On the day of departure.

More than 500 disciples of the Jiuyang Daoist Academy gathered outside the east gate of Linlong City.

Early in the morning, the deacon was reading out the list of detachments.

The disciples were evenly divided into three teams, each with about 180 people.

Among them, the disciples of the four levels of Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang were all evenly distributed as much as possible.

It's a pity that Lin Shen, Yang Zhongyi, and Su Nian were not together, and the two were in another team.

The scene was noisy and unusual.

For the upcoming war, the disciples were either excited and looking forward to it, or nervous, and they gathered together in twos and threes and talked loudly.

However, it didn't take long for the discussion to be silenced by a low whistling.

A large shadow suddenly fell on the ground, almost enveloping the crowd.

Everyone looked up in amazement, and was surprised to find that there were three more behemoths in the sky.

That's three towers!

The tower is divided into seven floors up and down, the six corners are opened, the vermilion lacquer column, the round window of the cave door, the delicate golden bell is also hung on the cornice, the stone carving of the divine beast that sits on it is lifelike, there is a copper gourd that gathers gas in the town above the spire.

The towering tower slowly flies down from the sky, and the clouds at the bottom of the tower follow the clouds, and the clouds are dazzling.

To be honest, Lin Shen had guessed many ways to get to the Longyuan Mountain Range, either by riding a flying demon beast or setting up a temporary teleportation array, but he never expected that the Jiuyang Daoist Academy would directly dispatch a flying magic weapon!

That's right, this kind of tower that can soar in the sky definitely surpasses the magic weapon, and belongs to the ranks of real magic weapons!

While Lin Shen was greatly surprised, the surrounding disciples also let out a series of exclamations.

Not long after, all three towers descended to the ground at the same time.

Just when the disciples were wondering how to go up, they saw that the copper gourd above the spires of the three towers was spewing out a stream of mist at the same time, coming to the disciples and turning into clouds and mist to surround them, float up, and float towards the tower.

In a short time, more than 500 disciples had all climbed the three towers.

As soon as he landed and stood firm, Lin Shen looked around curiously.

The place where he was at this time was the first floor of the tower.

It is arranged as an open-air martial arts arena, and it is extremely spacious at first glance.

In the middle of the martial arts arena, there were already more than 20 people standing.

Five of them are apparently headed.

The first two and the last three.

The two people standing at the front were about forty or fifty years old, with an extraordinary bearing and strong spirits.

The three people standing in the back were all young men in their twenties.

"It's Senior Brother Xie Jingsheng!"

"And Senior Brother Jiang Hao and Senior Brother Mu Chuanhua!"

"In this way, this time it is these three senior brothers who lead the team!"

"We're lucky, these three senior brothers are all very strong, especially Senior Brother Xie Jingsheng, who is recognized as the top three among the top ten disciples in the Upper Court!"

Listening to the discussion around him, Lin Shen was thoughtful.

After learning from Yang Zhongyi that the disciples of the Daoist Academy were led by the disciples of the Upper Court this time, he specially went to learn about the disciples of the Lower Academy.

Therefore, he had an impression of the three people in front of him.

Standing in the middle, the young man with a long body and a smile on his face is what everyone calls Xie Jingsheng, who has been among the top ten disciples of the Upper Academy in the third year of entering the Daoist Academy, and this year he has directly reached the top three, whether it is talent or strength, he is second to none in the Daoist Academy!

What's more, this Senior Brother Xie is not from a family, but an authentic commoner!

So much so that there is a saying in the Taoist Academy that if Xie Jingsheng was born in a family, then the head of the top ten disciples of the Upper Courtyard of this association may not be Shen Zening, but him!

Standing on Xie Jingsheng's right hand was Jiang Hao, well-dressed, and he had an air of arrogance in his eyes.

On the left hand side is Mu Chuanhua, who is obese and has a warm smile on his face, which is reminiscent of Maitreya Buddha.

"Silence!"

One of the two leaders standing in front of him suddenly spoke.

The deep and loud voice immediately suppressed the discussion of the disciples.

There was a sudden silence on the tower, and all the disciples were silent, looking at the two leaders.

Seeing this, the vocal leader nodded with satisfaction and said in a deep voice:

"The next operation to clear the demon beasts of the Tiger Department will be coordinated and commanded by the three disciples of the upper court, unless a large number of demon beasts are surrounded and killed, Shi Zhi and I will not interfere, you can do it yourself!"

After saying this, the two leaders left the first floor of the tower without any delay and walked down.

In the rest of the time, they will sit at the bottom of the tower, and they will not interfere easily unless the disciples are in danger of being wiped out.

This war is actually a tempering for the disciples of the Jiuyang Daoist Academy!

After the two leaders left, Xie Jingsheng took a step forward and waved his hand with a smile.

