Chapter 113 Undercurrent surges, three strange things
No one noticed that Li Zhen did something strange.
All the foundation building disciples present were focused on Lin Chen.
And sent an invitation to Lin Chen.
"Senior Brother Lin, will you go with us to suppress the bandits and bring peace to Yanlai's territory?"
These people have all seen Lin Chen's performance in the sect competition.
In the late stage of Qi refining, he is so brave and perfect in foundation building... I am afraid it will be difficult to have an opponent in the late stage of foundation building, right?
Lin Chen also pondered for a moment after hearing this.
Although he has the confidence to suppress the bandits on his own, after all, he has three tribulation cultivators. If he can go with these sect disciples, he can also try the waters.
Let’s take a look at the level of those three-way tribulation cultivators first, and then it’s not too late to take action alone...
Thinking of this, Lin Chen cupped his hands and said:
"That's very good, then I'll be grateful to all the brothers for taking care of me!"
Soon, a dozen foundation building disciples discussed, each Make some preparations first.
An hour later, the disciples gathered in the Square.
Lin Chen didn’t have much to prepare. He first returned to Shanxiafang City, explained to Huang Xin, and advanced next month’s Lingshi salary in advance.
When Lin Chen left, more than two hundred disciples looked at him eagerly, with admiration in their eyes.
Where can I find a boss who greets me when I need something and advances my salary in advance?
......
Back at the disciple square, after Lin Chen waited for a while, the foundation building disciples arrived one after another.
Junior Brother Nie walked towards him and greeted Lin Chen:
"Senior Brother Lin has really made great progress! It has only been a while now... and we have reached the middle stage of foundation building!"
As he spoke, there was a hint of envy in his tone.
Lin Chen smiled and said with some confusion:
"Brother Nie, why are you alone...and not brother Ping?"
Nie and Ping, It was the same sect who had annihilated Jie Xiu with Lin Chen more than a year ago. Li Zhenqian was also present at that time.
Later, the two people said that they were going back to prepare for the foundation construction, and they did not see each other for a year.
Junior Brother Nie sighed after hearing this, and said with sadness on his face:
"Brother Ping didn't have time to build the foundation, but he was killed by Jie Xiu during a mission..."
"It's a pity that we two brothers swore to build the foundation together back then, but now I'm the only one left..."
Lin Chen fell silent after hearing this.
Nearly a quarter of the inner disciples of Changchun Sect have died in the past year.
Senior Brother Ping's death seems to be reasonable...
"Sorry, Brother Nie!"
Lin Chen patted his shoulder and consoled him.
Not long after, more than ten foundation-building monks took their weapons and drove towards the north.
Lin Chen also took out the purple jade gourd, stepped on it, and followed the crowd slowly.
Information about this mission flashed through my mind:
The target of their trip is Jade Belt City, two thousand miles north of Changchun Gate.
Yudai City is also an important city in Yanlai. There are nearly a million mortals in the city, and there are also some monks who live in the city.
Three hundred miles away from Yudai City, there is a mountain called Yudai Mountain.
Originally, the calamity cultivators on Yudai Mountain were nothing to worry about.
But with more than a year of fighting, the remnants of the Jie cultivators within thousands of miles around were gradually absorbed into the Jade Belt Mountain.
The reputation of this Jade Belt Village is getting bigger and bigger, with hundreds of Qi Refining Tribulation Cultivators and seven or eight Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivators.
The leader of Yudai Village calls himself Yudai Scholar.
He is a sixth-level monk who is good at strategy and skills, and is also good at swordsmanship.
The goal of everyone this time is to completely destroy the Jade Belt Mountain Tribulation Cultivator.
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All the way to the north, more than ten foundation-building monks were walking with their weapons.
In just a few hours, they traveled over mountains and ridges for more than two thousand miles.
In the evening, everyone arrived at Yudai City.
In order to avoid Jie Xiu's spies in Yudai City, everyone dressed up in disguise and entered the city one after another.
Then they will settle in the agreed inns in batches.
It was not until night that everyone met together.
“Everyone, the Yudai Mountain Tribulation Cultivator is not a trivial matter, we still need to proceed with caution.”
“How about we find the sect’s informant tomorrow, carefully inquire about the first-hand situation, and then formulate an action plan? ?”
Li Fengping is a wise man, he said so.
Everyone nodded after hearing this.
"Indeed, hundreds of large mountain strongholds built by Tribulation cannot be easily captured. We must first obtain first-hand information..."
"Then at noon tomorrow, find the informant in Yudai City. , make a decision after getting detailed information!”
The group of people quickly made a decision and returned to their respective inn rooms.
