Super sects are like nuclear bombs. Ordinary mortals are as insignificant as ants in this kind of war between countries.
On the surface, it looks like a change of dynasty, but in reality, these super sects are redividing their spheres of influence.
They need more spiritual energy, spiritual veins, minerals and population resources, and must continue to expand outward.
In its heyday, Dagan might have been able to hold out, but now that Dagan itself is on the verge of collapse, how can it withstand the calculations of the surrounding countries?
"Please let me go, I won't dare to do it again."
"As long as you let me go, I am willing to atone for my sins and work like a slave!"
"Senior, this is all a conspiracy between the Yaowang Sect and the Fahua Temple. I am also a victim. Please spare my life!"
Feng Jianan begged with tears and snot. He thought Lin Xiang was a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to defeat him so easily.
As a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of the Qi Refining Stage and had a mid-grade magical weapon, the Black Turtle Shield, he was captured after only two moves and dared not resist.
After Lin Xiang got the information he wanted from here, he began to have a dilemma. How should he deal with this monk who indirectly harmed many ordinary people?
Killing him directly would be too cruel, after all, he is a living human being.
He can attack demons and monsters without batting an eyelid because they are not of the same kind, just like ordinary people can kill chickens and ducks. Few people can kill people with a clear conscience, even if the other party is an unforgivable criminal.
Feng Jianan is just an insignificant chess piece on the chessboard.
But Lin Xiang was not prepared to let him go.
If this is released and then harms other sacrificial spirits or the common people, it will be his sin!
"Let's suppress it here first."
Lin Xiang decided to put Feng Jianan in prison for a while first.
Without the means to control the other monks, he will never be allowed to come out.
Even if a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of the Qi Refining Stage does not practice fasting, he can still go hungry for a long time. This is a good way to teach him a lesson.
"You can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of life. First, reflect on your sins here. Also, I've confiscated your space bag. Those are my spoils of war."
After Lin Xiang finished speaking, he moved him to the base of the wall of the land temple, where he could be exposed to the sun and wind.
Feng Jianan, with only his head exposed, promised repeatedly after hearing that he could survive: "Thank you for your mercy, senior, thank you for your mercy!"
"Don't thank me, thank yourself. If you had attacked ordinary people, you would have been killed by now."
Lin Xiang said sternly, "Reflect carefully on what you can do to atone for these people. You can leave only after your karma has dissipated. If you can't think of a good way to make amends, you will spend the rest of your life here."
At the beginning, Feng Jianan only killed the sacrificial spirit and did not attack the villagers of Xishan Village, which barely allowed him to escape the death penalty.
The most important point was that Lin Xiang planned to inform the Qifeng Town sacrificial spirits and the government offices. This cultivator was the best witness and could not be killed. The Dagan court might be able to gain intelligence from their limited information; after all, they possessed far more information than he did.
How to deal with it specifically depends on whether the government sends someone over.
Lin Xiang really didn't want his temple to become a prison, so he began to think about whether to build a sky prison.
Not only can you shut down players, you can also shut down NPCs!
When Chibi Maru and Kotobuki attempted robbery but failed, they were imprisoned in the land temple, which really affected the image of the land temple.
Lin Xiang emerged from the Earth God Temple and addressed the gathered players and villagers from Dongshan and Xishan villages. "The perpetrators who killed the Xishan Village sacrificial spirit have been found. They were cultivators sent from the Great Zhou specifically to cause destruction, and I've subdued them. War is very likely to break out soon, so everyone should stock up on food, firewood, and other daily necessities."
The villagers of Xishan Village immediately knelt on the ground. These simple people never thought that there would be a day for revenge.
"Thank you, Lord of the Land!"
"The God of Land has appeared! Our wishes really work!"
"Thank you, Lord Ji Ling, for helping me to avenge him. However, suppressing him is too easy for him. He should be killed."
"It would be no exaggeration to cut him into pieces!"
Facing the villagers' anger, Lin Xiang explained, "We can't kill him just yet. Perhaps the imperial court needs information about him. We have to notify the authorities!"
Only then did everyone react.
"Yes, yes, the authorities should be notified."
"No problem."
"Please don't let the war come to our village."
