Journey to the head

Unfortunately, the scene that Master Xuan Jing expected did not happen.

As Master Cangfeng rescued Tieyuan and Master Haoran attacked Huaiyou, the four Jindan of Huaiyou County and Qingyuan County had to stop the raid on Tieyuan County. Of course, they wanted to move to Chongming, but Master Cangfeng and Ye Xiao received a message from Lu Qian. Especially Ye Xiao, who suffered a great loss, hoped that Yunshan Sect could achieve results on the battlefield of Junle County to make up for some losses.

Huaiyou and Qingyuan Jindan were strongly blocked by the Mingyu Sword Sect and the Huanggen Sect. Even if they wanted to take advantage of their mobility by moving lightly and independently, they had to worry that after they moved forward, their hometowns would be invaded by the two sects.

After some entanglement, a Jindan Zhenren from Qingyuan County did briefly break away from the Mingyu Sword Sect and the Huanggen Sect, and attempted to raid the Yunshan Sect's mountain gate, forcing the Yunshan Sect to withdraw its troops from Junle.

Unfortunately, the Yunshan Sect's Lingsha City and Mianlong Mountain both had Jindan-level formations for defense, and they also left sufficient defensive forces. The enemy Jindan was alone and could not gain any advantage. If they wanted to harass the two markets, both Shuangyefang and Qizhenfang already had Jindan customers, which would easily arouse public anger.

The foundation-building sects under the jurisdiction of Yunshan Sect had already been dispatched by Wang Yu to temporarily hide their elite troops and wealth in Lingsha City and Mianlong Mountain, leaving him with nothing. In addition, the situation in the south changed three times in a moment, and he really couldn't stay any longer. He had to destroy the empty New Castle in anger and then returned to Qingyuan County in anger.

When the news came, the morale of the defenders of Hanjiangzhu plummeted, but no matter what, there were two Jindan Zhenren here, and they were backed by the mountain protection formation. Unless the Yunshan School and Beichui County were prepared to die together, they would not be able to attack.

The two sides stood in silence for several days, and for a while they were helpless against each other. Yunshan Sect and Beichu County could not attack, and Junle County and Dongping County could not attack either.

Yaoming Zhenren naturally couldn't stay in Hanjiangzhu for long, and had to return to Dongping County. But how could Lu Qian stay in Junle County for long? His golden elixir tribulation was approaching, and he needed to end the war as soon as possible and return to Mianlong Mountain.

True Man Cang Feng does intend to attack Dongping County and force True Man Yao Ming to return for defense, but as soon as he leaves, Huai You and Qing Yuan will become restless again.

The situation thus became one of mutual deterrence between the two alliances, and no one could easily mobilize troops. Unless one side really gave up its base and risked everything to fight to the death, but it obviously had not reached that point yet, and no one was willing to be the first to do so.

A few days later, Lu Qian, Mo Yunsou, Xuan Jing Zhenren and Yao Ming Zhenren started negotiations across the formation. Unfortunately, under such circumstances, both sides still retained their strength, and neither side could be considered a failure. The peace talks conditions offered by each other were completely incompatible.

Besides, both parties are only part of their respective alliances and cannot represent the overall intentions of the alliance.

Under such circumstances, Mo Yunsou of Beichu County took the first move.

The dominant sect in Beichu County is the Fenglei Gang controlled by Mo Yunsou. The Fenglei Gang is a subordinate sect of Qinglian Zhenzong. Although Qinglian Zhenzong has lost its Nascent Soul Master, its overall strength has not declined much, and its position as the top sect is still firmly established.

Moreover, Jindan forces like Fenglei Gang still have a certain degree of independence even if they become subordinate sects. In terms of military, as long as they report to the upper sect in advance and obtain consent, they can independently open up battlefields. The internal affairs are completely independent, the economy is basically independent, and they need to follow the upper sect's foreign policy.

Nowadays, the interests of Qinglian Zhenzong are being damaged in all aspects. Although it is protected by Xuanwei Sect on the surface, its business and sphere of influence are actually shrinking under the pressure of Lingshou Sect and Sikong Family. Under such circumstances, facing the request of Fenglei Gang to expand its territory, Qinglian Zhenzong agreed after a little consideration.

Anyway, the Shaoyin Sect in Junle County is an independent Jindan sect, so attacking it will not cause any consequences. Even if it cooperates with the Yunshan Sect, it will not be a big deal.

