Chapter 60 Monsters counterattack, sect oppression
Chapter 60 Monsters counterattack, sect oppression (total chapter 4000, welcome to subscribe)
When Wei Zhong came out of seclusion, he ordered Xie Linghua to start collecting various types of high-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and said the more the better.
In the past few years, Yu Linqing's promotion by the Yunji Chamber of Commerce has begun to show results, earning a lot of spirit stones for Wei Zhong, and the Chu Zhong pseudonym can also reveal more of his wealth.
Under Wei Zhong's protection, Xie Linghua also successfully broke through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, and became more prestigious among the servants.
"Master, the Li family seems to have encountered trouble recently."
Wei Zhong could probably guess what was going on. It was probably that he was stuck between the Qingmu Sect and the Yan Family and couldn't make a decision.
"Don't worry about it. The battle between Jindan forces is not something we can participate in."
In the past few years, the ancestor of the Yan family has recovered from the injuries caused by Yao Zhengsheng, and with the secret support of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, he began to compete for nearby territories.
Especially in order to gain the support of various foundation-building families, the Li family, a superficial foundation-building family, has been suffering in recent days. Without their own foundation-building family, relying only on Wei Zhong's name is not enough to attract the attention of the two Jindan forces.
The means of coercion are naturally more ruthless.
Aoki Sect, Council Hall.
Sect leader Nie Yuansen sat in the main seat, followed by Dan Hall Master Duan Delong, Law Hall Master Yu Xianglan, and Young Sect Leader Yao Zhengsheng. Below them were the true disciples and outstanding figures of the Elders' Council.
"How is the process of winning over those foundation-building families around here?" Nie Yuansen asked.
The next elder stood up and said, "The nearby Chen family, as well as the slightly further away Yue family and Lin family have clearly expressed their loyalty to our Qingmu Sect. However, the Haiyue Lake Li family has been shirking their responsibilities over the years, with an ambiguous attitude..."
Yao Zhengsheng interrupted, "If I remember correctly, the Li family has not had any foundation building of their own in these years. They all rely on a foundation building person from another family to bear the name, right? And that person seems to be familiar with Junior Brother Shen and Junior Brother Luo."
"This, senior brother, you misunderstood. I just have some business dealings with him, but I can't say I'm familiar with him," Shen Yuqi was the first to deny.
Luo Mingyan, who was standing by, was sweating in his heart. After thinking for a moment, he still answered with a stiff upper lip: "I am not very familiar with them, but Junior Brother can go to the sect to give some advice and try to win it over."
Lu Yibin interrupted and said, "I heard that he is very close to the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. Junior Brother Luo's persuasion may not be effective. Why don't I go with Junior Brother? A spiritual farmer who has just established his foundation will not dare to say a word under my magic sword."
Luo Mingyan wanted to say something to persuade him, but Sect Master Nie Yuansen interrupted him and said, "There's no need to go through all this trouble to build a foundation. Yibin, you still have a mission to do next."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the meeting hall stopped talking.
All I heard was Nie Yuansen saying in a serious voice: "The number of monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range has increased significantly in recent days. It is suspected that the monsters are counterattacking, and we are in urgent need of manpower. The Supreme Elder and Palace Master Zhao have already rushed to the front line, and we will need more manpower next."
After saying this, he turned to look at Yao Zhengsheng: "Zhengsheng, you can take your second junior brother, fourth junior sister and fifth junior brother to go, and by the way, meet the disciples accepted by your uncle Zhao."
The junior brother he was talking about was none other than the sixth true disciple of the sect. However, this disciple was extremely special. He had not returned to the sect for many years and had been practicing outside.
Yao Zhengsheng only knew that his name was Yi Liu, and that he came from a peasant family in the mortal world.
No one knew what he looked like or his qualifications, but all he knew was that his picky Master Zhao was extremely satisfied with him, and even fulfilled his requests, such as allowing him to stay in the mortal world for many years to fulfill his filial duties to his parents.
Moreover, sufficient training resources were prepared for him so that he would not fall behind his fellow disciples.
It is said that he rushed to the Mountain Range of Ten Thousand Beasts right after he established his foundation. He is a complete weirdo.
When hearing Nie Yuansen talking about this fellow disciple, all the cultivators showed the same curiosity as Yao Zhengsheng.
"In addition, the elders' council and the deacons within the sect will also need to contribute. Elder Xu will select the specific candidates."
An elder in a black robe stood up. It was the elder named Xu who had invited Wei Zhong to be a guest official.
"As for the Qi-refining disciples within the sect, you will be asked to mobilize one or two of them. The contributions of all the disciples heading to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range will be increased by 20%."
Nie Yuansen turned his gaze to Yu Xianglan, the head of the Law Hall: "Junior Sister Yu, I wonder how the guest officials are being summoned."
