"……who?"

The girl asked with a confused look on her face.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and shook his head: "Nothing, you heard it wrong... By the way, Master, what did you say just now, haunted?"

The key words were triggered, and Taoist Baiyun's face turned serious. Just as he was about to explain, the girl next to him rushed over anxiously and grabbed... but failed to grab Lin Zhongtian's arm, as he dodged it easily.

The girl was very dedicated and said anxiously, "Yes, our Lijia Village is haunted and many people have died. Taoist Priest——"

"What a coincidence!" Lin Zhongtian laughed three times and pulled Taoist Master Baiyun over. "Let me introduce you. This is my master, Taoist Master Baiyun. He has great magical powers and is best at slaying demons. With him going down the mountain with you, it will be easy for us to capture ghosts!"

“…”

When these words were spoken, Taoist Master Baiyun and the girl Li Xing were both stunned.

Taoist Master Baiyun seemed to have been robbed of his lines by Lin Zhongtian. He hesitated for a while before pulling Lin Zhongtian aside and whispered, "My good disciple, have you forgotten that when I was practicing martial arts some time ago, I accidentally went astray and became possessed. Now I have lost all my cultivation. Not to mention the evil ghosts that harm people, even ordinary ghosts that cannot harm people are no match for me!"

"So that's how it is..."

Lin Zhongtian seemed to be thinking about something, then he took out another porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to Taoist Baiyun with a filial look on his face.

"Master, what are you talking about? How could I possibly forget such an important thing? Look, I have specially asked the ancestor for an elixir. If I take one, I will be able to recover my cultivation and even improve my magic power to a higher level!"

"Master, what are you waiting for? Eat quickly!"

Taoist Master Baiyun stared in amazement at Lin Zhongtian, who was expecting and encouraging him.

……OK!

You just can't eat anything, right?

Taoist Master Baiyun gritted his teeth, took the porcelain bottle, took out a pill full of spiritual energy and swallowed it in one gulp.

Rich spiritual energy burst out instantly, making Taoist Baiyun's aura stronger.

But in the next second, Taoist Baiyun suddenly screamed, his eyes bulged, and his aura instantly weakened.

In just a few seconds, Taoist Baiyun went from being a strong and healthy middle-aged Taoist priest to a dying person.

...Can you still play like this?

Lin Zhongtian looked at Taoist Baiyun who was lying in front of him with admiration.

This is really dedicated. He really took great pains to get offline.

However, even though you are offline, please return the Xuanyuan Pill to me first!

“Ahem!”

Taoist Master Baiyun was lying on the ground, coughing up bright red blood. His hand reached out to Lin Zhongtian with trembling hands, trying to catch him... but he failed, as Lin Zhongtian dodged him calmly.

There was no other way, Taoist Master Baiyun could only grab the corner of Lin Zhongtian's clothes and said in a dying voice: "The elixir seems to be fake. My old injuries have relapsed and the inner demon has entered my body. I may not be able to hold on..."

“Master!”

Lin Zhongtian's eyes were filled with water vapor, which hung in the corners. He looked at Taoist Baiyun sadly.

Taoist Master Bai Yun grinned and forced a smile: "Although you took out the elixir, I don't blame you, because I know you are a kind child."

"From now on, you will be the master of Baiyun Temple."

"It's up to you to eliminate harm for the people and uphold world justice!"

After saying this, Taoist Baiyun closed his eyes quickly and passed away without waiting for Lin Zhongtian’s response.

Lin Zhongtian's cheek muscles twitched, his magic power evaporated the water in the corners of his eyes, and he commented in a low voice: "The acting is good, and the emotions are in place, but the details are a bit off. The dying person can still speak so clearly, and he died on the spot after explaining all the funeral arrangements. This is unreasonable."

"But it doesn't matter. I believe you can do better next time. Come on!"

After saying that, Lin Zhongtian patted Taoist Baiyun on the shoulder, then stood up and looked at the stunned girl beside him.

"Okay, let's go. I'll go down the mountain with you."

“…”

The girl looked hesitant and couldn't help but whispered, "Aren't you going to bury your master first?"

Lin Zhongtian shook his head and said seriously, "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. My master likes the pure natural naked burial. To be honest, he also liked to expose his heart in nature when he was alive. He said that this way he could better follow the laws of nature..."

"Fuck, I can't stand it anymore!"

