Zhang Zhe, Zhang Qiao, Xia Laohei, and Fan Jiasheng were hesitating whether to visit the people in the small courtyard. At this moment, a powerful divine consciousness swept over from the small courtyard and paused on them for a moment. Then, the light wall of the small courtyard of Qinghong Inn suddenly opened a large hole that could accommodate people to enter.

"It's a guest, and since you've arrived at the door, let's come in and sit down. A light young man's voice came from inside the courtyard. Although the tone was a little light, there was no hostility.

The four of them looked at each other in shock, the sudden and powerful divine sense just now covered them, making them almost suffocated, and they didn't even dare to resist. Being able to easily release his divine sense and probe the situation in the distance was definitely not something that ordinary Qi cultivation stage cultivators could do.

Zhang Zhe and the others were secretly bitter in their hearts, and they were afraid that the only one in this small courtyard was a senior monk in the foundation building period. Even a high-level cultivator in the Qi cultivation period could not cope with them, let alone a foundation building stage cultivator.

It seems that they came too rashly, and they didn't expect the cultivation of the master here to be high, which was completely unexpected by them.

But it has already alarmed the owners of this place, and they can only go to the small courtyard now. Immortal cultivators visit each other, but it's not a big deal. After all, in the world of cultivating immortals, there are very few people who love to kill, and if it weren't for the violent conflict, they wouldn't easily open the killing ring.

Zhang Zhe and the other four entered the small courtyard, and the light wall immediately closed.

After entering the small courtyard, their eyes became eager, wanting to see which master was in this small courtyard.

They soon came to the courtyard, and just as they saw a side room in the courtyard open, a young monk walked out of the room slowly, looking at them with a faint smile, and saw that the expression was definitely not a person of malicious intent, but as if he had seen an old friend.

The four of them were stunned for a moment, feeling that this young monk was very familiar, but they couldn't remember when they had seen it for a while.

"The junior Zhang Zhe, I have seen this senior, but I don't know who the predecessor is. ”

Zhang Zhe had just spoken, and his sister-in-law Zhang Qiao saw Ye Qin, covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Ye ~ Brother Ye, you are Brother Ye!" With Zhang Qiao's exclamation of disbelief, Zhang Zhe, Fan Jiasheng, and Xia Laohei finally remembered who the monk was in front of them.

Six years ago, Ye Qin was only sixteen years old when he first arrived in Xianyuan City, although he was young and old, cautious and decisive, but he was still a little young. Now in his twenties, his appearance has naturally changed, he is calm and calm, and his bearing has grown by leaps and bounds. What's more, Ye Qin's cultivation has increased dramatically, so that they can't remember who it is for a while.

Zhang Zhe, Fan, Xia and others all showed ecstatic expressions when they saw their old friends.

"It turned out to be Brother Ye!"

"I haven't seen you for years!"

Ye Qin returned the salute with a light smile, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, Brother Fan, Brother Xia, Little Sister Zhang." Some time ago, I thought that the hometown of several people was in Nanliang Kingdom, and I didn't want to find a chance to visit, but I didn't expect that a few brothers came to the door today, but it saved me a lot of work. ”

Xia Laohei was surprised, "Brother Ye, your current cultivation, I'm afraid it's already the foundation building period." ”

"Not bad. ”

Ye Qin said with a smile and slightly mentioned the matter of joining the Qingdan Sect after the Lingwu Grand Canyon six years ago. After cultivating in the sect for six years, he came out of the sect to experience after building the foundation.

Zhang Zhe, Fan, Xia and the others couldn't help but be extremely envious when they saw that after Ye Qin joined the Great Cultivation Immortal Sect, his cultivation strength increased greatly. Secret Dao, the gap between joining the sect and not joining the sect, the gap between the growth of cultivation is so big, it is no wonder that almost everyone is rushing to join the sect. It's just a pity that they didn't have this opportunity.

Thinking of the events of that year, everyone couldn't help but sigh and sigh.

Back then, they went to the Lingwu Grand Canyon together, because the cousin of the Zhang brothers and sisters escaped after robbing the demon pill, almost annihilating their entire army. The Zhang brothers and sisters were devastated and discouraged, and returned to the Southern Liang Kingdom.

They never planned to go to the immortal cultivation realm again, but worked the rivers and lakes of Qingzhou in the Southern Liang Kingdom. They were originally from a Zhang gang in Qingzhou, but they didn't feel uncomfortable.

Soon after, Fan and Xia also returned to Southern Liang.

