Chapter 732: Ziyan's Intention

Pondering to this point, Li Ximing sipped his tea and still didn't take the jade slip, only sighing: "How does the True Person view the Xuan Yue matter!"

Senior Tinglan saw that he didn't take it for a long time, so it turned out he was waiting for herself here. She showed some smiles and replied: "I have been running around in the sea for these years, so I don't know much about it. Chang Xi True Person walked to this day as a small clan cultivator, which is already extremely remarkable. My master mentioned him... he is someone who values the clan."

Li Ximing raised his eyebrows to look. This woman said:

"After all, it is a close neighbor... My Ziyan has always been watching. Early on, Hai Ying and Hai Ting, later Gu Sun and Ting Yun, were all good supplements. He values the clan, so he didn't move... Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone a Zifu? Now that he has fallen, Xuan Yue seems to have no way to return to heaven, but in reality, there are more retreats than paths forward. The Immortal Sect may not be able to be preserved, but the bloodline and Dao lineage are as stable as Mount Tai."

"What's more... isn't there the Wangyue Immortal Clan?"

Senior Tinglan said this, and Li Ximing shook his head repeatedly.

Although Li Ximing had not been in contact with Chang Xi before, and even when he heard the name of this True Person, it was accompanied by some disrespectful jokes, he now had some understanding. He replied:

"Chang Xi predecessor had many thoughts, but Shanjie Prefecture was repeatedly mentioned by the old True Person before he died, saying that the millions of people in a prefecture were his heart's blood for a lifetime. He protected them for hundreds of years, and now he cannot preserve them. He looked around, and only the Ziyan Immortal Sect is a holy land of righteous path and pure cultivation, so he is at ease handing these commoners to the righteous path!"

Senior Tinglan, regardless of what she thought in her heart, was worn by this high hat, so at least she couldn't refuse the first sentence. She replied: "I can only thank the old predecessor for his love, but as Fellow Daoist said, my Ziyan Sect is the orthodox Xuan Sect, a holy land of pure cultivation. This immortal path matter is naturally burning talismans to pray, following the Yuan Mansion immortal life, guarding the heart and clarifying nature, and focusing on cultivation."

"Back then, the Upper Mansion divided several prefectures for my Ziyan, so my Ziyan guards several prefectures and cannot cross the boundary... Please forgive me."

'Moon Brilliance Yuan Mansion?'

After she finished speaking, Li Ximing was truly stunned. He had thought of thousands of reasons for the other party's refusal, but he never thought of this one. This reason was truly high-sounding. It took a full breath before Li Ximing said silently: "So that's how it is... It was Zhaojing who was presumptuous."

Senior Tinglan's two blue dots at the corners of her eyes flickered slightly, and she looked at him more, replying:

"Your clan is a rising star... and doesn't understand. In fact, the former Xiao and later Li, according to the example of establishing a system as an immortal clan, leaving Qing Chi, and having a territory alone, this example and this system are all the rules of the Yuan Mansion back then. Old Master Si is also acting according to the ancient system."

After she finished speaking, Li Ximing realized that Senior Tinglan's earlier words were not entirely an excuse. The Moon Brilliance Yuan Mansion still had quite a few rules operating in Jiangnan. Although they might not always be effective, for Zifu True Persons... they would not violate them without too much conflict of interest.

He recalled, from the conservative naming division of Immortal Sect and Immortal Gate to the superficial family of the Green Pine Sun Dao lineage, from the six gates entering the Green Pine Temple alone to the Xuan Miao Temple's respect for the Sword Sect...

"Even the calculations between these six families, no matter how they are secretly calculated, there is almost no change in the territory. The fighting is all put to the sea..."

'The six families are indeed transcendent. Xiu Yue avoids the world, Xuan Yue exists in name only, and the Yue State is actually two sects, six gates, and three clans... And one sect and four gates cannot be moved...'

