Everyone present fell into deep thought.

In addition to seeking the ancient religion, Mu Yan actually had outsiders come to his rescue?

What is the identity of Jin Danzhenren who rescued him? Why did he save him? Is it because he had a conspiracy or was he an acquaintance from the beginning?

"Immediately mobilize all the intelligence disciples outside to expand the scope for me to search for traces of Mu Yan! If you want to see the person alive, you will see the corpse if you die!"

Lin Shan immediately decided and told his subordinate Mu Yan that he must find it back!

"Also, the merchant's move has crossed the red line and violated the rule that high-level monks are not allowed to attack low-level monks at will. It can be regarded as a deliberate provocation against our religion!"

"So, we must come back with severe revenge in front of all external forces!"

"The righteousness is with me at this time. An elder will lead the team..."

...

"Leader, I am willing to go!"

Master Zhankong has become more and more arrogant recently. A mere formation master in the early stage of Jindan dares to go to the front line and jump around!

Lin Shan paused and looked at his expectant eyes, feeling hesitant in his heart.

Every golden elixir stage elder in the sect is a valuable asset, so naturally we don’t want any accidents to happen.

In particular, Master Zhankong is the weakest, so I feel very uneasy about letting him go to the front line.

"Since the Shang family has broken their skin, the next step will definitely be a full-scale conflict. More than one Golden Core monk will show up. As a formation master, the master is afraid of going to the front lines to fight..."

The senior executives below nodded after hearing this.

You are a scumbag, and all your skills are in the formation, why should you go to the front line and take risks yourself?

Have you really read too many novels about the world of cultivation and thought you were a melee mage?

Stop it!

Obediently lead your disciples to create the formation, and being responsible for the logistics is the right path!

But Master Zhankong obviously doesn't want to just be engaged in logistics. He has been engaged in diplomacy recently. Sometimes when he hears the labels given to him by others, he still feels a little uncomfortable.

After all, he had personally killed Shi En Sanren at the new alliance leader's succession meeting!

But others still think he is weak, so he needs a chance to prove himself, not just an array mage hiding under a protective umbrella and responsible for logistics.

"Leader, there is an old saying that says, after seeing each other for three days, you should look at each other with new eyes."

"My trip will definitely stabilize the situation in Chixiao City!"

"Even if you can't completely eradicate the hostile forces, it's more than enough to protect yourself. If you break your promise..."

"I would like to issue a military order!"

...

Everyone looked at each other and hurried forward to dissuade him.

Don't make a military order casually, because once you make it, it will come true. Do you think you should be punished or not punished?

Punishment, after all, is the mainstay of the church and one of the card bearers.

If there is no punishment, it will appear that the canon rules are arbitrary and will lose dignity and respect, which will be detrimental to the long term.

Lin Shan couldn't resist him, so he thought about it to be on the safe side.

"Since the master insists on sharing the worries of the sect, how can I have the heart to refuse my enthusiasm for boxing, but everything is bound to be unexpected and we must guard against it!"

"Take three sets from our mountain-protecting formation and take them to Chixiao City to defend yourself in case of any unexpected events!"

"As for the military order, it is exempted."

There is no use for ordinary people to carry things like the Mountain Protection Formation with them.

Because you don’t understand the formation, and you don’t have a group of people who understand the formation to help you arrange, operate, and maintain it.

Master Zhankong is different.

He is a master of formations himself, and he has a group of disciples from the formation hall under his command. He walks out with several sets of formations, working steadily and step by step, advancing or retreating safely.

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and they were somewhat relieved by such words.

"Leader, if I take away half of the mountain guarding formation, will it..."

"It doesn't matter, the Lujiang River Basin is now monolithic, and there will be basically no major problems. You should be more careful when you go out."

Master Zhankong thanked him, then turned around and ordered the disciples from the Formation Hall to gather manpower to dig and dismantle the formations in various places in Tianfu Mountain.

Lu Xiuming came out again at this time.

"Over at Happy Forest, due to the influence of Scarlet Sky City, I'm afraid that Captain Gao will also be poisoned by the opponent's real Jin Dan, so I asked him to hide first and wait for backup."

