Lin Xiao did not see how hard the geniuses of the Tiansheng Sect worked. He was completely immersed in seclusion and practice. This time he was in seclusion for seven years. After seven years, Lin Xiao came out of seclusion and his cultivation reached the third level of Daogang.
The last time he improved his cultivation was twelve years ago, and a lot of time was delayed due to Li Muxue's breakthrough. Calculating carefully, it was only about eleven years. Lin Xiao was still very motivated and had not encountered any bottlenecks. Of course,
, he is not afraid of bottlenecks. At worst, he can just use points to improve. Lin Xiao has already decided to use every ten years or so to improve his cultivation by one level.
After coming out of seclusion, Zhang Mingtang handed over the results of the competition among the sixteen disciples to Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao put forward three requirements and eliminated eight of the sixteen disciples, while the remaining eight successfully entered the next stage.
But because Lin Xiao was in seclusion, Zhang Mingtang did not dare to disturb them easily, so it took four years. During these four years, Zhang Mingtang treated them quite favorably. The strength of the eight people improved a lot, and the one with the highest cultivation level was already
It has been promoted to the eighth level of pulse condensation.
"Master Zhang, congratulations, you have reached the twelfth level of pulse condensation. Have you finished polishing and precipitating it?"
"When I return to the head, I have already settled down, and my cultivation level can no longer be improved a little bit."
"Where are the merit points, are you ready?"
“Also ready”
"Okay, after you are done with this period of time, you can take the time to improve your cultivation to Zifu."
Lin Xiao nodded. Zhang Mingtang is almost seventy years old. Even if he breaks through the Zifu, it is impossible to advance to another level. However, he can extend his life for a hundred years and serve the Tiansheng Sect better. The rest of the General Affairs Hall in these years
Elder Lin Xiao has changed several batches, but Zhang Mingtang has never changed them. This is an affirmation of his ability.
"Thank you, Master. Master, what are you going to do with these eight disciples?"
"What do Mr. Zhang think of these eight people?"
"Master, with all due respect, these eight people are all the talents of our Tiansheng Sect. Their talent, understanding, hard work, and willpower are all the best choices. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the best among men."
"It's rare for you to praise them so much. I delayed the recruitment of disciples for four years in seclusion. Do they have any complaints in their hearts?"
"No, the sect has taken great care of them in the past four years. This is considered as compensation. They will not complain."
"Well, even if I didn't explain it clearly before, what are some of the more challenging tasks in the sect now? They need to be able to demonstrate their abilities and have a certain degree of danger, but they are also tasks that are sufficient for them to complete."
"This, I have to go back and take a look."
"Okay, you pick out eight, and let them draw lots when the time comes, including the tasks in Night Owl."
Lin Xiao nodded. Night Owl has been established for decades and has been wandering around. Although there is no problem at all now, Lin Xiao has to take precautions and send capable and loyal disciples to take control, so there will be someone among the eight of them.
Become a senior member of Night Owl.
Three days later, the eight disciples and Zhang Mingtang gathered again in Lin Xiao's cave. There were eight wooden plaques in front of them. The wooden plaques contained the task numbers. Whoever drew the number could go to the General Affairs Hall to receive the task.
"Yuan Ruoyun, He Zhongbao, Gu Mingyi, Yu Wancheng, Jia Mengran, Sheng Baolu, Cao Yunsheng, Yu Tianxiang, first of all, congratulations to the eight of you for defeating eight other competitors and entering another test of this leader. After completing this test, I
I will accept some of you as my disciples.
The eight wooden signs in front of you have eight tasks from the General Affairs Hall. This was arranged by Zhang Shouzuo himself. I didn't see it. You can choose freely. After getting the wooden sign, go to the General Affairs Hall to pick up the tasks. If you complete the tasks, you will be considered as passed.
tested.
I will not make other requirements for this test, but I have to tell you a few points. First, I will not accept eight people as apprentices. I don’t have that much time to manage, so I will only take the top three. How to rank them?
Follow the rules of the General Affairs Hall, fast time, high degree of completion, and no future troubles, etc. Then it will depend on your ability."
"Yes, Master"
"Okay, let's draw lots"
Lin Xiao nodded, and the eight people stepped forward and randomly drew a wooden sign. They looked at the number on it carefully and recalled what tasks the General Affairs Hall had.
"Some of you must win and some lose. Those who win, don't be proud, and those who lose, don't be discouraged. You are already the elite among the thousands of disciples of the Tiansheng Sect. The sect will not treat you badly, and the losers will not treat you badly.
You will enjoy the treatment of core disciples, so go ahead."
Lin Xiao waved his hand and asked the eight people to leave, and then told Zhang Mingtang some things. For example, the tasks of these eight people must be kept strictly confidential. These eight people are all future pillars of the Tiansheng Sect, so don't let anyone do anything wrong.
In addition, their safety must also be guaranteed to a certain extent.
"Master, I have arranged all these things, but I am about to go into seclusion. What should I do with this sect?"
"Master Zhang, you don't want me to handle it, do you?"
"Ahem, leader, you are the leader."
"I really don't have that time. You elders can take care of ordinary things. If there are urgent matters, just use the transmission talisman or the Jade Book of Spiritual Sound to tell me. I have a lot to do."
Lin Xiao waved his hand. He really didn't have time to deal with these trivial matters. He had a lot of things to do. Even if he had time, he had to practice in seclusion, otherwise his cultivation would not be able to keep up. As the number one person in the Tiansheng Sect, his strength
It is the height of Tiansheng Sect.
