Chapter 186: 【Regardless of Good or Evil, Ancestor

In Nanshan Yuzhou, there has been long-standing resentment between the Four Great Immortal Dynasties and the Seven Great Sects.

Last time they obtained the Dao seeds given by Lu Runping, and later when the Xuan Bing Dragon Emperor appeared, they also prepared for war, and their strength expanded again.

They maintained their original state for over a hundred thousand years; being able to persist like this shows that that state was the most stable.

But after these two expansions of strength, the balance was broken.

When the Donghua Zhenzhou and the Beizheng Sizhou were at war, two great battles were breaking out within Nanshan Yuzhou.

One was the war between the Xuanlong Immortal Dynasty and the Jingtian Sword Sect and Qixia Immortal Sect, and the other was the battle between the Chongyue Immortal Dynasty and the Mingguang Immortal Dynasty.

Regardless of the reason, in short, the scale of these two great battles was only one level weaker than the continent-level war between the Beizheng Sizhou and the Donghua Zhenzhou, and the population deaths and manpower and material resources invested were massive.

These two campaigns had not yet ended when they heard that a cultivation family from the Donghua Zhenzhou was going to move in, and that family had already established a branch in the Beizheng Sizhou, forcefully occupying one-tenth of an Immortal Dynasty's territory.

Then accordingly, when they came to Nanshan Yuzhou, they would certainly also occupy a piece of land of the same size.

Who would be willing to cede such large benefits to an outsider?

And at this time, their internal contradictions intensified, just in time for the Lu Family Immortal Clan to serve as an external contradiction, causing all cultivators to share a common hatred and unite against the outside.

So here, the Four Great Immortal Dynasties and the Seven Great Sects were all vigorously promoting the matter of resisting the invasion of external forces.

But those Land Immortals didn't really come to the Donghua Zhenzhou to do anything.

They heard the news that the Lu Family Ancestor killed a Land Immortal with one finger and then made the Guyou Immortal Dynasty cede one-tenth of its land, which clearly showed that the other party's strength was too powerful, and the Guyou Immortal Dynasty, and even the various forces of the Northern Zheng Four Continents, had to bow their heads.

Starting from establishing a branch in the Beizheng Sizhou, establishing Lu Family branches in all nine major continents is a predetermined strategy.

Lu Runping is cultivating, but Lu Guanfei and the others are still executing this plan.

In the 1900th year of the Supernatural Era, which is thirteen years after the Lu Family branch in the Beizheng Sizhou was established, Lu Guanfei decided to start establishing a branch in Nanshan Yuzhou.

She found Daoist Wuquan, needing to build a cross-continent array to maintain the connection between the branch and the main line, and this array could not just be used by the Lu Family; in order to maintain consumption, it needed to earn profits, and resources needed to circulate between the two sides.

Daoist Wuquan readily agreed; this time, he still bet the trend on the Lu Family—no other reason, a sure-win situation; if you don't bet on him, do you expect a miracle to appear on the opposite side?

Building such a teleportation array requires quite a few resources and a suitable piece of land; on the Donghua Zhenzhou side, they chose a place in the Lianze Domain, but here in Nanshan Yuzhou, Lu Guanfei needed to ask for it.

She did not choose to go directly to the territory of the Four Great Immortal Dynasties or the Seven Great Sects, but came to a secondary Immortal Dynasty named 'Feiyue Imperial Dynasty'.

The Feiyue Imperial Dynasty is nominally an independent imperial dynasty whose strongest person has the cultivation of a Tribulation Heavenly Monarch, but in reality, it is held hostage by the two major Immortal Dynasties and one major sect around it, simply a vassal.

Lu Guanfei, this Land Immortal, descended, and the current Emperor of the Feiyue Imperial Dynasty, Dantai Xingyi, entertained her personally.

"The Immortal has come here; I do not know for what matter?"

