Chapter 822: The Meeting of Two Sects

"On the 21st day of the second month of mid-spring, True Person Yuanxiu of the Qing Pine Sun Daoist tradition attained the Dao at Shitang in the South Sea. Heavenly thunder shook, and the waves were monstrous. He attained it but did not obtain it, the wind and clouds moved, fiends appeared, and he was bound and killed by the Underworld."

"In three days, the wind stopped and the rain fell, and the spiritual atmosphere of the South Sea changed because of it."

Li Jiangqian held the letter in his hand with some shock, looked at it twice more, and still felt it was hard to believe in his heart:

"This is too abrupt... There was no decree, nor were any invitations sent out to observe the ceremony. He suddenly went to the South Sea to break through... I don't know if it's high or low compared to the previous many Zifu cultivators."

He still held the letter, his heart determined:

'It's hard to say. It's not certain that there was news at the Zifu level, and we small cultivators are just not clear about it. It is said that True Person Yuanxiu cultivated 'Orthodox Wood', and the South Sea had a period of abundant produce for a while.'

Turning this small letter over, he saw written on it:

"Fairy Qiuhu broke through to Zifu, achieving the 'Cold Qi' divine ability."

This sentence was short, but it was enough. The cultivation method Ning Wan practiced was different from Yuanxiu's. True Person Yuanxiu's 'Orthodox Wood' path was rare in the world and not like the Wood Virtue in everyone's impression. Not many people knew his divine abilities. But Ning Wan was famous when she was refining Qi, and 'Cold Qi' was also a very common Daoist tradition in Jiangnan, with heavy snow flying. Even the small news obtained from Qingchi knew the divine abilities of this Fairy Qiuhu.

"Qingchi is going to change its master again."

The Sima family had few people, and their control over Qingchi was not high. Now that Yuanxiu was dead and Si Yuanli was in seclusion, Tantai Jin and Si Tongyi would inevitably act according to Ning Wan's face.

Li Xuanxuan beside him understood this as soon as he heard it, smiled, stroked his beard, and reminded:

"Send the congratulatory gift quickly."

This was not a small piece of good news for the Li family. Li Jiangqian was in a good mood, pointed to someone to come up, and ordered:

"I remember there is still a 【Point Pine Frost】 in the treasury. Although it is only a Foundation Establishment spiritual object, it is compatible with the True Person. Also..."

He pondered for a while. Most of the Li family's current stock was on Li Ximing, so they really couldn't take out much. It just so happened that congratulatory gifts could never be slow. It was not just the weight of the gift, but the speed was also extremely important sincerity. He then said:

"My father brought back a basket of Lian Pearls that year, which is very valuable. I originally thought about refining it into a set of magic tools, but the quantity is huge, with sixteen pieces. A set of magic tools is difficult to refine, and it has never been used. It's better to... use it for the congratulatory gift."

Li Xuanxuan felt pain in his heart when he heard it. It should be known that there was a reason why this basket of Lian Pearls had not been refined into magic tools for a long time. It was itself sixteen Foundation Establishment spiritual objects, and the aura was connected. The old man was frugal and really felt it was too valuable. He hesitated:

"This gift is really too heavy, it's already enough for a Zifu cultivator to send it personally. It's a pity to dismantle this spiritual pearl to send it. It's better to think of other ways..."

Li Jiangqian then nodded. He hoped that the other party would owe his family more favors. He secretly kept in mind Li Xuanfeng's relic 【Shen Bai】. This thing was probably enough to be a embryo of a spiritual tool, it was just a question of whether it could be picked up...

But since Li Xuanxuan had spoken, he naturally obeyed. He immediately heard Li Xuanxuan say:

"Then copy a copy of the "Cold Pine Dew Snow Formula" for the True Person and send it to her. Also, tell her clearly that our family's True Person is practicing outside and doesn't know about the affairs in the sea, so he cannot visit personally, and will definitely make up for it later."

Li Jiangqian added a sentence:

"It's better to let Chengpan Peak Mu take people there, with Official Cui accompanying, to show our family's importance."

