Immortal Road.

Chapter 116: Ezo Sea (Overhaul)
Lin Shan looked at the crowd in the chaotic square. He didn't believe that all the independent cultivators in the East China Sea were these rotten ones. It was obvious that the good seedlings had been picked up by the previous cultivators of the "Lu State School".

In addition to him, there were more than a dozen local foundation-building cultivators on the field, all of whom had frowned and were unable to make a decision.

Especially when they heard some people below shamelessly shouting that they wanted to make unspeakable deals, their faces turned even darker.

Finally, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators including Lin Shan reached an agreement and divided the Qi Condensation late stage cultivators below among themselves.

According to their personal wishes, three cultivators in the late stage of Qi training chose to follow Lin Shan, and the rest all picked up some cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training to make up the numbers.

After gathering a staff of 100 people, Lin Shan didn't waste any time and took his men to the side. He distributed the task manual to his subordinates and asked them to read it in turn.

"This is the mission. It doesn't matter whether you believe in the Black Lotus Sect or not. We need to make mortals believe in and worship the Black Lotus Buddha statue."

"No matter what means you use, what is needed is the sincere worship of mortals. Force does not count."

"Those who complete the mission first will be awarded great merits. Once you have enough merits, you will have the opportunity to officially join the great magic sect."

"If I find anyone cheating, I will definitely punish him.
Extract the soul and refine the spirit!"

……

Lin Shan used both kindness and force on the stage, making big promises and scaring people at the same time. Although he was now in the foundation-building stage, he had never learned how to "extract souls and refine spirits".

But now as a messenger of the Demon Cult, he said that he could do it, and these independent cultivators under him also thought it was natural.

What? The demon cult's Foundation Establishment Envoy can't even do the most basic "soul extraction and spirit refinement"? Who would believe it if I told them?

Hundreds of East China Sea cultivators below were trembling with fear, and were frightened by Lin Shan's eerie words, nodding their heads repeatedly like chickens pecking at rice. After all, the word "demon sect" was too intimidating, and if Lin Shan said he ate people, there would probably be people who believed it.

All this is thanks to the smear campaign by the righteous sects of the Song Dynasty, which demonized the three evil sects from a thousand years ago, leaving everyone with the inherent impression of "scary", "bloody" and "gloomy". However, they would never understand the real situation unless they joined the Black Lotus Sect.

After giving the orders, Lin Shan distributed one hundred storage bags issued by the sect to each of his men, each of which contained hundreds of newly made Black Lotus Buddha statues.

There will be more of this stuff later, and it will be shipped to the major sea areas in batches. After all, the population of all the islands in the East China Sea is huge. The Black Lotus Sect hurried over from Lu State to make it on the spot, and the shortage of Buddha statues may be hundreds of millions.

Each Black Lotus Buddha statue has a strict number, and the collection of faiths must not be sloppy. After a year, a special supervisor will go there to count and see which numbered Buddha statues are sincerely worshipped by mortals, and then register them.

Each Black Lotus messenger is not allowed to build Buddha statues or collect beliefs privately. Anyway, everything else in the religious rules is very relaxed, but the incense and beliefs are particularly strict.

Lin Shan felt annoyed when he thought of this. He beat his subordinates and directly used his high-level magic weapon "Cloud-Falling Banner".

As a person in the Foundation Establishment Stage, of course he can fly objects, which is why only people in the Foundation Establishment Stage can lead a team.

The "Cloud-Descending Banner" flew onto the open space in front, and as he inputted spiritual power into it, it grew larger and larger. Finally, when it was almost thirty meters long, Lin Shan withdrew it and shouted to his men to line up and sit on the flagpole.

Seeing hundreds of Qi training monks lining up to load his magic weapon, Lin Shan became very proud and waved his hand!
"set off!"

……

The Jiangyun Banner did not move at all, and the hundreds of subordinates sitting on it stared at each other in amazement.

"Hmm? Let's go!"

……

Lin Shan tried his best and shouted again with his neck stiff.

But he found that it was useless to rely on spiritual consciousness alone without any spiritual power, because the weight of hundreds of people was tens of thousands of pounds!

"What a joke! I am a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage and I can't even lift something that weighs ten tons?"

The spiritual power in his body surged, and this time the Cloud-Falling Banner easily carried the person into the air. Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

I realized that I had fallen into a misunderstanding. It is true that the spiritual consciousness can control objects during the foundation-building period, but the heavier the weight, the greater the spiritual power consumption. It is no problem for me to carry hundreds of people to fly, but I keep consuming spiritual power to fly. How long can I sustain it?
No wonder flying boats are so popular in the world of cultivation.

