Sunrise in the East.

Looking from the top of Luanming Mountain on the south side of Qingyun Village, the mountains wind and rise on the horizon. The snow-white mountain scenery is also reflected in the rising sun.

There is great beauty in heaven and earth, and the world is the most worthwhile.

Such winter scenery is commonplace and not uncommon for frontier people who have lived here for generations. But for outsiders, it is a rare scenery in the world.

In a stone pavilion that spits out a high cliff, there are two middle-aged Taoist priests, who are facing the day of drinking.

One of them, wearing a purple and green robe, was Yu Huandu, an elder of the Kushan faction, with the Taoist name "Yang Xuan".

Yang Xuan looked at the red sun that flew out of the mountains, and said calmly:

"Brother Jane, I'm sorry that I couldn't catch that kid who is suspected to be from Wanling Mountain this time. ”

The person sitting opposite was Jian Xiong, the head of Yulong Mountain.

Jian Xiong's face was flushed, and it was impossible to tell for a moment whether it was due to the strength of the wine or the sun. I saw him put down the wine cup and said with a smile:

"Well said. Brother Yu has this heart, and Jian is already very content. That Zhai Biqing was originally a ruthless character, and he killed Zhai Moqing halfway, the two hard bones of the Mo family are indeed difficult to gnaw, not to mention killing Liang Fang again? Thinking about it this way, Jian Mou is a little ignorant. ”

Yang Xuan smiled: "Brother Jane, you and I have been friends for many years, and it's just a small favor, why do you want to see each other like this?"

Jian Xiong laughed: "Forty years have passed in a flash, my brother is still stuck in the late stage of Ning Dan, you have already broken the bottleneck and successfully hugged Dan." That is to say, Brother Yu, you value affection and righteousness, do not take cultivation as a short-term and long-term theory, and are willing to recognize me, a hopeless big brother. If you are a bystander, if you don't dictate to the old brother, the old brother will burn high incense. ”

In the world of cultivation, in order to show respect, anyone who has a Dharma name or a Dao name will generally call each other the Dharma name or Dao name. Although Jian Xiong's cultivation is a lot lower than Yang Xuan's, and the strength difference between the two sects is even greater, he still calls him by his common name instead of his Dao name, which actually shows that the friendship between the two sides is deep enough.

Yang Xuan raised his glass to invite drinks, looked down on the world and said:

"Back then, you and I traveled the world together, and it was a friendship between birth and death. In the battle of Zhuozhou, if you hadn't sacrificed your life to save you, there would be no Yang Xuan today. This kindness will be remembered for a lifetime. ”

Jian Xiong said disapprerovingly: "Come less." At that time, if I didn't save you first, we would both have finished calves, why were we still like a girl, so stubborn?"

Yang Xuan smiled, neither agreeing nor refuting.

Jian Xiong was helpless, and said drunkly: "But then again, it was your personality that my brother took a fancy to at the beginning. Okay, let's talk about old nonsense, let's get down to business. ”

Yang Xuan nodded, indicating that he was listening.

Jian Xiong said with a smile: "Since you haven't been able to catch the kid from Wanling Mountain, you have already offended Wanling Pavilion and the Mo family at the same time, and there is no other way to think about it in a short period of time, so you can only think about whether you can go through the door of the class." Brother, you also know that I have a small temple in Yulongshan, and I live in a corner of the Western Regions, and I am not familiar with the situation of the Central Plains, so I can only hope for you, brother. ”

Yang Xuan glanced at him, and said angrily: "Brother, you are polite, you really arouse me, but it is not ambiguous at all." ”

Jian Xiong didn't say a word, and drank a big glass.

Yang Xuan was satisfied at this time: "My senior brother has a little friendship with the Lu Sect Master of the Banmen, and I have already sent the transmission note back to the sect last night." Whether it works out or not, there will be news in the next two days. ”

When Jian Xiong heard this, he was very satisfied, and with the help of wine, he said drunkly:

"Hehe, Brother Yu is really righteous, he thinks about his brother in everything, and his brother didn't suffer those two blows for you in vain! You also know, brother, I am a loose character, I became the head of a faction by mistake, and I failed to break through the bottleneck of Ning Dan and help the sect to be promoted to a second-class sect, I am afraid that this will be the case in this life. This time, the Jinwu Stone Mine came out of Anxi Prefecture, which is the native of Hongxiang, and for the development of the sect, I have to fight for it no matter what. ”

