New and dark light years

Chapter 487 Cultivation Should Follow One's Heart and Nature

The Ding family, as a long-established family of cultivators, still has a solid foundation.

They lack talent in spiritual practice, but they have no shortage of money and knowledge.

Every item on the shelf in front of me is imbued with celestial energy.

Furthermore, based on the decorations and patterns on the artifacts, it can be seen that they belong to different 'immortals,' and not just to that one sword immortal.

Li Lin walked around inside and asked, "How much time did you spend collecting these things?"

"It's been over two hundred years," Ding Feng said with a smug smile. "These achievements are the result of the efforts of nearly twenty generations."

However, Ding Feng then looked somewhat disappointed: "But compared to the Li family of Jin County, they are still far behind."

In Ding Feng's personal opinion, although both are old-established cultivation families, the Ding family only knows how to find immortal artifacts and immortal objects.

They've completely gone astray.

We must be like the Li family of Jin County, specializing in developing martial arts techniques; that is the true path to success.

Indeed... the Li family may not seem to have any powerful magical artifacts, but they do have cultivation techniques.

The Li family had improved the paper-making technique to such an extent that the Ding family would never have dared to imagine it before.

As for the 'Cultivation Breathing Technique' that Li Lin has now sent, although it is not a very high-level technique, it should be able to allow the Ding family to go from having no way to enter to 'stepping into the threshold'.

The reason why the Ding family has been able to stand in Gui County for more than two hundred years and survive for so long under the watchful eyes of the Immortal Execution Society is not only because they are not really like an immortal cultivation sect, but also because the Ding family has a wide network of connections.

The Zhuxian Society had tried to cause trouble for the Ding family before, but they were all driven back without suffering any losses.

What did I rely on? ...Having many friends.

Ding Feng now wants Li Lin to truly become a friend of the Ding family.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to let Li Lin into his secret room.

After wandering around inside twice, Li Lin selected a feather robe and a glass bracelet.

The feather robe is really beautiful; it seems to be made of a very special silk.

The reason I chose this is that I wanted to take a piece of clothing back as a gift for my woman.

Although there's only one dress, they can decide for themselves who wears it.

The same applies to the glass bracelet. Moreover, there is a talisman array inside the glass bracelet, so it would be good to take it back and study it.

After Li Lin made his choice, Ding Feng smiled and said, "Are you planning to give it to your wife?"

Li Lin nodded in agreement.

Ding Feng did not underestimate him; maintaining harmony within the household is, in fact, a form of spiritual practice.

After leaving the secret room, we returned to the front hall.

Zhao Xiaohu remained seated. Upon seeing Li Lin approach, he immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile, "Brother Lin, have you picked out your treasure?"

“Yes.” Li Lin looked at Ding Yingqiu’s bulging belly and said, “After your child is born, I will find time to visit again and bring some nice things for my nephew.”

Zhao Xiaohu waved his hand vigorously: "No need for anything so formal, just a small gift will do. Brother Lin, you've already taken good care of me."

Li Lin laughed and said, "We're brothers, no need for formalities. Xiao Hu, sister-in-law, I'll be going now, I'll come back in a while."

Zhao Xiaohu said somewhat disappointedly, "I was hoping to show you around Guicheng."

Ding Yingqiu said helplessly from the side, "Xiao Hu, Brother Lin is the military governor. He governs the entire Gui County. Are you worried that he won't come here in the future?"

“Oh right.” Zhao Xiaohu grinned foolishly.

Li Lin then cupped his hands to Ding Feng beside him and said, "Patriarch Ding, I have to take my leave now. I will come to see my nephew again in a few days."

"The Ding family will be ready to welcome you with open arms," ​​Ding Feng said solemnly.

After leaving the Ding family, Li Lin led his army back to Jin County.

He ordered Xiao Chunzhu and other military commanders to lead the troops back to the main camp first, while he himself led his personal guards to Yulin County.

When he returned to the entrance of Yulin County, he saw that Tang Chun was already waiting for him at the city gate.

Upon seeing Li Lin, he immediately approached, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "My lord, I have retrieved the white elephant's flesh."

Li Lin ignored him for the time being and looked up instead.

Then they saw the willow mirage floating above.

Seeing Li Lin looking over, Liu Shen smiled and floated down from the sky, saying, "This person brought a lot of fragrant meat. I don't know what kind of person he is, so I'll keep an eye on him for you for now."

"Thank you," Li Lin said with a smile.

"We're so close, why are you being so polite?" Liu Shen waved her hand dismissively. "Since you know this person, I won't interfere. Come visit me sometime."

After saying that, Liu Shen flew away.

Only then did Li Lin look at Tang Chun.

At this moment, Tang Chun looked down and saw that Li Lin was ignoring him and talking to thin air, so he knew that he was being monitored by a 'True Lord'.

I suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He was glad that he hadn't had any bad intentions.

Li Lin asked, "Where is the White Elephant God's flesh?"

"Your personal guards have taken him to the county government office, where he is being received by a clerk surnamed Jiang."

"Come with me to the county government office."

"How dare I disobey?" Tang Chun bowed.

The two arrived at the county government office. As soon as they entered, they heard Jiang Jili's voice coming from inside: "Absurd! Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think I can't tell the difference between hanging oneself and hanging oneself after death? Go... bring Tong Cheng here. I want to see how he tries to explain himself."

"That Master Tong said that he knew Lord Li."

"You believe such nonsense? What kind of status does a military governor have? How dare a mere merchant try to curry favor with him? Go now!"

Then several constables rushed out from inside.

They were all startled when they saw Li Lin and quickly bowed.

Li Lin waved his hand and said, "Go get to work."

The group left immediately.

When Li Lin entered the torture chamber, he saw Jiang Jili with a dark face.

Hearing footsteps, Jiang Jili was a little irritated. He looked up, about to get angry, but when he saw that it was Li Lin, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Governor, you're finally back."

Li Lin asked, "What's wrong that's making you so angry?"

Jiang Jili glanced at Tang Chun and said, "Isn't it because you had someone bring back the white elephant divine meat?"

"What's wrong with that thing?"

"The news has leaked," Jiang Jili said helplessly. "Many people have started to have designs on it. In fact, there have been people lurking around the county government office lately."

Li Lin laughed and said, "People die for money, birds die for food, it's normal. But how did the news leak out?"

"I don't know, I'm checking."

As Jiang Jili spoke, he glanced at Tang Chun.

Tang Chun felt a chill run down his spine and immediately clasped his hands in a fist and said, "My lords, I absolutely have not revealed this information to anyone."

Li Lin laughed and said, "There's no need to rush this. Since Tang Chun is here, let him serve as a military commander for now."

Tang Chun was taken aback, then happily cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your high regard, sir."

The military commanders were different from the prefectural troops; they were troops directly under the command of the military governor's jurisdiction.

On the surface, he was a military officer, but upon closer examination, he was actually a civil official.

Generally speaking, the career prospects of a military commander are better than those of an ordinary military officer, and they are more likely to be promoted.

Li Lin continued, "Five hundred catties of the white elephant meat will be allocated and distributed by the Secretariat, so that all officials, large and small, in Jin County can get some meat to eat."

Jiang Jili was taken aback: "Isn't 500 jin too much?"

"It's alright... everyone gets a share. Although we can't eat as much as we want, we can still have a taste."

Jiang Jili took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "On behalf of my colleagues, I thank the military governor for his reward."

"I'm leaving now. Just deliver the white elephant meat to my house before tonight."

Half an incense stick later, Li Lin returned home. The four women were overjoyed, and when Li Lin handed the feather robe and the glass bracelet to Huang Qing, her eyes widened in amazement.

Even though Huang Qing is very sensible and knows what's good for her, as a woman, she still has little resistance to things that sparkle.

The other three women were somewhat envious, but none of them competed with Huang Qing.

Because they knew very well that without Huang Qing's consent, the three of them could not become Li Lin's concubines.

Such a beautiful thing can only be worn by Huang Qing.

Of course, even a real lady can wear it while floating in the air.

That night, Huang Qing wore a feathered robe and acted somewhat 'crazy'.

After resting for two days, Li Lin began to refine pills using the flesh of the White Elephant God.

After learning that most of the White Elephant Divine Flesh had been transported to the Li residence, those restless martial artists set their sights on other officials.

Li Lin and his group dared not 'offend' them, but as for the others... they dared.

But Chiang Chi-li was prepared.

After distributing the white elephant god's flesh, he secretly deployed a large number of people to set up traps and ambushes.

Once those martial arts figures made a move, they were surrounded and arrested.

Those who resist will be killed on the spot.

This dealt another heavy blow to the prestige of the martial arts world, further enhancing the prestige of Jin County as a "forbidden area of ​​the martial arts world."

However, even with such elaborate arrangements, several martial arts masters still managed to steal it.

Lu Chenfeng is one of them.

Lu Chenfeng was known in the martial arts world as "Chasing Wind Step," which shows that he was extremely skilled in lightness techniques.

His initial target wasn't some particularly powerful figure, but rather a junior officer.

The captain also had half a pound of white elephant meat. After snatching it, he used his agility to dodge the archers' encirclement and escaped the pursuit, and left Jin County without stopping.

He barely dared to rest along the way, and using the Imperial Powder, he spent six days escaping from Jin County to Xiang County.

Then it took another three days to get to Qidong County.

When he arrived at the city gate, his tired face showed joy.

However, he did not go into the city immediately, but instead drew a shape on the ground with his foot by the roadside.

