Immortal Road.

Chapter 223 Incense and Fire Mantra
In the sky, the Jindan stage battle was still going on, but everyone on the Lujiang League side was injured, and there was even one person missing.

It turned out that Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness and directly activated the ultimate killing move of the Chongyang Tianzhu Formation, detonating the two scorching suns in the sky!

The fire storm swept through in an instant, not only catching everyone off guard, but also killing another Jindan-stage master from the Yang family.

When the Yang family ancestor recovered from his dizziness, he found that another Jindan stage cultivator had died in his family, and he was so angry that he almost went crazy.

During this expedition, the clan had already lost two Jindan-stage cultivators before the battle was even over. It was a huge loss!
But there was nothing that could be done about it, because the other Jindan Zhenren present were trying to fish in troubled waters, and only the Yang family was truly going all out. They and the Dai family were mortal enemies, so naturally they were blood-thirsty.

The main purpose of the Dai family is also to weaken the Yang family. If there is a chance to kill someone, they will definitely look for a target with a high hatred value.

After the Chongyang Tianzhu Formation self-destructed, the power of the newly condensed Chongyang was greatly reduced and it was gradually no longer a concern.

The Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family had a clear mind and even had the intention of dying. He knew that if he ran away, no one in the Dai family would survive. Only by persisting could he buy time for the elite members of the clan to retreat.

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In the maple forest on the mountainside, in front of the Sutra Library.

The two groups of people were fighting each other. One side had as many as two hundred people, while the other side had only a few dozen people, but the side with fewer people was suppressing the side with more people.

It turns out that these elite members of the Dai family are all young talents, and there are even several young men who have established their foundation. They are the family geniuses who once participated in the battle for succession. Even if their strength is not as good as Dai Budong, it is not much different.

In addition to several mature and steady elders, there was also a group of potential clan members, with nearly ten people in the foundation-building stage alone, who defeated the small force of the Lujiang League and made them flee in panic.

Lin Shan did not exert his full strength, but only used conventional means to fight the enemy.

After all, his magical powers cannot be seen in public, and his magic weapons have been lent to the Black Skull Demon Lord. In addition, he has to protect nearly a hundred men in the car. These people are all his trusted members, and they must not be allowed to die before they grow up.

Fortunately, Master Zhan Kong was there to help, and everyone worked together to defend on the puppet chariot. Lin Shan kept scattering beans to form soldiers, and the bean soldiers surrounded them to resist the Dai family monks. Among them, four golden magnolias and two pea shooters exuded the aura of the foundation-building period, which surprised everyone.

He also summoned the mermaid girl from the East China Sea to make up the numbers, and he was able to stabilize the situation temporarily.

Master Zhan Kong secretly praised himself for his foresight. He knew that the boy from the Lin Chamber of Commerce had a very complicated background and must have hidden it very deeply. It would be a good idea to follow him.

However, the group of monks who followed them by riding on the car all met with bad luck and were killed by the Dai family's fire troops, which made the group of newbies in the car tremble in fear.

Lin Shan was not afraid at all. He confronted the group of people in front of him head-on and even kept a close eye on them.

Who knows what important martial arts manual this guy from Zhang Gang took away when he just came out of the Sutra Repository?

The Dai family's leading elder saw that Lin Shan's gang was difficult to deal with and had no intention of getting entangled with him. He planned to evacuate with his men. However, the look in their eyes before they left seemed to want to remember the faces of Lin Shan and Master Zhan Kong clearly, giving people an attitude that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

Now not only Lin Shan was unhappy, but Master Zhan Kong was also unhappy.

What's that look in your eyes? What, do you want to take revenge later?
The two looked at each other and immediately stopped trying to hide their abilities. They each used their own methods to stop the other from leaving. The no-fly ban affected everyone indiscriminately, and the Dai family was no exception. If they wanted to leave, they had to get through us.

Lin Shan directly distributed weapons to his tree monsters, throwing various magical instruments into their hands. The tree monsters became more powerful, and they rushed forward with their fangs and claws bared, showing no fear of death even if they were beaten to death by the Dai family.

Back then, in the poisonous canyon in the Luosong Mountains of the Great Song Dynasty, he passed by the sea of ​​flowers and had no idea how many seeds he had collected. He had all kinds of ordinary tree monsters, and as for low- and medium-level magic weapons, he also had too many to pile up, and he didn't feel sorry at all.

