In a cave mansion in the mountains of Yunmeng, Duan Haiming, the newly promoted Supreme Elder, finally completed his merits. He put away the exercises and opened his eyes, his face overflowing with ecstasy.

After a year of penance, he finally consolidated his realm thoroughly.

was stuck in the Jindan period of the Great Perfection for nearly 200 years, and he couldn't see that he was going to consume his life in ten years, so he had no choice but to sit down.

Unexpectedly, he was able to survive in a desperate situation, break through the bottleneck at the end of his life, and advance to the infant stage.

In addition to cultivating to make great progress, Shouyuan has also increased by four or five hundred years, and anyone who encounters this thing will probably be ecstatic.

Since the Duan family's hometown joined the Yunmeng Sect 1,500 years ago, many elite disciples of the Duan family have joined the sect. However, in the sect, the status of the Duan family is not high. The reason for this is nothing more than that the Duan family has never had a Yuan Infant Stage monk, which has greatly weakened their influence within the sect.

After the monk advances, the longevity will increase significantly, and the speed of aging will slow down accordingly according to his realm.

It's just that Duan Chang was already close to the end of his life when he was an aging baby, so he looked very old on the outside. He looks like he is in his eighties, with white hair and wrinkled face.

Fortunately, after advancing to the infant stage, Shou Yuan received a lot of supplements, so that his face no longer had the twilight of an old man, but instead looked full of red light.

Elder Duan took out a transmission note and was about to transmit the sound to the head of the king, informing him that he had consolidated the realm.

At this moment, someone suddenly called the door outside the cave.

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Duan for breaking the Dan and turning into a baby, achieving the Great Road, and Senior Brother Nangong Potian came to congratulate him. "It was Elder Nangong who called the door.

Hearing that the person outside the door was Elder Nangong, Elder Duan hurriedly got up to greet him. Although they were all Yuan Infant Elders, Elder Nangong was born in the four major families, and he was the second most powerful person in the sect after the head of the sect, and Elder Duan could not be easily offended.

Letting Elder Nangong into the cave mansion, Elder Duan kept apologizing: "I don't know that Senior Brother Nangong is here, Senior Brother I have lost my welcome, please forgive me." ”

Elder Nangong hurriedly replied: "It's none of the senior brother's business, it's the senior brother himself who is abrupt." ”

The two sat down separately and continued to say a few polite words to each other.

Elder Nangong is also a straight man, looking at this senior brother with white hair, he directly expressed his intentions.

There was also a special reason why Elder Nangong was in such a hurry to seek Elder Duan's support.

Elder Duan was born in the Wu family's Feiyan lineage, and he had the closest relationship with the Nangong family's Wentian lineage, which invisibly gave Elder Nangong a lot of confidence and felt that he could persuade Elder Duan to support him.

For two hundred years, Elder Duan had been cultivating in penance, going all out to attack the Yuan Infant Stage. It can be said that he doesn't hear anything outside the window, so he doesn't know much about the situation of the sect.

Elder Nangong first explained the current predicament of the Yunmeng Sect to Elder Duan, and then handed over his idea of reforming the sect to Elder Duan.

In the end, he euphemistically revealed his idea of replacing the head of the king to Elder Duan. and told him that he had already gained the support of Elder Ren, and if he got his support again, he would be able to force the head of the king to abdicate to him without blood.

Listening to Elder Nangong's words, Elder Duan's face became more and more solemn. On the surface, he is quiet, but inside he is turbulent. I have just broken through the Yuan Infant Period, and before the excitement has passed, I have encountered this headache.

How to choose? Elder Duan really couldn't make up his mind for a while.

If he was alone, Elder Duan would be fine. Anyway, he is already an elder in the Yuan Infant Stage, and even if he really chooses the wrong one, the victorious side can't really do anything to him.

However, the problem is far from being so simple, there is still the Duan family behind him, and the interests of the family are the focus of consideration.

Although I also felt that Elder Nangong's words were very reasonable, it was too hasty to bet directly after listening to Elder Nangong's words.

Thinking of this, Elder Duan decided not to make his statement clear first, and then delay it for a while.

When I was thinking about how to speak more tactfully, a savior came to the door.

