Immortal Road.

Chapter 172 A mistake
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All the tree monsters stopped fighting and looked at the woman in the bamboo hat who had just broken in. The water bear leader glanced at the woman with a bruised face and nose. He didn't know why Lin Shan had just ordered the tree monsters to cut him.

Didn’t you knock my eye sockets crooked with a hammer in order to force the summoning contract when you ambushed me in the stormy waters of the East China Sea?

Now I come out to help you kill people, and you turn your back on me?
Lin Shan did not notice the details of the water bear leader's look at others, but just stared at the woman in the bamboo hat in front of him. He vaguely felt that he seemed to have some impression of this woman, as if he had seen her somewhere in his previous years.

"Your Excellency is"

"Uh, Fellow Daoist Lin, you're out."

The female voice coming from under the bamboo hat seemed a little unnatural. She didn't expect that the two envoys from the righteous and evil camps, who belonged to different camps, would meet under such circumstances.

She originally just wanted to come down and check out the Gongsun family's spiritual vein tides. If possible, she also wanted to get a piece of the pie.

As for where that quota came from, of course it came from Lin Shan, a member of the Demonic Cult.

When the situation on the front line becomes clear and the two old men in the Jindan stage of the Gongsun family have made up their minds, Lin Shan will definitely not escape punishment. When the quota for the Spiritual Vein Tide is vacant, she will naturally try every means to get it.

Before, she was just helping the Gongsun family keep the secret, but she never said that she didn't covet it.

Now that Master Mang from Qianyun Pavilion has also come to the Gongsun family, she has naturally become more courageous with a backer behind her. She wants to come down first to check how long the spiritual vein tide can last.

If it disappeared immediately, then there would be no need to worry about it. If it lasted for a long time, she might have to consider exchanging conditions with the Gongsun family.

But who knew that Lin Shan didn't practice well underground, but ran out instead!
However, Lin Shan was looking at the person in front of him with some confusion at this moment. Why did he suddenly come to the Earth Vein Land at this critical moment?
Moreover, it seems that I haven't met her since I came to the Gongsun family, but she recognized me at a glance. Could it be that we have met before?

Fragments of the past twenty or thirty years flashed through his mind like slides. Lin Shan vaguely thought of something and asked the female cultivator in the early stage of foundation building with some uncertainty: "Have we met somewhere before?"

The woman in the bamboo hat panicked a little, lowered her hat brim involuntarily, and forced a laugh:
"I haven't seen him. Although I live in the inner circle of my family, I know a little about visitors from the outside world. I heard that a group of magic envoys came to visit my family two months ago, so I guessed Brother Lin's identity."

"Oh, that's it. Looks like I recognized the wrong person."

"Haha, it's okay. Brother Lin, you continue to be busy. I won't disturb you. I'll take my leave now."

The woman in the bamboo hat breathed a sigh of relief, turned around quickly, took out the talisman to break the ban, and prepared to leave the underground hall quickly. As for the matter of exploring the tides of the spiritual veins, she temporarily put it aside.

But suddenly, Lin Shan's lazy voice came from behind.

"Wait!"

The woman in the bamboo hat paused abruptly, and the forbidden-breaking talisman in her hand was wrinkled by her grasping it tightly, and she couldn't help but feel flustered. Her spiritual sense could clearly "see" that the man didn't move, but just sat there with a faint smile.

But the group of tree monsters in the whole hall and the water bear were staring at her back with murderous eyes. The danger in their eyes gave her goose bumps all over her body!

Lin Shan slowly collected the melon seed shells. These things that had entered the mouth should not be thrown away randomly.

It’s not due to any other reason, but because ever since he got the “Seven Arrows Book” and the Void Star Plate, he has attached great importance to objects that carry his own aura.

If you leave it to someone with ulterior motives, they can either track you down or you might be cursed. When traveling in the world of cultivation, you must be on guard against these things.

"May I ask if you have ever been to the imperial capital, Bianliang?"

