Seeking ancient teachings.
The interrogation at the Intelligence Hall is over.
"Drag them all out and kill them!"
Li Yuanjie didn't even take a second look at these craftsmen, and directly decided their life and death.
"No, sir, we are just following orders, we don't know anything..."
The disciples of the Intelligence Hall also act under orders, and they do whatever their superiors tell them to do.
This time, another secret stronghold of the Swallowing Star Gate was discovered, located in the territory of Western Lu, but not in the Lujiang River Basin.
Li Yuanjie asked the leader whether to pursue cross-border tracking.
"Just take someone to arrest you. I'll see which local snakes dare to stop you!"
Luxi has been suppressed miserably by the Lujiang League in recent years. There are many people who are unhappy, and there are even small groups secretly fighting against it.
However, despite the trouble, no one dared to target it.
If we really want to find something, the Lujiang League will have a reason to bring people to the door the next day. This is no joke.
Li Yuanjie took the order and left.
Lin Shan walked out of the information hall. He still didn't know much about the reason why Swallowing Star Gate investigated him, but he could vaguely guess a thing or two.
"The celestial bodies in the sky must be of great use in Zhenjun Yuxing's cave!"
"However, it is a pity that I am not a real Zhoutian celestial body. I have only been transformed by the star power collected by the Lingbao Virtual Star Disk for a long time..."
"If arresting people and interrogating them doesn't yield any information, it seems that we can only go to the Star Swallowing Gate as soon as possible."
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In Qianshan Square, a public execution was taking place at this time.
The organizer is none other than the Black Skull Demon Lord sitting at the top!
This skeleton monster is majestic, deep and terrifying, with ten large flags arranged in a fan shape behind it, like a peacock spreading its tail.
The deacons and disciples at all levels below stood separately and quietly watched the performance in the center.
"Ahhhh~ let me go, do you know who I am? My father-in-law is a professor from Shangyang Academy. If he finds out, he will definitely come to save me!"
"Seniors of the Xun Gu Sect, please don't be impulsive. My wife's family has considerable wealth in business. You can raise as much ransom as you want!"
"Cowards! Cowards! It makes me sick to see you groveling! A man who takes life and death lightly will do whatever he wants!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusuuuu, you officials are so cruel, and the slave family's life is so hard..."
...
These people are all prisoners.
To be precise, he was a relative of the merchant who was defeated in the Happy Forest and was captured and executed by the Xun Gu Sect.
The one who yelled the loudest was the son-in-law of Shang Geng, the professor of Shang Yang Academy. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, he simply went crazy and vented his anger.
The one who was crying was none other than Yu Jiao Niang, the traitor of the Xun Gu Sect and the concubine of the former Elder Hei Ku.
At that time, this woman was infamous and was hunted by many forces. After escaping to the Xun Gu Sect, she was accepted and blocked all troubles for her.
It turned out that she was lucky. She spent some time as a vase and then sneaked away without making a sound.
He even joined a rival businessman and married a dying old man in order to inherit half of his inheritance.
There are rules in the cultivating family. Once a clan member dies, his or her lifetime wealth will be divided according to circumstances. If there are heirs who are cultivators, it will be passed on to the heirs. If there are no descendants, half of it will be confiscated.
The remaining half can be given to your parents' family.
In order to take advantage of this loophole, Yu Jiaoniang was willing to commit herself to the other party. Anyway, she didn't know how much money she had, and she didn't care about things like her reputation for chastity.
But nothing good comes for free in the world.
Since you have become a relative of my merchant, you must obey orders when necessary, so you went with the flow to Happy Forest and met Gao Daoda of the Xun Gu Sect.
In fact, if she had been the same as before, kept a low profile and lived her duties honestly, she might have been able to hide from the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year.
But who would have thought that she once made a speech in Happy Forest, saying that she wanted to sign Elder Hei Ku's detailed signature.
The pinch is broken!
This sentence has been widely fermented since then, causing heated discussions in the cultivation world and instantly becoming a hot topic in recent years.
There are so many migrant workers in the world of cultivation. Who wouldn’t be interested in talking about the scandal involving Master Jin Dan?
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord became so angry that he went straight to Happy Forest.
Since the merchant was the first to send Jindan Zhenren to break the rules, it was natural for him to take action at this time.
In addition, the pursuit of traitors to the Xun Gu Sect is inherently reasonable and no one can blame it morally.
After the incident in Chixiao City, the merchants immediately realized that something was wrong.
Although they didn't know who the Master Jin Dan was who assassinated Mu Yan, the Xun Gu Sect would definitely take this opportunity to retaliate severely, so they quickly sent Master Jin Dan to the two places to take precautions.
The elders of the merchants went to Chixiao City in person, and Kuaihuolin sent a guest from the Jindan period with a different surname there.
The merchant originally did not have anyone with the surname Jin Dan. Not long ago, they invited two Jin Dan from Xuchan Cave in East Lu who had a festival dispute with the Lujiang League.
