Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 284 Death of Linglong Zhenren
As Lin Chen spoke, the aura of a late Nascent Soul cultivator was fully revealed.

Cold sweat dripped down the foreheads of the two Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators.

Even if they have the advantage in numbers, even if they have the support of the Underworld behind them.

These two Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators did not dare to challenge Lin Chen head-on.

As Nascent Soul cultivators, they know how big the gap is between the early and late stages of the Nascent Soul.

If Lin Chen wanted to kill them, the hundreds of demon cultivators around them would be of no use at all, and they wouldn't even be able to hold on until the cultivators from the Nether Kingdom came to support them.

"Senior...it's a misunderstanding!"

At this time, one of the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators had an idea and said cleverly:
"Senior, we are here under the order of the Lord of the Underworld to protect Fufeng City and your property!"

"You don't know that the entire Qingzhou is now in constant war, and there are no Nascent Soul cultivators guarding Fufeng City... If it weren't for our protection, it would have been looted long ago!"

"But now that you're back, it's time for us to leave."

The other demon cultivators around nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"Yes, he's right!"

After hearing this, Lin Chen showed a playful smile on his face, and then he said slowly:
"Oh? In that case...I was wrong about you!"

After saying that, Lin Chen flicked his sleeves and said:

"In that case, take us into the city and have a look... Fufeng City shouldn't have suffered any damage, right?"

Lin Chen brought a group of cultivators from the Fufeng into Fufeng City.

And those hundreds of demon cultivators seemed to be under duress.

After a while...

Lin Chen returned to Fufeng Mansion to stay temporarily.

Surprisingly, Fufeng City seemed to have suffered no damage.

There was no burning, killing or looting, nor any blood sacrifice by the evil cultivators.

"Well, the Fufeng family is not a local force in Qingzhou after all... It is a force in Yingzhou, backed by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance..."

"Perhaps, the Nether Country has just intervened in the East China Sea coast of Qingzhou, and has some concerns in mind?"

Lin Chen guessed.

They stayed in Fufeng Mansion for half a day, until the evening, when the two demon cultivators from before came again.

"Senior Fufeng... our Underworld's General Zhengdong wants to meet you this time... What do you think?"

The attitudes of the two Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators improved significantly.

After hearing this, Lin Chen thought about it. He currently represents the Fufeng Family, and it is not the time to fall out with the Demon Sect yet.

Otherwise your identity will be easily exposed.

When enemies come, we will fight back; when water comes, we will block it with earth. Lin Chen is strong enough and doesn’t have too much to worry about.

So he nodded and said:

"Well, then please invite your General Zhengdong to come over for a chat!"

……

A moment later, Fufeng Mansion.

Lin Chen looked at the General Zhengdong in front of him and felt that he looked familiar.

After observing carefully, Lin Chen remembered.

"Isn't this guy Linglong Zhenren? How did he advance to the late Nascent Soul stage... and become the General of the Eastern Expedition?"

“Tsk tsk, it seems that this magic skill has really improved. In just a dozen years… this Linglong Zhenren has broken through from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul to the late stage of the Nascent Soul!”

Lin Chen thought to himself.

On the surface, he pretended not to know him and asked:
"Who is Taoist Fellow Taoist?"

"Haha... I am Linglong Zhenren, and I have heard of Fellow Daoist Fufeng's name for a long time!"

Master Linglong's attitude was quite polite.

After the two of them argued for a while, Lin Chen got straight to the point:
"Fellow Daoist Linglong, why are you here this time?"

Linglong Zhenren did not hide his intention and said directly:
"Fellow Daoist Fufeng, our Nether Country has always admired the Fufeng family... I wonder if you are willing to join our Nether Country?"

"Now in the entire Qingzhou, our Ming Kingdom is the undisputed overlord. If you join us now, you will be able to serve as a dragon!"

"When the time comes, I will propose to His Majesty that you be appointed as the Eastern Guardian General of the Nether Kingdom!"

As he spoke, Master Linglong looked at Lin Chen expectantly.

That’s right, after knowing the strength of Lin Chen and the Fufeng family, this Linglong Zhenren came to recruit them.

Lin Chen had already anticipated Linglong Zhenren's purpose and had thought of a way to deal with it.

So he sighed and said:

"Alas, Fellow Daoist Linglong... It's not that I don't want to do this, but my Fufeng clan is one of the seventy-two clans under the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance..."

"If you betray the alliance, your entire clan will be wiped out! All the old and young in my Fufeng family are on Fufeng Island..."

This is also true.

Although the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is loose, it is not as powerful as Qingzhou.

But what they can't tolerate the most is betrayal, even conflicts between families within the alliance are allowed.

But if you betray the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, you will be hunted down by all the forces of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

After hearing the name of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, Master Linglong obviously hesitated.

