Chapter 452

The next day, West Lingshan.

High mountains and vast distances, white clouds drifting leisurely; a wisp of incense rises from the mountain, spiraling straight up to the nine heavens; the sound of bells echoes in the ears, birds and beasts are seen running; in the natural place, there is a faint red glow floating, hidden in the mysterious parts of the mountain range.

"Indeed a treasure land of the Mystic Gate, it truly has the atmosphere of an immortal family."

Walking on the mountain path, Zhang Fan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the atmosphere of West Lingshan.

"West Lingshan is the place where Ancestor Xu attained the Dao and ascended, and it is also the ancestral temple of the Jingming Sect, so it is naturally extraordinary," Xu Changshou whispered.

He still had the appearance of a sickly ghost, his eyes tinged with blue, his face without a trace of blood; walking beside Zhang Fan, looking at the looming Daoist temple at the summit, complex emotions surged in his eyes.

"That is true, West Lingshan is one of the seventy-two blessed lands of the Daoist sects," Zhang Fan nodded.

Although Copper Mount Luoshan is called the number one blessed land, that is setting aside those famous Daoist mountains.

Blessed lands have distinctions of small, medium, and superior luck; above them, there is even more incredible creation, forcefully named 'Great Luck'.

'Great' means boundless and vast.

Such blessed lands seize the creation of heaven and earth and inherit the luck of the universe; throughout history, immortals have surely emerged from them, and they are a part of the origin of the Daoist sects.

Looking across the country, there are only seventy-two such Great Luck blessed lands.

The ten great famous mountains of the Daoist sects are all listed among the seventy-two blessed lands.

Compared to these seventy-two Great Luck blessed lands, Copper Mount Luoshan seems a bit small-minded; whether in terms of creation, foundation, or history, it is far inferior.

"I am going back to the Xu family; if you want to see the Ancestor Xu Sword, you must pass through West Lingshan," Xu Changshou looked at Zhang Fan and said meaningfully.

Regarding Zhang Wuming's suggestion, Zhang Fan naturally ignored the unreliable 'matrilocal son-in-law' plan without hesitation and chose to use Xu Changshou's connections to contact the Xu family.

Yesterday, when Zhang Fan found him and proposed such a request, Xu Changshou only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Back then, when Zhang Fan visited Fu Jiao Mountain, he had already staked his entire future on this young man.

Now, he is already a high-level member of the Fan Sect, a true absolute core.

This time at the Danyuan Dharma Assembly, he even won a Superior Luck blessed land for the Fan Sect.

He naturally would not refuse the request of the true master of the Fan Sect.

"It's hard on you," Zhang Fan whispered in a deep voice.

He knew that Xu Changshou had left the Xu family when he was young and drifted outside, so there would inevitably be some estrangement.

If it weren't for Zhang Fan, perhaps he would never have returned to the Xu family in his life.

"It's not that hard," Xu Changshou shook his head and sighed.

"After all, I came out from there; fallen leaves return to their roots. Over these years, I have always wanted to go back and take a look, but..."

Like Ge Shuangxiu, although he was not successful in the clan, he was born there and grew up there, and his Daoist cultivation was also obtained there.

Now that he has achieved success in cultivation, he naturally wants to go back and take a look, but things have changed, and it is difficult to make up his mind.

"However, I must remind you that even if we go back, with my current achievements, I might not be able to see the Ancestor Xu Sword," Xu Changshou suddenly said.

"How so?" Zhang Fan asked curiously.

Xu Changshou is a powerhouse at the Zhai Shou realm, having refined an inner elixir, his life cultivation reaching completion.

Figures of this level could be called masters of alchemy even in ancient times; now that the Age of Dharma Decline has arrived, cultivation is becoming increasingly difficult.

A Zhai Shou powerhouse, whether in a large Daoist sect or a Pure Yang family, can be considered top-tier backbone strength.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Xu Changshou returning can be considered a glorious homecoming.

"I am currently a Fifth-Rank inner elixir; if I could reach the Seventh-Rank, the significance would be different," Xu Changshou said in a deep voice.

Zhai Shou realm, inner elixir nine-turn, three-three transformation.

In other words, every three realm levels, there is a qualitative leap and change.

The gap between the Third and Fourth Rank is greater than the First to Third Rank combined.

That is to say, the inner elixir nine-turn is divided into three major levels.

Now, Xu Changshou is a Fifth-Rank inner elixir, belonging to the second major level.

This already belongs to the first tier of experts in the Fan Sect; the only one who can slightly compare to him is the Red Glow Xu Xu Guanzhu 【Xiang Nantian】, but he is only a Fourth-Rank inner elixir, and he was seriously injured at the 【Danyuan Dharma Assembly】.

