Chapter 228 North to South

The news of Lu Hongniang's elixir formation soon reached the ears of Jin Laozu. Since conquering Jiangkou County, Jin Laozu has been hiding in Yuntai Peak to prevent Yang Wangyuan from making a desperate effort to attack the mountain gate that he had occupied not long ago.

Not only that, his direct disciple Zhao Xinlian also hid inside the Hu family of Huilong Peak, monitoring Hu Boyu's every move at any time.

If it weren't for Hu Peiyu's obsession, Taoist Jin Lan would have found a way to eliminate this hidden danger long ago. Now, for the sake of Hu Peiyu's path, he can only let his direct disciples participate and keep an eye on Hu Boyu at all times to avoid loopholes in Hu Boyu.

Fortunately, Hu Boyu's life span is less than ten years. As long as Hu Boyu sits naturally, Luo Hanying can slowly resolve Hu Peiyu's obsession, and his cultivation will also advance by leaps and bounds.

Without obsession, relying on her previous foundation, the confidence of elixir formation is more than 90%.

When the news of Lu Hongniang's elixir formation came, Patriarch Jin could only quietly return to the sect. The entire Qingxuan Sect only had one fifth-level spiritual vein. When Lu Hongniang formed a elixir, expansion would be a natural thing.

Now the Qingxuan Sect has spread its stall very large, occupying almost one-third of the territory of Yu State, but because it is all remote, both the cultivators and the population are far less than the first sect of Yu State, Huanshui Sect.

Occupying such a large territory, the Qingxuan Sect has expanded to the limit. The sect's dozen purple mansion cultivators are scattered on seven fourth-level spiritual mountains with a radius of more than 100,000 miles, and the defense is almost leaky everywhere.

But giving up these fourth-level spiritual mountains, the Qingxuan Sect feels painful again.

Now that Lu Hongniang has successfully formed a elixir, the foundation of the Qingxuan Sect has deepened, and some people who secretly calculated the Qingxuan Sect can be eliminated.

Taoist Jin Lan quietly returned to the sect and immediately summoned the purple mansion cultivators in the sect. At the gate of Qingxuan Sect, there are only six Purple Mansion cultivators: Zhou Zijian, Zhou Xiangxian, Wu Siheng, Hu Peiyu, Li Zigong, and Luo Ziyan.

In order to guard against Hongshan Sect, Shen Conglong, Wang Chengxiang, and Zhu Wuya are stationed in Yuntai Mountain in Jiangkou County, Sun Changgeng and Han Wangpeng are stationed in Chaoyin Mountain, and even Zhao Xinlian stays in Jiangkou County to prevent Hongshan Sect from breaking the axe and launching all its forces to attack Yuntai Mountain and recapture Jiangkou County.

Six Purple Mansion cultivators in the sect are tied down in Jiangkou Taicheng and two counties, and the fourth-level spiritual veins in the South Wilderness also need Purple Mansion cultivators to guard, otherwise it will be difficult to resist the invasion of high-level monsters.

The territory has expanded, and no one in Qingxuan Sect has successfully opened up the Purple Mansion in the past ten years, so it is a bit stretched.

Once the monsters of the South Wilderness invade, there will be changes on the side of Hongshan Sect.

Even if Lu Hongniang condensed the golden elixir, facing the once-in-a-century monster chaos, Qingxuan Sect still felt great pressure. If Hongshan Sect added trouble behind the scenes, they would probably lose a big loss, and the results of thousands of years of expansion would be handed over to others.

In the Qingxuan Sect's ancestral hall, Taoist Jinlan sat in the middle of the upper seat, and Lu Hongniang's seat was raised one level from the head of the hall, sitting diagonally opposite Taoist Jinlan. After she condensed the golden elixir, her status within the Qingxuan Sect was further improved, and she had the possibility of competing with Taoist Jinlan.

"I was in Jiangkou County, and I heard that Junior Sister Lu had condensed the golden elixir, and I was overjoyed. I have a sword pill here that has not been used for a long time. I heard that Junior Sister Lu did not have a handy magic weapon in her hand, so let's consider it as a gift for you to congratulate you on your condensation of the golden elixir." Of course, Jin Laozu was very happy that Lu Hongniang could condense the golden elixir.

