As time goes by, the atmosphere becomes more and more tense.
Just as Lu Zhong feared, Changchun Valley has indeed set its sights on the "fat meat" of Bi Dao, coveting the millions of spiritual stone income every year and the broad development prospects in the future.
Now that there are two Nascent Soul Lords in the sect who are "in their prime", Changchun Valley's style of doing things is also much more wanton than before. There is no longer any forbearance and dormancy, and quick and resolute actions are taken, as in the past.
Overt and covert suppression has returned.
The most obvious thing is that the sales of Shenglingmi have been greatly hindered in Changchun Fairy City.
No auction house is willing to accept the consignment, and no family sect dares to do business with the Bihai Sect. Even the other five Southern Barbarian regions except the True Spirit Realm, a bunch of sects, families and chambers of commerce have begun to add insult to injury to lower the price, intending to take a share of this incident.
soup.
The Jindan Sect Bihai Sect is like this, not to mention the suppression of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce. The supply of goods is cut off, causing the East China Sea trade to have to be suspended. The recovery period is not yet known, and people are also panicked internally. There are constant bosses and big bosses trying to
I broke away from the relationship and chose to withdraw from the Chengde Chamber of Commerce.
Faced with this situation, Lu Zhong was helpless even though he was angry.
Fortunately, things are not too bad yet.
With Shui Ni around, Changchun Valley still has a bottom line when it comes to doing business, and they still abide by the default rules. Presumably, they won't directly break out before their patience is completely exhausted.
"And I still have the Western Region..." Lu Zhong breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he prepared a way out for himself.
Affected by the recent land expansion order, Bihai's spiritual rice production has increased significantly, and as long as he continues to implement the policy, the spiritual rice production will continue to increase, enough to complete the transaction with the Western Territory Alliance.
With the incarnation here, Lu Zhong doesn't need to put himself in danger.
When you get the rare spiritual objects from the Western Region, you can also exchange them for what you want.
On this day, Lu Zhong was drinking tea at the waterside pavilion to relax and relieve his recent depression, when suddenly a rainbow light fell.
But it was Shui Ni who came over.
Seeing that it was her, Lu Zhong waved his hand to ask the maids around to step back.
Shui Ni stepped into the waterside pavilion, glanced around, smiled and sat down next to Lu Zhong, unceremoniously picked up the tea cup that he had just drank from, and drank it all in one breath.
This action made Lu Zhong hesitate to speak.
The two chatted for a while before getting down to business.
Shui Ni caressed Lu Zhong's face and said gently: "Disciple, my master already knows about this matter...
To be honest, the power of Changchun Valley is at its peak now. Once the two Nascent Souls take action together, even the master can only avoid its sharp edge."
At this point, she paused before continuing:
"If so, if you feel that you can't stay here anymore, don't feel embarrassed, just go back to Zhenling Sect with your master.
Don’t worry, although the True Spirit Realm is a bit smaller, since you are my apprentice, Shui Ni, I will still prepare enough spiritual objects for you, my apprentice, to successfully conceive a baby."
Hearing her words, Lu Zhong felt mixed emotions.
If we talk about the best teacher in the world, I'm afraid it's nothing more than this, right?
Looking back at the beginning of his apprenticeship, he only treated Shui Ni as a "cheap master" in his heart, and using words to please Shui Ni was just driven by profit. When it came to respecting his teacher and respecting his teachings, it was natural that he had nothing at all.
But now...
Lu Zhong took a deep breath and said confidently: "Thank you Master for coming all the way. Although the Changchun Valley is powerful and aggressive, the disciples are not necessarily meat on the chopping block. I have prepared an escape route in advance, even if the worst happens.
, can also escape whole body.
"You..." Shui Ni smiled bitterly, as if she had expected this, and said nothing more.
He took out two jade charms from his body.
"Do you still remember the Golden Tower and Jade Talisman? This is the fourth-level Golden Tower secret talisman, but it was difficult for me to refine it. It can withstand the power of several blows from the Nascent Soul True Monarch. Disciple, please hold them. My teacher believes in you. The prepared escape route is careful and safe enough, but...you have to leave more room for everything, right?"
"Thank you Master for the gift!" Lu Zhong did not refuse. After all, it was Shui Ni's wish, so he accepted the two warm jade charms.
Shui Ni took a step forward and hugged Lu Zhong. It took a long time before she was willing to let go.
"Well, the Zhenling Sect is busy with affairs, so I can only take a break temporarily, so I won't stay here. But I must take good care of my good wife and don't let her be wronged!"
Without waiting for Lu Zhong's reply, she took a few steps back.
When we got out of the waterside pavilion, it immediately rose into the sky and turned into a rainbow light.
His body shrunk down to the size of a sesame seed, and then there was a sound like a thunderous boom, which showed how fast he was going.
"Husband..." Yu Feng'er walked over.
