Immortal Road.

Chapter 598: The Soul Spirit Opens the Way

a few days later.

Young Master Jiuyou arrived here with a group of people, exhausted.

I found that the valley was very quiet and most of the cellars below were empty.

The rest are dead!
"What's going on?"

The Hongdong Patriarch couldn't believe that someone had already got there first!

impossible!

They flew here as fast as they could. It was impossible for Zhi Lian Zhenren and An Chun Taoist to be faster than him. It was obvious that they had already moved away for several days!

Young Master Jiuyou looked unhappy.

He didn't expect that someone had already intercepted him and he was a step late!
"Young Master, we just checked. The body died three days ago, and the rest of the mortals are missing. We guess they were taken away by magic weapons."

The guardian Wu came to him and reported quietly.

"Magic weapon? What kind of flying magic weapon can carry hundreds of thousands of people?"

The pleasure boat under the seat of Young Master Jiuyou is a high-end flying magic weapon and the mount of Demon Lord Kuruo. Currently, under the stimulation of his magic power, its maximum carrying capacity is only a few hundred people, or at most a thousand people.

What kind of magic weapon is that that can transport hundreds of thousands of people without anyone noticing?
How big does that have to be?
Flying over the Star-Swallowing Mountains, isn't this courting death?
"Young Master, is it possible that the other party brought a whole fleet of flying magic weapons?"

Even if it is a flying fleet, the target is too big and its whereabouts will definitely be exposed. It will not attract the attention of those who are interested, and will also be targeted by some evil bird tribes.

Unless the other party ships the goods one by one in all directions, transporting them in batches at different times and breaking them down into small pieces.

It's possible!
However, the disadvantages of this are also obvious, that is, there must be enough masters, that is, cultivators above the Foundation Establishment Stage, to guard and escort to prevent accidents along the way.

Not only do they have to transport so many mortals away, they also have to gather them all together in one place!
This is so difficult!
"From this point of view, it should be a disciplined and powerful organization."

Young Master Jiuyou had a solemn expression on his face. If that was the case, then that couldn't be his second brother.

Because Lin Shan was in the Demonic Jin State, he was unfamiliar with the place and did not have so much power at his disposal.

If that’s not my second brother, who could it be?

Young Master Jiuyou boasted that he had been in Jin State for some time and had a general understanding of the powerful local leaders.

He wanted to rebuild the Jiuyou Gate, so naturally he had to collect information about the surrounding area.

The force that can send out so many monks at once, and even dispatch a fleet of flying magic weapons, is definitely not an ordinary force!
"Investigate! Send someone to investigate! I want to know who dared to intercept this young master, etc."

Young Master Jiuyou thought that time was pressing and it was the right time to need people. In addition, there was no news from Protector Yin for a long time, so he could not do without Protector Wu by his side anymore.

"Just send a message and ask the Iron Guardian who stayed in Jin to investigate the matter secretly."

"That young master"

Guardian Wu thought that something was not right. By the time they slowly investigated the matter, it would be too late.

Young Master Jiuyou no longer paid attention to this place and turned back to look where he came from.

"I can't wait any longer. Since someone has already gotten there first, I'll follow the original plan and use my star power to break through the three lines of defense and go straight to Yuxing Cave Mansion!"

The Hongdong Patriarch and the Guardian Wu were greatly shocked!

The young master of Jiuyou was bold and decisive. He used his massive star power without any delay.

Only by not caring about gains and losses can you accomplish great things!

At this time, the guardian Wu had sharp eyes and suddenly noticed that something seemed to be wrong in the forest.

"Who? Come here!"

He opened his hand and sucked, and several small figures from the magic world were instantly pulled onto the pleasure boat.

"Hey, you seem to be the disciples of Taoist An Chun?"

The Hongdong ancestor next to him recognized him based on his clothes and aura.

"Under Taoist An Chun? What are you doing here?"

When Dharma Protector Wu was about to interrogate him, it immediately occurred to him that Taoist An Chun might have also leaked the information to Sect Leader Xun Gu.

These minions answered tremblingly:

"We are here on the orders of the Ancient Cult Master and the Old Ancestor to investigate the situation and report back later."

"Just a few of you?"

The guardian Wu kept looking around below, suspecting that there were accomplices, but he didn't find any.

"Indeed, there are not just a few of us. There are several other groups behind us, but they are also here to gather information."

"Isn't Master Xun Gu here?"

"We don't know about that. We are just minions."

"Little Lord."

The young master of Jiuyou walked straight forward, put his hands on a few minions, and began to search their souls!

After a while, several people fell to the ground and died.

"What they said is correct. My second brother did not come here, but only sent people to investigate. It seems that the one who kidnapped the creatures here was not him, but someone else."

