Immortal Road.

Chapter 584: Old Friends Come to You, Insect Shadow Clone

Jin Yaofeng,
Inside the Blood Pond Hall.

Lin Shan and Ji Ge waited for a few days, but the pig-headed monster never came back. Finally, they were sure that it would not come back.

"Could anything have really happened to it?"

In the empty hall, there was only a pool of blood bubbling, and groups of blood floated up and dispersed.

Brother Ji paced back and forth, looking upset.

The pig-headed monster is its important arm. Cutting it off is equivalent to losing a minion. After all, it has always been very convenient to use it.

"That shouldn't be the case. He is the Demon Marshal of Hell. His vision and knowledge are no less than that of the Black Skull Demon Lord. How could he be missing after hunting down Wu Qian?"

Lin Shan sat on the mat, stroking his chin and thinking, unable to figure out what had happened.

"Could it be that it defected?"

"impossible!"

Brother Ji directly denied it and told him that the contract was still there and the pig-headed monster could not escape.

"This is a contract witnessed by the demon god, and it is absolutely powerful! As long as it is in this world, it will never be able to escape the constraints of the contract. Unless it is willing to give up this clone and return to its original body, and use its original Nascent Soul stage cultivation to unilaterally break free from the original golden page of the contract, otherwise it will have no chance of survival."

"Then it might be that they were ambushed along the way."

The contract is still there, which means he is still alive.

But he didn't come back, which means he was either trapped or captured.

Lin Shan's eyelids moved slightly, and someone outside the hall wanted to see him.

"Come in!"

"squeak squeak squeak"

The palace door opened and daylight poured in.

The bubbling pool of blood suddenly stopped. It would only boil in dark environments and would stop making noises when exposed to sunlight.

Zuo Ning walked in, bowed and stood in front of the two.

"Master, Jin Yao Peak has been completely renovated and looks brand new. All buildings and facilities as well as the mountain gate square have been demolished and rebuilt. This is the topographic map."

After saying that, he handed over a jade slip.

The topographic map is of utmost importance to the sect and cannot be leaked easily.

Lin Shan and Ji Ge looked at it and nodded in approval.

Zuo Ning's ability to do things is not bad. He was able to finish it in a few days, which shows that he has the ability.

Of course, it is also because of sufficient funds. Money makes the world go round.

"Next, you should focus on recruiting new disciples to fill the mountain gate. The ratio of independent cultivators to mortals should be 50-50. The standards should be stricter, and you can just look for a level lower than the ancient sect."

The advantage of recruiting independent cultivators is that they can be put to use quickly, have high enthusiasm for work, and are naturally chosen workers and cannon fodder.

The advantage of recruiting mortals is that they can be trained from a young age, so their sense of belonging and loyalty are somewhat guaranteed, and the time period is not long.

Generally, after ten to twenty years, these people will grow up into young people and become the cornerstone of the religion, and it will flourish everywhere.

"Also, how are the things I asked you to purchase?"

Zuo Ning gave a brief report.

"Two-thirds of the materials for setting up the mountain protection formation are already there. There are only over 300 monster cubs, over 1,000 second-level and above plant seeds of various colors and types, and less than 20% of the materials for the Chongyang Heavenly Pillar Formation. The contents of Master Qijian's storage bag are almost used up."

Establishing a mountain gate is a big deal, but considering that Master Qijian doesn't have a lot of money, it seems a little lacking.

Brother Ji took the initiative to step forward and gave Zuo Ning a storage bag containing a large amount of resources.

The Skeleton Crocodile Demon King gave it a huge fortune, and it was embarrassed to let Lin Shan pay for it all the time, so it took the initiative to share the worry and increase the financial investment.

Zuo Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It is really difficult to move forward without money, and there is no option of deferred payment in the world of cultivation.

"Send someone secretly, or post a mission on the black market, to search for the whereabouts of the pig-headed monster, and by the way, find out the latest news about the Wild Bear Gang."

Lin Shan suspected that the disappearance of the pig-headed monster was related to the Wild Bear Gang, but he had no definite evidence, so he could only take a roundabout approach.

Zuo Ning said yes.

"Also, I have sent a message to Li Yuanjie in Lu State, asking him to lead some intelligence personnel over here. When the time comes, you can select some cannon fodder for him to be responsible for the exploration of the Swallowing Star Mountains."

The purpose of Lin Shan's trip is not only for Brother Ji, but also to gain a foothold in the Demonic Kingdom, have a temporary rear base, and compete with others for the secret treasure of Yuxing.

When Zuo Ning heard that someone from Xun Gu Sect was coming, he felt a little relieved. He had never managed a sacred mountain or a sect before, and he felt too busy these days.

"Please arrange it as soon as possible. Remember to tell me if you have any difficulties."

Brother Ji couldn't help but sigh.

If Qianbu had not rebelled, he would have been a great manager of internal affairs. It's a pity that such a person is fickle and colludes with foreign enemies, so his loyalty cannot be guaranteed.

The Kun Sect is now short of talents and backbones. If they cannot settle down, even Lin Shan will not dare to leave Jin Yao Peak!

Those guys around here are no joke when it comes to stealing homes.

