Chapter 169 Three years later, the Righteous Alliance spies!
Lin Chen squinted and looked at President Liu from the screen.
I am thoughtful.
It is true that "people die for wealth and birds die for food."
The huge temptation of three to four million spirit stones was enough to make the female alchemy cultivator named Yang Rong take the risk and betray the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce to join the Demon Sect.
It is entirely possible that this was Yang Rong's decision alone, and the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce, including President Liu, did not know about it.
But is there another possibility?
Was Yang Rong's betrayal carried out under the hint or even the instruction of the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce?
The Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce, a Nascent Soul-level force well-known in Qingzhou, claims that it never interferes in the battles between various forces and only conducts business in a stable manner.
However, the struggle between good and evil has been going on for several years.
The influence is too great, and many forces are forced to be involved in this battle.
For example, Jiangmo Temple, or Wenlu Academy, etc.
Jiangmo Temple directly sent monks to stand on the side of the Righteous Alliance.
Wenlu Academy and other neutral forces secretly traded with the Righteous Alliance, selling elixirs, talismans, etc. at low prices.
Even if they are neutral forces, they do not want to see the Demon Sect become the dominant one. At least they do not want to see the Demon Sect win this battle too easily.
As for the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce...
If nothing else, it is a branch in Yanlai territory. Doesn’t it provide little help to the Righteous Alliance?
But now the Demon Sect is powerful and the Righteous Alliance is in decline.
Master Yuanying didn’t take action, so he let the old demon with blood eyes make trouble everywhere.
If the Righteous Alliance is defeated in the end, will these neutral forces also have to think of a way out?
"So, is there such a possibility..."
"The Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce is actually betting on both sides. That Yang Rong is actually showing goodwill to the Demon Sect... But they didn't expect that that scene The result of the battle will be that the old devil with blood eyes escapes in embarrassment..."
Lin Chen touched his chin, it was not impossible.
Monks are inherently egoistic, not to mention businessmen among monks?
It is even more unprofitable to afford it early...
"No matter what, you have to be careful when dealing with Guangyuan Auction and not expose your identity..."
Lin Chen thought silently.
"As it is now, let the martial arts puppets trade at the auction, and it will be easier and less troublesome..."
Lin Chen thought of this and issued several orders to Long Ba.
Long Ba, who was far away at the auction, smiled and said:
"President Liu, can we still not believe you?"
"Don't worry, our future transactions will continue as normal..."
After hearing this, President Liu relaxed His tone and expression changed slightly and he asked in a low voice:
"Fellow Daoist Long, was Daoist Xu Shi okay during that battle?"
Long Ba nodded calmly and said:
"Don't worry, the old monster with blood eyes can't do anything to me, Fengling Yueying Sect..."
"Haha, but the old monster is seriously injured now, I'm afraid he won't be able to come out in a few years!"
After hearing this, President Liu immediately looked serious.
The dignified Yuanying monk actually lost?
How many years will it take to recover even from a serious injury?
This is a big deal...
President Liu's first reaction was not to believe it, but when he saw that Long Ba was safe and sound, and that the bounty had been increased recently...
He still believed it. half.
“As expected of the Fengling Yueying Sect, their methods are indeed superb!” President Liu flattered.
After the transaction was completed, Long Ba left the auction under Lin Chen’s instruction.
President Liu walked into a secret room and took out a communication jade slip that seemed to be contacting someone.
......
Half a year later, Qinghe City.
On this day, Lin Chen was practicing in his mansion.
Today, Changqing Jue has been cultivated to the fifth level of the Golden Elixir Chapter.
Lin Chen's daily schedule was also very regular, except for coordinating the arrangement of formations.
Lin Chen must ensure four hours of basic practice every day, which is used to practice the Evergreen Jue and the Ninth Generation Martial Arts Breathing Technique.
If he has free time, Lin Chen practices Tianyan Jue, Rotten Wood Technique, Heavenly Thunder Subduing Demonic Body, etc.
Recently, Lin Chen has been paying special attention to the practice of Heavenly Thunder Conquering the Demonic Body.
After all, the Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Body has the ability to exorcise evil spirits and subjugate demons, doubling its power against demonic cultivators.
The old devil with blood eyes was Lin Chen's biggest enemy at the moment.
Being able to learn this secret technique, Lin Chen will be more confident if he encounters the old devil with blood eyes in the future.
“The sky thunder subdues the demon body, and the untold secret of the Demon Subduing Temple... is actually a method of physical cultivation in ancient times.”
“Using the sky thunder to temper the body, condense the true essence and physical skills. Double cultivation, let the true essence contain the evil-repelling power of the Demon-Conquering Heavenly Thunder..."
"This technique is quite good!"
Lin Chen stretched out his left hand, and a flash of lightning flashed through the invisible true energy.