He nodded and sighed:

"Well, that's right... The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is also the overlord of Yingzhou. I think the Fufeng family is unwilling to leave..."

True Man Linglong failed to recruit the enemy, so he did not continue to argue and did not bring up the topic again.

He came here this time on the orders of Zheng Tianhe, one purpose was to test the enemy, the other was to recruit them.

But you can't force it.

After all, the main focus of the Underworld is now on dealing with other forces in Qingzhou, so it is not easy to make enemies with the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, otherwise it will do more harm than good.

After chatting for a while, Master Linglong revealed another purpose.

"Fellow Daoist Fufeng, I heard that you came here to trade with the Qingzhou forces?"

"I wonder if you can sell some magic weapons and elixirs to my Nether Country? Don't worry... we will buy them at the market price!"

This is the real purpose of Linglong Zhenren’s trip.

Although his words were inquiries, Linglong Zhenren's tone was unquestionable.

Lin Chen frowned slightly and said:
"Fellow Daoist Linglong, it's not that I don't want to. It's just that most of the goods my Fufeng family brought this time were reserved by other forces."

"If we don't sell it, we'll be breaking the contract. We can't let our thousand-year reputation be ruined in a single day!"

"However... the remaining half of the goods are for trading slowly in Qingzhou... If you are willing, I can sell the other half to you at 90% of the market price."

After hearing this, Master Linglong was stunned.

He didn't expect Lin Chen to be so easy to talk to.

But then I thought, we are in Qingzhou now.

His Netherworld is the largest power...

As a result, Master Linglong's words became more confident and assertive.

"Half of the goods? That's fine... Then I'll send someone to count them as soon as possible, and I'll have the spirit stones ready by then..."

After Master Linglong left, Lin Chen showed an unhappy look in his eyes.

In the past ten years, the Fufeng family has developed rapidly.

The cargo brought this time was the largest in a thousand years.

The total value is nearly 80 million spirit stones.

Even if it's only half, that would still be 40 million spirit stones.

“Oh, this Linglong Zhenren is really shameless... But it’s not that easy to buy my things!”

Lin Chen already had a plan in mind.

……

Three days later, Master Linglong took away half of the Fufeng family's goods.

There were many disputes during this period and only 30 million spirit stones were paid.

In this regard, the two brothers Fufeng and Xingchen could only accept the loss and swallow their anger.

"Alas, Senior, it seems that business in Qingzhou is not going well!"

"The Demon Sect is very powerful. I'm afraid I'll be exploited every time I come to trade..."

Fu Fengxing looked a little worried.

Lin Chen remained calm and said:

"We still have half of the goods. Let's send them to the major forces that have made reservations in batches..."

"As I remember, those forces are all in the Three Wendao Cities and Wendao City?"

"Then I will go there with you personally..."

……

Soon, half a month passed. In the past half month, Lin Chen had been busy with the Fufeng family's business and running around among the major forces in Qingzhou.

But secretly, Lin Chen recovered the thirty intelligence puppets that had not been recovered twelve years ago.

For twelve whole years, although Lin Chen, who was far away in Yingzhou, could not receive any information from the martial arts puppet.

But the martial arts puppet was still working, collecting information for Lin Chen continuously.

A lot of intelligence has been collected over the past decade, but it is very trivial and requires a specialized team to analyze.

After Lin Chen brought the information collected by these puppets back to the high-level martial arts world, it was specially analyzed by Daxia's research team.

In this way, Lin Chen did not need to collect intelligence himself to learn about the changes in the situation in Qingzhou over the past twelve years.

Over the past decade, three major events have occurred in Qingzhou, all of which are related to the Underworld.

First, twelve years ago, in the battle at Changchun Gate, the old demon with blood pupils died.

The lord of the underworld is Zheng Tianhe. Zheng Tianhe is suspected to have the support of the spiritual world, and his strength has increased several times compared to more than ten years ago.

It is suspected that he is better than the old demon with blood pupils back then and is comparable to being half a step away from becoming a god.

"Half a step to becoming a god... But this is just the apparent strength, the details are still unknown."

Lin Chen shook his head. Now was not the time to face the devil directly.

Second, after Zheng Tianhe became the leader of the demon sect, the invasion of Qingzhou was faster.

In just ten years, the entire Qingzhou East Region, South Region, and half of Qingzhou North Region were incorporated into the territory of the Underworld.

There were no less than thirty Nascent Soul forces that surrendered.

The number of Nascent Soul cultivators in the Nether Kingdom now is probably over fifty.

In the areas ruled by the Netherworld, robbery and bloody massacres were common occurrences.

In just over a decade, the mortal population in the eastern and southern regions of Qingzhou has decreased by nearly one-third.

Third, the Humane City fell and was occupied by the Underworld!

Of the three cities of the past, only Didao City and Tiandao City remain.

All major forces in Humane City were defeated and withdrew from Humane City.

