Immortal Road.

Chapter 527: Traveling south together, inside Chixiao City

"Recently, Hongdu Academy changed its name and called itself Hongdu New Academy."

"It means that it is different from other schools and has jumped out of that level, but it has not yet been promoted to a palace school."

"This move violates the old system and disrupts the code of etiquette, but most of the local forces in southwestern Shandong acquiesce and have caused widespread discussion in the cultivation world."

In the cultivation world of Lu State, this kind of change would generally cause a huge stir.

The top ten academies are high above, and the lower institutions look up to them.

And you are in the middle, and you have come up with a unique idea to build a "new mansion" to show your uniqueness, which will naturally cause a lot of controversy.

The establishment of Hongdu New Mansion, as a mezzanine transition stage, really attracted people's attention, and the effect of this wave of advertising alone was indeed full.

The entire state of Lu, both the upper and lower classes, were all shocked.

Taking advantage of the fact that the top forces in the central region are closing their mountains, they are rising up as strongly as the Lujiang League. The timing is just right!

Basically, there will be no worries about recruiting students in the future. There will definitely be a large number of monks coming here, which can be said to be a good move.

Of course, there are also many jealous people among them.

Especially in the past sixty years of fighting and killing, the new Hongdu Prefecture also stepped on the corpses of countless academic schools to ascend to the final high position. Many enemies were watching secretly, waiting to laugh at them.

Given the size of Yunchuan Academy, there is naturally no jealousy, but regarding the admission of new members to the top ten academies, relevant discussions have also been made internally.

"A while ago, the chief discussed with other academies and decided to remain neutral during this trip. They will only watch the ceremony and not take sides. Does anyone want to go?"

The chief professor of Yunchuan Academy is rumored to be in seclusion all year round, preparing for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage. He is rarely seen in public, and all matters are still handled by Master Gu.

Now that the inside information is revealed directly in front of Lin Shan, it is obvious that he recognizes his strength and status and does not intend to hide it.

The Jindan Zhenren below were whispering to each other.

This trip south is equivalent to a business trip at public expense.

It is of a diplomatic nature, but not difficult, because the academy's position requires it to remain neutral, stand there and watch the ceremony, and it will be over once people arrive.

It didn't take long before five gentlemen expressed their willingness to go.

Some wanted to go sightseeing, some wanted to visit friends, some wanted to go on vacation, and some simply wanted to research the preparatory academy.

There is another one, namely, Master Zhou, the Doctor of the Five Classics.

As the royal diplomat of Yunchuan Academy, he is well-mannered and good at socializing, and usually he takes the lead in such occasions.

The others are just there to make up the numbers.

After the three old professors in the seat had finalized it, they wrote a long congratulatory message on the spot with great eloquence and stamped it with the seal of the academy and their own seal.

Delivered to Master Zhou.

As a professor, his calligraphy and literary talent are naturally impeccable and are both at the level of masters of his generation.

Lin Shan looked at it and suddenly realized.

Almost forgot!

I don’t think I have yet to represent the Lujiang League to write any congratulatory messages or anything like that!

Just at this moment, a person walked in from outside the hall.

It was Yang Zhenren, the deputy leader of Lujiang League.

"Hahaha, fellow masters and uncles, brothers and juniors from Yunchuan Academy, Yang is late!"

Master Yang once studied at Yunchuan Academy, so he is very familiar with this place.

"Brother Yang, you're here just in time. Please take a seat!"

Many gentlemen greeted him and no one was shy about it.

Master Yang returned the greetings one by one, and when he saw Lin Shan, he walked over without hesitation and sat down in the seat below him.

"Alliance leader, I'm here."

"Um"

Lin Shan nodded, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

Master Yang looked at the scene and saw a scroll of silk that was a full ten feet long, with calligraphy and painting written all over it, like dragons and phoenixes flying in the air. How could he not guess what it was?

"Don't worry, leader. I brought the seal of our Lujiang League with me before I left. You can write whatever you want when you get there."

"Thank you for your trouble."

Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he had an old hand to back him up.

I almost forgot about this.

Since he is not a native of Lu, he is not very familiar with this custom. It would be inappropriate for him to stand there awkwardly while others are making various offerings.

"Where's your congratulatory message? Have you written it? Let me see it."

Without saying a word, Master Yang took out something like a memorial and handed it directly to Lin Shan.

He took a look and found that the writing was indeed brilliant. There was no lack of talented people in the Yang family and the level was quite good.

Stamped on the back is the family seal of the Yang family, a family of immortal cultivation.

"Okay, think about it for me, how should we write the congratulatory message for the Lujiang League when the time comes."

As the leader of the alliance, you will definitely let your subordinates do things and just take the ready-made ones.

Master Yang stretched his neck to glance at He Zhang, one of the three professors of Yunchuan Academy, and asked him uncertainly.

