Arriving at the front line garrison, Li Ji'an paused briefly.
The leader here was a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the sect, who, after checking Li Ji'an's waist tag, was quite amiable.
After all, those who could patrol here, although not strong, usually had significant backing.
After Li Ji'an and Yan Qing walked a distance, Li Ji'an asked, "Brother Qing, where is Aunt?"
Yan Qing felt a great deal of pressure upon hearing this; Li Ji'an was truly unique in his eyes, a Foundation Establishment ancestor-level figure, yet he addressed him as always, but he dared not overstep: "Replying to Senior, Ancestor Qingwan is at the northern front."
"The front?" Li Ji'an frowned slightly.
However, he quickly understood that if Yan Qingwan were not at the front, it would be impossible for the Yan family to stay in such a safe place to garrison.
The Cangyun State family cultivators were ultimately constrained by the sect, making it difficult to bargain.
"Well, you must also be careful here," Li Ji'an instructed.
"Yes."
"By the way, is Uncle Zhang doing well?" Li Ji'an asked again before leaving.
Calculating the time, among the five of them who came to the cultivation world together, the youngest, Zhang Tiezhu, would be a hundred years old in another two years.
"Father, he… is well otherwise, but… in recent years, because I am unpromising, I failed the Foundation Establishment opportunity that Senior secured for me, so Father wanted to take a gamble for a Foundation Establishment opportunity for me, and he has been somewhat extreme in recent years, often venturing deep into the Fallen Dragon Ridge to try his luck," Yan Qing said with shame.
Li Ji'an chuckled.
Among the five of them, besides him, the others were actually very enterprising and courageous; Zhang Tiezhu progressed the fastest when he was young through family war merits.
Unfortunately, in the end, his aptitude was insufficient, and his path was cut off.
Now that he is old, he still wants to fight for his son.
Besides going to dig for treasure and try his luck, there is nothing else suitable for him.
However, with his mid-stage Qi Training cultivation, a lifespan of one hundred and twenty years, and the Qi and Blood Pills he previously gifted, he can still jump around for another ten years or so, but he probably won't be able to jump around after one hundred and ten years old.
"Does Uncle Zhang know the art of Feng Shui and geomancy? He can't really rely entirely on luck, right?" Li Ji'an asked with a smile.
Yan Qing smiled awkwardly: "Father was fortunate enough to meet Senior Chishi a few years ago and learned a little."
"Hmm?" Li Ji'an suddenly paused.
"When did Uncle Zhang meet the Chishi Recluse?" Eight years ago, through Guagua's vision, Li Ji'an saw the Chishi Recluse and two others being captured by decaying monsters that emerged from the Yin Sha, and Li Ji'an decisively fled.
Afterward, he learned that the two rogue cultivators' soul tablets had shattered, and they had died and their souls had dissipated. After waiting for a few more days and still not hearing from the Chishi Recluse, he thought that he had also perished.
"It was the year before we were conscripted by the sect," Yan Qing said with certainty.
Li Ji'an was overjoyed upon hearing this.
From Foundation Establishment to the present, compared to sect cultivators like Xiao Changfeng and Jiang Yunzhou, his greatest shortcoming was that the cultivation method he practiced was not good enough. Although he used high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills during Foundation Establishment, laying a good foundation, his initial Foundation Establishment mana was stronger than Yan Qingwan and Xiao Changfeng.
However, he gradually discovered in subsequent cultivation that the cultivation method was slow and the Foundation Establishment mana refined was also weaker.
Even the key trump card skill of talismans was limited by insufficient mana.
Therefore, his greatest expectation for the next life was that he must practice a better cultivation method.
"Respectfully seeing off Senior."
After this search, this area was temporarily abandoned, and Li Ji'an simply ordered Guagua to enlarge the search area, but he himself could not leave this area due to patrol restrictions.
As a second-order spirit beast, Guagua had the talent of earth evasion, and most importantly, the mutated divine soul shielding ability and the color-changing concealment divine power. As long as it did not wander around in the core ruins and did not approach Golden Core True Persons, the probability of being discovered was almost zero.
Subsequently, Guagua began to frolic in this area outside the ruins.
At first, it was only in the area near the south, but later it gradually probed towards the north.
