Immortal Road.

Chapter 209 The Golden Elixir Arrives
Next, everyone in the Dai family realized that things were not as simple as they had imagined, so they simply took the man from Xiongshan back to Wangyue City.

Before leaving, he did not forget to set a fire and burned the Lin family fish pond outside the city to ashes.

The man on Xiongshan was under the control of others and could only watch as the bandits from the Dai family not only beat him up on his own territory, but also massacred his subordinates and servants, and wantonly destroyed his newly built fish pond. The raging fire burned all his previous efforts to ashes, also shattering his beautiful illusions about the future.

He had just arrived in Lu and was preparing to become a good man, but he suddenly felt a surge of sadness in his heart and his eyes became moist.

These beasts are too bullying!
……

"Squeak~"

In the underground of a cave in Wangyue City, in the dark, damp and cramped space, the Dai family temporarily transformed it into a prison, and tied the captured Xiong Shanshangren to a stake.

Of course, whether it is the iron stakes or the ropes, they are at least spiritual materials for refining high-level magical weapons to prevent the people on Xiongshan from escaping.

Not feeling reassured even though he couldn't move it, he used a soul-forbidding talisman to seal his cultivation, and then pasted another talisman between his eyebrows to seal his Niwan Palace as well. Now he had no way to escape even if he had wings.

“Pah!~Pah!~”

A member of the Dai family took a whip and swung it twice on the ground, then looked at the man from Xiongshan with ill intent, which made him feel cold all over.

"Crackling~"

Another member of the Dai family was holding a branding iron in his hand, roasting himself in the brazier, with a hint of perverted excitement on the corner of his mouth. The man on Xiongshan Mountain felt his anus tighten.

"Chacha~"

There was also a member of the Dai family who was holding a guillotine, sharpening it and licking his lips, with a flash of cruelty in his eyes.

……

The people on Xiongshan were terrified by what they saw. These people were simply inhumane!
We all went to school, is this what your teachers in the academy taught you? Isn't your country Lu dominated by Confucianism? Why does it feel as cruel as the magic way?
The Dai family said that they were already very gentle, and that they had only learned these from the mortal government offices. They would not do things like extracting souls, refining spirits, or skinning and sucking blood like the demonic monks did.

But even so, Master Xiongshan was still tortured severely. Having lost his cultivation, he had no way to resist the torture and screamed in prison alone.

During this period of time, it can be said that no one can get any help from heaven or earth.

Finally, after a lot of torture.

The man on Xiongshan Mountain was almost dying and in excruciating pain.

Dai Budong sat in front of him and began to interrogate him.

"What's your real name? Don't give me a false name!"

"Xiongshan. Master Xiongshan"

"Then where is the Wanliu Academy that you mentioned when you pretended to be Bu Peiying?"

"What Wanliu Academy? I don't understand what you are talking about."

Dai Budong saw that he refused to admit it, so he ordered his men to step forward and continue to torture him.

“Ah!~~~Ouch!~~~Ah!~~~”

No matter what means were used, it was proved that the bearded man in front of him was the person's true appearance, without any signs of disguise.

Zhu Duiyou also frowned at this time. Could it be that this man on Xiong Mountain was indeed not the same person as the young man in white from that year?

He took over the question:
"What is the relationship between you and Lay Buddhist Jinglian?"

"It's my master."

"You really have a master who is in the Nascent Soul stage?"

“That’s right”

Everyone was shocked and now a little hesitant, feeling that the matter seemed to have returned to the original speculation.

"Do you know where he is now?"

“I don’t know. I’m looking for it too.”

Although Master Xiongshan was out of breath at this time, it did not affect his moving to the backstage. He did not expect that although Lu State was so far away from the East China Sea of ​​the Song Dynasty, there were people who had heard of the reputation of Master Jinglian.

The master is so powerful!

A glimmer of hope was rekindled in my heart, and I tried to use it to fight for my life.

However, everyone in the Dai family had been mentally prepared and did not buy it.

