Journey to the head

On the second day after the wedding, the newlyweds came to pay their respects to their two masters, but they only saw Jiang Qingfeng.

She said with a smile that Lu Qian had a sudden feeling last night and was practicing in seclusion, so he could not come out.

But for some reason, her smile made Lin Le feel cold.

And why did the entire headmaster's courtyard turn into a big block of ice?

By the way, the disciple on duty also reported that this morning, Fairy Jingxia Gu Nishang left the mountain gate.

Lin Le could only pray silently for the headmaster.

In the blink of an eye, the old year has passed and the new year has arrived.

In February of the 442nd year of Jiashen, someone at Jiyang Mountain Villa had successfully completed his foundation building and passed the tribulation. However, he was unlucky and encountered the seventh level of heavenly tribulation. It was said that he had used a Creation Fire Pill, but still failed.

That night, Wei Zhaixing, the head of Jiyang Villa, stood on the high tower in the center of the villa and looked at the starry sky.

He was dressed in white, with an upright figure, and a pair of eyes that were deep, bright, and filled with a faint divine light.

Wei Zhaixing has been in charge of Jiyang Villa for a long time. Although he has strong support from the Yunshan Sect from the outside, as a cultivator who joined the sect late, he is able to completely suppress the natives of the sect and take control of the entire sect, which is enough to show his own capabilities.

Today, Wei Zhaixing has become an excellent leader, and is deeply welcomed by disciples for his calm, decisive, cheerful and generous character.

But this leader, who has always been optimistic and determined, sighed with melancholy at this moment.

He can now understand what his master Kan Yuanzi once felt.

"When times come, heaven and earth all work together to transport heroes without freedom."

"If the destiny is not here, fate cannot be changed." He whispered to Lu Qian beside him.

Lu Qian calmly drank a sip of the spiritual tea and said, "In other words, before he crossed the calamity, you had predicted that he would not succeed?"

Wei Zhaixing said: "According to ordinary divination, this tribulation has shown that it is dangerous. And according to my 'Stars of the Heavens' prediction, it will take nearly 20 years for our sect to have the golden elixir."

It turns out that Wei Zhaixing's Dao pattern "Stars in the Sky" focuses on changes in the stars, can peek into personal destiny, and is even better at judging the overall destiny of a region or a place.

"Zhaixing, if you have another 17 or 18 years, you will be able to enter the stage of perfect foundation building." Lu Qian said with a smile: "Then the golden elixir atmosphere in 20 years will not be exactly what you will experience?"

Wei Zhaixing shook his head and said, "Master Lu, our master has said before that you are a person with a chaotic fate. Your fate is like a whirlpool, and anyone who gets close to you will be affected. Only when heaven and man are in harmony, can we get a glimpse of it."

"And I am successful because of you. It is the same. After becoming the head of Jiyang Sect, my fate is in chaos and cannot be predicted. The one who achieves the Golden Core in the next twenty years may be me, and naturally it may also be someone else in the sect who has established a foundation."

Lu Qian nodded: "Then, for your brother who failed to transcend the tribulation, since divination or stargazing had already determined that he would not succeed, why did you waste a Fortune Fire Pill?"

"Could it be that you also want to change fate like your master?"

Wei Zhaixing sat down and poured a cup of spiritual tea for Lu Qian. He smiled and said, "Master Lu, how could you forget it yourself? You once taught me that destiny may not be changeable, but people can definitely defeat themselves. I agree with that."

"We cultivators fight against heaven and earth, taking the power of heaven and earth into ourselves, going against heaven. Divination and prediction are just means to help ourselves. If we know that we will die tomorrow, should we do nothing and wait for death?"

"The difference between me and Master is that I trust the power of people more. I believe that human hearts can also affect destiny. When you do your best to fight against fate, destiny will naturally change."

"If the divination is auspicious, I will not be arrogant or impatient, but will move forward steadily. But if the divination is unlucky, I will do my best to fight to the end."

