Immortal Road.

"."

For a moment, both ends were silent.

Lin Shan listened to the noise from the other side and said quietly.

"Are you also blocked out of the world?"

"Yes."

"I remember you also have the fragments of the Black Lotus Sect's immortal treasure."

"It doesn't matter."

The other party was very calm and didn't seem to take the powerful master Chi Hong seriously.

Ever since he heard that Lin Shan had rejected his hunting invitation again, he suddenly lost interest and his conversation with him became incoherent.

Lin Shan was puzzled. Since the other party also had the things that the Black Lotus Cult wanted, wasn't he afraid that Chi Hong would find out when he returned?

In order not to reveal his identity, he was considering whether to ask Xiaodie to come out and help him bypass the cracks in the sky and return to the main world from other places.

But the next moment, the other party told him to be patient.

"Just wait in the back, someone will come to deal with Chi Hong."

Too lazy to listen to her suspense, Lin Shan decisively hung up the phone.

Walking out of the cabin, I saw that all major forces were lined up in an orderly manner. Although they had been stuck outside in the void storm and had consumed a lot of energy, they did not dare to act rashly and could only obey and wait for investigation.

Only a few more domineering forces were anxious to go back, so they forced their way into the queue. Everyone glared at them, but Chi Hong at the entrance in front turned a blind eye and let them pass as long as they passed his inspection.

I watched as one force after another completed their investigation and returned through the cracks in the sky.

Seeing this, Master Xiangren and Patriarch Tailong were also eager to try it out, and planned to sail a boat to follow suit, cutting in line to the front and returning to the main world first, but were stopped by Lin Shan.

"quality."

"???"

The two were shocked. What the hell? Why are you talking to us about quality?
They wondered if they had heard it wrong. Hasn't the world of cultivation always been a place where the strong prey on the weak? What's wrong with cutting in line?
Lin Shan remained silent. He was waiting for the changes in how the person who had just mentioned would deal with Chi Hong to appear.

He didn't have to wait too long.

Soon next, when a small boat was about to sail into the crack in the sky, Chi Hong was doing a routine inspection, and suddenly the special instrument in his hand flashed and beeped!

"Ok?"

Chi Hong's eyes narrowed, and without saying a word, he immediately reached out to seize the ship in front of him. His mission target must be inside!
But in the next moment.

"Bang~~~"

The cabin deck flew up, and a figure suddenly flew out and directly collided with him!
The surging force suddenly erupted, as huge as a volcano!

Chi Hong was caught off guard and was blown away immediately. He fell several times in the void storm before he managed to stop himself.

He looked up in disbelief and saw the person who came.

"Are you Lay Buddhist Jinglian?"

The visitor smiled and loosened his wrist.

"Venerable Burning Fire, how are you?"

And that ship had already whizzed through the crack in the sky and was heading towards the main world!

A graceful figure stood at the bow, with two Nascent Soul cultivators standing on her left and right, taking the opportunity to pass through the gap calmly.

"Youmeiji! Is that you? Don't run!"

Chi Hong was a little unbelievable, and yelled, asking her to stop from a distance.

However, Mr. Jinglian came forward with a smile and stopped him, and the two of them started fighting in the void storm in an instant!

The surging ripples spread, and the ships of the various forces in the surrounding areas suffered. They were up and down one after another, like a small boat in the waves, with no safety at any moment.

Who cares about rules now?

"Run!"

"Let's go~"

"Go, go, go"

All forces were fleeing towards the cracks in the sky, fearing that they would be dragged into the battle between the powerful masters.

Lin Shan took a deep breath and finally knew who the mysterious person was referring to. He didn't expect it to be Master Jinglian!
The key point is, why would the patrolling fairy envoy mix up with Phantom Lady?
Didn't the Joy Sect join the Black Lotus Sect? Youmei Ji and the Joy Sect elders were helping the Black Lotus Sect collect relics from the immortal world, but then
Cross the river and demolish the bridge?

He figured out the whole thing in an instant!

Gu Hun really accepted the commission from the Black Lotus Sect and took charge of the overall situation outside the sky. Youmei Ji had secretly colluded with Jinglian Jushi for a long time, pretending to join the Black Lotus Sect in order to cause sabotage.

After getting the relics from the fairyland, he ran away decisively. This move was like cutting off the source of the trouble. It was really cruel!

Looking at the smiling expression of Master Jinglian over there, one can tell that the Black Lotus Cult's plan of rising has been disrupted, preventing them from gathering all the treasures from the fairyland. Even if they take away the others, they cannot use them if they are short of one or two parts.

"Venerable Burning Fire, I still remember the battle we had that year very clearly. Now that I am here again, I hope you can teach me something!"

He laughed loudly as he approached Chi Hong, obviously intending to get back the ground he had lost before and buy some time for Youmei Ji.

Many forces took the opportunity to flee, and crowded into a mess at the exit of the sky crack.