Your master is being hunted by both the good and evil forces all day long. Not only can he barely protect himself, how can he have the time to save you?
What's more, this is Dai Budong's only chance to turn things around. If the stolen money cannot be recovered, everyone will be finished. There is no turning back anyway, so they might as well give it a try, even if it means offending a Nascent Soul cultivator. They have already staked everything on it.

But thinking of the stolen money, Dai Budong, combined with the poor status of Mr. Xiongshan, couldn't help but ask:

"Where did you go with the stolen money you got from selling my Dai family's assets in Wangyue City these days?"

Xiong Shanshangren looked confused: "What stolen money? Selling off property? What on earth are you talking about? I'm just a small worker!"

Dai Budong gestured to his left and right, and his men immediately understood and waved the torture instruments in their hands to attack again.

"Ah~~~No~~~"

The man on Xiongshan let out a heart-wrenching scream, but it could not be heard in the underground prison cell. He was tied to an iron stake with his clothes stained with blood.

No matter how he was tortured, Mr. Xiongshan refused to confess.

"What about the formation puppet that your master gave you? Where did it go? Why can't I see it?"

"What formation puppet? I don't have any at all!"

"That's nonsense. Your master is a powerful Yuanying stage master. How could he not give you a way to protect your life?"

"Yes, I did, but I used it up when I encountered a critical moment during the second half of the journey from Song to Lu."

In the past few years, he has passed through countless poor mountains and bad waters. If he was not in the Jindan stage, it would be too difficult to get through with only the foundation-building stage. Master Xiongshan used up the amulet given to him by his master, which was also a helpless act.

Otherwise, the Dai family would not be able to capture him.

However, these were only one-sided statements. The Dai family members did not know whether they were true or not, so they increased the torture.

The screams continued for a while, and when they came to a stop, the man on Xiongshan was already covered in blood. In some places, the wounds were festered and the bones were visible. It was a miserable sight.

"Then tell me how you ambushed our Jindan Zhenren and succeeded in plotting against him. Where was the magic weapon you obtained afterwards hidden, and where is the jade disc?"

"I, I didn't. I really don't know what you are talking about. Hehe."

The man on Xiongshan Mountain's eyesight was blurred, blood was constantly oozing from his throat, and he was almost being tortured to the point of losing consciousness.

The Dai family had no choice but to stop and simply put a few cheap healing talismans on him to keep him alive.

Everyone looked at Zhu Duiyou and asked him for advice when they were in doubt.

"Brother Zhu, judging from today's fight, this person should not be able to kill a real person from our clan. Could it be that he is mistaken?"

Zhu Duiyou pondered for a long time, and after carefully recalling all the details of the past, he could not help but nodded:

"Now it seems that the murderer does not look like this person. He is most likely a scapegoat who took on all this for the young man in white."

"Since the young man in white can impersonate someone else and knows that his master is the Nascent Soul Stage great master Jinglian, it means that he has some grudge against Master Xiong Shan and is very likely an old acquaintance of his."

"According to the interrogation statement just now, Master Xiongshan said that he came from the distant Song State. So the young man in white should also be from a foreign country, maybe also from Song State."

"So."

Zhu Duiyou stepped forward, lifted up the chin of Master Xiongshan with his hand, and asked him sternly:
"Tell me, did you have any enemies who like to spread your name around?" The man on Xiongshan had droopy eyes and his mind was working slowly. He thought for a long time but couldn't identify the real culprit. After all, he used to be a robber and offended a lot of people. Who knows who is using his name to scam children?
"I do not know either."

Zhu Duiyou's thoughts were clear at the moment, and he just stared at him closely:
"Who are your enemies? You can tell me one by one. Don't worry, you can talk slowly!"

"The Taoist of Jingyang, the Master of Yanfa Cave, the Taoist Nun of Guangshan, the Master of Chunjing, the Seven Sons of Jining, the Four Evils of Tiaohai"

The man on Xiong Mountain murmured to himself, counting his enemies one by one and naming all those with whom he had had grudges.

You know what, that kind of trouble-making ability even makes everyone in the Dai family feel their scalps tingle.

But Zhu Duiyou suddenly waved his sleeves to stop him from muttering.

