Chapter 138 Three Years of Situation, Righteous Alliance!
Qingzhou, somewhere deep in the mountains and old forests.
Lin Chen climbed out of a cave, with a lot of mud still on his clothes.
"Is this the teleportation array you're talking about? Will there be any accidents?"
After climbing out of the cave, Lin Chen let out a long sigh of relief.
God knows, this teleportation array actually collapsed and was buried hundreds of meters deep underground.
If Lin Chen hadn't possessed the Earth Escape Technique, he would have been buried alive...
Tian Yanzhu sounded a little guilty and said:
"After all, hundreds of years have passed...some changes are normal."
Lin Chen was a little speechless, but he didn't care.
He has been trapped in the ruins for several years, and now that he comes out, he just wants to contact the outside world quickly.
Lin Chen took a few breaths of air greedily, and then took out the blue jade gourd.
The blue jade gourd instantly became several feet in size, and Lin Chen stepped on the gourd and flew high into the sky.
Lin Chen released his spiritual consciousness and stretched it more than a thousand feet. He first observed the surrounding terrain.
After a moment, he frowned slightly.
"Huh? This place is really desolate... there is no human habitation at all. Let's take a look at where it is first, right?"
Lin Chen chose a direction and drove towards it on the purple jade gourd.
After crossing the deep mountains and rivers, Lin Chen saw a village after half an hour.
As soon as he entered the village, the women and children in the village were frightened and fled in all directions.
"Run, everyone, run!"
A few old people at the end of the village who couldn't run were holding crutches and simply stopped running. They just sat there and shouted loudly.
In almost a moment, every household closed their doors and windows, leaving only a few old men at the entrance of the village.
When Lin Chen saw this, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan shape.
He walked up to an old man and asked:
"Old man, I am a monk passing by... I want to ask..."
Before Lin Chen finished speaking, the old man was so frightened that his face was livid, he was breathing heavily, and almost fainted.
"Run, everyone, run quickly..."
Lin Chen frowned even more tightly.
He flicked his fingers, and a breeze blew on the old man's face.
Soon, his expression gradually returned to calm.
This is a small magic calming spell, which is particularly effective for mortals and can restore calm.
Seeing that the old man was no longer breathing, Lin Chen asked patiently:
"Old man, what happened? Why are you so afraid of monks..."
The old man looked at Lin Chen carefully for a few times, and then he breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Lin Chen would not hurt him.
He shouted again:
"Everyone, come out quickly! These are not those demons... they seem to be the immortal leaders of the Righteous Alliance!"
After hearing this, the doors and windows in the surrounding houses showed gaps.
After secretly watching Lin Chen for a long time, a few brave men slowly approached.
"Immortal...Excuse me, Immortal! The people in the village thought it was those demons..."
The strong man at the head said tremblingly, for fear of making Lin Chen unhappy.
Lin Chen waved his hand and said:
"Tell me, where is this place?"
"What about the Righteous Alliance and the Demon Sect that you just mentioned?"
The strong man swallowed his saliva and said:
"Our Daniu Village belongs to the Purple Smoke Kingdom...those immortals..."
The strong man spoke awkwardly.
But after listening for a long time, Lin Chen roughly figured out what this person meant.
The place where Lin Chen is located is no longer within the territory of Yan Lai Kingdom.
But in Ziyan Country, thousands of miles away from Changchun Gate.
That was the territory of the Spiritual Beast Sect before...
But a year ago, the Spiritual Beast Sect was jointly attacked by the three demon sects...
The sect leader who was at the peak of the Golden Core died in battle, and almost all the thousands of disciples in the sect were wiped out.
People in the Purple Smoke Kingdom are living in dire straits.
In just one year, there have been no fewer than several demonic massacres and blood sacrifices.
This also made the mortals in Ziyan Kingdom extremely terrified and extremely afraid of the monks.
As for the Righteous Alliance, this mortal doesn't know much about it.
He only said that several immortal sects jointly formed it to fight against the devil...
"Immortal, Immortal..." The strong man was still a little frightened.
Lin Chen took out a few hundred taels of silver and handed it over.
"I wonder if there is a mortal city near your Daniu Village?"
After hearing this, the man shook his head and said:
"Originally there was a city three hundred miles to the north, but it was massacred by the Demon Sect, and none of the hundreds of thousands of mortals survived..."
"If the Immortal wants to find a place with a lot of people, he has to go to Xinliang City, which is six hundred miles away. It has not been conquered yet..."
After Lin Chen inquired about the location, he turned into a ray of light and left.
Most of the ordinary people in the village are ignorant, and they don’t understand many things and only hear about them.
