Journey to the head

Bai Ling Jindan!
The purpose of supporting Bai Ling and her Yuehua Sect was, on the one hand, to monitor the situation in Quyang County, collect intelligence, and search for the lost disciples of Yunshan Sect; on the other hand, to cultivate Yuehua Sect as an internal supporter and helper in conquering Qingling Sect and recovering the ancestral land of Yunshan.

However, the people in Yunshan themselves had not expected that the Yunshan Sect would develop so rapidly. The Qingling Sect, which once seemed so high and mighty that it took all means to recruit help from all sides to defeat it, could already be destroyed with a wave of the hand!

The Qingling Sect is still an independent Jindan Sect, which means that it has no protection from a superior sect. If the Yunshan Sect was also in Qingzhou, it would have destroyed the Qingling Sect eight hundred times!
But now Yunshan and Qingling belong to two different states, and have long been mortal enemies with an irreconcilable blood debt.

Therefore, the obstacle to the Northern Expedition to Quyang and the recovery of the ancestral land is no longer the Qingling Sect, or even the Yuanying Sect in Qingzhou, but the Qingzhou Yuanshen Sect, the Ci Ji Sect led by Si Nan Xuanjun.

In Quyang County, Yunshan Sect had three enemies: Ziluoshan, who betrayed the alliance and turned against them, Wang Family, the executioner who destroyed the old Yunshan Sect, and Qingling Sect, the mastermind behind the Wang Family.

Over the years, Zi Luo Shan's foundation was turned into a corpse slave by Wang Yu. After declining to the level of a Qi training sect, it struggled for a while before being conquered by others.

The Wang family was slaughtered by Tan Yunxing, who suddenly gained powerful strength and couldn't wait to show off.

There is only one Qingling Sect left.

Because Yunshan's current strength is not enough to directly challenge the Qingzhou Yuanshen Sect's Ciji Sect, the Yunshan Sect adjusted its positioning towards the Yuehua Sect.

Directly support the Yuehua Sect, defeat the Qingling Sect, and take control of Quyang County!
The Yunshan Sect's warehouse, which was so large that it was about to burst, finally found a new use. They began to secretly transfer supplies to the Yuehua Sect through various channels, changing hands many times to support it in recruiting guest officials and expanding rapidly.

Even in the past fifty years, the Yunshan Sect has secretly sent a group of foundation-building disciples whose reputations were unknown and whose brilliance was hidden behind the other golden elixirs, to take turns to serve as guest officials in the Yuehua Sect to help the Yuehua Sect defeat the powerful enemies on the road of competition.

"Bai Ling and Yuehua Sect are also quite competitive, and their strength has grown rapidly in recent years." Wu Yan said, "Although the initial funding was very high, it was worth it. Now Yuehua Sect has one Jindan, fifteen foundation-building disciples, and 1,400 elite disciples."

"And the Qingling Sect has been hearing about my reputation day and night, and they are in a state of panic all day long. It can be said that they are frightened three times a day. Especially after hearing that a four-yuanying sect of my sect led the northern part of Cangzhou, a major event happened."

"Qingling Sect finally had another disciple achieve the Golden Elixir. Great hopes were placed on him and he was widely publicized. But when the Golden Elixir Ceremony was held, the protagonist disappeared! It turned out that this Golden Elixir was afraid of our sect and was worried about his future. He abandoned the sect after achieving the Golden Elixir and fled. His whereabouts are unknown."

Everyone in Yunshan laughed. Qingling Sect, earthen chickens and clay dog ​​ears!
"Only the Jindan of the surrounding prefectures know that Quyang County is the forbidden meat of our Yunshan. It is a hot potato that cannot be touched. Otherwise, given the state of Qingling Sect, I am afraid that we may be destroyed by the surrounding Jindan without any action."

"But bullying from the surrounding areas always happens, which makes it even more difficult for his family to develop peacefully. Even to this day, Qingling Sect only has two Jindan masters and more than fifty foundation-building masters."

"Now that Bai Ling has achieved the Golden Elixir, what should our sect do next? Please give us your instructions, Sect Master."

Wu Yan was very familiar with the situation in Quyang and had first-hand intelligence. Although Lin Le was in charge of the Intelligence Department, Lin Le was in charge of the Mountain Gate and had limited energy. The Foreign Affairs Department also needed the cooperation of the Intelligence Department, so Wu Yan simply took over most of the work of the Intelligence Department.

