Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god

Regardless of whether Yunzhen would feel guilty later, at this moment, Lin Yu saw that his attempt to kidnap her using the lives of a million people had failed, and he immediately changed his approach.

"While that may be true, it might not be a good idea for us to directly confront the demon right now," Lin Yu said. "These million people in Willow Town have all been marked by her. Perhaps she has already sensed our arrival and is on guard."

Regardless of whether Zhu Qiansi was on guard in the past, she certainly is now.

"If we suddenly take action... even if you are the esteemed head of the Taiqing Sect and few demons in this world are your match, what if she uses some treacherous means to escape? Wouldn't that be an endless disaster?"

Lin Yu spoke with both emotion and reason, and after changing his approach, he finally managed to persuade Yunzhen.

Yunzhen nodded, finally convinced by Lin Yu.

"Indeed, if we're not careful and she manages to escape... that would be a difficult situation."

"But on the other hand, isn't it possible that she has already noticed our presence? After all, we're practically at her doorstep. Even if we do nothing now, wouldn't it be easy for her to sneak away in the night?"

Yunzhen stroked his chin and pondered, saying, "In my opinion, we should keep watch here... and then call for reinforcements."

"Reinforcements? Are you referring to the Taiqing Sect? Trying to return to the Taiqing Sect for help and waiting for them to arrive, wouldn't that be..."

What was restored was only Willow Town. How could Yunzhen possibly call for reinforcements from his Taiqing Sect?

What if a bug occurred at that time?

But Yunzhen shook his head upon hearing this.

"Of course not... Although I am the acting head of the Taiqing Sect, this demon has been rampant in my Prison Mountain Realm for a long time, with elusive movements. Many martial artists and even skilled Daoists have already fallen at its hands. I am not so confident as to come alone."

Lin Yu was not surprised to hear this.

"So the other party is also in this Willow Town?"

He quickly thought of the three figures Lin Yu saw in the [Lens of Fear] at that time.

Two green-robed Daoists and one white-clad martial artist.

So...

Could it be that those who came with the Taiqing Ancestor to subdue Zhu Qiansi were actually his junior or senior disciples?

Moreover, judging from the image in the [Lens of Fear], the white-clad martial artist did not seem to be on the same side as the other two green-robed Daoists.

And the two Daoists were standing closer together, and the style of their Daoist robes was almost identical...

So, perhaps the Taiqing Ancestor really didn't come alone back then.

And looking at Yunzhen's actions, he should have rushed in directly by himself at the beginning, facing Zhu Qiansi alone...

Therefore, since Zhu Qiansi is already preparing a "variable", calling that "helper" in advance might be a good idea.

Lin Yu said calmly, "If you have a helper, that would be great—please call them quickly."

"No problem, I will summon him now."

As Yunzhen spoke, he took out a cyan jade pendant from his Daoist robe sleeve. The jade pendant was in the shape of a long sword.

Cyan light emerged from Yunzhen's fingertips, and a wisp of spiritual energy left his body.

Then, this wisp of cyan-white spiritual energy entered the sword-shaped jade pendant, as if activating the patterns on the jade pendant.

The sword-shaped jade pendant flickered, and then Yunzhen picked it up and began to speak into it.

Lin Yu understood somewhat upon seeing this. This should be a tool used for communication between Daoist disciples in the Prison Mountain Realm, called "Sound Transmission Jade."

Its function is basically similar to a walkie-talkie.

Three hundred years later, the Prison Mountain Realm had already developed very convenient communication talismans. Just as mobile phones eliminated walkie-talkies and pagers, communication talismans also eliminated "Sound Transmission Jade," which was more expensive to manufacture and use and had limited transmission time. Only a few old Daoists were still using it.

However, although Lin Yu recognized the item, Yunzhen's words that followed made Lin Yu feel a little awkward.

"The mark is tricky, come quickly!"

Although Shen Bingmiao's information showed that the characteristic of "Sound Transmission Jade" consuming spiritual energy when activated led Daoist users to often use a more concise language system than usual for communication, just like the birth of the telegraph promoted the prevalence of abbreviations, Lin Yu never expected...

Yunzhen was using the secret jargon of the Jianghu underworld!

But thinking about it, it made sense. There was already an existing system, so why not just take it and use it?

It's just that Yunzhen's image suddenly changed from the head of the Taiqing Sect to something like the second-in-command of a mountain stronghold.

After putting down the Sound Transmission Jade, Yunzhen looked at Lin Yu and coughed lightly.

"Alright, reinforcements should be here soon. Before that... should we wait here?"

Lin Yu nodded, "We can wait, but we'd better not stand on the street, it's too conspicuous... Our group was staking out in the tea house across from the Xinglin Medical Clinic just now, that's a good location."

"Tea house? Very well, I'm also a little thirsty."

Although Yunzhen was very insistent on slaying demons and eliminating evil, even to the point of being somewhat obsessive, once he was persuaded, this person, being from a famous and upright sect, even the leader of the Daoist sect, was still very easy to talk to.

However, he glanced at the magnificent tea house next to him, and his face suddenly showed some hesitation. After a while, he said embarrassedly.

"Well, this tea house charges several small coins for a cup of tea, and this poor Daoist has been traveling outside for too long, and I'm afraid my travel expenses are..."

"Senior, don't worry," Lin Yu pointed to Haiou, who was dressed in finery, behind him. "This person is the daughter of the Wan family in Willow Town. A mere cup of tea is within her means."

Yunzhen breathed a sigh of relief, "That's very good, thank you all! Especially Miss Wan—if your family needs to exorcise evil spirits, ward off misfortune, determine feng shui, read faces, predict fortunes, change luck, have children, name them, escort goods, eliminate demons, or purchase talismans in the future, you can report my name, Yunzhen, at the Taiqing Sect. If I have time, I will definitely come to help in person, free of charge."

As Yunzhen spoke, Haiou grinned.

"It's nothing, it's just a cup of tea. If you really feel bad, you can teach me a few talisman drawing methods later. I have always admired the Taiqing Sect... Of course, you don't have to teach me any of the Taiqing Sect's inherited talismans, just ordinary universal talismans that all Daoists know will do."

Haiou's words followed the trend, and Yunzhen nodded.

"Naturally, that is possible."

Lin Yu couldn't help but admire Haiou upon hearing this.

As expected, those who can become somewhat famous in the player community are not simple characters—to be able to develop the profession of 'student' to this extent, this kid really has something special about him.

Just as Lin Yu was preparing to lead Yunzhen to the tea house again, he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the entrance of the medical clinic.

A doctor-looking old man walked out of the medical clinic and cupped his hands at the people outside.

"I'm sorry, everyone, my daughter Qiansi is feeling unwell today and cannot perform divination anymore."

"Please go back for now!"

The townspeople gathered at the door all showed disappointed expressions, but they still left one after another.

It could be seen that they did not want to offend Zhu Qiansi.

Lin Yu frowned slightly as he looked at this variable and pondered.

But before he had time to think, he saw the old man raise his head, his gaze falling on Lin Yu's group, and then he made a "Huh" sound.

"Wan Lv? Why are you back?"

The other players were also stunned and looked at Haiou one after another.

After all, he knew himself that he was "Miss Wan", but he didn't know his own name, which sounded like he was calling him.

However, Lin Yu and Li Nian quickly came up with another idea.

The old man quickly walked down from the front of the medical clinic, rushed to Lin Yu in a few steps, and said in a low voice.

"It's good that you're back, your sister is coughing up blood again!"

Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh upon hearing this.

"Qiansi, Wan Lv..."

"So, I have become Zhu Qiansi's younger sister!"