"Master, do you think there is any need over there..."

Lin Shan leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed and asked him how the situation was going over there.

"Kuaihuolin is at a slight disadvantage. Chief Gao can only manage gray industries to contain the opponent. The merchants' investment there is far less than that of Chixiao City. Most of them are some guests with different surnames who are confronting..."

Although the Xiuzhen family is mainly composed of clans and relies on blood relations as a bond, its cohesion and unity are higher than those of sects.

But this has a drawback, that is, the probability of a genius coming out of a single ethnic group is definitely not as high as that of a sect that is open to hundreds of rivers, so it needs to absorb fresh blood.

This is how "come-to-home-brother-in-law" came about.

Cultivation families will marry some of their female cultivators to potential casual cultivators, thereby recruiting them as guest ministers with different surnames to serve the family.

Guests with different surnames are a mess, and they cannot be twisted into a rope to shake the dominant position of the family. They are mostly used to solve trivial matters abroad, just like a sharp knife.

Happy Forest managed a Xiuzhenfang City, which was slightly inferior to Chixiao City, so the merchants were handed over to their relatives to take over.

"There are some tough problems among them, such as the Three Monsters of Yingtan, the Ersou of Bamboo Bamboo, Sister Xianglin, Yu Jiaoniang, etc. Captain Gao is tired of coping and has asked for help from the sect many times..."

"Well, didn't you send someone to help him?"

"Ahem, Captain Gao's reputation within the church is not very good, and not many people are willing to help him, so..."

Gao DaDa is engaged in some underworld industries all day long. Under the influence of the great environment of the Lu State, he is naturally looked down upon by others.

The Xun Gu Sect is composed of Lu Xiuming's academy sect, Mu Yan's family sect, and Master Zhankong's formation sect. None of them want to be associated with the gang of scoundrels led by Gao Da.

As a result, there have been a lot of foundation-building monks in the sect over the years, but none of them want to go to Happy Forest.

"Huh, there's a crisis on the front line. Instead of helping, you stay in the church and watch the fire from the other side?"

"I'm not very capable, but my temper is quite big!"

"Except for those who have important matters at hand, all the deacons in the foundation-building period should get off to the front line!"

Lin Shan didn't care what these people thought. In the face of external conflict and pressure, he couldn't even agree on the point of view, so why did he care about his reputation?

I’m really just going to get free food by following the ancient religion, right?

What's the use of me raising you?

Lu Xiuming quickly said yes, and immediately assigned battlefields and arranged errands for everyone.

"Huh? Wait..."

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord suddenly came to his senses at this time. He seemed to have vaguely heard a familiar name just now.

"You said that among the merchant's relatives and guests over at Happy Forest, there is one named Yu Jiao Niang?"

"Elder Heikuru, there is indeed such a person."

"Is this the same person as my elder's former concubine... Yu Jiao Niang?"

"Well..."

Lu Xiuming hesitated slightly and nodded.

"seems like it."

"boom!"

A surging soul pressure fell instantly in the hall. Everyone present who was at the Golden Core stage or below felt short of breath, as if they were about to drown, and they couldn't breathe!

It has been some years since Yu Jiao Niang defected to seek the ancient religion.

The Black Skull Demon Lord had issued a reward in the early years for people to trace the traces of this woman. In order to stimulate the motivation of his subordinates, he also set a high reward.

However, the reward period expired and the woman could not be found, so the Black Skull Demon Lord forgot about it.

Now I heard it by chance, and suddenly the memories came to my mind, how could I not be angry!

"Okay, okay, it's really hard to find anything without wearing iron shoes. It doesn't take any effort to get here."

"It's fine if this little girl hides. How dare she join the hostile forces and show her face openly? Do you really think I'm going to harm you?"

"Happy Forest, let me go and cook it myself!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord stood up. He wanted to chase this traitor back and cut him to pieces with his own hands to vent his anger!

As for anger, it is not enough for outsiders.

Lin Shan nodded. Since the skeleton was willing to come out and take the initiative to share his worries, it would save him some trouble.
To be continued...