Chapter 909: Settling All Matters (112) (Silver bonus for Qianlong boss 1320)

*'The dragon-fox agreement is certainly there, but the fox species' stance is clearly biased towards neutrality. Even if forced by pressure to align with the dragon species, they only hope to live in seclusion in Great Lishan and try their best not to get involved in the world's affairs...'*

*'This is not only a gap in strength, but also a geographical limitation. Even if the dragon species has declined, they are still rich in a sea, but Great Lishan is by the lake. They dare not touch the Bright Yang matter...'*

He turned his head slightly, looked at the white ape, and asked in a low voice: "Did you hear anything?"

The white ape immediately saluted and said in a hoarse voice:

"Listening to the demons in the cave... there is another Great King in the mountain, who is more powerful than the Listening Mansion Demon King. He has white snow fur and noble bloodline, but he hasn't appeared in recent years. As for more... it's hard to say whether it's true or false."

"Even more powerful..."

Li Zhouwei had a count in his heart.

*'Qing Yu Qian is already preparing to cross the immortal threshold, so this Demon King is at least four divine powers. Plus the old ancestor of the fox clan who might have been enlightened by an immortal... the strength is quite terrifying...'*

*'And Senior Bai Rong crossed Foundation Establishment in a hundred years to reach the stage of gestating divine powers. For humans, it is nothing, but for demons whose cultivation speed is not as good as humans, it is an extraordinary genius... I am afraid he benefited a lot after the fox-dragon agreement.'*

Although he didn't see Bai Rong this time, he got a lot of news, and he could understand the general trend better. At this moment, stepping on light and walking, he secretly pondered: *'After all, everyone has their own interests. Only by listening to the words of many parties can one have a glimmer of turning point in the situation...'*

At this moment, stepping on light back to the lake, he was still deep in thought, but still rode the light back, breaking the void one step towards Qingdu Peak. The small courtyard was slightly cold. He saw the old man spreading two wooden racks in front of the door, seemingly drying armor.

Li Zhouwei actually saw Li Xuanxuan when he came back, but didn't have time to talk much, and soon had to be busy going to the mountain. Now he brought Bai Rong's news and landed in the courtyard.

"The True Person is here."

Li Xuanxuan's mood seemed a bit low, but he still smiled when he saw him:

"Although everyone says you can reach Zifu, your breakthrough really makes people worry. Seeing you in front of me, my heart is steady."

The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together. Even with various supplements, the old man's blood and energy had not been vigorous in recent years. Coupled with much thinking and worry, he looked even more aged.

"It is the blessing of the old Lord."

Li Zhouwei responded respectfully, swept his eyes over the armor in the courtyard, and found it was nothing more than ordinary, mortal clothing and armor. Li Xuanxuan smiled:

"The armor from conquering Shanyue when I was young, drying it when I am free. Although the clan has people to maintain it with magic power, it is spotless, but it always lacks some flavor."

Li Zhouwei praised it, Li Xuanxuan sighed and sat down, shaking his head endlessly, regretting:

"It is a pity for Cheng. Zhou Fang has not been able to go out for these days, and his grief is uncontrollable. He has always been diligent and conscientious, and I have never seen him like this before."

Li Zhouwei was speechless for a moment. Li Cheng was not liked in the family, and his cultivation was not high. His descendants were all dead, and only Li Zhoufang in the family was still grieving for him to this day. He could only reply:

"This grudge will be avenged sooner or later. For now, arrange the affairs of the Zong lineage as soon as possible, which can be considered a comfort to the eldest brother."

Li Xuanxuan was silent, and said in a hoarse voice: "You are a True Person now, and several brothers and elders are afraid of you. Not only do they dare not find you to talk more, but privately they are all saying that Zhou Fang does not know what is good for him. Among them, there is no lack of people who have been promoted by him and sought shelter because of him. It seems that his decades of dedication are all empty words. It is naturally good that you have this heart."

Li Zhouwei's golden eyes moved slightly, and he said respectfully: "This junior understands."

He stepped forward, picked up the brush on the case, smoothed the paper with one hand, pointed lightly, and the brush moved like a dragon, immediately writing a line of words vertically on the paper:

*'Great desire is empty, must restore the grudge.'*

After he finished writing these eight characters, the paper immediately became soft and delicate, like silk, snow-white and radiant, faintly emitting golden light. Li Zhouwei turned his head and said softly:

"The family has been slow to give orders, fearing that someone will surrender to the Release, and the reward will be too grand, raising them too high, fearing an uproar. But since the old Lord has spoken, it is not good to ignore it. After returning to Zhijing Mountain, I will send this book to the uncle's tomb."

