New and dark light years

Chapter 461 The Immortal Beauties' Compendium

Anxin was a figure in the underworld whom Li Lin had frequent contact with and trusted.

Li Lin was very reassured that he would help establish the Seeking Immortals Society.

When he returned to Yulin County, Jiang Jili came to his door.

"Governor, the administrative office is now operating normally, but we have encountered a small problem."

"What trouble?"

“A few days ago, we sent an order to transfer tax revenue to the prefect of Gui County via carrier pigeons from the post station, but the local prefect, Lan, refused.”

Li Lin frowned: "What's the reason?"

"Do not associate with those who harbor malicious intentions."

Li Lin chuckled lightly: "You have backbone, or you just don't want to hand over the money you embezzled."

Jiang Jili also laughed: "I guess it's the latter."

"It seems I'll have to make a trip to Guilin."

Jiang Jili agreed, saying, "Hua Yi'an, the General Commander of Gui County... his attitude is also quite ambiguous. If the military governor doesn't give them a warning, Gui County will likely find it difficult to obey you."

Li Lin nodded to indicate that he understood.

Just then, a weary messenger entered and bowed, saying, "Reporting, the rebels in Luoding County have suddenly retreated. They have sent someone with a letter."

Having said that, the messenger presented the letter with both hands.

Li Lin took the letter, tore off the seal, opened it, and read it. He smiled and said, "I am preparing to lead troops to take over Xinxing County. Would you like to come along, Secretary? It would be a great achievement for both the imperial court and me."

“I dare not disobey.” Jiang Jili bowed.

Then the two of them burst into laughter.

Two days later, the army of 3,000 set off from Yulin County and took seven days to reach Xinxing County.

They then took over Xinxing County without losing a single soldier.

Upon entering the county town, Li Lin discovered that it was not a large town, with a population only one-third that of Yulin County. The town and its surrounding area had a population of about 50,000.

It's a small county town.

At the same time, the local produce is not very abundant.

No wonder the Qin family army gave up so decisively.

On the city wall, Li Lin said to Jiang Jili, "The work of pacifying the county, the statistics, and so on will all be handed over to you. I have to go outside the city."

Jiang Jili knew roughly what Li Lin was going to do, so he cupped his hands and smiled, "I wish the military governor all his wishes come true."

"Thank you for your kind words." Li Lin cupped his hands in greeting, then leaped off the city wall.

With such a high city wall, Li Lin jumped down, looking as graceful as a willow catkin drifting in the wind.

Jiang Jili said enviously, "When will I be able to be like that..."

Although he was a scholar, Chiang Chi-li also had a martial spirit.

After landing, Li Lin headed towards the outside of the city.

He threw down paper figures as he walked.

Some are small paper figures, responsible for finding their way and monitoring the surrounding environment.

There are also paper figures that guide the soul; these are paper soldiers with swords and spears, responsible for surrounding him and protecting his safety.

Li Lin arrived at a mountain, took out a map and looked at it for a while, and quickly confirmed his destination.

When Qin Fang made the deal with him, he had already given him a map of the area, and even marked the location of the immortal cave.

Li Lin leaped through the mountains and quickly found the entrance.

This place had clearly been visited not long ago, as there were still many messy shoe prints at the entrance of the hole.

Li Lin wasn't in a hurry. He let the little paper figure go in first, just in case there was any danger inside.

The little paper figure quickly explored the inside and found that apart from some small cave creatures, there were no other large carnivorous creatures in the cave.

No one at all.

Li Lin lit the tinderbox and went inside.

At the same time, he placed two paper figures of the Tree Fairy Goddess and placed them in the shadows at the cave entrance to prevent outsiders from entering after he went in.

This immortal's cave has clearly been searched and is in a mess.

The stone chairs and benches that had been built were broken off, and the stalactites on both sides of the stone steps after entering the cave were also 'chiseled' into pieces.

There was even a faint smell of feces inside, meaning that someone had defecated in there a few days ago. "It seems the Qin family thoroughly searched this place before giving it to me."

Li Lin said helplessly as he walked deeper into the area.

Before long, he arrived at the innermost part of the cave.

There is also a cold pool formed by a spring here. Under the light of the torch, you can see several almost translucent, eyeless fish swimming slowly at the bottom of the pool.

Li Lin looked around and quickly found the array mechanism.

Several inconspicuous stone blocks are arranged in an oddly shaped manner.

The stones here are very strange, because these stone pillars are not conspicuous at all.

However, in the eyes of a master of formations, the existence of these stone pillars is quite extraordinary.

Based on the arrangement of these stone blocks, Li Lin quickly discovered the pattern. He found a seemingly ordinary stone nearby and placed it in the middle of these stone blocks.

Then, a depression appeared in the rock wall, followed by an entrance.

Li Lin walked in, holding a tinderbox.

The entrance behind me closed again.

However, Li Lin was not in a hurry, because he had already seen the mechanism to reopen the entrance.

At the same time, he was attracted by the scene before him.

This secret room is filled with numerous portraits, all of them of women.

Li Lin looked over and was surprised to find that he saw the Tree Fairy Goddess and the portrait of Liu Shen.

Especially the Tree Fairy Goddess, she was not as mature and beautiful as she is now. The Tree Fairy Goddess in the portrait is very young and looks extremely immature, about the age of thirteen in human years.

Beside the Tree Fairy Goddess was the Blue Scale True Monarch Liu Shen... She was even younger, a small dragon only half a zhang tall.

Beside the two, there was a girl with golden horns on her head, who looked somewhat like the Tree Fairy, but her horns were golden and very beautiful.

Is this Liu Chi?
Li Lin was very surprised. How could there be portraits of the three Tree Fairy sisters in this place?

He walked closer and found that each of the portraits had two or three small characters written on it.

The portraits of the Tree Fairy, Liu Shen, and Liu Chi all bear the inscription: "Waiting to grow up."

Li Lin looked around at the portraits and noticed that many of them had the word 'edible' written on them.

On some of the women's portraits, the words "already eaten" are written.

Li Lin looked at all the portraits of women here. The vast majority of them were beauties, but there were also some like Liu Shen who had not yet taken human form.

He also counted that there were seventeen portraits marked with the word 'already eaten'.

"What's happening here?"

Li Lin was a little puzzled.

Could this immortal be a cannibal?

Or is there another interpretation to the character '食'?
Li Lin looked at the portraits again, and then he was drawn to one of them.

The portrait depicts a young girl in purple, only her profile is visible, but she looks very familiar.

He thought for a while longer and then remembered, it was Zi Feng!

The monstrous queen who was sealed on the city wall by her own husband.

Her motto is 'to grow'.

"Is this a compendium of flowers?"

Li Lin's expression was strange. If that were true, this sword immortal... was quite the ladies' man.

But then, Li Lin saw several scrolls abandoned in a corner, and he went over and opened them.

The image above is still of a woman, but in addition to the words "already eaten," there are some additional annotations below.

This is a bewitching woman with a fox tail. Below the words "already eaten," there is a passage written below.

"For those with body odor, first bleed them, then soak them in ginger-infused water in their abdominal cavity, and refrigerate them in an ice room for three days. This will eliminate the odor. Skewer and grill the meat; it will be firm but tasteless—a rather bland dish."

Li Lin immediately felt a chill rush to his head.

He put down the scroll and opened another one.

The painting depicts a woman whose features are not clearly discernible, and there is a line of annotation below the words "already eaten".

'The Black-Footed Catwoman, aside from her breast meat, is utterly useless; no matter how many spices you marinate her in, she's still just chicken bone!'

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(End of this chapter)