"Junior brothers and sisters, don't be restrained, take a seat."

There are already many seats on the stage.

The first three are Xie Jingsheng, Jiang Hao and Mu Chuanhua.

The rest of the disciples consciously sat in two rows on the left and right according to their rank and age.

Lin Shen had been admitted to the hospital for the shortest time, so he sat at the bottom of the prefecture-level disciples.

Because they were divided into three teams, there were only more than ten heaven-level disciples on the tower, and there were only more than thirty earth-level disciples.

Without exception, these people are all old students who have been admitted to the hospital for three or four years, and they have long been familiar with each other.

Therefore, Lin Shen sat inside, which was particularly conspicuous.

Suddenly attracted a strange gaze, some curious, some jealous, and even faint hostility.

Even the three upper court disciples on the main throne cast their eyes.

"This is Senior Brother Lin." Xie Jingsheng suddenly asked with a smile.

Lin Shen arched his hand calmly, and said calmly: "I've seen Senior Brother Xie!" ”

"No need to be polite."

Xie Jingsheng smiled and waved his hand, looking kind.

"Senior Brother Lin is very talented, and even the teacher has a lot of appreciation, so we will be more close to him in the future."

Lin Shen was stunned: "Senior Brother Xie's teacher is."

Mu Chuanhua next to him suddenly answered: "Senior Brother Lin doesn't know, Senior Brother Xie's teacher is the master of the academy who promoted you to a Xuan-level disciple!" ”

Lin Shen suddenly realized, and at the same time was a little surprised.

The Taoist Academy does not prohibit the master of the academy from accepting disciples as disciples, but such examples have always been very rare.

Just because the academy master is a high-ranking Taoist academy with high authority, accepting Daoist disciples as apprentices inevitably has unfair concerns about favoritism, and it is easy to provoke criticism, so very few academy masters will do this.

So Lin Shen didn't think about this aspect at first.

Not many people knew about it, at least he hadn't heard of it when he inquired.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Mu, for your doubts!"

Thanking Mu Chuanhua, Lin Shen bowed his hand to Xie Jingsheng again:

"In the future, please ask Senior Brother Xie for more advice!"

Seeing that Lin Shen did not resist his intimacy, the smile on Xie Jingsheng's face became more and more gentle.

The reason why he showed closeness to Lin Shen was not just because of the promotion of Lin Shen by Ying He's teacher, but also because Lin Shen, like him, was born in a civilian family.

In a place like Jiuyang Daoyuan, where the children of the family occupy the majority, the disciples who are also from commoners are naturally more likely to hug together and get close to each other.

Looking at the friendly exchange between Xie Jingsheng and Lin Shen, many disciples couldn't help but show envy and jealousy.

Xie Jingsheng is a disciple of the upper courtyard, and he is also an apprentice of Si Yuanpei, and if he can have a relationship with him, in the future, he will undoubtedly have his back against the big tree to enjoy the shade, and he will have more dependence.

Seeing that everyone was already seated, Xie Jingsheng didn't delay any longer, took out a forbidden talisman, and injected it with true qi to drive.

In the next second, the tower rumbled and shook, the bottom of the tower was full of clouds, supporting the huge body of the building to rise slowly, and after a while, it reached a hundred zhang high in the air, and then broke through the clouds and flew away in the direction of the Longyuan Mountain Range.

There is a formation prohibition around the tower, once it is opened, even the demon beasts of the Xuan Realm are helpless, and the disciples sit firmly in the middle, attacking and retreating, and they can come and go freely.

The tower was extremely fast, and as it soared, the wind howled in its ears, but the people inside were not affected by the wind in the slightest.

In just a few moments, the rolling mountains are already in view.

Xie Jingsheng waved his hand, and a disciple next to him immediately carried the sandalwood table that had been prepared long ago and placed it in the middle of everyone.

On the sandalwood tabletop is a landscape topography map, which is painted in the shape of the topography of the Longyuan Mountains.

The map looked no different from the map given by the Merit Academy to the disciples who went out for the first time, but with a wave of Xie Jingsheng's hand, colorful mist suddenly appeared above the map, quickly condensing into undulating peaks.

If you look closely, you can see that these connected peaks are impressively three-dimensional Longyuan Mountain Range.

At this time, the tower happened to have entered the Longyuan Mountain Range and stopped above one of the mountains.

Xie Jingsheng pointed a little, and saw that the phantom of one of the peaks above the sandalwood table was greatly enlarged, and it was the mountain below the tower.

At the same time, hundreds of soybean-sized clusters of light appeared out of thin air.

These light clusters are red and yellow, the color is dark and light, of which the yellow light cluster accounts for the vast majority, there are only more than 20 red light clusters, and most of the colors are very light, only one red light cluster located on the mountainside is darker in color.

