After Xiao Jingshan left, Chen Lin looked a little gloomy.
The sacrificial activities of the Tianluo people this time seemed a little unusual. There were many people in the gathering place who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years. They had experienced several sacrificial activities in the past, but none as big as this one.
Before it even started, many monks had disappeared.
What’s more, some of them even disappeared without leaving the gathering place!
This situation made the top leaders unable to sit still any longer. They were worried that once the sacrifice began, all the monks would be sacrificed. So they decided to send a team to take the initiative to check the movements of the Tianluo people.
Not only their Sanwang Cave, but other gathering points will also send people to explore the nearby villages.
And he was assigned to the team.
Chen Lin returned to the house and pondered.
It seems that outsiders are outsiders after all, and it is useless to send them anything. It was okay at normal times, but now that it has come to a critical moment of life and death, they pushed him out.
But he didn't care too much. He had been planning to leave here. The Tianluo people were unpredictable and it was not safe to stay in the cave. There was also the risk of being wiped out. It was better to be safer alone in the wild.
This is just right, otherwise it would be troublesome to apply for a token to leave.
Time was very tight. Xiao Jingshan was afraid that he would get into trouble, so he informed him on time and set off half an hour later. After thinking for a while, Chen Lin packed up his things and left the yard.
"Master Chen!"
"grown ups!"
When he arrived at the designated location, Chen Lin saw Meng Hezhang and his son, as well as Qu Qingzhou, all coming over to greet him.
"Were all of you chosen?"
Chen Lin glanced at the three of them and asked in surprise.
It is understandable for Meng Dashan and Qu Qingzhou, but Meng Hezhang is old and frail. Even if he succeeds in building his foundation, his physical functions will not be as good as those of young people.
This kind of physique is completely useless in fighting against the Tianluo people who can only use magical weapons. It is tantamount to seeking death.
The three of them smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Chen Lin understood clearly that this gathering place was centered around the families of the three powerful Void Refining masters, and the rest had other powerful Spirit Transformation masters in their families. These three people were the lower class with no one to rely on, so it was not surprising that they were chosen.
"Is everyone here?"
An old voice sounded, and everyone immediately looked at each other.
When Chen Lin saw the team leader, he became more certain of what he was thinking.
This person is one of the cultivators who is said to have lived the longest in the Three Kings Cave. His name is Han Qingshan, and he is in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. It is estimated that he does not have much time left to live.
Even if the other party is also a member of the clan of one of the three kings, he can only be treated as a discarded pawn and make the final contribution to the stronghold.
"Your Excellency, it is not time yet."
Immediately, an old Yuanying cultivator spoke up to answer.
Han Qingshan nodded, "Then wait a while. Spread the news. If anyone is afraid of fighting and doesn't come, the whole clan will be killed!"
The voice was not loud, but it carried a chilling tone.
The old Yuanying cultivator took the order and left, and the team quieted down.
After a while, many more people joined in. It seemed that Han Qingshan's words had worked.
In the end, Chen Lin was shocked to find that the number of people in this team had reached more than a thousand, and most of them were old and weak.
This made him suddenly realize that they were not going there to gather any information, but to die.
The biggest possibility is to be a sacrifice to the Tianluo people!
The idea of the upper echelons was very clear. Since they could not stop the Tianluo people from performing sacrifices, they would voluntarily hand over some of the unimportant people and those whose lifespans were about to end to satisfy the other party's sacrificial needs. Then the rest of the people would be safe.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Chen Lin couldn't help but feel sad for the monks here. They were just like cattle and sheep. In order to survive, they had already compromised to the extreme.
The spirit of the monks who went against the will of heaven no longer exists.
"Take the roll, and then go."
Han Qingshan didn't waste any words or do anything to boost morale. He just spoke calmly.
Someone immediately started calling out names, and after confirming that they were correct, they filed out through the exit.
In order to prevent the leakage of magic power fluctuations in the cave, the opening and closing time of each stone door is very particular, and they cannot be opened at the same time, so it is very slow.
It took these people nearly an hour just to get out.
Chen Lin had not come out since he entered the gathering place. When he suddenly saw the snow, he even felt a little dazzling. He also found that the snow seemed to be thicker than when he first came here.
"Everyone, divide into teams and advance in different directions. Gather near Xiaoyuan Village!"
Han Qingshan gave the order in a deep voice, and the captains of each team began to organize and took out spare "balloons".
Chen Lin didn't know which village Xiaoyuan Village was, but he guessed it was the one whose stump was chopped down by the Jindan cultivator. After understanding it over the years, he also understood why there was only one tree outside the village.
Because that tree will keep reappearing.
Once it is cut off, it will grow again in another location and grow very quickly.
When the trees grow up, someone will come to cut them down again, and the cycle will repeat over and over again, so there will never be a shortage of firewood in the village.