Zuo Ning agreed to all of them, and then raised a question cautiously.

"Master, I actually have something else to report. Just now, a woman brought hundreds of female cultivators to join our Jin Yao Peak. I didn't dare to let them in, so I came back to report."

"Oh? Someone else is volunteering to join?"

Brother Ji has just experienced betrayal and doesn't trust anyone else very much.

"Did they say who they were?"

Lin Shan had a premonition and couldn't help but ask.

Zuo Ning bowed his head respectfully:

"It's Miss Luanchun from the Yilian Temple on Green Spirit Mountain. She brought hundreds of female cultivators with her and said that she had just been expelled from the sect by her master. She begged the leader to take her in!"

"Luanchun."

Lin Shan suddenly realized and nodded slowly.

"please come in."

"Yes."

Soon.

In the square in front of the Blood Pond Hall, Luanchun brought a group of female cultivators up the mountain. The beautiful scenery added a lot of vitality to Jin Yao Peak.

Many Kun Sect disciples felt happy and secretly thought that spring had come.

Lin Shan and Luan Chun met again and they smiled at each other.

This time the name has changed directly!
"I am Luanchun, a girl who was spurned by my master and expelled from Yilian Temple. Now I am homeless. I heard that your sect is recruiting talented people, so I came to pay my respects to you and try my luck. I beg the master to accept me."

Luanchun said that he was pitiful, but in fact his eyes were full of smiles and he did not look that miserable.

Lin Shan was originally worried that there were too few people he could trust, and now his old friend came to him, which came just in time!

What a timely relief!
He didn't ask Protector Yan how he agreed to it. Everyone understood it tacitly. This is friendship!

"Haha, I am honored to be favored by all the ladies. I will treat this place as my home from now on!"

Lin Shan took Luanchun with him and showed everyone around the new Jin Yao Peak. He arranged the caves for all the female cultivators and distributed their positions and tasks. The system followed the Xun Gu Sect's team, and the two halls, the Internal Affairs Hall and the External Affairs Hall, were initially established.

The head of the Internal Affairs Hall was handed over to Luanchun. She was meticulous and experienced, so he couldn't be more confident.

The Foreign Affairs Hall was left to Zuo Ning and others. After all, it was not convenient for female cultivators to often go out and show their faces in public, but these grown men did not have that concern.

As for the intelligence, after Li Yuanjie brings people over, we can start preparing to help Kun Sect set up a makeshift team. It won’t be a problem.

After finishing all this.

Lin Shan left the rest to Brother Ji to take care of. He could finally concentrate on his practice and digest what he had gained during this period.

Seven days later,
The materials for the mountain protection formation had been purchased, and the Black Skull Demon Lord was teleported over again to set up the formation.

It was very surprised why it had to be done again after it had been done once!
Could it be that in such a short period of time, the Kun Sect had conquered another sacred mountain?
So fast?
Brother Ji briefly told it what had happened recently, and it suddenly understood.

"That kid Qianbu actually rebelled? I thought he was very congenial and somehow felt very close to me, but I didn't expect..."

Brother Ji secretly complained: You feel close to me, could it be that both of you have rebellious minds?

"Hey, Luanchun?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord suddenly saw a female cultivator passing by and called out her name in surprise.

Luanchun looked back and the voice seemed vaguely familiar, but when she saw the guy in black robe, she didn't recognize him at all.

Brother Ji flew to Luanchun's shoulder and whispered in her ear:

"This is Elder Hei Ku from the Linshan Xun Gu Sect."

"The Black Elder. Black Skull"

Luanchun followed the sentence and immediately guessed the person's identity.

The wretched skeleton monster that followed Lin Shan during the great battle between good and evil!
This guy is actually in the Jindan stage?
She bowed slightly and said hello politely:

"It turns out to be Elder Hei Ku. Nice to see you again. I see you look a little more energetic now."

The Black Skull Demon Lord was very surprised. Wasn’t Luanchun a tsundere girl before?

How come you have become so stable now?
And I was wrapped up so tightly, how could you tell I was in good spirits? Could it be that I had been overindulging myself in sex recently and she had discovered it?
Brother Ji didn't know that the two of them knew each other, so he introduced them to each other. The two exchanged a few pleasantries but didn't talk much.

When the new religion was first established, Luanchun had too many things to do.

After she leaves.

While the Black Skull Demon Lord was setting up the formation, he was also teaching Brother Ji how to control it step by step.

"I have recorded everything I am saying to you word for word in the jade slip. You should listen to it repeatedly when you go back. You should also learn the basics of the formation. It is safer if you can control your own sect's mountain protection formation yourself."

Brother Chicken nodded like a chick pecking at rice. Ever since it experienced Qianbu's betrayal, it realized that the Kun Sect's mountain protection formation must be in its own hands and cannot be handed over to outsiders!
"I'll hire a formation master to teach me all day when I get back!"

Brother Ji is finally going to do it himself!

"By the way, where's Zhu Ganglie? Where did that guy go? Why can't I see him?"

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord waved the bone banner, commanding the skeleton soldiers to set up a large formation, and even had time to inquire about the news of his old friend.