Lin Shan realized that this was an opportunity. If he could take advantage of this opportunity to catch up with and capture Youmei Ji, he would be able to collect all the fragments of the Yellow Turban Warrior!
"Shu~"

He did not bother to explain to the people around him. He spread his wind-breaking wings, acted swiftly and decisively, and turned into a stream of light, weaving back and forth, deftly avoiding all obstacles along the way, and then flashed through the crack in the sky!

The space changes, the light flickers.

The spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth suddenly became active.

He returned to the main world and opened his Star-piercing Eyes to look around. He searched everywhere, front, back, left, right, up and down. When he didn't find anyone, Huahong went away to expand the search range.

After a stick of incense.

Lin Shan returned to this place again, and the starlight in his eyes dimmed.

Youmeiji escaped too fast.

I arrived a step late, and there was more space between us, so I still couldn't catch the opponent's tail.

But he guessed that the mysterious person who leaked the information to him must have been paying attention to this matter for a long time, and might have chased after it as soon as possible!
He thought about it.

He took out the walkie-talkie again and started making harassing calls.

"drop!"

“Huff, huff, huff~ Huh? You figured it out so quickly? Huuff, huff~~~”

There was a howling wind inside, and the mysterious man seemed to be trying his best to get on the road, and he did not forget to answer his communication. It seemed that he was very determined to encircle and suppress the God of Joy.

"Ahem, no, I just wanted to ask where you are now."

Lin Shan coughed twice and put the intercom close to his ear to eavesdrop on the conversation over there.

"Huff, huff, huff~~~What? What did you say? Huff, huff~~~"

In the strong wind, the mysterious man on the other end suspected that he had heard it wrong.

But the next moment, Lin Shan heard the sound of fighting coming from the other side, and there was a faint cry, which seemed to be the voice of Youmei Ji!
"Hoohoo~~~Are you sure? Hurry up and set a time for me!"

The mysterious man was fighting with Youmei Ji, but he still found time to discuss this with him, which made Lin Shan admire the other party's talent.

"Where are you? I'll come find you now. Stay still. Do you need my help?"

There was no answer from the other end, as if they were fighting fiercely, but even at such a critical moment, the mysterious man did not hang up the phone. After Lin Shan eavesdropped for a while, the noise over there gradually became smaller.

Then another voice came from inside:
"I was very busy just now and didn't have time to talk to you. Now I can. Tell me, when are we going to go find the God of Joy together?"

Lin Shan used the procrastination strategy again: "Uh, let me think about that again. Were you chasing You Mei Ji just now? Did you catch her?"

The mysterious man was very angry: "You still need to think about this? If you haven't thought it through, why are you contacting me?"

"I'm just asking where you are!"

"I'm the one who called me just for this! To play with me???"

"Didn't you catch Youmeiji? Where did she run to? I'll help you."

"Toot, toot, toot."

The call was hung up. The other party was obviously angry and cut off contact with him in anger.

Lin Shan shook his head.

Just at this time, most of the forces walked out of the cracks in the sky. After returning to the main world, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, finally coming back alive!
Then they immediately ran in all directions, and no one dared to stay, for fear that the powerful master Chi Hong would come back.

When Master Xiangren and Alliance Leader Tailong saw him, they hurried over.

Because the elite disciples of the God-Slaying Palace and the Western Region Alliance are still in his Lingbao Cave!
Lin Shan apologized to the two of them, shook his hands and sent everyone out. The disciples inside had no idea what was happening outside and were still looking around.

"Alright, let's set off immediately and return to the alliance!"

The monks from the two alliances who had been staying behind under the crack in the sky also came up and finally reunited successfully.

Zhenjun Xiangren and Patriarch Tailong grabbed everyone in their alliance and moved them onto the flying magic weapon. They were also tactful and did not ask Lin Shan what he had just done. It was obvious that they were used to his disappearance from time to time.

Before leaving, they all invited him to their homes.

Lin Shan readily agreed.

He had originally intended to make friends with these two alliances and find two allies in the northwest who could help him in the future whether he was collecting antiques or opening a mainland business.

In addition, the situation in the Virūpī Desert has changed drastically. The battle between the Pure Lotus Layman and the Chihong Heavenly Outer World has failed. The plan of the Black Lotus Sect to receive the relics has failed. The God of Joy has revived from his thousand-year slumber.
These events will spread throughout most of the cultivation world within three months and will definitely attract the attention of all the major holy places!
If I stay here any longer, I will easily fall into the whirlpool.

Of course, given the size of the holy land, the investigation will most likely start from the source and dig deeper into the Black Lotus Sect, the Pure Lotus Layperson, and the God of Joy.

The role he played in the incident was basically clear: he was just a rookie leader who came from the distant State of Lu and broke into the Joyful Sect in search of a kidnapped Nascent Soul Stage elder in the sect.

It is naturally incomparable with the previous three.

Precisely because of the support of the tall man, even though Lin Shan displayed his wind tunnel skills in public, he was only slightly famous and had a slight reputation in the holy land.

Next, I will try to keep a low profile. There shouldn't be any big shots who will deliberately devote their energy to dealing with me, so it won't be a problem for me to survive until the next spiritual tide node.

