Journey to the head

Chapter 674: Xuanwei Sect's Shocking Change

Lingxuan Lingjun's face suddenly darkened.

"You are to bring Sect Leader Lu to our Yongli Peak and entertain him at a banquet. Do not neglect him."

"Master Lu, I'll be back soon."

Although Lu Qian was shocked, he remained calm: "Ling Jun, please be at ease and leave quickly. You don't need to call me."

problem occurs?
Judging from the appearance of this golden elixir, it must be an astonishing event. But in the environment of "no conquest" and "stop fighting", what can happen?
No, what he just said was that something happened to "Wild Fox Zen".

This is an internal matter of the Xuanwei Sect!
Lingxuan Lingjun left in a hurry, while Lu Qian and others, under the guidance of Xuanwei's disciples, headed towards Lingxuan's Yongli Peak.

The atmosphere was tense along the way. When Xuanwei's disciples learned that something had happened, they were so nervous that they didn't say anything.

Lu Qian thought quietly. He had heard that there was some turmoil within Xuanwei Sect in recent years.

His family has three factions: "Houseborn", "Wild Fox Zen" and "Hermit". Before the ban on religion, there were two Yuanying in "Houseborn", and one in each of the other two factions.

In general, Miaomiao Xuanjun trusts and relies on "family-born children" more. After all, they are the loyal descendants cultivated by Xuanwei Sect from the time they were spiritual seedlings. In the most dangerous and critical moments, they have to be relied on to stand at the front line.

But Xuanjun also didn't want the "family son" to dominate.

On the one hand, it is Xuanjun's own art of checks and balances, and on the other hand, it is also a practical need. For the Xuanwei Sect, which has ruled Cangzhou for nearly 1,700 years, appropriate competition within the sect can maintain the disciples' enterprising spirit and make the entire sect more dynamic.

Therefore, under the intentional or unintentional guidance of Lord Miaomiao Xuan, the three factions had checked and balanced each other, achieving a delicate balance. Lord Xuan was in the middle, listened to opinions widely, and was very wise.

But after the ban on religion, a Yuanying of the "family-born son" died, and the balance was broken!

The backlash of "Wild Fox Zen" was very fierce, and the sudden high profile of "The Hermit" was no less so. The original neutral tone was no longer so neutral.

Even though the leader of "Wild Fox Zen", Qiancheng Lingjun, understood the danger and the true purpose of Miaomiao Xuanjun, and in turn suppressed the radical elements in the faction, he could not stop the surging turbulence and the passionate public opinion.

The lower-level monks of "Wild Fox Zen" are too large, and they are suppressed enough by the "house-born children". Now there is finally a gap, and they are doing more and more extraordinary things in private, and they are even mixed up with the "hermits".

Even the Thousand Spirit Lords have a tendency to be swept up by public opinion. Let's take the simplest example, if a cultivator of the "Wild Fox Zen" sect under your command makes trouble, you, the Thousand Spirit Lords, have to come out to rescue him.

Since you have to show up, you will inevitably be pushed into this power struggle.

Even with the suppression of Miaomiao Xuanjun, vicious competition began to evolve among the three factions, and the overall interests of the "family children" were being damaged.

This is what Miaomiao Xuanjun doesn't want to see.

In particular, over the past thirty years, the "house-born son" and "hermit" of the Xuanwei sect have failed to complete their golden elixir and pass the tribulation, but Lingxuan of the "Wild Fox Zen" has succeeded!
"Wild Fox Zen" possesses two Nascent Soul Spirit Lords!

This further unbalances the power, and it is foreseeable that conflicts and contradictions will further intensify.

Lu Qian narrowed his eyes. At this point, if Miaomiao Xuanjun wanted to resolve this situation, he had to give up the checks and balances and stand on the side of Jiashengzi. However...

While he was thinking, Lu Qian and others were led into an extremely magnificent hall. The dome was decorated with pearls as big as buckets, the walls were decorated with gorgeous mother-of-pearl, and even the desk after sitting down was made of huge polished tortoise shells and decorated with colorful gems.

This magnificent place is exactly the consistent style of Lingxuan Lingjun.

But the host was not here now, and there was only a Jindan Zhenren who was worried about something, serving as receptionist at the banquet.

Lu Qian chatted with him for a few sentences but couldn't come up with anything new, so he had no choice but to accept his invitation and enjoy the banquet first.

The banquet lasted for two hours. It was dark and midnight, but Lingxuan Lingjun had not returned yet. Lu Qian knew that something big had happened.

What about tomorrow’s Infant Ceremony?

Lu Qian did not wait any longer and politely declined the request to stay overnight at Yongli Peak. He returned to his own camp, had a brief discussion with Taoist Wudi, and then went into meditation to rest.

During troubled times like these, it is safest to stay with your disciples.

Fortunately, the night was uneventful.

At the hour of Mao on the next day, a cultivator from the Xuanwei Sect came to inform the Yunshan Sect to prepare in advance and attend the ceremony on time at the hour of Shen.

Everything seems to be business as usual, either the matter has been resolved or... has been suppressed.

