Immortal Road.

On the light shuttle.

"Sir, what are you looking at?"

The little fox girl controlled the ancient flying treasure all the way north and saw Lin Shan sitting on the deck outside the cabin, cross-legged and looking up at the night sky. He had been in a daze for more than half an hour, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Tell me, is there someone fighting above our heads right now?"

Lin Shan spoke leisurely.

"ah??!"

The little fox girl quickly jumped to the window, stuck her head out and looked up. The sky was full of the Milky Way, but she couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

"Where there is a fight, no one can see it!"

Lin Shan withdrew his gaze, shook his head and laughed.

"Maybe I saw it wrong."

Then I looked down at the earth. I had entered the desert. The endless sand dunes below were uninhabited and pitch black.

In the dim moonlight, sparks can be vaguely seen in front.

“It’s a little oasis right there!”

The little fox girl jumped up excitedly, returned to the cabin, fine-tuned the direction and rushed there.

Lin Shan did not stop her and acquiesced to her actions.

Hundreds of miles passed in a flash.

The light shuttle quietly hovered over the oasis, and at this moment it had expanded to a size of hundreds of feet! The deck was filled with people, thousands of them!

There was silence at the moment, and it was obvious that they were all elite troops who obeyed orders!

Lu Xiuming walked over, glanced down, and waited for the leader's instructions.

"I've already taken a look around. There's only a small temple below. There are only three Jindan-stage monks who are barely noticeable. There are only a few other cats, big and small. There's nothing to worry about!"

Lin Shan used his star-piercing eyes to scan the aura and in a few seconds he determined the reality of the place from a distance and immediately gave orders.

"Search carefully, don't miss any place, and capture whoever you can alive. Go ahead."

"Yes!"

Countless black shadows jumped down from the deck of the ship, like dense swarms of bats spreading their wings, quietly covering the oasis below.

Not long after, roars were heard from below, and the fire gradually spread.

"Who? Who!"

"What grudges do you have against my Shapo Temple? You might as well tell us so we can discuss it. Why do you fight over a disagreement?"

“Ah!! No~~~”

"Boom boom boom——"

The Xun Gu Sect's elite members were able to go into battle this time, so they could easily deal with the cultists in this small temple and quickly wiped them out.

All prisoners who could be captured were killed if they refused to surrender, and then all the property in the temple was confiscated and burned to ashes!

In the town outside the temple, every household closed their doors and windows, no one dared to light a light or open the door, and ordinary people were trembling in fear at home, fearing that something bad would happen to them.

Some brave ones secretly peeked out through the cracks in the windows and saw the monks who were usually high and mighty bowing their heads to be executed one by one, gritting their teeth to suppress their horror.

"Master, we have moved all the Buddha statues in the temple here. Please take a look!"

The disciples carried one statue after another onto the deck and presented them to Lin Shan.

"well done."

"One of the three Jindan-stage cultivators died, and we captured the remaining two alive. Please let the leader take care of them!"

Lin Shan looked over and saw the ghosts of the two bald monks were threatening him!

Why is this young man so unfathomable? Could he be Yuanying Zhenjun?

What’s going on tonight!
We have few people in Shapo Temple. When did we provoke a Yuanying stage monk? Why did he come and kill the whole family without saying a word?
Wu Hanqiao asked questions on behalf of the leader:

"Tell me about your origins, origins, background, and the recent situation in the Virūpī Desert!"

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The two of them froze on the spot.

Good fellow, you don’t even know who we are, you are completely in the dark, and you just came and burned down our temple???

This is so unfair, who can I go to for justice?

However, the two reacted quickly and confessed the truth in order to save their lives.

"Senior, we are the abbot and head monk of Shapo Temple. The abbot is the one who died."

"Shapo Temple is the only temple in the Shapotou Oasis within a radius of ten miles."

"We are from the Secret Zen Sect. According to our current generation, we are the third generation of disciples. Our master is Ku Chanzi, the first seat of the Secret Zen Sect."

"Recently, I heard that something happened in the Northern Desert. Many Nascent Soul cultivators gathered there. I don't know the details, after all, this place has little connection with the cultivation world."

"The nearest desert cultivation market is three thousand miles north of here. You can send someone there to get some information."

The two men were very cooperative. After realizing that there were outsiders in front of them, they answered all the questions at once.

There was total silence in the Xun Gu Sect. No one dared to interrupt until the Sect Leader spoke.

Lin Shan pondered and digested the information.

Before coming, he also had a general understanding of the distribution within the Joy Religion.

The three main altars are located in three places, and the remaining different factions are located in various oases in the desert, building branch temples.