Lin Shan was cleared of suspicion, and the Young Master Jiuyou turned around and asked the Hongdong Patriarch:

"Besides the other two, who else knows about this Tibetan place of yours?"

"This... seems to be gone."

The Hongdong Patriarch pondered over it, but couldn't remember who else knew it. Even if someone else knew it, it wasn't him who leaked it.

Young Master Jiuyou did not force it. If I get it, I am lucky, if I lose it, I will die. He just wanted to save some star power.

Since we can't save where we should, we'll just use it early and enjoy it early.

"Let's go back to the original entrance and prepare to break through Yuxing Cave!"

It took three days for Lin Shan to get the news that hundreds of thousands of mortals had been evacuated.

The first wave of spies were completely wiped out, but the following waves of spies were safe and sound, and some even received messages from Young Master Jiuyou.

"Even the eldest brother arrived a step late. Who was it that managed to intercept him at the perfect time?"

Lin Shan thought about it, he didn't expect that the Star-Swallowing Sect had been busy for so many years, but it turned out that they had been targeted by a mysterious force and ended up being a puppet of the forces!
Taoist An Chun outside and Taoist Zhi Lian in the pot were also shocked!

Only then did they realize that they had been working for others all along.

Even if Lin Shan and Young Master Jiuyou were not there, their ending would not be much better than it is now.

Lin Shan is quite open-minded.

Because he is preparing another method these days.

It's a sacrifice of the soul!

He recently roughly understood the principle of soul sacrifice. Although he did not have that many souls, he had a large number of "soul fragments"!
'Soul Essence Fragments' are the essence of the soul body. They can be taken directly to increase the strength of the soul, and can also be used as a soul sacrifice.

Back then, in the dark swamp of the Skeleton Crocodile Demon King in the Falling Pine Mountains, he obtained a large number of demon soul essence fragments, all of which were top-grade essences and should be able to come in handy now.

Following the directions given by Zhi Lian Zhenren, he found a relatively hidden entrance to Yuxing Cave.

I personally found the teleportation altar and tried it out, and found that it really worked!
The only regret is that

not enough!

Although the quantity of his soul essence fragments is large, it is still not enough!
Lin Shan, together with Zhi Lian Zhenren and An Chun Taoist, calculated that if they wanted to open the second-level transmission channel, they were still about one-sixth short.

If you want to break through the third layer, you must double it!
"Sir, in my opinion, it is better to return to Guo State, massacre his ten cities, kill him and then run away!"

Taoist Priest Zhi Lian was giving bad advice again. Anyway, he was a demon and didn't care whether he killed anyone or how many people he killed.

“It’s not necessary.” Lin Shan thought to himself that as long as he could get through the second layer, it would be enough. There was no need to rely on soul sacrifice for the third layer of the star array. He had the Void Star Disk and could easily pass through the star array!
This is equivalent to saving a lot of expenses.

In other words, just adding one-sixth would be enough.

Lin Shan immediately gave an order, ordering Li Yuanjie to coordinate the two waves of people from Xun Gu Sect and Tun Xing Men, to go out of the mountain in batches and go to the nearby demon markets and demon strongholds of all sizes in Jin State to collect and purchase souls.

There is a lot of buying and selling of human souls and corpses in the Demonic Kingdom. Although it is not allowed in public, it is very popular in secret.

Unlike the righteous country, there is no market at all, so there is no need to bother the Lu headquarters.

He himself was searching for demons in the Star-Swallowing Mountains, hunting down demon souls to replenish his needs.

In order to improve efficiency, he even released Zhi Lian Zhenren temporarily.

Because when they go to the interior of Yuxing Cave in the future, Young Master Jiuyou will have Patriarch Hongdong to lead the way, and he himself will also need True Man Zhilian to lead the way.

Master Zhi Lian finally came out of the Soul-Locking Pot and pounced on his own body!
"Shh!"

He opened his eyes and raised his hands to look around. He was intoxicated by the long-lost feeling of having a physical body and returning to the harbor.

Only when you lose something will you know how to cherish it.

Suddenly he shook and almost fell down!
A feeling of weakness came over him out of nowhere and he felt cold all over.

"It's normal to feel cold after just coming out of the ice coffin."

Lin Shan comforted him kindly.

"No, I mean, my golden elixir."

"Oh yes."

A golden elixir was taken out of the box, and Zhi Lian Zhenren swallowed it hastily. Although he was shivering from the cold, his magic power surged after the golden elixir entered his stomach, and turned into warm currents that ran through his body.

He finally recovered.

However, his aura had dropped terribly, from the middle stage of the Golden Core to the early stage of the Golden Core.