At the invitation of the Zhang brothers and sisters, Fan Xia and the others also joined the gang, and together they roamed the rivers and lakes, controlled the gangs of the rivers and lakes, and let a large number of Jianghu warriors collect spiritual objects.

Although the four of them are just small fish and shrimp in the immortal cultivation realm, they can't get along. But in the rivers and lakes, it is a behemoth, as soon as he enters the rivers and lakes, he is like a fish in water, and in just six years, he has subdued 20 large gangs and occupied the territory in the northern part of Qingzhou.

"We have already given up on cultivating immortals, and it is already good to be able to reach the high level of the Qi cultivation period in our lifetime. Speaking of this, Zhang Zhe smiled bitterly, "Actually, it's not bad to mix the rivers and lakes, at least don't worry about being too dangerous." It's just that the spirit stones are too difficult to find, and the progress of cultivation is very slow. ”

Ye Qin didn't know much about the situation in the Southern Liang Kingdom, and couldn't help but wonder: "The Southern Liang Kingdom has a large population, fertile land, and is a good place. How can there be so few spiritual objects here?"

Zhang Zhe shook his head and sighed: "Spiritual objects have nothing to do with whether the land is fertile or not, and the population is outnumbered. Don't look at the people of Nanliang and the land is wide, but there are few spiritual objects. The four of us controlled the entire northern counties of Qingzhou Realm, and relying on the power of twenty Jianghu gangs, it was not bad to be able to collect thirty or forty lower-grade spirit stones in a month. Four people are divided into points, and each person is about ten yuan. If the entire Qingzhou is controlled, it is estimated that there will be hundreds of spirit stones. Qingzhou City, a piece of fat, is a battleground for the Jianghu Gang. This time, we sent a group of Jianghu warriors to Qingzhou City, and we planned to take down the local gang in the state capital first and control this important place. Then it took more than ten years to expand its influence to the east, west, and south of Qingzhou. ”

Only then did Ye Qin understand why the Zhang family and the others appeared in Qingzhou City.

But he still doesn't understand a question. Even in a small country like Wuguo, there is a Nan family in Pingzhou. In a big country like Nanliang, there must be a lot of loose monks and families.

"There should be a lot of monks in Qingzhou. Won't you offend the other local monks by expanding in Qingzhou?"

Zhang Zhe explained: "Many of the immortal cultivators who appeared in the Southern Liang Kingdom were monks passing by from other countries, who traveled back and forth between Xianyuan City and other countries, and were not monks from Southern Liang's own country. There are actually not many monks in the Southern Liang Kingdom, like in Qingzhou, there are only a few low-level casual cultivators, and there is only a small cultivator family. The current opponents of my Northern Twenty Gang are mainly those scattered cultivators. ”

Ye Qin was surprised, "Are there so few cultivators in the Southern Liang Kingdom? I heard in Xianyuan City that there are quite a few immortal cultivators in the Southern Liang Kingdom. How can there be no big family here?"

Zhang Zhe said a little helplessly: "Although the land of the Southern Liang Kingdom is fertile and can support people, it does not have the spiritual objects that immortal cultivators need. There are too few spiritual objects to be suitable for cultivation, and naturally not many big families will settle down here. In the entire territory of the Southern Liang Kingdom, there is only one great cultivation immortal family - the Lu family. However, they mainly operated in the area of the capital of the Southern Liang Kingdom, and behind the scenes, they were indulging in the current Southern Liang Imperial Court.

As long as we casual cultivators don't provoke their sphere of influence, they won't deliberately suppress our casual cultivators.

Another point is that the Southern Liang Kingdom is too close to Xianyuan City, and it is easy to conflict with the scattered cultivation of Xianyuan City, and occasionally some scattered cultivators will haunt the Southern Liang Kingdom. None of the big families want to settle down here.

We chose to put down roots here, but we had no choice but to do so. My brother and sister were originally from Qingzhou Jianghu scattered cultivation, and Lao Fan and Lao Hei were also scattered cultivators in the Southern Liang Kingdom, and once combined, they simply took root in Qingzhou. Although the path of cultivating immortals is hopeless, you can enjoy some worldly wealth anyway. ”

After listening to the explanations of Zhang Zhe and others, Ye Qin had an understanding of the family power.

The Immortal Cultivation Family is divided into several grades:

The ancient cultivator immortal family, there was once a Yuan infant monk in the clan.

In the Great Cultivation Immortal Family, only at least one Jindan monk in the clan is qualified to be called the Great Cultivation Immortal Family. Once the Jindan monk dies, if there is no one in the future, he will be automatically demoted to a medium immortal cultivation family. Such a great cultivator immortal family is mainly behind the scenes to indulge in the country's national affairs, control the military and political power, absorb the country's financial resources, and will not interfere in the Jianghu gang.

