Immortal Road.

Chapter 206 True and False Bear Mountain
In the cave to the north of Wangyue City.

The Dai family was still listening to Zhu Duiyou's endless analysis: "So, all the spearheads of this case point to one person, that is, Master Xiongshan!"

"Wanliu Academy's Bu Peiying is most likely his fake name, including the last name Lin of the Lin's Chamber of Commerce, which are all his aliases!"

"This man looks righteous and upright, but in fact he is vicious and cunning, and is a complete evil gangster. Otherwise, how could the Dai family Jindan Zhenren fall into his hands?"

……

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They didn't know why he was so confident and was certain that this man's real name was "Xiong Shan Shang Ren". Was it just because his name sounded like a bandit?

Dai Budong also listened to his analysis, but still had some doubts in his mouth:
"What Brother Zhu said makes sense. The nickname of Bear Mountain Master does fit the boy's style of doing things. But isn't it a bit arbitrary to just rely on this? Maybe one of the other two aliases is his real name?"

The other members of the Dai family nodded one after another, unable to tell which one was true and which one was false.

Zhu Duiyou didn't care, and didn't want to argue with everyone, he just waved his sleeves casually:

"It doesn't matter. His nicknames are just titles. We can call him whatever we want. For now, let's just call him Master Xiongshan."

Everyone nodded without objection.

I was just puzzled as to how this person, who was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, could kill a Golden Core Stage True Person.

Zhu Duiyou is still reconstructing the whole process of the incident:
"After Master Dai proposed to acquire the Lin's Chamber of Commerce, perhaps due to a breakdown in the price or other reasons, Master Xiongshan and his skeleton monster did not agree, so Master Dai used his own influence to start putting pressure on multiple parties and making arrangements calmly."

"Master Xiongshan didn't want to sit and wait for death, so he packed up and fled ahead of time. He was then discovered by Master Dai, who immediately went out of the city to hunt him down."

"Later, based on the remaining aura of Master Dai along the way, the witnesses who saw the Golden Core Stage Rainbow Transformation Technique along the way, and the direction pointed by the soul lamp in the Dai family when it went out, after comparing many factors, it is believed that his last stop should be 3,000 miles west of the city."

"The absolute killer pit!"

Zhu Duiyou spread out the map and used the handle of his goose feather fan to touch a small black circle outside Wangyue City, leaving a small mark on the map.

Everyone stretched their heads to watch, and nodded like chicks pecking at rice, admiring Zhu Duiyou very much.

Based solely on a few words and subtle clues from the family, and even a hasty investigation outside the city, he had already determined the place where Dai Jia Zhenren was killed. He was indeed a top disciple of Jingyang Academy, able to make plans thousands of miles away without leaving his home.

"The Juesha Tiankeng is a very dangerous place. Endless evil spirits are lingering underground, which can block the outside world's sight and set ambushes for others. Master Xiongshan knows that he can't escape the pursuit of Jindan Zhenren, so he can only fight to the death here!"

Zhu Duiyou talked freely.

The Dai family members were all discussing:
"But our clan's Master Dai is a Jindan-stage cultivator after all, while Master Xiongshan is only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if there is a skeleton monster to help, how can he defeat a Jindan-stage cultivator?"

"What if we take advantage of the right time and place?"

"It's unlikely to rely on the right time and place. The gap between the foundation-building stage and the golden elixir stage is like a chasm. To be able to leap over a realm below and defeat someone above it, that's a skill only a genius of the immortal way can possess!"

"It's unlikely that there is a genius in the immortal way. In the entire Lu country's cultivation world, only the White Deer Academy has a living genius. Even the two great families of Confucius and Mencius don't have one."

Zhu Duiyou shook his head and proposed another hypothesis:
"Don't forget, at a certain occasion during the great war between good and evil, Master Xiongshan once revealed that he had a master in the Nascent Soul stage. It is not impossible that this great master named Master Jinglian specially gave his disciple a life-saving item."

"What kind of treasure can allow a Foundation Establishment Stage to kill a Golden Core Stage?"

