Chapter 707: The Cui Clan of Chongzhou

Li Ximing looked at his appearance, took it calmly in his hand, comforted him with two sentences, and asked casually:

"Senior, has that Gen Earth spiritual tool 【Mountain-Chasing and Sea-Going Tiger】 been settled? If it doesn't work, you can also give it to the old True Person Su Mian, or at worst, True Person Xuanyi." Changxi sighed. It was obvious that this matter had been planned for a long time and had not been settled. He replied:

"I have other things to give to Su Mian... As for Xuanyi, there are also arrangements. Now those who dare to want it won't help, and those who will help don't want it. It's still in my hands. When my life ends, I will send it to Zhaojing."

Hearing this, Li Ximing knew that the possibility of using this spiritual tool to exchange for Zifu assistance was likely gone. In the end, it would still be sent to his own family to reassure himself, so he said: "Old senior, take care. The Xuan Yue territory is vast. It is better to transfer the island master who guards Yuezhou Island back."

Changxi knew that his family had no one, and Fu Yuezi was the only one who could handle things. He said in a hoarse voice: "I have already sent him out to give Yuezhou to Jingyi Mountain. He will return as soon as the matter is done. Zhaojing, don't worry."

Li Ximing sighed for him in his heart, didn't say much, nodded and retreated, steered all the way out of Xuan Yue from the Great Void, stepped into the East Sea, and looked around, everywhere was the light of combined water.

He sneaked in the Great Void, occasionally encountering high places in the Great Void, which must have spiritual objects and spiritual water. He broke through the boundary, picked them up casually, and left. Flying all the way, he took six Qi Refining spiritual objects and one spiritual water 【Earth Sha Cold Spring】.

【Earth Sha Cold Spring】 was guarded by a hook snake, which should be used for cultivation. As soon as Li Ximing appeared, he scared the monster so stiff that it didn't dare to make a sound. Li Ximing spared its life because it was on the dragon clan's territory, took the spiritual object, and left.

In less than a night in the Great Void, calculating the distance, he had already reached the Great Void of Chongzhou Island. At a glance, he saw the Mingyang phantom colors rippling, turning into a milky white light shield covering down, shining brightly. Li Ximing was slightly surprised: "A lean camel is bigger than a horse... The Cui family of Chongzhou also has a Zifu formation... Rare... Rare!"

He broke through the Great Void with his hands behind his back, stood on the edge of the island steering the heavenly light, and immediately colorful clouds gathered, purple and gold intertwined, and the weather was bright. Li Ximing released his spiritual sense, swept across, found the direction of a cultivator dressed as a direct descendant, and stepped forward.

The next moment, his figure appeared behind the island-patrolling cultivator, and the intense heavenly light immediately shone out, casting a white area around.

The man turned his head nimbly, his pupils dilated rapidly. It was obvious that he was stunned for a moment, immediately bowed down, his hands and feet trembled, his face turned pale rapidly due to fear, his eyelids twitched, and he said with a hoarse voice: "Chongzhou... Cui... Xinzhan, pays respects to the True Person!"

It's no wonder Cui Xinzhan was in this state. He was only in the middle stage of Qi Refining. Usually, Foundation Establishment was an incredible figure. Suddenly one day the Great Void shattered in front of him, and a Zifu flew out. Being able to speak was already having courage.

Li Ximing didn't expect to scare him so much, so he said casually: "Go and report to your elders, saying that True Person Zhaojing from Wangyue Lake has come."

Cui Xinzhan immediately agreed, stood up, covered in sweat, and almost fell down from exhaustion. He hurried to the formation. After calling before the formation, a stream of light immediately drove to the front, manifesting as a woman, holding a gold ring in her hand.

She lowered her head submissively and asked:

"Cui Wanning of Chongzhou pays respects to the True Person! A senior from Wangyue Ze came to visit in the early years, and now I see the True Person's immortal face again. Chongzhou is honored to the extreme!"

