The eleven commanders of Zishan City came to Lu State reluctantly.

Years of experience told him that this mission was extremely dangerous.

If he was the old city lord, after hearing the news from Lu, he would have concluded without much thought that there was something wrong with the royal family of Lu!
For him, it's good to be careful.

The person who received him in the Lu royal family was Qi Dongqiang, who was in the middle stage of the Jindan realm and had the same cultivation level as him.

"Commander Eleven, please come this way." Qi Dongqiang received him warmly.

In the opinion of the Eleventh Commander, the more enthusiastic the Jindan cultivators of the Lu royal family were towards him, the more problems there were.

"Fellow Daoist Dongqiang, I would like to know what exactly happened at that time?" Commander Eleven asked after sitting down face to face with Qi Dongqiang.

"Oh, you mean that incident? No problem. The situation was like this..."

To be specific, the Lu royal family had already prepared the words, and it was just a matter of adding more specific details.

"…The specific situation is this. The Li family of Qing is obviously more dissatisfied with your Zishan City. Commander Eleven, I suggest that you come here. It is best not to go to Qing. It is very dangerous to be regarded as the first target."

"Well, what Fellow Daoist Dongqiang said makes a lot of sense." Commander Eleven nodded. He didn't want to go in the first place. Even if the old city lord didn't say it, he didn't plan to go to Qing Kingdom.

Qi Dongqiang thought that after he said this, the eleven commanders of Zishan City would be more likely to go to Qing Kingdom. He had never expected that the other party would just nod in agreement. He thought the eleven commanders would think about it again.

It’s okay if the Eleventh Commander is willing to stay in the rear.

If he stayed behind, the progress of Qing Kingdom would remain the same. If he wanted to go there, he would personally send the Jindan cultivators from Zishan City on their way.

He had a good harvest last year, all thanks to Li Qianqing.

The nineteenth commander of Zishan City has a very good fortune, and the eleventh commander must be even richer.

Qi Dongqiang was thinking about the wealth of the Eleventh Commander, and asked the question that the Lu royal family seemed to be more concerned about, "Eleventh Commander, when will the resources from Zishan City arrive for our Lu royal family?"

Upon hearing this, the Eleventh Commander was stunned for a moment. He didn't know how a cultivator from the royal family of Lu had the nerve to ask such a question.

So far, the Eleventh Commander does not know what losses the Li family has suffered.

"Regarding the issue of resources, Fellow Daoist Dong Qiang, you and the Lu royal family must have some achievements before I can help you apply for them."

"It's possible that without the support of resources, it's very difficult for our Lu royal family to achieve results. Commander Eleven, you also know the current strength of the Qing Li family, especially when Li Qianqing said he had half a Nascent Soul. And last year, there was another late Jindan cultivator, which made it even more difficult to deal with."

When it came to the issue of resources, the two of them just kept talking about it.

Qi Dongqiang deliberately brought up this issue. The royal family of Lu State did not think that Zishan City could really provide them with resources.

The Eleventh Commander has currently found the most appropriate reason. If the Lu royal family achieves certain results in dealing with the Li family, he will change the reason.

If it was possible for Zishan City to provide financial support to the Lu royal family before, this possibility no longer existed after the death of Commander Nineteen.

……

Li Xunming and Li Qiuben, who made breakthroughs last year, also made breakthroughs successfully.

As a result, the Li family had no shortage of cultivators in the middle stage of the Jindan period, but one more cultivator in the late stage of the Jindan period. Of course, there was definitely one less cultivator in the early stage of the Jindan period.

Li Qiuben broke through to the middle stage of the Jindan period. While opening up a fourth-grade lower-quality spiritual field in Changqing Mountain, the ancestral home of his family, he also successfully planted fourth-grade lower-quality Jinyuan Black Grass.

Not long after Li Qianqing sought Liu Mingjuan's help, a cultivator at the peak of the foundation-building stage from the Five Mountains Palace came to him and gave him enough Jinyuan Black Grass seeds.

For Li Qiuben, who was in the early stage of Jindan, it took more than a hundred years to ripen the Jinyuan Wucao normally. However, when he entered the middle and late stage of Jindan, the time was shortened to fifty-two years.

The accelerated ripening speed is not only related to the nature of the plant itself, but also to the technique he practices.

On this day, Li Qianqing, who was practicing, received a sound transmission note from the royal family of Lu State.

Now he spends more time on cultivation every year, just to reach the peak of Jindan as soon as possible.

"That's good." Li Qianqing couldn't help but say after receiving the information in the sound transmission note.

The talisman sent to him by the royal family of Lu this time roughly said that they had tried all possible methods, but the eleven commanders of Zishan City still did not come to Qing Kingdom and preferred to command from the rear.

As long as the Eleventh Commander does not come to Qing State and remains in Lu State, the best opportunity now is to kill him.

