Chapter 198

"The third level is the 'Protecting Elder'. At this level, there are basically no restrictions on seniority. As long as you have the strength, you can become a 'Protecting Elder'. According to my understanding of them, if the bald head If nothing like this happened, there would actually be a chance to become a ‘guardian elder’.”

"As for the so-called "Honorary Elder" at the fourth level, you can understand that this is a sign of respect for the elderly. Regardless of their strength, as long as they are senior enough, they can get this title. Of course, it does not have any real power. It is just a nice name. "

"As for the 'elder director' who was killed by the bald man, his personal strength is relatively average, but he has a high seniority and is very good at running a business, so he was promoted exceptionally."

"But his business..." Lan Jie hesitated to speak.

"Well, it's not a very serious business," Silly said, "But this is the evaluation we as outsiders would give. In fact, within the current Tianri Sect, the business he does cannot be more serious. It's just that this time the method was a little too much..."

"So what kind of business requires cooperation with gang members, and also kills people in a village?" Lu Lin asked with a frown.

"The pharmaceutical business," Silly said, "the cultivation and extraction and processing of herbal medicines have always been the pillar industry of the Tianri Sect, but... let's put it this way, in recent decades, their expansion has been a bit fast, and their financial situation Not particularly normal…”

Hearing this, Lu Lin's brows moved.

The drug business is related to gangs, and the financial situation is abnormal...

These three conditions are linked together, and the answer seems to be ready.

"Addictive drugs..." Lu Lin said with a frown.

"The response is quite fast, yes," Silly nodded, "As you know, the land of chaos is not peaceful. Gang members will beat them to pieces in the wild for nothing. In this case, they will always need some Painkillers and stimulants that can be used in battles, and what’s terrible is that these things are often addictive, and the effects of stimulants also make these people intoxicated. Later, these things gradually became more than just painkillers... …”

"Hell, isn't that just like straw pulp?" Lan Jie frowned.

"Grass syrup? No, no, no, these products are much more powerful than those crudely made things," Silly shook her head.

"What the hell, isn't it true that the Tianri Sect is the most upright sect? Why do they still do such things?" Lu Lin frowned.

"To be precise, the upright ones were the Tianri Sect in the past, but now they are...well, it's hard to say, it's a bit complicated," Silly said. "On the surface, they actually don't admit that these rampant drugs are related to them. , insisting that their source of funds comes from a reform carried out decades ago. In this reform, they promoted many "director elders" who were very weak but had made great achievements in business management, and began to take over operating their past industries.”

"Exceptional promotion..." Lu Lin touched his chin, "There must be a pusher behind it."

"There must be, but who it is, it's basically impossible for an outsider to know who it is," Silly said.

"Well, I understand everything I've said so far, but why does the herbal medicine business require killing people from a village?" Lan Jie suddenly asked.

Hearing this, Lu Lin also looked at Silly. This was also the question he was confused about now.

"Well... what I have is actually just hearsay," Silly said. "It is said that the village had a cooperative relationship with the killed director elder, and opened a large piece of land in a relatively hidden mountain col. Come out and help this director and elder plant things.”

"The two parties have been cooperating for many years, and it has always been pretty smooth, but it is probably because life has improved. The population of the village has increased a lot in recent years, with more newborns and more expenses, so the treatment has begun to change. Somewhat dissatisfied.”

"But it seems that the elder director doesn't really want to increase labor costs. The two parties are having an unpleasant quarrel."

Hearing this, Lan Jie frowned and asked, "Just because of this, the director elder asked people to kill them?"

"No, it's just like this, it won't reach that point," Silly shook her head. "It is said that people in this village started to communicate with outside forces and wanted to find new buyers for their goods, including our gangsters. The information I know about people from the Demonic School also came from here.”

"As a result, their behavior was discovered by the elder director, which made the elder director aware of the danger."

"He suddenly realized that these villagers seemed not as easy to control as he thought, and he regarded this behavior as a betrayal."

"Then he had an idea."

"Since these villagers are difficult to control, wouldn't it be enough to replace them with a group of people who are easy to control and take over this area?"

"As for the person who has the best control..."

"A drug addict..." Lu Lin's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, drug addicts, and they must be gang members at the same time," Silly nodded, "It doesn't matter if you are not an addict. Anyway, there are as many gang members as are willing to fall, just like cockroaches, they always inexplicably choose from various enemies. Fang kept coming out.”

"I probably understand," Lu Lin sighed, "The land needs to be kept, but the people need to be replaced, and I guess they have to be silenced..."

