Journey to the head

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, and on the Mianlong Mountain, a team with flags flying was ready to go.

It was Lu Qian and his party who were heading to Xuanwei Sect to attend Lingxuan Lingjun's Infant Birth Ceremony.

Originally, since they were going to Cangzhou to congratulate the leader of Xuanwei Sect, the Yunshan Sect would have taken it seriously and sent a large team. However, Lin Le, Wu Yan, Gu Nishang and a group of foundation-building backbones of the Yunshan Sect were fighting in Ningzhou, and Jiang Qingfeng could not leave the warning barrier easily.

Therefore, Lu Qian could only bring the Jade Dragon Fairy with him, and also called on Li Da, who had just finished a round of training in the Tianxin Lotus Pond and was handling official business of the Business Department and the General Staff, and three people who had just established their foundation to accompany him. He also selected ten combat teams and a hundred disciples to serve as ceremonial guards, thus forming a congratulatory team consisting of three Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhous.

"Senior sister, I'll have to trouble you these two days. Take Hong Zejun for a walk in the territory."

Before leaving, Lu Qian gave a few more instructions, and Jiang Qingfeng smiled and nodded, agreeing.

"The plan for the previous visit to the territory has already been drawn up. If you follow this route, you will definitely be right. You don't have to worry. Go early and come back early."

More than ten days ago, Lu Qian sent a letter in front of Hong Zejun, asking the Kongmeng Fairy Wu Yan to return first, which made Hong Zejun very happy.

But a few days later, the Communications Office of the Intelligence Department presented a reply letter from Wu Yan, in which she said that she was leading her team to fight deep behind enemy lines and the fighting situation was tense. She could not get away and needed to wait for a while.

Hong Zejun could only calm down and wait for the war to end.

Fortunately, Lu Qian was very considerate. He said that he was worried that he would get bored waiting, so he asked Liquan Jun Jiang Qingfeng to take him around and visit the Yunshan Sect.

To be honest, Hong Zejun was already very interested in the Yunshan Sect.

The name of the Yunshan Sect has spread across half of the Yuheng Continent. As the Ao family was closely watching the whereabouts of the Yuanpin Pearl, they carefully collected a lot of information about the Yunshan Sect.

Therefore, when Lu Qian concealed his face, Hong Zejun was able to guess his identity at once by relying on Lu Qian's signature method.

The more I understand, the more shocked I am.

This originally ruined sect has been advancing triumphantly and rising to legend. When only Lu Qian, Qing Feng and Bai Tao escaped from Quyang County, Yunshan Sect now has six Jindan masters, twenty-four foundation builders, four thousand disciples, and is in charge of the Chongming Alliance and the military of the nine northwestern counties of Cangzhou.

Less than eighty years!

Eighty years is nothing but a blink of an eye in front of a cultivator who has achieved success in his practice.

But even in these eighty years, how many accomplished cultivators would bow down to the Yunshan Sect!
Eighty years. How many eighty years have passed since the Ao family escaped from the land?
Once upon a time, Hongze Jun Ao Fang always believed that the rapid rise of Yunshan Sect was all due to the help of Yuanpin Pearl. If the Yuanpin Pearl was in the Ao family, the Ao family would definitely develop better than the Yunshan Sect.

Even though the Ao family is subject to numerous internal and external constraints, and the bloodline corpse poison has limited the family's upper limit, the Ao family can at least become a powerful Jindan family, and its members can live happily in a stable and prosperous environment.

After all, the Yunshan Sect only took less than eighty years, and the Ao family cultivators still have another four hundred years.

So he became even more eager for the Yuanpin Pearl.

However, after he became the patriarch of the Ao clan and really started to handle family affairs, he deeply felt how difficult it was to develop a family. Although he was extremely contemptuous and angry at the Yunshan Sect's leader Lu Qian for stealing the Yuanpin Pearl, he also admired his efforts to revitalize the family.

Now, under the guidance of Jiang Qingfeng, he has personally confirmed the development of Yunshan Sect and deeply understood its development logic. He has already admired Lu Qian very much. He even looks at every area carefully with a mood of pilgrimage.