"People's hearts are what they want, and destiny is what it takes. Who says we can't reverse cause and effect and change the outcome?"

"Although my senior brother still failed this time, he has tried his best. My Jiyang Villa has also done its best. Everyone has a clear conscience. Naturally, it is great fortune, great joy, and great merit."

Wei Zhaixing's eyes sparkled and his voice was firm.

Lu Qian was relieved and stood up: "I have learned a lot from your visit today, thank you Zhaixing."

Wei Zhaixing hurriedly stood up to see him off and accompanied Lu Qian all the way to the top of Amber Lake.

It was the beginning of the month, midnight, the moon was extremely narrow and its light was dim. Only the sky was shining with stars, and millions of galaxies were flowing in the air.

The Amber Lake was calm, and the water was deep and clear like a mirror. The stars in the sky were reflected on the lake surface, as if a starry sky had risen in the lake, surrounding Lu Qian and Wei Zhaixing.

The two stood quietly in the sky, with stars shining brightly above, below, left and right, as if the stars were their touchable objects.

Lu Qian was quite poetic. He suddenly recalled the words "After getting drunk, I didn't know that the sky was in the water, and the boat was full of clear dreams under the stars." When he was feeling relaxed and happy, he suddenly heard a low voice beside him.

"A disaster is coming..."

It’s Wei Zhaixing!

Lu Qian suddenly turned his head and saw that Wei Zhaixing, who had been so dignified just now, now had a confused look on his face. Countless starlight flashed in his pupils, and his whole body was glowing with fluorescent light. A virtual shadow of the galaxy surrounded him like a ribbon.

Heaven and man are one!

This is a state where nature and man are one and the Tao is flourishing.

Lu Qian couldn't help but hold his breath, and heard Wei Zhexing slowly say in a dreamlike voice: "Red light is covering the sky, blood mist is spreading, the main star is in turmoil, and the guest stars are competing for glory... A riot is about to break out, a catastrophe is about to come, the entire star field is falling, and there are more than a million corpses..."

"Cangzhou is in danger!"

……

At the same time, Bai Ze Mingzhuang of the Spirit Beast Sect also raised his head in horror and looked at the starry sky.

His eyes had recovered, and now, with a palpitating heart, he could not help but use his innate magical power, the Eye of Destiny, again.

Blood!

He saw a sea of ​​blood like a mountain, corpses flying everywhere, and then it fell down with a loud bang!
A moment later, Yuanxu Lingjun and Xuangui Zangliu hurried over. After listening to Mingzhuang and Youde Lingjun's reports, they were shocked.

After discussing for a while, Yuanxu Lingjun asked the most concerned question: "When will the catastrophe befall Cangzhou?"

The fur on Mingzhuang's head was all blown up. He took a breath and said, "Maybe twenty years, maybe thirty years. Anyway, it will be soon!"

"This is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster!"

Twenty to thirty years is really just a blink of an eye for the Nascent Soul Sect.

Yuanxu Lingjun's face darkened: "Cangzhou is now generally prosperous. There is an order not to invade from outside and an order to stop fighting from inside. Where does the disaster come from?"

Youde Lingjun said in a deep voice: "Now it seems that the biggest hidden danger is the factional struggle within Xuanwei Sect. It is said that Qiancheng Lingjun is not far from the perfection of Yuanying. If he can advance to Yuanshen, then based on the current situation, Xuanwei Sect will be in trouble."

Yuanxu Lingjun nodded, and thought of something else: "Could it be that the warriors of the Sikong family also received some kind of foreshadowing, so they blocked the mountain gate and wanted to avoid disaster?"

"In this case, we must also be cautious and stabilize our borders from today on, strengthen ourselves with all our strength, and stop expanding outward."

Youde Lingjun wrote down his instructions one by one, and then asked: "Should we inform Qinglian Zhenzong and Yunshan Sect?" Yuanxu Lingjun pondered for a moment and said: "Let's wait ten years before informing them."

