Chapter 503 The other way
The Yinyun Sect's style of doing things reminded Lu Changjing of a force, that is, the Nine Yin Elephant.
Extreme, selfish, unscrupulous, narrow-minded... But before this, Lu Changjing had clearly investigated, and even personally used the soul-stealing technique to investigate, and found that there was no connection between the Yinyun Sect and the Nine Yin Elephant.
Could it be that something unexpected happened during these few years?
Lu Changjing entered the Yinyun Sect with the Heavenly Talisman that could break the formation in his hand. In addition, Lu Changjing's attainments in formations were also quite good, so it was not difficult for him to sneak in.
However, although the Heavenly Talisman for Breaking Formations is powerful, it also has flaws.
That is, at most, one can only open a gap briefly and sneak into the formation group. If one wants to destroy the formation group, a large number of formation-breaking talismans are needed, but the price of formation-breaking talismans is often extremely shocking.
If you have enough strength, it would be fine to hit the target with one strike.
If you fail to hit the target with one strike, or if you alarm others.
At that time, you will be trapped in the formation group, and the opponent will use the power of the formation group to surround and kill you.
However, with Lu Changjing's current strength, even if he was really discovered, it would not be difficult for him to force his way out, so there was no need to worry too much.
What's more, what he came with was just a clone. Even if he died here, it would not have any impact on his original body.
The soul-stealing technique was used to deeply explore the thoughts of many Xuanzuns and Dizuns of the Yinyun Sect, trying to find out if there were any problems.
Lu Changjing did not tell anyone about the Soul-Picking Secret Scripture. This was one of his hidden trump cards.
Its sophistication surpasses almost all of the Wanxiang Sect's secret techniques in this area. Although there are only one or two that can be compared with it, the difficulty of practicing it is incredibly difficult, and can even be described as extremely demanding.
Looking at the huge Wanxiang Sect, there are only a few who can succeed in cultivation.
This kind of secret technique that can steal other people's ideas has always been rare and precious, let alone reaching the top level of earthly technique.
Today, the Soul-Picking Secret Scripture has reached the level of top-level earth skills. The three major secret techniques are also top-level earth skills. Looking at the huge Wanxiang Sect, it is unique.
Moreover, in Lu Changjing's hands, it can exert the power of the heavenly level, which is naturally because it is tailor-made.
Therefore, Lu Changjing was not too worried that the other party had targeted methods to deal with his soul-stealing technique.
The secret technique that can hide one's own thoughts and memories is also rare. Most warriors still rely on their own strength to hide some important information and memories deep inside, and generally do not need to practice specific secret techniques.
However, when Lu Changjing used the soul-stealing technique to explore the thoughts and memories of many high-ranking members of the Yinyun Sect, he discovered that these high-ranking members of the Yinyun Sect had practiced and trained this ability and had hidden some important information deep in their memories, and had even imposed some restrictions, similar to the restrictions of inheritance.
From this point alone, Lu Changjing realized that something was wrong.
Although these restrictions are powerful, they still don't have much effect in the face of the soul-stealing technique. Lu Changjing quickly delved into the depths of his memory and found what he wanted.
It turned out that not long after Zhuo Lin married Lu Changjing, the Nine Yin Elephant found an opportunity to infiltrate the Yinyun Sect. Even the Nine Yin Elephant's only Supreme Heavenly Master, Liu Juan, took action personally and used secret soul-related techniques to control the leader and some high-level members of the Yinyun Sect.
Although he used a lot of secret techniques and talismans to hide this matter, in the face of absolute strength, he still could not hide from the detection of the soul-stealing technique.
The Yinyun Sect was quietly controlled by the Nine Yin Elephant. In addition, the Yinyun Sect's own martial arts system was rather radical. Even without the control of the Nine Yin Elephant, it would have fallen sooner or later, but not so quickly.
At least he would be considerate of Lu Changjing and Chang'an Xian Dynasty and would not dare to do anything so excessive.
However, because of the Nine Yin Elephant, the Yinyun Sect fell into decline in just a few years and began to frantically encroach on Yinshan Island's industries and resources.
Originally they had thought about sustainable development, but faced with increasingly huge resources and interests, not only the top leaders of the Yinyun Sect, but even the top leaders of the Jiuyin Elephant could not help themselves and their actions became increasingly ruthless.
After all, in the eyes of many high-level officials of Yinyun Sect and Jiuyin Xiang, if you eat one more bite, I will eat one less bite. When they see someone eating one more bite, they also want to eat one more bite, or even two, three, or four bites... So they become more and more greedy, and in just a few years, Yinshan Island was forced to give in and report the matter.
This is what it means to be short-sighted.
Moreover, they overestimated their own strength, and Lu Changjing easily discovered everything through his soul-stealing technique.
Most of the resources and treasures embezzled by the Yinyun Sect flowed to the Jiuyin Elephant. The Jiuyin Elephant even secretly controlled Zhuo Lin, preparing to find an opportunity to strike him hard in order to avenge the hatred over the years.
