The next few days.
Lu Zhong made a trip to the Western Region to complete the transaction with Master Liu Jian, and changed the development direction of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, starting to develop towards the Bihai Islands.
He never went out again.
He has been in retreat in a quiet room.
Five months passed in the blink of an eye.
He didn't come out of the quiet room until all the elixir was consumed.
His cultivation level has increased slightly, but it is still a little far away from the middle stage of pill formation. Fortunately, the progress is visible little by little, but it does not make Lu Zhong despair. With his current qualifications, it is good to be able to achieve this speed.
In the courtyard, Lu Zhong was practicing.
The Barbarian Ancestor's Heaven Swallowing Technique simply absorbs Qi and blood and its progress is slow.
It needs to be combined with boxing and kicking skills to strengthen the body and muscles.
As usual, he was shirtless, wearing only a pair of shorts.
Even if he deliberately restrained his fists, the air was still crackling. As the body's strong energy and blood were continuously stimulated, the whole person was enveloped in a red cloud.
"Peng!"
With the last punch, Lu Zhong couldn't hold back his strength for a moment, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard suddenly suffered.
"Crash!"
The fist wind directly plowed a deep trench several feet long.
His arms dropped, and Lu Zhongchang let out a breath.
"After a long period of star power tempering, coupled with the progress of the Barbarian Ancestor Swallowing Heaven Technique, my strength has become more and more outrageous. I can lift a hundred thousand kilograms of heavy objects with physical strength alone. If I add mana and spells, the number is even higher. It will be even more exaggerated!”
More and more inhuman!
The process of monks pursuing immortality is essentially the process of becoming energy creatures. Transforming the body with immortal spiritual energy step by step, starting from the Qi refining stage, then to the subsequent foundation building, pill formation and Nascent Soul, we are all moving towards this goal step by step, until we take the final step to overcome the tribulation.
Just as he was thinking about it, hunger brought Lu Zhong back to reality.
After taking a few cleansing charms on his body, Lu Zhong put his clothes back on. The maid on the side immediately brought the prepared monster meat. All of them were recently hunted monsters, and the blood and energy contained in them had not been lost much.
"Well, it tastes really bad!"
Lu Zhong was thinking about whether he should hire a spiritual chef.
To be honest, the maid's cooking skills are not bad, but she is still not a true spiritual cook. She has not mastered so many cooking skills, and she does not know how to harmonize spiritual energy.
"Forget it, I'll just ask someone to briefly investigate the trouble. Let's just make do with it."
The monster's meat is rough, but fortunately its teeth are pretty good.
Taking one bite after another, it was essentially the same as a mortal eating stewed meat. When the meat fell into his stomach, it would soon be refined by the Barbarian Ancestor's Heaven-Swallowing Technique, transforming it into nutrients and blood, nourishing his body.
After working for more than a hundred kilograms of animal meat, Lu Zhong stopped eating.
It's not that I can't eat anymore, but this kind of eating behavior with a simple purpose is too boring.
Everything has marginal effects.
Seeing that the refining effect was getting worse and worse, he simply ended today's body refining.
Strength has improved again.
"This feels so good!"
Lu Zhong has never envied those protagonists who have made rapid progress in cultivation. They have worked hard for it. They have been involved in whirlpools that are higher than their own strength time and time again, and then are whipped forward by crises like dogs. , no matter how you look at it, you can’t help yourself.
He is still as comfortable as he is now, getting stronger little by little.
There was a sound of footsteps, and the maid came in holding a storage bag.
"Master, the materials you requested are ready."
"Yeah." Lu Zhong nodded.
He stretched out his hand to take a look and saw that it was the spirit-sending array material that he had handed over before.
Even though the grade is a bit unsatisfactory, the maximum control distance is only more than 800 miles, but at this time, you can't force too much. After all, rare spiritual materials are hard to come by, so it's good to have them.
Turn around and come to the quiet room.
"This place is still a bit small. It seems that the construction of a cave must be put on the agenda." Lu Zhong was thinking about how to build a cave on Ganquan Island.
The location of Ganquan Island is the only way to go to the Bihai Island Group.
It's time to build a commercial port on Ganquan Island!
Today is different from the past. Lu Zhong is no longer in the state of just forming a pill, and his strength is no less than that of an experienced pill form.