Li Ximing gradually had an understanding, and even an idea suddenly appeared in his heart:

"The Xue Ji Sect has closed the mountain for hundreds of years! To the point where mortals enter the mountain and no disciples come out... but no family has ever moved it! Could it be because of this logic... Precisely because it is surrounded by the Green Pine Dao lineage, and the territory is barren, it can survive until today."

He thought about a lot, and only sighed on the surface: "Senior Tinglan Fellow Daoist... but my family has tried our best to protect it, but we can no longer preserve the entire Shanjie Prefecture. It is a pity for so many commoners in that place!"

Senior Tinglan laughed, replying:

"This is not difficult. Just invite a Zifu to live in. No one in Jiangnan thinks the land is bad. There are quite a few Zifu who want to open up a Dao lineage here, but they lack someone to guarantee it. The old ones dare not come, and the young ones have too much fun... As long as you and I agree, and then ask the Sword Sect, the matter will be settled."

This made Li Ximing ponder. The more he thought, the more his eyebrows frowned. If there was truly a friendly Zifu nearby, it wouldn't be too bad. It's just that the Xuan Yue Dao lineage was in his own hands, which was not very likable. Sending the Kong family over, his own family would just be a bit embarrassed, and the Xuan Miao Temple might not be easy to explain.

"Can try..."

He turned his thoughts in his heart, put away the jade slip, and tested:

"If it is according to this idea, can the Immortal Gate send people to Shanjie to gather forces first? My family has no energy to guard it, fearing that when there is news, Shanjie Prefecture will have been looted clean."

"This is secondary..."

Senior Tinglan saw that he had collected the things, frowned and said: "If the matter is decided, there are two points... First, the Xuan Yue mountain gate must be given to others... Otherwise, a dignified True Person opens a sect and establishes a faction, and the place where spirit energy gathers in the prefecture is someone else's mountain gate. Where can he go to cultivate? That is a shameful thing."

"Second, Kong Haiying must die."

Li Ximing really heard these words, and secretly sighed in his heart. Senior Tinglan said righteously:

"I remind Fellow Daoist here. If Kong Haiying does not die, the contradiction between your clan and the Du Xian Dao will only become heavier day by day, rapidly deteriorating to the point of being difficult to adjust. Ye Huai is not a stubborn and extreme person, but no matter what, he cannot tolerate Kong Haiying. His opportunity is not shallow, and he truly has the possibility of breaking through!"

"After all, Fellow Daoist still has to refine elixirs for me. If you fight a real fire with him, I am afraid the river bank will be in a mess, and I will have nowhere to refine my elixirs..."

"It is the same if you change to the Xuan Yue mountain gate... If you give the mountain gate to others, which True Person can tolerate several Foundation Establishment cultivators breaking through in the mountain gate? If they really break through successfully and break out of the pass, whose is this mountain gate? Whose is Shanjie Prefecture?"

"The Xuan Yue legal system is in your clan's hands, which has already made the True Persons who want to move into the sea hesitate. Once someone occupies Shanjie and Xuan Yue, the Kong family in the wilderness is a remnant at best, and a remnant at worst. Your clan at least has to send the Kong family over, let them perform a play of being grateful and weeping, which can barely be considered a reconciliation..."

Although Li Ximing knew this matter was not easy to handle, he still sighed after hearing it and nodded:

"I know... Does Fellow Daoist need the elixir urgently? If this matter is not handled clearly, I am afraid it will be very difficult to refine the elixir immediately."

"No harm. Three or five years are still waiting. What's more... I still have to go to the North Sea in these few days, and I can't spare my hand to arrange the array for Fellow Daoist for a while."

Senior Tinglan obviously didn't expect Li Ximing to be able to refine the elixir immediately. The two chatted for a few sentences and settled the details of the agreement. Senior Tinglan pointed to the mud pot on the case and said: "【Heavenly One Spitting Essence Elixir Formula】 is for Fellow Daoist to study first. When you are ready, come to my Ziyan to take 【Boundless Water Fire】 and 【Heavenly One Pure Essence】."