Master Zhan Kong was also busy. Although he had a wide circle of friends and was a guest of honor in many sects and families, and even his own nest was protected by layers of formations, as safe as a turtle shell, it did not mean that he was willing to be threatened.

At this moment, he was chanting incantations and casting spells together with a dozen of his disciples behind him. Pointing one finger at the ground, circles of yellow light flickered, and spiritual energy from the underground began to brew and surge up.

"Go up to the Dharma and bring peace to the town. Announce to all spirits, the true officials of the mountains and rivers, the spirits of the land, the left altar and the right millet. Do not alarm them. Return to the right path, clarify the inside and outside, each take their place, and guard the altar."

As they chanted the spell, a dark wind arose, a pair of eyes appeared in the void, and a huge pressure descended, as if a land god or mountain god was summoned. Although he did not show himself to the world, everyone present could sense it.

The flying dust on the ground was instantly smoothed down, everyone's shoulders sank slightly, and a transparent outline cast a huge shadow in the sunlight.

"Boom boom boom~~~"

The shadow cast a spell with one hand, and earth prisons appeared all around, rising from the ground under their feet, trapping all the members of the Dai family and preventing them from fighting.

Even Lin Shan was shocked. What kind of range control spell is this? It’s so powerful!
"The spell to appease the god of the land, the secret technique of incense!"

A cry of surprise was heard, and someone actually recognized the origin of the person at a glance. It turned out to be the follower Wu Hanqiao.

Lin Shan quickly turned around and asked him, "Do you know the origin of this technique?"

Wu Hanqiao was a top student at Jingyang Academy, which was the second-ranked academy in the State of Lu. It had a vast collection of books. During his school years, he had read extensively the academy's collections and had a large amount of knowledge in his mind, but he had no place to put it to good use. Today, he happened to recognize him and hurried to explain to the boss.

"I've read in books that millions of years ago, this land was full of gods and spirits. Mountains had mountain gods and rivers had water gods. This technique was originally a way of praying, setting up an altar to summon the gods of the land, so that they could report to the heavens on behalf of ordinary people and protect the righteous path."

"Later, I don't know what great changes happened in the world. The way of becoming a god through incense was gradually suppressed. All the good and evil gods in the world retreated to the underworld. Everything related to faith was dug up and destroyed. These secret techniques of incense became rootless and were gradually lost."

"Now that the inner alchemy path is prevalent, the immortal cultivators believe that their fate is their own and no longer depends on others to provide spiritual nourishment. Therefore, those ancient myths have become legends, and all kinds of monsters and demons have disappeared."

"The Earth God Spell used by Master Zhankong seems to have been modified from a summoning secret method to a secret method to trap the enemy?"

……

Wu Hanqiao could still explain the beginning, but he was a little unsure when he talked about the latter part.

Master Zhan Kong was quite relaxed. The old fellow was directing his disciples to suppress the group of Dai family cultivators, cooperating with Lin Shan's strategy of turning beans into soldiers to hold back this group of people, and at the same time he took the initiative to explain things to them.

"The little kid has seen a lot and can even recognize this technique. He must be a student from a prestigious school. No wonder he is valued by President Lin."

"This old man's secret art of incense and fire is indeed derived from the spell to appease the land gods. You should know that the land gods have only left the human world, but they have not disappeared. Instead, they have gone to the underworld. Therefore, it is not a problem to summon a shadow to help."

"But a secret technique is a secret technique. It is neither a spell nor a magical power. Whenever it is used, it will always consume something. It can be blood essence, soul, cultivation, potential, or even spiritual roots. And my secret technique of incense will naturally consume something as well."

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Everyone looked at him quietly.

"Uh that"

Master Zhankong was originally relaxed, but when he got to this point he suddenly shut up.

He was even a little panicked, with cold sweat dripping down his face.

Because he suddenly recalled that the Confucian school in Lu State had been destroying the incense and faith, and anyone who dared to hide this thing would be brought to school, and the consequences would be very serious. Master Zhankong cursed himself for being old and confused, and for a moment he was so proud that he almost let the cat out of the bag.

Everyone was originally watching him bragging, but suddenly stopped here and stared at him with suspicion.

