I said I'd go back in time

Chapter 238 Hurricane (20)

"From prosperity to decline?"

Lin Xing looked at the small buildings in front of him and the crowds in them, and asked, "Could it be that the land price here is going to drop?"

Tianlian nodded, and said as a matter of course: "The owners of the land veins think that the price of land can continue to rise, so they keep buying and selling the land veins."

"Generations of geniuses of the Mingshan faction also believe that land prices will always rise, so they are willing to bet their cultivation achievements in the next few decades to buy land veins."

"But there is nothing in the world that can go up in price forever, and land prices are no exception..."

While the two were talking, they had walked through a long street and came to a huge palace. It was the gorgeous palace built by the Mingshan faction in this mountain city.

Looking at the Yaotai Qiongshi, which occupies a huge area, with five steps to the first floor and ten steps to the pavilion, Lin Xing couldn't help but sigh slightly at the gap between people in this mountain city.

Lin Xing said: "Are the people from the Mingshan faction among them? The so-called land price falls, and luck turns from prosperity to decline... So you said that the target who can collect luck, the lord of Qingming City, is constantly buying and renting land , the one who keeps pushing up land prices?"

Tian Lian smiled slightly and said: "This kind of people can only be called speculators at most, but they are also speculators who follow the trend, and they can be regarded as people with great luck."

She pointed to the crowds who kept coming in and out in front of the palace, and said, "Look at these, they are all people who buy, sell and rent the leylines."

"Guess who they borrowed money from to buy and sell the leylines, and from whom did they borrow money to lease the leylines?"

Lin Xing asked thoughtfully, "Mingshan faction?"

"good."

"Landlords charge more than half of the land price in one lump sum, and then borrow some money to pool together and continue to buy and rent land, and rent and buy land."

Tianlian said: "It is the Mingshan faction that lends money to the landlord to buy land, it is the Mingshan faction that lends money to the tenants to rent the land, and it is the Mingshan faction that sells the land to collect money."

"All the money comes from here and comes from here. The land price seems to be rising every year, but the landowners who bought the land, have they really got more money?"

"Landlords have more and more land veins, but they also owe more and more debts to the Mingshan faction."

Seeing that Tianlian was about to walk towards the palace, Lin Xing asked curiously, "Just walk in like this?"

Tian Lian said: "This temple has some small tricks to deceive people. Besides, this place is just the Qingming City Lord's Mansion, not the real residence of the Mingshan Sect. There are no experts in it. Lin Shaoxia, don't worry, just follow me."

Lin Xing followed Tianlian, and found that all the way into the palace was like entering a land without people.

Along the way, whether it was the guards guarding the palace, or the disciples of Mingshan who were in a hurry, or the people who bought, sold or leased the leylines, they didn't see Lin Xing and Tianlian, but turned a blind eye to them, and some guards even turned a blind eye to them. Looking at the two of them, they smiled kindly, as if they knew them.

As if feeling Lin Xing's surprise and curiosity, Tianlian smiled slightly and introduced casually: "The Zen monks in my temple have never been very good at fighting methods, so they can only use some small tricks to confuse people's minds to avoid them. It's time to fight."

Xiao Linxing, who hadn't opened his mouth all this time, suddenly said: "This is not a small trick. This is the unique skill of Shilin Temple. It can change cognition, turn friends into enemies, and turn enemies into friends."

He said with emotion: "This is the way of the world. Sometimes the best fighter may not be the strongest, and the strongest fighter may not be the best fighter."

Lin Xing's eyes moved when he heard the words, and he thought of Ma Hong who was eliminated in the martial arts arena. When he was fighting with the monk Ming Jing of Shilin Temple, he suddenly lost the poisonous insects.

Xiao Linxing crossed his arms and floated in front of Tianlian to observe her: "But you don't have to worry, this method won't work casually, it needs to meet certain conditions."

"But the guys from Shilin Temple, they don't lie to you, they may not be for your own good."

"And they lied to you, and sometimes they helped you."

He couldn't help laughing as he spoke.

Lin Xing frowned slightly, he wanted to know if Shilin Temple was lying to him now.

But seeing Xiao Linxing face to face with Tianlian at this moment, staring closely at Tianlian's eyes, he said casually: "Do you want to know if Shilin Temple lied to you?"

"Why are you so nervous? So what if you were cheated?"

"Others are afraid of being cheated and used by them, but we shouldn't care. You should appreciate how they play now. This is a rare joy."

At the same time, Lin Xing and Tianlian have already stepped into the depths of the palace. Along the way, they can see all kinds of antique calligraphy and paintings, treasures of heaven and earth, and magic weapons that are sacrificed day and night, showing an incomparable luxury. Hao.

Standing at a site where land veins were being traded, Tianlian smiled at both parties, and said to Lin Xing: "In the past, because land prices had been rising all the way, landlords were able to sell some land veins from time to time to pay off their debts."

"But once land prices start to fall, the debt they owe is far beyond what they can repay."

"If the landlords still pay the money, the tenants will not be able to get back the deposit, and they will also owe a large debt to the Mingshan faction."

"And after the landlords and tenants have repaid their debts, the land price will continue to plummet, and a large number of land veins will be taken back by the Mingshan faction after the debts are paid off."