"Why do I feel that Yunchuan Academy is relatively neutral? What about our Lujiang League? Is it also neutral?"

"Write it in neutral first."

Lin Shan doesn't know much about the new force of Hongdu New Mansion, so he plans to work together with Yunchuan Academy and do whatever the big brother does.

The five Jindan Zhenren sent messages to their relatives and friends, handed the lessons to their subordinates, received the congratulatory letters from the three professors, and stood up to set off.

Lin Shan and Master Yang also resigned and walked out of Yunqi Cliff together.

The seven of them carried their belongings along the way, heading straight south.

Chixiao City.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound of breaking came from the house, and the people in the yard outside all lowered their heads, pretending not to hear it.

The young master's temper has been getting worse recently.

"Waste, waste, all waste!"

A beautiful woman walked in from outside the courtyard. Although she was middle-aged, she walked charmingly with her waist swaying. There were ribbons hanging on both arms and her eye makeup was extremely delicate.

"What's wrong, Chen'er? Are you throwing things and beating the servants again?"

The beautiful woman walked into the room and casually glanced at the broken teacups on the floor and the maids kneeling on both sides.

A short and thin young man was gritting his teeth with a gloomy look in his eyes and muttering non-stop.

If you listen carefully, you can hear him cursing quite a few people.

He scolded his brother for stealing his position, the Xun Gu sect members for being overbearing and tyrannical, the merchants for being good-for-nothings, and his subordinates for being weak and incompetent.
"You guys go down first."

Seeing her son's impotent rage again, the beautiful woman calmly ordered the maids around him to leave.

The maids all breathed a sigh of relief. Their bodies were covered with scars. As the young master's punching bag for his anger, beating and scolding were just routine operations.

If they still don't get rid of their hatred, they will force them to do some shameful things collectively.
The double torture of mental and physical made it difficult for many sisters to fall asleep at night.

"Chen'er, you are no longer the little kid you were before. As the deputy city lord of Chixiao City, every word and action of yours must be considered for yourself and the overall situation!"

"Why do most of your father's former subordinates support you? Isn't it because they hope you can revive your old business?"

"Cheer up, smash the conspiracy of Xun Gu Cult, expel the infiltration of the enemy forces, and finally avenge my father's murder!"

"Look at what you look like now!"

Without the servants, the beautiful woman's face was cold and she scolded her son without any politeness.

The boy also didn't appreciate it, but looked at his mother with a sinister expression. "You don't need to tell me what I look like! Who told you to chase them away? Call them back!"

"Also, find me some virgin female cultivators."

"Tonight, let me hunt to my heart's content!"

"presumptuous!"

The beautiful woman stretched out her finger and looked at her own flesh and blood in disbelief for the first time.

"You've grown wings now, and you dare to talk to me like this?"

The boy did not back down and stared straight ahead.

"I am the deputy city lord of Chixiao City. Is there anything wrong with me talking to you like this?"

"you"

The beautiful woman was so angry that she was shaking all over. She wanted to slap her rebellious son, but when she saw his vicious eyes, she felt a little unfamiliar and couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Chen'er, you've changed. When your father was alive, you were friendly and respectful to your brothers. How come you've become like this now?"

"Don't mention the past to me!"

The young man roared angrily, as if his soft spot had been poked, triggering anger all over his body.

"Then was then, and the present is now."

"I had no power or influence before. I had no money or status. Didn't I have to pretend to be a grandson?!"

"Now, I am the heir, I am the master of Chixiao City in terms of justice, and I am no longer the child you control!"

This roar was filled with years of sadness and grievance. That kind of forbearance had lasted for more than ten years in the boy and was his lingering nightmare when he was young.

"Then you can't do whatever you want, wantonly collect essences, and gather people for promiscuity. If our allies see that the person they support is of such a character, indulging in the pleasures of the land of pleasure, won't they be laughed at to death?"

"Ahahahaha!"

The young man staggered, picked up the wine jug and drank it all, laughing wildly.

"ally?"

"Are they worthy of calling me an ally?"

"Merchants are nothing but a bunch of pigs and dogs."

He spoke every word while slapping the beautiful woman's face with his palms, "pa, pa, pa". His arrogance and wantonness were so unbridled that anyone who saw him would think he was crazy.

That's my biological mother!

How rude!

The beautiful woman opened her eyes wide in disbelief.

"you"

"What am I?"

The young man was spinning in circles, swaying left and right in the room, walking around with the wine jug in his hand, laughing silently with his mouth open and eyes wide open.

"I'm just a pawn of you and the merchants!"

"And you are not from Chixiao City at all. You married here just to help your family seize the assets of Chixiao City!"

"Your brothers, sisters and clansmen, under the pretext of helping me drive out the Xun Gu Sect, have been eroding my city step by step and seizing the cultivation resources left behind by that dead father."

