Chapter 169 Three Years, a Spy From the Righteous Alliance!

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at President Liu from the screen.

He was thinking.

Indeed, "people die for money and birds die for food".

The huge temptation of three or four million spirit stones was enough to make the female cultivator named Yang Rong take the risk and betray Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce to join the Demon Sect.

This is entirely possible that Yang Rong's decision was made alone, and Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce, including President Liu, did not know about it.

But is there another possibility?

Was Yang Rong's betrayal carried out under the suggestion or even instruction of Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce?

Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce, a well-known Yuanying-level force in Qingzhou, claims to never interfere in the struggles between forces and only do business in a stable manner.

However, the struggle between the righteous and the evil has lasted for several years.

There are also many forces that are forced to be involved in this battle because of their great influence.

For example, the Demon Subduing Temple or Wenlu Academy.

The Demon Subduing Temple directly sent out monks and stood on the side of the Righteous Alliance.

Several neutral forces, such as Wenlu Academy, secretly traded with the Righteous Alliance, selling elixirs, talismans, etc. at low prices.

Even though they were neutral forces, they did not want to see the Demon Sect dominate, at least they did not want to see the Demon Sect win the battle too easily.

As for the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce...

Apart from anything else, the branch in Yanlai Realm has not helped the Righteous Alliance enough?

But now the Demon Sect is powerful and the Righteous Alliance is in decline.

If Yuanying Zhenren does not take action, the old demon with blood pupils will stir up trouble everywhere.

If the Righteous Alliance loses in the end, do these neutral forces have to think of a way out?

"So, is there such a possibility..."

"The Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce is actually betting on both sides. Yang Rong is actually showing goodwill to the Demon Sect... But they did not expect that the result of that battle would be the old demon with blood pupils fleeing in embarrassment..."

Lin Chen touched his chin. It is not impossible.

Cultivators are selfish, not to mention the merchants among cultivators?

There is no gain without profit...

"No matter what, we should be careful when trading with Guangyuan Auction, and we must not expose our identity..."

Lin Chen thought silently.

"As it is now, it is also safe and easy to let the martial arts puppet trade with the auction..."

Thinking of this, Lin Chen gave Long Ba a few orders.

Long Ba, who was far away at the auction, smiled and said:

"President Liu, can we still not trust you?"

"Don't worry, our future transactions will still proceed normally..."

After hearing this, President Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and then his expression changed slightly and asked in a low voice:

"Fellow Daoist Long, is Fellow Daoist Xu Shi okay in that battle?"

Long Ba nodded calmly and said:

"Don't worry, that old demon with blood pupils can't do anything to my Fengling Yueying Sect..."

"Hehe, but that old monster is now seriously injured, and I'm afraid he won't come out for a few years!"

After hearing this, President Liu's expression immediately straightened.

A dignified Yuanying cultivator actually lost?

Even seriously injured, it will take several years to recover?

This is a big deal...

President Liu's first reaction was to not believe it, but seeing that Long Ba was safe and sound, and the bounty had increased a few days ago...

He still believed it halfway.

"As expected of the Fengling Yueying Sect, the means are indeed profound!" President Liu flattered.

After the transaction was completed, Long Ba left the auction at Lin Chen's instruction.

And President Liu walked into a secret room and took out a communication jade slip as if contacting someone.

...

Half a year later, Qinghe City.

On this day, Lin Chen was practicing in the mansion.

Now, the Changqing Jue has been cultivated to the fifth level of the Jindan Chapter.

And Lin Chen's daily routine is also very regular, in addition to coordinating the arrangement of the formation.

Lin Chen must ensure four hours of basic practice every day, which are used to practice the Changqing Jue and the ninth generation martial arts breathing method.

If there is free time, Lin Chen practices the Tianyan Jue, the Xiumu Jue, the Tianlei Jiangmo Body, etc.

Recently, Lin Chen has been particularly attentive to the practice of the Tianlei Jiangmo Body.

After all, the Heavenly Thunder Demon Body has the ability to exorcise evil spirits and demons, and its power against demon cultivators is doubled.

And the old demon with blood pupils is Lin Chen's biggest enemy at present.

If Lin Chen can learn this secret method, he will be more confident if he encounters the old demon with blood pupils in the future.

"The Heavenly Thunder Demon Body, the secret of the Demon Temple... is actually a method of physical cultivation in ancient times."

"Use the Heavenly Thunder to temper the body, condense the true essence, and practice both the body and the method, so that the true essence contains the evil-repelling power of the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Thunder..."

"This technique is quite good!"

Lin Chen stretched out his left hand, and a flash of lightning flashed faintly in the invisible true essence.

