Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 259 The Real Person is in the Spotlight (Please Subscribe)

The sect has a classification system for second-tier spiritual veins.

For example, Qinglong Bay, where Shen Xuan used to live, was of low quality and lacked resources.

The Ding family worked from the beginning to the end of the year, but they could barely make ends meet.

Even obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill from a sect requires considerable effort.

Sects typically don't follow up on auctions afterward.

It has no affiliation with any sect.

The slightly better ones are places like Qingyang Prefecture and Weiwu County.

After the auction, it will nominally become a vassal force of the sect.

They must pay tribute to the sect and obey the sect's management and commands.

In fact, it has maintained a certain degree of independence.

Sects generally do not interfere in their internal affairs.

The best one is the core area that Tie Wendao mentioned.

This type of second-tier training ground is close to the sect's headquarters and is under the sect's protection.

The development of a family is closely related to that of a sect.

They were required to pay tribute and obey orders and commands.

Being near the water gives you an advantage.

Many cultivation techniques, inheritances, and high-grade spiritual items for cultivation are passed down from sects and are preferentially obtained by these families.

If there are outstanding talents in the family, they will be given priority to join the sect.

Therefore, the price of a second-tier training ground in such a core area is several times higher than that of a training ground in Qingyang Prefecture.

Moreover, the quantity offered for public auction is not large.

It's usually bought by the descendants of high-ranking members of the sect.

"Wow, quite ambitious!"

Shen Xuan said jokingly.

"A person should always have something to look forward to in life!"

Tie Wendao said with a smirk, "I hope Master Shen will give me your guidance."

Shen Xuan stared at Tie and asked.

"Tie asked, can I trust you?"

Tie Wendao immediately stood up and swore an oath: "Tie Wendao swears to the Heavenly Dao that he will never betray Master Shen Fu. If he breaks this oath, may he be struck by lightning!"

Tie Wendao was quite famous and influential among the independent cultivators in Qingyang Prefecture.

They were extremely well-informed and had a thorough understanding of the area surrounding Qingyang Prefecture.

Shen Xuan brought him back to Tingyuxuan, intending to take him under his wing.

For the next eleven years, Shen Xuan tried his best not to leave Feiyun Mountain.

The White Lotus Fairy was busy with her own cultivation.

Su Xue'er is only suited to Feiyun Mountain.

Shen Xuan lacks informants and errand runners.

He needed Tie Wendao to control information about the rogue cultivators in Qingyang Prefecture, to help him acquire spiritual herbs, and to collect various intelligence.

In this way, Shen Xuan can devote himself to cultivation in Tingyuxuan on Feiyun Mountain.

As for the remuneration.

For Tie Wendao, becoming friends with Shen Xuan, the talisman master, was an extremely generous reward.

"Sit down!"

Shen Xuan took out a list of medicinal herbs and handed it to Tie Wendao.

"If the price of the medicinal herbs listed here is right, please help me purchase them."

"in addition……"

Shen Xuan pondered for a moment.

He took out ten high-quality lightning talismans and ten high-quality poison talismans from his storage bag.

"Keep these talismans safe. You can use them to cover your retreat if you encounter danger."

"Also, you can write to me to inform me of any important news in Qingyang Prefecture."

Tie Wendao respectfully agreed, vowing to help Shen Xuan acquire spiritual herbs and gather information, and to be absolutely loyal to Shen Xuan.

The two discussed some details.

Shi En Tie asked, "This is just a casual move by Shen Xuan."

He needs a Foundation Establishment cultivator to run errands for him, gather information, and handle miscellaneous tasks.
If you find it easy to use.

In the future, we can let Tie Wendao handle the transactions with Wu Yulan and other demonic cultivators.

After all, his status is different now.

To engage in face-to-face transactions with demonic cultivators again would be a troublesome matter, as someone might seize upon this weakness.

"Alright! Take all this monster meat on the table with you!"

"It's getting late, you should head back!"

Tie Wendao was deeply grateful and reluctantly left Tingyuxuan.

After this battle at Qingyang Market, Shen Xuan's reputation soared even higher.

Although he was a minor realm higher than Shen Xuan.

But Shen Xuan's strength, status, skills, reputation, and so on far surpassed his.

Being able to get close to Shen Xuan and claim to be his friend will make everything I do in the future easier than before.

……

After Tie Wendao left, Shen Xuan went back to his room to rest.

He was not worried at all about He Zhengming's aid to Hujianling.

Cunning Rabbit Three Caves.

If the Zhao family had even a shred of intelligence, they wouldn't dare to go to such extremes.

The elite cultivators of the Zhao family can relocate.

