Immortal Road.

Encircle and suppress the God of Joy.

This was a plan that Zhang Yunxi had told him repeatedly a long time ago, and now it was finally time to take action.

"Why are you so obsessed with hunting down the God of Joy?"

"I need the power of incense as a reserve during the long journey back to the interstellar space, in case of emergency."

Zhang Yunxi speaks simply and directly.

"This time we will meet at Tansha Bay on the edge of the Viruo Desert. It's just the two of us. We can catch the other side off guard!"

As for the distribution of the spoils, she had no intention of treating Lin Shan unfairly.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I only want the incense from the God of Joy. Other than that, all other items belong to you, including the Yuan Nian Crystal that contains the enlightenment of the Yuan Shen!
As compensation, I will give you another ten Star Element Modules afterwards!"

"So many? Did you make a fortune from the evil demons from outer space?"

Lin Shan was very surprised. If he could strengthen himself with ten Star Element Modules, they would be equivalent to thousands of ancient rhymes. Adding all the Yuan Nian Crystals, this distribution would be reasonable. At least he would not suffer any loss.

"Not only that, all your expenses in this battle, whether it's the Northern Division's crossbow carts, the Yellow Turban warriors, or the Tongtian Lingbao, will be borne by me!"

This girl has become a small wealthy woman now, and she is extremely arrogant, and seems to be trying to support him.

It’s a pity that this person is about to return to the Milky Way of his previous life, otherwise Lin Shan really wants to be with a rich woman from now on. Why does he need to do it all himself?

If the sixth-order energy is sufficient, with the current combat power of the two great masters, as well as the Tongtian Lingbao, the relics of the fairyland, and the void battleship, they can indeed try to compete with the Yuanshen period.

Especially for a cultivator in the Yuanshen stage like Lord Huanxi, who has just awakened not long ago and may not even have a Yuannian incarnation.

Lin Shan's heart was slightly shaken. The thought of taking the initiative to attack and kill a real powerful soul was exciting.

"Why not invite Red Lotus Ancestor to join us?"

If we call upon the Red Lotus Patriarch, the safety of this trip will be greatly increased.

Zhang Yunxi denied it on the other end of the pager.

"Old Ancestor Honglian has been very busy recently. He has been gathering the human and demon tribes of the Song Dynasty to cause trouble in Penglai. Now the two sides are at loggerheads and it is difficult to extricate themselves from the conflict. We will not trouble him."

"it is good!"

Lin Shan knew how difficult it was for Patriarch Honglian, so he immediately finalized the details with Zhang Yunxi, agreed on the time and place, and then hung up the pager.

Now the soul infant's cultivation has not yet been completed, and without the soul source, the speed has indeed dropped sharply!

Even with the blessing of the Nine-Aperture Divine Pill, they are still far from reaching the peak. It seems that it is impossible for both of them to reach the peak of the Nascent Soul before the third round of spiritual tide.

Moreover, the pills were almost used up, and he needed to continue looking for auxiliary spiritual objects related to soul cultivation.

Out of the cultivation cave.

When the high-level members of Xun Gu Sect were summoned to the main hall to understand the situation, they found out that a major event had just happened not long ago!
After being warned by him in Chu State, Master Xiongshan turned around and came to the neighboring Lu State to sharpen his sword for ten years. He conquered the southwest and southern regions of Lu, destroyed the Langhuan Jade Mansion, and killed Empress Langhuan.

Afterwards, Fan Jingchen, the deputy leader of the Lujiang League, led his troops to fight a fierce battle with Master Xiongshan, but ended up suffering a crushing defeat.

The people of Xiongshan have deployed troops on the border for defense, but have not yet taken advantage of the situation to attack western Shandong. Overall, they have remained restrained because another group of outsiders have airdropped into southwestern Shandong!
"What happened to Luxinan recently? Why has he been targeted by outsiders one after another?"

Lin Shan raised his eyebrows, wondering what Fan Jingchen was doing.

"To the leader, Fan Jingchen led the Lujiang League in an expedition and suffered a great defeat, losing more than half of the elite soldiers in the league. After returning, he did not repent and wanted to continue to raise troops for the expedition. He has been captured by the Yuanying Zhenjun of Xungu Sect and is currently being held in the dungeon of Tianfu Mountain."

When Lu Xiuming said this, it was obvious that he had a kind of magnanimity in his demeanor, which was the decisiveness cultivated from holding power for many years.

The deputy leader of the Lujiang League actually said he would capture people and detain people if he wanted!

You must know that in the past, in the eyes of outsiders, Xun Gu Sect was just a part of Lujiang League. As the chief steward of Xun Gu Sect, it was an act of usurpation and treason for him to imprison the deputy leader of Lujiang League!
However, now it is different from the past. The Lujiang League is already a product of the old era. With the rise of the Xungu Sect and the booming shell companies, the strength of the two has long changed.

Lin Shan did not blame him at all for his actions. Instead, he agreed with them very much.

"Okay, you figure it out."

"Master, Fan Jingchen is still restless in prison and is clamoring to see you, saying that he has something important to discuss."

