56: I'm practicing Taoism, and you're talking to me about Buddhism?

At this moment, Lin Yuan’s battle on Mount Longhu became increasingly brutal.

Lu Linglong watched, growing more and more terrified.

“Great-Grandfather, Realized Immortal Lin Yuan looks a bit off. Has he gone bloodthirsty? How is this like a Daoist priest? Instead, he’s like a merciless executioner.”

Lu Jin narrowed his eyes, his brows slightly furrowing: “This kid, the more I look, the more something feels wrong? He’s never been like this normally?”

Lu Linglong nodded like a pecking chick.

“Yes, yes, yes, I just feel that Realized Immortal Lin Yuan today is even more terrifying and cold-blooded, like an emotionless killing machine.”

Lu Jin’s face also changed drastically at this moment; he suddenly realized something.

“Oh no! I knew something was up with this kid. He’s probably been affected by Gao Ning’s Twelve Afflictions Formation.”

“Quick! Linglong, take people and immediately inform the Old Celestial Master. I’ll go stop him! If he really accidentally harms the disciples of the Tianshi Mansion, Lin Yuan’s sin will be great!”

With that, Lu Jin rushed towards Lin Yuan’s location… At this moment, Lin Yuan stood amidst the piles of corpses, his vertical pupils constantly reflecting streaks of red light.

All the Quanxing members targeted by Lin Yuan swallowed nervously, as if they had been stared down by some terrifying giant beast.

“Lin Yuan! Stop it quickly! Your emotions are already being controlled!”

Lu Jin now stood in front of him.

“Wake up, Lin Yuan! Guard your mind, your emotions are very dangerous right now!”

Lin Yuan listened to Lu Jin’s voice, and in an instant, he became somewhat dazed. He then sensed the meridians within his body and found that his Hand Lesser Yin Heart Meridian was being affected by a certain power.

He immediately activated the Heart-Calming Incantation he had learned in the Pavilion of Books of Mount Longhu to dispel this power.

“How interesting! Thunderflame Cannon! Gao Ning! Truly a good tactic!”

“I truly underestimated you. I didn’t expect my emotions to be affected by you without me even realizing it.”

Lin Yuan originally thought that as long as he was careful and didn’t have any inner demons or obsessions, such tricks wouldn’t affect him. But the truth was, he had been too arrogant.

Lin Yuan took some time to compose himself, then looked up and said:

“Thank you for the reminder, Senior Lu Jin. Otherwise, I truly would have fallen for it today.”

Lu Jin noticed that Lin Yuan’s eyes had returned to normal. He knew that the other party had recovered, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s a good thing this kid didn’t fall into depravity. Otherwise, I alone might not have been able to hold him down.”

In terms of strength, the gap between him and Lü Ci wouldn’t be too great now. If he really had to forcefully fight Lin Yuan, his old bones would probably be directly torn apart.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Jin felt a chill down his spine. At his age, he was still so reckless in his actions.

“Thankfully, this kid Lin Yuan was capable enough to regain his senses in time. Otherwise, my fate today…” “Lin Yuan, you must not underestimate these people. The methods of the Quanxing fiends are very peculiar, and it’s hard to guarantee that you won’t fall into their trap if you’re not careful.”

“Thank you, Senior Lu Jin, for the reminder! I’ve learned a lot!”

Lin Yuan also genuinely cupped his hands in return to Lu Jin, as the other party had indeed been kind to him.

If he really had gone bloodthirsty and eventually couldn't distinguish friend from foe, slaughtering Mount Longhu, that sin would have been immense.

If the Quanxing people died, they died. But if the Tianshi Mansion people were killed, he feared he would no longer be able to stay on Mount Longhu… Just as Lin Yuan and Lu Jin were chatting, several people walked out of the nearby woods.

The leader was a man wearing loose monk robes, with a string of prayer beads around his neck, a stout physique, and a smile on his face. This person was Thunderflame Cannon Gao Ning.

Beside him were Intestinal Poison Dou Mei and several other Quanxing experts.

“Benefactor, let’s stop here today. We’ll leave now; please let us go.”

Don’t let Gao Ning’s smiling face fool you; he was truly terrified in his heart.

He had been watching Lin Yuan’s battle with the Quanxing experts from nearby, seeing everything clearly. He had almost fully activated the Twelve Afflictions Formation, but Lin Yuan’s twelve meridians had not been affected at all.

The constant white light reflected around him directly blocked it.

While Lin Yuan was slaughtering, he found an opportunity this time, affecting him when his state of mind was not yet stable.

Good news, it worked; bad news, he became even more brutal… Before, Lin Yuan at least left some survivors to lure others, but now he kills everyone he sees, like slaughtering chickens.

Honestly, he was truly scared.

So he had been hiding in the woods.

As Lu Jin appeared, Lin Yuan slowly regained consciousness, and only then did he dare to bring his people out to beg for mercy.

“Hehehe… Baldy! You’re quite something! You ambushed me earlier, and now you’re running to me to beg for mercy?”

Lin Yuan’s face was terrifyingly grim.

“Baldy, don’t you want to leave? I’ll send you to the afterlife right now!”

Gao Ning’s face stiffened. He really had no choice. If he could, he truly wanted to escape from here right now, but the path down the mountain was guarded by Lin Yuan. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t want to face Lin Yuan.

Moreover, hiding in the woods was useless. After Lin Yuan regained consciousness, he would definitely search the entire forest. Where else could they hide?

So, running was not an option. He could only come out and talk to him, stabilize him first.

Then Lin Yuan shifted his gaze to the middle-aged woman beside him, Dou Mei.

“Heh heh, earlier there were the Four Raging Ones of Quanxing, along with Bone-Scraping Blade Xia He and Root of Disaster Shen Chong. Now the Four Raging Ones have become two Raging Ones. Didn’t you all boast quite fiercely with your nicknames? Why aren’t you fierce today? I was still waiting for you to challenge me a bit.”

“The previous Root of Disaster Shen Chong was at least a strong-willed person…”

Gao Ning paused.

“Benefactor… put down the butcher’s knife and become a Buddha instantly… When will vengeance ever end?”

Hearing this, Lin Yuan burst out laughing.

“Do you even hear what you’re saying? ‘When will vengeance ever end?’ You make it sound like our Mount Longhu launched a full-scale attack on Quanxing today.”

“I only believe in one thing! A life for a life! Pay your debts! Say whatever you have to say to my fist!”

The next second, Platinum Star appeared behind Lin Yuan, delivering a powerful punch that sent Gao Ning spinning in the air for a full circle before smashing him to the ground.

Lin Yuan said with a look of disdain:

“I’m a Daoist cultivator! You’re talking Buddhism to me? Go to hell!”

“You old conniving bald monk! Don’t think I don’t know what you’re trying to do!?”

At this moment, a green light flashed in Lu Jin’s eyes, seemingly indicating something was amiss, so Lin Yuan also chose to act immediately.

When this Gao Ning appeared before them, he had been secretly using the Twelve Afflictions Formation the whole time, spouting so much nonsense just to affect Lu Jin and himself…