With so many ordinary cultivators and mortals under the watchful eyes of the Qingyun Sect, where could they possibly go?
Zhou Haoyu, Lin Danshi, and Dai Qishi are safe and sound.

The next day.

Master Lin Dan and Master Dai Qi then visited together.

Shen Xuan treated them with great hospitality.

Although we have lived together on Feiyun Mountain for more than ten years.

However, they are usually busy with their own lives, and the number of times they get together for a banquet is very limited.

After three rounds of drinking.

"The Zhao family of Tiger Ridge are truly despicable!"

Lin Dan, under the influence of alcohol, started swearing.

Those in the same industry are inherently rivals.

Master Lin Dan had long disliked the Zhao family.

Everything went as Shen Xuan had predicted.

The Zhao family of Tiger Ridge has a total of nine Foundation Establishment cultivators.

That day, the four members of the Zhao family, along with He Zhengming and others, flew to Qingyang Market.

He led He Zhengming into the demonic cultivation formation and never returned to Tiger Ridge.

Along with them, a group of elite Qi Refining disciples from the Zhao family also disappeared.

Zhou Haoyu, Lin Danshi, and Dai Qishi were drinking and making merry, accompanied by dancers arranged by the Zhao family.

They were completely unaware of the changes that had befallen the Zhao family of Hujianling.

After He Zhengming returned, everyone gathered together.

Upon learning that the Zhao family head had betrayed the Qingyun Sect, they were all furious.

Upon hearing the report from the Zhao family members, the Zhao family patriarch hurriedly emerged from seclusion.

He claimed that the four members of the Zhao family acted on their own initiative and that he was completely unaware of it.

Due to lax family discipline, some cultivators in the clan betrayed the sect, causing He Zhengming and others to fall into danger.

The patriarch of the Zhao family pleaded guilty and accepted punishment.

The Zhao family head and other defectors were expelled from the clan register and their names were removed from the ancestral genealogy.

The Zhao family is a top cultivation family in Qingyang Prefecture. They have been deeply rooted in Qingyang Prefecture for thousands of years and have a great influence in the area.

He also has some connections within the Qingyun Sect.

He Zhengming dared not act on his own.

They had no choice but to write a secret letter reporting the Zhao family head's betrayal and defection to the demons, and wait for the sect's higher-ups to make a decision.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, He Zhengming took over the defense of Hujianling.

The Zhao family patriarch obediently cooperated and handed over control of the mountain-protecting formation.

"Pretentious!"

Shen Xuan then cursed.

He could guess what the Zhao family was thinking.

It's nothing more than the spiritual veins of Tiger Ridge, which are insufficient to support the Zhao family's expansion.

Therefore, the Zhao family split in two, hedging their bets on both sides. The Zhao family head led some of his elite disciples to join the Blood Spirit Sect and go to the Liang Kingdom to establish a cultivation family.

Those who remained here were led by the Zhao family patriarch.

The Qingyun Sect is a prestigious sect that values ​​having a legitimate reason for its members to follow.

They wouldn't commit such an act of genocide unless they were utterly wicked.

As for the cultivators in the clan who defected to the Demonic Sect...

Such things are commonplace among the cultivation families on the border.

The prefectures on both sides, whether under the influence of the Daoist sect or the Demonic sect, have always been intertwined.

There is a certain tacit understanding in many things.

If it is only because a member of the clan has defected to the other side, then they should be exterminated.

No cultivation family on the border between Song and Liang could escape unscathed.

Shen Xuan guessed.

The board was raised high, then fell low.

After all, Qingyang Prefecture still needed the Zhao family to cooperate with Qingyun Sect at this time.

It's far from the point where the birds are all gone and the bow is put away.

Shen Xuan drank with the two of them for a while.

Ask them about their plans.

Master Lin Dan and Master Dai Qi told him that the two of them were about to return to their sect.

the reason is simple.

If the Zhao family head of Tiger Ridge could betray the Azure Cloud Sect, then the Su family of Flying Cloud Mountain may not be reliable either.

The Blood Spirit Sect dispatched three Core Formation seed cultivators to Qingyang Prefecture.

The sect only sent He Zhengming, a Core Formation seed.

A single tree cannot support itself.

The situation in Qingyang Prefecture is not optimistic.

They got the message.

The sect wants to shrink its battle lines and intends to abandon some border prefectures and counties.

Qingyang Prefecture was among them.

"Senior brothers, is this really true?"

"There's no smoke without fire. I've only heard about this myself."

Shen Xuan sighed deeply.

He just wanted to find a quiet place to practice his spiritual cultivation.