Dingqing Sanren, Mrs. Xuantai.
These two men once pursued the enemy to the Lujiang League, but were blocked from entering and had to leave in despair.
Now that he has been invited by a businessman to support him, he readily agrees to go out and jointly deal with the Xun Gu Sect.
But when they came to Happy Forest, they happened to run into the Black Skeleton Demon Lord, who was also new to the area.
The two sides started a war!
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord was one against two, so it was no problem to deal with these two people.
When I originally went to Ludong to look for the innate spiritual fetus, I promised to take care of these two people and avenge the master of Xuchan Cave.
As a result, the two men were called away by the merchant.
Now that they are on a rush and delivered to me, how can I let them go?
He immediately held down these two men and chased them fiercely!
It's a pity that they came here, thinking that they could enjoy the hot food and drink spicy food by following the merchants, and by the way, they would clean up the fish that slipped through the net and find clues to the innate spiritual fetus.
Who would have expected that he would encounter such an experienced opponent as the Black Skull Demon Lord? The more he fought, the more uncomfortable he became. The more he fought, the harder he fought, and he had to turn around and run away.
In the end, the Dingqing Sanren in the early stage of the Golden Elixir were killed, and Mrs. Xuantai in the middle stage of the Golden Elixir was seriously injured and escaped.
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord is not good at speed, so he turned back without catching up.
But with this effort, all the merchants in Happy Forest ran away, including Yu Jiao Niang.
In a rage, the Black Skeleton Demon King washed Happy Forest with blood!
It is said that that night, everyone in the market at the foot of the mountain heard the roar of Jindan Master.
Immediately, the terrifying big hand fell, knocking down rows of dense mountain forests, and the flaming flags burned blazingly, burning the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack mountain stronghold into ruins.
Fortunately, Gao Dang was smart enough to save Xu Shun, the second master of Happy Lin, but everyone else was destroyed and no one survived!
Afterwards, the merchant took back the seriously injured Mrs. Xuantai, and strongly condemned Elder Hei Ku of the Xun Gu Sect for his inhumanity and indiscriminate killing of innocent people.
But these words are useless, Happy Forest has been completely included in the sphere of influence of Xun Gu Sect.
And Chixiao City also did not stop.
The merchant's Jindan elders came hand in hand, firstly to stabilize the place, and secondly to investigate the cause and truth of the matter.
Who are those two Golden Core Stage monks who ignored order and fought in the Immortal City? Why did they let themselves take the blame and give the Xun Gu Sect an excuse to take action?
This investigation is progressing rapidly.
Chi Chen, the deputy city lord of Chixiao City, without consulting the merchants, invited outside Jindan-level casual cultivators, Hua Guhuaiyin to take action!
Promise that as long as he can assassinate Mu Yan, he will give you generous gifts!
The Huaiyin San cultivator was worthy of being a Jindan cultivator. He was so bold that he was not afraid of those who wore shoes even if he was barefoot. He actually launched an assassination attempt on Mu Yan without even saying a word.
That battle was beyond everyone's expectation, including Chi Chen himself, that a Golden Core Stage cultivator would appear next to Mu Yan.
After that night, two Jindan monks and Mu Yan disappeared, and a quarter of Chixiao City that his father left to him was destroyed.
His mother advised him to quickly and properly resettle the wounded in the city, restore order to Fairy City as soon as possible, find ways to divert panic from public opinion, try to minimize losses, and delay population loss.
After all, the casual cultivators came to settle down and work in Immortal City just to make a living as cultivators.
Once you find that your place is no longer safe, you will naturally seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, just like capital merchants, and move to a safe place.
This is what his brother Chi Xiao, the lord of Chixiao City in the Xungu Sect, did.
But he was completely indifferent and had no interest in disaster relief and reconstruction. Instead, he took advantage of Mu Yan's disappearance and led his team to launch an attack on the city lord's palace!
When the Shang family saw Chi Chen, they didn't even feel sorry for themselves, let alone them!
It would be best if we could drive away the Xun Gu Sect and call it a day and go home as early as possible, so we followed him and killed him.
Without Mu Yan, the City Lord's Mansion has lost its backbone.
Fortunately, the current city lord Chi Xiao is still somewhat responsible. Of course, he is also afraid that he will be punished by his brother if he fails, so he steps forward at the critical moment and takes up the burden of resistance.
Mu Yan of the Xun Gu Sect is no longer here, but Shang Lu and Song Zhong, the two hegemons of Rangshan, are still there. Although these two brothers are not smart, their strength has reached its peak during the foundation building period, and they managed to survive until Master Zhankong arrived!
The merchant was not slow either, only less than half an hour behind Master Zhankong!
Master Zhankong is an old boy who is very clever. He immediately instructs his disciples and grandsons to set up formations as soon as they land. He thinks about defeat before thinking about victory, and he counts everything carefully.
