Immortal Road.

Chapter 117 Black and Red Devils
Lin Shan looked at the fanatical village heads and gentry outside, and then looked at the old charlatan Old Man Zhong beside him. For the first time, he realized that he had actually picked up a treasure. This old guy was really a talent.

"Are you sure your method of bewitching the soul will work? What I want is a sincere offering."

Old man Zhong turned around, his expression changed so quickly that it was hard to keep up. He immediately nodded and bowed, smiling:

"Don't worry, sir. The purpose of bewitching them is just to lower their guard and constantly instill ideas into them. This is also the best way to achieve quick results."

"Come a few more times in the future, and through subtle influence, I will surely make them wholeheartedly believe in our religion."

Lin Shan nodded and looked around at his men.

"Have you seen everything clearly?"

Everyone: "Understood."

"Have you learned it?"

Everyone: "Yes."

"Then get out and work!"

At this time, the capitalist nature in Lin Shan was undoubtedly exposed, and of course he would do any work that was available.

As long as you don't die from working, work yourself to death! Aren't workers meant to be exploited?

As for me? If you don't work hard, how can I get contribution points to exchange for better instruments? To live a better life?

Hundreds of independent cultivators in the yard were hesitant and hurried to flee, fearing that the evil cult envoy in front of them would get angry.

……

After resting for half an hour, Lin Shan walked out and found that the whole village was filled with the sound of reciting prayers. It was obvious that these monks were working hard to preach. You know what, they all followed suit!
"Respected Black Lotus Buddha, you are the light of the world!"

"Yeah, that big Buddha, uh. That one, um."

"What the hell?"

"My Lord, oh no, my Buddha!"

……

Looking at the messy broadcast images, Lin Shan nodded with satisfaction. After all, everything had just begun.

When these monks do this kind of thing more often, they will naturally become proficient at it.

Don't be too harsh on your subordinates. Instead, exploit them quietly at critical moments when they are not aware of it.

While thinking about how to get his younger brothers to work for him, Lin Shan flew to the only place on the island with a micro spiritual eye, which was a small hill outside the village.

There happened to be a cave here left by the predecessors. He cleaned it carefully, set up the mysterious and warning restrictions he had bought before, and began to practice hard.

……

After practicing beautifully for ten days, Lin Shan came out on a sunny day, intending to check on the progress of his subordinates.

He flew over the fishing village on his sword and sent a message to everyone using his spiritual sense.

"Gather at the mayor's yard!"

After a while, all the independent practitioners gathered together and began to report the progress of their missionary work one by one.

"I have sent out fifty Buddha statues in the past few days."

"I gave out eighty in total."

“I sent out a hundred.”

……

After a round, Lin Shan found that the sales abilities of these people varied, but the best one was still Old Man Zhong.

This old man actually distributed all the hundreds of Buddha statues in his storage bag three days ago. He is so efficient!
"That's right, from now on you will be the leader of all of them."

"When I'm not here, you take care of them for me."

Lin Shan likes this kind of capable people the most and delegates power to them directly and generously.

Old man Zhong knelt down in joy: "Thank you, Master Envoy, for the promotion!"

Lin Shan looked around and asked, "Did you understand everything?"

"I understand!"

No one dared to refute. After all, Old Man Zhong had the strongest ability and his cultivation was in the late stage of Qi training. Everyone was convinced to let him take charge temporarily.

After some understanding, it was found that almost all the tens of thousands of people in the fishing village on Ezo Island had been preached and brainwashed, and each mortal fisherman had a Black Lotus Buddha statue in his hand, which was considered a preliminary completion of the mission.

As for the extent of their faith after a year, it is a subtle process anyway, so just take it slow.

Next, there are 49 other islands in this 10,000-mile sea area, where there are also many mortals. Lin Shan was too lazy to go there in person. He arranged two people in a group, each carrying the newly made Buddha statues sent by the temporary headquarters of the sect in the past few days, and went to preach under the unified management of Old Man Zhong.

As for how to cross the sea, Lin Shan didn't need to worry about sending them one by one. After all, these people were all independent cultivators from the East China Sea. They all had magical instruments and talismans for sailing on the sea, such as small boats, but they were not as fast as flying in the sky.

Before the demons occupied the East China Sea, they all crossed the sea to look for opportunities, and they were considered local bosses in this unfamiliar sea area.

The East China Sea is an inland sea, and most of the powerful monsters are in the open sea, so letting them go out to preach is not a big problem.

After giving almost all the instructions, Lin Shan returned to his cave outside the village to start practicing. He believed that Old Man Zhong could take care of these small matters.

The fact was just as he expected. After about ten days of communication, all the independent cultivators understood the teaching routines and could basically stand on their own. However, Old Man Zhong did some homework in advance. He actually prepared a large amount of soul-bewitching incense and soul-soothing pills in his storage bag and started trading among the cultivators.

These people had no choice but to buy the land in order to preach. Then Old Man Zhong arranged them in groups of two and they each took a boat across the sea to the designated islands to preach.

……

The next month was peaceful and calm. On Ezo Island deep in the vast East China Sea, Lin Shan practiced hard while taking the elixirs given by the sect.

Although he didn't have the spiritual veins and spirit gathering arrays of the sect, he at least had a miniature spiritual eye. Lin Shan practiced very hard on the wild island in the sea. He was only in his twenties, so he had great hope of practicing to the Golden Core Stage in the future.

