Immortal Road.

Chapter 555: Preparations before departure, old friend in Chu

"Get ready and set off immediately."

Lin Shan felt that time was running out, as the Star-Swallowing Mountains were imminent, and he had been busy with various trivial matters recently and was a little too busy to handle it.

The Mavericks are fine. Even if they build up their power and then leave it alone, they still have to worry about it.

Now we have many talented people and the team is pretty complete.

Especially with the joining of Patriarch Lu Que, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and extricate himself from the vortex of confrontation with the merchants.

If it weren't for Patriarch Lu Que, he might really have to go to the front line of Chixiao City to take charge, and who knows how long it would take!

"Ohhh! I can't wait any longer, why don't we set off now!"

Brother Chicken flapped his wings, his excitement evident on the surface.

A pig's head suddenly jumped onto his other shoulder, and it was also grunting and making noises.

"Let's go to the Demonic Realm quickly. The righteous path has faded into obscurity! You can't kill people casually, and you have to hide your identity when you cause trouble. When will I be able to recover to the Nascent Soul stage?"

Lin Shan glanced at it.

This pig-headed monster and the Black Skull Demon Lord are both creatures from hell. If they want to recover to the Nascent Soul stage, they would need countless natural treasures, an astronomical number!
How powerful is the Nascent Soul stage?
For a clone projection of yours to reach this level, it would require even more than the original body's cultivation!

Moreover, many of the names of the materials on the list it mentioned have never been heard of in this world, let alone seen.

There's nowhere to look.

Lin Shan also issued tasks.

He went to the Intelligence Hall and the Mission Hall to search for the whereabouts of various evil spirits to supplement his Seven Evils Soul Locking Technique, but there was no news.

Evil spirits above the fourth level are good treasures no matter where they are, but they are generally difficult to enter the market.

Moreover, compared to the righteous kingdom, the evil kingdom has many poor mountains and bad waters, and is relatively easier to find.

"You have to be careful for a moment. If this pig-headed monster recovers to the Nascent Soul stage too early, it might backfire on you. You must intentionally or unintentionally suppress its recovery speed."

Lin Shan secretly conveyed his experience in suppressing the Black Skull Demon Lord to Brother Ji.

Brother Ji nodded frequently.

It is now following Linshan's old path, and needs to learn from it in many aspects, such as establishing a sect and suppressing the creatures of hell.

"What are you two talking about?"

The pig-headed monster is quite sensitive. Seeing these two communicating with each other behind his back, he feels like an outsider.

"Nothing, I was just asking him what time he would leave."

Brother Ji spoke, and Lin Shan took over.

"Wait a little while, until the Intelligence Hall destroys a few more of the Swallowing Star Sect's spy bases, and see if we can find some useful intelligence. By the way, we can also observe whether the Chixiao City front can be stabilized."

Lin Shan was worried about the Xun Gu Sect, so before leaving, he wanted to make sure that everything was fine before he could devote himself to another battle.

Especially since I don’t know how long it will take me to be away or when I can come back, I’m afraid there will be a fire in my hometown.

As they were chatting here, the battle with the Black Skull Demon Lord in the square was almost over.

The scene was a little bloody, especially when Yu Jiaoniang was being tortured to death. Her unforgettable screams made everyone feel mixed emotions.

Especially the elderly people of Xungu Sect.

Back when Yu Jiao Niang was still in the sect, she was very affectionate and forced the disciples to have sex with her. Most of the disciples had low cultivation levels and could not resist, so they could only be "ravaged and manipulated" by her with tears in their eyes.

Fortunately, there is a book called "The Heart Method of Slaughtering Emotions and Forgetting Thoughts" in the Sutra Library, which can be used to lock in the essence and prevent the leakage of the vital energy, so as to avoid serious damage to the vitality after being concentrated.

During those years, the disciples on the mountain were in a state of panic. They were afraid and expecting every night that a female flower-stealing thief in the Foundation Establishment Stage would visit them.

Thinking about the excitement of the storm coming, it makes people sigh. The past is unbearable to look back, but the aftertaste is long~
Unfortunately.
This woman was a stunner with a hot body and good blowjob skills. Even though she had escaped from the Xun Gu Sect, everyone thought that after all they had had a brief moment of pleasure together, so it might not be a bad idea to let her go.

But you should never, ever tell Elder Hei Ku’s embarrassing story!

Doesn’t Jindan Zhenren have any respect?

You just openly disclosed it to everyone like that, and became the laughing stock of the entire cultivation world. Who wouldn't be mad at you?

The execution is over.

The executioner wiped off the bloodstains on the boning knife, feeling sorry for himself. He was also an old man who had been in Xun Gu Sect for more than 30 years, and he was also a young man who had been favored by the emperor.

When he was sent to the Lujiang League, he boasted to other allies about the special "benefits" of his own sect. When the young disciples of other sects and families heard about it, they were all envious of the experience of a female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage climbing into his bed at night.

Time is a butcher's knife, and he finally killed the girl with his own hands.