Just like the sects in the world of cultivation, there are also outer courtyards set up at resource points in various places, with people stationed there to guard them.

The two men were disciples of the Esoteric Zen Buddhism, and were sent to a small town like Shapotou to manage the local temple, recruit talented practitioners, and gather the power of faith.

"Have you searched all the storage bags?"

Lu Xiuming looked to the side and saw the Jindan stage cultivators leading their teams nodded one after another.

"Master, the search is complete."

The Xun Gu Sect disciples were extremely efficient. In a short period of time, they searched through the storage bags of all the monks in the entire Shapo Temple, collected all the Buddha statues, and sent them to Lin Shan.

The two monks were shocked and trembled.

Bishop?

Could this be some cult? Did they meet fellow cultists? They went into the desert to look for Buddha statues and to steal the power of vows?
The next moment, reality directly denied their guess!

"Puff puff"

All the happy Buddha statues, big and small, were crushed by the young man in the lead, and turned into fine sand that drifted into the air with the wind.

"The power of faith is the poison of the world. It has made everyone ignorant and brought disaster to future generations. This leader must destroy it personally in front of everyone!"

The clanging sound echoed among everyone, and it was deafening. The two were stunned!
Lin Shan's words were righteous and impartial. The example he just gave was also to show his own position so as to avoid causing private discussions and misunderstandings among his disciples.

As for the ancient charm, only the large Buddha statues enshrined in temples have it, while the other small Buddha statues are just decorations.

All the extra points add up to just 5 points.

So little
Lin Shan did not feel disappointed. It was almost what he expected. After all, it was just a small temple and there was a big fish on it.

"That senior, you may have misunderstood. Our Joy Sect is a faith of our own and we never try to seduce mortals. That would be a violation of the laws of the higher realms and we would be wanted all over the world."

The two men thought that the people on the other side were here to punish evildoers and eliminate evil, so they quickly proved their innocence and explained their own doctrines.

"This is also a violation of the Heavenly Law, but we are just taking advantage of a loophole."

Lin Shan snorted lightly. He was from the Black Lotus Sect! Naturally, he knew everything about the relationship here!
Do you think I won't know if you're changing the concept and putting on a disguise?
The reason why the Joy Cult has been able to develop peacefully over the years and not engage in large-scale obscurantism has been that it has been able to avoid supervision from the upper realm to a certain extent, but it cannot last forever.

Privately harvesting incense and vows is a serious sin!

If the Black Lotus Cult hadn't been jumping around so hard in front of you and causing trouble for you, the higher realms would have discovered it long ago and started to impose sanctions on them.

Instead of letting the upper realm punish me, let me, Lin Shan, punish me!

To a certain extent, Lin Shan was also destroying faith and contributing to the laws of heaven.

"How strong is the Secret Zen Sect?"

The two of them became furious and couldn't help but look at each other.

This mysterious newcomer, is he going to attack the Secret Zen Sect? That is one of the seven major factions of the Joy Sect, and there are many experts in it! With just your few men, if you go there, you will just be sending food to the gods.
But now my life is in someone else's hands, so just answer them if they ask.

"The Secret Zen Sect currently has two Nascent Soul ancestors, one in the middle Nascent Soul stage, one in the early Nascent Soul stage, more than 30 Golden Core stage cultivators, and more than 10,000 other followers."

Everyone in Xun Gu Sect was puzzled after hearing this.

How come there are only over thirty Golden Core cultivators under the command of two Yuanying stage cultivators? According to the ratio of top sects, there should be at least over a hundred.

"The Viruo Desert is short of resources and not as rich as the outside world. We hide here to practice. It's okay when our realm is low, but it's hard to move forward when our realm is high. We need to rely on the spiritual food provided by the believers to practice."

In other words, above the Jindan stage, cultivation resources are relatively scarce, and incense has to be used instead.

But the incense is provided by the believers below. They need to spend time praying every day and provide the power of faith devoutly. This thing is also limited!
As the saying goes, there are too many monks and too little porridge.

Therefore, the Jindan stage cultivators are hungry one moment and full the next, and can only stagnate, which is why their numbers are so small.

Yuanying period
Naturally, they can take on a lot of responsibilities with the power in their hands, and most of the incense offerings will only go into their pockets. Only when they are full will they scrape out a little from their teeth and leave it for the people below them. This is what it means when the strong always get stronger!
The entire Joy Cult is similar to a "crowdfunding for cultivating immortals" model.

The winner takes all, and the bottom level is just cattle and horses. If you are lucky enough, you may have a chance to climb up, turn around and suck the blood of your former fellow disciples.