Li Xuanxuan nodded and sighed. Li Zhouwei chatted for a few words, talked about Bai Rong's matter, asked about his health, and did not come out of the mountain directly, but stepped into the void and appeared on Zhijing Mountain.

At this moment, Zhijing Mountain was full of gardenia flowers. The jade table that was usually empty was full of things. All kinds of magic tools and cultivation methods were stacked, and several large boxes were placed on both sides, not knowing how many precious medicines there were.

The sunlight on the mountain was already bright. With this shine, it was truly radiant everywhere!

Li Zhouwei swept his eyes and knew that they were congratulatory gifts from various sects and cultivators. Those that could be placed on this Zhijing Mountain were not ordinary goods. Most of them were congratulatory gifts and precious medicines from the Three Sects and Seven Gates level and loose Zifu cultivators. Those of the next level were naturally stored in the clan treasury.

*'So lively! I don't know how many people forced me out of the lake, and how many stopped when they saw me enter the sea!'*

Although he did not hold a banquet and used retreat as an excuse to refuse to see any Zifu, now, whether it was relevant or irrelevant, from the south of the river to the north of the river, all families came to congratulate. Looking at the appearance in front of him, even if some worthless ones were intercepted, it could still be seen that the congratulatory gifts were much thicker than when Li Ximing attained the Dao.

The world is cold and warm, and human feelings are thinner than paper. Li Ximing was unknown when he established his foundation, so when he became a Zifu, some people were still watching the show with cold eyes. Now, they are all shamelessly leaning in with hot faces. Even the few Taiyang paths that consider themselves righteous cannot be vulgar, and the congratulatory gifts are heavier than before.

He reached out and took the list that was rolled into a scroll, and read it carefully.

*'The entire north of the river and the Yue Kingdom, except for the Zhangxiao Sect and the closed Xueji Sect, none of those who should come were left out, even the Muquan Sect, which was in a mess, sent people...'*

*'Out of the Yue Kingdom, it is Shahuang, Tujun, Jingyi... even Dingyangzi of Qize sent congratulations, and there is even an unrelated Wu Kingdom Ni family...'*

Reading from top to bottom, from west to east, countless small clans came to congratulate, from north to south, countless small sects wished. Just looking at this congratulatory table, it seems that no one wants to see their own family not good.

*'Enemies don't need to be said, the relatively kind ones, only Pure One, Nanshun Luoshe have no movement. As for the congratulatory gifts, only Tujun, Xiao family and other close ones are as usual, and they didn't specifically bleed...'*

He lifted his sleeve and unceremoniously put this first bucket of gold into his sleeve. These things seem to have little value for Zifu, but they are absolutely enough to take out to reward people.

As for the boxes of precious medicines, they were of little use to him, so he left them here for Li Ximing to refine elixirs.

Thus, he put the eight characters into a jade box, sent someone to send it over, and asked Li Ximing, knowing that he had taken the elixir and was in retreat.

Li Zhouwei then read 【Bright Sky Heavenly Waves】 and 【List Mansion Heavenly Yang Escape】 on the mountain for some days. Light and dark alternated, and time flowed. He saw Chen Yang come up to report, kneeling on the steps in the mountain.

Li Zhouwei and Li Ximing did not have any special arrangements, but they were in high positions and had noble divine powers, so the people below dared not be inconsiderate. Li Ximing was on the mountain, so Ding Weijian came to report. Now Li Zhouwei was in the mountain, so Chen Yang came.

This man in black knelt down and said respectfully:

"Reporting to the True Person, the people of the Ziyan Sect have come to report, and the magic tools have been repaired."

"Present it."

Li Zhouwei put down the jade slip in his hand and ordered. Then two people worked together to lift the 【Great Ascending】 up. The arc was bright, and the light was clear, making the arc light on the mountain radiant.

The young man with golden eyes reached out, and the 【Great Ascending】 immediately flew up from the spot and fell obediently into his palm. The True Person weighed it and replied: "Not bad."

The damage to 【Great Ascending】 was not serious, just the sharp blade was slightly deflected. After being warmed by divine powers for a while, it didn't take much effort to repair. But with his words, the refiner could go back and report, and immediately bowed.

Li Zhouwei said casually:

"How is the Guanxie Terrace? Have the people arrived?"

Chen Yang was very sensible and knew what he was going to ask, so he immediately replied: "True Person Fairy Qiuhu has already appeared on Qingchi Mountain. Having obtained the True Person's handwritten letter, Chu Minglian arrived at the lake last night and is waiting for orders."

Li Zhouwei waved his hand, dismissed the Ziyan cultivator who was bowing his head and dared not get up, and asked: "How is True Person Fairy Qiuhu's injury?"