When the merchant Jin Dan arrived, he even rushed up and started a fight!
It's just that the result was a bit unworthy of his decisiveness...
Let the merchant's Jindan master beat him so hard that he almost couldn't come back!
The disciples of the Formation Hall were so capable that they relied on the mountain-protecting formation that was moved from the Xun Gu Sect to bring him back. From then on, they never mentioned the matter of going to fight, and turned around and put up the no-fight card.
The merchants on the opposite side attacked fiercely for several days, but they couldn't do anything about the turtle shell, so they had to give up for the time being.
They began to focus on investigating the cause of the incident, and after finding out that it was the deputy city lord Chi Chen who was responsible, even though they were extremely angry, they could only give verbal warnings.
Now, firstly, we still need this puppet to act as a facade, and secondly, the original team of Chixiao City can also be regarded as a help, so it is not appropriate to cut off one's own arms.
The two sides fought for a while, and neither could do anything to the other but could only ask for help from behind at the same time.
Seeing that they had lost Happy Forest, the merchant simply put all his bets on Chixiao City and sent more than one Jindan Daoist, even the great elder of the clan's Jindan late stage came in person!
Patriarch Lu Que from the Xun Gu Sect had to leave the border and go to Chixiao City to take charge.
The Black Skull Demon King was still clinging to Gao Daochang, and ordered his men to sweep the net across the country to search for the whereabouts of the traitor Yu Jiao Niang.
That time, Yu Jiaoniang rode the Black Skeleton Demon Lord into a battle with the two golden elixir masters, and secretly escaped from the ground all the way to the north. Unfortunately, she still couldn't escape Lu Xi.
Because the difference in flight speed between the Golden Core Stage and the Foundation Establishment Stage is really big.
A royal weapon flies, and a rainbow flies.
If it were a magic weapon, it would be okay. No matter how much the magic weapon flew, it would not be able to fly past the Rainbow Technique.
After half a year of blockade and various pursuits and interceptions.
Yu Jiaoniang and most of the merchants and guests were discovered while hiding in Tibet. They were captured alive and brought back to the Xun Gu Sect.
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord has been paying attention to another battlefield.
After learning that Patriarch Lu Que had come to help out, he relaxed and ignored the other side and returned to Xiafang City in Happy Forest Mountain to run a good business, frightening many surrounding forces that were ready to take action.
By the way, I arranged the dividends from my various shares, made a few rents and earned extra money, and then left here with satisfaction.
After returning, he directly ordered the remaining disciples below to hold a mobilization meeting for all.
Just to clarify the canonical punishment.
Let everyone in the sect know the consequences of apostasy!
Anyway, Yu Jiaoniang's reputation is already bad, and she has spread her scandal everywhere. She must be cut into pieces to relieve her hatred!
The merchant's relatives should also be killed, and Lin Shan had to kill Master Shang Ding of the Jindan stage, so who should follow these people?
The death of Master Shang Ding really stung the merchant's nerves.
No one would be willing to part with a Jindan Zhenren, and losing one would be very painful.
Lin Shan even sent his head to Shangyang Academy!
It is said that after Master Shang Geng received it, he was so angry that he almost mobilized his own forces and went to Tianfu Mountain to ask for advice!
However, he is not the only one who has the final say in Shangyang Academy. Even within his own lineage, there is resistance that does not agree, which prevents him from publicly avenging his private revenge.
Using his influence, he thought it would be an easy task to mobilize his connections and cause trouble for the Xun Gu Sect.
But when it comes to taking action, not many dare to take action, and not many speak out to denounce it.
Because everyone knows that the Xun Gu Sect is now flourishing, and the leader of the Xun Gu Sect is even more of a celestial being. I have no grudges with him, so why should I share the pressure with you?
Is it just a friendship between teachers?
Sorry, normal exchanges of interests are fine, but we can't do anything about this kind of matter involving Tianjiao.
In the square, this group of people shouted a lot and finally got tired of shouting.
Knowing that he would definitely die today and saying anything was useless, all the disciples of the Xun Gu Sect below had mocking expressions on their faces.
"Noon has arrived. Please ask Elder Hei Ku for instructions on whether to carry out the execution?"
The Black Skull Demon Lord nodded indifferently. In addition to the busy information hall, everyone on the mountain basically came to bear witness.
The bright ghost-headed sword fell.
"Pfft~"
"Pfft~"
"Pfft~"
Heads were rolling and blood was scattered all over the floor.
Afterwards, it is not difficult to imagine that today's execution will be widely circulated in the cultivation world and become news about Xungu Sect.
Lin Shan looked at it, shook his head and smiled.
He doesn't bother to care about anything that happens to the Black Skull Demon Lord.
Happy Forest has been taken, and with Ancestor Lu Que in Chixiao City, there should be no big problem.
Next, I have more important things to do.
Brother Chicken appeared out of nowhere at this time and jumped directly on his shoulder.
Chapter completed!