Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 141 Abandoned Disciple
"Are they really real?" Haruyuki glared with her beautiful eyes. "But didn't they answer your question? With those big frogs promoting it all the time, there's no reason any disciple of the Zhengyang Sect wouldn't know about it."

"Of course it's true." Lin Jian chuckled, "It's just that their time doesn't match."

"Do you remember the day when my master was about to be expelled from the sect? There were more than twenty others expelled from the sect along with him."

"These twenty-plus people are all injured. This fatal disability is the main reason why the sect abandoned them."

After the Holy Land issued the order that day, the master and the group of disciples who needed to guard the Tianyuan Demonic Gap set off immediately.

Before that, Zhu Xutai was the only one who made any noise.

Most of the disciples guarding the Tianyuan Demonic Gap do not come to the main peak of Zhengyang Sect on weekdays, so it is natural that they cannot be in contact during that period of time.

When they came back, they were all seriously injured and disabled and needed to recuperate. Most of them were expelled from the sect before their injuries were even fully recovered. It was normal that they did not hear those words along the way.

But it is undeniable that they are most likely disciples of the Zhengyang Sect.

"So your sect really did this? Even if it wasn't, they're definitely involved." Chunxue pinched her chin and analyzed rationally, "Maybe they want to return to the Zhengyang Sect, so they did this to prove their worth."

"How is that possible?" Lin Jian scoffed. "No matter how shameless the sect is, they wouldn't want something that was forcibly snatched away. It would only ruin their reputation and not bring much benefit. All we can say is that our initial guess was correct. It really is the Demon Worship Sect's people behind this."

"I often wonder, how can the Demon Worship Sect, with its completely anti-human doctrine, earn the loyalty of those monks?"

"After thinking about it, I feel that it is just the current cultivation world that has given them the opportunity."

"It is indeed difficult for disciples of the Four Sects to disguise themselves, but it would be much easier for those abandoned disciples of the Four Sects to do so."

"These abandoned disciples who were forcibly expelled from the sect harbor resentment towards the sect, making them easy targets for recruitment by the Demon Worship Sect. The Demon Worship Sect uses these individuals as pawns to undermine the prestige and reputation of these major sects throughout the cultivation world."

Haruyuki was a little confused, "But their methods..."

"Too low-level, isn't it?"

Suppress, then rebel.

Too direct and too simple.

It's so simple that as long as someone is willing to think about it and dig deeper, they will always find something wrong.

"But it's simple. They don't need every plan to be perfect."

How many small sects are there and how many independent cultivator forces are there?
The entire local cultivation world except for the four major sects!

The Demon Worshiping Sect just casts its net. So what if occasionally two organizations or monks feel suspicious or directly see clues?

The real plan does not need to be so cautious and strict. The more complicated the plan, the easier it is to make mistakes. The Demon Worshiping Sect only needs to do it on a large scale before the four major sects discover and react, which is enough to cause some waves.

"Take today, for example. If I hadn't intervened, the people in the Chamber of Commerce would have grown cold and resentful due to the repeated blows. It seems to me that President Zhou no longer intends to fight. The Four Sects' 'reputation' has truly enveloped this land for far too long."

Haruyuki stared at Linjian. "So, what are you going to do?"

"Me?" Lin Jian preheated the furnace. "Refine the elixir, save lives. First, solve the current problem, then capture those two abandoned disciples and return to the sect to demand an explanation."

The outcasts did not know him, but he knew these outcasts.

He had just come down from the battlefield and was expelled from the sect not long ago, but he had already joined the Demon Worship Sect and came to this place to cause trouble.

This speed is a bit too fast.

Unless... it was premeditated?
Does the huge Zhengyang Sect also have people from the Demon Worship Sect?
Or perhaps, the so-called four major sects have actually been infiltrated like a sieve long ago?
Unlimited speculation about the unknown cast a pall over Lin Jian's heart. However, being in this situation, he could only take it one step at a time and respond accordingly.

……

The Chamber of Commerce's excitement for catching the three "masterminds" was only short-lived.

Pressuring me? I won't get any useful information out of it.

The other party even said that it was useless to catch them because they had other companions behind them.

If they want the Chamber of Commerce to die, they must kill it.

Search? The other party didn't have the stolen pills on him.

Soul search? Not to mention whether one dares to ignore the possibility that the other party is a disciple of the Four Sects and search, even if one searches, there is a possibility of finding nothing.

Therefore, the problem facing the Chamber of Commerce remained unchanged, and was even made worse by the action taken by the Lingyun Sect disciple just now.

"That thief just destroyed another hundred of the newly refined Xuanpin Chanxin Dew. There's absolutely no hope now."

President Zhou stared intently, the joy of having caught the mastermind long gone. "Where's Fellow Daoist Bai?"

He suddenly asked.

"Someone seemed to say that he had returned to the alchemy room."

"Back to the alchemy room?"

What do you mean?
President Zhou thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he strode towards the alchemy room.

"Brother Bai, do you have any other ideas?" Before anyone arrived, the president's voice came loudly.

Lin Jian sent out a final burst of Qi to stabilize the furnace temperature, then turned to look at the man who had rushed into the alchemy room and replied, "I didn't explain some of my plans beforehand, and I'm sorry to have caused the president to worry."

"Sure enough..." Zhou Xianda's eyes flashed with joy when he heard Lin Jian's answer.

Then he watched Lin Jian walk towards another alchemy furnace on the White Eye after he had just finished refining the Tai Chi diagram in the Black Eye Alchemy Furnace.

Lin Jian waved his hand and threw many medicinal materials into the furnace, then casually began to refine the next batch of pills. He handed the other furnace that had already been refined to Chunxue for follow-up work.

Judging from his movements, it is actually several times faster than before?
Looking at the box of pills in the corner of the alchemy room... His efficiency in refining pills alone is now at least twice as fast as when he and Master Zhang were refining together.

Lin Jian, who began refining the ingredients for the elixir, was multitasking, explaining to the Guild President, "To be honest, I came here specifically to deal with these people behind the scenes. That's why I haven't been refining with all my strength until now. Now that the situation is clear, I will naturally do my best to help the Guild overcome this difficult time."

Chairman Zhou calculated the output in his mind, and his newly-risen excitement was dampened again. "But that thief destroyed another hundred pills earlier. Even if Fellow Daoist Bai were to use all his strength to refine them, it seems that in the less than half a day left..."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Guild Master..." Lin Jian smiled and said, "As far as I know, the Chamber of Commerce's goods are to be shipped to the Central and Southern Heavenly Region, right? The journey will take nearly a day. As long as the Guild Master prepares a furnace for refining on the flying boat, and then makes some more on the way, that will be enough."

"So..." Zhou Xianda's eyes suddenly widened, and he suddenly prostrated himself. "Brother Bai Dao, your kindness is so great that the Chamber of Commerce cannot repay you! After this matter is settled, if Brother Bai Dao has any instructions, I, Zhou, will never refuse, even if it means death!"

"There's no need to risk your life. As long as President Zhou is willing to hand over the two captured Zhengyang Sect disciples to me after everything is over, that will be enough."

Zhou Xianda became even more excited upon hearing this. "Fellow Daoist Bai... Immortal Bai is truly a true immortal who saves those in need! To be honest, we're already worried about what to do with those cultivators disguised as disciples of the four sects. If Immortal Bai wants to take them away, it will bring a huge trouble to our Chamber of Commerce!"

Zhou Xianda turned around and walked out, saying as he walked, "Time is running out, I'll go prepare the alchemy furnace for the immortal!"

(End of this chapter)