The disciple standing next to him swept his eyes and said quickly:

"Senior brothers and sisters, the peak here is called Lijian Mountain, and there is a total of one demon beast in the middle stage of the Feather Realm, twenty-three demon beasts in the early stage of the Feather Realm, and eighty-six demon beasts in the Spirit Enlightenment Realm!"

Xie Jingsheng bowed slightly, looked around, and said with a smile:

"Which junior brother and sister is willing to take over this battle?"

As soon as the words fell, the more than ten yellow-level disciples sitting at the end couldn't wait to come out of the crowd and shout for battle.

And the heaven-level, earth-level, and Xuan-level disciples all sat still and didn't say a word.

In a battle like this, there was already a tacit understanding between the disciples of the Daoist Academy.

The people present are all here to obtain meritorious deeds, so naturally only some people can eat alone, and it is in everyone's interests to be evenly stained with rain and dew.

The demon beasts on the outskirts of the Longyuan Mountain Range were generally weak, so they naturally handed them over to the yellow-level disciples with relatively low strength to solve them, so that they could earn some meritorious service.

When the deeper they go in, the stronger the demon beasts they encounter become, the more advanced disciples will have to take action, and that is when they will obtain meritorious service.

"Then there will be Lao, junior brothers and sisters!"

Xie Jingsheng smiled and raised his hand.

Immediately, someone sent a piece of jade plaques that were smooth and flawless, crystal and smooth.

The jade plaque is called the Regency Plaque, which is an item used by the Jiuyang Daoist Academy and even the Jiuyang Sect to record the number of disciples killing the demon clan.

The disciple who holds the Regency Card, every time he kills a demon beast, he can extract a trace of his essence blood, and into the jade card, the stronger the demon beast, the more essence blood can be extracted.

Afterwards, when you go to the Meritorious Service House with the merit card, you can measure the merit according to the amount of essence and blood.

The more than ten yellow-level disciples took the card, and their faces all showed excited expressions, and they all walked towards the edge of the tower, and as soon as they jumped, a cloud and mist appeared, sending them to the mountain below one by one.

Not much.

Beast roars and shouts of killing were heard one after another.

About half an hour later, the dozen or so yellow-level disciples returned to the tower.

Although everyone was injured, they had a happy smile on their faces.

Looking at the receptacle card in their hands, the original crystal clear jade card, but there is a trace of blood-red lines in it, swimming in it like an insect, it is the essence blood ingested after killing the demon beast!

According to the regulations of the Jiuyang Daoist Academy, a card full of essence and blood can be exchanged for twenty small merits!

If the amount is less than a small meritorious, it will be measured by merit points.

After such a battle, these yellow-level disciples will have at least two or three small skills!

In the past, even if they killed the same number of demon beasts, they might not even get half of the merits they have now.

This is also the main reason why the disciples enthusiastically participated in the war.

In wartime, you can get far more feats than usual!

After clearing a hill, the tower continued to fly.

It is not until you reach the next mountain that the tower stops, and the landscape topography map on the back table will reveal the number of demon beasts on the mountain and their strength cultivation.

At this time, they were still on the periphery of the Longyuan Mountain Range, and the strength of the demon beasts they encountered was generally not high, at most they were in the middle of the Feather Realm, so the people who shot along the way were all Xuanhuang second-level disciples.

Including Lin Shen, all the heaven-level and earth-level disciples sat still from beginning to end.

This is also the difference between human cultivators and demon beasts.

Terran cultivators have martial arts, weapons, and talismans, while the vast majority of demon beasts can only fight with instinct and minions, so in the case of similar cultivation, fighting between the two phases often leads to the victory of the Terran cultivators in the end.

A yellow-level disciple of the second or third layer who has long breathed is enough to compete with or even defeat an ordinary demon beast in the middle of the Feather Transformation Realm.

Only a demon beast with a special bloodline, such as the White Pupil Demon Tiger, could compete with the cultivators of the human race of the same level.

In the following time, everyone has maintained this trend of moving forward while clearing and suppressing, and fighting steadily.

For three days in a row, the tower only wandered around the outermost part of the western side of the Longyuan Mountain Range, almost killing all the demon beasts in the surrounding mountains.

Lin Shen calculated in his heart that in the past three days, there were at least two or three thousand demon beasts they had killed.

However, more than seventy percent of them are only Enlightenment Realm demon beasts.

Feather Realm demon beasts only accounted for a small part.

And the number of white-eyed demon tigers is even smaller, only thirty or forty.

I don't know if the large group of white-eyed demon tigers that Lin Shen saw that day saw that the situation was bad and fled?

And on the fourth day, when all the disciples had finished breakfast and gathered on the martial arts arena as usual, the three upper court disciples finally gave the order to advance deeper after some discussion.

(End of chapter)