Changsheng Xiuxian: I can see through everything

Chapter 291: Intrigue and Deception (Subscription Request)

The foundation-building celebration lasted for a full two hours.

During this time, Chen Xuan stayed with Zhang Shuling and sat at the main table.

Monks kept toasting and congratulating Zhang Shuling.

Zhang Shuling returned the gifts one by one.

If the person has a noble status, then he should pay his respects to Zhang's ancestors and Chen Xuan.

Most of these people are the heads of cultivation families and the ancestors of the clan.

Not only does he have a high level of cultivation, he also holds a certain amount of power.

There will be opportunities to cooperate with the Zhang and Chen families in the future.

Two hours later.

Patriarch Zhang looked at Chen Xuan, and they both left the table together.

"It's been agreed. Let us go."

After leaving Wenjian Villa, there was a spaceship parked there with two monks on board.

They were none other than the head of the Wei family and the head of the Lu family.

Chen Xuan stared slightly. The head of the Wei family was unhappy, and the head of the Lu family had a serious expression on his face. The atmosphere was a little depressing.

After the two boarded the spaceship, they flew all the way and soon arrived at the top of Tianjian Island.

A golden sun shines brightly.

Beneath the towering ancient tree, three cultivators stood there, they were Patriarch Yu, Patriarch Pan, and Patriarch Yang.

On the edge of the cliff at the top of the mountain, Master Wang was staring at the golden sun.

His body was like the golden sun, also emitting dazzling golden light.

For a moment, it seemed as if there were two golden suns.

Is this the perfect state of Jinri Zhengyang Gong?
Chen Xuan sighed in his heart.

However, no one knows what kind of supernatural powers Master Wang will realize after he has perfected the Golden Sun Zhengyang Gong.

"Meet Master Wang!"

The four of them bowed in unison to Master Wang.

"Come together."

The seven family heads all came to Master Wang's side.

"Just now, our seven sects have reached an agreement on a ceasefire across the Dongshan Islands."

"If anyone dares to disobey the sect's orders and start a war, they will be severely punished. In serious cases, the island will be reclaimed and the entire family will be exiled."

Master Wang flicked his sleeves slightly, and a spiritual contract appeared before everyone.

"This is the spiritual contract that our seven sects have agreed upon. Please come up and sign it in turn!"

Chen Xuan took a look at the contents of the spiritual contract.

Seven agreements to fully cooperate and jointly develop the Dongshan Islands.

Fairy Island was given to the Pan family of the Yu State.

The Lingyuan Sect of the Yu State allocated another second-level sacred mountain to exchange for the Yu family's Fairy Island.

In this way, the Yu family, the Pan family, and the Yang family all owned two Taoist temples, one on the coastal sacred mountain and the other on the inland sea island, greatly increasing their strength.

The Lu family of Yunze Island, the Chen family of Wolong Island, and the Zhang family of Tianjian Island all remained unchanged.

However, the Wei family of Baihe Island and the seven sects decided to designate the Canghai gold sand mine as a sect forbidden area. The Qianji Sect took over all development matters and increased the intensity of mine development, expanding the annual output of Canghai spirit sand from 100 grains to more than 1,000 grains.

The states of Song, Yu, and Lu bore the mining costs and distributed the Linghai gold sand produced on Baihe Island in a ratio of 5:3:2.

When it comes to mining personnel, priority will be given to using monks from the Wei family.

The seven sects allocate 100,000 spirit stones to the Wei family every year in proportion.

Patriarch Lu, Patriarch Yu, and others came forward one by one to sign, approving the contents of the spiritual contract.

This was a consensus reached by the Three Kingdoms and Seven Sects, and they were not allowed to question it.

Only then did Chen Xuan understand why the head of the Wei family was so depressed.

Obviously, Qianji Sect had already informed him.

The content of the spiritual contract is, on the surface, a ceasefire agreement.

In fact, it was an agreement to divide the Linghai gold sand mine on Baihe Island.

The Wei family can obtain a net income of 100,000 spirit stones every year and have priority in participating in mining work.

On the surface, there is no loss.

However, the Linghai gold sand mine, which could have been developed for tens of thousands of years, became shared by seven sects.

The Wei family was helpless about this.

Even the Qianji Sect could not withstand the pressure from the other sects of the Song, Yu and Lu countries and had to compromise.

The news of the ceasefire on the seven major islands of the Dongshan Archipelago was quickly announced to the public.

