Sect Leader! Please strengthen our Dao Sect!

Qingyang County Government Office.

Liu Jiujiang has been in a bad mood lately, and the officials in the county government dare not offend the magistrate.

The county magistrate has also been going out on duty more and more frequently lately. There weren't many criminal cultivators in Qingyang County to begin with, but in the last few days, Magistrate Wu has completely purged Qingyang County.

Nowadays, all the independent practitioners in Qingyang County are on edge. When they see an elderly woman with mobility issues on the road, they will consciously and proactively lend a helping hand, fully demonstrating the good virtues of practitioners.

Even those wandering cultivators who were just passing by instantly transformed into righteous allies the moment they arrived in Qingyang County, and not one of them dared to cause trouble.

"Sigh, are Lao Wu and I really that unlucky?"

At this time, a celestial treasure was born from the Immortal Craftsmen Sect, and at the same time, people arrived from the Dragon Lord's Palace.

Liu Jiujiang stood in the courtyard, hands behind his back, gazing up at the sky, his heart unable to find peace for a long time.

After patrolling the area, the righteous County Magistrate Wu returned, travel-worn, and found Liu Jiujiang gazing at the sky, contemplating life, his face equally dark.

"At most two years, even if we don't actively activate it, that blessed land will likely emerge. What are your plans?"

"A divine treasure is about to be born, and now the Dragon Lord's Mansion has sent people here. Countless eyes are on Jiangnan Prefecture."

Originally, it would only attract the attention of Foundation Establishment cultivators within the same prefecture, but if the Blessed Land Cave Heaven were opened during this period, it might become a battleground for Foundation Establishment cultivators from multiple prefectures.

"You, me, along with young Shen and old Li, are probably still not enough!"

Liu Jiujiang smiled bitterly, feeling helpless. At this moment, all he could do was lament his bad luck.

The immortal treasures of the Immortal Craftsmen Sect have yet to appear in the world, and the people from the Dragon Lord's Mansion certainly don't know how long they will stay. These are all uncontrollable variables.

"At worst, we'll just blow their airs!"

As always, Wu Lianshan had a fiery temper and made a decision without much thought.

In any case, when they selected their disciples, they were already prepared to die trying if they didn't succeed.

Liu Jiujiang turned to look at Wu Lianshan, his face tense, and after a long while he sighed:

"Old Wu, sometimes I really feel that working with you is too tiring."

Is it all just recklessness? The reason we were outmaneuvered back then was because of our relentless competitiveness. Why haven't we learned our lesson all these years?

"Then what do you suggest we do? Things have come to this point, are there any other options?"

Wu Lianshan was extremely agitated, for reasons he couldn't explain, but lately he had been harboring a strong desire to kill.

Seeing Wu Lianshan's emotional fluctuations, Liu Jiujiang, who had been complaining, frowned.

"You don't seem to be behaving properly?"

"I don't know. After I felt satisfied, my desire to fight someone subsided for a while, but for some reason it started to stir again, and it's even stronger than before."

Wu Lianshan's face was gloomy, his brows were furrowed so deeply that they almost formed a deep frown, and even his aura was somewhat disordered. Although Wu Lianshan quickly calmed down, this scene still seemed very strange, even eerie, to Liu Jiujiang.

For a top-tier Foundation Establishment cultivator like Wu Lianshan, it's impossible that he couldn't even control his own Qi, yet this situation still occurred.

Liu Jiujiang stared blankly at Wu Lianshan for a long while, then suddenly sighed and stopped looking at him.

"When did this warlike atmosphere become prevalent in our Jiangnan Prefecture?"

"Haven't things always been like this? Why do you ask?"

Wu Lianshan was stunned for a moment, clearly his brainwaves couldn't match Liu Jiujiang's.

In his memory, ever since the two of them embarked on the path of cultivation, it had become fashionable in Jiangnan Prefecture for cultivators to improve together through sparring.

Sparring inevitably leads to injuries, and sometimes it can escalate into real fights. However, due to the regulations of some immortal dynasties, life-or-death situations are rare.

In the past two hundred years, the most intense conflict they've ever had was nothing more than the petty squabble they were involved in back then.

