Immortal Road.

Chapter 835: Yuanying Ceremony, Refining the Evil Corpse King

Western Shandong, Lujiang River Basin, Tianfu Mountains.

At this moment, the place is crowded with people, decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, countless guests coming and going, and banquets one after another, stretching from the mountain to the foot of the mountain.

The real highlight was at the top of the mountain, where representatives from almost 70% of the forces in Lu's cultivation world gathered to present gifts to an old man on the stage.

"Congratulations to Patriarch Lu Que for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. Xun Gu Sect has three Nascent Souls in one sect. This is cause for celebration. From now on, you will stand at the top of Lu State!"

"Hahahaha, please stand up~"

"The old ancestor's soul is unparalleled, his life span is as long as the sky, he isolated Chixiao City alone, and once blocked millions of soldiers from the Shang family! Now that his Nascent Soul has reached perfection, who else can be his opponent?"

"Hey~ keep a low profile~"

"In this world, golden elixirs are rampant, but only the ancestor has found a different way! The only soul cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage in this world, he has taken up the responsibility of soul cultivation, and can be said to be the ancestor of the lineage!"

"Well, thank you for the compliment~"

"The ancestor personally changed into the colonial costume and tested the law himself, bringing the colonial costume technique to a new level in the world of cultivation! This kind of self-sacrifice and fearlessness of life and death, who can compare with him?"

"Ah? Hahaha, no way."

"How can the water be so clear? It is only because of the fresh water from the source! The world of cultivation is changing with each passing day and developing vigorously. It is precisely because of pioneers like the ancestor who constantly innovate in soul cultivation and colonization that they have led the progress of the times. It can be said that their contribution will last for thousands of years!"

"Oh, it's okay."

The old man with the deer head on the stage was grinning from ear to ear, his two bear paws were rubbing together until sparks flew, and he was listening to the flattery from the representatives of countless forces, he was so happy!

But there are also people who bring up things that are not related to the topic, which has touched the old ancestor's heart and lungs.

"From now on, the Xun Gu Sect has Sect Leader Lin as its pillar of support, and you and Elder Hei Ku are its left and right arms. Together, we can help each other and conquer the world. Why should we worry about not accomplishing great things?"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was expected that Patriarch Lu Que would be smiling, but unexpectedly, the sky suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy!

"How dare you! Which messenger are you from? Why are you speaking so arrogantly in front of this old ancestor?"

"Well???"

The messenger was stunned, not knowing what he had said wrong. He knelt on the ground in fear. The gift plate in his hand fell, revealing a corner of the red cloth, which seemed to contain a precious long object.

Lu Xiuming, Wu Hanqiao and others at the back suddenly looked unhappy and winked at the emcee beside them.

The MC reported tactfully:

"Report to the ancestor, this person is the envoy of the Kuihe Sect in Lunan, and the gift is ten roots of the fourth-level spiritual medicine Wild King Mountain Ginseng!"

After hearing the gift, Patriarch Lu Que finally calmed down his anger and waved his sleeves to let the messenger go.

"Get up! Who the hell is Hei Ku? You are a despicable person. How dare you be mentioned in the same breath with this old ancestor? Don't mention this person in front of me in the future. It's bad luck!"

The messenger ran away in a panic, his face turned pale with fear, and he almost thought he had lost his life.

The Xun Gu Sect is really strange. There are two elders in the Nascent Soul stage, but they don't hold the Nascent Soul Ceremony together, but have to hold it separately in two places.

Our sect had to send two groups of people to deliver two gifts, but how come we had to deal with this moody ancestor Lu Que?

Others laughed secretly. This guy didn't do his homework beforehand and just came to flatter blindly. Little did he know that Patriarch Lu Que and Elder Hei Ku had never gotten along well. It was said that the former had been imprisoned and tortured by the latter for decades. It was a huge hatred!
If there wasn't the leader Xun Gu suppressing them, the fight would have broken out long ago.

Nowadays, mountains usually do not meet each other, and each is active in its own territories.

One was held at the Lujiang Academy in Dingshang City in northwest Shandong, and the other was held here in the Xun Gu Sect, which also seemed to be a competition between them.

Therefore, they have to be fair when giving gifts to avoid being caught.

However, there are also people who come here deliberately to target Patriarch Lu Que. They are not interested in Elder Hei Ku and just want to go all the way since they have to offend him.

"The Xun family, a family of cultivators in the Central Region, congratulates our ancestor on his Nascent Soul and presents him with the fifth-level soul sacred object, the Yanshen Grass!"

A thin young man walked forward, holding a plate and paying homage.

Patriarch Lu Que was overjoyed and ordered someone to bring the gift. After seeing it, his smile became even more intense, and it was obvious that he was very pleased with it.

Seeing that the young man had a pale face and looked like he had kidney deficiency, she liked him especially.

"I see that you have a strong innate spiritual power, but your physical essence is insufficient. You are a rough gem suitable for soul cultivation. Was this trip arranged by someone in your family?"