At the same time, Jiang Baitao was basically in charge of the work of the Reward Office.

Today, the Intelligence Department of the Yunshan Sect has established an extremely large intelligence network. Although the headquarters of the Intelligence Department is located at the Biluo Peak of the mountain gate, the center is built in Meihuafang.

The Intelligence Department has the Espionage Department, Internal Affairs Department, Probe Department, Communications Department, Information Department, Analysis Department and other departments under its jurisdiction.

The number of Yunshan disciples belonging to the intelligence sequence is similar to that of disciples in other sequences, but the Intelligence Department also has a very large number of non-staff personnel, various secret agents, as well as a large number of informants who are not even considered non-staff personnel, intelligence brokers, mortal servants, etc.

The top leaders of the Yunshan Sect attach great importance to intelligence. Many people in the Intelligence Department do not realize that it is actually the department that spends the most money, even more than the Ordnance Hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which casts weapons all day long.

Thanks to the Yunshan Sect's effective management and full treasury, otherwise it might not have been able to survive.

At present, the Intelligence Department has laid out wires throughout Cangzhou, and the intelligence on the surrounding provincial capitals such as Qingzhou, Ningzhou, and Yingzhou is also quite accurate and rapid. However, there are only a few intelligence points further away, and the information obtained is relatively rough.

After listening to Wu Yan's report, Lu Qian pondered for a moment, and then signaled everyone to speak freely and express their ideas.

Some said that they should just take this opportunity to send experts into Quyang to directly kill the Qingling Sect's Jindan and help the Yuehua Sect to directly control Quyang.

But Lin Le shook his head.

"Everyone knows that my sect is determined to take back our ancestral vein. I don't know how many eyes are watching my sect and Quyang County. The Ciji Sect must have spread its spies widely. Maybe they have planted spies in the Qingling Sect, or even a Nascent Soul is lying in ambush."

Because for the Ci Ji Sect, if the Yun Shan Sect took the initiative and directly conquered the Unconquered State, that would be a great thing!
The Ci Ji Sect will definitely directly take command of the Qingzhou Sect, take the opportunity to move south, and directly attack Cangzhou!
Otherwise, if we really wait for Cangzhou to develop peacefully for 500 years, how can we fight?
"So if we act rashly, we will most likely be caught by the Magnetic Pole Sect."

Others said that since direct action was not possible, we could provide funding to help the Yuehua Sect hire experts to attack and destroy the Qingling Sect.

At this time, Lu Qian saw An Fanghe, who was standing at the end of the team, had his eyes closed and seemed to have made up his mind not to speak until it was his turn. He smiled softly and said, "Fanghe, you go ahead and talk."

An Fanghe had no way of shirking his responsibility and had to step forward.

"Master, I think this plan is inappropriate."

"The Yuehua Sect originally had a weak foundation and low strength, so how did it rise so quickly? With the current surveillance of the Ciji Sect on Quyang County, could it be that they didn't notice any clues?"

"Where did the materials that supported the rise and expansion of Yuehua Sect come from? Where did the spiritual stones and crystals come from? Where did the rare spiritual treasures come from? Yuehua Sect claims that they have obtained an opportunity to build a cultivator's cave, but how credible is this?"

"They will definitely conclude that there is someone behind the rise and expansion of the Yuehua Sect!"

Li Jing couldn't help but ask, "Are you saying that the Magnetic Pole Sect already knows that we are behind the Moonlight Sect?"

An Fanghe shook his head: "Yes, I suspect that my sect is the biggest suspect in supporting the growth of Yuehua Sect. It's just that we have been transporting materials in secret over the years, so the Ciji Sect has not been able to get any evidence."

"But now that the Yuehua Sect has achieved the Golden Core, the Ciji Sect must be keeping a closer watch on them. Besides, if we want to destroy the Qingling Sect, we need to hire at least two more Golden Core guests, right?"

"How much would it cost to ask two Jindan to attack and destroy other mountain gates, or to control the Jindan sects in a county? Except for outright evil cultivators, which Jindan would be willing to do such a taboo job?"

"Besides, in order to keep it secret, the Jindan to be hired must have nothing to do with my Yunshan. But in this case, without being intimidated by the reputation of my Yunshan, can Bai Ling, a newly promoted Jindan, suppress two Jindan guests who come from shady backgrounds?"