That night, Patriarch Wei took Chen Xuan with him and, accompanied by Patriarch Zhang, they got drunk and complained a lot.

In this regard, Chen Xuan and the head of the Zhang family could only comfort them with kind words.

The three alliances still exist.

Seeing the Wei family's fate, Chen Xuan became more determined to stick together and keep each other warm.

The chaos in the Dongshan Islands was not only due to the decline of the Lu family on Yunze Island and the alienation of the Yu family on Mingyang Island.

More importantly, the seven sects of the three kingdoms of Song, Yu and Lu all had ideas about the Linghai gold sand mine on Baihe Island.

According to the head of the Wei family, this spiritual sea gold sand is a third-level spiritual object. If a little bit of it is added to ordinary second-level armor, it can greatly enhance the armor's defense.

This made Chen Xuan alert.

Among the nine halls of Jinyang Sect, the most powerful and largest one is the Battle Formation Hall.

The armored monks are trained uniformly and formed into battle teams, and they are the main force in the sect's large-scale wars.

For the same magic weapon, the defensive one is more valuable than the offensive one.

And armor is a universal defensive magic weapon.

A ten-man armored team composed of cultivators in the early stage of foundation building is enough to wipe out those in the late stage of foundation building.

If a team of a hundred armored men formed a battle formation, they could fight against a Jindan Zhenren, or even kill him.

This shows how precious a piece of armor with high quality and outstanding defense is.

The Jindan Zhenren from the seven sects of the three kingdoms of Song, Yu and Lu all came to the Dongshan Islands, which shows how much they value the golden sand of Linghai.

Is a sect war about to happen?

Chen Xuan shook his head.

At present, the situation has not collapsed to that extent.

It should be more of a precautionary measure by the Three Kingdoms and Seven Sects.

The reason why Yaoshen Valley and Baihua Sect were eliminated was that the combat effectiveness of these two sects was relatively weak and they did not have armored combat teams.

As for the Beast Emperor Pavilion, its disciples mainly fight by taming beasts, and they also do not need armor.

Is this the reason why the three emperors of Song were eliminated?

Chen Xuan speculated secretly in his heart.

The next day.

Chen Xuan took Jiang Yingxue, Yu Humei and Wang Fugui and said goodbye and left.

Zhang Shuling and Madam Gu watched Chen Xuan and the others ride on the spiritual green snake and fly away, their hearts filled with gratitude.

Now, Chen Xuan's status is different. He still respectfully calls them "big brother" and "sister", which makes Zhang Shuling's status in the family rise sharply.

The head of the Zhang family has decided that all matters related to cooperation with Wolong Island will be taken over by Zhang Shuling.

Although the Seven Islands of Dongshan have ceased fighting, the alliance between Chen, Zhang and Wei is still valid.

Especially Yuan Zu's spiritual rice and the giant furnace for refining elixirs have greatly increased the income of the Zhang family, which has always been poor, and suddenly they have gained a bit more confidence.

After Zhang Shuling took over, he became the most sought-after and powerful elder of the Zhang family.

This also made him feel that he must repay Chen Xuan in the future.

……

Return to Wolong Island.

Chen Xuan rested for a few days.

Then a distinguished guest came to the door.

It turned out to be the head of the Yu family.

Since the ceasefire and peace talks have been reached, everyone who comes is a guest, so Chen Xuan did not make things difficult for him.

The head of the Yu family has also become thick-skinned and no longer has the hostile attitude of fighting to the death that he had before.

He called him "Island Master Chen" one after another in a very affectionate manner.

"Master Yu, please speak frankly."

In the secret room, Chen Xuan interrupted Patriarch Yu's frivolous flattery.

"The Sea Spirit Pearl of the Lu family on Yunze Island is in the hands of Island Master Chen, right?"

"good."

Chen Xuan said coldly: "Master Yu wants to get it back for the Lu family?"

The Sea Spirit Pearl is a third-level spiritual object that can automatically condense water spiritual energy from seawater.

Chen Xuan was preparing to return to the sect and ask the elders of the Formation Hall to set up a spirit gathering formation and use the Sea Spirit Pearl to nourish the spiritual veins of Wolong Island.

"Island Master Chen, stop joking. The Lu family's family traditions are not upright, but the dry bones in the tomb will sooner or later lead to the disaster of genocide."

"I am sincerely discussing cooperation matters with Island Master Chen."

Patriarch Yu said with a straight face.

