"We were blind and collided with our seniors! You... Your Excellency, you have a lot... and... please don't argue with us!"
The monk knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, as if he deeply regretted his actions.
The voice sounded familiar to Jiang Li, and after looking at his face carefully, he realized that he had just met this person not long ago.
"Huh? Aren't you the one who sells the forget-me-not grass at Demon King Pavilion?"
"What? You didn't earn 100,000 spiritual stones, so you just paid attention to me?"
"Young casual cultivator, you have to know that if you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts."
At first, Jiang Li really thought that some force was going to be detrimental to them.
But the strange thing is that anyone with some experience should know that low-level monks like Jiang Li who spend a lot of money are most likely surrounded by powerful protectors.
They are not easy targets for robbery.
If a big force really has an ulterior motive to target the Chongshan Alliance, then it shouldn't just send a few pill formations.
Now it seems that it is not the case anymore.
It's probably just these guys who got the idea of making a fortune and wanted to make a fortune.
These six people formed a team before, explored the dangerous Ghost King Wasteland, and entered the terrifying underworld illusion, all just to get the reward of one hundred thousand spiritual stones.
One hundred thousand spirit stones is indeed not a small amount. All the belongings left by the previous elder Duan Shuang of Sutra Sutra Valley are only worth two to thirty thousand spirit stones.
These casual cultivators are naturally even poorer.
But that adventure resulted in huge losses in the end. The stone that was brought back had nothing to do with the Three Life Stones, and the few forget-me-nots were also of extremely poor quality.
The dream of a reward of 100,000 yuan was naturally in vain.
In the end, eighty pieces of low-grade spiritual stones were not enough to afford a good meal in Fengyang City. They could not even cover the cost of entering and exiting the city gate a few times.
It's like paying it to grandma's house.
But in the same Yaowang Pavilion, he saw Jiang Li, a foundation-building monk, spending a lot of money.
Millions of spiritual stones were spent just like this.
There was a table full of miraculous elixirs that a foundation-building monk should have.
That should be theirs!
This is what this casual cultivator thinks.
Under the influence of jealousy, loss, greed and other emotions, plus the fact that the person was just a "weak" foundation-building monk, he inevitably had his thoughts moved.
No, as soon as he came out, he got entangled with his accomplices and blocked the road to rob Jiang Li.
"Senior! Senior! We are blind to the mountains! We are really wrong!"
He said he was wrong because he was blind and picked the wrong person for robbery. He did not feel that there was anything wrong with the act of robbery.
There is indeed nothing to sympathize with such a person. It is not unreasonable for sect disciples to look down on casual cultivators.
"Eat this and spare your life."
Jiang Li was too lazy to talk nonsense with this man, so he raised his hand and threw a seed.
The spiritual root fell into the hands of San Xiu, who had a grimace after taking it.
If you think about it with your buttocks, you will know that whatever you let him eat in this situation will not be good food no matter what.
"senior..."
He still wanted to beg for mercy, but Jiang Li's figure instantly approached and stuffed the spiritual root seed into his mouth.
Then the wooden dragon Riquaza swam over, swallowed him, and sent him into the underworld coffin hidden in his belly.
Jiang Li actually didn't kill the five people just now, he just seriously injured them.
These six people are all in the realm of pill formation, and they have once entered the underworld illusion in the Ghost King's wasteland.
Their experience is still useful to Jiang Li.
"What's your name? Tell me about your situation."
At the Chongshan Alliance stronghold, after Jiang Li returned to his quiet room, he released the only Overlord Spear monk who was still intact.
At this time, the spiritual root seed had taken root and sprouted in his body. As soon as it came out, the other party knelt down respectfully and offered his loyalty to Jiang Li.
"Greetings to the leader, the villain's name is An Lie. He is a casual cultivator who was born in Moshi City in the Eastern Region. He practices earth-based exercises and the Overlord Earth Technique. He has an illegitimate son in Moshi City..."
Jiang Li just asked, and the casual cultivator An Lie reported all his personal information without any hesitation.
It also includes secrets such as one's own attributes, skills and characteristics, mortal relatives, etc. that cannot be known to outsiders.
He has been controlled by the spiritual root seed. Even if Jiang Li wants to take away everything from him and refine it into the Nine Nether Earth Fruit, he will happily accept it and be proud of it.
This eliminates the troublesome interrogation process, and the information obtained can be more detailed and accurate.
