The gift that Lu Yuan accepted, Anqiu Zhenren couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this.

So both of them had smiles on their faces.

But one is from the heart, and the other is bitter from the heart.

'After waiting for so many years, I finally found an innate grandmaster to cultivate the Taiping Dao Book. ’

'In the future, it will be difficult to do it on Danding Road. ’

Two thoughts arose in the hearts of the two of them.

However, they all had a tacit understanding, Lu Yuan and Anqiu did not show it, and they all had smiling smiles on their faces.

Looking at each other's eyes, they are also extremely kind, and they look like they are best friends.

Glancing at the old man, Lu Yuan felt uncomfortable, and didn't want to stay in this broken place for long, so he said: "Since this is the case, there is nothing to see in the wilderness here." Anqiu Daoyou, I'll go back later. ”

This time, Danding Dao did not play cards according to the routine, and he was caught off guard.

The original plan didn't work.

If you want to take advantage of Danding Dao, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to pass.

But it is impossible for Lu Yuan to expose the secret of his immortality.

So there should be a rupture, and there will be the same.

Then at this time, you have to prepare in advance, how to deal with each other after turning your face with Danding Dao in the future.

Don't come to the door, Danding Daoist really hit the door, he doesn't even have a means to deal with it, then it's really over.

Anqiu Zhenren had already achieved his goal and confirmed that Lu Yuan would practice the Taiping Daoshu, so naturally he was not interested in this place, so he nodded and said, "Everything is up to Taoist friends." ”

At this time, for Lu Yuan, a valuable experiment, Anqiu, these Danding Dao people, are more precious than anyone else in the world.

Lu Yuan proposed any conditions, as long as they could do it and not too much, then Danding Dao would basically not refuse.

In this way, the two of them came and went in a hurry with their different moods.

After staying for less than half a day, I embarked on the way back.

……

After returning to Shaoyang Mansion City, Lu Yuan and Anqiu were temporarily separated.

He didn't have time to pay attention to this old way for the time being, he had a lot of things to do.

For example, the negotiation of the Five Poisons Sect, the upcoming expedition of the imperial court, the communication with the Nanhai faction and the mutual response, the training of recruits in the military camp, and even the various government affairs of the six prefectures......

There are too many things that need to be dealt with by Lu Yuan.

Even in addition to dealing with these things, he had to find time to practice martial arts, study innate exercises, and cultivate the Five Thunder Dao Method.

There's a lot of time, but there's also a lot to do.

And now, it is an added thing, how to deal with Danding Dao in the future.

It's like a mess.

However, although Lu Yuan didn't have time to pay attention to Anqiu, this old way would not leave for the time being.

Anqiu Zhenren wanted to coordinate here, supervise the people who were the leaders, and transfer the materials promised to Lu Yuan.

There are so many materials at stake, even if Danding Dao gives it out at once, it will be hemorrhage.

Almost all the accumulation in recent years has been consumed.

Anqiu Zhenren is not here, and he can't rest assured that he can see the materials delivered one by one.

The two sides then went their separate ways.

Regarding the transfer materials that Anqiu was racking his brains for, Lu Yuan only paid attention to it a little, and then stopped paying attention.

Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, the cooperation with Danding Dao has become a boat, and he cannot be allowed to jump ship.

Since this is the case, Lu Yuan simply gave up this idea, and began to seriously use the funding of Danding Dao to enhance his strength.

Don't care if Danding Dao finds out that he has been tricked in the future, will he come to find trouble, at this time, he will become stronger first, so even if the other party comes over, won't he have more confidence to deal with it?

So Lu Yuan took advantage of this opportunity to simply expand his current number of registered disciples to fifty-six and recruit them all back for a practice review.

This time, he obtained fifty Divine Blood Spirit Pills from Anqiu Zhenren, which was a huge fortune, and he could quickly improve the strategic resources reserved by the masters on his side.

Now that it's in your hands, of course you have to use it quickly.

Therefore, Lu Yuan planned to test the state of mind of these disciples of his own first, and then select a few outstanding ones from among them, and try to cultivate them into first-class masters.

Moreover, in the past year's campaign, many of his disciples have made meritorious contributions, which also needs to be rewarded.

Fame and fortune alone are not enough, and the rewards in terms of martial arts resources must also keep up.

