Immortal Road.

Chapter 236: Begging for Wine
Lin Shan shook his head like a rattle and refused to give any of his possessions to the Black Skull Demon Lord.

This is the investment given to him by Xianshu!

Why should I share it with others?

"It's already good enough that I let you watch, but you still want to make it a party for everyone who sees it?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord apologized with a smile: "No, no, brother, that's not what I meant. Please don't misunderstand me! Think about it, with so many soul sources, how can you use them all by yourself? As the saying goes, happiness is better shared than happiness alone~"

"I don't trust you, you old skeleton are so evil!"

Lin Shan pointed at his nose and scolded: "Why can't I use it? These soul sources are clearly a one-time investment by the immortal world boss, giving me a training package for the two realms of Jindan and Yuanying! Why are you meddling in this?"

"Brother, we cultivators only care about the present and the future. When will you reach the great perfection of the late Nascent Soul stage? Now you are just a foundation-building cultivator. What you need is someone to protect you, be your thug, do work for you, and collect other resources you need!

You can't break through smoothly just by relying on soul source. Which Nascent Soul Stage didn't go through numerous hardships to grow up? You still need more resources to fight for. Soul source is just an indispensable auxiliary product. "

The Black Skull Demon Lord began to give him examples:

"For example, if you are in danger now and encounter a Jindan-stage cultivator who wants to operate on you, how can you survive? Don't you have to rely on me?"

Lin Shan sat where he was, spreading his hands indifferently: "I will stay in Xun Gu Sect for the time being, and I will not go out of the main gate or the secondary gate. The sect protection formation is rooted on the spiritual vein, and even Jindan stage cultivators cannot attack."

Black Skull Demon Lord: “.”

Now that this kid has a lair, he actually knows how to hide?

"Then you can't hide in Xun Gu Sect forever, right? You have to go out and travel to look for other resources, right? For example, treasures that assist in jade liquid body refining. What if you run into a Jindan Zhenren who wants to snatch it from you?"

Lin Shan's eyes sparkled with confidence: "When I come out of retreat next time, with so many soul sources helping me, I will surely have been promoted to the Soul Pill Stage like you. By then, even if I meet other Golden Pill Stage cultivators, what will I be afraid of?!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord paused: "."

I almost forgot that this kid got so many soul sources, and he also got the soul-forging secret technique and soul pill stage practice method that I gave him. It seems that it is not impossible for him to practice to the soul pill stage in seclusion all of a sudden?

"Okay, your strength will soon catch up with mine, so there is really no need for me to take action. However, I also have the attainments of a master of formations, and I can always protect you!"

Lin Shan took out the innate spiritual treasure, the Void Star Plate. As soon as the little girl spirit came out, she pounced directly on the soul source and looked at it curiously.

"Xiao Xin is a master of formations, far better than you. Why should I go far away? Even the master Zhan Kong outside may be better than you in formations. Your attainments in formations are outdated!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was choked again: "."

Master Zhankong, that stupid old man, came to my house on his own accord, and not only did he cause me trouble all day long, but he also stole my job?

"Brother, I admit that you are now fully grown, but don't forget that I am the Demon Lord of the Fifth World of Hell! My body is at the Nascent Soul stage, and I have all kinds of experience and secret techniques that no one else can compare to!"

Lin Shan was even more impolite this time and refuted him directly and mercilessly.

"In terms of experience and vision, I have Wu Hanqiao, a senior disciple of Jingyang Academy. He is well-read. When we were at Dai's house, he recognized the secret technique of incense and fire that you couldn't recognize at once. What use do I have for you?

As for secret arts, I already have two sect-defending magical powers. Do you think I need any more secret arts?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord opened his mouth and could not utter a word: "."

It suddenly discovered that the brat who used to need it everywhere has grown to this point and seems to be not very dependent on it anymore, and is ready to destroy it at any time!

"No, brother, have you forgotten that I am a real living weapon refining master?
Do you know what a weapon refining master means? This person is capable of refining spiritual treasures! With this identity alone, his status in the world of cultivation is equivalent to that of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage!
Don’t you want a magic weapon in the future? Don’t you need to upgrade your magic weapon? Don’t you want to give your magic weapon a spirit? Do you know how to make the spirit of a magic weapon survive a long growth period? Do you know how to take care of a magic weapon spirit when it is just born?”

Lin Shan was completely speechless after hearing this, and waved his hand to interrupt him: "I'm not interested! No need! Don't give me these fancy tricks!"

Still a master of refining weapons? Refining spiritual treasures?

Do I need you to refine a spiritual treasure for me? It would take tens of thousands of years to refine a spiritual treasure, and only then would the spiritual wisdom of the acquired spirit be cultivated to maturity. By that time, the opportunity would be lost!
Wouldn’t it be great if I could just do it in one step and use the strengthening panel to strengthen it into an innate spiritual treasure?