This is the Demon-Conquering Heavenly Thunder!
"The thunder from the sky subdued the demonic body and successfully entered the realm of Xiaocheng..."
"This technique was given to the Department of Immortal Cultivation for research, but I don't know how the experts have done with it..."
Lin Chen touched his chin.
The Heavenly Thunder Conquers the Demonic Body is an excellent ancient body-refining method, which may provide reference for the improvement of martial arts breathing methods.
In addition, Lin Chen also brought back to Daxia the body refining method that he brought back from the Jin Yuan Sect.
Perhaps in the near future, the tenth generation martial arts breathing method will be successfully launched...
Lin Chen, who was practicing, suddenly received a message from his master Han Jihai.
"Xiao Chen, come to the guard house to discuss something..."
Lin Chen's heart moved slightly when he heard this, so he went to the garrison of Qinghe City.
It is actually only a few streets away from his mansion, and the current guard of Qinghe City is none other than the Peak Master.
After arriving at the tutelary mansion, Lin Chen found that there were only three people present.
The master of Zhenfeng, Li Zhenqian, and his master Han Jihai.
“Uncle Wang, what’s the matter?”
Lin Chen asked curiously.
After hearing this, the leader of Zhenfeng Peak set up a soundproof formation, frowned slightly and said:
"Something happened, the high-level officials of the Righteous Alliance have lurked spies..."
" Two days ago, Lingxuan City carried out a secret mission and assembled six golden people. Alchemy monks and a hundred late-stage foundation-building disciples are preparing to sneak attack on a demonic cultivator's stronghold..."
"According to the intelligence, there are only three alchemy-building cultivators in that stronghold, and there are hundreds of foundation-building demonic cultivators. . If you can eat it, you can also rub the demon's energy..."
"But for some reason, the Demon Sect knew about this operation in advance, and the old monster Wu actually guarded that stronghold in person!"
"In the end, all the disciples and Danjie elders who were sent were killed, except for one The alchemy cultivator from the Mingtian Alchemy Sect escaped by chance, but died soon after bringing back the news..."
Hearing this, Lin Chen frowned slightly.
Six golden elixir monks and hundreds of foundation-building monks died, which was a considerable loss to the entire Righteous Alliance.
It can be said that this is the most painful operation for the Righteous Alliance in recent years after retreating to the Country of Fog.
The Righteous Alliance investigated the strength of the Demon Gate stronghold in advance, and then tried to take it by surprise, but in the end it shot itself in the foot.
There is little chance of coincidence.
It is indeed very possible that a spy is lurking.
Lin Chen squinted his eyes and thought of the list he got a few years ago.
"Uncle Wang, is there a list of senior officials who know about this operation?" Lin Chen suddenly asked.
"Yes, now the Righteous Alliance is probably full of holes. In Qinghe City, I can only trust the three of you..."
The leader of the formation peak handed over a copy List.
There are a lot of people on this list, there are close to fifteen Golden Elixir monks.
Including the elders of Tiandan Sect, the elders of Changchun Sect, and other immortal cultivation forces in the two realms... After Lin Chen read it, his eyes locked on a name.
In an instant, Lin Chen understood in his heart.
"Sure enough, it should be him..." He thought silently in his heart.
"Master Nephew Lin, have you discovered anything?"
At this time, the leader of the formation peak asked.
After hearing this, Lin Chen shook his head and said:
"I can't tell much from just a list."
"However, my nephew believes that since the list is already there, the spies must be among these fifteen people."
“When we take action next time, we can divide these monks and only tell some of them After comparing some information repeatedly, as long as the spy is still active, he will definitely be able to find out..."
After hearing Lin Chen's words, the leader of the formation peak nodded and said:
< br>“Well, it seems like this is the only way it can be at the moment.”
"Although our Righteous Alliance seems to have the same power as the Demon Sect, we have gathered dozens of forces, and there are too many mixed people..."
...
After returning to his residence, Lin Chen took out the list he got from the Demon Sect stronghold a few years ago.
About six forces are recorded in this list.
A few years ago, these forces were just foundation-building forces, but now half of them have been promoted to core-building forces.
When good and evil are at war, it is natural that some cultivating families want to protect themselves.
So they were in the Righteous Alliance, but they were secretly colluding with the Demon Sect.
But this traitor is also divided into levels.
Some of them just sell some low-level magic weapons and elixirs with Mo Menxu.
The impact is limited...
But some sell all magic weapons, elixirs and even important information.
Lin Chen squinted his eyes and muttered:
"The four major families, the Cai family..."
"When I saw the name of the Cai family in the letter, , I was also shocked."
"The credible note is most likely true and the evidence is conclusive. Now in this operation, the name of the Cai family has appeared again..."
