Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 144: Traitors of the Righteous Alliance, Internal Crisis

Lin Chen, who was standing on the flying sword, stopped.

He looked at a cultivator several dozen feet away with great interest.

This monk had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a righteous face. At this moment, he looked terrified and said to Lin Chen:
"Fellow Daoist, these demon cultivators have been chasing me for a long time. I hope you can save my life!"

As he spoke, the cultivator stepped on the flying sword and subconsciously approached Lin Chen.

Lin Chen stood still, squinting his eyes at the figures in the distance.

Three or four cultivators chased after him relentlessly and stopped ten feet in front of Lin Chen.

After looking at Lin Chen for a few times, these monks grinned and said:
"Kid! When we are doing things for the Wild Wolf Sect, we advise you to get as far away as possible and don't get involved!"

"Otherwise, you will lose your head and your hundred years of cultivation will be ruined. Don't blame us for not warning you!"

After hearing this, the Righteous Alliance monk who was being hunted became anxious and said quickly:

"Fellow Daoist, I don't know if you are my colleague in the Righteous Dao Alliance, but I have important intelligence to report. It is a matter of great importance..."

The Righteous Alliance cultivator moved closer to Lin Chen as he spoke.

When he was still ten feet away from Lin Chen, Lin Chen spoke.

"So it's the Wild Wolf Sect in person! I'm just a casual cultivator, and I have no intention of getting involved in the fight between you..."

"Well, I'll leave now!"

As he spoke, Lin Chen controlled his flying sword, turned around and prepared to leave.

After hearing this, the monks from the Wild Wolf Sect were stunned.

The Righteous Alliance monks who were being hunted were also stunned...

"Daoyou, why are you..."

Seeing Lin Chen running further and further away, the Righteous Alliance cultivator stopped pretending.

He snorted coldly and said:

"I thought I met a fat sheep, but I didn't expect it to be a wimp...Everyone, stop acting, just chase him with me!"

"Yes, Elder!" The Wild Wolf Sect disciples changed their arrogant attitude and said respectfully.

So the five monks chased Lin Chen together.

When Lin Chen felt the murderous intent behind him, he sneered.

As early as the moment these cultivators appeared, Lin Chen guessed that they were in the same group.

After all, in Lin Chen's perception, the cultivator who was being hunted had completed his foundation building.

The few who were chasing after him were in the early stages of foundation building...

Although his aura was hidden, how could he escape Lin Chen's perception?

"Tsk tsk, they are not hiding it anymore! They are trying to trick me with this trap..."

After Lin Chen escaped several hundred feet, he deliberately slowed down.

Those cultivators quickly caught up and started to cast spells crazily behind Lin Chen.

But all these spells were blocked by Lin Chen's protective energy.

Lin Chen's heart moved slightly, and four flying swords flashed by, instantly killing the four foundation-building cultivators of the Wild Wolf Sect.

The only remaining elder of the Wild Wolf Sect who had completed his foundation building was also shocked.

He snorted coldly and said, "I thought he was a fat sheep, but he turned out to be a tough guy..."

"What bad luck! If I kill you, I will be punished by the sect leader when I return..."

The Wild Wolf Sect elder was confident that he could kill four disciples in the early stages of foundation building instantly.

So he activated the true energy in his body and several flying knives slashed towards Lin Chen.

……

A moment later, the Wild Wolf Sect elder showed a look of horror on his face and fled madly on his sword.

"Monster, how can there be such a strong foundation-building cultivator? His methods are not much worse than those of the fake pills!"

The Wild Wolf Sect elder looked at his lost left arm, gritted his teeth, donated his blood and essence, and activated his secret technique, increasing his speed by three points.

He turned into a red light and fled madly towards the mountains in the north.

Lin Chen was chasing after him calmly from behind.

Always maintaining an ambiguous distance, seemingly catching up, but always falling short.

While chasing, Lin Chen shouted:
"Where can the thief run? Everyone in the demon sect will kill him!"

Occasionally, he would slash out two flying swords and pass by the Wild Wolf Sect elder, scaring him so much that he didn't even dare to look back.

But in fact, if Lin Chen wanted to kill someone who had just completed his foundation building, he didn’t need the second sword at all.

This time, his goal is not just to kill these Wild Wolf Sect monks.

Lin Chen spared the Wild Wolf Sect disciple's life in order to find the Wild Wolf Sect's base nearby.