Then he found a relatively tall tree in the woods outside the city, jumped up to a branch and hid there, closing his eyes to rest.

By evening, he felt he had recovered enough strength and jumped down from the tree.

He waited there for a while, and then saw several men walk over from the surrounding area.

"Where can one find the path to immortality?" Lu Chenfeng asked cautiously.

"Slay all the immortals under heaven in one fell swoop."

One of the men clasped his hands in response.

Lu Chenfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I am Yu Chanzi, who is infiltrating Jin County. I obtained something very important from Li the traitor, which I want to present to the Grand Master."

The so-called Jade Cicada was a spy and traitor.

It's just called differently.

The man laughed and said, "We have already heard that several martial arts masters have stolen some white elephant meat from Jin County. The Grand Master already knows about this. Please come with us."

The group walked together, heading towards the city gate.

But at that moment, they suddenly tensed up.

Because they didn't know when, they had been surrounded.

The leader of the Zhuxian Society clasped his hands and said, "I am Qi Hong, the branch leader of the Zhuxian Society. May I ask what you all mean?"

"I'm just asking you all to stay and have a chat."

A handsome man emerged from behind a large tree, fanning himself with a fan.

Qi Hong looked at the other party's clothing and saw the Big Dipper symbol on it. He frowned and said, "Are you from the Star-Picking Tower?"

"Have a vision."

The person who came was naturally Chu Feng.

He looked at Qi Hong and said, "Surrender. We don't want to use force. If you surrender, we might spare your lives."

Qi Hong snorted: "How arrogant."

Then he waved his hand and whispered, "Charge out."

The members of the Immortal Execution Society were no cowards; upon hearing this, they immediately rushed towards Chu Feng's direction.

Catch the thief first to catch the king.

At the same time, they unleashed a barrage of hidden weapons.

At that moment, a transparent wall of air appeared in front of Chu Feng.

All the hidden weapons were blocked by this air barrier.

The members of the Zhuxian Society immediately sensed that something was terribly wrong.

The only one capable of forming such a massive wall of energy is either a martial artist of the third rank or higher, or someone who possesses a magical artifact.

Qi Hong shouted, "This is a tough one, go from the right..."

"Too late!" Chu Feng sneered.

He came out to attract their attention, making it easier for his subordinates to complete the encirclement.

A cold and beautiful woman led a dozen or so people into the encirclement.

About half an incense stick later, most of the members of the Zhuxian Society had fallen into pools of blood.

Lu Chenfeng lay on the ground, barely clinging to life.

A man from the Star-Picking Tower groped around on Lu Chenfeng's body for a while, and finally cut open Lu Chenfeng's stomach with his hands and took out a strange object from his stomach.

Lu Chenfeng's body trembled twice, then he stopped moving, only his eyes remained fixed open, refusing to close.

The contents removed from his stomach were stained with blood.

But once you peel back the outermost layer of oil paper, you'll see a white, glassy, ​​transparent mass of meat inside.

It emits a light fragrance.

"Young Master, we've found it!" the man shouted excitedly.

"Such a huge thing, and he actually hid it in his stomach." Chu Feng walked over and said, somewhat puzzled, "How did he do that!"

"I've heard there's a cultivation technique called the Gluttony Technique, which can make a cultivator's mouth, throat, and stomach much larger," Lianxin said as she walked over. "This technique can nourish the body through food; I didn't expect it to be so useful for hiding things."

Chu Feng nodded and smiled, "Alright, send someone to return this to Li Lin."

Lianxin frowned beside him and said, "Young Master, why bother with the things you worked so hard to get... Besides, you are weak, eating this white elephant god's flesh should be good for you."

Chu Feng shook his head and said, "If it were useful, I would have recovered long ago. There's no need to talk about it anymore, just listen to me. By the way, how's your investigation into Zeng Hongluo going?"

"She is very clever and always keeps to herself, making it difficult for us to track her whereabouts."

Chu Feng snorted: "Then continue the investigation. The Li family kindly spared her life, but she didn't cherish it and even stole the Li family's immortal sword. She's courting death."

"It's all because Li Lin was lustful; otherwise, he wouldn't have given her the chance to succeed."

Chu Feng said, "Men are naturally fond of women. As cultivators, it is wrong to follow one's heart and nature."

Lianxin sighed helplessly.

Chu Feng said, "I received a message from my younger sister yesterday. Someone is secretly investigating our Star-Picking Pavilion in the East Sea, and they seem to be the Second Prince's people. How did they know that our Star-Picking Pavilion's headquarters is there?"

"Could there be a traitor among us?"

“Then investigate… investigate everyone from top to bottom, including Mother and Little Sister.”

Chu Feng spoke coldly, his eyes seemingly devoid of emotion.

(End of this chapter)