Chapter 85 - The First Sword of the Earth - NovelsTime

The First Sword of the Earth

Chapter 85

Author: Closer to home
updatedAt: 2025-07-03

"Young patriarch, it''s not a matter for you to procrastinate and not practice. Listen to the third grandma''s advice. Now the vitality of heaven and earth has returned, isn''t it a waste of time not to practice..."

    In the car, the originally harmonious atmosphere immediately became a little cold as the old woman said this.

    Shen Xilin''s face was a little gray. She turned her head and looked out of the window, quietly distracted.

    "Little Lord, you..."

    "According to the religious tradition, I should have the freedom to choose my own life path," said Shen Xilin softly, with a bit of light in my eyes. "We are all ordinary people. In the future, I just want to be ordinary people, marry and have children with a person who doesn''t practice, have a simple but able to support myself, and hope to be free from disease and disaster all my life... That''s good."

    "Young leader, do you still mind what happened in those years? The leader also said suffering."

    "Send me back to school, third grandma. Don''t persuade me about it. I''m very happy now." Shen Xilin smiled gently.

    "Alas," the old woman sighed helplessly and didn''t dare to persuade more. She could only tell: "I''m afraid there will be some noise here tonight. You stay in school. Don''t go out of the dormitory casually. We will protect you in the dark."

    "You don''t have to protect me. I''d better not go out in the dormitory," Shen Xilin thought. "If you can, please help me take care of my younger brother. He saved my life a few years ago. He just killed a cult member of the five gods, which may attract revenge."

    The old woman frowned and said, "young patriarch, according to the rules, we can''t participate in the disputes between these monastic sects and monks."

    Shen Xilin nodded calmly, "just think I didn''t say it."

    The female driver smiled and joked, "but if it''s our little patriarch''s sweetheart, that''s an exception."

    "Shut up!" the old woman scolded, "it''s really unruly to joke with the young patriarch like this!"

    The female driver made a depressed expression and concentrated on driving.

    Shen Xilin helplessly explained, "she''s just kidding. I''m just grateful to him. As I said, I just want to find an ordinary person to get married and spend my life."

    The old woman whispered, "young patriarch, if you really want to do this, why don''t you step on the path of cultivation together, and then live in seclusion and become a pair of immortal couples envied by immortals? Isn''t it beautiful?"

    "It''s not beautiful," Shen Xilin rolled his eyes and snorted, "third grandma, I''ll get off right away."

    "Don''t, don''t. The third grandma finally got out of the customs. She only saw you once in three years, but she can''t bear to let you go."

    Although Shen Xilin denied it, the "three grannies" still thought a little.

    Shen Xilin caught the third grandmother''s eyes, but didn''t say anything. He held his chin and looked at the city street view outside the window.

    I don''t know why I''m distracted or where I''m thinking.

    ……

    Today is destined to be remembered and deliberately avoided.

    The Kung Fu auction was held at midnight.

    Just at night, the city gradually quieted down.

    At 9 p.m., police cars began to stop at all major intersections in the city. Near all important buildings, a large number of soldiers in camouflage combat clothes could be seen sitting on the ground without saying a word, like clay sculptures.

    A famous friar who had wandered around the city for the past two days disappeared, but there seemed to be a hidden force everywhere, ready to move.

    The secret book of the Heavenly Master, which is inherited by the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, will be auctioned in public, and hundreds of copies will be auctioned, which undoubtedly gives a boost to all the monks who come for this matter.

    Monasticism pays attention to the land of Dharma and wealth, and Dharma is the basis of everything. Even if there is no third volume of the secret book of Heavenly Master in this auction, it is quite attractive to many Taoist inheritors who lack Kung Fu.

    No matter whether a friar is following the right path or the wrong path, no one can refuse a "top-level" Taoist inheritance method that is clearly priced and not particularly expensive.

    So that at noon, after the auction spread the news of the auction of hundreds of Heavenly Master''s Secret books, in just half a day, countless monks got the news and entered this prosperous river crossing city through various channels.

    At 10 p.m., at the temporary residence of the special investigation team, hundreds of monks in Taoist robes entered the waiting motorcade.

    Among them, there are more than 20 Taoist masters of the second generation and more than 80 disciples of the third generation. All of them are people with profound Taoism and successful talismans in the sect.

    When these friars of Longhu Mountain set out by car, they rushed to several places where the flame is most likely to appear tonight. A dozen old Taoist masters with white hair and wearing various Taoist robes walked out slowly.

    There are several Taoist masters from Longhu Mountain, some experts invited by Longhu Mountain to help boxing, and several Taoist elders invited by the special investigation team.

    These road masters also got on several buses and rushed to the reservation place.

    Once the flame maker specifies the location of the auction, no matter where it is, it should ensure that several experts can arrive at the first time, and then quickly control the situation.

    In this station, Chi Ling and several middle-aged officers in military uniforms sit in the general dispatching room. The scenes around the city constantly flash on several large screens displayed in the dispatching room.

    The dispatching room is a little muggy, and hundreds of computer hosts consume a lot of power every minute.

    Dozens of technical workers are watching a computer screen everywhere, paying attention to the dynamics of the network without saying a word.

