Chapter 186: The War Changes
Chapter 186 - War Changes
Half a year later, Little Turtle Peak.
"Finally, this step has been taken."
Lu Chang'an put away one of the letters in his hand, his gaze cast to the south of Wu Qi Mountain, and murmured to himself.
Zee!
The Ground Rock Rat scratched the back of its head, its eyes rolling slightly as it looked at its master in confusion.
Not far away from the Xuan Shui turtle, body width of eight feet, lazily lying in the lotus blooming pool, to maintain a certain habit, more than twenty years as one day, looking in a certain direction.
The turtle is still far from adulthood.
It doesn't know that its closest human female cultivator is approaching the 100-year mark and has already entered her twilight years.
......
Half a month later.
A young man in a strong suit at the early stage of Foundation Establishment flew to the front of Little Turtle Peak with a reclining light.
"Senior Li Congren, greetings to Grandpa Lu."
The Foundation Establishment youth wore a smile and saluted without being overbearing.
"Congren ah, please come in and sit."
Lu Chang'an sat in the pavilion and turned on the formation on the mountain.
The man in front of him, Li Congren, is the grandson of Li Ergou, and was once known as "Mu Congren".
Zee!
The rock rat emerged from the cave not far away, licking its lips, staring straight at this visitor from afar.
Mu Congren's heart and mind tightened, his eyes flared with scorn as he looked towards the late second-stage ground rock rat.
He subconsciously held on to the spirit pet pouch at his waist.
"Grandpa Lu, it's my first visit after Foundation Establishment, so I've made some oversights. This is a filial tribute to your specialties."
Walking into the pavilion, Li Congren presented a large gift box.
Lu Chang'an was slightly surprised when he scanned his divine sense. Li Congren's gift was several pieces of second-order top-grade ores, including a piece of quasi-third-order cold iron concentrate.
"Congren has the heart."
Over the years, he had attempted to build second-order top-grade puppets and had a need for high-quality materials.
Receiving Li Congren's filial piety, Lu Chang'an couldn't help but think of Lin Lu.
The last time a junior who was so filial to himself fell into the neighboring battlefield, his life and death were uncertain.
"Grandpa Lu, this is the debt that Congren paid for his grandfather."
Li Congren handed over another brocade bag.
"Uh-huh."
Lu Chang'an weighed it, there were two thousand lower grade spirit stones inside.
Before the "Mu Congren" outreach back then, Li Erqing had approached him to purchase a batch of valuable war preparations, including second-ranked middle and upper-grade talismans, and two second-ranked puppets.
At that time, Li Erqing and his grandson's years of reserves of spirit stones had been drained, and he still owed Lu Changan 2,000 spirit stones.
Because Li Erqing has many grandchildren, Lu Changan is not worried about not being able to pay back the debt.
"Congren has one thing to thank Grandpa Lu for. Twenty years ago, the cheaply sold war supplies played a big role in the critical moment, and helped me to repel the evil cultivators and protect the safety of the clan land."
Li Congren said gratefully.
"Some time ago, I heard your ancestor mention you in his letters. It's not easy to lead a branch of the clan alone to expand outside, rooted in a remote and bitterly cold place, and achieve such development momentum."
Lu Changan looked at the calm and capable Li Congren and praised him.
Li Congren's qualifications are similar to those of Mu Bingyun.
Although this son does not have outstanding skills, he is good at management.
The branch he brought out has been developing well. In just twenty years, the overall strength of the oldest foundation-building family, only the bottom line is almost. Not long ago, Li Congren officially changed "Li surname", his branch line, set up its own door, named "Xuemeishan Li".
He brought out that lineage, are the direct descendants of Li Erqing, after nearly 20 years of generation of padding, this matter did not face great resistance.
The original family of Lake Fei Yue, some of the old clansmen were quite critical, but did not make an accusation.
Mu Bingyun has tacitly agreed to this matter.
The Mu family's spiritual veins could not accommodate so many cultivators.
