Immortal Road.

Chapter 255: Marriage Alliance
Lin Shan was surprised to hear that Master Yuechang did not follow the beaten path and liked the scent of lilies.

His heart, which had been a little rippled, had to calm down. Anyway, he just wanted to refuse. After all, he was not in the real Jindan stage. He had to keep his Yuanyang for now and talk about the matter of a partner after he broke through the Jindan stage.

There's no rush.

But he is not in a hurry, but others are!

Seeing that Lin Shan had cast his gaze elsewhere, many real men of the Lujiang League only looked elsewhere instead of at home, and they hurriedly recommended the beauties behind them.

The Yang family ancestor moved aside, revealing a female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage behind him.

The girl had a face like a peach, black hair, skin as white as snow, eyes as clear as a pool of water, crescent-shaped eyebrows, and a small and delicate nose. She was born with the gentle feeling of the Jiangnan region.

"Master Lin, this is my granddaughter. She is at the initial stage of foundation building and has a second-class wood spiritual root. She is a good match for me!"

The girl was also very sensible. She bowed slightly and said, "Hello, my friend." Her voice was soft and sweet:
"I have always admired the Master's talent and genius. If you don't mind, I am willing to serve you as my equal in the future."

Lin Shan raised his eyes and looked over. The granddaughter of the Yang family's ancestor had blushing cheeks. She lowered her head shyly, revealing the green jade phoenix hairpin on her head.

There was also a group of Xun Gu Sect high-ranking officials in the hall. Mu Yan and Wu Hanqiao were standing behind Lin Shan. The two younger brothers were staring with their eyes wide open!
A female cultivator in the foundation building stage! A B-grade spiritual root aptitude! A grandfather in the late Jindan stage! And she is also a white, rich and beautiful woman!

Where can I find such a Taoist partner?
If I could fall in love with them, I would be willing to die!
The key point is, is this still a loss?

The Master is so lucky!
However, Lin Shan's heart was only slightly moved at the beginning, but he quickly suppressed his thoughts and became calm.

He is in the Soul Pill Stage, so his perspective is naturally different due to his different strength.

If he was still a casual cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lin Shan would not hesitate to get such an opportunity to curry favor with a rich and beautiful woman. He would also be able to gain a father-in-law, the ancestor of the Yang family, who was in the late Jindan stage, which would be of great help to his early growth.

But now that he is the leader of a religion and a Jindan Zhenren, his status has instantly been elevated and his mentality has also changed accordingly.

The other Jindan Zhenren from the Lujiang League nearby were very anxious, fearing that the ancestor of the Yang family would take control, so they jumped out quickly.

Behind the ancestors of the four great families of Wangyue City were introduced four female cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, each with their own characteristics, some plump and some slim.

A woman with fine black hair, slightly soft, loosely draped over her shoulders, winding it around her fingers and counting it carefully. She secretly glanced at Lin Shan from the corner of her eyes, her lips slightly pursed, revealing a dimple on one side, which was quite charming.

A girl with her hair tied up in a purple ribbon, a slender and fair neck, bright and twinkling eyes, playful and innocent, very much like a beautiful girl from a small family.

One girl had her hair tied up in a princess bun, with a tasseled pearl hairpin in her hair. Her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and she wore light makeup, giving off the air of a well-educated and well-mannered lady from a noble family.

There was also a woman wearing a phoenix crown and a red bridal gown, dressed up for the trip. Her long red skirt dragged on the ground, and you could vaguely see her long ivory legs underneath. She was definitely a top-notch beauty in the eyes of those who love legs.

"Master Lin, this is my granddaughter. I treat her like a treasure. If she hadn't insisted on seeing you, I wouldn't have taken her out!"

"Master Lin, look over here. This is my niece. She is at the Foundation Establishment stage and the apple of my clan's eye. She would not marry anyone but a hero. When she heard about your heroic deeds, she begged me to bring her here."

"Master Lin, please look here. This is my second niece. She loves poetry and songs and knows all kinds of things. If she could always be by your side, we would be a perfect match!"

"Master Lin, don't worry about them. Look at my great-granddaughter. She has been well-educated and well-mannered since she was young. She will definitely become your good wife in the future and write a good story for you!"

It's true, these four female cultivators are all young and beautiful, with cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Stage and good aptitude. They have all kinds of charms, and it's a pleasure to look at them standing together.

Mu Yan, Wu Hanqiao and other young people were drooling with envy, secretly hiding their pig-like looks, with their eyes shining and full of confusion.

