Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens

#376 - The Immortal Crimson Pearl Grass on the Three-Life Stone! Lin Daiyu's Secret!

"Thank you, sir." The City God first expressed his gratitude, then said, "Yin and Yang are separate. The Luo Tian Army that occupies Yangzhou City, its leader, the Luo Tian Great Emperor, is a highly accomplished cultivator. This humble god, being a spirit of the underworld, cannot approach him. I can only trouble you, sir, to return to the mortal realm and speak with the Luo Tian Great Emperor on my behalf. With such cultivation, how can the Luo Tian Great Emperor cause such chaos in the mortal world? I hope you can persuade the Luo Tian Great Emperor, with such cultivation, why not become an immortal and attain the Dao, enjoying eternal life and wealth? Why cling to the fleeting pleasures of the mortal world?"

"Me... Can I actually return to the living?" Lin Ruhai's eyes widened instantly, looking at the City God in disbelief.

"Only temporarily," the City God said with some guilt. "This humble god is only a mere third-rank official. Although I can allow you to return to the mortal realm, your lifespan has already ended. I cannot defy fate. However, if you can persuade the Luo Tian Great Emperor to change his mind, you will have great merit with the Three Realms. At that time, you will surely have a reward. Perhaps one day, you can serve alongside me in the court."

Hearing that he could not truly return to the living, although a moment of disappointment flashed through his heart, it quickly dissipated when he learned that taking a trip on behalf of Marquis Lingyou actually presented an opportunity to become an underworld deity.

Lin Ruhai immediately abandoned all other thoughts.

He was in.

Although he was a third-ranking scholar, Lin Ruhai was not lacking in the courage to take a gamble. You must know that as a third-ranking scholar and the son-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion, he had no need to get involved in a position like the Salt Inspector.

Although the Salt Inspector's position was fraught with danger, and few could land safely, if he truly became the Salt Inspector, it would bring immense benefits to Lin Ruhai.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Ruhai decisively accepted the position of Salt Inspector. Even after losing his wife and son in this position, Lin Ruhai still did not retreat until his death.

This alone is enough to make people feel that Lin Ruhai is not lacking in courage.

And now, when Marquis Lingyou offered him the temptation of becoming an underworld deity, Lin Ruhai once again felt the courage to take a gamble.

Inside the Salt Inspector's mansion.

Because the Luo Tian Army had occupied Yangzhou City, although their military discipline was strict, both Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu denied the idea of holding a grand funeral for Lin Ruhai in such a chaotic situation.

In the simple mourning shed, there was no shortage of white cloth and paper money. This was prepared by Lin Ruhai himself when he was seriously ill. Even the coffin was prepared.

The sobbing Lin Daiyu, with the help of her cousin Jia Lian and the Lin family servants, washed her father and put on his burial clothes.

Just as she placed Lin Ruhai's body into the coffin.

The next moment, Lin Ruhai suddenly gasped for breath and sat up abruptly from the coffin.

The sudden corpse resurrection frightened countless servants.

Even Jia Lian wet his pants. On the contrary, Lin Daiyu, after seeing her father come back to life, not only did not feel much fear, but burst into tears of joy and threw herself into Lin Ruhai's arms.

"M-M-Master!" The steward, whose soul and spirit were almost scared out of his body, looked even worse than Lin Ruhai, who had just come back to life.

"Uncle Lin, say no more. Quickly change my clothes. I have been entrusted by Marquis Lingyou to temporarily return to the living and need to meet the Luo Tian Taoist who has occupied Yangzhou," Lin Ruhai said succinctly.

The title of Marquis Lingyou startled everyone at first, but Lin Bo was the first to react.

After all, as the Lin family's steward, he had to take care of all the Lin family's etiquette. It was just that he didn't react immediately that the City God of Yangzhou also had the title of Marquis Lingyou.

However, after reacting, Lin Bo was the first to follow Lin Ruhai's instructions, and he brought the clothes that had not yet been burned.

Taking advantage of the time to change clothes, Lin Ruhai said to Lin Daiyu, "Yu'er, although I am lucky enough to return to the living, my biggest concern is you. Although my return to the living is short, this trip will surely bring merit to the Three Realms. Perhaps one day I will be able to become an underworld deity, and we father and daughter will surely have a day to meet again. You don't need to be sad!"

When she heard that her father could become an underworld deity, Lin Daiyu sobbed under great sorrow and joy and fainted directly.

Startled, Lin Ruhai, after confirming that his daughter was only temporarily unconscious, although he felt reluctant, he was not the kind of person who was sentimental. Moreover, if he could really help Marquis Lingyou and persuade the Luo Tian Great Emperor to follow the will of heaven, he would have a chance to take care of his daughter in the future when he achieved the righteous fruit of an underworld deity.

