Journey to the head

what? !

Lu Qian's expression suddenly became serious, and his heart became heavy.

During these fifty years, some backbone members of the sect passed away, which was truly a cause for regret. Among them, Zheng Duan, who was the elder of Yunshan, director of the Department of External Affairs, and chief instructor of airship tactical training, was particularly regrettable.

At that time, Zhao Kongque only said that after Zheng Duan had survived the heavenly tribulation and achieved the golden elixir, he discovered that a cultivator's cave was revealed under the cold river, so he went to explore it with his fellow disciples. However, he accidentally touched a mechanism in the cave and died on the spot.

Now it seems that this is not the truth and there is a hidden reason?

Lu Qian held the small tripod in mid-air and wrapped his spiritual consciousness around it tightly.

"What is going on? Tell me."

Lin Le immediately recounted the entire incident from beginning to end.

When Ao Fang, Lord Hongze, presented the tripod to Lin Le, he also told Lin Le some information about the tripod that was passed down by Lord Jichuan Xuan.

It turns out that this precious tripod was accidentally discovered in Qingzhou. In fact, it didn’t take long for it to be regarded as the treasure of the Qingzhou Yuanshen Sect because of its mysterious effects.

At that time, Jichuan Xuanjun had just dominated Cangzhou by force, and was struggling to find a way to remove the corpse poison from the Ao family's bloodline and strengthen the Ao family.

At this time, Jichuan Xuanjun suddenly discovered that the number of golden elixirs in Qingzhou increased rapidly in a short period of time. In addition, the news also leaked. Finally, Jichuan Xuanjun learned that Qingzhou had a treasure that could greatly increase the chance of forming a golden elixir!

Although this item cannot cure Ao's corpse poison, it can directly help Ao, who has a lifespan of only 400 years, to grow stronger quickly. The stronger Ao is, the more likely he is to find a way to detoxify.

So Jichuan Xuanjun took action brazenly, launched a lightning raid, and drove straight into the Qingzhou Yuanshen Sect as if he was in an empty place!

In full view of everyone, among thousands of troops, he captured Qingzhou's soul alive while chatting and laughing!

He was forced to hand over the tripod and beg for mercy.

After getting the treasure tripod, Jichuan Xuanjun realized that this tripod was not directly used to help people make pills. Its function was to forcibly seize the fortune of others and refine it into a fortune pill!

After taking this pill, your luck will increase greatly in a short period of time, as if you have been blessed by heaven. It is invaluable and auspicious!

In this state, no matter whether it is refining elixirs, refining weapons, drawing talismans, setting up formations, or fighting or performing martial arts, everything goes smoothly.

However, to refine a pill, at least 500 cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training or above are needed to be put into the cauldron as "medicine materials". And these "medicine materials" are stripped of their fortune by the cauldron, and their fate is to die tragically on the spot and become "medicine dregs"!
Therefore, one "Fulu Pill" requires the lives of five hundred monks. The price is huge and must not be wasted.

In order to maximize this short-term increase in luck, the Qingzhou Yuanshen Sect came up with a clever idea.

Used to overcome the tribulation! Moreover, it is the golden elixir tribulation that is closely related to the cultivator's luck!

Before the heavenly tribulation comes, if you take a pill of "Fu Lu Dan", you will be blessed with good fortune, as if the heaven and earth are favoring you, and the heavenly tribulation will be directly transformed into the lowest triple heavenly tribulation!

The success rate of overcoming the tribulation will naturally rise sharply.

Therefore, although only the four seal characters "夺福劫幸" can be identified on this tripod today, Qingzhou added the three-character suffix "成丹鼎" to it, which is actually a name they gave it based on its discovered purpose.

After Jichuan Xuanjun obtained the "Ding Dan Ding", he handed it over to the Ao clan, but soon he was ambushed and besieged because he was too domineering and eager for quick success, and eventually he was defeated.

Although the Ao clan had the tripod, without Jichuan Xuanjun, they could only live in the vast sea of ​​stars. In addition, with their weak strength, where could they go to capture 500 cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training and above?
Therefore, although the tripod was in the hands of the Ao family, it was never used.

When Lin Le said this, Lu Qian could not help but get angry and asked, "After you got the cauldron, did you really kidnap five hundred cultivators to make pills?!"

Lin Le knelt down immediately and said, "Master, these five hundred cultivators are the most heinous criminals that our Yunshan Sect has captured from various places over the past few decades, relying on clues provided by the Plum Blossom House Information Center and the Intelligence Department."

"These people are all evil cultivators and bandits. They have countless blood debts on their hands. Every one of them deserves to die!"

"At that time, all my fellow disciples were about to face a heavenly calamity. Since I was in charge of Yunshan, how could I be willing to abandon the treasure tripod? As long as it was for the prosperity of Yunshan and the longevity of my fellow disciples, why not sacrifice some evil cultivators?"

"But if the leader thinks I am wrong, I am willing to accept the punishment."

Lin Le bowed down respectfully, while Lu Qian fell silent.

This seemed to be the first time that I felt so clearly that Lin Le was not a copy of me.

