Accept the seal, fairy

As the only force in Xinghai Town, the treatment of the Lin family's children makes outsiders salivate, but the people inside the Lin family also know that the resources consumed on the journey of cultivating immortals are endless.So no matter how outsiders look at it, the Lin family thinks that there are too many monks and too few gruel. Therefore, in order to provide more resources to the most talented people under the premise of ensuring that everyone has a share, the Lin family also established a strict hierarchy. .

The disciples of the Lin family are divided into the inner sect and the outer sect. Anyone who does not have spiritual roots above the Xuan level must start from the outer sect disciples. The disciples are ranked by strength through competitions. The ranking is related to the monthly salary. For example, Aunt Seventeen The numbers of Uncle Fifteen are not their age order, but their strength ranking in the outer sect.

If the disciples of the outer sect can maintain the top three rankings for three consecutive months, they can enter the inner sect. Compared with the disciples of the outer sect, the monthly salary of the disciples of the inner sect is more generous, and they don't have to work part-time. Among the people the family cared about, Lin Yan, Lin Yan, Lin Kai, and Lin Zhuang were the inner disciples of the Lin family.

But even inner disciples have corresponding rankings, and the top five are called core disciples, and the resources they get are even more unimaginable by others.

And if these core disciples can achieve excellent results in the county competition, they will be recruited by the Lin family in the county seat, and the Lin family in the county seat will also give a lot of resources to the Lin family in Xinghai Town as rewards and compensation.

This successively rising hierarchy has also become the driving force for the continuous improvement of the Lin family, and even provided Da Huachao with many independent talents.

It's just that the favored ones are a minority after all, and most of them reach their limit at the first two steps.

The four brothers Lin Jiang, Lin He, Lin Hu, and Lin Hai had also been outstanding among the inner disciples, and even Lin Jiang, who was ranked sixth, was only one step away from the core disciples.But one step away is like a moat, and the four brothers have tried several times to build a foundation, but due to limited resources, they all failed without exception, and finally changed from an inner disciple to an inner elder because of their age.

Although the treatment of the elders is slightly more than that of the inner disciples, they know that they are abandoned by the family.If they want to maintain their current treatment, they have to spend more time on family affairs. The more time they spend on trivial matters, the less time they have to improve themselves, which makes them feel negative.

In fact, there are not many things they have to do. Huxiao Mountain is next to the Lin family's Nanshan courtyard, and children from time to time go to the mountain to practice, and the duty of the four Lin Jiang brothers is to maintain order in Huxiao Mountain, and to help the children of the family especially When inner disciples are in danger, rescue them as soon as possible.

Having said that, because the intelligence of Qi-training monsters is far inferior to that of human monks, and human beings are afraid of death, there are not many situations that need rescue. All along, the four brothers have lived a relatively leisurely and comfortable life.

However, their luck seems to be bad recently. First, the Tianjiwei who was staying at the hotel went mad, and then Lin Yao and others disappeared. Fortunately, they did not have a great relationship with him, so the patriarch only fined some Xu monthly salary symbolically. , but now they have to get nervous when they see the help signal from the inner disciples, after all, this is his duty here.

"These proud sons don't stay at home honestly, just like to run up the mountain so much? Going up the mountain is fine, and I don't know what safety is. If I die, won't I be hurt?" Lin Jiang cursed secretly, That being said, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly led the people in the direction of the signal.

After driving for more than ten miles on the mountain road, they finally arrived outside the cave, but they were stopped by spirit-eating insects all over the mountain.Fortunately, there were no wounds on their bodies, and Ben made corresponding preparations. After spraying some special powder in front, the spirit-eating insects would slowly disperse.

Just as they were blasting the powder, a thunderstorm suddenly appeared in the sky, which shocked the four of them.

"Brother Jiang, no one here is forming alchemy, right?" Lin He asked in surprise.

"Impossible." Lin Jiang frowned, "I was fortunate to have seen the scene when the county's Tianjiao broke through the alchemy. The power of the alchemy is not so small. Maybe a great spiritual weapon was born."

"Then what should we do? Aren't those who can refine spirit weapons generally the foundation establishment seniors?" Lin He asked doubtfully.