At that time, the Mu Clan's new and old factions' conflicts and interests were irreconcilable, and it was at a time of bottleneck development. It was Li Congren who took the initiative to take away the direct descendants of Li Erqing's lineage to operate in a remote place with poor conditions.
If Li Congren hadn't taken the responsibility, Fei Yuehu, which had failed to expand that year, would have split up sooner or later due to internal conflict.
"Although it's hard for the clan to expand outside, it doesn't have the constraints of our own clan. Clansmen working together, plus a little bit of heaven and earth, late generation of this lineage, finally stood firm."
Li Congren said modestly.
Lu Chang'an knows that it is often more difficult to get the best out of people than it is to get the right place at the right time.
Li Congren is good at management, this aspect is far more than his grandfather, Mu Bingyun is not as good as.
This is the first time I've seen this. Although the Li family is separated, but with Fei Yuehu Mu family, to maintain close contact and cooperation.
After all, the two clans have the same bloodline.
Moreover, Li Erqing himself is unwilling to leave the Mu family and has sworn to guard Lake Fei Yue until the last day.
This is an important link between the two clans.
......
After half an hour of conversation, Lu Chang'an had an understanding of Li Congren's current situation.
Li Congren's "Li Clan" is located in the northwestern part of Liang, close to the border of Liang.
The exact location is southwest of the Royal Beast Zhou Clan.
If you travel from the Royal Beast Zhou Clan to the "Purple Bauhinia Immortal City" in the western part of the Liang Kingdom, you will pass by the "Snowy Plum Mountain Li Clan" lineage.
Bauhinia Immortal City is also close to the border of Liang Kingdom, and has trade with the Jing Kingdom in the western region.
Li Congren's ability to take root in the more chaotic and bitterly cold lands was also due to his diplomatic skills.
For example, the Royal Beast Zhou Family is the strongest Immortal Cultivation Family in that area.
Li Congren utilized his relationship with Lu Chang'an, along with the benefits of filial piety, to maintain a good relationship with the Zhou family's "Zhou Jingxuan".
In terms of personal relationship, Li Congren has befriended a middle stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and has a life-long friendship with him.
This mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator became the Li Clan's envoy.
Not only that.
Li Congren also married a female cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, only it was not disclosed to the public.
The rapid development of the Li Clan lineage is also due to what Li Congren called "the right place and the right time".
The Li Clan's rapid development has also benefited from what Li Congren called "the right place and the right time".
In the ten years before the war, the Li Clan purchased the right to develop a mine for fifty years at a low price.
As the war started, the price of all kinds of materials rose, and gold and iron related ores were naturally no exception.
In addition to the mineral value-added.
The war materials circulating from the Jing Kingdom to the Liang Kingdom boosted the trade prosperity around the Li Clan's lineage.
"Jing Kingdom, what is the current state of affairs?"
Lu Chang'an asked with seeming curiosity.
Currently, several nearby countries, Liang, Beacon, Yan, and Chen, are involved in the Immortal Cultivation War.
Only, the battlefield is limited to the Beacon Country.
"The Jing Country is a neutral Immortal Cultivation Country, with no fourth-order spirit veins or YuanYing level clan powers, and never gets involved in neighboring countries' disputes."
"The country is located within the corner of the Chen Kingdom, Liang Kingdom, and the Black Mist Mountain Range, which is rich in materials and more developed in terms of trade. These years of immortal cultivation wars, the clans and lineages of the Jing State, are considered to have made war fortunes......."
Li Congren recounted the situation in Jing country.
Li's lineage, close to the northwest border of Liang, has dealings with merchants in Jing.
Seeing that Lu Chang'an was more interested, Li Congren gifted a jade cylinder which recorded the situation of the Jing Country's Immortal Cultivation World. "Jing Country, as a neutral Immortal Cultivation Country, not interfering in the war, and the situation is stable, it is an alternative retreat."
Lu Chang'an secretly thought.
......
Subsequently, Lu Chang'an gave this grandson's junior a slight guidance in cultivation.
