Journey to the head

Chapter 117 Two factions in the north (please subscribe to promote)

After the establishment of the Frost Leaf Alliance, if the entire alliance is considered as a whole, including the two vassals of Qingli Mountain and Liuhua Valley, the main combat strength is one foundation-building Taoist warrior, 24 people in the late stage of Qi training, 93 people in the middle stage of Qi training, and Plus two aeroplanes.

If you only look at the literal data, the Frost Leaf Alliance can't even compare to the former Chaosheng Sect. After all, there were still two foundation builders in the Chaosheng Sect back then.Ranked last among the five remaining foundation-building sects in Chongming County, they can barely protect themselves.In addition, the monks in the alliance usually guard the mountain gates, and their power is scattered. They can only be cautious and pray not to cause trouble.

However, the strength of the Zhou family in the alliance is now declining, and the Yunshan sect has just been reborn. The three sects are small families. They have always stayed together to keep warm. They only hope to defend the sect and rest and develop. They have no idea of ​​​​expanding externally. It is enough if they can protect themselves. .

The oath of alliance had been made, and Zhou Chao had been prepared for it. He found an open space among the red maples in the valley and held a banquet to celebrate.While everyone was watching the scenery, they were drinking and talking, which was quite interesting.

However, when he heard that Lu Gan talked about the two northern factions and planned to visit him, the leaders of the three factions looked at each other, and Zhou Chao was also surprised: "Leader, you have only been in Chongming County for a short time, and you don't understand this place." The situation. A door-to-door visit may be feasible in other well-ordered states and counties, but in Chongming County, unless you are confident, have absolute confidence in your own strength, or have a good relationship with the sect you want to visit, you will never dare to visit if you are the leader of the sect. You went to another mountain gate. If the other party suddenly attacks you and detains you..."

Lu Qian was stunned for a moment. He had thought that the war between the Zhou family and the Chaosheng clan was just an old grudge. Unexpectedly, the fight between the Chongming County and the Chongming County had become obvious, completely tearing off the mask of etiquette and morality. As long as it was profitable, Can do anything.

This is also an important reason why the Zhou family and the three sects are willing to form an alliance with the Yunshan sect and are willing to hand over their strength to the leadership of Lu Gan. Without the protection of the foundation, they may not be able to survive even a month on their own.

In such an environment, only interests are the main theme. If you want to achieve the goal you want, you will definitely not be able to do it without interests.

Zhou Chao continued: "If we really need to discuss something, we can either write a letter or agree to meet at the 'Baojingfang' near the gate of the Xuanguang Sect. This market was opened by the Xuanguang Sect, and the safety of discussions can be guaranteed there. .”

Lu Gan nodded.But there was something in his heart. The so-called distant friendship and close attack, he and the two northern factions bordered on each other, and there was a natural competitive relationship.However, the Yunshan Sect has no intersection with the other two foundation-building sects in the northwest of Chongming County. Instead, they may be willing to make friends with the Yunshan Sect.

The specific situation will be discussed after Lin Le comes back after inquiring about the information.

After chatting for a few more words, Lu Gan took out a telescope and handed it to Zhao Xianzong, the head of Lingshe Peak.A pair of telescopes from the Zhou family, one is at Zhou Chao's place and the other is at his place.And he also has a pair of telescopes here, which were seized from the Chaosheng Gate. Now that he has given one side to Zhao Xianzong, he can directly contact the three sects through Zhao Xianzong.

The cost of these telescopes is very high, and ordinary foundation-building sects can only afford one pair.Originally, Lu Gan planned to keep it for himself, but now that he has a better understanding of the tense situation in Chongming County, he feels that it is necessary to strengthen the connections between several companies so that he can directly mobilize the power of the entire alliance.

The mountain gates of these three sects are not far from each other. This time Zhao Xianzong obtained the telescope and was able to directly contact Lu Qian, which meant that the three sects had officially broken away from the status of vassals and had equal status with the Zhou family. He was full of joy at the moment and cherished it. The land received the telescope.

While everyone in the Frost Leaf Alliance was having a banquet, more than 800 miles away from the Red Maple Valley, at the gate of Linglu Mountain, in the main hall, a middle-aged man with an elegant appearance was sitting on the main throne. It was Linglu. The leader of the faction is Yin Hongbo.At this moment, he raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Yunshan Sect? Where did the Yunshan Sect come from? Are you sure you read it correctly?"

The disciple below hurriedly replied: "Master, I secretly visited three major counties, and I am absolutely right. The banner of the Chaosheng Sect was gone, and it was replaced by the Yunshan Sect."

It turned out that this disciple was patrolling the territory of the Linglu Sect, and when he arrived at a county, this county was across the river from a county in the Chaosheng Sect's territory.The disciple inadvertently looked up and saw that above the county town opposite, the original indigo Chaoshengmen flag had been replaced by a moon-white moire flag. On it were the three characters "Yunshan Sect" with flying dragons and phoenixes. Gao Feiyang was immediately shocked.