Yu Xianglan frowned slightly: "This time, there are much fewer guest officials than last time. Among them, Taoist Hu Yang and several of his guest friends have lost their traces..."
"Humph, he is indeed an unreliable cultivator at a critical moment. If that's the case, then I will ignore him."
Although Qing Mu Zong had signed a spiritual contract with his guest officials, the last development of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range had already overdrawn the number of missions in the past few decades. If he wanted to send guest officials again, he had no choice but to lure them into doing so.
Nie Yuansen waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting, and everyone left.
After leaving the hall, Shen Yuqi tugged at Luo Mingyan's robe and said, "Junior brother, why did you speak for Chu Zhong and make me unhappy?"
Luo Mingyan also looked helpless and could only answer: "Senior Brother Shen is different from me. After all, I have some friendship with Chu Zhong..."
"I think you are just soft-hearted. Senior Brother advises you that after this, you must never speak for outsiders again. Now that Senior Brother Yao has been named the Young Sect Master, Senior Brother Lu, who has always been on bad terms with him, has subtly leaned towards that side.
From now on, Senior Brother Yao will have the final say over Qing Mu Zong Ding, so you must not offend him."
Luo Mingyan didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod.
The next day, two beams of light rushed to Haiyue Lake.
Luo Mingyan looked at an inner sect deacon beside him, feeling quite helpless.
Lu Yibin rushed to the front line and was unable to follow, but instead sent an inner sect deacon who was familiar with him to go along.
Pang Sanchun, who is in the early stage of foundation building, is a close confidant of Lu Yibin. His cultivation is average, but he is very concerned about the foundation building forces under Qingmu Sect.
In Luo Mingyan's opinion, the other party was just a useless person who was relying on the power of Qingmu Sect to bully others.
But they were from the same school after all, so he was polite to hide his disgust.
"Brother Luo, this Haiyue Lake is a great place. One of our inner disciples is from the Li family. Many years ago, I followed him here, and the head of the Li family personally gave me a thousand spirit stones, which was very polite."
Although Pang Sanchun was Lu Yibin's lackey, he was still clear about his identity. As a true disciple, Luo Mingyan's status was far beyond the reach of a mere inner sect deacon.
"Humph, the sect's reputation is not meant for you to use like this."
"Brother Luo, you are too polite. I earned those thousand spirit stones by accepting the commission from the Li family. They were not extorted out of thin air."
Luo Mingyan said no more, but he didn't give him a good look either.
In a blink of an eye, they arrived at Haiyue Lake and Lijialing Island was right in front of them.
Li Ren, the head of the Li family, was already waiting outside with other clan elders. When they saw the escaping light approaching, they hurried forward to greet it.
"Please forgive me for not welcoming you here. The clan has prepared wine and a banquet. Please take a seat and talk in detail."
Before Luo Mingyan could say anything, Pang Sanchun went to the banquet surrounded by several elders of the Li family.
You can't hit someone who smiles at you, so Luo Mingyan could only follow the head of the Li family inside.
The banquet of the immortals naturally requires spiritual wine and spiritual food. Several maids of the Li family surrounded Pang Sanchun and toasted him, which made him feel intoxicated. "My lord, please try this Yulinqing. This is a spiritual wine that has been selling well in Mangyuan Prefecture recently. It tastes excellent..."
A woman in white gauze came close to Pang Sanchun and placed the jade cup in front of him. Pang Sanchun held her slender waist with his big hand and drank the wine in the cup: "Good, good, good!"
Looking at the increasingly absurd scene on the field, Luo Mingyan held his forehead with his hand, regretting greatly that he should not have let him come here with him.
After dispersing the elders of the Li family who were toasting him, Luo Mingyan walked straight in and explained his purpose to Li Ren, the head of the Li family.
"Patriarch Li, I'm sure you know my purpose. There's no need to use these tricks to delay time. In a word, will your Li family follow my Qingmu Sect, or will they turn against the Yan family?"
"this······"
Li Ren wiped the sweat from his forehead. He never expected that the true disciple of Aoki Sohn who came this time would be so tough.
At this time, Pang Sanchun seemed to notice the movement here. He pushed aside the Li family elder who came up to toast and said to Luo Mingyan:
"Brother Luo, why are you so anxious? The Li family is here and they can't escape. You and I should enjoy the moment. It's not too late to talk about this later."
Seeing him like this, Luo Mingyan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He turned his head slightly and looked at Pang Sanchun. An almost tangible blood-red murderous aura surged out, scaring the other party so much that he couldn't even hold the wine glass in his hand steadily.
Luo Mingyan has been killing monsters in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range for many years, and this evil spirit is one of the results. How can a cultivator like Pang Sanchun, who is trapped in worldly affairs, compare with him?
Suddenly, he was intimidated by the evil spirit and couldn't utter a word.