Li Xuanxuan nodded slightly and said:

"Call Zhou Ming, that unruly one, and Cheng over too!"

Li Cheng was one of the few refining Qi elders in the Bo lineage, the uncle of Li Zhoufang's brothers. He had made things difficult for Li Zhouluo that year and was thrown out to manage in the dense forest. But as soon as the Dou Immortal situation became tense, he was immediately transferred back.

After all, now that the Li family's Xi generation had a Zifu Li Ximing, and down to the Cheng-Ming generation, Li Chenghuai had the intention to go to the South Sea. Li Xuanxuan saw it clearly. This child had the intention to seek immortality and couldn't be kept. Then only he, Li Cheng, and Li Minggong were left. That was why he deliberately called him over, just to let Li Jiangqian reuse him more.

These three were in the continent today. Just asking, they all came up quickly:

Li Cheng had a serious expression and was neatly dressed. Li Zhouming in red was the complete opposite, following carelessly behind. Finally, it was Li Chengpan with his head lowered.

Li Jiangqian stated the matter, and Li Cheng was immediately overjoyed, replying:

"It's really a great thing, just leave the family to me!"

Li Cheng had made things difficult for Li Zhouluo many times to save Li Chengpan that year. This man's heart was attached to his clansmen, always feeling that the continent was too harsh, so he had never been reused.

But he was also the one who valued the family's reputation the most. Inside, he said what he said, but outside, if anyone said anything bad about the Li family, Li Cheng would really get anxious and make a move. His own ability was not bad either. This matter was handed to him, which was considered appropriate.

'After all... there are not many people in the family who can hold the scene.'

Li Xuanxuan sighed in his heart, but his tone was very serious, opening his mouth and saying:

"Zhouming, you take Shouyu and Cheng with you, listen more to the elders."

Li Zhouming was the Zifu direct grandson, which was enough to show respect. This young man in red nodded repeatedly and said with a grinning face:

"Old Master, what you said... I have always listened to what you said for years, I have always done what you said!"

Li Zhouming had made Li Cheng and others unable to get off the stage at that time. Li Xuanxuan was afraid that there would be gaps between them, so he still hoped that they would contact more and walk together. Fortunately, this kid was not embarrassed, with a full face of smiles, as if the previous things had not happened, calling one uncle, one master, left and right.

Li Cheng naturally wouldn't give him no face. Li Ximing, the True Person who brought the Li family to the Immortal Clan and attained the Zifu, although he didn't show up often, his prestige among the clansmen on the lake didn't need to be said. Even if Li Ximing suddenly wanted to build some palace or build some building for fun, Li Cheng could be the first to lay the foundation. He bowed very solemnly and said:

"See the Young Master... Young Master, please!"

Waiting for these three to go down, Li Jiangqian couldn't help but nod and sigh, saying:

"The old master's painstaking efforts really make the younger generation admire."

Li Xuanxuan stroked his beard, shook his head, and said:

"It's just a different intention. You look at the interests on the lake, I only hope to bridge the gaps between the lineages. If the inside is not harmonious, even if the family gains profit, it is empty."

Li Xuanxuan hesitated for a while and was about to ask about the affairs in the north, but saw purple energy permeating the lake, clouds fluttering on both sides, and a purple-clothed female envoy came to knock on the palace door, only saying:

"Reporting to the adults of the Wangyue Immortal Clan, True Person Tinglan of the Tai Xu Purple Qi Cave Wonderful Sect is visiting."

Li Jiangqian was slightly stunned, understanding that this time, this Zifu cultivator True Person Tinglan came in the capacity of the Ziyan Sect. He immediately came down from the stairs on the side and bowed:

"See the Immortal Envoy of the Tai Xu Purple Qi Daoist tradition, our small clan is waiting for the True Person."

Thus, purple energy gathered in front of the palace, and the female True Person in autumn-yellow clothes stepped through the Grand Void. The two light yellow patterns at the corners of her eyes were slightly bright. Li Jiangqian respectfully invited her in.