Outside the cave mansion, the joyful voice of the head of the Wang family sounded: "Senior Brother Duan has advanced to the Yuan Infant Stage, Senior Brother, I am really ecstatic as the head of the sect, this is a great fortune for the sect." Today, I came to congratulate with Senior Brother Ren. ”

Hearing that the head of the king was coming, Elder Duan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly greeted him: "It should be me who went to meet the senior brother in charge, how dare I work for the senior brother to come in person, forgive my sins." ”

After entering the cave mansion, seeing that Elder Nangong had already arrived before him, Master Wang said meaningfully: "Brother Fool thought that he was the first to congratulate Senior Brother Duan, but I didn't expect Senior Brother Nangong to come before me, Senior Brother is really a caring person." ”

Obviously, the head of the Wang family is not ignorant of the actions of his Nangong junior disciple who is about to move.

Elder Nangong felt that the victory was in his hands, and he was not to be outdone, and directly shot back: "Senior Brother in charge saw the decline of the sect, but he was helpless. If those of us who are elders don't have hearts and lungs, there is really no hope for the Yunmeng Sect. ”

Hearing this, the head of the king was furious: "Senior Brother Nangong has any dissatisfaction with me, the head of the family, but please make it clear." Innuendo in your words is not your usual style. ”

Elder Nangong could no longer restrain his anger, and took this opportunity to immediately attack, saying, "If you say it, you will say it." I think that the senior brother in charge of the sect has allowed the sect to decline, and his talent and virtue are insufficient, and I hope you can abdicate and make way for Xian. It just so happened that the elders of the Yuan Infant Stage were all there today, so they discussed this matter according to the rules of the door. ”

Elder Nangong made such a straightforward request to abdicate himself, and the head of the Wang family was taken aback in his heart, and he faintly felt that something was wrong.

So, he looked at the two elders, Ren and Duan, to see what they had to say.

After hesitating for a long time, Elder Ren finally made up his mind and said, "Senior Brother Nangong's words are not unreasonable, the times are changing, we have been abiding by the old rules, and it is an indisputable fact that the momentum of the sect is declining day by day. Since Senior Brother Wang has no way to change the situation, it is better to abdicate and let Senior Brother Nangong carry out reforms, maybe he can still break a way for the sect. ”

As soon as these words came out, the head of the king was like being hit by five thunderbolts. Elder Ren and he were in the same vein, and his friendship for hundreds of years would actually betray him, which made him extremely sad and angry.

Two against two, the three of them all focused their eyes on Elder Duan, and Elder Duan's vote could decide the change of the head.

The air was so tense that it was about to condense, and Elder Duan was also in a cold sweat at the moment.

After being silent for a while, he finally spoke: "For two hundred years, I have been going all out to attack the Yuan Infant Stage, and I have never asked about the affairs of the sect, and I don't know much about the situation of the sect. It's hard for me to make a decision on such an important matter, so I'd better discuss it later. As soon as these words came out, the head of the king secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

And Elder Nangong was disappointed, and secretly scolded the old slippery head in his heart.

Elder Duan paused and continued, "Listening to what Senior Brother Nangong said just now, I also feel that it is indeed necessary to change the situation of this sect fighting the beast tide alone, otherwise this sect will really decline. ”

Elder Duan had supported him in disguise just now, and Master Wang was very grateful, and he did not object to his proposal, and said, "I don't know what good plan Senior Brother Duan has to change this situation?"

Elder Duan said confidently, "I have come up with a plan, please refer to the head and the two junior disciples." Taking the opportunity of my advanced Yuan Infant Stage, this sect convened a Yuan Infant Dao Fruit Conference and sent invitations to all the sects and Xiuzhen families in Youzhou. Nominally, it was to congratulate me on my advanced primordial infancy, but in fact, at the conference, the senior brother in charge proposed the establishment of a 'Youzhou Anti-Demon Alliance'. All the Xiuzhen sects and Xiuzhen families in Youzhou must participate. The reason is very simple, if you cultivate the truth in the land of Youzhou and enjoy the various resources of this land, you have the responsibility to guard this land, and if you have rights, you have obligations. If any sect does not want to fulfill this obligation, then it must move away from Youzhou, otherwise the next time the beast tide breaks out, the sect will also close the mountain to protect themselves, and let them fend for themselves. Of course, I only said that I would close the mountain to protect themselves. The main thing is to show our attitude, so that they can understand that watching our Yunmeng Sect shed blood and sacrifice, they will never sit back and enjoy the day, and there will definitely be no more in the future. After listening to Elder Duan's strategy, the three of them praised it one after another, and couldn't help but be impressed by this unknown Elder Duan.