"The government officials should know about the attack on Xishan Village, right?"
At this time, Lin Xiang turned his head to look at the players and asked, "Is there any young hero willing to help deliver a letter to the Qifeng Town government office to inform them about the murder of the sacrificial spirit and the impending war?"
“Me, me, me, me!”
"I can go!"
"I'm willing to help!"
After the questioning, these players received task reminders at the same time, but were unable to accept the tasks.
Because Lin Xiang added a condition to this errand task, which is that one must know the Eight Trigrams Chasing Wind Technique or have a mount.
Running on two legs alone is too slow.
Time is money and life!
At this stage, players have no mounts at all, so they cannot eat the delicious food that is right in front of them.
Han Mu stepped forward and said, "Lord of the Land, I am willing to complete this important task and will ensure that I deliver the letter to the government."
"Okay! Please be safe on the road, young man."
Lin Xiang knew that at least three players had learned the Bagua Chasing Wind Technique, but the other two had not returned yet, so only Han Mu had this skill.
Han Mu was the calmest one among the five people in the initial internal test group. He knew the eternal truth that if you can't win, just run away. He didn't exchange for a powerful killing move. Instead, he used the accumulated spirit stones to buy the skill of Bagua Chasing Wind, fully lighting up his skill points in the direction of escape.
[Take the sacrificial spirit and Wang Xiuyuan's handwritten letter to Qifeng Town and receive a receipt. Mission Reward: 1 Skill Book of Any Choice, 300 Experience Points.]
Lin Xiang quickly wrote down what he had learned in a letter and sealed it, and gave Han Mu three Heart-Clearing Pills to use on the way. The player took the letter and ran away.
The other players gathered here anxiously waiting to get some good tasks.
It’s a pity that everyone’s level is too low. People like Feng Jianan who come here specifically to cause trouble are at least at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage. Even if Lin Xiang is outside, he has no chance of winning.
Of course players want war so that they can upgrade and acquire equipment and skills quickly. Anyway, they have no sense of belonging to this land or country, just like mercenaries.
But for Lin Xiang, these villagers must be protected. It is impossible for him to waver between two sides. He can only be slightly neutral.
"Fortunately, the talisman I had was from the Heavenly Court, not one issued by the Dagan court."
The advantage of the Heavenly Court Talisman is that it only obeys the orders of Heaven. Now that there are many gods in Heaven, it is difficult for them to come down to the mortal world, so Lin Xiang has no constraints.
Originally, he thought that all the gods in heaven had disappeared, but after obtaining the apricot kernel in the Qingwei Sword Sect's ancestral hall, he knew that these gods and Buddhas should still be there, but had disappeared on the surface.
If it was a talisman issued by the Dagan court, then Lin Xiang would have to risk his life for Dagan, and might even be forced to go to the battlefield!
For example, the six-winged golden cicada would be required to go to the battlefield unless it wanted to forfeit all its previous efforts and not gain any merit. A sacrificial spirit was like a visiting elder in the sect, and if things looked bad, they would likely retreat.
The rest of the sacrificial spirits can run away and find another place to serve as sacrificial spirits again.
As the land god, Lin Xiang cannot change his jurisdiction. He must protect Dongshan Village!
It is difficult to achieve this by relying on personal strength, and the only ones you can rely on are the players.
"We must conduct the third round of internal testing as soon as possible!"
A mere 105 people is still too few, not to mention that most of the players are a motley crowd, good at fighting alone and unable to cope with large-scale wars.
In addition to increasing the number of players, Lin Xiang also decided to let these players learn more skills and obtain more equipment as soon as possible.
Their combat effectiveness is still too low.
"You young heroes are still too weak. As we face a critical moment of invasion, drugstores and bookstores are offering 50% off all merchandise. Please hurry and arm yourselves, for the war is about to begin!"
Lin Xiang also issued several tasks in succession, distributing all the experience points within his authority without wasting them.
[Level Sprint Mission: The first player to reach Level 10 will receive a random magical weapon, a random spell, and a courtyard in the Universal Marketplace (not for sale)!]
