Immortal Road.

Chapter 798: Digging Three Feet Deep and Attacking the Academy

“Is this the business?”

A huge insect boat flew over, casting a shadow, instantly alarming the entire ancestral land!

All the tribesmen put down what they were doing and looked up at the sky with horror.

They didn't know what was going on. The ancestor had just left with the Confucian genius Zhong Shenxiu, and right after that, an outsider came to visit. They had just felt the overwhelming force that overwhelmed the entire place some time ago.

Nascent Soul Stage Monk!
And it's obvious that he has bad intentions!
"Master, this is indeed the place."

A reply came from the boat, the voice was old and powerful, with a hint of excitement.

The person who asked the question earlier spoke again, but his words made countless people's faces change drastically!
"Search the house immediately and confiscate all property. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed on the spot!"

"Follow the order!"

Figures jumped off the boat one after another, and without any explanation they came in and started burning, killing and looting.

The owner of the merchant shop appeared at this time, and was suddenly trembling with fear at this scene, and let out a loud roar!
"Activate the clan protection formation!"

The light all around suddenly became brighter, but before the clan protection formation could be activated, streams of light came down from the sky and destroyed all the formation bases in the blink of an eye!

I saw a young man standing at the bow of the boat and flexing his wrist. It was he who had just taken action and easily destroyed the tortoise shell that the merchant had reinforced for countless years.

"Yuan Nascent Soul Stage. Monk"

The head of the Shang family was trembling all over and was extremely terrified. He really didn't understand when his family had offended such a powerful person.

He immediately called out from afar, asking to speak to Lin Shan, but received no response.

Under the opponent's indifferent gaze, the battle below has already begun.

Faced with the bandits' aggressive attack, the tribesmen rose up to resist!
After all, behind them is the home where they have lived for many years, as well as their parents, wives, children and property. It is impossible for most people to give them up just like that.

But this is obviously futile, because it can't be stopped at all!

The Shang family's territory is vast, and many members of the clan are scattered across the country to run the business. Not to mention that the Shang family's ancestor took a group of elite soldiers with him to follow Zhong Shenxiu before leaving, and half of the force is still guarding the front line of Chixiao City. Most of those who stay behind in the ancestral land are old, weak, sick and disabled.

Today the enemy came with great force and airdropped into the hinterland, hitting the snake at its weakest point.

Once they met, three Jindan Zhenren recognized their opponents.

"Old Zhankong, it's actually you?!"

“Ahahahaha, you little bastards from the merchants, if you don’t surrender obediently when you see me, don’t blame me for not reminding you if your magic weapon is blind!”

Master Zhankong, this old guy, was jumping around and was very eye-catching. Suddenly, he became extremely bold and dared to face three people of the same level alone.

It turned out that he was holding a fan in his hand, which was the 'Yunjiao Qufa Fan' that Lin Shan had discarded and no longer used.

This fan can not only protect yourself, but also blow back all oncoming magical powers and spells!

He fanned around like a tiger, making the merchants very angry. They took out their magic weapons and threw them at his face.

"scare!"

The old man was startled and quickly ran away with his fan in hand, fearing that he would be killed.

Fortunately, Fox Buju next to him took the blame for him. This young master of the demon clan was very skilled and with just a few strokes he put the three Shang Jias at a disadvantage.

Master Zhan Kong thanked him in his busy schedule and came back to gather his disciples and apprentices to set up a formation to seal off the entire ancestral land.

The head of the Shang family saw that the situation was not good and was about to take action himself.

Suddenly, a string of silver bell-like laughter came into my ears. My eyes blurred and I saw a large number of tribesmen around me dead. An enchanting female cultivator walked over.

"Who are you?"

"I am Ruyu, the little maidservant beside the leader~"

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the head of the Shang family was suddenly stunned, and then he started cursing, his face full of excitement and his beard trembling!
"Master Ruyu? Didn't you betray the Lujiang League and join the Shangyang Academy a long time ago? Why did you suddenly return?"

"I see!"

"It's you. It turns out you're the traitor! No wonder the other side learned that our ancestral land was empty. You came right after Master Shenxiu left."

"It was you who passed on the information!"

Ruyu was puzzled. She looked back at the master in the sky and found that Lin Shan was also thinking about this after hearing this.

He seemed to vaguely remember that there was a force in Lujiang League called Ruyifang. The owner of the place, Ruyi Zhenren, said that he would introduce a Taoist partner to him, named Ruyu Zhenren.

Later it was said that Ruyu Zhenren studied in Shangyang Academy for decades, and after the war between Shangyang and Xungu Sect broke out, he rebelled against Luxi and chose to stay outside the area.

He was too busy running around at that time to bother with such trivial matters.