It's just that the Fenglei Gang can't really join the three factions alliance, and Lu Qian doesn't care about this. The cooperation with the Fenglei Gang is originally a combination of benefits, as long as we can take advantage of the situation later.

After besieging Hanjiangzhu and with the two sides still in a stalemate, the Fenglei Gang took the lead and began to annex the land of Junle County.

That is, starting from the border between Beichui County and Junle County, they continued to advance towards Hanjiangzhu, taking all the spiritual veins here for their own use, transforming the frontline into a stronghold, and rewarding those inside to subordinate sects or for their own use. In short, it looked like they were occupying the area for a long time.

The idea of ​​the Fenglei Gang is very simple. First, we will occupy all your spiritual veins and territories. This will not only maximize our benefits, but also give us the initiative. Even if you come to fight for it, I will be on the defensive and have a great advantage.

Mo Yunsou also encouraged the Yunshan Sect to follow suit and occupy a large territory in Junle County, so that the two families could help each other and firmly secure their position in Junle County.

He even took out a map of Junle County and described a wonderful scene for Lu Qian. Roughly speaking, with Hanjiangzhu as the dividing line, the Fenglei Gang occupied the northeast of Junle County, the Yunshan Sect occupied the northwest and southwest of Junle County, and the remaining southeast corner of the territory bordered Dongping County, which was not conducive to taking root, so it had to be temporarily abandoned.

In general, the Fenglei Gang's new territory has a population of tens of millions, and the Yunshan Sect also has a population of tens of millions, leaving only the southeast corner with a population of six million for the Shaoyin Sect.

Of course Lu Qian was very tempted, but he was powerless.

Junle County was too far away from their own territory, with Li Yuanzong's territory and the Dead Desert in between. Now that it was occupied, it would be an enclave. Not only would they need to invest a lot of energy in defense, but it would also be difficult to rescue them, and they would be constantly bleeding here.

The territory expanded on the surface, but in reality its strength declined.

Even if with the blessing of the ancestors and the will of heaven, he and Wu Yan could successfully survive the subsequent heavenly tribulation and achieve the golden elixir, this would still be a tricky place.

But it is not realistic to give up just like that. The Huanggen Sect is still waiting for the results achieved on the Junle battlefield to compensate for the huge losses. As a result, you tell me that the Yunshan Sect just went to Junle County to burn and kill, wandered around and retreated, without getting any actual benefits?

Wait, Huang Genmen!

Lu Qian's eyes lit up.

In August of the 405th year of Jiashen, the Yunshan Sect, the Mingyu Sword Sect and the Huanggen Sect held a remote consultation and reached an agreement on the distribution of the results of the attack on Junle County.

If the territory with a population of tens of millions to be occupied is taken as the result of the war, then based on the contributions of the three sects in this war, the Yunshan sect should get a population of 5 million, the Mingyu sword sect 3 million, and the Huanggen sect 2 million.

Now, the Yunshan Sect and the Mingyu Sword Sect are both willing to trade their population and corresponding territories to the Huanggen Sect.

In this way, Huanggenmen obtained the northwest and southwest of Junle County, a territory with a population of tens of millions, with a total of seven large and small spiritual veins. The highest level spiritual vein is the third intermediate level, which will serve as the new mountain gate of Huanggenmen!
That’s right, the Huanggen Sect will carry out a major relocation, moving directly from the barren Iron Won County, which is surrounded by two powerful enemies, Qingyuan and Huaiyou, to the Junle County!

The geographical situation of Huang Gen Sect will be greatly improved. Not only will the mountain gate be upgraded to a higher level, but it will also successfully form an alliance with Yunshan Sect and Mingyu Sword Sect, and will also have the support of Beichu County. This is much better than facing the Four Golden Elixirs of Huaiyou and Qingyuan.

With the support, Ye Xiao directly took charge of Junle. This territory was difficult to take back. The Yunshan Sect rationally cashed in the spoils and greatly weakened the strength of the Shaoyin Sect.

From now on, the external environment of Yunshan Sect will be further improved. The two allies are on its side. Among the directly adjacent neighbors, the only enemy is Li Yuanzong, which has an 18-year peace treaty left.

This move achieved several goals at once, and Lu Qian, Ye Xiao and Master Zang Feng were all very satisfied.

