Immortal Road.

Chapter 551 Silent Dead Egg, Mu Yan Missing (Happy New Year's Eve!)
Lu Xiuming was shocked!
Master Shang Ding was a cultivator in the Jindan stage, but the leader didn't even blink an eye and wanted to cut off his head and return it to the enemy as a demonstration!
Normally speaking, prisoners of this level should be dealt with after lengthy negotiations involving multiple parties, and such a temporary decision is a bit hasty.

However, as a subordinate, he had to obey the leader's arrangements unconditionally and had no right to question them.

"As ordered!"

He immediately stood up and went out to arrange for his assassins. It was foreseeable that Master Shang Ding would suffer a tragic end.

"Alliance leader, this, I, that."

Ruyi Zhenren stuttered and didn't know what to say.

Although Lin Shan's expression changed suddenly just now, it immediately changed back and comforted her kindly.

"Don't worry, Master. I believe that Ruyifang has no intention of harming our Lujiang League."

"That traitor, True Man Ruyu, must have planned this for a long time, or the Shangyang Academy had secretly tried its best to cultivate him as a thorn in Luxi's side."

"She didn't defect before, but now she suddenly defected. I don't know what she was thinking. However, her personal behavior is definitely not enough to sow discord within our alliance!"

"You can rest assured on this."

Ruyi Zhenren breathed a sigh of relief and almost thought that Lin Shan was going to settle accounts with Ruyifang!
After all, she had witnessed with her own eyes how ruthless this young leader was.

I have to bow down to express my gratitude right now. Anyway, I am about to pass away and it doesn’t matter what kind of face I have. The most important thing is to continue to live safely in the Lujiang League.

Lin Shan supported her and told her that she didn't need to do that.

With so many forces under his command, he would encounter all kinds of people, and accidents might happen every day. He didn't take a mere Ru Yu Zhenren seriously.

The killing of Master Shang Ding this time was just a deterrent, and also a way to demonstrate and advertise one's own attitude within the alliance.

The allies saw it and naturally understood his intention, so there was no need to say more.

"Alliance leader's generosity is beyond my reach. I am deeply grateful!"

Ruyi Zhenren is old and frail. When he suddenly heard the bad news, he couldn't help but express his true feelings, and tears burst out!
All of this made Lin Shan suspicious. Could it be that his granddaughter had run away a few days ago, and was deliberately acting out in front of him today because she was afraid that he would settle the score?

"I have spent most of my life to finally train a junior like you who is at the Jindan stage. After I am buried, I am afraid that there will be no one to take over Ruyifang."

He cried while talking, but in fact his real intention was not to drink, but to test Lin Shan's attitude.

Even a fool can understand the intention.

Lin Shan told her on the spot that if Ruyifang no longer had a Jindan Zhenren in charge after her, then she would have to be removed from the thirteen guardian seats and would no longer have the right to speak and vote in the alliance.

This is an iron rule and cannot be changed.

In view of the fact that the girls in Ruyifang are very popular and provide dual cultivation for the majority of lower-level disciples in the alliance, and are also valuable assets of the Lujiang Alliance, he will give them appropriate protection to prevent them from being bullied by other forces.

Ruyi Zhenren burst into tears!

Without Jindan Zhenren to take over, he can't keep his position as the Dharma Protector. His sect is full of weak women, and they all practice dual cultivation. How can he survive in the future?

Lin Shan couldn't stand the woman crying, so he simply threw her to Master Zhan Kong and let the old man deal with it.

He turned to look for the Black Skull Demon Lord and the others, just to ask them if they had gained anything after being away for half a year.

in the hall.

A large urn was placed in the center.

Inside was a huge oval stone egg, lying quietly.

"Is this the innate spiritual fetus we found?"

Lin Shan frowned. He had just tried all the methods, but could not detect any breath of life or anything abnormal. It was even no different from a dead stone!
If we really have to talk about the difference, there is one more.

It is simply extremely strong and cannot be destroyed, let alone refined. Even weapons cannot be made from it.

In this respect, it is somewhat similar to the broken bowl handed down from ancestors that Master Pu left to him in Qinghe County in the southern border of the Song Dynasty!

Another thing is that the broken bowl can be identified, but this stone egg enhanced panel cannot be identified.

At this time, Ancestor Lu Que also retracted his furry big bear paw, shook his deer head, and gave up further exploration.

"I have used all the methods I can find, and I can't find any spiritual fluctuations in it. It's just like a dead object."

"impossible!"

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord, Brother Chicken, and the Pig-Headed Monster all shook their heads and said it was impossible.

"That day we were in eastern Shandong, deep into the Taishan Mountains for thousands of miles, crossing Yueguan Peak, Baxian Bridge, Shibapan, and finally arriving at Yunshuijian."

