Immortal Road.

Chapter 217: Troops Headed to Ludong
Although the small pavilion in the lake was quiet at the moment, people were secretly communicating with each other and discussing.

As soon as they heard about the scope of Dai family's business, they were no longer sleepy. Lin Shan and the younger generations in the foundation-building stage who were surrounding him also became active.

After all, there is a saying widely circulated in the cultivation world:

If you want your net worth to increase quickly, the only way is to rob people!
How many spiritual stones can you earn by working hard? How many cultivation resources can you buy? The same is true for the clans and aristocratic families. After hundreds or thousands of years of hard work, the whole family will only get a little more.

Plundering is different. It’s a chance to get rich overnight. Who doesn’t like it?
If someone plunders without reason and without restraint on a daily basis, he would be a bandit who disrupts the order of the cultivation world and will be resisted or even suppressed by all major forces.

But this time it’s different. The Dai family has offended too many people.

Not to mention that during the battle in Wangyue City that night, Patriarch Rongjin destroyed a quarter of the city with just one magical power, accidentally injured countless cultivators, caused huge property losses, and aroused great public anger; during the hundreds of years of its rise, his Dai family has offended countless peers, and there are countless disputes both overt and covert.

This time all the enemies and victims gathered together, which can be said to be "with a legitimate reason".

Not to mention other places, at least in Lu, this approach is still quite popular. Before fighting, you have to make arrangements for yourself and package public opinion in place to prevent other forces from interfering.

In addition, in recent years, many of Lu's native Nascent Soul cultivators have gone abroad, and the suppression and supervision of the country's cultivation world has weakened, so it is a good time for a reshuffle. This is also the intention of the Yang family's ancestors and others to strike while the iron is hot.

By the time those Yuanying stage bigwigs come back and the top forces no longer close their doors, the situation here will have already changed, and the matter will have been settled, so naturally there will be no way to interfere.

Everyone present understood this point, and became more and more eager to covet the Dai family's wealth.

"For this expedition, my Yang family will send four Jindan-stage cultivators, forty foundation-building cultivators, eight hundred Qi-training cultivators, a thousand black fire spirit beasts, twenty rune warships, forty inscribed cannons, sixty magic forbidden formation flags, and a hundred soul-returning war drums."

The ancestor of the Yang family spoke word by word with great force, enumerating the troops and weapons mobilized by the family for this expedition, listing them one by one. Everyone present was terrified when they heard it, and finally he spoke loudly at the end.

"Therefore, when the Dai family's assets are divided up, my Yang family must take 50%!"

"What???!!!"

Everyone couldn't help but shout out loud, looking at the Yang family ancestor in disbelief.

Seventy-two forces gathered together, and your Yang family alone accounts for half of it?
However, no one could refute what was said next, because this time, except for leaving a small number of people to guard the basic base, the Yang family could be said to have come out in full force. After all, the Yang family was a wealthy family, and it was already a great achievement for them to be able to come up with so many people and equipment.

All the Jindan Zhenren present looked unwilling. The Yang family was undoubtedly the main force in the alliance, but so many forces were not working for you for nothing. They helped you eliminate your mortal enemy, the Dai family, and they also wanted to give you half of the spoils. This was too greedy.

"Alliance Leader Yang, I don't think that's right. After the demise of the Dai family, the market share of the Lu mining giant will be vacated. I'm afraid the Yang family will grab the lion's share, right?"

"That's right. The Yang family has already reserved a huge benefit. They are trying to compete with us for these real estates. Isn't that a bit too much?"

"The Yang family did contribute the most in this fight against Dai, and Fellow Daoist Yang also played a great role in taking the lead in establishing the alliance, but among the seventy-two forces, everyone should be able to have a share of the spoils."

"All the forces in the alliance have gathered here, so they naturally understand the principle that the more you work, the more you get, and the less you work, the less you get. It's understandable that the Yang family takes the lion's share, but the pie is so small, and we can't let the people below go home empty-handed. It's human nature to worry about the lack of money rather than the equality of the money."

……

The four great families in Wangyue City took the lead in speaking out, advising the ancestor of the Yang family to make appropriate concessions.

When the surrounding families saw someone taking the lead, they all spoke out to dissuade the Yang family, persuading them from various angles to lower their share. Of course, they all suggested it in a tactful way. After all, the Yang family was really trying their best.

The ancestor of the Yang family complained a lot at the beginning, but gradually gave in and finally reluctantly agreed to the "35%" division.

Next, the four great families of Wangyue City counted their contributions one by one. Each family had one Jindan Zhenren, ten foundation-building cultivators, two hundred Qi training clansmen, and a number of war weapons from the cultivation world.
After negotiation, the four great families of Wangyue City received 30% of the profits.