First, in exchange for the Mingyu Sword Sect's share of these population, territory, and spiritual veins, and also to thank Master Cangfeng for his help, Ye Xiao directly returned the two spiritual veins and five million people and territory originally owned by Liangxiang County to the Mingyu Sword Sect. In this way, the Mingyu Sword Sect once again owned all the territory of Liangxiang County.

Secondly, in exchange for the Yunshan Sect’s share of these populations, territories and spiritual veins, the Huang Gen Sect will pay the following benefits to the Yunshan Sect.

The first is the shares of Never-Sleeping City. Originally, 30% belonged to Xuanwei Sect, 20% belonged to Lingshou Sect, and the remaining 50% belonged to Huanggen Sect, 25%, Yunshan Sect, 15%, and Mingyu Sword Sect, 10%.

Now the Huanggen Sect has transferred 10% of its shares to the Yunshan Sect. From now on, the Yunshan Sect will hold 25% of the shares, the Huanggen Sect will hold 15% and the Mingyu Sword Sect will hold 10%.

The second is the spiritual seedlings. Although the Huanggen Clan moved to Junle County as a whole, the territory of Cheorwon County cannot be abandoned. Although it is barren, it has a population of nearly 10 million and four spiritual veins (one of which was built into a city that never sleeps).

From now on, the Never-Sleeping City will directly serve as the ruling center of Cheorwon County, and the other three spiritual veins will only serve as defense sentinels and radiation points for selecting spiritual seedlings. From now on, the selection of spiritual seedlings in Cheorwon County will be jointly responsible by Yunshan Sect and Huanggen Sect. Each time the spiritual seedlings are selected, Yunshan Sect will take half. Normally, if averaged out every year, there are about thirteen or fourteen spiritual seedlings.

Of course, because the Huanggen Sect was directly relocated, the control power of the Iron Plain County would be greatly reduced. The Never-Sleeping City was naturally impregnable, and no one dared to spy on it, but the other three spiritual veins would be likely to be breached, and the Huaiyou County and Qingyuan County might come in to steal the spiritual seedlings.

But Lu Qian didn't care, and even welcomed it.

After the relocation of Huanggen Sect, the surrounding environment of Yunshan Sect became more peaceful. Although stable development can help it grow rapidly, it will also make the disciples and the entire sect lazy, reducing its ability to fight the enemy.

The crisis-ridden Ironfield County will become the best training ground for the disciples of Yunshan!
The disciples of Yunshan will experience actual combat training here in the form of small teams, always keeping their minds tense and eliminating complacency and laziness.

What's more, there is the absolutely safe Never-Sleeping City here. As long as they retreat to the Never-Sleeping City, even if Huai You and Qing Yuan Jin Dan come in person, they will be helpless.

What other place is more suitable for practical training than here?
After the agreement was signed, Ye Xiao acted quickly. While the Yunshan Sect and the Fenglei Gang continued to besiege Hanjiangzhu, he completed the migration and occupation of the combat power in just a few days. As for the supplies, they could be moved slowly.

So Master Xuan Jing was extremely sad and angry, the Huaiyou Alliance was shocked, and the Huang Gen Sect officially moved into Junle County!
The news quickly spread throughout Cangzhou, and the sects who were watching the fun couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

And this kind of operation? !
In September, the Huanggen Sect was completely relocated, and the Mingyu Sword Sect returned to guard Liangxiang and Chongming. The fighting in the three counties of Tieyuan, Huaiyou and Qingyuan completely ceased.

At the end of the war, Huaiyou and Qingyuan took advantage of the lack of strength in Cheorwon County and did not launch a surprise attack this time. Instead, they openly occupied a spiritual vein in Cheorwon County and built their own forward outposts.

The only things in Cheorwon County still under the control of the Huanggen Clan are the impregnable City That Never Sleeps and the spiritual vein closest to the City That Never Sleeps.

As Lu Qian expected, Cheorwon County has become a land full of dangers, and the two alliances may break out in a fight at any time.

In Junle County, as the Yunshan faction led its troops to withdraw to Mianlong Mountain, the war in Junle County also calmed down.

The Huanggen Sect and the Fenglei Gang occupied most of the territory of Junle County, and the original owner, the Shaoyin Sect, only retained a population of six million in the south of Hanjiangzhu.

Master Xuan Jing was so angry that he gnashed his teeth and his face turned blue, but he had suffered heavy losses himself, so he needed to think carefully about how to recover the lost territory.

