More than half a year later, Little Turtle Peak.

"It's finally this step."

Lu Changan put away a letter in his hand, looked at the south of Wuqi Mountain, and muttered to himself.

Chirping!

The ground rat scratched the back of its head, rolled its eyes slightly, and looked at its owner suspiciously.

The Xuanshui turtle not far away, with a body width of one zhang and eight feet, lazily lying on the edge of the lotus blooming pool, maintaining a certain habit, more than 20 years like a day, looking at a certain direction in a daze.

The turtle is still far from adulthood.

It didn't know that the human nun who was once closest to her was approaching the 100-year-old mark and had entered her twilight years.

……

Half a month later.

A young man in a strong suit in the early stage of foundation building flew to the front of Xiaogui Peak in the light.

"Junior Li Congren, meet Grandpa Lu."

The young man of Zhuji smiled, and saluted neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Congren, please come in and sit."

Lu Changan sat in the pavilion and opened the formation on the mountain.

Li Congren in front of him is Li Ergou's grandson, who used to be known as "Mu Congren".

Creak!

The ground mouse emerged from the hole not far away, licked his lips, and stared at the distant visitor.

Mu Congren's heart tightened, his eyes were full of jealousy, and he looked at the ground rock rat in the late second-order stage.

He subconsciously held the spirit pet bag around his waist.

"Grandpa Lu, the younger generation came to visit for the first time after building the foundation, and there were some omissions. This is a specialty that honors you. ”

Walking into the pavilion, Li Congren presented a large gift box.

Lu Changan's consciousness swept away, slightly surprised. Li Congren's gift was several pieces of second-order high-grade ore, including a quasi-third-order cold iron concentrate.

"Congren has a heart."

Over the years, he has tried to create second-order top-level puppets, and there is a demand for high-quality materials.

Accepting Li Congren's filial piety, Lu Changan couldn't help but think of Lin Lu.

The last time I honored my juniors like this, I fell into the battlefield of a neighboring country, and my life and death were uncertain.

"Grandpa Lu, this is Congren's debt to repay for his grandfather."

Li Congren handed over another brocade bag.

"Hmm."

Lu Changan weighed it, and there were two thousand spirit stones in it.

Before the expansion of "Mu Congren" back then, Li Erqing had asked him to buy a batch of valuable war materials, including second-order mid-to-high-grade talismans and two second-order puppets.

At that time, the spirit stones that Li Erqing and his grandson had stored for many years were squeezed dry, and they still owed Lu Changan 2,000 spirit stones.

Because Li Erqing has many children and grandchildren, Lu Changan is not worried about repaying the account at all.

"Cong Ren has something to thank Grandpa Lu. The war materials that were sold cheaply 20 years ago played a great role at a critical moment, helping younger generations to repel evil cultivators and protect the safety of the clan's land. ”

Li Congren said gratefully.

"Some time ago, I heard Lingzu mention you in his letter. It is not easy to lead a lineage within the clan to expand outward, take root in a remote and bitter cold land, and achieve such a momentum of development. ”

Lu Changan looked at the calm and capable Li Congren and said approvingly.

Li Congren's qualifications are similar to Mu Bingyun's.

Although this son does not have outstanding skills, he is good at business management.

The branch he brought out is a vein and has a good momentum of development. In just over 20 years, the overall strength has caught up with the old Zhuji family, and it is almost the same.

Not long ago, Li Congren officially changed his surname to "Li", and the branch where he was located set up his own portal, named "Xuemei Mountain Li".

The lineage he brought out is a direct descendant of Li Erqing, and after nearly 20 years of foreshadowing, this matter has not faced great resistance.

In the Feiyue Lake family, some old people have a lot of complaints, but they don't ask the teacher for their crimes.

Mu Bingyun acquiesced to the matter.

Back then, there were three foundation-building monks in Feiyue Lake at the same time, and the spiritual veins of the Mu family could not accommodate so many monks.