The elders and maids at the banquet were also frightened by this sudden change. Some of those who were timid and had poor cultivation were even frightened to faint.
"Please calm down, Luo Zhenchuan!"
Li Ren immediately bowed to Luo Mingyan, and those around him who knew what was good for them followed suit.
"I ask you, are you going to obey or not?"
As he spoke, he had already taken out the magic sword from his bag and pointed it at Li Ren's head, as if he would kill him if he said something wrong.
Suddenly, the weather above the Li Family Spiritual Island changed suddenly, and a cyclone of spiritual energy formed in the sky above the Li family.
Luo Mingyan sensed the movement and flew out of the hall, just in time to see the fluctuating spiritual energy of heaven and earth not far away. The people at the banquet also followed and saw this scene.
"So someone from your Li family has established a foundation, but what does it matter if there is one more person who has established a foundation?"
Luo Mingyan was a little surprised and looked at Li Ren with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
On the Black Lake Island not far away, Wei Zhong looked at the rising spiritual energy cyclone without any surprise.
"After Li Haowen repaired the damage to his Dharma body, he is building his foundation for the second time. The success rate will definitely be higher than before," Wei Zhong said with emotion.
"This is all thanks to the master's help," Xie Linghua echoed.
Wei Zhong shook his head. In the past few years, Li Haowen had visited Wei Zhong many times to ask him to help the Li family. Although Wei Zhong was not willing to cause trouble, he was also moved by his attitude.
After signing various contracts with the other party and even having them swear an oath to their inner demons, he sold some second-level Qingluozui to them.
With this help, Li Haowen successfully repaired the injuries left by the first failure of foundation building, and began to build the foundation after obtaining a foundation building pill from his family.
Wei Zhong thought for a moment and then raised his hand and threw out a sword, which flew towards Li Jialing Island and was later caught by Luo Mingyan.
"Brother Luo, would you mind meeting me?"
Luo Mingyan's expression eased slightly, and he turned into a beam of light and flew towards Black Lake Island, leaving the Li family elders and Pang Sanchun below looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Brother Luo, long time no see!"
Wei Zhong greeted Luo Mingyan enthusiastically with a smile on his face.
The latter, however, looked helpless and asked directly: "Brother Chu, what is your attitude towards the Li family?"
Wei Zhong spread his hands and said, "Brother Luo, why do you say that? I am just a figurehead in the Li family. How can I influence the affairs of the Li family?"
Since he has already helped Li Haowen to build his foundation, Wei Zhong has decided not to get involved in this matter anymore. If Li Haowen succeeds in building his foundation later, Wei Zhong will even give up the title of guest official.
Luo Mingyan nodded: "That's great. Now that the sect is determined, Brother Chu should not get involved in these matters."
"Brother Luo, you are joking. How dare I, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, get involved in the struggle among the Core Formation forces?" Wei Zhong took out a few jars of spirit wine while speaking. "Brother Luo came here empty-handed last time, so I will make up for it with you this time."
Luo Mingyan shook his head and did not accept it. Wei Zhong also felt something was wrong, so he asked softly, "Has there been any incident that I am not aware of?"
"Alas, Brother Chu had already offended the sect by rejecting Elder Xu's invitation to be a guest official, and then the young sect master and even fellow disciples found out. Now he is also caught up in the ambiguous situation of the Li family, which has already made him a household name in the sect.
If the sect had not had other important matters, I'm afraid it would not be me who came today, but Senior Brother Lu who came with the magic sword. "
"But the second true disciple Lu Yibin?"
"Exactly."
Wei Zhong was stunned, and couldn't understand why he was in conflict with the second true teaching. This was true in the secret realm, and in the outside world as well.
"Brother Lu has a high level of cultivation and his methods are always cruel. If you fight him, you will definitely not end up well."
"What should I do?" Wei Zhong looked terrified. But he was thinking in his heart that if the Lu family's true disciple dared to come, he would be the one who would suffer.
"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to panic. The sect is currently only focusing on the foundation-building families. For idle foundation-building families like you, we will mainly focus on winning them over.
But there is no guarantee that the situation will change in the future, so you should make a choice early."
"Having said this, I will leave now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Mingyan turned into a beam of light and left without even looking at the spiritual wine given by Wei Zhong.
"Alas, this relationship that has been cultivated for many years has finally ended."
Wei Zhong put away the wine jar and looked at his departing figure. Luo Mingyan came here to communicate with Wei Zhong despite the pressure from the sect, which can be said to be a gesture of friendship.
He not only told Wei Zhong the secret, but also refused to accept the spiritual wine, which completely severed the uncle-nephew relationship between the two.
"To be specific, I still owe him a lot, and I have to find a chance to pay him back."
"I was good at judging people back then. At least now I know what Qing Mu Zong is doing, which gives me enough room to respond."
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