Immortal Road.

Chapter 213: Liluan Mountain Trip
In the early morning, a breeze blew, and the ruins in the north of the city were taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Teams of law enforcement monks from the Wangyue City Alliance have blocked off the area and are currently dealing with the property and corpses there. Eventually, they will be submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for registration, inventory of various losses and compensation, in the hope of winning back the hearts of the people in the city.

However, after last night's great battle, more than ten thousand migrant monks left Wangyue City this morning. It is foreseeable that more people will leave in the future.

Capital knows how to seek profit and avoid harm, not to mention that cultivators are also human beings, and naturally they yearn for a peaceful and stable environment for cultivation.

A large number of people stay here because they have finally taken root here over the years. All their relatives, connections, livelihoods, and memories are left here, so they are reluctant to leave.

As for the ancestors of the Yang family and others, with the cooperation of the local families in Wangyue City, they searched all places in the city but could not find the real Master Xiongshan. It seemed that this person had disappeared during the chaos last night.

With no other choice, I had to leave temporarily and find another place.

The whereabouts of the man on Xiongshan Mountain remains an unsolved mystery.

Of course, if anyone in the city knew, Lin Shan would definitely be the one.

But after seeing the power of the purple tentacle last night, and the fall of the legendary ancestor Rongjin, he felt deeply moved and was very alert.

Anyway, it won't be long before the Black Skull Demon Lord will recover to the Golden Core Stage. By then, he will take himself to the Dai family to find spiritual objects that can help him break through the Golden Core Stage. This is the most important goal at this stage. There is no need to take risks with Master Xiongshan, so let his breath gradually fade away.

As the saying goes, if the sky falls, there will always be tall people to hold it up. As for how the purple tentacle will recover in the future, there will always be powerful people in this world to worry about it. As a small shrimp, he doesn't need to worry about it for the time being.

Speaking of strange creatures, Lin Shan couldn't help but recall that when he was in the late stage of Qi training, he cursed the prince of Qi's mansion, a middle-aged man in brocade clothes, in Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty.

At that time, a strange big eyeball appeared. Later, it was said to have fallen into the hands of the Zixiao Sect. After the demonic calamity began, no rumors about this thing were heard again, and no one knows what happened to it now.

Lin Shan shook his head and did not dwell on the matter too much. Instead, he had a brief discussion with the Black Skull Demon Lord on how to recover his cultivation in the next three months.

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord told him that as creatures from hell, the Skeleton Clan had many ways to break through and advance. For an ordinary Skeleton Clan like it, the choices were even more varied. Its original body had used the lava quenching method.

To put it simply, it is a secret technique for tempering bones in the hell world, which is equivalent to the method of forging an "immaculate body" before breaking through the golden elixir stage in this world.

As for refining the body with jade liquid and condensing the flawless golden elixir, it corresponds to the "refining the soul with bone marrow" and "condensing the soul elixir of a hundred orifices" over there.

The skeleton clan is different from the human cultivators. They form a soul pill in their skull, similar to how the demon clan forms demon pills, the ghost clan forms ghost pills, the Asura clan forms blood pills, and so on. Anyway, it's basically the same.

In addition to the above steps, the Skeleton Clan will also have some transformations, such as "bone hyperplasia", "joint transformation", "ice marrow jade bones", "glass embedded body" and so on. This depends purely on the skills and race, and not every skeleton breakthrough will have it.

The Black Skull Demon Lord has now recovered to the Golden Core Stage. He needs to go inside a volcano and use the magma sea inside to make a perfect breakthrough in the shortest time possible.

Without much hesitation, the two of them scanned the map and found an active volcano "Liluan Mountain" in Pengpi County in the northwest of Lu State.

This area is remote and sparsely populated, making it very suitable for seclusion and cultivation.

Next, he instructed Lu Xiuming and others to lead their troops to Luzhong County to participate in the alliance three months later to jointly attack the Dai family. During this period, they would take over the Lin Chamber of Commerce.

As for Mr. Wu, the buyer who had previously agreed to take over and signed the agreement.

Because the Lin family fish pond outside the city was not developed, and the investment environment in all walks of life in Wangyue City deteriorated after the war, the handover could not be smooth. Wu Yuanwai suddenly changed his mind and breached the contract midway, and compensated Lin Shan with a sum of spirit stones.

Although this matter is a bit regrettable, Lin Shan doesn't care for the time being. It just so happens that after the Black Skull Demon Lord recovers to the Golden Core stage, he also wants to make use of its strength to first form a prototype of a force. The people from the Lin Chamber of Commerce have followed him for more than ten years and are a good team.

In addition, if there is time, I can also summon back the gang of brothers I have recruited in the East China Sea.
……

A thousand miles east of Wangyue City, a group of people were busy and hurrying on their way.

A pangolin was running fast with more than twenty people on its back. This was the spiritual pet in the Foundation Establishment Stage that Dai Budong had raised since childhood. It could walk on mountains and rivers as if it were walking on flat ground.