"Very good. How much do you know about the illusion of the underworld? What did you encounter in it? Everything is detailed. Tell me in detail."
This was what Jiang Li was concerned about, and casual cultivator An Lie immediately started talking about it.
An Lie's team was not originally six people, but a group of thirteen monks in the Danjie stage.
They often take on some tasks and help big forces with some chores, and are quite famous in this area.
After the reward for the Sansheng Stone came out, they, like most casual cultivators, were tempted.
Although the Ghost King Wasteland is dangerous, one Sansei Stone can be sold for one hundred thousand spirit stones, which is a sky-high price to them.
So the team of thirteen people stepped into the land of the dead without hesitation.
They were very lucky. During their careful exploration, they did not encounter powerful ghosts. It only took three months for them to encounter a newly formed illusion.
But they were also very unlucky. Also attracted by the illusion was a ghost king.
It was a terrifying existence that even the Nascent Soul stage monks could only flee when they encountered it.
In that illusion, they were running for their lives almost the entire time and had no intention of exploring.
In just a few sticks of incense, seven of his companions had been killed, and the remaining six could only grab a handful of stones and spiritual grass on the ground, and escaped from the Ghost King Wasteland in embarrassment.
They were able to escape not because of anything else, but because the ghost king was temporarily full after eating seven souls formed into pills and was too lazy to chase them.
Therefore, their understanding of illusions is also quite limited.
However, the illusion of the underworld will attract the ghost king, which is important information. No wonder the big forces offer a bounty of one hundred thousand spiritual stones and one three-life stone. The danger of that place is far higher than imagined.
"Put on this mask, and you will be a member of Qingshanju from now on."
"There is only one mission for you. Go to the Ghost King Wasteland to continue exploring the fantasy world."
....
The next day, during the Chongshan meeting.
"What do you think about the proposal to establish a special executive department?"
At the meeting, Jiang Li still proposed the plan he had discussed with Master Dongfang Guangling.
The senior executives at the table fell silent, and they were also thinking about the pros and cons of this proposal.
In many big powers and sects, there are actually more or less such secret troops.
For example, the medicine man from Bailian Mountain is a typical example.
But the existence of such troops is not necessarily a good thing.
"Leader Jiang, if this secret force is established, who will be in charge? What are its powers? How will it be supervised?"
Soon, someone raised this question, which was also the fundamental reason for everyone's silence.
According to what Jiang Li said, this army will be participated by elite personnel sent by each sect, and its final strength must be impressive. The emergence of this army will inevitably cause an imbalance of power.
Naturally they have to worry about it.
"I think this proposal still needs long-term consideration."
"Why don't we put this matter aside for the time being and discuss it with Dazhongshan first before making a decision?"
They obviously don't want to make such an important decision easily.
But Jiang Li did not give up or answer their questions.
Instead, he pushed a list in front of him and handed it to the senior management below for circulation.
"This is the price of the spiritual materials and elixirs we collected in Fengyang City yesterday. You can take a look."
"Dazhong Mountain now has huge profits in its hands, but it does not have enough power to protect itself. Everyone should be clear about what this means."
"Power, power, that is a good thing, but you must understand that now is not a good time to fight for power."
"You all know very well why I, Jiang Li, am an insignificant Foundation Establishment disciple, became the leader of the Chongshan Alliance."
"My existence is only to alleviate the conflicts caused by the struggle for power."
Jiang Li exposed his disgrace in front of all the senior officials.
"But that's only a relief, not a solution."
"Just the day before yesterday, because the scope of responsibility for repairing the expansion formation was different, a conflict broke out in the Rune Department, so that work was forced to stop."
"Uncle Guangling, what do you say?"
Dongfang Guangling, who had already said hello, nodded immediately and apologized for his subordinate's incompetence.
Many of the senior officials here were also ashamed because the participants in that work stoppage incident were disciples of their sect.
"It's just because of a little difference in labor that something like this happened."
"What the Chongshan Alliance has to do next will not only require sweating, but we will also face sacrifices, big sacrifices!"
"If everyone wants to protect themselves and preserve their strength, then there is no need for the Chongshan Alliance to exist!"
Jiang Li stood up and glanced sternly at the many senior officials below.
He is obviously just a foundation builder and a nominal alliance leader, but no one dares to look at him at this time.
