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

Chapter 278: Attack from Ancient Monks

"A mere Qi training cultivator, actually dares to...what? Golden Core Stage? You're pretending—"

The rampant demon cultivator hadn't even had time to touch his knees to the ground when the part of his body above the knees was gone.

Huang Shangshang raised her still smoking index finger and blew gently.

Li Yanmo on the side did not hesitate to applaud Huang Shangshang, "Miss Huang, you have grasped the essence of this unique skill."

"Thank you, Mr. Li!"

Huang Shangshang also expressed her gratitude excitedly.

This is not a compliment, but a heartfelt thank you.

This unique skill looks simple, but it is very powerful. The higher the level of cultivation and the more stable the foundation, the greater the power.

The most important thing is that there is no warning when attacking, and the consumption is extremely low. It is a real combat skill.

As the saying goes, teaching the apprentice will only starve the master. I didn’t expect Li Yanmo to teach such useful things from the very beginning!
Seeing Li Yanmo and Huang Shangshang singing the same tune, Leng Ningshuang rolled her eyes and said, "I say, you haven't forgotten the important matter, have you?"

Li Yanmo pinched his chin and thought, "Business? Uh...playing the role of an ancient cultivator bullying weak demon cultivators? Isn't that what I'm doing?"

During this period, they would lower their cultivation level and pretend to be newbies, then deliberately leak money to attract the attention of the demon cultivators, and then counterattack and kill them.

Because they were all cultivators of magic and habitual murderers and robbers, they felt no psychological pressure at all when they killed.

"Regarding this matter...those demon cultivators are all the military merits of the princes in the expeditionary force. Now that you have withdrawn all these demon cultivators, what should those princes do?" Leng Ningshuang couldn't help but complain.

Li Yanmo thought for a moment and replied, "It's not us who should be worried, but the cultivators from the sects. The princes have no demon cultivators to kill, no military merits to gain, and no additional cultivation resources. Even if they can join the Zhongzhou Expeditionary Force, they won't be able to get a good position due to their lack of military merits and cultivation, and won't be able to achieve success in a short period of time."

"The sect monks need the commoner marquis' son to make great achievements, so they will definitely mobilize more people to enter Meizhou."

"The bigger their moves, the bigger their flaws."

Leng Ningshuang nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this. "Meizhou is just a small state. It's impossible for so many demon cultivators to appear out of nowhere and need to be killed. They might be disguised as resurrected ancient cultivators. Our plan..."

"There is no need to terminate it, but there can be changes, which is just right for us to fish in troubled waters," Li Yanmo had a good idea.

……

Dayu's tent.

Li Lin staggered to the ground. Although he was covered in blood, he had no external injuries, just unstable breathing.

The other princes were shocked when they saw this and were about to step forward to inquire about the situation, but were suppressed by Li Lin's eyes.

After returning to the tent, a prince asked in a low voice, "Brother Li, didn't you go to clean up the monsters? What's going on?"

Li Lin pulled out four storage bags from his sleeve and placed them on the table. "We were attacked by demonic cultivators. Three of them are at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, and one is at the Fake Pill Stage."

"There's actually a fake Dan stage!?"

The princes present were all shocked.

The demon cultivators are ruthless and their combat power is higher than that of ordinary cultivators. Some demon cultivators in the false elixir stage can even kill righteous cultivators in the golden elixir stage.

And Li Lin, who was only in the middle stage of foundation building, was actually attacked by a demon cultivator in the false elixir stage?!
However, some princes realized the strangeness of this attack. "Meizhou is short of spiritual energy. If there were a fake Dan-stage demon cultivator, he should have been recorded long ago. Not only did he not hide, but he also took the initiative to attack..."

Demonic cultivators are bad, but not stupid. Meizhou lacks spiritual energy, and cultivating to the False Pill stage is not easy. Now that Dayu's sword is raised, of course they will flee or hide, waiting for the storm to pass before resurfacing. If their hiding place is discovered, they will have no other choice but to strike back.

"The family background of those four people is definitely not at the level of Meizhou's magic cultivators. They are probably [ancient cultivators] who have only recently revived," Li Lin curled his lips without leaving a trace.

"Ancient monk..."

The princes present were all stunned and their expressions became strange.

A few days ago, they were still talking about the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess being suspected of having an affair with an ancient sect, and now a resurrected ancient monk attacked Li Lin and almost killed him.

The Eighth Prince, the Fourth Princess, and Li Lin had no conflict of interest. Considering the Crown Prince position had yet to be decided, and the Marquis of Bahuang was poised to become the leader of the commoner marquises, the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess would never become his enemy, even if they didn't try to win over Li Lin.

Li Lin was born in Baidi City and had never left Baidi City before the expedition.

The only ones who had conflicts with Li Lin were the nobles.

Since the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess are likely to have connections with ancient sects, it is not surprising that those noble marquises are also connected with ancient sects. This can even explain the noble marquises' powerful strength.

In this way, the sudden attack becomes much more reasonable.

But they had been with Li Lin for some time, and under his guidance they always kept a humble and calm heart, so they did not immediately insist that it must be the ancient monks sent by the noble marquis to kill Li Lin.

Someone murmured, "This matter... is a bit strange."

Li Lin's eyes twitched slightly, a hint of satisfaction flashing across them. "At first, I suspected it was some noble marquis who did it, but I thought about it carefully. Sending so many ancient monks to attack me might kill me, but it might also help me rise to prominence."

"Besides, even if they really kill me, what does it matter? I'm just the youngest son of Marquis Bahuang. I can't stop Marquis Bahuang. If Marquis Bahuang keeps silent, won't they be even more uneasy?"

"Since they've taken action, they're bound to be vulnerable. Joining forces with the ancient monks to attack and kill the expedition soldiers during the demon-slaying expedition is a serious crime of treason! Why would they take such a risk when they hold such high positions?"

"For them, the best approach is to leave it alone. If I don't gain any military merits and obtain additional cultivation resources, I won't be able to further achieve success and become a threat to their position."

After listening to Li Lin's analysis, the princes who had already felt that this matter was strange suddenly realized and felt that what Li Lin said was indeed reasonable.

"The one who attacked... was probably a cultivator from a sect," Li Lin said calmly, seeing that the groundwork had been laid. "The millions of sects in the Dao sect appear to be submitting, but in reality, they are all pretending to obey and secretly harboring ulterior motives."

"I suspect they are intentionally sowing discord between the nobles and commoners in an attempt to split the Dayu Dynasty."

"Perhaps there is an irreconcilable conflict between the commoner and the noble, but... the noble's behavior is no excuse for violating our most basic principles."

Li Lin changed into clean clothes and turned to face the other princes.

"If the world is in chaos, the people will inevitably be displaced. We study the sages' books not to wait until the people are displaced and then criticize the nobles for their inaction, but to enable us to distinguish right from wrong and know when to take action."

"Find your position and fulfill your responsibilities."

"Now we are fortunate enough to do something..."

The princes understood what Li Lin meant and nodded in unison without waiting for Li Lin to finish.

"Brother Li, we will follow your orders!"

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)