Chapter 167 The seismometer walking in the world of cultivation
Shangdang County, Gongsun family.
Lin Shan and more than 20 people behind him waited quietly outside. After a while, the blank space in front rippled, a portal appeared, and a group of dozens of people walked out.
The leader was a middle-aged monk who was roughly in the late stage of foundation building. When he came out and saw Lin Shan, he came up to him with a smile, and at the same time put his hands together to greet him.
"You must be the envoy of the Black Lotus Sect, Fellow Daoist Lin."
"Yes, I am in Linshan. I took the liberty of coming to your place this time. I have to do it because I have to go to the peak. Please forgive me if I am rude."
Lin Shan held his hand and saluted, and a group of his subordinates followed the old man in style. The Gongsun family members opposite also bowed to him, showing a warm and hospitable attitude.
The middle-aged monk smiled heartily and raised his hand.
"No need to be formal, you are a guest, please!"
"Please!"
Lin Shan and others, surrounded by the Gongsun family, crossed the outer formation while talking and laughing.
After entering, the surrounding environment changes. Birds are singing, flowers are fragrant, streams are gurgling, spiritual fields are scattered here and there, bamboo groves are tall and lush, and landscape gardens are unique.
While everyone was walking forward, they could still see deer, deer and sheep appearing all around. A sudden flash of inspiration appeared in their eyes, showing that most of them were quite intelligent. The Gongsun family just allowed them to grow freely within the family, and it was obvious that they were quite accomplished at controlling beasts.
After walking through two spiritual mountains, there are medicinal fields dotted in front of them. Many medicinal materials are cultivated in batches. A disciple of the famous Gongsun family walks among them and takes good care of them.
Some people transported medicinal materials to the rows of alchemy rooms nearby. The chimneys spit out the smoke of earth lung fire, and the fragrance of elixirs came from inside the house.
Next to the alchemy room is the weapon-refining pavilion, where the sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding-ding" can be heard constantly. From time to time, you can hear the sound of magic weapons coming out of the furnace. It is obvious that the Gongsun family has several mass production lines.
Next, we passed by squares and courtyards, where we accidentally saw older monks instructing their disciples. Not only did they explain the secrets of cultivation in various realms, but they also taught them spells and practiced practical skills.
I walked more than ten miles without realizing it, and what I saw and heard along the way clearly shows that the Gongsun family has a profound heritage and has been passed down for a long time.
However, there is a vague feeling of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside
While chatting, Lin Shan also learned the identity of the middle-aged man in the late foundation building period. He was Gongsun Liu, the current second elder of the Gongsun family.
The head of the Gongsun family and the first elder are both real people in the Golden Core stage. They are both practicing hard in seclusion and ignoring worldly affairs. Therefore, the second elder takes care of the affairs inside and outside the family.
Lin Shan repeatedly praised the Gongsun family for its strong strength and having two ancestors at the Golden Core stage. It was indeed a well-established family in the world of cultivation.
The second elder, Gongsun Liu, kept waving his hands and modestly took Lin Shan to an attic and arranged a place for him to stay.
"Fellow Daoist Lin has come a long way, so you might as well rest for the night. We will discuss matters in the main hall tomorrow."
Lin Shan originally wanted to go straight to the point, but he didn't want to offend others. After all, the Gongsun family entertained them very attentively, so he had no choice but to agree.
"The guest does as the host does, that's how it should be."
The two of them smiled at each other. After watching Gongsun Lu leave, Lin Shan turned around and entered the attic, the smile on his face disappearing.
All the men around him gathered around, and the number one confidant, Mr. Zhong, took a step forward.
"Sir, this trip seems to have gone smoothly, but once we talk about recruiting reinforcements, tomorrow's talks may have twists and turns."
"That's natural. If my family is sent to the front line to participate in the war between good and evil as cannon fodder, no other force would be happy."
Lin Shan found a place to sit down with a thoughtful expression on his face as he analyzed the meaning of Protector Yan's words before leaving.
Does the Demon Sect's front line really need the support of these small and medium-sized sects and families, or is he just sent here to discourage them from causing trouble in the hinterland? Or maybe there was no expectation of support at all, and they simply allowed him to take refuge?
Although Lin Shan had some guesses, he still wasn't sure what going up to the peak meant, but it didn't affect his execution. Anyway, he would just go straight to the point with Gongsun Liu tomorrow morning and see what his reaction was.
When the time comes, you can respond flexibly and take advantage of the situation as you see it.