At 3 p.m., Jindan Zhenren from various sects gathered in the main hall of Xuanwei Sect. Three hundred and sixty-five dragon-shaped jade pillars supported this huge hall, which was built by flattening the entire peak. The clouds were misty and inspiration was surging, creating a solemn, ethereal and mysterious scene.

The monks standing at the entrance of the hall could only use their spiritual power to barely see the scene deep inside the hall.

The accompanying disciples from various sects, under the guidance of disciple Xuanwei, formed neat formations on the huge square on the mountainside and unfurled their own flags.

Hundreds of sects came to congratulate, and tens of thousands of practitioners came to pay homage. Spiritual light rushed up and formed a thick halo in the sky, almost blocking out the sunlight.

With its current status, the Yunshan Sect was naturally ranked at the front of the square formation, and Lu Qian was also ranked behind the four gates in the hall. He could clearly see the expressions of Miaomiao Xuanjun and the Yuanyings at the top.

It's normal and joyful, but too rigid.

Every process of the Infant Birth Ceremony was carried out in a very precise manner and everyone's joy was just right, but this was not normal.

The extremely enthusiastic Lingxuan Lingjun yesterday did not make any eye contact with Lu Qian today, or it could be said that he did not make any eye contact with the cultivators present.

Instead, Lianyi Lingjun, who was in the front row, turned around and nodded to him, while Xichan Taoist, who was sitting diagonally opposite and behind Yuanxu Lingjun, was winking at him, pouting and pointing upwards, with an expression of gloating.

Something really happened...

Moreover, as the four veteran sects, they all have special sources of intelligence among themselves, so they probably already know it.

This grand and solemn ceremony of infant birth ended with everyone having different thoughts.

After the ceremony, there is naturally a grand banquet.

For low-level monks from various sects, this is a rare happy time without being overly restricted.

For the Jindan Zhenren who participated in the ceremony, this was a rare opportunity for socializing.

After three rounds of drinking, Lu Qian was just about to pick up the wine glass and chat with the Jindan masters of various sects as he did in the past, but one Jindan master after another had already toasted him.

"Master Lu, it has been ten years since we last met at Plum Blossom House. You are even more charming than before. I envy you."

"Master Lu, the trade agreement signed with your sect has brought great benefits to both of us. Can we expand the scope of the agreement?"

"Master Lu, your heroic performance in the battle for innate spiritual energy is still vivid in my mind. I admire you very much. Please drink this cup to the full."

"Master Lu, I am Yunliu Sanren from Songyuan Valley. I have heard of your great name for a long time, but it is a pity that I have only had the chance to see you in person today. It is true that hearing about you is not as good as meeting you in person. I am sorry to have come here, and I hope you will take care of me."

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Facing the various Jindan who came almost in line, with smiling faces and cups of toasts, Lu Qian accepted them all, feeling filled with emotion.

Li Da and other foundation builders who were sitting behind him were extremely proud. It turned out that before they knew it, Yunshan Sect had become the object that other Jindan forces were vying to make friends with.

At the end of the banquet, Lingxuan Lingjun, as the protagonist of the ceremony, came into the hall to toast to all the sects and factions.

At this point, the gorgeous and elegant beauty finally found an opportunity to have a low conversation with Lu Qian and apologized for what happened yesterday.

"Don't blame me, Sect Leader Lu. Something big happened yesterday." Ling Xuan's voice was full of coldness. "We are 'Wild Fox Zen'... never mind. Now is not the place to talk. Besides, Sect Leader Lu will know it soon."

After the ceremony, all the sects left Xiyi Mountain one after another.

Just as Ling Xuan said, Lu Qian soon found out.

Because the Spirit Beast Sect and the Qinglian True Sect approached Lu Qian almost at the same time.

The three factions simply met on Lu Qian's Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou and exchanged information.

The information provided by the Spirit Beast Sect and the Qinglian True Sect was basically the same. Even though Lu Qian was mentally prepared, he was still surprised.

Since Lingxuan Lingjun, the two Jindan Zhenren who had the highest cultivation and the greatest hope of achieving Yuanying in "Wild Fox Zen" were killed!
One of them died in the wilderness while on a mission.

The other one was even more exaggerated, he died directly in his own practice cave!

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The Xuanwei Sect experienced an earthquake. This Infant Formation Ceremony was probably held by Miaomiao Xuanjun because he suppressed his anger and tried to save face in front of the Cangzhou sects that gathered in Xiyi Mountain.

Now that the ceremony is over, there will definitely be a storm in the Xuanwei Sect!
The deaths of these two Nascent Soul seeds are full of doubts.

The key point is that, as Xuanwei Jindan with good cultivation and each having their own trump cards, the two of them were unable to send out any call for help or warning, and were killed silently.

It was common for Jindan Zhenren to enter into meditation and not be contacted for a while. Besides, no one could have imagined that they would encounter danger in Cangzhou, and there was no warning at all when they encountered danger, so no one cared at first.

It was not until the eve of the Infant Creation Ceremony that Xuanwei's disciples discovered that the two men had not arrived, so they had to send out many people to search for them, and only then did they discover their bodies.