Li Qianqing had no opinion on the behavior of the eleventh commander of Zishan City. It was true that he would not die if he did not come to Qing Kingdom during the current period, but it would not prevent the normal development of their Li family at all, not to mention that he was thinking of destroying them.

In his opinion, the commander was very dissatisfied with the task assigned to him by Zishan City.

The Qing Kingdom really didn't even look at it.

Winter goes and spring comes, the four seasons cycle.

In the blink of an eye, nine years have passed.

During these nine years, there had not been much change in the Kingdom of Qing. The route of the Lu royal family had always stopped at Xianlin County, and after some minor conflicts between the Jindan forces in the Kingdom of Yue and Qingfeng Valley and Shuiyunmen, there had been no follow-up.

On the contrary, a lot of things happened in the Five Mountains Palace and Zishan City in Fanyang Kingdom over the years.

It is precisely because of this that Zishan City has even less energy to care about the situation in the three small countries area.

"In half a month at most, you can cultivate to the peak of Jindan!"

Li Qianqing exhaled a mouthful of turbid gas. He had just finished refining the elixir, and most of the medicinal power was absorbed by him and converted into his own cultivation.

Li Qianqing, who was about to continue practicing, seemed to sense something.

As soon as he stood up, he turned into a residual shadow and disappeared without a trace between the opening and closing of the stone door of the cave.

"Congratulations, Brother Zhou Long, for breaking through the pill and becoming an infant!"

In the air seven miles away from Changqing Mountain, Li Qianqing welcomed the Demon-Devouring Boy.

Because they knew that the Demon-Swallowing Boy would definitely be able to break through the elixir and become a Nascent Soul-level cultivator, they were not surprised that the Demon-Swallowing Boy appeared at this time.

According to his calculations, the Demon-Swallowing Boy would generally come to Changqing Mountain in the form of a Nascent Soul within this year.

"I wanted to give you a surprise, but you found me here." The demon-swallowing boy did not fly over normally, but used stealth methods.

The fact that Li Qianqing was able to intercept him seven miles away from Changqing Mountain means that he was discovered at a farther distance, which only shows how terrifyingly powerful Li Qianqing's spiritual sense is and how amazing his detection methods are.

In the battle in the Cangyun Realm, he thought that Li Qianqing's spiritual power was at most slightly stronger than that of an early Nascent Soul cultivator. But now it seems that he is much stronger than before.

"The main reason is that I'm familiar with you, bro. Hahaha."

"What kind of lame excuse is that..." The Demon Devouring Boy looked at Li Qianqing speechlessly, and he laughed as he spoke. After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, the Demon Devouring Boy did not forget what he had said to Li Qianqing.

After he becomes a Nascent Soul cultivator, he will come to guard the Li family in his own capacity. As long as he does not leave, it is equivalent to the Li family having one more Nascent Soul cultivator.

If the Demon Valley was not a relatively special Nascent Soul force, the Demon-Swallowing Boy would not have behaved in this way. If it were any other Nascent Soul-level force in the Five Kingdoms, such a situation would never have occurred where their own Nascent Soul cultivators would have run to a Jindan force and taken on the mission of guarding it.

The two returned to Changqing Mountain.

Li Qianqing took the Demon-Devouring Boy to where he would live for the next few years.

It won't be long before he starts to break through. During this period, the Li family can rest assured that the Demon-Swallowing Boy is with him. After he breaks through the elixir and becomes an infant, the Demon-Swallowing Boy will generally return to the Demon Valley.

When Li Qianqing becomes a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, there is little point for him to stay in the Li family, unless Zishan City mobilizes all its strength to launch an offensive against the Li family. Given the current situation in Fanyang Kingdom, such a situation is impossible.

"Brother, you are so thoughtful." The Demon-Devouring Boy was very satisfied with his living environment.

The concentration of spiritual power in the cave is enough to support the daily practice of cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage. After the spirit gathering array is activated, it can even provide daily practice for cultivators at the middle Nascent Soul stage.

"That's basic."

Normally, it would cost a lot to ask a Nascent Soul cultivator to guard the place.

The Demon-Swallowing Boy has a good relationship with him, and the key is Master Li Yongfeng. Rounding it off, he can be considered half a member of the Li family, because he only needs to be provided with the most basic accommodation.

Being able to maintain the daily practice of a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage is indeed the most basic thing, unless this Nascent Soul cultivator does not want to make progress in his cultivation and wants to stay in this realm forever.

"Tell me about the current situation." The Demon-Devouring Boy said after they both sat down.

He had just come here not long after his breakthrough. He was satisfied with the situation and understood it well. He thought it would not be too late to come to the Li family to learn more.

"The current situation..."

While mainly explaining the current situation, Li Qianqing also briefly talked about what happened in the past ten years.

After hearing this, the Demon Devouring Boy couldn't help but joked, "It seems that it makes no difference whether I'm here or not."