"None of this is important. Let me ask you, do you have an enemy who looks like the young man in white?"

"Young men in white? Hmm. There are about five of them. They are..."

"He has pure wind and thunder spiritual power, a five-element magic fan, and a defensive magic weapon is a mirror with pits and holes."

"Lin Shan! The Black Lotus Sect's altar purifier, the person in charge of the mission in the Ezo Sea area, Lin Shan!"

After Mr. Xiongshan received the details, an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he shouted out loud!
At the same time, the iron stakes and chains behind him shook.

Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou looked at each other, and finally the clouds cleared and the moon appeared!
Lin's Chamber of Commerce,

Lin Shan,

Isn’t this right?
Good boy, it’s not the chicken feet, the fox’s tail is finally revealed!
Dai Budong directed his men to reinforce the iron stakes and chains while pouring another bucket of cold water on them.

"Tell me! Tell me everything you know about this man called Lin Shan!"

"no need!"

Suddenly, a loud shout was heard from behind, causing the underground prison cell to buzz. Countless fine dust particles above head fell down, and a huge momentum followed, like a tiger out of a cage. Everyone in the Dai family was shocked!
Could it be?

Someone came to the door?
Turning around, I saw an old man with white hair and a youthful face, dressed in a golden sable coat, striding in.

"Grandpa Grandpa?"

"Great uncle!"

"Greetings to Master Rongjin!"

Dai Budong, the Dai family disciples, Zhu Duiyou and others all bowed down and kowtowed. They did not expect that the Jindan stage ancestor of the Dai family would come so quickly!

You know, it's been less than five days since the death of the previous Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family, and the information that Dai Budong and his men collected yesterday was just sent out and prepared to be delivered to the family.

According to the pace, it would take two days for that tribe member to send the information back. After discussion within the tribe, they would inevitably have to bring in various speculations and verify them in Wangyue City before they would finally make a decision.

But no one could have guessed that before the messenger here returned to the family, the Jindan stage ancestor of the Dai family had already set off!

And he is not just an ordinary Jindan Zhenren, but the Dai family’s official chief elder.

Ancestor Rongjin!

The Dai family, as a family of cultivators, was able to become one of the mining giants in the State of Lu, not only because they had five Jindan-stage cultivators in charge and were very famous, but also because they had a Jindan-late stage ancestor to lead the team and intimidate the villains from all sides!
You know, as a mining giant, it has influence over every aspect of the cultivation world and occupies so many spiritual mineral resources. How could it not arouse envy?
But precisely because of the presence of Old Ancestor Rongjin, who has reached the late Jindan stage and has not yet developed his Nascent Soul, he can basically sweep away all kinds of monsters and demons, and no one dares to confront him!
The Dai family also started from the generation of ancestor Rong Jin three hundred years ago. They grew from the original two Jindan stage cultivators to five Jindan stage cultivators, gradually becoming a giant. He can be said to be the master of the Dai family's rise and revival.

Such a person, in the cultivation world of a country, is more or less a figure of the times. Generally, he would stay in the family to cultivate in secret, sitting in the center as a stabilizing force, and would not go out unless the family was in a critical moment of life and death, and would remain in seclusion until the end of time. Even if he passed away, he would not announce his death for decades, making his enemies suspicious and afraid to act rashly.

And now, such a legendary ancestor is standing in front of a group of young people. How can people not be surprised?
"Grandmaster, why did you come out of seclusion in person?"

Dai Budong was extremely nervous. He did not expect the clan ancestor to come in person, and he did not even send a letter to inform him in advance. He did not have time to entertain him, for fear that his every move would leave a bad impression.

Ancestor Rongjin has white hair and a youthful face with a fluorescent glow. He exudes the domineering aura of a superior, but the words he speaks are as gentle as a spring breeze.

"Haha, I've often been facing the stone wall these years, and I've been so quiet that I want to move. It just so happens that my clan's golden elixir has fallen, so I can't wait for news, so I came out to take a look and get some fresh air."

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at the ancestor, as that would be disrespectful.

"In fact, I have been here for a while. I didn't expect that you youngsters have already found out a lot of useful information in just five days. It seems that the clan made the right choice by sending you here."