Especially Lin Shan, for some reason, there was a dangerous look in his eyes like a hungry wolf, looking at him like a delicious lamb, Master Zhan Kong shuddered all over!
"Master, is there any power of incense and vows in you?"

Master Zhankong's heart was beating wildly, and he waved his hands quickly: "No, no, President Lin, what are you talking about?"

Lin Shan raised his eyebrows and couldn't help licking his lips: "Hey~ Now I feel so awkward. Good things should be shared~"

Master Zhankong's face trembled, and he looked wronged:
"Sharing it, how can this thing be shared? No, I have an irreconcilable relationship with the power of incense and fire, and I will never keep this thing to myself even if I am beaten to death!"

Lin Shan still didn't believe it, and there was even some inexplicable meaning in his eyes: "Without the power of incense, how can you perform the secret technique of incense?"

Master Zhankong's mouth was bitter, and he wished he could give himself two big bidou: "If I say this is not some kind of incense secret technique, but a normal immortal magic, would you believe it?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison. The cultivators in Lu are generally more educated and have some knowledge. The unique skill of yours just now to control a large area and to be able to control ten Foundation Establishment cultivators at once is simply not something that can be explained by high-level magic!

At worst, it’s just a minor magical spell!
You are an old man in the late stage of foundation building, but you can cast minor magical spells instantly. Have you condensed the seeds of minor magical powers? How is it possible?

Lin Shan didn't believe it at all. What about the magical seed? Besides me, do you think you have the cheat too?
Do not make jokes!
But Master Zhan Kong said that he was not joking. Not only did he refuse to admit that he had a problem, but his explicit and implicit implication was that he also had a problem!

I, the old man, do have the seeds of magical power, so what? ! ! !
Now everyone was at a loss. They couldn't just knock open his head and explore whether there were any seeds of supernatural powers in his soul, right?

Besides, we are now facing a powerful enemy and we are all in the same group. We will have to fight side by side to plunder the Dai family's wealth, so there is no need for internal strife.

Not to mention that the ones who wanted to destroy the incense and vows were the powerful people in the Confucian school. What does it have to do with them, the independent practitioners in the cultivation world? It's like a dog trying to trouble a rat.

But Lin Shan still had doubts in his heart. There was an unfathomable smile on his face and his eyes flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking. Master Zhan Kong felt cold all over for no reason, as he always felt that the way this boy looked at him was a little evil.

By making such a fuss, they managed to buy a lot of time.

After just a short while, a group of people rushed in from outside the maple forest. They were all cultivators from the Lujiang League. They followed the chariot of the Lin’s Chamber of Commerce all the way, eating dirt.

Seeing the tense situation between the two sides on the field, a group of elite disciples of the Dai family were unable to break out in front of the Sutra Repository and were firmly restrained by friendly forces. They were all confused.

The good things in the Sutra Repository might have been emptied out. If you want high-end martial arts manuals, you can only steal them from them!
Among this group of new members of the Lujiang League, there were quite a few forces, and there were nearly ten cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage. They led their men to kill directly, and their actions were quick and efficient.

Lin Shan and Master Zhan Kong commanded the tree demons and earth prisons to open several passages to let friendly forces in, thus restraining the enemy while avoiding accidental injuries. The battle situation suddenly became one-sided again.

The elites of the Dai family were no match for four hands with two fists. Whenever they wanted to exert their full strength, the pea shooters in the distance would attack them "puff puff puff". When they were defeated and wanted to escape, Master Zhankong would control the earth prison to block their way.

As time went on, more and more people and horses came from outside the maple forest. The area below the mountainside was basically searched. The bandits in the Lujiang League began to climb up. When they passed by the maple forest and took a quick look inside, they were unable to move when they saw the Sutra Repository.

Gradually, more and more people gathered here, with three layers inside and three layers outside. There were nearly thirty or forty Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered here, and the Dai family finally couldn't hold on any longer.

"Don't you want the secret techniques? Take them, all of them!"

The leader of the Dai family became furious and decided to take drastic measures to save his livelihood. He simply took off a large storage bag from his waist and shook it hard into the sky!
"Wow~~"

"咻咻咻~~~"

Countless books were scattered like flowers from the sky, like a grand fireworks display, with jade slips flying everywhere beside them. There were also sheets of gold foil, silver pages, parchment and other messy books, which dazzled everyone's eyes.