Leaving the unconscious Daiyu to the care of the maids, Lin Ruhai changed into the official uniform brought by Lin Bo and went straight out the door with the company of several servants and guards.

As soon as he went out, Lin Ruhai, wearing an official uniform of the imperial court, was caught by the original core members of the Cao Gang under Luo Fu's command.

As for the servants and guards around Lin Ruhai, they did have some combat power. Otherwise, how could they protect Lin Ruhai, the Salt Inspector?

You must know that the imperial court attaches great importance to the salt industry and has specially established an armed force to deal with salt smugglers.

But even so, the strongmen under Luo Fu's command, even the worst ones, were enemies of a hundred men. How could Lin Ruhai's servants and guards contend with them?

Yangzhou City, as an important town, was also stationed with a lot of armed forces. The armor worn by Luo Fu's subordinates was almost all taken from the soldiers stationed in Yangzhou.

Dealing with Lin Ruhai's servants and guards was even easier.

After all, he was the imperial court's Salt Inspector. Lin Ruhai would not call Luo Fu the Luo Tian Great Emperor like Marquis Lingyou. After all, a divine position like Great Emperor still needed to be officially conferred by the imperial court.

Since Marquis Lingyou called this Luo Tian Great Emperor a highly accomplished cultivator, then calling him a Taoist must be correct.

When they heard that this official, wearing an official uniform of the imperial court and walking swaggeringly on the street, actually wanted to see their master.

The soldiers under Luo Fu's command looked at each other in dismay.

They were naturally loyal to Luo Fu, and even because of the Origin Energy Seeds that Luo Fu had created, this loyalty would become stronger and stronger, able to penetrate deep into their souls.

And once it concerned Luo Fu, these people naturally became cautious.

Finally, a core member of the Cao Gang said after a moment of silence, "Since you also want to see the Great Emperor, then come with us, but don't act rashly, otherwise, you will be beheaded without pardon."

After almost the same words were returned to Lin Ruhai by this core member.

Although Lin Ruhai's face was livid, he still obediently followed the other party's footsteps.

Inside the Yangzhou government office.

After descending from the sky, Luo Fu directly occupied the Yangzhou government office.

When he learned from his subordinates that Lin Ruhai had come to visit him.

Luo Fu looked in the direction of the City God Temple at the first moment.

In this world with the incense divine path, Luo Fu certainly knew that his every move could not be hidden from the ears and eyes of the underworld deities.

However, in this world, because the system of transcendent power is based on the nobility of humanity, the source of power for both heavenly gods and earthly deities comes from humans.

But Luo Fu truly possessed the power to sweep across the world.

Even if the underworld deities knew Luo Fu's movements, it would be enough to complete the purpose of changing dynasties.

After taking a distant look at the direction of the City God Temple, Luo Fu then instructed his subordinates to bring Lin Ruhai over.

After a while, accompanied by several subordinates, Lin Ruhai, wearing an official uniform, quickly appeared in Luo Fu's sight.

Lin Ruhai did have a refined temperament, worthy of being the father of the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass.

Unfortunately, the so-called return to the living by the Yangzhou City God was essentially nothing more than a trick of borrowing a corpse to revive the soul, even inferior to a proper corpse borrowing.

Lin Ruhai at this moment was clearly a soul driving his own corpse. Seemingly returning to the living, in reality, he was more like a walking corpse.

Luo Fu instantly understood the means of this Marquis Lingyou, the Yangzhou City God.

It was nothing more than using the incense divine path to give Lin Ruhai's soul the ability to manipulate the corpse. Even in essence, it was the same as the means of manipulating straw men and paper men in Maoshan Taoism.

Grasping Lin Ruhai's soul, in just a short moment, Luo Fu understood the methods of this Marquis Lingyou, the City God of Yangzhou.

It was nothing more than using the incense divine path to give Lin Ruhai's soul the ability to manipulate the corpse. Even in essence, it was the same as the means of manipulating straw men and paper men in Maoshan Taoism.

It was only Lin Ruhai's soul, manipulating his own physical body, which made him appear so composed. Even his corpse could maintain a seemingly fresh appearance to the naked eye. But in reality, all of this was merely an illusion sustained by the power of incense.

The moment Luo Fu captured his soul, Lin Ruhai became somewhat panicked.

What he had relied on before was entirely the blessing of the Yangzhou City God, the Spirit Protector Marquis, from the underworld.

Now, the means of revival that the Spirit Protector Marquis had granted him were so vulnerable in the face of Luo Fu. How could Lin Ruhai not be flustered?