"The Wild Wolf Sect moved out of Yanlai a year ago. This place is only more than 2,000 miles away from Changchun Gate, but I can still encounter the Wild Wolf Sect's foundation-building cultivators..."

"I think there should be a stronghold nearby..."

"If we're going to do it, we're going to do it big!"

Lin Chen thought silently in his heart.

It would be best if we could kill the Jindan cultivator of the Wild Wolf Sect this time. If we can't find one, killing dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators would be acceptable to vent our anger.

Although it has been several years, the death of my senior brother Cen Wushan is still vivid in my mind.

After all, my senior brother’s death is closely related to the Wild Wolf Sect.

……

So Lin Chen chased all the way.

After flying for about a hundred miles, they saw the Wild Wolf Sect elder escaping into a deep mountain.

Lin Chen's heart moved slightly and he quickened his pace. Sure enough, he saw the Wild Wolf Sect elder activating a hidden formation somewhere and disappeared into the fog in the blink of an eye.

"Haha, a misty magic array and a protective array? Just a trifle..."

Lin Chen summoned Long Ba and Feng Jiu with a wave of his hand, and then walked into the maze with the two puppets.

The fog around was so thick that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

But Lin Chen was not panicked at all, his spiritual consciousness surged in all directions like a tide.

The maze does have the effect of blocking spiritual consciousness.

But there is a limit...

With Lin Chen's Jindan stage consciousness, plus the amplification of Tianyan Jue.

This is just a psychedelic array, the interference is limited.

Lin Chen turned around in the formation for a few times and quickly locked onto the target. He raised the corner of his mouth and ordered Long Ba:
"Blast that huge rock into pieces!"

Upon hearing this, Long Ba raised his hand, and a nano bomb flew towards the situation several feet high in the distance.

boom!
After a loud bang, the huge rock was instantly blown into pieces.

After the dust settled, a natural cave behind the boulder was revealed.

At the same time, the fog in the valley quickly dissipated.

"So there's a cave hidden behind this stone! And this stone is also the center of the maze..."

Lin Chen snorted coldly and gestured to Long Ba and Feng Jiu.

So the two martial arts puppets were in front, and Lin Chen followed behind, slowly exploring into the depths of the cave.

This cave was formed naturally, with a large internal space and many forks and stone walls blocking the way.

After it became the base of the Demon Sect, the interior was improved many times, so the space is larger and it is probably able to accommodate thousands of people.

As soon as Lin Chen entered the cave, the Wild Wolf Sect elder who had escaped earlier showed a sinister grin.

"There is a road to heaven but you don't take it, there is no door to hell but you run in!"

"Just three people dared to trespass into the territory of my Wild Wolf Sect!"

Beside him, several cultivators who had completed their foundation building were also looking at Lin Chen.

"Old Wang! You made a big mistake this time by bringing people into this cave stronghold! How can we use this stronghold in the future?" A cultivator who had completed the foundation building stage said in distress.

"I was forced to do this. This guy is quite powerful! He kept chasing me, so I had no choice but to flee back to my base... But this guy might be a big fish! Let's attack together!"

The Wild Wolf Sect elder who was being chased by Lin Chen shouted twice.

Then, seven or eight cultivators who had completed their foundation building attacked Lin Chen.

All of a sudden, all kinds of magic weapons and spells came crashing towards Lin Chen.

Seeing this attack, Lin Chen was not at all panicked, but calmly released the true energy to protect his body.

The attacks of seven or eight late-stage cultivators who had completed their foundation building were completely blocked three feet away from Lin Chen, and not even a hair of Lin Chen was hurt.

Then Lin Chen's heart moved, and under the vibration of his true energy, all the magic weapons and spells were bounced away.

"This...how is this possible?!"

"You said this is a foundation-building cultivator? How did you provoke a Jindan cultivator?"

The seven or eight foundation-building monks were all stunned and quickly turned back to question the Wild Wolf Sect elder.

If he was just a foundation-building cultivator, no matter how strong he was, it would be impossible for him to block so many magic weapons and spells with just one piece of protective Qi...

Only a Jindan offensive can bring about such a huge crushing effect.

"What the hell, what are you still standing there for? Run! Go inform the captain..."

The seven or eight monks instantly lost the will to fight and fled in all directions, rushing into the cave.

Even the elder who was chased by Lin Chen at the beginning was stunned.

He looked at Lin Chen in surprise, and his eyes clearly asked three words: "You play me?"

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, waved his hand, and a flying sword pierced his throat.

