Journey to the head

Chapter 134 Chaos

Lu Gan held the imperial edict from his second-level subordinate and felt mixed.

In the past month, I have gone through a lot of hardships and put in a lot of effort to get this thing.Now that the imperial edict is in hand, it officially states that the Jindan Sect in charge of Chongming County has officially recognized the Yunshan Sect as a subordinate Foundation-Building Sect and established the sect in Chongming County.

In other words, the Yunshan Sect has now had a formal legal status and is a recognized small sect.

In the past, Yunshan Sect perished in Quyang County, Qingzhou. Now, half a year later, with his own efforts to turn the tide, he finally regained a foothold in Chongming County, Cangzhou!
This imperial edict represents Lu Qian’s achievements.

But in Lu Qian's heart, he was more motivated by himself.

These are just the rules of this world.What's there to be proud of when you treat someone as a subordinate sect?I should keep making progress, and one day I will make the Yunshan Sect no longer be influenced by anyone.

He Yangchen then explained to Lu Gan the annual tribute and responsibilities that second-class sects need to bear.

It turns out that the higher the level of the first, second and third-level subordinate sects, the less labor and annual tribute they bear, but on the contrary, the more elite combat forces have to be dispatched in various tasks.However, these tasks all come with rewards, so there is no disadvantage in sending elites to carry out the tasks of the Xuanguang Sect.

As a second-class subordinate, he needs to bear the annual tribute of two thousand spirit stones every year, or perform equivalent labor tasks.

Lu Qian smiled bitterly in his heart.The annual income of an ordinary foundation-building sect is about [-] spirit stones, and second-class subordinates are equivalent to handing over [-]% as annual tribute.

But now that the Yunshan Sect has just started, it is estimated that the annual income is only two to three thousand spiritual stones, and it is all handed over in one go.The only way is to use the savings in the treasury first, and then continue to expand income channels.

After chatting for a while, Lu Gan stood up and left.

Although I didn't see Feng Feng in person during this trip, I got a basic understanding of the Xuanguang Sect's situation.In the Xuanguang Sect, there is a Jindan Zhenren, nine foundation-building Taoist priests, more than a thousand elite Qi practitioners, and a total of more than [-] disciples, divided into five peaks and five meridians.

Huanjian Peak, where He Yangchen is located, has a total of two foundation builders and more than 200 elite Qi practitioners.His lineage alone is not weaker than the ordinary foundation-building sects.

After returning to the mountain gate with the imperial edict, all the elders were naturally happy. Lu Qian would not express his thoughts, so as not to spoil their interest. He immediately ordered a banquet to be set up and celebrated for a while, treating it as a big party. Cheer up for the Establishment Ceremony in a month.

Just as everyone in the Yunshan Sect was working together to prepare for the sect's founding ceremony, the war in the north finally broke out.

The two northwest factions seized the opportunity, gathered their combat power, and launched a fierce attack on the Shahe Gang.The Shahe Gang resisted vigorously and asked for help from the Linglu Sect.On the day when the war drums sounded, the Linglu Sect had already sent a letter to Bichao Mountain to jointly send troops to attack the Shahe Gang.

However, Lu Gan bluntly rejected the request to send troops. The reason was that he was currently preparing for the establishment ceremony and had no extra energy, which made Yin Hongbo very angry.Yin Hongbo and Zhuang Qing discussed for a while, and naturally they saw that Lu Gan did not want the Linglu Sect to expand rapidly, and was worried about making a wedding dress for the Linglu Sect.

Yin Hongbo was helpless. While using various reasons to delay the Shahe Gang's request for help, he hesitated whether to ignore the Frost Leaf Alliance and take advantage of the fact that the two northwest factions were at war with the Shahe Gang to act alone and launch a surprise attack.

