"Why do you, Zhenxing Island, want to run for the Ten Lands? It should be because you are dissatisfied with the current positioning. Although you have strong troops in the East China Sea, it is because of Penglai's care. It is also because of the Penglai Sect that you are joined by the Tianxing Meridians. If we target it, we won’t be able to penetrate the land of Kyushu at all.”
"But even Penglai's power is resisted by various factions and cannot expand to Kyushu. Even if you fight for ten lands, can you still stretch out your hands? Therefore, your position as Penglai Eagle Dog has been firmly framed. There’s no way to change it.”
"but……"
"I'm not talented, but I can help you change the situation."
Chu Liang's voice was full of confusion, which made Hong Jufeng stunned for a moment. This is not the great magical power of Master Yinghuo, but simply because it was said to his heart.
As a younger generation on Zhenxing Island, Hong Jufeng is indeed bored with this kind of life that he can only live in a corner of the East China Sea.
Each sect in the world of cultivating immortals actually has its own general sphere of influence. Within this scope, they can participate in the competition for secret realms, treasures, or cave heavens. Tasks such as evil spirits and evil spirits are also given priority. Even if there is a dispute, it always happens between neighboring immortal sects.
If a distant sect comes to snatch these, it will be regarded as crossing the boundary.
The smaller one covers three mountains and five lakes, while the larger one covers one state.
The sphere of influence of the ten sects is probably one of the four regions, and they usually do not leave this region to move to other places. Only the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect can generally go to any corner of the world by default.
Chu Liang and the others were accepting missions at Changing Sword Pavilion. Although most of them were in the southern region, they would occasionally travel all over the country. In fact, this was unimaginable for some disciples of small sects.
This unlimited expansion of the sphere of influence can also be regarded as one of the resource advantages of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
But there are exceptions.
For example, the Taiyin Sect, although they are from the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect, they are extremely lonely. Therefore, they rarely leave this corner of the Northern Territory and rarely go out to compete for resources. But similarly, they do not allow outsiders to enter the vicinity of their home area, even if they are both members of the Northern Territory sect. The immortal sects are also happy with this kind of self-proclaimed behavior.
The same goes for the Penglai Sect. Although they have existed as the first immortal sect of the righteous path all year round, they are located in the East China Sea far away from the inland, and their three Penglai islands are the most blessed place in the world, so they do not need to leave the East China Sea.
In addition to self-sufficiency, a large part of the reason why Penglai cannot go ashore is the blockade of Kyushu Xianmen.
Led by the imperial court, the Tianxing Meridians and sects such as Shushan and Tiangang Sect have actually been resisting the coming of Penglai forces overtly and covertly. Because everyone knows how powerful it is, once it expands to the land of Kyushu, it is likely that no one will be able to compete with it.
As long as Penglai is given a territory and allowed to explore the secret realm and recruit immortal cultivation seeds, it will soon be difficult for any other immortal sects to survive except Penglai and its lackeys.
Penglai Shangzong has been stirring up trouble everywhere in recent years, using existences like Taotie City and Thunder Castle to infiltrate, just to break this joint resistance and release his fangs.
Zhenxing Island, as the Penglai Eagle Dog, had certainly reaped a lot of dividends in the East China Sea, but also suffered a lot of melon losses. It was also marginalized and had difficulty landing.
If nothing else, Hong Jufeng was almost vomiting after eating seafood. He was fed up with this kind of life where he could only have a roast leg of lamb every once in a while when his father held a banquet.
Huh?
Speaking of this, Hong Jufeng suddenly remembered that his leg of lamb was still there. It should be cold now...
It's so sad to think about it.
Chu Liang saw that Hong Jufeng's expression suddenly became solemn, and he knew that the other party had listened to his words, so he continued: "If you want to communicate with the land of Kyushu, Hongmian Peak is the best window. I think the first step is You can use the Zhenshan Stone as a guide to allow the spiritual minerals of Zhenxing Island to flow out and the resources of Kyushu to flow in, deepening the connection with the Immortal Sects and achieving the effect of breaking the ice. With me pulling the strings, you don’t have to worry about any pressure. I am in the land of Kyushu. … quite well-connected.”
Hong Jufeng glanced at the ancestor of Mayfly next to him and said to himself that he was sure.
He hesitated and asked timidly: "Young Master Chu, it's not that I don't want to. What you said is certainly very good, but our Star Zhen Island's foundation is still in the East China Sea, and we always have to rely on others..."
"I don't need you to cut off contact with Penglai, but it won't conflict if you have one more person to help you." Chu Liang smiled and shook his head, "I understand your situation. To survive in the East China Sea, it is inevitable to consider Penglai as your father. You can take me as your father." As...a dear Uncle Wang next door?"
"Hmm..." This metaphor made Hong Jufeng deep in thought.
"But you must know who is dear to you." Chu Liang continued: "I contribute money to help Zhenxing Island develop. What I want is at least 60% of the income after the acquisition, and the veto power on all matters. Although I I will not interfere in any affairs of your sect on a daily basis, but at critical moments, our interests must be consistent. You continue to be your Sect Master, and I will be the Chief Sect Master, do you understand?"