"Damn it, how could they do such a thing?" Lan Jie looked hard to accept, "How can you be decent like this?"

"So Jack killed him and left the sect," Lu Lin sighed, "but how did he find out about this?"

"I don't know," Si Li shrugged, "Actually, this is quite incredible. After all, logically speaking, he shouldn't be able to get in touch with this matter. You can only ask him for the specific situation."

"That depends on what he wants to say," Lu Lin said helplessly, "But... Tsk, if that's the case, Jack has offended those people who planted poisonous weeds? But looking at his master, it doesn't seem to be related to this matter, so Is it that there is a special force in the Tianri Cult that is doing this business? "

"Probably. I don't know the specific situation inside them, but that special promotion is indeed quite suspicious," Si Li said, "If there is a pusher to put so many people in the board of directors, it must be done by multiple 'elders of the town'. If the actual situation is really like this, then the bald man will inevitably be watched when he returns this time."

"No, I think it's more than just being watched."

At this time, a voice came from under the table.

Everyone looked down and saw Lu Lin's snow ferret crawling out from the crack under the table.

"In fact, it seems that someone has come to trouble us."

Chapter 324 Give them a little firepower shock

In fact, Lu Lin has always looked down on the gangs in the chaotic land.

After all, the ones he met in the past were either the kind of idiots who rode a few earth dragons to show off their power, or the local snakes who were hiding in the city without any high-end combat power to support them.

So in Lu Lin's impression, the gangs in the Land of Chaos have always appeared as weaklings.

But today he found that his idea might not be so correct.

Just as the news brought back by the snow ferret, someone has come to cause trouble for them.

It was a large gang that seemed to live on the backs of earth dragons all year round. There were three large earth dragons and countless small earth dragons. Moreover, each large earth dragon was equipped with heavy magic weapons on its back, just like a local army that was rampant in the Land of Chaos.

"Damn it," Lu Lin frowned as he looked at the group of earth dragons that completely blocked the way, his brows furrowed, "Si Li, have you ever known about this kind of gang? How strong are their leaders?"

"Master level, but there are usually only one or two," Si Li said, "Grandmaster level is almost impossible, so with Li Mi here, we can definitely beat them, the problem is those cannons, our earth dragons may not be able to withstand it."

"So the biggest problem is those cannons, right..." Lu Lin touched his chin, "Considering that we can't be too eye-catching, we can't hit them too exaggeratedly with this stick, otherwise it may irritate their nerves, well, then let's talk to them first, if the chat breaks down..."

Lu Lin looked at the snow ferret on his shoulder.

"Hmm? Oh, okay, I understand," the snow ferret grinned.

As a familiar, he knew what Lu Lin meant without Lu Lin saying some things.

"Well, let's go, let's meet them," Lu Lin said, putting on the crow mask and walked out of Si Li's wizard tower.

As soon as he went out, Lu Lin saw Jack Zhengyi rushing over with Tiezhu. From his expression of being ready to face a great enemy, he probably understood that this group of people were coming for him.

"Lu Lin, I..." Jack Zhengyi wanted to say something, but Lu Lin waved his hand to stop him.

"If you have anything to say, we'll talk later. Now follow me," Lu Lin said, turning to Si Li and saying, "Si Li, send us up."

"Okay~," Si Li said, waving her staff, and using a gentle force to lift Lu Lin and others up to the head of the large earth dragon.

At this time, Nan Shu, who had been basking in the sun here all year round, rarely showed his face outside. Seeing Lu Lin and others coming, he immediately said, "Hey, don't let that thing really hit you. You can't defend against that thing with just the gravity field..."

"I understand, don't worry," Lu Lin nodded.

"That's good," Nan Shu agreed, and said no more, and retracted his face into the leaves again.

Lu Lin walked to the front, and with the help of Si Li's witchcraft, he shouted to the opposite side: "Hello? Can you hear me? Brothers on the road, let's have a chat."

The sudden shouting made the noise on the opposite side quiet down a little. Then, Lu Lin saw a figure walking up to the opposite ground dragon head from a distance, and then the voice that was also amplified came over.

"I'm here, what do you want to talk about? Are you begging for mercy?"

Hearing this, Lu Lin was basically sure that this time it might not be solved by just chatting.

However, he continued: "Look at what you said, why should we be so tense, brothers' lives are not easy, why don't you make a price, just consider it as my wine money for the brothers, and then the brothers can have money to drink, and we can continue on our way, isn't this a win-win situation?"

Lu Lin was extremely polite, but in fact he secretly shook his shoulders and gave the snow ferret a signal.

