Immortal Road.

With the experience of the last destruction of the Mi Chan Sect, the disciples were obviously much more skilled in dealing with the Kaibei Sect this time.

It's the so-called first time to be born and second time to be familiar.

The clearance was completed quickly, and we boarded the ship and set off into the cave.

Rushing thousands of miles to the next destination,
Zen Sound Sect!
But after arriving at the Chanyin Sect, we found that it had just rained heavily, which was rare even though it was in the desert.

Because of the hot and dry weather, the water has almost evaporated, leaving only some bumpy pools.

The area below was in a mess, with broken walls, corpses and blood.

Such a huge Chanyin Sect has been completely wiped out!
"Master, we went down to check. It should have been only two days ago. It was just destroyed by an unknown force."

Just at the same time, other forces actually penetrated deep into the Vimalo Desert and attacked the Joyful Cult!
The Xun Gu Sect disciples scattered like ants below, and even dug three feet into the ground, but there was nothing left, not even a single hair!
The group of people in front looted the place so thoroughly!

Lin Shan frowned and asked, "Are there any broken pieces of the Buddha statue?"

"No."

Lu Xiuming was also very confused. Logically speaking, even if the whole family was to be exterminated, why were all the Buddha statues packed up and taken away?

They had no idea who the other party was or where they came from!
You know, the influence of the Joy Cult in the Vimalo Desert is extremely great, and the intelligence radiates almost every aspect. As long as there is an invasion by external forces, they will definitely be discovered, unless they have a cave with people like ours.

Airdrop!
An ordinary cave-heaven magic treasure, a mansion like the Star Mansion, is already good enough to accommodate hundreds of people.

But if one wants to carry out hidden destruction of a team comparable to a top sect, at least Lingbao Cave Heaven will be needed to accommodate it!
Moreover, the top forces are no different from ordinary sects. Not to mention that they have the power to kill Yuanying stage cultivators, the fifth-level protective formation is also a tough nut to crack.

The opponent was able to break the formation and kill people so effortlessly and cleanly, which shows that he is mysterious and powerful, with many means at his disposal.

The key is that the battlefield was cleaned up very well afterwards, leaving no trace of themselves. Their anti-reconnaissance awareness was extremely strong, and they were organized and disciplined. They were obviously well-trained elite troops.

At this time, a young monk came up, followed by many monks, chanting Buddhist mantras and reporting.

"Master, although the Chan Yin Sect is one of the four lower sects, its overall strength is higher than that of the Secret Chan Sect and the Kaibei Sect. These mysterious people were able to destroy the Chan Yin Sect so cleanly and efficiently. I'm afraid they are on par with us."

Dong Chanzi is a smart man. He who knows the times is a hero.

After being held captive by Lin Shan for so many days, he had realized the power of the new leader and took the initiative to persuade some monks of the Mi Chan Sect to surrender and be willing to work for the Xun Gu Sect.

Lin Shan saw that the monk was young, ambitious, and capable, and as a local boss in the Vimalakirti Desert, he simply gave him a chance.

"Do you see anything?"

Dong Chanzi's observations were so meticulous that he could actually look at problems from another perspective.

"As far as I know, the Chanyin Sect originally had nearly 20,000 disciples, but only over 8,000 bodies were found at the scene. Excluding those who turned into ashes, the enemy captured at least tens of thousands of people!"

"Oh?"

Lin Shan touched his chin thoughtfully, while Lu Xiuming, Wu Hanqiao, Shang Lu, Song Zhong and others beside him looked over.

"Go on."

Dong Chanzi received instructions and began to analyze.

"I have traveled to the outside world of the Virūpī Desert before, and learned that in the world of cultivation, the difference in strength between the attacker and the defender must be at least 3:1 in order to form a balanced stalemate."

"If we can reach 5:1, then the attackers can surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements, unravel the mystery, advance step by step, and steadily erode the enemy's advantage."

"If we can reach 7:1, it will be a crushing victory. We can crush the opponent with ease and decapitate them. We can defeat the opponent in one fell swoop and thus form a dimensionality reduction attack!"

"Being able to capture half of the top sects at once means that the other party has overwhelming strength. Either the number of Yuanying cultivators is seven times that of the Chanyin Sect, or the other party has Yuanying late-stage cultivators whose combat power far exceeds that of the same level!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Xun Gu Sect changed color.

The Chan Yin Sect has three Yuanying stage ancestors, seven times that is twenty-one Yuanying stage!

They have never heard of any force that can train so many?

Unless it is a top holy land, but it is said that the holy lands have now entered the cultivation stage. Who would invade the Joy Sect at this time?
So relatively speaking, the second guess, that the other party has a great master in the late Nascent Soul stage who is powerful enough to dominate the same level, is relatively reliable!