Hong Jufeng looked straight at Chu Liang, his eyes slightly dull. It was obvious that these concepts overloaded his brain.
Although Chu Liang has become more skillful after the last negotiation with Huan Leisheng. But Zhenxing Island is different from the Fulu Sect after all. It is a sect that is a quasi-tenth place sect, so it is normal to have concerns.
"It doesn't matter. I respect any opinion you have, Young Master Hong. You can completely refuse it, or you can give it more consideration." Chu Liang said kindly.
"Ah, then I'll think about it..." Hearing this, Hong Jufeng took advantage of the situation and wanted to buy more time.
It is indeed difficult for him to decide on such a big matter.
Immediately, Chu Liang stood up and greeted the ancestor of Mayfly with a smile, "Senior Mayfly, let them dig it up first, and I will send someone to transport it back in advance later. I still have something to do on the mountain, so I won't follow you. It’s been a long time.”
Ancestor Mayfly saluted and said: "Young Master Chu, please have a quick meal before leaving. I specially asked you to come here. If you don't receive me well, I will inevitably feel guilty..."
Before he could finish speaking, Hong Jufeng stood up abruptly and said, "There are all these broken fish here. What's good to eat? Let's finish talking first."
Okay.
Judging from Chu Liang's posture, he was planning to turn around and leave if they couldn't reach an agreement.
It's okay if you leave. Hundreds of people like me are still mining here. Should I turn around and ask the old man to let me go? There is a high probability that he will feed me another worm and let me go on mining in a daze.
I haven’t eaten my leg of lamb yet!
It was only now that he realized that what Chu Liang had discussed with him were still secondary conditions. The most important condition was... his own life!
It was Chu Liang's tone that was too polite, which made him think that he really had a choice.
"Young Master Chu, I will do as you say." Hong Jufeng said seriously, "I agree to all your conditions!"
When Chu Liang heard this, he sat back slowly and said softly: "You don't even want to call me Mr. Chu."
…
The acquisition of Zhenxing Island cannot be finalized in one day. Chu Liang and Hong Jufeng discussed the general model and then let him go back to Zhenxing Island to prepare.
As for the large army, they still stayed on the quarrying islands as miners. He is both a coolie and a hostage. If Hong Jufeng wants to immediately go back on his word and seek revenge from Penglai, his sect will probably be wiped out regardless of whether he can catch Ancestor Mayfly.
They negotiated and announced to the outside world that Zhenxing Island had recaptured the spiritual mines on the Quarry Islands and would intensify mining. Naturally, the Fuyao Kingdom had no objection, since Chu and Liang both gave money anyway.
Doing this is nothing more than showing Penglai.
From now on, Zhenxing Island must cooperate secretly with Hongmianfeng without damaging its relationship with Penglai. I don’t know if Hong Jufeng can play this role of profiting from two sides, but it doesn’t matter even if he messes up.
Anyway, when Chu Liang acquired Zhenxing Island, the most important thing was the Zhenshan Shiling Mine. As long as there is a steady stream of spiritual minerals, Shushan Civil Engineering Hall can start construction with confidence and dare to take on any building of any size.
After returning to Hongmian Peak, Chu Liang heard some big news before he arranged for anyone to deal with these matters.
The first one was that the Ice Soul Sword Sect almost destroyed Xuantian Sha.
It is said that a female disciple of the Ice Soul Sword Sect eloped with a young monk from Xuantian Temple. As a result, the abbot of Xuantian Temple searched the sky and the earth with his Celestial Eye, only to find that the female disciple was in his own sect.
Han Qinglin, the headmaster of the Ice Soul Sword Sect, without saying a word, directly led the killing generals in, turning the secret realm that Xuantian had guarded for many years upside down.
In fact, this matter is a bit strange if you think about it carefully. If Xuantiansha really did this, and Abbot Chiyue really knew about it, how could he possibly explore the secret realm of his family?
If he didn't know, it was the behavior of a disciple. At most, he would punish the disciple who made the mistake and give the Ice Soul Sword Sect a certain amount of comfort and compensation. This was also the most normal choice.
No matter what, it won't lead to a direct war.
The Ice Soul Sword Sect's drastic choice is probably related to the general election in the Ten Regions.
Both sides are contenders in this ten-district sect election. Therefore, in addition to rescuing their own disciples, they may also have some thoughts of severely damaging their opponents.
The Ice Soul Sword Sect has indeed achieved its goal. Now Xuantian Temple has become a place of filth and evil in public opinion. In fact, it has been beaten violently. The peace and tranquility of Buddhism for many years has disappeared.
Abbot Chiyue has ordered the secret realm to be closed, and the entire temple will continue to be in retreat indefinitely. It seems that this time the election will also be withdrawn.
A competitor simply disappears.
I have to say that Han Qinglin's use of excuses this time was quite ruthless. The leader of the Ice Soul Sword Sect was somewhat decisive.
Second, Zhanling Mountain was also beaten.