At that time, the contradictions and interests of the new and old factions of the Mu family were not reconciled, and they were at a bottleneck in development. It was Li Congren who took the initiative to take away the direct descendants of Li Erqing's lineage and went to a remote place with poor conditions to operate.

If Li Congren had not taken responsibility, Feiyue Lake, which had failed to expand back then, would sooner or later split in internal friction.

"Although the expansion of the family is hard, there is no constraint from the clan. The clansmen worked together, coupled with a little favorable time and place, and the younger generation finally gained a firm foothold. ”

Li Congren said modestly.

Lu Changan knows that people are often more difficult than the right time and place.

Li Congren is good at business management, far surpassing his grandfather in this regard, and Mu Bingyun is also inferior.

Now. Although the Li family has separated, they maintain close contact and cooperation with the Feiyue Lake Mu family.

After all, the two races are of the same blood.

Moreover, Li Erqing himself was unwilling to leave the Mu family, and vowed to guard Feiyue Lake until the last day.

This is an important bond of close cooperation between the two communities.

……

After talking for half an hour, Lu Changan had an understanding of Li Congren's current situation.

Li Congren's self-established "Li family" is located in the northwest of the Liang State, close to the border of the Liang State.

The specific location is on the southwest side of the Imperial Beast Zhou family.

If you go to the "Bauhinia Immortal City" in the western part of the Liang Kingdom from the Imperial Beast Zhou's house, you will pass near the clan land of the "Xuemei Mountain Li Clan".

Bauhinia Immortal City is also close to the border of the Liang State, and trades with the Jing State in the Western Regions.

Li Congren's ability to take root in the more chaotic and bitter cold land also benefited from his diplomatic skills.

For example, the Imperial Beast Zhou family is the strongest immortal cultivation family force in that area.

Li Congren took advantage of this relationship with Lu Changan, coupled with his interests and filial piety, to maintain a good relationship with the "Zhou Jingxuan" of the Zhou family.

In terms of personal relationship, Li Congren made friends with a casual cultivator in the middle of foundation building, and he had a fateful friendship.

This loose cultivator in the middle of the foundation building period became the worship of the Li family.

And that's not all.

Li Congren also married a female cultivator in the early days of foundation building, but it was not made public.

The rapid development of the Li family is also due to the "favorable time and place" mentioned by Li Congren.

To put it simply, it is to make war money.

Ten years before the war, the Li family bought the right to develop a mineral vein for 50 years at a low price.

With the start of the war, the price of various materials increased, and gold and iron-related ores were no exception.

In addition to mineral appreciation.

The war materials that circulated from Jing to Liang promoted the prosperity of trade around the Li family.

"Jing Guo, what is the current situation?"

Lu Changan asked curiously.

At present, several nearby countries, Liang State, Feng State, Yan State, and Chen State, are all involved in the Immortal Cultivation War.

It's just that the battlefield is limited to the Feng country.

"Jing Country is a neutral immortal cultivation country, there is no fourth-order spiritual vein and Yuanying-level sect power, and it never participates in disputes with neighboring countries."

"The country is located in the corner between the Chen Kingdom, the Liang Kingdom, and the Black Mist Mountains, and it is rich in materials and relatively developed in terms of trade. In these years of the Immortal Cultivation War, the sects and families of Jing Kingdom can be regarded as making war money......"

Li Congren recounted the situation in Jing State.

The Li lineage, near the northwest border of the Liang State, had dealings with the merchants of the Jing State.

Seeing that Lu Changan was more interested, Li Congren gave him a jade cylinder, which recorded the situation of Jing Guo's cultivation of immortals.

"Jing State, as a neutral Immortal Cultivation Country, does not interfere in the war, and the situation is stable, but it is an alternative way to retreat."

Lu Changan said secretly.

……

Subsequently, Lu Changan gave a little guidance to the younger generation of this grandchild in terms of cultivation.