Speaking of this matter, Chen Yang immediately prostrated himself and said in a low voice: "It is said that there are no too many strange signs... but... the Qingchi Sect promoted Ning family confidant Lin Wuning to be the Master of Yuanxing Peak, and gave the original Master of Jieqi Peak to Lord Yuanchin. All the people in the East Sea have returned... The original Master of Yuanxing Peak was a junior of the Ning family, which made things smoky and was dismissed."

Li Zhouwei shook his head silently and said softly: "The Si family has few descendants, and Si Yuanli may not be able to leave the retreat. Senior Fairy Qiuhu wants to cultivate a few Ning family members, but Senior Yuan Su has no descendants. With the death of Hejing and Yuan, and the slaughter of a batch of people, it is considered to have broken the backbone... If Zhao Tinggui could live to this day, there would still be some drama, but now it is not easy to clean up."

It's just that the Ning family's affairs are not his own business. Ning Wan still has a long life. As long as the divine powers do not fall, there is plenty of time to promote. Hearing the good news about Ning Wan, Li Zhouwei held the cup and pondered:

*'This spiritual embryo... one is not enough.'*

"Guanxie Divine Power Fire Refining" is extremely easy to use, allowing Foundation Establishment to assist Zifu in refining, and with spiritual extracts in hand, Li Zhouwei doesn't need to spend much energy. He points with divine power from time to time, and soon he can refine a spiritual embryo that belongs to his own divine power.

But one is that spiritual extracts are limited. Once this portion is used up, if you want to refine it, you have to use divine power to refine it yourself, spending more than ten years, which really delays cultivation. The second is that a spiritual embryo is different from a spiritual tool. It needs to be warmed by divine power from time to time. One is fine, but if there are many, it also delays cultivation.

Li Zhouwei now has two heavy treasures brought up from the time of Foundation Establishment, one is 【Great Ascending】, the other is 【Yuan E】, one weapon and one armor, both very suitable for raising spiritual embryos.

*'Great Ascending must be used first, but 【Yuan E】 is of no use now that it is worn on the body, and it also needs to be refined. Spiritual embryos consume divine power, so it is best to touch spiritual tools.'*

While sending Chen Yang down, he stepped through the void to the Guanxie Terrace, threw it lightly, and placed the magic tool in his hand on the high platform, while pondering:

"Should I go to ask Hengzhu... or go to ask Jin Yu... how can I afford the price?"

In a moment, the strong old man in red clothes had arrived on the platform. Facing Li Zhouwei, Chu Minglian was clearly not as at ease as facing Li Ximing, and bowed timidly.

Li Zhouwei pointed his divine power, and the platform was suddenly shining with golden light, covering the magic tool. He turned his head and swept a glance, finding that there was a young man beside Chu Minglian, who looked well-behaved, and was somewhat excited at the moment, bowing:

"Seen the True Person!"

This young man was naturally Li Jiangzong. Li Jiangqian had arranged for him to learn from this master refiner early on, so that Li Zhouwei didn't have to order more. At this moment, he looked somewhat ashamed and bowed:

"A handwritten letter from the True Person cured my father's heart disease. This junior is deeply grateful!"

Li Jiangzong couldn't quite understand his father's obsession with his great-uncle Li Cheng. As his cultivation level got higher, he gradually entered the center of power. He was exactly at the time of rising step by step and being reused, so he naturally remembered the family's goodness. His father's move made him extremely headache and uncomfortable, but he couldn't point out any mistakes, so he could only toss and turn with Li Zhoufang.

Fortunately, Li Zhouwei sent these eight characters to the tomb, and Li Zhoufang vomited a large mouthful of blood, which was considered to have eased up. Li Jiangzong's days of being overwhelmed were considered to be relieved, and he was even more worshipful of this uncle who was a True Person.

Li Zhouwei swept a glance and was quite satisfied. He asked about cultivation and said softly:

"Work hard and reach Foundation Establishment as soon as possible."

As soon as his voice fell, he saw Ding Weijian whisper: "Reporting to the True Person, a direct descendant of the Great Kong Hai Temple has been waiting on the lake for a long time, and will not stop until he sees the Zifu on the lake."

Li Zhouwei frowned slightly and asked:

"Must see the True Person?"

Ding Weijian nodded. Li Zhouwei had no choice but to say:

"Then let him come up."

After all, the Great Kong Hai Temple had just sacrificed a Zifu, and Li Zhouwei still had admiration in his heart. As soon as he agreed, a man in black robes drove the gray wind from far to near, led by Qu Bushi who was patrolling the lake, bowed in front of him, and said respectfully:

"Seen True Person Minghuang! This junior Lin Ya of the Great Kong Hai Temple, ordered by the True Person, came to visit and congratulate the True Person!"