Not long after they left this place.

Suddenly, an extreme roar came from the crack in the sky, and surging flames swept inside and outside, and waves of heat surrounded the place!
"Master Jinglian, you have ruined my good deeds today. I will definitely report you tomorrow!"

The great master Chi Hong retreated in a panic, glanced hatefully at the void outside the crack, turned around and turned into a ball of fire, disappearing in a flash.

Mr. Jinglian took a high-spirited step forward, the sea waves rolled behind him, a small green lotus swayed and floated in it, and the cracks in the sky even opened slightly under his pressure!

When he was besieged by the Black Lotus Sect, Chi Hong suddenly attacked and severely injured him.

Now, after only a few decades, Chi Hong is no longer his match.

"Fire escape technique, igniting the spirit body, no wonder."

He did not chase after her, but counted with his fingers, closed his eyes and sensed for a long time, frowning.

Oh no, Youmeiji seems to be in danger!
He was concerned about the safety over there, and immediately turned into a ray of light and disappeared into the sky.

A few days later.

Lin Shan came to the Western Regions, Shule City.

This place is located in the south of the Virūpī Desert, in the Tashi Basin, covering an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of miles, with a total of thirty-six countries of all sizes.

Because it is located in the west of the continent, it is collectively called the Western Regions.

The Western Region Alliance is a huge entity formed by the union of all the forces in the cultivation world of twelve countries!

Its headquarters is Shule City.

The Lushen Mansion is another alliance composed of nine neighboring countries, with its headquarters in the city of Khotan.

Lin Shan followed Alliance Leader Tailong and True Lord Xiangren along the way, visiting and touring the top forces in the cultivation world of various countries, nodding his head in praise.

Judging from their size alone, these small countries in the Western Regions are all dominated by one powerful force and are not a threat.

But if they unite and work together, their power will even exceed that of the entire cultivation world of Lu!

"If it weren't for the arrival of the Wanhui Year, the leaders of each family would be worried about the chaos and conflicts, so they had to stick together for warmth. The Western Region would have been in chaos for a long time."

According to Alliance Leader Tailong, both the Western Region Alliance and the God-Slaying Palace were alliances that were formed within the past sixty years.

Under the pressure of the external environment, they quickly accepted each other, relied on each other, and became solid and reliable partners.

With the help of luck, he safely passed through the first wave of spiritual tide in the Wanhui year.

"In less than forty years, the next spiritual tide node will erupt. We don't have much time left."

At the Western Region Alliance headquarters, everyone took their seats, and people from the God-Slaying Palace also came as guests. The two alliances became very close.

This time, they took advantage of their free time to launch a large-scale expedition to the sky crack in the Viruo Desert, hoping to take themselves to a higher level as a whole. However, they didn't even get to see the legendary treasures from the fairyland.

"Who on earth spread this rumor? Why is it so mysterious from beginning to end?"

Everyone was still confused and talking endlessly.

Only Lin Shan understood that the person who secretly spread the news was most likely Master Jinglian, but there was a small chance that it was that mysterious person.

So many people were called here deliberately in order to disrupt the Black Lotus Cult's plans and make it easier for them or their supported representatives to take advantage of the situation.

In fact, in this matter, Lin Shan is the biggest variable.

Gu Hun disappeared into outer space and died at the hands of the evil god. Even if the Black Lotus Cult tracked him down, they could not find him.

The great master Chi Hong was ambushed by Master Jinglian again. Judging from the result of this game alone, Master Jinglian won one piece.

However, the Black Lotus Sect only suffered a temporary defeat in this place, and they might have made arrangements in other places. Fairy Qinglian is also the reincarnation of a true immortal, so she must have more tricks up her sleeve. It would be inconvenient for Lin Shan to participate in it.

Although Tailong Alliance Leader and Xiangren Zhenjun lamented that they had mobilized a large number of troops this time, lost thousands of disciples in total, invested a huge amount of resources in building the Void Tower Ship, and consumed more than 100 million spirit stones in the sky,
But fortunately, an empty crystal vein was discovered.

"I have invited the Western Region's weapon refining master, Empress Ji Chong, a few days ago. I think she will be here soon."

"When the time comes, please ask her to help us build one or two Lingbao Cave Heavens, which will serve as a common retreat for many of our sects during the Wanhui Year."

"If we encounter force majeure, such as a spiritual tide erupting in the Western Region, the worst that can happen is that we should stay away from the world and preserve the orthodoxy."

Everyone nodded. The people from the Lushen Mansion stayed here to wait for the weapon refining master. Then the two families would negotiate together.

"Master Lin, if you want to upgrade your space magic weapon, just tell Empress Ji Chong right now. We are not in a hurry anyway. We will solve it for you first. There will be plenty of time later."

Upgrading a magic weapon on the original basis is naturally much simpler and easier than creating a new one, and it does not take too much time.

Lin Shan thanked him immediately:

"Then I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

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(I wish all Taoist friends a happy new year, the Year of the Snake!)
(End of this chapter)