The Black Skull Demon Lord had his revenge, but his hatred was still there. He snorted heavily, and all the disciples on the field lowered their heads, nodding and not daring to say a word.

After finishing.

Lin Shan came to the side of the Black Skull Demon Lord.

"I will be going on a long journey soon. You stay in Tianfu Mountain and take care of my hometown for me."

Brother Chicken quickly flapped his wings:

"No, let it go with me to the Demonic Path. I will give it a temporary position as the deputy leader to help me establish the sect."

When the Black Skeleton Demon King heard that he had to go out to work again, he quickly shook his head to refuse. He really didn't want to be a tool because it was too tiring.

The Xun Gu Sect's makeshift team has been hard to put together, so they can take some time off and slowly recover their strength. Why should they run around outside?
Besides, following Lin Shan can help you get some soul source, but following Brother Ji is just like working like a slave, with no benefits.

"Just be careful. I'm here in Tianfu Mountain and will definitely keep everything safe for you!"

Lin Shan was quite relieved about this, and asked it to look after the front line of Chixiao City when it had time. With the strength of Patriarch Lu Que and the caution of Master Zhan Kong, there would probably not be any mistakes, but they could not take it lightly.

At the same time, comfort the chicken brother:

"Both the front lines of Chixiao City and Tianfu Mountain need people, and they can't be spared for the time being. Aren't there me and the pig-headed monster going with you first?"

"Ok."

Brother Ji failed in his attempt to poach someone else's talent and looked very uninterested, unable to help but sigh.

"If our sect's chief guardian Lin Fan were here, why wouldn't we have no one to use?"

Lin Fan once slipped up and in order to go to the Dark Swamp to find the Skeleton Crocodile King to serve as external aid for the Zixiao Sect, he agreed to Brother Ji to become the chief guardian of the Kun Sect.

As a result, I almost died there. I must have regretted it so much.

"Brother, if you get a magic treasure from Yuxing Zhenjun's cave, why not give me one of the extra ones? Anyway..."

The Black Skull Demon Lord started chattering again.

Although I know that Lin Shan is a disaster star, a disaster star means that others will be unlucky. If others are unlucky, then won’t the luck naturally be transferred to you, right?

Lin Shan ignored him and turned away.

The Intelligence Hall acted quickly, and Li Yuanjie acted decisively. In less than a month, they successively eliminated five strongholds of the Star Swallowing Sect in the western part of Lu State!
All the secret lurkers of the evil sect were uprooted and caught in one fell swoop!
The final conclusion is that the Star Devouring Sect has recently issued a new secret order, which seems to ask us to find a way to lead the leader of the Ancient Seekers to the Star Devouring Mountains.
"???"

Lin Shan was even more confused now!

I don't understand what the Star-Swallowing Sect is trying to do. Luringing me over there, what's the point of that being like inviting a wolf into the house?
But even though he didn't understand it, he didn't have the time to study all these trivial things.

Take advantage of this time to finish up some small chores.

For example, the soul technique "Soul Pulling and Soul Binding Technique" practiced various techniques more while letting the three evil spirit brothers practice them well as well.

These three were originally evil spirits, and it was perfect for them to disguise themselves as souls to help him display his magical powers.

He does have an animal soul, or a demon soul.

When he participated in the battle between the Kuihu Demon King and the Yuanlu Demon King in the Cliff Forbidden Land, he once killed the guinea pig demon general, the cave master under the command of the Yuanlu Demon King, in the Jingqi Forest, and sealed his soul and preserved it to this day.

It's just that the time was a little too long. After such a long period of imprisonment, the monster's intelligence was gradually erased and it became confused.

I made some rough changes based on the method of refining souls mentioned in the supernatural power.

It was divided into three parts and made into three soul clothes, which were put on the three evil brothers. Just a roll and three lively little guinea pigs would appear immediately!
"Yes, you pretended quite well!"

Lin Shan gave the three of them a little more authority over the Netherworld Ghost Fire, allowing them to practice melting the soul threads repeatedly.

This requires physical inspection.

Fortunately, there are still many low-level beast souls in the sect's treasury that can be used for them to practice.

After roughly mastering this signature move of ancestor Lu Que, Lin Shan began to practice the complete version of the Ming Snake Demon Formation after forming a formation with twelve Ming Snake Tushita flags.

Back then, the Ming Snake Demon King used this treasure to crush Shui Bingyue's life-saving magic weapon into pieces!

It gave him quite a shock!
The material of this set of flags is of good quality, comparable to ancient treasures. If coupled with powerful magic power and skilled control of the formation, it can indeed pose a great threat to other people's natal magic weapons.

After mastering the set of wind flags again, he took out a pile of plant seeds and began to refine bean soldiers.

'Throwing beans and turning them into soldiers' is actually a famous magic in the fairy world.

It is said that if the immortal scatters soybeans, he can transform them into 100,000 yellow-turbaned warriors to follow him into battle!

In the lower realm, Lin Shan had already refined the bean soldiers in advance and would just throw them out when the time came.

The difference between the two is:
In the fairy world, the ability to create soldiers by throwing beans depends on the strength of the caster;

In the netherworld, the bean-casting soldiers depend on the materials of the original bean soldiers.