Lord Youde nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, one day later, Yuanxu Lingjun summoned several Yuanying again, holding a letter in his hand.

A letter from Yunshan Sect.

".Wei Zhaixing, the head of Jiyang Villa, has learned the true teachings of Kan Yuanzi and is very good at divination and astrology. Last night, he was blessed with a spiritual heart and reached a state of unity between heaven and man. He foresaw that a disaster was about to happen in Cangzhou and a riot was about to break out. It was extremely dangerous."

"You can't believe everything about divination, but you can't disbelieve it either. I'm sharing this information with your sect for your reference. Maybe your sect can make early preparations. Tian Yuanzi bows again."

Several Yuanyings were silent for a moment, and Youde Lingjun sighed softly.

"Master Lu is indeed a gentleman."

……

In March, Lin's mother, Zhao, died at the age of 109.

The old man died with a smile on his face. He passed away in his dream without any pain.

In their grief, Lin Le and Wu Yan asked Lu Qian for advice and decided to build Lin's mother's tomb in a corner of the Yunshan School's Stele Forest.

From then on, the old man slept on the Longzhua Peak of the Mianlong Mountain Range, enjoying the offerings and worship of Yunshan’s disciples.

In May and June, good news frequently came from the Yunshan Sect.

The most outstanding ones among Yunshan's sixth generation disciples are Dongfang Hui, Li Jing, An Fanghe, who have double spiritual roots, and Xie Yongchang, who has three spiritual roots and is quite talented in management.

Dongfang Hui and Li Jing have been building their foundation for a long time and are now the new forces in the sect, while An Fanghe and Xie Yongchang have successfully built their foundation in the past two months and have become the new backbone of the Yunshan sect!
The four foundation builders have different personalities and strengths. Among the two new foundation builders, Xie Yongchang likes to show off, brags, and is not calm enough, but he still knows the general situation and knows how to advance and retreat, so he can be used.

An Fanghe still has a lazy temperament, likes to enjoy leisure, and always complains when encountering heavy tasks. But he no longer goes with the flow, is not vague about major matters, and will go all out for his goals.

Now that the two have successfully established their foundation, they have been granted the positions of Deacon of the Business Department and Deacon of the General Staff Department respectively, and will shoulder greater responsibilities from now on.

Li Da is currently in charge of the Business Department and the General Staff Department. Therefore, An Fanghe and Xie Yongchang have become the backbone of Li Da's subordinates.

In July, Xiao Tianci returned from seclusion after completing his mission.

He had successfully cultivated a pure glass body, and his spiritual energy flowed without hindrance. His sword struck with thunderous force. More importantly, if his cultivation speed increased by another 50%, he would be able to complete his foundation building in another 25-26 years.

August, below Lingsha City.

More than a hundred feet deep underground, the Yunshan Sect's Internal Affairs Department's Weapon Refining Hall specially built a spiritual energy transmission track to receive spiritual energy from the spiritual veins and enter here to provide energy for layer after layer of early warning and protective magic arrays.

And under the layers of magic circle, the dark blue light was dazzling and the clinking sounds were endless.

This is a huge, empty, irregular space filled with soul-corrupting iron ore that can corrode the soul and cause a person to slowly die.

However, these Corrupted Soul Phantom Irons are only associated minerals. The main ore vein here is the clear and bright spiritual stone mine that flickers and is faintly visible on the rock wall.

A spiritual stone mine with excellent quality and large reserves!

Back then, the secret wealth of the Shahe Gang, or more precisely, the Xuanguang Sect, was discovered underground in Lingsha City, and it was accompanied by a large amount of Corrupted Soul Phantom Iron Ore, which would cause the continuous death of the monks who mined it, so the Xuanguang Sect gave this vein to the Shahe Gang to mine.

