Immortal Road.

Chapter 425: Reuniting with a New Bead and Returning to the Mountain to Collect Debts

The atmosphere in the hall was tense and tense for a while.

No one expected that this young Xun Gu Sect leader, who was originally very humble and polite, would suddenly turn hostile.

Lin Shan was very open-minded. Judging from the attitude of the people from Shangyang Academy, it was obvious that they were going to make a fuss about this, so why should he pretend to be nice to them?
Dealing with them will not only waste your time and energy, but they will eventually become more and more demanding. It is better to just stand firm to the end!
When I didn’t have the strength in the past, I just pretended to be a grandson and lived a lowly life.

Now that we are stronger, why should we be afraid of him?
The Lujiang League covers the entire Lujiang River basin, with hundreds of forces large and small, and more than thirty Golden Core True Immortals alone, and some of them are not easy to mess with!

Although there is a gap between it and old-established forces like Shangyang Academy, its size and scale are there, and generally speaking it can be considered to be on the same level.

There are so many factions in Shangyang Academy, not all of them have a history with the two elders Jingxuan, but he is all-powerful in Lujiang League!
What's more, one is in western Shandong and the other is in the northwest. What can you do to me?
Upon seeing this, the three professors from Yunchuan Academy rushed to try to stop the fight from getting worse.

This script is obviously wrong and does not match their original intention.

"Calm down, both of you. Don't act on impulse!"

"Our original intention was to invite both parties to meet, hoping to resolve the misunderstanding. Why not sit down and have a good talk?"

"We are deeply sorry about what happened to the two elders Jingxuan, but the dead cannot be resurrected. Sect Leader Lin was forced to defend himself that day, so we should be considerate of each other."

Master Shang Geng sneered and remained unmoved.

"Forced to defend yourself?"

"joke!"

"There were so many people present that day, and there are rumors that many eyewitnesses saw with their own eyes that the leader of Xun Gu suddenly attacked during the negotiations and waited for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack."

"Brother Jingxuan, you are only here to offer condolences. Even if your words were a bit harsh, there was no sign of violence. Why would you say it is self-defense?"

"Young man, those who do not follow the moral code of martial arts, act in a perverse way, and disregard order will eventually be punished!"

Actually, there is nothing wrong with what he said.

From his perspective, the Jingxuan elders' coming to threaten him was just a precursor to the negotiations. Appropriate verbal intimidation and coercion were all normal operations.

Anyone can see that they have no intention of swallowing up the Lujiang League in one go, but only want you to cede land and pay compensation first, and then nibble away at it step by step.

As a result, you just overturned the table, launched a sneak attack and killed the man. This is unacceptable!
Lin Shan curled his lips. There was no need to explain to him at all.

To strike first is to be strong, but to strike later is to suffer disaster.

Had he endured it silently at that time, would he have waited for the other party to use dirty tricks all the time and then just sat there and waited for death?
Besides, if I don’t take action to kill the mastermind, how can I recruit those fat pieces of meat that are delivered to my door?

Young Jindan's time is precious, okay!
I don't have the time to play tricks on you. Wouldn't it be better to use that time to improve myself?

Lin Shan is a person who is afraid of trouble. In order to avoid being entangled in trouble, he can only solve the source of the trouble once and for all.

However, the crisis at Lujiang League has been resolved. Shangyang Academy still has the connections of the two elders Jingxuan, which is beyond our control.

Fortunately, his body is now strong and his back is straight, and he has no fear of the late Jindan stage.

"Whether or not this leader will suffer a backlash is none of your business. At least for now, I am alive and well. And you, you came all the way here just to tell me these things."

There was a smile on his lips, with a hint of teasing sarcasm.

"How about we fight it out with our own hands?"

"?!!!"

The whole audience focused their attention on him, and everyone was so shocked that they couldn't help themselves.

Is this young man crazy?

An early Jindan stage person dared to challenge a veteran late Jindan stage professor. Did he really think that he could defeat the late Jindan stage professor by killing the two elders Jingxuan in a sneak attack?

Master Shang Geng was also stunned on the spot.

Before he came, he had also thought about how to seek justice after meeting the leader of Xun Gu Sect.

But he never expected that this kid would not even bother to explain to him and just wanted to attack him!

As he was about to make his move, another voice came, with an inexplicable sour taste.

"Master Lin, you don't think that you can really suppress the late Jindan stage by relying on the support of the demon king in the forbidden area of ​​the cliff and commanding the demon soldiers and generals for a long time?"

"Ok?"

When Lin Shan heard the voice, he looked and found that it was an acquaintance!

"Oh, who was it I thought? It turned out to be Master Shang Ding."

He shook his head in amusement. No wonder someone in this remote western Shandong Province actually dug up the old accounts of the forbidden area on the cliff.

On that day in Hongya Cave, he held military power and forcefully snatched the Reed Jade Stalactite from a group of people, thus offending many of his fellow practitioners.