"The world is so vast that nothing is impossible. Putting aside other unorthodox methods, let's just talk about the six arts of cultivation. Whether it's talismans, magic weapons, spirit insects, formations, elixirs, or puppets, as long as the grade is high enough, there is a chance."

Zhu Duiyou was full of wisdom, with a glimmer in his eyes, and he was calculating something in a hazy state:
"When the three sects of the Demonic Path fought at their headquarters, Master Xiong Shan used the pseudonym Bu Peiying of the Wanliu Academy. At that time, his skeleton monsters showed their impressive attainments in formations. So I guess they are most likely using formations, and they are using the Absolute Killing Sinkhole as their base to set up a great killing formation!"

"And that skeleton monster is most likely the formation puppet that Master Jinglian gave to his disciple. And to be able to set up such a master-level formation that can take advantage of the weather and the terrain, this puppet must be of a high rank."

"There are many kinds of puppets in the world of cultivation, including alchemy puppets, weapon refining puppets, gatekeeping puppets, message delivery puppets, detection puppets, combat puppets, etc. It's not surprising that the man on Xiongshan has a formation puppet!"

Everyone agreed with this. It seemed that it was not unacceptable to have a Yuanying stage master and a puppet that could set up a master-level formation.

In the minds of these orthodox Confucian monks, skeletons are generally considered as puppets or corpses. No one would guess that there are such strange and bizarre things as "projections of alien ghosts and clones".

Of course, it is also possible that these people have low cultivation, limited knowledge, and insufficient experience.

They naturally believed that the Black Skull Demon Lord had become a "puppet".

Dai Budong suddenly had another idea and proposed his own hypothesis:

"Is it possible that my uncle was not murdered by Master Xiongshan, but was killed by his master, Lay Buddhist Jinglian?"

Zhu Duiyou shook his head. "The Yuanying Patriarch of our Jingyang Academy has been involved in the hunt for Lay Buddhist Jinglian. It is said that he has chased her to the Vimalakirti Desert outside the State of Lu and has not returned yet. I think the hunt is still going on. It must be a long one and Lay Buddhist Jinglian cannot get away."

After discussing for a long time, everyone agreed with Zhu Duiyou's speculation that the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren should have been ambushed by the Xiongshan Master and was killed by chance in a sneak attack. Everyone was very excited.

"Brother Zhu, how about I send someone to hurry back to the tribe to report the news to the elders? Submit your speculation, maybe it can save a lot of time!"

Dai Budong stood up and asked Zhu Duiyou for countermeasures.

The latter shook his head at this moment and hurriedly stopped him:
"not enough!
Brother Dai, you had to bear a lot of blame before. Just reporting a guess can't even offset your merits and demerits. Why did you do such a thankless task?"

Dai Budong was slightly moved, as if he understood what Zhu Duiyou meant. He didn't expect his friend to be so bold: "Do you think that we can capture the murderer with just a bunch of people like us?"

The Dai family members all looked surprised.

You have to know that Master Xiongshan is an existence that can even kill a Jindan Zhenren. Even if he is only in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he can't resist his cross-level combat power!

Zhu Duiyou couldn't help but smile when he saw the fear on everyone's faces.

"Why? When you were fighting for the throne, you were all so heroic and brave that you were not afraid of losing and being implicated, but now a mere man from Xiongshan is afraid before the battle even begins?"

The battle for succession in a cultivation family is also extremely cruel. In order to fight for the opportunity to advance to the Golden Core Stage, brothers and sisters will fight openly and secretly, and will not hesitate to risk their lives. It is common for people to die in internal fighting.

Only the winner is qualified to inherit the family heritage, enjoy the rare spiritual objects of heaven and earth and become a Golden Elixir True Person, while the loser will only serve as a stepping stone.

Big families have no shortage of talent. What they need are high-level cultivators in the Jindan stage, who are the real pillars of the family!