Hearing the gentle question from the young man behind her, the woman in the bamboo hat trembled slightly, her calf muscles twitched slightly, and she quickly thought about how to escape. Although others might not know the strength of this demon cult messenger, she knew it very clearly!
"Brother Lin, you are joking. Bianliang is the capital of the Song Dynasty. How could I not have been there?"

"Oh? Then I wonder if the young lady knows anything about the black-robed Taoist nun who is a mid-stage Qi training cultivator in the Qiguo Mansion?"

Lin Shan looked at the woman's back with an amused expression, and gradually she overlapped with someone he saw when he first traveled to the imperial capital. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

The woman in the bamboo hat swallowed hard and didn't dare to turn around, but her consciousness was still closely observing what was behind her, and her heart was beating wildly.

"Brother Lin, what are you talking about? I don't understand what you mean."

"Hahaha, great! What a confusing one!"

Lin Shan clapped his hands and laughed, then suddenly stood up. The tree demons and water bear leaders around him all took a step forward, and the woman in the bamboo hat was so scared that she trembled!

"Fairy Qi has been gone for fourteen years. I didn't expect that she has already cultivated from the initial stage of Qi training to the initial stage of foundation building. It is true that she has a genius brother who sets a good example, and her genius sister is not far behind!"

At some point, a breeze started to blow in the underground hall, and circles of wind slowly rotated around the center of the hall.

Lin Shan released his spiritual pressure from the middle stage of foundation building without restraint. All the wind and thunder spiritual power in his body had been mobilized. His hair was dancing wildly all over his body, and his white clothes were swaying in the wind.

Its force was like a mountain pressing down on one's head. Looking at the beautiful figure in front of her with a sneer, the woman in the bamboo hat had no doubt that the next blow would definitely be a devastating one!
At this point, how could she not know her identity? She was afraid that she had been seen through by the young man from the Demon Cult behind her.

It’s just that I clearly didn’t say anything nonsense, so how did I get exposed?
Seeing that it was useless to pretend any longer, he simply turned around and looked directly at Lin Shan.

It seems that she cannot escape without a fight today. It takes ten breaths of time to break the forbidden talisman and open the formation. During this gap, the opponent would have attacked without mercy and would not give her any chance to escape.

But she still asked, "How did you find out my identity?"

"Guess!"

When Lin Shan saw the other party's reaction, he immediately understood and confirmed his previous guess.

This woman was born in the mansion of Duke Qi. Back then, she went to Yichuan together with a black-robed Taoist nun, Lin Shan, Master Huang, a green-robed old man, and a man with an eagle hook nose in the imperial capital of Bianliang. On the way, they were ambushed by Princess Guo and others by a stream in the Yanyun Mountains.

In the end, Master Huang died, as did the old man in green robe and the man with hooked nose. Later, in a teahouse in Yichuan, Lin Shan met Princess Guo who pretended to reconcile with him. From her, he heard that the Taoist nun in black robe also died, and only the woman in bamboo hat was spared because of her father's face.

Thinking about the relationship between Princess Guo and Qi Zhong, the true disciple of Qianyun Pavilion, Lin Shan quickly connected these previously unnoticed clues together and made a bold hypothesis.

As for why the woman in the bamboo hat did not follow Qi Zhong to practice in Qianyun Pavilion, and why she made rapid progress in the next ten years and entered the foundation-building stage, and whether she and Qi Zhong were siblings or sister-brother relationship,
None of this matters!
Lin Shan didn’t care at all, he just needed to give it a try to know!
After her identity was revealed, the woman in the bamboo hat's tense shoulders relaxed, as if she didn't expect Lin Shan to deceive her. Then she smiled bitterly and shook her head as if she was laughing at the trick of fate.

"Brother Lin is indeed a genius of the magic world. Not only is his cultivation and combat power impressive, but his mind is also like a monster. From what I can remember, I'm afraid only my brother Qi Zhong can be compared to you."

