Immortal Mystery Sequence: I Establish a Divine Duty for Heaven and Earth

From the infinite heights, the river overlooks the turbulent history of the five cities.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and Ruixuetang has grown from a hundred people in Shennong Valley to a vast number of 100,000 people, including 5,000 cultivators.

This rate of expansion is simply unimaginable!

This also shows that the agricultural path is indeed a path of cultivation rooted in the people, with a huge popular base. In addition, the internal strife between Buddhism and Taoism provided a gap for development, and Ruixuetang had the most complete experience in grassroots cultivation and inheritance methods. As a result, the fire of the agricultural path spread like wildfire and could not be stopped.

The strategy of besieging the city before entering it was truly brilliant.

Instead of rushing into the city, Luo Jin spent ten years establishing himself in the surrounding villages and towns, building an intelligence network centered on the insect spirits, with informants all over the place, winning over people from all sides, and gradually infiltrating by having various factions support each other.

This patience is consistent with Luo Jin's composure in concealing his abilities among the slaves back then. His far-sighted planning and lack of concern for short-term gains demonstrate the demeanor of a true leader.

His progress is also quite gratifying, nearing the perfection of the seventh rank. Perhaps as long as there is a little opportunity to completely eliminate his inner demons, he can naturally reach the sixth rank... and entering the city may be that opportunity!

Once he enters the city and returns to New Apple City, his inner demons will be gone, and his future will be bright!

As for the ancient inheritance that Buddhism and Taoism are fighting over, he is also quite concerned. After the collapse of the heavens, Buddhism and Taoism still have residual power, which may be due to some old era foundations that were not completely destroyed. What they are fighting for now is mostly something that points directly to the core of the immortal path!

Understanding the underlying reasons might help him unravel some of the historical mysteries...

Jiang Tu also has high expectations for Ruixuetang's entry into the city.

The agricultural path seems to be developing well now, but it is not qualified to go head-to-head with Buddhism and Taoism. It is far from qualified. The most important thing going forward is whether it can truly hide itself, take root in the city, and continue to grow and expand.

"Hmm... However, Ruixue Hall is now fully established, having already reached a basic scale of over a thousand people. The conditions for the activation of the 'Incense God' characteristic have been met. Is it possible that an Incense God will be born under certain circumstances?"

"What form will it take? I'm quite looking forward to it."

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[Sequence Evolution Log]

[Year 62]

Ruixuetang enters Xinping City.

Xu Lin personally led the team, choosing a shop on the outskirts of the city as their base, and began to develop within the city. Utilizing the numerous informants she had cultivated within the city over the years, she made a steady start, with her first targets still being slaves.

The slaves in New Apple City are more wary than elsewhere. The shadow of the serfdom change more than 20 years ago is still imprinted in the minds of the older generation. When the Old Farmers' Hall is mentioned, many people are still afraid, worried that it will attract the attention of Buddhism and Taoism. However, this past camp, which was born among slaves, has a very strong audience.

Xu Lin spent several months establishing herself among the slaves, and her influence gradually expanded.

In August, Ruixuetang entered the city along the river.

In December, auspicious snow fell upon Wangqiu City.

Following the same approach, it starts from the bottom, beginning with slaves, then farmers and herbalists, then the common people, and finally merchants and wealthy households, progressing layer by layer...

Soon, Ruixuetang gradually took root in the three cities.

[Year 64]

By the end of the year, all five branches of the gang had been settled, and their strength and foundation were gradually becoming more solid.

By this time, the main hall of Ruixue Hall had exceeded 150,000 members, and the number of agricultural cultivators had surpassed 8,000. The underground halls were intricately connected, communicating with each other through insect spirits and earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or magic), forming an agricultural network spanning thousands of miles.

On the surface, it appears that the Buddhist and Taoist sects are maintaining order and managing the overall situation in the five cities. However, in reality, information about the prices of grain and herbs in each city, as well as the external movements of Buddhist and Taoist temples, is constantly flowing into Ruixue Hall and being secretly monitored by Ruixue Hall.

Agriculture flourished.

What followed was internal unrest, with some people starting to get restless.

"We now have a combined force of 150,000, including 8,000 cultivators and over 60 seventh-rank cultivators! What are we afraid of from the Buddhist and Taoist sects? While they're locked in a bitter, dog-eat-dog battle, why not seize the opportunity to wipe out their temples and monasteries in one fell swoop? Then the five cities will be ours!"

"In the future, even the entire land of Rui is not beyond our reach!"

Such remarks were initially just private discussions, but gradually came out into the open. Some herbalists even openly proposed in meetings that they should try to expand into Buddhism and Taoism. Human desires are always a natural consequence of human nature.