"Senior Brother Lin? When did you enter the middle stage of foundation building?"
After entering the room, Li Zhenqian, who had been holding back for a day, finally couldn't help but ask.
Lin Chen glanced at him lightly. Because the inn room was limited, he had to squeeze into the same room as Li Zhenqian.
"Uh, about a month ago, right? How..."
Lin Chen glanced at Li Zhenqian and said casually.
Li Zhenqian gritted his teeth when he heard this. He had only broken into the third floor of the foundation a few days ago.
This shows that the gap between the two is getting wider and wider!
Thinking of this, Li Zhenqian pointed at Lin Chen and said:
"Senior Brother Lin, you can go to sleep... I will keep watch!"
Lin Chen shook his head. He shook his head and said:
"I usually don't sleep, just practice instead..."
As he said that, Lin Chen found a corner to sit cross-legged, took out the spirit stone and practiced silently.
When Li Zhenqian saw this scene, he clenched his hands even more, with only one thought in his mind:
"Li Zhenqian, Li Zhenqian! There are people who are more talented than you, but they are more talented than you. If you still work hard, you must surpass him!"
Thinking of this, Li Zhenqian simply stayed up and spent the whole night imitating Lin Chen in meditation.
A true scholar!
But unfortunately, his attention was all on Lin Chen and he couldn't concentrate on practicing all night.
……
Early the next morning.
After Lin Chen finished practicing, he saw Li Zhenqian in another corner staring at him with two dark circles under his eyes.
"Uh, is Junior Brother Li practicing the Eye Category Technique? Is it the Bright Eye Technique or the Purple Eye Thunder Technique?"
Lin Chen asked curiously.
Li Zhenqian's face looked a little ugly, and he just muttered: "Let's go, according to the plan we are going to find the informant in the city..."
Lin Chen nodded slightly, they did take over yesterday This burden.
So the two of them left the inn and wandered around Yudai City.
I saw many stalls and shops on both sides of the street, which was about ten feet wide.
Rouge gouache, candied snacks, or restaurants, inns, jade pawn shops...
This Jade Belt City is a major economic city in the north. It is famous because the Jade Belt Hanoi outside the city produces beautiful jade. It is far away, so the economy in the city is very developed.
Although it is not as good as the capital Yanlai, it is also ranked as the second largest city in Yanlai country.
Lin Chen wandered around and occasionally bought two pieces of mortal jade for pleasure.
After walking for a while, Li Zhenqian behind him suddenly burst into laughter.
"Haha, are all the men in this Jade Belt City dead? Why do you let women come out to set up stalls and sell goods?"
Lin Chen frowned and was about to speak, but suddenly realized that it seemed Indeed.
Along the way, most of the stall vendors are women, but there are very few men setting up stalls.
This is unreasonable. After all, in this ancient society, there is no reason for one's own women to come out and show off.
"Well, Junior Brother Li really observed carefully... This is indeed a bit unreasonable."
Lin Chen sighed in admiration.
Li Zhenqian behind him was stunned for a moment. He just complained, but did not realize the meaning behind it.
The two of them walked all the way to the entrance of an alley and saw a blind man setting up a stall.
According to the intelligence, this blind man is the sect’s spy in Jade Belt City.
Lin Chen took a closer look and felt that the blind man looked familiar.
So he asked tentatively: "A plate of pig head meat?"
"Two taels are for nothing!" The blind man blurted out, but was shocked for a moment.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, he put away his stall and walked towards the alley behind him. Before leaving, he gave Lin Chen a gesture.
"Sure enough, wasn't this person the spy in Guangyuan Town? Why was he transferred to Yudai City..."
Since they were acquaintances, Lin Chen felt a lot more relieved.
So he took Li Zhenqian for a few more rounds, then turned around and entered the deep alley.
After seeing Lin Chen, the blind fortune teller took off his sunglasses, looked around and muttered:
"Why are you the good boy? You have already established a foundation in just one year. ?”
“Haha, it’s just a matter of luck... Why did fellow Taoist transfer to Jade Belt City?” Lin Chen said with some confusion. "Alas..." the blind fortune teller began to complain.
It turns out that more than a year ago, since the war started, all towns and cities needed eye spies, and Guangyuan Town was not far from Changchun Mountain, so the spies were transferred to the front line.
This is why the blind fortune teller came to Jade Belt City for more than a year.
After knowing the situation, Lin Chen nodded slightly and said:
"Fellow Taoist, you should first tell me about the situation in that cottage, right?"
After hearing this, the blind fortune teller said:
"The Yudai Village is not an ordinary robbery cultivator force, especially the Yudai Scholar is very cautious."