Of course, every policy has its own countermeasures.

Every round of incense harvesting at the grassroots level in various places always involves the stage of "making money from it". As long as it is not too excessive, the higher-ups basically turn a blind eye.

That’s why these two people are keen on going out instead of staying in the Secret Zen Sect. It turns out to be a good job!
However, just as they were patiently waiting for the harvest season, strangers from the outside world suddenly descended from the sky, destroyed Shapo Temple and captured them. How unlucky they were.

"How many branch temples like yours are there under the Secret Zen Sect?"

"Five. They are Shapo Temple, Shouwang Temple, Yuntai Temple, Tongshen Temple, and Jizhao Temple."

"Do you have a map?"

"it's here."

Lu Xiuming took the two storage bags, flipped through them and showed them to the leader.

Lin Shan took a casual glance and directly ordered his subordinates to cut out the wings of the Secret Zen Sect.

"I'll give you two days. Don't let the news leak out. Go and come back quickly. Go and destroy all the remaining branch temples and bring back all the Buddha statues, no matter how big or small."

"Follow the order!"

The members of the Xun Gu Sect led their teams away one after another, doing things efficiently and effectively without any delay.

The two men were terrified and trembling secretly.

It seems that even if Shapo Temple is not the first place they go to tonight, after the interrogation, the entire Mi Chan sect will suffer, and not even the last one will be able to escape!
At this moment, they had no time to gloat, but instead placed their hopes on the mysterious young man and were willing to cooperate with him and confess anything in order to save their lives.

Lin Shan seemed not to care about their lives at all, and did not kill them. He just left them aside. The two of them felt like sitting on pins and needles, and their days were like years. They were trembling with fear and did not dare to run away.

As for the captured monks, they were all sent to Lingbao Cave Heaven under the euphemism of "labor reform."

Two days later.

Those who had gone out with the Xungu Sect gradually returned and came forward one by one to report.

Because the desert is isolated and relatively closed, it is not easy to transmit information, let alone use force to suppress and block it?
Of course, the Secret Zen Sect had other means and still sensed that something was wrong.

However, before the investigation was thorough, it was impossible for the Nascent Soul stage ancestor to appear casually. He would definitely send his servants to find out the situation first. Thus, he bought precious time for the Xun Gu Sect and cleared out several nearby temples!

Of course, these small temples are nothing.

As long as the Secret Zen Sect still exists, we can send people to rebuild it at any time. It will be painless and effortless.

Lin Shan absorbed all the Happy Buddha statues in the other four places and obtained a total of 20 points of ancient charm again. It seems that the submission period and incense accumulation stock of each place are the same.

According to the two captives from Shapo Temple, the collection cycle is half a century, and the last time they surrendered was fifteen years ago.

These 25 points of ancient charm come effortlessly and can be regarded as an appetizer before entering the Virūpākṣa Desert!

Lin Shan got addicted to the taste, and the excitement factors in his body began to stir. After counting the heads, he led the Xun Gu Sect straight to the Mi Chan Sect!
"kill!!!"

"Block the gap in the southwest, don't let them in!"

"Oh no, the formation in the northeast has been broken again."

"What's wrong with you? Go fix it and block it!"

"Uncle Master, look up at the sky"

The monks looked up, stunned and incredulous.

I saw two figures in the sky, blood spilled all over the sky. They were the two Yuanying stage ancestors who had just come out of seclusion with a roar!

On the opposite side, a man in white was relaxed and at ease.

It is hard to imagine why there is such a huge gap between them when they are both in the Nascent Soul stage!

The outsiders below were even more aggressive. Although they were fewer in number, each one was an elite. They completely crushed their own side in terms of both cultivation and equipment.

Especially the opponent’s special military force, the “Yulin Army”!
Each of them has wings on their ribs, so it is impossible to catch up with them. All you can do is watch them fly in the sky to provide reinforcements. No one can stop them wherever they go, and there are loopholes everywhere!

Compared with them, these monks who were born and raised in the desert all year round felt for the first time that they were poor and crushed by their equipment.

However, the advantage of numbers no longer existed the moment the two Nascent Soul stage ancestors died.

I saw a man in white in the sky waving with one hand!
The sect protection formation collapsed in an instant, like a cow being butchered, it was shattered into pieces!
"one two three four"

As he counted, small flags flew in all directions, surrounding the entire temple complex. Twelve wind snakes were connected head to tail, circling to block the place, and the huge wind pressure blew up dust all over the sky!

"Don't let anyone go. Arrest them all! Anyone who resists will be killed on the spot!"

All the monks saw this scene and cried in despair! (End of this chapter)