Lin Chen estimated in his heart that it was probably the Cai family who was colluding with the outside world and colluding with the demon sect.
As one of the four major families in Yanlai Kingdom, the Cai family’s power ranks among the top six in Yanlai territory.
In the entire Righteous Alliance, it is also among the top ten forces.
There is a golden elixir, a fake elixir, and dozens of foundation-building monks...
It has become a faction.
But once they become traitors, the greater the power of the Cai family, the greater the threat to the Righteous Alliance.
Lin Chen caught the spy, but he couldn't tell him directly.
First of all, it is difficult for him to produce evidence directly, otherwise his identity will be easily exposed, and his words will be regarded as empty.
Secondly, even if the Cai family is eradicated, the losses caused by this operation cannot be undone.
Therefore, the moment he saw the list, Lin Chen already had a measure in his mind.
At present, be careful with the monks on the list.
Then the traitors on the list will be exposed at the appropriate time.
It would be best to use a trick or something to deal a blow to the Demon Sect...
"However, this matter is not suitable for revealing my identity."
"Wait a minute, now is not the best time to reveal..."
...
Spring passed and autumn came, and two and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past two and a half years, the stalemate between the Demon Sect and the Righteous Alliance has continued.
The two sides use Wushan as the boundary. Occasionally, they will go to each other's territory to find flaws, and small-scale battles will break out.
But generally speaking, many Qi Refining and Foundation Building cultivators died, but not many Alchemy Formation cultivators died.
The Demon Sect tried to capture Lingxuan City several times, but was blocked from the city defense formation.
I have to say that the Changchun Gate’s formation methods are really impressive.
It took three years, and a dozen formation mages, including Lin Chen, took action together to set up two large defensive formations.
Securely protect Qinghe City and Lingxuan City.
The technique used by the master of the formation peak is called the formation within the formation.
A large formation was set up dozens of miles away from the two cities.
Subsequently, multiple formations were set up in the formation, such as the mist formation, the earth dragon trapping elephant formation, and the burning wood and sky prison formation.
Every wave is connected to each other and interlocking with each other, making it difficult for even Nascent Soul monks to pass through easily.
The Righteous Path Alliance's ability to hold on to the two cities for several years is closely related to this formation.
In the past two and a half years, Lin Chen has been practicing steadily.
There is still one-way contact with Guangyuan Auction through the martial arts puppet.
Although I earned a bit slowly, I also made more than three million spiritual stones in addition to ensuring my basic practice.
Until early that morning, after Lin Chen finished his practice, he was ready to stroll around Qinghe City.
But as soon as he went out, an Elder Jiedan from the Changchun Gate came up to him.
"Elder Lin, here is your letter, which was sent from the sect, and there is also a storage bag..."
Lin Chen nodded after hearing this, "Thank you!"
"That's right. Elder Lin is busy first...I have to send some items to other elders." Elder Jiedan smiled and quickly leave.
Good and evil have been facing each other for several years, but Lin Chen has been staying on the front line these past few years.
And the elders on the front line are not allowed to leave easily.
But Elder Jiedan also has relatives and friends who need to be contacted, and not everyone has a jade slip for communication.
Jade slips may not be transmitted seven thousand miles away...
Therefore, the ancient method of letterheads came in handy.
Specialized elders travel between the sect and the front line, carrying letters or elixirs and supplies from the rear.
In the past few years, Lin Chen has also received pills and letters from some senior brothers and sisters.
After receiving the letter, Lin Chen no longer wanted to wander around the city, so he returned to the mansion.
Opening the letter and reading it carefully, Lin Chen looked surprised.
The letter was sent by Huang Xin.
"Senior Brother Lin, you are doing well these days."
"Senior Brother, you are fighting on the front line with peace of mind. In the past few years, I have recruited many outer disciples, and the scale of the medicine garden has further expanded."
"Two years ago, I told my senior brother that I would acquire two more medicine gardens and a mineral vein..."
"The storage bag that came with the letter contained the income of the medicine garden and mine in the past three years, including 50,000 first-level elixirs and 4,000 second-level elixirs..."
"..."< br>
Lin Chen roughly read the letter, which was nothing more than that Huang Xin continued to develop medicine gardens and mine veins in the rear.
And sent all the ores and elixirs he obtained...
After not seeing each other for more than three years, Huang Xin's cultivation level has reached the third level of foundation building, which is quite satisfactory.
Lin Chen took out the storage bag and showed admiration when he saw the elixirs and ores piled inside.
“This boy is really reliable...”
“Although these elixirs and ores are not too many, they are still a large sum.”
Lin Chen nodded and prepared to bring Blue Star back.
"Counting the days, today is the day to return to Blue Star. This batch of elixirs and ores came at the right time..."
(End of this chapter)