Of course, they did this because they were afraid that all this would be discovered by Lu Changjing. As Lu Changjing continued to grow, he might take action against them, leaving them with no chance to occupy Yinshan Island again.
Jinji Ridge, the fairy palace of Chang'an.
Lu Changjing's real body had just come out from Rong Xiyao, Tang Qingyi, Tan Qingyun and others, and was trying to have a baby again. I don't know if he can succeed this time.
She was originally going to go back to continue her cultivation, but on the way she met Zhuo Lin who came with a thousand-year-old ginseng soup: "Your Majesty, I specially made a thousand-year-old ginseng soup for you, how about you try it?"
Looking at Zhuo Lin, who was smiling sweetly and had a flawless face, Lu Changjing sighed and touched her cheek: "Concubine Zhuo, you have suffered a lot in the past few years. I was negligent. I didn't expect the Nine Yin Elephants to be so rampant and even dare to attack people around me. If I don't teach them a lesson this time, they really think I will always tolerate them."
"Ah..." Zhuo Lin was stunned, an unnatural look appeared on her face: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"
Lu Changjing took out several top-level talismans, made hand gestures with his right hand, and mobilized the power of heaven and earth. These talismans emitted brilliant light, merged into Zhuo Lin's body, and began to purify her body.
Soon, wisps of black smoke dissipated from Zhuo Lin's body, making her feel as if she had been reborn and she felt extremely relaxed.
Immediately, Lu Changjing brought her into the Chang'an world and isolated her from outside investigation, because the restrictions in Zhuo Lin's body had not been completely removed and it would take some time to slowly clear them.
Liu Juan placed a special restriction in his body that could control his soul, affect his memory and thoughts, and it was extremely hidden, so even Lu Changjing hadn't discovered it before.
If Lu Changjing had not stolen the relevant information from the top leaders of the Yinyun Sect this time, he didn't know when he would have discovered this matter.
After all, the Jiuyin Elephant is an old-fashioned Zhongbai Elephant. Some of its methods are strange and unpredictable, so it is not surprising that it could be hidden from Lu Changjing.
In addition, Lu Changjing treated the concubines with great respect and would not check their memories and thoughts without reason, so it was normal for him to take advantage of them.
Now that we know there is a problem, it won't be that difficult to solve it with the help of various top-level Heavenly Talismans. After all, Liu Juan is only a lower-level Heavenly Venerable. Even if he borrowed the power of top-level Heavenly Instruments and Heavenly Talismans when he imposed the ban, Lu Changjing also has many treasures of this level, so he can still solve it, it's just a little more troublesome.
Moreover, in the thousand-year-old ginseng soup that Zhuo Lin brought, there was also the top-grade Heavenly Poison Broken Path Powder, which was said to have no antidote for those below the upper three realms. Once drunk, even Lu Changjing would suffer serious injuries, and it was unknown how much time it would take for him to recover.
This poison will not cause death, but it can block the future of a warrior, preventing him from making any progress, or even causing him to slowly regress until he reaches the level of an ordinary person.
At that time, without the support of the realm of cultivation, the lifespan will come to an end immediately, and the person will die soon, which is not much different from taking someone's life.
The Nine Yin Elephant obviously realized that its actions during this period had been a bit excessive and that it was easy for it to be noticed that something was wrong. In addition, due to its previous grudge against Lu Changjing, it brazenly poisoned him.
If Lu Changjing took it, without the help of the golden finger, he would fall to the level of a mortal little by little over the next thousands of years. He might even die before he falls to the level of a mortal.
Although it is not an immediately fatal poison, its cruelty is far beyond those poisons that directly take people's lives.
Lu Changjing had never thought that the Nine Yin Elephant would dare to do such a ruthless thing, and the culprit in this matter was naturally the Nine Yin Elephant's only Heavenly Master Tai Shang Liu Juan.
Originally, because she was the mistress of his second senior brother, Lu Changjing did not want to be too harsh. However, he did not expect that even though he gave in a little, Liu Juan was not prepared to let him go.
Even though the poisoning might not have been her original intention, and she was coerced by many earth-honored elders of the Nine Yin Elephant, she still had this idea after all.
The hatred for blocking his way and the life-threatening vengeance, this time Lu Changjing will never let the Nine Yin Elephant go easily.
While arranging Zhuo Lin to practice deep in the Chang'an world and slowly removing the remaining restrictions in her soul, the clone of Di Zun took action without hesitation.
Using various talismans and the Soul-Picking Secret Scripture, he quickly removed the slavery and restrictions left in the Xuanhun Sea and Dihun Sea of many high-level members of the Yinyun Sect. In just a few hours, all these restrictions and slavery were cleared out.
Although there are still some residues, they will not cause any harm to life.
Many high-ranking officials of Yinyun Sect also woke up from their trance at this time and realized how many wrong things they had done during this period. Even though the main reason was due to the Nine Yin Elephant, Yinyun Sect itself also had many problems.