The Dai family members who were sitting on the bumpy ride all hung their heads, looking listless and dejected. The death of the Rongjin Patriarch had directly knocked out half of their energy and spirit, especially the feeling of powerlessness of watching helplessly but unable to do anything, which was deeply engraved in their hearts.

As for the original goal of this trip assigned by the clan, which was to investigate and assist in the capture of the real culprit, it had to be abandoned halfway.

The Jindan Zhenren who came to support first was gone. With just the number of people they had, they really couldn't wipe out the Lin's Chamber of Commerce in one fell swoop. After all, the young man in white was also in the late foundation building stage, and there was also a skeleton monster who could set up formations, and there were about fifty or sixty guys from the Lin's Chamber of Commerce under him.

They have no advantage in numbers and their cultivation is not overwhelming, so capturing them is naturally out of the question.

What's more, last night's anti-Dai storm was getting more intense than the last. The little magical spell of Ancestor Rongjin directly aroused so much anger among the people.

When the ancestor was alive, they didn't dare to say a word. Now that the ancestor is gone, with the Yang family taking the lead and eight Jindan Zhenren joining in, these victims straightened their backs instantly and claimed that they wanted justice from the Dai family.

Under such circumstances, Dai Budong and his men dared not stay any longer and fled from Wangyue City in the chaos at night. Before leaving, they even ignored the people on Xiongshan Mountain in the dungeon as their own lives were more important.

Moreover, no one expected that the Master Xiongshan was actually possessed by a demon. The purple tentacles were not only capable of defeating a late Jindan cultivator, but could also poison and kill Old Ancestor Rongjin. Its origin must be very complicated. Perhaps it was a self-defense trump card left by the Yuanying stage master Jinglian for his disciples.

They could only guess this way. Otherwise, how could they explain that a human in the Foundation Establishment Stage could carry such a strange demon with him and the two could live in peace with each other?

As for the road ahead, it is even more of a headache for them.

The former Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family stationed in Wangyue City died, and the later Rongjin Patriarch who came from the clan died. In addition, the Dai family's industrial chain in Wangyue City was sold, and the Xiongshan Master was not captured. If they return to the Dai family headquarters, they will probably be greeted by...
A group of people were horrified at the thought of not being able to wear it. They couldn't even think about the consequences. They would definitely be punished for multiple crimes and would never be able to turn things around in their lifetime!

There are so many pots that he can't even carry them all. If he picks out any one of them and can't handle it, he will be in big trouble and won't be able to wash it clean.

There is simply no need to wash!

"I'm so @#￥%&*"

Dai Budong cursed angrily, almost suffocating from all the blame that was thrown at him for no reason.

This is too frustrating!

I have been working diligently and carefully all along, but in the end, I still got drenched in shit. I am so unlucky.

The group of Dai family members behind him were also lamenting endlessly. None of them could escape from this matter. When the time comes, every one of them will be held accountable by the elders of their family.

Someone must be held accountable for the deaths of the two Jindan Zhenren.

"Brother Zhu, what do you think I should do now?"

At this critical moment, everyone looked at Zhu Duiyou with anticipation, hoping that he could come up with some good suggestions.

Zhu Duiyou shook his head and sighed: "Brother Dai, things have come to this point and cannot be reversed. Why not..."

Everyone leaned over and listened, and they heard three words.

".Defect!"

"What???"

"?!!"

"?!!"

"?!!" The group of people were shocked and opened their mouths wide, as if they couldn't believe that he would come up with such an idea.

You have to know that this group of people have lived in the Dai family since they were young. Whether it is training at Yunchuan Academy or various resources for cultivation, they are all provided by the family. Not to mention that there are their relatives, young and old, friends they have grown up with, and even maids, servants, assets, contribution points, etc. in the family.

How can you ask them to give up?

What's more, everyone knows that the clan has their soul lamps, which can be used to find their location and track them down.

"Brother Zhu, don't joke."

Dai Budong's face twitched and he spoke with difficulty.

"I'm not kidding!"

Zhu Duiyou met him with a dim gaze, and at the same time glanced at the panicked Dai family members behind him. He walked up to the pangolin's head alone, looking at the scenery around him that was rapidly receding, his tone was vicissitudes and distant.

"Brother Dai, it's already this late, why are you still hesitating? It's a dead end anyway, why not try to survive?"

"You know, this is all God's will. We didn't do anything wrong, but we keep getting blamed."

"I don't blame you, nor do I blame myself, nor do I blame all the brothers who follow you and me. If I have to blame anyone, I can only blame fate and the unpredictable world."

"Now that things have come to this, it's better not to wait for the Dai family!"

Dai Budong stammered, "The Dai family has been so kind to me in raising me, how can I abandon them?"

"pedantic!"