While he was hesitating, he suddenly had an idea and activated the "Phantom Cloud" function of the "Cloud-Falling Banner".

Now that’s good, the thirty-meter-long banner in front of me turned into a thirty-meter-long cloud.

Although this cloud looked a bit strange, long and thin like a noodle, it floated up automatically.

Lin Shan didn't feel much spiritual energy consumption this time. He drove the clouds higher and higher, carrying a group of brothers slowly to a height of a thousand meters, and then drifted towards the northeast.
On the long noodle-like clouds, the East China Sea cultivators were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They looked at the sky thousands of meters high next to them and knew that if they fell from the sky, they would definitely fall into the sea and feed the fishes.

But no one dared to speak up, no one dared to suggest making the cloud wider, or adding a guardrail or something! We are afraid of heights!

Lin Shan was sitting in the front row at this time, so he had no mood to pay attention to what was happening behind him. He just discovered that among the dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators below, half of them had specific flying instruments that could carry people, and the other half could only take a boat on the sea with their subordinates.

I couldn't help but feel a little relieved. It turned out that I wasn't the only one who didn't have a flying instrument. In this case, I had to thank the versatile function of the instrument "Falling Cloud Banner".

In this way, this "noodle cloud" floated slowly in the sky for about ten days, and finally reached their destination.

"Ezo Sea Area".

Flying to the "Ezo Island" with a radius of one hundred miles in the center of the sea, Lin Shan lowered the clouds to the ground and collected them. The little brothers above were trembling all over and couldn't even stand up.

God knows how they spent these ten days.

All the younger brothers regarded this flying journey as the nightmare of their lives, and always felt that it was a "show of force" given to them by the messenger of the evil cult.

Facts have proved that this method is indeed cruel enough. Everyone respects and fears Lin Shan. They all know that the boss does not play by the rules, is moody, and capricious.

Seeing that his men were particularly afraid of him, Lin Shan showed a satisfied smile on his face. He had no idea that his carelessness had turned out to be a blessing in disguise, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the identity of the Demon Cult was indeed impressive.

I didn't do anything, but these casual cultivators are scared to death. I'm afraid no one dares to cheat or be cunning. These are the most useful workers.

……

The Ezo Sea is named after the Ezo Island at our feet.

Because there is a spiritual eye that cannot be any smaller, it has become the main island of the sea area. The East China Sea monks who originally occupied this place to practice have long since fled upon hearing the news.

The island is a hundred miles in radius, with no vegetation and few suitable places for farming. The tens of thousands of mortals on the island rely on fishing for a living, and it has gradually developed into a village over countless years. As Lin Shan and hundreds of other immortal cultivators descended from the sky, the villagers actually bowed down and worshiped, shouting "Master Immortal" loudly. It is obvious that some immortal cultivators have shown themselves to be saints in recent years, so this generation has an impression of them.

"Whoever is in charge of the village, come out and see me!"

The crowd made way for a path, and a bald old man came out and knelt on the ground: "I am the village chief, what do you want, Immortal Master?"

Lin Shan nodded, and had no intention of talking outside the village. He directly asked the village chief to take them into the only courtyard of a wealthy family in the village.

His subordinates found a table and chairs, brought tea, and Lin Shan sat in the yard, fanning himself with a fan. Hundreds of monks stood in a circle on both sides, with the village chief and a dozen respected gentry surrounding him in the middle.

"Master Immortal, you have come to visit us. We are sorry for not welcoming you in person. Please tell us what you need and we will do our best."

Lin Shan didn't say much and directly told all the gentry about the Black Lotus Sect's missionary work and told them that all the islands in this sea area would belong to the Black Lotus Sect from now on.

From now on, every household must believe in the Black Lotus Sect, and everyone must worship the Black Lotus Buddha statue. Let them popularize it to the villagers.

The most important thing is to make them offer sacrifices sincerely and worship every day. As for how to do it, you are all village officials, so you should figure it out yourselves.

The village head and the gentry in the yard were all confused and had no idea how to respond. They had lived on the island for generations, fishing for a living, and few of them were literate. How could they spread their faith?

As for the Black Lotus Sect, what the hell is that?

I've never heard of it, and you come and tell us to preach. The question is how to preach?
This was also Lin Shan’s first time, and he didn’t know how to spread it. For a moment, everyone in the yard was stunned, and they couldn’t help but ask themselves, “I don’t know anything, then what am I doing here?”

