Journey to the head

Wu Yan suddenly spoke up to help Hong Zejun: "Sister Zhu Ling, why don't you help them? After all, they are the bloodline of our master. How can you bear to see them fall to this state?"

Hong Zejun felt warm at heart when he heard this, thinking to himself that the Yunshan Sect was indeed a famous and upright sect. As the host of the Yuanpin Pearl, Fairy Kongmeng was actually the biggest beneficiary. She was also so magnanimous and kind, which made him grateful.

Wait, she took the ancestor Jichuan Xuanjun as her master? Then if we calculate the seniority, it should be my great-great-great-great-grandmother?

Before she could figure out how many generations Wu Yan was her great-grandmother and how many generations she was her great-grandson, Yuanpin Zhuling snorted coldly.

"It's ridiculous. Even if I was born from the dragon ball given by Fuxi, it was the master who created me. What does it have to do with the Ao family? If there is no master, the dragon ball will just be covered in dust in the Ao family."

"I said, I am a free man now, I have no obligation to the Ao family, don't try to control me in the name of the master!"

Hong Zejun was shocked and wanted to continue arguing, but then he heard Yuanpin Zhuling's cold voice.

"I have chosen Wu Yan as the master's successor, and the Yunshan School as the master's lineage. You have seen their achievements and accomplishments. They are far better than the Ao family!"

"They didn't bring shame to their master!"

"They are my master's direct descendants, and the Ao family only shares the same bloodline with my master. This is not worth mentioning in my opinion."

Hong Zejun's body stiffened and his face turned pale. He was devastated, but he couldn't refute.

He now completely understood that the perspectives of both parties were originally different. For him, it was the Ao family that gave birth to Jichuan Xuanjun, so Jichuan Xuanjun's spiritual treasure should belong to the Ao family. But for Zhu Ling, she only recognized Jichuan Xuanjun, and the other so-called same clan and origin had nothing to do with her.

He gritted his teeth and wanted to fight again, but Yuanpin Zhuling had already shouted.

"Ao Fang, you keep asking me for help. Have you ever thought about relying on yourself?"

Hong Zejun suddenly raised his head and widened his eyes.

"You obviously also have a natural spiritual root and negative Xi bloodline, and are not weaker than the master. Why can't you create the master's achievements again, or even surpass him? Do you have to ask for help?"

"Can't you revive the family by yourself?"

"You don't even have half the generosity of my master, how can I respect you!"

Hong Zejun stared at Zhu Ling in a daze, his face suddenly turning red.

He kowtowed heavily, then stood up: "Senior, your teaching is correct. Ao Fang understands."

He bowed to Wu Yan and turned to leave.

Zhu Ling is right, I, Ao Fang, am not inferior to anyone!

Even if I fail to bring back the Yuanpin Pearl this time, I can still follow the development strategy of Master Lu, learn the development experience of the Yunshan Sect, and build my family into a strong one.

"Wait a minute." Wu Yan suddenly stopped him and asked Zhu Ling, "Sister Zhu Ling, no matter what, he is the descendant of our master. If you don't help, our master will be sad if he knows about it."

Zhu Ling was silent for a moment. Seeing this, Hong Zejun, who had just made up his mind to fight on his own, paused for a moment and began to have new expectations.

Relying on yourself is naturally the real way to become stronger, but on this basis, if you can get help, you can become stronger faster, so why not do it?

Finally, Zhu Ling nodded to him: "Well, you still have some backbone. This is how you look like the descendant of the master."

"But I will definitely not go to the Ao family. Let me be the middleman and help you speak to Lu Qian to see if we can find a way out for the Ao family."

Hong Zejun was stunned for a moment, his heart beating violently.

……

Several people waited outside Lu Qian's courtyard for a while. Hong Zejun felt that this period of time was extremely long and he was even more nervous than when he expected to meet Yuanpin Zhuling.

It's really like a leaf blocking your view of the mountain!

After Zhu Ling said this, Hong Zejun suddenly realized that the person who could directly help the Ao family was right in front of him!

But the reason why I didn't subconsciously consider the Yunshan Sect before was because the two sides actually didn't have any close relationship. The Yunshan Sect only claimed to be the lineage of Jichuan Xuanjun, and in essence it was the same as Zhu Ling - it only recognized Jichuan Xuanjun and did not recognize the Ao family.

Under such circumstances, the Yunshan Sect's willingness to share its development experience and Lu Qian's willingness to introduce the Yuanpin Pearl back are already great favors. How can we ask for more?
There is no free lunch in the world. If the Ao family wants to get more help from the Yunshan Sect, what should they pay?

Hong Zejun thought of many possibilities in his mind, and became more and more uneasy.

Finally, the door to the courtyard opened and a disciple invited several people in.

When he saw Lu Qian again, Hong Zejun's mentality had changed.