"When this year is over, we will start construction, so that when the tide period arrives in the second half of the year, the basic defense facilities will be complete. By then, as long as I sit on Ganquan Island and prove that it has the ability to withstand the tide of sea monsters, Ganquan Commercial Port will be able to Recognition from Changchun Valley.”
He thought in his heart.
Immediately, he stopped thinking about it, and instead tried to figure out the layout of the spirit-sending array in his mind.
The layout of this formation is not very difficult. It consists of thirty-six parts in total. Each part has a minimum of three prohibitions and a maximum of eighty-one. As long as the formation is arranged step by step, there is basically no possibility of failure.
Lu Zhong waved his hand and released the spirit puppet.
Considering the need to hide his figure, he also prepared a piece of Qianliang Stone this time. By refining it into the body of the spirit puppet, the puppet will have the ability to disguise himself.
Plus a living stone.
The spirit puppet has the ability to simulate the breath of living creatures.
Under Lu Zhong's control, even the Foundation Establishment monks would not be able to discover that it was a puppet unless the Danjie monks deliberately investigated.
The investment in the two spiritual items amounted to tens of thousands of spiritual stones.
Fortunately, you can earn it all back with just one trip to the Western Region.
He completed it in one go, and in less than a day, he set up the spirit-returning array and tried to control the spirit-returning puppet. He got it right and it really looked like his own body, with no lag in his movements.
Looking at the faceless spirit puppet, Lu Zhong couldn't help but think of Li Qionghua.
After this woman seriously injured the contemporary True Lord of the Lingyue Sect, there were rumors that she had already died from her injuries, and some said that she was worried about revenge and fled far away, but no news has been released for a long time.
But he always felt that Li Qionghua was still in the Lingyue Domain.
After all, he was once a Yuanying old monster, and his perseverance was unparalleled.
They will never give up until Lingyue Sect is destroyed.
Touch the puppet's face with magic power, and a face suddenly appears on it. Then adjust the details of the body, especially the muscles and hair, which requires even more attention to detail.
It took a while to think carefully.
The spirit puppet has become the image of the "bearded swordsman".
…
Just when Lu Zhong was preparing to set off to the west.
A piece of bad news came.
The Chengde Chamber of Commerce's former stronghold in the Bihai Islands was destroyed not long ago. All local personnel were killed, and even a seagoing ship was robbed.
"What's going on?" Lu Zhong said expressionlessly.
The development of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce in the Bihai Island Group is related to the acquisition of Mingyan Purple Iron, and is also related to his future path, so he cannot help but pay more attention to it.
After listening to the chief steward's report, he realized that things were not that simple.
Wherever there are people, there are benefits.
The Chengde Chamber of Commerce's involvement in Bihai inevitably touched the interests of the local monk group.
The Bihai Fellowship, together with the Lianhai Alliance and the Big Sun Boat Gang, are the three major forces in the Bihai Island Group, and are currently one of the monopolies of Bihai spiritual resources.
It was the Bihai Fellowship that caused this blood eucalyptus.
The current president of the Bihai Fellowship is a casual cultivator in the early stage of alchemy formation, who is called "Bidao Sanren". He occupies a good location on Bidao, which is also the home base of the Bihai Fellowship.
There were more than a thousand fellow practitioners in total.
In addition to Bi Dao Sanren, the alchemy-forming practitioner, there are hundreds of foundation-building practitioners in the fellow cultivators. The official members are at least in the middle stage of Qi-refining, so they come from a mixed bag.
In essence, this is an evil cultivator group.
It was just that it was disguised well in the past, giving the impression that it was just an organization that bought and sold spiritual resources. But once its fundamental interests were touched, its true colors would immediately be revealed.
There is not much to say about the handling of this matter.
The Bihai Fellowship took direct action, which was tantamount to an undeclared war.
The Chengde Chamber of Commerce's response was to go to war.
At this time, there was a sound of rapid footsteps.
But it was Yu Feng'er.
She was originally out in the field to inspect the cultivation of spiritual rice.
After hearing the news, he hurried back.
Seeing that Lu Zhong was determined to start a war, she did not stop her. She was just worried and said: "Husband, the Sanren of Bi Island are quite powerful, and they are also local snakes. I'm afraid..."
"It's okay, Master, there's nothing going on lately." Lu Zhong comforted him.
With the support of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, the reconstruction of the Heling Sect is progressing very smoothly. Shui Ni can take a break for a while. If the master and the apprentice join forces, it will not be difficult to solve the problem.
