Journey to the head

The result of this verdict was announced to all the Jindan sects in the counties of Cangzhou, causing an immediate shock. The Jindan sects in the counties that were planning to attack stopped their actions after being warned, and the conquests that were about to be launched were temporarily put on hold.

Therefore, this judgment was also called the "Stop-War Order" by various sects in Cangzhou.

However, the boundary of what level of war would attract the attention of Xuanwei Sect has not yet been clearly defined. Before slowly testing and figuring out the situation, everyone dared not rashly launch an attack, fearing that they would be held accountable by Xuanwei Sect.

This great war in the northwest of Cangzhou eventually affected the entire Cangzhou, promoted the birth of the "Stop War Order", and allowed Cangzhou to temporarily enter a peaceful era.

However, from Lu Qian's point of view, there are still undercurrents beneath such peace, and it is far from calm.

Since ancient times, Jindan sects have enjoyed a high degree of autonomy within a state. Xuanwei Sect only used the war in the northwest to warn everyone, and was unwilling to directly prohibit the Jindan sects from attacking each other. Otherwise, the Jindan sects would have resentment in their hearts, which would not be beneficial to the overall situation.

It is estimated that in the future, the mainstream policy of Xuanwei Sect will be to arrest the big ones and let the small ones go. Military conflicts involving several counties may lead to accountability, and Xuanwei Sect cannot handle small fights.

No matter what, this war was finally suppressed under the strong intervention of Xuanwei Sect. Everyone took responsibility and returned to the mountain gate.

The heavy smoke of gunpowder in the northwest of Cangzhou was forcibly suppressed. Whether it will become more intense or be extinguished forever, only time will tell.

Although the Xuanwei Sect made the decision, there were still many troubles afterwards. Although the various factions began to withdraw their troops back to the mountains under the urging of the Xuanwei Sect's envoys, the mere statement that "the Huaiyou Alliance and the Three Factions Alliance should compensate each other for their losses" was a farce.

However, these matters were naturally arranged by Senior Sister and Lin Le, while Lu Qian directly took Shen Jialuo to meet with Zhenren Zangfeng and Kan Yuanzi at Mingjian Mountain to sign the oath again.

On the first day of July in the 406th year of Jiashen, the Yunshan Sect, the Mingyu Sword Sect, the Jiyang Villa, and the Huanggen Sect held a meeting at the Mingjian Mountain. Lu Qian, Zhenren Cangfeng, Kan Yuanzi, and Shen Jialuo took the oath on behalf of the four sects respectively.

The new alliance of four factions was named after the place where it was established, and from then on was called the "Chongming Alliance."

The Chongming Alliance is a close political alliance, military alliance, and economic alliance. There is no leader in the alliance. The four allies have equal status, equal rights and obligations, and all matters are decided through consultation.

When the "Cease-War Order" was just issued, the establishment of the Chongming Alliance seemed to be in defiance of the order, causing a lot of waves in the northern part of Cangzhou.

In response to these discussions, Tian Yuanzi, the head of the Yunshan sect, stated that the development of the four-faction alliance is not aimed at any third party, nor will it be disturbed by external obstruction. The Chongming Alliance will firmly support each other in following a development path that suits the actual situation of the sect and support each other's development and revitalization.

Now, Qingyuan and Huaiyou counties have completely withdrawn from Cheorwon County under the requirement of the "Stop War Order", and Cheorwon has returned to the name of Huanggen Sect. However, according to the previous agreement, the spiritual seedlings in Cheorwon County are jointly searched and divided equally by Yunshan Sect and Huanggen Sect.

As a result, the Chongming Alliance occupied Chongming, Junle, Xinghu, Cheorwon, Liangxiang and a quarter of the territory of Samsan County.

The Huaiyou Alliance's territory was reduced to only three counties: Huaiyou, Dongping and Qingyuan, with a total of five Jindan Zhenren. In terms of strength, it was already lagging behind the Chongming Alliance.

