Chapter 114 Afterwards
The glimmer of dawn passed through the layers of mist and gently sprinkled on the ground.
The gentle breeze blew from the valley, blowing away the strong smell of burning beside Yingyue Lake.
A large number of disciples dressed in Qingyun Sect uniforms were gathering in groups of two or three, cleaning up the ruins, searching for the wounded, or hunting down the demon cultivators... This place was restoring peace and order at a very fast speed.
And on the ruins, facing the morning light of the rising sun, a middle-aged foundation-building cultivator was carefully questioning Lin Chen and others.
"You mean, Elder Yang fought to the death with most of the demon cultivators, but was also seriously injured. In the end, in order to save the disciples in other places, he did not hesitate to die to move the formation, break the blood mist, and let you send out a distress signal?"
After listening to the stories of several people, the middle-aged cultivator was silent for a while, and then confirmed softly.
"That's right." Lin Chen said with three parts of reluctance, three parts of admiration, and four parts of heaviness in his eyes, with a sad face.
"Alas." The middle-aged cultivator sighed and then closed his eyes slightly, "It is the sect that is sorry for Elder Yang."
"Elder, perhaps we can give Elder Yang's descendants more compensation." Lin Chen suggested softly.
After hearing this, the middle-aged cultivator was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "Elder Yang has no descendants."
"Huh?!" Lin Chen was slightly stunned.
"After his Taoist partner failed to break through the foundation-building stage, he sat down soon after. Since then, Elder Yang was heartbroken and no longer pursued the Tao, but focused more on the training of younger disciples." The middle-aged cultivator explained.
Hearing this, Lin Chen also fell into silence.
"You just need to rest well, don't worry, this matter will not pass like this." The middle-aged cultivator comforted, and his eyes gradually became sharp, "The sect will definitely have an explanation for this matter, and the blood debt can only be repaid with blood!"
After speaking, the middle-aged cultivator turned and left. After all, there are still many things to do next, and it is impossible to spend too much time on Lin Chen and the others.
After the middle-aged cultivator walked away, Lin Chen turned around and found Xu Mengyun and Liu Qiqiang looking at him with their mouths slightly open in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Lin Chen asked.
"No, nothing." Xu Mengyun shook her head quickly.
She couldn't tell for a moment whether Lin Chen was really expressing his feelings or acting.
"Since it's okay, let's go." Lin Chen nodded slightly, and didn't want to explore it. He turned around and left, and the two hurriedly followed.
"Brother, why do you want to attribute the credit of killing the demon cultivator to Elder Yang." After walking for a while, Liu Qiqiang finally couldn't help asking.
Although he didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, and didn't see the scene where Lin Chen killed the opponent with his own strength, he knew that the reason why so many people survived in Yuehu Mountain this time was entirely Lin Chen's credit.
Not to mention that he notified the sect leaders later, and I don't know how many disciples' lives were indirectly saved.
In his opinion, such a great achievement, not to mention other disciples, even he would want to jump out and shout, for fear that others would not know.
You know, these achievements are naked merits. I don’t know how many resources, benefits, and positions can be exchanged for them, but why did the senior brother give it up?
Besides, if the senior brother’s status is high, wouldn’t the status of his subordinate also rise?
Lin Chen glanced at him and said nothing.
Xu Mengyun on the side couldn’t help but roll his eyes at him and said, "Can you stop thinking about interests and benefits in your mind, and consider the risks and troubles that may be brought about by the interests."
"Now the disciples of the whole sect have suffered heavy casualties. I don’t know how many relatives, friends, masters and apprentices died in this raid."
"At this time, if you let the junior brother become famous in the whole sect for killing the demon cultivator, what do you think others will think? Our relatives and friends died, but you are on the rise?"
"This..." Liu Qiqiang was speechless for a while.
After hearing what Xu Mengyun said, it seemed to make sense, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable.
"So this matter cannot be publicized to avoid unnecessary trouble."
"But you can't really not want any benefits." Xu Mengyun changed the subject.
"Since you have the ability, the ability, and the merits, you naturally have to let the top management know. It's impossible to be so unknown and not want any benefits. Otherwise, where will the resources be tilted?"
"But how to let the top management know, to what extent, and how much benefit to get, I believe that Junior Brother Lin Chen has already made plans in his mind, and this is not what you need to know."
"Senior sister is teaching you that it was Junior Brother who made the mistake." Liu Qiqiang suddenly realized after hearing this and bowed down quickly.
"Let's go." Lin Chen did not respond to the conversation between the two, but nodded and left directly. Xu Mengyun immediately followed.
Liu Qiqiang slowed down his pace, thinking.
Fame and trouble, benefits and risks, have always coexisted. How to balance the two and get enough benefits is a subject that requires long-term thinking.
Then, he saw Lin Chen's back getting farther and farther away, and he was stunned and hurriedly followed him.