"If we are not careful, the Yuehua Sect will invite a wolf into the house and seek the skin of a tiger."

When he said this, all the disciples nodded, secretly thinking that he was worthy of being the head of the General Staff and was very thoughtful.

Lu Qian asked again: "If that's the case, then I, Yunshan, cannot take any action against the Qingling Sect now?"

"Not only that, we must also protect the Qingling Sect!"

An Fanghe said something shocking. He took out the jade ruyi from his waist and was about to scratch it in a very ungraceful way when he suddenly realized that he was in front of the sect leader. So he stopped immediately and put the ruyi back.

He coughed twice. "I think that it is because our sect's strength has grown too fast that our plan cannot keep up with the changes. Now the Magnetic Pole Sect is keeping a close eye on Quyang County. Even if the Qingling Sect is destroyed, will it allow the suspicious Yuehua Sect to control Quyang County?"

The disciples were suddenly startled and began to think.

"I'm afraid that if Qingling Sect is gone, Quyang County will be assigned to another sect, or even Ciji Sect will personally take action! It will be even more troublesome then."

"There are two options now: urgent and slow."

"The slow strategy is to maintain the status quo and wait for the right opportunity. The enemy is in the open, I am in the dark, the advantage is on my side." "As for the Yuehua Sect..."

"The Magnetic Pole Sect has always wanted to implement a ceasefire order in Qingzhou, but Qingzhou has not found the right time and faces many obstacles. Under such circumstances, the Magnetic Pole Sect has no evidence and it is impossible for them to give up their call to stop the war and attack the Yuehua Sect. The most important thing is that they still want to keep the Yuehua Sect to catch the big fish of our Yunshan."

"Therefore, the Yuehua Sect is safe for the time being. Just let them act freely according to the normal logic of a newly promoted Jindan sect. Maybe they can disrupt the situation and speed up the turnaround."

Lu Qian and Wang Yu looked at each other. An Fanghe's analysis was definitely a prudent move and made a lot of sense. There would be no problem in handing the General Staff over to him.

However, An Fanghe did not know that the Yunshan ancestral vein was not only the Yunshan ancestral vein, but was also related to the mysterious cave heaven!
Judging from the current situation, Qingling Sect and Ciji Sect did not know the news of Dongtian. Otherwise, Dongtian was so important that it could not be lost. Ciji Sect would definitely not hide behind the scenes and would have taken over Quyang County and heavily guarded it!
However, the appearance of the virtual image of the magnificent cave scene is unpredictable. The longer you wait, the greater the risk.

So Lu Qian asked: "What about the emergency plan?"

An Fanghe pulled out the jade ruyi again. He tapped the palm of his hand lightly with the ruyi, an excited look on his face. The sound was not loud, but it seemed to explode directly in everyone's heart.

"Master, do you want to try and ask Qingling Sect for the Yunshan ancestral vein directly?"

At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed through Lu Qian's heart.

He was pleasantly surprised and exclaimed: "Wonderful!"

Lin Le also understood the next moment and praised: "It is a risky move, but under the current situation, it is really possible to succeed! If it succeeds, Junior Brother An can be said to be the biggest contributor!"

Wu Yan's eyes widened. "What do you mean? Ask Qingling Sect? Will Ciji Sect agree?"

Wang Yu nodded slowly: "The essence of this strategy lies in the word 'fast'."

Jiang Baitao hugged Bei Luo Shimen and kept smiling.

Well, that's good when you don't understand.

……

What Wang Yu meant by "fast" is that once this policy is implemented, it must be implemented quickly. Now that it has not been implemented yet, this conference can still be completed slowly.

Afterwards, Wu Yan reported on other aspects of the Foreign Affairs Department's work. At present, Yunshan is in its prime and has a bright future, so foreign affairs work will naturally be easier to do.

However, the so-called "external affairs" refers to those outside Yunshan, not just the various sects with which it interacts on an equal footing. It also includes partners, subordinates, and even vassal sects within the Yunshan sect's own territory. The Foreign Affairs Department is also responsible for handling relationships, mediating conflicts, and adjudicating disputes, so there are quite a few tedious matters.

It is indeed necessary to select a new head for the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Jiang Baitao talked about assisting Wu Yan in handling the work of the Reward Office.

