Immortal Road.

Chapter 251: Reed Jade Stalactite
Half a month later, everyone surrounded Lin Shan and returned to the gate of Xun Gu Sect.

Tianfu Mountain.

The Black Skull Demon Lord, Lu Xiuming and others had already received the news and had been waiting for a long time. When they heard that the leader had rescued a group of disciples and killed the Demon Golden Elixir Master, they were overjoyed and immediately held a banquet to welcome him.

Lin Shan has been in seclusion for some time, so it's a good opportunity to have a good chat with his subordinates, encourage those who need encouragement, reward those who need rewards, and punish those who need punishment.
Let the Black Skull Demon Lord punish us.

The chief and deputy leaders happen to be the good cop and the bad cop respectively, so Lin Shan naturally has to establish his image in front of his subordinates. He lets the Black Skull Demon Lord play the villain, and he himself would never do it.

Which superior doesn't take all the good things and leave the bad things to his subordinates? Lin Shan naturally understood this, and the Black Skull Demon Lord also understood it and could guess what Lin Shan meant without being told.

Although this thing has many shortcomings, it is indeed easy to use. But if we really have to say who is the most convenient one, it is still the chief steward Lu Xiuming.

This person is truly a model of devotion to duty. Ever since Wangyue City's Lin Chamber of Commerce followed Lin Shan, he has been busy running around without any complaints. Whether he is running the chamber of commerce or managing the mountain gate, he is conscientious and clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs.

In the whole sect, from the disciples to the hall masters, everyone is convinced by him.

Lin Shan, a hands-off boss, is most satisfied with his subordinates, and he rewards him personally with a large amount of spirit stones and resources. Lu Xiuming accepts them calmly and has a clear conscience.

After the banquet was over, the disciples cleaned up the mess and dispersed.

Some people continued to complete the tasks within the sect, some went to the Contribution Hall to receive and exchange for what they needed, some went to the Herbal Medicine Hall to find a doctor to treat their injuries, some could not wait to rush down the mountain to the market to deal with the black goods, and some returned to the cave to prepare for hard training.
These people are all small figures. They are all working hard for their own future, and they are also inadvertently contributing to the success of their sect.

Lin Shan and a group of senior executives came to the meeting hall and began to review the intelligence collected over the years and how the mission was going.

The first thing is collecting antiques.

This task was the most secretive, so Lin Shan only gave it to Lu Xiuming to take over, and he handpicked a group of his most loyal disciples to carry it out secretly. Over the past decade, the disciples of the Xun Gu Sect have traveled all over the Lujiang River basin, searching for antiques that meet the requirements.

Because the Xun Gu Sect is one of the veteran forces of the Lujiang League, the entire Lujiang River basin is relatively smooth, and no other immortal cultivation forces will deliberately obstruct it. Basically, even if they notice it, they will turn a blind eye and pretend not to know.

However, because of the general environment and system of Confucianism in the State of Lu, incense and vows have been deliberately suppressed and destroyed for thousands of years, so most of the antiques that have survived to this day have no ancient charm, and the bulging storage bags handed to Lin Shan.

He got a total of 17 ancient rhymes.

But it's only been a dozen years, and a steady stream of water will last forever.
Lin Shan was in a good mood. It seemed that establishing his own sect and letting his subordinates plunder the people continuously was indeed the right way to go.

"However, the Lujiang River Basin accounts for about half of the area of ​​western Shandong. That is to say, if we search the entire western Shandong, there will only be about 30 square kilometers. It seems that the Xun Gu Sect cannot just focus on this corner of the country. It still needs to infiltrate and spread its sphere of influence to the north, south, and east of Shandong."

Lin Shan thought to himself that this matter could be discussed later. For now, he should get out of the Lujiang River Basin and digest other areas in western Shandong first.

Eat your food one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you may easily break your balls.

Especially when it comes to things like ancient rhyme, it is better to be cautious.

He secretly sent a message to Lu Xiuming, telling him to let all his disciples restrain themselves once they left the Lujiang River Basin. After all, other immortal cultivation sects might not be easy to deal with once they left the influence of the Lujiang League.

Lu Xiuming naturally agreed without hesitation, and Lin Shan was very confident in his ability to do things.

At present, after the consumption of the previous strengthening of the "Wind Escape Talisman", there are only 65 points of Ancient Charm left on his body. Now he has gained another 17 points, and there are 82 points left on the panel account.

Lin Shan’s plan is to focus on his own cultivation, supplemented by improving his combat power.

