Immortal Road.

Chapter 552: The Demon Lord is furious and wants his soul to be taken away (Happy New Year, and auspicious Year of the Dragon!)
Everyone present fell into deep thought.

In addition to Xun Gujiao, Mu Yan actually had someone else to save him?

What was the identity of the Jindan Zhenren who saved him? Why did he save him? Did he have some ulterior motive, or did they already know each other?

"Immediately mobilize all intelligence disciples outside and expand the search area to find Mu Yan! If he's alive, we must find him. If he's dead, we must find his body!"

Lin Shan made the decision immediately and told his men that Mu Yan must be found!
"Also, this merchant's move has crossed the red line, ignoring the rule that high-level cultivators cannot attack low-level cultivators at will. This can be regarded as a deliberate provocation against our sect!"

"So, we must retaliate fiercely in front of all the outside forces!"

"The righteousness lies with me at this moment, and an elder should lead the team there."

"Alliance leader, I am willing to go!"

I don't know what's wrong with Master Zhan Kong, he has been getting more and more arrogant recently. A mere formation master at the early stage of the golden elixir dares to run to the front line to jump around!

Lin Shan paused, looking at his expectant eyes, feeling hesitant.

Every Jindan-stage elder in the sect is a valuable asset, so naturally they don’t want any accidents to happen.

Especially since Master Zhankong has the lowest strength, I am not at ease letting him go to the front line.

"Since the Shang people have already torn their faces apart, then the next step is bound to be a full-scale conflict. More than one Jindan-stage cultivator has appeared. As a formation master, Master is afraid to go to the front line to fight."

The senior executives below nodded after hearing this.

You are a fragile person and all your skills are in the art of formation. Why bother to go to the front line and take risks yourself?

Have you read too many novels about cultivation in the market and think you are a melee mage?
Stop it!
The right thing to do is to lead your disciples to build the formation and be responsible for logistics!
But Master Zhan Kong obviously doesn't want to just do logistics. He has been involved in diplomacy recently. Sometimes when he hears the labels others give him, he still feels uncomfortable.

After all, he had personally killed Shi Ensanren at the new alliance leader’s succession meeting!

But others still think he is weak, so he needs a chance to prove himself, not just a formation master who hides under a protective umbrella and is responsible for logistics.

"Alliance leader, there is an old saying that goes, 'When a man has been away for three days, he should be looked at with new eyes.'"

"This old man will surely be able to stabilize the situation in Chixiao City!"

"Even if we cannot completely eradicate the hostile forces, it is more than enough to defend ourselves. If we break our promise..."

"I would like to issue a military order!"

Everyone looked at each other and rushed forward to dissuade them.

Don't issue a military order casually, because once you issue it, if it really comes true, do you think you should be punished or not?

Punish him. After all, he is the mainstay of the church and one of the most important figures in the church.

If we don't punish them, the church rules will seem arbitrary, and we will lose dignity and respect, which will be detrimental in the long run.

Lin Shan couldn't persuade him, so he thought about it and decided to be on the safe side.

"Since the master is determined to help the sect, how can this sect leader refuse your sincere enthusiasm? However, there are always unexpected things and we must be prepared!"

"Take three sets of our sect's mountain protection formation and take them to Chixiao City for self-defense in case of any unexpected events!"

"As for the military order, I will dispense with it."

Things like the Mountain Protection Array are useless for ordinary people to carry with them.

Because you don’t understand the formation, and you don’t have a group of people who do understand the formation to help you set up, operate, and maintain it.

Master Zhankong is different.

He is a master of formations himself, and he has a group of disciples from the Formation Hall under him. Whenever he goes out, he carries a few sets of formations with him. He advances steadily and cautiously, and can advance or retreat safely.

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and they could feel somewhat relieved by this.

"Master, if I take away half of the mountain protection formation, will that work?"

"It's okay. The Lujiang River Basin is now a solid block. Basically, nothing serious will happen. You should be more careful when you go out."

Master Zhan Kong thanked him and turned around to instruct his disciples in the Formation Hall to gather people to go to various places in Tianfu Mountain to dig up the formations and dismantle them.

At this time, Lu Xiuming came out again.

"Over at Happy Forest, due to the influence of Scarlet Sky City, I am afraid that Captain Gao will also be killed by the enemy's Golden Core Master, so I asked him to hide first and wait for backup."

"Master, please see if there is anything needed over there."

Lin Shan leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed and asked him how things were going over there.

"Happy Forest is at a slight disadvantage. Captain Gao can only run gray industries to contain the other side. The strength invested by merchants there is far less than that of Scarlet Sky City. Most of them are foreign guests who are confronting each other."

Although the cultivation families are mainly composed of clans, they rely on blood ties as a bond, and their cohesion and unity are higher than those of sects.

