"That's right." Li Dazhu nodded.
He later explained: "The place where we gather is not fixed. Usually, the envoys of the Qingyun Sect will determine that a certain place is safe, and then use various means to contact the nearby monks to gather."
"This is done to prevent the enemy from discovering a fixed gathering place and then killing them all in one fell swoop."
"And each of our monks who sneak into the area of demon cultivators will first leave a soul lamp to confirm life and death, and then use the identity talisman to identify the visitor, so that no demon cultivator will get involved."
"Oh? But if you are followed by a demon cultivator, won't your gathering place be completely destroyed?" Lin Chen asked.
Li Dazhu was silent for a moment, and then continued: "The upper limit of the monks in each gathering place cannot exceed thirty. Even if the entire army is destroyed, it will not affect the situation and the collection of intelligence."
"Besides, there are so many of us. If the demon cultivators want to kill them all, it will be a time-consuming and labor-intensive problem."
Lin Chen smiled after hearing this and did not continue.
In fact, he also guessed some.
This method of guerrilla gathering seems to be quite safe, but if the demonic cultivator who has the upper hand really makes up his mind, the death of these people will only take a matter of minutes.
However, if the demon cultivator really did this, he would have fallen into the Qingyun Sect's plan.
Because manpower is limited, if there are more here, there will inevitably be less there.
Just like Li Dazhu said, because there are so many of them, if the demon cultivators want to strangle them, they must mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources.
And whether it is twitching the monks responsible for production in the rear or the demon cultivators in charge of fighting in the front, it will definitely greatly reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
After all, in the view of the senior officials of Qingyun Sect, it is a very cost-effective thing to use the lives of some casual cultivators to contain part of the power of demonic cultivators.
'And I can also be sure that these Qingyun Sect monks who are responsible for gathering casual cultivators must have foundation-building level methods. Once demon cultivators really come together, they can be killed directly! '
'Use casual cultivators to collect intelligence, and at the same time use them as bait to contain part of the demonic cultivators' forces, and even made plans for guerrilla warfare. As expected, when it comes to war, people in this world are not fools! '
'But it's a pity that the great power of the world of immortality belongs to itself. The great power of an individual will weaken any strategy to a great extent. Therefore, no matter how clever the strategy is, it is in vain without sufficient strength to support it...'
Just when Lin Chen was sighing with emotion, Li Dazhu on the side lowered his head and said: "Sir, the envoy of Qingyun Sect is in the cave, so..."
He raised his head cautiously, glanced at Lin Chen's face, and said hesitantly: "You, either, or..."
"What?" Lin Chen smiled brightly and said, "You doubt my identity?"
"No! No!" Li Dazhu quickly shook his head and denied, "I just want to go in first to explore the way and make arrangements with the sect envoy first to avoid misunderstandings."
Lin Chen glanced at him half-smilingly, causing the latter to wet his back with cold sweat.
I don't know how long it took before a voice came from a leisurely voice: "Okay, then go in and ask him to come see me outside."
"Yes Yes!"
Li Dazhu nodded quickly, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and then I hurriedly ran inside.
Lin Chen looked at his panicked back and smiled indifferently.
He knew that the other party was still doubting his identity, but that didn't matter. He was a true disciple of the Qingyun Sect, and his identity was beyond doubt.
Lin Chen seemed to be standing at the entrance of the cave leisurely. The casual cultivators who came were stunned when they saw him, and they were a little confused about his identity.
Then, after sensing that there was no spiritual light emitted by his identity talisman, they all became wary.
In the cave, after listening to Li Dazhu's explanation, the envoy of the Qingyun Sect, a monk in green clothes, couldn't help but frown deeply.
"You met him in the demon cultivator's territory, and then he said he was from the Qingyun Sect?!"
"Yes, Lord Shangzong." Facing the sharp gaze of the monk in green, Li Dazhu swallowed and nodded vigorously.
After receiving Li Dazong's affirmation, the monk in Tsing Yi fell into deep thought.
'Could it be that a senior brother was performing a secret mission in the Demon Cultivator's territory and just followed him back? Or is the other party's true identity actually a demon cultivator, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to sneak into our area? '
After thinking for a while, the monk in green finally felt that he still had to get to know this person for a while, so he boldly ordered:
"Find a way to notify the casual cultivators outside the cave and ask them to block their escape route. The rest of you, follow me to see this guy of unknown origin!"
"According to my eyes, if there is something wrong with that guy, we will swarm him and besiege him to death without paying any attention to morality!"
The casual cultivators in the cave looked at each other, but they all agreed.
Soon, a group of people walked directly towards the entrance of the cave.
'We're not really going to fight, are we? '
Looking at this formation, Li Dazhu felt a little uneasy. After all, he was the one who attracted the people.
"See you, senior brother!"
However, what Li Dazhu didn't expect was that the moment the monk in Tsing Yi saw Lin Chen, his pupils shrank suddenly, and then he was stunned on the spot.
After reacting, he immediately bowed down while everyone on the side looked at him in surprise.
"Disciple, see your senior brother!"
Master, senior brother? !
The expressions of many casual cultivators changed and they all looked at Lin Chen.
Could it be that the person in front of me is really a disciple of Qingyun Sect?
"Oh?" Facing everyone's surprised looks, Lin Chen glanced at the monk in green with some curiosity, "Do you know me?"
Although he is very famous among the upper echelons of Qingyun Sect, there are not many elders who know his true information, let alone the disciples at the bottom.
"Thanks to the platform created by senior brother, I, an ordinary monk with three spiritual roots and no background and no power, have made it to this day. How can I not recognize the honor of senior brother?!" The monk in green said respectfully and with a grateful look on his face. .
platform?