It is best to keep 64 of them and use them to strengthen the spiritual objects in the two steps of Jade Liquid Refining and Golden Elixir Condensation when breaking through the Golden Elixir stage, so that you can successfully break through in one step.

Furthermore, it would be best if one could condense a mid-grade or even high-grade golden elixir in one step!
The Soul Pill Path requires one to become a ghost immortal, and the Golden Pill Path requires at least a Nascent Soul seed, right?

Lin Shan had no idea about his spiritual root aptitude. After all, he was born with double C-grade spiritual roots, although they were all different kinds of spiritual roots. Later, in the Gongsun family in Shangdang County, with the help of the nectar of heaven and earth in the spiritual vein tides, he barely raised his wind spiritual roots to B-grade, reaching the level of a true disciple of a major sect.

However, there are too many coincidences and uncertainties in the matter of condensing the golden elixir. No matter how talented a person is, he dare not guarantee that he can condense a golden elixir of a very high level.

Therefore, Lin Shan needs to use the enhanced panel to tap his potential as much as possible!
Because of this breakthrough in the Golden Elixir Avenue, there is no investor like the Immortal Book Boss to help him, the only one he can rely on is himself.

Moreover, his Soul Pill Path and Golden Pill Path need to advance in parallel.

His body simply couldn't bear the practice of soul pills alone.

Don't let the upper limit of the Golden Pill Avenue be too low, delaying the ghost immortality of the Soul Pill Avenue.
Then maybe he really has no way to improve and can only bite the bullet and practice ghost immortal cultivation alone!

“Now that I have obtained the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique, I can start to solve the problem of kidney deficiency, but the breakthrough of the Golden Core Stage must also be put on the agenda. Otherwise, if I don’t break through the Golden Core Stage, my Soul Core Stage will be stuck in the early stages.

If you use the soul source to break through to the middle stage of the soul pill first, then the soul and body will be separated and unbalanced. Therefore, if you want to practice dual cultivation without being restricted, you can only do it at the same time, and you must break through the golden pill stage perfectly! "

Lin Shan was secretly furious, and at the same time he felt that time was still very tight. The only consolation was that Tianfu Mountain had gathered a group of subordinates, so he didn't have to worry about everything.

In his heart, he still likes to be a lone ranger, but there are some things that are bound to be more powerful in numbers.

As the old saying goes, many hands make light work, and one hero takes three helpers!

After explaining the antiques, Lv Xiuming then reported on other matters:

"The Lin's Chamber of Commerce currently dominates the seafood spiritual industry in the Lujiang River Basin. It has opened branches in three immortal cities and seven immortal cultivation markets. Its annual sales have reached 300,000 spiritual stones, excluding labor costs, store costs, transportation costs, sales costs, and management costs."

"The net profit is 187,600 spiritual stones."

"Due to geographical reasons, other areas of Lu State outside the Lujiang River Basin are all controlled by local forces in all walks of life. It is difficult for the Lin Chamber of Commerce to infiltrate, and its development and expansion are at a standstill."

"In the past two years, I have discussed with the senior management of the Chamber of Commerce and launched a partnership plan, which is to encourage other immortal cultivation forces from the outside to join. We provide seafood and send professionals to help them operate and teach them how to run the business. Then we charge a franchise fee and sell them seafood wholesale. This kills two birds with one stone."

……

Lu Xiuming spoke eloquently, explaining how he built the Lin Chamber of Commerce into a well-known brand, how to attract investment and how to open up channels. Everyone nodded and smiled as they listened.

Everyone knows that after so many years of development, the market of Lu's cultivation world is basically saturated, and the distribution of the profits of the cake is well-known. If you want to seize the market, you must break the local blockade. Therefore, it is already very impressive to become the leader of an industry in the Lujiang River Basin.

If one goes a step further and wants to become the leader in western Lu or even a giant in the entire Lu state's aquatic products industry, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven and one cannot even think about it.

However, Lu Xiuming managed to set up a "Chamber of Commerce Franchise" and expanded his influence in a different way, which made people admire his ability and skills.

However, instead of praising Lu Xiuming, the people in the church in the main hall fawned on Lin Shan.

"To have achieved what we have today is all thanks to the leader's planning, his wisdom in identifying talent, and his ability to judge people. I can't wait to see you do this!"

Lin Shan smiled and waved his hands modestly, obviously enjoying it very much.