He even began to worry that he might become like those lonely, wandering spirits controlled by heretical cultivators in those storybook novels.

It could only be said that Lin Ruhai's gamble on the underworld deity, hoping to fulfill the Spirit Protector Marquis's commission to gain merit and become an underworld god, was like his previous appointment as the Salt Inspector Censor. It was the same kind of high-stakes gamble, and the same kind of devastating loss.

Forcing himself to calm down, since he had underestimated the methods of this Great Emperor Luo Tian, Lin Ruhai had nothing to say.

Coming back to his senses, just as Lin Ruhai was about to lash out at Luo Fu to show his unwavering loyalty,

Luo Fu's next words completely panicked Lin Ruhai.

Ignoring Lin Ruhai's captured soul, Luo Fu directly ordered his subordinates: "Go to the Salt Inspector Censor's residence and bring the Lin Censor's daughter here."

"What do you want to do?" After losing his wife and son one after another, the only thing Lin Ruhai cared about was his orphaned daughter.

Now, Luo Fu was openly going to fetch Lin Daiyu in front of him. How could Lin Ruhai not be flustered?

"Your Excellency is a righteous cultivator, have you not heard that misfortune should not befall wives and children? Could it be that Your Excellency, a dignified overlord, would resort to threatening people's families? With such a narrow mind, even if Your Excellency possesses heaven-defying mystical arts, you are nothing more than a brigand causing chaos in the world."

"Is Lin Censor planning to advise me?" Luo Fu looked at Lin Ruhai with a smile that was not a smile.

Although Lin Ruhai was a heavy gambler, he was also a standard scholar-official, not the kind who would betray his principles for personal gain. He truly possessed the spirit and integrity of a scholar-official.

Being a heavy gambler did not mean that Lin Ruhai had no bottom line.

"Lin has been deeply favored by the Emperor…"

Before Lin Ruhai could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Luo Fu once again.

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"Then let's wait until the young lady arrives! Perhaps, Lin Censor will change his mind by then?"

It was fortunate that Lin Ruhai was only a soul now, otherwise, even if he were still alive, he would have been angered to death by Luo Fu's words.

Indeed, Luo Fu's behavior at this moment was clearly intended to use Lin Daiyu to threaten him.

In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

The subordinates who had left not long ago returned with a young man and a young woman wearing a veiled hat, appearing in Luo Fu's sight.

The subordinate thoughtfully explained to Luo Fu: "Great Emperor, we followed your instructions and went to the Salt Inspector Censor's residence. Unexpectedly, we happened to capture the Rongguo Mansion's young master, Jia Lian."

Jia Lian was only in his early twenties.

When he was forcibly taken away by these fierce men, he was initially quite frightened, but when he saw Luo Fu, he was instantly stunned.

The reason Jia Lian was stunned when he saw Luo Fu was twofold.

Firstly, Luo Fu at this moment looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. Although his Qi and blood were abundant after entering the shared space, and his body had grown a lot in a short period of time, making him look no less impressive than Jia Lian, the twenty-something-year-old young master of the Rongguo Mansion, his youthfulness was still evident.

Secondly, Jia Lian knew or was aware of Luo Fu.

The small figure wearing the veiled hat, needless to say, was definitely Lin Ruhai's daughter, Lin Daiyu.

And Luo Fu was now even more interested in Jia Lian.

After all, Jia Lian's reaction had fully explained everything.

Even though Luo Fu had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to a few months ago, Jia Lian was still able to recognize Luo Fu's identity at a glance.

This was obviously because Jia Lian had a rather deep impression of Luo Fu before.

In the Rongguo Mansion, if one were to say that everyone was evil, it might be an exaggeration. After all, in the feudal era, moral and ethical concepts were vastly different from those of later generations.

However, Jia Lian was a rare individual in the Rongguo Mansion with a relatively high moral bottom line.

At the very least, when Jia She set his sights on Shi Daizi's fan, Jia Lian was severely beaten for trying to dissuade Jia She.

And now that Jia Lian was able to recognize him so quickly, the only thing Luo Fu could think of was the matter of the lackeys of the Four Great Families plotting to seize the jade material, the treasure of his Luo family.

In fact, until now, Luo Fu had not thoroughly investigated the detailed process of the Four Great Families plotting to seize his family's treasure jade material.

Because he knew very well that it was simply a mess.

Rather than painstakingly investigating the ins and outs, it was better to sweep away the Four Great Families behind those lackeys in one fell swoop. Not only the Four Great Families, but even this dynasty, Luo Fu would replace it.

Only such revenge would be clean, thorough, and satisfying.

It could also satisfy Luo Fu's inner desire for power after experiencing suppression.

However, Jia Lian's reaction now made Luo Fu have some other thoughts.