Xu Lin presided over the meeting, striving to curb this tendency towards restlessness.

She was a pragmatist, not an ambitious person. She had personally experienced the serfdom of that time, and she knew better than anyone that the true depth of Buddhism and Taoism was far beyond what was outwardly revealed. She overruled objections and suppressed all sides.

"During the serf rebellion, tens of thousands of members of the Old Farmers' Hall rose up in Xinping City. Yet, a single old monk in the Buddhist temple could slaughter thousands with a single palm strike! He never showed his face, and the Old Farmers' Hall suffered a crushing defeat and was nearly wiped out...! Have we all forgotten such a bloody past in just twenty years?!"

Xu Lin repeatedly recounted the past events of the serfdom in various halls, revealing the bloody truth.

She even circulated the list of farmers who died and sacrificed their lives to various places to suppress this restless atmosphere and make people full of awe for Buddhism and Taoism, but she also knew that this was ultimately just a short-sighted solution.

Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. The older generation still remembers the history of the serfdom, but a new generation of farmers is growing up. They did not personally experience that night, and relying solely on word of mouth cannot suppress the truth for long.

She needs Luo Jin!

She wrote letters to Luo Jin personally, repeatedly, hoping that Luo Jin could come to the city to take charge of the overall situation.

In Ruixuetang, Luo Jin is the backbone, and his position is unshakeable. Only Luo Jin can control the restless situation!

[Year 65]

September.

Xu Lin's persistent 1,500 letters finally made Luo Jin waver.

He arrived outside Xinping City and gazed at the city walls for a long time.

Everything that had happened was vivid in his mind, and his heart was filled with emotion. The towering flames and the chanting of Buddhist hymns seemed to have happened just yesterday. In the fleeting moments, his mind gradually calmed down.

After years of vicissitudes and changes, he finally dared to look up and face the bloodshed and cruelty of that day.

Swish!

He stepped out and entered the city gate. At this moment, it was as if the shackles that had bound him for so long had finally been broken, and the pent-up frustration that had been hidden in his heart for many years seemed to be cleared up at this moment!

In a daze, he saw a door, very close at hand.

The gate of the sixth rank!

The inner demons that had been gradually becoming blurred were gradually dispelled and soothed, and in the mysterious senses, the world seemed to be one with him!

The limit of the seventh grade perfection has been achieved!

The accumulation of the past decades has come together at this moment, and the world before my eyes seems different, bright and clear.

Following that, he comprehended the fourth and final seventh-grade technique.

—Panlong Root!

It can instantly activate the surrounding vegetation and underground plants for its own use, evolving into countless variations, such as coiling, cages, and thorny arrays... It can be used as long as the land contains spiritual energy that can grow vegetation, and can be used three times a day.

In addition, it can also be used for extreme activation, which can instantly gather the spiritual energy of plants and trees within a radius of a hundred miles and the Daoist principles of agriculture into a single point, and control it to transform into a long dragon of plants and trees that swallows and spits out the clouds and is as solid as a rock!

However, if the Panlong is truly activated, this spell will be unusable for a year, and even ordinary plant transformations will be impossible.

Luo Jin's heart was filled with emotion!

Finally, after decades of cultivating the way of farming, he has finally developed a truly decisive and deadly move! This move, the Panlong Root, when activated to its fullest potential, might even be able to rival that old Buddhist monk whose true form was never seen before…!

Truly worthy of being the pinnacle of the seventh rank!

Tatata!

As Luo Jin stepped into the underground council hall, all the herbalists in Ruixuetang City gathered together. Numerous members of the hall stood in a dark mass, their shadows looming over the four sides, the entire hall filled with solemn silence.

"Welcome, Master, to the city! Long live the Master! Long live Ruixue Hall!"

"Long live the Hall Master! Long live Ruixue Hall!!!"

Many of the herbalists present, as well as Xu Lin herself, were almost moved to tears, nearly bursting into tears on the spot!

In recent years, she has been writing letters, partly hoping that her master could come to the city to take charge of the overall situation, but more importantly, she hopes that her master can take this opportunity to overcome his inner demons and return to his homeland!

Now, has Master's inner demons finally been vanished?

Is the fourth realm within reach?

What a joyous occasion!

Luo Jin, standing at the head of the group, looked around and asked, "Who among you supports the annihilation of Buddhism and Taoism at this time? Step forward!"

There was a brief silence in the hall as people looked at each other in bewilderment, before one by one they stood up.