The blood splattered high and the big head rolled down.

Before he died, he opened his eyes wide with a look of disbelief.

Wasn’t the accuracy of the flying sword very poor before?

Why is it so accurate this time?

Lin Chen did not stop, took a few steps forward, and then the sword flashed.

In just a few breaths, those seven or eight foundation-building cultivators all died in the underworld...

Lin Chen stepped over their bodies without stopping. The gap between the Golden Core and the Foundation Establishment was so terrifying.

With a gap of several times in true energy and magic power, even the most powerful magical skills would be of little use.

Due to the absolute gap in strength, ordinary foundation builders would hardly have any chance of fighting back.

After killing the few Foundation Establishment cultivators who were guarding the gate, Lin Chen's spiritual sense spread into the cave like a tide.

In an instant, the entire cave, its intricate terrain and passages were all in view.

At the same time, according to Lin Chen's perception, the other demon sect monks hiding in the cave had nowhere to hide.

"One, two... five... thirteen..."

"Well, there are a total of twenty-seven cultivators, all of whom are in the Foundation Establishment Stage... Tsk tsk, it seems that this stronghold is not small!"

Lin Chen touched his chin and then raised his eyebrows.

In his spiritual sense, the aura of one of the cultivators was obviously much stronger.

"Fake Dan monk... Wow, there's another big fish!"

Lin Chen did not stop and continued to move forward.

Although this cave is hidden, it also has a fatal flaw.

That means there is no room for escape!
As long as Lin Chen groped his way deeper into the cave, those demon cultivators hiding in the dark would have nowhere to escape and would be killed by Lin Chen.

Not long after walking, Lin Chen saw several foundation-building cultivators rushing towards him.

Holding magic swords and magic weapons, he looks ferocious.

"Well, this momentum is quite good..."

Lin Chen commented calmly without even slowing down his pace.

A few sword beams flashed by, and a few more corpses appeared on the ground.

Lin Chen walked all the way into the cave.

A few minutes later, he saw more than a dozen foundation-building cultivators gathered together, and the leader was the fake pill-stage cultivator.

"Who are you? How dare you become an enemy of my Wild Wolf Sect?"

"My senior brother is Ling Xuzi, the leader of the Wild Wolf Sect... I am the leader of the Demon Sect..."

This fake Dan monk stared with his eyes wide open, looking quite ferocious.

He said a lot, seemingly trying to force Lin Chen to retreat with his momentum.

"Tsk tsk, why do the cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation like to announce their identities?"

"Look at this momentum, it's really fierce!"

Lin Chen muttered.

Facing more than a dozen foundation-building cultivators and a fake elixir cultivator, Lin Chen became a little more serious.

Twelve flying swords slashed out at the same time in an instant.

As expected, the dozen or so foundation-building cultivators didn't even have a chance to resist and were directly killed.

With Lin Chen's current spiritual control skills, the power of any attack from his control weapon can exceed one million pounds.

It is true that one force can defeat ten skills...

The cautious fake Dan monk also stood there in a daze.

A drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

"So fast……"

There was only one thought in his mind.

When I came to my senses again, I felt my vision spinning, and I was looking at my headless body, and finally I fell into darkness forever.

Lin Chen shook his arm to wipe off the blood stains on the sword.

"It looks good, but it's a silver-plated spear head..."

Lin Chen made a brief comment and then began to clean up the results of the battle.

There are about thirty storage bags in total, which contain many magic weapons, spirit stones and pills.

This group of demon cultivators are not poor independent cultivators, they are quite wealthy.

The total value is no less than 100,000 spirit stones, which is a considerable fortune for Lin Chen.

But what interested Lin Chen was the contents of the fake alchemist's storage bag.

Lin Chen broke the restriction on the storage bag, and took out the spirit stones piled up into a small mountain, several magic weapons and pills.

What interested Lin Chen even more was a pile of letters.

These letters record the monks and forces that this stronghold has come into contact with over the past year.

The Demon Sect is powerful, while the Righteous Alliance is weak. After all, many independent cultivators and even immortal cultivators have turned to the Demon Sect.

The transactions and information exchanges between them were recorded...

In other words, these letters record a lot of rebellious forces and independent cultivators in Yanlai!

Even traitors from some big forces!

"Wow, we really found a big fish!"

Lin Chen muttered to himself, and then began to read the contents of the letters.