The disciple was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he cautiously found two other counties that bordered his own territory, observed them secretly, confirmed that the flags had been changed, and hurried back to the mountain to report.

This news was not trivial. At that moment, Yin Hongbo, the head of the Linglu Sect, summoned the elders of the sect to discuss the matter hurriedly.

"Where did the Yunshan Sect come from? Elders, have you ever heard of this name?"

Everyone present shook their heads.The person sitting first on the lower left side of the sect is none other than the great elder of the sect. Apart from Yin Hongbo, the other foundation builder is Zhuang Qing.

Zhuang Qing also frowned: "About a month ago, I had a chat with Zhang Shouchang of the Chaosheng Sect, and I knew that he failed to attack the Zhou family last time. However, the Chaosheng Sect's own power was not damaged, even if he retreated [-] If Bu Yue were defeated by the Zhou family in turn, it would be impossible for him to be defeated so quickly."

Several other elders also speculated: "The territory bordering the Chaosheng Sect and our Linglu Sect is already their northernmost territory. Even the mortal territory here has been lost, which shows that the Chaosheng Sect was not just swallowed up. But they were completely destroyed by the Yunshan Sect."

"How is this possible? The Chaosheng Sect has two foundation-building sects and hundreds of elite disciples. Which foundation-building sect in Chongming County can completely annex it in such a short period of time?"

"Could it be that Linjun's forces have reached out?"

"It's impossible. If that were the case, the Xuanguang Sect would have jumped up long ago."

At this moment, a true disciple who was standing behind Zhuang Qing said hesitantly: "Tell the leader, Master, this disciple seems to have heard of the name Yunshan Sect."

The discussion in the hall suddenly stopped, and everyone's eyes focused on this disciple.Zhuang Qing said in a deep voice: "Tell me quickly."

The disciple cleared his throat and said carefully: "It was exactly last month that Master and Zhang Shouchang met in the market. I also have some friendship with Zhang Shouchang's true disciple. At that time, Master and Zhang Shouchang had a secret conversation behind closed doors. , seeing that there was nothing going on around me, I chatted with Zhang Shouchang’s disciple outside for a while.”

"At that time, I heard from his mouth that the Chaosheng Sect was in trouble in conquering the Zhou family precisely because the Zhou family had received help from the Yunshan Sect. I heard something strange, so I asked a few questions. His disciple didn't want to say more. It’s just that the Yunshan Sect is a small qi-training sect with little strength and only used some tricks to help the Zhou family defeat the Chaosheng Sect.”

"This is all my disciples know."

Yin Hongbo snorted coldly: "The small Qi training sect? It's ridiculous. Can the small Qi training sect have the strength to swallow up the territory of the Shiosheng clan? Is this the news you heard? You just don't know what it means."

Being scolded by the leader, the disciple's body trembled and his face turned pale.Zhuang Qing intended to protect his disciples and said slowly: "Master, don't be anxious. The Yunshan Sect is definitely more powerful than the Qi Lian Qi Lian Qi Sect. Perhaps it was the Yunshan Sect who deliberately concealed their own clumsiness and concealed their own strength, which made Zhang Shouchang negligent, and then A sudden sneak attack destroyed the Shioshengmen."

Several elders nodded, and Yin Hongbo's expression softened slightly: "Elder Zhuang is right. In any case, the top priority is to thoroughly find out the situation of the Yunshan Sect. Send an order and send out several groups of disciples. Find ways to infiltrate Yunshan along the way. Inquire about the situation in the sect’s territory, we don’t know the strength of the Yunshan sect, so be careful, if you can’t do it, don’t force it, and retreat quickly.”

"Go all the way to the vicinity of the Zhou family to collect information. Since the Yunshan sect first helped the Zhou family defeat the Chaosheng sect, the monks of the Zhou family must know the situation of the Yunshan sect. We must investigate all aspects of the situation along the way, Yun What is the relationship between the Shan sect and the Zhou family? Are they an alliance? If so, then the Yunshan sect will turn to the north in the future..."

The faces of the elders all looked sad. "Finally, inform Leader Han of the Shahe Gang about this news. We two factions have to discuss how to deal with the Yunshan Faction."

People up and down Linglu Mountain moved quickly, and several rays of light emerged from the mountain gate and flew in all directions.

Five days later, under the protection of Zheng Duan and the others, Lin Le returned to the Yunshan Sect territory after a long journey. They saw the familiar formation spirit mist on Bichao Mountain from a distance, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally almost home.

Just as they were approaching the mountain gate, they suddenly heard the formation roaring, five-color rays of light radiating, and a heavy spiritual mist covering most of the mountain peak in an instant.In the spiritual mist, cyan chains were flying across the sky, black thunder flickered, and suddenly there was a little golden light. Several golden fish flashed past in the mist, their scales radiating cold light.