Li Zhouwei did not hold a banquet, but the things on the mountain had already been collected. He frowned and said:

"True Person Zhaojing is healing, and I am in retreat to stabilize my cultivation, so I am not walking on the lake. I have kept your sect waiting for a long time!"

"Dare not!"

Lin Ya hurriedly declined, dared not talk nonsense in front of him, and immediately took out a golden box from his sleeve, saying in a low voice:

"My True Person heard that True Person Zhaojing was injured and was very concerned, so he specifically ordered me to send two spiritual elixirs to show the friendly concern between the two families."

He gently opened the lid with magic power, and saw two white, patterned elixirs lying inside, exactly the 【Qilin Light Shining One Elixir】! 【Qilin Light Shining One Elixir】 was obtained from East Fire. Its greatest efficacy is to advance cultivation and repair the Dharma body. It was clearly a Zifu-level elixir commonly used by Zifu in the East Fire Cave-heaven in the past. The Taiyang Dao lineage got three in their hands, and the last one on Li Ximing's body was taken and used up.

And Li Zhouwei was very familiar with this 【Qilin Light Shining One Elixir】 when he broke through Zifu. He was very familiar with it, and the effect of this elixir on healing the Dharma body was also enviable, not to mention that it was originally a Bright Yang path? He opened his mouth to decline, and the direct descendant of the Great Kong Hai Temple immediately looked terrified, expressing the true friendship of the Great Kong Hai Temple. Only then did Qu Bushi step forward and offer the elixir.

Lin Ya offered the elixir and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, saying respectfully:

"My True Person asked me to inform the lake that the True Person of the Gao family has already left the Chengyun Swamp, and the Chengyun Sect has belonged to the Huaijiang Dao, and has submitted its name to 【Zhixuan Xie】, acknowledging itself as a sect of the Zhao Kingdom."

"Oh?"

Li Zhouwei raised his eyebrows. Thinking carefully, he didn't feel surprised. Lin Ya continued:

"I heard that the Bolie King has gone to the Duxian Dao and is meeting True Person Yehui in the mountain gate."

There is no need to say more about the subsequent things. Thinking about it, it is also a discussion about the attribution of the name. Li Zhouwei nodded and replied: "I already know, thank you for the reminder."

Watching Lin Ya drive the wind away, Li Zhouwei put the box into his sleeve and pondered secretly: *'Yehui's judgment is not wrong, even extremely accurate. The Gao family's cooperation with the Release Cultivators going south is a singing white face and a singing red face...'*

*'As for the 【Qilin Light Shining One Elixir】, the Great Kong Hai Temple has clearly stated that the elixir formula is in the hands of the Jin Yu Sect. Our own family is still using 【Xuanque Heart-Clearing Medicine】, although it is convenient and cheap, it is not as good as the healing of the Dharma body... It is best to exchange it from Jin Yu.'*

He pondered for a while, swept a glance at Qu Bushi, and said softly:

"Is there any movement on the north bank?"

Qu Bushi hurriedly said: "Reporting to the True Person, there is no movement in the north, only every few days, several mages go south to harass, trying to bypass the lake to investigate, and have exchanged fire with the garrison cultivators on the north bank several times, without any major casualties."

Li Zhouwei is not in a hurry to practice now, mainly busy practicing several spells, so he has no more requirements for the place of practice, so he nodded and said:

"I will go to the north bank to guard."

But there is a hidden worry in his heart:

*'If Luoxia Mountain wants to see me, it is naturally best not to enter our great formation, and even not to approach the island in the lake, not to approach the south bank... and save some tossing.'*

Heaven and earth where the sun and moon shine together.

The lights in the pavilion were bright, and the stone lamps emitted circles of cold radiance. Li Ximing sat in the middle, slowly opened his eyes, and slowly exhaled a white breath.

【Qilin Light Shining One Elixir】 is a spiritual elixir for healing the Dharma body, and his residual body benefited from Yehui's favor to retrieve it, making it a hundred times easier to repair.

Coupled with the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth where the sun and moon shine together, it took only half a year for the Dharma body to have no major problems. Standing up at this moment, he only felt refreshed, and the original astringency finally disappeared.

With a turn of his mind, he left this place and appeared in the 【Xiao Yuan Glazed Pagoda】 with flashing thunder, but found a woman in a red dress sitting cross-legged outside the hall, practicing while waiting quietly.

It was Li Minggong who had returned from Qize.