The Shahe Gang has a loose gang structure with a mixed crowd, making it easy to lure and transport independent cultivators to mine underground. Seventy percent of the spiritual stones obtained are handed over to the Xuanguang Sect.

The Xuanguang faction took the lion's share of the benefits, while the Shahe gang took the blame.

Later, the Yunshan Sect occupied Lingsha City and obtained this spirit stone mine. Since it was impossible for them to mine at the cost of the lives of their monks like the Shahe Gang did, this spirit stone mine remained closed.

Until recently, the Tao brothers led the research on the miniaturization technology of Taoist soldiers in the Equipment Refining Hall and made a breakthrough. This place was truly put to use and the Yunshan School's spiritual stone mine smelting base was established.

At this time, a bald man with a strong build and bronze skin covered with scars was reporting the current production situation to Lu Qian.

It was Tao Boliang who had just entered the late stage of foundation building.

"Master Lu, we now have a total of fifty 'Miner No. 1' small Taoist soldiers. At the current mining rate, we can obtain 300,000 spirit stones every year."

Lu Qian silently calculated that according to the records of the Shahe Gang, hundreds of monks were sacrificed every year to obtain more than 100,000 spiritual stones. From this perspective, the efficiency and safety of "Miner No. 1" undoubtedly crushed manual labor.

"Of course, it is still in the experimental stage, and the scale of mining is far from saturated. According to preliminary estimates, when the technology of the small Taoist miners is fully mature and fully deployed, it will not be a problem to mine millions of spiritual stones every year with the scale of this vein."

In fact, the annual net profit of the triangle cluster of the market town formed by Frost Leaf Market, Never-Sleeping City and Taobao Market is close to 20 million spirit stones. According to the shares held by Yunshan Sect, it can receive dividends of nearly 8 million spirit stones.

Adding the income from other industries and the dividends from Meihuafang, these millions of spirit stones are no longer considered a significant income for the wealthy Yunshan Sect.

What Lu Qian really values ​​is not the total amount of spirit stones that can be produced here, but other things.

Lu Qian and Tao Boliang walked up to a "Miner No. 1" and looked at this small, humanoid Taoist soldier, who was only one meter tall and waving four mechanical arms. It was holding a variety of mining tools, digging a cluster of spiritual stone ore from the rock wall, and then throwing it into the cart on the ground.

When the cart is full, "Miner No. 1" pushes the cart to a track and pours the full amount of spiritual stone ore into the mine cart on the track.

When the mine cart here is full, the change in weight will trigger the magic circle, and it will automatically move up along the track and return to a depth of about thirty feet underground.

The place has been completely free from the influence of the Corrupted Soul Iron Mine. The Yunshan Sect has set up a smelting furnace there, and the Yunshan disciples in charge of smelting are also working there.

In the next step, the Yunshan disciples will put the spiritual stone ore on the mine cart, which contains spiritual energy but cannot be used directly, into a special furnace to melt it, remove impurities, and use molds to condense it into small cubes of one inch square.

After being taken out of the mold, it becomes a standard "spiritual stone".

The spirit stones produced by re-melting in this way can not only directly absorb spiritual energy for use, but also ensure that the amount of spiritual energy contained in each spirit stone is basically the same.

Unless, the quality of the spirit stone ore itself has broken through to the next level.

Spirit crystal ore.

Even the ore of spiritual marrow and spiritual core.

At this moment, a piece of spirit crystal ore the size of an adult's fist was floating in Lu Qian's palm.

This irregular piece of ore is crystal clear, shining brightly, and emitting continuous fluctuations of spiritual energy.

This is the output of this spiritual stone mine!

This is also one of the reasons why Lu Qian rushed here for field research.

Combining the secret records of the Shahe Gang and the survey of the Yunshan School, this spiritual stone mine is large in quantity and high in quality. It not only produces better quality spiritual crystal ore, but may even contain spiritual marrow ore! (End of this chapter)