Lin Shan originally got two fourth-level corn cobs, but unfortunately he ate them both to improve his cultivation. The remaining bare corn cobs could not be trained into bean soldiers, so he had to leave them to the pig-headed monster to chew on.

Now that I have some free time, it would be a good idea to refine a bunch of foundation-building bean soldiers.

You can help yourself with odd jobs on weekdays.

After completing this task, there is one last thing left, which is to take out a secret soul-forging technique given to him by the Red Lotus Ancestor under the Holy Lotus Pond in the red maple forest of the Luosong Mountains.

"Visualization of Lotus Leaf".

The Red Lotus Ancestor had once given him guidance and reminders.

Because the original double C-level spiritual roots were promoted to wind-type A-level spiritual roots and thunder-type B-level spiritual roots after repeated promotion. However, only one fifth of them were solid, and the others were like duckweed in the water, floating and empty!

If he encounters a magical power that specifically targets and reduces one's qualifications, it is very likely that his spiritual roots will be cut off in one stroke!

When the time comes, his spiritual roots will be broken, which will be a big disaster for him. Once he returns to the time before liberation, his aptitude will regress to Class C, and all his previous efforts will be wasted.

Who can bear this?
As he was about to go to the Demonic Kingdom, Lin Shan had no choice but to take it out and learn it quickly.

The righteous path is okay, but there are countless evil ways on the evil side. Maybe there really is such a magical power that can reduce one's qualifications. We must be on guard!

After more than two months of training, he had completely mastered the third-level secret technique "Lotus Leaf Visualization Diagram", and completely solved the problem of his weak spiritual roots.

This has made up for another shortcoming.

He used the remaining time to continue improving his cultivation while practicing the "Nether Water Body Tempering Technique" and began to dawdle on the third level.

Half a year later, the situation in Chixiao City gradually became clear.

The Xun Gu Sect and the merchants were once again in a standoff.

The power of ancestor Lu Que caught the opponent off guard, but the opponent's late Jindan elder was not an easy opponent either. He led the family's Jindan masters to join forces. With the close and intimate blood connections between them, they were able to fight back strongly and not be at a disadvantage.

With Master Zhankong in charge of logistics, the base camp was guaranteed to remain firmly on its feet, freeing ancestor Lu Que from any worries.

The two sides had a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days, and the fight was fierce.

After hearing this, Lin Shan did not issue any orders, leaving it all up to these people to handle it on their own. There is an old saying that a general is not subject to military orders when he is away from the battlefield, and this is not without reason.

They are naturally aware of the situation. They are far away from home, so why should they give orders remotely and create obstacles?

As the saying goes, one is born in hardship and dies in comfort, Xungu religion also needs the existence of an external enemy to provide a constant sense of crisis, prompting them not to be arrogant and keep at the forefront of the times.

Only when there are external enemies, and they are tempered by the flames of war and trained in real fighting, can the younger generation grow rapidly, which is actually a good thing for the sect.

Lin Shan was also happy to have some free time, so he treated the merchants as the whetstone for Xun Gu Sect and left it to his subordinates to deal with.

Anyway, no matter how much they jump around, they can't break into the heart of the Lujiang River Basin. After all, the Lujiang Alliance is still here!
Everything is ready and organized.

Half a year later, Lin Shan led Brother Ji and the Pig-Headed Monster and left Tianfu Mountain inadvertently without alarming anyone.

The outside world even thought that Sect Leader Xun Gu had been in deep seclusion.

Chu State, Huangling.

There is a sacred mountain here, and there is a sacred temple on the mountain.

The temple is dark in color, reflecting the past and bearing the marks of time.

The gate, in front of the stone steps.

An old woman was sitting in front of the threshold with a cane placed in front of her knees. There was a protruding black lotus leaf on the cane, which turned out to be a high-level magical weapon!
Her skinny old hand slowly stroked the cane, and a hint of reminiscence flashed across her weathered eyes.

A hundred years ago, she was still a young and beautiful woman, very good at dancing with the sleeves in Yichuan of the Song Dynasty, and she was even the top prostitute in a brothel!
Eighty years ago, the three evil sects made a comeback. The leaders resolutely rose up in rebellion, responded to the call and returned to their old sects, sounding the clarion call for a counterattack on the Song Dynasty!

Sixty years ago, the Demon Sect was completely defeated. She followed a group of guardians and crossed the ocean, leaving their homes and traveling millions of miles to the headquarters, only to see the Black Lotus Sect’s headquarters being destroyed!

Afterwards, the group fled to the State of Chu in the north of the State of Lu and began a difficult journey of survival.

After unremitting efforts, he finally earned a place to breathe in this evil kingdom where people are eaten without leaving any bones.

Sadly, I'm old.
My hometown is always floating in front of my eyes and echoing in my ears.

"Master, this morning, Senior Sister Luanchun left the mountain gate. Did you see which direction she went?"

Behind her, a little girl came out of the temple skipping and chattering, and opened her mouth to ask her.

(End of this chapter)