Yunzhou, Anhua City
Yunzhou is not very peaceful now. Although there are no external enemies, there are many internal disturbances. The three major clans and the vassals of the Lin family are breaking away from them, and even blatantly rebelling.
The cause is still the hatred between Yunzhou and Qingzhou. These vassals followed Lin Batian to fight against Qingzhou, and many people died, but they did not get any benefits. They have long been resentful in their hearts, so that in the last battle, Lin Batian did not take them to the battlefield, and he could not lead them.
Now that the top leaders of the Lin family and the three major clans are almost wiped out, the control over Yunzhou has been reduced to the extreme, and many vassals have begun to think about it.
Another internal cause is that the Lin family and the three major clans took in the remaining people and horses in Qingzhou. Although Qingzhou also paid a price, these benefits were taken away by the Lin family and the three major clans, and the vassals did not get any benefits.
The former main clan took in the enemy, how could the vassals of Yunzhou give up? In addition, the external factors, that is, the forces that coveted the territory of Yunzhou, instigated behind the scenes, made the Yunzhou Lin family and the three major clans face serious challenges.
The three sects have suggested to Lin Ying more than once to completely close Yunzhou and let the Dutian formation block the entrance and exit of Yunzhou, but Lin Ying has never made up her mind, because once Yunzhou loses contact with the outside world, there will be no opportunity for communication.
In the past three years, the three sects and the Lin family have been in a state of panic. Under internal and external troubles, there are too many things waiting for them to deal with.
"Tenth ancestor, the Sixth Ancestor is here."
One day, Lin Ying was dealing with things, and suddenly someone under her came to report.
"Please come in quickly,"
Lin Ying was delighted and said hurriedly. Several people around her also looked at each other, and they all left, leaving space for the two.
"Sixth brother"
"Xiaoying"
"Sixth brother, where have you been?"
"I killed Yang Luo and was seriously injured. I just recovered a little bit."
"You killed Yang Luo?"
Lin Ying was shocked. She knew that Yang Luo was dead, otherwise she would not have come out when the Shengtian Sect was destroyed, but Lin Ying really didn't believe that it was Lin Jiang who said it.
"It's just luck. I'm telling you this so you don't have to worry about Yang Luo's revenge. How are you now?"
"Very tired, I really want to quit,"
Lin Ying said directly. She has never been so tired before. Although she was the only one in the family before, she had her third sister or Lin Batian above her. If there was anything she couldn't handle, she could just leave it to them. Now it's different. All the family matters, big or small, have to be decided by her alone. Now it's a precarious time. It would be strange if she wasn't tired.
"Grit your teeth and get through this crisis. When the time comes, I will train my disciples to share your pressure."
"I know, it's just too difficult now."
"Brother knows, so brother is here to help you."
Lin Jiang nodded, took out a storage bag, and pushed it in front of Lin Ying. Lin Ying's spiritual sense swept it and immediately showed a surprised expression.
The Lin family is now too short of money. Years of war have emptied all the family assets of the Lin family. The treasury is empty, and there are many places to spend money. Lin Jiang's money can be said to be life-saving money.
"Brother, isn't it too much?"
"It's free. The little idiot got it from the demon clan. A batch of resources will arrive every year, but not so much, about one tenth. You should sell them slowly to keep the price down."
"I know, brother."
"This storage bag is for Cao Ying."
Lin Jiang took out another storage bag and gave it to Lin Ying, asking her to pass it to Cao Ying.
"Brother, Cao Ying is in a difficult situation now. Ancestor Feng's physical body was broken, leaving only his Nascent Soul. Now the vassal of Zhonghang Sect has been trying to break away. You should go see her."
"No."
"Why?"
"I don't know how to handle the relationship between us. Going there will only make things worse."
Lin Jiang shook his head. He really didn't know how to handle the relationship between them, so it was better to keep a little distance.
"I really don't know what you are thinking. Cao Ying loves you deeply. With just one word from you, Cao Ying can abandon the entire Zhonghang Sect and go with you, but you don't want to see her."
"That's why I dare not go. Zhonghang Sect treats Cao Ying so well. If I go there, it will only disrupt her mind. Forget it, let's not talk about this matter. What difficulties does the Lin family have now? I will try my best to help if I can."
"The Lin family is fine. People from Qingzhou are here and they are on my side. They just lack money. As long as the money is in place, everything else will be easy. If you don't want to go to Zhonghang Sect, you can go to Wuxing Sect. Wuxing Sect is worse off than us." "
What's the problem with Wuxing Sect?"
"The loss of combat power is too great. Only two people are left guarding the mountain gate in the Nascent Soul stage. The others are all dead, including the Spiritualization stage. Only the Nascent Soul is left for Patriarch Shi Yuntang. The Nascent Soul is severely damaged, and it is difficult to seize another body. Three years have passed, and he has not found a target to seize another body."
Lin Ying explained. The Five Elements Sect may be unlucky. There are more casualties than the other two sects. It is very thorough. Now the seriously injured Patriarch Shi Yuntang can no longer suppress the Five Elements Sect, and there is no target to seize another body.
Seizing another body cannot be done publicly. After all, it is very bad morally. When Li Ruoxu seized the body of Wen Xing, he had to do things in Wen Xing's name. Now the Five Elements Sect is using this matter to block Patriarch Shi Yuntang.
"I know. I will go to the Five Elements Sect tomorrow."
