Chapter 278: Attack from the Ancient Monks
"A mere Qi training cultivator actually dares to challenge me in the Foundation Establishment Stage... What!? Golden Core Stage? You're just pretending—"
The part above the knees of the rampant demon cultivator was gone before he even had time to touch the ground.
Huang Shangshang raised her still smoking index finger and blew gently.
Li Yanmo on the side did not hesitate to applaud Huang Shangshang, "Miss Huang, you have mastered the essence of this unique skill."
"Thank you, Mr. Li!"
Huang Shangshang also thanked him excitedly.
This is not a compliment, but a thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This unique skill looks simple, but it is very powerful. The higher the level of cultivation and the more stable the foundation, the greater the power.
The most important thing is that there is no warning when attacking, and the consumption is extremely low. It is a real practical skill.
As the saying goes, if you teach your apprentice, you will starve to death. I didn’t expect Li Yanmo to teach such useful things from the beginning!
Seeing Li Yanmo and Huang Shangshang singing the same tune, Leng Ningshuang rolled her eyes and said, "I say, you haven't forgotten the important matter, have you?"
Li Yanmo pinched his chin and thought, "Business? Uh...playing the role of an ancient cultivator bullying a weak demon cultivator? Isn't that what I'm doing?"
During this period of time, they would lower their cultivation level and pretend to be newbies, then deliberately leak money to attract the attention of the demon cultivators, and then counterattack and kill them.
Because they were all demon cultivators and habitual murderers, they felt no psychological pressure when they killed.
"About this matter...those demon cultivators are all the military merits of the princes in the expeditionary army. Now that you have withdrawn all these demon cultivators, what should the princes do?" Leng Ningshuang couldn't help but complain.
Li Yanmo thought for a moment and replied, "It's not us who should be worried, but those sect cultivators. The princes have no demon cultivators to kill, no military merits, and no additional cultivation resources. Even if they can join the Zhongzhou Expeditionary Force, they will not be able to get a good position due to the lack of military merits and cultivation, and will not be able to achieve success in a short period of time."
"The sect monks need the commoner marquis' son to make achievements, so they will definitely mobilize more people to enter Meizhou."
"The bigger their moves, the bigger their flaws will be."
Leng Ningshuang nodded thoughtfully after hearing this. "Meizhou is just a small state. It is impossible for so many demon cultivators to appear out of nowhere and need to be killed. They might disguise themselves as revived ancient cultivators. Our plan..."
"There is no need to terminate it, but there can be changes, which is a good opportunity for us to fish in troubled waters," Li Yanmo came up with a good idea.
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Dayu's tent.
Li Lin staggered to the ground. Although he was covered in blood, he had no external injuries, only unstable breathing.
The other princes were shocked when they saw this and were about to step forward to inquire about the situation, but were suppressed by Li Lin's eyes.
After returning to the tent, a prince asked in a low voice, "Brother Li, didn't you go to clean up the monsters? What's going on?"
Li Lin took out four storage bags from his sleeves and placed them on the table. "We were attacked by demon cultivators. Three of them are at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, and one is at the Fake Pill Stage."
"There is actually a fake Dan stage!?"
The princes present were all horrified.
The demon cultivators are ruthless and their combat power is higher than that of ordinary cultivators. Some demon cultivators in the false elixir stage can even kill righteous cultivators in the golden elixir stage.
And Li Lin, who was only in the middle stage of foundation building, was actually attacked by a demon cultivator in the false pill stage? !
However, there were also princes who realized the strangeness of this attack. "Meizhou is short of spiritual energy. If there were any fake Dan-stage demon cultivators, they should have been recorded long ago. Not only did they not hide, but they also took the initiative to attack..."
The demon cultivators are bad, but not stupid. Meizhou lacks spiritual energy, and it is not easy to cultivate to the false elixir stage. Now that Dayu's sword has been raised, of course some will flee and some will hide, and they will only show up after the storm has passed.
Once their hiding place is discovered, they will have no other choice but to fight back.
“The family background of those four people is definitely not at the level of Meizhou’s magic cultivators. They are probably [ancient cultivators] who have only recently revived,” Li Lin curled the corners of his mouth imperceptibly.
"Ancient monk..."
The princes present were all stunned and looked strange.
A few days ago, they were still talking about how the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess were suspected of having connections with an ancient sect, and now a resurrected ancient monk attacked Li Lin and almost killed him.
The Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess had no conflict of interest with Li Lin. Considering that the position of Crown Prince had not been decided yet, and the Eighth Desolate Marquis was on the verge of becoming the leader of the commoner marquises, the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess would never be enemies with Li Lin even if they did not try to win him over.
Li Lin was born in Baidi City and had never left Baidi City before the expedition.
The only ones who had conflicts with Li Lin were the nobles.
Since the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Princess are likely to have connections with ancient sects, it is not surprising that those noble marquises are also connected with ancient sects. This can actually explain the powerful strength of those noble marquises.
In this way, the sudden attack becomes much more reasonable.
But they had been with Li Lin for some time, and under his guidance they always kept a humble and calm heart, so they did not immediately conclude that it must be the ancient monks sent by the noble marquis to kill Li Lin.
One person murmured, "This matter... is a little strange."
Li Lin's eyes moved slightly, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. "At first I suspected that it was some noble marquis who did it, but I thought about it carefully. Sending so many ancient monks to take action may kill me, but it may also help me rise to prominence and climb step by step."
"Besides, even if they really kill me, what does it matter? I am only the youngest son of Marquis Bahuang. I will never get rid of Marquis Bahuang. If Marquis Bahuang keeps silent, won't they be even more uneasy?"
"Since they have taken action, they will inevitably be exposed. They will join forces with the ancient monks to kill the expedition soldiers during the expedition to eliminate demons. This is a serious crime of treason! Why would they take such a risk when they are in high positions?"
"For them, the best thing to do is to leave it alone. If I can't get any military merits and extra training resources, I won't be able to make further achievements and will not be able to threaten their status at all."
After listening to Li Lin's analysis, the princes who had already found the matter strange suddenly realized and felt that what Li Lin said made sense.
"The one who attacked... is probably a cultivator from a sect," Li Lin said calmly, seeing that the groundwork had been laid, "There are millions of Taoist sects, seemingly submitting to the emperor, but in fact, they are pretending to obey and secretly disobeying, each with their own ulterior motives."
"I suspect they are intentionally trying to sow discord between the noble marquises and the commoner marquises in an attempt to split the Dayu Dynasty."
"Perhaps there is an irreconcilable conflict between the commoner marquis and the noble marquis, but... the noble marquis's behavior is not an excuse for us to violate the most basic principles."
Li Lin changed into clean clothes and turned to face the other princes.
"If the world is in chaos, the people will be displaced. We study the books of sages not to wait until the people are displaced and then criticize the nobles for not taking action, but to enable us to distinguish right from wrong and know when to take action."
"Find your position and fulfill your responsibilities."
"Now we are lucky enough to do something..."
The princes understood what Li Lin meant and nodded in unison without waiting for Li Lin to finish speaking.
"Brother Li, we listen to your orders!"
"good!"
(End of this chapter)
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