Lu Guanfei spoke:

"I am Lu Guanfei of the Lu Family Immortal Clan of the Donghua True Continent; the Lu Family Immortal Clan intends to establish branches in the other continents of the Nine Provinces; the Northern Zheng Four Continents has already been established, with the agreement of the Guyou Immortal Dynasty ceding one-tenth of its land.

I have taken a fancy to the land here in your dynasty, hence I have come."

Hearing that one of the Twelve Immortal Dynasties of the Beizheng Sizhou was forcefully taken one-tenth of its land, and then thinking of the rumors about the Lu Family Immortal Clan in recent years, Dantai Xingyi's face changed greatly, and immediately afterward, he squeezed out a smile and said:

"If the Immortal needs it, this junior gifting the whole country is also possible."

Lu Guanfei continued with a smile:

"My Lu Family Immortal Clan is not unreasonable and will not take your land for nothing. Your national territory area is not large; taking nine-tenths as the branch site for the Lu Family Immortal Clan is about right.

We will ask for ten times this area of land from the surrounding areas as an exchange; what do you think?"

Good fellow, taking other people's land to exchange with someone else—is this the reason of the Lu Family Immortal Clan?

However, ten times the land is really fragrant!

"This junior is very willing to cooperate; what do you need us to do?"

With the Emperor's cooperation, in this world where personal martial power is supreme, everything became very easy; the teleportation array began to be built, and the people Lu Guanfei brought through Dharma treasures also invested in their respective positions.

When the Four Great Immortal Dynasties and Seven Great Sects discovered it, the teleportation array had already been built, and the first batch of Lu Family Immortal Clan people and the advance personnel gathered by other sects had also arrived here.

The Lu Family Immortal Clan did not directly occupy the land of a top-tier force, but chose to move into a secondary force, but these top-tier forces did not relax because of this; on the contrary, they were even more nervous.

Just like when the Guyou Immortal Dynasty invaded the Donghua Zhenzhou, if the Lu Family Immortal Clan had taken a large piece of land in one go for the clan's development, then there would be no other schemes.

At this time, only occupying a portion of the land of a secondary force and developing silently—this is the posture of a major invasion!

But they didn't dare to act rashly either; after all, they were all afraid of death, and if they were found by the Lu Family Ancestor, it was uncertain who would be the next one to turn into flying ash.

And not two months later, news came that made their worries a reality.

The Feihong Imperial Dynasty accused the Mingguang Immortal Dynasty of various oppressions and crimes, launching a campaign named 'Punishment'.

A mere secondary force, with a total land area of less than one percent of the Mingguang Immortal Dynasty, without a Land Immortal to suppress it, dares to bare its fangs at the Mingguang Immortal Dynasty?

It is very obvious that this was directed by the Lu Family Immortal Clan or the Land Immortals of the Donghua Zhenzhou.

Thus, the Feihong expansion war began.

Nominally, it was the Feihong Imperial Dynasty's expansion war; in reality, it was the Donghua Zhenzhou's invasion war against Nanshan Yuzhou.

Nanshan Yuzhou's history might have a record like this:

In a certain year, the top Immortal Sect forces of the Donghua Zhenzhou, led by the Lu Family Immortal Clan, combined with the cultivator legion, invaded Nanshan Yuzhou under the guise of the Feihong Imperial Dynasty's expansion war, and the Lu Family Immortal Clan's Nine Provinces Immortal Clan ruling hegemony began to be established.

The Lu Family Immortal Clan only wanted a piece of land here in the Feihong Imperial Dynasty and needed to use the land of other Immortal Sect forces as an exchange with ten times the area.

But those Immortal Sects that followed the Lu Family Immortal Clan also needed benefits.

Hence, they would not stop the war; when the Lu Family Immortal Clan expanded by one piece of land, in reality, these Immortal Sects would follow and gnaw off ten pieces of land.

The final result was that the Feihong Imperial Dynasty swallowed one-eighth of the Mingguang Immortal Dynasty's land in one breath.

