In the Great World of Martial Arts, You Use the Tao of Talisman To Rule the Ages?

The moon is on the tip of the mountain, and the dust is locked in the fog.

The majestic mountain range lurks secretly in the moonlight, and the pervasive poisonous miasma seems to be falling from the sky, blocking the entry and exit of all life.

Chen Lin lit up a talisman to ward off evil spirits and returned to the village under the protection of the spiritual light.

In his hand, he was also carrying a nine-foot gray snake that was as thick as a human arm and wanted to attack him on the way.

The village is quite lively now compared to before.

It is already April in Mengxia, and some families who hunt and dig medicine in Xiaojin Mountain will slowly return to live here until winter.

And this year is different from the past.

A man like him appeared in Nanshan Pass. Before, Ah Jin and Ah Yin sneaked back, and even the ruffians of the He family didn't dare to come and cause trouble.

As soon as the news spread, more mountain residents from all households returned.

Many dilapidated and empty houses in the village show signs of being cleaned and lived in. Some people are even renovating and adding stoves and fire pits to the houses, as if they plan to stay there even in the winter.

Lao Chai's original house was also bulldozed and a new cabin was built. I don't know who took over.

Although night has fallen.

There were still people lighting bonfires in the village, and about twenty people talked to each other around the rising sparks.

"Master Lin."

"Brother Lin!"

As soon as they saw Chen Lin coming back, everyone stood up to greet him, and Little Carrot, who was squatting by the fire to join in the fun, also came over.

Until I saw what Chen Lin was holding clearly, it was swaying, soft, and long...

"Ah!" He suddenly rushed back into his house, and with a bang, the door panel was almost broken.

The aunt didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she quickly went to take him out again.

"Let's all share this snake."

Chen Lin walked to the bonfire and handed over the nine-foot long snake.

The little carrot shrank further when he saw this.

On the contrary, other mountain residents happily took it and disposed of it, giving each household a few pieces.

After the interlude, voices continued to ring around the campfire.

Chen Lin listened for a while, all related to the county seat.

Now the situation in the city is even worse.

Beicheng, which had plenty of food before, is now also facing the risk of food shortage because rice and flour shops are out of stock.

As for the two cities in the east and west, the grain trading in these two places was monopolized by a family named Zhang. They began to accumulate grains early and started selling in limited quantities at one price a day.

Not only that, I heard that the entire county's food is now transported back from outside by the Zhang family's fleet. Only his family can transport the business ordered by the county magistrate Ren Chengjin himself.

No matter which grain merchant they are, they have to purchase goods from the Zhang family.

But the Zhang family doesn’t export goods at all...

The life of the fishermen in Nancheng is even more difficult. I heard that the fishermen are forced to drive small sampans deep into the dangerous waters of Daze to catch precious fish to supply the needs of their own martial artists.

In just a short period of time, more than twenty people died.

In today's fishing market, it is no longer strange for people to die, but it would be strange for someone to die one day.

"Why do you need so many treasure fish at the fish market?"

Chen Lin couldn't help but ask.

Someone immediately responded: "I heard some rumors, it seems that they are going to take it as a sacrifice, but I don't know who they want to give it to..."

"I've also heard that many martial arts schools in Dongcheng are now spending a lot of money to buy precious fish and strange beasts. Even if they only have one leg, they want it!"

"Yes, I came here to hunt after I saw the bounty they posted in Shanshi... Speaking of which, Mr. Lin was the one who suppressed them, otherwise those martial arts schools will definitely use their methods to drive us away like they bully fishermen. Go into the mountains and work hard!”

"Yes, it has to be Mr. Lin!"

"..."

While everyone was chatting, they suddenly talked about tax collection.

Da Tao once collected summer taxes in August and paid autumn grain in February.

But for the people who fished and hunted, they only had to pay the mountain tax once every August. The general requirement for the mountain people was to pay all kinds of skins and mountain things.

You can also pay in silver, with a discount of three coins per household.

Generally everyone chooses to pay in kind.

Not only will the tax burden become heavier this year, but summer taxes may have to be paid in June or even May...

As soon as this topic started, everyone said something to me, but no one had anything good to say, and the atmosphere became heavy.

It's like there's a stone in my heart that might fall at any time.

Everyone gradually lost interest in chatting, extinguished the bonfire and dispersed.

Chen Lin returned to the house and remembered what they had just said. The special envoy Jin Yin Ding sent by the imperial court appeared in front of him.

"I guess those precious fish and strange beasts were provided to this person."

"The times are so difficult. This ghost court will take pills sooner or later. It's better to continue practicing."

The next day.

He then entered Jubao Mountain again and continued to refine his body with Lao Niu.

…

…

The sun and moon rotate, and the stars move.

On April 15th, the fourth level of Qi refining was easily achieved.

It took another month and a half to break through the third level of Qi refining, and Chen Lin officially entered the middle stage of Qi refining.

As usual, no bottlenecks were encountered.

The magic power is stronger, and the Geng Jin Moon Phase Sword becomes more comfortable.

If it was said that it was easy to control before.

Now it's like using your fingers like an arm.

Chen Lin crossed his arms across his chest, with the Moon Phase Sword hanging next to him.

He looked at a small patch of dense forest that had been flattened in front of him, and a wide cave that he had dug out with the Moon Phase Sword.

He nodded with satisfaction.

Now there is space black stone, which can carry supplies.

Even living in the mountains for a while wouldn’t be too much trouble…

The old cow behind him opened his mouth and looked at the wide space in the cave with envy.

I couldn't help but bite the corner of his clothes, tap the ground twice with the cow's hoof, and pointed directly at my old cow hole:

"Moo! Moo!"

"Okay, okay, let me widen it for you too..."

After a while.

"puff!!!"

Gulu gulu...

One man and one cow were soaked to the skin, and they withdrew from the old cow's cave in embarrassment.

"Old Niu, why didn't you say there was a fountain under the cave?"

Chen Lin was about to slap the cow's head hard, but he saw that the shameless old cow looked nonchalant and ran leisurely into the cave he had just dug.

boom!

It just lay down.

"Bastard! That's my hole!"

…

A few days later.

Outside the newly dug old cow cave.

Chen Lin sat cross-legged on a giant tree, breathing purple energy facing the rising sun in the east.

Red lightning flashes of lightning are constantly flashing all over the body, flowing around the body, and slowly condensing on the chest to form a thunder pattern full of violent aura.

The thunder pattern is shaped like a round bead, with a red fire on top and a sea of ​​thunder below, with only a thin line connecting them in the middle.

Zizzi~

Lightning flashed.

Chen Lin's black hair was flying, his mind was concentrated, and he controlled the magic power in his body to push the thunder pattern on his chest to expand until...

The earth and the sky connect, and the thunder pattern is completed!

brush!

In an instant, the thunder all over his body violently restrained and disappeared!

The scene just now seemed to be just a big dream.

Chen Lin opened his eyes, but his eyes seemed to be transformed.

The pupils instantly turned into a pulsating golden red, like a blazing spiritual fire or like the thunder of the nine heavens.

A violent momentum suddenly rose, the leaves of the dense forest in all directions kept whirling, and even the air became oppressive.

The hot wind blowing seemed to have a hint of electricity, constantly sending dangerous signals to the surroundings.

Tweet!

The birds and animals dispersed in the forest, and for a moment everything was completely silent.

"Fire and Thunder Dharmakaya, great success!"

Chen Lin slowly closed his eyes and quickly calmed down his momentum...