Immortal Road.

Chapter 171 Old Friends
"???"

There was an eerie silence below the spirit well, and the four people from the Gongsun family were stunned. If we heard correctly,
There was someone there just now.
Hiccups?

Are you bored because you have nothing better to do?
"Hickey~uh~uh~uh~"

This time they finally heard it clearly. Lao Liu was addicted to hiccups and began to have intermittent sequelae. The rise and fall of each hiccup was perfectly timed, as if there was a rhythm.

Lin Shan was helpless at this time. Hiccups were something that was totally uncontrollable. Too much spiritual energy was blocking his meridians and surging up. The cyclone in his Dantian was too weak to hold any more. He had to condense and compress it quickly before he could continue to absorb it.

At this time, several resentful cries came from the bottom of the spiritual well, like the water of the underworld.

"Brother Lin, this is not very kind of you."

"Even if you are a demon cult messenger, you can't bully people like this, right?"

"It's fine if we just eat meat, but they didn't even give us soup to drink."

"Eating alone in hiding is not a problem, and you don't have to worry about breaking your teeth"

Lin Shan knew that he would be exposed sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be exposed so soon, so he could only speak vaguely:

"I am testing the poison on myself for all of you fellow Taoists~ Hiccup~ Next time I will only take 20%, I will never take more, don't worry~ Hiccup~"

The four of them gritted their teeth and cursed Lin Shan in their hearts, but they had to suppress their temper for the time being, thinking that family planning had to take the overall situation into consideration. Anyway, he would be in trouble in a few months.

In the following spiritual vein tides, Lin Shan strictly kept his promise and only intercepted 60% of it without doing anything else.

After tasting the sweetness, the four people from the Gongsun family stopped disturbing others because they had no idea how much the total amount was. Even if they didn't believe Lin Shan, they had no choice but to rely on their own means to snatch the remaining spiritual energy and nectar of heaven and earth.

……

Two months later, Lin Shan continued to compress and condense the spiritual power in his Dantian.

His current cultivation progress is close to two-thirds of the middle stage of foundation building, and this is the result of continuous compression and condensation.

And because he really couldn't digest so much, he used an array to condense the huge amount of spiritual mist into spiritual liquid, which he stored in a magic gourd so that he could use it later.

The most crucial thing is the improvement of aptitude and comprehension. Through two months of transformation with the "nectar of heaven and earth", his wind spiritual root aptitude has been barely improved to "grade B", and his thunder spiritual root aptitude has reached the limit of grade C.

Now he can be considered a true "little genius" with the aptitude of "second-grade special spiritual roots". Even in the big sects of cultivation, he is a standard true disciple, and his cultivation speed is even higher.

As for comprehension, there is no way to measure it specifically. It requires continuous learning and comprehension of skills and spells to judge. We can only observe it slowly in the future.

After these two months, the nectar of heaven and earth began to gradually fade away until it no longer appeared. After all, it was only a mid-level spiritual vein, so we couldn't expect too much from it.

However, the spiritual vein tide is still there and should last for about half a year.

Lin Shan originally planned to continue practicing and go into seclusion until he reached the peak of the middle stage of foundation building. How could it be more cost-effective to go back to the front line and be cannon fodder than to practice and slack off in the rear?

But at this time, the conch magic weapon on his body rang. This disposable communication magic weapon was specially made for him by the Black Skull Demon Lord. There was originally a pair, and the other pair was in the hands of his own people outside.

The next moment, Lin Shan stopped practicing and opened his eyes. He used his spiritual power to activate the conch magic weapon. By the way, he added a layer of restriction to isolate the sound from the surroundings to prevent it from being eavesdropped by the people from the Gongsun family in the other four spiritual well secret rooms.

Then the voice of the Black Skull Demon Lord was heard from the other side of the conch, and there were also some rustling footsteps and breathing sounds. It seemed that all his men were surrounding it.

"Brother, how are you doing in your training down there?"

Lin Shan said with a smile in his tone: "Not bad, like a fish in water."

The Black Skull Demon Lord paused, as if he didn't expect that while they were so worried every day up there these days, this guy was still so leisurely and contented down there.