Now that I think about it, that woman’s Buddhist name and my new Buddhist name, Madam White Bone, are exactly the same!
This is actually not uncommon in the world of cultivation.

Because there are many kinds of Dharma names, representing inheritance, skills, magical powers, meaning, region, origin, etc.
For example, after the death of the old sect leader, the new leader will automatically inherit the Dharma name of the previous leader. The same is true for the peak masters of some top sects.

For example, people who practice the same technique may also have the same Dharma name.

As for the meaning, there is even more!
In Taoism, the most common words are celebration, honor, long, relief, beginning, mysterious, awakening, etc. In Confucianism, the most common words are righteousness, courtesy, benevolence, trust, loyalty, etc. In Buddhism, the most common words are Zen, suffering, withering, wish, achievement, strength, realization, etc.

For female cultivators, there are more words like flower, plain, lotus, tranquility, jade, etc.

There are probably many people with the same Buddhist name as "Ruyu" in this world!
However, he happened to be mixed into the confrontation and was misunderstood by the head of the Shang family, who thought that the secret had been leaked from the Shangyang Academy, and he was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot!
Perhaps he had never seen the True Man Ru Yu, so he mistakenly thought it was a trap and immediately rushed forward to fight to the death.

Although Ruyu was inexplicable, he was not afraid of him if they really wanted to fight, and the two of them started fighting in an instant.

Lin Shan in the sky was not paying attention to the battle below, but suddenly an idea came to him!
Originally, he was reluctant to take action against Shangyang Academy, because after all, it was one of the ten orthodox academies. It was impossible to destroy it like the Shangyang Academy. There must be a reason.

And it's an irreconcilable feud!

Now it seems that there is really room for great success.
Two hours later.

All battles in the vast ancestral land have come to an end.

The once prosperous and glorious cultivation family is now reduced to ruins, filled with blood, flames of war, and cries of weeping and pleading.

All the disciples of Xun Gu Sect are well-trained. They have been able to stay on the front line of Chixiao City for so many years. Who wouldn't have some skills?
They turned the business upside down inside and out, and even dug up the ancestral graves thoroughly!

Countless cultivation resources were taken out and piled up on the family square, as high as a small hill!

Ruyu and Master Zhankong teamed up to tie up the dying head of the Shang family.

It turned out that this man's initial rage was just an illusion. He deliberately lost his mind in order to confuse his opponent, and then looked for an opportunity to escape. However, he was stopped by Master Zhankong's formation and trapped inside, unable to get out. His magic power was exhausted alive, and he became a prisoner.

The other three Jindan Zhenren from Shangjia died at the hands of Hu Buju. The young master of the demon clan acted cautiously, fearing that if he left someone alive, something might happen, and that the other party would recognize his demon clan's tricks and spread them in the future, attracting widespread attention in the human kingdom.

The Shang family members below were even more miserable.

The young and strong were basically slaughtered, and the only ones left were the old, the weak, women and children. According to the previous rules of warfare, these people were not killed completely.

Even Lin Shan has to take this into consideration.

In a Confucian country like Lu, to put it nicely, the old and weak are not killed, but to put it bluntly, there are too many saints!

If the Xun Gu Sect massacred everyone today, it would certainly be criticized by the entire cultivation world in the future and labeled as a murderous demon, which would be detrimental to the development of the sect if it wanted to expand its territory and influence in the future.

In the world of magic cultivation, rooting out the evil is a basic operation, and everyone knows that no trouble can be left behind.

But the righteous cultivation world, especially the Confucian school, is extremely disgusted with indiscriminate killing.

When the Lujiang League attacked the Dai Family under the leadership of the ancestor of the Yang Family, the top forces at that time closed the door and had no supervision, so they deliberately surrounded three sides and left one side open, leaving a glimmer of hope.

Now that Lin Shan has just returned, if everything goes according to the rules of the game, the risk of public opinion can also be reduced.

However, there is a solution to this problem.

The disciples of Xun Gu Sect killed all the young and middle-aged men and left only the elderly and infertile women. Firstly, they were not afraid of revenge in the future, and secondly, it was still a considerable fortune.

The former can be sent to slave pens, and the latter can be sold to brothels without worrying about sales.

Especially since the wealth accumulated over countless years was all emptied out in one day, one can imagine how the businessmen felt!

The head of the merchant family was in a state of disorientation, as if he had lost his parents, his eyes were dull and lifeless, and he didn't know how to explain to his ancestors.

The elders of those merchants cursed bitterly, saying that the Xun Gu sect members even dug up their ancestral graves, which was simply inhumane!

Lin Shan simply instructed Master Zhan Kong to collect all the resources and confiscate them, then clean up the battlefield, set up the formation, and build this place into a temporary stronghold.