As for the others, the Fenglei Gang retreated to Beichui County, and Mo Yunsou was confined and not allowed to leave; the Ye Guang Zhenren of Sanshan County has been silent, and seems to be doing his best to bide his time.

Looking at the ten northwestern counties of Cangzhou, the Chongming Alliance has become the undisputed strongest!
But Lu Qian knew very well that the situation was not yet clear and he could not relax at all.

Because of the protection of the "Stop Fighting Order", the Huaiyou Alliance was able to preserve its vitality and contain the Chongming Alliance in the future. They will also receive secret funding from the Sikong Family and the Qinglian Zhenzong because of this value.

What the future will be like depends on unremitting efforts.

Therefore, as soon as the alliance was established, the four factions started a series of negotiations on economic, trade and military cooperation.

In order to thank Jiyang Villa for joining the battle at a critical moment and playing an important role in stabilizing the situation, and also to bind the interests among the allies, the Chongming Alliance redeemed and redistributed the shares of Frost Leaf House and Nevernight City.

In the past, the shares of Frost Leaf House were held by Mingyu Sword Sect and its subordinate sects with 50%, Yunshan Sect with 40%, and Huanggen Sect with 10%.

After the adjustment, Mingyu Sword Sect and its subordinate sects accounted for 40%, Yunshan Sect accounted for 35%, Jiyang Mountain Villa accounted for 15%, and Huanggen Sect accounted for 10%.

Originally, 30% of the shares in the City That Never Sleeps belonged to the Xuanwei Sect, 20% belonged to the Lingshou Sect, 25% to the Yunshan Sect, 15% to the Huanggen Sect, and 10% to the Mingyu Sword Sect.

After the adjustment, 30% belongs to Xuanwei Sect, 20% belongs to Lingshou Sect, Yunshan Sect holds 20%, Huanggen Sect holds 10%, Mingyu Sword Sect holds 10%, and Jiyang Villa holds 10%.

At the same time, Jiyang Villa fully opened up trade within the territory and added a large number of shops in Frost Leaf Square and the City That Never Sleeps, allowing the water element treasures that are unique to Xinghu County to continue to flow into the market.

As for the Qizhenfang built on the spiritual vein of Yongcui Valley, Lu Qian has a new plan.

This Qizhenfang has been operating for decades, but it has only been able to break even, with no improvement. This fully proves that the theoretical high-end boutique market, on the one hand, overlaps with the high-end store positioning in Meihuafang, the largest market in Cangzhou, and on the other hand, the current Yunshan School can hardly provide any high-tech materials, which really cannot support the brand positioning of this market.

After much deliberation and repeated discussions with senior sister, Lin Le, and the staff group, the Yunshan Sect simply invested to buy back 30% of the shares of the Mingyu Sword Sect and the Huanggen Sect. The market town was closed from that day on, and the remaining goods were all put into Frost Leaf Workshop and the City That Never Sleeps for sale.

The second-level spiritual vein of Yongcui Valley was directly taken back and put to other uses.

After abandoning Qizhenfang, the Chongming Alliance unanimously passed the decision to shift the economic and trade focus to Shuangyefang and the City That Never Sleeps.

While carrying out a new round of expansion of Frost Leaf House and the City That Never Sleeps, the four factions removed the local small-scale markets in each county that had arisen from historical confrontations and poor trade, and concentrated trade resources and passenger flow to a greater extent in Frost Leaf House and the City That Never Sleeps.

Among them, Shuangyefang is more focused on commerce, while Never-Sleeping City is more focused on entertainment services. At the same time, by renting the Wind Beast Transportation Network of the Spiritual Beast Sect, fast and convenient public transportation stations were established in Chongming, Junle, Xinghu, Tieyuan, Liangxiang and Sanshan County, allowing the monks who lost their local small market to conveniently go to the two places for purchases and consumption.

In this way, the revenue of Frost Leaf House and the City That Never Sleeps, especially the City That Never Sleeps, will be able to reach a higher level.