"The original intention of the establishment of the Chongshan League was to safeguard the century-old peace of Dachongshan!"
"I know that the interests and positions of the sect are not easy to put aside. But I hope that after putting on the mask, there will be such a group of people who can temporarily forget their own names and positions and do something for Dazhong Mountain."
"Of course, you don't have to worry. This unit does not serve any individual. It only accepts orders but not people. All orders are only issued from the Chongshan meeting. But because of this, when they perform their tasks, other Chongshan
Allied monks need unconditional help."
Jiang Li talked a lot, but perhaps only the last sentence really convinced them.
"Leader Jiang, what is the name of this army?"
A senior executive asked, and everyone else looked at Jiang Li. They had already approved the proposal.
"We call this army a stone. The stubborn stone still exists, and the heavy mountain cannot fall!"
In the end, the proposal was passed.
The Chongshan League's "Stubborn Force" was formally established.
....
After the meeting, Jiang Li found Dongfang Guangling again.
"Uncle Guangling has offended you a lot just now. I hope that Uncle Guangling will respect you."
Just now, in order to stand on the highest level of morality, he had no choice but to seek treatment from Guangling's uncle's runes department. In order to cooperate with him, his uncle also damaged his own prestige, and Jiang Li felt very sorry for this.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. You are also thinking about the Chongshan Alliance. If you really feel sorry for yourself, then help your uncle find a main branch of the earth vein. I have an idea recently and I am planning to try it."
"This is simple. What kind of earth vein do you want, Uncle Master? The disciple discovered an earth vein shaped like a White Tiger Roaring Sky the day before yesterday. Is Uncle Master interested?"
"Are you serious? Please tell me where the leyline is?"
After returning from Master Guangling's place, Jiang Li took back Situ Tingxin's storage bag.
The seal is intact, indicating that the storage bag has not been opened at all.
Opening the storage bag, Jiang Li immediately started rummaging inside.
As expected, he is worthy of being the second elder of Bailian Mountain. In this storage bag, as expected, there are a large number of spiritual stones, pills, and magic weapons.
You can easily arm fifty senior monks.
But that's not what Jiang Li cared about. His eyes passed over all kinds of fancy magic weapons, and finally landed on a long nail magic weapon that looked ordinary.
This is a coffin nail.
Jiang Li picked up the long nail, explored the aura, and immediately felt a familiar power inside.
Sure enough, it's here!
After subduing Situ Yitong and others in Bailian Mountain, Jiang Li learned some news from them.
The senior executive of Bailian Mountain who once led the team to eliminate the corpse graveyard was the second elder, Situ Tingxin.
And this is the coffin nail that was captured by him.
Even though it is just a black coffin nail, its grade has reached the top grade of the Mysterious Grade, the same as the original Yin Burial Coffin.
After waving his hand to release the coffin, the coffin nail immediately became responsive and vibrated slightly in Jiang Li's hand.
That's right, that's it.
Jiang Li dug out the animal skin again and started refining the spike according to the records on it.
According to the description on the animal skin, the three souls of the coffin owner are Fei Guang, Shuang Ling, and You Jing.
The seven souls of the nail are: Corpse Dog, Fu Ya, Bird Yin, Swallowing Thieves, Non-Poison, Eliminating Filth, and Smelly Lung.
The seven spikes are made of seven precious metals, and then refined by monks with corresponding souls.
And what this coffin nail corresponds to is the corpse dog soul.
If it weren't for Jiang Li's intensive practice of the Guanyin Heart Sutra and his strong soul, it would be difficult to achieve this.
Using blood to attract soul, it took twelve hours to refine the nail in the coffin and identify the master.
Jiang Li then entered the coffin, followed the diagram on the animal skin, and drove the corpse dog nails into it according to the position of the seven stars.
The next moment, the Yin Burial spirit energy inside the coffin surged.
In the surrounding environment, the concentration of Yin Qi that had been stagnant for a long time began to increase again.
The soul-burying ghost soldiers floating above were cheering for joy, the other shore flowers on the ground were becoming more and more charming, and even the Nine Nether Trees rooted in the Yin-Burying Coffin also sent back comfortable feedback.
Jiang Li can feel that although the current burial coffin is still of low quality, with the addition of this coffin nail as a node, the coffin's all-round attributes have been greatly enhanced.
According to his estimate, with just one more coffin nail, it could be directly promoted to the middle level of the Earth Rank!