First came a seventh-rank official, then a second, a third... and below him, many eighth-rank officials and ninth-rank farmers stood up to support him. By the time they finally stood in the hall, there were hundreds of people.

Most of them are newly appointed herbalists in the last two years, young and vigorous, and have never personally experienced the serfdom change.

The leader stepped forward and said, "Master, the internal strife between Buddhism and Taoism is currently raging, which is the perfect opportunity for our Ruixue Hall to rise up! Our Ruixue Hall has been rooted in the five cities for over a decade, and we are well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of both Buddhism and Taoism. With just a word from you, Master, I am willing to lead my men to take over the Buddhist Hall in Xinping City first!"

Before he finished speaking, Luo Jin moved.

Swish!

He instantly moved to the front of that person, and the next instant, a sharp earthen spike pierced through the person's chest!

Puff puff puff puff—

Blood and flesh splattered as the spikes pierced his chest from the ground beneath his feet, their tips dripping with viscous blood. The man glanced down at his chest, his face still bearing the fervor of his earlier actions, before collapsing limply, lifeless.

puff!

A flash of green light, and the head was severed from the body. Luo Jin held the bleeding head in one hand, calmly surveying the room.

quiet--!

The room was deathly silent.

Even Xu Lin never expected that her usually gentle and humble master would have such a fierce and wrathful appearance. But at this moment, if Ruixue Hall did not want to fall apart, perhaps the only way was to use such a bloody suppression method.

Otherwise, people's hearts will be restless and unsettled, and Ruixuetang will not be far from being exposed!

"To deliberately expose oneself is a cardinal sin that was established when Ruixue Hall was founded! Anyone who dares to utter such absurd words that endanger our agricultural path will be executed without mercy!"

"Have you forgotten? The fact that the agricultural system is able to survive today is because someone was forced to sacrifice themselves back then, allowing it to barely survive for twenty years. Now you want to support such a ridiculous sacrifice for this petty squabble? Do you have any respect for those who lost their lives in the serfdom rebellion?"

"The Buddhist and Taoist traditions have a foundation spanning millennia. Even if they suffer a backlash when the heavens collapse, we know nothing about the depth of their trump cards or the secrets of their ancient inheritance! To plot to destroy the Buddhist and Taoist traditions when they are merely children in their early stages is tantamount to courting death."

Luo Jin looked at the faces below the hall, some terrified and some shocked, and said coldly.

"Our agricultural path values ​​diligent cultivation and sincere devotion to the land above all else. Slaughter and war are not our forte. Moreover, we are about to launch a full-scale attack before our foothold is even secure. If the Buddhist and Taoist sects still have trump cards up their sleeves, who will bear the consequences?"

"To utter such outrageous words is tantamount to suicide! How utterly absurd and ignorant!!"

No one answered.

The remaining peasants who stepped forward all turned pale. Even though they knew this was a warning to others, they dared not disobey.

"That's the end of today's matter. Those who remain to step forward will receive fifty lashes and be confined for one hundred days!"

"Xu Lin, effective immediately, you may begin planting spies within both the Buddhist and Taoist sects to investigate the ancient inheritance dispute and the full picture of their respective strengths. Before this is fully investigated, no one is allowed to act rashly. Those who disobey orders will be punished the same as traitors!"

"Yes."

The room fell silent; everyone was terrified and dared not utter another word.

After this incident, Luo Jinwei's prestige reached an unprecedented level.

When the news reached the other four cities, the previously restless gangs calmed down.

At the very moment Luo Jin killed the seventh-ranked cultivator, only he knew that a surge of profound cultivation power had suddenly poured into his body.

At that moment, the realm of perfection seemed to loosen. If it weren't for the sixth-grade gate blocking his way, he would have definitely made a great improvement in his cultivation. At the same time, the grass figure behind him also changed. The spiritual light in its eyes was brighter than before, and its speed on the ground doubled again, far exceeding the previous speed. Its ability to transform into other people's faces was also enhanced, with more lively charm added.

In the past, it only resembled the form; now it has captured the spirit.

Luo Jin remained silent about this, but he was secretly on guard. As expected, the cultivation of cultivators of the same rank did not dissipate after death, nor did it merge into the earth. Instead, it flowed towards the person who killed him.

This undoubtedly confirms the idea of ​​reverse inheritance in another form!

It now appears that not only does death between master and disciple have consequences, but also among cultivators of the same order who kill each other.

However, such news is too dangerous and must be kept strictly confidential; otherwise, there is a risk of brothers fighting and a complete internal strife...

He killed only to quell internal strife and stabilize public sentiment; he was not a murderer. Even if he knew he could get feedback, he would not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but others might not be so.