After signing a long-term agreement with the Spirit Beast Sect on setting up transportation routes, Lu Qian became more and more aware of the power of the Spirit Beast Sect.

You should know that the average Qi training cultivator's escape speed is 200 miles per hour, while the foundation building cultivator's escape speed is 800 miles per hour.

Because the Yunshan Sect has the Lingxu Zhenyuan Divine Ship, its escape speed can reach 400 miles per hour.

Even the most common, widely used, and most basic air ray in the Spirit Beast Sect can carry 500 people at a time, and its speed is only slightly slower than Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou!

If it is a long journey, the Sky Ray with its long endurance and abundant physical strength will be better than the Shenzhou which has to burn spirit stones all the time!
This is just the worst level of wind-controlling beast, what about the others?

The drooping-winged falcon that Lu Qian had ridden before could travel over 400 miles per hour; the star-winged sky ray could travel over 500 miles per hour; and the wind-winged golden eagle could travel over 700 miles per hour...

These are just the wind-controlling beasts that the Spirit Beast Sect rents out and sells to the outside world, and they are considered civilian types.

What about the secret of the Spirit Beast Sect, which is only used by the military? Thinking about it, I couldn't help but be shocked. No wonder the triumphant Spirit Lord Sikong Sheng was very restrained even with the Red Castle Thunder Boat by his side. No wonder Miaomiao Xuanjun has always been very polite to the Spirit Beast Sect.

The Spirit Beast Sect possesses the ability to rapidly deploy combat power on a large scale and over long distances!

Even the basic elites such as those who are practicing Qi and building foundation can be quickly delivered to their destination by strange spirit beasts.

The four gates of Cangzhou should all have the ability to quickly deploy elite combat forces over long distances, otherwise Qiancheng Lingjun would not have sent out the secret treasure, the Stepping Clouds and Flowing Clouds Chariot, so easily.

However, large-scale, long-distance projection of combat power is probably a rare ability that even the Xuanwei School may not possess.

With such capabilities, the Spirit Beast Sect can react quickly, not only to behead elite troops, but also to send out large armies at any time to make it impossible to defend against them. In mobile warfare, they can also turn one combat force into two, or quickly concentrate superior forces to dominate the battlefield with overwhelming force.

Thinking of this, Lu Qian was really shocked.

Whether it is the Yunshan Sect or the Chongming Alliance, they are completely no match for such an old and powerful sect.

The journey is long, and you can only encourage yourself.

In addition to the economic and trade alliance, the Chongming Alliance also conducted comprehensive consultations on military mutual assistance, diplomatic policies, sect missions, disciple training, cultural exchanges, etc., and reached a series of consensus.

The communication between the four factions of the Chongming Alliance became increasingly in-depth and the integration became increasingly close, and this alliance was a complete success.

After the meeting, Lu Qian brought Yu Jiao and Shen Jialuo directly to Junle County.

It's time to address the Huang Gen Clan issue head-on.

However, just as the light of the Stepping Clouds and Flowing Clouds Chariot flew over Hanjiangzhu, Lu Qian was blocked by Master Hanmu, Hai Shuangyao.

Looking at the little fairy Hai Shuangyao who had her hands on her hips, a sullen look on her face, Lu Qian thought to himself that it was bad. He was so busy that he actually forgot that Master Han Mu had been left in the ruins of Hanjiangzhu for more than a month.

Thinking back on it, Lu Qian felt very grateful.

She had already repaid the favor of rescuing Hai Shuangyao with an extremely precious Dragon Palace Ascension Voucher, and her subsequent assistance to the Yunshan Sect in seizing Hanjiangzhu could only be described as a friendly act.

But Hai Shuangyao not only did not hold back, she also brazenly killed Xuan Jing Zhenren, consuming a lot of precious treasures, and even used the Xuan Ning Ice Coffin Talisman to save Ye Xiao's life.