Of course, he couldn't let the heroes down, so he waved his hand and spoke to Lu Xiuming proudly:
"Manager Lu has made great contributions to the Lin's Chamber of Commerce, and has provided a large amount of spiritual stones and resources to the entire sect. This is a reward!"

Everyone rolled their eyes and responded accordingly: "The leader is absolutely right!"

Lu Xiuming's face was calm, neither happy nor sad. He just bowed to express his gratitude and continued to report other situations.

"Over the years, the Yang family of Luzhong County has helped my sect many times in the field of mining. The Yang family is one of the mining giants in the entire Lu Kingdom's cultivation world. They provide mining and refining methods, distribution and service methods, and support the Xun Gu Sect's minerals, metallurgy workshops, and refining pavilions. Now they can also bring nearly 10,000 spiritual stones of income every year." Mining is different from the seafood industry. Who among the cultivators in the cultivation world does not need to build and repair magic tools? Even formations, palaces, puppets, and special tools all require various ore processing, so the market and profits here are huge.

Seafood belongs to the catering industry, but in the inland cultivation world, there are only a few cultivators who can afford this luxury. Most people either work hard to earn spirit stones or practice in seclusion, so there is no comparison at all.

A giant like the Yang family is willing to take the Xun Gu Sect to share the benefits, which is obviously a goodwill gesture and an attempt to win them over. They are attracted by the power of the two formation masters, the Black Skull Demon Lord and Master Zhan Kong.

However, the Xun Gu Sect currently only has two small mines, one is a refined iron ore and the other is a refined copper mine. The scale is too small and it is ultimately a small business, but it can more or less be regarded as a source of income.

After listening to this, Lin Shan nodded, and asked his men to express his gratitude to the Yang family on his behalf when they met them again, and waved to Lu Xiuming again.

"Manager Lu properly handled the relationship between the allies, promoted cooperation between the two sides in a friendly manner, and helped us increase revenue and reduce expenditure. He deserves a reward!"

Everyone shouted in unison: "The leader is absolutely right!"

Lu Xiuming thanked him again and continued to report the next item meticulously.

"Recently, my sect has reached an agreement with the four sects of Lunan, Lingyun Sect, Xianhe Sect, Zhaoshenbao, and Liuyang Sect. Every five years, we will send our disciples to hold the Five Sects Competition in each sect in turn. In addition to promoting emotional exchanges among the sects, it can also urge and encourage disciples to practice."

Lin Shan seemed to be thinking about something. To put it simply, this five-sect competition was equivalent to the "military exercise" in the previous life. It could not only show the potential of the young disciples of each sect, but also generate sparks in the exchanges and collisions, which would be very beneficial to the next generation.

However, Lu Xiuming's subsequent report made everyone in the hall feel embarrassed.

"The first two five-sect competitions were held in Lingyun Sect and Zhaoshen Fortress respectively. Our sect also sent disciples to participate. In both competitions, our sect ranked last."

Lin Shan felt a little embarrassed. Except for the traitor like Black Skull Demon Lord, the retired Master Zhankong, the slacker like Wu Hanqiao, the lazy one like Mu Yan, and the stupid one like the Second Tyrant of Rangshan, the rest of his disciples were all crouching dragons and phoenixes?
What kind of useless bunch of people did I raise?!

The more time passed, the more he felt that Lu Xiuming was his right-hand man, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"All the real men in this room are just good-for-nothings! Only Lu Gong is my Xiao He!"

Everyone was filled with shame and bowed their heads in obedience without saying a word.

Only Lü Xiuming asked a question at the right time: "Master, may I ask which sect Xiao He is from?"

Lin Shan laughed it off and quickly changed the subject.

"It's not important. We need to make all disciples take the Five Sects Competition seriously and stop embarrassing me. From now on, all disciples on the mountain must practice for me every morning. No one is allowed to be lazy!"

Everyone echoed: "The leader is absolutely right!"

Lu Xiuming then took the opportunity to report on the training situation of his disciples.

"Over the past decade, our sect has increased its spiritual stone funding for Yunchuan Academy, becoming one of the fifteen major financial backers of the academy and successfully moving into Nashan Hall. Doctor Zhou Zhenren of the academy specially wrote a handwritten letter of thanks, and accepted ten of our sect's commissioned disciples as his disciples, personally explaining the methods and teaching by example!"

Lin Shan nodded repeatedly and asked him for Master Zhou's handwriting.

Lu Xiuming ordered someone to present it.

Lin Shan took the letter. On the cover was written "Personally from Master Xun Gu", and below it was Master Zhou's Buddhist name "Chongli".