Then there are the Lingyun Sect, the Xianhe Sect, the Zhaoshen Fort, the Liuyang Sect and the other four sects. These small sects cannot compare with the four great families in Wangyue City. Each family can only produce one Jindan-stage real person and three to five foundation-building cultivators. However, they have sent out four to five hundred Qi training disciples.

Immortal cultivation sects usually recruit disciples from outside, so compared with the cultivation families of the same level, the number of people is slightly larger, but the quality is uneven, and most of the lower-level disciples are left alone.

It is not as good as the cultivation family because of the blood relationship and the stronger centripetal force within the family. The children of each branch can get more training and even have the opportunity to study in academy.

Moreover, the aristocratic families in Wangyue City are the "rich people in the city", while these small sects are equivalent to the "poor people in the countryside", so the gap naturally widens.

However, although these sects are shabby, it depends on who you compare them with.

If compared with Lin's Chamber of Commerce
"The Lin's Chamber of Commerce is going on this expedition with one Jindan-stage True Person, one Foundation Establishment-stage cultivator, and one hundred Qi Training-stage cultivators."

The Black Skull Demon Lord counted with a little embarrassment, but it was okay for it. After all, it had traveled to many worlds and was extremely thick-skinned.

In other words, it has no shame at all!
But Lin Shan standing behind it is different!

He could feel the strange looks from the people around him, as if they were saying: That cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, could you be the one you're talking about?
Lin Shan stood there gritted his teeth, tapping his toes awkwardly, feeling that compared to other sects, the Lin's Chamber of Commerce was indeed a bit inferior to the others. But the problem was that the three waves of troops under his command had been gathered together with great difficulty.

If he hadn't recruited the Mu family before coming, the number of his men would be no more than a hundred.

Fortunately, the Black Skull Demon Lord was quite capable and demonstrated his attainments as a master of formation on the spot. He also said that when attacking the Dai family, he could use all his strength to break the enemy's clan protection formation, and barely gained the qualification to be on equal footing with the four sects.

After some discussion, the four major sects and the Lin Chamber of Commerce received a total of "25%".

At this point, 90% of the Dai family’s real estate had gone into the pockets of these ten forces.

The remaining ten percent was left for the other sixty-two small forces to benefit from. In fact, this was considered quite good. In the eyes of these Jindan True Immortals, they were already very conscientious.

Of course, after the Dai family’s real estate was divided, their current assets were selectively ignored.

All forces kept silent about it, as if they had forgotten about it.

After all, there is no exact data on the amount of that thing, and no one knows how many treasures are hidden in the Dai family, so there is no way to divide them in advance. More importantly, whoever grabs it owns it!

It's extra income, and there's no way to force people to take out the money and count it after they're done.

How can you expect others to spit out the meat once it’s in your mouth?
In addition, if it comes to robbery, who among the seventy-two forces can rob more than the ten present?
In that case, why should we share it among the people below?
What's more, the ancestor of the Yang family felt that the Yang family had the greatest power, and that his family would surely rob the most at that time, so there was no need to restrict himself with rules and regulations.

The other nine forces present were also eager to do so. After all, robbery also depends on luck. If they were lucky enough to get some priceless treasure, wouldn't that be a great fortune? Everyone understood tacitly, and after dividing up the real estate, they began to discuss various matters of conquest.

……

Three days later, the Xianyin Pool Alliance officially began.

Representatives of seventy-two forces gathered in a square by the lake, swore an oath to the rules of the alliance, and then slaughtered pigs and sheep and swore an oath of blood to swear the alliance.

The Lujiang League was thus established.

The ancestor of the Yang family sat high on the throne of the leader, and the nine Jindan-stage elders took their seats in turn on both sides. The seats below the steps were filled with members of the sixty-two families.

Everyone raised their glasses, drank heartily, and chatted with each other. It was very lively.

The people from various peripheral forces were also feasting at the buffet, with all kinds of spiritual fruits, fine wines, and countless delicacies from land and sea. It is worth mentioning that all the seafood was provided by the Lin Chamber of Commerce in Wangyue City, which also made Lin Shan and his gang famous in the alliance.

After rewarding the three armies, the banquet was over and the oath-taking ceremony was held.

The pre-war mobilization was nothing more than "the Dai family has committed many evil deeds", "harming innocent people", "bullying others with power", "malicious monopoly in the industry", "not repaying debts" and so on. On the surface, it seemed to be upholding justice, but in fact it was quite high-sounding. In short, it was all reasonable and well-founded.

