Within Jiuyang Taoist Temple, this is a very special place.
The disciples who can be promoted to the Upper House are all the few geniuses with the highest strength and talent in the Taoist House.
Whether it is the resources they can enjoy or their status within the Taoist Academy, the disciples of the Upper Academy are far superior to the disciples of the Lower Academy.
In fact, it can be seen from the previous battle with the Tiger Division.
If the disciples of the Lower Court are soldiers, then the disciples of the Upper Court are the generals responsible for commanding!
The status gap between the two is simply not too big!
In addition, the Upper Court is also known as the Sect Elder Qianyuan.
Simply because among the elders of the Jiuyang Sect, more than 80% of them had spent time in the upper courtyard of the Jiuyang Taoist Temple when they were young.
Over time, the disciples of the Upper House also became a symbol of the future elders of the sect.
It can be said that in Jiuyang Taoist Courtyard, the Upper Courtyard is the place that countless disciples yearn for and strive for!
However, it is not easy to become a disciple of the Upper House.
You must compete with many geniuses and fight your way out from countless elites just to compete for the only ten places in the House of Lords!
Lin Shen knew a bit about the top ten disciples of the Upper House, but he didn't know much about them, only their names and origins.
The only thing that is certain is that if you want to become one of the top ten disciples of the Upper Academy, promotion to the Mingqiao realm is a necessary condition!
Of course, this is only a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition.
There are many disciples at the Heaven level who are in the Ming Qiao realm, but not everyone can be promoted to the Upper House.
"Yan Jingren"
Lin Shen's eyes flashed slightly.
He also didn't know much about Yan Jingren.
The exchange between the two was limited to that one surprising glimpse at the east gate.
However, compared to Yan Xing, who is strong on the outside and hard on the inside, Yan Jingren gives Lin Shen a more dangerous feeling.
After being stunned for a moment, Lin Shen shook his head and put the matter behind him.
No matter whether he meets Yan Jingren in the future or not, there is only one thing he needs to do now, and that is to improve his strength.
Opening the exchange list, Lin Shen began to search.
As expected, he found the formation on the list.
Great Five Elements Sword Formation, Ten Small Skills
Panfeng Seven Intercept Formation, Fifteen Small Skills
Nine Palaces Sword Formation, Twenty Little Skills
Lin Shen quickly browsed through it, with a happy face on his face.
The number of formations on the list is unexpectedly large, there are thirty or forty types!
From the Yin-Yang Liangyi Formation and Sancai Formation with the smallest number of people, to the Tianlian Formation with hundreds of people, the Spiral Hundred Shadow Formation has everything you need.
"It seems that Jiuyang Sect pays great attention to the cooperation between disciples."
A smile appeared on Lin Shen's face, thinking carefully about which one to choose.
He now has a total of six clones, seven including himself. Logically speaking, he should choose a seven-person formation.
But thinking about the problem is not that simple.
The battle was changing rapidly, and Lin Shen could not guarantee that every time he wanted to line up to fight the enemy, none of the six clones would fall.
If one person is missing, the seven-man formation will be useless.
But if you have to choose a five-person or six-person formation, it would be a bit wasteful.
After all, although it is not 100%, the more people in the formation, the more powerful it is.
Lin Shen suddenly fell into deep thought.
"In terms of practicality alone, the Great Five Elements Sword Formation seems to be pretty good."
According to the description of the formation, the Great Five Elements Sword Formation is a formation of five people, arranged like a plum blossom, surrounding the enemy in the middle. The sword formation flows, and the long swords come out together to form a brilliant light, which comes from all directions like a tide.
Attack the enemy!
Five people take action at the same time, the attack is airtight and powerful!
More importantly, five people is only the minimum number of people required for the Great Five Elements Sword Formation.
If necessary, ten, fifteen, or twenty people can also use the Great Five Elements Sword Formation.
Using five as a number and a group of five people, the Great Five Elements Sword Formation can be used by up to 125 people at the same time!
The more people there are, the stronger the power!
If he chooses the Great Five Elements Sword Formation, even if Lin Shen only has four clones around him, he can still gather enough people to form the formation.
And when the number of clones increases to nine in the future, the Great Five Elements Sword Formation can also continue to be used.
"But the Panfeng Seven-section Formation looks pretty good!" Lin Shen looked at the other formation.
The Panfeng Seven Sections Formation is an extremely exquisite formation that was deduced by a monk who had a flash of inspiration while observing the majestic giant peak.
The most exquisite thing about this formation is that the number of people in the formation is extremely flexible.
Even two people can perform the formation.
If three people work together, they can have both offense and defense, and their power will be greatly increased.
If four people use it together, it is twice as powerful as three people using it at the same time.
The more people there are, the more amazing the power.
