Shortly after the Heavenly Fiend Poison on Chen Muqing and the other two was neutralized, Kong Ming secretly sensed something was wrong and realized that something was amiss.

"It was actually solved?"

He muttered to himself.

He glanced at the few people in front of him who were silently drinking.

He was unwilling to expose the fact that his plan had failed, because he had been so certain that Lin Jinglong would never be able to cure his Heavenly Fiend Poison.

But now the facts have proven him wrong.

Wouldn't it be incredibly embarrassing if I said it myself?

He hesitated, wondering how to defuse the awkward situation and then inform them that the Heavenly Fiend Poison had been cured.

"Forget it, we can't let them know about this."

"We can't let them know yet, at least not now."

"Let's take care of Lin Jinglong first!"

He stood up, rubbing his stomach, and waved his hand, saying, "I think it's getting dark, and you've had enough to drink, so you should go back now."

"What about Lin Jinglong?"

Someone tentatively inquired.

Kongming's eyes widened.

"What's there to be afraid of? I already said that he can't cure the Heavenly Fiend Poison, so he'll have to come and beg me. Then you'll know that our Xuanling Temple is invincible!"

"Master Kongming is right!"

Fang Dongshan wore a fawning smile.

It seems they've changed their minds and are now trying to please Kongming.

In truth, she secretly cursed him, wishing for Kong Ming to die sooner.

Afterwards, Kongming sent his men to escort the group out of the Xuanling Temple's cave. He then immediately notified the other people in the temple to hurry up and gather more people.

"We need to go to Qingxu Cave and hurry up and kill Lin Jinglong, otherwise it would be too embarrassing if word got out."

After giving the order, Kongming touched his head and sighed.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lin Jinglong had the same idea as him. After realizing that the other party was a threat to him, he didn't think much about it.

The arrangements were made directly within the Qingxu Cave.

A top-tier array, surpassing the ninth level, was set up using the Qingxu Cave Heaven and the ruins of the Heavenly Silkworm Sect as its foundation, along with half of the Heavenly Dao power he possessed.

The core of this Heavenly Dao Formation is that wisp of Heavenly Dao power that Lin Jinglong has tamed!

With this wisp of heavenly secret, even if a powerful expert of the same level, or even a Heavenly Dao cultivator who has mastered multiple wisps of heavenly secret, came, they would still be destined to be unable to break this formation.

On the contrary, there is a possibility of suffering a backlash during the process of breaking the formation.

The reason is simple: Lin Jinglong tamed the Heavenly Dao, while other Heavenly Dao cultivators merely merged their own original power with the Heavenly Dao.

The two sides are simply not comparable.

So after Lin Jinglong made the arrangements, he rushed to the outside of Xuanling Temple as soon as possible. Because they had been very high-profile during this period, they did not even try to hide the location of this cave.

Even the Dark Star Auction House knew about this place.

Standing outside the Xuanling Temple's grotto, looking at the distorted light under the night sky, he knew he had found the right place.

Just then, in front of him, in a luxurious mansion.

There were some fluctuations in space.

The gate to the mansion was opened, and several monks in red robes came out first, seeing Fang Dongshan and his companions off.

The monks were quite polite to them.

For the ambitious Xuanling Temple, no matter how arrogant Kongming was to them, the other ordinary monks still had to treat Fang Dongshan and his group with utmost respect.

After all, they still have value in being courted.

"Congratulations to the owner of the square!"

"That's what a monk said politely."

Fang Dongshan found some comfort.

He waved his hand without saying anything more.

Just then, Lin Jinglong stepped over. His gaze fell on those people, who seemed to be local forces in Kyoto, but had already pledged allegiance to Xuanling Temple.

He was originally thinking about how to enter this cave.

Now it seems simple.

"You bunch of bald monks, take me into the Xuanling Temple!"

Lin Jinglong swaggered over and scolded him.

The red-robed monk who came out to see the guest off frowned.

"Bald monk? You're asking for death?"

This person naturally did not recognize Lin Jinglong.

Upon seeing him, she showed an angry expression.

Fang Dongshan glanced at the newcomer, then his face suddenly turned horrified.

In the dim light, he squinted to observe.

"It really is Lin Jinglong!"

Fang Dongshan suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

This guy actually came to our door!

The other seven or eight representatives of various factions standing nearby were also shocked, and when they saw Lin Jinglong, they all showed a guilty expression.

"Oh? So you know me?"

Lin Jinglong looked at them suspiciously.

Fang Dongshan's eyes flashed.

He stepped forward with a smirk, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Lin is the number one in the World Martial Arts Tournament. He once suppressed and killed the Vajra Martial Emperor of the Tantai family with his Martial Emperor realm. This is the most legendary experience in Kyoto in recent years. How could we not know him?"

Lin Jinglong understood. Since they were local forces from Kyoto, it was unlikely that they hadn't watched the martial arts tournament.

It's perfectly normal to know yourself.

What are you doing here?

Lin Jinglong squinted and stared at the group of people.

They looked at each other, somewhat nervous.

Fang Dongshan waved his hand and said, "We only came here to discuss cooperation with Xuanling Temple, but we did not expect that the Third Elder Kongming had such a bad attitude. We do not intend to continue cooperating with them."

"Yes, yes, that's what we all think."

Others also quickly distanced themselves from the situation.

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