If the Gongsun family resists and they really can't bring back reinforcements, then at least they have to cut off a piece of meat to feed themselves.
Nowadays, the situation in the Song Dynasty is in a precarious situation, and he must do everything he can to use his status to gain benefits. After all, it is hard to say how long the three demon sects can persist. There is no need to shrink back at this juncture.
It’s time to do whatever it takes to get a vote.
I think Protector Yan means the same thing.
At this time, the phantom of the surging spiritual veins suddenly appeared on the surface of the virtual star disk in the storage bracelet.
Lin Shan's expression changed, and he quickly left everyone behind and went upstairs into a room alone. He threw out a set of concealment formations from his storage bag and isolated the interior of the room from the outside world before taking out the virtual star disk.
At this time, the earth veins on this spiritual treasure were shifting, the spiritual energy was chaotic, and clouds and mist sometimes gathered and sometimes dispersed.
Lin Shan compared these visions and thought for a long time before he figured out what was going on, and then connected it with the strange atmosphere brought to him by the Gongsun family during the day.
The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously. He didn't expect that this spiritual treasure would bring such a big surprise to him just after he got it and before he had even warmed it up. His eyes gradually became dim, and his thoughts suddenly drifted far, far away.
……
One night without words, the next day.
In the main hall of the family, Lin Shan and Gongsun Liu were sitting on the left and right respectively. The people sitting on both sides were all elders of the Gongsun family, more than a dozen of them during the foundation building period alone. This is only on the surface, and outsiders don't know how many people have not come.
Lin Shan directly took out the "Transfer Order" given to him by Protector Yan and handed it to the second elder Gongsun Lu next to him.
Gongsun Liu took the "Transfer Order" and input it with his spiritual power. The token was filled with white light, and the upper body of an illusory figure was projected in the mid-air in the main hall.
The illusory figure looked like an old man, whom Lin Shan had seen before. He was the commanding king of the Black Lotus Sect and a giant in the Nascent Soul stage.
"Fellow Taoists of the Gongsun family, the frontline of the demonic path is fiercely fighting, and we need nobles to help. You can send a Jindan master with a twenty-year foundation period to report at Dongmen Pass in the central theater. I am eagerly looking forward to it!"
The words fell.
Snap!
The command token rang out loudly and broke into several pieces. It fell from the palm of the second elder Gongsun Lu, and the illusory figure disappeared.
"Hiss"
All the elders of the Gongsun family in the hall took a breath of air-conditioning and were startled by the large opening of the lion from the Demonic United Front Department.
Then everyone looked gloomy and fell silent. Some people stared coldly at Lin Shan, who was at the top, but the young Demon Cult messenger had a calm face and was just sipping tea leisurely.
As for what's going on in his own heart, no one knows.
The scene was deserted for a while, and a depressing atmosphere gathered in front of the hall.
Who doesn’t know that Dongmenguan is one of the two main battlefields in the central theater? Thousands of immortal cultivators fight against each other every day, and if they are not careful, they will die from various unknown spells.
The Gongsun family is located in Shangdang County. They are also well-known in the northern part of the Song Dynasty as wealthy locals in the world of cultivation. They want people and land, sell spiritual medicines and produce spiritual grains. They are free and happy!
Why should I serve as cannon fodder for your demon?
You also need one golden elixir and twenty foundation builders all at once. You are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue. This is almost half of the Gongsun family's apparent secrets!
Of course, they only dared to roar in their hearts. They would never dare to say this in front of Lin Shan.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the three sects of the Demonic Way are currently at sunset, they cannot compete with them. The Black Lotus Sect alone still has dozens of Golden Core Protectors left, and trying to destroy their Gongsun family is just a joke.
But if you can't offend us, we can't offend you. If you ask us to work on the front line for you, we will definitely not let you simply get what you want.
Gongsun Liu took the lead to break the embarrassment, smiled slightly bitterly, and looked at Lin Shan with a worried look on his face.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, the request of your Dharma King Zhenjun really makes it difficult for us to wait!"
"Oh?"
Lin Shan took a leisurely sip of tea, wiped the rim of the cup with the tea lid, and smacked his lips.
"Elder Gongsun shouldn't tell me this. I'm just an errand boy and can't decide anything. If I have to say it, I should tell him to Dharma King Zhenjun!"
"Besides." Lin Shan turned his head with a smile and leaned slightly on the back chair.
“I don’t need to say more about the consequences if the war is delayed.”