Alas, the development environment of our Ao family is still too bad. The first thing we need to do is to return to the land from the dangerous Star Sea and obtain a high-quality territory with a large population.

Then, like the Yunshan Sect, they developed the market, promoted economics and trade, gathered talents, cultivated various arts, established alliances, and expanded their territory...

After Sect Leader Lu finishes his current tasks, I will definitely ask him for advice. Sect Leader Lu is truly a genius as he was able to transform the Yunshan Sect, which was about to be destroyed, into the regional hegemon today.

As long as they learn from him, the Ao family will be revived.

With this in mind, he lingered at every point, so the tour process was actually much slower than planned.

This is certainly a situation that the top leaders of the Yunshan Sect would like to see.

Hong Zejun did not realize that in this process, the extreme importance of Yuanpinzhu in his heart seemed to be slowly weakening.

These days he had just visited the triangular cluster of markets consisting of Frost Leaf Market, Taobao Market and the City That Never Sleeps. Today he would start visiting Lingsha City, a spiritual seedling nursery and spiritual medicine planting base. Next would be the weapon refining center Xinbao, the spiritual plant cultivation base Fucang Mountain, the rehabilitation and convalescent center Wenning Mountain and the spiritual valley and spiritual livestock breeding base Yongcui Valley, etc.

It would take at least two or three months to understand it clearly.

Now, the Yunshan faction's congratulations team has set off.

The three Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhous slowly floated up amid the farewell of the disciples on duty, and the rumbling sound of salutes exploded in the air.

On the left, there is a boat with a flag flying high: "Appointed as the Pacification Commissioner of the Nine Northwestern Counties of Cangzhou".

On the right is a ship flying a colorful ribbon reading "Commander-in-Chief of Military Affairs of the Nine Northwestern Counties of Cangzhou".

On the middle flagship, drums and music were playing, string music was surging, sails were tall, and flags were fluttering.

Smaller flags include the Yunshan Sect's blue flag with cloud patterns, and the Chongming Alliance's four-petal crabapple flag, which symbolizes the Yunshan Sect, Mingyu Sword Sect, Huanggen Sect, and Jiyang Villa.

The sail is heavily dyed with ink, and the name of "Tian Yuanzi, the head of Yunshan" is extremely eye-catching.

On the large banner in the center of the deck, the huge word "Lu" flew up and down like a dancing dragon.

Li Da asked Lu Qian: "Master, shall we set off?"

He has an upright figure, a handsome face, and an extraordinary bearing. He is the most powerful disciple among the fifth generation. He is now in the middle stage of foundation building, and in another 17 or 18 years, he will be able to advance to the late stage of foundation building.

Because he had the opportunity to practice in the Tianxin Lotus Pond, his practice speed was greatly improved. Even though he was concurrently the head of the Business Department and the Intelligence Department, he was able to keep up with his practice progress and keep pace with Jiang Baitao, Wang Ruoyu and others.

Lu Qian nodded, Li Da responded loudly, then turned around and shouted, "Move out, full speed ahead!"

The three divine ships shook slightly, the power array was fully activated, the talismans on the sails also shone brightly, and the streamlined boat bodies cut through the clouds and flew towards Xiyi Mountain six thousand miles away.

Xiyi Mountain, where the gate of Xuanwei Sect is located, is a rare sixth-level intermediate spiritual place in the world.

Colorless is called Yi, soundless is called Xi. "Xi Yi" means emptiness, mystery, purity, tranquility and inaction.

Four thousand years ago, a Taoist master founded a sect on Mount Xiyi, and named it "Xuanwei", which was derived from the meaning of "Xiyi".

Four thousand years later, Miaomiao Xuanjun of the Xuanwei School was determined to inherit the meaning of "Xiyi". He obviously had his own understanding of "ruling by doing nothing".

That is to mediate in the middle, and to check and balance the left and right, so that all factions in Cangzhou can act under the rules of Xuanwei Sect, and eventually achieve order, prosperity and development, and realize the rule of ease.