After all, she was a Zifu True Person. Li Jiangqian led her directly to the main seat. The palace door closed automatically. Tinglan nodded to Li Xuanxuan first, asked about idle matters, what the old man's high age was, whether the clan was still satisfactory...

After all, Li Xuanxuan was Li Ximing's grandfather, and the due respect was given first. Only then did Tinglan say:

"I have already seen Fellow Daoist Ximing in the east. This time I came back, there are two things."

She nodded her head and said:

"First, the spiritual elixir promised by Fellow Daoist Ximing has already been refined. My Ziyan is not a Daoist tradition that doesn't keep its word. There are many things to end in the overseas affairs. When the people here turn over, they will build a formation for your clan."

Li Jiangqian didn't know what kind of treasure elixir these two True Persons refined, but it must be an extremely important matter for the other party to use the formation to repay. He arched his hands and said:

"Thank you, True Person!"

Tinglan seemed to be in a good mood, smiled slightly, and continued:

"There is one more thing... it is about the affairs in Jiangbei. True Person Qiushui of the Jin Yu Sect originally went to seek care from Senior Yuanxiu, but the Senior declined on the grounds that the breakthrough was imminent, and subsequently feathered away by seeking the Dao with his life."

"Everyone is of the Qing Pine Sun path. Not making Jiangnan too turbulent is also to respectfully send the True Monarch north. The affairs in Jiangbei need to be looked at more."

Li Jiangqian only had the share of respectfully nodding, bowed and said:

"Thank you, True Person!"

Tinglan's meaning was obvious. The Jiangnan side didn't want to be involved in it, and a group of Sun Daoist traditions pushed Tinglan out to handle the affairs in Jiangbei. And she landed in the Li family because it was assumed that the Li family was also a part of it.

'I don't know if it's good or bad...'

Li Jiangqian understood a little. These Sun Daoist tradition cultivators were all noble, and they hadn't moved their nests in this Jiangnan for hundreds of years. Their status was as stable as Mount Tai, and they were even more discriminatory against the East Sea and loose cultivators. His family had the name of Mingyang and was an orthodox path grown up through the path recognized by the Yuan Mansion back then, so these cultivators gave a few more smiles. But if it was really said that the other party would accept his family, Li Jiangqian didn't believe it at all.

'Then this matter is probably just some kindness of Tinglan herself.'

The Jiangnan Daoist traditions hoped that the True Monarch would not affect the Sun Daoist traditions, but this boundary had a division, and it was not necessarily to take the Great River as the boundary. Tinglan chose Wangyue Lake, secretly having the meaning of protecting his own family.

He waited for a few breaths, but didn't see Tinglan ask about the affairs in Jiangbei. He was slightly puzzled in his heart and was thinking about whether he should start it himself. Who would have thought that a sound of snow came from outside.

"Splash..."

Then he saw a woman in white stepping out of the Grand Void outside the palace, wearing a white dress, with a slender white silk tied around her waist, appearing slender and graceful. Her brows and eyes were gentle, but her eyes were very clear. With one step in front of the palace, the whole palace cooled by three points.

Fairy Qiuhu, Ning Wan!

Li Jiangqian then understood:

'So she was waiting for this True Person! Qingchi also has to take action to handle it...'

But he quickly shielded all his thoughts in his heart, bowed to the True Person outside the palace first, and stood in place respectfully with his head lowered.

Tinglan got up to greet her, appearing very polite, but there was some surprise between her brows, and she asked:

"Which one doesn't have eyes, making sister so angry..."

Tinglan and Ning Wan's ages were really not much different, probably twenty years older than her. Both families were Sun Daoist traditions, so naturally, they were worthy of this 'sister'. Ning Wan replied:

"Senior is too polite, just call me Wan'er... There is nothing worth being angry about. It's just that I cultivated 'Entering Clear Listening' and saw people in the sect, and I felt uncomfortable in my heart..."

Tinglan understood immediately, shook her head, and comforted:

"It is indeed so. 'Entering Clear Listening' is a life divine ability after all, and can listen to people's hearts... it inevitably brings more trouble."