Li Ximing agreed and drove the light away. Senior Tinglan sent him out all the way. Under the purple jade platform, Cui Jueyin and the Ziyan cultivator Wei Danying were chatting and laughing, quite harmonious, much more enthusiastic than the interest exchange between the two True Persons. As soon as the two True Persons appeared, they immediately became respectful and retreated behind them.

"Zhaojing, go slowly..."

Senior Tinglan sent him out of the Blessed Land. Li Ximing drove the light away, always with a thoughtful look, and sighed silently for a long time:

'The Xuan Yue mountain gate and Shanjie Prefecture are not something my family can preserve at the moment.'

Li Ximing had thought about the Ziyan Sect's attitude, but he didn't expect Senior Tinglan to have only one word "kill" for Kong Haiying, without half a hesitation, which truly surprised him a bit.

And Senior Tinglan spoke from the perspective of the Ziyan Sect. Li Ximing understood that the Ziyan Sect had no intention of occupying Shanjie, but had the idea of inviting a Zifu to live in and using it as a barrier to sell a favor... His own family was slightly blocking her way in this piece.

But his thoughts didn't just stop at the Ziyan Sect, and the next moment he thought of another person:

"Ye Huai!"

If it was said that an extra Zifu in Shanjie Prefecture was a slightly awkward thing for the Li family that couldn't get much benefit... but for Ye Huai, as long as he was willing to give up the benefits to bring people in, it couldn't be better! Ye Huai was a sea cultivator. If he truly couldn't eat the Xuan Yue mountain gate, and gritted his teeth to give it up, inviting a friendly Zifu into Shanjie, his own situation would become awkward in an instant... This Zifu would not only be determined to win the Xuan Yue mountain gate, but even the Kong family Dao lineage would be cut off! If this Zifu was invited by Ziyan, the Li family still had room to send the Kong family back and let the Xuan Yue Dao lineage merge into someone else's power. But if it was Ye Huai's friend, there was absolutely no reason to send them back, and it was only a matter of tearing their faces and becoming enemies.

"Ye Huai can then sleep soundly. Has Ye Huai sought Senior Tinglan?! Is Senior Tinglan's words out of good intentions, or a secret reminder after failing to reach a consensus with Ye Huai?"

His heart was slightly cold: "No matter what, Shanjie and Xuan Yue mountain gate must be handled quickly. But if this mountain gate is to be handled, it must deal with the Foundation Establishment cultivators who are in seclusion in the Kong family. Even if it is to slightly ease the Du Xian Dao to make room for refining elixirs, at least Kong Haiying must be dealt with!"

But Chang Xi said there were three people in seclusion, namely retainer Fu En, great-grandson Kong Haiying, and former Sect Master Kong Tingyun. Li Ximing actually couldn't confirm who died in the secret room, and couldn't even confirm who the few in seclusion in the sect were.

Pondering to this point, even if Li Ximing could understand Chang Xi's mind of not daring to trust anyone in his later years, he was still a bit tired and slightly angry: "Hiding and hiding... it's not easy to help, and it's also not easy to help. Chang Xi since he calculated to this step, it is impossible not to know that Kong Haiying is extremely likely to be related to the survival of his Xuan Yue. I can no longer care about what Xuan Yue and the others think... If I don't take over Xuan Yue again and use the Immortal Mirror to find out everything, this Xuan Yue sect doesn't need to be preserved!"

He came out of the Ziyan territory and went to his family. His heart gradually had a plan, and he appeared on Zhi Jing Mountain. Cui Jueyin descended from the heavenly light and stood silently on the side.

Li Ximing ordered:

"Go and invite all the managers, and also... call Cheng out, and go together."

Wilderness.

The sky was slightly bright, and the moist mist permeated the mountains.

The news of Chang Xi True Person's last order had passed for several days. Kong Guxi still couldn't recover. He intended to read the formula until the Zi hour, but as a result, he was distracted, and the sky was already slightly bright.

