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"Lin is joking."

Master Jingxu did not panic and said calmly, "How can a poor Taoist know Taoism?"

"I'm just out of curiosity and have no other intentions. I hope you can forgive me."

Link smiled and rounded off his words.

"It's okay."

As Master Jingxu spoke, he lifted the teapot and poured tea for Link, "Master Lin, please drink tea."

Link looked at the filled tea cup, and knowing what Master Jingxu meant, he picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, like a cow chewing peonies.

"Thank you for your hospitality. I'd like to thank Haihan for any inconvenience."

Putting down the teacup, Link nodded to Master Jingxu, said goodbye and left.

Master Jingxu closed his eyes and sat quietly on the low futon for a long time. After confirming that Link had really left this time, he opened his eyes again.

Looking at the two teacups on the coffee table serving two guests, one empty and one to seventy percent full, Master Jingxu sighed quietly.

Tea cups are like people.

One is destined to have nothing to do with this world, and the other is destined to be only seven points perfect in this life and not very happy.

After sighing with emotion, Master Jingxu left the quiet room and came to a very quiet small courtyard behind the side hall of the Taoist temple.

There is a ginkgo tree planted in the courtyard, which has a history of several hundred years.

There are stone tables and benches under the trees.

An old Taoist with white beard and white hair and a boyish face was sitting on a stone bench, playing chess with himself.

The black and white chess pieces are like several dragons, fighting fiercely.

Master Jingxu stood aside, quietly waiting for the chess game to end in a draw.

"What are you looking for me for?"

The old Taoist asked while slowly packing up the chess pieces.

"Master, the source of the information in the Valley of the Dead has been found out. It was written by Hu Songqi of the provincial capital's 'Witch' organization after he resigned as the witch leader."

Master Jingxu bowed respectfully, and then said, "In addition, a person suspected of calamity, Young Master Lin Klin from Baji Martial Arts Hall, visited our temple before and showed a very special technique. It is neither like Fang Shu nor similar to Fang Shu. Ancient witchcraft has nothing to do with evil witchcraft. Before he left, he seemed to have noticed something and specifically asked me, 'The method of interpreting the fortune tellers is Taoist magic'."

The old Taoist listened patiently to Master Jingxu's words, pondered for a moment, and after putting away the chess pieces, he counted them with his fingers.

Not too bad.

The more I calculated, the more frightened I became.

The brows that had not been frowned for decades could not help but frown tightly.

"Master, what's the accident?"

Upon seeing this, Master Jingxu hurriedly asked, fearing that something unbearable would happen such as backlash.

The old Taoist shook his head and sighed inexplicably: "Today's young people have no respect for the elderly at all."

After sighing, the old Taoist continued to play chess with himself. At the same time, he ordered in a very nonchalant tone: "Don't worry about the matter in the Valley of the Dead. Someone will come forward. Don't worry about the matter of Young Hero Lin. From today on, don't worry about it. Close the mountain gate and quietly litigate in Huangting."

"Yes, Master."

Master Jingxu understands the old Taoist's approach very well.

The world of mortals is full of misfortunes, and there are frequent disputes.

People who are born in this world do not touch these things and just retreat from the world to cultivate.

Qingyun looks outside.

Link, who still chose to take the carriage back to the hotel, looked at each other in the air with the old Taoist. Link, who suffered a secret loss, shook his head and smiled.

Taoism is Taoism, nothing can be said without joking.

This world is getting more and more interesting.

Immortal martial arts, mechanical martial arts, alchemy, ancient witchcraft, evil witchcraft, and... more authentic Taoism.

With inexplicable expectations, Link returned to the hotel.

Previously, Link told Jiang Demiao about this place, which was not perfunctory.

He really planned to stay here for a few more days to see how Jiang and Zhong would react to his appearance.

This was a plan that was originally planned, and it has not changed even after understanding the causal threads and shackles entangled in it.

"This is the only thing I can do for you."

Link cut off his connection with his single mother at the level of the causal line.

However, on a realistic level, single mothers may encounter some troubles because of Link's appearance.

Before leaving the county and exploring the Valley of the Dead, Link was willing to clear up all these troubles for the single mother.

If the Jiang family, the Zhong family, and even the so-called Lin Nantian don't have eyesight.

Jiang's residence.

The first thing the siblings did after returning home was to find their eldest brother Jiang Dehao, who was already the master of the family.

The parents of the three siblings were actually very healthy, but they just took a back seat and left the huge Jiang family to Jiang Dehao to take care of.

Therefore, the three brothers and sisters are still the young master and the young lady, whether within the Jiang family or among other forces and ordinary people in Tianshui County.

"Ok?"

Jiang Dehao rarely took a break and was playing the piano in the pavilion to amuse himself.