"I'm almost shorted by you guys, and you still ask me to cheer up."

He had an exaggerated expression, and he put his face close to the beautiful woman's ear, with a ferocious mouth, and spoke in a soft voice.

"What's the point of cheering myself up? What can I get? I'll just be your dog."

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The beautiful woman felt a blockage in her throat. She was speechless for a moment as she watched her son being driven crazy.

She was once the daughter of a merchant and married to the previous Lord of Chixiao City.

As a member of a family born out of wedlock, he has a low status in the family and it is basically difficult for him to make a name for himself. The class structure is rigid and the interests are bound together, so he has no choice but to seek a way out outside.

It is obviously better to marry a Jindan Zhenren of a different surname than to stay in the clan and be unable to hold your head up.

Fortunately.

Later, she actually gave birth to a child for the Lord of Chixiao City, a child with spiritual roots, so she suddenly transformed from a concubine into Madam Shang!

You know, the higher the cultivation level of a monk, the more difficult it is to have children.

Even though the Lord of Chixiao City worked hard every night and had many wives and concubines, he only had two sons with spiritual roots.

In comparison, the eldest son formed cliques and factions, while the youngest son was humble and kind. The Lord of Chixiao City was in his prime, so he naturally preferred the youngest son.

He had a good idea. He first deposed the eldest son and paved the way for the youngest son.

Wait until he is old, and then successfully support his youngest son to take the throne.

But who would have thought that there would be unexpected events.

The Lord of Chixiao City followed the two elders Jingxuan to the Lujiang League, but was beaten to death by Lin Shan’s gang of ruthless people!
Afterwards, he sent people over to take over Chixiao City as well.

If it weren't for the delay and obstruction from the old people of Chixiao City, I'm afraid the Xungu Sect would have succeeded!

When the Xun Gu Sect discovered that Chi Xiao City was hostile to them, they deliberately supported the abandoned eldest son to purge the hostile forces.

Mrs. Shang saw that the situation was not good.

After all, once the eldest son succeeds to the throne, he will definitely take action against his youngest son. There is nothing to say about this. It is just to consolidate his position.

So in order to save himself, he took the initiative to invite his mother's family for help.

When the elders of the various clansmen from the Shang family heard that there was meat here, they swarmed over like wolves smelling the scent, all wanting to get a piece of the pie.

At the beginning, with the support of the local faction and merchants in Chixiao City, the Xun Gu Sect was indeed unable to support itself and was squeezed to the point where it was almost cleared out of Chixiao City.

However, the turning point came that year.

Mu Yan,

Breakthrough to the late stage of foundation building!

This boy is extremely terrifying. He is the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall of Xun Gu Sect. He leads a group of elite family members. He dares to fight and often "jumps over levels".

The early stage of foundation building suppresses the middle stage of foundation building.
The middle stage of foundation building suppresses the late stage of foundation building!
Fortunately, the local factions and businesses are numerous and powerful, and they can continue to press forward with their numerical advantage.

But when they reach the late stage of foundation building.
This group of people suddenly discovered that their own late foundation building stage seemed to be unable to check and balance this kid!
On the day Mu Yan came out of retreat, he killed people everywhere in Chixiao City, beheaded several Foundation Establishment cultivators in a row, and drove the local faction and merchants out for several streets.

There was no other way but for the merchant to go back and ask for help.

First, they asked the elderly elders of the illegitimate clan to come and support, but after finding out that they were no match for him, they spent a huge amount of money to invite a master of the late foundation building stage from the direct lineage, but he was still no match.

He had no choice but to call over the talented Shang family member who was on the eve of breaking through to the Jindan stage at the Shangyang Academy to give Mu Yan a good lesson.

As a result, the business genius who had never been defeated since childhood was beaten to the point of doubting his life. He was bleeding after three moves and fled in embarrassment.

It is said that after returning to Shangyang Academy, he was depressed for several years and could no longer adjust to the critical state of breaking through the Jindan stage.

For this reason, the head of the Shang family and the Jindan stage elders were furious.

Given that the Xun Gu Sect has the background of the Lujiang League, it is not convenient for it to personally take action to bully the weak, so it pays to hire notorious underground blacklist masters from areas close to the border of the Demonic Path, such as eastern and northern Shandong.

It is said that these people are proficient in both Confucianism and Taoism, have rich experience in assassination, are vicious and cunning, vulgar and shameless, and will do anything to achieve their goals.

As long as the reward is in place, there is no target that cannot be killed.

To be on the safe side, the merchant invited four masters who were at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage!
then,

Then, on a dark and windy night, this kid Mu Yan killed three people and seriously injured one at the doorstep of his own home.

The last one who was seriously injured vomited blood all the way to the gate of Chixiao City. Seeing that he was about to leave the city, he died.

The merchants were completely dumbfounded.

"This kid is so weird!"

(End of this chapter)