"I have learned through some means that the Gongsun family invited a strange Jindan Zhenren to be their guest these past two days. For this reason, the Gongsun family's clan leader and the chief elder came out of seclusion."

"what?!"

Lin Shan was suddenly startled. At this critical juncture, there were suddenly Jindan-stage cultivators visiting, and the Jindan masters of the Gongsun family also came out of retreat. He couldn't help but worry whether something had happened to the situation in the Song Dynasty.

"Have you learned about the external situation recently? What is the situation on the front line now? Is it still at a stalemate?"

At this time, the old man Zhong on the opposite side took over the conversation: "After we made the last report to the United Front Work Department half a month ago, we have not been able to contact them again. Recently, the Gongsun family has also begun martial law. We are trapped in the pavilion and cannot obtain information from the outside world."

Lin Shan frowned: "They are equivalent to a disguised house arrest, right? The magic envoys dare to put me under house arrest. Are the Gongsun family so bold?"

Old Man Zhong smiled bitterly, "We have argued with them before, but they have suddenly become tough in the past half month. However, at most they just don't allow us to wander around in the human family. On weekdays, they still treat us with courtesy, so we don't want to disturb your practice."

Lin Shan's heart sank when he heard this. The drastic change in the attitude of the Gongsun family in the past half month made him suspicious. Could something really have happened in the outside world?

Now people outside cannot get any information, and he underground is also in the dark. The situation is like a dark fog.

"Then do you know who the Jindan Zhenren who is visiting today is?"

"The Gongsun family seems to call him Master Mang." The other side replied.

"Master Mang"

Lin Shan pondered for a while, and first of all, he could definitely rule out the possibility that it was a real person from the demonic camp.

Because the people from the Demonic Path would not ignore the Demonic envoys here, they would definitely ask about the whereabouts of Lin Shan, the leader of the envoy, and the Gongsun family would at least inform both of them.

Could it be that he is a real person from other nearby cultivation families or neutral sects, who came to visit the Gongsun family because they are on good terms with them?

It shouldn't be like this. This is the critical juncture of the great war between good and evil, and all the forces are busy retreating. How could they have the leisure to wander around?
Moreover, the Gongsun family's spiritual veins are currently surging, and they would like to cut off all contact with the outside world and develop secretly, for fear that others will come and know about their family's opportunities. How could they invite Jindan Zhenren from other forces to be their guests?

Anyone would want to seize this opportunity, but the Gongsun family did the opposite. I'm afraid it was not their own will, but they were asked to come to them, and they didn't dare to drive them away. Considering that the two Jindans came out of seclusion to welcome them personally,
"Could it be."

Before he could make a guess, the next sentence from the Black Skull Demon Lord opposite him was even more bombastic news, directly revealing the real reason why they decided to summon Lin Shan today.

"Just now, the Gongsun family's protective formation was activated, and countless light curtains rose up into the sky. The entire family was restricted from entering and leaving, and it was completely isolated from the outside world!"

"what?"

Lin Shan's heart was chilled again. The clan protection formation was a force's life-saving trump card, similar to a sect's protective formation.

This formation directly covers the entire sphere of influence, encompassing a huge area of ​​dozens of miles. Every time it is activated and maintained, it consumes a huge amount of spirit stones. On weekdays, it is simply used for decoration and gathering dust. It will only be used when facing a powerful enemy!

Now the Gongsun family opened it without saying anything, and then they connected it to the arrival of the strange Jindan cultivator.

Lin Shan was able to connect the dots quickly and concluded that the third person was most likely a cultivator from a major righteous sect.

Given the power and status of the Gongsun family, at the critical juncture of the spirit vein tide and the front-line confrontation, no one else could have caused such a commotion except the great golden elixirs of both the righteous and evil camps.

From this perspective,

The Gongsun family is probably not as loyal as Yan Hufa said a thousand years ago. After all, several generations have changed in a thousand years, so it is not surprising that their thoughts have changed. Moreover, these families have no stance. If they must talk about stance, then the family is their stance!
The evil way? The righteous way? I'll join whoever has the bigger fist!

In this case, some unknown change must have occurred in the outside world, causing the top leaders of the Gongsun family to waver in their hearts and even change their minds.