Besides that, Chang Jinzhi, Xiao Xiaole, and Hua Wuhuan are all only First-Rank inner elixirs.

Ling Du is slightly stronger, being a Second-Rank inner elixir.

Zhang Fan is also a Second-Rank inner elixir, but his strength is clearly much stronger than an average Second-Rank inner elixir.

According to estimates, although his cultivation belongs to the first level, his true combat power has already reached the second level, breaking through the huge chasm of the three-three transformation.

"If you want to blame someone, blame the Xu family for having too deep a foundation and too much strength," Xu Changshou smiled bitterly.

Among the Pure Yang families, the Xu family is probably the strongest.

"You might not know that the Xu family has three powerhouses at the Celestial Master realm!" Xu Changshou revealed a secret.

"Three!?"

Hearing this, Zhang Fan couldn't help but be moved.

He had come into contact with almost all the Pure Yang families.

The Qiu family only had two Celestial Masters, one of whom died in the Qin Gu small town.

The Ge family also only had two Celestial Masters on the surface; even counting the one hidden in the dark, even if there were three, two of them died on Zhenwu Mountain.

"One sect, three Celestial Masters!?" Zhang Fan's eyes narrowed into a line.

Such strength and foundation are too terrifying; this doesn't even count experts like Xu Xuanguan who have long left the Xu family. If counted, wouldn't there be four Celestial Masters!?

"This is not even the main point," Xu Changshou changed the subject and suddenly said again.

"Three Celestial Masters is not the main point?" Zhang Fan was stunned.

"You should know that for a Pure Yang family to last for thousands of generations, they must have two major reliances," Xu Changshou said in a deep voice.

Celestial Master experts to pass down methods, and Pure Yang treasures to protect the Dharma.

"You mean..."

"The Xu family has more than one Pure Yang treasure!" Xu Changshou lowered his voice.

"Two!?" Zhang Fan's heart trembled slightly.

"Correct," Xu Changshou nodded: "The world only knows the illustrious name of the 【Ancestor Xu Sword】, but they don't know that the Xu family has another Pure Yang treasure, extremely secret..."

"This kind of foundation is truly extraordinary," Zhang Fan couldn't help but sigh.

Perhaps because of Ancestor Xu's achievements in controlling floods and subduing dragons back then, the Xu family's blessings are extremely deep; even if talents like Xu Xuanguan and Xu Changshou flow out, the clan is still lush with branches and leaves, with experts emerging one after another.

Besides that, Ancestor Xu is also the founder of the West Lingshan 【Jingming Dao】, and is even worshipped by the 【Lushan Sect】 as the Sect Leader, with the title Lushan Sect Leader Xu Zhenjun.

This gives the Xu family great influence in the West Mountain and the southeast coastal areas.

Precisely because of this, Xu Changshou, who has drifted outside for many years, now wants to return to the clan to offer sacrifices to the ancestors, and must also use 【West Lingshan】 to bridge the communication.

"No wonder," a sense of realization rose in Zhang Fan's heart.

He now understood Xu Changshou's reminder.

A Fifth-Rank inner elixir at the Zhai Shou realm is indeed extraordinary, but it is only the second major level.

If he were now a Seventh-Rank inner elixir, at the third major level, the significance would be completely different; with the help of the Xu family's resources and inheritance, he would have hope of impacting the 【Xu Xu Guanzhu】 realm.

Such a Xu Changshou's value in the eyes of the Xu family would be incomparable.

"I am just making the worst-case plan," Xu Changshou changed the subject and chuckled.

A Fifth-Rank Zhai Shou returning to the Xu family ancestral land can still worship the Pure Yang treasure.

If an expert of this level were not valued, the Xu family would have been number one in the world long ago.

"You don't have to be so rigorous when you speak," Zhang Fan curled his lips.

Walking in the deep mountains to see the ancient temple, it was originally a thousand-year-old Daoist tradition.

The lingering incense rose like clouds and mist; walking into West Lingshan, Zhang Fan could feel the incense boiling here, far more intense than those rogue Daoist temples he used to harvest from in the past.

With soul contemplation, gods and demons looking down, his eyes were filled with faint golden flowing light rotating on its own.

"As expected of the ancestral temple of the Jingming Sect, the incense here..." Zhang Fan's eyes were so red he was almost drooling.

How much golden substance could be refined from such intense incense!?

That thing is mysterious and unfathomable; not only can it restrain the Three Corpses Gods, but it is also of great benefit to his cultivation of alchemy and even feeding the black iron sheet.

"It's a pity..."