Once you reach the Golden Elixir Stage, you will live for 400 years. It is such a wonderful thing to watch yourself move forward step by step towards immortality on the path of cultivation!

However, his peaceful and beautiful life was soon broken because the warning ban outside the cave was triggered. A sound transmission note kept flying up and down in the maze ban, directly waking him up from his retreat.

Lin Shan frowned and scanned with his spiritual sense, and found that Old Man Zhong and his two other younger brothers were standing outside the cave, anxiously waiting for his reply.

He knew that unless there was a major incident, his men would not dare to disturb him.

He waved his hand to open the ban, and the three people at the door heard the telepathic voice in their ears.

"Come in!"

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief and walked into Lin Shan's cave with their backs bent.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Old man Zhong swallowed his saliva, looked at the two casual cultivators next to him, and spoke hesitantly.

"Sir, the progress over the past month has been relatively smooth, but...
The two Taoist friends next to me were actually driven back by other monks while they were preaching on an island."

Lin Shan was also stunned when he heard this. Is there anyone who dares to stop the Black Lotus Sect from preaching?
Everyone knows that the East China Sea has now become the back garden of the evil sect. Who is so bold as to do this?
The two wandering cultivators nearby immediately knelt down and cried. They were afraid that the envoy would hold them accountable, so they quickly explained the whole story.

"The two of us were ordered to go to Red Shrimp Island to preach, and suddenly two Foundation Establishment cultivators appeared during the process!"

"They call themselves the Black and Red Devils, and have taken over this island and become its masters."

"They beat us both up and threw us off the island."

Lin Shan's face darkened and he looked unhappy.

"Didn't you tell those two people that you were non-staff members of the Black Lotus Cult and were performing official duties?"

The two younger brothers hurriedly shouted that they had already given their names, but the two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators ignored them and still drove them out.

Lin Shan now became suspicious. Anyone who could cultivate to the foundation-building stage in this day and age could not be a fool. Hearing that the Black Lotus Cult was doing something and yet dared to obstruct it, there must be something fishy going on!

Is there some master living on the island? What's the big background behind it?

Old man Zhong was very perceptive and was obviously a typical lackey. He immediately and seamlessly spread out the map of the "Ezo Sea Area" and placed it in front of Lin Shan.

Lin Shan scanned the map and found the "Red Shrimp Island" in the southwest corner of the sea.

Old Man Zhong began to explain the information he had learned: "Red Shrimp Island is ten miles in radius, and it ranks among the top ten in terms of area in the Ezo Sea. There are no spiritual veins on the island, but there is a monster called Red Shrimp that roams around the island."

"Red shrimps come in groups, coming out at sunset and returning to the sea at sunrise. They are probably all at the initial stage of Qi Refining. The shrimp shells have a certain medicinal value. Occasionally, many independent cultivators from the East China Sea come to catch them to earn spirit stones, and sell them to the sea market to subsidize their cultivation."

"Five years ago, the two evil spirits, Black and Red, occupied Red Shrimp Island, proclaimed themselves the island's master, drove away all the independent cultivators, and dominated the Red Shrimp industry."

After listening to this, Lin Shan had a general understanding of the situation. To put it bluntly, the Red and Black Evils were just two casual cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage. They relied on their strength to monopolize the industrial resources of the Red Shrimp Island, which was not uncommon in the world of cultivation.

But the problem is that the Black Lotus Cult only went there to preach to mortals, not to seize his island, so they had no reason to drive them away, right?

Is there something hidden?
Lin Shan touched his chin and asked again cautiously.

"Has anything major happened in the nearby waters recently?"

When Old Man Zhong heard Lin Shan's question, he immediately and seriously reported the recent text messages from the church.

"In the five seas around us, there are emissaries from the church who are here to preach."

"It is said that there are Jindan-stage monsters in the Water Bear Sea."

"It is said that the fugitive Turtle Master was found roaming around in the Yellow Shark Sea."

"The temporary headquarters has dispatched more than ten Jindan-stage guardians to hunt down the fugitives."

……

From about a dozen pieces of miscellaneous news, Lin Shan did not hear any "precious treasure" coming out of the Red Shrimp Island, nor did he know any powerful hermits were living nearby.

However, the wanted fugitive, Master Gui, fled to the neighboring sea area, but it was none of his business. Naturally, the guardians in the sect would take care of it.

After thinking it over, Lin Shan still couldn't figure out why the two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators from the Red Shrimp Island had gone crazy and dared to drive away the messengers he sent out to preach. Could it be that these two people didn't pay attention to the recent world events and didn't know the reputation of the Black Lotus Sect?
After confirming again and again that there was no danger, Lin Shan stood up directly.

Hitting his men is like hitting him in the face!

It was his duty to preach the gospel, so he naturally could not abandon Red Shrimp Island. In addition, he was already in the foundation-building stage, and had many high-level magic tools and "trump cards", so there was no need to be too timid.

They are just two casual foundation-building cultivators. What is there to be afraid of?

He is now the envoy of a great demonic sect, and how dare two mere casual cultivators be so arrogant!

He immediately ordered Old Man Zhong to gather all his men and planned to go directly to Red Shrimp Island to ask for an explanation. Let these two foundation-building period know whose territory this thousands of miles of sea area is!

(End of this chapter)