Turning Point (1)

Collecting the black ring, Infant Holding True Person nodded towards Lin Xin, maintaining the demeanor of a Foundation Establishment Stage expert, and slowly landed.

"True Person, please wait a moment. I have just a little finishing work to do here," Lin Xin said loudly.

"Manor Lord, please proceed," Infant Holding True Person no longer dared to underestimate Lin Xin, but treated him as an equal.

The two waited in the furnace for a moment before Lin Xin collected the sword scabbard. The Red Flower Sword returned to its sheath, hanging at his waist.

He had just forcibly used the Red Flower Sword to summon Yin Manto, which caused the sword blade to be somewhat imperfect, but it could be completely repaired with some time spent on fine polishing.

"Manor Lord Lin, your Mountain Manor suffered this disaster. I suspect that someone may have deliberately incited rogue cultivators, and there were also internal collaborators spreading the news. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to gather so much power in such a short time," Infant Holding True Person thought for a moment and decided to tell Lin Xin what he knew, as a sign of sincerity.

"I knew there would be internal collaborators. Inciting rogue cultivators... perhaps more of them wanted to force someone out..." A trace of depth flashed in Lin Xin's eyes.

"Originally, when we entered, we did not intend to kill, but some of the rogue cultivators deliberately provoked and took the lead in drawing blood, which intensified the conflict between the two sides. That's why there were so many casualties," Infant Holding True Person said in a low voice.

"It seems that some people are just getting impatient," Lin Xin said indifferently. "Thank you for telling me, True Person."

"Manor Lord, you're too kind. I still need your help with my magic sword!" Infant Holding True Person said with a chuckle. This was also his main purpose for coming. However, he was still somewhat skeptical about Lin Xin's Array Dao attainments.

"That's easy to say," Lin Xin followed with a smile. "True Person will soon be able to rest assured."

The two left the furnace and pushed open the iron door, both stunned at the same time.

On the devastated white training field.

Everywhere were corpses of all kinds lying in disarray, cultivators, Mountain Manor people, densely packed.

Dugu Lin stood in the middle of the corpses. The vertical mark between her eyebrows faintly radiated a trace of silver light. She seemed to hear the sound, turned her head, and smiled at Lin Xin.

"Don't forget my conditions."

Lin Xin scanned the entire field and suddenly discovered a conspicuous huge figure kneeling on the ground not far away. It was the White Tiger Demon King, kneeling on the ground. His hands were fiercely inserted into the ground, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere, a red and white mess.

There was a large sword hole in the Demon King's chest, slowly seeping out traces of black blood.

"Naturally, I won't..." he said somewhat dryly.

At this time, the entire Mountain Manor was quiet, and almost no sound could be heard.

This was the first time Lin Xin had witnessed Dugu Lin's strength. The Following Cloud Mind Sword was indeed worthy of being the Sect's most mysterious and powerful sword technique. Looking at Dugu Lin, Lin Xin faintly felt that she might be the strongest leading figure of the Sword School in the next hundred years.

"That's good." The silver light between Dugu Lin's eyebrows converged, and she turned around and leaped gently. A transparent sword blade appeared under her feet, supporting her as she flew away. In the blink of an eye, she turned into a small dot in the sky, and then quickly disappeared, merging into the clouds.

Lin Xin stood on the training field full of corpses. Infant Holding True Person beside him also had a cold sweat on his forehead. The White Tiger Demon King was actually killed just like that. A Foundation Establishment Demon King couldn't even escape.

"Really..." For the first time, Infant Holding True Person personally witnessed the terror of the Sect's genius experts, and he was extremely grateful that he had not truly fallen out with the Pine Forest Sword Sect.

"Senior Sister Dugu is indeed worthy of being the number one genius of our Sword School. Even Senior Brother He Tianhe is probably inferior..." Lin Xin sighed.

"He Tianhe... has also reached Foundation Establishment... but it is said that he has been trapped in a relic outside these past few years and has not been able to return."

A familiar voice answered Lin Xin's sigh.

Huang Shan's upper body had faint traces of blood remaining. At this time, he walked slowly with his sword in hand.

"They are all Spirit Gathering Body geniuses with unlimited potential. You and I may not be able to compare in this lifetime."

"Perhaps..." Although Lin Xin knew that he was unlikely to compare to the terror of a Spirit Gathering Body, he was still unwilling. Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, he flicked his finger and shot out two Elixirs to Huang Shan.

Huang Shan didn't stand on ceremony. He knew it was Lin Xin's most treasured Spirit Heart Heart-Saving Pill. This kind of medicine was a good thing that Gongsun Li later researched in private, combining various pill formulas collected by the Mountain Manor. The medicinal materials for making it were extremely precious, and one of the ingredients had only been found once so far, so this kind of medicine was used less and less.

After taking the medicine, Huang Shan's Spirit Qi became active again in a short while.

Lin Xin introduced Infant Holding True Person and Huang Shan to each other, and then began to gather the remaining disciples of the Mountain Manor.

Corpses were carried into the furnace and cremated, and the belongings of the cultivator loose cultivators were collected, especially those of the White Tiger Demon King. Lin Xin checked and found a small mustard seed bag, a kind of pocket that could fold space and hold many things.

There were also more than a dozen Spirit Jades commonly used in Black Market transactions, which was an unexpected gain.

In addition, there was a White Tiger Cloud Mist Record, which seemed to be the cultivation method of the White Tiger Demon King. It was a jade slip that needed to be read with mental power.

Lin Xin checked it and found that it recorded a set of cultivation methods for humans, but it took the name of the White Tiger. It seemed to be the cultivation method of the Demonic Path.