My own disciples have grown up, and Lu Yuan, who is a teacher, is more relaxed, isn't it?

However, it turns out that sometimes even if you have the resources, it is not so easy to cultivate a talent.

……

October 21, the sixth year of Hongdao.

Shaoyang Fucheng military camp, inside the big tent.

"Didn't the teacher say a long time ago that you should pay more attention to the cultivation of your state of mind and read more Taoist scriptures on weekdays, why are you still not making any progress after all these days?

Did you take what I said to heart?

On weekdays, you know that you are powerful and blessed, enjoy wealth and wealth, and even forget about martial arts practice?

In the troubled times now, if there is no force, what do you do to make meritorious achievements, and what do you use to gain wealth?

Get the hell out of here.

If I take the test again next time, and my state of mind cultivation still hasn't improved at all, then you won't call yourself my disciple anymore, I can't afford to lose this face. ”

Lu Yuan was furious, looked at a disciple kneeling below, and couldn't help but scold repeatedly.

And the disciple apologized again and again for being wrong, and he didn't dare to speak up at all, so frightened that his face turned white.

When he heard the words at this time, he was even more pardoned, and ran out with a roll.

When the soldiers at the door saw this disciple's embarrassed appearance, they couldn't help but shake their heads secretly, quite pity for this.

Some of them even thought to themselves, 'This is the last one.'" ’

'These generals and disciples are usually in high spirits, but now they can be regarded as deflated. ’

Yes.

In the past few days, Lu Yuan has recalled his disciples and examined them.

However, after one side test, out of the 56 registered disciples, less than 19 of them had a serious cultivation mentality, and the rest were greedy for enjoyment and neglected to cultivate.

Among these nineteen people who practiced with their hearts, only four of them were really successful and useful.

In other words, after Lu Yuan's examination, only four people passed his test and were able to take the Divine Cave Spirit Pill and break through to the first-class realm.

Among these four disciples, two of them were Chu Wei and Li Liang, whom Lu Yuan had valued and cultivated before.

The other two are named Han Shun and Zhang You.

These two people were originally ordinary, but this time the dark horse suddenly came out, which was a bit surprising.

Among the four people, Chu Wei had practiced through the six meridians and had just reached the second-rate realm. Li Liang practiced the seven meridians, which was slightly higher.

As for Han Shun and Zhang You, this is the level of practicing the five meridians, and their cultivation is low.

However, now that the four of them have passed the examination, then Lu Yuan will naturally focus on training.

So he gave the Divine Blood Elixir to him.

Seven grains were given to Chu Wei, six grains to Li Liang, and eight grains each to Han Shun and Zhang You, all of which were just enough for them to break through to the first-class realm.

Then he sent these four people to Zhou Qing's side, and asked this senior brother to teach these people what to pay attention to when breaking through.

And in this way, twenty-nine Divine Blood Spirit Pills were given to these four people.

Then Lu Yuan gave a Divine Cave Spirit Pill to the other fifteen disciples who had cultivated their minds with their hearts, as a reward and encouragement.

Later, he gave Zhou Qing another pill.

After more than a year of cultivation, this disciple's state of mind has been greatly improved, and it is enough to break through a meridian and go one step further.

In this way, after several rewards, the fifty pills of the Divine Blood Spirit Pill given by Anqiu Zhenren were reduced like this, and there were only five pills left.

And the remaining five elixirs, Lu Yuan didn't keep them.

During this period of time, as he unified the five prefectures in the south of the county, he captured Wuling Mansion, and sat on the land of the six prefectures, and the momentum became more and more vast.

Heroes from all over the country have seen it, and many of them have come to take refuge.

However, for these people, Lu Yuan is generally arranged to be in the local area, serving as the post of patrol inspection and arrest, chief inspection and chief arrest.

Before passing his examination, they will not be given the opportunity to get involved in military power.

As a military leader, he has a very heavy grasp on military power.

But this is the time to employ people, and for these people who are still in the examination period, they can also be used for use.

So Lu Yuan began to count the list of inspections and arrests and general inspections and arrests in various prefectures and counties, and selected suitable people from them.

In the end, after several selections, a person named Zhuang Hua was selected.

This person is a native of Shaoyang Mansion, grew up in a small Taoist temple, studied Taoist scriptures since childhood, and his state of mind is not low. At the same time, he also practiced martial arts in the view, and his cultivation reached the second rate, and he had already practiced the eight meridians.