If there is a shortcoming, it can only be used by up to seven people at the same time.
Looking at the two formations, Lin Shen couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
The Panfeng Seven-section Formation is powerful and flexible, but the upper limit of the number of people is low.
The upper limit of the number of people in the Great Five Elements Sword Formation is much higher, but the number of people in the formation needs to meet the number of five to five, which is relatively inflexible.
Both have their own advantages, making it really hard to choose!
After thinking for a long time, Lin Shen finally gritted his teeth and decided to choose both!
The best thing to do is spend more time practicing.
As long as you can improve your own strength, it doesn't matter if you spend some time.
The two formations have a total of twenty-five small skills.
Lin Shen went to the mission hall and handed in the rare and rare herbs obtained from Jinghai, in exchange for thirty-two small achievements.
After exchanging the two formations, he was left with seven small skills and one medium skill.
The only Zhonggong is the fixed benefit for heaven-level disciples this month.
After thinking about it, Lin Shen spent another two small efforts to exchange for three Silence Talismans and three Escape Talisman.
When he sneaked into the manor, he unexpectedly discovered that the amulet was quite useful.
Whether it is used for sneaking or escaping, it is very practical.
The only drawback is that the breath-hiding talisman can only cover the breath, but cannot cover the body shape.
In order to make up for this, Lin Shencai exchanged the escape talisman.
The Escape Talisman can conceal the body shape, but it cannot conceal the breath.
The two kinds of talismans are just right to use together.
"If used in conjunction with the Fog Hidden Talisman, the effect should be even better."
Lin Shen suddenly found that he had quite a few similar items in his hands.
But it was just in case, if he was really in danger, he would have a way to escape.
After finishing all this, Lin Shen left the Merit Courtyard. As soon as he walked out of the gate, his steps suddenly stopped.
On the mountain road a hundred meters away, four people were talking intensely about something, seemingly quarreling.
What surprised Lin Shen was that he knew all four of them.
In addition to Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian, the other two people are Yan Xing and Leng Xing.
"Why did these four people get together?"
Lin Shen was confused and simply walked towards the four of them.
As the distance got closer, the sound of the four people arguing quickly reached their ears.
"Yang Zhongyi, don't be shameless. I am willing to exchange things with you, which is already giving you face. Otherwise, when Senior Brother Yan opens his mouth to deprive you of your quota, you will get nothing!"
"Bah! Others are afraid of Yan Jingren, but I am not. The Taoist Academy has its own rules. Even if he is a disciple of the Upper Academy, he still dares to break the rules and steal my place?"
"So you're toasting instead of drinking as punishment!"
"What's the matter, you still want to take action? It's not that I look down on you, Leng Xing, you haven't even killed a few monsters. If you really want to take action, don't let me make you cry later!"
"you!!"
Leng Xing was furious, with veins popping out on his forehead, but he still didn't dare to take action.
As Yang Zhongyi said, due to his father's ban, he really didn't have much experience in fighting monsters. His fights with Taoist disciples were limited to sparring, and his combat experience was really limited.
Even if his cultivation level is one or two levels higher than that of Yang Zhongyi, he probably won't be able to take any advantage if he really takes action.
Su Nian and Yan Xing stood aside, watching the two bickering without saying a word.
It's just that the former has a calm expression, while the latter has a gloomy look.
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
"It's so lively, why not add me?"
Yang Zhongyi turned around to follow the sound and burst into laughter.
"Old Lin, why are you here?"
Su Nian also had a faint smile on his face.
Yan Xing and Leng Xing were shocked.
Especially Yan Xing, his face suddenly changed when he saw Lin Shen, and he subconsciously took half a step back. When he realized what he was doing, his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he looked extremely embarrassed.
Su Nian glanced at Yan Xing sympathetically.
From this subconscious move, we can see how much of a psychological shadow Lin Shen left on Yan Xing during the original disciple level challenge.
Leng Xing was not afraid of Lin Shen, and immediately sneered after being surprised.
"I can see you everywhere!"
Lin Shen smiled slightly: "After all, I often have to go out on missions, and I have to go to the Merit Academy from time to time. It's not as easy as yours, and I can chew on my old age."
There is no such word as "gnawing at the old age" in this world, but Leng Xing is not stupid. When he heard the hidden meaning of this word for the first time, he became even more annoyed.
He was about to scold him, but Yan Xing stopped him and winked.
"Let's go, there's no need to waste words with them!"
With Lin Shen here, they couldn't take advantage anyway, so they might as well leave immediately to avoid being angry.
Leng Xing soon understood, but he was still angry and glared at Lin Shen fiercely, then turned and left with Yan Xing.
A spoiled child.
Lin Shen shook his head secretly and turned to look at Yang Zhongyi and the two.