Jiang Dehao was shocked when he saw the two siblings coming in a hurry, especially the third brother Jiang Demiao who looked very bad.

There may not be many people in Tianshui County who can let the third young master of the Jiang family be in such a situation.

Every possibility is not a good thing.

"Big brother..."

Jiang Demiao shouted and was about to continue.

"Sit down for a while."

Jiang Dehao immediately raised his right palm, stopped Jiang Demiao's words, and turned to his second sister Jiang Yu'er, "Yu'er, tell me."

Jiang Yu'er slowly sat down opposite Jiang Dehao and said calmly: "Ke'er came to see me, and he is extremely powerful and can kill the third brother in an instant. The method used is not human martial arts, it is similar to alchemy, but different, and the details cannot be seen .”

Jiang Dehao didn't care whether Jiang Yu'er couldn't see it or whether he saw it but didn't want to talk about it.

The only thing he cares about is whether Link, who was abandoned by the two brothers back then, is here for revenge this time.

Looking at her elder brother's probing eyes, Jiang Yu'er shook her head: "Ke'er has no plans to retaliate against you two cruel uncles and the Jiang family."

Jiang Dehao didn't care about Jiang Yuer's accusation.

Turning to look at his much calmer third brother, Jiang Dehao asked, "What are your plans?"

"I listen to my brother."

Even though Jiang Demiao has a thousand words in her heart, she can only say one at this moment.

Since childhood, as the younger brother, Jiang Demiao has always obeyed his elder brother's instructions and never disobeyed.

Especially after his father resisted the pressure from the clan elders association and forcibly gave up the position of clan leader to his eldest brother in advance.

As the legitimate son of the clan leader who also had the right to inherit the Jiang family, Jiang Demiao never had the slightest disagreement with his eldest brother Jiang Dehao.

At most, when I feel unhappy, I secretly complain to my eldest brother once or twice.

"Then don't do anything and let this matter pass."

Jiang Dehao made an instant decision.

In Jiang Dehao's opinion, this matter was a bad debt.

If we really talk about it, even if Link takes revenge on the Jiang family in a big way, he can still stand.

Now that Link has the ability but is still restrained, everyone is happy.

There is no need for Jiang to mess with Link and the sharpshooter Li Shuwen behind Link.

As for Zhong and Lin Nantian, screw them!Chung's Mansion.

After the person in charge heard about Link's true appearance at the Stone Hotel in County City.

I specifically ordered that no one from the Zhong clan should take any action against Link.

The news circulating among the public that the Jiang family is willing to join forces with the Zhong family to capture Link and force Lin Nantian into the Valley of the Dead is pure fart!

The family has a long-standing inheritance of human immortal martial arts. Which family dares to provoke the Valley of the Dead?
Not to mention that exploring the Valley of the Dead will kill a lot of people in the valley.

Even if you make it out alive, regardless of whether you gain something or not, you will still face strangulation from the entire world, and even the imperial court.

Others don't know, how can they, a large clan with inheritance, not know?
"I don't care who wants to die!"

"Whoever dares to act in the name of Zhong will be killed first!"

It didn't take long for these two words from the Zhong clan leader to reach Link's ears.

"Ah……"

In response to this, Link only laughed.

Lin Nantian, who lives in seclusion not far from Tianshui County, has his own information channels and knows about Link's appearance and vague intentions.

In the end, Lin Nantian's response was to ask someone to deliver a broken mirror and a basin with some water stains.

"Hahaha!"

Link's reaction was to sneer three times.

All of them have unhappy personalities.

No wonder Jiang, Zhong, and Lin Nantian have not settled the grudge they had forged for nearly 20 years because of Jiang Yuer's unmarried birth.

You are a fool and you don't know how to waste your time.

So, the next morning after visiting Qingyun Temple.

Link left the Sitong Hotel and Tianshui County.

Upstairs at the city gate, Jiang Yu'er, who knew the news in advance, stood high and looked at the passenger ship that Link boarded to return to the provincial capital.

Her face is no longer as pale as it was in the past ten years, and her temperament has also changed a lot.

Still gentle, still looking a little weak.

But a pair of red phoenix eyes already had a somewhat sharp look.

The female swordswoman who was famous in Tianshui County at that time has passed away from serious illness and her cultivation has not only recovered, but also improved to a higher level.

He had even reached the edge of Dongxu Realm one step ahead of his enemy Lin Nantian.

This is exactly what Link does.

Last night, he quietly entered Jiang's mansion and found the single mother's bedroom.

After a lot of efforts, he almost exhausted the real energy cultivated by human immortal martial arts, and also used a lot of spiritual power. He just used the newly discovered secret method to cure the single mother's old illness.

On a passenger ship.