Shi En Sanren is one of them, and Shang Ding Zhenren from the Shang family is also one of them.

However, Shi Ensan was killed by Master Zhan Kong at the Lujiang League’s mourning meeting.

And this Master Shang Ding unexpectedly came to him inexplicably, and in Yunchuan Academy!

The merchant family of the cultivation world is one of the financial backers behind the Shangyang Academy, so it is understandable that they came together to exchange ideas this time.

Um? wrong!

Master Shang Ding and Master Shang Geng, is there any connection between them?
He had some guesses in his mind, but he remained calm on the surface, revealing a look of contempt.

"Master Shang Ding, I spared your life in Hongya Cave that day, but I didn't expect you to dare to shout at me today. Have you forgotten what happened to Shi En San Ren?"

"you!"

Master Shang Ding's face flushed, and he raised his arm, wanting to point but not daring to.

In front of so many Jindan Zhenren, just this one sentence made him lose face.

For the sake of the merchant’s dignity, since the conversation had already begun, they had no choice but to accept it.

"Master Lin, you are threatening me with the fate of Shi En San Ren. Are you planning to kill me today?"

On the Shangyang Academy side, everyone projected their Qi over to support Master Shang Ding.

"If you are not afraid of death, you can come and try!"

Lin Shan released his energy without fear, and he withstood all the pressure alone, not losing the upper hand at all!

If we can really have a fight, that would be best.

I am about to return to the Song Dynasty and leave Lu for a while.

The Lujiang League had just been reborn, and was facing internal and external turmoil and was not yet stable.

If we can establish our authority externally and use this battle to severely intimidate all outsiders, we will certainly be able to gain peace for a long period of time, and we can also leave with peace of mind.

So his words were fierce, with hints of provocation in his words, hoping to induce the other party to make the first move, so that he could take the initiative in the interests of justice.

Of course, when he used Shi En San Ren to scare Shang Ding Zhenren just now, he didn't really intend to kill him.

Not to mention that there were many late Jindan watching here, so he had no chance at all. Shang Ding himself was also in the middle Jindan stage, so it was not easy to kill him in one second when he was on guard, and Shang Geng would not sit idly by. In fact, Shang Geng knew that Shang Ding was no match for Lin Shan, so he had no intention of letting him take action, but came out in person to fight Lin Shan.

"Young man, you are so crazy and addicted to killing. Today, let me take his place and teach you a lesson!"

"What is your relationship with Master Shang Ding that allows you to fight me on his behalf?"

"I am also from the Shang family, and I am of the same clan and bloodline as him, so why can't I do that?"

"The Shangjia people don't go back to Shangjia, but stay in Shangyang Academy as professors?"

Lin Shan was puzzled. After joining the neutral force, he certainly could not do whatever he wanted as before. It was equivalent to the family losing a combat power of the late Jindan period in certain situations. At most, it could provide some convenience in other aspects.

Haven’t you seen that the ancestors of the Dai and Yang families didn’t stay in Yunchuan Academy as professors?

Master Zhou who was standing next to him promptly sent him a message and told him the whole story.

"Shang Yi is a long-established and powerful family in the northwest. There is more than one Jindan late-stage real person in the family, so generally one person from each generation will be stationed in Shangyang Academy to serve as an external aid to the family."

After hearing this, Lin Shan suddenly realized what was going on. No wonder Master Shang Ding was so bold as to challenge him like that.

However, nowadays, even the late Jindan stage cannot scare him. Whether he can defeat him or not, he will know only after trying!

Just when he was about to come down and accept the invitation to fight, a voice came from above.

"Wait a minute!"

The three elders of Yunchuan Academy stopped them and came down to persuade them to take a seat.

Master Gu's face darkened, showing the toughness of a host and an attitude that left no room for doubt.

"You two, you are both honored guests of Yunchuan Academy. If a fight breaks out, how should we, the guests, deal with it?"

"Our original intention was to bring the three parties together and act as a go-between for you. It is better to resolve a feud than to create one. When we meet, we can forget our grudges with a smile. We did not intentionally create a conflict to make you laugh."

"If something goes wrong here, we won't be able to explain to the Shangyang Academy and Lujiang League behind you."

"How about giving us some face and stopping for now?"

Lin Shan and Master Shang Geng looked at each other, then paused and returned to their seats unwillingly.

We have to give face to Yunchuan Academy.

After all, they are the host and I am the guest. It is neither right nor reasonable to fight with others when I come here as a guest.

Besides, Yunchuan Academy just helped me a lot, so I have to show some respect to it.

As for not being able to fight here, it will be even more impossible to fight after getting out.

Now that we are in the public eye, it is both to establish our authority and for the sake of fairness.

After going out, there was no village in front and no shop behind. There were so many people in Shangyang Academy, and I couldn't fight against them with my own fists. If I went up to them, I would only be asking for trouble, which was naturally not a good idea.