His own aunt had been to Chongzhou Island, Li Ximing naturally understood. He only nodded slightly and said:

"Coming here this time is to fulfill the friendship, no need to be so polite."

Hearing that he was a True Person of Wangyue, and seeing that he cultivated the Mingyang Dao, Cui Wanning knew that his surname was Li, and felt very close in her heart. Only then did she come out to welcome him for the first time, and said softly: "True Person, please..."

She took Li Ximing into the formation, but this formation was the Foundation Establishment formation on the periphery of the island. After all, the Cui family was declining. Although there was a Zifu formation, it was only enough to cover the core mountain in the innermost part. The rest were Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining level formations. Although the Cui and Li families were close, there was no reason to lead a wolf into the house right away.

Li Ximing looked around, the mortals under his feet were bustling, not very afraid, most of them just lowered their heads and dispersed. The population was extremely dense, and he praised: "Chongzhou governs the people very well."

Cui Wanning pursed her lips and smiled, looking a bit festive, and replied:

"Reporting to the True Person, the Mingyang Dao is a Dao of entering the world. Many of my family's techniques and secret arts focus on governing the world, while assisting oneself, so the number of people is larger. Every year, the number of cultivators moving out and the clansmen taken away is not a small number!"

"Most of the Cui-surnamed cultivators and families in the East Sea and South Sea can trace back to my Chongzhou. Every ten years, Cui-surnamed families from all over the world will return to the state. That is a grand event."

Cui Wanning said this, which clarified the status of Chongzhou. After all, behind it was the White Dragon Tiao, so naturally, no one dared to move Chongzhou. It was a good thing for those with the Cui surname to return and worship the mountain.

Just as he landed on the steps, before reaching the main hall, a middle-aged man rushed towards him, his expression serious, his two beards hanging down. When he reached the front, he turned sideways and bowed respectfully:

"Junior Cui Xianye, pays respects to the True Person!"

This Cui Xianye was older, but not as comfortable as Cui Wanning. The middle-aged man's age should be about the same as Li Ximing's. He was extremely cautious, his head stuck to the ground and he didn't dare to get up, saying:

"Now my father is in seclusion and cannot welcome you personally. Xianye is ashamed to be the person in charge of the state, and greets the True Person on behalf of the Cui clan."

"Get up."

Li Ximing smiled and entered the hall. Cui Xianye led him to his seat all the way, served tea personally, and said respectfully: "The Li family of Wangyue Ze wrote to my Chongzhou Cui surname some years ago, but it was a senior who cultivated thunder. My family's elders didn't know if it was true or false and didn't dare to believe it easily. Now that I see the True Person, I know it is the Mingyang orthodoxy."

Li Ximing didn't care about the past with him. At that time, the Li family was indeed unknown and in a difficult situation. Although it was slightly better now, it was only on the table. At that time, he didn't get the Dao lineage, and it was kind to give some news. He nodded and said:

"Not bad, it was inconvenient to communicate at that time, so there was less contact. Now we can contact more."

As soon as the meaning of letting bygones be bygones came out, Cui Xianye breathed a sigh of relief and saluted:

"Thank you for your understanding, True Person."

Li Ximing didn't say anything else, just opened his mouth and said:

"How many divine ability users are there in the Cui clan now?"

Cui Xianye said hurriedly: "Reporting to the True Person, Chongzhou Island originally had True Person Mingzan, who was my great-grandfather. He passed away a hundred years ago. Several elders of the same generation were impacted by spiritual atmosphere in seclusion, and in the past few years, there were successive signs of falling. A few years ago, my father also went into seclusion. Now there is no divine ability on this island."

"Now there is a descendant in the ninth pulse of the great-grandfather who moved out, who achieved Zifu, with the Dao name Yangya. He is in the West Sea in the far west, has a foundation outside, and doesn't come back often. Only when major events happen will he come back to see."

