New and dark light years

Chapter 397 The Self-Righteous Sect Leader Ye
The same move can have different effects depending on who uses it.

In the hands of ordinary people, the soul-guiding paper figure is merely a facade, serving only as a means of delaying or harassing others.

But in Li Lin's hands, this is a deadly weapon.

Whether it's the army of four hundred paper figures or the six tree fairy goddesses used in two different ways, they are both incredibly powerful.

The six paper figures of the Tree Fairy Goddess were not very effective in dealing with the Gu monsters; they could only help Li Lin defend himself because the Gu monsters were too large and covered in armor, making it difficult for them to break through their defenses.

Ye Huan, however, only gained two longhorn beetle tentacles on his forehead, and his strength increased slightly, at most a change in numerical value.

There have been no improvements in the individual mechanics.

The six tails lashed down simultaneously, almost completely blocking Ye Huan's escape routes.

He could only shake his arms, and a black aura emanated from his body, forcibly blocking the six tails.

Boom!
The ground trembled slightly.

Ye Huan forcefully blocked all six of these blows.

But as a result, he was one inch shorter.

Because his feet were already slightly embedded in the soil.

The attacks of the six tree fairy goddesses were very powerful.

After blocking these attacks, Ye Huan immediately sprang into the air, intending to leap away, but suddenly felt another violent disturbance of energy in the air.

This time, five bolts of lightning struck down.

Each bolt of lightning was thicker than the previous three.

It was clear that Li Lin had used all his strength this time.

Boom boom boom!
Unable to dodge in mid-air, Ye Huan's limited maneuvering was hardly enough to escape the lightning's pursuit.

Five bolts of heavenly lightning struck him squarely.

He fell from the sky, and the black aura shield around his body disappeared, leaving him in patches of black and white.

"Wow!"

Ye Huan spat out a mouthful of green blood, staring at Li Lin in confusion: "Why is your Heavenly Lightning so fast and so strong? Lu Ying's... was so slow."

His eyes were filled with resentment.

"I have already obtained... the golden road."

Li Lin smiled but didn't say anything.

Lu Ying had neither magical artifacts nor mastered the Lightning Strike Technique.

Li Lin not only mastered the Lightning Strike Technique, but was even approaching the Grandmaster realm.

With its high level and divine equipment, how could it possibly compare to Lu Ying's 'plain' gear?

At this moment, the six tree fairy goddesses returned to Li Lin's side and continued to protect him.

In their view, Li Lin's safety was more important than killing the enemy.

Li Lin took two deep breaths to recover some of his spiritual energy, then formed a hand seal again, preparing to kill Ye Huan.

"Stop, Brother Li."

Li Lin turned around and saw An Xin walking over.

Several disciples of the Tianyi Sect followed behind him.

Li Lin frowned slightly: "You don't need to plead for him, he's doomed."

“No, I just want to ask him a few questions.” An Xin’s face was filled with sorrow. “Please, Brother Li.”

Li Lin sighed softly and took two steps back.

At this moment, the six tree fairy goddesses immediately surrounded Ye Huan from different directions.

Prevent him from escaping.

Looking at Ye Huan's appearance, An Xin asked incredulously, "Sect Leader, how did you become like this too?"

Li Lin's lightning strike spell is designed to counteract evil spirits.

The power was greater than expected. Ye Huan spat out another mouthful of green blood and said, "Xin'er, what do you want to ask..."

"Where are my master and the other elders?"

Ye Huan looked toward the secret cave, where there was a long trail of blood mixed with fragments of human bones.

An Xin followed his gaze and immediately understood. He instinctively stepped back and almost fell, but was caught by two disciples of the Tianyi Sect.

"Why... Sect Leader, why is this happening... your friendship of decades..."

"Those who dare to compete with me for the Great Dao, if they don't die, who will!" Ye Huan roared.

"Why would they steal from you..."

Ye Huan sneered, "We got the opportunity earlier than Xi Chang and the others, it was during the White Elephant Divine Flesh incident! All of us who went out were involved!"

Anxin looked at him in disbelief.

"Otherwise, why do you think I would have given the White Elephant Divine Meat to County Lieutenant Li?" Ye Huan laughed loudly. "Because at that time, the so-called White Elephant Divine Meat was no longer in our eyes. What we wanted were other things. And the appearance of your four junior brothers gave us an opportunity. Originally, all four of them should have become our helpers, so we wouldn't have had to fight so fiercely. But you took it upon yourself to invite this corrupt official back to treat them, and he really knew how to treat them... Can't you be angry? It's all your fault, Xin'er."

An Xin's expression was full of disbelief.

"You've been like this all along? Why didn't you show it at all?"

“As I said, after the red mist passes, the world will be divided into three types of people. The first type is the chosen ones like us, who can see the Great Dao. The second type is your four junior brothers... who can barely see the Great Dao, but the path is dangerous and difficult. Their talent is not up to par, and they will be controlled by Gu worms, but we will not. The third type is martial artists and ordinary people like you. Under the Great Dao, there is no difference between martial artists and ordinary people.”

An Xin was in a daze: "Is this what you call the Great Dao?"

"Yes... If it weren't for this kid pushing me so hard, and if we waited for Xichang to mature further, who could be my match!"

Hearing this, Li Lin couldn't help but laugh.