Lin Shan felt more and more that the Black Skull Demon Lord seemed to be less and less useful to him. After he broke through the Soul Pill Stage through seclusion, he could go out on his own and there was no need for this guy to stay with him.

Not only does he have to worry about his little belongings all day long, but he also faces the danger of exposing his golden finger.

Just let it stay in charge of the ancient sect and guard the house for you.

The Black Skull Demon Lord also understood what Lin Shan meant, and he couldn't help but panic.

What people fear most is losing their usefulness. If they are no longer irreplaceable in the eyes of others, then they will most likely lose their negotiating power and will no longer be able to gain any benefits.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was experienced, how could he not understand this truth? He immediately played the emotional card, trying to take him back to the years of sharing joys and sorrows.

"Brother, have you forgotten the days when I accompanied you in setting up an array to capture the leader of the water bears in the Stormy Sea? We trusted each other so much!"

Lin Shan pretended to be dumbfounded and spread his hands:
"The Stormy Sea? Where is that? The leader of the water bears? Why haven't I seen him before?"

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord gnashed his teeth in hatred: "On the eve of the attack on the Song Dynasty's capital Bianliang, when you had a decisive battle with your enemy Princess Guo and the true disciple Qi Zhong of Qianyun Pavilion, if I hadn't set up layers of formations and mobilized the Skeleton Artillery Regiment to help you encircle and suppress the two of them, they would have run away long ago. Have you forgotten?"

Lin Shan looked confused, with no memory at all: "Princess Guo? Qi Zhong? Who is that? How could he be qualified to be my enemy?"

"I"

The Black Skull Demon Lord almost fainted: "Okay, let's not talk about these for now. Back then, when I was in the Gongsun family in Shangdang County, I risked my life to help you break the formation and escape. Do you still remember?"

Lin Shan thought hard, racking his brains: "Shangdang County? Gongsun family. My head hurts. I seem to have some impression of it?"

"I fuck"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was so angry that his nose was crooked and he couldn't help but swear.

"You don't remember this, you don't remember that, is your memory so bad?

Back then, when we were at the headquarters of the three Lu Demon Sects, I helped you break the sect protection formation and escape. That was more than a decade ago. You wouldn’t have forgotten it, right? "

Unexpectedly, Lin Shan did not lose his memory this time and suddenly clapped his hands.

"Oh! I remember now!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was overjoyed: "You finally remembered! I saved your life~"

Lin Shan shook his head: "The protective formation of the headquarters of the three sects of the Demonic Path was broken by the Lingbao Xuxing Plate. What does it have to do with you?"

At this time, Xiao Xin, the spirit of the weapon who was playing nearby, also raised her fist in protest, and "yayaya" accused the Black Skull Demon Lord of being shameless for stealing her credit.

"Uh, this..." The Black Skull Demon Lord was dumbfounded. Thinking about that time carefully, it seemed that it was indeed with the help of the Void Star Disk that he was able to escape from the decisive battle between good and evil. His momentum gradually weakened.

"Then I'll get you a ticket to the high-end trade fair at the Lin's Chamber of Commerce in Wangyue City."

"You are just a leader. The supply channel is transported by the mermaid girls from the East China Sea. The operation of the Chamber of Commerce is also personally presided over by the current general manager Lu Xiuming."

"Then the ambush and killing of Dai Family Jindan Zhenren in Juesha Tiankeng"

"The formation you set up couldn't stop them either. Wasn't it my last thunder tribulation magical power that turned the tide?"

"I"

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord collapsed and couldn't help but kneel down, staring at the soul source in Lin Shan's hand, and his screams were so shrill that anyone who heard them felt heartbroken.

"Brother! I have followed you for so many years. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. I have accompanied you all the way to the late stage of foundation building, and protected you from the Song Dynasty to the State of Lu. After so many years of sharing life and death, isn't it worth a little bit of soul source?
As the saying goes, if you want the horse to run, you have to feed it with grass. You can't be stingy!"

Lin Shan’s heart was as hard as iron, and he refused sternly: “Don’t forget, when you help me, I am also helping you. This is clearly written in the contract. You have recovered from an ordinary skull when you first crossed over to the current Soul Pill Stage. What else are you not satisfied with?
What's more, I emptied my savings in the past two years to collect materials to refine your life soul treasure. I have been very kind to you!"

There is nothing wrong with what Lin Shan said. Saying that he is a black-hearted capitalist is pure slander. Where can you find a conscientious entrepreneur like me?
The Black Skull Demon Lord howled heartbreakingly, clinging to Lin Shan's thigh and refusing to let go:

"Brother, don't forget that just now I gave you all the Nascent Soul Soul Forging Secrets of my Skeleton Clan, as well as the Soul Pill Cultivation Techniques of the Human Race. You can't find these things anywhere else, and only I have them all. How are you going to settle this account?"

