Chapter 525 Underground Space
Chapter 525 Underground Space
"If Junior Sister Mei doesn't trust me, she should at least trust the sect's merit book, right?"
After the purple-robed man finished speaking, he pulled out a notebook from his sleeve and threw it towards Mei Xiangu.
Fairy Mei raised her hand to take off the notebook and opened it. She saw a page with the following record: Thirty fox demons in Zhuxian Town were wiped out by Du Qiping, Wang Yuanji, Zhou Qiuzhao and others from the third team of the Demon Hunting Bureau, and they were awarded 100 merit points.
This merit book was issued after the disciples of the Demon Hunting Division caught evil spirits and was verified by the sect's steward hall. It was originally intended to record merits and reward them, but now it has become evidence for the other party to open up Zhuxian Town.
Mei Xiangu had no way of questioning this matter, but she still refused to give up Zhuxian Town easily: "Are you Du Qiping, Wang Yuanji, or Zhou Qiuzhao?"
The purple-robed man smiled and said, "Although I am not any of them, the person next to me is Du Qiping. He is my junior fellow apprentice of Guan Yuefeng, and he is here to help him plant the battle flag in Zhuxian Town."
Fairy Mei certainly knew that the man in purple could not be any member of the third group of the Monster Hunting Division, because the man in purple was obviously a true disciple, and the Monster Hunting Division was initially staffed by the sect's inner disciples.
"So, this Zhuxian Town was not conquered by you, nor was it conquered by your junior brother alone."
Mei Xiangu smiled and said, "You and your junior brother want to monopolize Zhuxian Town. Isn't that too much?"
She was determined not to give up Zhuxian Town, and even took out the formation flag and was about to plant it on the land of Zhuxian Town.
Once the formation flag falls to the ground, the ownerless Zhuxian Town will fly the flag representing her, Mei Xiangu.
By then, the sect will identify people according to the formation flags, and the credit will be given to Fairy Mei.
The purple-robed man's face darkened, and he looked at Mei Xiangu and the others unkindly and said, "Junior Sister Mei and Junior Brother Tian, are you planning to rob us?"
Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu were well-known in the sect, and the purple-robed man also knew that Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu were quite powerful. If it were not so, how could he be so polite?
But the purple-robed man was a true disciple. How could he be scared by the reputation of Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu? Besides, he had two true disciples helping him. He didn't think he couldn't beat Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu. He just didn't want to waste his energy to fight to the point of both being injured.
Like the man in purple robe, Tian Lin also didn't want to engage in a meaningless fight.
When Mei Xiangu was about to join the fight, Tian Lin pulled Mei Xiangu back and said, "Forget it. A small town is not worth fighting over among our fellow disciples. Let's give this position to them."
Mei Xiangu was very reluctant and could not help but said:
"Without the formation flag, it is an unowned land. If you can claim Zhuxian Town just because you have exterminated the fox demon there, then although you and I did not enter the secret realm very often, we have occupied many towns."
Wang Yanyu, who was standing by, also advised Mei Xiangu, "The map shows that there are several towns similar to Zhuxian Town in the north that have been opened up by sects. Instead of fighting here, we might as well seize those open spaces."
The purple-robed man over there didn't want to cause any disputes, so he simply said, "Below Zhuxian Town is Jiaonan Town, and the evil spirits there have been cleared out by my junior brothers and their men. Junior brothers Tian and Mei, you can hurry there and plant your flags as soon as possible, and we will give it to you."
Putting up the formation flag is not an easy task. It usually takes more than an hour for several people to do it together.
The purple-robed young man was leading a group of five people. The reason why they did not split into two groups was because they were afraid of biting off more than they could chew.
In simple terms, the purple-robed youth and his men were unable to divide their forces to occupy Zhuxian Town and then Jiaonan Town. Therefore, Jiaonan Town would most likely fall into the hands of others.
Since Jiaonan Town was destined to be out of reach, it would be better to give it to Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu out of respect. Even if it didn't earn any favors, it would avoid disputes between the two families and prevent others from taking advantage of the situation.
Sure enough, the purple-robed man's words made Mei Xiangu look much better.
She put away the battle flag and the Goddess Tree in her hand and said, "Okay, I'll give you a favor today. Let's go!"
The three of them increased their flying speed, and soon they saw the archway of Jiaonan Town forty miles away.
This time, the few people did not look closely at the archway of Jiaonan Town, but threw the flags in their hands down in mid-air.
Of course, there were not just one so-called formation flag, but a total of 108 flags engraved with formation patterns.
The flags were divided into eight directions to surround the town, including 36 in the sky, 36 underground, and 36 on the ground. The 108 flags were similar to a mountain protection formation, which could protect the town from invasion by evil spirits and cultivators.
Tian Lin and others first inserted a flag on the ground, and then threw some peace incense on the ground before landing.
The peace incense showed no signs of spontaneous combustion, which meant that there was no evil spirit in the town.
After they landed, Mei Xiangu said, "Let's explore the locations first. I'll be responsible for the east—"
Tian Lin simply said: "I am more proficient in earth escape techniques, so I can set up the flags underground."
Mei Xiangu nodded and said, "Then I will be in charge of the formation flags in the air, and the formation flags on the ground will be handed over to Junior Sister Wang."
Seeing Wang Yanyu nod, Tian Lin shook his body and disappeared into the ground.
The soil in the secret realm was cold and suppressed spiritual energy. As soon as Tian Lin entered the underground, the circulation of his internal energy became sluggish.
However, his strength is not bad after all, and the small amount of Yin energy entering his body is of no hindrance at all with the help of the entry.
However, after going about ten feet underground, the peace incense in his hand began to emit green smoke.
The peace incense burned by itself without wind. It was obvious that there was an evil spirit nearby.
His body suddenly began to sink rapidly downwards, and he soon found himself in a large open space underground.
A burst of deathly energy attacked him from all directions, and the peace incense in his hand burned out in an instant.
Tian Lin hurriedly practiced the Buddha and Demon Freedom Technique, and Buddha's light emanated from his whole body to resist the big hand attacking from the deathly aura.
In a hurry, a large amount of death energy invaded his body. And that big hand broke the Buddha's light on his body and imprinted it on his chest.
If it were an ordinary Jindan cultivator, he would definitely be poisoned if the death energy entered his body.
But Tian Lin was not harmed by the death energy. After the death energy entered his body, he became even stronger.
The huge handprint on his chest only made him take two or three steps back.
But Tian Lin stood firm and instead of retreating, he advanced. He raised his hand to grab the big hand that attacked again from the darkness, and broke the hard wrist with his backhand!
Although it was dark underground and the dead air prevented people from seeing through it, Tian Lin had already figured out the origin of the hand, which was clearly a walking zombie.
"Seal the earth!"
With a low shout, Tian Lin stomped his feet and the sand on the ground rolled.
In the darkness, many zombies that attacked Tian Lin were buried in the earth, and the zombie with the big hand in front of him was suppressed by a piece of talisman paper by Tian Lin.
After making sure there was no temporary harm, Tian Lin simply opened his mouth and inhaled.
He swallowed a large amount of death air into his stomach, and there was no more fog to block his vision.
He tapped his brows again, and flames emanated from his entire body.
The fire illuminated the underground space, and in an instant Tian Lin finally saw the situation in the underground space where he was.
(End of this chapter)