    The nearest to Chi Ling are more than a dozen young girls who are similar to "customer service". They are responsible for gathering the messages from all parties, reporting to the team leader at the first time, and conveying the team leader''s instructions to all teams in time.

    "The road leaders have begun to enter the preset section, and the emergency lanes have been cleared out of the main roads."

    "Team leader, fifteen helicopters and six rescue helicopters have been arranged in place."

    "Team leader, there is no condition in the streets. The key suspected areas have been closed, and no server signal has been detected."

    "Team leader, the firewalls of the internal computer networks of various enterprises in the city have been checked. It is very troublesome for the other party to hack the firewalls of any enterprise. Moreover, we have made preparations for mandatory temporary power outage of these servers when necessary, but some standby circuits are still hidden dangers."

    In the fast and brisk report, Chi Ling kept making replies and instructions. The whole person was like a high-speed machine.

    But as the time approached twelve o''clock minute by minute, Chi Ling became a little impatient.

    She always felt that she seemed to ignore some details, some vital details that she couldn''t notice for the moment.

    "Inform all departments that as soon as the flame appears, it will be killed immediately."

    "Yes."

    Leaning back on the seat, Chi Ling rubbed her forehead. Several middle-aged men and women sitting upright beside her didn''t say anything, but were quietly waiting for Chi Ling''s order.

    At this time, the members of the special combat readiness group distributed throughout the city only listened to the mobilization of these officers.

    What''s missing?

    If the other party wants to carry out the function auction by building a local area network, it must reach several elements, server, terminal and network connection.

    The overseas team employed by the flame is most likely to achieve this goal by hacking into an existing internal network, which is the conclusion reached by the investigation team after several meetings.

    A middle-aged officer asked in a deep voice: "leader Chi Ling, is it possible that the other party is deliberately attracting our attention? Is the real auction held in other places? Or is it a direct transaction through e-mail?"

    "Several insiders we arranged have paid the money and are identified as interested buyers by the other party. They can''t tell whether the buyer is ours. The information they transmitted is temporarily credible..."

    Chi Ling shook her head gently. "Judging from the current situation, the flame intends to let many monks gather together, otherwise they won''t do this offline auction."

    "What''s his purpose?"

    "There is no shortage of lunatics and psychopathic criminals in the world," Chi Ling hugged her arm and her voice was still as calm as usual. "This kind of guy who thinks he is a saint is actually endangering the public interest. He is just a selfish and narcissistic psycho."

    Several officers nodded and did not continue to answer.

    When the arrangements were ready, the report gradually quieted down, and the atmosphere in the general control room became more and more dull.

    The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is all over the building.

    In every corner of the city, a pair of eyes looked at the increasingly "clean" streets.

    I don''t know how many people are waiting by their mobile phones for the message that will arrive in an hour.

    Those who make remittances to overseas bank accounts through various ways and meet the amount required by the other party have their own contact information.

    As long as they hand in the basic skills they have prepared tonight, they will have a great chance to change back to the first and second volume of the top skill "secret book of Heavenly Master".

    In a remote parking lot, a young man sat in the driver''s seat and kept looking around, while the three road leaders quietly closed their eyes.

    "Martial uncle, what if the six skills we have prepared are not enough? Since it is an auction, someone will increase the price."

    "If it''s not enough, just ask someone to borrow some."

    The young man was stunned. "Ask someone to borrow it? Who will lend it to us? Not all..."

    After a speech, he saw the sneer across the corner of his martial uncle''s mouth in the co driver''s seat next to him, and immediately understood the meaning of martial uncle''s words.

    Not enough, just grab it.

    ……

    A single room somewhere in the inpatient area of a municipal hospital.

    Wang Sheng sat on the hospital bed with his eyes closed. Although he could not cross his legs at this time, he still could not affect his practice.

    In order to recover as soon as possible, Wang Sheng has begun to forge the bones of his lower legs and feet. At this time, he actually doesn''t need to put on plaster, but he still can''t walk freely on the ground.

    Mou Yue, who should be very busy tonight, can sit aside and read beauty magazines with the blessing of Wang Sheng;

    Daniel was a little restless. He kept looking at the news in the action team group and worried about what might happen next.

    "What time is it?"

    Wang Sheng suddenly asked. Before Mou Yue answered, he had opened his eyes.

    The time on the wall clock is eleven fifteen.

    Mou Yue whispered, "the auction will only take 45 minutes, but Taoist Wang, you are now at ease to recover from your injury. You don''t have to take care of these things."

    "Well," Wang Sheng nodded calmly. He didn''t want to take care of it.

    I just hope that there will be no massive bloodshed tonight and that the future living environment of monks will not be affected.

    Daniel said, "Taoist Wang, I''ll peel an orange for you? You see, I''m idle now. Can you give me some Kung Fu?"

    Wang Shenggang was about to respond with a smile. Daniel had rubbed his big hands and walked here. Mou Yue turned her eyes.

    Buzzing——

    Wang Sheng''s mobile phone vibrated, showing a strange number, but after Wang Sheng chose to connect, there was a familiar and choking voice

    "Hey, brother Sheng... I want to die, brother Sheng..."

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