Immortal Road.

Chapter 233 The Demon Lord Takes a Concubine
The loud voices of the two large men echoed in the hall, and everyone in the palace frowned.

Who came up with this name?

This is too unlucky!

Lü Xiuming, the chief steward of the Internal Affairs Department, stepped out again:

"Master, these two are clumsy and their brains are not very smart, otherwise they would not have been expelled from Shangyang Academy. In my opinion, it is useless to keep them, so it is better to abandon them!"

Brothers Shang Lu and Song Zhong were furious and pointed at Lu Xiuming angrily:
"Brother Lu, why do you say that? I met you once when we went to Jingyang Academy for exchanges more than ten years ago. Why don't you remember our friendship?"

Everyone was a little surprised. More than ten years ago, Lu Xiuming was only in the Qi training stage, but he actually knew these two brothers?

Lu Xiuming did not avoid suspicion, but openly admitted:
"It is precisely because I am familiar with you that I know your details better. As the saying goes, one should be loyal to the emperor when he provides him with food. Now that I am the head of the Internal Affairs Hall of Xun Gu Sect, I naturally have to consider things from the perspective of our sect."

The two brothers, Shang Lu and Song Zhong, scratched their heads in annoyance, as if they felt that it was bad luck for them to run into an acquaintance like Lu Xiuming who knew them inside and out.

Master Zhankong beside him also twirled his beard and echoed:
"The names of these two are too unlucky, and they have offended the merchants of the cultivation families. I think they are two disaster stars, and they must not be accepted into the sect."

The Black Skull Demon Lord in the hall looked at Lin Shan strangely and said, "If we talk about disaster stars, who can compare to your leader?"

At this time, the real disaster leader, Lin Shan, was leaning on the leader's throne with his eyes closed.

Seeing this situation, how could the Black Skull Demon Lord, who had followed him for almost thirty years, not know what he was thinking?

He immediately said, "Well, their names were given by their parents, not by their own will. Let's give them a chance. If they really can't do their job well, we can expel them from the mountain gate."

The two brothers Shang Lu and Song Zhong were overjoyed, thinking that they were appreciated by the Golden Elixir Master, and they immediately bowed down to him.

Lu Xiuming had a gloomy face and kept trying to dissuade them, saying how well he knew these two people and that they were more likely to cause trouble than help.

Master Zhankong is quite superstitious and thinks that these two names are not good.

Mu Yan and Wu Hanqiao were young and smart. Seeing that the Black Skull Demon Lord was optimistic about these two, they immediately flattered him and claimed that the leader and the deputy leader were extremely blessed and that a little bad luck could not shake the fortune of the Xun Gu Sect, so there was no need to worry about the matter.

The two old men snorted coldly, dissatisfied with the two young people's opportunism.

On the other hand, Lin Shan, who was in the main hall, was watching with great interest. He felt that it was a good thing that the four hall masters under him had different opinions. He would be enlightened if he listened to both sides, while he would be blinded if he only believed one side. This way, he would be able to weigh all sides.

It is true that the two brothers, Shang Lu and Song Zhong, look unlucky, but they can still handle it so it's not a big problem.

As for offending some cultivation families or merchants, he didn't care at all.

As I said, in the Lujiang area, the Lujiang League is the boss. Tianfu Mountain is protected by layers of formations. Unless you provoke top-level forces or Yuanying stage monsters, you can rest assured.

……

After introducing the first four men, the last one left is a woman.

This woman has an enchanting figure and is full of charm. Her two almond-shaped eyes frequently emit sparks as she flirts with everyone present. She has two pink ribbons wrapped around her body, which sway gently as she walks.

"My name is Yu Jiaoniang. I am from the western part of Lu State. I am in the middle stage of foundation building. Just because I offended a third-rate sect, I was hunted down by three foundation building cultivators from the sect. I had no choice but to go into exile and become a miserable person."

As she spoke, she lowered her eyes slightly, tears fell from her eyes, and she took out her handkerchief and began to recount how the third-rate small sect was so heartless that they forced her into prostitution and forced her to marry the sect leader's son. The sect leader also took advantage of his son's absence to rape his daughter-in-law.
One melodramatic plot after another describes the miserable life of a weak woman.

The two young men, Mu Yan and Wu Hanqiao, were filled with righteous indignation and wished they could immediately act as heroes to save the beauty and attack the sect to demand an explanation.

However, Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord just sat there quietly, without making any comment.

Master Zhankong just sipped his tea leisurely, with no joy or sadness on his face.

Lu Xiuming had a strange look on his face, and the more he listened, the more he felt something was not right.

"I am a soft-hearted woman. After being humiliated in every way, I could not bear to take revenge on my husband's family, so I had to hide from place to place. Today, I came to the ancient sect to pay homage to the mountain and beg the leader to take me in. As long as you can help me solve my troubles, I am willing to work like a cow or a horse and give you grass in return."

Yu Jiaoniang cried softly and looked pitiful, with a flushed look of charm after being bullied, which made Mu Yan and Wu Hanqiao feel eager to take action, and they wished they could sacrifice themselves to protect and cherish her.