"What else should we do? Quickly investigate and find out the truth. This movement will definitely alarm the patriarch. We must also do something before the patriarch comes. If we are punished and sent to other places to be elders, we will not be so free." Lin He said in a bad mood. , "And even if we are seniors, as long as we are polite, it won't matter. Don't forget that we are members of the Lin family. Everyone believes that we are at the peak of the body, the right arm of King Zhongwu, and no one in the entire Hua Dynasty will give us face. ?”

"That's right." The other three nodded hurriedly.

However, Lin He's confidence suddenly disappeared. What he said just now was just for courage, and the actual situation still needs to be considered.So he said cautiously: "But anyway, some inner disciples here have sent out a call for help. Just in case, Lin Hai, you should report back to the family as soon as possible."

Lin Hai nodded, then packed his things and headed down the mountain, while the three of Lin Jiang took a deep breath, and then carefully climbed towards the cave.

"Lin Jiang, the elder of the Lin family's inner sect, begs to see senior!"

Lin Jiang shouted several times outside the cave, but there was no response.Then they slowly probed into the cave, but found the bodies of Lin Kai and Lin Zhuang in the hall.

"Everyone, don't disturb the scene! Check to see if there are any living people while maintaining the scene, and be careful not to damage the footprints!" Lin Jiang hurriedly reminded.The reason why the family arranged it in Nanshan Bieyuan is also reasonable. Now that the tragedy has happened, what he can do is to help the family investigate the matter as much as possible.

Lin He nodded, then pointed to the ashes on the stone bed and said, "Is this the Foundation Establishment cultivator who just passed the tribulation?"

"Fortunately, you can figure it out. Just looking at it, you can tell that you have been dead for many years. There must be someone else in the Lei Jie just now." Lin Jiang said angrily.

"Brother Jiang, there is still someone unconscious here, it's Lin Yan, that's right, it's her!" Lin Hu shouted suddenly.

"The younger sister of the twins in the inner sect?" Lin Jiang asked suspiciously. There were not many people in the inner sect, so he was still very impressed with the twins.

"The sisters are always inseparable, what about the older sister?" Lin Jiang muttered again, "See if we can wake her up."

Jiang You has been pretending to be unconscious in the side room, but in order to be realistic, she restrained her consciousness and only kept her breathing. Although this would put her in a very dangerous situation, it was the best choice at present.

Soon, a pungent smell of herbs rushed into her lungs, and Jiang You had to wake up because of coughing, and she fell into a daze for a while.

A few months ago, he was an ordinary single dog, but now he has become a female cultivator in a great family of cultivators, but the key point is that she knows nothing about everyone except their names. How on earth should she design her first line?

Brother Lin Jiang, thank you for saving me?The little girl has nothing to repay, so she can only...stop it!Does this fit Lin Yan's personality?Will it arouse everyone's doubts at the beginning.

Lin Jiang, why are you here now?If I die, can you afford it?stop!By the way, does Lin Yan have such a status?Will this anger Lin Jiang and be slapped to death?

With a flash of inspiration, Jiang You's acting skills were suddenly overwhelmed, and she couldn't help but curled up in the corner and said in fear: "Don't kill me! I don't want the Jidan! I don't want the Qidan either! Please don't kill me!"

what's the situation?The three of Lin Jiang looked at each other, and finally Lin Jiang patted Jiang You on the shoulder and said, "Lin Yan, we are here to rescue you, please tell me, what happened here?"

After struggling in the original world for a long time, she naturally knows that the best ratio of lies is five points true and two points false, and the remaining three points are unknown, so she tried to recall: "A few days ago, Brother Kai Inadvertently discovered information that there is a foundation-building cultivator living in seclusion in Huxiao Mountain. According to the time of the information, if the foundation-building cultivator had either left or had already passed away, we decided to go up the mountain to try our luck. We found this cave with the help of a beast hunter."

"Monster hunter?" Lin Jiang asked suspiciously, "What kind of monster hunter?"

"A masked woman whose cultivation base is about the sixth level of Qi training, because she is very familiar with the terrain of Huxiao Mountain, so we use a spirit stone to ask her to help us guide the way." Jiang You said half-truth .