Everyone couldn't help but look at their own leader.

Lin Shan sat upright, expressionless, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The reason why every top force in the world of cultivation has been able to stand firm until now is naturally because they are extremely difficult to destroy. Theoretically, just the Chan Yin Sect would require twenty-one Nascent Soul cultivators to quickly take it down, which shows how difficult it is.

It is said that the Jiuyou Sect of the Chu State gathered the entire Chu State's cultivation world to siege it. It was surrounded by enemies and was eventually destroyed.

The reason why he was able to achieve successive successes was due to his unexpected sneak attacks, the airborne manned by the cave magic weapon, and his own strong strength!
But if the other party is the same as himself and also possesses these conditions, then this matter becomes unusual.

And during these days, he gradually learned a piece of news.

In the northern part of the Vimalo Desert, a crack in the sky suddenly appeared, causing many cultivators from surrounding countries to invade. Many Nascent Soul cultivators led their disciples to build towers out of sand and draw prisons on the ground to seize the initiative.

The situation here is unpredictable, and the wind and clouds change suddenly. The mysterious force must be not groundless, and most likely wants to take advantage of the situation just like myself!
A sense of urgency arises.

Time waits for no one, we must seize the moment!

Lin Shan looked at Dong Chanzi differently. This guy was thoughtful, young and capable. He was a good seedling worth cultivating.

However, he has just joined us and his loyalty is questionable. He is still in the probation period and needs time to verify.

Next, he called back all the disciples and used the ancient treasure Flowing Light Shuttle.

Come to the last of the next four cases:
Open and close the sect!

Looking at the intact palace complex below, the empty sect seemed as if the whole family had moved away.

Lin Shan's face turned gloomy.

"Master, the Kaihe Sect seemed to have realized the situation was not good and fled." Because the area below was clean and there was no trace of any hair left, but there were no signs of fighting either, so it was obvious that they evacuated voluntarily, and it didn't seem like the entire sect was wiped out.

Lu Xiuming, Dong Chanzi and a large group of people were all stunned. They didn't expect that the style of painting would change again and this situation would occur!

That's normal.

Three of the seven major sects of the Secret Zen Sect, the Kaibei Sect, the Chan Sound Sect, and the Joyful Sect were destroyed in succession. If the Kaihe Sect didn't hear any news about it, that would be weird!
As one of the four lower sects, everyone’s strength is almost the same. If they are destroyed in an instant, who wouldn’t be afraid?
If you stay where you are, you will be found sooner or later, which is tantamount to waiting for death.

What are you waiting for?

What is surprising is that the other three families and their affiliated forces were destroyed within a total of only seven days. Excluding the time lag in information transmission, the Kaihe Sect had no more than three days to prepare.

The other party was able to relocate the entire church in such a short period of time. This kind of mobilization would have been impossible to accomplish in such a short time if they were not really frightened.

Even for mortals, it would take a long time to clean up the pots and pans after leaving the hometown where they have lived for a long time, let alone a huge sect!
Various collections of books, iron tools, alchemy furnaces, spirit ponds, animal sheds, medicinal fields, etc.
Including all the Buddha statues, everything was moved away!

Looking at the flat and bare Buddha statue pedestal, everyone was speechless.

"Master, the surrounding affiliated forces have all disappeared. I heard from the common people that it seems that Kaihe Sect left just yesterday."

After hearing the report, Lin Shan nodded and decided not to waste time here.

It's only been one day, and given the opponent's huge base, their speed must be slow. Now that we're catching up, maybe we can catch up!

"Which direction did they go?"

"It is said to be in the west."

Upon hearing this, Dong Chanzi, who was familiar with the local area, immediately stood up.

"Master, the closest sect to here in the west should be one of the top three sects, Lingshu Sect."

"The three main altars are located in Huanxi Sect, Lingshu Sect, and Yulan Sect respectively."

"The Joyful Sect was the dojo of the Joyful Buddha and Joyful God. It was the origin of their empire. After their disappearance, it was led by the sect leader Gu Hun."

"Lingshu Sect was the mausoleum that Huanxi Divine Lord built for himself before his death. It houses the coffin that he prepared for himself. It also serves to recruit followers from all directions to worship him after his death, and to worship him and rebuild his golden body through incense and faith, thus resurrecting him in a different way. After he disappeared, his godmother Shi Luoyu failed in the struggle for power in Huanxi Sect and was forced to lead a group of followers to leave and establish Lingshu Sect in the mausoleum. This is the past history."

"Yulan Sect was built by Lord Huanxi for his beloved concubine, the previous witch, to nurture the fetus. According to gossip circulating in the sect, after Lord Huanxi disappeared, the previous witch was unable to give birth to a child, and she suspected that the legal wife and godmother had secretly poisoned her. Finally, when her time came, more than two hundred years ago, she used up all her true energy and sacrificed herself to give birth to Lord Huanxi's flesh and blood, who is now the second generation witch Youmei Ji."