Lu Changjing also punished him, forcing him to close the mountain for a hundred years, reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, and never interfere in the internal affairs of Yinshan Island and Chang'an Xian Dynasty again.
At the same time, a rule was set that relatives by marriage were not allowed to interfere in government affairs to prevent the same thing from happening again.
Lu Changjing can be nice to the concubines and their families, but you cannot rely on Lu Changjing's power to act recklessly or even undermine the rule of the Chang'an Xian Dynasty.
Doing so would undoubtedly shake the foundation of the Chang'an Immortal Dynasty's rule, and would also affect Lu Changjing's future practice and improvement.
The matter of Yinshan Island was dealt with quickly and decisively by Lu Changjing, and at this time the Nine Yin Elephant also sensed that many restrictions and slavery had been disconnected, and knew that the matter might have been discovered.
The top leaders of Nine Yin Elephant immediately held a meeting to discuss how to respond. Liu Juan also received the news and sent out Tianzun's clone to participate.
"I said that we shouldn't have poisoned Lu Changjing. He must have discovered the poisoning, so he suddenly took action and cleaned out the entire Yinyun Sect. Even Zhuo Lin can't be contacted now. He must have been imprisoned by Lu Changjing."
"Has the Path-Breaking Powder taken effect? If so, then Lu Changjing is at the end of his rope and won't be able to survive for much longer. If not, we need to be prepared."
"Zhuo Lin has lost contact, so we can't be sure whether the Dao-breaking Powder has taken effect. However, this poison is colorless and odorless, and even Jiu Po Tian Zun can't detect it. It is very likely that Lu Changjing has been poisoned. This move must be a desperate move. We can confirm it again."
"How can we confirm it? For Broken Path Powder to take effect, it usually takes many years. This is how Lu Changjing can fall to a very low level. During this period of time, we dare not act rashly."
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The top leaders of Nine Yin Elephant were also somewhat at a loss, not knowing what to do. After a noisy discussion, they decided to wait and see what would happen. At the same time, they opened the top-level sky formation group of the Zhenyin Valley and remained on guard at all times to prevent Lu Changjing from sneaking in and taking ruthless action against them.
However, most of the Nine Yin Xiang's senior leaders thought that Lu Changjing must have been tricked, which was why he became furious and attacked Zhuo Lin and the Yinyun Sect.
However, he didn't know that with his ability to sense danger, it would be extremely difficult to make Lu Changjing fall into his trap.
He had already collected the Broken Path Powder, preparing to give it to other enemies as a surprise later. This extremely rare top-level natural poison could not be wasted easily.
Dozens of hours later, the clone of Di Zun returned to the Wanxiang Islands, concealed himself by hiding his form, and rushed towards the Zhenyin Valley.
Seeing the tight security of the Zhenyin Valley, with even the sky formations open, Lu Changjing naturally understood what was going on. It was because the thief was guilty.
But what use was this? He used the top-level Heavenly Talisman to create a gap in it, entered silently, and began to search for the real bodies of dozens of Earthly Elders of the Nine Yin Elephant through the soul-stealing technique.
Relying on the soul-stealing technique that is comparable to the top-level heavenly technique, as well as Lu Changjing's own powerful strength, the sea of souls of the many earth masters' clones of the Nine Yin Elephant are nothing but chickens and dogs to him. He can easily explore them and search for the information he wants.
Wherever he went, Lu Changjing discovered all the secrets of the Nine Yin Elephant Earth Lord elders, including the location of their true bodies.
Although many of the Nine Yin Elephant Earth Lord elders tried their best to hide this fact, hiding it deep in the Earth Soul Sea, in the face of absolute strength, and with the help of magical skills like soul-stealing, it was not difficult for Lu Changjing to find their real bodies.
Lu Changjing encountered obstacles only when he was stealing Liu Juan's memories and thoughts. The soul-stealing technique also has its limits. In addition, Lu Changjing is currently only an upper-level Earth Lord, so it is not surprising that he cannot steal the contents deep in Liu Juan's memory.
Even so, if news of Lu Changjing's actions were to spread, it would shock the entire Wanxiang Sea.
It is well known to everyone that once one enters the realm of Earth Venerable, as long as one hides the original body, even if many clones die, they can start over again. Therefore, warriors above the level of Earth Venerable can be invincible and become the pillars of many forces.
Unexpectedly, although Lu Changjing was unable to track down his real body, he was able to use the soul-stealing technique to steal the contents deep in the memories of his Earth Lord clones, and thus find the real body.
In the eyes of many people, achieving this is not much easier than directly finding the real bodies of these warriors above the Earth Lord level. However, Lu Changjing has the magical skill of soul stealing, and he was able to do this.
Before, Lu Changjing didn't dare to reveal this easily, for fear that once it was exposed, he would easily become the target of public criticism.
But now that he has enough strength and the Nine Yin Elephant has touched his bottom line, Lu Changjing decided to take some risks and kill the Nine Yin Elephant.
(End of this chapter)