"Elder Gongsun and all fellow Taoists here should know better than me"
As soon as he finished speaking, waves of spiritual pressure slowly surged from all over the main hall, and the atmosphere was invisibly dull and terrifying.
All the elders of the Gongsun family present had gloomy expressions on their faces, staring intently at the young man in white above them, but this man turned a blind eye to the favor and humiliation, which made people hate him but they had to admire the emissary's demeanor.
Gongsun Liu frowned and kept polishing the teacup with his fingers. He glanced at Linshan and saw that it was as stable as a mountain, and he had to smile again.
"Fellow Daoist Lin is young and is already in the middle stage of foundation building. Such a talented person must be a popular figure among some of the higher-ups in the sect. It shouldn't be difficult to say a few good words for my Gongsun family. Please excuse me.
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If the number of people supporting can be reduced by half, the Gongsun family will surely be richly rewarded.”
Lin Shan's expression changed, and he glanced at everyone on the field without leaving any trace. Seeing that none of the clan elders raised any objections, they seemed to acquiesce, and his heart began to become active.
With his current status, he is barely qualified to use power for personal gain.
Considering the changes in the virtual star chart last night and the ambiguous attitude of the United Front Work Department, the King of Commandments probably just said it casually.
Anyway, it seems that the Gongsun family will not send so many people to kill him, and before leaving, Protector Yan seemed to have some room for it, so if the benefits are enough, it is not impossible.
Lin Shan coughed twice and said with a troubled expression: "Alas, this is an order issued in the name of a senior official of the United Front Work Department, or the King of Command himself"
"Fifty thousand spirit stones!"
Gongsun Liu didn't blink an eyelid and directly offered a sky-high price.
"Uh"
Lin Shan couldn't help but pause in his tone, "This rich man from the Gongsun family!" So rich? The inheritance inherited from Kame Master was only close to 200,000 spirit stones. Is this equivalent to a quarter?
However, Lenovo passed by when he arrived and saw so many spiritual fields and medicine fields. Compared with one golden elixir and twenty foundation builders, this little money is really nothing.
At this moment, he still seemed to be struggling: "The United Front Department did not consider the situation of the Gongsun family. They did not expect that the aristocratic talents were withering and there was no replacement. They really cannot damage their vitality again."
All the elders in the field leaned forward one after another, with expectant expressions on their faces.
But Lin Shan changed the topic and had something to say: "The war between good and evil is in full swing. This is a battle of orthodox ideals. Naturally, we in the same camp should be selfless and help each other! Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. This is the righteousness that is better than family."
"Fellow Taoist Messenger is right, one hundred thousand spirit stones!"
Gongsun Lu is showing off his domineering attitude at this time. He doesn't even talk to you about the twists and turns. You just say whatever you say. I just want to increase the money!
readily!
Lin Shan secretly admired him, but the drama spirit had already taken over his body and he would not be able to get rid of it for a while.
It's not that he doesn't want to give up, but that his mind and soul are no longer up to him.
"It seems that your family is very loyal to the devil. The number of reinforcements this time is still open to discussion. However, I can never accept this spiritual stone. I am not that kind of person."
This shamelessness really made people hate him so much that all the tribesmen on the scene saw him blatantly ripping him off, their eyes were blazing with anger, and the good impression they had previously had due to his richness and handsomeness was completely wiped out.
Even the Black Skull Demon Lord couldn't stand listening anymore and couldn't help but send a message to him: "You're almost done, you really have to drive them crazy, the rabbit bites people!"
Lin Shan is as steady as an old dog: "The emperor is not anxious and the eunuch is anxious, so what are you afraid of?
Originally, it was their duty as a dependent force to support the front line. This group of people preserved their strength and watched from the other side. They were just wallflowers. What happened to me when I tricked them into using spiritual stones? ”
At this time, Gongsun Liu was no longer as arrogant as the previous two times, and he asked with some hesitation: "Then 150,000 spirit stones?"
His trembling voice already showed his inner uneasiness, because it is true that the Gongsun family has money, but money does not come from strong winds.
How much can Lingtian Linggu sell for? How many monks have you seen eating this stuff? The disciples of the great sect are all taking elixirs to sleep on their spiritual veins, and the poor and casual cultivators are all hiding in the mountains and old forests, grinding away at it. The only ones who eat this stuff are people like them who are neither above nor below.
As for the spiritual flowers and herbs in the medicinal field, it takes decades or hundreds of years for these heavenly and earthly spiritual creatures to grow, and the maintenance costs of manpower and material resources are ridiculously high. There are various restrictions and natural and man-made disasters, who knows who cares for them.