Li Congren is nearly ten years younger than Mu Bingyun, and has already reached the peak of the early stage of Foundation Establishment, so if he wants to break through the bottleneck, he still needs to polish it for some years.
Before you leave.
Li Congren purchased a batch of war supplies from Lu Changan.
Li Congren's financial power is beyond Lu Chang'an's expectation.
This son purchased three puppets, one each at the early, mid and late second stage.
In terms of talismans, he mainly purchased one to twenty of the middle and upper second-order quality, including two of the top second-order quality.
Of course, this kind of financial power is a family's underlying wealth, not Li Congren's private ownership.
Zee!
The ground rock rat's face was agitated, seeing Li Congren rise up in the air, showing an unwilling expression.
"I'm sorry, Grandpa Lu. My juniors have a spirit rat pet that only has an early second stage cultivation and is not good at fighting, so I don't dare to come out to meet the ground rock rat."
Li Congren explained with a smile.
"Oh? Is Congren's spirit rat pet a male or a female."
"Male." Li Congren replied.
Lu Chang'an glanced at the Ground Rock Rat if he had a smile on his face.
After Mu Congren left Wu Qi Mountain.
Lu Chang'an communicated with the Ground Rock Rat for a while.
"Mu Congren's spirit rat pet, its bloodline grade is not inferior to the current Ground Rock Rat. It doesn't specialize in fighting, could it be a rare rat for treasure hunting or mining? If that's the case, the value is much higher than a ground rock rat."
"It seems that the lineage led by Mu Congren, which is developing so well, is not just the value added to the existing minerals."
Thinking of the quasi third-order ores that Mu Congren had honored, Lu Chang'an couldn't help but speculate.
He had no intention of exploring and coveting it.
For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, this could only be considered a normal range of chance, while taking advantage of the east wind of the war.
......
Three years have passed in a flash.
Lu Changan was at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment and had been practicing for seven or eight years.
On this day, Shi Manrong came to Little Turtle Peak and brought a message.
"Shen Bixin's marriage contract with Song Wenshu has actually been postponed?"
Lu Chang'an was surprised and almost thought that Fairy Shi was joking.
A few months ago, they received an invitation sent by Song Wenshu, when the marriage contract was in half a year.
"At first, my concubine didn't believe it either. However, this is the news that came from the disciples of the Departing Flame Palace."
Shi Manrong looked puzzled.
"The marriage contract was postponed, not canceled. What exactly happened?"
Lu Chang'an felt something fishy and pondered.
Song Wenshu was in the Li Huo Palace, and although he was not from a true lineage or a direct lineage of elders, he was still considered to have a not bad background.
"Recently, has the price of formations increased?"
"The lower-order formations have not moved, but the quasi-third-order formations, the demand and prices have grown abnormally."
Fairy Master replied, soon pondering.
"Are you suspecting that this matter is related to the war?"
Her clear eyes turned to Lu Chang'an.
"If Song Wenshu was suddenly enlisted by the clan to go to the frontline, then the postponement of the marriage contract, which is an irresistible reason, is not considered a disgrace."
Lu Chang'an thought of a possibility.
"Three years ago, the Liang clan conscripted the third batch of cultivators. The fourth batch of conscription, it is indeed fast......"
Fairy Shi mused.
Lu Chang'an, however, had a feeling that things were not that simple.
Because, in the recent year, he hadn't received any news of the war passed on by Zhao Tan'er of the Golden Cloud Valley.
Lu Chang'an speculated: the neighboring country's frontline war may have taken an unknown turn.
Zhao Tan'er was probably forbidden by the sect to pass information about the war to the outside world.
Lu Chang'an's heart was uneasy when the channel to get war information was blocked.
If the Immortal Cultivation War is a big storm, then he is a small boat on the sea.
The current situation is equivalent to saying that the small boat sailing on the sea has lost the prediction of the storm weather.
In a few years, Lu Chang'an would be able to advance to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, his strength had risen by a large margin, and he didn't want to face an accident. "There is a place that should be able to get the latest war intelligence......"
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