After Yang Xuan heard this, he felt even more guilty in his heart. Jian Xiong didn't say it, but in fact, he knew very well in his heart that the other party was the root of the disease left by the desperate rescue of him, which hurt the foundation of the Great Dao and cut off the last hope of advancing to the Jindan stage. Otherwise, Jian Xiong, who was high-spirited and had excellent qualifications back then, still had the hope of holding Dan above himself, and it was very likely that he would become the first Jindan monk in the history of Yulong Mountain to enter the realm of "human immortals", so that Yulong Mountain would be promoted from a third-rate sect in a border place to the level of a second-class sect.

Unfortunately, all possibilities can only be possible in the end.

Yang Xuan said: "Don't worry. The Kushan faction is already close to the Confucian Confucian faction, and you personally accepted Li Zimu's nephew as an apprentice, everyone's interests are the same, and my senior brother and I will fully support you to take the Qingyun Mountain vein. ”

Jian Xiong said with a big tongue: "I don't know how much variables the new transfer envoy will bring?"

Yang Xuan said: "Lu An's old man is just a pedantic person who is stupid in reading. How did he know that advocating that court officials also practice on their own merits would aggravate the lack of cultivation resources, and in fact, it would offend many factions in the cultivation world. This son will not end well. ”

Jian Xiong sneered: "If you want me to say, Da Sui Chaotang is a typical Chi Qian Wang Baduo. A group of mortals, vainly trying to seize the cultivation resources of the Immortal Alliance, is it really a secular court that can compete with the cultivation world?"

Yang Xuan's understanding of the pattern of the Great Sui Dynasty was obviously much deeper than Jian Xiong's, and he did not answer at this time, but thought about another matter.

"Having said that, since the new transfer envoy is confirmed to be Lu An's person, there is a chance that he will fall to the Firmament Sect or the Mo family, so that there will be a lot of constraints on Jade Dragon Mountain. ”

Jian Xiong agreed: "So, we have to hurry up and come up with an effective mining plan. Damn, the Dasui Imperial Court is also evil, and it is really unpleasant to make the Immortal League bow its head and set up many rules!"

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Today is different from the past, even outsiders like you and me who have nothing to do with the secular world, we have to admit that the integration of Taoism and the vulgar is the general trend. My senior brother also often said that he always felt that the current situation was like being pushed forward by one or several invisible hands. ”

Xiaofeng roared, and Jian Xiong couldn't help but shudder: "Brother, early in the morning, why do you sound so mad when you say this?"

Yang Xuan laughed loudly.

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In an inn in the northeast area of Qingyun Village, there are three people sitting in a large guest room on the second floor with simple and elegant furnishings.

One of the men was saying earnestly:

"Jinlan Ancestor, Wu Daoyou, the Firmament Sect is the Anxi Road Sect, and they must have a share in the mining matter, seeing that Yulong Mountain has caught the line of the Yushan Sect, even the small Qiuwei Mountain has hugged the thigh of the Mo family, if the three of us don't cooperate anymore, let alone eat meat and drink soup, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat the bone residue." ”

Wu Qin said: "Gandalf, I didn't expect that your brain, which only knows how to use brute force, actually opened up?"

Gandalf scolded: "Wu Lao'er, when is it, and you still have the heart to make fun of Lao Tzu? If you don't want to talk about business today, believe it or not, Lao Tzu can beat you up in front of Jinlan Ancestor?"

Wu Qin sneered: "The cabbage sea makes you the owner of the village, I'm afraid you can only drink the northwest wind." ”

Gandalf was about to sneer at him, but was stopped by Jin Lan.

Since the two of you have come together, let's restrain our emotions a little. If you want to cooperate with our faction, Jin naturally welcomes it. Wenzhou is adjacent to Wuzhou and Ganzhou, and they should look at each other and share the same hatred. Now that the situation in Anxi Road is complicated, and the Sau Sect is still in chaos, you will spend a huge amount of manpower and financial resources just to deal with the hidden secret sons of the Sau Sect, so why can't you cooperate well?"

said a word, both of them were a little ashamed.