But perhaps it is also the reason why he practiced martial arts, this person can't bear the loneliness, and after giving the master who raised him since he was a child to die, he went out to seek wealth.

At that time, Lu Yuan happened to be in Shaoyang Mansion to break the Miao thief, and he was awarded the title of General Fenwu, and after this Zhuang Hua heard the news, he immediately rushed to take refuge, and then was awarded the post of chief prosecutor, responsible for the security of several counties.

Later, he accumulated merit all the way and was promoted to the current position of chief arrester, responsible for the anti-theft and public security of Shaoyang Prefecture.

In general, this can be regarded as an old man under Lu Yuan. In terms of ability and loyalty, it is still relatively reliable. At the same time, this person can give his master a pension before he comes out to break through, and his character is also credible.

It's just that I haven't squeezed into the inner circle, so I can only go around in the place.

Now there is a shortage of people, and there is such a suitable candidate, so Lu Yuan simply called people over for assessment.

After some inspection, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

At this time, looking at Zhuang Hua, who had some guesses and his breathing became a little shorter, Lu Yuan asked with a smile: "Zhuang Hua, your state of mind cultivation is the best choice, and you are a talent." Ben wants to accept you as a disciple and rank you in the true lineage, are you willing? ”

Whew!

Hearing that his conjecture came true, Zhuang Hua took a few heavy breaths.

It is a great luck to have an innate grandmaster who accepts himself as a disciple.

Not to mention that this innate grandmaster is still a prince with heavy troops and a division of one side.

This kind of luck, the green smoke from the ancestral tomb is not enough to describe, and it is barely appropriate to say that the blessings that have been cultivated in several lifetimes.

With such a big benefit in front of him, Zhuang Hua, who wanted to ask for wealth and nobility, did not hesitate at all, and knelt down directly and saluted: "Disciple Zhuang Hua, meet the master." ”

"Good, good!"

Seeing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help laughing: "Good apprentice, hurry up." ”

Hearing this, Zhuang Hua stood up.

Lu Yuan looked at this disciple he had carefully selected, and his heart was quite satisfied, so he picked up a book that had been copied by someone from the eucalyptus table, and with a jade bottle, he waved his hand and floated over.

"This is the Chiyang Divine Skill cultivated for the teacher, and this is a first-class top exercise. What is in the bottle is the Divine Blood Elixir, which is a martial arts elixir, and one pill can help people refine a meridian.

There are five pills in the bottle, just enough for you to break through to the first-class realm.

You take the exercises back, and after you transfer them to cultivation, you take the elixir. When will you break through to the top, come back to me.

At that time, I will personally accept you as a true disciple. ”

The rules that Lu Yuan had set before, his disciples, if they wanted to rank among the true inheritances, they must have first-class strength or above.

Otherwise, no matter how close the relationship is, it will only be a registered disciple.

Now although Zhuang Hua is the person he focuses on cultivating, before breaking through to the first-class, he can only be a registered disciple and cannot be accepted as a true inheritance.

However, with the other party's cultivation, it only takes half a year to complete the exercises, and when he takes the elixir, he can easily break through to the first-class.

In this way, counting this person, as well as the four Chu Wei people in front, plus Zhou Qing, Lu Yuan has six true disciples.

Of course.

Although the five Zhuang Hua are also true legends, they are only promoted in name and identity, and the real relationship is naturally impossible to compare with Zhou Qing.

The only people in this world that Lu Yuan really believes in are Sun Siwen and Zhou Qing, two friends and apprentices who have accompanied him all the way.

The rest of the people are just using it.

"Disciple Xie Shizun gives the law and medicine."

Zhuang Hua heard that what Lu Yuan had given him was such a precious thing, and immediately knelt down and saluted again.

"It doesn't have to be so polite." Lu Yuan said with a smile, then thought of something again, and continued: "But since you are my disciple, you naturally can't stay in the place anymore. After going back, he handed over official duties to Governor Cui, and then came to the camp to serve.

I have a lot of new recruits here, and there is still a shortage of lieutenants, so you should take this position first.

Then get familiar with military affairs in the battalion, and when you have made a contribution, I will promote you. ”

For those true disciples, Lu Yuan's arrangement was to lead ten thousand armies, go out to fight or defend one side.