However, there is a disadvantage to this, which is that the probability of a genius emerging in a single ethnic group is definitely not as high as in a sect that accommodates all kinds of people, so it is necessary to absorb fresh blood.

This is how the term “son-in-law who lives with the wife’s family” came about.

The aristocratic families of cultivators would marry some of their female cultivators to potential independent cultivators, thus recruiting them as guest officials of different surnames to serve the family.

The foreign guests are a group of scattered sands, and they can't unite as one to shake the dominant position of the aristocratic families. They are mostly sent abroad to solve some trivial matters, like a sharp knife.

Happy Forest manages a cultivation market, which is slightly inferior to Chixiao City, so the business was handed over to the relatives by marriage.

"There are some tough ones among them, such as the Three Monsters of Yingtan, the Two Old Men of Kuzhu, Xianglin Sao, Yu Jiao Niang, etc. Captain Gao is exhausted from dealing with them and has asked for help from the church many times."

"Well, you didn't send anyone to help him?"

"Ahem, Captain Gao doesn't have a good reputation in the sect, and not many people are willing to go and help him, so..."

Gao Zuoda was involved in some underworld industries all day long. Under the influence of the general environment in Lu State, he was naturally despised by others.

The Xun Gu Sect is composed of nothing more than Lu Xiuming's Academy faction, Mu Yan's family faction, and Master Zhan Kong's formation faction. None of them want to be associated with the gang of ruffians led by Gao Zuoda.

As a result, although there have been many more Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect over the years, none of them is willing to go to Happy Forest.

"Humph, there's a crisis on the front line, but you don't go to help, but instead stay in the church and watch the fire from the other side?"

"I don't have much ability, but I do have a bad temper!"

"Except for those who have important tasks to attend to, all Foundation Establishment Deacons, get out to the front lines!"

Lin Shan didn't care what these people thought. In the face of external conflict pressure, they couldn't even unite their forces, so why should they care about their reputation?
I'm really looking for the ancient religion to eat white rice, right?
What’s the point of me raising you?

Lu Xiuming quickly agreed, and immediately assigned the battlefield and tasks to everyone.

"Hmm? Wait."

The Black Skull Demon Lord suddenly came to his senses at this time, as if he had vaguely heard a familiar name just now.

"You said that among the relatives and guests of the merchants in Happy Forest, there is a lady named Yu Jiao Niang?"

"Report to Elder Hei Ku, there is indeed such a person."

"Is she the same person as my former concubine, Yu Jiao Niang?"

"Uh"

Lu Xiuming hesitated slightly and nodded.

"seems like it."

"Boom!" A surge of soul pressure instantly fell in the hall. Everyone present below the Jindan stage felt difficulty breathing, as if they were about to drown and couldn't catch their breath!

It has been some time since Yu Jiaoniang defected to the ancient sect.

The Black Skull Demon Lord had issued a reward a few years ago, asking people to track down this woman, and in order to motivate his subordinates, he even set a high reward.

However, the bounty deadline passed and the woman was never found, so the Black Skull Demon Lord forgot about it.

Now when I hear it by chance, the memories suddenly come flooding back to my mind. How can I not be angry!
"Well, well, well, it's really like searching for something unsuccessfully, but it's finally found without any effort."

"It would be fine if this little bitch had just hidden herself away, but she actually dared to join the enemy forces and show up openly. Does she really think I am not good enough?"

"Happy Forest, let me take care of it myself!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord stood up. He wanted to track down this traitor and cut him into pieces with his own hands to vent his anger!
As for the anger, it is not something that can be told to outsiders.

Lin Shan nodded. Since the skeleton was willing to come out and share the worries, it would be a relief for him.

If the merchants take the initiative to break the rules first, then we don't need to abide by them. It is reasonable to retaliate under the righteousness of the people.

This skeleton is experienced and there is no need to worry about any accidents.

"Okay, Elder Hei Ku will lead the team to Happy Forest, and Elder Zhan Kong will lead the team to Scarlet Sky City. Let's set off as soon as possible. This leader will be waiting for good news here!"

As the leader of the sect, he would not move unless it was a critical moment, and would just sit firmly at the gate of the mountain.

After giving the instructions, he stood up and left his seat.

The next specific matters will be left to the subordinates to negotiate.

"The Black Skull Demon Lord asked me to secretly pass this jade scroll to you. He said it was a soul technique obtained from the torture of Lu Que's ancestor Lu Tou."

In the cave courtyard, Brother Ji looked around, stealthily took out a jade slip and handed it to Lin Shan.

It had no choice but to be cautious, because the spiritual awareness of Ancestor Lu Que was powerful, and he was afraid that if the news spread out in Tianfu Mountain, people would twist his head off!
Lin Shan smiled and told it not to worry, this was his leader's cave, and it was only because ancestor Lu Que was stupid enough to let his spiritual sense in.