Li Congren is nearly ten years younger than Mu Bingyun, and he has reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building, and if he wants to break through the bottleneck, he still needs to polish for some years.

Before leaving.

Li Congren purchased a batch of war readiness materials from Lu Changan.

Li Congren's financial resources were beyond Lu Changan's expectations.

This son purchased three puppets, one each in the early, middle, and late second-order stages.

In terms of talismans, they mainly used second-order mid-to-high-grade ones, and purchased one or two of them, including two second-order top-quality ones.

Of course, this kind of financial resources is the wealth of a family, not Li Congren's private property.

Chirping!

The ground rock rat's face was restless, and when he saw Li Congren rising into the air, he showed an unwilling expression.

Let Grandpa Lu smile. The younger generation has a spirit mouse pet, only the early cultivation of the second order, and he is not good at fighting, so he does not dare to come out to see the ground rock rat. ”

Li Congren explained with a smile.

"Oh? Congren's spirit mouse pet is male or female. ”

"Male." Li Congren replied.

Lu Changan glanced at the ground rock rat with a smile.

After Mu Congren left Wuqi Mountain.

Lu Changan communicated with the ground rock rat for a while.

"Mu Congren's spirit mouse pet, the bloodline grade is not inferior to the current ground rock rat. Not good at fighting, is it a rare rat that hunts for treasure or minerals? If so, it's worth much more than a ground rat. ”

"It seems that the development momentum of the line led by Mu Congren is so good, not only because of the appreciation of existing minerals."

Thinking of Mu Congren's filial piety quasi-third-order ore, Lu Changan couldn't help but guess.

He didn't explore, coveted.

For the foundation building monks, this can only be regarded as a normal range of chance, and at the same time, it also borrows the east wind of war.

……

Three years have passed in a flash.

Lu Changan has been on the sixth floor of the foundation and has practiced for seven or eight years.

On this day, Shi Manrong came to Xiaoguifeng and brought a piece of news.

"Shen Bixin's marriage contract with Song Wenshu has been postponed?"

Lu Chang'an was surprised, almost thinking that Shi Fairy was joking.

A few months ago, they received an invitation letter from Song Wenshu, and the marriage contract was half a year later.

"At first, the concubine didn't believe it. However, this is news from the disciples of the Fire Palace. ”

Shi Manrong's face was puzzled.

"The postponement of the marriage contract is not a cancellation. What's going on? ”

Lu Changan felt strange and pondered.

Song Wenshu is in the Lihuo Palace, although he is not a true descendant, or an elder descendant, but he also has a good background.

"Recently, will the price of the formation increase?"

"The low-level formation has not moved, but the quasi-third-order formation has increased abnormally in demand and price."

Shi Xianzi replied, quickly thoughtful.

"Do you suspect that this matter has something to do with the war?"

She rolled her eyes and looked at Lu Changan.

"If Song Wenshu is suddenly recruited by the sect to go to the front, then the extension of the marriage contract is a force majeure reason, and it is not a shame."

Lu Changan thought of a possibility.

"Three years ago, the Liang Sect recruited the third group of monks. The fourth batch of recruitment, it is indeed fast......"

Shi Fairy muttered.

Lu Changan had a feeling that things were not so simple.

Because, in the past year, he has not received the news of the war from Zhao Tan'er of Jinyun Valley.

Lu Changan speculated: Unknown changes may have occurred in the front-line war in neighboring countries.

Zhao Tan'er was probably forbidden by the sect and could not pass on information about the war to the outside world.

The channel for obtaining war information was blocked, and Lu Changan was not sure.

If the Immortal Cultivation War is a big storm, then he is quite a small ship at sea.

The current situation, which is equivalent to saying that the sailing boats, have lost their forecasts for storm weather.

In a few years, Lu Changan will be able to be promoted to the later stage of foundation building, and his strength will increase significantly, but he doesn't want to face accidents.

"There is a place where you should be able to get the latest war intelligence ......"