Even if there are other people who want to argue, the evidence can stand up to scrutiny.

After all, such a huge and powerful family is definitely full of filth from top to bottom. If you want to investigate, there will definitely be a lot of problems. Which family doesn't have some shameful things?
As for the previously agreed visit to the Dai family to "pay condolences", it had long been put aside by all the forces.

At this point, their true colors are revealed. What's the point of offering condolences? It would be better to just send them a funeral.

This oath-taking ceremony lasted for most of the day. I have to say that the cultivation environment in Lu State is very complicated. They had to use Confucianism to quote scriptures and make our side appear righteous and majestic, while the enemy was extremely brutal and immoral.

However, many monks were very impressed by this. It was also their first time to participate in the pre-war mobilization, and their faces turned red.

Even the Mu family members in the Lin Chamber of Commerce and the students and fellows from Wangyue City were screaming with excitement.

Lin Shan and a bunch of his fellow demon brothers were drowsy. After all, they had seen bigger scenes in the past. The oath-taking ceremony of the three demon sects before their expedition to the Song Dynasty was much more impressive than this.

Of course, they were just cannon fodder back then, but now they have become one of the leaders.

I used to work for others, but now I work for myself, so there is a big difference in my state of mind.

As long as you grab enough votes, you can then set up a sect and build a real force to collect ancient rhymes for yourself. It is like having an endless channel. Over time, you may reap considerable rewards.

After the oath-taking ceremony, various forces were ready to go, and one by one they boarded the transport warships provided by the Yang family, turning into small dots and flying into the sky. The Xianyin Pool finally became deserted.

……

In the west of Lu State there is a Lu River, which winds and twists and turns in an ingenious way. There are many outstanding people and beautiful scenery on both sides of the river, and it has also given birth to many sacred mountains and blessed places.

In Ludong, there is a huge organization, which is none other than the Dai family, a family of cultivators.

Ever since two Jindan Zhenren died one after another, one of whom was Ancestor Rongjin, the entire family wore mourning clothes, and the sound of wailing shook the sky every day.

In the ancestral hall, the elders of each clan were quarreling incessantly in front of the ancestral tablet, and the family was in a state of panic and tension.

If ancestor Rongjin were still alive, no one would be afraid even if the sky fell. Now that the ancestor has passed away, the family's strength has dropped sharply, and everyone is afraid that the enemies will come to settle accounts. After all, three months ago, the Yang family in Luzhong took the lead and there were already rumors of revenge.

The family's eternal sinner Dai Bu De fled without even returning home, which made the clan curse him and they wished they could grind this unfilial descendant to ashes.

The clan elders even expelled Dai Budong and his twenty-odd followers from the clan tree, and offered rewards for their arrests throughout Lu.

As for pursuit, there is none for now.

Because what the Dai family needs to do during this period is to keep a low profile. If they hunt Dai Budong all over the world, this hysterical behavior will easily give opponents an opportunity to take advantage. It is better to remain unchanged in the face of all changes.

But even so, with the successful holding of the Xianyin League and the establishment of the Lujiang League, this new behemoth weighed on their hearts, making it almost hard for them to breathe.

When the news that the Lujiang League was leading its people to attack reached the clan, everyone in the Dai family was in a panic, and they truly felt that the disaster of genocide was imminent.

Thirteen Jindan stage cultivators come together, how can the Dai family resist them?
This news not only spread to the Dai family, but also to the entire western cultivation world of Lu. Many forces came to the Dai family to demand repayment, fearing that the Dai family would be brought down and the IOUs in their hands would become a mess.

A group of clan elders were so anxious that they added fuel to the fire and quickly urged the head of the Dai family to ask the remaining three Jindan-stage ancestors what the Dai family should do now.

However, after the clan leader went to pay his respects to the three ancestors, he only conveyed a one-word message back.

"Wait."

Wait?
What are you waiting for?
The elders of the Dai family were confused and had no idea what their master meant, but seeing that a powerful enemy was approaching did not affect their arrangements.

First, gather the people from all over the place, temporarily close the industries, open the formation restrictions of each spiritual land and mineral vein, and let the tribe members return to defend the headquarters.

Even some escape routes were secretly arranged by certain elders as an emergency measure.

In the following days, while waiting for the arrival of the Lujiang League, all the tribesmen felt like each day was a year long. They did not dare to relax for a single moment and kept their minds tense.

On this day, two Taoists came to visit the Dai family and asked the gatekeeper to inform them.

"I am a poor Taoist, Shan Yangzi."

"I am Chenglongzi."

"I was invited by Brother Dai to come out and help you. I am here to express my gratitude."

(End of this chapter)