"After going through numerous trials and tribulations and tracking down the suspects for several months, we finally found some clues."

"That night, there were bursts of thunder and lightning, dark clouds, and no moon. There was only a huge, hazy shadow twitching in the sky."

"Under the cover of night and in the storm, only at the moment of thunder can you see clearly that it is a huge stone fetus!"

These guys described it vividly.

The Black Skull Demon Lord's voice trembled.

The pig-headed monster was jumping and hopping, and the chicken brother was clucking!
"Later, relying on the memory of that night, I searched everywhere for several months and finally found this stone egg!"

"I can't say they are exactly the same, I can only say there is no difference!"

"According to me, this guy must be pretending to be dead!"

The three of them were spitting everywhere and started to attack Shidan.

However, the other party was like a dead object, lying quietly in the stone jar without moving, as if the collapse of the sky and the destruction of the world had nothing to do with me.

Ancestor Lu Que felt that this thing did not seem like an innate spiritual fetus because it had no life characteristics or soul characteristics at all.

However, the Black Skull Demon Lord, Brother Chicken, and the Pig-Headed Monster firmly believed what they had seen with their own eyes and thought that this guy had awakened his spiritual power and was just pretending to be dead.

"Although you can't see anything, there is still hardness, there is no doubt about that."

The magic weapon could only leave a white mark on it, which was enough to show that at worst it was an extraordinary spiritual material.

Because the enhanced panel did not respond, Lin Shan suspected that it might be a living creature and was skeptical about the Black Skull Demon Lord's judgment.

"Never mind it for now, put it away and look at it later."

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The three of them fell silent, staring at each other.

"what happened?"

Lin Shan was puzzled and had no idea what they were doing.

The ancestor Lu Que beside him said:
"There's something strange about this stone egg. It can't be stored in the storage space."

Lin Shan asked doubtfully:

"Then how did you bring the three of them back? Don't tell me you carried them all the way back in a swagger."

"You're right. I really did carry it back."

Turning around, he looked at the thin bodies of the Black Skull Demon Lord and Brother Chicken. The two of them held their heads high and chests puffed out, as if showing off their strength.

The pig-headed monster on the side was simply ignored.

"What if I can't put it away? If I leave it in the church, aren't we afraid that it will be stolen?"

"I wouldn't steal it, but I'm afraid it will run away!"

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord was circling the stone urn, and was also worried about how to place the stone egg. At this time, Lin Shan just remembered that the worm demon king had just given him a worm nest.

Even though it cannot be put into ordinary storage bags or spirit beast bags, the woven fabric spun by the demon king may be able to be put into it.

He took out the hexagonal insect nest and tried it. Unexpectedly, a green light was projected down and it actually took the stone egg in!
"Shu~"

The stone urn on the ground disappeared, leaving only a circular mark.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was thinking about it and almost sprained his waist!

"What the hell? What's that in your hand? Is it the treasure that the Demon King gave you?"

"Okay, okay, stop thinking about it. It has nothing to do with you."

Lin Shan knew that this skeleton was extremely greedy and didn't want to explain too much to it.

"Let's put aside the matter of the innate spirit fetus for now and talk about the affairs of the master of the Xuchan Cave after his death. How are you handling them?"

As soon as he asked the question, he found that the three of them hesitated and frowned immediately.

"You haven't forgotten, have you?"

"How is that possible? I definitely haven't forgotten!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord came out to explain.

It turned out that after the master of Xuchan Cave was killed by an adulterer and an adulteress, the eldest disciple and his master's wife, this blood feud fell on his only heir, Ren Shan.

After a series of escapes, Ren Shan, the son of Xuchan Cave Master, took refuge with the Yang family and told Master Yang the news of the innate spiritual fetus. Master Yang couldn't find it himself, so he simply reported it to Lin Shan.

Before the three Black Skull Demon Lords went out, they promised that they would bring back the innate spiritual fetus and help avenge the Lord of Xuchan Cave.

After all, when someone gives you the news, you have to show some appreciation, right?
But these three guys were so busy looking for treasure that they got the information for free but didn't take revenge!

"We're a step too late!"

"After we came out of the Ludong Mountains and asked for directions along the way to find the Xuchan Cave, we learned that the couple had already left!"

"According to the disciples who stayed behind, it was a merchant from northwest Shandong who came to visit them and invited them to leave."

“The Shang people are at odds with my Xun Gu Sect and Lu Jiang League, and those two adulterers also want to kill the son of Xu Chan Cave Master!
"So they hit it off right away and joined forces to get involved!"

