Journey to the head

Lu Qian was shocked when his identity was suddenly exposed by Lord Tianfu, but his voice remained calm.

"What are you talking about, Lord Tianfu? My surname is Qi, and I am a casual cultivator. I have nothing to do with the famous Tianyuanzi Lu Qian who is so powerful in Cangzhou."

"Oh, I see. I also heard that Tian Yuanzi suddenly reappeared after being missing for fifty years. I haven't attended the gathering for decades, and I returned today. The timing is quite coincidental."

"You won't guess that I am Lu Qian just because of this, right? That's too arbitrary. I just exchanged enough spiritual herbs and medicines, practiced hard in seclusion to achieve infant enlightenment, and now I have come out of seclusion after success."

Lord Tianfu laughed and said, "Master Lu, there is no need to hide it. You can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me!"

"Although Haiyuan Pavilion helps you hide your whereabouts when you enter and leave the gathering, don't forget that I am the vice president in charge of the gatherings in this area. If I really want to investigate, I will know every clue left by everyone in the gathering when exchanging spiritual medicines and intelligence. Maybe it's not enough once or twice, but after eight or ten times, can't I guess this person's true identity?"

"It's like the fact that Sect Leader Lu once exchanged several rare treasures with me. It can be inferred that they were used to prepare a very rare medicine for the body meridians, called the Pure Glazed Body. Could someone who needs to use this elixir multiple times be an ordinary casual cultivator?"

"The most important thing is that the Yunshan Sect has been looking for these spiritual medicines from outside. Isn't it obvious when comparing the two?"

Lu Qian still shook his head, holding the teacup with a steady hand. He changed his tone to one of helplessness: "Mr. Tianfu, you really guessed wrong. I won't hide it from you. I am indeed not a casual cultivator. But in this gathering, there are half casual cultivators and half sect cultivators. It's not surprising. My sect and Yunshan Sect are both collecting the secret medicine for the Pure Glazed Body. We have become competitors."

Tian Fugong said with a smile: "Master Lu, why bother to deny it? Our Wanling Xiancao Club is a free and loose gathering, and we will never inquire about the true identities of our members."

"What I just told you was just to tell you that theoretically, I can guess the identities of most of the members, but in reality, I am too lazy to think about it and have never taken the initiative to monitor everyone's actions. The Wanling Xiancao Club will be absolutely free and safe."

To improve the image of the Wanling Immortal Grass Association, Tianfu Gong continued, "As for discovering the identity of Sect Leader Lu, it was just an accident."

"Have you ever heard that I have a magical power that can bring blessings and luck to people?"

Lu Qian was silent for a moment, and the information about Lord Tianfu flashed through his mind.

It is not easy for a casual cultivator to practice. Every time a cultivator crosses a major realm, the resources required to reach the next major realm increase tenfold or a hundredfold. Unless one is truly a genius with great luck, it is difficult to survive on one's own without the support of a powerful sect or family.

The spiritual veins in this world have basically been divided up by various forces. If independent cultivators want to rely on spiritual veins for cultivation, they can either choose to join the sects or families that own spiritual veins as guests, or they can only live in large or medium-sized markets and cultivate through the spiritual veins in the markets.

This alone has brought a lot of pressure to most independent cultivators.

Therefore, the higher the cultivation level, the fewer independent cultivators there are. Among the twenty-three western states of the Yuheng Continent, Lord Tianfu is already a rare independent cultivator of the Yuanshen.

He enjoyed high prestige among the group of independent cultivators, and because he was the vice president of the Wanling Xiancao Association and was responsible for regional gatherings, he was also highly respected by the cultivators of the sects. Therefore, later on, everyone recommended that he use the character "Gong" as the suffix of his Taoist name.

He lived up to everyone's expectations and managed the regional gatherings in an orderly manner. He not only focused on helping independent cultivators to share what they had and accumulate resources, but also actively recruited cultivators from sects as members, further enriching everyone's resource channels and intelligence channels.

Mr. Tianfu worked hard to develop the gathering, and in exchange, as he himself said, he had first-hand information about the gathering and could easily find out what rare spiritual objects and intelligence the members had brought to the gathering. If he needed something, he could be the first to exchange it.

Lu Qian and Tianfu Gong had dealt with each other several times before. It was always when Lu Qian had just set up his stall that Tianfu Gong came to him to exchange for the earthly spiritual herbs he needed. Lu Qian and Tianfu Gong had a little interaction and were familiar with each other.

Judging from all this, Mr. Tianfu can indeed be regarded as a highly respected and benevolent elder, but why is he keeping a close eye on me now?

As for the supernatural powers he mentioned, Lu Qian had only heard of them. It was said that he could increase the luck of cultivators. It sounded so magical that Lu Qian just treated it as a story.

It’s not that easy to increase your luck!
The Yunshan sect possessed a cauldron that could produce a fortune-enhancing elixir. It sacrificed the lives of five hundred cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training and above to produce a fortune-enhancing elixir, but the elixir had great side effects and could not be used in practice.