Most of the letters were the same as what Lin Chen thought. Some small forces contacted the Demon Sect in advance, hoping that they would have a place in the battle if the Righteous Alliance was defeated.

Over the past year, there have been no fewer than twenty small families and forces coming and going...

But what Lin Chen didn't expect was that there was an old acquaintance of Lin Chen in this force.

"Among the four major families, are there any who are colluding with the Demon Sect?"

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes. This was not good news.

The four major families in Yanlai City are almost the strongest local forces in Yanlai except for Changchun Sect.

If they surrender to the Demon Sect, and if they join forces with the outside world at a critical moment, the impact on the entire war situation will be enormous.

"But fortunately I discovered it in advance... If he really betrays me at that time, maybe I can use a trick to defeat him?"

Lin Chen thought silently.

Afterwards, he destroyed all the evil cultivators in the entire cave stronghold.

Only after blowing up the cave exit did they leave this barren mountain.

He flew all the way towards the Purple Mist Realm.

Lin Chen’s goal this time is still to go to the front line to do business.

As for encountering a robbery and assassination by the demon sect along the way, it could only be considered an unexpected gain at best.

……

One day later, Xinliang City.

Lin Chen's arrival surprised the guard Shao.

Even he didn't expect that Lin Chen would actually come back...

As soon as Lin Chen entered the city, Shao Wenmin put down everything he was doing and ran over from a distance.

"Senior Xu! Have you dealt with the trivial matters of your relatives and friends?" Shao Wenmin's eyes were bright.

Lin Chen shook his head and sighed:

"City Lord Shao, I do have some things to do, so I can't help you guard this city for the time being..."

"However, I can recommend someone who is as powerful as me! It would be perfect for my good friend to guard Xinliang City!"

After saying that, Lin Chen winked at Long Ba.

Shao Wenmin heard that Lin Chen was still unwilling to stay, although he felt a little disappointed, he still cheered up and asked:

"I wonder what to call you, Senior?"

"Long Ba." The puppet Long Ba spoke briefly and to the point.

"This..." Shao Wenmin was suddenly embarrassed. He originally wanted to be polite and familiar.

Seeing this, Lin Chen hurriedly said:
"Shao Zhenshou, my friend is a man of few words, and he likes quietness and doesn't like to talk to others."

"But his strength is beyond doubt!"

Lin Chen lowered his voice and said, "Fellow Daoist Long entered the middle stage of Jindan ten years ago."

Upon hearing this, Shao Zhenshou's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Long Ba with even more respect.

He immediately said:
"Senior Long, I request that you guard Xinliang City. Regardless of whether the enemy invades or not, the Righteous Alliance will provide you with a salary of 50,000 spirit stones a year."

"If the enemy attacks, there will be extra rewards for every repulsion!"

"I wonder if you are willing, Senior?"

Long Ba had already received Lin Chen's instructions, so he nodded and said:
"Yes. But I like quietness by nature, and I usually practice alone. If there is nothing important, please don't disturb me easily."

After hearing this, Shao Wenmin nodded repeatedly and said:

"Don't worry, senior. I will definitely prepare a quiet mansion for you and ensure that you will not be disturbed."

After a pause, Shao Wenmin said to Lin Chen:

"Senior Xu, you should be rewarded with 30,000 spirit stones for introducing a mid-stage Jindan cultivator to join our Righteous Dao Alliance."

After saying that, Shao Wenmin counted out 30,000 spirit stones and handed them to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen took it with a smile, his heart already filled with joy.

"My goodness, introducing a Jindan cultivator costs 30,000 spirit stones... Then wouldn't my more than one hundred martial arts puppets be close to 5 million spirit stones?"

"In addition, the martial arts puppet guards also receive salaries! These salaries will naturally go into my pocket..."

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's eyes lit up.

He seemed to see a smooth road, a real plan to make money.

What kind of magic weapon is this?

Just rent one hundred puppets to the Righteous Alliance!
You don’t have to do anything every year and you can get 10 million spirit stones.

But Lin Chen also knew that this was just something he could think about.

Even if he wanted to rent puppets, he didn't have more than a hundred cities to guard!
The main reason why Lin Chen placed the Longba Sect in Xinliang City was to connect and expand trade routes.

And most importantly, bring back intelligence on the battle situation at the front.

Lin Chen took the 30,000 spirit stones and did not count them. Instead, he said:
"Brother Shao, to be honest... I am a businessman, and I came to Xinliang City to do business."

(End of this chapter)