But at this time, Lu Xiuming spoke in public:

"Friend Yu, I once sent someone to investigate your background, and it seems that it is somewhat inconsistent with what you said!"

Yu Jiaoniang's eyes dodged and she covered her mouth lightly:
"Master Lu, what are you talking about? Everything I said is true. I have no intention of deceiving you."

Lu Xiuming ignored her and took out a jade slip of information and read it out:
"Mrs. Yu Jiao, she once lived in a brothel in the mortal world, and later married a certain outer sect disciple of Shengyang Manor, a third-rate sect."

"During this period, she learned a technique and embarked on the path to immortality, but her husband suddenly died, and she later remarried a disciple of the inner sect of Shengyang Manor."

"Five years later, her cultivation progressed very quickly and she reached the late stage of Qi training. However, her husband died suddenly again, and she hooked up with the young master of Shengyang Manor."

"After that, I took advantage of the fact that the young manor master was bewitched and infatuated, and made him willingly offer the foundation-building pill that the manor master had sought for him, which in turn helped me break through the foundation-building stage."

"After becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the owner of Shengyang Manor found something wrong and immediately went to ask where his son's Foundation Establishment Pill had gone. It turned out that his son was pale and his Qi and blood were deficient. It turned out that it was caused by excessive sexual intercourse and excessive consumption of energy for many years."

"The owner of Shengyang Manor was furious and mobilized three foundation-building cultivators from the whole manor to surround and kill her, but Yu Jiaoniang escaped. From then on, she began to cause trouble to the cultivation world. I don't know how many male cultivators were deceived by her beauty and died from taking her essence."

……

"Snapped!"

Lu Xiuming closed the jade slip and said nothing.

Everyone couldn't hide the surprise on their faces. They didn't expect that such a delicate and weak woman was actually a flower thief?

Specializing in stealing men’s virility?

No wonder his cultivation progressed so fast!

Mu Yan and Wu Hanqiao blushed with shame and almost fell into it.

In the main hall, the two leaders, Lin Shan and Black Skull Demon Lord, were still sitting on the thrones with expressionless faces, and no one could guess what they were thinking.

Yu Jiaoniang broke out in a cold sweat, she never expected that Xun Gu Sect, a newly founded force, would have such a fast intelligence system, and a figure like Lu Xiuming, who could strip her underwear to the ground!

In fact, the original intention of establishing Xun Gu Sect was to find things for Lin Shan, so of course intelligence must be put first. Lu Xiuming is a very reliable person and a rare talent in internal affairs.

She felt the hostile gazes in the hall, so she simply stopped pretending, put away her pitiful look, pretended to be calm, and sneered:
"So what? I'm here today to answer the call. Even if the deal doesn't work out, there's still righteousness. Do you, Xun Gujiao, still want to eliminate harm for the people?"

Everyone was speechless for a moment, watching her act like a scoundrel and throwing a tantrum, and they were helpless to do anything.

Although this woman has a long history of bad deeds, she is here to pay respects to the mountain. If they arrest her and take her into custody, how can they recruit talents in the future? Who would dare to come and seek refuge with them?
This is similar to not killing envoys when two countries are at war, so she has nothing to fear.

Lin Shan replied slowly:
"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Yu. This sect leader is not an unreasonable person. What does your past have to do with me? My sect recruits people based on their talents. You worry too much."

"Oh?"

Yu Jiaoniang's eyes lit up, and she immediately chuckled and said, "Then I wonder if the leader dares to accept me?"

After saying that, she looked around and threw a coquettish glance at everyone, as if to say, none of you can escape, and you will all become my slaves!
The entire Xun Gu Sect will become her harem! When everyone thought of her three previous husbands, all of whom died of exhaustion, they shuddered and avoided looking at her.

Lin Shan at the end of the hall laughed loudly:

"Why not? You little devil girl, you think you can rule the world just by knowing some unorthodox methods. You underestimate my teaching."

"Where is Wu Hanqiao?"

His Highness stepped out immediately and said, "I am here!"

"I remember that when you were conquering the Dai family, you snatched a book called "The Heart Method of Slaughtering Emotions and Forgetting Thoughts", which can temporarily suppress the lust in your body and enter the sage mode. Is this true?"

Wu Hanqiao suddenly realized and quickly replied:

"It is true. I have presented this technique to my sect's Sutra Library, and it is available for all disciples to view."

Lin Shan nodded and immediately ordered:

"From now on, all male disciples in the sect will be given a copy of this book. Male practitioners must protect themselves when they go out. Remember?"

Everyone took the order and breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, they began to wander around Yu Jiaoniang unscrupulously, looking at her curvy figure, each of them showing malicious smiles.

Yu Jiao Niang was dumbfounded. Thinking about how she had slept with all the disciples on the mountain but didn't absorb even a bit of their essence, she couldn't help but tremble all over and forced a smile.
"Master, why are you so desperate? I was just joking. You don't have to wait for me to visit the ancient sect. I'm leaving now. I'm leaving now."

