Meng Qiyi was overjoyed and diligently took Zhao Sheng to go through the formalities for joining the alliance and selecting a training cave.
Two hours later, the formalities were completed and Zhao Sheng quickly selected the cave.
In view of the principle of keeping a low profile and safety, Zhao Sheng deliberately chose a remote cave on the edge of Spring and Autumn Island.
Although the concentration of spiritual energy here is low, Zhao Sheng is very satisfied with this because the cave is opened on a cliff with the sea below.
After saying goodbye to Meng Qiyi, Zhao Sheng quickly rushed to the cliff cave, opened the stone door with the prohibition token, and walked in.
This cave is not small in size, with spacious space. There are more than a dozen stone rooms, decorated with furniture, etc., and the concentration of spiritual energy inside is quite deep, which is roughly equivalent to the first-order spiritual veins and spiritual orifices, making it very suitable for cultivation.
After Zhao Sheng took a brief look at the cave, he walked into the practice room. The practice room was not big, only five or six feet in size, and the furnishings were quite simple. Except for a white jade bed and an apricot futon, there was nothing else.
Something else.
Zhao Sheng was quite satisfied with the layout inside. He briefly inspected the four stone walls and stone doors, and after confirming that there were no surveillance restrictions, he felt relieved and went forward to sit cross-legged on the futon.
Zhao Sheng flicked his sleeves, and a barrier talisman shot out quickly. The board was attached to the door of the stone chamber. The white light spread in all directions, forming a pale white light curtain, covering the entire practice room.
The room is completely isolated from the outside world.
After doing this, Zhao Sheng pondered for a moment, turned over with one hand, and took out a dark black shield from the storage bag. It was the low-grade defensive spiritual weapon Haiyuan Shield obtained in Beifu Cave.
Zhao Sheng threw it gently, and the Haiyuan Shield immediately flew into the air in a spin. Then his eyes were filled with divine light, and he pinched the seal with both hands. A divine consciousness seal suddenly shot out from his hand and sank into the shield.
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three days later
In the training room, Zhao Sheng's face was solemn, and the spiritual consciousness and spiritual restraints continued to sink into the abyss shield.
As the refining spirit seals continued to enter, the Abyssal Shield was glowing with black light, and waves of waves could be faintly heard in the training room.
At this moment, the Abyssal Shield was suspended in mid-air, with countless spiritual taboo runes appearing on its surface from time to time. The runes were intertwined with each other, and they were clearly condensed into defensive spiritual taboos. At a glance, there were as many as twenty
Many ways.
At this moment, Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed with divine light, and the magic technique in his hand suddenly stopped. At the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood essence. The blood essence instantly turned into a layer of blood mist, and was driven by his spiritual consciousness, and fell into the abyss shield one after another.
, disappeared in a flash.
The next second, the Abyss Shield glowed brightly, making a clear sound of ocean waves. The light and shadow of the shields gradually emerged in the training room, whizzing around the spiritual shield.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed with joy.
"Gather... condense!"
He shouted lowly, and his foundation-building realm consciousness burst out in a flash,
He saw the phantom of the shield in the air glowing brightly, and then he threw himself into the abyss shield like a tired bird returning to the forest.
In an instant, a large black light erupted on the Abyss Shield, and more than twenty spiritual restraints suddenly emerged, and then disappeared into the Abyss Shield in an instant.
The next second, Zhao Sheng thought, and the Haiyuan Shield suddenly shrank to the size of a palm, turned into a black light, flew in front of him, and quickly circled around his body as his thoughts changed.
Zhao Sheng smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and the Haiyuan Shield flew down with a "whoosh" and landed in the palm of his hand.
"Okay. Finally, we have completed the refining of the three spiritual weapons. The previous owner of Bei Mansion was a good man! Every treasure left behind is of high quality." Zhao Sheng put away the Haiyuan Shield and couldn't help but sigh.
.
After refining the spiritual weapon, Zhao Sheng immediately stood up and walked out of the secret room slowly.
As soon as I went out, I found a messenger crane flying around in the cave with its head covered.
Zhao Sheng stretched out his hand and made a move, and Fu He flapped his wings and quickly flew over and fell into his hand.
After opening the talisman crane and looking at it, Zhao Sheng frowned at first and then relaxed, muttering to himself: "The alliance leader is back and wants to summon the elders of the guest ministers for a meeting? Is it just for me, or is there something really going on? Interesting!"
Zhao Sheng freshened up, changed into a set of plain brocade robes, and then took a short rest.
Half a day later, Zhao Sheng walked out of the cave, and a white light suddenly shot out from his sleeves. The white light circled around his body, and his whole body instantly turned into a platinum sword rainbow, and he galloped towards the Spring and Autumn Hall.
After a moment, the sword rainbow fell on the square in front of the palace. Zhao Sheng dispersed the sword light, took back the flying sword, and walked into the magnificent Spring and Autumn Hall.