The three Shenzhou ships traveled through the clouds and headed south.

Xiyi Mountain is located in the central area of ​​Cangzhou, six thousand miles away from Mianlong Mountain in the northwest. The speed of Shenzhou is four hundred miles per hour. Even if it does not stop for a moment, it will take fifteen hours to arrive.

This time, Lu Qian left home two days earlier to ensure that he would have plenty of time to arrive on time.

So this time, it was a two-day and one-night trip.

"Li Da, let's rest in the city that never sleeps for a night, and then head to Xiyi Mountain."

"By the way, I have already made an appointment with the Taoist Wudi of Xiankong Mountain to meet in the Never-Sleeping City, and then go to the Xuanwei Sect's Infant Formation Ceremony together. He will be there at noon, so please make the arrangements."

Li Da nodded quickly, shaking the telescope in his sleeve, and issued one instruction after another.

Now the Yunshan Sect's communication network has been rolled out throughout Cangzhou, Ningzhou and parts of Qingzhou, but it is sparse and dense. Of course, the northwest is the most dense, and other places only have key nodes.

The main forms are the communication network composed of communication talismans, telescopes, and sleeve goldfinches, as well as human communication in emergency situations.

As for the Fantasy Sound Conchs, there are only three pairs in total, which are used to communicate with the Qinglian True Sect, the Spirit Beast Sect, and the Danxia Sect.

Li Da's telescope kept flashing and couldn't be stopped.

The city that never sleeps has to take care of all matters, including reception, banquet standards, entertainment activities, accommodation arrangements, etc., and there must be backup plans for each link. When it comes to leaders, even the smallest matter is a big deal.

What's more, this is about making friends with external Jindan, so we need to be more cautious.

Has this Taoist Wudi been to the Never-Sleeping City before? What is his personality like? What are his hobbies? How important is he to our sect...

After Lu Qian uttered these two sentences, Li Da's head felt hot.

Lu Qian leaned comfortably in the armchair, shaking the half cup of tea in his hand.

With more and more talented people under my command, I should enjoy myself while I can. Otherwise, what's the point of being the leader if I become more and more tired?

On the other deck, a fat boy was leading four fat ladies to beat the rhythm.

The first fat lady struck a big drum with a thump, and then shouted with full force, "Little Fairy Yu Jiao!"

The second fat lady hurriedly clapped the gong and held her head high: "The power is boundless!"

The third fat lady opened her eyes wide, puffed up her cheeks, and blew the horn. When she was about to shout something, she was suddenly stuck and couldn't speak, so she had to blow the horn a few more times, like the cawing of crows and the howling of wild boars.

"Words! Say the words!" The fat boy jumped up and down.

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The fat lady quickly shouted: "Ci'er!"

The fat boy was so angry that steam came out of his ears and he waved his hand to hit her. The fat lady finally remembered and shouted with relief: "Unify the world!"

The fourth fat lady burst into tears and threw the cymbals aside: "She was saying my words!"

The third fat lady also cried: "I just want to shout the fourth line!"

The first and second fat ladies both cried.

"I want to blow the trumpet, not the drum!"

"I, I'm hungry!"

"Don't cry!" The fat boy gnashed his teeth in anger, "Good-for-nothings, all good-for-nothings!"

"Four sentences in total. Is that difficult? Huh?!"

His face flushed red and he counted on his fingers.

"The Jade Dragon Fairy has boundless magical powers and great magical powers, and he will unify the world!"

"There are sixteen characters in total. I have been practicing for half a month and still can't get them all right. It's a waste of time to help you transform. Even pigs are better than you! If I had known earlier, I should have just found four pigs!"

"Eat, eat, eat, that's all you know how to do! If we don't practice well today, no one will be able to eat!"

When the four fat ladies heard that they had no food to eat, they wiped their tears immediately, hurriedly picked up various musical instruments, and started playing and shouting.

"Little Jade Dragon Fairy!"

