Immortal Road.

Chapter 554: War on the Northern Front, Internal Punishment

Searching for ancient teachings.

The interrogation at the Intelligence Hall is over.

"Drag them all out and kill them!"

Li Yuanjie didn't even bother to look at these spies, and decided their life or death with just one word.

"No, sir, we are just following orders and we don't know anything."

The disciples of the Intelligence Hall also follow orders and do whatever their superiors tell them to do.

This time, another secret base of the Star-Swallowing Sect was discovered. It was located in western Shandong, but not in the Lujiang River basin.

Li Yuanjie asked the leader whether to conduct cross-border tracking.

"Just take people to catch him. I don't know which local tyrants dare to stop you!"

Luxi has been badly suppressed by the Lujiang League in recent years. Many people are resentful, and there are even small groups secretly resisting.

But despite the noise, no one dared to target them openly.

If they really catch us with some evidence, the Lujiang League will have a reason to bring people to your door the next day. This is no joke.

Li Yuanjie took the order and left.

Lin Shan walked out of the Intelligence Hall. He still didn't quite understand why the Star-Swallowing Sect was investigating him, but he could vaguely guess a thing or two.

"The Zhoutian Star Body must be of great use in the Yuxing Zhenjun Cave!"

"However, unfortunately, I am not a true Zhoutian star body. I have only been transformed by the Lingbao Xuxing Disk that has been collecting star power for a long time."

"If we can't get any information from arresting him and interrogating him, it seems we can only go to the Star Devouring Gate as soon as possible."

A public execution was taking place in Qianshan Square at this time.

The organizer was none other than the Black Skull Demon Lord who was sitting at the highest point!
This skeleton monster is majestic, deep and terrifying, with ten large flags behind it arranged in a fan shape, like a peacock spreading its tail.

Deacons and disciples at all levels stood separately and watched the performance in the center quietly.

“Ahhhh~ Let me go, do you know who I am? My father-in-law is a professor at Shangyang Academy. If he finds out, he will definitely come to save me!”

"Seniors of Xun Gu Sect, please don't be impulsive. I am marrying into this branch of the family and have a lot of wealth in the business world. You can ask for any ransom you want!"

"Coward! Wimp! Seeing you grovelling makes me sick! A real man doesn't care about life or death. Just fight if you don't agree!"

"Wow, wow, you gentlemen are so cruel. My life is so miserable."

These people are prisoners.

To be precise, it was a guest official of the Shang family who suffered a great defeat in Happy Forest and was captured and brought back to Xun Gu Sect to be executed.

The one who was shouting the loudest was the son-in-law of Shang Geng, a professor at Shangyang Academy. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, he simply started to vent his anger like crazy.

The one crying was the traitor of Xun Gu Sect, the former concubine of Elder Hei Ku, Yu Jiao Niang.

Back then, this woman was notorious and was hunted by many forces. After she fled to the Xun Gu Sect, she was accepted and helped to deal with all her troubles.

But she ended up being a vase for a while and then slipped away quietly.

She even joined a hostile merchant family and married a dying old man in order to inherit half of his estate.

There are rules in the families of immortal cultivators. Once a member of the family dies, his wealth during his lifetime needs to be divided according to the situation. If there are immortal cultivator descendants, it will be passed on to the descendants. If there are no descendants, half of it will be confiscated.

The remaining half can be given to your parents’ family.

In order to take advantage of this loophole, Yu Jiaoniang was able to get something for nothing and was willing to give herself to the other party. Anyway, she didn't even know how many hands the other party had, and she didn't care about things like her chastity and reputation.

But nothing good comes easy in this world.

Since you have become a relative of my merchant family, you have to obey orders when necessary. So I went with the flow and went to Happy Forest, and confronted Gao Zuoda of Xun Gu Sect.

In fact, if she had been the same as before, keeping a low profile and being honest and respectful, she might have been able to avoid the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month.

But who would have thought that she would make a rebellious statement in Happy Forest once, saying that she would kill Elder Hei Ku with a thin stick.

It's broken!
This sentence later fermented widely, causing heated discussions in the cultivation world and instantly became a hot topic in recent years.

There are so many people working in the world of cultivation, so who wouldn’t enjoy talking about the scandal of Jindan Zhenren?

The Black Skull Demon King became furious and went straight to Happy Forest to kill people.

Since Shang Jia was the first to send Jin Dan Zhenren to break the rules, it was natural for him to take action at this time.

In addition, hunting down the traitors of the Xun Gu Sect is reasonable and no one can blame it morally.

After the Chixiao City incident, the merchants realized that something was wrong.

Although they did not know who the Jindan Zhenren who assassinated Mu Yan was, they knew that the Xun Gu Sect would definitely take this opportunity to take revenge, so they quickly sent Jindan Zhenren to the two places to take precautions.

The elders of the Shang family went there in person from Chixiao City, and Kuaihuo Lin sent a guest official of the Jindan stage from another family.

Originally, there were no Jindan Zhenren from other families in Shangjia. Not long ago, they invited two Jindan Zhenren who had disputes with Lujiang League from Xuchan Cave in eastern Shandong.