The two of them overwhelmed the entire mansion in their Foundation Establishment stage, thus establishing the formidable reputation of the Overlord Fist and Heavenly Blade. Unfortunately, they ultimately failed to achieve the Golden Core stage, leaving behind only regret.

"But I have read the county annals of Qingyang County, and I have also borrowed some from other counties. Jiangnan Prefecture was not like this before."

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"Silly boy, your brother is really enthusiastic! You made him plant a few more plots of land, which is clearly asking him to do more work, and he's still so happy?"

I'm even happier than when I heard you became a disciple of my master.

At the foot of Tianyi Mountain, Qian Duoduo would occasionally grab a handful of popped rice from the bag she held to her chest and crunch on it.

Qian Duoduo had never eaten such ordinary food before, but unexpectedly, she became more and more addicted to it.

Li Daniu scratched his head, unsure how to explain it to Qian Duoduo.

His brother is a few years older than him, but he's already a father of two. When he went back this time, he found out his sister-in-law was pregnant again; barring any unforeseen circumstances, there will be another mouth to feed next year.

So when Li Daniu said he would give the land to his brother, his brother was naturally overjoyed.

Farmers have land to cultivate, and this simple joy is something that a rich young master like Qian Duoduo, who has been waited on hand and foot since childhood, can never understand.

"Duoduo, why don't you save some? For Master, Junior Uncle, and everyone else to try?"

Looking at the dwindling bag of fried rice, Li Daniu couldn't help but remind Qian Duo to eat some and not forget the others on the mountain.

Qian Duoduo originally wanted to say that this was nothing special, but seeing Li Daniu's sincere eyes, she didn't say it.

In the evening, the moon was hazy, the Milky Way was dazzling, and firelight lit up Tianyi Mountain.

The seven disciples of Tianyi Sect, plus their junior uncle Shen Lingxi, sat around the campfire, roasting the various ingredients that Qian Duoduo had brought back.

The main reason Qian Duoduo insisted on going down the mountain with Li Daniu was so that he could have the opportunity to go down the mountain to make some purchases.

The food on the mountain was too monotonous. Even if he could occasionally hunt some wild game to change things up, it still couldn't satisfy the taste buds of this fat man.

Qian Duoduo didn't hold back when it came to these ingredients. Although he was a bit of a playboy, he was never a stingy person.

In his words, Fatty has nothing but spirit stones, and he likes to throw them at people whenever he has nothing to do.

"I heard some incredible news when I came down the mountain this time."

As everyone was enjoying their meal, Qian Duoduo suddenly spoke up.

Shen Lingxi was too busy showing off to pay attention to anything else, but the others were quite interested and all looked at Qian Duoduo.

Noticing everyone's gaze, Qian Duoduo didn't hesitate and deliberately lowered her voice, saying:

"The younger generation of the Dragon Lord's Mansion inquired about Jiangnan Prefecture and arrived in Jiangling City a month ago."

"It is said that their target this time is the Immortal Craftsmen, but they are not in a hurry to visit them. Instead, they go down the Cangnan River and go to the farthest county first, and challenge the major immortal sects one by one from there."

It is said that they have now reached the sixth county. Those demon cultivators are indeed quite powerful. I heard that no immortal sect has been able to win a single battle against them; they have all swept them aside.

Qian Duoduo clicked his tongue as he spoke, his knowledge far exceeding that of his fellow apprentices.

They were extremely wary of the Dragon King's Mansion behind those river fish.

"Judging by the time, they should arrive in Qingyang County in at most half a month. We're the only registered immortal sect in Qingyang County, so we probably can't escape them. They'll most likely send a visiting card."

Qian Duoduo was actually a little worried. His fellow disciples had just embarked on their cultivation journey and were weak. They were afraid that the people from the Dragon Lord's Mansion would not take them seriously.

Now that he had joined the Heavenly Dao Sect, he was not happy to see the immortal sect humiliated, but it seemed that he could not avoid this minor calamity.

Upon hearing this, the others pondered their own words. Several of them had never even heard of the so-called Dragon Lord's Mansion, but hearing that it had already swept through several counties of immortal sects, they couldn't help but feel worried.

Just as everyone was deep in thought, Tang Yan, who had initially shown little interest in the dinner, suddenly slapped his thigh, burst into laughter, and stood up.

"Such a good thing?!"

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