Immortal Road.

Guwu Village is where the substitute Gu is rumored to exist, but there are too many such villages in the deep mountains and forests among Jiuli, no matter they are abandoned or inhabited, and it is very difficult to check them one by one.

But from the mouth of the witch tribe's chief priest, it seems that he can be sure that there must be a substitute Gu in the Gu Wu Village of the Ancient Witch's Tomb!
"Very good, you settle the witch tribe here first, and when everything is ready, come with me there."

After knowing the destination, Lin Shan felt relieved and was no longer in a hurry. It was just a matter of one day earlier or later. However, how to deal with the mess under his feet was indeed a problem.

The Cangluan royal court was breached, the barbarians' manpower was destroyed, the rest fled in all directions, and they were completely ruined. They would not be a threat for at least a thousand years, and it would be difficult for them to recover.

Now that both the Witch Clan and the Human Clan have occupied the area, he is a little troubled about how to divide the territory.

From my own perspective, I definitely want the human race to stay, expand the territory, and keep Zhongli firmly in my hands!

But the bad thing is that the gap in numbers and strength between the human race and the witch race is too big!
Especially after the Wudao Sect and the Wushan Yin Clan rebelled, the Mingzhu Sect was the only one struggling on its own. It was okay for those independent cultivators below to help in wars and make money, but it was not easy to ask them to govern the territory.

After all, independent cultivators are used to being free, cannot stand loneliness, and do not like being bound. If one wants to rule them well, one still has to use sects and aristocratic families.

He was afraid that after he left, the Mingju Sect wouldn't be strong enough to control the huge Jiuli!
Apart from anything else, he probably couldn’t even defeat half of the barbarians who escaped.

If there is no Wu Clan to help defend it, the Cangluan King City will be taken back by the barbarians without warning!

After seeing Lin Shan's power last night, the leader of the Nether Curse Sect rushed forward to curry favor with him, begging for his allegiance at all costs. The main reason was that he knew very well that only with a backer could one control Jiuli, and one must have a background to make a living.

After some discussion.

The human race became the nominal controllers of Zhongli. The Mingzhu Sect occupied the Cangluan King City and allowed people from the Wu Clan and the Curse Witch Clan to settle in various parts of Zhongli to assist the human race in co-governance.

Lin Shan became the master behind the scenes and ordered the two forces to continue hunting down the remnants of the barbarians and collect scattered totems for him after he left.

The Wushan Yin family and Wu Dao Zong were also severely punished for temporarily betraying the human race, and all of them were exiled to the deep mountains of Nanli!
This is a decision made after careful consideration.

After all, the human race is weak now, and the reason why the witch clan is obedient is simply because of the high pressure. They are afraid that after they leave, the Nether Curse Sect will be unable to support itself and will be sidelined.

Therefore, we must kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, leaving some residual power to intimidate these witch people!

He took advantage of the time to rest in Cangluan King City to refine all five Yuan Nian crystals. The effect was similar to the Divine Mind Crystal he obtained when he destroyed the Divine Mind Incarnation of the God of Joy at the headquarters of the Joy Sect in the Viluo Desert.

The 'incarnation of divine consciousness' that the God of Joy temporarily descended upon us that year was just a response to the divine consciousness that was summoned by Godmother Shi Luoyu when she was about to die, and it was awakened from its slumber through the channel of faith from the statue.

The Yuannian incarnation was different from a normal Yuanshen stage cultivator who could walk on land and possessed 60% to 80% of the strength of the original body. Otherwise, he would not have been easily strangled by Lin Shan at that time!

From this calculation, if one kills a Yuan Nian incarnation in the Yuanshen period, the amount of Yuan Nian crystals obtained will definitely be more than this. These five small crystals are only the size of broad beans and should be the amount after being cut.

But despite this, Lin Shan still felt his spiritual altar stirring, and his understanding of the void of heaven and earth further deepened. The feeling was mysterious, intoxicating and addictive.

No wonder the Chieftain became addicted to it and couldn't stop from then on, willingly becoming Youmei Ji's lackey.

"It seems that if there is a chance in the future, I have to hunt down the incarnation of Yuan Nian to speed up my enlightenment."

His mind turned over and over, and the first person he thought of was the God of Joy!
This time, after getting the substitute Gu, they went to find Zhang Yunxi. After the two of them saved the Red Lotus Ancestor, it was time to fulfill the original agreement on the eve of the third round of spiritual tide!
Three days later.

The chief priest of the witch clan found a physical body from somewhere, and after taking over another body, his cultivation level stabilized at the peak of the late Jindan period.

As for recovering to the Nascent Soul stage, she had just taken over another body, and her soul had not yet fully adapted to the new body. She was afraid that something would go wrong when she was going through the thirty-nine thunder tribulations, so she was not in a hurry to form a Nascent Soul.

After the witch clan and the human clan were settled, the two left the Cangluan Royal Court.