Li Ximing frowned when he heard this. The Cui family's bloodline was not bad, and there were many techniques in the clan pointing to Zifu, and there were no external troubles. Looking at the spiritual energy of Chongzhou, there should have been more than one Mingyang Zifu breakthrough. It could be said to be an extremely good treasure land, and it was absolutely impossible that not even one Zifu could be produced.

It must be known that he came here with the idea of finding helpers, so he couldn't help but be disappointed and asked: "The Cui clan has been working here for a thousand years, so it shouldn't be just like this."

Cui Xianye hesitated to speak, and said respectfully:

"Reporting to the True Person, not only the great-grandfather, but the great-grandfather's uncle was also Zifu, who defected to Li Xunquan and died when the country fell. My heavenly grandfather was also Zifu, taking the two elders with the highest talent to defect to Li Xuan, and also died. During the Dongli Sect, Chongzhou was even more of a territory of Dongli, and the clansmen were all transferred back and defeated. As for how many Foundation Establishments and how many Zifus were there, it is unknown."

He poured tea for Li Ximing and continued: "The junior has no other intentions, just to solve the confusion, and I hope to be forgiven."

These words left Li Ximing speechless. Although everyone said that Wangyue was a descendant of the Wei Li, Li Ximing didn't dare to admit it directly, so he only sighed: "The Cui clan has exhausted their loyalty, which is really sigh-worthy."

After Cui Xianye finished these words, Li Ximing's tone became much softer, and he said warmly: "My Li family started as a small clan by the lake, and the Dao lineage is incomplete. I came here this time, one is to fulfill the friendship between the two families, and the second is to ask about the Dao lineage, hoping to complete it a little. There will definitely be compensation for this."

Cui Xianye obviously guessed his intention. After all, Li Qinghong had already come to ask once about the Mingyang Dao lineage, so he said:

"True Person, don't worry, my family preserves the Mingyang Dao lineage. May I ask which path the True Person cultivates?"

Li Ximing was not afraid of them knowing, buckled the teacup, and replied: "'Yetian Gate'."

"So it is the divine ability of the Tianmen technique."

The Tianmen technique divine ability in his mouth obviously refers to various techniques of high and low grades of the Yetian Gate lineage, and 'Jinyang Huangyuan Pass' is also included. Cui Xianye looked at his complexion and explained: "My Mingyang orthodoxy, three techniques, one body, one life. The technique divine abilities are 'Yetian Gate', 'Chi Duan Zu', and 'Di Di Guanyuan'. The body divine ability is 'Jun Jun Daowei', and the life divine ability is 'Zhao Che Xin'."

Li Ximing only knew that 'Di Di Guanyuan' was his own 'Changming Step', and 'Zhao Che Xin' which was slightly famous in the East Sea. He hadn't heard of the others. After digesting it a little, he asked: "Are there any other names?"

Sure enough, he saw Cui Xianye say: "Reporting to the True Person, 'Di Di Guanyuan' has always been passed down exclusively in the palace. Outside, there is only one copy of 'Changming Step'. 'Zhao Che Xin' was also called 'Tianxia Ming' in ancient times. Only these two are widely spread. As for the other miscellaneous lower-level Dao foundations, there are many. I will present a list to the True Person later."

Li Ximing was overjoyed and nodded. Cui Xianye replied respectfully: "The divine abilities of 'Di Di Guanyuan' and 'Zhao Che Xin' are only allowed to be bestowed by the imperial family. Chongzhou does not have them, only 'Yetian Gate' and 'Jun Jun Daowei'."

'Body divine ability 'Jun Jun Daowei'!'

Li Ximing was overjoyed and extremely hot in his heart. It must be known that besides wanting to get 'Zhao Che Xin' the most, the second-class was this body divine ability!

Li Ximing had heard that this kind of immortal foundation was powerful when he was in Foundation Establishment, from the 'Yuting General' of the Yu family to the famous 'Dongquan Sound' of Ning Tiaoxiao, and even Su Mian praised 'Dianyang Tiger' when he saw Ding Weizhen, and heard Changxi talk about the help of body divine ability so many times, he had long been moved!