In front of all the sects in the Youzhou Cultivation Realm, it was difficult for the three factions to refuse this request. Once refused, those sects that did not have the protection of the mountain protection array would resent the three factions because of this. The prestige of the three factions has been damaged, and there is a possibility that people's hearts will fall back to the Yunmeng Sect.

Of course, if the three factions really wanted to refuse this request regardless of their faces, the Yunmeng Sect would not agree.

Compare the strength of the two sides. The Yunmeng Sect has four Yuan Infant Stage Cultivators, one less than the three factions combined, but the Wang Sect is a Yuan Infant Stage Cultivator, and with one enemy and two, he can easily defeat them.

The three elders of the Yuan Infant Stage practiced the Yunmeng Spiritual Channeling Skill, and their mana was far superior to that of the three sect cultivators.

Therefore, in terms of strength, the Yunmeng Sect could easily overwhelm the three factions.

At the meeting, if any sect disagrees, it will just be used to set an example.

The plan was agreed, and the tension in the air finally dissipated. The four of them sat down and exchanged some cultivation experiences, and only the elders of the Yuan Infant Stage in the sect were qualified to know the secret and tell Elder Duan.

The four of them then returned to the main hall of the main peak of Yunmeng Mountain and notified all the official disciples in the sect to congratulate Elder Duan in order.

A day later, dozens of rays of light shot out from Yunmeng Mountain and rushed to various cultivation sects in Youzhou.

In the middle of Youzhou, there is a plain, known as the Beacon Plain. This is not only the junction of the spheres of influence of the four major sects, but also the boundary between the three largest secular states in Youzhou: Zhou, Wu, and Yue.

One day a month later, in a stone pavilion in the Beacon Plain, three people sat around a stone table.

The only woman among the three, who looked to be in her forties, was dressed as a lady in palace costume, and a golden flying sword was diagonally inserted on her back, which was none other than Bian Qiaoling, the elder of the Jade Sword Sect.

Bian Qiaoling sat a giant man in his left hand, more than the height of ordinary people, extremely exaggerated muscles, sitting there like a tower of meat, this person was Shi Tianming, the great elder of King Kong Mountain.

The last person was a thin old man with a treacherous face, he was the Supreme Elder Lu Yuhu of the Ten Thousand Beasts Village.

The three major sects are different from the Yunmeng Sect, the affairs of the sect are all taken care of by the juniors, and the Yuan Infant Monk does not personally serve as the head of the sect, but only serves as the elder of the sect to grasp the general direction of the sect's development.

Bian Qiaoling's face was worried, and he frowned and asked, "What do the two Daoists think of the Yuanying Dao Fruit Conference held by Yunmeng Sect this time?"

Lu Yuhu laughed a few times and replied, "What else can it mean." It's just that they have one more Yuan Infant Elder, and they feel that their strength has once again overwhelmed our three factions, and they want to demonstrate to us. ”

The giant man Shi Tianming snorted coldly and said, "You want to demonstrate to us." This time we're going to shave their eyebrows and make them make a big head. Let them know what it means to steal chickens and rice. ”

"The two of them really decided to have a showdown with Yunmengzong. To be honest, the Yunmeng Sect has been a bit strong for two thousand years, but it hasn't embarrassed our three factions too much. Bian Qiaoling's expression was a little embarrassed and said.

Lu Yuhu shook his head again and again, and retorted: "Daoist friends say this difference, the cultivation realm has always been respected for strength, in the past, their Yunmeng Sect was strong, we dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Now that they are already in decline, why do they still occupy most of the land in Youzhou. ”

Shi Tianming was also dissatisfied, and said sharply to Bian Qiao: "It's all come to this point, do you still want to regret it?"

Looking at the two of them's faces, Bian Qiaoling nodded weakly and said, "Since the concubine has made an alliance with the two of you, she naturally wants to advance and retreat with you." After receiving Bian Qiaoling's assurance, the two breathed a sigh of relief and laughed together.

After making a plan, Lu Yuhu got up and said goodbye, and said, "Two fellow Daoists, then we will act according to the plan, and we will see you in Yunmengshan in two months." Farewell. ”

After speaking, the three of them scattered in three ways, and each returned to the sect to start arranging.