"Not available, no see."

Lin Shan was too lazy to wave his hand and asked him if he had anything else.

"During this period, three waves of envoys came to the door and asked to meet the leader. But at that time I asked them to wait for a while on the grounds that you were in seclusion. Now the longest wait has been half a year, you see."

"Oh? Then ask them to come over and make it short."

Waiting for half a year is not a short time, so it does show some sincerity. If it were an ordinary force, Lu Xiuming should have resigned long ago, which shows that these three companies are extraordinary.

After a while, three people came into the hall.

Without exception, they are all cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage!
The first one who had waited the longest claimed to be the envoy of Taixuan Holy Land. Lin Shan still had some impression of him. He was the envoy of Taixuan who came to read out the will of Taixuan Holy Land when Kong Kai held the Nascent Soul Ceremony at the Kong family in the Central Region.

This person was still very young at that time, but now two decades have passed and his cultivation aura has become several times stronger.

"Master Lin, it's been a long time since we last met. Do you still remember that we met once before?"

"Oh, of course. I don't know what you are here for, just tell me."

Lin Shan's heart moved slightly. The new envoy from Taixuan Holy Land had arrived, so it seemed that his previous impostor identity could no longer be used.

I don't know whether my operations in northern and eastern Shandong have been exposed.

The young man didn't keep anyone in suspense and went straight to the point.

"I am representing the Taixuan Holy Land this time. I have been waiting for Master Lin to come out of seclusion for more than half a year. I would like to invite you to cooperate. Are you willing to join hands with me in the battle for supremacy in the third round of spiritual tide?"

"Oh?"

He didn't expect that the other party came for this matter, but before he could say anything, another messenger came out from below with a gloomy face.

He preached sinisterly to the Taixuan messenger.

"Your Taixuan Holy Land has already taken over half of the land of Lu. You have been operating in the north and east for decades. Why are you still trying to get involved in western Lu? We agreed that this area belongs to the influence of our Guigu Holy Land!"

"Huh? Who made the agreement with you? How come I don't know?"

"Qin Shen, the envoy who was responsible for infiltrating the State of Lu was called this name, right? Do you dare to call him over for a face-to-face confrontation?"

It turned out that the second person was the envoy of Guigu Holy Land. He was very emotional at the moment and argued to stop Taixuan Holy Land from interfering in Luxi.

Who would have thought that when the envoy from Taixuan Holy Land heard this name, he became furious!
"How dare you mention this name? When Junior Brother Qin Shen came here and just secured his position, he mysteriously disappeared and has not been seen since. I even suspect that it is your Guigu Holy Land that is secretly tripping him up and engaging in vicious competition. Is this your spirit of contract?"

"No, who is the one playing tricks?"

The envoy of Guigu Holy Land was so angry that he laughed. He didn't expect that someone would turn the tables on him.

"I think Qin Shen has been hidden by your Taixuan Holy Land. He has no evidence and refuses to admit his guilt. You are really something!"

"How can you talk like that? You, Guigu Holy Land, are useless. You haven't been able to take over the four regions of Luxi in all these years. You might as well just give them to us, Taixuan." "You! If the person in charge of my holy land hadn't been detained by the Xun Gu Sect, and Lunan hadn't been taken away by the people of Xiongshan, how could we have fallen to this point?"

"Hahaha, so your holy land is full of trash. You guys want to compete with our Taixuan Holy Land for the third round of Lu State Spiritual Tide. Are you worthy???"

Lin Shan was listening to their quarrel upstairs, and as he listened, he began to understand what was going on.

So the third round of spiritual tide is about to appear, and the territory of Lu happens to be one of them?

Lingchao appeared at his doorstep, giving him a feeling of surprise and headache.

The advantage is that it is convenient to participate. You don’t have to sneak into Xushen Mountain like last time. You can participate openly with your original identity.

The disadvantage is that if you are not careful, you may easily implicate your own forces.

Isn't it? Someone has come to the door.

If the secret approach doesn't work, try the open approach and start sending envoys to persuade him to join a holy land.

Because the two companies were going to compete to the death in the third round, they didn't care about their friendship at all. They just started to fight face to face, saying all kinds of harsh words. I guess they have let it go.

The envoy of Taixuan Holy Land took advantage of the fact that you didn't take over Luxi anyway, so he came to recruit Lin Shan and wanted to swallow up most of the territory of Lu. The envoy of Guigu Holy Land was also furious.

He had no choice but to turn around and look at Lin Shan while suppressing his anger.

"Master Lin, I have been waiting for you for three months. Now that you have come out of seclusion, the former envoy of my Guigu Holy Land should also be released, right?"

"Ah? What? What former messenger?"

"Pretend! You're still pretending!"

The other party pointed at Lu Xiuming directly, but the latter remained calm and unmoved.

"You, the people of Xungu Sect, have captured our former envoy and locked him up in the underground prison. This is a great shame and humiliation. Are you not afraid of our Holy Land's accountability?"

Lin Shan suddenly stood up, frowned, looked around seriously, and asked Lu Xiuming what was going on.

Lu Xiuming spread his hands and blinked.