[Material Collection: Dongshan Village is offering sacrifices to the spirits in preparation for refining weapons, armor, and other equipment. Players are requested to collect raw materials such as monsters, spiritual plants, and spiritual iron ore. The more types of materials collected, the higher the reward.]
[Recruiting Patrol Team Members: Recruit six player teams to serve as patrol teams, patrolling outside Dongshan Village at different times. Note: This mission is difficult and potentially life-threatening, so please consider carefully. Mission Rewards: One Spirit Stone per week, exclusive skills and weapons for patrol team members, and a free courtyard house.]
After releasing three tasks in a row, the players' dissatisfaction immediately disappeared.
They all moved desperately.
It just so happens that it is getting dark, which is the time when all kinds of evil spirits and monsters appear, so we must hurry up and upgrade.
There are so many rewards for being the first to reach level 10!
As for spells, everyone has already seen them in the store, so they're not too excited. But as for equipment, the best players have right now is just mortal-level gear, and they haven't seen any magical weapons.
"As expected of the Lord of the Land, he's so generous!"
"Hahahaha, I just happened to have two spirit stones. I originally needed to save them for a few days before I could buy a skill, but now I'm going to buy it."
"Demons and ghosts, you are unlucky. Just wash yourself and wait for me!"
"I can't afford to buy a house in real life, but joining the patrol here actually allows me to own a house. It's great."
"Anyone forming a patrol? Take me with you. I'm online every day with high intensity, and I'm planning to go the route of close combat physical training or defensive spells. Take me with you, and as long as I'm not dead, the monsters won't kill you!"
"Our God of Land is truly multi-talented. Not only can he refine pills, he can also refine weapons. Can I specify the weapon I want? I want to show off by stepping on a flying sword!"
"The patrol team is pretty good. They can deal with the spoils themselves and patrol outside the village with good reason."
"No more talking. I'll just hand in the task and try. Just in case I can level up."
In fact, many players collect spiritual medicines from the Ten Thousand Mountains. Most of the spiritual medicines are guarded by monsters, so they have a lot of spiritual medicines and monster materials.
The two tasks of collecting elixirs and collecting materials were submitted quickly, and upgrade lights lit up one after another.
Some people received experience points as rewards, some received elixirs, some received spirit stones, and some received skill books.
Originally, Lin Xiang didn't have many spirit stones, and after giving them to players as rewards, there were even fewer left.
But he was not worried, because except for a small number of players who would hoard spirit stones for future use, the rest of the players would go to pharmacies, bookstores and grocery stores to spend money.
The spirit stone is like transferring from one hand to the other, and it will return to his palm obediently after a little damage.
In a short while, Lin Xiang's space ring was filled with various spiritual medicines, spiritual woods and monster materials.
He doesn't know how to refine weapons yet, so he just asks the players to collect materials. They will then return to Qingwei Sword Sect to exchange and learn.
There are too many things to do when I return to Qingwei Sword Sect. I also have to find out about the war between Dagan and Da Zhou. As a top sect, they must have intelligence in this regard.
But before going back, he planned to practice alchemy first.
Players are not currently considering using spirit stones to purchase elixirs, as their importance is currently ranked behind skills and equipment.
Alchemy is mainly prepared to improve one's own cultivation speed. Alchemy skills need to be upgraded to lv.2 before one can refine the Red Dragon Pill.
Before level 20, you can take Red Dragon Pill to increase the speed of the exercise.
The refined pills can be consumed by yourself first, and the rest can be sold to players or the market.
This time he didn't plan to spend too much money, but to go to the market within the sect to earn more money so as not to be as tight on money as he is now.
The infrastructure construction of Huanyu Market and Dongshan Village cannot stop, the players' strength must also be improved, and at the same time, Lin Xiang must improve his own strength.
On the one hand, after the level is upgraded, the jurisdiction of the land god will expand outward, which means that he can obtain more resources.
For example, he is only level 12 now, and maybe when he reaches level 20, his jurisdiction will include Xishan Village.
If the jurisdiction area is expanded, the safety of the market and villagers will be greatly improved.
If you haven't reached the foundation-building stage at the beginning of the war, you will definitely become cannon fodder.
Lin Xiang knew that he could not delay any longer and had to complete the upgrade work as soon as possible, then gather the villagers who were threatened by the war and try his best to provide these poor people with a safe place to live.