During this period, it even accidentally encountered a Pseudo-Core Elder. Guagua approached little by little, and in the end, even when it was ten zhang underground, the other party did not notice anything. However, ten zhang was not the limit, but Li Ji'an did not take any more risks.
After that, Guagua became even more presumptuous.
Finally, half a month later, through Guagua's vision, Li Ji'an saw Yan Qingwan, who was gracefully beautiful.
This place was the main passage from Tianyuan State and Daoyuan State to Cangyun State, and now it was blocked by the ruins discovered by the Biyun Sect.
It was the front line battlefield.
Guagua hid in a distant mound of earth, only revealing its eyes to observe from afar.
Fortunately, Li Ji'an saw that Yan Qingwan was in good condition.
However, the situation at the moment was somewhat tense.
Outside the Biyun Sect's mana barrier, there were still many cultivators confronting each other.
On Yan Qingwan's side, sect disciples accounted for half, and the rest were family cultivators.
At the forefront was a Golden Core Elder from the sect, followed by the Pseudo-Core Ancestors of the four major families. Yan Qingwan stood in the fourth row, and her position was also biased towards the flank, making it easier to avoid the front line of battle.
"My Lieyang Sect's three inner sect disciples died at the hands of your Biyun Sect. Today, we must have an explanation!" Outside the barrier, the Lieyang Sect's Golden Core Elder had a gloomy face, with a posture that he would strike at the slightest disagreement.
"That's right! My Dongli Sect also has five inner sect disciples who died at your hands. If you don't give an explanation, how will we face our disciples in the future?" An Elder from the Dongli Sect was also filled with righteous indignation.
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Following closely behind, the Qingjiang Sect and the Liuli Sect also put pressure on the Biyun Sect for the same reason.
In the Tiancang Region, Cangyun State was isolated by the Daze Mountains, located alone in the south, and was surrounded by the Stormy Desert, the Flame Mountain, and the boundless Spiritless Land to the south, east, and west, forming an independent state.
To the north of the Daze Mountains was the core state of the Tiancang Region, Tianyuan State.
Tianyuan State had a fourth-order spirit vein dojo, giving birth to the Nascent Soul level power of the Myriad Dharma Palace, which ruled the Tiancang Region.
Below it were four third-order high-grade spirit vein dojos, giving birth to four Golden Core late-stage sect forces, which divided the territory.
To the east of Tianyuan State was Daoyuan State.
Daoyuan State had only two third-order high-grade spirit vein dojos, giving birth to a Sword Sect and a Heavenly Sound Pavilion, two Golden Core forces, and several Golden Core families with third-order early-stage spirit vein dojos.
At this time, except for the Myriad Dharma Palace, the four major sects of Tianyuan State had arrived, and their reasons were the same.
The two sects of Daoyuan State were relatively silent, only standing with the four major sects, but they did not look for excuses.
Seeing this scene from the rear, Li Ji'an sighed inwardly, these people were too lazy to bother finding reasons, obviously looking like they had the Biyun Sect cornered.
It seemed that the sects from other states also knew the thoughts of the current Biyun Sect power holders, and they were not worried at all that they would fight to the death.
First, righteously denounce, threaten, intimidate…
But they would definitely not really fight.
If they really fought, how could the Biyun Sect withstand the joint efforts of several major sects?
However, the other sects also knew that the Myriad Dharma Palace would not allow the balance within the Tiancang Region to be broken at will.
If they really joined forces, the Myriad Dharma Palace would not sit idly by.
In the end, the major conflict would definitely be reduced to a minor conflict.
Then the military conflict would be turned into haggling at the negotiating table.
…
"Lieyang Sect's true disciple, Fu Hanxing, is here to ask for guidance!"
As expected, before long, the two sides reached a consensus, letting their disciples exchange blows.
Seeing this, some young disciples really thought that the two sides were going to resolve the conflict through a duel between disciples.
Li Ji'an understood that at this time, the Biyun Sect had already admitted defeat. Agreeing to the disciples' exchange was just following the steps down.
The outcome of the disciples' duel would not affect the final outcome. It could be said that this outcome was already doomed when the vision of the top-grade magical treasure appeared.
However, the victory or defeat of the disciples still had some effect on the sect's face and bargaining chips.
"Biyun Sect's true disciple, Jiang Yunzhou, please enlighten me!"