Things never go as planned.

A senior from my past life summarized it very well.

Wherever there are people, there will be grudges; wherever there are grudges, there is the martial world; people are the martial world.

This principle also applies to the cultivation world.

You think cultivating immortality is about meditation, sudden enlightenment, becoming an immortal, living forever, flying through the sky and disappearing into the earth, and being omnipotent.

In fact, cultivators are just another type of martial arts practitioners.

They continuously collect cultivation resources to enhance their strength and increase their lifespan, attempting to defy the heavens.

"Take care, Senior Brother Shen!"

Lin Danshi and Dai Qishi bid farewell to Shen Xuan.

They had already planned to leave Qingyang Prefecture and return to their sect together.

Shen Xuan remained calm.

If the Qingyun Sect abandons Qingyang Prefecture, he will definitely find an excuse to return to the sect.

I won't fight to the death with the demonic cultivators here.

It's not that we can't win, it's that we can't defend.

There's no need for that.

He is not a seed for Core Formation in the sect.

No matter how much effort you put in, the vast majority of the sect's merits will fall on the direct disciples of the master.

If this damages his foundation and affects his cultivation, then it would be a loss.

As for the cultivators and mortals of Qingyang Prefecture.

You can only seek happiness for yourself.

Shen Xuan sighed deeply at this.

He was willing but powerless to help.

……

Qingyun Sect, Headquarters of the Law Enforcement Hall.

Master Lingxiao sat upright at the table, reading the battle reports sent from the front lines.

A handsome and bright-eyed disciple stood by.

The aura emanating from him clearly indicated that he was at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

This person is He Jingsong, the eldest disciple of Lingxiao Zhenren.

Suddenly.

Lingxiao Zhenren snorted coldly and threw the battle report jade slip in his hand onto the table.

"Master?"

"look by youself!"

He Jingsong picked up the battle report jade slip and scanned it with his divine sense.

His brows furrowed slightly.

"Junior Brother He, how could you be so careless!"

"Was this an accident?"

Master Lingxiao's gaze, sharp as lightning, struck He Jingsong.

"Junior Brother He was indeed negligent!"

"Incompetent bungler!"

Master Lingxiao stood with his hands behind his back, gazing out the window.

The eighteen peaks of Qingyun Sect are a collection of majestic and beautiful peaks.

Each peak is overseen by a Core Formation cultivator.

The five peaks in the middle are the Daoist temples of Golden Elixir True Persons.

"Master, calm down."

"Junior Brother He has been in the sect for a long time and is not good at worldly affairs. People's hearts are like water, unpredictable."

"After this incident, Junior Brother He will mature a bit."

"I hope so!"

Master Lingxiao nodded slightly, then asked, "What are your thoughts on Shen Xuan?"

"When the opportunity is not yet ripe, he lies hidden among the common people. In reality, he is exceptionally intelligent, possesses great potential, and is destined for greatness later in life."

"Yes. It's a pity that time has slipped away and I'm getting a bit old."

"Otherwise, it is not impossible to condense an inner core."

Lingxiao Zhenren sighed.

He Jingsong was startled.

"Master, condensing the inner core is no easy task!"

His voice was somewhat sore.

"Of the three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators in a sect, only a handful will ultimately be able to condense their inner core!"

There was something he was too embarrassed to say.

As the eldest disciple of Master Lingxiao, he is still searching for an opportunity to form his core.

Shen Xuan was an elderly cultivator who came from a humble background, and his master was merely an ordinary Core Formation True Person.

In his master's eyes, there was even a chance to successfully condense an inner core!
"The Heavenly Way is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and one is removed, which is the variable!"

Throughout history, many great figures in the cultivation world have risen from humble beginnings. With great perseverance and wisdom, they have defied the odds and achieved the formation of their core and nascent soul!

"Jingsong, do not underestimate others! Hone yourself, perfect your foundation, and perfect your Dao. When the time comes, strengthen your resolve and give it your all!"

"In that case, you might be able to condense your inner core."

Lingxiao Zhenren spoke slowly.

He Jingsong fell silent.

After a long while, as if waking from a dream, he cupped his hands in a respectful salute and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Master!"

Master Lingxiao sighed.

"Write a letter to He Zhengming in your personal capacity, and ask him to win over the cultivators of Qingyang Prefecture so that they can train and hone their skills."

"As for Shen Xuan..."

Lingxiao Zhenren pondered for a moment and said, "Tell him not to bother Shen Xuan unless it's absolutely necessary!"

He Jingsong was slightly startled and quickly replied, "Yes, Master, I will write a letter to him right away."

(End of this chapter)