"The power is boundless!"

“A bucket is huge!”

"I can eat that!"

The disciple next to him was shaking all over, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud, so he could only twist his thighs desperately.

This fat boy was naturally the Jade Dragon. Thirty years was nothing to a dragon with a long lifespan, so he hadn't grown much.

It is only because of the hard work of thousands of Yunshan disciples that it has become plump and white with a round little face.

The four dragon horses that were roaming nearby also ate their fill and became plump, big and strong.

During this period, the Jade Dragon Fairy suddenly had an idea and insisted on helping the four dragon horses in the late stage of foundation building to transform, and he actually helped them!
These are the four fat ladies with broad shoulders and big waists.

Jade Jiao Fairy was not picky at all and was overjoyed. She immediately asked the four aunts to form a drum and bugle corps to provide background music when she appeared.

It’s a pity that they seemed to have low intelligence. They couldn’t figure it out no matter how many times they tried, which made Jade Dragon Fairy very angry.

"Wow! I'm so angry. Eat, eat, do you want to eat the fist as big as a sandbag?"

The sounds of crying and commotion echoed throughout the deck. Lu Qian laughed and closed his eyes.

The summer sun shines through the magic circle, becoming warm and comfortable, with a breeze blowing and the clouds rolling.

It’s nice to steal a little time to relax from busy life.

As the sun turned westward, three Shenzhou ships landed in the city that never sleeps.

The deacon of the Yunshan Sect's Management Department in the City That Never Sleeps, the liaisons of various factions in the Chongming Alliance, and the captain of the City That Never Sleeps' law enforcement team came to greet Lu Qian.

Lu Qian talked with them for a while to understand the current operation status and difficulties faced by the City That Never Sleeps, analyzed the development situation of the City That Never Sleeps under the cluster model of Sanjiaofang City, and deployed the next step to continue expanding the business model.

Afterwards, Lu Qian, escorted by his disciples, came to the reception building that had been prepared long ago, and met Taoist Wudi who was waiting there.

"Fellow Daoist Wudi, thank you for waiting for so long."

"Master Lu, long time no see."

Taoist Wudi was still dressed the same way, wrapped tightly in a grey robe, with a hood covering his face completely, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

But Lu Qian could hear the joy in his words.

Over the past thirty-two years, the Yunshan Sect has continued to digest the results of the battle for innate spiritual energy, made extensive friendships with sects other than the four sects in Cangzhou, reached many agreements in trade, intelligence, resources, etc., and its influence has been fully expanded.

At the same time, he also established connections with many independent cultivators, among whom the one he had the closest relationship with was the Taoist Wudi of Xiankong Mountain.

This late Jindan cultivator, who once shone brightly in the battle for innate spiritual energy and was extremely powerful and a strong and upright person, has now reached the perfect Jindan stage.

Shortly after the battle for innate spiritual energy ended, Lu Qian went to Xiankong Mountain as a guest, stayed there for several days, and had a very pleasant exchange with Taoist Wudi.

This is a pure, principled, and noble person, a person who is free from vulgarity.

An ascetic who is confident in his own path is very suitable for the suffix "Taoist".

He will be a reliable partner.

Taoist Wu Di personally experienced the battle for innate spiritual energy and the ban on religious riots, and he admired Lu Qian's methods and character.

Therefore, Lu Qian and Taoist Wudi have been in close contact over the years, and they would visit each other every few years. Several Jindan masters of the Yunshan Sect have basically had exchanges with him.

Now that the Xuanwei Sect is holding the Infant Formation Ceremony, all the prominent Jindan in Cangzhou are among the invited guests, and Taoist Wudi naturally received the invitation.

So, taking advantage of the opportunity to attend the Infant Formation Ceremony, the two of them met in the City That Never Sleeps and then went to Xiyi Mountain together.

Lu Qian grabbed Wudi Daoist's arm and said eagerly, "Come here, fellow Wudi Daoist, I recently got a new piece of music, and I'd like you to appreciate it."

(End of this chapter)