Chapter 900: Lu Clan and Luck

Zhong Shengquan smiled bitterly: "For these hundreds of years, Beijia has been fanning the flames and creating turmoil everywhere, collecting evil energy for the gods; have all these countries offended it?"

Lu Xun nodded, earnestly: "Ling Mountain's attitude has always been cautious, and the elders are all old..." So relatively conservative.

Zhong Shengquan immediately said: "To defeat the Heavenly Gods, one must first know them; I believe Ling Mountain still retains... observation channels with the Heavenly Gods. Lady Mitian is a righteous god, so what's wrong with keeping such a reliable source of information?"

He almost explicitly said that Ling Mountain and the Heavenly Gods also have connections.

The two sides are hostile, probing each other, studying each other, and infiltrating each other, which is the norm.

Lu Xun laughed a few times, this is hard to answer. This Lord Zhong is well-deserved, actually pointing out first that Ling Mountain has connections with Heavenly Gods, and later saying that the small gods Ling Mountain hooks up with are not very reliable, so it's better to change to a righteous god to cooperate.

"I came here this time just to have a talk with you, wanting to see the Panlongcheng army with my own eyes. The people here are unyielding, I admire them very much, and I hope Panlong and Bailie can establish diplomatic relations and come and go often in the future." Lu Xun coughed forcefully: "Seeing is believing, I will definitely do my best to fight for Brother Zhong when I go back."

Although Ling Mountain hasn't accepted Panlongcheng yet, the Bailie people are willing to establish diplomatic relations with it first.

"Definitely," "Do my best," made Zhong Shengquan feel the other party's sincerity, and he turned to take two cups of tea.

"That is my wish. Use tea instead of wine, to toast to friendly neighbors, come!"

Both sides raised their cups and drank them in one gulp, both laughing loudly.

After chatting for a while, Lu Xun really wanted to see the local customs. So Zhong Shengquan called Wen Daolun to accompany the distinguished guest to tour the city.

He Lingchuan didn't go together, because after Zhong Shengquan sent the guest out of the office, he turned to him and said:

"Follow me."

He Lingchuan secretly took a breath, what should come still came.

The two returned to the meeting small hall.

Zhong Shengquan said: "Tell me the process of encountering Fu Shanlie in detail."

He Lingchuan narrated plainly.

Zhong Shengquan listened very carefully, took a sip of tea: "Fu Shanlie is anxious, so he took the risk. It shows that your strategy for Longchuan is effective, hindering Beijia's plan."

"Yes."

"Fortunately, Mr. Lu was not injured, otherwise it would be even more difficult to communicate with Ling Mountain in the future." Zhong Shengquan sighed, "The handling of Longchuan banditry is good because you discovered Beijia's intervention in time; otherwise, if they lurked in the dark and slowly grew, it would be even harder to deal with in the future."

Panlongcheng is not afraid of enemies on the bright side.

What is feared is the evil spirits growing in the dark places that cannot be seen.

He Lingchuan remembered the old water lizard's memories over a hundred years later; why did Panlongcheng lose Xiji, this piece of land? The reason is probably the lack of control over the entire Xiji territory, and the strategy of defending the eastern portal first and then suppressing the Longchuan water bandits—

He had just taken office as the Commander of Jade Balance City and talked with Wen Daolun, and found that his thinking was indeed like this.

No way, the Jade Balance City at this time had insufficient manpower and weak soldiers. Since the power is limited, the troubles in front of them must be prioritized, and the unimportant ones are naturally put behind.

Panlongcheng and Wen Daolun knew the importance of the Longchuan trade route, but they only planned to sweep the water bandits regularly so that they wouldn't be rampant.

No one looked down on the Longchuan water bandits. For the arrogant Panlongcheng and the brave Great Wind Army, even the Baling Nation had suffered a defeat under their hands, and Beijia's infiltration and sabotage were also interrupted halfway; they could even defeat opponents of this magnitude, so how could they put the small Longchuan banditry in their eyes?

As a result, with Beijia's secret blessing, this little scab eventually became an incurable disease.

After He Lingchuan took power, he changed the focus of Jade Balance City's attack and defense, raising the governance of banditry to the top priority. Only by cutting off the black hand extended by the external enemy as soon as possible would Jade Balance City not fall into the embarrassment of the future.

Zhong Shengquan asked him again: "Do you think Fu Shanlie knew Mr. Lu was visiting, so he specifically ambushed?"

He Lingchuan shook his head: "It's a long way from Blade Edge Port to White Sand Bay, crossing several countries in the middle, and the journey takes at least two months. I think, even if Fu Shanlie knew he was coming, it's impossible to squat so accurately."

"And Fu Shanlie rushed straight at me as soon as he appeared. The person he wanted to kill was not Mr. Lu, but me." On this point, he was quite certain.

Was the Jade Balance City defender Zhao Yinan in real history killed in this ambush? Zhong Shengquan exhaled lightly: "Fu Shanlie is truly a trouble."

He Lingchuan seized the opportunity to ask: "Did Mr. Lu also join Ling Mountain? What level is he in Ling Mountain?"

"If the immortals of Ling Mountain don't come out or show their faces, various affairs are decided by the Elder Council. The Lu clan is a documented descendant of immortals, so Ling Mountain naturally looks up to them. Mr. Lu is in the Determination and Inspection Court under the Elder Council, and has a friendship with Elder Dongxing, so he is very trusted."

He Lingchuan hesitated, but still asked: "Is Ling Mountain very amazing? If Ling Mountain never lets Panlongcheng join, what impact will it have on us?"

