A night of silence.
Zhong Yan sat alone in the study, meditating until dawn, recalling the information Gongsun Nuannuan had talked about in his mind.
Although it was fragmented, most of it was just fragments of words that Gongsun Nuannuan heard from his senior sisters, but many problems could be discerned from them.
For example, Gongsun Nuannuan has a 'wind attribute spiritual root'.
Except for a few direct disciples of Qifeng, only a few people in the sect know about it.
Coupled with the 'earth spiritual roots of the three peaks', it can be seen that the Fire Cloud Sect secretly hides disciples with outstanding talents.
The Fire Cloud Sect's Tianlinggen should be more than the four currently known - Great Elder, Dongfang Tuo, Gongsun Nuannuan, and Tulinggen.
Dongfang Tuo is only known to the outside world and seen by others.
It can be inferred from this that most other sects and big families also have hidden things. Just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they don't exist.
Gongsun Nuannuan also mentioned that there was unrest within the Huoyun Sect.
For example, two years ago, the Fourth Peak and the Sixth Peak had a conflict between two disciples, which led to a big fight between the two peaks. Even the peak master was red-eyed, resulting in the death of several disciples, including two in the foundation building stage...
Another example is that the main peak is divided into two major factions.
One faction is headed by the current sect leader, and the supporter behind it is the sect's highest-level elder.
However, he has not shown up for more than thirty years. It is rumored that he may be nearing his end of life, or he may have been seriously injured before his breakthrough, so he has attracted the second, fourth, seventh, ninth, and fourth peaks.
The other faction is headed by the master of the Law Enforcement Hall, and its supporters have built the foundation for several people, including the second elder, to win over the third, fifth, sixth, and eighth peaks.
There are many conflicts between the two factions, and they are fighting openly and secretly.
The main conflict is not only the competition for the 'position of the sect leader', but also the future development direction of the sect.
The war in Wei State was the key trigger.
The clan leader belongs to the 'conservative' faction, which advocates stabilizing the current internal cultivation forces of the Yan State. For the gains from the war with the Wei State, they only assign vassals to garrison.
The Law Enforcement Hall and others are the 'radicals' who advocate uniting the four countries, completely dismantling the spiritual power of the Wei State, expanding the territory, and integrating the internal spiritual forces of the Yan State.
Although the incident of 'Rana Beads' has just happened, Zhong Yan is certain that it will become one of the new points of conflict between the two factions in the near future.
In addition, Qifeng is not stable.
Li Lin left with an uncertain return date, and the affairs of Qifeng were temporarily managed by the eldest disciple Su Yue.
But the main peak seems to be interested in re-electing a new peak master to settle in the Seven Peaks.
Moreover, the master of the fourth peak personally came forward to propose marriage to his disciple and wanted to marry the sixth disciple of the seventh peak, but Su Yue politely refused for the time being.
"The cultivation forces in Yan State seem to be calm, but in fact there are turbulent undercurrents. I am afraid that chaos will not be long..."
Zhong Yan sighed, which can be known from the large number of inner disciples sent by Huoyun Sect.
Thirty new inner disciples arrived in Yangquanfang City, including two of his former friends.
The Yan State is headed by the Fire Cloud Sect and the Chiyang Sect, and the two sects have a complicated relationship with the cultivating forces within their territory.
The internal struggle within the Huoyun Sect gradually became apparent, which in a sense also represented the turmoil in the entire Yan country's spiritual world.
"The plan can't keep up with the changes..."
Zhong Yan originally planned to steadily accumulate foundation first, and after successfully giving birth to several spiritual root heirs, he would work hard to obtain a spiritual vein, starting from the Wangdi Xiuxian family and slowly extending to the Huoyun Sect.
But now, the 'War in Wei' and 'Rianli Beads' were pushed to the back of his heels, leaving him no more time.
"Spiritual veins..."
Zhong Yan sighed with emotion, his eyes showing yearning and envy.
I didn't know it before, but I heard from Gongsun Nuannuan last night that Guang Qifeng has a third-level mid-grade spiritual vein, which is enough to support the practice of ten golden elixir monks.
"Zhong Lang!"
Yu Qingyao's shout came from outside.
Zhong Yan, who was standing in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, turned around and saw him coming with Yang Liu'er.
"I would like to pay my respects to my uncle."