Ning Wan nodded kindly to Li Jiangqian. With Zifu present, it was obviously not good to talk to him, so she just sat slightly to the side and said quietly:

"When my own senior was there, there were many times when his temperament was strange. I couldn't understand it at that time. Now that I have cultivated the life divine ability myself, I understand that he was already of extremely good temperament. Sometimes a thought comes to mind, which really makes people disappointed."

"It's not that I want to pry into people's hearts. When these mortals come to me, 'Entering Clear Listening' is not actively displayed. But once they have evil thoughts, the divine ability immediately listens clearly to warn me... This is originally the divine ability protecting the master, just like other people's spells arriving in front, operating on their own, protecting oneself..."

"But these words are really... I came out of the Qingchi Sect and almost had the intention to kill."

Her complexion was not very good, and that originally gentle face was full of coldness. Obviously, she heard a lot of things in the sect, which frightened Li Jiangqian to stand with his eyes watching his nose and his nose watching his heart.

Tinglan said slightly complicatedly:

"Qingchi was combed by Senior Yuanxiu once, and it's already considered good. If it were in a place like the East Sea where the atmosphere is not right, it would be even more uncomfortable. That senior... is also 'Entering Clear Listening'."

Ning Wan didn't want to discuss her divine abilities anymore and didn't answer her, but said:

"Senior Yuanxiu... did the True Person go to observe the ceremony?"

"Naturally, I went. I came from the east and almost didn't make it."

Tinglan sighed long and replied:

"True Person Zi Mu of my Ziyan Daoist tradition also went to observe the ceremony. I happened to see him. He watched for a long time, just shook his head, and said a sentence."

How could Ning Wan let go of this great opportunity to hear the mysterious, her eyes were slightly shining, and she immediately asked:

"What does the Great True Person mean?"

Tinglan nodded and replied:

"The old falcon sinks its body, which branch can it rely on? The room mountain is easy to shake, Orthodox Wood is hard to move."

Ning Wan tasted these sixteen characters, but could only read the surface meaning of 'Orthodox Wood is hard to move'. She looked at Tinglan and replied:

"The Great True Person's Dao cultivation has already reached the heaven and man. It is worthy of being a heaven-cultivating Purple Qi nature. In the way of profound talk, it is not something we can compare to."

She paused slightly and said softly:

"I saw True Person Chi."

As of now, the True Person Chi in Ning Wan's mouth was only one, and that was the missing Great True Person Chi Buzi. Tinglan pondered for a moment and replied:

"What a seeker of the Dao with a natural indifference, it's a pity."

Ning Wan actually had some guesses and didn't ask why she felt it was a pity. Tinglan smiled and nodded, holding a faint purple light in her hand, and replied:

"Seeing it in the Li family today is also the same meaning for you and me. The affairs in Jiangbei..."

She finally looked at Li Jiangqian beside her and said kindly:

"How much news does the Li family have?"

Li Jiangqian didn't dare to have any deviation in his mind, only thinking about the affairs in Jiangbei, and said respectfully:

"Reporting to the two True Persons, Jiangbei is now chaotic everywhere. Most of the sects have retracted their forces and closed their mountain gates tightly. Among them, the Xuanmiao Temple is the most. The Xuanmiao Temple originally didn't have many counties. Now it closes the formation, recalls disciples from all over, and seems to have the meaning of closing the mountain."

"The sects in the north move north, and the sects in the south retract. The entire Jiangbei has already emptied 60% of its hinterland... and there are even many territories where demon cultivators and monster cultivators have risen, causing chaos in one side!"

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Li Zhouming 【Refining Qi 6th Layer】 【Zifu Direct Line】

Li Cheng 【Refining Qi 4th Layer】 【Bo Lineage Direct Line】

Li Xuanxuan 【Refining Qi 9th Layer】 【Bo Lineage Direct Line】

Li Jiangqian 'Great Li Book' 【Foundation Establishment Early Stage】

Ning Wan 【Zifu Early Stage】 【Ning Family Direct Line】

Tinglan 【Zifu Early Stage】 【Zifu Formation Master】 ===== CHAPTER 823 =====