The young man was very polite and behaved in an ancient style as he handed over the letter from home.

Patriarch Lu Que took it and looked at it, nodding repeatedly.

"So you are a former top Confucian family. I have read Master Xun's letter, and I have accepted you as my disciple. What is your name?"

"Junior Xun Shu, thank you for your help, ancestor!"

The guests watching were whispering to each other and discussing the matter secretly.

The Xun family is the top Confucian family in the Central Region. There is also a True Lord in the Nascent Soul stage in the family, but they do not have as much influence as Confucius and Mencius. Now they have even sent disciples to interact with the Xun Gu Sect, which seems to show that they are optimistic about this emerging force.

"It's rare to see the Xun family's intentions so clearly, but I remember that Elder Hei Ku also sent his direct descendants to become his disciples and learn the art of refining. Are they planning to bet on both sides?"

"Alas, they are a top family, so they naturally have the strength to bet on both sides. We small families should not jump left and right, so as not to make the ancestors unhappy."

“That’s right.”

After the Xun family, the Dong family, one of the top Confucian families in the Central Region, came. They brought precious elixirs as a gift to become the disciple of Patriarch Lu Que and try the way of soul cultivation.

Others who have some financial resources also recommended suitable seedlings from their own families.

Ancestor Lu Que is very picky, mainly recruiting those with innate strong spirits and those with outstanding spiritual talents. Not everyone is suitable for soul cultivation.

Finally, there were rows of young men standing behind him, all of them looked like young men with kidney deficiency!
The spirit and soul far surpass the essence of the physical body, which is very obvious from the appearance. It is a waste in the path of golden elixir, but a genius in the path of soul elixir.

"After another half a year, according to the leader's intention, I will go to the Lujiang Academy to teach, and Hei Ku will come back to the Ancient Sect to take charge. You will go with me then."

"I will follow the master's instructions!"

All the disciples agreed in unison.

This scene happened to be seen by Lin Shan who had just returned from heaven.

He couldn't help but be surprised that this old ancestor Lu Que was quite capable. He knew how to take in disciples to expand the diplomatic circle of Xun Gu Sect. In the future, through the use of ties and bridges, many things that were previously impossible would be implemented again exceptionally smoothly.

This is the meaning of making friends all over the world. He did not show up at this Yuanying Ceremony, nor did he have any thoughts.

As for Patriarch Lu Que and the Black Skull Demon Lord, they were extremely poor when they just entered the Nascent Soul stage, so it was not a bad thing for them to make some money to expand their pockets and increase their influence at the same time.

The most important thing is that it can demonstrate and spread the prestige of Xun Gu Sect!

As for himself, after the battle between Lu Xibei and Zhong Shenxiu, he had already become famous all over the world, so there was no need to hold any Yuanying ceremony. Everyone in the cultivation world of Lu State had already known about it.

There was no need for him to amass wealth. He had killed so many Yuanying-stage cultivators and was already wealthy enough that he did not care about the small gains from various large and small forces.

What's more, they have already been harvested twice by the Xun Gu Sect's Lu Que Patriarch and the Black Skull Demon Lord. It would be a bit too much for him to come out and plunder the people's wealth again.

I waited for about three days after I came back.

After Patriarch Lu Que's Nascent Soul Ceremony was over, he returned to his bedroom contentedly. Many Xun Gu Sect leaders were also busy with the reception, and it must have been a tough time at the Lujiang Academy as well.

Lin Shan immediately summoned Lu Xiuming and others and asked them to bring their people back with him to the old place.

A deadly tiankeng!

This place is only three thousand miles away from Wangyue City. When he first arrived in Lu State and was still in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he teamed up with the Black Skull Demon Lord and ambushed and killed a Jindan Zhenren from the Dai family here!
Thinking back to those days when everything was in danger and his life was in jeopardy, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions.

Now I come back again to complete a big project.

'Corpse refining'.

Ever since he inherited the Yunxiang lineage of the Corpse-Driving Sect, he has not been able to restore a fifth-level corpse king.

He couldn't wait to slowly raise the corpse, so he decided to follow the secret method of the Corpse-Driving Sect, refine the entire evil pit, and forcibly cultivate an evil corpse!
If it were in the kingdom of magic, a pit would either be the private property of a top sect or a public resource known to everyone, and it would be difficult for him to monopolize it by force.

On the righteous side, the evil pit was basically useless and just sat there with no one paying attention to it. It was a good opportunity for him to eliminate it, and the Confucian sect thought he had done a great deed!
The Xun Gu Sect is now completely different from what it used to be, and its power is expanding rapidly. It is no problem for it to guard the Juesha Tiankeng and set up various refining sites.

Moreover, this place belongs to the Lujiang River Basin, which is his base camp and no external forces can infiltrate.

Then he took out the body of Taoist Yuan Jin.

This fellow was in the late Nascent Soul stage, and was also an earth-type cultivator. He had outstanding innate body refining skills, making him just right for being a refined corpse, and was buried in the center of the tiankeng.