Lin Chen quickly reacted.
The other party should be the beneficiary of the platform you created.
Lin Chen's guess was correct. The monk in green was originally a monk with no power and ordinary qualifications.
It was by writing books and earning a lot of spiritual stones that I slowly got to where I am today.
Not only has he reached the late stage of Qi refining, he even has the hope of building a foundation. For a low-level disciple, this has simply changed his destiny!
That's why he himself is very grateful to Lin Chen, the creator.
'It's really interesting. The platform built to fish for spiritual stones did affect the fate of many people...'
Lin Chen couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and then asked casually: "Since you belong to the platform, do you know Xu Mengyun, right? Where is she? Where is she? How are you doing recently?"
"This..." The monk in green clothes hesitated a little when he heard these words, and then said carefully, "Brother, this is not something that disciples should know, so you should ask it yourself."
Then, he quickly added: "The information collected by these casual cultivators will be sent to a market in the Qingyun Sect area, and Senior Sister Xu is over there. You can see her there." ”
"Oh, I don't ask too many questions that are not at my own level and I don't respond without permission." Lin Chen glanced at him lightly and said with some appreciation, "You know how to advance and retreat, and you know how to measure. You are not a bad person."
"Thank you for the compliment, senior brother." The monk in Tsing Yi responded with a look of fear on his face, but a little joy in his heart.
"Then when can we leave for the return trip?"
"Probably, we have to wait for the people who are going back to gather. Senior brother, please wait a moment." The monk in green said.
"Okay, then I'll wait a little longer." Lin Chen responded casually, and then looked at the scenery outside the cave.
Soon, as time continued to pass, many casual cultivators who risked their lives to sneak into the demon cultivator arrived here one after another.
After completing the mission or obtaining information, they will receive sufficient rewards from the Tsing Yi monk based on their contribution, and then choose whether to stay or return.
Gradually, as the sun sets to the west, the sunset's streamer dyes the sunset on the horizon red, showing a bright red.
At this moment, in the cave, the process of reporting information and completing tasks in exchange for rewards has ended, and there are already densely packed casual cultivators who have chosen to return.
'Strange, why are there so many casual cultivators going back this time? 'Looking at the bustling crowd in front of him, a trace of doubt flashed in the monk's mind.
He has carried out this kind of mission many times, and usually there are only seven or eight casual cultivators who go back. Unlike today, there are dozens of casual cultivators who want to go back.
'Will not have any problems? '
The monk in Tsing Yi carefully sensed the soul lamps of these casual cultivators and confirmed their identity talismans. After finding that no one was counterfeiting, he did not think much more and was ready to set off.
"etc!"
But just when he was about to take the people out, Lin Chen walked directly from the entrance of the cave, blocking everyone's way.
"Senior Brother Lin, what's wrong?" The monk in Tsing Yi was stunned and asked in confusion.
"You're just going to take these casual cultivators back?"
Lin Chen did not answer his question, but asked something that made the monk in green a little confused.
"Brother, are you worried about demon cultivators sneaking in?" The monk in Tsing Yi thought for a while, then understood what Lin Chen meant, and quickly explained, "We used the essence and blood of these casual cultivators to make a simple soul lamp, and also designed The identity talisman was placed."
"If they die, the soul lamp will go out, and if they are replaced by a demon cultivator, the identity talisman and the breath of the soul lamp will not correspond, so these people should be fine, senior brother, don't worry."
At the same time, he secretly sent a message to Lin Chen: "Brother, you can rest assured that due to the leasing method of Lingmai Cave, the places where these casual cultivators live are outside the core formation of Fang City."
"Even if they have problems, some casual cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage can't attack the formation with the elders in the Foundation Establishment Stage."
"That's very thoughtful." Lin Chen nodded, but then continued.
"But since you have all considered the problem, haven't the demon cultivators considered it? Then why did they pay such a high price to get these people in?"
"This..." The monk in green was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed and he suddenly looked at the crowd.
He naturally understood what Lin Chen meant. On the surface, the inspected casual cultivators didn't see anything, but I'm afraid there was a big problem in the interior!
"Didn't you just check it? There's nothing wrong with it, so why are you stopping us?"
"Yes, yes, we want to go back!"
"We have paid so much for Shangzong, why don't you let us even go home?!"
At this time, there was a sudden noise among the crowd, and the casual cultivators who had been silent just now spoke out one after another, staring blankly at Lin Chen and the two.
The monk in green frowned and was about to say something when he saw Lin Chen walking up directly and coming to a casual cultivator who was shouting just now.
"You, what are you going to do?! Even if you are a member of the Shang Sect, you can't mess around. I have shed blood for the Qingyun Sect!" The casual cultivator shouted as he looked at Lin Chen's approaching figure.
At this time, Lin Chen's actions seemed to arouse everyone's dissatisfaction. Several casual cultivators around him approached him, as if they wanted to use their numbers to create a threat.
"Didn't you say there's no problem?" Lin Chen looked at the crowd of people pressing forward with an expressionless face, and snapped his fingers: "Then you should take a good look."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, as if they didn't understand the meaning of Lin Chen's words, but the next moment, everyone opened their eyes wide.
Because the head on the neck of the casual cultivator Lin Chen was approaching actually separated from his body after the sound and rolled down directly.
And the headless corpse that had lost its head did not spurt out blood, but instead revealed masses of dark red flesh!
This is not the body of a living person at all!
Just when everyone was staying where they were, Lin Chen's voice came faintly from the side: "This is what you said, is there no problem?"
(End of chapter)