"The Elder Council is not just one person, someone denies and someone agrees, and trying again is fine. Mr. Lu also said he would continue to fight for us." Zhong Shengquan rubbed his eyelids, "Allies are naturally the more the better, especially since Ling Mountain also has influence on the Baling Nation. However, even if we can't join Ling Mountain, it doesn't matter; haven't we lived like this for the past ten years?"

He spoke lightly, but He Lingchuan knew very well the efforts he had made to break the situation of Panlongcheng being isolated and besieged.

Ling Mountain's refusal represents the refusal of the immortal forces to Panlongcheng.

This point undoubtedly disappointed Zhong Shengquan very much.

In the final analysis, can Ling Mountain directly help Panlongcheng resist foreign insults? No.

Since it can't, what qualifications does it have to point fingers at the choices made by Zhong Shengquan and Panlongcheng when they have no choice?

He Lingchuan also saw from this that Panlongcheng and Lady Mitian are indeed deeply bound and difficult to cut off. What is the bond between them? Is it General Red, or the Great Fang Hu? Zhong Shengquan said casually: "In the next few days, you accompany Mr. Lu to walk around Jade Balance City. I heard he is a gentle and upright person, and I hope he will report what he sees and hears truthfully to Ling Mountain."

"The Lu clan is a descendant of immortals, so that has lasted for at least two thousand years, right?"

Zhong Shengquan laughed: "Yes, his family's luck is endless. I've heard a legend that every few generations, the Lu family will give birth to a child of luck."

"Child of luck?" He Lingchuan heard the new term and immediately pricked up his ears, "What is that?"

"The Lu clan was an out-and-out 'Immortal Family' in ancient times and produced quite a few immortals. The most famous one is Immortal Hongli, who had boundless magic power and experienced the Immortal-Demon War without falling. But in the end, he couldn't survive the predicament of the decline of spiritual energy. Before he sat down, his descendants cried and begged for a clear path, after all, the world had changed drastically."

"Immortal Hongli told them that immortals are destined to decline, and world affairs are ever-changing, so don't force it. But under his final blessing, the Lu family will inevitably give birth to a child of luck every few generations, who carries great luck and may be able to help the family walk out of the predicament."

He Lingchuan's eyes flickered: "Is this true?"

Zhong Shengquan didn't care: "Such legends have no evidence, true or false, only the Lu family knows."

Child of luck.

He Lingchuan repeatedly savored these four words.

From Lu Xun to He Lingchuan's original body, the interval is about one hundred and seventy or eighty years; how many generations of children of luck have been produced in between? He suddenly remembered He Chunhua.

*Really not a thing! *

At that time, when he asked about Lu Xiaoyun, did He Chunhua not tell him the truth? Did this former cheap father believe the Lu family's rumors and give birth to a son with Lu Xiaoyun? He Chunhua did always praise his eldest son as a lucky general.

*Hmm*, no wonder Naluo Heaven wanted to choose him as a skin, it turns out he also took a fancy to the characteristics of the child of luck? But this legend didn't limit the birth of the "child of luck" to the direct line or the collateral line; perhaps the real Lu Zhensheng was the generation that opened the

Hmm, no wonder Naluotian chose him as a vessel; could it be that it also took a fancy to the characteristics of a Son of Fortune? But this legend doesn't limit the birth of a "Son of Fortune" to either the direct line or a branch; perhaps Lu Zhensheng is the generation that actually unlocked the cheat code in reality.

"But for these two thousand years, the Lu clan's territory has been shrinking and its status declining. Can this really be considered heaven-defying fortune?"

Zhong Shenghuang waved his hand: "How can mere clan fortune resist the great trends of the world? Take the Yuan Nation, for example. Brother Shao is a noble relative of the emperor; his personal fortune cannot be said to be bad. Yet, after Beijia slaughtered the Yuan Nation, he ultimately became a refugee of a fallen state, wandering the ends of the earth."

Indeed, how can the strength of one person or the fortune of one clan contend with the great trends of the world? "Even if the legend is true, such a blessed person only appears every few generations. It would be good enough if they could just restore the family's fortunes." Zhong Shenghuang's assessment was very objective. "It is truly not easy for the Lu clan to have endured for over two thousand years."

A family that has not perished for over a thousand years from ancient times to the present is already a rarity.

He Lingchuan took another Punishment Dragon Pillar from his bosom and handed it to Zhong Shenghuang: "This is the Nightmare Qi collected over the past half year."

Zhong Shenghuang looked at the pale red substance inside the pillar, which turned from liquid to gas, and sighed: "It has been hard on you."

The old land of Xiji is outside the Panlong Wasteland; the Nightmare Qi here can only be collected by the Punishment Dragon Pillar, otherwise, it would be sucked away by the Heavenly Luo Star.

The Nightmare Qi in the Punishment Dragon Pillar originates from the newly deceased; it includes that of water bandits, puppet troops, and people from Yuheng City, all mixed together and impossible to separate.

He Lingchuan had no desire to collect this Nightmare Qi, but if he didn't act, Fushan Lie on the other side might have scooped it all up.

The Punishment Dragon Pillar has begun to spread in the outside world, and the Beijia people have likely already obtained it.

He Lingchuan looked at this Punishment Dragon Pillar and voiced the question in his heart: "There is still a bit of pale white gas in here; it doesn't seem to be Nightmare Qi?"

It was just a tiny bit of milky white; if he didn't frequently take out the Punishment Dragon Pillar to observe it, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

"Lady Mitian once said that Nightmare Qi, Yin-Sha Qi, and Miasma can all be collected with it, except for spiritual energy and Yuan power."

"I thought this Punishment Dragon Pillar was for a specific purpose and could only collect Nightmare Qi." Indeed, how could a gadget made of precious divine bone have only a single use?

(End of chapter)