Journey to the head

Intense pain and immense fear instantly enveloped the Bai Ze named "Ming Zhuang". It shrank its body in horror and subconsciously dived back into the treasure fan in Youde's hand. It covered its bleeding eyes and curled up tremblingly.

This feeling is really terrifying.

At the moment when it tried to see Lu Qian's destiny, it seemed as if the heaven and earth collapsed!

The sky collapsed and the earth broke, the galaxy turned upside down, pressing down on the extremely small and weak Bai Ze!

At that moment, it almost thought it was going to die.

Now only his eyes are destroyed, but with the ability of the Nascent Soul to regenerate broken limbs, they will be able to recover after a while, which is already a blessing.

Lord Youde Ling was also filled with fear, and subconsciously closed his folding fan with a snap.

what happened? !

Lu Qian, who was far away, vaguely heard the scream and turned around to look.

Lord Youde Ling could only force a smile and bowed to him again in farewell.

Lu Qian didn't see anything unusual, smiled brightly, and returned the greeting from a distance.

Only when the Shenzhou completely shrank into a black dot in the sky did Youde Lingjun put down his stiff hands.

Half an hour later, Yuanxu Lingjun and Youde Lingjun listened to the frightened Bai Ze's account of his experience and analyzed their own judgments.

"Every living being in the world has its own destiny. Some people think that their destiny is in their own hands, but this is actually a big mistake."

"Everyone's fate is a giant web, influencing and intertwining each other. Everyone's path is caught in the web. Everything is determined by fate, and it is not up to humans. It will only change due to the influence of 'predictions' and 'fate'."

"But there are also some monks in this world whose fate cannot be 'predicted'."

"They can be roughly divided into two categories, one is hidden fate, the other is chaotic fate."

"Most people who are fate-hidden have a profound destiny that is difficult to see clearly because of their high level of cultivation. However, this is essentially just a cover-up. In fact, the destiny is still the same. Without the blessing of heaven, the destiny will not change."

"But it's completely different for those with a messed up fate. Their fate is completely messed up, and it's impossible to predict where they'll go next. The decisions made by those with a messed up fate will change everything."

"The irreversible destiny has lost its effect on him."

"His fate is in his own hands."

Bai Ze's tone was full of awe, which made Yuanxu Lingjun and Youde Lingjun look slightly gloomy.

Having already achieved the Nascent Soul stage, the two Spirit Lords both believed in the concept of "destiny" but did not completely believe in it.

In other words, we believe in the destiny of all living things, and we also accept the destiny that is created by the heaven and earth and cannot be changed.

But they will not be discouraged by this, so they will not bow to their fate, go with the flow and leave everything to fate.

Objectively speaking, everyone has a constantly fluctuating "fate" or "luck" that can change their destiny.

Subjectively speaking, the monks fight against the sky, contend with the earth, and struggle with all living beings. They climb one slope after another, overcome one obstacle after another, and go through one calamity after another. Their goal is to make all the spirits in heaven and earth submit to their own will for this heaven-defying act.

I have already declared war on heaven and earth, why should I bow my head?
Those who have reached the Nascent Soul stage have revealed their true hearts, discerned their true natures, found their true selves, returned to their innate purity, cultivated an enlightened heart of Tao, and refined themselves into a glazed body of Tao.

They only believe in their own hearts and their own ways!

Any weak person will never be able to achieve the Nascent Soul stage.

But now, after hearing Bai Ze's judgment, and thinking about Lu Qian's various miraculous performances, he suspected that he had a high-level inheritance background, and his feat of destroying the conspiracy of the Ten Heavenly Lords to save Cangzhou, as well as being lavishly rewarded by Taiyi Paradise and being treated almost like a "divided land and ennobled" by Xuanwei Sect.
It will naturally affect the future relationship with the Yunshan Sect.

In the diplomatic and strategic decision-making of the Spirit Beast Sect, the positioning of the Yunshan Sect has undergone several changes.