Originally, several disciples of Zhan Lingshan were beaten by an unknown Confucian cultivator, leaving some threats.
The bad-tempered hero from Zhanlingshan put on armor and mounted an animal to march to Yushan Academy. But when they arrived, they found that all the practitioners in the academy had disappeared, and only a group of children studying here were left.
All the heroes and the children looked at each other, no matter how vicious they were, they would not attack the children. A wise person immediately suggested that we wait here.
People from Yushan Academy will always come back.
Even if they don't want the academy, they can't just ignore these students, right?
But the person they were waiting for was not someone from Yushan Academy, but Shen Tuyang, the deputy chief of Shenglong Academy.
There is no need to describe the subsequent scenes.
If it weren't for the presence of children, the scene might have been ten times more bloody and brutal.
It wasn't until the army was beaten to pieces that someone invited the eighth-level experts from the Tiangang Sect to stop them. After the two Tianyuan powerhouses met, it was difficult to take action since they were not mortal enemies.
Shen Tuyang and the other party bickered for a while, and then everyone went back to their respective homes.
Zhan Lingshan didn't get any benefits in this battle, and he also received a more severe beating. He probably wouldn't let it go.
But with their wisdom, the outcome is not difficult to foresee.
Of course, even if people and pigs were beaten over there, Chu Liang would just listen to the fun. He didn't care who was elected to the ten sects.
In comparison, he cares a little more about the new members of Silver Sword Peak.
…
The crowd of onlookers waited until the iron-eating beast fell asleep before dispersing. Chu Liang was wondering whether he should collect some tickets tomorrow. This is not about money, but mainly because Yinjian Peak is not big to begin with, so it is too crowded with so many people.
When the little guy woke up the next day, the injury on his fur was almost healed. It is worthy of being the mount of Jiuli Evil God and a bloodline that can survive the ancient catastrophe. Its body and recovery ability are worthy of admiration.
Chu Liang approached it and saw that it was sleepy-eyed. It was obviously confused and didn't seem to recognize who Chu Liang was. The little eyes stared at him for a long time before gradually regaining consciousness and showing a flattering smile.
"Hehe." Chu Liang also smiled at it and stretched out his hand to rub his fleshy little head, "Where are you from? Let's go back and see today?"
"Woo..." Hearing that he was about to go back, the iron-eating beast whimpered twice from his throat, seeming to agree.
Chu Liang put the small medicine basket on its back and let it set off.
I saw the little guy swaying and stumbling around, sniffing all the way to the orchard. When passing by the spiritual plants in the garden, it suddenly stopped and looked back at Chu Liang. It pointed at a natural treasure next to it, looked at Chu Liang, and grinned slightly.
Chu Liang actually saw a flattering smile on the face of an iron-eating beast.
"Take it, take it." He waved his hand helplessly.
What can you do with a shameless iron-eating beast?
I can only feed it.
The little guy didn't eat it immediately, but gently picked off the spiritual plant and put it into the small medicine basket behind his back. Then it came to the familiar gap along the same route, kicked its hooves again, and with a little rub, it rushed out with its whole body.
call--
Its speed increased, and it was really like a small whirlwind. It was completely unimaginable how those four short legs could move so fast.
But it was not difficult for Chu Liang to chase it. He turned into wind and followed closely. He watched the iron-eating beast go all the way down to the vast jungle under the sea of clouds.
There are many spiritual birds and beasts living in this jungle, but when they feel the approach of this whirlwind, all the spiritual beasts will retreat. It seems that this cute little guy is still famous under the sea of clouds.
It was galloping all the way until it was almost out of the Shushan Mountains and reached the edge of the jungle. Then it stopped and created a heavy cloud of smoke.
There is a cave tangled in vines ahead.
Chu Liang's heart moved. Could it be that his family really lived here?
It would be great if we could bring back a few more iron-eating beasts.
Although this kind of ancient ferocious beast is still dangerous, even the master has been raised in Shushan, so what is there to fear from a few cute beasts?
With anticipation, he entered the cave with the iron-eating beast.
"Woo——" The iron-eating beast whimpered twice and ran towards the depths of the cave.
But there was no one of the same kind there, and there was a figure lying there!
Chu Liang saw an old man wearing strangely patterned robes in the cave. He was seriously injured and was lying there breathing hard.
The old man's skin was shriveled, his energy and blood were exhausted, and there was a bloody hole in his left chest. A strange spiritual energy was attached to it, preventing the wound from healing.
There are still some traces of fragments of the elixir around the wound, which are vaguely the spiritual plant that was lost at Silver Sword Peak. It turns out that the iron-eating beast stole the spiritual plant not to eat it, but to heal the old man's injuries?
As soon as it got close, it stretched out its tongue and licked the old man's hand, whimpering a few times.
The old man felt the licking and opened his eyes with great difficulty. Only then did he realize that an outsider had entered. He turned to look at Chu Liang, but did not show any surprise, and asked a strange question in a very calm tone.
"Has God Jiuli finally come to pick me up?"
good evening.
You can see that today is still a two-in-one title. There are too many words to write in the title.
(End of chapter)