"The Sword Comes"
In terms of combat power, Shui Ni is also top-notch, otherwise he wouldn't have the courage to establish a sect.
…
Since the end of the war between the two sects, Changchun Fairy City has been peaceful for a long time.
The conflict between the Chengde Chamber of Commerce and the Bihai Fellowship immediately attracted the attention of monks in the community, either as a casual chat after dinner, or as a way to think about the opportunities.
The big forces were different. They began to examine this up-and-coming chamber of commerce.
Is it a threat or a help?
No matter how these forces view the Chengde Chamber of Commerce.
As soon as the tide period that lasted for more than half a year ended, the war began.
The genius is bright.
"Husband, don't worry, I will definitely take care of the rear!" Yu Feng'er, with tears in her eyes, tried to pretend to be calm and patted her chest to assure her.
"Well, remember not to leave the city."
At the port, seven airships have docked.
Groups of monks were queuing up to board the ship.
Among them are both the Chamber of Commerce escorts and the casual cultivators who serve as cannon fodder.
For fear of leaking the news, Lu Zhong did not announce Shui Ni's arrival to the outside world. No one except the top leaders of the Chamber of Commerce knew about her arrival, and she was arranged on the largest spaceship.
At this time, Shui Ni was meditating on the futon.
After not seeing her for a while, her cultivation level has increased again, and she is approaching the completion of the middle stage of pill formation, and she can't tell when she will break through.
Seeing Lu Zhong come in, Shui Ni opened her eyes with a smile on her face.
"Speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, haven't we? Master, I miss you so much, my dear disciple. Why don't you come to Heling Sect to sit down after such a long time?"
She is Lu Zhong's only disciple and the only one close to him.
At this point, he said it half as a joke and half as a complaint.
Hearing Shui Ni say this, Lu Zhong could only smile bitterly.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this!" Shui Ni looked at Lu Zhong and said coldly: "It's strange. You have been with the head of the Yu family for so long, why has there been no result yet?"
Lu Zhong felt embarrassed when he heard this.
Why do you, old man, bring up such a thing?
"Oh, my good disciple, you can't do this. I'm waiting to have my grandson!" When Shui Ni said this, his expression suddenly became serious. He took out two jade slips from his storage bag and stuffed them into In the hands of Lu Zhong.
Turning around, she said with a mysterious face: "In this jade slip, there is a secret recipe brought by the master from the Middle Earth. It is said that even the True Lord Yuanying can give birth to offspring if he uses it."
"Another jade slip, uh, this... just take a look at this yourself." Shui Ni rarely felt embarrassed.
Lu Zhong took it and took a look and found that this other jade slip was actually a dual cultivation secret technique.
He glanced at Shui Ni, who was blushing with embarrassment.
What exactly are you carrying around with you?
…
The fleet flew across the sea at extremely high speeds.
After only one day and one night, we arrived at our destination.
It was just dawn, and through the port window of the airship, one could see a large island in the distance, with a large array of light shining in the central mountain range, where the Bihai Fellowship was based.
After a while, a rainbow light flew in front of the fleet.
It was Bi Dao Sanren.
Bi Dao Sanren's eyes were full of anger, which ruined his still upright appearance, making it hard for people to have any good impression of him.
Lu Zhong flew out of the flying boat, looked at him and said coldly: "Bidao, the Chengde Chamber of Commerce has no grudges against you, the Bihai Fellowship, but you massacred more than a hundred people in my chamber of commerce. I advise you to surrender now, otherwise there will be no rest." You’re welcome if you blame me!”
"Hahaha, you want me to surrender? Just because you are a new member of the pill formation?" Bi Dao Sanren laughed wildly. He knew that Lu Zhong had just formed an pill and was sure that his strength was not as good as his own, so he dared to attack the Chengde Chamber of Commerce.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, there is no need to talk nonsense. If you want to kill me, Li Yuanzhen, then just come over!"
As if these words were a signal.
A column of water rose from the sea below, and a pill-forming aura appeared.
"Sure enough, there is an ambush!" Lu Zhong had already expected it.
According to the information he received, the Bihai Fellowship is very close to the Great Sun Boat Gang. If he guessed correctly, the person coming out now should be Hai Long, the leader of the Great Sun Boat Gang, a water-yuan spiritual body. The monk's cultivation is at the early stage of pill formation.