Because the ancestral land of Tangyin is originally a good place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. The concentration of spiritual energy is even better than that of Tianfu Mountain. The feng shui is excellent, and the geographical location is the most important!
He couldn't just search it once and then give up; he had to take it all into his possession.

Took a day to repair.

Patriarch Lu Que arrived with a mighty vanguard force. Yesterday, they had already destroyed the merchant front line and penetrated all the way into the hinterland.

Behind him, the allies of the Lujiang League had already anticipated the downfall of the Shang family, and swarmed over him like sharks smelling a scent, ready to seize the cultivation resources everywhere.

But no matter how they snatch it, they must first meet Lin Shan and wait for the leader's assignment.

"Master, after interrogating the Shang people, we learned that their ancestor went with Zhong Shenxiu to Yunmengze, southwest of Tangyin, to look for Mu Yan's whereabouts."

Listening to the report, Lin Shan nodded and ignored it.

Yunmengze is so big, he doesn't have the energy to play around with Zhong Shenxiu. Anyway, Mu Yan has been hiding for decades and cannot be caught, so it should be no problem for the time being.

Looking directly at the map of northwest Shandong and pointing, it turned out to be Shangyang Academy!
"Let's go here directly, don't let others lead us by the nose, but force them to come to us!"

Patriarch Lu Que and Master Zhan Kong were shocked. They didn’t expect that after just raiding the Shang family’s ancestral land, the leader would go directly to Shangyang Academy!

The news of the merchant's fall has probably not been passed on yet because of the news blockade here. They also probably have no preparation at all, so they can be caught off guard.

"Hurry up, before the four major families in the Central Region can react, we must control the two largest families in Northwest Shandong first."

This time, Lin Shan cut the Gordian knot much more efficiently than he did in the State of Chu!

Because there are so many rules here, he has to pass quickly. Once he slows down and gets tied up and entangled, he will fall into an endless quagmire.

"Master Zhankong, please continue to follow me. Fellow Daoist Luque will stay here and coordinate the work while we wait for the follow-up personnel from the Xun Gu Sect to arrive."

He made a simple arrangement. The geographical location here is important and cannot be lost, so he had to let Ancestor Lu Que guard it.

And many Jindan Zhenren of Lujiang League led their people to attack Shangyang Academy with him!
"Master, if you leave, what if Shangjia Patriarch and Zhong Shenxiu come back?"

Master Zhan Kong was worried that they would be lost again as soon as they left.

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Shan was confident and had a plan in mind already.

"If it was the Shangjia Patriarch who heard that his ancestral land was occupied and brought people back in a hurry, Daoist Fellow Lu Que could totally stop him."

"As for Zhong Shenxiu, I'm sure he won't come back."

"Compared to the northwestern part of Shandong, the merchants are nothing. How could he sit back and watch me go to Shangyang Academy when he heard that I went there?"

"When the time comes, I will wait for him at Shangyang Academy to see what progress this kid has made over the years!"

Listening to the leader's domineering speech, many real people in the alliance bowed and agreed and flattered him, saying that they would follow him to the end.

They didn’t get a penny from the merchant’s inheritance, but they must take advantage of Shangyang Academy!
Shangyang Academy.

A teacher was giving a lecture to the students below. When he came to the key points, he used his spiritual power to write and draw in the air to help the students understand.

"Oh no, Master, there's a letter from the sect!"

A book boy hurried in from outside. He had no experience and rushed onto the stage in a panic, whispering to the teacher.

This lady was a woman with a pretty face and figure. She was one of the three most famous beauties in the State of Lu.

Like a jade immortal.

She was teaching a class at the moment and didn't mind others disrupting her rhythm.

However, the book boy was a junior who he brought with him and had followed for many years. This time he suddenly broke into the classroom, it seemed that there was really something important.

After opening the letter and reading it, she was shocked!
It turned out to be a message from Ruyifang in Luxi. Her aunt, the owner of Ruyifang, had not given up on her even after so many years.

The news was even sent in advance!

The leader of the Lujiang Alliance has broken through the Nascent Soul stage and returned. He and many allies witnessed a fierce battle between him and the sect's second Nascent Soul cultivator, Elder Hei Ku, in the Xun Gu Sect.

Everything was prepared a few days ago. It is estimated that all businesses have collapsed, and only Shangyang Academy is still standing out.

Now True Man Ruyi even told her that the leader of the Lujiang Alliance was on his way to the Shangyang Academy, and asked her to avoid it if she had anything to do, and never show up, or she might be caught and punished!

Zhenren Ruyu felt cold all over. She understood the value of this letter. What it said was basically true. She was afraid she really had to go out and hide for a while!

"Everyone, please study on your own now. This class ends here."

She hurriedly stopped and walked out, and was about to slip away when suddenly, a large number of flying boats appeared in the vicinity of Shangyang Academy!

(End of this chapter)