Only with an army of 10,000 people can the strength of first-class masters be brought into play most effectively.

However, this Zhuang Hua has been arresting bandits in the local area before, and he has little experience in commanding troops, so he can't play a big role for the time being.

Before confirming that the opponent's ability to lead the troops was sufficiently trained, Lu Yuan would not easily hand over tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to the other party.

What about an army of 10,000 people?

If you want to practice, it is an investment of millions of taels of silver. If you give it to a mediocre person to lead, and you lose your teacher and apprentice, it will be too late to cry.

"The disciple listens to the order."

Regarding the instructions of the new apprentice, Zhuang Hua naturally did not dare to have an opinion.

And to be able to join the inner circle of the army, he is naturally very happy, and it is impossible for him to refuse.

"Okay, there's nothing to do for the teacher, you go down first."

After talking about the matter, Lu Yuan still had something to do, so he waved his hand to drive away.

Zhuang Hua hurriedly retreated.

……

After spending nearly ten days of hard work, assessing all the disciples one by one, and by the way, after receiving a new preparatory true inheritance, Lu Yuan ended his busy days and finally took a breath.

Then things got back on track.

He practiced and read the Bible every day, took time to inspect military affairs, and his days were quiet again.

At the beginning of December, after nearly half a month of transshipment, the 10 million taels of silver promised by Anqiu Zhenren to Lu Yuan finally arrived at Shaoyang Mansion.

Some of the two million stone military rations were also sent to Luyang Mansion. The rest will also be delivered to the provinces under his rule within this month.

During this period, after Lu Yuan's Great Spiritual Pill some time ago, the disciples under his sect who had been given the spiritual pill also had a lot of good news.

First of all, it was naturally the four of Chu Wei, they were awarded the Chiyang Divine Skill by Lu Yuan early, and with Zhou Qing's guidance, the breakthrough cultivation was naturally extremely fast.

It's only been half a month, and they have all broken through the first-class masters.

And the other fifteen disciples who gave a spirit pill, there were also seven who were close to breaking through the second-rate, and after obtaining the spirit pill, they successfully broke through the realm and entered the second-rate ranks.

At this point, under Lu Yuan's sect, there are five first-class masters and ten second-rate masters.

This number, although compared to those innate sects, is still far behind.

But it's finally a bit of an innate grandmaster.

It's no longer the same as before, it's no different from a scattered person.

On the disciple's side, good news came one after another.

In another place, other good news followed.

In the middle of the lunar month, Su Xuange, whom Yan Wangqiu had sent someone to invite earlier, finally arrived at Shaoyang Mansion after nearly a month.

And Lu Yuan finally met his ally.

……

The three of them met at Lu Yuan's mansion in the city.

The meeting place is a small garden in the backyard.

Su Xuange was dressed in white, with a handsome face, although he was over eighty years old, his appearance still looked like forty, and he was extremely young.

Perhaps because he was a kendo master, when Lu Yuan first saw the other party, he felt that the other party had a rebellious temperament, and he didn't look at ease.

But think about it, if it is really a peaceful person, he will not agree to his invitation to fight against the court together.

With this evaluation in his heart, Lu Yuan smiled cheerfully and saluted Su Xuange: "Sect Master Su, I have heard of the great name for a long time. ”

Su Xuange also retracted his gaze at Lu Yuan at this time, and after secretly approving it in his heart, he also smiled and said, "General Lu, Su has also heard of the general's name for a long time." ”

Yan Wangqiu, who introduced the two of them to each other, saw that they had greeted each other, so he smiled and said: "General Lu, Sect Master Su, since the three of us and the others have gathered, let's take this opportunity to discuss the alliance." ”

This time, he found Su Xuange, but he didn't just want the other party to help him suppress the Five Poisons Sect together.

More importantly, the heads of the three parties got together to discuss the countermeasures to deal with the imperial court, who should contribute how much, and who should be responsible for which duties.

and each division of its own interests and demands, so as to be a condition for negotiations with the imperial court.

The above piles, one by one, all need to be confirmed before the showdown with the imperial court.

And these important things, the leaders of the three forces, if they don't touch together and explain it clearly, it really can't work.

This is the real reason why Su Xuange came all the way from Jian'an County.

As for the Five Poisons Sect, it's really just incidental.