It's not like everyone has a "Heaven Palm Vase". The legendary Han Tianzun is a fiction in a novel, and is just used for tea talk among monks in the world of cultivation. No one will take it seriously.
But at this time, Lin Shan already knew it well. He clearly felt the bottom line and context of the Gongsun family, and finally showed his ferocious fangs.
"That's not enough. I want to borrow your family's spiritual treasure land and go deep into it to practice some seclusion."
"Huh?"
Everyone present immediately felt something was wrong. Their breathing was heavy, and everyone was panting like an ox. Their faces looked suspicious, but they all remained strangely silent.
Lin Shan's mouth was filled with amusement: "What? You can get 150,000 spirit stones, but you can't just stay in seclusion deep in the spirit veins?"
Gongsun Liu forced a smile and said: "Fellow Daoist Lin came from a major demon sect. What kind of paradise has he not seen? Our Gongsun family's spiritual energy is weak, so I am afraid it will be difficult for you to discern it."
"This is too self-effacing." Lin Shan chuckled leisurely: "The spiritual veins of your family just happened to catch up with the good luck that is rare in a thousand years!"
Gongsun Liu's smiling face gradually stiffened: "What do you mean, the messenger?"
"Spiritual Tide!"
Lin Shan put down the tea cup and sat upright.
"This envoy also wants to experience the tide of spiritual veins, so please help me!"
"What?!"
All the elders of the Gongsun family stood up instantly. None of them could control the spiritual power in their bodies. There was a "boom" and a wave of air rushed out from the entire main hall. The family monks guarding the door were all pushed to the ground.
The clan elders were all shocked and blurted out: "How do you know that the spiritual tide of our family is coming?"
They couldn't help but panic, because the geographical phenomenon of "spiritual tide" was not something that could be speculated by humans at all.
Every spiritual vein in this world could theoretically set off a "spiritual vein tide".
As the name suggests, it is due to the intersection and evolution of various indescribable earth veins, the gravitational pull of the lunar sky above the nine heavens, and the connection between the earth's magnetism and the stars in all directions, causing countless spiritual energy to seep out from deep in the earth's core to nourish the spiritual veins.
The capacity in the spiritual veins is limited, so part of the spiritual energy liquefies and gushes out, rolling in like a wave, even mixed with the strange nectar of heaven and earth.
In the end, by various chances and coincidences, they converged into a spiritual tidal wave.
If a cultivator can cultivate in the tide of spiritual veins, it will be like riding a rocket. The progress of cultivation will be rapid. This is a great opportunity that is rare in a thousand years!
According to incomplete statistics, the probability that spiritual veins in the world of cultivation can catch up with the "spiritual tide" is pitifully slim.
The elders of the Gongsun family felt that something was wrong with their spiritual veins half a year ago. They finally tried every possible means to consult ancient books and finally confirmed that their spiritual veins had won the grand prize with a probability of one in a million, and they had caught up with the spiritual vein tide!
Everyone rejoiced, and at the same time kept it strictly confidential, for fear that others would come to kill them if they found out. Although their Gongsun family had two Jindan ancestors, they were now on the territory of the devil.
Demonic masters are notoriously domineering, and no one thinks they can be reasonable. When the time comes when people eat the meat, they won’t even have a mouthful of soup left.
Moreover, the spiritual pulse tide has a time limit. Once it appears, it only lasts from a few months to half a year, and the number of people can only be limited to less than ten people. The Gongsun family's spiritual veins can only be regarded as middle-grade spiritual veins in the world of cultivation, and they can only provide five people with this opportunity at the same time.
High-grade spiritual veins are usually looted and occupied by top sects, so how can they get their turn?
Therefore, the reason why they don't want to send anyone to the front line is because there are five members of the Foundation Establishment clan who want to practice in the spiritual tide. If they can gather 20 more people to send to support the demonic camp, wouldn't the family be instantly empty? What if a hostile family discovers the spiritual tidal phenomenon and uses fire to rob it?
But the problem is that Lin Shan, the messenger of the Demon Cult, has only been here for a day, and the clan specially isolated him and his subordinates in the attic yesterday. How does he know the secret of the spiritual pulse tide?
Lin Shan smiled and said nothing. Are you kidding me about the innate spiritual treasure virtual astrolabe? What Feng Shui ley lines can be hidden from me?
Thanks to your Gongsun family for catching up, they met me just as they were about to eat alone.
I am the seismometer walking in the world of cultivation.
(End of chapter)