What's even more outrageous is that their bodies were just thrown at the burial place without any cover-up. This was simply a naked provocation by the murderer!

After exchanging information, Taoist Xichan said first: "This time, 'Jiashengzi' is going to be in big trouble. They must be the first suspect."

"The two Nascent Soul seeds died silently. Even an ordinary Nascent Soul could not do that. It seems that it must have been a fellow disciple who committed the crime and attacked them by surprise. This is why they were unable to react and were not prepared."

In fact, Yuanxu Lingjun didn't say anything, but Xichan Taoist jumped out first, which was really rude.

However, he has always held a special status in the Spirit Beast Sect, and Yuanxu Lingjun is extremely tolerant of this disciple and lets him do whatever he wants most of the time.

Now Youde Lingjun is preparing for the Lingshou Sect's Infant Formation Ceremony, or rather, his own Infant Formation Ceremony. Among the Jindan from the Lingshou Sect who followed Yuanxu Lingjun to attend the ceremony, Xichan Taoist has the highest status and the strongest cultivation.

He has already achieved the golden elixir perfection.

Moreover, it has been nearly twenty years since the golden elixir was perfected.

In the final result of the battle for innate spiritual energy that year, the Spirit Beast Sect won first place, and the half of the innate spiritual energy award was given to the Spirit Beast Sect.

Although the Spirit Beast Sect had three Jindan participating in the competition, they directly gave half of the innate spiritual energy to Taoist Xichan.

His favor and specialness are evident from this.

But what caught Lu Qian's attention even more was that, as a Taoist Xichan who was in the late Jindan stage, and had been in the late Jindan stage for a long time, he had obtained this half of the innate spiritual energy, but he had not achieved the perfection of the Jindan in the first place!

It was not until more than ten years later that he reached the perfect state.

Taoist Xichan is a Jindan of the same generation as Yunshan Patriarch Yeyang Zhenren. His cultivation speed is shockingly slow. Now he has obtained half of the innate spiritual energy and has such a special ability. As one of the few people who know about the existence of "Meng Zhenzi", Lu Qian naturally inferred that all this is related to Meng Zhenzi.

Perhaps, Taoist Xichan has to bear the cultivation of two people in one body, so his cultivation speed is only half of that of a cultivator with the same spiritual roots!
If this is true, then after cultivating into an infant, Taoist Xichan will also need to bear the great calamity of both his own and Meng Zhenzi's inner demons!

No wonder he has no intention of overcoming the tribulation until now and is still working hard to prepare himself completely.

And once he succeeds, Taoist Xichan will probably become the strongest in the Spirit Beast Sect!
Lianyi Lingjun expressed a different view: "Even if it was a ruthless fellow disciple, there was no time to warn or send a message, but the desperate resistance must have made a lot of noise. I heard that the one who died in his own cave did not have much traces of fighting compared to the Golden Core method, it seems more like a master quickly killed him."

"Besides, the murderer's attitude towards handling the body was too strange. He didn't even cover it up and directly exposed the body. Doesn't this look more like a frame-up?"

Then Yuanxu Lingjun said slowly: "Now it seems that the possibility of the 'family-born child' is the greatest. Who in Cangzhou dares to take action against the Xuanwei Sect's Nascent Soul seeds? They have the greatest motivation and the ability to do so. It is also possible that they used their fellow disciples' identities to secretly use some means to make the victim's Golden Core lose the ability to resist, so there is no big movement."

"As for exposing the body, it is possible that they did it deliberately to confuse the public and create the illusion of being framed in order to clear themselves of suspicion."

His words made everyone silent for a moment. It was really hard to tell what was true and what was false at the moment.

Finally, everyone turned their eyes to Lu Qian, who had been silent.

"What do you think, Sect Leader Lu?"

Lu Qian smiled bitterly: "Based on the current information, it is indeed impossible to judge. I can only say that the family-born child is the most suspicious, but it is also possible that the real culprit is hiding."

"What will happen inside Xuanwei Sect depends on how Lord Miaomiao Xuan decides. However, given Lord Xuan's character..."

"What I am most worried about is that this was originally an internal turmoil in Xuanwei Sect, but it cannot be ended. It will eventually spread out and become the beginning of chaos in the entire Cangzhou."

Several people looked at each other, and there was worry in their hearts.

……

Huoyun Peak, Liuxia Mountains, Ningzhou.

The reinforcements sent by the Yunshan Sect all stayed here to rest.

They had been resting for twenty days and it was almost time to set out again.

In the evening, Lin Le was deducing the next mission, but was interrupted by the sudden visit of Akabane Zhenren.

"Little ghost, you are known as the master of all arts. You can learn all kinds of profound skills, right?"

Lin Le nodded doubtfully.

True Man Akabane hesitated for a rare moment before making up his mind and handing a jade slip to Lin Le.

"Then, you should learn this technique carefully. Don't let others know about it! Just in case, if... don't let it be lost."

He came suddenly and left suddenly.

Lin Le frowned, closed the door tightly, and used his spiritual sense to read the message on the jade slip.