The brothers even started a fight!

I like every one I look at on the left, and I can't bear to let go of every one I look at on the right. My face is full of confusion and my brows are twisted into a flower.

Their leader, Lin Shan, still had a calm expression and seemed unmoved.

The Jindan Zhenren from the four sects of Lu Nan were unwilling to fall behind, and hurriedly pushed out the eight women behind them.

Two of them are twins!

A pair of sisters deliberately wore the same goose yellow skirt embroidered with orioles, making it difficult to tell which one was which.

A pair of sisters deliberately wore different black and white lace gauze, the contrast was overwhelming.

There is also the Western style of Lin Shan's previous life, the cold and aloof queen, the fiery pepper, the annoying little goblin and other styles, all of which are the "personal disciples" carefully selected by the real people of each sect.

It’s just that they don’t have the foundation of the Yang family and the four major families in Wangyue City, and these women are only in the Qi training stage.

This time, even Gao Zuoda, Li Yuanjie, Shang Lu and Song Zhong brothers couldn't help but take a few more glances. They were itching to make a choice and didn't want the beauty to wait in vain.

but,

Lin Shan still looked troubled, seemingly struggling over which one to choose, but in fact he was thinking about how to shirk the responsibility.

After all, once he formed an alliance with this group of Jindan Zhenren, it would mean that he would have to take sides, be tied to the chariot, get involved in factional struggles within the alliance, and drag the Xun Gu Sect and himself into the water, which would be very troublesome for him.

He himself has a lot of things to do, so how can he have the time to fight for power within the Lujiang Alliance?
Lin Shan was very sober. He was not tempted by beauty and had no intention of marrying into these forces.

I just had a honeymoon with them and received so much help. Now I turn around and reject them flatly. It's really embarrassing.
You used to call her Little Sweetie, and now you call her Mrs. Niu. This is not something a human being can do!

The Jindan Zhenren kept urging him, telling him how good their female cultivators were, how suitable they were for him, how great the benefits would be if the two families were to marry, how generous the dowry would be, and so on.

"I am willing to give you three spiritual cranes in the foundation-building stage, five flying chariots, ten exotic beast chariots, and 150,000 spiritual stones as a dowry!"

"I, Zhao Shenbao, am willing to give you five foundation-building puppets, ten rune-blasting sky-thunder cannons, twenty mechanical mountain-piercing crossbows, and two hundred thousand spirit stones as a dowry!"

"My Liuyang Sect is willing to give as a dowry, one Pure Yang Yuan Dan, ten buckets of Pure Yang True Water, eight thousand volumes of cultivation classics, plus ten sets of dual cultivation techniques, and two hundred thousand spirit stones!"

……

"My Yang family is willing to give as a dowry, five spiritual copper and spiritual iron mines, three fourth-grade precious pills, the qualification to take part in the Ludong Secret Realm Trial, and 500,000 spiritual stones!"

The Xun Gu Sect’s eyes were almost popping out of their heads with envy!

Worthy of being the leader!
Rich and beautiful women all throw money at you!

Not only do they not want a betrothal gift, they are also rushing to give a dowry!
Lin Shan was indecisive, with a frown on his forehead. He felt that there was a green light like a hungry wolf in the eyes of these Jindan Zhenren and female cultivators, as if they wanted to pounce on him and put him in a difficult position.

This group of people are vying to make Lin Shan their son-in-law and offering him a generous dowry. Naturally, they have a deeper agenda and it is impossible for them to do a losing deal.

First of all, we are optimistic about the huge potential of Linshan and are prepared to invest in advance. The deepest bond is of course the bond of in-laws.

These female cultivators are geniuses in their families. They have been deeply blessed by their families since childhood. No matter how many relatives and friends they have, sending them away would mean they are in Cao's camp but their hearts are with Han. They will definitely be leaning towards their natal family.

By that time, when she becomes the wife of the leader of Tianfu Mountain, will you still be afraid that Lin Shan will not work hard to cultivate his wife?

Even if after marrying Lin Shan, with the dual support of Xun Gu Sect and her family, she could break through the Jindan stage in the future and take charge of Xun Gu Sect, then helping her mother's family openly or secretly would be justified and there would be nothing wrong with it.

These people are making their calculations very quickly and are willing to spend a lot of money.

Lin Shan was reluctant at first, but when he heard that each of them had such generous dowries, he began to feel tempted.

or?

