The two of them acknowledged each other and immediately fell into a lively conversation. Fu Yushu was talkative, and Fu Changling was no stranger to talk. It wasn't long before Fu Yushu had revealed everything, muttering with emotion, "I'm just passing through here with my fiancée. We're getting married soon, but she likes to meddle in other people's business, and she keeps delaying us. We just passed by, and here she is, meddling again."
As he spoke, the voice of a cultivator from a higher place rang out: "The meridian refining is urgent now. Count the number of people in the town today and return with me."
Upon hearing this, the people around them howled. An old man stepped forward and said tremblingly, "Master, didn't you agree that only a hundred people were allowed each time?"
"When did I agree with you?"
The person on the higher ground said coldly, "Catch him!"
After saying that, a golden net was thrown down from the cultivator's hand, covering the sky below. Everyone screamed in shock. At that moment, two sword lights broke through the air. Lin Chen and Qin Yan drew their swords at the same time, tearing the golden net into pieces, and started fighting with the people above.
There was a commotion all around, with people running and fleeing. Fu Yushu said helplessly, "You see, that's just his nature. When he sees injustice, he'll definitely help."
"Indeed," Fu Changling nodded, pointing his fan at Qin Yan in the sky, "My..." He spoke too quickly and almost followed Fu Yushu's nonsense, blurting out "my one". Fortunately, his common sense made him quickly change the subject, "My senior brother is the same, with the same personality as Young Master Lin..."
Before he could finish his words, a girl fell straight to Fu Changling's side. Fu Changling quickly hugged her and asked in a panic, "Girl?"
When the voice fell, the girl revealed her pretty face. Fu Changling was stunned and subconsciously called out, "Miss Guan?"
By this time, Lin Chen and Qin Yan had already dealt with all the cultivators. Lin Chen tied them up with the Immortal Binding Chains and landed on the ground. Seeing Fu Yushu surrounding Fu Changling, who was supporting Guan Xiaoniang, he couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"
"Ah," Fu Yushu turned around and said with a smile, "A girl fainted."
Qin Yan also put away his sword and walked back. When he reached Fu Changling, he saw Guan Xiaoniang's face and couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression. He whispered, "Is it her?"
"Do you two know this girl?"
Lin Chen looked at Qin Yan, who nodded. Hearing Qin Yan's voice, Fu Changling regained his composure. He placed Guan Xiaoniang on the ground, raised his hand, and sent a stream of spiritual energy to her. Guan Xiaoniang woke up dazedly. Lin Chen approached, looked at her, and said gently, "Miss, are you okay?"
When Guan Xiaoniang heard Lin Chen's question, she slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Fu Changling and the others surrounding them, she was stunned for a moment. Then she looked around and saw that the dozen or so cultivators in the sky had been captured. She reacted immediately and hurriedly stood up. She knelt down in front of Lin Chen and Qin Yan, kowtowed frantically, and said, "Master! Please save us! My parents have been captured by those evil Taoists. Please save us!"
After hearing this, Lin Chen looked at Fu Yushu. Fu Yushu coughed lightly. Lin Chen seemed to hesitate for a moment, and finally said, "Go ahead."
Fu Yushu sighed, feeling somewhat helpless. The group helped Guan Xiaoniang up and asked her to tell them what happened in the town.
Guan Xiaoniang said that Taiping Town was close to Le State and located at the border of Fu and Yue. It had never been managed by anyone and people had lived and worked in peace in the past. But half a year ago, a group of evil Taoist priests from Le State suddenly came to their town to ask for people. It was said that other towns were the same. Each town sent out a hundred people and then left.
After that, they came every three months to demand the lives of the people. They forbade the townspeople to tell anyone else, lest they massacre the entire town. Mortals dared not argue with the immortals, so everyone just muddled along, hoping to avoid being targeted. If they were targeted, they could only consider themselves unlucky.
Guan Xiaoniang's parents were among those taken away. She cried out, "Master, I've inquired about them. They are all still alive. They are all in the capital of Le Country. Master, you must go and save them."
After seeing this, Fu Changling understood that this was probably the reason why Lin Chen discovered the meridian refining in Wangu Cliff.