Dingqing Sanren, Lady Xuantai.

The two once chased their enemies to the Lujiang League, but were blocked outside and unable to fight their way in, so they had to leave in disappointment.

Now that he has the support of a merchant, he readily agreed to come out and jointly deal with the Xun Gu Sect.

However, when they arrived at Happy Forest, they happened to run into the Black Skull Demon Lord who had also arrived for the first time.

The two sides started a fierce battle!
The Black Skull Demon Lord was outnumbered two at a time, so it was no problem for him to deal with these two men.

Originally, when he went to Ludong to look for the innate spiritual fetus, he promised to take care of these two people along the way and avenge the master of Xuchan Cave.

As a result, the two men were called away by the merchant.

Now that they have arrived in front of me, how can I let them go?

Immediately pin down these two people and chase them relentlessly!
It's a pity that they came here, thinking that they could follow the merchants to eat and drink well, and at the same time get rid of the fish that slipped through the net and find clues about the innate spiritual fetus.

Who knew that he would encounter such an experienced opponent as the Black Skull Demon Lord right from the start? The more the fight went on, the more uncomfortable and strenuous it became, so he had no choice but to turn around and run away.

In the end, Dingqing Sanren, who was in the early stage of Jindan, was killed, and Madam Xuantai, who was in the middle stage of Jindan, was seriously injured and fled far away.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was not good at speed, so he turned back when he failed to catch up.

But in the meantime, all the merchants in Happy Forest had run away, including Yu Jiaoniang.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was furious and massacred the Happy Forest with blood!
It is said that on the night of that day, everyone in the market at the foot of the mountain heard the roar of Jindan Zhenren.

Then a terrifying hand fell, pushing down rows of dense forests, and huge flaming flags burned fiercely, turning the easily defended and difficult-to-attack mountain stronghold into ruins.

Fortunately, Gao Zuoda was smart and saved Xu Shun, the second in command of Kuaihuo Lin. Apart from him, all the others were destroyed and no one survived!
Afterwards, the Shang family took back the seriously injured Madam Xuantai and strongly condemned the inhumane killing of the Hei Ku elder of the Xun Gu sect. They also launched a series of denunciations. However, these verbal battles were useless, and Happy Forest was completely included in the sphere of influence of the Xun Gu sect.

And Chixiao City was also not at peace.

The Jindan elders of the Shang family came together, one to stabilize the place, and the other to investigate the cause and truth of the incident.

Who are those two Jindan-stage cultivators who disregarded order and fought in the Immortal City? Why did they let me take the blame and give the Xun Gu Sect an excuse to take action?

This investigation progressed rapidly.

Chi Xiao City's deputy city lord Chi Chen, without consulting the Shang family, arbitrarily invited a Jindan-stage cultivator from outside, Huagu Huaiyin Sanren, to take action!
He promised that if Mu Yan could be assassinated, he would give him a generous gift!
Huaiyin Sanren is indeed a Jindan-stage casual cultivator. He is extremely bold and daring. A barefoot man is not afraid of those who wear shoes. He really took action without saying a word and assassinated Mu Yan.

That battle was beyond everyone's expectations, including Chi Chen himself. He did not expect that a Jindan stage cultivator would suddenly appear beside Mu Yan.

After that night, the two Jindan-stage cultivators and Mu Yan disappeared, and a quarter of the Chixiao City left to him by his father was destroyed.

His mother advised him to quickly and properly accommodate the wounded in the city, restore order in the fairy city as soon as possible, find ways to ease the panic of public opinion, minimize the losses as much as possible, and delay population loss.

After all, the independent cultivators came to the Immortal City to settle down and work just to make a living.

Once they find that your place is unsafe, they will naturally seek profit and avoid harm, just like capital merchants, and migrate to a safe place to settle down.

This is what his brother Chi Xiao, the lord of Chixiao City from Xun Gu Sect, did.

But he was totally indifferent and had no interest in disaster relief and reconstruction. Instead, he took advantage of Mu Yan's disappearance and led his team to attack the City Lord's Mansion!
The merchants saw that Chi Chen himself didn’t feel sorry for him, so they felt even less sorry for him!
It would be best if we could drive away the Xun Gu Sect as soon as possible and finish our work so that we can go home early, so we followed them and killed them as well.

Without Mu Yan, the City Lord's Mansion was like losing its backbone.

Fortunately, the current city lord Chi Xiao is still somewhat responsible. Of course, he is also afraid of being liquidated by his younger brother if he fails, so he stepped forward in the face of danger and took on the burden of resistance.

Mu Yan of Xun Gu Sect is gone, but Shang Lu and Song Zhong, the two tyrants of Rangshan, are still here. Although these two brothers are not very smart, their strength has reached the peak in the foundation-building stage, and they managed to hold on until Master Zhan Kong arrived!

The merchant was not slow either, only less than half an hour later than Master Zhan Kong!

Master Zhankong is a smart guy. As soon as he landed, he ordered his disciples to set up the formation. He considered defeat before thinking about victory and calculated everything.