In this case, Dongshan Village is definitely not enough, and some habitable houses must be built outside the market town.
We can't let the people who are fleeing the war live in the inn all the time.
There are too many things to do and they must be solved one by one.
…
Gray fog filled the air, and the earth once again became a paradise for demons and monsters.
Evil spirits are particularly rampant in Dagan's territory, and areas close to the border are experiencing problems.
The sacrificial spirits died one after another, and the village without the protection of the spirits allowed evil spirits to come and go freely. They had long coveted human blood and souls, and even did not spare animals.
Xishan Village was one of the luckier villages because at least the sacrificial spirit was killed during the day, which left some time for seeking help and evacuating.
In some villages, accidents happen in the evening or at night, and the villagers have no choice but to pray silently.
I don’t know how many monks were stained with karma that night, and I don’t know how many ordinary people suffered disasters.
Lin Xiang only knew that the Dagan court was on fire everywhere and was unable to put out the fires, and might be about to sink!
He could clearly feel that Da Gan's luck was declining. The suppression of imperial power had almost disappeared, and it was even more impossible to suppress the demons and monsters, causing them to become extremely arrogant at night.
“It’s too difficult…”
Perhaps it is because of the fact that the lips and teeth are interdependent, the villagers of Dongshan Village dare not close their eyes.
Some of them knelt before the statue, some lay in bed and prayed, and many even packed up their belongings, ready to escape at any time.
"Master Ji Ling, please don't be in any trouble."
"The sacrificial spirit of Xishan Village is gone, and our village must not be discovered."
"The Land Lord is so strong, he will definitely be fine."
"Please, God of Land, show your might and drive away all those bad guys."
In Xishan Village, where nine out of ten houses are empty, the statue of the land god emits a faint fluorescent light, which enables the nearby magic circle to take effect and injects a shot of adrenaline into the villagers who did not escape and returned home.
As long as there are sacrifices to the spirits, there is hope!
Huang Laosan, who returned to the village for help, knelt down reverently and lit a stick of incense respectfully.
The same was true for the other villagers nearby and Wang Minghai, the village chief of Dongshan Village.
Everyone knows that Lin Xiang's action temporarily saved Xishan Village from the abyss of destruction.
Even though he knew it would be dangerous to serve as a sacrificial spirit in Xishan Village, he still came to support the sky and sent assistance.
Among the players who came to aid Xishan Village, Yu Xiaoqi was the strongest. She led the players to guard outside the village carefully and kill the monsters attracted by the turtle blood one by one.
The old turtle, who had served as a sacrificial spirit for decades, was quite powerful, but he was no match for Feng Jianan, who had reached the great perfection of the Qi Refining Stage. After his death, only a pool of blood was shed, and Feng Jianan put his body in a space bag and took it away.
The blood of the monster is like a firefly in the dark night, extremely eye-catching.
All kinds of demons and evil spirits rushed over to try it.
Since Dongshan Village and Xishan Village are very close to each other, it is particularly easy for Lin Xiang to switch his consciousness, so he can sit back and relax.
Once the players can no longer hold on, his consciousness will directly descend into the statue of the land god in Xishan Village without any delay.
There is no need to consume incense points to transfer the soul consciousness between the statues of the land god with believers. He currently owns three such statues, one in Dongshan Village, the other in Huanyu Market and Xishan Village.
But when he arrived in Xishan Village, he was just an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator, and he could only rely on himself to deal with powerful enemies.
Lin Xiang also thought about the tactic of luring the enemy. Even if he couldn't defeat the enemy in the Xishan Village area, as long as he fought and retreated // lured the enemy to the Dongshan Village, he could turn the tables.
The best way is as mentioned above, to directly bring Xishan Village under the jurisdiction of the land god.
No matter how weak a god is, he is still a god. In essence, he is one level higher than a cultivator, so it is of course much easier to deal with him.
The land god is actually not weak, but he is always bullied by powerful demon kings in film and television works, so he has a timid image.
The land god in "Journey to the West" was bullied by Red Boy, Bull Demon King, and the King of Gold Horn and Silver Horn. Even the twenty-eight constellations could not do anything about these monsters, so of course the land god could only swallow his anger.