I tore open the envelope, took out the letter and read it. It basically said thanks and that the academy would pay more attention to the students sent by Xungu Education in the future, and that it looked forward to further cooperation between the two parties. I suggested that you come to Yunchuan Academy when you have time, so that everyone can sit down and discuss and get closer to each other, etc.

Lin Shan naturally knew the etiquette, so he took out a pen and paper and wrote a reply, saying some polite things and promising that he could indeed visit when he had time in the future, but he was too busy now and would definitely not be able to take care of it recently.

Since Master Zhou can be a doctor at Yunchuan Academy, he must be a pretty powerful person and certainly worth making friends with by Lin Shan.

He gave the letter to Lu Xiuming and asked him to send someone to deliver it. He also told him to give more gifts to Master Zhou during every festival. If conditions permit, Yunchuan Academy should continue to increase its investment and strive to get more trainee positions.

This time when he went out of seclusion to Jingchuan in the eastern part of Lu State, Lin Shan also discovered that the disciples in his sect were of mixed quality. He still needed to find a formal academy to train them, otherwise how could they be a group of mobs?
Everyone clapped their hands and exclaimed: "The leader is absolutely right!"

Lu Xiuming wrote down everything one by one. These things were considered finished. He had nothing more to say and returned to his seat.

Lin Shan then went on to inquire about the news regarding the Jade Liquid Spiritual Object Refining Technique, and the matter was handled by Yu Jiaoniang from the Intelligence Hall.

Yu Jiao Niang has lived a very comfortable life in recent years. Ever since she joined the Xun Gu Sect, her former enemies have all swallowed their anger and dared not to cause trouble for her. Moreover, she is the concubine of the sect's Elder Hei Ku, and the disciples on the mountain are also very respectful to her.

Finally, she was able to take advantage of the power of the tiger.

The only frustrating thing is that every disciple of Xun Gu Sect has a copy of "The Heart Method of Slaughtering Emotions and Forgetting Thoughts". Whenever she grabs a disciple and is ready to give in, the disciples dare not resist due to her status and strength. However, they can lock their semen and yang to prevent her from sucking them dry!

So after the incident was over, the Xun Gu sect disciple who had been raped pulled up his pants, patted his butt and walked away, leaving Yu Jiao Niang dumbfounded.

Well, since she couldn't collect energy inside the mountain gate, she wouldn't dare to go down the mountain to collect energy!
After all, many enemies are waiting for her. She usually stays in Tianfu Mountain, where she has the Jindan Zhenren in charge and the mountain protection formations surrounding her, so no one dares to come and seek revenge.

But if she dared to go down the mountain, these victims would swarm over and cut her into pieces!

After that, Yu Jiaoniang had to change her practice method, gave up the technique of collecting and replenishing energy, and began to practice breathing exercises slowly. Compared with before, it was like a turtle crawling, which made her sigh.

Now, after hearing Lin Shan asking in person about the news about the Jade Liquid Refining Spirit Object, she racked her brains to recall the information she had collected over the years, but there was really no news about this matter at all, so she could only stammer and be unable to answer.

Lin Shan had a gloomy face. These people were either slacking off in the church all day long. Except for Lu Xiuming, none of them could get anything done!
Could it be that all workers in any world are born to slack off?
Lin Shan also liked to slack off in the past, but now that he has become the boss, he actually hates his past self so much!

"Useless! I handed the Intelligence Hall over to you, but you haven't been able to find out any useful information in the past ten years. What's the point of keeping you?!"

Yu Jiaoniang turned pale with fear and knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word. She could only sob and cry.

Lin Shan has no sympathy for women. You are useless trash. Why should I keep you? A dangerous look flashed across his eyes.

At this time, a man came out from the Highness.

"Master, if you talk about the jade liquid refining spiritual objects, I have heard a little about it."

"Oh?"

Everyone looked closely and found that it was Wu Hanqiao. He had been an unknown person before, but he stood up at the critical moment.

Lin Shan's expression eased a little and he motioned for him to tell him.

Wu Hanqiao bowed and told a piece of news he had heard recently.

"Half a year ago, I went down the mountain and returned to the Jingyang Academy. Even though the academy had been closed, I was still keeping an eye on the outside world. I overheard a rumor about the Reed Jade Stalactite from an intelligence senior brother while we were drinking!"

"Luyu stalactite?"

When everyone heard this term, they had different expressions and seemed to be thinking about something.

(End of this chapter)