Yang Liuer leaned forward and handed over a letter, "Uncle, Changning has replied!"
Zhong Yan took it and looked at it with Yu Qingyao. Yang Liuer also stepped forward and glanced over.
There isn't much information found, it's all basic information, and many of the words used are 'supposedly', 'legend', 'heard', 'possible' and the like.
Part of it overlaps with the information collected by Huo Donglai, but it is not that accurate.
Such as:
The ancestor of the Shen family, Shen Nanfeng, is said to be over 130 years old. He is suspected to have a dual-attribute true spiritual root. He built the seventh level of the foundation six years ago and may have broken through to the eighth level...
Shen Nanfeng is an weapon refiner, and his specific rank is unknown. The Shen family is mainly engaged in the cultivation of magic weapons and elixirs.
There are three foundation builders in the Shen family. The other two are one of Shen Nanfeng's Taoist companions. They may be at the fifth level of foundation builders and have not taken action for many years.
There is also the current head of the Shen family, Shen Linghai, Shen Nanfeng's fifth son, who successfully established the foundation two years ago.
In the second generation, Shen Linghai is the one who stands out, and there are only five or six people in the later stage of Qi refining.
There are more than a dozen sons-in-law in the later stage of Qi refining among the three generations of disciples, and there are even more sons-in-law in the latter stage of Qi refining.
As for the fourth generation, they are still young, and I have only heard that there are four or five spiritual descendants.
Among them, the second son of the clan leader Shen Linghai is at the ninth level of Qi Refining and is currently practicing in the Huoyun Sect.
The seventh daughter, who is the true master of Qingyang this time, is twenty-two years old. It is said that she has reached the peak of the eighth level of Qi refining. She has been practicing in the clan all year round. She is only known as 'Shen Wuli' and has never revealed her true identity. Yan...
Zhong Yan couldn't help but mutter: "Shen Linghai's bloodline is very powerful."
Nine wives and concubines gave birth to more than forty children, and there were seven children with spiritual roots, and at least, maybe some younger ones who were not known to outsiders.
However, the mortals and monks in his clan were completely separated. Shen Wuli was not the 'seventh', but only the seventh among the monks.
Yu Qingyao frowned in confusion and said softly: "Husband, Shen Nanfeng's realm is so high, why are there so few monks in the clan, and no foundation-building guests?"
Zhong Yan said: "This is obviously a family-style approach, emphasizing direct bloodline. Do you think that Shen Wuli can reach this level just by relying on his natural talent, which must have consumed a lot of resources to cultivate.
Even if the children of the family are not qualified, they don't have many resources available, so they are all reserved for the children with potential, let alone the guest.
Without generous remuneration, who would go there as a foundation-building monk? There is also great competition between the children of the family and between guest guests.
Moreover, Shen Nan still had enough Feng Shouyuan, and he was enough to intimidate him. When he gets older and the younger generations of the clan grow up, they will naturally spend a lot of money to recruit foundation-building guest ministers. "
Zhong Yan sighed: "It has been less than a hundred years since the clan was founded, but it is already very powerful!"
He returned the letter to Yang Liu'er, looked at each other and said, "To Ping'er, the family rules can be based on the Shen family's model of managing the family's children."
Yang Liuer blinked and said, "Yes, uncle, more detailed information should be sent back soon."
Yu Qingyao said: "Husband, fellow Taoist Bai has returned from the market and bought ten monster beasts in the early stages of Qi refining. They should come to the house today..."
After a pause, she continued: "By the way, husband, when I came back from the Colosseum last night, Xu Yun and Xie Xinjie made an appointment with me. They were my two former casual cultivator teammates. They asked me about recruiting guest ministers, but they didn't say anything clearly. But it sounds like I am willing to join, and I will visit you today."
Zhong Yan nodded. He heard last time in Yangquanfang City that Yu Qingyao was not close to the two of them.
"What do you mean?"
Yu Qingyao was silent for a while and said: "My husband makes the decision. Xie Xinjie may have the ninth level of Qi refining. Wouldn't his level be inappropriate?"
"We'll see when they come. We can add two more places to them."
At this time, Zhong Xiaozhong came running.
"Sir, the two immortal masters Han Jiuping and Zhang Dongzhuo from Yangquanfang City are here to visit!"
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