The leader here was a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the sect, who, after checking Li Ji'an's waist tag, was quite amiable.
After all, those who could patrol here, although not strong, usually had significant backing.
After Li Ji'an and Yan Qing walked a distance, Li Ji'an asked, "Brother Qing, where is Aunt?"
Yan Qing felt a great deal of pressure upon hearing this; Li Ji'an was truly unique in his eyes, a Foundation Establishment ancestor-level figure, yet he addressed him as always, but he dared not overstep: "Replying to Senior, Ancestor Qingwan is at the northern front."
"The front?" Li Ji'an frowned slightly.
However, he quickly understood that if Yan Qingwan were not at the front, it would be impossible for the Yan family to stay in such a safe place to garrison.
The Cangyun State family cultivators were ultimately constrained by the sect, making it difficult to bargain.
"Well, you must also be careful here," Li Ji'an instructed.
"Yes."
"By the way, is Uncle Zhang doing well?" Li Ji'an asked again before leaving.
Calculating the time, among the five of them who came to the cultivation world together, the youngest, Zhang Tiezhu, would be a hundred years old in another two years.
"Father, he… is well otherwise, but… in recent years, because I am unpromising, I failed the Foundation Establishment opportunity that Senior secured for me, so Father wanted to take a gamble for a Foundation Establishment opportunity for me, and he has been somewhat extreme in recent years, often venturing deep into the Fallen Dragon Ridge to try his luck," Yan Qing said with shame.
Li Ji'an chuckled.
Among the five of them, besides him, the others were actually very enterprising and courageous; Zhang Tiezhu progressed the fastest when he was young through family war merits.
Unfortunately, in the end, his aptitude was insufficient, and his path was cut off.
Now that he is old, he still wants to fight for his son.
Besides going to dig for treasure and try his luck, there is nothing else suitable for him.
However, with his mid-stage Qi Training cultivation, a lifespan of one hundred and twenty years, and the Qi and Blood Pills he previously gifted, he can still jump around for another ten years or so, but he probably won't be able to jump around after one hundred and ten years old.
"Does Uncle Zhang know the art of Feng Shui and geomancy? He can't really rely entirely on luck, right?" Li Ji'an asked with a smile.
Yan Qing smiled awkwardly: "Father was fortunate enough to meet Senior Chishi a few years ago and learned a little."
"Hmm?" Li Ji'an suddenly paused.
"When did Uncle Zhang meet the Chishi Recluse?" Eight years ago, through Guagua's vision, Li Ji'an saw the Chishi Recluse and two others being captured by decaying monsters that emerged from the Yin Sha, and Li Ji'an decisively fled.
Afterward, he learned that the two rogue cultivators' soul tablets had shattered, and they had died and their souls had dissipated. After waiting for a few more days and still not hearing from the Chishi Recluse, he thought that he had also perished.
"It was the year before we were conscripted by the sect," Yan Qing said with certainty.
Li Ji'an was overjoyed upon hearing this.
From Foundation Establishment to the present, compared to sect cultivators like Xiao Changfeng and Jiang Yunzhou, his greatest shortcoming was that the cultivation method he practiced was not good enough. Although he used high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills during Foundation Establishment, laying a good foundation, his initial Foundation Establishment mana was stronger than Yan Qingwan and Xiao Changfeng.
However, he gradually discovered in subsequent cultivation that the cultivation method was slow and the Foundation Establishment mana refined was also weaker.
Even the key trump card skill of talismans was limited by insufficient mana.
Therefore, his greatest expectation for the next life was that he must practice a better cultivation method.
"Respectfully seeing off Senior."
After this search, this area was temporarily abandoned, and Li Ji'an simply ordered Guagua to enlarge the search area, but he himself could not leave this area due to patrol restrictions.
As a second-order spirit beast, Guagua had the talent of earth evasion, and most importantly, the mutated divine soul shielding ability and the color-changing concealment divine power. As long as it did not wander around in the core ruins and did not approach Golden Core True Persons, the probability of being discovered was almost zero.
Subsequently, Guagua began to frolic in this area outside the ruins.
At first, it was only in the area near the south, but later it gradually probed towards the north.
