The Tiangang Sword was not only much longer and heavier than Lin Ji's original sword, so it was inconvenient to hang around his waist, so he could only carry it on his back.
After leaving Jian Tiansi's office, Lin Ji had been feeling an inexplicable feeling in his heart.
It's like a certain concern has disappeared, and it seems like something has been properly resolved.
Lin Ji was no stranger to this feeling. He would feel this way every time he finished recording something in his karma book.
It was a gift from heaven, the feeling after it appeared in his hands in various ways.
Something has a beginning and an end, a cause and an effect.
Only when the cause and effect is solved and gifts are obtained can it be considered complete.
"But I clearly didn't record the case of Lu Mansion's mother-in-law transformation in the cause and effect book." Lin Ji was puzzled.
This matter was too involved and involved the Qin royal family. Lin Ji did not want to get too involved, so he did not record it in the cause and effect book.
But this familiar feeling cannot be faked.
Not only that, Lin Ji thought of many things from this incident.
His cultivation speed has obviously become much faster in the past six months. His own qualifications are not very good, although because of the Book of Cause and Effect, every breakthrough is a matter of course.
However, the accumulation process is very long.
From breaking through the third level and taking over the position of Qingyang County's head catcher, to breaking through the fourth level.
Lin Ji spent three years accumulating.
Although this speed is not slow.
But compared to now after breaking through the fourth realm, it took a few months to break through to the middle of the fourth realm.
The speed between the two is worlds apart.
"I just got the Glazed Armor not long ago, so my cultivation speed doesn't matter here."
Lin Ji thought about it and subconsciously looked up at the sky.
He took out the book of cause and effect and read through it carefully.
"Is it possible that even if it is something that is not recorded, as long as it is completed, there will be benefits."
"It's just that this benefit is subtle and cannot be seen for a while, but it becomes obvious as time goes by. Otherwise, it cannot explain the faster speed of my cultivation."
As long as something is recorded in the cause and effect book, once it is completed, there will definitely be a gift the next day.
This is a rule that Lin Ji has figured out a long time ago.
But he didn't expect that even if he didn't record it, the Book of Cause and Effect seemed to be secretly affecting him.
"So recording is not a necessary condition. Perhaps this condition should fall on... merit?"
Lin Ji looked at the sword in his hand again.
His association was caused by the Tiangang Sword.
Taking the Tiangang Sword is like taking a gift from heaven.
"So the matter of becoming a mother-in-law, even if there is no record, is big enough for God to send me a gift?"
Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.
The sword was a good sword, but he was not happy about it.
This abnormality made him feel more and more depressed, as if a storm was coming.
"The sword of the first Master of the Department must be a high-grade multiplier. Why did Master Gao reward it to me like this?"
…
In a dark cave.
The man in black robe sat cross-legged and kept mumbling strange words.
In front of him, the big cauldron was surrounded by hot flames, and the entire cauldron was shaking slightly, giving people the feeling that it was about to fall down at any time.
After a while, the flames gradually dissipated.
The man in black robe stood up, with a bit of excitement on his face, and opened the lid of the cauldron.
An extremely strong smell hit his face, so much so that he had to take half a step back.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from the side.
"How?" The man in white robe said with some curiosity.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't be curious. It's hard to find anything strange in this world that can make him curious.
But the behavior of the man in black at this moment whetted his appetite.
The man in black robe did not answer, but just looked at the objects in the cauldron.
It was a skeleton, more than ten meters long.
"It's not perfect, but it's enough." The man in black robe finally sounded a little more relaxed.
Hearing this, the man in white robe also laughed.
He walked closer to the cauldron and took a look inside.
But he couldn't see any way.
"Just because of this thing, you dare to go to the capital to die?"
"If things don't work out, I'll be reincarnated and rebuild." The man in black robe looked at the man in white robes, grinning, "But if it does work out... The Qin family owed me a thousand years ago, and I will take all the money."
It was brought back with profit."
Upon hearing this, the man in white robe took a deep look at the man in black robe and let out a long sigh of relief.
"That's why it is said that if you don't kill the tiger, there will be endless troubles! If you cut the grass without removing the root, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows."
"Haha, it was the Qin family who broke their promise first. They spoke grandly before things were done, but turned their backs on them after it was done. The Qin family has taken over all the good things in the world, and they can take them for a thousand years. It's really unreasonable!"
At this point, seeing that the man in white robe didn't answer any questions, the man in black robe had no intention of continuing to complain.
"How are your preparations going?" the man in black robe asked.
"The formation I left in the imperial mausoleum was broken."
"Only discovered now?" The man in black robe was a little surprised.
The man in white robe couldn't help but laugh twice.
"Yeah, I didn't expect that old guy Qin Mian is probably closed-minded and confused."
"All the means that need to be retained are left behind, and everything that needs to be arranged is in place. The large formation is just a deception, a trick to divert trouble from the east water."
The man in black robe nodded and asked again: "How about... on Panlong Mountain?"
The man in white robe pondered for a moment, and the smile on his face finally dissipated a lot.
"It is worthy of the name of Panlong Mountain."
This answer did not surprise the man in black robe.
"The Qin family has controlled the world's nine states for thousands of years, so it's not surprising that it has a deeper foundation. But we are not planning for the nine-fifth position, and we don't have to fight head-on."
"If this were not the case, I would not dare to join you." The man in white robe said.
Hearing this, the man in black couldn't help laughing.
Perhaps because he moved too much, the hood on his head fell to the back of his neck, revealing his true appearance.
It was an old face, with white eyebrows and beard.
Only on the head, there is not a single hair, and a few faint traces of ring scars can be seen.
"Is there anything in this world that you don't dare to do? It's just whether you think about it or not. Why do you have to be so self-effacing! Your Taiyi Sect is the leader of the Taoist Sect in the world, and with such a status, you have to be inferior to the dynasty. If it were me, I would swallow it.
Don’t let this go.”
The man in white robe quickly shook his head and waved his hands.
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not a one-dimensional person."
The man in black robe seemed to be in a good mood, and his old face was filled with a strange and evil smile.
"We've known each other for so long, but you've never been willing to show your true face. Now that things have come to a head, aren't you willing to take off your hat?"
"We said when we first colluded that we would not explore other people's identities." The man in white robe shook his head.
"But you've seen my face."
"You are just like Tianji. I don't even know which reincarnation this is for you. Is there any difference between seeing it and not seeing it?"
The man in black robe shook his head.
"No, there is a difference. Maybe there wasn't before, but now there is."
"What's the meaning?"
The man in black robe walked to the door of the cave and looked into the distance.
That's the direction to the north.
"In this life, I am not the only one who has come back..."