"Master, I really don't know what the former envoy of Guigu Holy Land is. Could they have made a mistake?"

"How is that possible? This is a holy land. They speak with conviction. How could they be wrong?"

"But I really don't know who it is!"

"Calm down, envoy. We really don't know who it is. Can you tell us clearly?"

The envoy from Guigu Holy Land was almost angry, so he had to say a name in a depressed tone while the envoy from Taixuan Holy Land was trying to hold back his laughter.

Fan Jingchen.

"What!??"

Lin Shan opened his eyes wide and nodded seriously, as if to say 'I have no idea'.

"Isn't he the deputy leader of our Lujiang League? How did he become the traitor of Guigu Holy Land? No, he is the former envoy?"

The envoy of Guigu Holy Land had a very ugly expression on his face. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to crawl into the ground. He was so embarrassed today.

His original intention was to intimidate the Xun Gu Sect, making them voluntarily hand over Fan Jingchen's gift, and then publicly admit that they were wrong and had arrested the wrong person, and kneel down respectfully to serve the Guigu Holy Land as dogs. After all, this was what happened to the Huangquan Sect of the Jin State in the second round of the spiritual tide.

As a result, the other party pretended to be stupid and forced him to tell the name, and he had to beg the other party to release the person. He lost face all of a sudden, so how could he convince the Xun Gu Sect?

The key is the matter of the former envoy Fan Jingchen's lurking. How can such a thing be brought to the table? Does the Holy Land have no shame?
Fortunately, Lin Shan was easy to talk to. He waved his hand and asked Lu Xiuming to release the person quickly.

After a while, Fan Jingchen was pushed into the hall with disheveled hair and blood all over his body.

When the envoy of Guigu Holy Land saw this scene, he almost went berserk on the spot!

If I hadn't told you this, you would have thought that I was being besieged and abused by the prisoners in the dungeon. Was it necessary to torture me like this?
"Hiss~ This is."

Lin Shan looked at Lu Xiuming.

"Reporting to the leader, Fan Jingchen, the deputy leader of the Lujiang League, led the army into the southwest of Shandong without permission and was severely beaten by the master of Xiongshan. After returning, he did not reflect on himself, but encouraged everyone in the league to go on another expedition. I think there must be something fishy behind this, so I used torture to force a confession!"

"."

Now the envoy of Guigu Holy Land was speechless.

"Senior brother."

Fan Jingchen lowered his head in shame, covering his face with his hair and not daring to look directly at his family. He could even make out a three-bedroom apartment by tapping the ground with his toes.

At the beginning, he infiltrated the Lujiang League and became the deputy leader, taking the entire league into his pocket. He also supported the Langhuan Yu Mansion in occupying the two regions of southern Shandong. Logically, he should have made rapid progress and taken over half of the country step by step.

Who would have thought that it would take decades to defeat a mere Xun Gu Sect!

"Junior brother, you disappoint me so much."

The envoy of Guigu Holy Land had cold eyes. Even at this moment, he did not blame his own family too much. He was just angry at them for not fighting back.

Over there, Lu Xiuming was still reporting the results of his interrogation.

"The downfall of our ally Hongdu New Mansion was actually caused by the Langhuan Yu Mansion, which was supported by Fan Jingchen."

"And the Palace Master Kong Shenzi's refusal to retreat was actually a play directed and performed by Fan Jingchen who secretly obstructed and murdered him."

"The attack by the Northwest Inhumans was also caused by him leaking our information about using the Feathered People's Wings and secretly inducing them. He simply wanted to use external pressure to defeat the Xun Gu Sect."

"After the destruction of the Langhuan Jade Mansion, he led the Lujiang League to attack southwest Shandong. He not only planned to retake the two regions, but also had the sinister intention of forcing us to join the ancient sect to fight against the Xiongshan Master."

When this series of conspiracies was spoken, all the Xun Gu Sect leaders in the hall felt their scalps tingling. These traitors were really treacherous!
If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Master Xiongshan who disrupted his plans and forced him to lose his composure, there would be no reason for him to find out the traitor.

The envoy from Taixuan Holy Land nearby kept clapping and nodding his head, praising it so much!

The envoy of Guigu Holy Land became angry and shouted loudly.

"enough!!!"

He glared fiercely at the person who laughed at him.

“Taixuan Holy Land, you are just the bottom of the list among all the holy lands. You don’t even have a powerful Yuanshen. You didn’t even make any achievements in the first two rounds of spiritual tides! It was not until a while ago that your Holy Lord became the second great master after the Great Elder that you became a little more confident. But it’s still not enough in front of my Guigu Holy Land!”

"So what? Even if our Taixuan Holy Land is not as strong as yours, our spiritual tide is only focused on one place, unlike your continent where it is scattered in several places."

The envoy of Taixuan Holy Land smiled and shook his head.

"You have been staying in Xun Gu Sect for three months. It's just that Qian Bu, a military genius from another lineage of your Guigu Holy Land, is leading a large army to beat up the people of Xiongshan. You can't intervene, so you came here. Am I right?"

(End of this chapter)