This is the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Thunder!

"The Heavenly Thunder Demon Body has successfully entered the realm of minor success..."

"This technique is handed over to the Immortal Cultivation Department for research, but I don't know how the experts are doing..."

Lin Chen touched his chin.

The Heavenly Thunder Demon Body is a good ancient body training method, which may be a reference for the improvement of martial arts breathing methods.

In addition, Lin Chen also brought back the body-refining method that he brought back from Jinyuan Sect to Daxia.

Perhaps in the near future, the tenth generation martial arts breathing method can also be successfully launched...

Lin Chen, who was practicing, suddenly received a message from his master Han Jihai.

"Xiao Chen, come to the garrison, there is something to discuss..."

Lin Chen's heart moved slightly when he heard it, so he went to the garrison of Qinghe City.

It was actually only a few streets away from his mansion. Now the garrison of Qinghe City was the master of Zhenfeng.

After arriving at the garrison, Lin Chen found that there were only three people present.

The master of Zhenfeng, Li Zhenqian, and his master Han Jihai.

"Uncle Wang, what's the matter?"

Lin Chen asked curiously.

After hearing this, the leader of Formation Peak deployed a soundproof formation, frowned slightly and said:

"Something happened, the high-level officials of the Righteous Alliance lurked spies..."

"Two days ago, Lingxuan City carried out a secret mission, gathering six Jindan monks and a hundred late-stage foundation-building disciples to prepare for a sneak attack on a demon cultivator's stronghold..."

"According to the information, there are only three pill-forming monks in that stronghold, and there are hundreds of foundation-building demon cultivators. If you can eat it, you can also rub the demon sect's energy..."

"But for some reason, the Demon Sect knew about this operation in advance, and that old monster Wu actually guarded that stronghold himself!"

"In the end, all the disciples and Danjie elders who were sent were killed. Only one Danjie monk from Tiandan Sect escaped by chance, but he died soon after bringing back the news..."

Hearing this, Lin Chen frowned slightly.

Six golden elixir cultivators and hundreds of foundation-building cultivators died, which was a considerable loss to the entire Righteous Path Alliance.

It can be said that this is the most painful operation for the Righteous Alliance in recent years after retreating to the Country of Fog.

The Righteous Alliance investigated the strength of the Demon Sect stronghold in advance, and then tried to take it by surprise, but in the end it shot itself in the foot.

There is little chance of coincidence.

It is indeed very possible that a spy is lurking.

Lin Chen squinted his eyes and thought of the list he got a few years ago.

"Uncle Wang, is there a list of senior officials who know about this operation?" Lin Chen suddenly asked.

"Yes, now the Righteous Alliance is probably full of holes. In Qinghe City, I can only trust the three of you..."

The leader of the formation peak handed over a list.

There are a lot of people on this list, there are nearly fifteen Jindan monks.

Including the elders of Tiandan Sect, the elders of Changchun Sect, and other immortal cultivating forces in the two realms...

After Lin Chen read it, his eyes locked on a name.

In an instant, Lin Chen understood.

"Sure enough, it should be him..." He thought silently in his heart.

"Senior Nephew Lin, have you discovered anything?"

At this time, the leader of the formation peak asked.

After hearing this, Lin Chen shook his head and said:

"I can't tell much from just a list."

"However, my nephew believes that since the list is already there, the spies must be among these fifteen people."

"In the next operation, we can divide these monks and only tell some of them some information and then compare it repeatedly. As long as the spy is still active, we will definitely be able to find the spy..."

After hearing what Lin Chen said, the leader of the formation peak nodded and said:

"Well, it seems like this is the only way it can be at the moment."

"Although our Righteous Alliance seems to have the same power as the Demon Sect, we have gathered dozens of forces, and there are too many people mixed together..."

…

After returning to his residence, Lin Chen took out the list he had obtained from the Demon Sect stronghold a few years ago.

In this list, about six forces are recorded.

A few years ago, these forces were just foundation-building forces, but now half of them have been promoted to core-building forces.

When good and evil are at war, it is natural that some cultivating families want to protect themselves.

So they were in the Righteous Alliance, but they were secretly colluding with the Demon Sect.

But this traitor also has levels.

Some of them just work with Mo Menxu and Wei Snake to sell some low-level magic weapons and elixirs.

The impact is limited...

But some sell all magic weapons, elixirs and even important information.

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and muttered:

"The four major families, the Cai family..."

"I was shocked when I saw the Cai family's name in the letter."

"The credible note is most likely true and the evidence is conclusive. Now in this operation, the name of the Cai family leader has appeared again..."