"He has many informants in Yudai City. Just observe the monks coming and going...were you not discovered when you came?"
Lin Chen shook his head. They came in in batches and should not be discovered.
The blind fortune teller breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then talked about the information he had obtained.
"Scholar with the Jade Belt, it seems that he should be at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment...but it is still unclear whether he has any hidden cultivation." The master, six foundation-building monks..."
"This group of tribulation cultivators are fierce and aggressive, good at magic, and they also got a batch of Wu Lei Zi from somewhere, and their power is amazing. People can threaten Qi Refining Perfection monks...be careful when you see them!"
"At the same time, there are many secret dens on Yudai Mountain, and hundreds of kalpa cultivators take turns to guard them...Be careful if you want to enter the mountain! I heard that there is a secret passage in the cottage that is used by scholars with jade belts to escape..."
The blind fortune teller gave a rough summary of the information in the cottage.
Lin Chen frowned slightly after hearing this. It seemed that this journey of calamity cultivation was indeed a bit difficult.
There is a sentry point on the mountain, and a secret tunnel is dug for escape at any time... This jade-belt scholar is indeed a cautious person.
But what worries Lin Chen more is Wu Leizi!
"It is very likely that I sold these five thunder seeds..."
Lin Chen thought silently.
Over the past year or so, he has sold more than thousands of Wuleizi, mostly purchased by casual cultivators.
It is inevitable that the Tribulation Cultivator forces will be mixed in and secretly purchase a batch.
But Lin Chen couldn't stop eating because of choking, because Jie Xiu might have bought his magic weapon without earning the spiritual stone.
After the blind fortune teller informed all the information about Yudai Village, Lin Chen couldn't help but ask a question:
"Fellow Taoist, I walked all the way today, but I saw that there are many people in this city. Why do women rarely see men when they go out to sell goods?”
After hearing this, the blind fortune teller's face changed slightly, but he still whispered:
"Three strange things have happened in Yudai City in the past year..."
"The first one A strange thing is that a year ago, Mr. Zheng, a sweetheart named Liannan Lingling in the city, came home drunk and was found dead on the street the next day. Only the skin was left, but his flesh and bones were missing..."
“Since then, every three to five days, no matter day or night, mortals in the city have been skinned and died miserably... Many immortal cultivating families in the city have launched investigations, but to no avail.”
< br>"From then on, only women in this Jade Belt City went out to seek a living, while men only dared to stay at home and did not dare to go out easily."
Lin Chen frowned slightly after hearing this.
Dead on the street, with only skin and no flesh and bones left... This is too shocking!
The blind fortune teller continued:
“The second strange thing is that there are many cries of ghosts in the cemeteries outside the city, and all mortals who pass by the cemeteries will definitely fall seriously ill.”
“What’s even weirder is that most of the mortals in the city have said that they have received dreams from their ancestors from the past, asking them to go to the cemetery to worship... But the deceased came back in despair and died within a few months..."
"This third strange thing is related to the second strange thing."
"After the incident at the cemetery, big families in the city paid for many Qi Refining monks to come and check, but no results were obtained."< br>
“Only the wild dog gang in the south of the city dispatched hundreds of black dogs to kill evil spirits with their blood. , and finally suppressed the ghost on the grave..."
"This was originally a good thing, but a passer-by passed by the cemetery and saw the black dog transformed into a human form digging graves and gnawing bones, which was chilling..."
After hearing what the blind fortune teller said, Lin Chen and Li Zhenqian frowned and looked at each other.
In troubled times, many evildoers arise.
The strange things in Jade City are indeed quite shocking...
"Lin...Senior Brother Lin, let’s go report the situation in the village first. We haven’t accepted the mission of strange things in the city..."
Li Zhenqian on the side shivered, looking at the dark alley around him, he was already feeling a little chilly.
Although he has cultivation to protect himself, he is only fifteen or sixteen years old after all, which is the time to believe in ghosts and gods...
After hearing this, Lin Chen touched his chin and said to the blind fortune teller:
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for the tip. When this matter is over, fellow Taoist can be transferred back to the rear..."
After hearing this, the blind fortune teller sighed and said: "I hope so!"
...
After returning to the inn, Lin Chen informed all the information about Yudai Village and also mentioned it. Weird things in the city.
After hearing this, Li Fengping frowned slightly and said:
"In troubled times, people cannot live in peace!"
"But we are here to suppress bandits this time... We should report this strange thing in the city to the sect first. Let’s wait and decide!”
The others nodded slightly after hearing this.
“Let’s make a plan to attack the mountain first!”
A senior brother with an upright look expressed his thoughts.