Outside the water curtain, North Sea Sword Master Lin Zhongtian was talking nonsense in a serious tone with a frown on his face.

He shook his head, looked at Liu Ruoqin with a tired face and said, "Nephew Ruoqin, keep an eye on this kid for me. If anything happens, let me know in time. I'll go see how your sweetheart is doing."

After saying this, Beihai Sword Master turned his gaze towards the other side of the water curtain.

Sure enough, the plot development on Zhou Tianyi's side was much more normal.

He followed Li Yan'er, the daughter of the village chief of Lijia Village, down the mountain and easily subdued the harmful female ghost.

That’s right, the evil ghost that harmed people in Lijia Village was a beautiful female ghost in a red dress.

The reason why she harmed people was very simple, because the men in Lijia Village were actually bandits with dual identities.

During the busy farming season on weekdays, all the men in Lijia Village are busy working in the fields. Once they are not busy, they will take up their weapons and run to a trade road about ten miles outside the village to rob passing caravans.

This beautiful female ghost was the daughter of a wealthy family who was killed by this group of bandits.

At this point, players in the fantasy world will face two choices.

The first is to help the female ghost deal with this group of unruly people from poor mountains and bad waters. The task rewards a female ghost with great potential, noble birth, beautiful appearance, who can add fragrance to your sleeves and serve you all the time.

The second is to help Lijia Village eliminate the female ghost. The task rewards 100 taels of gold, plus the favorability of the village chief's daughter Li Yan'er.

Zhou Tianyi thought about it for a while and felt that only children would make choices, while adults would want them all.

He used his eloquent tongue to persuade the female ghost to surrender, and promised that if the men in the village gathered in the mountains to form a stronghold again, he would kill them all with his own hands. Then he told Li Yan that the female ghosts had been subdued by him.

Be the best of both worlds and successfully obtain all rewards.

Just when he was planning to retire, a group of vicious bandits suddenly broke into Lijia Village.

It turned out that the young and strong men in the village were worried about being killed by the female ghost, so they simply took weapons and went out of the village to rob passing caravans.

But this time, the passing caravan spent a large sum of money to hire the famous Black Tiger Escort Agency for escort.

The Black Tiger Escort Agency is by no means a good company. Not only does it deal in both black and white, but its methods are also ruthless. The escorts in the agency are escorts if they follow the caravan, and they become bandits who are more vicious than bandits if they leave the caravan.

As a result, all the young and strong men in Lijia Village were devoured by this group of ferocious villains.

But they were not satisfied with just robbing one another. The leading escort interrogated the young and strong men in Lijia Village and found out the location of Lijia Village. Then they gathered their men and prepared to plunder the mountain village.

By now Zhou Tianyi had learned that only the young and strong men in Lijia Village knew about the robbery of the passing caravan.

Except for Village Chief Li and a few old guys, no one else knew about the elderly, the weak, women and children who stayed in the village.

So he acted decisively and easily dealt with the vicious bandits.

But then, another problem was placed before Lijiacun——

That is, all the young and strong men in the village died, leaving only the elderly, the weak, women and children in the village.

In this chaotic world, they would not be able to survive relying solely on their own abilities.

So, the old village chief had an idea. He presented all the 100 taels of gold, then called his daughter Li Yan'er and said that his daughter admired the hero and wanted to marry his beautiful daughter to Zhou Tianyi so that Zhou Tianyi would stay and protect the village.

Not only that, after all the male members of Lijia Village died out, the entire village was filled with beautiful widows and young girls.

As the only young and middle-aged man in the entire village, as long as Zhou Tianyi chooses to stay, his future life will definitely be very good.

Influenced by the illusion, Zhou Tianyi was indeed tempted for a moment by the old village chief's proposal.

But in the end, he still rejected the old village chief.

The reason was very simple. It was not because the men in Lijia Village were evil and deserved to be destroyed, but because he vaguely felt that there seemed to be something or someone waiting for him somewhere.

These things, or these people, are very important to him.

In order to see them, Zhou Tianyi is willing to abandon the worldly world, cut off all emotional ties, and practice cultivation wholeheartedly.

Seeing Zhou Tianyi's determined eyes in the illusion, Liu Ruoqin felt both relieved and sad.

She was relieved that she had not misjudged him, but sad that he was not thinking about her, but the Zhou family members...

