Journey to the head

In July of the 393rd year of Jiashen, the Yunshan Sect held a funeral and memorial service for Elder Yang Jiye.

During the foundation-building journey, Yang Jiye died and Tan Yunxing disappeared. Linzhou also became a painful place for the Yunshan Sect.

Yang Jiye was originally a Yunshan elder with a high prestige. In addition, he had served as the elder who taught the sect for decades. Before the disciples were promoted to the true sect, they were all instructed by him to practice and taught the true scriptures and secrets. From this perspective, he was the teacher of all Yunshan disciples.

He was careless, impetuous, and a little impatient, but he was very kind and easy-going to his disciples. The bad news about such a teacher caused a shock among the disciples of Yunshan, who were all in disbelief and grief.

On the day of the memorial service, hundreds of Yunshan disciples gathered spontaneously, with sad expressions and white flowers on their bodies, standing quietly on both sides of the road to escort the spirit tablet.

Lu Qian personally presided over the ceremony and placed his spirit tablet in the Longzhua Peak, in the Forest of Heroes Stele. His name was also engraved on the monument forever.

After the memorial service, Lu Qian stood in front of the stele, unwilling to leave for a long time.

Jackdaws cried loudly and tree shadows danced. He stared blankly at the names on the stele until the moon hung high in the sky and the forest of steles was shrouded in a veil.

"Junior brother, don't be too sad." Jiang Qingfeng's eyes were slightly red, and he tried to comfort her, "Brother Yang, if he is still alive, I hope you can cheer up. Didn't you always say before that the greatest comfort for these heroic spirits is to see the Yunshan Sect continue to climb and break through? This all depends on the hard work of us living people."

Lu Qian didn't look back. After a long time, he sighed softly.

"The Yunshan Sect has gained a hero, but I have lost a senior brother."

“I wonder how many people will still be around me in a hundred years?”

In September of the 393rd year of Jiashen, Zhang Lemei went north alone, but was fortunately discovered by the intelligence team and intercepted by a patrol team.

This time, under Lu Qian's intimidation, she really didn't make a fuss, but just sneaked away and went to Qingzhou to look for Tan Yunxing.

Faced with this situation, the elders who were summoned again were also very troubled. The cultivators could fly and escape, as long as they deliberately avoided them, where could they find them in this vast world? Zhang Lemei would have to stay in Qingzhou for a long time. With her cultivation in the late stage of Qi training, it was too dangerous.

If she accidentally reveals her identity and is captured by the Qingling Sect, that would be even more serious. Now the Yunshan Sect is in the dark, and the Qingling Sect is in the light. Once Zhang Lemei is captured, the situation will immediately be reversed.

Even though Jiang Qingfeng persuaded her several times, Zhang Lemei refused to compromise. She had only one request: if Yunshan Sect didn't look for Tan Yunxing, she would go.

Lu Qian had no choice but to put Zhang Lemei under house arrest and arrange a team to guard her day and night.

In October of the same year, Yunshan Sect once again adjusted the division of labor among the elders. Due to Yang Jiye's sacrifice, the position of the elder who passed on the skills was temporarily assumed by Lu Qian. He also decided to take this opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the disciples' progress in cultivation, which was also an opportunity for him to learn and improve himself.

The incident with Tan Yunxing made him quite depressed. It seemed that he still had a long way to go in terms of being a good master.

Wu Yan's journey was smooth, mostly because of her extraordinary talent, hard work, gratitude and ambition, and her cheap master's guidance and advice.

How to pass on skills and teach methods, and to plant trees and educate people, still requires careful consideration.

I hope there won’t be another Tan Yunxing among my disciples.

At the same time, the position of security steward vacated by Tan Yunxing's escape was taken over by Lu Qian's fellow disciple, Hao Qiuguang.

This Junior Brother Hao is an old man from Yunshan, so he is naturally loyal. However, he is a bit too proud, likes to show off, and is also impatient. He is slightly lacking in comprehensive ability, so Lu Qian has never assigned him to a management position.

But nowadays, nothing is more important than stability. The public security department that patrols the territory, catches spies, stabilizes the mortal territory, and handles the demands of mortals does not need strong capabilities, and there is also an intelligence group as support. I believe that Junior Brother Hao will be able to hold on.