After Lu Qian and Jiang Qingfeng disappeared, everyone in the Yunshan Sect saw a stronger and more mature Jiang Baitao. Her former naivety had completely faded away. She fully assumed her responsibilities, but she smiled less often.

Only in front of Lin Le, Wu Yan, Wang Yu, Gu Nishang and others does she occasionally reveal her lively side.

The Reward Department did a good job. At the same time, Jiang Baitao was the third disciple to obtain the Pure Glass Body.

The first batch of pure glass body was given to Xiao Tianci, and the second batch of materials was completed immediately after obtaining Ji Shu's treasure. At the request of Jiang Baitao, it was used by Wang Ruoyu.

Although the third set was almost complete, it still took more than ten years to complete without Lu Qian's exchange at the Wanling Immortal Herb Conference.

After gathering all the materials this time, Jiang Baitao still wanted to refuse, but the elders and disciples had already unanimously decided that Uncle-Master Jiang/Uncle-Master Jiang should use it, otherwise no disciple would be able to take on this material.

At the same time, after Li Da's sacrifice, his place in the Tianxin Lotus Pond became vacant and was used in turn by the elites of the sect. Most recently, it was Cui Linglong's turn.

She experienced the pain of losing her father, which delayed her cultivation, but now she has completed her foundation and is waiting for the heavenly tribulation, so this place has become vacant and is waiting to be allocated.

After listening to Jiang Baitao's work report, Jiang Qingfeng felt sorry for her and said softly, "Taotao, you have worked hard."

Jiang Baitao snorted: "Sister, I am no longer a child. As long as you and the head brother stop playing missing, everything will be fine."

After Wu Yan and Jiang Baitao, it was supposed to be Su Yan from the Supervisory Department who spoke, but Lu Qian signaled him to speak last.

Then it was the turn of the Public Security Bureau, Deputy Director Wang Ruoyu, and Deacon Zhao Kongque.

Wang Ruoyu stood in front of Lu Qian. The nine-foot-tall man was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He finally said, "The security in my faction is good. There is no problem."

Gone? Lu Qian blinked.

No more! Wang Ruoyu nodded.

It was Zhao Kongque who added some of the measures taken by the Public Security Bureau in recent years to maintain internal security, strengthen patrols, eliminate scoundrels, and protect the country and the people, which showed that the Public Security Bureau has also done a lot of work, but Director Wang is just not good at speaking.

Zhao Kongque wanted to explain a few more words, but Lu Qian laughed and said, "No need to say more. If Ruoyu says it's okay, then it must be okay."

Wang Ruoyu was so moved that he knelt down, kowtowed, and stepped back.

Next, An Fanghe briefly introduced the situation of the General Staff. Now the General Staff has completely become the think tank of the Yunshan Sect Elders Council, with hundreds of elite disciples from various places. With the support of the Intelligence Department, it provides decision-making references for domestic and foreign affairs and military strategies.

Then, there were Wudi Taoist, Ding Shu, and Xiao Tianci, who did not hold any specific positions. Wudi Taoist and Ding Shu were just guests, and now they were attending the meeting, so there was no need to say much. Instead, it was Xiao Tianci who focused on introducing the development of Yunshan Sword Dao.

Today, the "Yunshan Sword Manual" has been basically compiled, and the number of sword practitioners in the Yunshan School has increased rapidly, having exceeded the five hundred mark!

Lu Qian nodded with satisfaction: "Tianci laid the foundation for the Yunshan Sword Dao lineage. I think the name of 'Zhuo Lei Zi' is well-deserved. There is no need to be modest."

Xiao Tianci hugged Mo Hong and smiled: "It doesn't matter what your Taoist name is. The most important thing is that there are more and more people practicing swords in my sect, so my sword won't be so lonely anymore."

After everyone finished reporting, only Su Yan, deputy director of the Supervisory Department, was left.

He stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and reported on the work of the Inspectorate over the past fifty years.

The supervisory system is extremely independent and even has an internal intelligence agency, "Qiu Hao Tang", which is responsible for internal monitoring. In the past fifty years, the Supervisory Department has found many disciples who violated the sect's rules and regulations and the Yunshan system, and all of them have been handed over to the Punishment Department for punishment.

After Su Yan finished speaking, Lu Qian asked in a deep voice.

"How is Xie Yongchang, deputy director of the Operations Department, doing?" (End of this chapter)