It would be a huge profit to exchange a capable and skillful Jindan stage cultivator for five or ten foundation building stage cultivators!
There are so few resources that there are not enough to go around. If there is any training to be done, it will naturally be given to the person who is most worthy of training. This is the secret to the long-lasting prosperity of a family of cultivators and the permanent presence of Jindan-stage immortals.

How can people not die if they keep raising poisonous insects?
Dai Budong suddenly made up his mind, slammed the table, looked around, and a ruthless look appeared on his face:
"That's right! If you want to stand out, you must fight for your life!

But Brother Zhu, let's not talk about whether we can catch the murderer. What if the Nascent Soul Stage great master Jinglian comes to trouble our Dai family in person in the future? "

Zhu Duiyou gently waved his feather fan, looking calm:

"Master Jinglian holds the magical weapon Hyacinth in his hands. Not only will the Confucian sect's great powers hunt him down to the end, but even the remnants of the Demon Sect are eager to kill him."

"Just think about it, if this kind of media tool that can transmit messages thousands of miles away is in the hands of a cult like the Black Lotus, which spreads and collects incense and vows, and spreads the teachings all over the world, using incense to fool the people, how much harm will it cause to the world of cultivation? And how much benefit will it bring to them?"

"No matter whether it's the righteous path or the evil path, no one can resist this kind of temptation!"

"So Master Jinglian has no time or energy to cause trouble for us, because he can't even protect himself." "Even if he really comes to the Dai family in the future to avenge his disciples, we will just accept our fate at that time."

"And if you, Brother Dai, miss this opportunity to make amends, you will be completely unable to recover and lose the hope of breaking through to the Golden Core Stage. Which do you think is more important?"

"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If I can reach the top, why would I care about those in front and behind me?"

……

Zhu Duiyou's words were very sharp and to the point, like a loud bang of a bell, which once again awakened Dai Budong.

He couldn't help but step forward and choke up, holding her hand and speaking with tears in his eyes:

"Luckily I have Brother Zhu, otherwise I would have almost missed such a good opportunity and it would have been too late to regret it then!"

Seeing this scene, the young men of the Dai family were also infected, and their hearts were filled with heroic spirit. They all expressed their willingness to follow to the end, even if it meant climbing mountains of swords and diving into seas of fire, not to mention dealing with a man from Xiongshan.

Next, everyone asked Zhu Duiyou for advice on how to proceed.

"There is no doubt that after killing Master Dai, Master Xiongshan quietly returned to Wangyue City. The Dai family's entire industrial chain that we saw being sold off two days ago is evidence that he stayed in Wangyue City!"

"His own Lin's Chamber of Commerce has not been sold yet. From what I know about him, he is greedy and only cares about money and not his life. He must not have had the chance to leave yet."

"This is our golden opportunity to find them!"

Zhu Duiyou waved his sleeves, pushed open the door, and walked out of the yard. Everyone followed him out.

"As long as we can find him in Wangyue City, keep a close eye on him, and keep him under guard, we will have already succeeded for the most part."

“If he doesn’t leave Wangyue City, then when the Jindan Patriarch from the Dai Family arrives, we can capture him in public. As the murderer of the former Immortal, I think the Wangyue City Internal Affairs Department will most likely give our Dai Family some face.

"If he escapes early, we can hold him back outside the city with our combined strength. After all, his strongest weapon is his puppet formation. If we don't give him the chance to set up a formation, it shouldn't be difficult to hold him back."

"Besides, Brother Dai, you were one of the top students who graduated from Yunchuan Academy that year, and your combat power is also one of the best in the foundation-building stage of the same realm. This plan should be very promising!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, thinking that Zhu Duiyou was right and that all the arrangements were in place, but he added:
"I am also at the Foundation Establishment stage, and I can assist Brother Dai when the time comes."

Everyone waved their hands hurriedly.

"No, no, no!"

"let it go!"

"You should just focus on being a military advisor and not get involved in fights."

Obviously, Zhu Duiyou has too many precedents of cheating people, so everyone is surprisingly unanimous on this matter.

After discussing all the details, everyone dispersed and began to search the city for the murderer. At the same time, they strictly guarded the four major city gates and secretly screened out the monks leaving the city.