"It seems that Second Master Lian has a deep memory of me."

Jia Lian shuddered, his voice trembling slightly as he said: "You… you… is it really you? Scholar Luo? How could you… what exactly is going on…"

Seeing Jia Lian so surprised that he was almost incoherent, Luo Fu sneered: "What? Is it strange? I have now raised the flag of rebellion, planning to kill my way into the capital and seize the Emperor's throne."

As a scholar, logically speaking, Luo Fu should not have such a rude performance now. At the very least, he should have made a grand-sounding excuse, such as acting on behalf of Heaven.

This mouth that kept talking about killing his way into the capital and seizing the Emperor's throne, no matter how you looked at it, was the style of a rude bandit who had not read books.

Jia Lian's mind was somewhat confused at this moment.

He did indeed know Luo Fu, and even after Hua Zifang told the people of the Rongguo Mansion about the news that the Luo family was hiding the treasure jade material, Jia Lian had once instructed those servants not to go too far.

In the middle, he even personally went to Luo Family Village. Of course, this was also because Luo Family Village was not far from the capital, and Jia Lian was often busy with the Rongguo Mansion's external affairs, and often traveled outside. It was precisely because of this reason that he had met Luo Fu more than once.

But in any case, Jia Lian could not associate the frail young man in his memory with the Great Emperor Luo Tian in front of him, who at most looked a little youthful compared to adults.

Perhaps in the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian could indeed be considered one with a relatively high moral bottom line.

Unfortunately, as an enemy of the Four Great Families, in Luo Fu's eyes, everyone in the Four Great Families, even those born into them, had original sin.

You must know that uprooting the weeds, exterminating the entire family, and punishing nine generations, this is the custom and even the virtue of the East.

Blame it on the fact that Jia Lian was a member of the Rongguo Mansion, and also the next generation heir of the Rongguo Mansion.

Waving his hand, he signaled his subordinates to temporarily detain Jia Lian.

Only then did Luo Fu leisurely come to Lin Daiyu's side.

Clearly just a frail little girl, but at this moment, Lin Daiyu showed unimaginable courage in the face of Luo Fu's approach.

Not only did she not retreat a step, but even through the veiled hat, she looked at Luo Fu.

"Traitor."

Lin Daiyu gritted her teeth and said: "Don't think you can use me to threaten my father."

The moment the words fell, Lin Daiyu suddenly turned around, ran quickly with small steps, and crashed headfirst into the strange stone next to the moon gate.

It was clear that she intended to commit suicide by hitting the stone.

"Yu'er."

A cry of alarm came, and Lin Daiyu stumbled under her feet, and the veiled hat fell off, revealing a head of black hair.

Looking around, when she saw that her father, who had just been resurrected, was now standing beside Luo Fu in the form of a illusory soul.

Lin Daiyu suddenly felt grief in her heart.

"Father, please forgive your daughter for being unfilial. Father has devoted himself to the country, and your daughter will not allow the Lin family to be disgraced."

Seeing Lin Daiyu reaffirm her intention to commit suicide.

Lin Ruhai couldn't bear to watch any longer.

"You evil villain, you falsely claim to be a cultivator, confuse the world, I don't know how many innocent people will suffer because of the war you have started, you…"

"Is it I who caused chaos in the world?" Luo Fu smiled disdainfully, glancing meaningfully at Lin Daiyu.

With his strength, even if he had only completed the power shared with him and only a little bit of insignificant localization, he still possessed unimaginable, world-suppressing divine power.

The transformation of the essence of life endowed Luo Fu with all kinds of incredible divine powers.

For example, now, on Lin Daiyu's body, Luo Fu clearly saw a delicate Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass, swaying gracefully.

But what really made Luo Fu care was the shadow rooted in this swaying Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass.

It was a mysterious and extraordinary boulder, with three colors, each with an incomparably smooth surface, like a mirror.

In an instant, Luo Fu had already recognized that the shadow of this boulder was actually the famous Three Lives Stone in the legend.

Clearly in the Dream of the Red Chamber, the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass was only growing beside the Three Lives Stone, but now Luo Fu's divine eyes, which could observe the three realms and six paths of heaven and earth, clearly told him that the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass was not growing beside the Three Lives Stone, but was rooted on the Three Lives Stone.

No wonder the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass was said to be growing on the banks of the Spirit River, but it needed the Camellia Fairy's attendant Shenying to irrigate it with sweet dew.

May I ask, do plants by the river need special irrigation?

The original unreasonableness, at this moment in Luo Fu's eyes, was all reasonable.

The Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass was obviously extraordinary, at least, the plants that could take root on the Three Lives Stone must belong to the category of spiritual roots.