However, at this time, the advantage of strength in numbers was demonstrated, and an old man in the late stage of Qi training walked out from among the group of casual cultivators he brought with him.

This person was none other than one of his three subordinates who were in the late stage of Qi training. He had shifty eyes and a goatee that made him look even more wretched. His hunched figure vaguely resembled an old friend of Lin Shan.

However, Lin Shan was very sure that he had never met an old man in the late stage of Qi training who looked like this.

The old man said his last name was Zhong. He stood up and carefully reported that he had done research in this area.

When Lin Shan heard this, he was surprised that someone had actually done this homework? Well, you try it!

Old man Zhong turned around, straightened his back instantly, and introduced himself to the village chief and gentry in the middle.

"My last name is Zhong, and the man behind me is the envoy of the Black Lotus Sect. This time, I will explain to you, the elders and fellow villagers, how to preach the religion!"

He took out a black lotus Buddha statue from the storage bag on his waist and gently placed it in front of everyone.

"The Black Lotus Sect reveres the Black Lotus Buddha. This is the Black Lotus Dharmakaya. You must worship it every day."

"The Black Lotus Buddha was born into a mortal royal family. He cares about the sufferings of the world and does a hundred good deeds every day."

"When I was young, I stopped fighting, saved all living creatures and monsters, and cut off my own flesh to feed eagles."

"He then sat on a black lotus on a snowy mountain and realized the true Dharma, and founded the Holy Black Lotus Sect!"

……

While Old Man Zhong was popularizing the life story of the Black Lotus Buddha and the origin of the Black Lotus Sect, he leisurely took out a book from his storage bag. The title of the book seemed to be "Black Lotus Sutra", and began to recite and pray devoutly.

"That's what I heard."

"That's what I heard."

"That's what I heard."

As he spoke, Old Man Zhong secretly lit another incense stick, stuffed a soul-calming pill in his mouth, struck the soul-calming wooden fish with his hands, activated the dazzling robes on his body, and used the wind-controlling talisman under his feet.
With a series of halos added to him, his image instantly became tall and majestic.

As the proverbs spread.

Old man Zhong's voice gradually became more and more excited. The village head and the gentry in the yard looked confused. They felt a little dizzy and dazed. Suddenly, old man Zhong in front of them floated in the air, emitting Buddha's light all over his body.

All the monks present were staring at the old man in a daze. Lin Shan was also stunned when he listened to him. He felt that the chanting sounds around him seemed to be overlapping and unreal. This old man was indeed quite capable.

But why do I also feel a little dizzy?

……

The village heads and gentry on the field were also gradually lost. How could they resist the power of the Ecstasy Incense and the Soul-Calming Pill? After being fooled by the old man Zhong, they felt that all they could hear were the sounds of a huge bell, and they could not help but kneel down and worship him.

At this time, the old man Zhong was suspended in the air, with a golden halo behind his head, illuminating the earth. He held a Buddhist seal in front of his chest, muttered something, and uttered a series of "卍"-shaped Chinese characters, which floated between heaven and earth with the wind.

The sounds of prayers were so deafening that they made people feel convinced unconsciously. Even Lin Shan, who was in the foundation-building stage, felt affected, and his soul was in turmoil!
Some people in the field gradually felt dizzy and subconsciously followed Old Man Zhong. Whatever you said, he would say it, and gradually it became a wave of momentum.

"The sea of ​​suffering has no end, but when you turn back, you will reach the shore."

"If lustful thoughts are not removed, the dust cannot be removed."

"Let the knife cut down and become a Buddha."

……

The tables, chairs, benches and even the gravel and fallen leaves on the ground all flew into the air. The whole yard was filled with solemn Buddhist light, and everyone's face showed the piety of a pilgrim.

Magical voices resounded through the sky, and Old Man Zhong ended his preaching in a low voice, looking like a charlatan.

"Amitabha!"

Everyone: "Amitabha!"

The village head and the gentry, who had been fanatically cheering, came to their senses and were overjoyed. They ran out of the yard dancing and ran into the crowd on the street outside the town, singing loudly and praising the kindness and greatness of the "Black Lotus Buddha".

The only people left in the yard were Lin Shan, whose figure was disheveled in the wind, and a group of monks.

(I just got 404ed several times, and I am going crazy with all the changes. I just wrote it casually and just glossed over the preaching part. Don't take it too seriously, just go through the motions. I'll save my life~ω)
(End of this chapter)