At this time, the other side came from the opposite side with arrogant laughter.

"Hahaha! Make an offer? You are a reasonable person. Okay, then I will make an offer for you. Forget about the wine. Someone has paid for this order. As long as you chop off the head of the bald guy next to you and send it to me, you can go wherever you want after that."

"Damn it..." Jack Zhengyi's face turned black immediately.

But Lu Lin laughed.

"Ah! So that's why you're here..."

"Okay, okay, this price isn't too much, I think we should be able to make a deal."

"After all..."

The next moment, Jack Justice suddenly appeared in front of all the other people.

Then, the "Jack Justice" in front of them put their hands on both sides of their heads.

"Isn't it just a head..."

The "Jack Justice" said, and actually took his head off his neck.

"Come on, I'll give it to you..."

After the head said this, the skin on its face suddenly began to fester and dissolve, and the eyeballs melted directly into blood, flowing down the cheeks on both sides.

At the same time, the rotten head opened its mouth.

The mouth, which was only the size of a fist, turned into a huge mouth of the abyss that could swallow them in an instant, biting down on them.

This horrible scene frightened everyone.

Some of the weaker people were so scared that they collapsed on the ground.

But most of the stronger people quickly saw through that this was just an illusion.

When they woke up, they were all furious, feeling provoked and teased.

They wanted to organize an attack on Lu Lin and others as soon as possible, but because most of them were not very strong and had not yet awakened from this illusion, they were unable to launch an attack in the first place.

But at this time, Lu Lin's attack was ready.

He held high the Carlton's End Scepter in his hand. This was the first time that this staff had played its effect in actual combat after it was upgraded to a high level.

After two upgrades, it had already ushered in a qualitative change.

Lu Lin's consciousness had already locked onto all the opponent's heavy magic weapons, and most of the magic power in his body was instantly drawn away.

At the same time, the red stone at the end of the staff burst into a dazzling light, and the dark staff body seemed to be lit up with a bright fire inside.

Then, in the blink of an eye, several blazing rays fell from the sky and accurately hit those magic weapons.

The terrifying high temperature instantly melted the surface of the magic machine, turning the sophisticated mechanical weapons into piles of scrap metal.

Seeing this scene, the gang members' faces turned black.

As for Lu Lin, of course he laughed.

"Okay, now it's fair," Lu Lin inserted the Carlton Staff back into the bayonet behind him, "Jack, you also know that this is your business, right? Then, the front will be handed over to you, Tiezhu and Lanjie."

"Ah, don't worry, I will stop them," Jack said righteously, and jumped down directly from the ground dragon head.

Seeing this, Tiezhu and Lanjie also jumped down.

"It's really a mess. Even if their magic cannon is gone, their number is still dozens of times ours," Si Li took out the staff and sighed, "You better keep an eye on it. If it doesn't work, we still have to let Li Mi take action."

"Don't worry, I know," Lu Lin said, taking out his magic pistol, "But I still don't think it's necessary for Li Mi to take action. Just give them a little firepower shock, it should be enough."

Chapter 325: Self-aiming is not enough, let's open the perspective

I'm afraid no gang member could have expected that their heavy weapons would all become scrap metal in just one encounter.

The strange light column came too fast and was amazingly powerful, and it was released silently. Anyone would be unable to help but think, if this light column was not hitting the heavy weapons, but themselves, then who could survive this terrifying high temperature?

In addition to the threat of this light column, what is even more frightening is the strange illusion that just appeared.

Illusion is actually quite rare, mainly because the learning threshold is too high.

The weaving of illusions requires extremely high precision in mental power and magic control ability. Most mid-to-high-level illusionists can only create small-scale illusions or interfere with others' cognition in a short period of time.

Even the top illusion users can basically only choose one direction between "small-scale high-real illusion" and "large-scale low-real illusion".

Mo Amber belongs to the second direction, a top-level large-scale illusionist specializing in light and shadow.

But the illusion just now was a little beyond the understanding of these gang members.

The scope was so large that it almost covered everyone of them instantly.

The feeling was so real that if the content was not too bizarre, they would probably be trapped in it for a while.

The weirdest thing is that the so-called illusion does not seem to be just an illusion, but more like some kind of mental spell. When they were hit, their minds seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and they could not think smoothly at the first time.

Ordinary thugs may not realize how strange this illusion is, but those who already have some strength know very well how much such means can do on such a battlefield.

To be honest, in this first round of fighting, their original arrogance and high morale were like a bucket of cold water on their heads, and they disappeared on the spot.

At this moment, many people realized that this business was far more troublesome than they imagined.