Go back in time three hours ago.

Lu Qingshan looked at Mu Shan's attribute panel and his eyes narrowed.

He noticed a small detail.

In the NPC name column, the demon hunter named Mu Shan is shown as Mashan.

It's not surprising that he just lied about his name.

Who doesn't have a vest or two to protect himself when he's wandering around the rivers and lakes?

The problem is with the last name.

Mushan's real name is Ma.

Coincidentally, the Lin family's old enemy in Yuanshan City is the Ma family.

coincide?

Lu Qingshan didn't quite believe it.

The game experience of "Nine Heavens" made him understand a truth: anything that seems to be a coincidence is a trap dug by the game planner for the players!

So in order to verify his idea, Lu Qingshan used his Sky Eye Technique to detect all the remaining demon hunters one by one.

The strange thing is that, except for the demon hunter named Liu Ai, all the other demon hunters are above the sixth level of Qi refining.

In Lin He's previous routine inquiries, the highest cultivation level reported by everyone was only the sixth level of Qi Refining.

——Including Lu Qingshan, he also concealed his true cultivation level from Lin He.

Among these monks who lied about their cultivation, the Gu cultivator who claimed that Wu Xinyuan was actually Ma Yuan was the most outstanding.

Ten levels of Qi refining.

How could a monk at the tenth level of Qi Refining still value this task of only thirty first-grade spiritual stones?

When he became suspicious, Lu Qingshan made a brief observation and easily discovered that some of the private communications and actions of these demon hunters who lied about their cultivation revealed a piece of information.

Before that, they had known each other, and they were even vaguely headed by Ma Yuan.

This situation is clear at a glance.

Lu Qingshan's eyes flickered.

...

Half an hour ago.

When Lin He was preparing to survey the terrain and find a suitable garrison point.

Lu Qingshan walked up to Lin He inadvertently.

Lin He caught a glimpse of Lu Qingshan from the corner of his eye and asked very politely: "What can I do for fellow Taoist?"

"Manager Lin, I have a question. Has the Lin family offended anyone recently?" Lu Qingshan smiled, but what he said was shocking.

Lin He noticed the deep meaning in Lu Qingshan's words and was shocked in his heart: "Why do fellow Taoists come to ask this?"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, but I think it is unrealistic to hire these high-level demon hunters with thirty yuan of first-grade spiritual stones."

Lin He frowned.

Qi refining monks have not yet mastered the ability of [External Spiritual Consciousness], so unless they practice special spells, there is no way to know the level of the monk's cultivation level.

"you mean?"

Lu Qingshan nodded: "I know a detection spell that can roughly detect the spiritual power fluctuations on a monk's body, so as to know the level of his cultivation level.

I had nothing to do, so I tried the spells on the demon hunters, but I found that these demon hunters are all quite advanced, and the spiritual power fluctuations coming from Wu Xinyuan's body are much higher than those of Manager Lin."

Lin He's expression changed.

Lu Qingshan had already hinted that if he hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter, he would have lived a long life in vain.

Lin He slightly arched his hands towards Lu Qingshan: "Thank you in advance, fellow Taoist, for reminding me."

Lu Qingshan glanced at Ma Shan and Ma Yuan who were sneaking around not far away, and said nonchalantly: "Manager Lin, you're welcome."

Lu Qingshan turned and left.

Lin He thought for a moment and looked like nothing happened. He walked to the carriage and whispered something into the carriage.

This seems normal to others, and he is probably reporting something to Miss Lin.

Then Miss Lin from the carriage handed over a storage bag.

Lin He took the storage bag, took out several formation flags, and ordered the Lin family monks to arrange these formation flags.

It's just an inferior warning formation.

Ma Yuan, who had been paying attention to Lin He's side, saw this and slightly stopped paying attention.

...

…

Lin He, who should have been defenseless, was now holding the formation flag, controlling the fire snake, and constantly wreaking havoc with his secret weapon, the Golden Bee Gu.

There were several rays of red light rising into the sky from all around.

This is the first-grade formation [Fire Snake Formation] arranged in advance.

Ma Yuan couldn't believe it.

He didn't even realize when Lin He set up the [Fire Snake Formation].

Suddenly, Ma Yuan seemed to have remembered something, and he trembled all over, and realized: "The formation flag you asked your monks to set up earlier is not the so-called warning formation at all, but the formation flag of this formation!"

Lin He nodded: "You guessed it right. Your Ma family has quite a deep plan. If fellow Daoist Lu hadn't warned me first and made me prepared, I might have fallen into your trap right now."

Thinking of this, a chill flashed through Lin He's heart.

The Ma family has coveted the Lin family's lapis lazuli vein for a long time, and the Lin family is naturally aware of this.

However, although the overall strength of the Ma family is much better than that of the Lin family, there is only one foundation-building monk like the Lin family, so the Ma family does not dare to take action rashly.

After all, we are both foundation-building monks, and when we start a fight, the outcome is really unpredictable. If both sides suffer, and the other family gains the advantage, then it will be a waste of money.

In addition, there is the intimidation of the Lin family in Zhenjiang City.

Therefore, the Ma family has been suppressing their restless hearts all these years.

But now the death of the head of the Lin family is approaching. If the Lin family in Zhenjiang City can be cut off from the Lin family in Yuanshan City, then this vein of lapis lazuli will be a sure thing for the Ma family.

The Lin family in Zhenjiang City has dozens of foundation-building monks and several golden elixir monks. It is definitely a behemoth to the Ma family.

If the Lin family of Yuanshan City really hugged this thick leg, it would give the Ma family a hundred courages, and he wouldn't dare to act rashly.

Unfortunately, the Lin family in Yuanshan City is not even a branch of the Lin family in Zhenjiang City.

Their head of the family, Lin Qitian, was originally the son of an elder from the Lin family in Zhenjiang City.

Lin Qitian was expelled from the family because he made some mistakes and violated family rules.

After Lin Qitian moved to Yuanshan City, after many years of business, he actually branched out and created a foundation that was not small compared to Yuanshan City.

After establishing a small foundation, Lin Qitian wanted to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan, so he brought the bluestone as a stepping stone, returned to Zhenjiang City, and contacted the Lin family of Zhenjiang City.

The Lin family in Zhenjiang City is rich and powerful. Although they don't look down on the lapis lazuli, they certainly won't slap themselves in the face and re-accept Lin Qitian just because of the mere lapis lazuli.

However, under the lobbying of his father, although he still did not recognize Lin Qitian's identity in the end, he still reluctantly acquiesced in paying tribute to the Lin family of Yuanshan City.

Lin Qitian pays tribute to the Lin family in Zhenjiang City with a large amount of bluestone every three years, and the Lin family in Zhenjiang City will also provide the Lin family in Yuanshan City with some elixirs and magical artifacts that are difficult to buy on the market as resource support.

that is it.

The patriarch's father passed away many years ago, and there was no one in the Lin family in Zhenjiang City who they could speak to.

If this tribute is disrupted again, the weak connection between the Lin family in Yuanshan City and the Lin family in Zhenjiang City maintained by the blue light stone will probably be severed.

Thinking of this, Lin He couldn't help but feel a bit of fear and a bit of happiness in his heart.
Chapter completed!