"What were you arguing about just now?"
Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian looked at each other with helpless expressions.
"It's not about Baihu Mountain."
Hearing the words Baihu Mountain, Lin Shen's heart moved and he hurriedly asked for details.
After listening to Yang Zhongyi's story, he understood why the two of them quarreled with Yan Xing and Leng Xing.
It turned out that after the Hu tribe was destroyed, there was a dispute within the Jiuyang Sect about how to deal with Baihu Mountain.
Baihu Mountain is a Qi Mansion level cave, and the concentration of spiritual energy is no worse than the cave where Jiuyang Taoist Temple is located.
Although due to the mistakes made by the Yan family during the expedition, the Baihu Mountain Cave was damaged and the spiritual energy concentration dropped significantly, it would not be a problem to restore it to its original appearance as long as it was repaired for a period of time.
And caves like this one located deep in the mountains can be built into medicinal gardens to cultivate medicinal herbs.
Or build an animal taming park to tame and cultivate spiritual animals.
It doesn't have too many uses, and its value is astonishingly high.
So even if it costs a lot of money to repair the cave, there are still many people scrambling to take over Baihu Mountain.
Around Baihu Mountain, the major forces within the sect, including the Eighteenth Family, engaged in a fierce battle.
The final result was that Baihu Mountain was captured by the Yan family!
"It is said that in order to capture Baihu Mountain, the Yan family paid a high price and gave up several medicinal gardens, animal training gardens, and even a small spirit stone vein!"
Yang Zhongyi clicked his tongue.
"In order to revitalize the family, the Yan family has made a desperate move this time!"
"From what you're saying, the original situation of the Yan family didn't look good?" Lin Shen asked curiously.
Yang Zhongyi curled his lips and said: "Not only is it not good, according to the original situation, the Yan family will withdraw from the ranks of the five famous families in less than ten years, but now that they have obtained the Baihu Mountain Cave Mansion, it is hard to say, maybe they will make a comeback.
Got it!"
"Of course, if the Yan family fails to manage the Baihu Mountain Cave Mansion, the situation will definitely be even worse. Maybe ten years later they will fall directly out of the ranks of the eighteenth family!" Yang Zhongyi was somewhat gloating.
"Then what? What does this matter have to do with your quarrel?" Lin Shen asked.
Yang Zhongyi spread his hands and continued: "If the Yan family wanted to repair the cave, they naturally needed a lot of manpower and materials, so they recruited manpower from the Jiuyang Taoist Temple through the sect. The rewards were also very generous, and many people wanted to go.
Unfortunately, the number of places is limited, and in the end only some disciples were selected."
"That guy Leng Xing heard somewhere that I had participated in the mission, so he came to me and wanted to trade places with me. How could I agree, so we got into a quarrel."
Lin Shen suddenly realized that Leng Xing was really persistent and tried every means to escape.
The Meritorious Academy failed to accept the mission, so I simply found someone to change my place privately, and wanted to go to the Longyuan Mountains.
It is estimated that his father, Director Leng, did not know.
Thinking of this, Lin Shen suddenly had some doubts in his heart.
"Isn't Yan Xing a member of the Yan family? Why didn't Leng Xing ask Yan Xing for help, and why did he come to you specifically?"
As soon as these words came out, Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian both looked strange.
After staring at Lin Shen for several seconds, Yang Zhongyi coughed lightly and explained:
"Since losing to you in the disciple level challenge last time, Yan Xing's status in the Yan family has plummeted. Many resources have been allocated to several clan members with better talents. Now he can't protect himself and doesn't even care about himself.
Come on, how can you spare the time to help Leng Xing?"
"It's okay to rely on Yan Jingren's reputation to stand up for Leng Xing, but I don't want to do this!"
"." Lin Shen didn't expect that the reason was still his own fault, "What about Yan Jingren?"
"Not long after Yan Jingren was promoted to a disciple of the Upper House, he followed the elders of the clan deep into the Longyuan Mountains. It is said that he went to collect materials for repairing the cave."
Having said this, Yang Zhongyi glanced at Lin Shen, put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile:
"Speaking of which, Lao Lin, when are you going to challenge the disciples of the Upper Academy? It's best to challenge Yan Jingren and squeeze him out, lest that guy Yan Xing becomes arrogant because his brother is a disciple of the Upper Academy!"
Lin Shen shook his head in a funny way: "You think I am not so fast after taking the elixir. I am still in the long-breath state now!"
"Your cultivation speed is almost the same as taking elixirs!"
Yang Zhongyi murmured, then smiled, shook his head and said:
"I have great confidence in you. With your talent, I think it won't be long before you can advance to the Mingqiao realm. By then, with your martial arts attainments, won't it be easy to defeat Yan Jingren?"
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