Chapter 410 Internal and external troubles, the third golden elixir
Lin Shan's face was expressionless.
He just came back, his eyes darkened, and he didn't know how the Yang family responded, and what the various forces in the Lujiang League were thinking.
Nowadays, under internal and external troubles, this alliance can be said to be in danger.
Originally, it was all supported by the ancestor of the Yang family, but because of the geographical location and interests, they became a rope, hugged each other to keep warm, and ate meat and soup together.
On weekdays, there are constant frictions between everyone, and the internal forces are hostile to each other, but no matter how much trouble there is, it can be tolerated as long as the fundamentals are not harmed.
Now that the ancestor of the Yang family dies, the old and new grudges will definitely be settled together, and the whole family will fall apart right before their eyes.
The external covetousness has never stopped. At this time, there may be rebels inside who are ready to cause a split!
There is no ancestor of the Yang family in the Yang family, and the two existing golden elixir monks alone cannot suppress the situation at all.
So a single move affects the whole body.
The news of his return this time probably reached the ears of all the big and small forces in the Lujiang River Basin immediately, and his every move, word and deed attracted much attention.
So absolutely no nonsense!
"Those are all rumors, don't ignore them."
"Coalition Leader Yang is currently staying with the Great Elder of the Yue Sect in Lubei Town, and is a guest with the Master of Xuchan Cave in East Ludong. I just want to go back first, and he should arrive soon."
"Tell me, who is so blatant? Leader Yang is still alive and dares to come to our Lujiang League to express condolences!"
The people of Lu State like to do this.
When the seventy-two forces attacked the Dai family, they initially called it a beautiful name, but it was also a condolence act.
Now I didn't expect that I would also be the one receiving condolences. Anyway, this excuse always works. You can't stop me when I come to express my condolences, right?
Lu Xiuming looked solemn, took out a jade slip, spread out his hands and read it.
I can name a dozen forces in a row!
Don't feel short of it, these are all sects and aristocratic families with Jindanqi in charge. Small and unpopular forces without Jindanqi will not dare to go to the Lujiang Alliance to express their condolences, unless there is another alliance that takes the lead in establishing it.
The Lujiang River Basin occupies half of western Shandong, and the area is very large!
These forces include almost all the sects and aristocratic families of the Golden Core stage or above in the Lujiang River Basin except the Lujiang League!
As the saying goes, if a wall falls, everyone will push it; if a drum breaks, thousands of people will beat it.
The Lujiang Alliance has been domineering for more than ten years and has devoured so much of the Dai family's property. Now it is weak and it is time to spit out what they have eaten!
Not only these local forces in the Lujiang River Basin, but other forces in Luxi may have already had the idea of taking action, but they are still looking for opportunities to intervene.
Therefore, those who come to force the palace on the surface are definitely not the real ones. There must be more big hands behind it to add fuel to the flames!
Without the guarantee of the cultivation giants in the late Jindan period, there were only a few people who had the confidence to go to the Lujiang League.
"Okay, very good."
Lin Shan silently wrote down this information and asked about the time,
"How long will it take until they actually come to your door?"
Lu Xiuming replied: "Now we are just sending messengers to test. In a month, Jindan masters from all forces will join forces to express their condolences."
One month is enough for these people to find out the truth.
Once the life and death of the ancestor of the Yang family is determined, it will be the day when everything will be revealed.
"Okay, I understand."
Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief. One month was enough for him to rest first. He originally thought that the Lu State's lair was in danger, and he would have to go to the rescue without even having time to drink when he came back.
Now it seems that it can still be delayed for a while.
Then he asked about the current situation of Xun Gu Sect.
Lu Xiuming gave him a report.
Because in recent years, as Linshan's reputation as an immortal genius has risen, there are not a few academy students coming here to join him, especially those from Jingyang Academy and Yunchuan Academy.
This is not difficult to understand.
Jingyang Academy came to Jingyang Academy because Lu Xiuming and Wu Hanqiao got along well. Just like in ancient officialdom, fellow disciples must have defected to someone close to them, hoping to be promoted.
In one place, it is common practice for brothers and sisters to huddle together for warmth.
Yunchuan Academy also has Xun Gu Jiao as one of its sponsors. Every year, its students receive investment and training, so they are targeted for employment after graduation.
This model is also popular in schools.
It's just that the targets that general forces choose to invest and cultivate are mostly young people with potential and good grades.
In addition, more and more people have applied to worship the mountain in recent years, the recruitment threshold has become more and more strict, and the requirements for qualifications have become higher and higher. Even each church has divided into inner and outer doors.
Since one sect has two formation masters, Elder Heiku and Master Zhankong, some forces secretly send their disciples as undercover agents, hoping to learn the formation secretly.
It is a pity that the Black Skeleton Demon Lord has no time to teach, and Master Zhankong is also busy in retreat. In addition, unless an ordinary person is backed by a cultivation family, who has the financial support to dare to learn the formation method as soon as he comes up?