"This"

Lin Shan couldn't pretend to have amnesia this time. After all, that was what just happened, and the Black Skull Demon Lord did help him a lot.

The secret technique of soul-forging in the Nascent Soul stage is like looking for a needle in a haystack in the world of cultivation. Even many top sects may not possess it. The Black Skeleton Demon Lord really spent a lot of money to give him the secret technique inherited by the Skeleton Clan.

As for the Soul Pill Stage techniques of the human race, it is very likely that they cannot be found in this world at all. If the Black Skull Demon Lord had not traveled to the "Bamboo Soul World", he would have no chance of getting in touch with this thing.

"So, this skeleton seems to still be somewhat useful and has the potential to be further exploited?"

Lin Shan pondered secretly in his heart, but a trace of relaxation appeared on his face.

The Black Skull Demon Lord saw that there was hope! He immediately struck while the iron was hot:

"Brother, you also know the importance of soul source to soul cultivation, just like water to fish.

As long as you can give me some, I will definitely sit firmly on Tianfu Mountain for you in the future and vigorously develop the Xun Gu Sect. Everything you need, whether it is antiques, skills, treasures, or all sorts of other things, I will put all my efforts to find them for you.

I have always been loyal to you!"

In the end, Lin Shan was so stubborn that he had to agree to it reluctantly.

However, how much to give is a question.

Lin Shan hesitated for a long time, searched on the black stone slab, broke off a piece of soul source the size of a fingernail and handed it to the dog. He couldn't help but show a look of pain on his face. Even a dog would shake its head when seeing his stinginess.

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord stopped howling and just raised his head and looked at him quietly, as if he was dismissing a beggar.

There was a long silence.

"That's it?"

Lin Shan frowned, "Isn't this enough? Didn't you say before that you guys calculate by the thread?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord stared at the small piece in front of him eagerly: "But, you clearly have a soul source as big as a basin, why did you only give me a piece the size of a fingernail?"

Lin Shan was unhappy now. It was like a favor is a grudge, right?
"How much I have is my business, none of your business! I have the final say on how much I am willing to give you!
What I give you is yours. If I don’t give it to you, you can’t take it away from me.”

The Black Skull Demon Lord quickly explained: "Don't worry, I don't dare to snatch it. This is the investment given to you by the Immortal Realm. Even if I come here in person in the Nascent Soul Stage, I dare not snatch it, not to mention the constraints of the contract.

But this is a little too little.”

Seeing that he was really pitiful, Lin Shan had to hesitate for a while, then broke off another thumb-sized piece and threw it to it, feeling so heartbroken that he could not bear it at all!
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord could not hide his greed. He put away the two soul sources that were the size of a fingernail and a thumb, and looked at the stone slab the size of a washbasin in Lin Shan's arms, becoming more and more envious.

However, it also knows its limits and knows that things cannot happen more than three times, so it should stop when it sees the going is good.

Given this kid's stingy personality, he'll probably get angry if he asks for it again.

"Then, brother, I will take my leave first?"

Lin Shan said nothing, just waved his hands outside, signaling it to get out.

But the next moment he gave another order: "During the next days of my retreat, you will find a way to get me a body-building exercise. Can you do it?"

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord had just tasted the sweetness, and he immediately slapped his sternum and ribs until they crackled, and even issued a military order!

"No problem, I'll take care of it. Just wait for my good news, bro!"

……

Half an hour later, inside the meeting hall, Mu Yan patted his chest and issued a military order to the Black Skull Demon Lord.

"Don't worry, Vice-Master. I'll take care of this matter. Just wait for my good news!"

……

Half an hour later, in the lobby of the Foreign Affairs Hall, Gao Zuoda patted his chest and issued a military order to Mu Yan.

"Master Mu, rest assured, I will take care of this matter. Just wait for my good news!"

……

Another half an hour later, Gao Zuoda walked out of the door on his mission. He knew that he could not deal with the remnants of the Dai family by himself, and it would be extremely difficult to take back the "Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique", so he needed to find help.

He stopped a disciple under the Xun Gu Sect's Foreign Affairs Hall, took out something that looked like a token, and told him to go to a medium-sized immortal cultivation market two thousand miles east of Tianfu Mountain, to find a late foundation-building cultivator named Lao Mo, and to give him a secret code.

"Tell Lao Mo that I want to eat fish."

"Don't worry, Captain Gao. I'll take care of this matter. Just wait for my good news!"

The disciple of the Xun Gu Sect's Foreign Affairs Hall took the token and ran away, leaving the mountain gate excitedly.

(End of this chapter)