Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 247 Lin Chen's Mortal Heart

"Oh?"

Lin Chen smiled and looked at the black-clad guardian in front of him.

At this moment, the black-clad guardian had his back to Emperor Yan, and his expression was not seen by Emperor Yan.

But Lin Chen could see it clearly.

The black-clad guardian looked at Lin Chen with fear and evasion in his eyes.

"Half a step into the Nascent Soul stage, it's not easy for you to cultivate... Why did you join the Demonic Path?"

Lin Chen asked softly.

After hearing this voice, the black-clad guardian shuddered all over.

He hurriedly sent a message:
"No, I dare not... Senior, I was forced into this situation. I was originally a Jindan cultivator in Qingshi Town..."

The pleading voice of the black-clad guardian continued to be heard.

It's just that such evil things are not from his nature.

He was forced into a helpless situation...

Lin Chen naturally sneered at this.

Emperor Yan was a Jindan cultivator. Just now, he couldn’t tell Lin Chen’s strength, he only knew that Lin Chen was stronger than him.

But the black-clad guardian could see it all clearly.

He was half a step into the Nascent Soul stage, but he believed that he could not achieve what Lin Chen had just achieved.

He knew that the person in front of him was a true Nascent Soul cultivator.

Wanting to kill him might just be a thought.

Lin Chen glanced at the black-clad guardian indifferently.

The magic power is mottled and the true essence is weak.

Of the three levels of Nascent Soul, only the magic power level is passed.

He couldn't even pass the test of the soul and spirit, and couldn't let his Nascent Soul leave his body.

With such a half-step Nascent Soul, it really doesn’t take much effort for Lin Chen to kill him.

But Lin Chen did not rush to take action, but looked at Emperor Yan again.

"So, just for these thirty-six blood pills, you're going to abandon the 100,000 people under your rule?"

Emperor Yan obviously didn't know what was going on. He glanced at the black-clad guardian and thought about the current power of the Demon Sect.

Now is a good opportunity for him to show his loyalty.

Then he gritted his teeth and said:

"Humph, mere mortals, aren't they ants?"

"It is their honor to be the nourishment for our monks!"

After hearing this, there was no trace of pity in Lin Chen's eyes.

With a flick of his finger, a stream of true energy penetrated the center of Emperor Yan's eyebrows.

The robes on Emperor Yan's body flashed with a protective light, but were torn apart by Lin Chen in an instant.

The next second, Emperor Yan died.

The ruler of a country, a Jindan cultivator who has lived for hundreds of years.

It was destroyed in the blink of an eye, causing all the monks in the hall to feel insecure.

"Friend Yan..."

"Father..."

Lin Chen looked at the monks in the hall.

He didn't come here for an explanation.

Just to kill people.

If he didn't hear or see, Lin Chen might just ignore it.

But now, he was there, witnessing it all.

How can we just ignore it?

Mortals are not animals, nor are they insects that can be stepped on to death at will.

He came from among mortals.

Now that he has achieved success in practicing Taoism, he cannot forget the path he has come from, which is his original intention.

Lin Chen raised his eyes and looked at the other cultivators in front of him.

The true essence turned into thin threads and strangled all the Jindan cultivators of the Yanlai royal family.

The black-clad guardian witnessed all this and shuddered again, but did not dare to stop.

The head of the Meng family observed the expression of the black-robed guardian and begged for mercy:
"Senior, please spare my life!"

"I am the head of a family of immortal cultivators in Yanlai City. I have always been kind to others and made many friends... It is really that Emperor Yan is forcing me..."

Lin Chen looked at the Patriarch of the Meng family who was begging for mercy.

He was no stranger to it.

Over the past many years, he has cooperated with the head of the Meng family.

But in the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed. Mortals will change, and monks will change too.

In the past, the Cai family betrayed the Righteous Alliance and all the members of the family were killed.

Today, the Meng family seems to have embarked on this path.

Lin Chen asked in a calm tone:
"The head of the Xiao family was deceived and murdered by you, right?"

After hearing this question, the head of the Meng family was stunned, with surprise flashing in his eyes.

The next second, he felt his vision flipping and saw his headless lower body.

The head of the Meng family died.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Chen killed all the more than ten Jindan cultivators in the hall.

Only the black-clad guardian was left.

"Senior, please forgive me!"

"I am a half-step Yuanying, and I am willing to follow you and serve you like a slave!"

The black-clad guardian knew that with his abilities, it was impossible for him to escape from Lin Chen.

He just kept begging.

"I am willing to make a soul contract with you, Senior, and serve you like a slave for the rest of my life..."

Lin Chen did not answer, but took out the demon-slaying sword.

To kill a half-step Nascent Soul, it is more labor-saving to use magic weapons.

There was despair in the eyes of the black-clad guardian, so he also summoned his magic weapon and tried to make a last-ditch effort.

"what!"

The black knife flashed by...

……

A moment later, Lin Chen walked out of the Yanlai City Palace.

He raised his head and looked towards the distant sky. A spirit boat was flying towards the southwest.

At the same time, many demon sect spies, royal family, and Meng family monks in Yanlai City were ready to stop them.

As Lin Chen waved his hand, a sword box appeared.

Thirty-six flying swords were unsheathed and flew across the sky above Yanlai City.

After a while, when the spirit boat had gone far away, Lin Chen stopped and looked at the Royal Square in front of him.

Lin Chen raised his hand, and the surging Nascent Soul True Essence bombarded the formation. As spider web-like cracks appeared on the formation, the huge formation was destroyed.