The chaotic battle that had stirred up the northwest of Cangzhou finally came to an end. Although the battle was not very intense, the impact was enormous.

The Three Factions Alliance, the Fenglei Gang and the Huaiyou Alliance (Huaiyou, Qingyuan, Dongping, Junle) are generally evenly matched, but thanks to Lu Qian's proposal to relocate the Huanggen Gate, the entire northwest of Cangzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The final result can be seen from the monks who died in the battle.

The Huang Gen Sect suffered heavy losses in the initial Four Golden Pills raid. Three of the five spiritual veins were breached, nine foundation-building warriors died, and more than four hundred Qi training elites were killed.

The remaining combat force of the Huanggen Sect is only one Jindan, eight foundation-building people, and more than 1,400 Qi-training elites.

After the Mingyu Sword Sect came to support, there were slight losses between them and Huaiyou and Qingyuan.

On the battlefield in Junle County, the Shaoyin Sect lost fifteen foundation-building warriors and more than two hundred elite Qi-cultivating warriors.

There is still one Golden Core, thirteen Foundation Establishment and two thousand eight elite Qi Training people left in Shaoyin Sect and its subordinate sects.

The Yunshan Sect lost one Shenzhou and more than fifty Qi-cultivating disciples were killed in the battle.

From the latest territory.

Gyunle County lost nearly three-quarters of its territory, and Cheorwon County became a battlefield for struggle and competition between the two sides.

The Yunshan Sect also lost the buildings of the new fort and the huge equipment refining base. The several spiritual veins in Junle County that were burned to ashes by the Yunshan Sect needed to be rebuilt by the Huanggen Sect.

Junle County Shaoyin Sect still retains considerable strength, especially its huge grassroots combat power. Fortunately, Huanggen Sect can now directly receive close assistance from Yunshan Sect and Mingyu Sword Sect, and the Fenglei Gang can share the pressure, so it is not a problem to defend the one-third acre of land.

As a result, the ten counties in the northwest calmed down again and fell into the surging undercurrent. Both parties were quietly licking their wounds, gathering strength and waiting for the next opportunity.

But everyone knows that compared to the war that affects the entire body, the battle for innate spiritual energy is the most important new battlefield at the moment.

After a small-scale but fierce conflict, the Yunshan Sect and the Mianlong Mountain held a memorial ceremony for the disciples who died in the battle and resettled the injured fellow disciples. All work was carried out in full swing.

The first was the reconstruction of the new fort. Wang Yu had anticipated this and evacuated Tao Boliang and his disciples in advance, so no one was injured. However, the entire new fort was destroyed by the angry enemy Jindan and needed to be completely rebuilt.

However, Yunshan Sect has always been very clear about such things that require money. In addition, due to the steady improvement of Yunshan's refining level in recent years, various equipment and refining scales in the new castle have also needed to be added and expanded. Now that they have started from scratch, it is also convenient for planning.

The Yunshan Sect will build a larger and more complete equipment refining center here.

The second item is also related to refining equipment. It is the problem of refining magic weapons for Lu Qian and Wu Yan in the future.

The two's golden elixir tribulation is right before their eyes. If they can survive it, they will become golden elixir immortals from then on. Therefore, a magic weapon that satisfies them is particularly important.

The only magic weapons that Yunshan Sect currently possessed were those seized from Feng Feng, Ling Yin, and Yu Hu. Although there were treasures like Bai Ji Hui Ling Ru Yi among them, they were also other people's property and needed to be re-refined with the power of the golden elixir and a lot of effort.

Magical weapons are completely different from magical tools and spiritual tools. The latter two can be used by anyone, but there are differences in how they are used due to the skills and spiritual root attributes. However, magic weapons have been branded by their owners and cannot be used at all before the brand is removed.

Moreover, magic weapons are more picky about the users, and are basically tailor-made according to the owner's endowment. Unless you are lucky and all aspects of a captured magic weapon are perfectly matched, its use will definitely be discounted.

Therefore, you must refine or purchase a brand new magic weapon that has not been branded as soon as possible, so that after you advance to the Golden Elixir stage, you can refine it, mark it with your own mark, and then use it.

Half a year passed in a flash, and in the blink of an eye it was May of the 406th year of Jiashen.

The heaven and earth on Mianlong Mountain were shaking, and the rumbling thunder came down from the sky.

At this moment, a red light was staggering towards them from a distance. (End of this chapter)