Unexpectedly, just three months after Hao Qiuguang took office, at the end of December of the 393rd year of Jiashen, he felt the opportunity to build his foundation, and he successfully built his foundation in January of the following year.

Career promotion and improvement in cultivation are double happiness. Seeing him full of energy and confidence, Lu Qian was also happy for him.

In May of the 394th year of Jiashen, the Linglu Sect added a foundation-building feathered priest, who was a familiar face.

Zhang Guangzhong, who unfortunately lost to Jiang Qingfeng in the first competition of Shuangyefang, also has unique skills in talisman techniques.

The Linglu Sect had suffered several upheavals, the mountain gate had changed several times, and the elite had suffered heavy losses. Zhang Guangzhong had survived all this time and was successfully building his foundation today, which showed that he was also a person of great blessings.

After the Zhou family, the Linglu Sect became the second sect within the Yunshan Sect's sphere of influence to achieve dual foundation building.

This year was also the year when the strength of the subordinate sects of Yunshan Sect soared. Among the fourteen directly affiliated Qi training vassals, two actually gave birth to foundation-building feathered warriors.

One is called Erqimen and the other is called Huanmengguan.

In the midst of joy, a new problem arose.

The new foundation-building sect's spiritual vein is still at the high-level level of Qi training, which is not enough for the foundation-building feathered warriors.

Moreover, with the long period of peace, everyone has been able to concentrate on their cultivation, and their cultivation has improved rapidly, and more subordinate sects will be promoted.

However, according to the rules of the subordinate sects of Yunshan Sect, subordinate sects cannot attack each other, and it is even more impossible to seize other people's spiritual veins. How to solve the spiritual vein problem has become a new problem facing Yunshan Sect.

For the time being, Lu Qian could only open up the Yongcui Valley spiritual vein and allow these subordinate sects to build their foundation and practice directly in the Yongcui Valley Rare Treasure House.

Perhaps, as more and more new foundations require spiritual veins, the Yunshan Sect will have to embark on the path of expansion.

In December of the same year, news came from the Mingyu Sword Sect that Xian Canghai, one of the sect's elders and the younger junior brother of Master Cangfeng, had finally developed a calamity after completing his foundation building. His golden elixir heavenly tribulation would come within three years!

In fact, this is the third cultivator from the Mingyu Sword Sect who is about to undergo the tribulation since the Yunshan Sect was established in Mianlong Mountain.

The Mingyu Sword Sect is a large and powerful sect. After officially moving its mountain gate to Mingjian Mountain, it has been away from the front-line wars and has been able to recuperate better.

They own nearly half of Chongming County and most of Liangxiang County, with a population of over 60 million, and nearly 200 people in Guangling Miao alone every year!

Of course, this is the total number of Mingyu Sword Sect and its subordinate sects. But if we only count Mingyu Sword Sect, a new foundation-building master has been born almost every one or two years in the past twenty years.

To this day, even though there are frequent losses on the battlefield, including the loss of six people in the incident of the arrival of Qianlongjian Tianjun a few years ago, the Mingyu Sword Sect itself already has twenty-three people who have established their foundation!
There are quite a few veterans in the late stage of foundation building, and these are all seeds that can impact the golden elixir stage.

However, it is so difficult to pass the tribulation and achieve the golden elixir. Even if one is fully prepared, only one or two out of ten people can succeed. The first two people from the Mingyu Sword Sect who had completed the foundation building had both failed and turned into ashes in the thunder. It is unknown what the situation is with the third one.

Thinking about it this way, if Yan Beixing were still alive, he would probably have reached the time to overcome the tribulation long ago.

In June of the 395th year of Jiashen, Tao Zhongxian succeeded in building his foundation, and the Yunshan School gained another foundation.

This once unreliable cultivator, after his soul was severely damaged, took a different path. Not only did he have 70% to 80% of the skills of his elder brother Tao Boliang in the art of refining weapons, but he also focused on the research of miniaturization of Taoist weapons and had made great breakthroughs in the past two years.

Even if he succeeds in building his foundation, due to the injury to his soul, the strength of his spiritual awareness is still only half of that of the cultivators of the same level. Practicing other subjects will be ineffective. Only by focusing on machinery and Taoist weapons can he show his prowess and perform exceptionally well.