It emphasized cultivating the physical body to achieve a Dharma body called the White Tiger Golden Body, reaching a point where its strength and Defense were extremely terrifying. At the same time, it could absorb metal Qi, devour metal, and its breath could also be transformed into weapons to assassinate enemies. It was extraordinarily terrifying.

"It can be used for reference..." Lin Xin put away the cultivation method and checked other things, including the body of the White Tiger Demon King.

His body had already been trained to the third level of the White Tiger Golden Body, reaching the point where it was invulnerable to swords and spears, and generally invulnerable to water and fire. His strength and Defense had also far exceeded the point where ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators could resist. Therefore, his physical body alone was a good Magic Item material.

"This Demon King can be refined into a material and integrated into gold weapons, which will definitely bring a trace of the White Tiger's Fiend Qi, making the Magic Item's power double. Just like my Turtle Snake Ring, I also integrated the spirits of two demons to achieve great success. Whenever there is a stalemate, I can activate the Turtle Snake spirits to increase the power without consuming Spirit Qi, but I need to pay attention to replenishing it," Infant Holding True Person suggested.

"That's a good idea." Lin Xin adopted the suggestion decisively.

After that, during the Mountain Manor's cleanup time, he also began to deal with the corpses.

He invited True Person to watch, and took the opportunity to show off his Array Dao methods when refining and melting the White Tiger Demon King's body.

He melted the Demon King's true body into a yellow-white ball, about the size of a soccer ball, and then set up a Spirit Gathering Array to nourish it with thick earth, storing it in the armory for maintenance.

"This White Tiger Golden Qi and Tiger Fiend can nourish the armory, allowing all the weapons inside to gradually carry a trace of Tiger Fiend. Although it is very faint, it is still stronger than other ordinary high-level weapons," Lin Xin explained. "In addition, the Demon King's resentment is extremely strong, which can further strengthen the weapons."

"White Tiger Golden Fiend Array, the Mountain Manor Master is indeed brilliant. This way, the harm of this Demon King can be turned into benefits," Infant Holding True Person said with a slight cold sweat. This was considered not letting go of the value of utilization even after death...

After some aftermath, a few days later...

Lin Xin sat high in the main seat, with Infant Holding True Person beside him. Lin Xinyuan and others' seats were pushed back together.

In addition, there were also the Mountain Manor's enshrined experts, who all had a sense of depression. Several Innate enshrined experts looked ugly, and two of them were missing, obviously due to their fall in the battle.

"I have ordered people to take care of the aftermath of the two enshrined experts of Wu Wang. Alas..." Lin Xin felt a little sad when he thought that his hard work for so long had been destroyed by this group of loose cultivators.

The fall of the two Innate enshrined experts made the Mountain Manor even worse. It was already badly damaged due to the collection of income from above, and this attack made the Mountain Manor's tight finances even poorer.

"Mountain Manor Master, this is only a temporary difficulty. My Mountain Manor has a lot of fields and mines, and I believe it will soon recover its vitality," Lin Xinyuan said solemnly. She also had a wound on her body, but it was on her back, and she couldn't see it clearly with a bandage.

"Now people are panicking, and many good hands have been lost. I am afraid that my Mountain Manor will not be able to mobilize too much power to suppress the mines in various places for a while..." Huang Puyang said with a pale face. He was stabbed in the chest and almost didn't go with him. Now he has recovered a little and immediately came to attend the meeting.

"So..."

Bang!

Suddenly, the door of the conference hall was kicked open.

A group of people rushed in arrogantly.

The leader was Situ Hao, who had always come to collect the annual fee. This sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked guy led two experts who looked like they were full of sharp energy, and rushed straight into the hall.

"Bold Lin Xin, you dare to hide fugitives! And hide it from the Sect, and hide a Third-Rank Magic Item! If I hadn't accidentally learned about the situation, I would have been deceived by you!"

Situ Hao's voice was stern, but his eyes faintly revealed greed.

Only then did the Mountain Manor guards, who had been chasing after them to try and stop them, arrive, but it was too late. They could only look at Lin Xin in dismay.

Signaling the other guards to leave, Lin Xin was now completely speechless at this Sword School that valued the Sword Hall above all else. If it weren't for Senior Brother Ji Lu and his wife helping him, and being able to find Dugu Lin to assist, he was afraid that he would end up like Huang Shan, burdened with trumped-up charges, and fleeing the Sect.

"I didn't know that Lord Situ Hao would suddenly visit, and I was unable to greet you from afar. I hope you will forgive me..." Although Lin Xin was impatient, he still had to maintain proper etiquette.

How could they have arrived at such a coincidental time? If there wasn't something fishy going on, who could grasp every move of the Mountain Manor so accurately? Perhaps the rabble-rousing of these rogue cultivators was also orchestrated by these guys.

For a moment, he even felt disheartened. Such a large Sword School, yet it didn't have any tolerance. No wonder it was called a heretical Sect by other cultivators outside. It was nominally righteous, but in reality, it only relied on the Yang Spring occupation rights to rule the Sect. The disciples of such a Sect had extremely poor cohesion. If there was a glimmer of fairness and justice before, now there was almost no hope.

"What is the purpose of Lord Situ's visit? Please tell me directly." Feeling cold, Lin Xin was too lazy to waste words with him. He said bluntly.

Situ Hao chuckled.

"These two are the legendary..."

"Alright, enough nonsense, get out of the way!"

Unexpectedly, he was pushed aside by one of the people behind him. (To be continued ~^~)