"Wait!"

Yu Jiaoniang had just turned around and was about to leave, but before she took a step with her right foot, she stopped immediately when she heard a shout behind her, and sweat began to drip down her fair forehead.

"Did I let you go?"

Lin Shan looked at the figure at the entrance of the hall with amusement, and there was a hint of dominance in his tone.

Yu Jiaoniang's heart trembled, and she turned her head with difficulty. Her smile was uglier than crying:
"Master, what do you mean by this? This is a deal between us, are you planning to force it?"

"No."

Lin Shan stood up and left the throne, instead asking the Black Skull Demon Lord for his opinion.

"What do you think, brother?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord immediately understood, and a huge cold spiritual sense quickly spread across the hall, directly locking onto Yu Jiaoniang!
"I think this little girl is pretty good, and is suitable for me, the demon elder, to be his concubine. I will reluctantly accept her."

"What???"

Yu Jiaoniang was so frightened that her face turned pale!
No matter how arrogant she is, she only dares to take essence from male cultivators of the same level. How could she dare to take essence from a Jindan-stage cultivator? She would be slapped to death by the other cultivator!

"Master, you must not do that. I am a weakling, and have been abused by countless men. I have already lost my purity. How can I taint your body?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord laughed sinisterly: "It's okay, this elder has also had countless women, and it's a rare opportunity for me to meet such a pretty young lady today. It's just right for me to go back to the cave and have a good discussion with her, ha ha ha ~~~"

The lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, and the atmosphere suddenly became dark and terrifying.

Yu Jiaoniang's heart was pounding, and she secretly cursed herself for what serious illness she had. Why did she have such a seizure and come to such a hellish place as the Ancient Sect?

But she had no control over the matter. The Black Skull Demon Lord forced her to be his concubine with his Jindan stage strength. That was to give him face. If she refused, then she would be losing face and would be accused of angering Jindan Zhenren. Then the Xun Gu Sect would have a reason to take action against her.

It would be fine if she had a backer, but she is just a notorious independent cultivator, and no one in the outside world will uphold justice for her.

After pondering for a long time, he glanced at the two figures in the hall, which left no room for doubt.

Yu Jiaoniang spoke bitterly:
"Slave."

"Ok?"

"I respectfully accept the Master's order."

"Ah."

The Black Skull Demon Lord uttered a faint nasal sound, then used his soul power to pull her behind him. Yu Jiaoniang did not dare to resist at all.

His Highness and the others all lowered their heads, realizing for the first time how overbearing Jindan Zhenren was!

This is the world of cultivation, where the rules are based on strength.

Those so-called face and dignity are nothing but playthings controlled by the strong. Yu Jiao Niang is different from the previous four people who surrendered sincerely, so she deserves such an end.

……

In this way, Xun Gu Sect took in five Foundation Establishment cultivators at once, and its strength increased visibly.

Gao Zuoda, who was born as a casual cultivator, was in the middle stage of foundation building. Lin Shan assigned him to Wu Hanqiao's Dharma Hall as the deputy head.

Li Yuanjie, who was born as the prince of Guo State, was assigned to Master Zhan Kong's formation hall to be trained by this old senior.

The two brothers Shang Lu and Song Zhong, the two tyrants of Rangshan, were assigned to Mu Yan's Foreign Affairs Hall to serve as his thugs.

It is not convenient for outsiders to interfere in Lu Xiuming's Internal Affairs Hall for the time being, so no staff are assigned.

As for the last little fairy, Yu Jiaoniang, after being taken into the cave by the Black Skull Demon Lord and trained for two days, when she came out, her legs were trembling and her face was pale as if she had just recovered from a serious illness. No one knew what kind of torture she had suffered in there.

Anyway, according to what the Black Skull Demon Lord said, this little girl will definitely be loyal to our sect in the future, so there is no need to worry about her defecting again.

Lin Shan simply asked her to build an intelligence platform to collect intelligence for the Xun Gu Sect.

Regarding the enemies that the five people had provoked, their reactions varied.

Gao Zuoda, a casual cultivator in the late foundation building stage, simply hid himself after hearing that Gao Zuoda had joined the Xun Gu Sect, and it seemed that he would not pursue the matter any more.

Li Yuanjie provoked the Jin State's demonic sect, the Star-Swallowing Sect, because they were too far away and he was out of reach.

The merchants from the cultivation family that the two brothers of Rangshan had offended did send people to the ancient sect to make some harsh remarks, but it was just a verbal condemnation without any substantive action.

In the end, Yu Jiaoniang's enemy, the third-rate sect Shengyang Manor, had its owner and his disciples personally come to the Ancient Sect to apologize. However, Lin Shan did not bully the honest people, but compensated them with some cultivation resources and let the matter go.

This matter is finally over.

Next, Lin Shan will continue to retreat and move towards the peak of his foundation building. However, before retreating, he finds the Black Skull Demon Lord to ask for his experience on the Soul Pill Avenue.

He was ready to try to see if he could find another way and take the path of soul pill first.

(End of this chapter)