Rewind time to six hours ago.
Lu Qingshan looked at Mu Shan's attribute panel and focused his gaze.
He noticed a small detail.
In the NPC name column, the Demon Hunter called Mu Shan showed the two words' Ma Shan '.
It was not strange for him to lie about his name.
Who would not prepare one or two identities to protect themselves in the pugilistic world?
The problem was with the surname.
Mu Shan's real surname was Ma.
Coincidentally, the Lin family's old rival in Origin Mountain City was the Ma family.
Coincidence?
Lu Qingshan did not believe it.
His experience in Nine Heavens made him understand a principle: Anything that seemed to be a coincidence was a trap set up by the game designers for the players!
Thus, to verify his thoughts, Lu Qingshan used his Heavenly Eye Technique on all the remaining Demon Hunters.
The strange thing was, except for the Demon Hunter called Liu Ai, all the other Demon Hunters were above Qi Refinement Level 6.
And in Lin He's routine questioning, the highest cultivation they reported was Qi Refinement Level 6.
— Including Lu Qingshan, he also hid his true cultivation from Lin He.
Among these cultivators who lied about their cultivation, the Gu Cultivator who called himself Wu Xin Yuan was the most prominent.
Qi Refinement Level 10.
How could a Qi Refinement Level 10 cultivator be interested in a mission with a mere thirty Grade-1 spirit stones?
Now that he was suspicious, Lu Qingshan observed for a moment and easily discovered that the communication and movements of the demon hunters who had lied about their Cultivation had revealed a piece of information.
Before this, they knew each other and even faintly saw Ma Yuan as their leader.
This situation was clear at a glance.
Lu Qingshan's gaze flickered.
.....
An hour ago.
Lin He was preparing to survey the terrain and find a suitable place to set up camp.
Lu Qingshan inadvertently walked to Lin He's side.
Lin He glanced at Lu Qingshan from the corner of his eyes and asked politely, "Fellow Daoist, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Steward Lin, I have a question. Has the Lin Family offended anyone recently?" Lu Qingshan had a smile on his face, but the words he said were extremely shocking.
Lin He sensed the deep meaning in Lu Qingshan's words, and his heart shook. "Why do you ask, Fellow Daoist?"
Lu Qingshan said with a smile, "It's not a big deal. It's just that I think it's unrealistic to hire these demon hunters with high cultivation with only thirty first-grade spirit stones."
Lin He frowned.
Aura Refining cultivators still hadn't grasped the ability to release their divine sense. Therefore, if they didn't cultivate special magic techniques, they simply wouldn't be able to know the level of a cultivator's cultivation base.
"What do you mean?"
Lu Qingshan nodded. "I know a probing spell that can roughly detect a cultivator's spiritual power fluctuations, and from there, determine their cultivation level.
Since I had nothing to do, I tested a few spells on the Demon Hunters, only to find that their cultivations were quite high. The spiritual energy fluctuations coming from Wu Xinyuan's body even surpassed Steward Lin's by quite a bit. "
Lin He's expression changed.
Lu Qingshan had already hinted so much. If he still couldn't realize the seriousness of the matter, he would have lived in vain.
Lin He slightly cupped his hands towards Lu Qingshan. "Thank you for your reminder, Fellow Daoist."
Lu Qingshan glanced at Ma Shan and Ma Yuan, who were sneaking around not far away, and said as if nothing had happened, "Steward Lin is too polite."
Lu Qingshan turned and left.
Lin He pondered for a moment, looking as if nothing had happened. He walked to the side of the carriage, and whispered something into the carriage.
In the eyes of others, this was normal. He was probably reporting something to the young lady of the Lin Family.
Soon after, the young lady of the Lin Family handed over a storage pouch.
Lin He took the storage pouch, took out a few formation flags, and instructed the Lin Family cultivators to set up these formation flags.
However, it was just a low-grade warning formation.
Ma Yuan, who had been paying attention to Lin He, saw this and slightly retracted his gaze.
.....
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Lin He, who should have been defenseless, was now holding the formation flags in his hand, controlling the fire snakes to wreak havoc on his Dark Centipede Golden Wasp Gu.
Several rays of red light shot up into the sky from all directions.
This was a first-grade formation, the Fire Snake Formation, that had been set up in advance.
Ma Yuan was in disbelief.
He didn't even notice when Lin He had set up the Fire Snake Formation.
All of a sudden, Ma Yuan seemed to have thought of something. His entire body quivered as he came to a realization. "The formation flags that you had your subordinates set up weren't the so-called warning formation at all. They were the formation flags for this formation!"
Lin He nodded his head, "You guessed right. Your Ma Clan is really scheming. If it wasn't for Fellow Lu's warning, I would've fallen into your trap."
Thinking of this, a chill flashed across Lin He's heart.
The Ma Family had coveted the Lin Family's green light stone mine for a long time. The Lin Family naturally knew about this.
However, although the Ma Family's overall strength was much higher than the Lin Family's, they only had one Foundation Establishment Cultivator like the Lin Family. Thus, the Ma Family didn't dare to act rashly.
After all, they were both Foundation Establishment Cultivators. If they fought, the outcome would be hard to predict. If both sides suffered losses, the other families would reap the benefits. That would be like trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it.
In addition, there was the deterrence of the Riverhead City's Lin Family.
Thus, the Ma Family had been suppressing their restless heart all these years.
However, now that the Lin Family's head was about to die, if they could cut off the relationship between the Riverhead City's Lin Family and Origin Mountain City's Lin Family, then the green light stone mine would be in the bag for the Ma Family.
The Riverhead City's Lin Family had dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators and a few Golden Elixir Daoists. To the Ma Family, they were definitely a huge force.
If the Origin Mountain City's Lin Family really clung onto this thick thigh, the Ma Family wouldn't dare to act rashly even if they were given a hundred guts.
Unfortunately, the Origin Mountain City's Lin Family couldn't even be considered a branch of the Riverhead City's Lin Family.
Their head, Lin Qitian, was originally the son of a Foundation Establishment Elder of the Riverhead City's Lin Family.
Because Lin Qitian made some mistakes and violated the family rules, he was banished from the family.
After Lin Qitian drifted to Origin Mountain City, after many years of management, he actually managed to expand his family and establish a foundation that wasn't considered small compared to Origin Mountain City.
After establishing a small foundation, Lin Qitian wanted to acknowledge his roots and ancestors. Thus, he brought along the green light stone as a stepping stone to return to Zhenjiang City and contacted the Riverhead City's Lin Family.
The Riverhead City's Lin Family was rich and overbearing. Although they didn't look down on the green light stone, they definitely wouldn't slap their own face and accept Lin Qitian again just because of a mere green light stone.
However, under the persuasion of his father, although they didn't acknowledge Lin Qitian's identity in the end, they still reluctantly agreed to the tribute from the Origin Mountain City's Lin Family.
Lin Qitian would offer a large amount of green light stones to the Riverhead City's Lin Family every three years. In return, the Riverhead City's Lin Family would correspondingly provide the Origin Mountain City's Lin Family with elixirs and artifacts that were difficult to purchase on the market.
That's all.
The head's father had already passed away many years ago. In the Riverhead City's Lin Family, there was no one they could speak to.
If the tribute this time were to be disrupted, then the weak connection between the Origin Mountain City's Lin Family and Zhenjiang City's Lin Family using the green light stones would probably be broken.
Thinking of this, Lin He couldn't help but feel a trace of fear and a trace of relief.
Fortunately, Lu Qingshan had discovered that something was wrong with these demon hunters. Otherwise, they would have been in deep trouble this time.
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