Lu Zhong touched her head, knowing that his mother-in-law was worrying blindly again, so he could only comfort her with words: "It's okay, it's just a small trouble. By the way, this is the secret golden talisman given by the master. Remember to keep it close to you in the future." If you carry it, it can withstand the attack of True Monarch Nascent Soul, so don’t lose it.”
"Yes!" Yu Feng'er nodded heavily.
…
At the end of July.
Lu Zhongxin refined a fighting incarnation.
Different from previous incarnations, this is the first time he has made a special incarnation based on his own image. From now on, the combat avatar will be in charge of appearing in all public occasions.
The main body will always stay in Chaosheng Cave.
In the past period of time, Changchun Valley has been pressing harder and harder. From the light and covert suppression at the beginning, it has escalated to various unreasonable restrictions. As a result, both the Chamber of Commerce and the Bihai Sect have suffered considerable losses. If the losses are converted into spiritual Stone, at least a million.
There is bad news one after another, but there is also good news.
The trade in the Western Region is very successful. The latest round of transactions not only brought back many rare spiritual objects, which can be used by Lu Zhong to purchase much-needed cultivation-enhancing elixirs, but also brought back a surprising news.
Aura transformation technology has made progress!
"How credible is it?" Lu Zhong looked at the incarnation of Li Dong opposite.
Li Dongzai is currently in charge of all transactions in the Western Territory. Perhaps he has stayed in the lonely Western Territory for a long time, which has made his already indifferent temperament even more peaceful.
"I think this is true. The demonstration from the Western Alliance cannot be false. Although the key is not shown, and the effort is not proportional to the output, it is indeed successful in converting scarlet aura into fairy aura, so I I suggest you agree to the conditions there."
"Okay!" Lu Zhong chose to believe in the incarnation.
One million kilograms of spiritual rice are provided free of charge every year in exchange for the free sharing of spiritual energy transformation technology. Even though there is still a long way to go before this technology is mature, in his opinion, it is a cost-effective investment.
Judging from the transformation demonstration of the Western Realm League, the research direction they chose is obviously better than that of the East China Sea Cultivation World. It may be possible to achieve true spiritual energy transformation, thus broadening the sources of spiritual energy for monks.
By then, whether it is medicinal spiritual energy, demonic spiritual energy, poisonous spiritual energy, or blood spiritual energy, any energy with the word "spiritual energy" can be transformed into the fairy spiritual energy needed by the monks.
If it were possible to realize the transformation of spiritual energy at will.
Then from now on, there will no longer be a shortage of resources in the world of cultivation.
…
Chaosheng Cave.
Quiet room.
Lu Zhong was sitting cross-legged on the futon, working his body to refine his Qi.
Even though he was facing a crisis, he still did not give up his daily homework. As usual, the results of his practice were almost nonexistent, but compared with the beginning of the year, the progress could be said to be significant.
After he finished refining the Fire Source Pill, he suddenly felt the Golden Pill in his body shake slightly, and the spiritual energy that filled the quiet room rushed into his body crazily. The speed of his body suddenly increased by several points, and his cultivation suddenly reached another limit.
The infant realm is one step closer.
"Phew...finally there is significant progress!"
A look of surprise appeared on Lu Zhong's face. Feeling that the total amount of mana had increased slightly from before and that the mana had become purer again, he secretly thought that all the hard work had finally been in vain.
He got up and walked out of the quiet room and came to the waterside pavilion.
"Meet the Master!"
As soon as he sat down, two figures came over together.
The leader is the eldest disciple Su Caocao. Her image has changed drastically after building the foundation. There is no longer any trace of the skinny and delicate skin on her body. She is now wearing a black secret pattern robe, and her dark hair is simply pulled up. Overall, she looks fresh and capable.
It gives people the feeling of being vigorous and resolute.
Following her was her young apprentice He Luo.
His aura is also much calmer than before, and he is obviously polishing the foundation according to Lu Zhong's requirements.
"Master... Regarding the inventory of all the acres in Bihai, the statistics and compilation were completed yesterday. This is the field register..." Su Caocao saluted first, and then presented a jade slip.
Lu Zhong glanced at it and found that the statistics were very detailed. Not to mention the basic area, the surrounding climate and the crops suitable for planting were also recorded in detail. It can be seen that Su Caocao has put great care into this.
, lived up to his expectations.
In my heart, I couldn't help but feel very satisfied.
"Well, well done!"
He deserves praise, and he never hesitates to express his praise.
Turning to look at He Luo, the latter took a step forward and saluted respectfully: "Master, you asked your disciples to find out the situation of the disciples of the major families in Bihai. It has been successfully completed. The information has been recorded in the jade slips. Please take a look at it, Master."
!”
As he spoke, he presented a jade slip with both hands.
"You are good too!"
Lu Zhong took a cursory glance and found everything from spiritual roots to bone age and even family origin. It was obvious that He Luo had begun to compete with Su Caocao, and he also ingeniously collected a lot of information that interested him, such as the universal soul of a certain branch.
Strong, or good at alchemy, etc.