But it is not difficult to see from the reaction of Daniu Village that in just over two years, the external situation has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes.
"The Spiritual Beast Sect was destroyed, the Demonic Alliance, the Righteous Alliance..."
"You still have to go to the city to find the monks to find out..."
Lin Chen stopped on a mountain, first transformed into Xu Shi's appearance, then took out the ruby gourd and continued flying south.
The alchemy monks can escape the light without the help of magic weapons.
But the speed is still much slower than flying with a royal weapon.
It's a 600-mile journey, and Lin Chen can reach it in less than half an hour when flying.
Along the way, we passed through barren mountains and rivers, occasionally passing by a few deserted and dilapidated villages.
Until half an hour later, Lin Chen stopped in front of a huge city.
Xinliang City has arrived.
When Lin Chen was still some distance away from Xinliang City, he got down from the air and walked towards the city gate.
His spiritual consciousness swept across the several gate guards at the city gate.
"Qi refining monk..."
Lin Chen raised his eyebrows. The defenders of this mortal city were actually monks.
It seems that big things have indeed happened in the past two years.
Lin Chen walked towards the city gate, but was stopped by several city gate guards before he entered the city.
"Fellow Taoist, please show me the token of the Righteous Dao Alliance." The guard during the Qi Refining Period was quite polite.
Lin Chen frowned slightly and said:
"Sorry, I have been in seclusion for two years and don't know much about the outside world... so I don't have this Righteous Alliance token."
The monk's face changed slightly after hearing this. After looking Lin Chen up and down, he said in a deep voice:
"I'm sorry, fellow Taoist, but it's wartime now, and all monks within a radius of ten thousand miles, whether they are sect disciples or casual cultivators, must join the Righteous Alliance, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Anti-Demon Path."
"Otherwise, we will all deal with it according to the magic sect!"
Lin Chen frowned after hearing this.
Do even casual cultivators have to join the Righteous Alliance? And this tough attitude... seems to be a bit too much.
After all, many casual cultivators are unwilling to join the sect and be restrained.
If joining the Righteous Alliance is compulsory, it may arouse resistance from many casual cultivators.
The monk saw Lin Chen's doubts and said:
"It seems that fellow Taoist is a casual cultivator?"
"Don't worry fellow Taoist, the Righteous Path Alliance will not have any restrictions on the monks within the alliance. We have only one common enemy, and that is the devil!"
"On the contrary, all those who join the Righteous Alliance will receive generous rewards after killing the Demon Gate, which is a good thing!"
Seeing Lin Chen's extraordinary demeanor, the monk whispered:
"To be honest, I was also a casual cultivator a year ago, but I was at the second level of Qi refining... but now I am almost in the middle stage of Qi refining!"
After hearing this, Lin Chen suddenly realized.
It would be much better if it was just a loose alliance without mandatory constraints.
But judging from the Righteous Alliance alone, the current situation must be extremely bad, otherwise it would be impossible to treat it with such caution.
"Fellow Taoist, please register your cultivation number first... Once registered, you can join the Righteous Tao Alliance."
The qi refining monk looked very enthusiastic. He took out a book and a token to register Lin Chen.
"Where are you from, fellow Taoist, and what level of cultivation do you have?" the man asked.
Lin Chen was silent for a moment and then said:
"My name is Xu Shi..."
"As for cultivation...the early stage of pill formation..."
The man nodded after hearing this and took out a pen and paper to register.
"Fellow Daoist Xu Shi, pill formation...wait! Pill formation monk!?"
The man's eyes widened and he looked at Lin Chen in front of him.
He swallowed and said, "Fellow Taoist...is your senior a pill-forming monk?"
Lin Chen nodded, showing a little breath.
This man's face changed drastically after he felt the pressure on Lin Chen, and his tone was half respectful and half happy.
"Senior, wait a minute, I'm going to find someone right now!"
After saying that, the man hurriedly ran towards the city gate.
Not far away, several other monks guarding the city gate also looked shocked.
There seems to be some envy deep in the eyes...
Within the Righteous Alliance, anyone who invites monks from outside the Righteous Alliance to join will receive rewards.
The higher the cultivation level of the invited monks, the more rewards!
Invite a pill-forming monk to join the Righteous Alliance, and you will receive a reward worth no less than 10,000 spiritual stones!
Lin Chen saw the expressions of the monks around him and became even more curious about the Righteous Dao Alliance.
…
Lin Chen didn't wait too long.
Soon, a group of monks hurried over.
Lin Chen glanced at it from a distance, and saw that the monk leading the way was the foundation-building perfectionist.
When he got closer, the monk looked at Lin Chen a few times.
