Chapter 108: The Host Turns the Table (1/2)
The Yuling Sect is a behemoth.
With Lin Mu's current strength of the tenth level of Qi Refining, it would be harder than ascending to heaven to shake the entire Yuling Sect.
But it is not completely hopeless. Lin Mu has the Xuanyue Pei, which is at least more than enough to protect himself. If he can eat away the disciples of the Yuling Sect bit by bit, the accumulation of small amounts will also cause a huge blow to the Yuling Sect.
This is also the only way for Lin Mu to deal with the Yuling Sect at present.
Lin Mu no longer has any hope for the Qianyu Sword Sect. This situation is completely tacitly approved by Shi Weihan. Otherwise, the Yuling Sect would not dare to be so rampant under the jurisdiction of the Qianyu Sword Sect.
The culprit of Pang Huai's death is the people of the Yuling Sect, but it is also closely related to Shi Weihan, and he cannot escape the blame.
After the death of Pang Huai and his wife, only Shitou was left alone.
The child who was lively and active before has now become silent, with a gloomy face all day long, without any other expression, really like a cold stone.
Lin Mu felt uncomfortable. After discussing with his parents, he began to teach Shitou how to cultivate.
After some investigation, Lin Mu was pleasantly surprised to find that Shitou actually had spiritual roots for cultivating immortals. His aptitude far exceeded that of his parents, and was even a little stronger than himself.
Shitou had spiritual roots of gold, water, fire and earth. Although he could not compare with those geniuses, if the supply of Gathering Spirit Pills was sufficient, he would have great hope of building a foundation.
This was not a problem for Lin Mu. Lin Mu lacked everything except medicine, especially Gathering Spirit Pills.
Last time, he worked hard for half a year and refined more than 4,000 bottles of Gathering Spirit Pills. His parents worked hard for half a year and only used more than 400 bottles, which was only one-tenth of the total.
Now with Shitou, the huge number of Gathering Spirit Pills can still be supplied in sufficient quantities.
Not many pills were consumed in the early stage, but mainly in the later stage. If the pills were insufficient, Lin Mu could continue to plant in the Xuanyue Space.
Four of the six acres of spiritual fields in the Xuanyue Space are now planted with Seven Star Grass, which is not far from maturity. Lin Mu planted some second-grade spiritual herbs in the remaining two acres of spiritual fields. Most of these spiritual herbs were spiritual medicines for refining foundation-building pills. Lin Mu planned to try to refine foundation-building pills after harvesting the spiritual herbs.
The Xuanyue Pendant is now dark green. Lin Mu estimated that it would not be long before the spiritual fields in the Xuanyue Space could be upgraded again.
The spiritual herbs planted in the fourth-grade spiritual fields, and the pills refined into them, must have better effects.
There was no worry about the pills, and Lin Mu began to choose a mental method for Shitou.
The "Nine-Direction Mental Method" was too low-grade, so it was abandoned first. The "Phantom Spiritual Mental Method" was as high as the fourth grade, which was a good choice, but Lin Mu immediately gave up the idea when he thought of the blood feud between Shitou and the Yuling Sect.
He simply let Shitou practice the "Five Elements Mental Method" like his family of three. Shitou has four spiritual roots, so practicing the "Five Elements Mental Method" is not bad. At least it is a good choice in the Qi Refining Period. If there is a better choice after the foundation is established, he can naturally change to other mental methods.
With these two aspects safe, the next thing will be a matter of course.
Lin Mu told Shitou the formula of the Five Elements Heart Sutra and taught him some basic common sense of cultivation. He was very attentive.
Although Shitou was young, he had a very good memory and learned very quickly.
Lin Mu asked his parents to take Shitou to the hut for meditation. He flashed and had already exited from the Xuanyue Space.
His parents and Shitou were weak now and were powerless to deal with the Yuling Sect. For safety reasons, Lin Mu did not want the three to intervene.
In recent months, Lin Mu has been meditating in the Xuanyue Space. The Xuanyue Pendant has been unable to absorb moonlight and has no prospect of advancement. Lin Mu came out of the Xuanyue Space, on the one hand to attack the Yuling Sect, and on the other hand to let the Xuanyue Pendant absorb moonlight and strive to advance the spiritual field inside to the fourth grade as soon as possible.
Lin Mu's figure flashed and appeared behind a big tree. He looked around and saw no one around. Lin Mu silently used his spiritual power to perform the "Bone Shrinking Technique". After a series of crackling sounds, Lin Mu's figure and appearance changed instantly, from a young man to a middle-aged man of moderate build.