Lin Chen naturally agreed to this matter. She comforted Guan Xiaoniang and then said, "I don't know your father's mother's name and appearance. How can I find her?"
"Master, I have portraits of my parents here," Guan Xiaoniang led Lin Chen back home, found the portraits of her parents, and introduced them, "My father's name is Guan Lao San, and my mother's name is Zhang Cui. Master, please summon them from a high place and tell them that I am their daughter, Guan Xiaoniang."
After hearing Guan Xiaoniang's confession, Fu Changling moved closer to Qin Yan and said in a low voice, "It really is Guan Xiaoniang."
While the two were talking, Fu Yushu and Lin Chen were discussing something. After the discussion, Lin Chen comforted Guan Xiaoniang and accepted what Guan Xiaoniang had said to her. She turned to look at Fu Changling and Qin Yan and said respectfully, "My two fellow Taoists, we would like to go to Le Country to investigate this matter. I wonder what your plans are?"
"That's exactly what we're planning."
Fu Changling quickly responded. Fu Yushu, upon hearing this, realized that he had two more helpers and said hurriedly, "That's great. Why not join us?"
"That's natural."
Fu Yushu and Fu Changling quickly decided to travel together. After comforting the villagers, the four of them took off on a cloud.
Taiping Town is not far from Le State. The four set out early in the morning and arrived at Baiyu City in the middle of the night.
As soon as they arrived at Baiyu City, Qin Yan and Fu Changling realized that this was the later Wangu Cliff.
But it is completely different from the desolation it became later. Today, this piece of land is full of tall trees and lush greenery. Not far away, the lights of Baiyu City are bright, and it still looks like a prosperous world.
Just as they had seen in the ghosts' memories, within Wangu Cliff, a wide road stretched straight up to a mountain ten miles away. The mountain rose to the sky, and rumbling sounds occasionally emanated from the mountains. Looking out into the distance, torches stood at either end of the road, circling like a long dragon into the mountain. The road was densely packed with pedestrians, and on either side stood many monks, all wearing half masks and perched on swords in mid-air, looking down coldly at the people on the ground.
Fu Changling and Qin Yan had seen such scenes before, and they were very calm. However, Lin Chen and Fu Yushu were different. They frowned as they watched the scene. Fu Yushu exclaimed in surprise: "What's going on?"
"Look at that mountain in the distance," Fu Changling pointed at the distant mountain and reminded the two, "There's something fishy about that mountain. Why don't you go there? You might find out once you take a look."
Hearing this, Fu Yushu remained silent, as if pondering the possibility behind Fu Changling's words. After thinking for a moment, Lin Chen said directly, "I'd like to trouble you two cultivators to set up the formation to protect the people. Fellow Daoist Qin and I will go and rescue them first."
"Yes." Qin Yan nodded, and Fu Changling immediately said, "I will go with you. Let Daoist Yu Shu set up the formation, and I will just help."
"Wait..." Before Fu Yushu could open his mouth, Lin Chen responded, "Okay."
After the three of them finished their discussion, without even waiting for Fu Yushu's consent, Lin Chen drew his sword and walked out. He walked to a higher place and shouted at all the cultivators, "Who are you from? How dare you use common people to practice evil methods here? Tell me your names!"
Hearing this, all the monks looked towards Lin Chen above their heads. One of them, who was obviously the monk in charge, shouted, "Stop meddling in other people's business!"
After that, hundreds of cultivators rushed towards Lin Chen. Qin Yan drew his sword, and the golden fan in Fu Changling's hand flashed with light. He calmly drew a beautiful circle of light in the air, and then put the Qinggu fan to his lips.
The spell was chanted aloud, turning into a light array that fell on the heads of the people, and then spread all the way towards Baiyu City, climbing up the city wall of Baiyu City.
Fu Yushu finally reacted at this time and hurriedly injected his spiritual power into the formation that Fu Changling had already drawn. Seeing Fu Yushu take over, Fu Changling calmly withdrew, patted Fu Yushu on the shoulder and said, "I'll go help them, Brother Yushu, I'll leave this to you."
After saying that, Fu Changling turned into a ray of light and charged directly towards Qin and Lin who were already heading towards the mountains.
The two of them had now reached the top of the mountain, and were surrounded by densely packed monks, who were harassing them.