In the Immortal Cultivation Family, there is at least one foundation-building monk in the clan.

The Little Cultivator Immortal family, all of whom are Qi cultivation period cultivators, have been inherited for more than two generations. Most of the forces of the small family are concentrated in controlling the gangs and picking up some small fortunes on the rivers and lakes.

The lowest status is casual cultivation, like Zhang Zhe, Fan, Xia and others, at most, even if they are casual cultivation, there is no history of the inheritance of the immortal cultivation family, and they cannot be called a family.

There are more than ten prefectures and counties in the Southern Liang State, but there is only one Lu family's Great Cultivator Immortal Family, and there is one Jindan monk, seven foundation building monks, and nearly 200 Qi cultivation monks, and the strength is quite huge.

There are twenty or thirty small cultivator families in the Southern Liang State, and each family has four or five to more than ten people, and the number of monks adds up to two or three hundred. In the territory, there are less than 100 casual cultivators.

The number of monks is actually quite small.

The Southern Liang Kingdom is mainly due to the fact that there are many monks who have come from some roads, and there are fewer who have taken root.

There is no medium-strength family in Nanliang, because the status of the medium-strength Xiuxian family is very embarrassing. If the medium-strength Immortal Cultivator Family wants to go to the next level in the country and obtain more resources, it will definitely have to challenge the Great Immortal Cultivator Family. And this will definitely be strongly suppressed by the Great Cultivator Immortal Family. Therefore, the medium immortal cultivation family usually simply avoids the major immortal cultivation family.

The power of small families changes frequently, often disappearing on their own within a few decades, and there is almost no threat to large families. The Great Cultivator Immortal Family looked down on the small family, and would not pay too much attention to the small family at all. The situation of the Xiao Xiuxian family is better.

"The situation in Qingzhou has already been investigated clearly in the past few years. There are a total of five immortal cultivation forces in Qingzhou, and the four of us are one. There is a decaying little cultivator family in Qingzhou City, whose strength is very weak, and there has not even been a decent monk in these years. In addition, in the west, east, and south of Qingzhou, there are a total of seven forces that are scattered during the Qi cultivation period, and they are the opponents of our northern twenty gangs to dominate Qingzhou. ”

Zhang Zhe arched his hand and said with sincerity on his face: "Brother Ye, why don't you join the gang too, be the chief scoop of our Northern Twenty Gang, and the younger brother is willing to take the initiative to give up the position of leader." With Brother Ye's current strength, it is easy to control the entire Qingzhou within a year. ”

Fan Jiasheng and Xia Laohei all looked at Ye Qin with anticipation. and Zhang Qiao, who also looked nervous.

From the time they saw Ye Qin, they couldn't help but have a plan to pull him in. Otherwise, it would not be so detailed, and the situation in Qingzhou would be so clear to Ye Qin.

Ye Qin was silent at this time, weighing in his heart. He has offended many people in the Immortal Cultivation Sect and Xianyuan City. Even if he doesn't cause trouble, I'm afraid that trouble will come to his door one day.

He had to think about it.

Zhang, Fan and the other four wanted to pull him into the gang, but he didn't want to have more back roads.

In case his future prospects in the sect are not smooth, or if he encounters some unexpected changes, he will also have a way out in Qingzhou. The cunning rabbit still has three holes, not to mention a human. It doesn't hurt to have a few places to stay.

With these close and familiar partners, they control the Jianghu gang in Qingzhou, and it will be more convenient for him to travel between his division and other countries in the future. You can directly settle in the territory of Nanliang Kingdom without going to Xianyuan City.

Besides, helping four people is just a gesture for him.

It is good for him, for Zhang, Fan and the other four.

Thinking of this, Ye Qin made a decision, and said: "I went down the mountain this time, on the order of the master, to go to a distant country to experience, in Nanliang is only temporary, I can't stay for a long time, I will leave in a few days, and I may come back after a few years." So there is no need to mention the matter of joining the house. ”

The four of them were suddenly a little disappointed, and were about to persuade something.

Ye Qin added at this time: "But before leaving, I can do you a small favor and help you block the enemy who takes the initiative to attack." As long as it is a monk in the Qi cultivation period, there is no big problem. However, I will stay in Qingzhou City for a maximum of ten days. For the past ten days, you can see for yourselves. ”

The four of them were immediately overjoyed, and with the support of a monk in the foundation building period, they let go of their bold actions. Ten days is enough for them to do a lot of things.

(To be continued)