"Yes, Not Bad."

Ancestor Rong Jin simply said the word "not bad", and everyone present trembled all over after hearing it, and was extremely excited.

Sometimes it is like this, a simple encouragement from the superior will make the subordinates feel like they have been injected with chicken blood, and they will feel excited and think that they are appreciated and valued. In fact, it is just the most basic skill of controlling subordinates.

This is the charm of power.

Dai Budong bowed hurriedly and said, "Grandmaster Miao Zan, I am just doing my duty, I didn't do that."

"Hey~ It's great that you were able to find such a key person and find out useful information in such a short time."

Ancestor Rongjin waved his hand and did not treat the younger generations of the clan harshly. Instead, he praised Dai Budong and looked at Zhu Duiyou beside him with admiration.

"This young man doesn't look like a member of my Dai family, but he has an extraordinary bearing and wisdom. I think he is not an unknown person."

Zhu Duiyou was wearing a silk scarf on his head, a crane cloak, and holding a feather fan. He was in high spirits, but he was not as excited as the Dai family. After all, he had seen big scenes before, so he just bowed slightly when he heard it:
"Thank you for your kindness, Immortal. I am Zhu Duiyou, a student of Jingyang Academy. I am now honored to be the counselor of Brother Dai. I am doing some trivial things that are not important and are not worthy of your attention."

He was being modest here, but Patriarch Rongjin had a keen eye and could immediately tell that this boy was extraordinary.

At such a young age, he is already in the late stage of foundation building, with a solid foundation and strong spiritual awareness. He is also a top disciple of Jingyang Academy, and serves as a subordinate of Dai Bushun and gives him advice. Such a person must have great ambitions and brilliant ideas in his mind. He is a rare talent.

"Haha, you are too modest. It is a stroke of luck that I can get your assistance. I can't help this kid. Maybe he will have a chance to succeed the throne in the future!"

These words from Ancestor Rong Jin immediately lit up the eyes of everyone present.

Dai Budong, in particular, could not hide the surprise on his face. Although the fight for succession within the clan was fair, just and open, to be appreciated by the great elder was also a great achievement.

Once this sentence is passed back to the family in the future, it will inevitably cause a great impact. By then, some elders may turn to support him, and some young people in the clan may even take the initiative to join him!

Of course, despite being polite, they couldn't just keep welcoming the ancestor in the underground prison cell, so everyone gathered around him and left together to go to the living room on the ground floor to entertain him.

As for the man from Xiongshan who was chained tightly and beaten half to death on the iron stakes in the cell, he was thrown there and guarded day and night by two men, one to prevent him from escaping, and the other to keep him alive.

……

At the same time, Lin Shan, who was hiding on the other side, also received a secret report that the newly built Lin's fish pond outside the city was burned down by a group of unknown forces. They also killed all the servants in the courtyard and abducted the fish pond manager Xiong Shanshang.

"what?!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord and Lu Xiuming were shocked. Why did someone sabotage the situation? Was it a competitor?
That’s not right. We have already monopolized the fishery industry in Wangyue City. Where would we get any competitors?

"Brother, do you think we should go check it out?"

"No, we can't act rashly now."

Lin Shan stood up and paced in the secret room, thinking. He immediately realized that something was wrong, or rather, a crisis.

It was no big deal if that group of people burned down Lin’s fish pond. It was gone, so they could just rebuild it.

But the abduction of the people on Xiong Mountain is a bit intriguing.

Lin Shan became extremely cautious at this time and was unwilling to take the risk of leaving the city.

He turned around and pointed at Lv Xiuming: "You, immediately send people to explore outside the city and search for details and evidence. Do not report it to the Wangyue City Internal Affairs Department. Just treat it as an internal matter of our Chamber of Commerce and handle it yourself."

"At the same time, secretly check in the city to see if there is a cultivation family called the Dai family that has sent people to Wangyue City during this period of time."

"If so, tell me where they are stationed."

A cold light flashed in Lin Shan's eyes, and thoughts surged.

(End of this chapter)