At the moment, he only felt grateful that he cultivated Mingyang and had the legacy of his predecessors, so he didn't have to suffer like Changxi and others, so he nodded and smiled:

"I want to study it a little. I don't know what the price is?"

Li Ximing naturally knew that Zifu techniques were precious. Back then, when exchanging for Zifu spiritual objects in Hengzhu, the lowest limit was Zifu techniques and Zifu spiritual tools. Chongzhou Island was not a role that could be bullied at will, not to mention that the origin with his own family was not shallow.

Seeing Cui Xianye hesitate for a moment, and Chongzhou had nothing urgent, he pondered:

"Reporting to the True Person, is there... a Mingyang Zifu spiritual object?"

Li Ximing expected him to ask this, as if he saw his former self, and felt a little emotional: "I also want this spiritual object, but it's a pity that my family exchanged for one after fighting to the death, and it has already been used."

Cui Xianye asked again: "May I ask the True Person... is there a Mingyang Zifu spiritual tool?"

He paused and added: "I don't dare to ask for a spiritual treasure, I only ask for a spiritual tool, but I don't dare to ask for it to be refined into a spiritual embryo. My family has no Zifu divine ability and cannot preserve it."

Li Ximing sipped his tea and said:

"There is a spiritual tool, but it is not of the Mingyang path."

"This..."

Cui Xianye hesitated. Li Ximing saw that he was in a dilemma and asked: "I don't know what kind of technique the 'Yetian Gate' Dao lineage of Chongzhou is...?"

Although Li Ximing didn't have a Zifu spiritual tool in his hand, his family had Mingyang Zifu techniques. Exchanging one for one was not bad. Asking this, Cui Xianye replied: "It is the 'Shangfu Mingye Classic', a fifth-grade technique... with... three secret methods."

Li Ximing heard this and felt suspicious in his heart.

Kong Tingyun once asked Li Qinghong how many secret methods the Li family had. Li Qinghong said one, and Kong Tingyun replied 'that's already extremely normal'. He once thought it was comforting words. Combined with his own 'Tianli Rize Classic' and 'Houshu Jinshu', in Li Ximing's view, even if various families didn't have six or seven, they would have four or five.

But now looking at it, the prominent Cui family only had three. He didn't know how to respond for a while, and a thought appeared in his mind: "It is a blessing and a curse."

It must be known that Xiao Chuting mentioned the Dongli Secret Slip. Most of the techniques of the Mingyang lineage have records! And the vision when he broke through Foundation Establishment had long been seen clearly!

And what did he use when he broke through Foundation Establishment? It was not 'Minghua Jinyang Huangyuan Classic' but 'Jindian Jinyang Huangyuan Technique'! He was the one who transferred to this Zifu technique later.

Why did Yuan Xiu and others always feel that he had no threat? It must be that there is a record of the fourth-grade 'Jindian Jinyang Huangyuan Technique' in the Dongli Secret Slip, which is probably a secret method or none at all, and his own breakthrough vision was seen accurately by Si Boxiu...

And he transferred to break through Zifu halfway, and no one could understand the vision. Now he wants to exchange his own techniques. Does the Cui family have relevant records? Will it be found out if someone in the Cui family breaks through with this technique? The 'Jindian Jinyang Huangyuan Technique' is in the Dongli Secret Slip, which proves that the Immortal Appraisal Bestowal Method is the technique of the predecessors, so the 'Minghua Jinyang Huangyuan Classic' is very likely to cause disaster.

"It just so happens that the Crown Prince's cultivation was in the East Sea, so it is not enough to be used as a reference..."

Thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning. Cui Xianye also had thousands of twists and turns in his heart.

"The Wangyue Li family started from a declining family. Although they luckily obtained a Zifu technique, I'm afraid it might not be comparable to my family's 'Shangfu Mingye Classic', let alone the number of secret methods... His silence... confirms it even more." ===== CHAPTER 708 =====