Flesh and blood are weak, and machinery rises. He is blazing a trail on a road less traveled.

In the 397th year of Jiashen, the heavenly tribulation of Xian Canghai of Mingyu Sword Sect arrived, and there were five wind tribulations, no more, no less. Xian Canghai walked with his sword, and slashed the tornado with his sword. The long sword shone brilliantly, crossing the sky, and finally broke through five wind tribulations in a row, and obtained the position of Jindan! Mingyu Sword Sect, from then on, became a dual-Jindan sect! It was the first sect in the ten counties in the northwest of Cangzhou to give birth to two new Jindans after the war between the two states.

From then on, with the power of two golden elixirs, the Mingyu Sword Sect was stationed in Chongming and Liangxiang counties. Its territory became more stable, and it also consciously took the lead among the three sects of Mingyu Sword Sect, Yunshan Sect, and Huanggen Sect.

Once again, starting from the position of strength, when they met with Yunshan School and Huanggen Sect at Mingjian Mountain, True Man Cangfeng Li Xianyu and the newly promoted True Man Jindan Haoran Xian Canghai were naturally very proud and beaming.

Ye Xiao was filled with envy, wondering when one of her own cultivators would be able to advance to the Perfect Foundation Establishment stage, and also wondering with the ratio of one to two in ten, when it would be Huang Gen Sect's turn to become a double golden elixir sect. The result was very disappointing. She also became more friendly towards Li Xianyu.

But Fairy Jingxia from Yunshan Sect still didn't come. Instead, Lu Qian came, leading a little boy who was looking around and dragging his long sleeves.

Master Cangfeng, Master Haoran, and Ye Xiao all paused.

They felt the violent and surging golden elixir spiritual pressure from this little boy!
"Yu Jiao, stop looking around." Lu Qian smiled and kicked him on the butt, "Have you not met the masters yet?"

Yu Jiao rubbed his butt in grievance, grumbling about Lu Qian ordering child laborers around, while greeting the three Jindan.

Why did Master Haoran suddenly stop smiling? Well, maybe he just doesn't like to smile.

Even Master Yi Zangfeng, who was such an easy-going and generous person, cursed in his heart. He was so happy that his junior fellow apprentice brother had achieved the Golden Elixir that he even forgot that the Yunshan Sect also had a Golden Elixir dragon!
The dragon guarding the mountain and showing off its body without restraint had naturally been known to everyone for a long time. However, this time, Lu Qian brought the Jade Dragon to the party openly, demonstrating the unique status of the Yunshan School.

Even though our grassroots combat power is far inferior, our sect is also a double golden elixir sect!

Feeling the spiritual pressure that Lu Qian was about to complete his foundation building, Master Zang Feng regained his smile, stood up, took his arm, and pulled Lu Qian to sit down, with a very intimate attitude.

The previous estrangement with the Yunshan Sect seemed to have disappeared completely.

Lu Qian's mind was as clear as a mirror. They all knew the origin of the Jade Dragon. The Yunshan Sect did not lose a single person in the incident of the Lord of Heaven's coming, and they also recovered the Jade Dragon. Thinking of this, Master Cangfeng must be unhappy.

However, this matter had already been concluded eleven years ago, and was revealed by Master Cang Feng. At the same time, the spiritual veins of the Sky-Splitting Sword Peak were declining, and the day of destruction was not far away.

The battle for innate spiritual energy may begin in a few years.

There is both competition and cooperation between the Yunshan Sect and the Mingyu Sword Sect, but in the end, there is more cooperation. The status of the two sides as close allies will not change for a long time.

No matter what, the Mingyu Sword Sect has added a new golden elixir, and the alliance of the three sects has gained momentum. The pressure on the four counties of Sanshan, Junle, Dongping and Huaiyou, which have been in hostile relations, has doubled, and the ties between them have become closer.

In the 398th year of Jiashen, Xianyou Sect had another foundation-building master, named Liu Gu Shou, who was the great-grandson of Liu Muchi.

The Xianyou Sect was a subordinate sect with relatively strong strength when the Yunshan Sect was based in Mianlong Mountain and established a new order. Although it was relocated from Ningzhou, the loss of its disciples was not great and the seeds of its cultivation were preserved, so it has made rapid progress over the years.