Hearing the movement, the woman immediately opened her eyes and said respectfully: "This junior has returned from Qize, and has important matters to report!"

Li Ximing had repaired his Dharma body and was in a good mood. He nodded with a smile, raised his hand, and with a bright light, lifted the woman up. Taking a step, he arrived at the mountain.

Zhijing Mountain was still in the appearance of a white flower jade table, but at a glance, he could see the brightness on the Guanxie Terrace in the distance, with bright light burning, clearly having begun to cast the spiritual embryo. Li Ximing arrived leisurely, but found several boxes of precious medicines at his feet.

"This is..."

Li Minggong hurriedly said: "These are the spiritual items given by the cultivators to congratulate True Person Minghuang! The True Person instructed to hand them to you, my lord, for alchemy."

Li Ximing put his hands behind his back, looked carefully, and immediately found something wrong. He scolded: "A bunch of snobs! What? Do you know how to send them today?"

Li Minggong was naturally intelligent and could naturally understand his words. Moreover, the congratulatory event when Li Ximing achieved his divine ability was also handled by her. Although it was also packed in boxes, the precious medicine was far inferior to what was in front of her. She immediately lowered her eyebrows and said nothing.

Fortunately, Li Ximing finished scolding with a smile. He let her sit down and asked: "How is it?"

Li Minggong hurriedly said: "The True Person was overjoyed, praised repeatedly, and directly called your alchemy skills miraculous... He immediately asked people to take things, and personally wrote a letter of thanks, asking the younger generation to bring it back and present it to you, my lord."

"Oh?"

Li Ximing was not surprised. Seeing her take out two jade boxes and a letter, he flicked his fingers and took the letter into his hand, reading it carefully:

"... Your alchemy technique, fellow Daoist... is truly rare in my life... a peerless talent... the quality of this elixir is unprecedented! Refining Kan Water elixir with Mingyang fire... only a master can do it..."

After reading this letter, the flowery words were all praising, which made him feel more strange the more he looked at it. He could not help laughing out loud and teased the woman in the red dress on the side: "Boring! It must be a ghostwriter! That Dingyangzi is rigid and serious, how can he say such things!"

"He must have pointed to a disciple who knows how to do things and asked him to write it!"

How could Li Minggong dare to laugh at the teasing between True Persons? She could only shrink to the side like a quail, watching her nose and heart, secretly begging for mercy. But while Li Ximing was teasing and scanning, he was stunned.

It turned out that this guy actually entrusted him at the end of the envelope, swearing that there was a reward to be said, and attached spiritual resources with the letter to seek precious elixirs...

"So he tasted the sweetness and had this idea!"

He flicked his fingers lightly, and the jade box on the side was immediately opened. One box was the auxiliary medicine, and the other box revealed the black scales shining with light, which was exactly 【Cangzhou Hui Scale】! A full three pieces of 【Cangzhou Hui Scale】! "This Dingyangzi! He must have some relationship in Cangzhou!"

Li Ximing was shocked, then laughed out loud. Last time it was to help refine the spiritual embryo, this time he could generously ask for a reward. He immediately took out paper and pen, and while writing, replied: "You go and tell that Dingyangzi, Mingyang and Kan Water clash. The one sent last time was because I wanted to repay his friendship for refining the spiritual embryo for me. I generously took action and felt that I could not live up to his request, so I used a unique secret method and spent a lot of Kan Water spiritual items to refine six pills! How can it be like this every time? If you want six pills, there are no more!"

Li Minggong nodded hurriedly, understanding that he was bargaining. Li Ximing shook his head and continued:

"You just go and answer him, I will give him at least twelve pills for these three pieces of 【Cangzhou Hui Scale】. If I have to pay for my own family background, I can give him at most fifteen pills. He can see how to repay me."

"Yes!"

Li Minggong answered respectfully, took the letter he wrote, and flew out driving True Fire immediately. Li Ximing felt better, called Ding Weijian up, and asked: "Where is Minghuang?"

Ding Weijian hurriedly bowed:

"Reporting to the True Person, he is guarding the north bank."

Li Ximing nodded, drove the light up, closed his eyes, and the scene in the cave dwelling reappeared in front of his eyes, faintly seeing the sea and sky in one color, reefs connected, a piece of deep blue.

"Qunyi Strait!"

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Li Ximing 【Early Zifu】 【Zifu Alchemist】

Li Zhouwei 【Early Zifu】

Li Xuanxuan 【Qi Refining Level 9】

Li Jiangzong 【Qi Refining Level 5】

Li Minggong 'Zhili Xing' 【Late Foundation Establishment】

Ding Weijian 'Dianyang Hu' 【Late Foundation Establishment】