"Then what's next?" Lin Jiang asked again.

"Then we entered the cave, and found that the owner of the place had already sat down, so we began to divide up the loot, and found some pills in the alchemy room, including three Foundation Establishment Pills. The three Foundation Establishment Pills are not easy to distribute. Lin Zhuang proposed to distribute according to strength. Since my sister and I were always standing together, Lin Zhuang was eliminated in the end, and Brother Kai killed him on the grounds that he would not let him inform the family. Just when we were still doubting that Brother Kai would When he would not attack us, he was ambushed by the guide at the door. It turned out that the guide also hid his strength, and his real strength was still higher than Brother Kai. My sister and I fought hard, but we were not her opponent after all. In the end, I was also caught She was seriously injured and unconscious, and then she didn't know anything."

Jiang You finished speaking in one breath, but he didn't know if the other party could understand.

And Lin Jiang also fell into contemplation. After digesting for a long time, he also understood and asked: "Then do you have any other clues about the mysterious guide?"

Jiang You shook his head and said, "I don't know. At first I thought the guide's cultivation was weak, so I didn't care much."

"I'm afraid it's because you have already regarded her as a dead person, so you don't take her seriously!"

A middle-aged man with a majestic appearance and a watery face slowly walked in. Lin Jiang and others saluted immediately upon seeing this.

Jiang You also recognized this person, Lin Teng, the Patriarch of the Lin Family in Xinghai Town, who was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and could be regarded as the number one expert in Xinghai Town, so she also dragged her broken body to prepare to salute.

"Forget it." Lin Teng said without anger, "Brothers are in harmony, and they are in harmony. Is this what I taught you? Don't forget that you are not only the children of the Lin family, but also a member of the Huo family army." , actually imitated those bandits and bandits to kill and seize treasures, and even shot at my brothers and sisters!"

"This matter has nothing to do with Yan'er, Yan'er just wanted to protect herself!" Jiang You pretended to explain.

Lin Teng took a slow breath and said in a deep voice, "I just want to know, did you make the first move or she made the first move?"

"It's my sister, it was my sister who pushed her into the sea of ​​spirit devouring insects first, but I don't know why she is still alive!" Jiang You replied.

"Bastards!" Lin Teng said angrily, "you people are more than successful than you are! If you really killed him, it would be fine, but even let him escape, it is likely to be a person who can cause a catastrophe. At that time, the entire Lin family in Xinghai Town may suffer because of this, and you will not be able to atone for your sins by death!"

Everyone stopped talking, because they knew that it was useless to say more with their strength during the Qi training period, and they could only wait for the Patriarch's further disposal.

"What are you still doing in a daze? Calling the experts of the clan to seal off the entire Huxiao Mountain? Remember, once you meet that guide, don't act rashly, just keep him and wait for me to deal with it." Lin Teng turned and said.

"I'll go right away." Lin Jiang nodded, "But do you need to ask the county for help?"

"Don't you think the trouble is not big enough?" Lin Teng said coldly, "Anyway, we can't let outsiders know, and the matter of the guide must be resolved."

"The Lin family is aboveboard. Is there anything that should not be known to outsiders?" Another man with a mustache came over with a group of policemen.

Seeing the identity of the visitor, Lin Teng also frowned slightly. It turned out to be Yue Wuzui, the headhunter stationed in Xinghai Town by the county government. The location was originally set up to contain the local big family.

"It turned out to be Butou Yue, why did you come to this deep mountain and old forest?" Lin Teng snorted coldly.

However, Butou Yue smiled and said, "A thunder calamity occurred in Huxiao Mountain. Why don't I come to this rare event in a thousand years? Why? There is a murder case? Then I have to take care of it."

"This is a private matter of my Lin family." Lin Teng said coldly.

"But this is also a murder case!" Yue Butou still laughed.

"Aren't you willing to give me this face?" Lin Teng suddenly showed killing intent, and the coercion of the late foundation establishment made everyone present breathless.

"Brother Lin, don't get me wrong." Yue Butou hurriedly waved his hands, "We are not here to cause trouble, but to rely on you."

"Take refuge?" Lin Teng played with his taste.