Brother Ji told the Black Skull Demon Lord that the pig-headed monster had been missing for a long time, but he didn't take it seriously.

"It's just a clone anyway. If it's gone, it's gone. It's no big deal!"

In fact, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was one less opponent who posed a threat to the innate spiritual treasure!
It was also afraid that the guy would recover his Nascent Soul earlier than itself and suppress Brother Ji and Lin Shan!

after a few days.

After the Black Skull Demon Lord arranged the formation and left, Li Yuanjie secretly came to the State of Chu with more than a hundred people from the Xun Gu Sect's Intelligence Hall. Under the pretext of Zuo Ning recruiting casual practitioners of the magic path, he openly joined the Kun Sect as a new member.

This move was a way to conceal the truth and prevent other forces in Jiuyao Peak from noticing that something was wrong.

Li Yuanjie's men were originally the remnants of the Guo State, which was a vassal state of the Jin State and belonged to the same world of magic cultivation, so they felt like fish in water when they returned here.

Brother Ji was overjoyed to find that his own Kun Sect was growing stronger and stronger. With Zuo Ning, Luan Chun and Li Yuanjie as the main team, the sect was expanding horizontally and vertically, and its expansion was just around the corner!

While the Kun Sect was busy building the Jin Yao Peak, the battle between the Beixian Castle and the Wild Bear Gang was still going on in the outside world, so it had nothing to do with them for the time being.

Spring goes and autumn comes, time passes quickly.

Lin Shan found a place to stay in the demonic kingdom and began a long period of seclusion.

Occasionally there would be some disputes in the outside world, but as long as Jin Yaofeng was not involved, he was too lazy to care, nor could he care.

Currently, he is the only Jindan-stage cultivator in charge here. If he leaves, he is afraid that his house will be stolen by the evildoers.

During this time.

He focused on three issues:

"The Art of Tempering the Body with Dark Water", "The Book of Flying" and "The Art of Killing Soldiers".

Having experienced the pleasure of a strong body, Lin Shan became a little obsessed with the 'Melee Mage' system. Although the body refining method required magical power to achieve the maximum effect, every time he practiced one more method, he would also passively increase the strength of his body.

Until one day the density of my physical body is stronger than that of the magic weapon, that will be the day when I can resist the magic weapon!

This requires a long time and slow work, and as it is a compulsory course, it cannot be rushed.

The Flying Manual is the art of taming insects, and this secret art is easy to master.

Hundreds of thousands of black beetles have hatched in his Hurong insect nest. After rounds of devouring and fighting, there are only about 10,000 left.

New beetle eggs were still being laid, but the population in Lin Shan remained at around 10,000, no more, no less.

Because if there were more, his food supply would not be able to keep up.

Most of the insect food that the black beetles eat is certain kinds of magical herbs, which are grown and cultivated in a special medicinal garden in Tianfu Mountain in western Shandong.

The amount they brought before leaving was huge, which should have been enough to last for more than ten years. However, as the black beetles continued to evolve, their appetite was also increasing, so the supply was limited.

He could only control it first, while at Jin Yao Peak he also started to build a medicinal garden for planting. However, the golden energy of the spiritual mountain under his feet was too strong, and those spiritual herbs were difficult to survive. If it were Mu Yao Peak, it would probably be twice the result with half the effort.

He has tried the Flying Manual many times and has become proficient in condensing it into an insect boat to carry people for flight. It is a large building ship that is more than three meters high and has a very fast speed!
As for the insect shadow clone,

The black beetle is limited by its current strength and can probably only possess the strength of the peak of the late foundation building stage.

The other type of rhinoceros beetle is of higher quality. Although their development cycle and fertility rate are too low and their numbers are small, when all of them are combined, they have the strength of an early stage golden elixir!
Of course, this early stage of the Golden Core does not refer to his own magical power in the early stage of the Golden Core, but the early stage of the Golden Core of ordinary people.

He can cast some spells, use magic weapons and secret techniques, and possess the aura of Lin Shan, basically making it hard to tell the difference between the real thing and the fake!
This improvement is indeed huge, and it is worthy of being the Insect Taming Manual that I exchanged for the golden elixir of Master Qijian!

However, there are some flaws, namely the distance limitation and the weak points of the defense attached to the divine thoughts.

It would be perfect if I could find a magic weapon to protect my soul in the future.

After studying the last technique of killing soldiers for a long time, I finally mastered it.

He refined the newly acquired evil spirit 'Rock Poison Evil', and then tried switching among the four kinds of evil spirits, and found some differences.

Each evil soldier formed by evil spirit will have its own unique attributes.

Kun Yuan Sha Sha soldiers have their own gravity, which makes them suitable for suppression weapons.

The Peach Blossom Evil Soldier has its own psychedelic properties, making it suitable for trapping and locking weapons.

The Dark Clouds and Evil Spirits have their own concealment, making them suitable weapons for sneak attacks.

The Rock Poison Shasha soldiers have fire poison. Suitable for attacking weapons.

It has greatly enriched his magical skills, and he will definitely be able to thrive here in the future!

"Evil spirit, I need more evil spirit"

(End of this chapter)