Naturally, he is happy to see this happen.
Then he waved his hands for the two of them to leave.
After carefully reading the field records and the information about each family in Bihai, I found that Bihai had already grown into more than 30 foundation-building families in just a few decades.
The branches of the seven major families in the Southern Barbarians account for most of them, and seven of them originated from the Changchun Valley. Now that the Bihai Sect is at odds with the Changchun Valley, these seven foundation-building families and the disciples they sent to the Bihai Sect have become hidden dangers.
How to deal with it is also a troublesome matter.
If it is too light or too heavy, it will not be conducive to the future development of Bihai Sect.
Combining family information with field records, we can see the development speed of each major family, especially the five major families of "Chen, Wang, Chu, Ye and Qin".
If the Jiedan family can appear in Bihai in the future, then there is a high probability that it will appear in these five families. Fortunately, there is no one from the Changchun region, otherwise it will be a trouble.
After some reading, Lu Zhong came up with strategies on how to make up for the situation and guard against spies in Changchun Valley.
Suddenly, a request popped up in his mind.
"Oh, is the avatar asking me to take over the body?" Lu Zhong did not refuse.
Connect with the incarnation.
…
Changchun Valley.
On the fighting stage.
A young monk with only the eighth level of Qi Refining looked at his opponent whose strength was a little higher than his own. He did not show the slightest fear and his expression remained as usual.
He is the incarnation of Li Yun and Lu Zhong who worshiped in Changchun Valley.
What is being held now is the annual competition for the outer sect of Changchun Valley. This is the best opportunity for all the disciples of the outer sect of Changchun Valley to advance, and it is also the best opportunity to gain appreciation from the sect’s senior leaders.
At this time of year, some "lucky people" stand out and are given the hard-to-find Foundation Establishment Pill.
In order to increase the chance of obtaining the secret technique of childbirth, Li Yun prepared to perform in this competition.
As for the trump card, naturally it is to let the main body take over the body.
"Haha... How dare you come to compete with me for ranking?"
On the other side of the competition stage, a rich young man said with a sneer.
Then, the young man looked at the crowd in the audience. Among them were several noble men and women in cassocks. A proud smile appeared on their faces, and he offered a high-grade magic weapon, a flying sword, and said:
"Just look at me like—"
But before he finished speaking, he saw several people in the audience showing surprised expressions.
Looking back again, I happened to face a stern face. At the same time, I felt a chill on my neck. A sharp sword was held up. As long as the rich young man dared to make a slight move, the owner of the sword would not hesitate to do it. Naturally, the rich young man did not believe it.
Xie, a hole was opened immediately.
At this time, a huge force separated the two people.
"In this round, Li Yun wins!"
Zhuji announced the results with an expressionless face in the audience.
"He, he sneaked up on me, this game doesn't count!" The rich young man refused to accept, and then looked at Li Yun fiercely, threatening: "Junior brother Li, I advise you to compete with me again, otherwise -"
Before he could finish speaking, the foundation builder slapped him in the corner like he was throwing away garbage.
"You shameful thing, get out!"
Do you still think that the competition arena is your own home? You didn’t even know that someone touched you from behind and attacked you, but you still had the nerve to ask for a rematch.
The presence of such people will only lower the level of Changchun Valley.
Then the competition continued.
Lu Zhong took over the body of the avatar and relied on his years of fighting experience, exquisite magical attainments, and strong psychological quality to defeat his opponents "thrillingly" time and time again, and finally ended up in the top ten.
It's not that he doesn't want to go further, but the top ten opponents are either direct descendants of the elders of Changchun Valley, or elites of aristocratic families, and each one has more magic weapons and protective spiritual objects than the last.
No matter how you look at it, it is not something that a monk who is a casual cultivator and whose cultivation is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining can defeat him.
Rather than arouse suspicion, it is better to leave it as soon as possible.
Even so, Lu Zhong, who performed outstandingly in the competition, also attracted a lot of attention. On the spot, an elder expressed his wish to accept him as a registered disciple.
The elder’s named disciple? It seems pretty good.
Just when Lu Zhong was about to agree, a jade-faced young man came outside the competition venue.
Although he was only in the Qi Refining Stage, all the deacons in the field would bow respectfully when they saw him. Even the elder Jiedan would gently nod to him to show respect.
There is no other reason, just because this person is the eleven disciples of True Lord Qingding.
The status is naturally extremely noble!
The jade-faced young man looked around the arena, his eyes fixed on the top ten outer disciples in the competition, and he raised his head and said, "Which one of you is willing to be my follower, Bai Shaojie?"
He came here to collect his followers!
When the others heard this, they couldn't help but have strange expressions on their faces.
Winning the top ten in the outer sect competition, the future achievements are destined to be good, at least the future of foundation building. How can anyone be willing to be a follower, even if it is a follower of a Nascent Soul disciple, he is still a follower in essence, and his identity is destined
Will be inferior to others.
When no one responded, Bai Shaojie lost his composure.