"Two Sea Spirit Pearls. Please ask a high-level formation master to set up a high-level spirit gathering formation to cultivate Wolong Island into a third-level spirit vein."

In the world of cultivation, spiritual veins can be cultivated and improved.

However, a formation master is needed to take action.

You also need corresponding spiritual treasures.

As long as enough price is paid, over time, theoretically, any spiritual vein can be advanced and upgraded.

You can even find a way to dig out the spiritual vein and relocate it.

Of course, everything is conserved.

The spiritual vein will not improve its grade for no reason.

The formation master only plays a supporting role.

The key lies in the treasure that can gather spiritual energy for the spiritual vein.

The higher the level of the spirit vein, the more difficult it is to advance and upgrade.

For example, the Lu family of Yunze Island has been using two sea spirit beads to nourish the island for hundreds of years, and the spiritual energy on the island is the richest in the Dongshan Islands.

In another two or three hundred years, you will be able to advance to the third-level spiritual island.

In a place like Wolong Island, if there are only two Linghai Pearls, it will take at least three to five hundred years for the island to advance.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, there's no need to waste your breath. I don't need the Sea Spirit Pearl urgently."

For three to five hundred years, Chen Xuan had no idea what had happened to him.

Although the Sea Spirit Pearl is good, it costs too much to get it and is not worth it.

"Island Master Chen, why do you have to reject me so much? Why not listen to my offer?"

Patriarch Yu didn't take it seriously and continued.

"I will resell the Lu family's Sea Spirit Pearl to Island Master Chen. All they need is the method for cultivating Yuan Zu's spiritual rice seeds."

Seeing Chen Xuan's suspicious expression, Patriarch Yu told him the truth.

"Our Yu family has lived on Mingyang Island for thousands of years. Now, the family has split in two, and most of the clan members have moved to Weiwu County in Yu State."

Chen Xuan was slightly surprised.

Patriarch Yu's words were equivalent to a statement that he would withdraw from the fight for supremacy in the Dongshan Islands.

"Island Master Chen, there's no need to doubt it. The Yu family has actually wanted to move back to the mainland for a long time. The island has too many restrictions and is not suitable for the development of the family's children."

Chen Xuan nodded.

The island is the most suitable place for water cultivation.

In a cultivation family, there are cultivators of all five elements, but only a few of them are suitable for water magic.

Like the Yu family, for the sake of family development, many members of the family gave up more suitable spiritual root skills and specialized in practicing water skills. In fact, this was not worth the loss and the road ahead was difficult.

"I need to report to the sect before I can reply to you."

Chen Xuan was willing in his heart.

However, the method of breeding spiritual rice has been presented to the Jinyang Sect, and Chen Xuan dare not spread it easily.

"I am waiting for good news from Island Master Chen."

Chen Xuan convened a meeting of family elders, explained everything on the island, and then flew to Jinyang Sect on the psychic green snake.

He had made great contributions to the Jinyang Sect during the rebellion of the Seven Islands of Dongshan, so he had to return to the sect to ask for some rewards.

First go and pay a visit to the head of the Law Enforcement Hall, Zhu Jinnian.

"Elder Chen, you did a great job. You still rank first in this assessment."

After taking the spiritual tea handed to him by Chen Xuan, Zhu Jinnian led Chen Xuan to the secret room for a talk.

"Is this the method of refining pills with the giant furnace? It can only refine Qi-nourishing Pills and Essence-nourishing Pills, which is a bit useless."

Zhu Jinnian did not think much of the giant furnace alchemy method offered by Chen Xuan.

This also confirmed Chen Xuan's judgment.

All the major sects have long tried to use giant furnaces to refine elixirs and have succeeded.

In order to maintain profits, the secret is kept secret so that the price of the elixir can remain stable at a high level.

The profits made by the alchemists in Dandao Hall are no less than those made in giant furnaces.

It's just that the output is slightly lower.

It is somewhat similar to some kind of energy organization in later generations.

Only by working together to control the production of elixirs can we maintain super high profits.

This is more obvious in the Foundation Establishment Pill.

It is obviously only a first-level elixir. Even if it is a breakthrough-level elixir, the raw materials are not that expensive, but the price exceeds that of many second-level elixirs.

"Master, this method of refining pills in a giant furnace is of little use to the sect?"

"It's not completely useless. Take it to the Formation Hall, and we can always verify it a little bit."

Chen Xuan was a little disappointed.

"Can this method be used to exchange for Sea Spirit Pearls?"

(End of this chapter)