Although he completely inherited my ideas and thoughts on business, management, military strategy, culture, diplomacy and so on, although he also perfectly inherited the secret teachings such as "The Immortal Law: The Great Way of Dream Butterfly" and "Mirror Flower and Water Moon".

But he has his own ideas after all, he is also exploring his own heart, and he will make his own decision.

Besides, such behavior does not fundamentally violate my united kingly way.

Implement benevolent policies at home and make good friends abroad, gather the strength and wisdom of the people, share honor and disgrace, share benefits, repay evil with justice, and repay kindness with kindness - this is the kingly way of uniting the people.

But for the Yunshan Sect, for all the people I cherish, and for the broad interests of "my own side", I must not only plunder in the Baoguang Realm and nurture and grow the Golden Branches in the future, but also continue to absorb the origin of the world in the Chaixin Small Realm, sacrifice the billions of lives in the Chaixin Small Realm, and become the de facto world-destroying demon - this is also what I shouted loudly to the inner demon illusion, the way of the united king.

To put it bluntly and cruelly, if you are qualified to be my partner, we can benefit from each other and grow together, but if you are not qualified to be the "many" of the "united", then it is not within the scope of the "kingly way".

Now, even if Lin Le's behavior was beyond his expectations, he couldn't say that he was only exploiting the Chaixin Realm so it didn't matter. But Lin Le was arresting the evil cultivator in the Yuanchen Realm, so that was a crime?
If I were to obtain the tripod, I would also think about how to make use of it, but I might not choose to capture anyone.

So, what makes me feel a little surprised and angry now, is it Lin Le’s decision itself, or when I see that Lin Le also has a cold and cruel side, it is like the complicated feelings of parents facing their growing child, and they are afraid that he will leave their control?
Lu Qian took a deep breath and said, "Get up. You are devoted to Yunshan, so you are not guilty. As long as we can confirm that they are the ones who deserve to die, there is nothing wrong in letting them be used as waste for the rise of Yunshan Sect."

"But such actions are ultimately inconsistent with my image of Yunshan."

"Moreover, what I am most worried about is that, perhaps we can still ask ourselves now that we are arresting people who deserve to die and acting in the name of justice, but once we taste the sweetness of using living people to make elixirs, I am afraid that one day we will fall deeper and deeper, like a flood that breaks the dam and cannot be stopped."

"Before I know it, I might gradually turn the person who really deserves to die into the person I think deserves to die, and eventually cause a big mistake and disaster."

Lin Le nodded: "I will follow the master's instructions. However, I don't think there will be any more actions like this in the future."

"Because this was the first time, after a Fu Lu Dan was refined with five hundred bandits, it was used on Zheng Duan who was about to transcend the tribulation." Zheng Duan happened to see the Fu Lu Dan being successfully refined, so Lin Le gave the Fu Lu Dan to Zheng Duan.

Before Zheng Duan sensed that the heavenly tribulation was about to come, he took the precious elixir. As expected, he encountered the triple heavenly tribulation and successfully passed it easily, becoming a Golden Elixir Immortal!

The whole sect celebrated and held a ceremony for his success. Lin Le was also relieved, thinking that decades of hard work in arresting him had not been in vain. From now on, he only needed to follow the map and increase the efforts to capture evil cultivators, so that his disciples could successfully achieve the golden elixir!
But what happened next was beyond anyone's expectations.

That cave should be a Nascent Soul cave, and the ones leading the exploration of the cave were Wu Yan, who had already achieved Nascent Soul status, and Taoist Wudi. In addition, there were several Jindan in the sect who participated.

Moreover, when the cave was discovered, the formation was already in disarray, the river water was backflowing, and the spiritual power was weak. The Yunshan Sect had a strong lineup, so it should be impossible for the golden elixir to fall.

But it just happened! It happened under the care of Wu Yan and Wudi Dao Ren!
"The situation at that time was extremely strange. It seemed that countless small problems piled up together, triggering an inevitable chain reaction, and Zheng Duan died suddenly in the end."

After carefully recalling and reasoning again, Lin Le still felt a chill rising up in his chest.

"Everything happened suddenly, but it was inevitable. Every detail was extremely strange, but no one could rescue him in time. It was as if an invisible hand was controlling fate, and Zheng Duan had to die."

"Apart from the backlash of luck caused by the Fu Lu Dan, there is no other reason."

The secret room fell into silence. Lu Qian looked at the Duofu Jielu Chengdan Ding that was quietly hanging in the air. He seemed to sense a silent mockery from this pseudo-immortal weapon whose origins were unknown.

What went wrong?

Clearly, five hundred cultivators had their fortunes and luck deprived to refine the elixir, and the price had already been paid. Zheng Duan was taking someone else's fortune, and would it cause his own luck to decline?

Lu Qian asked in a deep voice, "Then two thousand years ago, Qingzhou relied on the treasure tripod to produce many golden elixirs. Did it also have such side effects?"

Lin Le shook his head: "After this happened, I immediately contacted Hong Zejun. He was also very shocked. He had no idea that such a thing would happen."