After Lin Xiao sent Zhang Mingtang away, he went to see Bai Xixi. Bai Xixi had already broken through to the twelfth floor of the Purple Mansion. However, it had just happened not long ago and it would take at least seven or eight years for her to break through in seclusion.
Lin Xiao was afraid that she would also retreat by then, so she told her some key points needed to break through the Dao Gang in advance, trying to make her succeed once. If she failed, it would take at least ten years to attack again. If she was unlucky, she would die directly.
Disappearance is possible.
Bai Xixi is not Li Muxue, and she has a lot of confidence in Li Muxue, but Bai Xixi is really hard to tell. In addition, Bai Zichen has already reached the eleventh level of the Purple Mansion, and will break through in ten years.
After Bai Zichen, Li Mingyang has the highest cultivation level. However, Li Mingyang's qualifications are one level weaker than Bai Xixi and others. By the tenth floor of Zi Mansion, he is already very struggling. It is hard to say whether he can really break through.
After Li Mingyang, there were several disciples who were very popular and had reached the seventh or eighth level of cultivation. They were quickly chasing Li Mingyang, which put him under great pressure.
Lin Xiao had to personally educate Li Mingyang. After all, he was the model that Lin Xiao praised at the beginning, and he had a high reputation among his disciples. He had always maintained a fast breakthrough speed, so Lin Xiao was also afraid that he would fall miserably if he grew taller.
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Within a few days, Lin Xiao received news about the Assassin God from Ye Xiao. After one or two years of chaos, the Chen State had established its current situation, which was a mess.
Chen Qinggu was no longer able to lead Chen State, and he still needed the protection of Chunyang Palace. The secret intervention of Lu State and Cang State also made Chen State's power look complicated, and it only maintained a superficial calm.
This kind of calm has passed for more than ten years. After more than ten years of development, some of Chen's forces have expanded many times. They have long digested the benefits they previously occupied. The next step is to expand and annex.
This kind of power mainly has two aspects. The first one is the puppet power supported by Cang State and Lu State. Chen State's territory is just a piece of fat meat. If you don't eat it, you will get nothing. Ordinary forces are not their opponents at all, so these sects
Somewhat ready to move.
The second one is the puppet force supported by the Thorn God. After many years of investigation by Ye Xiao, the Tiansheng Sect has learned that seven families are supported by the Thorn God. Because of the support of the Thorn God, these seven families already have ten monks from the Purple Mansion.
Eight people, there are more than 3,000 pulse-condensing and pulse-opening monks, and among the Zifu monks, there are two beings on the twelfth level of the Zifu.
According to Ye Xiao's report, these seven families have begun secret preparations to launch a war of annexation against surrounding forces. Even if there is a Dao Gang monk among them, they will openly merge the seven families. In this way, they will
It will become one of the top five major forces in the Chen Kingdom, and the assassinated civet cat will be replaced by the prince, and the plot of Tao Dai Li Zang will be completed.
So Ye Xiao was asking Lin Xiao if he wanted to interrupt their plans, such as supporting the forces, blocking their annexation, and restricting their development. With Ye Xiao's current strength, he could definitely do this.
Lin Xiao thought for a few days, replied to Ye Xiao, and agreed to take action, but instead of letting Ye Xiao take the lead, he used the power of Tianyun State to take the lead, and Ye Xiao could cooperate secretly.
The five largest sects in Tianyun Prefecture united to occupy three third-level spiritual mountains in Chen State. These three spiritual mountains and the five sects did not invest any more resources to improve their spiritual veins. Instead, they developed them into spiritual fields. One spiritual mountain can produce enough energy in a year.
The value of creating more than twenty mysterious crystals, even after deducting various expenses, is still about 100,000 yuan. Each sect can receive more than 70,000 yuan in profits every year, and it has been divided for more than ten years.
, and received a total of nearly one million Xuanjing benefits.
These benefits make all sects very happy, so they have long been thinking about expansion. The most active ones are Tianhai Sect and Hongshan Sect. Tianyun State has been peaceful for decades, so their number of Zifu monks and ordinary disciples has increased.
A lot, but their financial resources have not increased significantly, and they probably have not reached the million level, so their lives are tight.
Insufficient resources have caused their Zifu monks to slowly improve their cultivation. Among Tiansheng Sect and Danyang Sect, there are already many people above the eighth level of Zifu, but there are not many of them, so they are very anxious and want to use this to open up
financial resources.
Both the Tiansheng Sect and the Danyang Sect were short of money, and they originally did not want to get involved in Chen Guo's chaos, but now Lin Xiao just happened to do it to curb the development of the Assassin God.
Lin Xiao asked the other four sects to send people to discuss the situation, and explained the situation in Chen State. Of course, he omitted the part about stabbing the gods, and told them that it was a good time to expand and that they could send more manpower.
Tianhai Sect and Hongshan Sect agreed immediately, and Shanhe Sect also agreed, so Danyang Sect did not refuse, so the five sects once again mobilized manpower to secretly reinforce the three puppet families, allowing them to relax and start their expansion plan.
It was precisely under the instigation of the major forces that the Chen State had finally been peaceful for so many years, but undercurrents began to surge again. Small-scale annexation wars began to be triggered, and they tended to become more and more intense.
Lin Xiao originally wanted to personally direct the plan, but after a disciple who came back from White Jade City told Lin Xiao something, Lin Xiao immediately handed over the command to Danyang Sect and secretly went to White Jade City.