These may not be worth mentioning to this wealthy monk with an extraordinary background, but the fact that she can do this is enough to show that Hai Shuangyao is sincere, pure and kind-hearted.

"Master Hanmu, you have worked hard!" Before Hai Shuangyao could even finish her complaint, Lu Qian's face was already full of gratitude, and he saluted repeatedly, "If you hadn't been here at Hanjiangzhu, I wouldn't know what I would have done. You really helped a lot, you are the savior I sent."

After receiving such a string of words of gratitude and praise, Hai Shuangyao felt a little embarrassed.

"Oh, it's nothing, we are friends. It's just a little boring here, luckily I have Bai Tao to accompany me."

This place is not only boring, but also in ruins. There was a fierce battle here that day, and Ye Xiao used Kunmu's magical power to transfer all the heavy blows he suffered to Hanjiang Island, causing the ground of this island in the middle of the river to crack and the buildings to collapse, as if there was an earthquake.

As he was speaking, Jiang Baitao also flew over on Beiluo Shimen and waved to Lu Qian.

"Then please go to the City That Never Sleeps and play for a few more days, how about that?" Lu Qian said with a smile, "Last time the time was very short and we didn't have much fun, this time you and Bai Tao can play as long as you want."

Hai Shuangyao's eyes lit up, but after thinking about it, she sighed and shook her head.

"Forget it. I've been delayed for too long. I'd better go home quickly. Otherwise, the old men will be worried to death."

Lu Qian hurriedly ordered a banquet to see her off, but was rejected by Hai Shuangyao.

"Don't bother. I'll be leaving now."

When Jiang Baitao heard that Hai Shuangyao was about to leave, she was reluctant to let her go and held her hand. The two of them sat side by side on Bei Luo Shimen's bed and talked in private for a long time.

All good things must come to an end, but the Xianyun Islands are nearly a million miles away, and I don’t know what the situation will be like when we meet again.

Lu Qian waited quietly on the side. The friendship between Bai Tao and Hai Shuangyao completely surpassed the constraints of their cultivation and transcended the isolation of their identities. The sincere friendship between a small sect's foundation-building master and a wealthy family's golden elixir master could be considered a good story.

The two of them got along very well and had completely matched brainwaves. Although they had not been together for a long time, they already felt like close friends. It was a pity that they had met too late and they couldn't wait to stick together every day.

After half an hour, the two reluctantly let go of their tightly clasped hands. Jiang Baitao had tears in her eyes, and Hai Shuangyao also had slightly red eyes. She stood on tiptoe to wipe the corners of her eyes.

"Don't cry, don't cry. We will be able to meet at the Dragon Palace Ascension Conference in one hundred and thirty years at the latest."

Then, she turned around and said, "Master Lu, you must remember to bring Bai Tao and Qing Feng with you when the time comes."

Lu Qian's mind was moved: "Bai Tao, I understand, but why do you want to bring Senior Sister Qing Feng along?"

Hai Shuangyao raised her eyebrows: "Qingfeng has dragon blood. My family often deals with the dragons from the outer sea. I can sense that the source of this blood is definitely a very high-grade dragon."

"The Dragon Palace has been opened. She has dragon blood in her body and her rank is high. Perhaps she will have a different experience."

He kept Hai Shuangyao's words in mind, and took the sea map of the Starry Sea, the map of the Xianyun Islands, and the token of the Hai family that she left behind. Finally, Hai Shuangyao turned into a blue light and broke through the air as Jiang Baitao kept sending her away.

Looking at Bai Tao with tears in her eyes, Lu Qian said gently, "Tao Tao, you and Master Han Mu have a good relationship, which is a good thing. You should also use this as motivation to practice hard. Others are almost breaking the elixir and becoming infants, but you don't even have much time to build your foundation. If you don't work harder, your life span will not be able to keep up."

Jiang Baitao nodded and raised the back of her hand to wipe her eyes. In her hand, she was holding a storage bag that was shining brightly, with four small words embroidered on it.

"The Xianyun Hai Family". (End of this chapter)