"I have two guesses. One is that changing one's luck is against the will of heaven. Using a cultivator to refine pills to gain luck cannot avoid punishment from heaven, and there will definitely be such side effects. However, Jichuan Xuanjun seized the cauldron by force, so naturally he didn't know this."

"Perhaps this extremely low luck state won't last too long. As long as the person who took the pill goes to the quiet room at the mountain gate and simply shuts himself up for a while, maybe he can avoid it?"

"Secondly, there is actually another secret to the use of this precious tripod. Qingzhou Yuanshen did not tell the truth to Jichuan Xuanjun at that time. The method to avoid side effects is still in Qingzhou!"

Lu Qian hesitated for a moment and said, "I agree with the second guess."

"If it is really a punishment from heaven, it is definitely not something that can be eliminated by seclusion. When the luck is low, ordinary exercises may cause the meridians to go astray and lead to demonic possession."

"After the tripod was seized by Jichuan Xuanjun, the Qingzhou Yuanshen vowed not to give up. However, when Xuanjun was alive, they did not dare to take any action. After Xuanjun passed away, they immediately asked Cangzhou for it and set off an endless war between the two states in order to take back the tripod."

"If the side effects of this tripod are so huge that taking the precious pill can easily lead to sudden death, I'm afraid Qingzhou wouldn't take it so seriously."

"Then, a more reasonable explanation is that Qingzhou has the correct method of use to eliminate such side effects!"

Lin Le exclaimed: "Master, what you said is very true. I also thought so. Therefore, since Zheng Duan got into trouble, I put away the tripod and never used it again, nor did I arrest criminals again."

He presented the formula and specific control method of the treasure tripod to Lu Qian, and then smiled and said: "Master, now that you have returned to Cangzhou, the mystery of the treasure tripod will depend on you to solve it. If you can get the secret recipe from Qingzhou, then the disciples of Yunshan will be able to form pills smoothly in the future. This treasure tripod will truly be the sacred artifact of our sect."

Lu Qian activated his magic formula, and the treasure tripod glowed with brilliant light. The patterns and seal characters on the tripod sparkled even more, and the sense of oppression that was above all mundane things became stronger and stronger.

Then he gently rolled it up and put this mysterious treasure tripod into his dantian.

Lu Qian's Nascent Soul opened his eyes, holding a golden branch in his arms and a small piece of white jade capital on his head, which had been recovered. He then stepped on the tripod with both feet, and the other magic weapons and secret treasures were only around him.

Whether it is an immortal weapon or a pseudo-immortal weapon, it is already something beyond the Five Elements. It is naturally different from ordinary magic weapons and spiritual treasures. It possesses supreme mystery. Once Lu Qian masters the method of controlling it, he can activate it immediately.

In the past, the remaining soul of Miaofa Tianjun wanted to escape, and promised to give Zhenren Zangfeng a magic weapon "Great Sun Bright Light True Fire Divine Sword", and also said that Zhenren Zangfeng could use it at that time.

From this perspective, do all immortal weapons have the characteristics of not requiring sacrifices and refining, and not requiring any level of cultivation?
Just because it can be used doesn't mean it can exert its full power. Lu Qian guessed that the sword must be able to exert more power as the cultivation level increases, and perhaps it will eventually reveal its true face when it reaches the level of a true immortal.

However, the immortal artifact, the statue of Miaofa Tianjun and the pseudo-immortal artifact, the cauldron for depriving blessings and making pills, in Lu Qian's hands now, will not have their mysterious functions affected by the cultivation level of the operator, and they are another type of immortal artifact.

Of course, all of this is just speculation. Compared to the True Immortal Heavenly Monarch, Lu Qian's journey has just begun, and it is too far away for him to figure out the situation of the immortal weapon.

After doing all this, Lin Le suddenly bowed solemnly. He raised his hands above his head. In his palms, the leader's ring was emitting a dark green light.

"Master, you have entrusted the heavy responsibility of Yunshan to me. I am deeply honored and grateful for your trust and love."

"Since I was appointed as the acting head of the sect in times of crisis, I have been vigilant and alert for the past fifty years. I have not dared to slack off for fear of failing to live up to your trust. I am also looking forward to your return day and night."

"Over the past fifty years, our sect has achieved some small results overall. Now that you have finally returned to Yuanchen safely, it is indeed God's blessing on Yunshan."

"Master, please take back the ring and lead our sect on our journey again!"

Lu Qian stared at the ring.

When the founder of the sect, Master Ye Yang, founded the sect, the old Yunshan Sect was only a Jindan Sect at its peak, and did not use any rare treasures to create the leader's token. This leader's ring is basically just an ordinary storage ring, with the Yunshan Sect's cloud pattern logo engraved on the ring face, which is nothing special.

However, this ring is of great significance to Lu Qian, Lin Le, and the entire Yunshan Sect.

It symbolizes supreme power and also represents extremely heavy responsibility.

Lu Qian gently put the ring away and made a new decision in his mind.

"Xiao Lin, thank you for your hard work over the past fifty years."

"Pass my order, all Yuanying and Jindan of the sect shall gather now. I will convene a meeting of elders!" (End of this chapter)