Lin Mu checked his body and was confident that no one would be able to recognize him anymore, not even familiar people. In the past six months, Lin Mu has made a lot of progress in the "Bone Shrinking Technique". Although he has not yet changed his voice, he can at least change his appearance at will.
After identifying the direction, Lin Mu performed the "Wind Controlling Technique" and flew towards Yanman City.
After arriving in the city, Lin Mu stayed in an inn. There was still a lot of silver left from the last time, so he didn't have to worry about accommodation.
In the evening, Lin Mu left the inn and started to go out to inquire about the news.
He spent all the more than 100 taels of silver on him, and the waiters of several inns made a lot of money from it.
After returning to the inn where he lived, Lin Mu closed the door and his face became gloomy.
According to the news he had inquired about, the situation in Yanman City was not optimistic.
In particular, he heard many tragedies that were unbearable to hear. All the people who were hurt were caused by disciples of the Yuling Sect.
Many villages had people who died at the hands of disciples of the Yuling Sect. Like Fat Huai, they died unjustly.
For such tragedies, Qianyu Sword Sect was indifferent and did not stop them at all. As time passed, such things became more and more serious.
Lin Mu wanted to stop this, but he couldn't convince himself to fall into the trap and stop these people from hurting these mortals.
He could only try to prevent the tragedy from happening while protecting himself.
There were only two ways to go now. One was for Lin Mu to show up and lead the disciples of Yuling Sect away from the smoke-filled city; the other was to stop killing by killing, killing the disciples of Yuling Sect so that they would be scared and dare not act easily again.
Lin Mu thought for a moment and gave up the first idea.
Although the Tianxiao Realm was large, Lin Mu had no way to escape. No matter where he went, he would bring disaster to the local mortals.
Lin Mu had no choice but to stop killing by killing.
At night, Lin Mu left the inn.
Like the disciples of Yuling Sect, he cruised in the city and appeared in various courtyards.
Many people were asleep, and no one noticed Lin Mu's figure.
Until in a tall house, Lin Mu found the target.
In a woman's attic, two Yuling Sect disciples were about to force her to do something unscrupulous.
The woman struggled hard and was about to be insulted.
Lin Mu's eyes were filled with anger, and the Five Elements Ring flew out. A golden giant sword cut off the head of a Yuling Sect disciple. At the same time, Lin Mu entered the attic, knocked the young woman unconscious lightly, turned around, and shot another golden giant sword at the second disciple.
In the horrified eyes of the Yuling Sect disciple, the golden giant sword pierced his heart directly, and he immediately fell to the ground with his hands on his heart, and died.
Lin Mu snorted coldly, two disciples of the fifth level of Qi Refining dared to come out and commit crimes.
Lin Mu quickly wiped out the traces of the fight in the attic, and even the blood was cleaned up.
Then, Lin Mu took the two Yuling Sect members to a remote corner, performed the "Red Fire Art", and burned them to death.
Under the powerful force of Zhongsun Fire, the two of them quickly turned into a pile of ashes and drifted away with the wind.
Lin Mu's figure did not stop, and continued to wander in the city.
In a wealthy family, Lin Mu smelled a bloody smell, and Lin Mu hurriedly performed the "Wind Control Technique" and gently floated into the yard.
Through the window, Lin Mu saw a disciple of Yuling Sect rummaging around in the house. The vases and the like were broken all over the floor, and the bodies of several ordinary people were lying on the ground. The blood had not yet coagulated.
A leopard with spots all over the body was lying in the house. It looked harmless to humans and animals, very quiet and docile.
But Lin Mu saw at a glance that the bloody holes between the necks of the two people were caused by this leopard.
This is a first-level spirit beast.
According to Lin Mu's understanding of the disciples of Yuling Sect, most of the disciples of Yuling Sect are not strong in themselves. They mainly rely on the spirit beasts they raise to help themselves. These people and the spirit beasts are in tune with each other. The stronger the spirit beasts are, the stronger they are.
Many disciples of the Yuling Sect, who were not yet qualified to raise spirit beasts, ran out to look for Lin Mu's traces. They were really bold.
This disciple, unlike those idiot disciples, was already a master of the eighth level of Qi Refining and had his own spirit beasts.
But when he met Lin Mu, such strength was not worth mentioning and he could not escape death.