Lin Le was startled and asked the three of them to press the flying magic weapon.He looked around hurriedly and saw that the surroundings were calm and there were no enemies in the air or on the ground, and he was slightly relieved.

If the enemy wasn't attacking, why did this formation suddenly switch to active state?

Lin Le stood in front of the formation and said loudly: "I am Lin Le. I have finished my mission and am ready to return to the mountain. Which of my fellow disciples is operating the formation? Please let us in."

The formation suddenly changed, switching back to the stealth mode, turning into a layer of hazy and floating mist, and then opened a passage in the mist.

Then I heard a familiar voice coming from afar: "Xiao Lin is back? Come in quickly."

It's the leader!Lin Le was excited, and several people quickly entered the formation.I saw that the spiritual vein of Bichao Mountain was located in the distance, and in front of the spiritual vein banyan tree, there was a person holding a jade tablet array, standing tall and smiling, it was Lu Qian.

Several people quickly came to Lu Gan and bowed and saluted: "Disciple, see the leader."

Lu Gan nodded: "The mission is completed, everyone has worked hard. Zheng Duan and others will go back to rest first, but Xiao Lin must persist and tell me what he has gained this time."

Lin Le responded loudly, and Zheng Duan and others left.

It turns out that Lu Qian had arranged other things in the past few days, but today he suddenly remembered that the jade plate of the Five Elements Formation had previously recorded the three triple changes of Longkong Spiritual Mist, Earthly Branches Xinjin Divine Lock and Guishui Divine Thunder. But according to the quality of the jade plate, another kind can be recorded.

Immediately he came to the spiritual veins and added the "Flat Chao Geng Golden Divine Sword" to the formation diagram.

At this time, the high-level magic weapon-level array was completely saturated.Higher-quality formation diagrams have reached the level of spiritual weapons. Lu Qian had also seen them in Meihuafang City. The current Yunshan Sect could not afford the price.

With the second-level intermediate spiritual veins of Bichao Mountain, these four triple changes can all operate smoothly.Now, the safety level of Bichao Mountain has gone up to another level.

Just when Lu Gan finished typing and was testing, he happened to bump into Lin Le who was returning to the mountain, which startled the young man.

Lu Gan took Lin Le back to the reception room in the courtyard and asked him to sit down and talk.

The young man saluted again, sat down respectfully, and reported the information he had gathered one by one.

"Head. There are two people in the Linglu Sect who are building foundations. They are the head Yin Hongbo and the great elder Zhuang Qing. Both of them are in the middle stage of foundation building. There are nearly 200 monks in the Linglu Sect, and there are 30 elites in the middle and late stages of Qi training. Two to [-] people. The monks of this sect are good at talismans, and they also make and sell talismans as their main business method. The talismans of the Linglu sect are somewhat famous in Chongming County and even in several surrounding counties. The disciples also bought some this time. Please give the leader a reference."

Lu Qian smiled and took the stacks of talismans from Lin Le and motioned for him to continue.

"The Shahe Gang is a force that has suddenly risen. In the northeast of Chongming County, there is a Lingsha River, which is rich in star sand. The predecessor of the Shahe Gang was originally just a small qi training sect, and it occupied the Lingsha River together with several other qi training sects. But more than a hundred years ago, Han Wen, the current leader of the Shahe Gang, was promoted to Foundation Establishment, expanded rapidly, annexed several other small Qi training sects, and changed the original sect into the current gang."

"Originally, the Shahe Gang occupied the Lingsha River and relied on selling star sand as their main means of business. But just 30 years ago, I don't know what way they found to make a fortune, and they made a lot of money all of a sudden. After getting rich, the Shahe Gang I attracted two foundation builders, and instead of being guest elders, I was directly invited to be the second and third gang leader. I also recruited many casual cultivators to join, and my strength suddenly expanded."

"Today, the Shahe Gang has a total of three people building foundations. The gang leader Han Wen is in the middle stage of foundation building, the second gang leader Feng Jun is in the middle stage of foundation building, and the third gang leader Huangfu Zhuqing is in the early stage of foundation building. There are more than [-] gang members in the gang, and there are enough elites in the middle and late stages of Qi training. Two hundred! It ranks among the top in the entire Chongming County, and it really shouldn’t be underestimated.”

"The disciple also inquired that these two factions had a close relationship with the Chaosheng Sect in the past, and jointly built and controlled Shazhoufang. The Chaosheng Sect's attack target was the Zhou family in the south, while the two factions were at ease to go west and contact Chongming County. The two foundation-building sects in the northwest are fighting each other, and they have been attacking each other over the years, with each winning and losing."

"Okay!" Lu Qian's heart moved and he stood up. This gave him a chance to break the situation!

"Xiao Lin, the information you brought is more detailed than I expected. You did a good job!"

Lin Le smiled startledly, and suddenly looked serious again: "In addition, the disciple also got some information, which should come in handy."

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