The Tomb of the Ancient Witch is located in Xili, which is the birthplace of the Witch clan. Before they die, many elders of the Witch clan will travel thousands of miles across mountains and rivers, hoping to die on that land in the end.

Of course, most of them died on the road, and those who were buried in the Ancient Witch’s Tomb were not ordinary people.

Riding the flowing light shuttle all the way.

Looking down, the fertile plains turned into high mountains and hills. Almost all the barbarian tribes and villages were deserted. When they heard the news that the royal city was broken, they all chose to run away.

Zhong Li and the others didn't dare to stay any longer.

After leaving the important border town where the two regions meet, the deep mountains and dense forests of Xili come into view, lush and green with no end in sight.

The high priest of the Wu clan was in charge of giving directions and he obviously came here often.

About five thousand miles deep, a towering stone tablet with spikes appeared in front of us. It stood out among the mountains and could be seen from a long distance.

When I got closer, I found that the stone tablet was actually broken, as if it was broken intentionally by someone!
"It was done by the first chieftain of the Barbarians. He destroyed the Holy Land of the Wu Tribe and occupied Zhongli. He then transformed the Holy Land into the Barbarian King's Court. He also led his army to tour Jiuli and took care of all the important places of the Wu Tribe."

The chief priest of the Wu clan casually recounted this past event and brought Lin Shan down from the sky with him.

"The tribesmen who were guarding the ancient witch's tomb rose up in resistance, but were brutally suppressed. Even the tombstones of their ancestors were broken in the middle. The barbarian army even dug up the ancestral tombs to prepare treasures for the construction of the royal court!"

"At that time, the barbarians were committing all kinds of evil. They killed women, children, the elderly and the young, set fire to the mountains, and razed villages to the ground, forcing our ancestors to flee in fear all day long."

"Hundreds of years later, the first chieftain passed away, and the Barbarian King's Court's supervision of various places declined. This place became a wilderness ruin. The Wugu tribe wandered around for a while, and finally settled here again. They repaired and improved the ancient witch's tomb and established one of the three main branches of the Wu tribe."

"Until now, this place is still the home in the hearts of all the Wu people. The Wugu tribe has taken over the baton of guarding the tomb from generation to generation, and has been guarding here forever, just to wait for the ancient legend passed down from generation to generation."

After hearing this history, it was not difficult for Lin Shan to imagine how much damage the first chief's act of digging up people's ancestral graves had caused to the Wu clan.

Hearing that the Wugu tribe has been guarding here all the time, I couldn't help but become curious about what secrets there are.

"What ancient legend?"

"It is said that at the end of the era, the ancient witches will awaken from the void, descend into this world, and lead all the witches to cross to the other side, opening a new chapter!"

Speaking of this, the witch tribe's chief priest looked very pious and confident.

Lin Shan paused slightly, then shook his head and laughed.

The end of the era?

People do need to have a dream when they are alive, but this is probably just a made-up legend.

Even if it's true, it's still too early. It has nothing to do with me and I don't take it to heart at all.

When the two arrived at the ancient witch's tomb, they quickly attracted the attention of the local indigenous people, and someone immediately came up to question them.

"Who are you? Why are there foreigners here?"

The chief priest of the Wu clan stepped forward and took it.

"Go and report to your clan leader Wu Yunfeng, and tell him that Wu Qiongyan is here for a visit."

"Wu Qiong."

The man was shocked and looked up and down at the Wu Clan High Priest with his eyes wide open. He had obviously heard of this name. He was the newly emerged great master of the Wu Clan and the high priest who led the Wu Clan. He was well-known, but his appearance was obviously not consistent with what he saw. However, he was sensible after all. Just in case, he asked the two to wait for a while, and he ran in to report.

In less than a moment, a bald old man with shark patterns all over his face walked out and locked onto the witch clan's high priest with just one glance.

"Wu Qiongyan? How did you become so miserable? You are in the late Jindan stage. You have been reborn by taking over another body!"

The chief priest of the witch tribe smiled bitterly, walked forward and told the old man about his recent experience. The two of them whispered to each other secretly. Lin Shan didn't care and waited quietly.

after awhile.

The old man understood the whole story, sighed, and patted the witch tribe's chief priest.

"That's good. At least you are out of the wilderness and leading your people to the fertile Zhongli. You don't have to suffer in Nanli anymore. Your cultivation will recover sooner or later. It's not a big deal."

Then he came to Lin Shan with a little respect.

"I am Wu Yunfeng, the leader of the Wugu tribe. It is an honor for our tribe that you have come here."

"I already know your purpose. The Substitute Gu is indeed here, but it is not in our hands."

"If you want to take it away, our clan believes that we have no ability to stop you. We just hope that you can treat this Gu well in the future. If you return it after using it, it would be the best."

Lin Shan nodded superficially. The Wugu tribe leader was quite sensible and saved himself from having to do it. But even with his toes, he knew how to get it back after using it. That was pure wishful thinking.