The enhanced panel helps him identify himself:

[Soul-pulling and Soul-seeking Technique]

Quality: Minor magical spells

Introduction: Use soul power to condense the channel to lock, use soul thread to pull the soul into the enemy's soul, seize the soul and take it out of the body, and dissolve the three souls and seven spirits.

Enhancement required: 64 points

Spells that generally target the spirit and soul are collectively referred to as soul spells.

This kind of magical power is one of the signature skills of the ancestor Lu Que.

In the underwater battle between the mermaids and the East China Sea in the Song Dynasty, Patriarch Lu Que captured two of the three souls and seven spirits of the mermaid chief elder with just a deer head!
Lin Shan saw with his own eyes at that time, two blue lights as thick as thumbs flashed by, and the chief elder of the mermaid tribe was pulled away by two deer carrying his soul, and he didn't even know how to resist!

Now that he was tortured out by the Black Skull Demon Lord, he became the trophy of these two men.

Although this technique is only used for a short time in actual combat, the steps are quite complicated.

To break it down in detail, you must first learn the technique of 'transforming soul power into nothingness' to condense a soul power channel that cannot be destroyed by physical attacks.

Then use 'Soul Binding'.

Soul, there are many choices, it can be an animal spirit, a demon spirit, a monster spirit, or even a human soul!

It seems that there are quite a few souls of the ancestor Lu Que. Two deer spirits appeared during the time when the mermaids appeared. They became headless people after losing their deer heads. They used this technique again when they were chasing Lin Shan. It seems that there are also bear spirits, snake spirits and the like.

The method of refining this kind of soul is also introduced in the magical powers.

It requires a soul above the Jindan stage, which has been vibrated and trained with a special soul fire frequency to erase the spiritual intelligence and give it one's own will. After it is refined, one will become familiar with it after using it several times.

And then there is 'Soul Thread Controlling the Soul'.

The soul spirit penetrates deep into the opponent's soul through the soul power channel to capture the soul. It needs to be controlled by connecting with soul threads. This is a delicate job and is also very difficult for soul cultivators.

One must have a strong spirit and soul while also having a precise grasp of the subtle details.

When Elder Lu Que performed this technique smoothly, the whole process took less than a breath. It was the result of practicing countless times.

The last step is to "melt the soul".

As we all know, the soul and the spirit are also connected by the soul thread, so it is said that even if the lotus root is broken, the thread still remains.

If you want to take away someone's soul, you have to cut off their soul thread!
There are many ways to do this, the most common one is to use "soul fire" to melt.

The method provided in this technique is to impart soul fire to the soul, engage and melt the opponent's soul threads, and then successfully draw the soul away from the soul power channel.

There are many processes before and after, and many prerequisites are required.

Soul cultivation, soul power transformation, soul nurturing, soul thread control, soul fire melting
When applied to actual combat, it only takes less than a breath. The key is to catch the enemy by surprise and not give the enemy a chance to react.

"This"

Lin Shan held the jade slip in his hands and read it with Brother Ji. Only after reading it did he gain a deep understanding.

How strong is the foundation of ancestor Lu Que!
No wonder he was so rampant in the Jindan stage, and even without a head he could still chase across a distance of millions of miles from Song to Lu!
"Ohhhh, this is horrible, this is too much trouble!"

Brother Ji immediately lost interest.

Originally, it wanted to try this, but there were many prerequisites and it required a lot of repeated practice. Although it was strong in dealing with spirits, it was afraid of the trouble.

Lin Shan also felt it was troublesome, but after witnessing the shock brought by ancestor Lu Que with his own eyes, he decided to learn from him when he had time.

Because many conditions are not conditions for him.

For example, souls.

Can't I just let the three evil brothers take the stage?
If you are afraid of accidents, just give them a monster soul coat to confuse them.

Lin Shan prides himself on being very talented in unorthodox ways.

pity.

He is an upright young man.

"By the way, have you practiced the 'Nether Water Body Tempering Technique'? See what you translated?"

Lin Shan felt annoyed when he thought of this, so he took it out and placed it on the stone table in the yard.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my translation?"

Brother Ji thought he had broken his temper, so he quickly jumped up, opened the booklet, and read it from beginning to end.

"It doesn't seem to be a big problem."

Lin Shan knew that the vision of the demon race was not comparable to that of humans, so he compared it word by word to clarify the context.

Especially when it comes to what meridians, how they circulate, which acupoints, etc., the names and locations of the two races of humans and demons are very different, so he needs to make timely adjustments.

During the thirty years that Brother Ji had been in seclusion in Linshan, he had almost completed the third level of practice, so it was effortless for him to instruct him.

Just as undercurrents were surging in the outside world, all forces focused their attention on the front line to witness which side would gain the upper hand in the end.

Lin Shan began to retreat and embarked on the path of continuing to improve himself.

(End of this chapter)