During this period, it even accidentally encountered a Pseudo-Core Elder. Guagua approached little by little, and in the end, even when it was ten zhang underground, the other party did not notice anything. However, ten zhang was not the limit, but Li Ji'an did not take any more risks.
After that, Guagua became even more presumptuous.
Finally, half a month later, through Guagua's vision, Li Ji'an saw Yan Qingwan, who was gracefully beautiful.
This place was the main passage from Tianyuan State and Daoyuan State to Cangyun State, and now it was blocked by the ruins discovered by the Biyun Sect.
It was the front line battlefield.
Guagua hid in a distant mound of earth, only revealing its eyes to observe from afar.
Fortunately, Li Ji'an saw that Yan Qingwan was in good condition.
However, the situation at the moment was somewhat tense.
Outside the Biyun Sect's mana barrier, there were still many cultivators confronting each other.
On Yan Qingwan's side, sect disciples accounted for half, and the rest were family cultivators.
At the forefront was a Golden Core Elder from the sect, followed by the Pseudo-Core Ancestors of the four major families. Yan Qingwan stood in the fourth row, and her position was also biased towards the flank, making it easier to avoid the front line of battle.
"My Lieyang Sect's three inner sect disciples died at the hands of your Biyun Sect. Today, we must have an explanation!" Outside the barrier, the Lieyang Sect's Golden Core Elder had a gloomy face, with a posture that he would strike at the slightest disagreement.
"That's right! My Dongli Sect also has five inner sect disciples who died at your hands. If you don't give an explanation, how will we face our disciples in the future?" An Elder from the Dongli Sect was also filled with righteous indignation.
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Following closely behind, the Qingjiang Sect and the Liuli Sect also put pressure on the Biyun Sect for the same reason.
In the Tiancang Region, Cangyun State was isolated by the Daze Mountains, located alone in the south, and was surrounded by the Stormy Desert, the Flame Mountain, and the boundless Spiritless Land to the south, east, and west, forming an independent state.
To the north of the Daze Mountains was the core state of the Tiancang Region, Tianyuan State.
Tianyuan State had a fourth-order spirit vein dojo, giving birth to the Nascent Soul level power of the Myriad Dharma Palace, which ruled the Tiancang Region.
Below it were four third-order high-grade spirit vein dojos, giving birth to four Golden Core late-stage sect forces, which divided the territory.
To the east of Tianyuan State was Daoyuan State.
Daoyuan State had only two third-order high-grade spirit vein dojos, giving birth to a Sword Sect and a Heavenly Sound Pavilion, two Golden Core forces, and several Golden Core families with third-order early-stage spirit vein dojos.
At this time, except for the Myriad Dharma Palace, the four major sects of Tianyuan State had arrived, and their reasons were the same.
The two sects of Daoyuan State were relatively silent, only standing with the four major sects, but they did not look for excuses.
Seeing this scene from the rear, Li Ji'an sighed inwardly, these people were too lazy to bother finding reasons, obviously looking like they had the Biyun Sect cornered.
It seemed that the sects from other states also knew the thoughts of the current Biyun Sect power holders, and they were not worried at all that they would fight to the death.
First, righteously denounce, threaten, intimidate…
But they would definitely not really fight.
If they really fought, how could the Biyun Sect withstand the joint efforts of several major sects?
However, the other sects also knew that the Myriad Dharma Palace would not allow the balance within the Tiancang Region to be broken at will.
If they really joined forces, the Myriad Dharma Palace would not sit idly by.
In the end, the major conflict would definitely be reduced to a minor conflict.
Then the military conflict would be turned into haggling at the negotiating table.
…
"Lieyang Sect's true disciple, Fu Hanxing, is here to ask for guidance!"
As expected, before long, the two sides reached a consensus, letting their disciples exchange blows.
Seeing this, some young disciples really thought that the two sides were going to resolve the conflict through a duel between disciples.
Li Ji'an understood that at this time, the Biyun Sect had already admitted defeat. Agreeing to the disciples' exchange was just following the steps down.
The outcome of the disciples' duel would not affect the final outcome. It could be said that this outcome was already doomed when the vision of the top-grade magical treasure appeared.
However, the victory or defeat of the disciples still had some effect on the sect's face and bargaining chips.
"Biyun Sect's true disciple, Jiang Yunzhou, please enlighten me!"