After seeing the figure of the person clearly, especially the dragon tattoo on his body, Lu Zhong immediately confirmed his identity.
It is indeed Hai Long, the leader of the Big Sun Boat Gang.
"With one against two, Master Lu, you'd better just surrender and capture him!"
Hai Long didn't hide his aura and spoke very arrogantly. His eyes drifted towards the fleet of spaceships behind Lu Zhong. He couldn't help but feel a strong greed in his heart, wishing he could take it for himself.
Seeing the two men approaching, Lu Zhong smiled faintly: "Do you think this is enough to defeat me?"
The next moment, a tyrannical aura appeared.
The coercion in the middle stage of pill formation directly enveloped the entire battlefield.
"Not good!" Bi Dao Sanren's expression changed drastically.
Hai Long on the side plunged towards the sea below without saying a word.
He is a water spirit, and he is as comfortable in the water as a fish in water. He can use this to gain a lot of advantages in the fight. Even if he is targeted by the mid-stage pill formation, he is confident that he will have a chance to escape.
The premise is that you can enter the water.
"Scout!" Shui Ni, who appeared, shouted sweetly.
At the same time, the jade finger points a little forward.
A small flag beside him disappeared and reappeared below Hai Long.
The Xiaoqi magic weapon has an extraordinary origin, and its reappearance is like opening an umbrella to form a semicircular shield. Although she was quickly blasted to pieces by Hai Long using the water-splitting magic weapon, her goal had been achieved.
Hai Long wanted to plunge towards the sea again, but it was already too late.
Seeing the two fighting each other, Lu Zhong withdrew his gaze and looked at Bi Dao Sanren.
"Now, it's our turn."
"I'm afraid you won't make it, so just die!" Before Bi Dao Sanren could finish his words, he threw out a moon wheel magic weapon, which turned into a ten-foot-sized weapon when it rose in the wind.
The moon wheel whirled around, heading straight towards Lu Zhong.
Seeing this, Lu Zhong was not afraid at all.
He raised his hand and released the Star Mirror.
Sensing the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations coming from the Xiaojing magic weapon, Bi Dao Sanren felt something was wrong. This Lu Zhong's strength was not what a new Dan Jie should have.
Before he could react, several mirror lights hit the moon wheel.
The momentum of the moon wheel stopped.
Immediately afterwards, there was another series of mirror lights.
Bi Dao Sanren's face was horrified, looking at Lu Zhong shrouded in the starlight, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
"You, what kind of forbidden magic weapon is this?"
"Tenth level!" Lu Zhong said without changing his expression.
Unexpectedly, Bi Dao San Cui believed it after hearing this. After all, the two of them had the same cultivation level and were both San Cultivators. Logically speaking, their strength should not be so great.
A reasonable explanation can only be made if the magic weapon is sharp.
"Stop, stop, stop, the casual cultivators don't fight the casual cultivators, I will first apologize to you, Fellow Daoist Lu!" The Bi Dao San cultivator was able to bend and stretch, and he said these words, forgetting what he had just said.
But Lu Zhong was not prepared to let this person go.
The Chengde Chamber of Commerce wants to use the heads of Bi Dao Sanren to scare those Xiaoxiao with evil intentions.
Otherwise, massacres will inevitably happen again and again.
The Bi Dao Sanren were defeated faster than Lu Zhong thought.
After only ten rounds, Zhi Hong stabbed his chest with a sword.
"You, don't even think about...escape, let's die together!"
Bi Dao Sanren covered his heart, and dazzling auras lit up his body. Hundreds of years of cultivation were quickly dissolving, and a terrifying and heart-wrenching aura was brewing in his body.
But before he could complete his self-destruction, a lightning swamp suddenly descended.
Countless thunder and lightning appeared in the void.
Detonate the scattered people of Bi Dao in advance.
Suddenly!
An astonishing explosion.
Less than a hundred feet away, Lu Zhong was blown away for several miles before he managed to stop himself.
Looking towards the explosion site, hundreds of feet of sea water below was blown away, revealing the coral reef below. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If he hadn't had an idea just now, he would have been seriously injured now.
This was the first time that his body-protecting Qi had been breached.
"He blew himself up when he saw that the situation was not going well. This Bidao Sanren is also a ruthless person. It seems that he should be more careful when dealing with the Danjie monks in the future, otherwise he will be taken away together." Lu Zhong thought of this and felt frightened.