Seeing the level of cultivation that Lin Chen couldn't see through, he quickly raised his hands and said:
"Senior Xu, I am guarding Shao Wenmin in Xinliang Town... I wonder if senior can enter the city for a brief talk?"
Lin Chen nodded slightly and followed into the city.
Arriving at a house near the city gate, Shao Wenmin personally made a pot of tea for Lin Chen with a very respectful attitude.
Lin Chen did not drink tea, but said slowly:
"I have been in seclusion in the cave for several years. Now I have broken through the golden elixir stage and come out, but I don't know the situation in Qingzhou. I wonder if Governor Shao can explain it?"
Golden elixir period?
Shao Wenmin was immediately in awe, and the expression on his face became even more respectful.
The monks in the Dan-formation stage are one in a million and are truly strong.
And most of them are fake elixir monks, and only three or four out of ten can condense the golden elixir.
"Senior Xu, why do you have to be so polite? It's my honor to be able to explain to senior."
Shao Wenmin said with a hint of sadness in his eyes:
"Today, the situation in Qingzhou is very bad..."
"All of this started with the opening of the Jin Yuan Sect's ruins more than two years ago... Seniors have been in seclusion for several years, so they probably don't know about the ruins."
Lin Chen was shocked after hearing this, but on the surface he remained calm and said calmly: "I would like to hear the details."
Shao Wenmin nodded and said:
"Two and a half years ago, a serious demonic massacre occurred in Yudai City in Yanlai Kingdom."
"The ancestor of the Ghost Eyes of the Exorcism Sect has laid out the formation of the Ten Thousand Ghosts' Enchantment, intending to sacrifice millions of mortals in the entire Jade Belt City together with the monks... just to give birth to a great ghost in the Yuan Ming Stage."
"But they were blocked by the passing cultivators. There are about 100,000 mortal survivors in the city..."
"Not long after, the ruins of the ancient Jin Yuan Sect were opened, and hundreds of large and small forces in Qingzhou sent foundation-building monks to explore..."
"Just for the three-turn Jin Yuan Gong... However, only twenty-three out of ten monks can come out of the ruins alive."
"But even after they came out, those foundation-building monks were ambushed!"
Lin Chen frowned slightly when he heard this.
He knew the ruins of Jinyuan Sect very well, but he didn't know what happened to those cultivators after they left the ruins.
Shao Wenmin saw Lin Chen frowning and thinking, and continued:
"It turns out that the four major sects, the Exorcist Sect, the Puppet Hall, the Sacred Heart Sect, and the Wild Wolf Sect, were ambushing outside the ruins of Jinyuan Sect at the same time, just to annihilate the Tianjiao in Qingzhou."
"Several Jindan cultivators took action, and the old monster with ghost eyes cooperated inside and outside, and almost slaughtered most of the hundreds of foundation-building cultivators who came out of the ruins!"
"Cultivators from the right sects will be killed without mercy... Those who come from the loose cultivators must join the Demon Sect or they will be wiped out as well!"
"Fortunately, several peak masters of Changchun Sect arrived at the critical moment... but they only rescued a dozen people."
Hearing this, Lin Chen frowned even more tightly.
Li Zhenqian, Jiang Liqian, and even Wanxun were among the cultivators...
"I don't know if they are still alive..." Lin Chen thought silently.
"In that battle, the elder of Qifeng of Changchun Sect died, and the four major demon sects became more and more rampant..."
"Later, the old monster Guimu condensed the Nine-Turn Golden Pill and returned to the Golden Pill Stage, and for a time he was feared in Qingzhou. The demon sect plundered everywhere, and many small sects and families of immortal cultivation were wiped out..."
"Until a year ago, the demon sect launched a general attack on the Spirit Beast Sect. The Spirit Beast Sect was defeated, the Supreme Elder died, and only one of the hundred disciples who could escape survived. The four major demon sects occupied the territory of the Spirit Beast Sect and launched a full-scale attack on the three major sects of immortal cultivation..."
Hearing this, Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat.
As those villagers said, the Spirit Beast Sect, which had lasted for a thousand years, was destroyed in one day!
It should be noted that within a radius of ten thousand miles, there are three leaders of the righteous sects.
Changchun Sect, the Spirit Beast Sect, and the Tiandan Sect.
For hundreds of years, the forces of good and evil have been evenly matched. Although they have been fighting openly and secretly, there has been no disaster of extermination.
But now that the Spirit Beast Sect has been destroyed, the strength of the two sects has been completely unbalanced.
Changchun Sect and Tiandan Sect alone are far from being able to compete with the four major demon sects...