From being a casual chess piece introduced by Taoist Xichan at the beginning, to being officially noticed by the Spiritual Beast Sect during the event of the True Dragon Lord's coming to the world, to being a chess piece that was slightly valued, to being a vanguard used to attack the Sikong family and restrict the Qinglian True Sect, and then to being a barrier and benefit partner in the northwest direction of the Spiritual Beast Sect.
Now, the promising Yuanying Sect Reserve has integrated the northwest military forces of Cangzhou and guided the establishment of the interest alliance and strategic alliance among the Lingshou Sect, Qinglian True Sect, and Yunshan Sect.

Although it is far inferior in overall strength, no one will ignore the opinions of the Yunshan School in Cangzhou affairs.

When facing Tianyuanzi Lu Qian, all the Nascent Soul Spirit Lords showed equality.

Then Yuanxu Lingjun slowly asked, "Lu Qian is a 'fate mess'?"

But Bai Ze shook his head: "Now, I'm not sure."

"His fate is completely chaotic. I tried to use the Eyes of Destiny to get a glimpse of the possibilities, but was immediately counterattacked."

“That feeling is like the sky falling.”

Thinking back, Bai Ze couldn't help but shudder.

"This is so weird and horrible, I can't figure it out."

Several people fell silent, and the room was quiet.

The farewell team from the Spirit Beast Sect returned after reaching the border of the territory. Lu Qian said goodbye to the "Sword-Feathered War Eagle" that he envied very much. The journey afterwards was smooth sailing. When they returned to Mianlong Mountain, it was already early morning of the next day.

When we returned to the headmaster's courtyard, Jiang Qingfeng was waiting there.

It turned out that just after Lu Qian went to the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, two people came to visit him without any prior arrangement. The matter was of great importance, and Jiang Qingfeng could not make a decision, so he had to wait for Lu Qian to come back before discussing it.

"Both of you want to ask for the Creation Fire Pill?" Lu Qian raised his eyebrows.

Do you really think that our Yunshan Sect is a wealthy and powerful sect?

The Yunshan Sect now has three Creation Fire Pills in its treasury.

Previously, Taiyi Paradise bestowed a total of ten Creation Fire Pills. The Yunshan Sect won the fourth place in the battle for innate spiritual energy, and Lu Qian, Gu Nishang and the Mingyu Sword Sect each received a Creation Fire Pill.

The ones belonging to Gu Nishang and Mingyu Sword Sect were naturally theirs, so the number of Creation Fire Pills of Yunshan Sect became eleven.

Later, in order to repay Kan Yuanzi, the Yunshan Sect used a Creation Fire Pill to pull him back from the brink of death, and then gave him four Creation Fire Pills, four top-grade magic weapon embryos and some high-level skills.

Afterwards, one Creation Fire Pill was used when Jiang Qingfeng was overcoming the tribulation, another one was used when Lin Le was overcoming the tribulation, and one was paid in exchange for information about the Ao family.

Therefore, there are only three Creation Fire Pills left in the treasury.

From eleven to three, the remaining Creation Fire Pills became even more precious. In addition to these three Creation Fire Pills, the Yunshan Sect's treasury also had a more precious set of materials for cultivating the Pure Glazed Body; an innate elixir that was more powerful than the Creation Fire Pill and could revive the dead; the Clear Heart Jade, the Innate Fetal Breathing Pill, and another Innate Spiritual Pill that could help overcome the Heart Demon Tribulation; and three Innate Spiritual Pills that could directly increase cultivation.

These are all top-grade spiritual treasures that cannot be given to others easily.

Because Jiyang Villa's strength had not yet recovered, for safety reasons, the gift of the four Creation Fire Pills was kept secret, so outsiders did not know that Jiyang Villa still had four pills. They only saw that the Creation Fire Pills in Yunshan Sect seemed to be inexhaustible.

Now that two people have come together to seek it, each has their own reasons and circumstances, so they need to consider it carefully.

One of them is a perfect Jindan from Qingyuan County, and the other is a disabled Jindan who has experienced the war between the two states, his Taoist name is Wu Chongweng.