If Zhou Tianyi's clearance process was in line with their expectations, then the style on Lin Zhongtian's side was a bit strange.

He first followed Li Yan'er down the mountain and had a drink with Li Yan'er's father, the old village chief of Lijia Village.

Under the influence of alcohol, Lin Zhongtian effortlessly extracted the true situation of Lijia Village from the old village chief.

When Lin Zhongtian learned that all the young and strong men in Lijia Village were robbing passing caravans outside the village, he suddenly realized why they were able to raise a reward of 100 taels of gold.

At the same time, the old village chief, who had spoken out of turn after drinking, woke up and looked at Lin Zhongtian with a fierce look in his eyes.

It was obvious that he had already developed murderous intentions towards Lin Zhongtian.

But before that, he still needed Lin Zhongtian's help to subdue the female ghost in the village.

Just when the old village chief was about to use words to calm Lin Zhongtian down, Lin Zhongtian, who had just been talking and laughing with him, suddenly jumped up, smiled and stabbed a long sword into the old village chief's chest.

Blood splattered everywhere, and the old village chief widened his eyes and looked at Lin Zhongtian in disbelief.

Not only him, but Liu Ruoqin outside the water curtain was also horrified and did not understand what Lin Zhongtian's mentality was.

It’s because Zhou Tianyi is not here, otherwise he would definitely explain to them what the famous V is... No, what the fourth disaster in the multiverse is.

After killing the old village chief, Lin Zhongtian and the female ghost occupied the entire Lijia Village as their own territory.

Just when Liu Ruoqin thought that he was going to commit robbery and do all kinds of evil, Lin Zhongtian implemented a high-pressure control, and got a lot of strange teaching materials from somewhere, and began to teach the elderly, weak, women and children in the village to transform their thinking.

All the people from the Black Tiger Escort Agency who arrived later were also detained by him and became the village's labor force to replace the dead young and strong men.

From the escort of the Black Tiger Escort Agency, Lin Zhongtian learned about the entire worldview of the illusion.

It was a time of turmoil, with heroes vying for supremacy and princes rising up, and the whole world was in chaos.

But it is such a chaotic world, and people's aptitude for cultivating immortals is extremely poor.

Although there are natural treasures everywhere around, everyone's cultivation seems to be stagnant as if it were poured with cement.

According to the escorts from the Black Tiger Escort Agency, acquired martial artists like them are already top-notch masters in the martial arts world, and above the acquired ones are the legendary innate masters who are elusive.

After a little calculation, Lin Zhongtian discovered that this so-called innate master was probably at the ninth level of Qi training.

In other words, a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi training has already reached the ceiling of combat power in this illusory worldview.

In the entire illusion, the only person who is not affected is the challenger himself.

After figuring this out, Lin Zhongtian finally understood the true intention of this level.

With abundant natural resources and unlimited qualifications, as long as the challenger wants, he can easily become the king and dominate the world, and enjoy great power and wealth.

In addition, the average looks of both men and women in this world are extremely high. It is obvious that this is a test of whether the challenger can stick to his original intention in the face of power and beauty...

Once one becomes obsessed with power and beauty, the challenger will most likely be judged as a failure.

Of course, in addition to the main task of upholding the Tao, there should be some side tasks in the illusion.

Otherwise, there would be no need for it to create such a vast world and virtualize so many named cities and princes.

In order to better experience this immersive game, Lin Zhongtian was eager to transform the villagers of Lijia Village with great enthusiasm.

He first improved martial arts and taught them to the villagers, then took out a lot of teaching materials to enlighten the people, and used Lijia Village as his base to continuously recruit soldiers from outside and train determined fighters.

When Zhou Tianyi next door passed this level with his firm heart, Lin Zhongtian had already led a large number of educated troops who had learned new and improved martial arts and occupied most of the fantasy world.

In his army, there are more female generals with pretty faces and muscular bodies than male generals.

Among them, the female general who was most loyal to Lin Zhongtian and made the greatest contribution in the War of Liberation was Li Yan'er, the daughter of the former village chief of Lijia Village, who has now been awarded the title of one of the Five Tiger Generals.

"...How did he convince Li Yan'er to let go of the revenge for her father's murder?"

Outside the water curtain, Beihai Sword Master and Liu Ruoqin looked at each other and couldn't help but ask this question.