As she sighed, she thought of her former genius brother, and the scene suddenly brought back sad memories, filling her heart with emotion.

“My brother was diagnosed with a Grade A wood spiritual root when he was 6 years old. Under the instruction of a Jindan Zhenren from a certain peak of Qianyun Pavilion who had high hopes for him, he was sent out to be a member of the inner sect to be suppressed and trained. After that, without the need for foundation-building pills, relying only on his profound Taoist skills, he broke through the foundation-building stage at the age of 16.

Afterwards, he became Guimai's disciple and showed unparalleled talent in refining artifacts. He refined more than ten high-level magical instruments and was personally bestowed with Gengjin Sword Qi by his master to protect his way.

Later, even though he failed to break through the bottleneck of the initial stage of foundation building and was forced to start over twice, he still succeeded in entering the middle stage of foundation building on the third attempt at the age of 30. His father, mother and all the clansmen had high hopes for him.

My brother is an excellent choice in terms of qualifications, talent, intelligence and perseverance, but he is bewitched by that bitch Princess Guo!
In the end, it was because of a woman who traveled thousands of miles alone to Bianliang, and finally died under the pomegranate skirt, becoming a pair of star-crossed lovebirds.

He clearly had a bright future and a promising future, but he was blinded by lust and fell in love with a bitch!
"

As she spoke, the woman in the bamboo hat became so excited that she could hardly control herself and burst into tears while pointing at Lin Shan.

"Although you killed that bitch Princess Guo with your own hands, you also used despicable means to assassinate your brother, destroying the efforts of several generations of our Qi family to become a family of cultivators!"

"The people in the Demon Cult are despicable and shameless, and they deserve death!"

"But don't be too complacent. Your good days will soon be over. Sooner or later you will go down to accompany my brother!" Lin Shan listened expressionlessly to the woman venting and cursing there. He was also shocked at the talent of Qi Zhong, the true disciple of Qianyun Pavilion. He didn't expect that there was such a legendary story!
However, thinking back to the time when he killed Qi Zhong and Princess Guo at the exit camp of the Grand Poison Canyon, Qi Zhong seemed to be very clear-headed at the last moment, and he did not seem to be bewitched by Princess Guo.

It seemed that he was just coveting Princess Guo, or he had plans for something on her, but due to some conditions he had not been able to succeed.

"Could it be a talisman jade pendant?!"

Lin Shan guessed all of this in an instant. With Qi Zhong's talent, what woman could he not get? How could he possibly fall in love with the vicious Princess Guo?
Unless he knew that the jade pendant was a treasure, and was afraid of the Saint of the Cha Nu Palace, so he secretly planned. Princess Guo was also very intelligent, and she might have guessed Qi Zhong's plan, but she used his identity and strength to plan her own future.
Of course, no matter how the two of them fought with wits and courage, they were still killed by Lin Shan, the cheater, and the Black Skull Demon Lord, an old scoundrel who was actually a Nascent Soul master but disguised himself as a newbie.

In the end, the mysterious talisman jade pendant was taken away by the "Saint of the Cha Nu Palace", who became the final winner!
Lin Shan went through this series of calculations in a flash. Ever since he had experienced the baptism of the "nectar of heaven and earth" in the spiritual vein tides, not only had his aptitude improved, his comprehension had also risen, his mind had become more and more clever, and most of the time he could think about a problem very quickly in an instant!
Is enlightenment really so magical?
Of course, there were still some questions that he didn't quite understand, and he really wanted to ask Qi Zhong and Princess Guo in person, but unfortunately, the two of them were already dead and could not die anymore.

As for Qi Zhong's sister, the woman in the bamboo hat, Lin Shan looked at her with pity. He was afraid that this close relative had been kept in the dark from beginning to end, and after Princess Guo's death, she placed all her hatred on him.

However, there is no need to elaborate on the right and wrong.

