Lin Jingtang was slightly startled and asked: "Senior Brother Head, do you mean... to kill them?"
The head of Chunyang nodded, as if he thought it was normal: "We can let them come to the sect in the name of returning the second chapter, and then trap them with a formation to force them out of the first chapter of the family inheritance."
"I think this is the way to go." The old man surnamed Zhao nodded.
"What if Cheng Dayan and his two masters refuse to come?" said the old man surnamed Zhou.
"As long as you feel that we are sincerely returning the goods, how could you not come? Of course, we still have to do the trick." Head Chunyang said, "Junior Brother Lin, I'm sorry, this may require the sacrifice of your female disciple.
Use her to lure you into the urn, so that they will think that we are real and give them the inheritance."
"Master, this is not possible." Lin Jingtang said anxiously, "Chen Lihua has been a member of the sect for hundreds of years and has always been loyal to the sect. The inheritance of starting a family was provided by her on her own initiative. I also plan to let her enter the core disciple circle. If
If he sacrifices himself, other disciples will be heartbroken if they find out."
"Then just don't let other disciples know about it," said the leader of Chunyang. "Just tell the outside world that it was her cousin who killed her. This can also make other disciples of the sect share the same hatred and kill two birds with one stone."
"Junior brother Lin, starting a family and passing on the inheritance is a major event that affects whether we can advance further in our future cultivation. We cannot be benevolent as women." The old man surnamed Zhao also said, "I know you love your disciples very much, but you have not been able to do anything for hundreds of years.
No matter how hard you work to train a Jurchen immortal who can enter the core disciple circle, I am afraid it will be difficult to become a master. If this is successful, you can choose the high-quality disciples selected in the next ten years."
"It has always been Chunyang's fine tradition to put aside small righteousness and consider the overall situation." The old man surnamed Zhou said, "Don't say sacrificing an ordinary female disciple with no qualifications. Even us old guys have to sacrifice our lives if the sect needs it.
And up."
"You are speaking lightly. I am not your disciple." Lin Jingtang couldn't help but said angrily, "Chen Lihua has been with me for hundreds of years. She has no merit but hard work. At least the relationship between master and disciple is there. How can I bear to let her sacrifice?"
.”
The leader of Chunyang muttered: "Let's do this, Junior Brother Lin. I know it's hard for you to accept emotionally. It just so happens that Senior Brother Zhou and Senior Brother Zhao are here, so I will give you some more compensation. Not only can you select disciples for ten years,
Prioritize selection, and the resources can provide you with more than five times the amount within a hundred years. In addition, if there are any skills and elixirs suitable for the master's mid-term, you can choose them unconditionally and get the inheritance of a family. Let us brothers and sisters study together.
.What do you think of these conditions?"
Lin Jingtang stopped talking, his face changing constantly. The conditions mentioned by the leader of Chunyang were indeed very generous, which made him quite moved. If he still disagreed, I am afraid that the leader and his two senior brothers would force him to obey the orders.
After all, he is only in the early stage of becoming a master, and there is a huge gap between him and the three powerful masters in the later stage. If he didn't have a deep background and strong connections within the sect, I am afraid that the head of Chunyang would not care about him and would just let him do his bidding.
In fact, Lin Jingtang was protecting Chen Lihua with the intention of asking for a price, and he just accepted it as soon as possible.
"Well, since the master and the two senior brothers have spoken, I, the junior fellow student, naturally have no choice but to obey orders." Lin Jingtang sighed, "It's just a pity that my disciple... let's not talk about her anymore, let's talk about the details.
There is a master named Ma in Cheng Dayan..."
After a while, Lin Jingtang flew out of the cave of Master Chunyang. After returning to his own cave, he sent a message with his spiritual mind and called Chen Lihua to come over.
Soon, Chen Lihua came to his cave and saluted: "Master, you called me."
Lin Jingtang looked at her with a smile on his face: "Lihua, you have been in the sect for a long time, right? Hundreds of years have passed in a blink of an eye, and you are about to enter the ranks of core disciples."
Chen Lihua was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "Master, I have finally become a core disciple. This is great. Thank you, Master. Without your support, I may never be able to become a core disciple in my life."
She was so excited that she knelt down and kowtowed to thank her teacher.
"No need to thank me, master. Before you become a core disciple, master still needs you to do one more thing. In other words, this is the mission entrusted to you by the sect. Do you still remember the instructions given by master?" Lin Jingtang's voice
Somewhat strange.
Chen Lihua didn't think too much and said happily: "Remember, I always keep my mentor's instructions in mind. As a disciple of Chunyang Sect, I will obey unconditionally as long as the sect needs it, even if it means sacrificing myself, I will not hesitate.
Put aside small righteousness and consider the overall situation, these are the six words you often say, and they are also the sect spirit that I, Chunyang, have inherited for countless years."
"You remember it right." Lin Jingtang said, "I just met with the boss and you, Uncle Zhou and Uncle Zhao, and we collectively decided to return the next chapter of the family legacy to your cousin Cheng Dayan."
Chen Lihua was shocked: "Why? Master? Don't you need the inheritance of starting a family?"
"No." Lin Jingtang shook his head and said, "The purpose of this is to trick them into coming to the sect to seize the inheritance, Part 1, and to prevent the matter from being publicized and saying that our sect has usurped other people's inheritance."