Qingyuan County was once a member of the Huaiyou Alliance. It fought with the Chongming Alliance several times, killing each other and had its own hatred.

But relatively speaking, the ones who directly fought with Qingyuan County and caused casualties were basically the Huanggen Sect and the Mingyu Sword Sect. The relationship between his family and the Yunshan Sect could not be called a blood feud.

From this point of view, the hatred between Qingyuan County and Yunshan Sect is much lighter than that between Sanshan County and Yuanzong.

However, the Chongming Alliance is an independent entity. Qingyuan County, the former enemy, is now under great panic and regret due to an imperial decree from Miaomiao Xuanjun, which requires it to obey Lu Qian's military orders.

Countless people were killed in Dongping and Pingle counties, the Huaiyou Alliance was declared destroyed, and the entire nine counties of Cangzhou were under the control of Lu Qian and the Chongming Alliance.

Even though Qingyuan County had two Jindan Zhenren, whose overall strength was pretty good, they were powerless to resist.

They also sought help from the other four sects like Li Yuanzong, but received no response and could only stay under Lu Qian's command in worry and fear.

Fortunately, Lord Xuan issued an order to stop the war, strictly prohibiting further fighting in the county. Moreover, as the governor of the nine northwestern counties, Lu Qian was responsible for ensuring peace and stability in the nine counties. It was impossible for him to take action before Qingyuan County rebelled and committed suicide.

So even though life was very tiring these years, it was still manageable, especially since the Chongming Alliance revitalized commerce and vigorously developed the triangular cluster of markets consisting of Frost Leaf Market, City That Never Sleeps and Taobao Market, which brought prosperous business opportunities and a large number of tourists to the nine northwestern counties. Qingyuan County also benefited from this and its income increased slightly.

According to the financial report released by the Chongming Alliance, the annual profit brought by this cluster of towns and cities has exceeded 20 million spirit stones, reaching half of Meihuafang, the largest town and city in Cangzhou!
Moreover, after a series of business negotiations and share swaps by the Chongming Alliance, it also acquired half of the shares of Meihuafang and became the fifth largest shareholder of Meihuafang.

All of this made the Cangzhou counties, which had set the tone of peaceful development, very envious. Qingyuan County, which was close to the water, gained some small profits, and the calls from various sects and cultivators in the county to move closer to the Chongming Alliance became louder and louder.

Therefore, in recent years, Qingyuan County has adopted a very positive attitude. On the one hand, it has sent envoys to various factions that were once enemies, communicated with them with a smile, and even took the initiative to offer condolences and compensation in an effort to eliminate old grudges. On the other hand, it has actively joined the trade system of the Chongming Alliance, removed some small towns and markets in the territory, and tilted trade resources towards the triangular cluster of towns and markets.

At the same time, Qingyuan County actively responded to the call of Yunshan Sect and took part in the nine-county large-scale drills, military training, guard patrols, bandit capture, and suppression of evil cultivators, demonstrating its intention to obey Lu Qian's deployment.

In short, Qingyuan County improved its relations with the Chongming Alliance because Wu Chongweng and another Jindan Lianhua Zhenren knew the times and were respectful and submissive.

This is also the reason why Wu Chongweng dared to come and ask for the Creation Fire Pill.

This is completely different from Li Yuanzong.

Perhaps knowing that an irreparable blood feud had been formed between himself and the Yunshan Sect, Zhenren Yeguang kept the door locked and determined to rely on the protection of the Order to Stop the War, and only responded to the Yunshan Sect's compulsory conscription order.

Lu Qian could naturally guess what Master Ye Guang was thinking.

All external means have failed, and the only hope left is to retreat and practice hard.

On the one hand, he satisfied Lu Qian's military call-up so that Lu Qian had no reason to take action. On the other hand, he devoted himself to diligent training in the hope of being able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage and thus break the deadlock.

However, he is still in the late stage of the Golden Core, and with his talent of three spiritual roots, it will take him at least another hundred years to reach the perfection of the Golden Core.