Jin Lan, dressed as a Confucian student, continued to win people's hearts:

"Although my Jinlan Sect has not yet ranked among the second-class sects, there are only two Ning Dan Stage cultivators missing. If there is something in the future, the two of you only need to say a word, and this faction will fully support it. ”

The two of them hugged their fists at the same time to thank them.

Jin Lan continued: "The Jinwu Stone Mine is in Anxi Prefecture, and it originally had nothing to do with us, but according to the information I got from my uncle, the Immortal League also values this vein. Yesterday, our Anxi Road was officially included in the rule of the Xianmeng, so as the Xianjia sect of this road, it is natural to be able to contribute some manpower and utensils to get a certain degree of profit. ”

Gandalf pouted and said, "You can only make some hard-earned money by giving people and things, how can it compare to buying shares?"

Wuqin continues to play with his talent for raising the bar:

"Oh, I forgot, you're sitting next to us, listening to how we can figure out how to make some hard-earned money. ”

Gandalf was furious and was about to slap the table, but he caught a glimpse of Jin Lan's tightly knit brow, and then he stopped talking.

Jin Lan said: "After all, we are just a small sect, and it is not a bad thing to be pragmatic, and we must not be ambitious." When it comes to mining a mine, it's a trickle of water. Let's talk lightly now, first strive to participate in the mining, and then know that there is no chance to buy shares?"

Wu Qin hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "Senior Jin Lan, I heard that the ancestral court of your sect seems to be in Xiyue?"

Jin Lan's brows moved, and he said calmly: "Wu Daoyou's news is well-informed, yes, my mentor is the elder of the Pure Spirit Sect." ”

When Gandalf heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "It turns out that Jinlan Ancestor's backer is so hard, so are we ......?"

Jin Lan shook his head and said, "I'm just an anonymous disciple of Shizun, she has been in retreat for many years, and she doesn't have much to do with the world. ”

When the two of them heard this, they didn't want to say more. After all, in Jin Lan's case, unless he encountered a major event, he would not easily use the resources of the Pure Spirit Sect, because this belonged to using it once less than once.

It is said that Jin Lan's promotion to the Jindan stage is an extremely rare help for his master. However, since Jin Lan chose to stand on his own, the exchanges between the two sides need to pay more attention to proportion. Otherwise, there would be every reason within the Pure Spirit Sect to suspect that there was a problem with the transfer of interests between the two of them, and this would most likely damage the interests of the Pure Spirit Sect.

However, nothing is absolute. From the perspective of the Pure Spirit Sect, it is not all a bad thing to have disciples set up their own doors outside, at least they can indirectly expand the influence of the sect, and if it is operated properly, it can also remotely control the subordinate sect as a bridgehead for the expansion of the sect.

In fact, many major sects have had similar operations before. However, with the reform of the Immortal League, this practice has been greatly restricted.

When he first heard Master talk about these things, he was extremely surprised. With his knowledge structure, his first reaction was that the immortal cultivators in this world actually had the consciousness of anti-monopoly and anti-infinite expansion.

He once sighed for this: "Even if the world and world view are very different, the human heart and human nature are the same." "In a highly mature social system, a mechanism will eventually be formed to control the expansion of people's desires. This is determined by the nature of human nature.

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Inside Qingyuan Restaurant.

After getting up, he went to visit Zhai Biqing and Fang Huaiyuan's room again.

After the two experienced the "crash", although there were no fatal injuries due to Liang Fang's timely action, they also injured their internal organs and needed to stay in bed for a long time.

After saying some words of comfort and encouragement to the two of them, he said goodbye to everyone and set out to point back to the mystic.

Originally, Fan Ke proposed to go along, but was temporarily called by Liang Fang, saying that there was urgent news from the Daolu Academy. Wandering away and going on the road alone.

The first time I went out, only twenty years have passed, but I feel like a long time has passed. It's no wonder that there are so many things that have been experienced.

At this moment, he can be said to be like an arrow. Riding the green owl, all the way to the southeast.

In the snow-covered mountains and forests, two figures were moving forward at a rapid pace, hanging the man and a bird in the distance.

The two figures, a man and a woman, looked very relaxed as they talked while running cautiously.

The woman in it, with a dark green fence, covered her face tightly. She looked at the slender figure in front of her and asked:

"Nanmu, you're so dignified, why are you following that little Taoist boy?"