He bowed respectfully and said, "Master Lu, please lend a helping hand. The Ao family will be grateful to you!"

Lu Qian quickly helped him up, then looked at Wu Yan and Zhu Ling who were standing next to him, and naturally understood what was going on.

"It seems that Hongze Jun failed to persuade Zhu Ling to return."

Yuanpin Zhuling nodded: "Yes, the Ao family is no different from strangers to me. I have no obligation to protect the Ao family, let alone return to the Ao family."

In fact, although Lu Qian and Yuanpin Zhu Ling had discussed this matter before, it was not Lu Qian who instigated Zhu Ling to make this decision, but Zhu Ling's own idea.

Everything was just as Zhu Ling said, she was only loyal to Jichuan Xuanjun and was not responsible for the Ao family. Now that Jichuan Xuanjun was dead, she was free and didn't want to bother being a nanny, let alone find a cage for herself.

Now she is in the Yunshan Sect. Although she has to stay in Wu Yan's body most of the time for safety reasons, this is also the result of her own choice. The Yunshan Sect and Lu Qian have never restricted her, and she is free to come and go at any time.

Moreover, since entering Yunshan Sect, the Yunshan Sect has not given Zhu Ling too much trouble, not to mention the sect has developed to the present day. There is nothing that requires Zhu Ling to worry about. It's just that Zhu Ling himself is itching to show off his skills.

It can be said that Zhu Ling has now completely entered a comfortable retirement mode. She only needs to quietly watch Wu Yan, the successor of Jichuan Xuanjun, grow up, and watch the Yunshan School, the lineage of Jichuan Xuanjun, grow and develop. It seems that she is living a peaceful and successful life and retiring after completing her mission.

Besides, Yuanpinzhu felt the genuine respect from the insiders of Yunshan Sect, just like the respect for human cultivators. Over the past few decades, Zhuling has been completely accustomed to the life in Yunshan Sect and does not want to work hard to protect Ao Clan.

Of course Lu Qian fully respected her thoughts. In fact, if Yuanpin Zhuling strongly requested to return to the Ao family, Lu Qian would definitely not stop her.

The Yunshan Sect has already grown to the point where it can break away from the Yuanpin Pearl.

Just based on Zhu Ling's ideas, Lu Qian had some concepts. Now that Zhu Ling brought Hong Zejun to meet him, it was time to implement these concepts.

Hong Zejun looked ashamed: "Master Lu, thanks to your kindness and generosity, I was able to meet Senior Zhu Ling and fulfill my clan's long-cherished wish. Senior Zhu Ling didn't want to return with me, and I couldn't refute the reason. It was just a waste of Master Lu's painstaking efforts."

Lu Qian shook his head: "The Yuanpin Pearl was originally the heirloom of Jichuan Xuanjun. Since it is a member of Xuanjun's clan who wants to see him, there is no reason to refuse. Besides, the Yunshan Sect also had a difficult time in the past, so I empathize with the Ao clan. If I can help, I will do my best to help."

Zhu Ling then said, "Lu Qian, although I don't want to go to the Ao clan, the Ao clan and my master share the same bloodline, so I can't just ignore them. If you have a way to help them escape from this dangerous situation, please help them."

Upon hearing this, Hong Zejun also looked at Lu Qian with anticipation.

Lu Qian asked back: "Mr. Hongze, if Senior Zhu Ling really agrees to your request and follows you back to the Ao clan, how do you plan to revive the Ao clan?"

Hong Zejun did not expect Lu Qian to ask this question. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "I would like to ask Senior Zhu Ling to protect our tribe and patrol our territory. If we have a super fighter like her, our tribe will be able to get rid of the threats from the strong winds, wild beasts and the sea tribe. The external threats will be eliminated, and at least the children of the tribe will no longer die frequently due to accidents, and we can develop the territory with peace of mind."

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Hearing this, Zhu Ling snorted softly, and Hong Zejun also apologized: "There is no other way... After this, our clan will refer to the development methods learned in Yunshan Sect to prosper the family, and our clan members can practice with peace of mind. When I advance to the Nascent Soul stage, the cultivation of my clan members will be on a higher level, and the overall strength will be sufficient, or when I advance to the Soul stage, I will lead the family back to the land."

"By that time, I think with the strength of our family, we will definitely be able to obtain a piece of territory on land, and then develop and expand like a normal family. Even if we cannot break the blood corpse poison for a while, we can continue to improve our overall strength."

"I have an idea. If the existence of the blood corpse poison has locked the upper limit of Ao's development, then we might as well develop horizontally."

Lu Qian couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, and then he listened to Hong Zejun continue.

"As long as the Ao family continues to grow, with more and more Ao family cultivators and branches slowly spreading across the entire continent, the Ao family can be called prosperous and will never be in danger of extinction. Moreover, with such a large-scale expansion, for thousands of years, one day we will be able to find a way to eliminate the corpse poison."