Before he could make a decision, the Shahe Gang suddenly took out a large amount of spiritual stones after losing some peripheral territory, invited a foundation-building Taoist priest as a guest minister, recruited many casual cultivators to join the gang, and then vassalized them. The sects all mobilized and barely stabilized the battle situation.At this time, through this battle, the two northwest factions had regained the previously lost territory and tasted some benefits. Since they were still in a stalemate, they entered a confrontation with the Shahe Gang again.The opportunity for the Linglu Sect was lost, and the two Northwest factions could not completely trust each other after all, so they had to give up the attack.

But through this incident, the Shahe Gang has seen the Linglu Sect's intentions.On the one hand, the Linglu Sect pushed back and refused to rescue. On the other hand, the two northwest factions did not attack the Linglu Sect's territory this time, and they were at peace with the Linglu Sect. This explains the problem.

As a result, the relationship between the Shahe Gang and the Linglu Sect dropped to a freezing point. Although they still maintained peace on the surface, they were already wary of each other.

The Linglu Sect simply sent a letter to the Yunshan Sect, asking when construction of Xinfang City in Red Maple Valley would start and when capital injection would be needed.He seemed to be determined to unite with the Frost Leaf Alliance.

Lu Gan analyzed that Yin Hongbo had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and he couldn't wait to replace the Shahe Gang.It is estimated that the next time they mobilize troops, the Linglu Sect will initiate the initiative first. In addition to recruiting the Frost Leaf Alliance, they may also recruit the two northwest factions to join forces.

However, for Lu Gan, it is enough to agree to reconcile with the Linglu Sect now. Whether the Frost Leaf Alliance sends troops or not depends on its own situation.Before the existing territory was completely digested and his strength was stabilized, Lu Gan was not prepared to wade into this muddy water, lest he become a rival for the skin of a tiger.

In short, with the failure of the Shahe Gang and the Linglu Faction to ambush Lu Gan, the sudden reconciliation between the Linglu Faction and the Yunshan Faction, the two northwest factions attacking the Shahe Gang, the breakdown of the relationship between the Linglu Faction and the Shahe Gang, and a series of other events, the entire Chongming County The situation becomes more chaotic and the storm becomes more bizarre.

Today's allies may become enemies tomorrow. For the Yunshan Sect and Frost Leaf Alliance led by Lu Gan, they need to be more careful and cautious.

Lu Gan immediately summoned the remaining four families as the leader of the Frost Leaf Alliance to meet again in the Red Maple Valley.

During this meeting, Lu Gan introduced to his allies in detail the changes in the situation in Chongming County and some of his thoughts on the future development of the Frost Leaf Alliance.The heads of the four families looked nervous when they heard this. They expected that if the Yunshan faction did not support them, their families would be destroyed. They all expressed that they would support the leader's decision and be ready to mobilize elite combat forces to respond to the leader's call.

Later, Lu Qian explained in detail the idea of ​​building a medium-sized market in Red Maple Valley. When he talked about making money by doing business in the market, everyone was naturally excited and their eyes lit up.

Everyone discussed in detail the proportion of investment in the construction of the city, the construction, investment, operation, management and other plans of the city, as well as the construction tasks undertaken by each company.It is clear that in this Xinfang city, the Yunshan sect holds [-]% of the shares, the Linglu sect holds [-]%, and the Zhou family and the three sects each hold [-]%.

Finally, a concise and clear name was given to this Xinfang City, Shuangyefang.

Shuangyefang will begin formal construction after the Yunshan Sect's establishment ceremony.Taking this opportunity, Lu Gan also explained his plans for the sect establishment ceremony to each family, asking each family to contribute as planned and use this sect establishment ceremony as a window to showcase the strength of the Frost Leaf Alliance.

The allies naturally agreed.

A few days later, Gu Nichang took the rare initiative to approach Lu Gan, which surprised Lu Gan.

She turned over her hands and took out a porcelain bottle. It turned out to be one of the five treasures taken out from Haiyuan Pavilion before. The bottle of elixir had already yielded results after her research.

(End of this chapter)