……

At the south gate of Wangyue City, the bearded man who came from the Song Dynasty not far away, the real Master Xiongshan, was now dazzled by the fairy city and had no idea what had happened to him.

He followed his cheap master, Mr. Jinglian, all the way for several years, avoiding all kinds of poor mountains and bad waters on the way, and finally arrived in Lu after surviving many dangers. When he arrived at the new place, he was completely in the dark.

With his current ability, he could only get clues about his master through hearsay. It was said that in a treasure hunt in Lu State several years ago, a powerful Yuanying stage man who was suspected to have the appearance of a green lotus appeared.

However, he didn't know how to find his master. He could only think of settling down in Lu first, practicing cultivation while slowly inquiring about the whereabouts of Master Jinglian.

However, he had traveled long distances over the years, experiencing all kinds of hardships and dangers along the way, and the money he brought from the Song Dynasty was almost gone, making his already tight pockets even worse.

If one wants to gain a foothold in the cultivation world of Lu State, especially to settle down in a place like Wangyue City where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, then one definitely needs a wealthy family background.

It is impossible to rob. This is not the East China Sea or Lu, a country where Confucianism is in power. Bandits have no chance of survival and might be beheaded by the messenger of justice the next day. Master Xiongshan is well aware of this.

But I am a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage after all. It shouldn’t be difficult for me to find an easy job in the Immortal City and support myself, right?

……

A busy market appeared ahead. Amid the hustle and bustle, a group of people saw the outsider coming in and immediately surrounded him enthusiastically.

"My fellow Taoist, I am the deacon of the building materials market in the cultivation world. This is my business card."

"Fellow Daoist, I am a salesman of fashionable vestments. This is my business card."

"Brother, I'm a leasing agent for Lingtian, this is my business card."

"Sir, I am the card promotion specialist for my brothel. This is my business card."

……

Mr. Xiongshan collected a large pile of small cards, with an expression of curiosity that was hard to conceal on his face. He turned them over and over, looking left and right. How could such a rough man have seen these before?

However, after flipping through the profiles and finding that they were all recruiting short-term temporary workers, I tossed it aside with disdain.

I am a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage. How can I be a worker for you?

joke!

But when he saw the last few small cards, especially the ones with borderline beauties, he felt a little excited.

Mr. Xiongshan raised his head, looked around, and quietly hid the cards. Unexpectedly, all of this was seen by the pimp who was soliciting customers, and she was giggling behind his back.

After walking down another street, I saw another busy market, which was even more bustling with people coming and going. There were rows of tables, chairs and benches, and young students were sitting upright, holding their resumes in their hands and attending interviews.

The people on Xiongshan Mountain were like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, poking their heads around like curious babies. The students around them were a little surprised to see a rough bearded man sneaking in among them. They didn't know what he was thinking and why he came to the job recruitment market to join in the fun.

The booth with the largest number of people gathered here was a booth called "Lin's Chamber of Commerce".

Sitting at the table was a middle-aged examiner who looked less than 40 years old. Next to him was the examiner's life story, which served as a role model for the students who came for the interview.

[Lv Xiuming, a student of Jingyang Academy, has been in the industry for fifteen years and is currently the general manager of the Lin's Chamber of Commerce. He has trained a large number of outstanding talents for the Chamber of Commerce]

Next to it was a notice about the Lin Chamber of Commerce's recruitment. The reason was that in order to sell at a good price, the Black Skull Demon Lord was planning to expand recruitment and form a so-called "elite team from prestigious schools" to serve as a facade and to help it trick the next buyer into taking over.

Of course, the students around here have not reached this level yet, so they naturally don’t understand the twists and turns involved.

In addition, the Lin's Chamber of Commerce has been growing bigger and bigger in recent years, and has a snowball trend in Wangyue City. It is considered a chamber of commerce with promising prospects. Many students are willing to try their luck in this rising star chamber of commerce.

When Mr. Xiongshan saw the series of "various benefits" above and listened to the exclamations of the students around him, he couldn't help but be moved!

(End of this chapter)