The entire hall is extremely tall and spacious, with an area of more than 200 feet and a height of nearly 20 feet. Inside, there are a total of eighteen thick coiled dragon gold pillars supporting the hall. The top of the hall is inlaid with more than a hundred fist-sized radiant spirits.
Pearls illuminate the main hall as bright as day.
In the middle of the main hall, there are two rows of white jade tables and chairs. At this moment, there are seventeen or eighteen immortal cultivators of extraordinary bearing and different looks, sitting in twos and threes on the jade chairs.
Some of them lowered their heads and talked softly, while others were concentrating on themselves with their eyes closed, and Meng Qiyi was among them, chatting happily with the people next to him.
At this time, on the three green jade chairs in the center of the hall, two old men with unfathomable aura were sitting. One of them, Zhao Sheng, had already seen Qifeng Zhenren, and the other had an ancient face and a tall and powerful figure.
, his eyes were fiery red, and it was like there were two flames burning in his pupils.
As soon as Zhao Shengfang stepped into the main hall, some of the guests and elders in the main hall looked over.
When Meng Qiyi saw Zhao Sheng coming, he immediately stood up with a smile on his face, hurried forward to greet him, and said with a big smile: "Haha, brother Zhao, you are here. Come on, let me introduce you to all our comrades.
"
"This is the Supreme Elder of our alliance, Master Chi Yuan."
"Junior Zhao Chonghe has met the real Chi Yuan!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng immediately bowed his hands to the ancient-faced Master Chi Yuan.
"Forget it! Qi Laodao, you are lucky. You have found such a young Foundation Builder. However, since they have all joined the alliance, why are you still so secretive?" Chi Yuan's real voice sounded like a bell.
He said coldly and sarcastically.
Seeing this, Old Taoist Qifeng laughed and mocked: "Haha, Yuan Datou, just go ahead and envy me! Zhao Xiaoyou has agreed to join the Foreign Affairs Hall. In addition, your control is too lenient. That is other people's privacy, is it possible?
Do I want to report to you?"
"Humph!" Master Chi Yuan glared at his old enemy.
Seeing this, Meng Qiyi quickly pulled Zhao Sheng down and introduced other people to him.
"This is Lu Xia, fellow Taoist Lu, who is currently the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall." Meng Qiyi first pointed at a middle-aged Confucian scholar with a graceful manner and said.
"My dear, Zhao Chonghe, I have met Hall Master Lu."
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Zhao. I heard a few days ago that a young handsome man came to our hall. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true! We need to get closer in the future. After this happens, Lu will definitely go to visit Fellow Daoist Zhao in his cave.
." When the middle-aged Confucian scholar saw Zhao Sheng, his eyes lit up, he immediately stood up and held his hands towards Zhao Sheng from a distance, saying loudly.
"Hall Master Lu is too polite, it should be Zhao who comes to visit." Zhao Sheng quickly replied politely.
After chatting with him for a few words, Meng Qiyi took Zhao Sheng and introduced others.
"This is Fellow Daoist Lu..."
“Ludo is friendly!…”
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"This is Senior Zhuge Zhen..."
"Senior Zhuge is so polite..."
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By the time most of the introductions were completed, half an hour had passed, and by this time the sapphire chairs in the main hall were already full of people.
Zhao Sheng was the last to join the alliance, so he found the jade chair at the end and sat down.
At this time, someone next to him raised his hand and said: "Fellow Daoist Zhao, you look very young, you should have established your foundation very early, right?"
Zhao Sheng turned around and looked, but saw that the man speaking had a fair face and delicate appearance. He was only in his twenties. He was dressed in a brocade robe and looked suave, like a noble man in troubled times.
"It turns out to be fellow Taoist Chen Guanxi. I just look young, but he is actually quite old." Zhao Sheng said half-truthfully to avoid trouble.
After the man smiled slightly, he was about to say a few more words.
I heard a sound of flapping wings coming from the door of the hall.
Chen Guanxi looked solemn and turned to look at the door, while other people in the hall also behaved in the same way.
The next second, two people walked in from the door of the main hall. One of them was an old man with a kind face, about six feet tall and wearing a jade-colored brocade robe.
The red young man.
"Alliance leader!"
"Hello, leader!"
As soon as the old man appeared, everyone in the hall stood up to say hello, with most of their eyes showing respect.
The old man is clearly the leader of the Spring and Autumn Alliance, a big boss in the late Jindan period, and Master Changkong.
"Leader of the alliance, this must be the special envoy! As expected, the jade tree stands in the wind, with extraordinary grace!"
Qifeng and Chiyuan, who were sitting at the top, had already stood up at the same time and greeted him.
"Gu Yanqiu, I have met these two seniors!" The young master smiled slightly and bowed to the two Jindan masters seemingly casually.
Zhao Sheng silently looked at this "special envoy". Judging from his name, he was obviously a member of the Gu Yan family on Zhuque Island.