This laughter enraged Ye Huan.

"What are you laughing at!" "I'm laughing at your ignorance, mistaking heresy for the true path. What kind of true path turns you into something neither human nor insect?"

Ye Huan coughed twice, then spat out another mouthful of blood. He said in a hoarse voice, "The path of immortality, the great path, why be attached to the physical form? I am the human, I am the insect, I am the immortal. You don't understand, kid."

Li Lin said, "I don't need to understand. I only know that no matter how great your path is, you cannot eat people."

An Xin stared at Li Lin.

"Eating people?" An Xin suddenly remembered something: "No wonder many of the sect's elders and servants have gone missing recently."

"Have you finished asking?" Li Lin asked.

Anxin took a few steps back.

Li Lin made a hand gesture with one hand.

"You can't kill me, you can't!" Ye Huan sensed the disturbance in the energy flow, his eyes filled with fear: "I'm about to achieve the Great Dao, just give me a little more time... and I... can ascend to immortality, you can't ruin my chance..."

Boom boom boom!
Three bolts of lightning struck Ye Huan.

Without the protection of the black aura, Ye Huan was instantly reduced to charcoal.

The six tree fairy goddesses returned to Ah Lin's side, then transformed into small paper figures and returned to his hands.

An Xin and several other surviving Tianyi Sect disciples watched their sect leader turn into charred remains, and none of them could bear to look any longer, so they looked away.

Li Lin said to the captain beside him, "Send someone to gather some firewood and burn his body."

An Xin looked over, her eyes filled with pleading.

Li Lin said, "Gu worms have all sorts of evil abilities. What if one of them knows how to reincarnate? Burning it to ashes is the best course of action."

Anxin nodded helplessly.

Li Lin stayed there until Ye Huan's body was burned to ashes, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

An Xin remained kneeling beside him the whole time.

“Why bother? He’s already destroyed the entire Tianyi Sect.” Li Lin stood next to An Xin and said softly, “He doesn’t deserve your filial piety.”

"No matter what, he is still the sect leader and my former master."

"He's also your master?" Li Lin asked, somewhat surprised.

"Of course, to become the senior disciple, one must obtain the sect leader's approval."

Anxin's eyes were red. After the fire had cooled down, he took a jar and put the ashes inside.

He carefully placed handfuls of ashes into the jar, but then touched two long, hard objects. Upon closer inspection, he discovered they were the tentacles of two longhorn beetles.

Each tentacle is about three feet long and about the thickness of an adult man's thumb.

Li Lin was also surprised when he saw this thing.

I never imagined that even though the person was burned to ashes, this thing had no burn marks at all and looked very smooth.

It looks like a great product.

Anxin handed the two tentacles to Li Lin.

Li Lin shook his head: "Keep it, it'll be a good souvenir."

This thing is not bad, but it is far inferior to magical artifacts like the White Jade Immortal Sword in Li Lin's family.

"Thank you," An Xin sighed.

"What are you going to do next?" Li Lin asked.

An Xin was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know either. Maybe he's just wandering the world."

Why choose to be a homeless person?

"Tianyi Sect is gone."

Li Lin was somewhat surprised and pointed around: "Isn't Tianyi Sect here? The land is here, the houses are here, and the people are here... Although there are only a dozen or so people left, they are still people. Besides, there are many family members who need the care of you men."

"You won't confiscate our property and land?"

Li Lin smiled and said, "We will confiscate some of your property. When an army goes on a campaign, it needs to spend money, and usually the enemy's money is used to plug the hole. But we won't take your land, don't worry."

An Xin's eyes reddened: "I thought Tianyi Sect was going to lose everything... Thank you."

He knew that Li Lin had spared Tianyi Sect's life.

In fact, such matters can range from minor to major, depending entirely on how officials handle them.

In the past, if the government had acted in the same way, an incident like the one at Tianyi Gate would have been considered treason. All property and land would have been confiscated, and the surviving men would have been enslaved and the women sent to the Jiaofangsi (a government-run entertainment institution).

But Li Lin only confiscated the money, which was already a great act of kindness and righteousness.

"Remember, from now on, the leader of Tianyi Sect can only be you. I will not recognize anyone else." Li Lin patted An Xin on the shoulder.

Anxin nodded.

Li Lin pondered for a moment, then said with some melancholy, "By the way, I haven't seen Junior Sister Lu. Where did she go? Could something have happened to her too?"

Li Lin was a little worried that Lu Ying might have been used as spider food by Ye Huan and the elders.

An Xin shook his head: "A few hours ago, I sent her to Yulin County."

"Huh?" Li Lin was a little confused, then realized, "You guessed I would bring a large army!"

"I guessed it. After all, we're friends, and I know your style very well."

An Xin stood up, holding the jar: "Brother Li, I need to go and bury my master, elders, and fellow disciples first... I won't entertain you for now. I'll come to apologize and thank you after I've finished here."

Li Lin nodded.

An Xin watched Li Lin's retreating figure and asked, "By the way, Brother Li, why did my master and the others make Junior Brother Xichang eat people? Why did my master suddenly become like that? There must be something puzzling about this. Do you know anything about it?"

"This involves a lot of complicated matters, and you'd better not get involved," Li Lin said seriously, looking at him.

(End of this chapter)