“The large number of robbery cultivators in Yudai Mountain is very difficult, and there are even more outposts to explore inside and outside. I am afraid that we will be ambushed before we attack the mountain.”
“Besides, there are secrets in the mountain. "If you act recklessly, I'm afraid you won't be able to annihilate the enemy leader!"
After hearing this, Lin Chen nodded slightly and said that the man's name was Wan Xun, and he was the only monk in the late stage of foundation building among the people.
Wan Xun glanced around and looked at Li Fengping.
"Brother Li, you are good at formations... Between you, before we attack the stronghold, can you set up formations in advance and take advantage of it?"
After hearing this and thinking deeply, Li Fengping nodded and said:
“Theoretically it is possible, but the area of Yudai Mountain is too large and it is difficult for me to do it alone. "
He looked up at Li Zhenqian, Ao Shixiang and other disciples who were good at formations, and added:
"However, if the calamity can be detected in advance. It may be feasible to fix the specific coordinates and let us foundation-building monks jointly set up the formation!”
Lin Chen nodded when he heard this.
It is true that a strong attack is not the best strategy. If you can arrange your formation in advance to gain an advantage, you can save a lot of energy.
So Wan Xun’s strategy was unanimously recognized by everyone.
"In this case, let's proceed in batches... Some monks will accompany me to explore the intelligence and layout of the cottage."
"Then the Taoist friends who are good at formations will prepare the formations. What are the details of the arrangement?”
Wanxun took the lead in speaking like a senior brother.
Li Fengping also nodded, came to Lin Chen's side and said:
"Junior brother Lin, you are also quite good at formations, why don't you set up formations with us?"
Lin Chen thought for a moment and then agreed.
So, in the next three days, the group divided into two groups.
Wan Xun led four foundation-building disciples to explore the terrain of Yudai Mountain in advance, as well as the distribution of major sentinel points and mountain villages, and drew a detailed map.
Li Fengping led the remaining five people to prepare the formation layout.
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On the fourth day, the intelligence terrain survey was basically completed, and Li Fengping led a few people up Yudai Mountain.
"Everyone, there are four strongholds on Yudai Mountain, each several miles apart..."
"From what you can see, which formation is better?"
Li Fengping looked around and focused on Lin Chen.
Lin Chen thought for a while and then said: "I think the Earth Dragon Trapped Elephant Formation that Senior Brother Ao is good at is the most suitable..."
The group of people heard this and looked at Ao Shixiang.
He had demonstrated the power of the Earth Dragon Trapped Elephant Formation during the previous sect competition.
In this Yudai Mountain with strong earth veins, the power of the Earth Dragon Trapped Elephant Formation can be further enhanced.
After hearing this, Ao Shixiang pondered for a moment and nodded: "Yes, if we set up the Earth Dragon Trapped Elephant Formation, we only need to set up five formations... to cover four strongholds. , and finally are linked together to introduce more power of earth veins Cottage."
"At that time, even the foundation-building monks will not be able to escape easily."
"However, the layout of the Earth Dragon Trap Elephant Formation will inevitably cause abnormal movements in the earth's veins. If it is discovered by the robbery cultivator... …”
After hearing this, Li Zhenqian on the side spoke.
I saw him take out a set of formation flags from the storage bag and said:
“This formation is the aura-concealing formation passed down from my Li family’s ancestors. It can best conceal the aura produced by the formation. The fluctuations are abnormal.”
< br>"As long as this formation is arranged in advance, the Earth Dragon and Trapped Elephant Formation will not be discovered!"
Ao Shixiang's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he sighed: "As expected of the Li family in Yanlai City, they really have the background. Generous! ”
"Okay, now that I'm setting up the formation, I'll leave it to you. Just listen to my arrangements and help later!"
Everyone looked happy as soon as the Earth Dragon Trapped Elephant Formation came out.
The robbery cultivators on Yudai Mountain were like being caught in a urn, with no possibility of escape.
After hearing the praise, Li Zhenqian looked at Lin Chen with a proud expression and felt light in his heart.
So, everyone followed the plan and first set up a covering formation.
After that, we worked together to set up the Earth Dragon Trapped Elephant Formation.
During this period, everyone had to hide their whereabouts to prevent being discovered by the mountain robbers.
Therefore, the formations were set up for a full night, and it was not until the early morning of the next day that the five earth dragon trapped elephant formations were arranged.
Li Fengping breathed a long sigh of relief to relieve his fatigue, then raised his head and glanced at the sky. At this time, there were still two hours before dawn.
So he said:
"Everyone, take a rest for a while..."
"We will activate five formations at the same time before dawn, first pull out the sentry...and then attack the stronghold!"
(End of this chapter)< br>