Lin Mu manipulated the Five Elements Ring and instantly released the "Red Fire Art". A huge white fireball more than one person tall flew straight into the door and hit the spotted leopard. The leopard was startled and stood up suddenly. With a leap, he was about to jump out of the window.
Lin Mu snorted coldly and performed the "Genjin Art" again. A golden giant sword shot at the leopard from the window.
The fireball and the golden giant sword, one in front and one behind, trapped the leopard in the window.
After a shrill scream of the beast, the leopard was engulfed by the fireball, and after two breaths, it turned into a pile of ashes.
As early as the fireball attacked the leopard, the Yuling Sect disciple had sensed the danger. The huge fireball made his heart tremble. He didn't care about searching for treasures anymore and hurriedly escaped from the other side of the window.
Lin Mu's eyes were focused on the leopard, but his mind was on the Yuling Sect disciple.
Seeing that the Yuling Sect disciple wanted to escape, Lin Mu's consciousness moved and suddenly launched the "Spiritual Stab".
The Yuling Sect disciple suddenly lost his mind, felt dizzy, and fell from the window.
Lin Mu didn't even use the Five Elements Ring this time. He directly used low-level magic. Three bursts of "Geng Jin Jue" were fired at the same time, passing through the man's heart, and the Yuling Sect disciple was killed instantly.
Lin Mu took the storage bag of the Yuling Sect disciple and found that there were only some jade slips and more than 30 low-grade spirit stones in it. It was really pitiful. After putting away the storage bag, Lin Mu released a ball of fire, and the disciple also followed in the footsteps of his first two fellow disciples and turned into a pile of ashes.
Lin Mu took out some treasures from this family, and continued to move to other places.
He dodged several waves of disciples in the Spiritual Silence stage, and Lin Mu targeted disciples in the Qi Refining stage.
In a dilapidated courtyard, Lin Mu saw something that made him furious.
This courtyard was mostly a gathering place for homeless people, and these poor people suffered an unexpected disaster today.
Two disciples of the Yuling Sect were driving their own spiritual beasts to harvest the lives of these people, and bursts of laughter came out of their mouths.
These two people were actually killing people for fun.
In their eyes, human life is no longer worth mentioning.
A big snake has swallowed the bodies of two people, and both of them died in the snake's belly. A black wolf is biting the body of an old man, who has been dead for a long time.
In the corner of the courtyard, three children hugged each other tightly and trembled.
After the two disciples of Yuling Sect laughed, they commanded their spirit beasts to pounce on the three children.
Lin Mu was furious, and the Five Elements Ring flew out directly, growing several times in the air, encircling the big snake, and then a huge fireball was emitted from the ring, attacking the black wolf.
After the Five Elements Ring encircled the big snake, it immediately shrank, and the snake's body suddenly sank.
Under the control of Lin Mu's spiritual power, the Five Elements Ring shrank rapidly until there was a loud bang, and the snake's body could no longer bear the pressure and exploded.
The black wolf was moving quickly to avoid the fireball, but under Lin Mu's control, the fireball was flexible and changeable, and the black wolf was soon caught up by the fireball. The black wolf whimpered and was immediately buried in the sea of fire.
All this happened in a flash. The two disciples of the Yuling Sect were having fun and laughing, and they didn't react at all.
By the time they realized it, the two spirit beasts they raised had all died.
The two people behaved differently. One was heartbroken about the tragic death of the spirit beast and rushed towards Lin Mu with a scream. The other saw that he was no match for Lin Mu and ran away quickly.
Lin Mu was distracted. The Five Elements Ring went straight to the fleeing disciple, and he went to meet the rushing disciple alone.
Four consecutive shots of "Red Fire Art" flew out, and four fist-sized white fireballs surrounded the rushing disciple, making it impossible for him to dodge.
Although the third-grade Zhongsun Fire was only the size of a fist, its power was extraordinary.
When the fireball hit the disciple, it immediately burned a big hole, leaving no bones. The four fireballs burned the disciple to death.
The Five Elements Ring moved faster than Lin Mu, and rolled across the man's neck. The man's head fell to the ground and he fell to the ground, dying.
These two people took human lives for fun, and Lin Mu wanted to grind them to ashes. He put away the two storage bags, released a fireball, and burned the two spirit beasts and two disciples to ashes.
Lin Mu looked at the three children trembling in the corner, sighed, took out some gold and silver treasures from the storage bag, threw them to the three people, and then flew away again.
This night was destined to be a sleepless night.