After he said that, even Zhu Ling looked at him with a new respect.

The fact that Hong Zejun was able to come up with such a steady and solid plan shows that he had learned enough lessons from Jichuan Xuanjun's failure in his attempt to quickly gain hegemony.

Lu Qian smiled and said, "This is indeed a solution, but there are a few problems that need to be noticed."

Hong Zejun quickly expressed that he was all ears.

"First, how can you guarantee that you can successfully form a baby and succeed in forming a soul?"

This first question stunned Hong Zejun.

The Nascent Soul has to break the great tribulation of the inner demon, and the Primordial Spirit has to go through life and death to refine the body, both of which are great tribulations of life and death. Even if the proud sons of those big sects have abundant resources and all kinds of treasures, they can only slightly increase the success rate. How can they guarantee it?
Although he was a natural spiritual root that "would definitely enter the Golden Elixir stage, and had an 80% chance of entering the Nascent Soul stage", he knew his own business. Other natural spiritual roots were blessed with countless favors, and their cultivation was smooth sailing without any setbacks, so they did not have any powerful inner demons.

But what about yourself?
Carrying the future of a clan on his shoulders, he feels miserable all the time and is always depressed and unhappy. It would be strange if he didn't have a demon in his heart!
In addition, the Ao family was short of resources and could only maintain normal cultivation. There were no treasures in the remote areas that could help them overcome the tribulation. From this point of view, even the tribulation of the inner demon was very difficult to overcome, so what about the soul?

If this cultivator of his who was blessed by his ancestors with a natural spiritual root fails to survive the tribulation and dies, the other cultivators will be restricted by the corpse poison in their blood, and there will be no hope for them!

This first question was enough to make Hong Zejun feel that the future was bleak and even his face turned pale.

Lu Qian continued to ask: "Even if you succeed in overcoming the tribulation and achieve the Nascent Soul, or even achieve the Primordial Spirit, and lead your family back to the land, and use your strength to occupy a high-level spiritual land for development, you will still be hostile and wary of the local snakes because you are a dragon crossing the river."

Hong Zejun nodded silently.

"Of course, all this happened when you were still here. No one dared to provoke you because of your strength."

“But you only have 400 years to live. Even if you achieve Nascent Soul, you only have 250 to 260 years left. If you achieve Primordial Spirit, your life span will be almost over.”

"Let's take two hundred and fifty or sixty years for example. In this short period of time, the Ao family, which is bound by the bloodline corpse poison, will find it difficult to produce high-level cultivators unless they are extremely lucky and have natural spiritual roots."

"Once you, the great monk, die, on the one hand, other forces will speculate and covet the wealth you left to the Ao family. On the other hand, enemies in the process of development will come to us, and the situation may be much worse than it is now!"

Hong Zejun sighed, knowing that what Lu Qian said was right, the problem of high-level cultivators could not be solved.

Even if you have the treasure passed down by Jichuan Xuanjun, it won’t work.

Even if the Yuanpin Pearl continues to protect it, without its master controlling it, the Yuanpin Pearl spirit can only defeat the Nascent Soul. Once a group of experts gather and a pack of wolves rush forward, the Yuanpin Pearl will become a piece of fat meat.

In this case, my plan is like a moon in the water and a castle in the air!
Hong Zejun couldn't help but feel very depressed, but in an instant, hope was ignited again and he pleaded with Lu Qian.

"Since Sect Leader Lu saw through the key point at a glance, can you teach me how to deal with it?"

Lu Qian nodded: "In fact, in your plan, the most important thing is to obtain a piece of spiritual land first, and then the subsequent defense of this spiritual land."

"Because you must improve your cultivation to obtain the spiritual land, the question arises as to whether you can successfully overcome the calamity; because the spiritual land and wealth will be coveted by foreign enemies, the question arises as to how to defend the territory after you pass away."

"Then we just need to solve these two problems."

Looking at Hong Zejun's shining eyes, Lu Qian directly gave his answer.

"If there is a powerful enough force that can directly provide you with a piece of spiritual land, you don't have to worry about whether you can survive the tribulation. And this piece of spiritual land, or the Ao family, because it is under the care of this powerful force, does not have to worry about being coveted by others without a great cultivator."

Hong Zejun exclaimed, and suddenly it dawned on him that the solution was so simple!
"Could it be that the Yunshan Sect is willing to directly provide the spiritual land to my Ao family?"

Lu Qian smiled and said, "The Yunshan Sect is located in Cangzhou after all. The Ao family has a sensitive status in Cangzhou because of the relationship with Jichuan Xuanjun, so it is not appropriate for them to move in."

"But I found a good place for you guys."

"Ningzhou." (End of this chapter)