Qi Zhong died in his hands, and the matter has been settled, so he and the woman in the bamboo hat are mortal enemies. Who cares about her identity or what the inside story is?
Of course, the mortal enemy must be eradicated!
It just so happened that Lin Shan didn't know that he had an enemy wandering outside, but you came all the way here to personally deliver him to his door.

And such good things?

Now, deep underground in the Gongsun family, there is a formation that separates the inside and outside, which is a perfect place to bury the body and hide the traces. Since I have encountered her, I will take care of this woman before leaving, so that she will not reveal my whereabouts.

The woman in the bamboo hat also knew that she had run into Lin Shan by mistake, and it was probably uncertain whether she would live or die. She knew that this person had killed her brother ten years ago, and he would definitely not stand still after ten years. She thought that his cultivation skills must have reached a higher level.

But if one can cultivate to the foundation-building stage, who would be willing to sit back and wait for death? Why not fight to the death while there is still strength left? Perhaps there is still a chance to fight for survival.

"Om~"

"Ding!"

At some point, a purple poison needle magic weapon was suddenly shaken out from the void, with only a finger blocking it.

In other words, Lin Shan used a jade ring on his finger to accurately block and intercept the vicious invisible magic needle.

It turned out that during the conversation just now, the woman in the bamboo hat quietly used a poison needle to prepare for a sneak attack, but all of this was exposed by Lin Shan's massive accumulation of "illusion resistance", and any invisible magic weapon was useless in his eyes.

Just use the ring on your hand as a thimble and it can be cracked easily.

The woman in the bamboo hat was very anxious when she saw that her premeditated attack did not work, but what she did not expect was that she recognized the high-level magical jade ring in Lin Shan's hand at a glance.

Isn’t this the magic weapon that her brother Qi Zhong always carries with him?
"You evil thief, return my brother's magic weapon to me!"

She just raised her hand, and this time dozens of poisonous needles as thin as cow hair shot out. A series of wind sounds and the purple poisonous smoke left in the air covered the sky and made people's scalp tingle.

"咻咻咻咻咻~"

Lin Shan remained calm and took out a magic tool called a teacup and threw it in front of him. The teacup instantly became larger. Then he just casually scooped it up, and all the flying needles were gathered into the teacup with a ding-dong sound, and they could not move left and right.

The woman in the bamboo hat did not feel sorry for her poison needle. Instead, her voice choked with sobs when she saw the teacup.

"You thief, this is the magic tool my brother used to drink tea when he was alive, give it to me!"

This time she chanted a spell and lightly pressed her hands together. A hazy colorful glow was released, instantly filling the entire hall with a riot of colour.

This time Lin Shan did not dare to be careless, because he could not understand what magic the other party was performing and was afraid that he would be harmed, so he simply took out the jade ring magic weapon in his hand.

The jade ring left his wrist and slowly grew larger, encircling him, slowly spinning around him like a giant hula hoop. All the colorful rays of light were blocked outside by the high-level magic weapon and could not get close to his body.

It is worth mentioning that this jade ring is also the legacy left by Qi Zhong.
The woman in the bamboo hat almost bit her teeth when she saw this scene. Her successive attacks were all blocked by this boy using his brother's magic weapon, which was like rubbing salt into her wounds.

Fortunately, she still had her sanity, and took advantage of this time to use the forbidden talisman to open a gap in the formation of the underground hall again. As long as she could escape and go back to report to Master Mang who was visiting Gongsun's house, then this kid would definitely die!
But before she could escape to the cave behind her, an exquisite pagoda had fallen from above her head and enveloped her in an instant.

The woman in the bamboo hat urged the magic weapon to hit it non-stop, but Lin Shan's spiritual power was already deeper than hers at the middle stage of foundation building, and this exquisite pagoda was also a fine item seized by Qi Zhong.
No matter how hard she tried, once she lost the initiative and was trapped, she would not be able to escape from the tower in the short term. The forbidden-breaking talisman maintained the gap in the formation for more than 20 breaths, and finally burned to ashes, and the formation repaired itself again and closed the underground hall.