The monks from the Lujiang League on the field rushed to grab the items, putting them into their storage bags one by one, accepting everything regardless of the item.

Lin Shan and a bunch of his younger brothers in the car also jumped down. Those with higher cultivation levels caught the food falling from the sky, while those with lower cultivation levels picked up the leftovers on the ground. They were all busy and happy.

Everyone showed their magical powers. Some people could use the spiritual handprint to fish things in the sky. Some people had special suction skills and specialized in picking up gold and silver foil. Some people could hide the world in their sleeves, with their sleeves bulging with things. Some people had great body movements and were as agile as a dragon, holding things left and right.
Not only that, everyone's magical instruments are also bizarre. In addition to the normal storage tools like nets, bags, pots, bottles, baskets, etc., there are all kinds of pots, pans, and bowls flying in the sky, which is dazzling.

Lin Shan had quite a few similar high-level magical weapons in his hands. Qi Zhong from Qianyun Pavilion had given him a set of four pieces, which came in handy now. He took out a jade ring and threw it to Mu Yan, asking him to put it on the ring. He also took out a teacup and threw it to Wu Hanqiao, asking him to scoop it up.

As for Lin Shan himself, he used an exquisite pagoda to collect the things everywhere, while commanding the tree monsters on the field to help him collect.

This group of tree monsters were also very powerful. After picking up a book or jade slip, they immediately opened their mouths and swallowed it, making it impossible for the cultivators nearby to snatch the books. Some sunflower monsters and pea vines also shot wildly, making the jade slips fly everywhere and causing trouble for everyone. Due to Lin Shan's strength, everyone did not dare to act rashly and could only grit their teeth and swallow their anger.

On the other side, Master Zhan Kong did not work alone, but joined forces with his disciples and set up a small whirlwind formation in the blink of an eye. Circles of small tornadoes would go out for a spin and bring back a lot of good things. No wonder this old man always took his disciples with him wherever he went.

Of course, not all monks in the alliance are fighting for it. There are some monks who do not follow the crowd and have their own opinions. They are keeping a close eye on the Dai family.

The elite members of the Dai family took the opportunity to flee, throwing all kinds of books around as they fled. They were heartbroken because these were the capital for the future rise of their Dai family!

However, if you cannot escape, the capital will be left for others, so you can only give it up temporarily.

After a period of chaos, the field finally quieted down.

Everyone looked at the elite troops of the Dai family running down the mountain in a cloud of dust, and they were all undecided.

Should I go up the mountain to continue searching, or go down the mountain to chase the fire?

Both options have their pros and cons. There are definitely more resources to grab on the mountain, but they are too scattered and you may not come across anything good. The Dai family's sparks who are coming down the mountain must have good things in their hands, but you may not be able to get them, so it is very likely that they will get nothing.

What choice to make? The decision is made in just one breath!
As many as two or three hundred people rushed down the mountain, determined to hunt down the Dai family's spark, because this was a huge piece of fat meat right in front of them. To ignore it and instead go to the mountain to open blind boxes was really not a good idea for people like them who only focused on the present.

Once an opportunity comes, don't miss it!
Lin Shan did not join in the fun. The Dai family must have many ways out. It is definitely not just the team that transferred the Sutra Repository. There are also spiritual medicine gardens, treasure houses, ancestral temples, cultivation caves, etc. There may not even be only one Sutra Repository.

He was rich as hell, so there was no need for him to go back the way he came in order to grab resources. Instead, he should go look for what he needed.

If you miss the time and someone else gets there first, it will be too late to regret.

There's nothing wrong with grabbing more martial arts manuals and books. When you build your own sect in the future, you can use them to enrich and improve your own foundation. But there's no need to take too much.

“Keep going up the mountain!”

Lin Shan called his group of younger brothers and drove the bronze chariot to continue the mopping-up operation.

Master Zhan Kong and his companions were shameless and once again took a ride up the mountain. However, this time Lin Shan did not despise them. Instead, his attitude changed drastically. He became very enthusiastic towards the old man and kept joking and trying to get close to him.

Master Zhankong and the others were confused. Why did this guy suddenly change his nature? He was trying to drive us away before, but now he has taken the wrong medicine?

(End of this chapter)