When the Jindan Zhenren from the Shang family arrived, he actually rushed up and started a fight with the other person!
But the result is not worthy of his decisiveness.
He was beaten so badly by the Jindan Zhenren from the Shang family that he almost couldn’t come back!
The disciples of the Formation Hall were very helpful. They relied on the mountain protection formation moved from the Xun Gu Sect to pick him up. From then on, they never proposed to fight again and just hung up the sign of not wanting to fight.

The merchants on the other side attacked fiercely for several days, but they couldn't do anything to the turtle shell, so they had to give up for the time being.

They began to focus on investigating the cause of the incident. After finding out that it was the deputy city lord Chi Chen who was behind it, even though they were extremely angry, they could only give him a verbal warning.

Now, firstly, this puppet is still needed as a facade, and secondly, the original team of Chixiao City can also be regarded as a force to be reckoned with, so it is not advisable to cut off one's own arms.

The two sides fought for a while, and neither could do anything to the other, so they could only ask for help from behind at the same time.

Seeing that they had lost Happy Forest, the Shang merchants simply placed all their bets on Chixiao City and sent more than one Jindan Zhenren, even the tribe's chief elder who was in the late Jindan stage came in person!

The ancestor Lu Que of the Xun Gu Sect had to come out of seclusion and go to Chixiao City to take charge.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was still targeting Gao Zuoda and ordered his men to conduct a carpet search to find the whereabouts of the traitor Yu Jiaoniang.

While the Black Skull Demon Lord was fighting with the two Golden Core True Immortals, Yu Jiao Niang secretly escaped from the ground and fled all the way north, but unfortunately she still could not escape from Luxi.

Because the difference in flying speed between the Jindan stage and the foundation-building stage is too great.

One flies in a flying instrument, and the other flies by turning into a rainbow.

If it was a magic weapon, it would be okay. No matter how fast the magic weapon flies, it can never fly faster than the Rainbow Technique.

After half a year of blockade and various pursuits and interceptions.

Yu Jiaoniang and most of the merchants' guests were discovered after hiding from place to place. They were captured alive and brought back to the Xun Gu Sect.

The Black Skull Demon Lord has been paying attention to another battlefield.

After learning that Patriarch Lu Que was going to help, he felt relieved and stopped paying attention to that side. He returned to the market at the foot of the Happy Forest Mountain and did some business there, which intimidated many surrounding forces that were ready to make moves.

By the way, he arranged the dividends from his various shares, got some rent and side income, and then left here feeling satisfied.

After returning, he directly instructed the disciples who stayed behind to hold a mobilization meeting for all the disciples.

It is to enforce the law.

Let everyone in the church know what the consequences of apostasy are!
Anyway, Yu Jiaoniang's reputation is already ruined, and she has spread her ugly deeds everywhere. She must be cut into pieces to vent my hatred!

The Shang family’s in-laws should all be killed. Even the Jindan-stage Shang Ding Zhenren was killed by Lin Shan. What do these people have to do with them?

The death of Master Shang Ding really hurt the nerves of the Shang family.

No family would be willing to give up a Jindan Zhenren, and losing one would be a huge loss.

Lin Shan also sent the head to Shangyang Academy!
It is said that after receiving the message, Master Shang Geng was furious and almost mobilized the forces of his own lineage to go to Tianfu Mountain to seek advice!
However, he did not have the final say in Shangyang Academy alone. Even within his own lineage, there was resistance from those who disagreed, which prevented him from taking revenge.

With his influence, he mobilized his connections and thought it would be an easy task to cause trouble for the Xun Gu Sect.

But when it comes to real action, few dare to take action, and not many speak out to denounce the movement.

Because everyone knows that Xungu Sect is now thriving, and the Sect Leader of Xungu Sect is a genius in the immortal way. I don't have any grudge against him, so why should I share your pressure?
Just the friendship between master and disciple?
I'm sorry, we can handle normal business transactions, but we are powerless to help with matters involving Tianjiao.

In the square, the group of people finally got tired of shouting.

Knowing that he would definitely die today, it was useless to say anything. The Xun Gu Sect disciples below all had mocking expressions on their faces.

"It's noon now. Please ask Elder Hei Ku whether to proceed with the execution?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord nodded indifferently. Except for the busy Intelligence Hall, basically everyone who should have come came and served as witnesses together.

The gleaming ghost-head sword fell down.

"Pfft~"

"Pfft~"

"Pfft~"

Heads rolled and blood was all over the ground.

It is not difficult to imagine afterwards that today's execution will be widely circulated in the world of cultivation and become news about the Xun Gu Sect.

Lin Shan looked at it, shook his head and smiled.

He was too lazy to care about what happened to the Black Skull Demon Lord.

Happy Forest has been taken, and with Ancestor Lu Que in Chixiao City, there shouldn't be any big problems.

Next, I have more important things to do.

At this time, Brother Ji appeared out of nowhere and jumped directly onto his shoulder.

"When are we going to the Demonic Kingdom to establish a sect?"

(End of this chapter)