The woman in the bamboo hat was cut off from retreating, and finally shouted in despair: "Okay, okay! You evil villain! We brothers and sisters will never let you go until we die!"

Lin Shan snorted coldly: "You'd better go to the underworld and meet your brother in the underworld before you talk about this!"

He first ordered the water bear leader and the tree demon to disperse the colorful glow around him, and at the same time suppressed all the poisonous needles in the teacup. Then, after feeling the aura in the exquisite pagoda becoming more and more violent, he took out the Golden Scale Sword and attacked from the outside.

While fighting, he also showed off the four magic weapons he got from Qi Zhong to influence the mood of the woman in the bamboo hat. Naturally, he would use every possible means in the life-and-death fight.

I have to say that this kind of behavior of taking the brother's magic weapon and then using it to beat the other person's sister is really psychologically disturbing. The woman in the bamboo hat's mentality exploded, and she could not exert only 80% of her strength.

The woman didn't expect that it was just a matter of a thought. Because the arrival of Mang Zhenren gave her courage, she came down to investigate the situation of the spiritual vein tides. However, she happened to meet Lin Shan, who was in contact with the Black Skull Demon Lord and others on the surface. She learned that a righteous golden elixir was coming to visit her, so she came out early.

The two of them met each other by coincidence, and all we can say is that there is a trace for everything.

When people are in desperate situations, they are most likely to open up. If they can't win physically, they can only regain the last bit of advantage through words.

"It's useless. Even if you kill me today, you can't escape!"

"The Luosong Mountain Range will launch a general offensive tonight. Qianyun Pavilion and the Beast Taming Valley will send out troops together. When that happens, dozens of Yuanying-stage elders will attack together. Thunder and fire will flow like a torrent. The Demonic Path will inevitably collapse and fall.

"And with Master Mang in charge of the Gongsun family, the Gongsun family will also abandon the dark and join the light. The teleportation formation that has been built in the past two months has also been properly arranged. By then, with the support of the inside and the outside, the entire eastern part of the Song Dynasty will respond, and the sparks will converge into a prairie fire."

"The righteous sects will surely regain their heyday a thousand years ago, and the evil sects are destined to be expelled from the inland and even the entire Song Dynasty, and go back to the distant Lu Kingdom!"

"And you, a kid who joined the magic path halfway, can only perish with the magic path and be buried in the tide of the times, becoming that pitiful and humble wave."

……

Lin Shan ignored her shouting and was determined to send her to see the King of Hell. For a moment, he did not care about saving his spiritual energy. He threw out several magical weapons and attacked her. At the same time, he commanded all the summoned creatures to beat her up fiercely, starting the unethical mode.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the woman was killed by him as expected, but the underground hall was in a mess.

When he took off his hat, the face hidden underneath was quite handsome. His eyebrows and eyes vaguely resembled Qi Zhong, who died at his hands that year, but he was too lazy to dwell on these details.

Originally, he was thinking about dealing with the battlefield where he had fought with the two two-horned rhino demon puppets, so that he could buy some time after he left. Now that he had gone through so much trouble with the woman in the bamboo hat, he simply didn't need to go through so much trouble and just left the mess here.

As soon as the woman in the bamboo hat disappears, the Gongsun family will definitely come down to investigate. By then, the secret that Lin Shan is not in the Lingjing secret room will be exposed. It will be useless to cover it up here.

But the woman's screams before her death made him tremble with fear and shiver.

A general offensive will be launched tonight on the Larch Mountains front?

Qianyun Pavilion and Yushou Valley sent out troops together!
Double-digit Nascent Soul stage elders!
The Gongsun family's teleportation formation will be activated tonight?
Then i
Lin Shan quickly took out the Virtual Star Plate. This magical treasure could not only observe the earth veins, but also explore the celestial phenomena. It clearly told him the current time in the outside world.

It’s just past midnight.

(Thanks to the "Living Outside of Time" brother for the reward, thank you for your support!)

(End of this chapter)