Lin Jiang nodded. The Five Elements Sect should be leaderless now. Let's see first.
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Yunzhou, Five Elements
SectAfter Shi Yuntang came back from Qingzhou, he hid in the forbidden area of the Five Elements Sect, relying on layers of arrays for protection. Shi Yuntang was not a foolish boy who had just started out, and he knew how badly the Five Elements Sect's strength had been damaged.
So he didn't trust these disciples now, after all, he was not familiar with them, and the familiar ones had died in battle.
The fact was just as Shi Yuntang expected. In the past few years, the Five Elements Sect had been making excuses for finding a target for him to take over, and was not willing to waste any effort at all. This made him extremely frightened, and he had almost guessed what those people were planning.
"Dang, dang, dang"
One day, the alarm bell suddenly rang at the gate of the Five Elements Sect, which startled Shi Yuntang.
Shi Yuntang used his spiritual sense to take a look, but he was surprised again. He saw that it was Lin Jiang who came, but was blocked by the gate of the Five Elements Sect.
"Xiao Yi"
Shi Yuntang gritted his teeth, flew out of the forbidden area, and directly opened the array to let Lin Jiang in.
"Ancestor Shi"
"Xiao Yi, why are you here?"
"I've been in the Five Elements Sect for hundreds of years, come home and have a look"
"Okay, okay, go home, yes, go home"
Shi Yuntang laughed, but the two Yuanyings beside him changed their expressions.
"Ancestor Shi, the family tradition of the Five Elements Sect is not very good. When the disciples see the ancestor, don't they bow and greet him?"
"This..."
"This senior, you are not a disciple of my Five Elements Sect, why should I bow to you?"
"Ancestor Shi, what are you saying" "
How dare you, this is Xiao Yi, the second disciple of the former head, Zhang Wanjing"
"Ancestor Shi, then why does the sect's disciple book say that he has died
?" "I was ordered by Ancestor Shi Yuntang to fake my death and leave the sect, and I am responsible for the sect's secret front. Is there a problem?"
"Yes, this is my decision. Is there a problem?"
Shi Yuntang immediately reacted and realized that Lin Jiang came to help him and support him.
"Pa"
"Pa"
Lin Jiang immediately took action after hearing what Shi Yuntang said. With lightning speed, he gave the two Yuanyings a big punch and knocked them to the ground.
"You can say you don't know my identity if you don't salute me, but you don't salute Shi Yuntang. It seems that you don't know the difference between high and low. You deserve to be beaten."
"You..."
"What do you mean? If you dare to say another word, I will kill you."
Lin Jiang said coldly. The aura of the Spiritual Transformation Stage directly enveloped him. If he dared to say another word, he would be killed immediately.
The man's face was flushed. It was unknown whether he was beaten or angry, but he didn't dare to say anything.
Shi Yuntang let out a sigh of relief and felt refreshed. He had been living too aggrieved in the past few years.
"Ancestor Shi, find a place to discuss matters."
"Okay, go to my place."
"You two come together,"
Lin Jiang said, pointing to the remaining two Yuanyings of the Five Elements Sect.
Arriving at Shi Yuntang's cave, Lin Jiang stood beside Shi Yuntang, facing the two Yuanyings, and said, "I am a straightforward person, I don't know how to say polite words. Today I came to the Five Elements Sect to do one thing, that is to support the old ancestor Shi. Within two years, find a suitable target for the old ancestor Shi to seize. If you can't do it, I will kill your two families, including all the disciples. If the news leaks, I will also kill you. If there is any accident with the old ancestor Shi, I will still kill him."
"Xiao Yi, if you kill us, the Five Elements Sect will be finished."
"Haha, the Five Elements Sect will be finished only if the old ancestor Shi has problems
. As for you, who are you? I will kill you and I will personally take charge of the Five Elements Sect. I am a great incarnation realm, how can I be better than you two Yuanyings?" Lin Jiang said coldly, and the two were speechless .
"Get lost,"
Lin Jiang shouted angrily without any courtesy, and the two ran away in disgrace.
"Xiao Yi, you are too irritable,"
Shi Yuntang said after the people ran away.
"Ancestor Shi, you must know what they are thinking, right?"
"I know, but the Five Elements Sect is indeed like this now, hey..."
How could Shi Yuntang not know what they were thinking? They just wanted to outlast him, Shi Yuntang. Shi Yuntang had lost his physical body, and if his Nascent Soul was not replenished with treasures, it would be annihilated in thirty to fifty years at most. By then, the Five Elements Sect would be theirs. To put it bluntly, it was just a fight for power and profit.
"Since you know, don't be polite. It's just a few Nascent Souls. Ancestor Shi will train them after he recovers."
"The sect is in a worrying situation now."
"Don't be reluctant. Give up what you should give up. The Five Elements Sect was not the overlord of Yunzhou at the beginning, and it also built up step by step. In the future, Ancestor Shi will fight for the world again,"
Lin Jiang said. Shi Yuntang was not cruel enough. If he was cruel enough, he would not return to the Five Elements Sect, find a place to hide outside, and find a target to seize the body among mortals. At worst, he would not want the Five Elements Sect at all. As for the country, he could fight for it again.
Shi Yuntang pondered for a moment and felt that what Lin Jiang said made sense. He was a little worried and ignored the main contradiction of the Five Elements Sect. Now the main contradiction of the Five Elements Sect is himself. As long as he can recover his cultivation, all major problems can be solved.