No matter what, just eat the dowry first?
Why not refuse something that is delivered to your door?
However, after hundreds of years, how could this group of Jindan masters not have anticipated that there would be a situation where they would be unable to return after throwing meat buns at dogs? Would there be another trap waiting for me? Could I really get the dowry for free?

The ancestor of the Yang family stamped his feet repeatedly: "Master Lin, why are you still hesitating? My Yang family has offered such generous conditions, which can be said to be sincere!"

The ancestors of the four great families in Wangyue City also hurriedly advised him: "Master Lin, please do not be suspicious. We really want to become your relatives!"

The four masters of Lu Nan Sect also expressed their sincere feelings: "If we can form a good relationship today, we can help each other and share what we have in the future. This is a win-win situation!" Everyone shouted in unison: "Master Lin, please make a decision quickly. Choose one of the nine forces!"

Lin Shan's head was buzzing with their noise and he had no time to think quietly.

At this moment, another voice suddenly appeared in the hall.

"In my opinion, only children make choices, but adults of course want them all!"

"???"

The Jindan Zhenren were furious. Who dares to disrupt our show?
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the Black Skull Demon Lord, the deputy leader of the Xun Gu Sect. He had been watching coldly from the sidelines before, but this time he suddenly stood up and said something shocking!
Everyone's expression changed for a while, and they almost forgot that Xun Gu Sect still had an elder with real power, so they had to put on a smiling face again.

"What are you talking about, Elder Hei Ku? Husband and wife are bound together forever, just like mandarin ducks living together and flying together. There can only be one wife, so how can there be a third party interfering?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord took a sip of tea slowly and said, "Then you can all be my concubines. This way, we are all equals and there is no need to judge who is superior or inferior."

All the Jindan Zhenren were dumbfounded. They paid so much dowry and married off the most talented woman in the clan, so how could she be given to someone else as a concubine?
"Impossible. My granddaughter has excellent natural talent and will be able to break through the Golden Core Stage in the future. How can she be my concubine?"

"That's right. My niece is in Wangyue City and is the dream lover of all the young masters of the major families. The male cultivators chasing after her have lined up from the streets to the alleys!"

"It's ridiculous. My niece is a woman of great talent and knowledge. She is well-versed in the Six Strategies and Five Strategies. She is both virtuous and talented. How can I bury her talent by making her my concubine?"

……

At this time, another voice interrupted with a hint of smile.

"It's easy for all the masters to say this, but each of them wants to send their own children to the throne of the leader's wife, not caring about the possibility of discord, and secretly harboring the intention of being the hen that calls the crowing at dawn. What a good plan!"

"What???"

The Jindan Zhenren were hit on the heart of the matter. They became angry and embarrassed, and turned to look towards the source of the voice.

It turned out that the person who spoke this time was Master Zhan Kong. Both he and the Black Skull Demon Lord were experienced and shrewd, so they could naturally see that Lin Shan was trying to shirk responsibility, so they came out to assist him one after another.

The faces of the Jindan Zhenren from the Lujiang League changed. They didn't want to quarrel with Master Zhankong, so they could only smile awkwardly.

"Master, you have misunderstood us. We are sincere in seeking an alliance and have absolutely no intention of usurping the throne. I think that Master Lin is a man of great talent and will not give a woman the opportunity to rule. You are really worrying too much."

Master Zhankong stroked his beard, his eyes gleaming with cunning.

"Our Xun Gu Sect has already established connections with Yunchuan Academy and Jingyang Academy. I think a Jindan-stage female Jurchen is worthy of our leader. A foundation-building stage female is like a chicken rib. She can be a concubine, but she may not be qualified to be the main wife!"

Lin Shan nodded repeatedly. As his cultivation level improved, if the people around him could not keep up with his progress, they would become a burden or even a weakness, which was really not advisable.

The Yang Family's ancestors and others refuted in panic: "This is wrong. Although Sect Leader Lin is young and successful, you should know that in the world of cultivation, men seek the weak and women admire the strong. A female cultivator in the Golden Core Stage is so proud, how could she commit herself to others?"

This sounds reasonable at first glance; it is women's nature to admire the strong.

Female cultivators in the Jindan stage must have good aptitude and are generally self-important. They will most likely look up to Yuanying stage masters, and may not necessarily look down on True Persons of the same level.

Therefore, it is a common phenomenon that male cultivators usually look for those with lower cultivation levels than themselves, and female cultivators marry those with higher cultivation levels than themselves.