The Taoist companion and eldest disciple of Master Xuchan had come to Lujiang League before, but they did not get a good deal from Master Yang. This time, they simply turned to the merchants and planned to seek help from outside forces!
They obviously overheard some words from the innate spiritual fetus when the master of Xuchan Cave was alive, so they wanted to find clues in Ren Shan!

"So what you mean is that the two men should be in the store now?"

"Mostly so."

Lin Shan nodded and stopped blaming the three of them.

"Very good. If these people were hiding outside, it would be difficult to chase them one by one. But now they are all together, which saves me a lot of trouble."

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the hall.

Master Zhan Kong and Lu Xiuming came in together, followed by more than ten hall masters and deacons in the foundation-building stage.

"Master, something terrible has happened!"

As soon as Lu Xiuming came up, he quickly reported the latest news. Master Zhan Kong was brought here by him on the road.

As for Ruyi Zhenren of Ruyifang, he was probably also dealt with by them.

"What's the matter? Tell me slowly."

Lin Shan turned around and walked onto the platform, leaning back on his throne as the leader.

The senior executives below also took their seats.

"Just now, the latest news came from the front line of Chixiao City. The head of Mu Yanmu Hall is missing!"

There was an uproar.

Everyone knows that Mu Yan, as the most capable talent of the younger generation of Xun Gu Sect, has been stationed in Chixiao City for thirty years, firmly preventing merchants from infiltrating the south and even gaining the upper hand.

Now that something unexpected has happened, there must be something fishy going on!
"What happened? Tell me in detail!"

Lin Shan perked up and took it more seriously.

Because he also had high hopes for Mu Yan, he believed that this boy was no ordinary person, and he trained and cultivated him as a signboard of the Xun Gu Sect, hoping that he could become a mainstay in the future.

He would still feel very sad if he lost such a talented person.

"Just last night, a great war broke out in Chixiao City. The aftermath destroyed a quarter of the city, more than a thousand monks were killed or injured, and countless properties were lost!"

"According to eyewitnesses at the scene, the person who caused all this should be a Jindan-stage cultivator!"

"According to the report from my disciples of Xun Gu Sect, Master Mu was practicing in the City Lord's Mansion when he was suddenly attacked by an unknown Jindan-stage cultivator!"

"After hearing about the assassin, the disciples in the sect hurriedly gathered together, only to find that the assassin was a Jindan Zhenren, who was trying to kill Master Mu!"

"Just when the situation was critical, a mysterious Jindan-stage cultivator suddenly appeared and stopped the assassin. The two of them flew into the air and fought!"

"Then they destroyed a quarter of Chixiao City. It seemed that Hall Master Mu also joined the battle in the Jindan stage. The disciples in the sect could not see clearly."

"After that night, both Hall Master Mu and the two mysterious Jindan-stage monks disappeared without a trace."

Lu Xiuming recounted the information from the front line in detail. Although his words were brief, it was not difficult to imagine how fierce the battle was that night.

The disappearance of Mu Yan is equivalent to the loss of the backbone of Chixiao City.

Both the disciples of Xun Gu Sect and the supported Lord of Chi Xiao City are now in a state of constant fear, worried and terrified.

According to news reported this morning, the merchants and the deputy city lords they supported, as local natives, did not send anyone to urgently prepare for post-war disaster relief work, but directly launched an attack on the city lords supported by the Xun Gu Sect!

If you say there is no connection between the two, no one will believe it even if you kill you!

"So, the merchant still violated the previous agreement and brazenly sent out high-level monks to attack the young generation?"

Master Zhankong's eyes widened with anger, and he was very disgusted by this.

All the hall masters and deacons were filled with indignation when they heard this.

A Jindan Zhenren ambushed a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage. The fact that they could do this shows how shameless the merchants are!

Lu Xiuming added at this time:
"To be precise, we didn't sign any agreement with the merchants before. Their move just broke the unwritten agreement."

"That's unforgivable!"

Master Zhan Kong has now reached the Jindan stage. After decades of immersion, he feels that he has become a little more confident and takes the initiative to ask for a fight.

"Master, since the other party was the first to disregard the rules, we must fight back and teach them a lesson!"

Lin Shan nodded, agreeing with this statement, but motioned for him to sit down first and not to rush.

"If the one who attacked Mu Yan at the beginning was a Jindan-stage cultivator from Shangjia, then who was the other mysterious Jindan who appeared and fought with him later?"

Lu Xiuming read the intelligence:

"Master, we have not found any relevant information about this person yet. We can only judge based on what we saw at the scene. It seems that he is on the side of Master Mu."

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(In the new year of 2024, Jiuxia wishes all book friends good health, good health, and good health!
On the basis of health, family happiness and making a lot of money~~~)

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