Soon, the figures of the three disappeared beside Yingyue Lake.
Just when such a big event happened in Qingyun Sect, on the other side, Jiangcheng.
In Jiangcheng, there was a piece of yellow sand, and on the land without any vitality, Master Jianxuan was sitting cross-legged.
In front of him, there was a suspended bronze sword, and under him, there were clusters of extremely sharp [Sword Grass] with sword energy overflowing!
The sword grass took root in this lifeless land, constantly absorbing spiritual energy, murderous intent, and the mana of Jian Xuan Zhenren, condensing a series of sword energy that was enough to easily kill the foundation-building cultivators!
And these sword energy continued to flow into the bronze sword, making the latter's aura more and more fierce, and even the surrounding space was faintly distorted!
"I really didn't expect to have such a harvest." Jian Xuan Zhenren looked at the spiritual sword that was constantly being tempered in front of him, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
During this period of time, he has always stayed in Jiangcheng and has been studying the murderous intent that remains in the land. By chance, he accidentally discovered that his life-long spiritual plant, the sword grass, could actually extract the murderous intent from it and use it for himself!
Although the sword grass could not support this process for too long, he could continue to extract the murderous intent by relying on his solid wealth and constantly giving birth to his life-long spiritual plant.
The extracted killing intent, integrated into his natal spirit sword, coupled with his fundamental spell [Hidden Sword Technique], can breed a sword light that is enough to kill the golden elixir!
Not only that, he can also use this to continuously improve his own cultivation!
"Hu——" Master Jianxuan took a long breath.
In the Lingnan land, when it comes to the golden elixir level, there are not many spiritual objects that can promote its progress. It is rare to encounter this opportunity, so naturally you have to grasp it well.
Just as he was about to continue to close his eyes and meditate to refine the killing intent, he was suddenly stunned and took out the sound wind wood used by the sect to communicate from the storage ring.
"The sect disciples were killed, and Senior Brother Changqing was attacked?!" After sensing the information clearly, Master Jianxuan's face changed.
He never thought that such a big thing would happen after he left the sect for only a few days!
Master Jianxuan immediately stood up, looked at the natal spirit sword in front of him, hesitated for a moment, left a spiritual clone, and then the whole person turned into a stream of light and flew away!
Soon, he came to a hill outside Jiangcheng, and on the hill, there was a huge flying boat.
"Master!" Zhang Mengyao quickly saw the person coming and came to greet him.
"Something happened to the sect, I have to rush back immediately!" Master Jianxuan said directly, "I will leave a spiritual clone here to help you block the nearby area. Remember, don't allow anyone to approach!"
The sect was attacked? !
Zhang Mengyao was stunned when he heard it, but he reacted immediately and said yes.
After arranging the affairs in Jiangcheng, Master Jianxuan did not hesitate, turned into a stream of light, and flew straight to Qingyun Sect.
At this moment, next to the place where the God of Transformation fell.
A huge fireball of hundreds of meters, emitting endless light and flames, completely dispersed the dark and cloudy ghost tide below.
The blazing flames completely enveloped the shadowy ghost!
"Hehehe!" Taiyin Zhenren, who was in the ghost shadow, not only showed no fear at this moment, but also laughed strangely.
"Old ghost Qingyang, we will meet again later!"
As soon as the voice fell, ghosts with different attributes suddenly appeared around him.
These were the ghosts that Taiyin Zhenren refined from five foundation-building monks with gold, wood, water, fire and earth as their main spiritual roots by using the [Soul-Snatching and Passing Through the Netherworld] technique.
When they gathered together, Taiyin Zhenren could use this to simulate the famous [Five Ghosts Moving] technique in the ghost world!
The terrifying fire covered it, but in the flames, Taiyin Zhenren's figure had disappeared without a trace!
Seeing this, Qingyang Zhenren's face was gloomy.
The opponent was obviously not his opponent, but relying on the [Five Ghosts Moving] technique simulated by [Soul-Snatching and Passing Through the Netherworld], he escaped from his hands many times.
"If you want to destroy the opponent, you must make a success with one strike, otherwise if he uses this technique, I can't do anything!" Qingyang Zhenren said in his heart.
At this time, he also sensed the message from the sect, took out the sound wind wood from the storage ring, and after sensing the message, his face also changed.
He just wanted to get up, but he seemed to sense something, and turned back suddenly, looking at the place where the God of Transformation fell.
In his spiritual sense, he felt that the terrifying power covering the entire canyon began to rise step by step, and at the same time began to gather into the valley.
Obviously, the two remaining forces of the God of Transformation cultivators have entered a white-hot stage of struggle again, and after this time has passed, the two major sects will have the opportunity to enter the valley!
The occurrence of this opportunity will trigger a fierce battle between the two major sects.
The outcome of the fierce battle will also determine the ownership of the opportunity of the Nascent Soul Stage, and it also represents the end of the thousands of years of struggle between the two major sects!