon sect that I know of in the rumors, where they would sacrifice their fellow disciples for blood at any time? Why does it feel like a pyramid scheme?

The head master in the hall would not know Lin Shan's thoughts, so it was even more impossible for him to answer him. After finishing the process according to the script, he began to arrange everyone's identities.

"The Yuanying stage is respected as the Dharma King, the Jindan stage can be the Dharma Protector, the Foundation Establishment stage is the Messenger, and the Qi Training stage is the disciple."

"The Jindan stage guardians are divided into the following categories."

"Foundation-building messengers are divided into combat messengers, discipline messengers, religious protection messengers, and altar purification messengers."

"The disciples of the Qi training period are divided into"

……

After the master on the stage made the division, without exception, all five of Yan Yuanchun's foundation-building disciples, including Lin Shan, were named "Altar Purifiers."

Lin Shan was even more confused. He seemed to have a vague impression of this word, but it was too long ago and he couldn't remember it at all.

It seems that in the classical mythological novels of the previous life, the so-called second brother was finally given the title of "Altar Purifier" after returning from the West with the scriptures.

What the hell is this?
Is it a banquet?
(End of this chapter)