Judging from the aura emanating from his body, this person is also a foundation-building monk, and may be a few years younger than him.
As soon as Gu Yanqiu Fang sat down, the guest elders immediately came forward to introduce themselves, and most of them were respectful to the special envoy.
Gu Yanqiu seemed polite and very kind to others, but Zhao Sheng could see a hint of contempt in the depth of his eyes from time to time.
After a while, the introductions were completed. Because Zhao Sheng was very young and was the last one, Gu Yanqiu had a deeper impression of him.
After this incident, Master Changkong's face straightened, and he instantly took control of the atmosphere of the hall without saying a word.
"Today, I have called everyone here to discuss the conflict between our alliance and the Xuanxiao Sect. What do you think about the spiritual veins of the Seven Star Reef?"
At this time, Chen Guanxi quietly explained to Zhao Sheng:
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, you didn't know that you came late. Our Spring and Autumn Alliance has frequently clashed with the Xuanxiao Sect over the spiritual veins of Qixing Reef, and I'm afraid there will be a big fight this time. Hehe, Friend Daoist Zhao, your luck is too bad!
"
Zhao Sheng nodded slightly when he heard this, with no expression on his face. He didn't think he was unlucky, but thought this was an opportunity.
The Spring and Autumn Alliance is the overlord of Jiuzhen Island. He wants to learn the truly profound alchemy skills and use the power of the Spring and Autumn Alliance to achieve his goals faster and better. The premise of all this is to make enough contributions to the Spring and Autumn Alliance.
Zhao Sheng watched silently as others expressed their opinions impassionedly. He found that most people supported a head-on fight with the Xuanxiao Sect.
Looking at the appearance of the first three Jindan masters, Zhao Sheng vaguely realized that all this was done for Gu Yanqiu to see.
When everyone expressed their attitude, Gu Yanqiu smiled with emotion: "Before I came, my family said that the Spring and Autumn Alliance was in disarray. But from today's perspective, this statement is completely false. Your alliance is quite united! Senior Changkong,
You have made up your mind, are you really going to have a fight with the Xuanxiao Sect?"
Qifeng and Chiyuan's eyes flickered when they heard this. After looking at each other, their eyes turned to the alliance leader.
At this time, Master Changkong smiled slightly and said slowly: "Special envoy, it's not that the Spring and Autumn Alliance insists on fighting the Xuanxiao Sect, but it's because it bullies people too much. The Broken Star Sea has already made a public decision about the ownership of the Seven Star Reef! But the Xuanxiao Sect has not
They are making strong arguments and insisting on occupying the Seven Star Reef. The Spring and Autumn Alliance cannot retreat, and it cannot retreat! Otherwise, it will make our comrades laugh at us!"
Gu Yanqiu took a deep breath and said: "Peace is the most important thing in everything! Both Guimeng and Xuanxiao Sect are old friends of Zhuque Island. It is better for both of you to take a step back. I am willing to be a peacemaker and go to Xuanxiao Sect.
He. Senior Changkong, what do you think?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Old Taoist Qifeng said loudly: "What the special envoy doesn't know is that the Seven Star Reef has been within the sphere of influence of our Spring and Autumn Alliance since it was discovered two hundred years ago. Originally, there was only one first-order spiritual vein here, and there was not much development.
potential.
But in recent times, someone has accidentally discovered that there is a larger second-order spiritual vein connected to the end of the Seven-Star Reef spiritual vein. The Xuanxiao Sect is jealous of this second-order spiritual vein, and actually claims that the spiritual vein is not within the scope of the Seven-Star Reef.
Belongs to the masterless spiritual vein.
What's even more shameful is that they actually said that the second-level spiritual veins were discovered by them a long time ago and should belong to the Xuanxiao Sect. This... This is really a strong argument, and it is intolerable!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was furious.
After Qifeng finished speaking, he looked directly at Gu Yanqiu and asked, "Special envoy, do you think Xuanxiao Sect did the right thing?"
Gu Yanqiu looked at Master Qifeng with glaring eyes, suppressed the smile on his face, and said slowly: "In that case, let's follow the old rules! Let's have a gambling fight. As for the method of gambling, just
It will be up to you and the Zixiao Sect to send out three foundation-building monks each to engage in a life-and-death fight, and the winner will get the ownership of the Seven Star Reef."
When Qifeng and Chiyuan heard this, they looked dissatisfied and were startled.
Qifeng Lao Dao was about to open his mouth to argue, but Master Changkong waved his hand and said seriously: "Betting is fine, but Xuanxiao Sect also has to put up something of equal value as a bet."
"Okay, I will persuade the Xuanxiao Sect to agree, then... how about putting this gambling fight in half a year?"
"Can!"
"Alliance leader, no!" Master Chi Yuan blurted out anxiously after hearing this.
Master Changkong waved his hand and said without any doubt: "No need to persuade me, just use gambling to settle the issue."
At this point, most of the other people below had expressions of uncertainty, not knowing what they were thinking.