Lin Chen estimated in his heart that it was probably the Cai family who was colluding with the outside world and colluding with the demon sect.

As one of the four major families in Yanlai Kingdom, the Cai family's power ranks among the top six in Yanlai territory.

It is also among the top ten forces in the entire Righteous Alliance.

There is a golden elixir, a fake elixir, and dozens of foundation-building monks...

It has become a faction.

But once they become traitors, the greater the power of the Cai family, the greater the threat to the Righteous Alliance.

Lin Chen caught the spy, but couldn't tell him directly.

First, it is difficult for him to produce evidence directly, otherwise his identity will be easily exposed, and his words will be regarded as empty.

Secondly, even if the Cai family is eradicated, the losses caused by this operation cannot be undone.

Therefore, the moment he saw the list, Lin Chen already had a measure in his mind.

At present, be careful with the monks on the list.

Then, at the appropriate time, the traitors on the list will be exposed.

It would be best to use a trick or something to deal a blow to the Demon Sect...

"However, this matter is not suitable for revealing my identity."

"Wait a moment, now is not the best time to reveal..."

…

Spring passed and autumn came, and two and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two and a half years, the stalemate between the Demon Sect and the Righteous Alliance has continued.

The two sides use Wushan as the boundary, and occasionally go to each other's territory to find loopholes, and small-scale battles break out.

But generally speaking, many Qi Refining and Foundation Building monks died, but not many Pill Formation monks died.

The Demon Sect tried to capture Lingxuan City several times, but was blocked from the city defense formation.

I have to say that Changchun Gate’s formation methods are really impressive.

It took three years for a dozen formation mages, including Lin Chen, to work together and set up two large defensive formations.

Securely protect Qinghe City and Lingxuan City.

The technique used by the master of the formation peak is called the formation within the formation.

A large formation was set up dozens of miles away from the two cities.

Then, many formations were set up in the formation, such as the mist formation, the earth dragon trapped elephant formation, and the burning wood and sky prison formation.

Each wave is connected to each other and interlocking with each other, making it difficult for even Nascent Soul monks to pass through easily.

The Righteous Alliance's ability to hold on to the two cities for several years is closely related to this formation.

In the past two and a half years, Lin Chen has been practicing steadily.

There is still one-way contact with Guangyuan Auction through the martial arts puppet.

Although the earnings were slower, in addition to ensuring his basic cultivation, he also earned more than three million spiritual stones.

Until early that morning, after Lin Chen finished his training, he was ready to take a stroll in Qinghe City.

But as soon as he went out, an elder from Changchun Gate came up to him.

"Elder Lin, here is your letter, which was sent from the sect, and there is also a storage bag..."

Lin Chen nodded after hearing this, "Thank you very much!"

"That's right. Elder Lin is busy first... I have to send some items to the other elders." Elder Jiedan smiled and left quickly.

The two factions of good and evil have been facing each other for several years, but Lin Chen has been staying on the front line these past few years.

Moreover, the elders on the front line are not allowed to leave easily.

But Elder Jiedan also has relatives and friends who need to be contacted, and not everyone has a jade slip for communication.

The jade slips may not be transmitted seven thousand miles away...

Therefore, the ancient method of letterhead came in handy.

Specialized elders travel between the sect and the front line, carrying letters, elixirs, and supplies from the rear.

In the past few years, Lin Chen has also received some pills and letters from his senior brothers and sisters.

After receiving the letter, Lin Chen no longer wanted to wander around the city, so he returned to the mansion.

Opening the letter and reading it carefully, Lin Chen looked surprised.

The letter was sent by Huang Xin.

"Senior Brother Lin, you are doing well lately."

"Senior brother is fighting on the front line with peace of mind. In the past few years, I have recruited many outer disciples, and the scale of the medicine garden has further expanded."

"Two years ago, I told my senior brother that we would acquire two more medicine gardens and a mineral vein..."

"The storage bag that came with the letter contains the income from the medicine garden and mine in the past three years, including 50,000 first-level elixirs and 4,000 second-level elixirs..."

"..."

Lin Chen roughly read the letter, which was nothing more than Huang Xin's continued development of medicine gardens and mining of mineral veins in the rear.

And sent all the ores and elixirs he obtained...

After not seeing each other for more than three years, Huang Xin's cultivation level has reached the third level of foundation building, which is considered quite satisfactory.

Lin Chen took out the storage bag and showed admiration when he saw the elixirs and ores piled inside.

"This kid is really reliable..."

"Although these elixirs and ores are not too many, they are still a large sum."

Lin Chen nodded and prepared to bring back Blue Star.

"Counting the days, today is the day to return to Blue Star. This batch of pills and ores came at the right time..."