The three elders had good intentions, but unfortunately they ended up making things worse. After today's meeting, a grudge has been formed between the two sides.

However, Lin Shan had too many lice and it didn't seem itchy, so he didn't take it too seriously.

Master Shang Geng knew that this kid was stubborn and he couldn't do anything to him here, so he said no more.

However, there was an inexplicable hint of meaning in Master Shang Ding's eyes when he looked at Lin Shan.

Because the atmosphere was awkward and no amount of chatting could ease it, we simply adjourned the meeting.

Lin Shan couldn't stay for long, so he hurriedly said goodbye to the three professors and Master Zhou, then flew out of Yunqi Cliff, turned into a rainbow and headed east.

Now that I have obtained the fire and completed my studies, there is no need to stay any longer.

On the mountain peak, the people from Shangyang Academy saw this, and Master Shang Ding asked Master Shang Geng: "Should we chase them?"

The latter shook his head, turned away and said, "No need, let him go."

A group of people followed and left. Master Shang Ding pondered for a moment, took out a little bird, took out a talisman, whispered a few words, tied it to its claws and let it fly away.

Looking at the direction, it is exactly the northwest of Lu State.

Tianfu Mountain, looking for ancient teachings.

Lin Shan is back after a year and a half.

The mountains and hills were a little deserted at this time, with only a few people around. Most of them were on missions outside. There were a lot of things to do recently and they were needed in many places.

Lu Xiuming is reporting to him.

"The fairy city on the other side of Xianyin Pond has officially started construction half a year ago. Elder Hei Ku and the leaders of various families are supervising its construction. It is said to be large in scale, with more than 10,000 cultivators. The preliminary plan alone will cover an area of ​​hundreds of miles in radius!"

"Recently, various small forces in the Lujiang River Basin have also applied to join the Lujiang Alliance. Deputy Alliance Leader Yang has also reviewed them one by one and accepted more than 200 of them in total. Now the number of members in the alliance has reached 300!"

"All forces in the Lujiang River Basin are within our grasp!"

"The investments of all forces in the alliance have been completed, and the list of the first batch of joint law enforcement teams has been finalized, witnessed by the ten elders and thirteen guardians."

"Master Mu of the Foreign Affairs Hall has taken Song Zhong, Shang Lu, and a large number of disciples out to attack and erode Chixiao City step by step."

"Vice-Hall Master Gao of the Dharma Transmission Hall also led a large number of disciples and non-staff personnel to secretly invade Happy Forest."

Lin Shan leaned back on the leader's throne and nodded after listening.

As for the Lujiang League and Xianyinchi headquarters, he basically doesn't have to worry. With the Black Skull Demon Lord and Master Yang in charge, most likely nothing will go wrong.

As for Mu Yan and Gao Zuoda, in order to minimize the losses, they were also bound by reputation and rules. It was not convenient for them to openly and forcibly encroach on other people's territory. So they chose to adopt a step-by-step nibbling strategy, just like the two elders Jingxuan did when they led people to Lujiang League.

For example, Mu Yan secretly supported the son of the Lord of Chixiao City in Chixiao City, and competed with other heirs for the position of Lord of Chixiao City, in order to achieve the purpose of seizing power through puppetry and using someone else as a substitute.

Gao Zuoda was invading from outside while ordering his "non-staff", that is, the loan shark organization that inherited Lao Mo, to infiltrate and cause trouble from within, taking a two-pronged approach and making steady progress.

Lin Shan was not in a hurry. He just treated it as a training exercise. Those bastards from Xun Gu Sect also needed to go out and experience some things, so he tried to find a place for them to gain some experience.

"By the way, what about the franchisees in other parts of Luxi who owed us spirit stones? Have they paid back the money?"

Lu Xiuming shook his head, indicating that he had not received a penny.

"It's still the same as always. He just keeps delaying payment and continues to be a deadbeat. And our entire sect is building a fairy city recently, and we have to attack Chixiao City and Happy Forest. We really don't have extra manpower to go outside the Lujiang River Basin to collect debts, so."

"Humph!"

Lin Shan was feeling very upset now. These bastards had not paid back the money for such a long time. They had seen the Lujiang League undergoing earth-shaking changes, yet they still dared to continue to oppose it. They must have the support of other forces in western Shandong.

His top priority now is to get his natal magic weapon as soon as possible, and he also needs to spend time nurturing it. He has no time to deal with these messy bad debts. Is it possible that he can only keep dragging it on?

"Master, I have a plan that will help us get the money back without any effort on our part. We just need to wait and count the money."

Lin Shan looked down and saw that it was Li Yuanjie from the Intelligence Hall.

Ever since this kid came to join me, he has been running the Intelligence Hall diligently and has never made any mistakes. He is an example of someone who talks less and does more, and has won praise from everyone for his steady character.

"What method do you have? Tell me quickly!"

(End of this chapter)