Obviously the origin is wrong.
After careful investigation, all these people were exposed and expelled.
Now the number of Xun Gu Sect members has increased to seven to eight hundred, and the number has expanded rapidly.
Already close to the limit of this spiritual mountain.
The environmental concentration of the spiritual energy supplied by the spiritual veins is limited. The more people there are, the more it will be distributed. Dilution will inevitably affect the current speed of cultivation.
Nowadays, it is tending to be saturated, and the framework has basically been set. In the future, in addition to targeted training, only training from an early age will be left. No more recruiting disciples from outside.
This is also the only way for every sect to grow.
Next is the development of the Lin Chamber of Commerce.
Generally speaking, there is no progress and no regression.
Fortunately, in the Lujiang River Basin, the inherent basic market has been fully occupied.
But other places in western Shandong have been resisted by local forces.
A while ago, Lu Xiuming came up with a "Chamber of Commerce Franchise" strategy, which means that you open a store and join me, and when you purchase goods from me, I charge a one-time franchise fee and annual dividends.
Logically speaking, this model should snowball very quickly.
However, due to the absence of the leader of the Lujiang League, the power radiation and influence have been greatly weakened. As a result, those franchise stores outside the Lujiang Basin have been completely destitute and have deliberately defaulted on their dividends and purchase payments in recent years.
Therefore, commercial development is now stagnant and is still restricted by diplomacy.
However, Elder Heiku brought over a lot of authentic 'monkey wine' a while ago, which can be regarded as opening up a new spiritual wine market.
It has just started, but it seems to be quite prosperous and has a promising future.
Lu Xiuming is a real person and knows that it is not advisable to drink alcohol while eating seafood, as this will induce diseases such as gout and stones, so there is no bundling of marketing.
Otherwise, it will be a waste of money.
After giving a detailed report on the development, Lin Shan knew what was going on and signaled to his subordinates that there was no need to rush.
Commercial invasion involves diplomatic competition. If you want to open up the situation, you still have to rely on strength. A weak clan has no diplomacy.
Those gangsters dare to owe me the debt of Xun Gu Sect. Sooner or later, they will have to pay back double the amount!
The focus now is not on how to seek ancient teachings, but on first supporting the Lujiang League, which is about to collapse.
Otherwise, how could there be any eggs when the nest is overturned?
Without the Lujiang Alliance to keep the whole story secret, it would be much more difficult for the Xungu Sect to secretly send people to the outside world to collect antiques.
Since the Lujiang River Basin was raided three years ago, it is still infiltrating other parts of Luxi, so it needs to further enhance its prestige.
At present, the strength of the Jindan stage is sufficient. Taking advantage of the fact that the ancestors of the Yuanying stage of the Lu Kingdom have not returned and the big forces have closed their doors, it is a good time for him to rise up. While they were discussing, the vitality on the top of Tianfu Mountain suddenly became chaotic, and an emerald green vortex whirled.
"Huh? What's the noise?"
Everyone turned their heads and looked outside the hall.
The direction where the vision was found was exactly where Master Zhankong retreated.
Could it be?
Just as they were stunned, a black light roared away from outside.
It is the Black Skeleton Demon King.
It should have made some kind of agreement with Master Zhankong, and it must always help and take care of this old boy's breakthrough, otherwise it wouldn't be so caring.
Lin Shan pondered for a moment, signaling his highness to everyone to be calm, and he himself turned into a rainbow of light and escaped.
Come to the other side.
The main hall of the Formation Hall.
There are several layers of formations here that shine with various colors of light. Except for the outermost layer, which is defensive, the others are some unknown gain formations.
A group of formation masters and apprentices from the formation hall were guarding the perimeter. When they saw Elder Heiku and the leader coming, they did not stop them and opened the formation opening to let them in.
As soon as Lin Shan entered the main hall.
Instantly, I felt that the concentration of spiritual energy was rising. Wooden spiritual energy was floating everywhere. The green light spots in the spiritual senses gathered into an ocean, and green waves rippled in the hall.
He had only personally experienced this level of concentration when he first arrived at the headquarters of the three demon sects of the Lu Kingdom.
Looking inside, there were not only circles of spirit gathering arrays, but also piles of wood spirit stones, adding up to hundreds of thousands!
Lin Shan took a breath.
This old guy can do it!
Shouldn't all the spirit stones be replaced with wood spirit stones?
The family is so rich!
This is richer than the average Golden Elixir stage.
What a super fat sheep!
Master Zhankong was sitting in the center of the hall at this time, crossing his legs and concentrating, closing his eyes and doing his exercises.
An alert bell strings in his ear, as if to prevent him from going crazy.
A blue orb as big as a dragon's eye hangs under his nose.
His cheeks were bulging, and he didn't know what he was holding in his mouth.
There are three jars in front of the knees, with three bunches of incense stuck in the middle, three spiritual fruits on the right, and a pink solution on the left.
Anyway, Lin Shan couldn't recognize what they were.