Lin Shan broke out in a cold sweat instantly. No one could sit still at this moment. He paced back and forth in the secret room, thinking over and over again.

"No, we can't stay in the Gongsun family any longer. Although the spiritual vein tide is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, our lives are more important!"

What's more, one of his spiritual root aptitudes has been upgraded to Grade B, and his cultivation is almost at two-thirds of the middle stage of foundation building. He has also collected more than a dozen gourds of spiritual liquid, which is enough for him to cultivate to the peak of the middle stage of foundation building in the future. It doesn't matter if he doesn't take advantage of the spiritual vein tides in the next few months.

"The righteous camp must have prepared a big move, and it is about to enter a critical moment."

The conch magic weapon now had faint cracks on it, and it was obvious that the communication time was approaching. The men on the other side also began to ask impatiently.

"My Lord, what do you say we should do?"

"Do you want to escape immediately?"

"The Gongsun family has changed their mind now. If we wait any longer, I'm afraid..."

"The outside world has been cut off now. If we don't leave now, we may not be able to leave."

……

Lin Shan did not hesitate at the critical moment and immediately gave orders to his younger brothers.

"Don't go out now, don't alert the enemy, just stay in the attic and wait for me to come back. Then we can escape together."

“Click, click, snap~”

The conch shell shattered on the ground, completing its mission.

Lin Shan thought for a while on the spot, removed the surrounding magic array and collected the materials, but he and Xiao Xin re-arranged a spirit gathering array and illusion array.

The original spirit gathering formation had the virtual star disk as the center of the formation, but now this spirit gathering formation is just an ordinary flower frame, used to confuse the other four young men of Gongsun family and create the illusion that the envoy of the Demon Cult is still practicing in the secret room of the Lingjing.

As for how long this counterfeit spirit gathering array could be kept secret, that was not within his consideration.

After packing up, Lin Shan quietly left the Lingjing secret room, walked up along the secret passage for about ten miles, and found that the exit of the secret passage in front was blocked by a formation!
However, this did not pose a problem for Lin Shan. He used his initially effective Phantom Eyes to take a quick look and understood the operation of the exit formation clearly. Then
Then he just stood there awkwardly.
He can see the operation clearly, but he doesn't know how to break the formation. His current level is still a bit lacking, so he can only ask the spirit of the weapon, Xiaoxin, for help.

“Yeah~ Yeah~”

Xiao Xin puffed her cheeks and said something angrily, as if accusing him of being lazy and not studying the formation well.

Next, a pair of small hands began to deduce how to break the formation. With her ability as a formation master, she temporarily opened an exit in less than five breaths, and led Lin Shan leisurely out of the secret passage and into the underground hall.

The surroundings of this hall are no different from when we came here, with the same rows of bronze columns standing tall. It looks dark, mysterious, simple and gorgeous.

The secret passage connecting to the spiritual well secret room at the back slowly closed again. The white lights on the ceiling communicated with the underground formation, maintaining the stability and monitoring of the Gongsun family's entire underground spiritual vein.

Lin Shan did not stop. He had no interest in studying the spiritual vein formation of the Gongsun family. He decided to return to the surface attic and reunite with the Black Skull Demon Lord and his group first. It would be better to slip away quietly before the three Jindan Zhenren currently in the Gongsun family could react.

However, there is another formation in this underground hall, which might be a shackle added by Gongsun Lu for safety reasons, but it still cannot trap Lin Shan. Just when he was about to break through the formation and go to the surface.

The two stone rhinos that had been lying motionless in the hall suddenly had a red light flash in their eyes. The entire underground hall began to shake slightly, and stones above their heads fell down one by one.

“Moo~~”

Two dull roars were heard, but because of the formation blocking the underground hall, they were limited to echoing in this medium-sized space. The echoes mixed with reverberation almost deafened Lin Shan's ears.

The roars of these two stone rhinos can also calm souls!

Lin Shan looked around quickly and found that the stone skin on the stone rhino's body was cracking and falling off from the wrinkled and rough skin. The four thick and short legs strongly supported the heavy body, and the two sharp horns on the rhino's head flashed white light.

The pupils in his eyes also exuded a cold and brutal look, as if he was a real monster reincarnated, roaring at him continuously.