For example, among the many Jindan Zhenren present, not one of them has a Taoist partner with Jindan cultivation level, and everyone marries a Taoist partner in the foundation-building stage. Therefore, no one is optimistic about Lin Shan's desire to find a Jindan-stage Taoist leader's wife.

Just pure experience from someone who has been there.

Therefore, in order to take care of Lin Shan, all the major families and sects took out the best of the foundation-building period, which was already very generous.

The Qi-training women marry the foundation-building women, the foundation-building women marry the Golden Elixir women, the Golden Elixir women marry the Nascent Soul women, this is the situation of the marriage market in the world of cultivation.

If you can't get married, you'd better stay single. It's not necessary for a monk to get married.

As for the female cultivators who all choose the higher-level ones, what about the remaining male cultivators at the lower level of the Qi training stage?
Then just marry a mortal, what else can you do?
You are a cultivator in the Qi training stage, and you can't even support yourself, yet you want to support a female cultivator of the same level?

Sorry, when it comes to choosing between bread and love, most women are very realistic.

I didn't see Mu Yan opening a harem, but he only took a bunch of Qi training stage female cultivators as concubines. The Black Skull Demon King was at the Jindan stage, but he only took in a foundation building stage jade beauty. The Yuanying stage old man Huang Xianshi who worked under Lin Shan at that time also married Yan Yuanchun, who was at the Jindan stage.
If even Master Huang is like this, what about others?

But who is he Lin Shan?

Can you hang on the wall like ordinary people?

A genius must not only focus on the present, but also look to the future.

If his cultivation becomes higher and higher in the future, but the Taoist partner he married when he was young remains at the same level, then he can only watch his beloved wither away and die. Why bother?
If you cannot find a genius in the early stage, it is better to wait until your cultivation becomes higher and higher before considering the matter of a Taoist partner.

Master Zhankong naturally understood what he meant and spoke up to defend him.

“My master is a fourth-grade golden elixir, less than a hundred years old, and has not accumulated many Dao marks or obstacles.

When we reach our age, we may become late Jindan cultivators like the Yang family ancestor. If there is another opportunity, there is also a glimmer of hope for Yuanying. But if I marry a female cultivator in the foundation-building stage as my Taoist partner, wouldn't that make people laugh?"

The Jindan Zhenren looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking, you have just broken through the Jindan stage, and you are already imagining yourself in the Yuanying stage? This idea is too advanced!
……

However, after the interference of the two troublemakers, the Black Skull Demon Lord and Master Zhan Kong, this marriage alliance was ruined.

The older, the wiser. These two have rich experience in the martial arts world and can handle the Jindan Zhenren with ease. They finally rescued Lin Shan.

From this we can see that a force must have all kinds of people. Although Lu Xiuming is smart and capable, he lacks experience and qualifications. Some diplomatic affairs still have to rely on old hands.

Seeing that the marriage was hopeless, the Jindan Zhenren of the Lujiang Alliance had to give up.

But they didn't leave yet. Instead, they stayed to discuss the second option with Lin Shan, which was also the more important purpose of their visit.

"Master Lin, do you know about the forbidden area on the cliff in the Swallowing Star Mountains?"

The Yang family's ancestor narrowed his eyes, and the faces of the Jindan Zhenren all had an unfathomable expression.

Seeing this, Lin Shan sat up straight, he knew the highlight was about to begin.

"Of course, Brother Yang, feel free to speak!"

The Yang family ancestor spoke in a solemn tone, stating the focus that all the real people have been paying attention to recently.

"In the forbidden area on the cliffs of the Swallowing Star Mountains, there is a wonder of heaven and earth called Hongya Cave. Inside, stalactites hang upside down like a forest. It is deep and vast, like a dream. It is a treasure created by nature. Over the years, it has bred an amazing spiritual object."

"This thing can be used as medicine, can be used to make pills, can improve cultivation, can restore mana, can be used to prolong life, and can assist in jade liquid body refining!"

Lin Shan stood up suddenly.

"But. Luyu stalactite?"

All the Jindan Zhenren nodded in unison. The Yang family's ancestor was slightly surprised. The Xun Gu Sect was just a newly established sect, but it was able to find out such secrets.

"That's right!"

"The millennium has come, and our Lujiang League also intends to get a piece of the pie."

"I wonder if Sect Leader Lin would like to go with me?"

(End of this chapter)