But now that I heard it mentioned by Mr. Tianfu himself, could it be true?
Seeing Lu Qian was silent, Tianfu Gong said, "My magical power can increase a person's luck, but it can also determine a person's luck and tell good or bad luck. Master Lu doesn't know that we met in Plum Blossom House a long time ago, but I hid in the crowd and didn't come forward to talk."

"At that time, Sect Leader Lu had already become famous. Out of curiosity, I wanted to see Sect Leader Lu's luck. But I couldn't see anything clearly."

Lu Qian took a sip of tea and thought silently, this is natural. My destiny is messed up and no one can predict what my future will be like.

When Lord Tianfu said this, Lu Qian had already guessed it. Sure enough, he saw an expression of surprise and admiration on his face. He continued, "This is an unprecedented wonder. I have seen so many heroes in my life, but I can't see clearly some of them because of their high cultivation. But I have never failed to defeat a Jindan cultivator, so I will keep Master Lu in mind."

"Later, Sect Leader Lu appeared in the gathering as Qi Bailian, and he always brought a large amount of earth spirit treasures, which aroused people's curiosity. I also took the opportunity to test your luck, but the result was still unclear!"

"They are both golden elixirs, and their luck is equally unclear. It is rare enough that there is only one Sect Leader Lu in the world, so how could there be two? I had some guesses at the time, and the spiritual herbs that Sect Leader Lu later bought confirmed my guess."

Mr. Tianfu had already guessed my identity!

Lu Qian was even more shocked. Why did he choose to make it clear today?

Then I heard Master Tianfu say, "I have said so much just to tell Master Lu that there is no need to worry too much and there is no need to hide anything. I do have something important to tell you."

Lu Qian pondered for a moment and finally took off the special mask that was used to isolate himself from detection.

"Well, what instructions do you have, Senior?"

When Lord Tianfu saw that Lu Qian finally admitted it, he couldn't help but laugh out loud and poured tea for Lu Qian himself.

"It's not that I have any problem, but my master wants to do a favor for Master Lu."

Lord? !
This time, Lu Qian's hands trembled. This news was even more shocking than what Tianfu Gong had guessed about his identity.

Lord Tianfu is not a casual cultivator? Or is he no longer a casual cultivator?

What is the identity of the master of such a great monk?
Lu Qian tried to test him: "Oh? I didn't know that Lord Tianfu was working for Taiyi Paradise?"

Lord Tianfu waved his hand and said, "It is not Taiyi Paradise. Sect Leader Lu, there is no need to guess or ask too many questions. The Lord said that it is not the time to reveal our identity yet."

Lu Qian nodded: "Then I wonder what instructions he has?"

"The Lord admires Master Lu very much. He knows the long-cherished wish of Master Lu and the Yunshan Sect." Lord Tianfu said slowly, "Return north to Qingzhou and take back the ancestral bloodline!" Lu Qian looked at him motionlessly.

"But the Qingzhou Ciji Sect is very powerful, and Qingzhou has not suffered disasters as many times as Cangzhou. Now that the Yunshan Sect has emerged as a new force, Si Nan Xuan Jun and the Ciji Sect have long been on guard. Under such circumstances, I don't know how long it will take for Master Lu's dream to come true."

"And my master is willing to lend a helping hand. Soon, Sect Leader Lu will see a straightforward opportunity."

His words set off a storm in Lu Qian's heart!

I couldn't help but ask, "What kind of opportunity? What do you want to get?"

Lord Tianfu laughed and said, "Too much talk leads to mistakes. The opportunity will soon appear, and then Master Lu will know. As for what I want from you, I just said that I am only doing Master Lu a favor, and I don't ask for anything in return now."

Lu Qian looked at him deeply: "It is the hardest to repay a debt of favor. I may not be able to repay it. Aren't you afraid that I will default on it later?"

"The Lord said that Tianyuanzi Lu Qian is a sincere gentleman and will not fail to repay a favor. One day, you will choose to repay this favor." Lord Tianfu held his belly and blinked, "Of course, the opportunity is fleeting, and how to choose depends on you."

While Lu Qian was pondering, he heard him smile and said, "Also, I am willing to lend a hand to Sect Leader Lu. My magical power of 'Adding Blessings and Fortune' can be used for you at any time as long as Sect Leader Lu needs it."

Putting on the mask again, he walked out of the quiet room with a lot of thoughts in his mind and returned to the very lively assembly hall. Lu Qian collected his thoughts, greeted the monks who gathered around him, and started trading spiritual medicine.

Although he no longer has the earth element spiritual object, the Yunshan Sect is very wealthy and has many innate spiritual treasures and rare treasures of the world in its treasury, which can naturally be used as bargaining chips.

Finally, he exchanged a magical herb from a cultivator, which was one of the main ingredients for the Pure Glass Body. This trip was definitely not in vain.

Afterwards, he chatted with the Taoist Master Mushroom for a long time. This fat old man liked to grow all kinds of fairy mushrooms. Although he was a casual cultivator, he had a unique cultivation method. He always ran around the continent, rented spiritual veins to grow mushrooms, and then brought the mushrooms to the Wanling Fairy Grass to sell in exchange for cultivation resources.