"Demon Puppet!"

Even though the Black Skeleton Demon Lord was no longer around, Lin Shan was no rookie who had just entered the world of cultivation, and he had some basic knowledge. These puppets made from the bodies of dead monsters were recorded in the jade slips of cultivation, and they possessed 60% to 80% of their strength when they were alive!

However, the conditions for making a demon puppet are quite demanding: a complete body is required to carve the talisman inscriptions, a complete soul is required to transform and plant the prohibitions, at least 80% of the blood in the body is still circulating, and a unique refining technique is required to turn it into a puppet, and finally seal it for preservation.
It is natural that the Gongsun family cannot take no protective measures for their own spiritual vein. It is obviously not enough to have a large formation, and they also need guards to be qualified.

These two demon puppets are probably a means of preventing outsiders.

Realizing that Lin Shan had entered this underground space without the family token, the two two-horned rhinos revived in an instant and attacked from the left and right. Their strong and short limbs made them unstoppable as they ran, leaving behind a series of huge footprints wherever they passed, but they still consciously avoided the formation patterns.

Lin Shan was not in a hurry when seeing this. The storage bracelet hidden in his sleeve flashed green light, and a golden flying sword flew out with a "whoosh".

This Golden Scale Sword came from the old royal foundation-building warrior he had killed in the Bianliang Palace. It was also a high-level magical weapon with three standard inscriptions. It was hastily refined by Lin Shan Donghai during his retreat, replacing the previously destroyed Black Iron Sword.

The Golden Scale Sword flew past the two double-horned rhinos in an instant, but was directly pushed away by their seemingly clumsy horns.

"Ding ~"

"Ding ~"

There is only a white mark left on the rhino horn, which shows that its material is hard and it is probably a good material for refining high-level magical tools.

Lin Shan frowned. These two double-horned rhinos were huge and agile. He had no chance to get close to them. Long-range means could not break their defense either. It seemed that it would be safest to mobilize people.

He had no intention of engaging in a fight with them at the moment. After all, they were just two Foundation Establishment stage demon puppets without any thoughts or intelligence. They only had 60% to 80% of their strength when they were alive. He had many ways to deal with them, so he might as well choose the one that saved him most effort.

With a flick of the summoning flag, the water bear leader, who was at the peak of the foundation building, roared and stepped out of the whirlpool in a majestic manner; handfuls of bean soldiers were scattered, and one by one the "pea monsters", "hypericum monsters", "sunflowers" and "chrysanthemum monsters" also stood up with their fangs and claws.

Lin Shan leisurely moved out a chair, pulled over two "sunflowers" to massage his shoulders, and took out two handfuls of melon seeds from the storage bracelet. In front of his fellow tribesmen, he simply fried them with the Five Elements Magic Fan, and sat in the hall and started to knock on the door as if no one was around.

Of course I will do it if there is something to do. Why should I do it if I can save trouble? I don't know what I will face when I go out. The right choice is to save my spiritual power for escaping.

In the following time, no matter how tough and strong the two two-horned rhinos were, they could not withstand the beating of so many summoned creatures. Especially the leader of the water bears used the "Demon Binding Rope" in his left hand as a whip and the "Cloud-Falling Banner" in his right hand as a bullfighting cloth.

A bear was playing with a banner in a fancy way. Lin Shan, who was watching from the audience, was very interested and spoke highly of the water bear's hard work. The little girl who was hiding behind him also became a little bolder and poked her little head out from behind him with excitement and curiosity in her eyes.

A quarter of an hour later, the two two-horned rhino puppets were beaten into torn sacks. The water bear leader was very proud of himself, and he couldn't help but have his old illness again. He tilted his bear head and glanced at Lin Shan.

Lin Shan was immediately upset. What the hell is that expression on your face all day? He immediately ordered the surrounding tree monsters to beat this guy up hard, letting it know who is the real boss.

Just as they were dancing wildly in the underground hall, ripples suddenly appeared at the exit in front of them, and the formation opened up a hole as high as a person, and a woman in a silver robe and a bamboo hat stepped in.

She had just come in and was stunned when she saw the scene in front of her.

(End of this chapter)