There is nothing we can do about it.

Although Zhi Lian Zhenren was depressed to death, he did not seek death, because it was true that it would take a lot of time to cultivate back to a certain level, but the bottleneck had been broken through, so it was equivalent to nothing.

Once he refills the pool of the early stage of the golden elixir, he will naturally recover to the middle stage of the golden elixir.

Lin Shan did not give him too much time to rest. He also let him eat the insect eggs and the evil pill. After ensuring that he could control himself, he led the two of them to hunt in the Star-Swallowing Mountains.

Three months later.

"Sir, are you sure these are enough? I feel like there is still a lot missing."

In front of a three-tiered altar that was more than ten feet high and eight feet wide, a group of people gathered here and sacrificed all the souls they had obtained.

Most of them were demon souls. The human souls that Li Yuanjie and his men collected were a minority, far less than those hunted by Lin Shan’s three Jindan stage cultivators.

Even because of his recent crazy hunting of demons, he attracted the attention of many cave masters and demon generals, including some powerful ones, which made him act more cautiously.

Fortunately, we are about to head to Yuxing Cave Mansion, so we don’t have to worry too much about what is in front and behind us.

Master Zhi Lian felt that these souls were not enough. They should be more than enough to get through the second level, but there was still a long way to go for the third level.

However, Lin Shan insisted on starting now, and he couldn't dissuade him again and again, so he could only let him go.

If he is stuck outside the third floor and can't help but sigh in despair, he can only blame himself for being stubborn.

Anyway, we just have to wait for the cycle to come and the cave will open automatically so we can go in. It’s not a big deal.

The only thing that worried him was whether he could survive in Yuxing's secret treasure this time.

Most of the other forces are also secretly preparing, and they will probably meet inside at that time, making the situation even more complicated.

"Are you ready?"

"Master, everything is ready."

"Then start."

Following Lin Shan's order, the entire altar began to shake slightly, with the frequency and amplitude of the shaking increasing.

After reaching a critical point.

"Om~~~"

The surrounding woods suddenly became still, all the leaves shattered, leaving only bare tree trunks standing around.

The invisible ultrasonic sound echoed in everyone's ears. The long-lasting low hum was like a dream, not real, not fake. If you listened carefully, it was not real, but if you didn't listen carefully, it seemed to be right in front of you.

In the center of the altar, a bottomless hole slowly opened up.

A deep blue transmission channel was revealed.

The passage was hazy at first, but then gradually became real and solid, until it felt solid when stepped on.

"You two, go ahead!"

Lin Shan ordered the two men expressionlessly. Zhi Lian Zhenren and An Chun Taoist had no choice but to do it because they knew that Lin Shan was worried about them.

If he walked in front, there would be no turning back once the teleportation was activated. The two people behind him could simply not follow him and turn around and run away.

Lin Shan would never make such a mistake.

There was no choice, Zhi Lian Zhenren took the lead, An Chun Taoist was protected in the middle, and Lin Shan was the rear guard.

Three people, one in front and one behind, all stepped into the flowing light channel.

"You don't have to stay here. You can go back to Lu to look for the ancient sect, or go to Chu to help with the Kun sect. I don't know how long I will be gone, and I can't decide at all."

Li Yuanjie nodded, turned around and led the team away.

The people from the Star-Swallowing Sect also consciously joined Li Yuanjie's army and never looked back at their ancestor again.

The transmission channel shuttled quickly, and Lin Shan and others only spent a short while in the mud soil before stepping into the hot world of the Milky Way.

The transmission channel is full of star projections outside, making it a great place to seek scriptures and view the scenery.

Watching the countless stars passing by him, he just admired them silently without saying a word.

Half an hour.

The second floor reached the bottom, and the third floor, after being impacted by the transmission channel, only made a creaking sound.

The three of them looked at the gate in front of them. This was the only way to reach Yuxing Cave Mansion.

He walked forward slowly and touched the virtual star disk in his arms.

Another place,
At this time, a disgusting blood sacrifice was being held, with blood flowing down the altar. It was obvious that this was some evil sorcery.

"Okay!"

One of the Jindan stage cultivators shouted and quickly called another person to come over and take a look. An invisible huge hole was revealed below, as if to attract people to go there.

This was achieved at the cost of countless lives sacrificed.

"Let's go, without further ado, let's fight!"

They also calmed themselves down before leaving and resolutely stepped into the transmission channel.

Another side.

"It's no wonder that we secretly planned and provoked the two countries' armies to fight on the border battlefield. Only then can we collect so many fresh corpses and extract so many corpse evil spirits."

"Now everything is ready, we only lack the east wind. Yuxing Cave is just ahead!"

"rush!"

(End of this chapter)