"At that time, landlords and tenants will have to work hard for the Mingshan School for decades, or even hundreds of years, to pay off their debts."

Tianlian and Lin Xing came to a practice field.

Then I saw a disciple of the Mingshan School standing on a land line rich in inspiration, each practicing Taoism and martial arts.

Looking at these disciples of the Mingshan School who are diligently cultivating and whose eyes are full of hope, Tianlian sighed: "In addition to the landlords and tenants, those genius disciples of the Mingshan School who have purchased land leylines in recent decades also want to buy land. Follow the bad luck."

"Those talented disciples, they don't speculate on the land price, but buy the land veins in order to practice."

"Since they were born, the land price of the Mingshan faction has been skyrocketing, which makes them think that this skyrocketing will continue forever."

"That's why they made a blood oath with the Mingshan faction, willing to use their fighting power for most of their future lives in exchange for the Mingshan faction's leylines, and then use the power of the leylines to practice."

"But when the landlord and the tenant are finished one by one, and the land price plummets all the way... what should these genius disciples do?"

"How many decades are there in one's life? The price of the leylines obtained by sacrificing decades of time evaporates in a blink of an eye, and then they will understand that the leylines of the Mingshan faction do not need them to use more than half of their own." In exchange for a lifetime, someone is playing tricks on them."

"They spent decades in cultivation, but in the end they could only sell their achievements at a low price to the Mingshan faction and work hard for the Mingshan faction."

Speaking of this, Tianlian looked at Lin Xing and said, "Lin Shaoxia, do you think it's a problem for us to collect their luck from such a Mingshan faction?"

After pondering for a moment, Lin Xing said, "So the target you mentioned, the Lord of Qingming City, is the one who tricks them?"

Before the two came to a study room, they saw a middle-aged man with a chubby white figure and a somewhat flimsy figure sitting behind a desk, carefully studying the documents in his hand.

"Xuan Yin actually lost? The sect trained him for so many years, but he lost to a native of the secret realm."

The fat man shook his head: "I don't know if he can introduce inspiration to cultivate the earth veins in the secret realm..."

Suddenly, he raised his head to look at Tianlian and Lin Xing, and said with a smile: "Master Tianlian, what kind of wind has brought you here."

Tianlian ignored him, but said to Lin Xing: "Lin Shaoxia, how is this person? Is he lucky and blessed?"

The image in Lin Xing's mind was shaken at this moment, a rune representing the secret of the sky appeared and disappeared from time to time, sensing the lord of Qingming City in front of him.

And in Lin Xing's induction, there are waves of strong attraction coming from the Qingming City Lord, as if there is an extremely strong luck in his body, waiting for Lin Xing to collect it.

But Lin Xing didn't do it right away, but a strangeness flashed in his heart.

Because in his induction, he can't feel the slightest powerful force on the opponent.

The fat man in front of him is almost like an old man in any village in Mirror World, extremely weak.

So Lin Xing asked, "Are you the Lord of Qingming City?"

The middle-aged man nodded, and said with a pleasant face, "I'm here, what's the matter with you two?"

Tianlian explained from the side: "In the Mingshan sect, the three major families have always held the power, and many disciples who have achieved success in cultivation have always worked for them."

Lin Xing asked again: "Does the skyrocketing land price have anything to do with you?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man, who was originally amiable and full of kindness, immediately turned cold and wanted to chase him away.

Tian Lian on the side suddenly said: "My little brother doesn't know much about the rules of the Mingshan sect, so please forgive me and explain it to him."

The middle-aged man looked at Tianlian, and a soft smile appeared on his face. After pondering for a moment, he said: "The land veins can speed up the cultivation speed. Everyone is rushing to buy it. Is there any reason why the land price will not go up?"

"What's more, my Mingshan School teaches disciples to cultivate land veins. Which item of expenditure does not require money and materials?"

"If it weren't for my faction to cultivate the leylines over the years, would the Mingshan Mountains be as prosperous as they are today?"

"The people on and off the mountain can now cultivate on the ground. This is the credit of my Mingshan Sect."

"How many people in the whole mountain have comprehended the inheritance, if not for the leylines cultivated by our faction, would they have one-tenth of their current strength?"

"If it weren't for my faction to lend large sums of money to the people all over the mountain, how could they have achieved today's cultivation results?"

"How many geniuses have been discovered by us in this way, you ask them if they appreciate my Mingshan faction?"

Listening to the other party's plausible words, Lin Xing sensed the study in front of him, as well as the pavilions outside the study, all kinds of treasures and magic weapons.

He could even sense that although the lord of Qingming City in front of him was extremely weak, he had at least eight magic weapons all over his body.

Even the writing brush that the other party just held in his hand is a magic weapon that contains strong inspiration.

Lin Xing asked suddenly: "What is the use of this pen?"

The Lord of Qingming City picked up the pen with a smile, and introduced it like a treasure: "This pen is not simple. The brush hair is made of snow rabbits from the north, and the pen holder is thunder sandalwood specially bought from overseas. A hundred years of worship..."

Listening to the other party's eloquent introduction, Lin Xing suddenly interrupted: "So it took so much material and manpower to make this magic brush, but it doesn't use ink?"

(End of this chapter)