Zhu Duiyou shouted sternly: "You think of our old friendship, but the elders of the Dai family will not be soft-hearted. You are in great trouble this time, and you will be executed on the spot by the family!"

"The clansmen of the two Jindan ancestors need someone to vent their anger on, and the Dai family also needs a scapegoat!"

"You will be in dire straits. Not only will you be nailed to the pillar of shame, but you will also have to bring down these brothers who have been with you through thick and thin. Let me ask you, can you be so cruel?"

Dai Budong looked at his men. Everyone's eyes flickered and they turned their heads away, not daring to look at him.

Zhu Duiyou tried to persuade him earnestly: "Brother Dai, going back now would be like walking into a trap, there is no hope for you, why are you rushing back to your tribe to die?"

Dai Budong's eyes showed a struggle: "The family has treated me well, and some of the elders have invested in me in the past. How can I bear to let them down?"

Zhu Duiyou hated him for not fighting back: "Brother Dai, you are too soft-hearted! A real man is born in this world and wants to accomplish something. I would rather let the world betray me than let the world betray me! Since the clan will definitely punish you, why do you still think about the past?"

A group of Dai family members behind him were lying on the pangolin's back, saying in unison: "Now that things have come to this, we might as well rebel!"

Dai Budong's eyes were filled with tears: "You are putting me in a position of disloyalty and injustice!"

Zhu Duiyou said in an urgent tone: "If you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences!"

Everyone in the Dai family shouted in unison: "Make a quick decision!"

Dai Budong sighed to the sky: "I have received great favors from my clan. I studied when I was young and came back to fight for the throne. This is the hope of many clan elders. I never thought that I would fall to this point today. How can I face the elders of the Dai family again!"

Zhu Duiyou was overjoyed: "Brother Dai, have you made up your mind?"

Everyone in the Dai family was desperate and hysterical: "Rebellion!"

Unexpectedly, Dai Budong suddenly turned around.

“Kang!——”

He drew the sword from his waist, intending to commit suicide!
"My dear ancestors, I am an unfilial son. Not only did I carelessly harm the two ancestors, but I also put all my brothers in a life-or-death dilemma. I have failed many elders and have failed to live in this world. I can only die to apologize for my sins!"

Everyone was shocked and rushed forward to hug him. Zhu Duiyou was so frightened that he rushed forward and used all his strength to snatch the sword.

But what I didn't expect was that this sword wasn't even a magic weapon, let alone a divine weapon, it was just a piece of ordinary iron.
He was slightly stunned. A weapon like ordinary iron could not hurt even a warrior who knew a little bit of external skills, let alone a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building who had already merged with his spirit and energy?

Taking a closer look, he found that although Dai Budong looked sad, he only shed a few tears, and he had no power to resist and was held down by the Dai family's children and could not move.

He immediately understood and stepped forward to cooperate with the performance:

"Brother Dai, you have a good plan! If you die, what will happen to us brothers who have followed you through thick and thin? Are you so cruel as to abandon us?"

The crowd was outraged and brought up the brotherhood they had in the past, swearing to share life and death together. If Dai Budong committed suicide, no one would live alone.

Seeing how stubborn everyone was, Dai Budong had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​committing suicide.

"Forget it, forget it. I have already made a big mistake. How can I let a bunch of brothers die with me?"

"Ah~"

"me."

"I will obey you"

Dai Budong burst into tears, covered his face and sighed, and agreed reluctantly.

The Dai family's children's anger turned into joy. Their previous decadence was swept away. After experiencing great ups and downs, it was as if they had broken free from shackles. Their energy and spirit were renewed. They surrounded Dai Bhande and vowed to follow him to the death.

Zhu Duiyou nodded secretly, the army's morale was good.

The group discussed for a while and decided not to return to the Dai family. They simply fled far away and disappeared from the Lu Kingdom cultivation world.
……

Pengpi County in the northwest of Lu State, Liluan Mountain.

Liluan Mountain is an active volcano, about 2,000 feet high, covering millions of acres. The mountain is in the shape of an inverted funnel, with snow on the top all year round and a large lake surrounding the foot of the mountain, providing beautiful scenery.

However, the spiritual energy here is thin, there are no hidden spiritual veins, and there is also fire poison in the depths of the volcano, so there is no immortal sect here.

There are some scattered villages around the lake, and some fishermen make a living by fishing.

On this day, a flying boat of white bones cut through the sky and came from afar.

“This should be the right place.”

The flying boat stopped steadily above the crater. The Black Skull Demon Lord smelled the sulfur with intoxication, and hurriedly left Lin Shan behind and plunged into the rolling magma below.

Lin Shan watched this guy fall into the depths of the black and red magma, so he had to hold up the Cloud-Falling Banner under his feet and sit cross-legged in the sky near Liluan Mountain to practice.

We don’t even know what kind of transformation will happen when it comes out of seclusion and returns to the Golden Core stage.

(End of this chapter)