Lin Xiang now planned to take a look at his spoils while waiting for the night to pass.
Feng Jianan’s ten-foot-sized space bag was filled with a lot of good things, and he was fully prepared.
However, the spirit of the old turtle killed in Xishan Village was not in his space bag, perhaps in the hands of another companion.
A cultivator who has reached the great perfection of Qi Refining Stage would not hesitate to enter another country to cause trouble in order to get a Foundation Establishment Pill. There are indeed many kinds of offensive and life-saving items in it.
In addition to the broken medium-grade black tortoise shield, there is also a low-grade magic weapon-level lightning hammer and a medium-grade magic weapon-level fire crow flag. The family assets are quite rich.
The thunder hammer is quite heavy and can produce thunder and lightning after hitting the enemy, making it very suitable for physical cultivation.
The Fire Crow Flag is relatively more powerful, especially suitable for disciples of the Liehuo Sect like Feng Jianan. It can summon the Fire Crow spirit according to the amount of spiritual power injected into the magic weapon.
If there is enough spiritual power, perhaps these fire crows can form a formation to attack the enemy.
Feng Jianan underestimated the Five Elements Wu Earth Formation in Huanyu Market. Perhaps it was karma that made him dizzy. He thought that it would be as easy as attacking Xishan Village. He didn't even take out his most powerful magic weapon before Lin Xiang smashed him into the mud with two whips!
In addition to the magic weapons, there is a thick stack of offensive and defensive talismans.
There are low-grade ice needle talismans, blazing fire talismans, Vajra indestructible talismans, earth armor talismans, etc., and even a mid-grade sky thunder talisman.
"Wow, three hundred and twenty-one low-grade spirit stones and fifty-eight medium-grade spirit stones. This Feng Jianan is really rich."
After Lin Xiang sighed, he began to think, how expensive is a foundation-building pill?
There are also some elixirs and jade slips for cultivation, healing, and restoring spiritual power in Feng Jianan's space bag, which are worth a lot of money.
However, cultivators of this wealth cannot afford the Foundation Establishment Pill and have to risk their lives to do so.
"Perhaps I should take some time to go to the interior of the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find the alchemist's inheritance. It would be great if the inheritance contains the method of refining the foundation-building pill."
The profit of refining low-level pills is very low. If the foundation-building pill can be refined, Lin Xiang can get the title of a master alchemist.
There are many low-level spiritual medicines brought back by players in Lin Xiang’s space ring.
Since Xishan Village had not been conquered yet, he simply opened the earth fire furnace and began to refine Qingxin Pills to improve his alchemy proficiency.
No matter how powerful the elixir formula is, it requires matching skills.
Just like he now wants to refine the Red Dragon Pill to increase his cultivation speed. He clearly has the recipe and refining method, but his alchemy skills are only level 1, so he can't refine it.
You can only refine low-level Qingxin Pills and Bigu Pills to gain proficiency.
Every time you successfully refine a batch of pills, your proficiency will increase a little.
He had refined Qingxin Pills before, and it was much easier for him to continue refining it now. He succeeded nine times out of ten, and even refined the highest quality Qingxin Pills ever made.
After taking it, it can restore 50% of the spiritual power, which can be called a weapon for long-term warfare!
Low-grade and medium-grade Qingxin Pills are not very valuable, but high-grade Qingxin Pills are not cheap, one pill costs at least 10 low-grade spirit stones.
As he continued to refine the elixir, his skill proficiency increased rapidly.
With players helping to collect raw materials, the efficiency and cost are very low. Coupled with the high success rate of alchemy, it is difficult for Lin Xiang not to make money.
"Oops, I said before that there was no jade bottle, and now I still haven't solved this problem."
Lin Xiang had to put the pills into the game space package. Each quality of pill occupied a grid, which was quite a waste of space.
Low-grade, medium-grade and high-grade Qingxin Pills are three different items.
Originally, they only took up a very small volume in the space ring, but there was no container to hold them.
Just as Lin Xiang continued to refine the Qigong Pill, the players from Xishan Village were killed one after another. There must be a powerful enemy coming!
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