Just as Lin Chen thought in his heart, Shao Wenmin sighed and said:
"Alas, with the destruction of the Spirit Beast Sect, the four major demon sects have gained the upper hand..."
"Don't talk about Changchun Sect and Tiandan Sect. The biggest losses are still those small immortal cultivation families..."
"In desperation, Changchun Sect, Tiandan Sect and some surviving disciples of the Spirit Beast Sect announced to the public that they would establish the Righteous Alliance!"
"All Qingzhou cultivators, whether they are from a casual cultivation family or have an immortal cultivation family, can join the Righteous Alliance to fight against the evil..."
"The Righteous Alliance announced After its establishment, all the major immortal cultivation families in Yanlai responded, including Ziyan and Wuzhi Kingdom... The immortal cultivation forces of several surrounding countries also participated. "
"Later, the Righteous Alliance sent cultivators to guard various places, and started a tug-of-war with the Demon Sect in the northern part of Ziyan..."
"This battle lasted for a year... Fortunately, Qingzhou Demon Subduing Temple also sent some monks to subdue the demons, and the other righteous forces in Qingzhou also sent some people to support, so the Demon Sect did not completely slaughter Ziyan Kingdom..."
Lin Chen and Shao Wenmin talked for a long time, and finally got a general understanding of the current situation in Qingzhou.
The forces of the Righteous Alliance and the Demon Sect...
In short, now that the righteous and the evil have started a full-scale war, the cultivators within a radius of ten thousand miles can be said to have fully joined the battlefield.
Both the independent cultivators and the sect forces have entered a wartime state...
But the Demon Sect has been planning for a long time, and although the Righteous Alliance has linked up with many forces, it is still at a disadvantage.
After listening, Lin Chen sighed and said:
"Alas, I didn't expect that such a big thing would happen after I was in seclusion for only three short years..."
Shao Wenmin saw that Lin Chen's words were quite righteous, so he said with a stiff upper lip:
"Senior Xu, although my Xinliang City is not on the first front line, it is also an important city on the front line. Now it is only guarded by me, a small foundation-building cultivator..."
"I wonder if you can join the Righteous Alliance and guard Xinliang City..."
Shao Wenmin said A Biao, and saw that Lin Chen's face was calm, so he hurriedly said:
"Don't worry, senior, I just use your name to intimidate the villains. If you really encounter an enemy that you can't defeat, you can just run away."
"And guarding a city is a great contribution, and you can get a lot of cultivation resources..."
After saying this, Shao Wenmin looked at Lin Chen carefully, fearing that he would make Lin Chen unhappy.
In his opinion, the most taboo thing for a casual cultivator like Lin Chen is to be restrained.
Lin Chen frowned slightly, then relaxed, sighed and said:
"Alas, I also want to join the Righteous Alliance and fight against the evil together!"
"But such a big thing happened in just three years, and I don't know how some of my relatives and friends are doing now..."
"Now I am very worried, I just want to know their situation... After I find out the situation, how about coming to this city to guard it?"
After hearing this, Shao Wenmin sighed and nodded:
"In this case, I will give you the token of the Righteous Alliance first... After you have dealt with the matter, you must come again!"
After listening, Lin Chen nodded and agreed, thinking in his heart:
"The Righteous Alliance is powerful, and it is not advisable to refuse directly... Let's go back to Yanlai to see first, and then make plans."
"At worst, this Xu Shi's vest will be hidden for a while..."
Thinking of this, Lin Chen bowed and prepared to leave.
However, at this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently.
Then the drumbeats came like a flood...
"Boom! Boom!"
After the series of drumbeats ended, Shao Wenmin's face changed drastically, and his voice trembled:
"Senior, I'm afraid you can't leave... This, this demon sect has come to our door!"
Said, Shao Wenmin took out the sound transmission jade slip and quickly reported the situation in the city, and then issued an order to gather the monks of the Righteous Alliance in the city.
Finally, he came to Lin Chen and said sincerely:
"Senior, if Xinliang City is in danger, can you help?"
He gritted his teeth and said:
"Don't worry, senior won't help in vain. I am willing to take out 50,000 spirit stones on behalf of the Righteous Alliance to offer to senior..."
Lin Chen raised his eyebrows and sighed in his heart.
"Alas, I just came out of the ruins and encountered such bad luck... I don't know if it's me who is unlucky, or the demon sect that invaded this city?"
"However, 50,000 spirit stones are not a small amount. After the formation of the pill, the daily consumption of practice is doubled..."
"Let's take a look at the situation first, and then decide whether to take action."
Thinking of this, Lin Chen said calmly:
"Don't panic, you organize people first, and I'll take a look at the situation first..."