For the rest of the time, Lin Shan let everything go and returned to Xun Gu Sect to practice meditation, leaving the rest of the matters to Lu Xiuming.

half year later.

The Black Skull Demon Lord came back, and Patriarch Lu Que rushed to northwest Shandong to take up his post. The two of them switched places!

The Juesha Tiankeng was also completely completed, and the evil spirit covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles was slowly shrinking in scope until it disappeared.

This incident later became a strange story in the world of cultivation, attracting many experts and scholars to investigate.

The evil corpse was also refined and began to develop a vague consciousness.

Lin Shan was afraid that it would be led astray in the future, so he simply handed it over to his clone of Jiemie and separated a part of his consciousness into it to make it easier to control.

After such a long period of catalysis, several of the Inferno Worms in the Hellfire Worm's Nest had matured. He randomly took one of them and used its Inferno Devil Fire for his own use.

He eliminated the Netherworld Ghost Fire and gave it to Zuo Ning, who had come all the way from Jiuyao Peak in Chu State to give him the news.

"Tell me, what happened over there?"

"Master, it was Hall Master Li who asked me to come."

Li Yuanjie integrated the survivors of the fallen nation at Kunjiao and established an intelligence agency to gather information from the demonic cultivation world. Zuo Ning was placed under him to work under him.

From the Qi training stage when he was brought back from the Song Dynasty, he has now reached the peak of the late foundation building stage and is one step away from the Golden Core stage!
With Lin Shan's current ability and wealth, there is a good chance that he can help him break through the Jindan stage. I think this is also what Luanchun meant.

Only by training one's own people to become Jindan-stage cultivators can one more confidently consolidate power.

"Some time ago, with the help of Uncle Huang, Aunt Yan also successfully broke through the Nascent Soul stage. With the two elders guarding Jiuyao Peak, everything will be safe. They asked me to come and pass on a message, saying that they will take care of everything over there and I don't need to worry about it for the time being."

Zuo Ning's father was Zuo Zhenren, who once served as an elder of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yichuan of the Song Dynasty. He had met Yan Yuanchun of Yanchun Tower at that time, and they called each other fellow Taoists, so when his son Zuo Ning addressed her, he could refer to her as being of the same generation as Luanchun.

But let’s talk about each other. When it comes to Lin Shan, you have to be a generation lower again.

Lin Shan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and was very pleased. It seemed that Master Huang was still quite capable, and when he was away, he could help Yan Yuanchun safely pass through the many tests of the Nascent Soul stage, and the old couple could live out their days in peace again, and their days would be so wonderful.

In the letter, they assured Lin Shan not to worry, and that they would help him protect the foundation and that nothing would go wrong. Luanchun also continued to command his men to expand, ordering a large number of subordinates to search for antiques everywhere, and also obtained a lot of soul sacred objects.

"Okay, I understand. You can go back now."

Lin Shan sent Zuo Ning away and gave him some treasures to help him break through the Jindan stage. When he returns, Master Huang and Yan Yuanchun will be in charge, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Then he took out the summoning flag, and opposite him was his territory in the forbidden area of ​​the cliff, the Ginkgo Demon Cave.

He pulled the monkey demons over there, and then gave all the soul-related things he had collected during this period to the Demon King Kuihu, in order to maintain the soul of the Kuisang Ancient Tree Venerable.

Next, just as he was handing over the affairs to the Black Skull Demon Lord and preparing to go into seclusion, a letter suddenly arrived from the Central Region.

After opening it, I saw:
It turned out to be a letter from Kong Kai. The guy in the letter said that he would hold a Yuanying Ceremony in the Central Region recently, with the intention of completely overshadowing Zhong Shenxiu.

I specially invite Lin Shan to go, so that we can enjoy Zhong Shenxiu's ugly face together.

The scale of this event was unprecedented. Compared with it, the ones just held by the Black Skull Demon Lord and the Old Ancestor Lu Que were nothing.

It is said that even Zhong Shenxiu's performance may not be comparable.

Because Kong Kai returned with a big victory this time, his perfect start of three bars and zeros shocked the entire world of cultivation as soon as he appeared. In addition, the Confucian family Kong family took the lead, who would dare not give him face?
Now, gossips in the world of cultivation have also begun to build up momentum, saying that Kong Kai is the role model of the younger generation of Confucianism, a man who is both civil and military, brave and resourceful.

Many female practitioners became his fans and left Zhong Shenxiu to join Kong Kai.

Lin Shan actually didn't want to go, but he just arranged for the people around him to go there as a token of his appreciation.

But the Black Skull Demon Lord is from hell, and I am afraid that when he goes to the Confucian base, his true form will be seen through, which would be terrible.

If other people do not have the cultivation level of Nascent Soul Stage, it would seem that they do not value the Kong family enough.

So after much thought, he decided to go there in person to take a look and have a thorough encounter with the Confucian masters in the central region of Lu.

By then, I will definitely meet many old Confucianists, and I can ask them for advice, which may give me unexpected gains.

(End of this chapter)