He changed his clothes and came out of the hall. There was no one outside the hall. The stone steps were not swept by anyone, and they were full of fallen leaves, making him doubt whether everyone had gone to other families.

After walking around, he saw Kong Yu drinking with a flushed face in the mountain. Kong Guxi performed a ceremony and asked:

"Great Uncle, where did Qiuyan and the others go?"

Kong Yu had been drinking all night, wanting to get drunk but couldn't, and was still very clear at the moment, replying:

"Xiaxiang was locked up by you. A batch of Du Xian Dao cultivators came to the wilderness. I don't know what kind of mess they have become. Qiuyan took people to block them."

He paused and emphasized:

"The Li family is also there."

Kong Guxi responded and asked about Kong Guli's whereabouts, saying:

"Where is elder brother?"

Kong Yu raised his eyebrows and replied: "The adult sent someone to ask, saying he wanted my family's soul lamp and life jade. Your elder brother just took him there."

Kong Guxi listened silently, turned to the front courtyard, but there was a commotion on the stone steps. Several bags were carried, large and small. This Xuan Yue Sect Master raised his eyebrows to look and saw his own elder brother Kong Guli bringing Fu Yuezi up the mountain.

Kong Guli was disheartened, but Fu Yuezi was as usual, carrying Dharma tools, waving to him. Kong Guxi went up to meet him, grabbed the old man Kong Guli's hand, and felt it was extremely cold, only asking:

"I heard from Great Uncle... you just left..."

Kong Guli said desolately: "It was just left. Who knew that after the news of a few days ago was passed back, the elders in the mountain had already packed up the soul lamp, life jade, and Dao lineage methods, all wanting to run here, naturally very fast."

Kong Guxi was speechless, only feeling that the escape lights in the sky were endless, and the noise on the mountain was increasing. He walked a few steps and saw a batch of people descending from the sky. The golden-eyed man at the head walked like a dragon and a tiger. Kong Guxi felt as if his heart was gripped by a big hand, and he hurriedly stepped forward:

"Greetings, Clan Master... Why did Clan Master come?"

Li Zhouwei had always been polite to him, nodded and said: "The injuries have healed quite a bit. Under the True Person's orders, I came to sit in the wilderness."

Kong Guxi's forehead saw sweat, and he nodded repeatedly. Before he could ask in detail, he only felt the heavenly light flickering in front of him, and the surroundings suddenly brightened. Everyone bowed their heads one after another.

Then he saw the True Person in white and gold patterns standing in the upper seat, looking at several people, scaring Kong Guli back several steps. Kong Guxi was shocked, only kneeling down to bow. For a time, there was no one standing on the mountain, only the respectful voices one after another.

Kong Guxi glanced slightly when he knelt. Li Ximing's expression didn't have much fluctuation, but he Xuan Yue had just taken out the ancestor's order to send it to Shanjie and the mountain gate, which made him panic. He felt a deep fear for no reason.

He knelt down firmly, and only then heard this True Person open his mouth, his voice neither urgent nor angry: "Bring Kong Haiying's soul lamp."

Kong Guxi only felt a chill soaking from his heart to the soles of his feet. This Sect Master couldn't see too many Zifu struggles and big-picture comparisons, but based on the trend of the situation before and after, he had already perceived too many unfavorable things, only respectfully saying: "This junior obeys orders." ===== CHAPTER 733 =====

When Kong Guxi knelt, he glanced slightly to the side. Li Ximing's expression did not fluctuate much, but he had just taken out the orders from the ancestor to take over the two places of Shanjie and the mountain gate, so he could not help but feel terrified and felt a deep, inexplicable fear.

He knelt down firmly, and only then did he hear this True Person speak, his voice neither hurried nor angry: "Bring the soul lamp of Kong Haiying."

Kong Guxi only felt a chill seep from his heart and spleen to the soles of his feet. This Sect Master could not see through too many Zifu struggles and overall situations, but based on the trend of the situation, he had already sensed too many unfavorable things, so he only respectfully said: "This junior obeys."