The situation was much better than what the Demon-Swallowing Boy had expected. He estimated that the State of Lu would cause some trouble to the Li family. As a result, the royal family of Lu was not interested in the cooperation proposed by Zishan City, and instead came to cooperate with the Li family.

Li Qianqing shook his head and said, "I will be in seclusion in a while. When I have you here, I can rest assured."

"Well, you are almost at the Nascent Soul stage."

"It's not that easy to achieve Nascent Soul. You seem to be more confident than I am."

"Of course I believe in you, brother. After you break through the elixir and become an infant, don't forget to visit the Misty Rain Forest." The Demon-Swallowing Boy had a hunch that Li Qianqing had an 80% chance of becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"sure."

All this was part of Li Qianqing's plan.

As the two were chatting, Li Yongfeng, who had received the news that the Demon-Devouring Boy was coming, appeared in front of them.

"Master." Li Yongfeng shouted first, "Congratulations, Master, for entering the Nascent Soul Stage!"

When the Demon-Swallowing Boy saw his disciple, he used his spiritual sense to scan him to see how his disciple was currently practicing.

Neither Qi training nor body training was left behind.

"Not bad, not bad!" The Demon-Swallowing Boy nodded with satisfaction. He originally thought that in his lifetime, the limit for him to train Li Yongfeng to the middle stage of Jindan would be at most. Now that he has become a Yuanying cultivator and his lifespan has reached a thousand years, he has the opportunity to train his apprentice to the same level as himself.

"It seems like you are living better here than in the Demon Valley."

The fact that he can achieve such progress in cultivation by practicing both Qi and body training shows that the Li family has invested a lot of resources in Li Yongfeng.

"Master, you are joking."

Li Yongfeng came over and stood aside. He seldom spoke after that. It was mainly Li Qianqing and the Demon-Devouring Boy who were chatting, and he was listening.

The news that a Nascent Soul cultivator emerged from the family spread quickly.

In less than a day, all the cultivators from other families knew about it in Changqing Mountain, except for the cultivators who were practicing in seclusion.

"Here comes the Nascent Soul cultivator! What a pity that I can't see him."

"You can't just meet a Nascent Soul cultivator whenever you want. Even if we are in Changqing Mountain, it's not easy to meet the clan leader normally."

"This Nascent Soul cultivator seems to be Uncle Yongfeng's master."

"You are right. This person is the Demon Devouring Boy, a well-known cultivator in the Ming Kingdom. However, the reason why Brother Yongfeng can worship him is because of the clan leader."

The arrival of the Nascent Soul cultivator, who is also the clan leader's good friend, has made the Li family members quite excited. This further proves that their clan leader is now at the same level as the Nascent Soul cultivator.

The Yuanying cultivators did not just come here to take a look, because of the conflict between their Li family and Zishan City in Fanyang Valley, the Yuanying cultivators were also guarding their Li family's ancestral land. In a sense, their Li family can also be regarded as a Yuanying-level force.

……

Lu State.

After the Lu royal family learned that the Demon-Swallowing Boy had entered the Nascent Soul stage and was guarding the Li family, they immediately convened a high-level meeting.

The main content of the meeting was naturally not related to the Li family, but to the eleven commanders of Zishan City.

If no agreement had been reached with the Li family in private in the eleventh year, the meeting they were holding now would not be an ordinary meeting, but an emergency meeting.

Ordinary meetings discuss more content, while emergency meetings only discuss one topic.

After other matters were discussed, the main content of this meeting came into play.

What are they going to do with the eleven commanders of Zishan City now?

"In my opinion, we should just kill this Eleventh Commander. It would be a waste of our spiritual energy if he stayed here. Now that the Li family has Nascent Soul cultivators guarding the city, we don't have to be afraid of Purple Mountain City."

"I also think that it's okay to kill the eleventh commander. These years have proven that the support that Zishan City promised before was ridiculous. They refused to support us if we didn't make any progress. They didn't think about whether the current Li family can be the same as the previous Li family."

"I have a different opinion. With the Nascent Soul cultivators guarding the Li family, we don't even need to pretend to be in Xianlin County of Qing Kingdom. We can withdraw all the cultivators we sent out. With this reason, the Eleventh Commander will be speechless."

"Yes, if Zishan City wants to deal with the Li family now, they must send Yuanying cultivators. As for Fanyang Country's current situation, it would be great if they could send three late Jindan cultivators to our side. It is definitely impossible for them to send Yuanying cultivators."

"If we are to be more cautious, they still have ideas about the eleven commanders of Zishan City. We are different from the Li family. The head of the Li family has the strength equivalent to half of the Nascent Soul, and his former friend has become a Nascent Soul cultivator. If Zishan City is determined to destroy our Lu country, it will be much easier than the Li family."

This meeting was mainly to discuss issues, and each family leader expressed his or her own views. (End of this chapter)

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