Suddenly, a scream came from a distance.
However, Hai Long lost to Shui Ni and was cut into pieces in the air.
From the start of the fight to now, it took less than half a quarter of an hour.
The two Jiedan members died one after another.
Victory comes very quickly, but it is not easy.
Lu Zhong, on his side, was almost taken away by self-destruction.
Shui Ni's situation was not much better. After all, it was a fight between Jiedan. Even if his cultivation level was a small level higher, there was no guarantee that he would be able to escape unscathed from Hai Long's desperate blow.
The injury was not serious, but he was covered in blood.
"Ahem, a good disciple can only help you so far."
For a while, she was unable to take action.
Lu Zhong was very grateful that Shui Ni was able to do this as he helped Shui Ni onto the flying boat. If it were other Dan-Jie cultivators, they would only be able to hold Hai Long back and would never kill him at the risk of injury.
He knew that Shui Ni was helping him eliminate future troubles.
If Hai Long is allowed to escape, Lu Zhong and the Chengde Chamber of Commerce will really have a headache in the future. Maybe one day, a convoy or fleet will be attacked, causing huge losses.
"Thank you Master, I will definitely remember this kindness in my heart!"
Lu Zhong didn't say much nonsense, left two bottles of third-level healing elixirs, and hurried out.
The scattered people in Bi Dao died, and there was a sudden commotion in Bi Dao below.
Without the defense of the Danjie monks, it would be a matter of time before the formation was broken, so there were streams of light rising below and flying in all directions. The purpose of his seven flying boats this time was to intercept these people.
If you dare to take action, you must be prepared to die.
…
At noon, the fighting ended.
Lu Zhong stepped into the main hall of the Fellowship Association.
The smell of blood was strong in the hall, and there were a large number of corpses lying strewn about. The blood almost covered the backs of shoes. Many of them were evil cultivators who were wanted in Changchun Immortal City. They knew that they would definitely die if they surrendered, so they could only hold on to the last trace of luck. , stubbornly resisted until the end.
But in front of Zhenren Jie Dan, all resistance is in vain.
"Pavilion Master, all surrendered monks have been screened. How should we deal with them?" Yu Yuqing, who serves as the vice president, walked in and said respectfully.
"Kill those with blood debts, and throw the rest into the bitter mines for ten years." Lu Zhong said in a low voice.
Those who would choose to join the Bihai Fellowship are not good birds. Anyone who still has a conscience in their heart should join the Lianhai Alliance to stay together for warmth.
As far as he knew, the Lianhai League was established.
It was to resist the oppression of the Bihai Fellowship.
Judging from the prisoners' confessions, this is also proved.
"Yes!" Yu Yuqing nodded.
He didn't make any sense. After all, among the members of the Chamber of Commerce who were slaughtered, there were also family members.
Others in the palace also agreed with this result.
At this time, Lu Zhong looked at everyone and announced:
"Next, we will start building Bihaifang City based on the residence of the Fellowship Association. Vice President Yu, you will send people to negotiate with the Lianhai League to see what their intentions are. It is best to win over the Lianhai League."
Thinking about it, it is not difficult to win over the Lianhai Alliance as long as the conditions are promised.
In this regard, Lu Zhong is confident enough.
When these monks who are familiar with the Bihai Islands join in, the establishment of Bihaifang City will have the foundation of monks. The output of special products and spiritual items will soon be restored, and it will not be long before it can grow into a formal market. This will be of great significance to the future development of the Chamber of Commerce. The exploration of Abyss Continent will be a huge help.
…
In the next few days, Lu Zhong basically stayed in Bidao.
It is not only to protect the newly established Bihaifang City, but also to protect Shui Ni so that she can heal her injuries without worrying about external dangers.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.
On this day, above Bi Island, a vortex of spiritual energy suddenly formed, and soon turned into a funnel shape. A large amount of spiritual energy gathered and poured into a secret room on the top of the mountain.
After a while, Shui Nixiao came out of the secret room.
The level of cultivation has improved, and it has reached the late stage of pill formation.
"Congratulations, Master, for your breakthrough. You can look forward to the future of Nascent Soul!" Lu Zhong was waiting outside and congratulated him at the right time.
"No, no, it's just accumulation, Yuanying Avenue is still out of reach." Shui Ni shook her head and said, but she couldn't stop the joy in her heart.
As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing again.
