If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 271: Prelude to the Expedition
After some attempts, Huang Shangshang discovered that although these three generations of artificial golden elixirs did not dramatically improve her strength, they did improve the performance of her own golden elixir by at least 30%. The speed and quality of producing spiritual energy were much higher, and it could even help her operate the golden elixir autonomously.

Huang Shangshang honestly expressed her thoughts, "With this artificial golden elixir, I am confident that I can defeat Zhongzhou's early Nascent Soul stage cultivator right now."

"Well, that's good. Then this artificial golden elixir will be given to you."

"Thank you, Mr. Li!"

Li Yanmo raised his hand and waved, "Old Five, is there any way to mass-produce this artificial golden elixir?"

“We encountered some bottlenecks.”

Li Yanmo blinked, suddenly realizing something, and placed a storage bag in Zhuge Moer's hand. "Here are 5 billion high-grade spirit stones. If it's not enough, tell me again."

I don't know what happened recently, but the prestige experience has exploded again. The spirit stones that were suppressed with great difficulty have soared to 17.5 billion high-grade spirit stones. This may be because the matter of the ancient cultivator is still fermenting.

Looking at the heavy storage bag in his hand, Zhuge Moer felt complicated, "Master, not everything can be solved by spirit stones."

"So can this problem be solved?"

"This problem can be solved with spirit stones."

Zhuge Moer put the storage bag in his arms and jumped into the dry well.

Time flies, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye. During this period, Leng Ningshuang came to Qianzhou.

As the daughter of the prime minister, Leng Ningshuang was a fighter among the rich women. She spent spirit stones without blinking an eye. In addition, she had already formed a top-grade golden elixir, so she successfully formed the supreme golden elixir after forming it for about ten times.

However, what surprised Li Yanmo was that Leng Ningshuang never went back to dressing in men's clothes. Even when asked about it, Leng Ningshuang just rolled her eyes.

As fireworks bloomed in the sky, the army marched forward in a mighty force to eliminate demons.

Millions of Taoist sects raised their flags to cheer on the outside and denounced the evil ways as being against human nature, but secretly they used various means to deduce the marching direction of the army and determine its goals.

The sects that found out that the place they were in was not the target of this expedition to eliminate demons all breathed a sigh of relief, while those sects that realized that the army was coming towards them, regardless of whether they were from the righteous or the evil sects, all looked ashen.

Once the expedition to eliminate demons begins, both the righteous and the evil will likely be wiped out.

Of course, there is also a sect that doesn’t care at all, and that is the Huantian Sect.

When Meizhou's Golden Core Constables were frequently attacked by ancient cultivators, the Huantian Sect was mentally prepared for Meizhou to become the target of an expedition to eliminate demons. Furthermore, the sect's beloved daughter, Huang Shangshang, had forged a supreme Golden Core, providing a good place to stay. Therefore, the Huantian Sect had been actively cultivating good deeds during this period.

Based on the principle that if they don't make it public, no one will know that they are doing good things, the Huantian Sect reported many evil cultivators by their real names, and generously admitted that it was they who had captured those evil cultivators for money in the past.

Faced with the arrival of the expeditionary army, the Huantian Sect even raised the flag to lead the way, fearing that the expeditionary army would get lost.

When other sects in Meizhou saw this, they were filled with hatred. Some of them secretly contacted the Taoist envoys to report the Huantian Sect for such bad behavior.

If it were any other time, the Taoist envoy would definitely come down to hold people accountable, but the problem is that now is the period of the expedition to eliminate demons, and there are sects behind the Taoist envoys. If they come down and say a few words, the sects behind them will become the target of the expedition to eliminate demons, and then they will really be beaten up by their elders.

Therefore, the Taoist envoy could only answer indifferently.

"The expedition to exterminate demons is just routine. If you have nothing to hide, why worry?"

The Meizhou expeditionary force was led by the eighth prince Ji Fa and the fourth princess Ji Ling'er, while Li Lin and other commoner marquises and princes were placed in the same barracks.

To demonstrate national strength, the Meizhou expeditionary force dispatched eight dragon horses in the Fusion Stage, along with a pure-blooded dragon that had already reached the half-step stage of transcending tribulation, to lead the way. Taking advantage of the remaining time, the princes of the Commoner Marquis gathered at Li Lin's tent to share their recent training experiences and the progress of their magical weapon embryos.

As they chatted, the princes began to discuss state affairs, and the eighth prince and the fourth princess who led them this time naturally became the subjects of their conversation and discussion.

"Brother Li, I heard that the Eighth Prince Ji Fa had already reached the level of Half-Step Crossing the Tribulation eight years ago. He is said to be the most likely of all the princes to become the Crown Prince!"

"The Fourth Princess is also remarkable. I heard that some great scholars think that the Fourth Princess has the qualities of the former Empress. Perhaps she could become the second Empress in Dayu's history!"

"It's hard to say. I heard someone say..."

A prince paused and lowered his voice.

"The Eighth Prince was the descendant of a bandit clan that was extremely rampant during the Great Wilderness. Even the Great Shun Dynasty was powerless against him. The Fourth Princess also has a questionable background. She is suspected to be related to the ancient Slaughter Sect from the Great Wilderness period!"

These words caused the other princes to be amazed. After some discussion, the princes looked at Li Lin who was reading a book.

"Brother Li, what do you think?"

Li Lin raised his eyes and smiled, "Trouble comes from the mouth. Although we are the sons of commoners, our fathers' achievements are there. This expedition to eliminate demons will probably determine the position of crown prince. For the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess, we are worth winning over."

"With their level of cultivation... it's not difficult for them to hear our conversation."

After saying that, Li Lin continued to leisurely flip through the book in his hand, as if he was talking about a trivial matter that was not a big deal. However, the princes all looked pale.

No matter when, criticizing the princes and princesses during the period of competing for the crown prince position is a serious crime and can easily lead to the disaster of killing!
The princes froze for a long time. When they saw that no one rushed in to drag them out and chop them up, they breathed a sigh of relief. One of them complained in a low voice, "Brother Li, you should have said so earlier."

Li Lin closed the book in his hand and said calmly, "Seeing you all so excited, it's hard to stop you. But you can rest assured, the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess are both broad-minded people and won't be angry because of your idle words. But you'd better remember: seek your position and fulfill your responsibilities."

"If you want to criticize the princes and princesses, then be prepared to bear the responsibility of criticizing them."

Li Lin glanced at the princes and continued.

"Don't get carried away just because you've made progress in your cultivation."

"If God wants you to die, he will first make you crazy."

After hearing what Li Lin said, the princes were suddenly shocked and put away the arrogance that had arisen due to the significant improvement in their cultivation.

"Brother Li is right."

"We have such an opportunity, and we should never use it on meaningless things!"

Above the pure-blooded dragon, Jifa, who was half-armored, raised his eyes.

"That Li Lin... is quite interesting. He's indeed the son of the Marquis of Bahuang."

Ji Ling'er, who was standing next to Ji Fa with her arms around her chest, said lightly.

"Mr. Li will most likely be heading to Meizhou this time, so we must find a way to contact him secretly."

(End of this chapter)