Link, looking languid, leaned against the window, silently watching the river scenery flowing backwards. He was exhausted physically and mentally, but also felt extremely relaxed both inside and outside.

Sure enough, tightening only cuts off the line of cause and effect, but does not completely eliminate cause and effect.

After Jiang, Zhong and Lin Nantian responded and made up for the debt they owed to the single mother, Lin Ke just repaid the gift of giving birth to this world.

This discovery gave rise to many associations in Link's mind.

For example, does the wizard Nostrodam, a mysterious saint who is good at prophecy, also have insight into the "karma" rules of the universe where the wizard's world is located?
For example, he repeatedly revised his guess on the criteria for completing this test.

Various thoughts emerged one after another, and were finally suppressed by Link one by one.

Yawning, Link left the window, lay down on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

Four days later.

Passenger ships traveling against the current arrive at the dock.

Among the passengers disembarking, there was no Link.

Link had disembarked from the ship a day ago after regaining his full strength.

He was not in a hurry to conduct experiments on implanting "constructs" into human immortal martial arts warriors, nor was he in a hurry to explore the increasingly lively Valley of the Dead.

Instead, he avoided all sight and quietly returned to Fuli County.

"Master, Master, I'm back."

Baji Martial Arts Hall, in the main hall of the main hall.

Link sent a message into the secret and asked Li Shuwen to retreat from the other secret disciples and reveal himself.

"You finally stopped hiding it?"

Li Shuwen, who had reached the end of the Immortal Martial Arts Cave Realm and was trying to figure out a way to break through to the legendary fifth realm of "seeing the gods", looked at his eighth disciple and joked with a smile.

"I never thought of hiding it from Master and Mistress."

What could Link say? He could only answer like this.

The teacher's wife didn't say anything, she just sat there with a frosty look on her face, glaring at Li Shuwen from time to time.

The mistress was very unhappy when her daughter Li Sisi took the blame for her father.

She also blamed her husband, who lived in Fuli County, for being unwilling to move and venting his anger on his daughter.

Doesn't she know that Old Eight Link has arrived in the provincial capital and is starting an investigation, and has already produced results?
She just wanted to express herself!

Link noticed the awkwardness between his master and his wife. He pretended not to notice and talked about alchemy, ancient witchcraft, evil witchcraft, and Taoism.

After finishing speaking, Link said: "Master, Master, I don't want to deceive you, so I can't explain the origin of the secret method I know, but please rest assured, Master and Master, I will not do anything that will harm the big family of Baji Martial Arts School. matter."

"I'm very relieved."

Li Shuwen glanced at his wife, who was still angry, "I just don't know if your wife can rest assured."

The master’s wife hummed: “Ke’er is more reassuring than you!”

"Ha ha……"

When Li Shuwen heard this, not only was he not annoyed, but he laughed heartily, "It's great that someone is better than someone who's someone who's someone who's someone who's someone who's someone else."

After the episode, Li Shuwen warned sternly: "It doesn't matter if you are interested in Fang Shu, ancient witchcraft, evil witchcraft, and Taoism. There is only one thing, don't practice it. From ancient times to the present, why has only human-immortal martial arts always been Passed down? I hope you can understand the profound meaning of this."

"Because it's harmless."

Link answered immediately.

Comparing Alchemy, Ancient Witchcraft, Evil Witchcraft and Human Immortal Martial Arts horizontally, Link has long discovered that only Human Immortal Martial Arts follows a path that balances essence, energy, and spirit.

We don’t know much about Taoism in this world, but from the two points of inferring that it is based on “Alchemy” and that it is sealed by the Taoist sect itself, it must be biased and there are big problems.

"Well, it's good that you have this understanding."

Li Shuwen nodded, very satisfied with Link's answer.

The master's wife glared at Li Shuwen and suddenly spoke seriously: "Ke'er, you must not go to the Valley of the Dead. You can't go there!"

The incident in the Valley of the Dead has caused a great uproar and has spread throughout the southern and northern rivers and lakes.

It is said that the imperial court also intends to organize a group of elites to join them.

The emperor was over fifty and worked hard day and night. His health had already declined and he was in urgent need of supplements.

"I won't go in the short term."

Link truthfully stated his plan, and then started a different topic, talking about the concept of the "Construction" system after combining the concept of "Totem" and Human Immortal Martial Arts, as well as his idea of ​​implanting "Constructions" into human Immortal Martial Arts warriors. .

"Master, what do you think about this?"

Three people, there must be my teacher.

Link wants to improve his path by implanting "constructs" into the immortal martial arts warriors in this world, so of course he needs to seek advice.

Who else can understand human immortal martial arts better than Li Shuwen, who is already at the pinnacle of the Dongxu Realm?
Make reasonable use of all resources! (End of chapter)