The red light disappeared, and all the surviving monks in the formation raised their heads at the same time.

They saw the sky.

There was a flash of doubt in their eyes.

In the formation, there was no sky, only blood-red light, causing them to fight continuously.

But now, the red curtain faded and they saw the real world.

Lin Chen saw surprise, relief, and enlightenment in the eyes of these cultivators...

He thought about it and then said:
"You are free."

This sound was wrapped in true essence and reached the ears of all the cultivators.

There was a flash of confusion in their eyes at the same time.

Over the past half month, the daily fighting and the deaths of countless monks and mortals seemed to have made them numb.

"You are free...Escape, escape from this city, escape from Yanlai Territory."

After Lin Chen finished speaking, he turned into a stream of light and left.

A long time after Lin Chen left, these cultivators finally seemed to react.

The nightmare that lasted for half a month is over.

They desperately fled the square and ran home and out of the city.

……

Lin Chen left Yanlai City.

Arrived in Guangyuan Town.

The former Guangyuan Auction House has long since moved away.

Lin Chen walked around the town and only saw a few old, weak and sick people.

This market town, which once gathered thousands of monks, also disappeared.

All the major shops have already closed down. Occasionally you can see towns that have been looted and people running around in a hurry.

A monk can still travel a thousand miles a day and save his life.

But what about mortals? There is no escape...

Not to mention the robbery cultivators that can be seen everywhere, and the demon army that may be encountered at any time.

It is only a thousand miles away, but an ordinary person would need half a month to travel.

They had to sleep in the open air and if they encountered wild beasts or plagues, they would be doomed.

It is only a few thousand miles from Yanlai City to Guangyuan Town.

Lin Chen had seen countless towns destroyed, and was used to seeing pagodas everywhere...

In the past, there were countless villages and common people along the thousands of miles of road between Yanlai City and Guangyuan Town.

Robbers and cultivators can only be encountered occasionally, and bandits and robbers are even rarer.

But now, banditry can be seen everywhere, and refugees are migrating south and west.

In the wilderness and along official roads, floating corpses of people who died of starvation could be seen everywhere.

"The Demon Sect has not yet reached Guangyuan Town. It's just rumors. Why is it so serious?"

Lin Chen thought silently in his heart.

"Is this what is called a fairy?"

"What's the difference between monks and mortals... and demons?"

"When monks gain power, they can treat ordinary people like grass and ants... and dispose of their lives at will?"

"And even if mortals want to resist, they don't have the slightest power to do so..."

Along the way, Lin Chen encountered a lot and thought about a lot of things.

If you are a cultivator or an immortal, you are just high above everyone else, untainted by the mundane world.

That is actually the best thing for mortals...

Because mortals will not be harmed, and the order will not be disturbed by monks.

But the current situation has made mortals become the nourishment of monks, and even become the resources to support monks!
The world of immortal cultivation has always been like this for thousands of years.

Mortals respect immortals, but immortals view mortals as ants.

But has it always been like this...?

Lin Chen is not from Qingzhou, although he is now the top cultivator in Qingzhou.

But he has a mortal heart, and he is willing to speak up for the ordinary people of Qingzhou.

"So? If mortals want to change this situation, they can only cultivate immortality..."

"There are only about one or two people who have the talent to practice Taoism. And among these one or two, only one in a hundred can succeed in practicing Taoism..."

“Even if there is a foundation-building cultivator among thousands of mortals…what he achieves in the end is just another evil dragon.”

Lin Chen's mind was very confused at the moment. For the first time, he began to doubt the path he was practicing.

There is nothing wrong with strength, are people wrong?
"So... can we allow all mortals in the world to master power?"

"Let all the people of Qingzhou have the power to resist the monks?"

"In this case...what is there to fear about the Demon Sect?"

At this moment, a seed was planted in Lin Chen's heart.

An idea began to take root in his mind.

"Now, maybe it's not the right time...but that day will come eventually."

Lin Chen didn't stay for too long and flew towards the southeast.

……

At the foot of Changchun Mountain, the market town.

Lin Chen walked into a shop.

The owner of the drugstore was a foundation-building cultivator whom Lin Chen had never seen before, with white hair and beard.

"Daoyou, would you like to buy some pills?"

After seeing Lin Chen, the shopkeeper stepped forward and asked attentively.

"You look unfamiliar, fellow Daoist, but have you just fled to Changchun Mountain?"

"You're in luck, my friend. Our store is having a discount on elixirs right now. All medicines are sold at a 40% discount..."

Lin Chen looked around the store and didn't rush to buy anything. Instead, he asked:

"Fellow Daoist, I see that most of the shops in this market are closed."

"I heard that the Demon Sect has already entered Yanlai Territory... Why don't you flee, fellow Taoist?"

After hearing Lin Chen's words, the shopkeeper smiled and replied while wiping the dust in the shop:
"Escape? Where can you escape?"

"Heh... the Nether Nation is very powerful, and the area within tens of thousands of miles is their territory."

"Even if we escape from Yanlai Territory... we will have to travel more than 100,000 miles to the west, and there will be countless robbers along the way..."

“Not to mention the Foundation Establishment cultivators, even the Golden Core masters may not be able to complete the journey alive…”

After hearing this, Lin Chen remained silent.

Yes!

It takes 100,000 miles to travel west to reach the human city.

Even a Jindan cultivator would have a hard time completing this journey, let alone a foundation-building cultivator...

What about mortals?

(End of this chapter)