Today, Rendao City has become the base camp of the evil cultivators.

Even though Humane City fell, the Wending Sect still did not take action...

It seemed that the gain or loss of a city had no impact on the Wendao Sect.

"Half a year ago, the Nether Country deployed 100,000 monks and pressed down on the Underworld City..."

Lin Chen took a deep breath and frowned.

"According to this progress, there may be another war within a year!"

The Underworld dared to attack the Wendao Sect directly and seize a city from it.

This was something Lin Chen didn't expect.

What Lin Chen didn't expect was that Wendao Sect did not personally join the battle to stop it.

Only the Demon-Subduing Temple fought to the death, and several "Arhats" died in the battle.

Each of the "Demon-Subduing Arhats" is a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, and the Demon-Subduing Temple suffered heavy casualties.

"Haha, but what about the general situation in the world?"

"I came back this time just to go against your world trend!"

Lin Chen murmured.

"Qingzhou has been cultivating for a long time... I think mortals are very eager for power..."

Lin Chen showed a meaningful expression.

If martial arts appeared in Qingzhou, the impact would probably be more shocking than in the Meteor Islands.

And Lin Chen only needs to wait quietly for an opportunity.

"But before that, the debt owed by Master Linglong should be repaid in advance..."

Lin Chen already had a plan in mind.

……

Half a month later, in the eastern region of Qingzhou.

In the wilderness, Linglong Zhenren was on his way. He received an order and prepared to go to Jiuyue City to guard it.

Prevent the righteous forces in the eastern region of Qingzhou from counterattacking.

But what he didn't know was that five hundred miles away, a figure had been following him.

"It's been a whole month, and this old guy is finally alone..."

Lin Chen's mouth corners raised.

The batch of goods he gave to Master Linglong was not so clean either.

It was equipped with a backup device that could track breath, and Lin Chen used it to find the location of Linglong Zhenren.

"If I remember correctly, there are few people within a radius of thousands of miles. This is a good opportunity to kill Master Linglong..."

So Lin Chen no longer held back and quickly chased after Master Linglong.

At this moment, Master Linglong had no idea that danger was approaching and was still leisurely on his way.

I even felt happy.

True Man Linglong is not a pure demon cultivator, he is just a selfish independent cultivator.

When a Tribulation Cultivator could earn Spirit Stones, he became a Tribulation Cultivator for hundreds of years.

After breaking through the Nascent Soul stage, he cleared himself and served as a guest official of the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce for decades.

In the past few decades, he joined the Underworld and became the General of the Eastern Expedition.

Relying on his position as General Zhengdong, he made a lot of profit.

In just over ten years, he entered the late Nascent Soul stage.

"If I work on it for another hundred years, maybe I, Linglong, will have a chance to break through to the God Transformation Realm?"

Master Linglong thought happily.

But at this moment, an extremely terrifying aura was approaching him rapidly.

Ten miles, five miles, thirty feet!
Master Linglong suddenly widened his eyes and subconsciously raised his body's protective energy.

"Who are you?"

"Kill your people!"

Lin Chen did not hold back at all.

The power of Zhulong, fifteen times the sword vibration!

With one strike, the sword broke through the protective true energy of Linglong Zhenren and cut off Linglong Zhenren's physical body.

A golden Nascent Soul broke out of the body.

"Oh, you still want to escape?"

Lin Chen directly released his true energy and destroyed Linglong Zhenren's Nascent Soul.

At this point, the great Yuanying Zhenren, the General of the Underworld who conquered the East, died.

“This is just the first one…”

Looking at the corpse of Linglong Zhenren, Lin Chen felt calm.

He erased all traces of the corpse and broke the restriction of Linglong Zhenren's storage ring.

After erasing the items that left their scent and tracking, he escaped with the remaining magic resources.

After escaping into the underground safe house, Lin Chen appeared thousands of miles away an hour later.

Another day later, Lin Chen appeared in the underground city.

He restored his appearance and changed from Xu Shi to Fu Feng Yong.

In just one day and one night, Lin Chen traveled more than 100,000 miles.

No one would have thought that Lin Chen, who was far away in the Underground City, could kill Linglong Zhenren who was 100,000 miles away.

"This old man, being the General of the Eastern Expedition really makes a lot of money..."

Lin Chen muttered.

In addition to recovering the resources from Fufeng Chamber of Commerce.

The wealth of Master Linglong is no less than 20 million spirit stones.

By killing Linglong Zhenren, he earned a total of 50 to 60 million spirit stones.

Naturally, Lin Chen could not return this batch of cultivation resources to the Fufeng family.

This is too easy to be exposed, and leaving it to the high-level martial arts world would add a lot of details.

"Master Linglong is just a minor character..."

Lin Chen murmured, he looked up in the direction of Wenda City.

"I haven't seen you for twelve years. I wonder how Master and the others are doing?"

(End of this chapter)