Fu Changling glanced casually and saw that the mountaintop looked much the same as he remembered. The peak had been flattened with a sword, like the mouth of a bottle. The mountain's interior had long been hollowed out, like a giant container. At its base lay a vast pool of molten lava, its four sides covered in marble and inscribed with intricate runes. In the middle of the cave, four figures were hung in the four directions, east, south, west, and north. They were nailed to the wall in strange poses. Beneath them was a platform, upon which lay a formation. The men's blood had fallen into the formation, filling its lines. Behind the formation was a cave entrance, seemingly the entrance to the cave.
Four iron chains extended from the wall and were tied to a girl in the center. The girl was wearing a purple gown, with a puppet sitting on her shoulders. Her hands and feet were tied with iron chains and hung upright in the air.
Fu Changling guessed that the man was Yue Sinan. He shouted to Lin Chen, "My brother and I will stop him. Go save him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Qinggu fan in Fu Changling's hand blew wildly, and Lin Chen turned into a ray of light and flew straight into the mountain. Fu Changling set up a formation with his hands and chanted a spell, and Qin Yan's sword light was like rain, sweeping in all directions.
A moment later, Fu Changling's formation rose from under the feet of many people, and then millions of talismans fell from the sky and hit the bodies of those cultivators. At that moment, Qin Yan's sword turned into thousands of swords, and instantly killed all the cultivators present.
When Lin Chen jumped out of the mountain carrying a person, he was stunned to see corpses scattered all over the ground. Qin Yan looked at the girl in Lin Chen's arms and immediately asked, "Where are the others?"
"They're all dead."
Lin Chen spoke in a deep voice, and Fu Changling nodded, then said: "You go back to Baiyu City first, I will destroy this formation."
Lin Chen didn't delay, nodded and left. Fu Changling drew his sword and looked at Qin Yan: "It seems that this mountain needs to be split again."
Qin Yan chuckled: "It's fate."
Fu Changling didn't say anything. He raised his hand and drew his sword. The sword in his hand fell with a bang. In an instant, the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked. Fu Changling watched the mountain collapse. After it was razed to the ground, he turned around and returned to Baiyu City with Qin Yan.
Fu Yushu was in Baiyu City, greeting the people to enter the city while waiting for them. Seeing the two men return, Fu Yushu stepped forward and said hurriedly, "You two are truly masters. In such a dangerous situation, you two collapsed in an instant..."
"Alright, alright," Fu Changling, knowing Fu Yushu's ability to flatter others, quickly asked, "Where's Fellow Daoist Lin?"
"In the small courtyard below the city wall, the girl she rescued is recovering from her injuries."
Fu Changling nodded and patted Fu Yushu on the shoulder: "Keep working, I'll go take a look."
After saying that, Fu Changling took Qin Yan down from the city wall. Fu Yushu was stunned for a moment, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Thinking about it, he smiled again. If he had really met such a powerful person, how could he forget him?
He turned around and continued to invite the people to enter the city.
Qin Yan and Fu Changling walked down the tower into the courtyard, pushed the door open and stepped into the room. As soon as they entered, they saw the purple-clothed girl sitting at the head of the bed, crying non-stop. Lin Chen hugged her, stroked her hair, and said gently: "It's okay, we rescued you, don't be afraid."
Fu Changling and Qin Yan stood by without saying a word. After waiting for a long time, the girl calmed down. Lin Chen asked her to go to sleep first before looking at Fu Changling and Qin Yan.
Lin Chen pointed outside towards the two of them, who nodded and walked out.
After the three of them left, Fu Yushu also finished his work. He walked into the courtyard and saw the three of them were there. He hurried forward and asked directly, "What's going on?"
Lin Chen listened to Fu Yushu's question and after a moment's silence, she slowly said: "The girl didn't say it. I just asked the people and it's similar to what Guan Xiaoniang said. There is a small sect called Baile Sect here, and they need people to refine their spirit veins."
"I see," Fu Yushu nodded, then asked, "Who is the girl in there?"
"She said her name was Yue Sinan."
"Yue Sinan?!" Fu Yushu was shocked and asked anxiously, "You said her name is Yue Sinan?!"
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