This person has an optimistic and kind personality. He has no big ambitions and no other hobbies. He always immerses himself in his own mushroom forest and has some friendships with various sects.

In addition, he would keep any gains he had in Haiyuan Pavilion, and rarely carried any treasures with him. He was also very proficient in the art of earth escape, and could run away if he couldn't be defeated. Although he always showed his true face, no one had any evil intentions to attack him.

He was the cultivator who was most familiar with Lu Qian in this gathering.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they chatted very happily. After this gathering, Master Gu would also start preparing to overcome the great tribulation of the inner demon.

Thinking about his identity being exposed by Lord Tianfu, and the "opportunity" mentioned by the master behind him, Lu Qian suppressed what he was about to say, and simply said that he was very busy recently and it would be difficult for him to attend subsequent gatherings, so he asked Taoist Gu to help keep an eye on the situation of the hundreds of underground tribes.

Taoist Gu had also heard about the turmoil caused by the invasion of the surface by hundreds of underground tribes. He thought that Lu Qian was worried about the problem with the channel for obtaining the Earth Yuan Spirit Grass, so he agreed readily.

After returning to Meihuafang through the secret passage provided by Haiyuan Pavilion, Lu Qian turned around and looked at the small door that had been closed for a long time, his heart full of confusion and surprise.

In the end, Lu Qian politely declined Tianfu Gong's magical help.

Because Tianfu Gong did not hide anything, he explained to Lu Qian the principles and side effects of the magical power of adding blessings and fortune.

This magical power requires the consumption of Tianfu Gong's own Qi as a medium, and it can indeed improve a person's Qi for a period of time. However, what happens under the effect of the magical power is not the transfer of Qi, but the adjustment of Qi!

It allows the monks to bring their future fortune forward to the present to benefit from it!

People's luck always has ups and downs, increases and decreases. If you boost your luck now, it means that your luck will inevitably plummet later. The better your luck is now, the worse your luck will be later!
Judging from the results, the cultivator's luck first improved and then deteriorated, which is very similar to the side effects of the Fulu Pill refined in the Chengdan Ding.

Lu Qian hasn't figured out what this opportunity is, so naturally there is no urgent need to force things to happen or quench thirst with poison.

On the second day, colorful flags were flying and fairy music was lingering in the air at Biluo Peak.

All the important people from all sects and schools in Cangzhou gathered at the Biluo Peak. Various airships, spirit beasts, and various vehicles were parked in front of the mountain gate. Various colors of precious light shot up into the sky, covering the endless green waters of the Baolian Lake not far away where the water and sky met.

The two Nascent Soul Spirit Lords of Qinglian True Sect were the first to arrive, and Lianyi Spirit Lord and Ling Fairy attended together, demonstrating the close relationship between Qinglian True Sect and Yunshan Sect.

In the past, there was a chaos of corpses in Mianlong Mountain. If Lord Lianyi had not lent out the "Gurgling Water" and the reinforcements had not arrived in time, it is hard to say what would have happened in the end.

In addition to the close trade and economic cooperation between the two sides, the two Tianxin Lotus Pond quotas allocated to the Yunshan Sect, and the various stories of exchanging spiritual veins and relocating mountain gates, the two sects have a very close relationship.

Now returning to the old mountain gate, Lord Lianyi and Fairy Ling stood on the Biluo Peak, gazing at the beautiful scenery of the endless green lotus leaves of Baolian Lake, and felt as if they were in another world.

This sacred peak at your feet has been managed by the family for thousands of years and has now become the gate of the Yunshan Sect.

After taking over, the Yunshan Sect adjusted and rebuilt the buildings and roads on the mountain to suit their own usage habits. Now, the various buildings and landscapes on the mountain have changed drastically, constantly reminding them that this place has nothing to do with the Qinglian Zhenzong.

But soon they had no time to feel melancholy, as wave after wave of guests came from all directions of Cangzhou and were led into the hall by Yunshan disciples or Lu Qian himself.

The protagonist of this banquet is certainly not Qinglian Zhenzong, but the rulers of various counties in Cangzhou gathered here, and the two spiritual masters of Qinglian Zhenzong would not miss the opportunity to socialize.

After the Qinglian Zhenzong, another distinguished guest arrived, they were Youde Lingjun and Xichan Taoist from the Lingshou Sect.

Yuanxu Lingjun of the Spirit Beast Sect has been in semi-seclusion ever since he lost the Black Turtle Zangliu. He did not come to join in the fun, but stayed at the mountain gate with his newly promoted Nascent Soul.

Then, there was Lingxuan Lingjun, who drove out a long starry trail in an open carriage decorated with flowers, and beside her, surrounded by rays of light, was the primordial spirit of Cangzhou, Miaomiao Xuanjun.

Miaomiao Xuanjun, who had thick eyebrows, a square face, long black hair that fell to his waist, and a gleam in his eyes, had just got off the carriage when he saw Lu Qian bowing and quickly holding him up.

He looked at Lu Qian carefully and gave him a polite smile.

"Tianyuanzi, how are you?" (End of this chapter)