This battle is luxurious and extravagant, it's called a tyrant!
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord stood by helplessly, saying he was protecting, but in fact he was just watching.
You are so well prepared, why don't you ask me to protect you!
But Master Zhankong said no, old man, I'm just afraid of death. You owe me a bunch of formation materials anyway, and you have to supervise me throughout the process to prevent any accidents.
Lin Shan was initially worried and thought of coming over to see if he could be of any help.
Looking at this posture now, it is obvious that he is much more prepared than he was before. There is no need to worry about any accidents. Cheng Dan cannot guarantee it, but there is absolutely no risk.
When he broke through the golden elixir stage deep underground in the Moya tribe in Xiaoyizhou, there were no fancy protective measures at all, and even the spiritual energy concentration for the breakthrough was not up to standard.
It's all about relying on two top-level fifth-level spiritual materials, colorful Ganoderma lucidum and ten thousand years of spiritual milk to go wild!
Although this old boy has no luck of his own, he has been selling formations for so many years and has squandered his family fortune and pieced together a lot of things.
Coupled with the support of the Xun Gu Sect's spiritual veins and connections, the insurance is pretty good.
The green swirling funnel appeared in the sky, which meant that he had completed the first few steps and had gone through the jade liquid training and reached the stage of condensing the golden elixir.
The old man muttered something while inhaling the wood spirit energy, and reached out to grab the solution on the left and drank it in one gulp.
After a while, I heard a "gurgling, gurgling" sound in his chest, thinking that the gold liquid had been boiled, so I picked up the three fruits on the right and swallowed them whole.
Then the old god sat comfortably, slowly guiding the three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit into the orifice, and cooperating with the golden liquid to condense the golden elixir.
Lin Shan saw that he seemed to still have some time to spare, so he had to find a corner to sit down and wait, and protected him with the Black Skeleton Demon Lord. After all, he was his own family, and multiple people could take care of him.
This time the elixir condensation process is not short either.
Twenty-five days have passed!
Seeing that the January period is almost here, this old guy is finally done.
A series of golden sounds sounded, which meant that the golden elixir had taken shape.
"Quickly, borrow a fire!"
Master Zhankong suddenly opened his eyes and shouted violently at the Black Skeleton Demon Lord!
This ye-ha-hu-hu almost startled both of them!
The Black Skull Demon Lord was not slow to react, knowing that this old boy was now in a critical period and needed real fire to burn the golden elixir.
He immediately sacrificed the soul fire he had made, and directly punched it into his body with his palm to help him calcine.
This is the difference between someone behind you and no one behind you.
Generally, true disciples of major sects will most likely have a golden elixir master to help them break through when they break through the golden elixir stage. Using the golden elixir stage cultivation to control the fire and calcine the golden elixir, of course, the success rate and the quality of the resulting elixir are guaranteed.
If you have no background, or you are just a casual cultivator, you can only choose to rent an underground fire cave, or buy a talisman fire and try to forge elixirs.
They would never dare to ask a Golden Core monk for help.
If someone leaves a backdoor in one's golden elixir, wouldn't it mean that one will be manipulated for the rest of his life?
Fortunately, Master Zhankong is now a member of the Ancient Sect. After so many years of getting along with him, he feels more at ease with the Black Skeleton Demon Lord, so he leaves the protection, care, and elixir forging to him.
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord didn't take much action during the whole process. After all, he was well prepared and he was just invited just in case.
Nowadays, calcining golden elixir is just a trivial matter.
The soul fire it refined after breaking through the soul elixir stage, although the time is still short to fight, it can refine weapons and elixirs without any problem.
Less than half a day later, I heard a "pop" sound.
Lin Shan has experienced it before and knows that this is a sign that the pearl has fallen into the Huangting and has completely entered the golden elixir stage.
"It's done~"
Master Zhankong’s beard curled up and his face was filled with joy.
The green vortex in the sky was sucked into his body, and the spiritual energy around him was swallowed up by him.
Finally, a golden elixir stage momentum emerged spontaneously.
Jindan Zhenren, the third member of the Xungu Sect, was born unexpectedly in Linshan.
During this period, he was not involved at all.
It all depended on Master Zhankong's own savings and the Black Skull Demon Lord finally lending his hand, and it was just a success.
"Congratulations, Master, you have achieved great success in the golden elixir. From now on, you will sit on an equal footing with us and build the future of Xungu Sect together!"
Lin Shan quickly picked up nice words and said that he would not be at home anymore, but this was the team that stayed behind and he could not be neglected.
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord was also congratulating him. This time, except for a little help in the last step, he really didn't bother too much.
Master Zhankong laughed loudly: "Leader and deputy leader, please don't try to deceive me. This breakthrough also has an element of luck, but I still have to thank you two for protecting me on the way."
Lin Shan vaguely knew, but he still asked.
"Master, take a quick look inside. What grade of golden elixir is this elixir?"
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord also turned around. It had just participated in the calcination and had already guessed everything.
(End of chapter)