The Mingguang Immortal Dynasty did not carry out any effective resistance.

The Land Immortals did not speak, and their resistance was meaningless.

After discussion, the Four Dynasties and Seven Sects still felt that this matter could not be fooled away like this, as if they were afraid of the Donghua Zhenzhou, afraid of the so-called Lu Family Immortal Clan.

Before the other party came, they had been arguing about this matter for over ten years, and the cultivators of Nanshan Yuzhou were already filled with righteous indignation; at this time, these Land Immortals also couldn't swallow this breath.

Lu Runping's strength was something they had only heard of; they hadn't truly felt that kind of fear, so naturally, they wouldn't have enough awe.

In February of the 1901st year of the Supernatural Era, the Four Dynasties and Seven Sects formed a joint cultivator legion and formally launched a resistance war.

At this time, the Mingguang Immortal Dynasty had already lost one-third of its land.

Time flew to June; in just four months, the remaining land of the Mingguang Immortal Dynasty was only half.

The cultivators of the Donghua Zhenzhou, especially the cultivators of the Lu Family Immortal Clan, after experiencing a great war, had their strength soar, their combat power became stronger, and facing the loose coalition of the Four Dynasties and Seven Sects of Nanshan Yuzhou, they won repeatedly.

The resistance of the Four Dynasties and Seven Sects seemed very ridiculous at this time.

And they also realized that relying only on lower-level cultivators to fight, they would be utterly routed in the end.

Then, they could only negotiate through high-level discussions.

On July 9th, the Four Dynasties and Seven Sects each dispatched a Land Immortal to the Lu Family Immortal Clan site where the teleportation array was located.

"The Immortals of Nanshan Yuzhou are visiting; please let the Immortals of the Donghua Zhenzhou meet us!"

The powerful auras released by the eleven Land Immortals made everyone covered by this aura feel fear in their hearts.

At this time, a cold and domineering voice came.

"Lu Guanfei of the Lu Family Immortal Clan, please come down and chat."

Lu Guanfei released her aura, and with her own strength, although she couldn't suppress the auras of those eleven people, she resisted them.

Those Land Immortals were all shocked in their hearts; this person was not the Lu Family Ancestor, but just one of the Three Heroes of the Lu Family, yet she had such strength; just judging from this aura, her strength was enough to contend with four or five Land Immortals.

This was somewhat too exaggerated.

Is the so-called Destined Immortal Clan truly everyone like a dragon?

How can any random Land Immortal seem to have an invincible posture!

The eleven people landed and sat on the provided meditation cushions, while opposite them was only Lu Guanfei.

Lu Guanfei smiled, seemingly indifferent to this situation, lifted her arm slightly, and smiled:

"Everyone, please have tea."

Before the voice fell, eleven strands of Immortal Qi gathered and rushed into the teacups in front of the eleven people, turning into spirit liquid; for a time, sweet fragrance permeated the surroundings, refreshing the heart.

This control over Immortal Qi made the few older ones around feel ashamed; even if they had cultivated for thousands of years, they couldn't do it so smoothly.

This woman before them was worthy of being the head of the Three Heroes of the Lu Family; the Lu Family Immortal Clan was truly extraordinary.

"Good tea! Such good tea should be a good intention, but we do not know if the Lu Family Immortal Clan coming here is with malice or good intentions?"

Immortal Yimo of the Xuanlong Immortal Dynasty spoke.

As soon as these words were spoken, the other ten people also looked at Lu Guanfei, waiting for her answer.

Lu Guanfei said indifferently:

"My Lu Family Immortal Clan has no malice toward any sect or Immortal Dynasty; however, what we want belongs to us. The Lu Family Immortal Clan follows the Ancestor's order to spread throughout the Nine Provinces; this matter must be accomplished!"

Apologies, the update was late. ===== CHAPTER 187 =====