Now it has become the third sect under the Yunshan Sect to establish a double foundation.

This sect has a profound array tradition and many array practitioners. Lu Qian's array cultivation foundation is inseparable from the Xianyou Sect, and he has high expectations for their combat power.

In recent years, the Xianyou Sect has also vigorously developed the formation industry and started to adjust and arrange large formations for friendly sects in surrounding counties, and has also gained some fame.

If Liu Muchi were still alive in heaven, he would surely be very pleased.

In the 399th year of Jiashen, Jiang Baitao, the junior master of the Yunshan School, completed his practice and entered the realm of perfect Qi training.

She has been practicing Taoism for thirty-three years since she entered the Dao at the age of six. Now she has finally perfected her Qi training. Considering her talent of three spiritual roots, this training speed is considered to be above average.

Although she had no knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism, she studied the art of formation diligently, and with Lu Qian's personal instruction and careful guidance, she made good progress in the art of formation and reached the level of foundation building.

Now that my cultivation is complete, I just need to wait for the opportunity to build my foundation.

In the 400th year of Jiashen, Li Da and Wang Ruoyu both perfected their Qi training. Their progress in cultivation was similar, and they reached perfection almost at the same time.

Li Da's practice was quite diverse, and he had made good progress in talismans, medicines, magic, puppetry, etc.

Wang Ruoyu was much more focused, and only practiced one kind of magic, especially earth magic, and had a deep understanding of it.

In short, they also began to look forward to it, hoping that the opportunity to build the foundation would come soon, and praying that everything would go smoothly in their foundation building.

Not long after both of them completed their Qi training, Jiang Baitao sensed his chance to build his foundation.

At this time, it was only half a year since she had completed her Qi training, which showed that she had good luck and was blessed with great fortune.

Lu Qian has watched Jiang Baitao grow up since she was a child. In his heart, Baitao is more like a daughter than a sister, so he dotes on her a lot.

Fortunately, Bai Tao has not grown up badly, except for being a little reckless and naughty when he was young. Now he has a cheerful and generous personality, brave and strong, never puts on airs of a master uncle, and his beautiful appearance, like a poem and a painting, makes him very popular among the disciples of Yunshan.

When she was building her foundation this time, Lu Qian learned from the last lesson and sent out Wang Yu, Yu Jiao, the Tianji Three Light Sword, and the White Crane Ruyi Cloak.

The result was a happy one for everyone. Jiang Baitao successfully established his foundation outside the Eight States, and the junior master of the Yunshan Sect finally got his head held high and could stand on his own from then on.

At this time, Wu Zhilan had failed in her last foundation-building experience and had been waiting for seven years for the next opportunity. She was depressed and resigned from her post as the expeditionary steward.

So Junior Master Jiang Baitao took office and became the third expeditionary deacon after Xiao Tianci and Wu Zhilan.

The year 401 of Jiashen was a year of great joy for the Yunshan Sect. At the end of December, the entire sect held a grand banquet to celebrate the birth of three new foundation builders in the past year!

Su Yan, Li Da and Wang Ruoyu all successfully established their foundations and engraved Dao patterns within this year!

In the 402nd year of Jiashen, how could the world's talents be only on their side? There was also a person in Huaiyou County who had completed his foundation building, successfully survived the heavenly tribulation, and obtained the position of Golden Elixir!
Calculating the time, Master Zang Feng could only sigh and say, the time has come.

In the northwest of Cangzhou, where the golden elixirs were destroyed due to a great war, after nearly 180 years, the golden elixirs in various counties are gradually emerging.

In the future, new golden elixirs will be born, adding a touch of surprise to the battle for innate spiritual energy.

In the 403rd year of Jiashen, Jiang Qingfeng completely absorbed the blood of the true dragon, cultivated the physique of a true dragon, succeeded in coming out of seclusion, and has advanced to the middle stage of foundation building.

In the same year, Lu Qian completed his foundation.

In the same year, Wu Yan completed her foundation.

At this time, the Yunshan School had been established in Mianlong Mountain for thirty years.

This year, Lu Qian is sixty-one years old. (End of this chapter)