The origins of the Joy Sect are a mystery, and the Joy God is even more of a legend from ancient times to the present. After his disappearance, his disciples, wife, concubine (daughter) fought for power for a long time afterwards. They were deceitful and deceitful in the depths of the Vimalo Desert, and finally they built three altars. The undercurrents and unknown past events in it can be written into ten biographies of cultivation!

As the eldest brother of the Secret Zen Sect, Dong Chanzi naturally knew some of its inside stories.

Everyone in Xun Gu Sect listened with great interest. It seemed that eating melons was a popular entertainment activity no matter where one was.

"According to what you said, Youmei Ji, as the biological daughter of Lord Huanxi, was born only two hundred years ago, but she was able to inherit the Yulan Sect and compete with the leader Gu Hun and the godmother Shi Luoyu?"

Wu Hanqiao felt itchy in his heart and wanted to see what this extraordinary woman really looked like.

Shang Lu and Song Zhong, the two big idiots, also laughed out loud after hearing it. These two guys have never been smart, and their laughter was extremely vulgar, which made Dong Chanzi's anus tighten.

"So, the Kaihe Sect was in a panic and had no choice but to relocate to the Lingshu Sect in the west where the Godmother was."

Lu Xiuming roughly understood it, and then asked:

"How strong is the Lingshu Sect?"

Dong Chanzi looked at Lin Shan with hesitation, a little undecided.

"Lingshu Sect is one of the three main sects. Back then, the godmother led a loyal group to leave Huanxi Sect. After a thousand years, there are many masters."

"and many more!"

Lin Shan discovered one of the incredible points.

"Godmother Shi Luoyu has lived for more than a thousand years???"

The maximum life span of a Yuanying stage cultivator is designated as eight hundred years. Taking life-extending elixirs may allow him to live to nearly a thousand years. However, as the legal wife of Lord Huanxi, what does it mean to live to more than a thousand years?
Dong Chanzi explained:

"Not only the Godmother, but also the head of the sect, Gu Hun, was also the eldest disciple of the Happy God. He also lived for more than a thousand years. They are all figures from the previous era."

"How to do it?"

Everyone was breathing rapidly. Who wouldn't be tempted by this secret of prolonging life?

Dong Chanzi felt a little pressured, so he swallowed, cleared his throat and told the story slowly.

"The method recognized by the cultivation world to prolong life is the longevity elixir."

"But in fact, there is more than one way. As the saying goes, fate is magical and the net of heaven is leaking. There are many unorthodox ways, such as changing race, transforming into a ghost, breathing in a cave, becoming a god with incense, absorbing life span, etc."

"Changing race, that goes without saying. Humans are the leaders of all spirits, and although they progress rapidly, their lower limit of lifespan is high and their upper limit is low, which has become a recognized shackle. But among other races, once a realm is broken through, their lifespan will increase several times. Even the alien spirits are ridiculously long-lived! That's why there are so many alien races thriving in the world of cultivation today, and it's also because there are always human cultivators who are unwilling to give up before the deadline and will automatically choose to change their race. The alien race is the first to be affected because of their similar appearance."

"Transforming into a ghost means giving up the shackles of the flesh, relying on the power of the netherworld, hanging on to a breath of life in the mortal world, and becoming a living dead. This state of being half alive and half dead mostly exists in those old antiques who are extremely unwilling to die, but it can only last for a limited time, and can only be said to be drinking poison to quench thirst."

"Dongtian Fetal Breathing, this method is similar to hibernation, which means that when you are asleep, you block the loss of your body's essence, and your soul falls into a time stagnation, allowing you to survive indefinitely in the world. But in fact, the substance remains the same, and the total lifespan remains the same. You just avoid an era."

"It is said that in ancient times, there were many gods between heaven and earth. After death in the previous life, they were conferred as land gods by the underworld and reborn in the dirty earth by the folks' incense. However, after the great changes in heaven and earth, they disappeared and became a long-lost legend. But this idea is feasible, because although incense itself is poisonous, a great poison can also be a great tonic. If used properly, it can be refined into a golden body of incense, and it can also be used to maintain the posture of the living world."

"As for absorbing life essence, this is probably the most common method in the cultivation world. It is nothing more than relying on plundering other people's vitality to make up for one's own deficit. Once such evil people appear, they will inevitably cause a commotion in the cultivation world and everyone will want to kill them! However, there is another alternative method, which is exactly the same as this method, but it has a different name and is covered with a coat of extreme bliss and joy, called dual cultivation."

Having said this, Dong Chanzi sighed.

"The Joyful Religion was founded on the belief in dual cultivation."

(End of this chapter)