"Ah." Chen Lihua was stunned for a moment, then realized, "It's indeed a clever plan, but we and them had a quarrel before, so how could they risk their lives to come to the sect?"
"This requires your cooperation." Lin Jingtang said expressionlessly, "Lihua, the sect wants you to sacrifice yourself to complete the torture plan and attract the three of them into the trap."
"What did you say? Master?" Chen Lihua couldn't believe her ears and said in shock, "You want me to sacrifice? Why?"
"For the sake of the sect, even if you sacrifice yourself, you will not hesitate. Isn't that what you just said?" Lin Jingtang said calmly, "Why? You have forgotten it so quickly?"
"Then why should you sacrifice me?" Chen Lihua's face changed and she said loudly, "Master, I have been following you for hundreds of years. Even if I have no merit, at least I have tried my best to dress you these years. How can you bear to let me sacrifice?
Come to fulfill the sect? Tell me, what did I do wrong?"
There were tears in her eyes, and her joyful mood became as heavy as lead, and her whole body was as cold as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
Lin Jingtang shook his head: "It seems that you haven't understood the true meaning of the sect spirit. Putting aside small righteousness and considering the overall situation is not just about talking, but about doing it."
"Then why can't you give up your small righteousness? Take the overall situation into consideration." Chen Lihua said angrily, not wanting to contradict her master's majesty.
"Because I represent the sect now." Lin Jingtang said calmly, "If I need to sacrifice, I will not hesitate to sacrifice my life for righteousness. Lihua, as long as you sacrifice, you will always be a good disciple in my heart. Don't destroy me as a teacher."
My impression of you."
"Master, can you let me go?" Chen Lihua begged with tears in her eyes, "The inheritance of starting a family was handed over to you by my disciple. I don't ask you to repay me, but in turn I have to sacrifice my disciple for this inheritance."
, can you let your conscience go?"
"Conscience?" Lin Jingtang sighed, "You took over your cousin's house and coveted the inheritance of the family. Cheng Dayan came to ask for it. You excused yourself and said you didn't take it. How can you feel guilty about it?"
Chen Lihua's face turned pale and she was speechless for a moment.
"And do you dare to say that you passed on the inheritance to me just to honor me?" Lin Jingtang looked at her and said, "The main reason is that you can't understand it, right? Of course, you also want to go to a higher level.
Enter the core disciple circle."
Chen Lihua's chest was churning violently, but she still couldn't say a word.
"Since it's for profit, don't talk about conscience." Lin Jingtang said, "If you betray others for profit, others can naturally betray you for profit. Of course, if possible, I will save you. After all, you
He is a disciple that I like very much, but I can’t do it. Not only are you a victim, but so am I.”
"So, don't blame me, Lihua, I will give you the opportunity to reincarnate. I hope that in the next life you will have the hope to embark on the path of spiritual practice and will not be so utilitarian again." Lin Jingtang said lightly, covering the top of her head with his palms.
Chen Lihua couldn't bear it any longer and burst into tears.
At the last moment of her life, she regretted endlessly why she had been greedy and seized the inheritance of her cousin's family. In the end, not only did she get nothing, but she also lost her life in vain.
"Even if you sacrifice me, you won't gain anything. The sanctimonious Chunyang Sect will be destroyed sooner or later for the sake of sacrificing small righteousness and taking the overall situation into consideration. I should have seen it long ago..." She shouted loudly.
Lin Jingtang sighed silently, and dropped his palms. Chen Lihua's voice suddenly stopped, and then her soul and immortal body turned into ashes and disappeared.
Lin Jingtang released his right hand, and there was a slight clicking sound in his palm. A small soul tablet had broken into two halves, which represented the complete demise of Chen Lihua's soul.
He looked at the jade plaque and did not move for a long time.
"Lihua, becoming a teacher will make your sacrifice worthwhile." He murmured to himself and walked away.
…
"Excuse me, is Taoist Cheng Dayan at home?" A fair-faced immortal stood in front of the Cheng family's house and asked politely.
The door slowly opened, and Cheng Dayan held a fat and oily chicken drumstick in his mouth. He looked at the fair-faced immortal and said, "I am Cheng Dayan. Are you from the Chunyang Sect? What's the matter?"
The True Immortal smiled politely: "I have a good eye for enlightenment. I am Sun Jin, the disciple of Yuan Fangguang, the head of Chunyang Sect. This visit is to invite fellow Taoist Cheng and two senior masters on behalf of the head and Chunyang Sect.
, come to my sect as a guest.”
"Being a guest?" Cheng Dayan bit the chicken leg and sneered, "Don't you want the first part of my family inheritance? Seeing that we don't intend to exchange, you want to rob it in the name of being a guest? We go, just
There’s no coming back.”
Sun Jin said sincerely: "Friend Cheng Dao has misunderstood. Previously, our Chunyang Sect did have a disciple of Uncle Lin Jingtang usurping the inheritance of Cheng Family. When my master found out about this matter, he flew into a rage and immediately summoned a meeting of the elders of the sect to deal with the matter.
, now that the results have come out, my visit this time is also to convey this matter to fellow Taoists and Masters."
"What are the results of your own internal processing?" Cheng Dayan said disdainfully. (To be continued...)