As for what the Tianluo people eat, no one knows.
Chen Lin took a look at the vast snowfield and took out a balloon and a gas tank from the package.
This kind of balloon is made of processed and woven spiritual rice straw. It has no spiritual fluctuations and is instead airtight. It is then inflated with a special gas and can carry people flying.
The balloon is cleverly made. Not only does it have a net bag for people to sit in, but the speed and direction can also be adjusted by controlling a device underneath.
He unfolded the balloon and was about to inflate it when he heard a voice beside him.
"Friend Chen, don't bother. Just stay with me. Every five of us will use one flying ball. If we use it alone, the target will be too big."
Chen Lin glanced at the other person, nodded, folded the balloon again and put it away.
He was assigned to the third team, and his opponent was the captain of his team, named Xiao Tiancheng, who was at the initial stage of Spirit Transformation, and his skin shone with metallic luster, and it was obvious that he had made great progress in body training.
In addition, this person is Xiao Tiandao’s cousin, a strong man from the Xiao family, and very famous in the cave.
The other party's appearance in the team made him doubt his previous thoughts, but now he understood that this person had other intentions.
Most likely, the other party got the information from Xiao Jingshan that Xiao Jingshan was wealthy and wanted to take his things for himself. Otherwise, given his status, he would not have become an abandoned pawn.
In addition, it was probably because of this that he was chosen to join this suicide team.
He has given away a lot of things in the past few years, and he is a low-key person who rarely shows up in public and has not offended anyone. Under normal circumstances, he should be able to avoid this disaster.
Chen Lin sneered in his heart. He had been struggling to survive in many interfaces and had seen countless intrigues and deceptions. The opponent's tricks were too simple. He originally wanted to leave quietly and not cause trouble to the team. Now, he could only take some benefits with him.
Soon, large balloons began to rise into the sky.
Chen Lin looked in the direction and found that it was the village where the Jindan cultivator had cut down the tree stump last time.
According to the information he obtained, the Tianluo people held sacrifices in their own villages. Each village had an altar, and the ones being sacrificed should be some kind of deity.
"Team Three, follow me!"
With an order, Xiao Tiancheng unfolded his large balloon and let Chen Lin and several other monks sit on it.
There were more than fifty people in their team, and a total of ten balloons flew up at the same time and drifted away.
Chen Lin stood on the net bag, surveying the surrounding environment while waiting for the other party to attack.
Sure enough, the other party did not disappoint him. Less than halfway through the journey, he saw Xiao Tiancheng set his eyes on him.
Then a flash of knife slashed his face!
Not only that, the other three also took action at the same time, blocking all his space to dodge.
Chen Lin praised secretly.
The other party was really well prepared and did not waste time.
If he had not been prepared, he would not have had time to cast spells under such a close siege and would have surely died.
Even now, relying solely on physical combat, he couldn't defeat the four opponents. Even Xiao Tiancheng alone was no match for him.
But he didn't think about fighting the opponent in close combat, so he directly used the escape technique to disappear on the spot.
Then he opened his soul realm, covering everyone in it!
"How dare you cast a spell? You're risking your life!"
Seeing Chen Lin use magic without any hesitation, everyone was shocked.
Xiao Tiancheng, in particular, never expected that Chen Lin could escape his carefully planned siege. According to his idea, this attack should be easy and pleasant, and he could easily take the opponent's property.
What he didn't expect was that the other party could actually use the realm of the soul, which is a method that only the cultivators who have reached the state of transformation can master. It only exists in classics and very few people can master it.
The other party has been hiding his cultivation!
Chen Lin did not respond to the other party at all. He raised his hand and released five thunders, and the entire area was covered by lightning.
With the power of the Five Thunders, and still within the realm of the soul, several people including Xiao Tiancheng were completely unable to resist. Even if they stopped suppressing their magic power, it was of no avail and they were instantly blasted into pieces.
After putting away the domain, Chen Lin waved his hand and took Xiao Tiancheng and another person's storage bags into his hands. The other two people didn't even have storage bags, only two packages, which had become burnt along with the people.
The balloon was also completely destroyed. He simply cleaned it up and stood there waiting.
After a while, a black dot appeared out of nowhere not far away and shot towards him.
As the distance shortened, a flash of suspicion appeared in Chen Lin's eyes.
The person who came this time was not a sturdy man dressed as a woodcutter, but a fat woman wearing a red headscarf and a flowery cotton jacket, carrying a small wooden basket in her hand.
"What a clean man!"
When the woman saw Chen Lin, her eyes lit up and she exclaimed in admiration.
But what greeted him was a black beam of light that seemed to be real!
As his soul power entered the late third stage, the power of the Soul-Destroying Finger not only increased, but its speed was also astonishing, and it hit the woman in the face in a flash.
The woman didn't even have time to struggle, and her vitality immediately faded and she died!