"I don't have much time, so please tell me as soon as possible how to get it, and I won't bother you anymore after I take it away."

"You come with me."

The chief of the Wugu tribe led him all the way, through rows of tribal dwellings, spiritual fields, flower fields, graves and cemeteries, until they came to an abandoned village.

This village is quite old.

The fences are in disrepair, the houses are rotten and collapsed, the paths are bumpy, and there are no signs of human habitation. The only sign of life is the vegetable garden at the entrance of the village.

The Wugu tribe leader stopped here.

"Senior, the Substitute Gu is inside. It has been living here for more than three thousand years and has never left."

"More than three thousand years!"

Lin Shan stood at the entrance of the village and watched, amazed that a poisonous insect could live so long!

"This village used to be the holy land of the Wu Clan and the place where masters from all clans would return to retire when they got old. It was mainly because it was close to the ancestral tomb and they would be buried directly here after their death."

"The witches believe that at the end of the era, the ancient witches will come into the world from the distant void, and will lead them to resurrection and reach the other side together, so they all want to be buried here."

"It's a pity that more than 3,000 years ago, the barbarians attacked us. The first chieftain wanted to loot the tombs and treasures. The elderly ancestors of Guwu Village rose up in resistance, but were massacred. After that, the village was abandoned."

"It was not until my Wugu tribe migrated here and slowly repaired and managed the mausoleum that we were able to maintain it again. However, the Wu tribe no longer has so many masters to take care of the old people."

Thinking back to the glorious past, countless elderly elders of the Wu clan gathered here to enjoy their old age together, sitting and discussing philosophy. How peaceful and harmonious it was!
With the destruction of the holy land, everything disappeared into the long river of history like a passing cloud.

"The Substitute Gu did not disappear because of this. It escaped the clutches of the Chieftain and has been living in the village ever since. Our ancestors of the Wugu tribe have seen it many times but have never gone in to disturb it."

The Wugu tribe leader had a look of emotion on his face. After all, Wu Gu, who had lived for three thousand years, was indeed their living ancestor in the eyes of the Wu people and could not be simply regarded as a poisonous insect.

Lin Shan had a general understanding of the situation, so he asked the two to wait outside, and then he strode into the village alone.

After coming in, he carefully observed the surroundings, looked at every house, walked from the beginning to the end of the village, and then circled to the center of the village.

There is an ancient tree here, which is estimated to be two to three thousand years old. If it is cut down, it should become a fourth-level spiritual material and can be used to refine magic weapons.

There is an ancient well under the tree, which has long been covered with moss, weeds and wild flowers everywhere.

“Click, click, click, bang~”

There was a man in a bamboo hat chopping wood behind a tree, boiling water in a pot beside him, and there were bundles of vegetables neatly arranged in baskets.

I guess the vegetable garden at the entrance of the village was planted by him.

Sensing someone coming behind him, he spoke casually without even turning his head.

"This is the Guwu Village. Outsiders are not welcome to visit. Didn't the Wugu tribe tell you?"

Lin Shan walked over slowly, without hiding anything.

The entire village is deserted and only the person in front of him is alive, so the answer is obvious.

"The Wugu tribe agreed to let me in."

"They have no right to say they agree, unless they dare not disagree!"

This man was still concentrating on chopping wood. Although his back was to Lin Shan, his sense of smell was very sharp. His shoulders trembled slightly, and a muffled explosion sounded in the air.

"You are so rude to use your spiritual sense to detect right away, little guy. Didn't your parents teach you that?"

boom! ! !
A huge aura suddenly rose up, competing with Lin Shan.

Great supernatural being!
"How can it be???"

Lin Shan paused in his tracks, unable to believe it. In addition to the high priest Wu Qiongyan, the Wu clan actually had another person with great supernatural powers?
Could it be that my previous guess was wrong, and there really are some hidden masters in Guwu Village?
"Humph, you little brat are so arrogant. You think you have some strength and dare to do whatever you want! How can you measure the strength of my witch clan!"

This man was cold and disdainful, and spoke in an air of being very senior, as if he was many generations older than me.

Lin Shan had his doubts in his heart, but the opponent's aura was indeed very dangerous, making him feel like he was being stabbed by thorns, and he issued a frantic warning!

"Since you have such strength, why don't you go and take down the Barbarian King's Court and repeat the glory of the Witch Clan? Instead, why do you hide in the corners of the mountains and forests?"

"Hmph, do I need you to intervene in what I want to do? I came here without asking for permission today. Considering that this is your first offense, leave immediately, or don't blame me."

Suddenly, two beams of starlight pierced through, and wisps of green smoke suddenly rose above the man's head.

An ugly green insect shadow emerged, wearing an exaggerated hat on its head. At this moment, it turned its head to look at him with a sly look, its body twitching and its fur swaying, and it was saying harsh words to him!

Lin Shan took action immediately.

"Why is a worm pretending to be so powerful? Come here!" (End of this chapter)