Whatever the final outcome, we can only hope for good luck and the blessing of destiny.

While Wu Chongweng has already achieved the perfection of the Golden Elixir, he is disabled and has basically no hope of becoming an infant. He has no choice but to come and ask for a Creation Fire Pill, hoping to restore his body and thus qualify to become an infant.

"Wu Zhongweng is of high generation and high cultivation level. He is the great-grandmaster of Lianhua Zhenren and the actual controller of Qingyuan County." Jiang Qingfeng said, "This time he came to ask for the Creation Fire Pill. Perhaps it is time for us to completely control Qingyuan County."

Lu Qian nodded and smiled, "That's right. He wants to transcend the tribulation and become an infant, which is related to the path of the Tao. This Good Fortune Fire Pill is of great significance to him and is of great value. In order to obtain the Good Fortune Fire Pill, he must be prepared to pay a sufficient price."

"And my Yunshan Sect is not short of all kinds of resources. The wealth we possess far exceeds that of Qingyuan County in both quantity and level. There is no need to discuss this aspect. They know what they can give."

"Arrange a dinner for Wu Zhongweng. I will talk to him in detail in the evening."

The attending disciple quickly passed on the order.

The other person who came to ask for the Creation Fire Pill was the leader of the Linglu Sect, Zhuang Hui.

He had sensed that his golden elixir tribulation would soon come, and hoped to obtain the Fortune Fire Pill from the Yunshan Sect as a trump card to resist the tribulation and increase his chances of successfully surviving the tribulation.

If Zhuang Hui can successfully overcome the tribulation, it will be more beneficial than harmful to the Yunshan Sect. Moreover, the Linglu Sect is a partner sect of the Yunshan Sect, so it is reasonable and logical for them to lend a helping hand.

However, if they could reach an agreement with Qingyuan County, after paying one Creation Fire Pill, the Yunshan Sect would only have two left. It would be a bit unbearable to pay another one for Zhuang Hui's tribulation.

"I'll talk to Zhuang Hui in person. I can't give him the Creation Fire Pill."

"Send a message to Lin Le, asking him to return with the Frost Icefall Hairpin and the Awesome Purple Gold Cymbal, and lend these two secret treasures to Zhuang Hui to help him overcome the tribulation."

Originally, the Tianji Three-Light Sword was the most suitable one, and if used properly it could offset a heavenly calamity. However, the Three-Light Sword had just been used and needed to be recharged. With Zhuang Hui's level of cultivation, it would take at least half a year to fully recharge it. It seemed like it was too late.

Lu Qian thought for a moment, and then said, "Give him a volume of the tribulation-crossing experience that my sect has compiled over the years, and a bottle of the unique elixir obtained from the Danxia sect that can stimulate potential and suppress injuries for a final fight."

In this way, the Yunshan Sect has done its best, and Zhuang Hui can only be grateful.

Jiang Qingfeng asked, "Xiao Lin is leading the army in Ningzhou. If he returns, we won't have a Jindan to lead the team. It will be too dangerous on a battlefield like that."

"Lin Le returned because we have to start a secret fight with the Sikong family." Lu Qian said in a deep voice, "Now that Nishang is asleep, Senior Sister can't easily leave the territory, and the Jade Dragon is jumping and naughty, only Lin Le, Wu Yan and I are suitable to take action."

"As for the Ningzhou battlefield, I will send Li Da to lead the army, and then let Yu Jiao be the accompanying Jindan to obey orders. This should be enough to hold on."

Jiang Qingfeng was surprised: "Are we going to fight the Sikong family directly?"

When Lu Qian told Jiang Qingfeng about the negotiations in the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, he couldn't help but reveal a look of worry.

"The Sikong family's golden elixir is extremely powerful, and they are fighting in secret, without any support, it is very dangerous."

“I really hate that I can only sit at home and can’t help”

Lu Qian took his senior sister into his arms and was about to comfort her softly when he heard his disciple reporting outside the door.

"Master, Elder Jiang, Elder Lin Le's mother is outside seeking to see you." (End of this chapter)