Although Jin Laozu's prestige in Qingxuan Sect would decline slightly after Lu Hongniang condensed the golden elixir, the strength of Qingxuan Sect would also increase greatly with the addition of one more golden elixir cultivator. As the sect's strength increases, the resources it controls will certainly increase, which is also of great benefit to high-level cultivators like Jin Laozu.

Moreover, Lu Hongniang is a well-known acquaintance with a clean background. She has been dealing with Jin Laozu for hundreds of years, and the two can cooperate well, with a relationship far better than that of outsiders.

"Thank you for the gift from Master Jin. Hongniang has joined the sect for 234 years. Thank you for Master Jin's advice and care over the years. If there is no protection from the sect, Hongniang may not be as good as Liang Taixu, and she will never be able to wait for the day of condensing the golden elixir. Hongniang has no way to repay the great kindness of the sect and Master Jin in this life. She can only do her best to serve the sect, kill enemies and establish merits to repay the sect and Master Jin for their kindness in regenerating Hongniang."

In order to condense the elixir, Lu Hongniang has already consumed all her good deeds. If Qingxuan Sect had not developed the spirit stone mine in Chaoyin Mountain, the resources of 300,000 spirit stones in the past ten years would not be enough to cover the cost of her condensing the elixir.

In order to form a pill, she not only consumed all her resources, but also Wu Siheng, Luo Ziyan, Zhou Xiangxian and other close friends, disciples and grandchildren, lent Lu Hongniang more than 100,000 spiritual stones in total, so that she could go to Song State to buy high-level spiritual objects to assist in forming a pill, to break through the bottleneck.

Now Lu Hongniang, a Jindan-stage cultivator, only has one fourth-level middle-grade and one fourth-level low-grade magic weapon, which is much shabby than Wu Siheng, a fourth-level cultivator of Zifu. Seeing that the old ancestor Jin gave her a big gift, she accepted it without hesitation.

Taoist Jin Lan is an old-fashioned Jindan cultivator with a deep accumulation of background. He has many excellent magic weapons. Although the sword pill given to Lu Hongniang is not a fifth-level magic weapon, it is enough for Lu Hongniang for the time being. This sword pill is more powerful than Lu Hongniang's previous magic weapon, the Silk Lock, and is already the best fourth-level magic weapon.

Ancestor Jin smiled and said, "Hongniang, there is no need to do this. We have no master. Now that you have condensed your golden elixir, you should stop addressing me as your uncle."

"As the saying goes, once you become a teacher, you become a father for life. Although Master Jin is not my mentor, he still has great kindness in guiding and supporting me. Although Hongniang has taken a small step on the path of Taoism, Master Jin will always be Hongniang's master, and I dare not call him Senior Brother."

The two of them gave in to each other for a few words. Seeing that Lu Hongniang was determined not to call Jin Laozu Senior Brother, Jin Laozu did not continue to correct him.

He looked at the happy people below and said, "Hongniang is forming a pill. I think she definitely doesn't want to squeeze with me in Qingyang Mountain. When she stabilizes her cultivation, it will be time for us to expand. Now there are only two directions. The first is to go south and take the fifth-level spiritual vein Guiyuan Peak, which is closest to us. There is a fifth-level lower-grade iron-backed ape here. The spiritual mountain occupied by monsters is not protected by formations and is easier to capture. As long as we are well prepared, we are very sure to capture Guiyuan Peak."

Hearing that Jin Laozu seemed to support expansion to the south, Wu Siheng immediately agreed strongly.

"Master Jin is right. Taking Guiyuan Peak has another benefit, which is that it can relieve some of the pressure on the Southern Wilds. The monster rebellion is coming soon. Hunting the Iron-backed Ape will not only allow us to move the battle line to the south by tens of thousands of miles, but also eliminate an enemy in advance. Brother Zhang was seriously injured by the Iron-backed Ape outside Jiaohefang and died at the mountain gate. Hunting this monster can also avenge Brother Zhang."

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