"That's right." Yue Butou nodded again and again, "Since the death of King Zhongwu, His Majesty has transferred his trust to the four generals of the Huo Family Army, and Lin Heng, the general who conquered the West, has also become the undisputed figure in the entire Northwest. Under such circumstances, it has become a joke for the county magistrate to take advantage of the conflicts between the various families to check and balance each other. At this time, if I don’t join you, is it possible that I will go against you?”

"You're right." Lin Teng smiled slightly, "But our Lin family has countless talents, so why should we accept you?"

Butou Yue was not angry, he still smiled and said: "I heard that those who achieve great things must recruit talented people from all over the world. I think your Lin family doesn't just want to live in the shadow of King Zhongwu."

"Then are you talented?" Lin Teng asked back.

"You may not like our brute strength, but we have other uses." Yue Butou patted his head, and a group of catchers quickly put several bones on the ground.

"What does this mean?" Lin Teng asked puzzled.

"Can't you recognize that this is from your Lin family?" Yue Butou reminded.

"How do you recognize this?" Lin Teng asked impatiently.

"Then I can tell you that this is the outer disciple of the Lin family that you disappeared some time ago, and we found it outside the nest of the red fire ants." Yue Butou explained.

Jiang You was a little guilty, he didn't expect this group of red fire ants to be so unreliable, they even threw out the bones after eating the meat.

Lin Teng frowned slightly, but still said disapprovingly, "So what, it's dangerous in Tiger Roaring Mountain, and it's not surprising that some disciples were eaten by fierce beasts."

"But don't you find it strange? Why are there only seven corpses for eight missing people?" Yue Butou asked, "And we also found out that these people were not killed by red fire ants."

"What?" Lin Teng frowned, "Tell me what's going on?"

Yue Butou greeted her, and a man and a woman came out from behind her, both of them were at the ninth level of Qi training.

"Junior Song Yuan and junior Yue Lian have seen Senior Lin Teng." The two saluted in unison.The man Song Yuan has a handsome appearance, his eyes are restrained but deep, and he looks like a character who is deeply surrendered; while the woman Yue Lian is well-dressed, elegant, with a voice as soft as silk and eyes as clear as water, she is somewhat charming like a child from Jiangnan. .

"This is my daughter and prospective son-in-law, let them tell you, Brother Lin." Yue Butou introduced.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's get straight to the point." Lin Teng said impatiently.

Song Yuan pasted some notes on the body of the corpse and said: "This is the identity information we deduced based on all the information. If the owner doesn't believe it, he can review it. Now we won't explain much. The people we want to talk about now What happened in between? According to the analysis of their bones, there are three corpses here that use the metal wind blade technique to kill in one hit, but Lin Miao, No. 17 of the outer sect, happened to use the metal wind blade technique. The three bones were attacked from behind. We have reason to identify Lin Miao as the first suspect. Judging from the wound marks, the part on Lin Yao's abdomen and the part on Lin Qiang's chest are most likely from the same wind blade. Lin Yao used it as a shield, but he still hurt himself. Lin Miao died because of being stabbed in the chest, and the wound was very consistent with Lin Qiang's usual dagger, so it is very likely that Lin Miao and Lin Qiang died together in the end."

Lin Teng's face was livid, and he couldn't help cursing: "This group of unworthy children usually look like quails, but they are really fierce when fighting in the nest! These people deserve to die!"

"But there are still people who may be alive!" Song Yuan continued: "Don't forget that the injuries on Lin Qiang's bones are not fatal injuries. It is very likely that someone used other methods to end his life. And there is another corpse whose skull was cracked by a stone. Death, it seems that only people who don't know how to use spiritual power will use this method of killing, let alone there is no Lin Xu's body here."

"Lin Xu?" Lin Teng tried his best to remember, but he didn't have the slightest impression of this person.

"Lin Xiong's daughter." Lin Jiang reminded.

"I remember." Lin Teng nodded, "Why didn't she come back if she was alive?"

"This is also what we are wondering about. Lin Xu may be an important part of it. If he died elsewhere, he dared not go back because of guilt. It is more likely that there is a ninth or even tenth person among them, and the unknown existence It is the real instigator." Song Yuan explained.