Lin Ji walked into the small courtyard and looked around.
There's nothing noteworthy about it, it's just an ordinary farmhouse, simple but clean.
His eyes soon fell on the old man sitting at the door of the back room.
This is the old scholar Fang whom I met in Sishui County before. Tang Li, the chief criminal of Sishui County, is his disciple.
This man had white hair and beard but a young face. Tang Li originally told him that he had obtained the life-extending treasures from ghosts, and then he gave them to his teacher.
Now it seems that it is indeed nonsense.
"Fang Xiucai?" Lin Ji bowed slightly with a smile on his lips.
The scholar Fang also stood up and returned the salute, but said: "The scholar Fang is just a pseudonym. I, Song Cang, have met Taoist friend Lin."
"I've met fellow Taoist Song." Lin Ji changed his words.
After the ceremony, Meijiao Niang promptly moved two chairs and placed them in the courtyard. She also moved a tea table and made new tea.
Lin Ji thanked him and sat down. Looking at Song Cang approaching, he got straight to the point: "The Taoist rhyme Lin captured on Xu Dingtian a few days ago was the Taoist friend's method, right?"
"That's right." Song Cang nodded unabashedly, "I entered the Tao through dreams. Although this path is superficial, it also has many wonderful uses, making fellow Taoists laugh."
"Fellow Taoist is overly modest and uses dreams to bring reality. This method is not a simple method." Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "You were also a Taoist in Sishui County back then, right?"
"Yes." Song Cang nodded slightly.
"Shortly after Lin left Sishui County, all the people in Sishui County died..."
"also me."
Seeing Song Cang admitting so simply, Lin Ji's face turned gloomy.
"For killing innocent people in such a vicious way, are you really not afraid of being punished by God?"
"Afraid, so after I noticed what my Taoist friends were doing a few days ago, I thought it was someone from the Taiyi Sect who was taking action, so I lost etiquette and left without responding."
As he spoke, Song Cang laughed self-deprecatingly: "The older a person gets, the more they worry. If I had known that it was just a fellow Taoist who had just entered the Taoist realm, I would have to deal with whatever I said."
Lin Ji nodded, not feeling any offense from the other party.
A person who has entered the late Taoist realm will naturally not be afraid of a junior like him.
Lin Ji was silent for a moment, and then his eyes fell on the beautiful lady who was walking over with a teapot.
He shrugged his nose matter-of-factly.
"My sister-in-law is a Taoist friend of the Qingqiu Fox Clan, right? Lin has had a lot of dealings with Qingqiu Valley."
Just as Mei Jiao Niang came closer, she put down the teapot, gave a small blessing as a courtesy, and then said: "I have also heard that Fellow Daoist Lin has really harmed many juniors of our Qingqiu Fox Clan."
"They only brought it upon themselves." Lin Ji said.
Meijiao Niang nodded and said, "I am Hu Baimei, and I have met Daoist Lin."
"Fellow Daoist Hu is so polite."
At the same time, Song Cang asked again: "Fellow Daoist Lin is here now. Is he here to ask questions?"
"Forget about raising an army to question the crime, Lin wants to question Xu Dingtian."
"Didn't Fellow Taoist know this already? That Xu Xiaozi is the body that I like. His current achievements are probably due to my gift."
Song Cang said softly: "I have given him decades of glory, and now it is time to recover the cost."
"So he can't be saved?" Lin Ji was actually not surprised.
From the cause and effect on Xu Dingtian, we can see that for this guy to be able to achieve what he is today, he has more than hundreds of innocent people on his hands.
Although they all use dreams to kill people, they are ultimately cruel means to help others and benefit themselves at the expense of others.
Even if this person is saved, Lin Ji will not interfere too much.
"It's hopeless." Song Cang said, "I am approaching my longevity, so there can be no more accidents in this matter. Speak of you, fellow Daoist Lin, even if the Taiyi Sect comes, at the critical juncture, I will have to fight with them
."
Hearing this, Lin Ji didn't refute anything.
"It's about your own life, and that's what it should be. Even if it's Lin's physical body that has been planning for decades, no accidents can happen no matter what."
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lin, for your understanding." Song Cang smiled and saluted.
"You're welcome." Lin Ji returned the courtesy and said, "After talking about Xu Dingtian's matter, now let's talk about raising an army to investigate the crime."
"I have never offended Fellow Daoist Lin, right? Even if it is Supervisor Tiansi, Bai Meier has already given an explanation about the matter in Sishui County. If you don't believe me, Fellow Daoist Lin can go back and ask."
Lin Ji shook his head and then stood up slowly.
"Lin cultivates the Tao of Cause and Effect. He was personally involved in the incident in Sishui County. Although he already knew there was something hidden in it, he was a low-key person at that time, so he pretended to be deaf and mute and got away with it."
"You could pretend to be deaf and dumb back then, but now you can't?"
"The lives of tens of thousands of people must be explained." Lin Ji sighed, "This matter is related to Lin's cause and effect. I hope fellow Taoist Song will understand."
"Is it related to your path of cause and effect?" Song Cang understood after thinking for a moment, "So I have become a stumbling block on your path to enlightenment?"
"I can't talk about stumbling blocks, but even if my fellow Taoist dies, Lin will always think in his heart that this is not good."
Hearing this, Hu Baimei and Song Cang glanced at each other at any time, and each saw the smile in the other's eyes.
"It's a bit difficult to kill a Taoist, but it's not impossible. Not long after he became a Taoist, he dared to face my husband and I alone. I guess he had some means to save his life, right?" Hu Baimei covered her mouth and chuckled.
"That's not true. There are certainly ways to save one's life, but if Lin dares to come, it is expected that the two of you will not be able to keep Lin." Lin Ji stretched out his right hand and grasped it out of thin air, and the green sword fell into his hand.
Today's Qingzhi Sword is no longer what it was back then. Not only is the scarlet evil spirit lingering on the sword, but it is also mixed with a bit of golden and black Taoist charm.
The Qingzhi Sword has become a true Taoist weapon after Lin Ji broke through to the Taoist realm.
"It's not that Lin is arrogant, it's because of the combination of cause and effect that Lin had to come."
Lin Ji turned his hand, and the aura on the Qingzhi Sword stirred and distorted the surrounding air.
"Lin didn't dare to claim that he would keep two of them today. From the moment he saw the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, Lin already lost."
Hearing this, Song Cang smiled and said, "Even so, you still want to come?"
"You have to see who Lin is going to deal with. With this side of you now, Lin will be able to recognize you two even if they turn into ashes in the future."
Lin Ji's eyes turned one golden and one black again. He raised his left hand and held a few black threads.
Song Cang and Hu Baimei's expressions finally changed slightly.
"Is this the Taoist charm of fellow Taoist? Can it even manifest the cause and effect of others?"
Lin Ji did not speak, but tugged hard with his left hand.
The cause and effect of the sins on Song Cang and Hu Baimei were torn off by Lin Ji and held in his hands.
"Lin took over this small cause and effect for the two of them, but from then on, the whereabouts of the two of them were invisible to Lin."
Song Cang and Hu Baimei's expressions changed drastically.
They also felt as if something had been snatched away from them. Looking at the black lines in Lin Ji's hand, Song Cang finally stood up and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, are you really not afraid of death?"
"Afraid, Lin is more afraid of death than anyone else."
After the words fell, Lin Ji raised his hand and waved his sword.
"But since both of you are not here, what does Lin have to fear?"