The Fourth Financial Crisis

Before leaving on the battlefield outside the territory, Yang Lu and all the members of his gang left spell marks on each other.

Although strictly speaking, the experience on the foreign battlefield was definitely not pleasant, the greatest characteristic of the human brain is that it is good at adding filters to its own memories, and it is also best at praising and beautifying the sufferings it has experienced.

As time goes by, ordinary members of Yang Lu's gang have gradually forgotten how badly they were dealt with by Consultant Yang, nor do they remember that they once knelt at Consultant Yang's feet without dignity, wagging their tails like a dog and begging for mercy.

Now they only remember the hearty counterattacks they experienced in the battlefields outside the territory: such as how they trampled under their feet the disciples of the seven major sects who were aloof and never looked at themselves; such as how they used all kinds of priceless training Resources, stuffed into one's storage bag like cutting leeks; another example is how one changed his destiny against the will of heaven and became the most dazzling star of the sect, and the envy of his fellow disciples...

And the unforgettable (yi) (yan) and (nan) (jin) farewell party that Yang Lu personally held for everyone in the final stage of the battlefield outside the territory left an indelible impression on everyone and made everyone Everyone regards the status of "Member of Yang Consulting Team" as a symbol of honor, and even the meaningless sufferings they suffered in the past seem to have become the price that must be paid for success.

After all, Consultant Yang also said:

Only by enduring hardship can one become a master!

In fact, most people don't seriously think about the inevitable connection between "eating hardships" and "becoming a master". Anyway, they have endured so much hardships and succeeded in the end. There is no need for these two. It must be related!

Otherwise, wouldn’t my suffering be in vain?

It's like veterans always miss their time in service, even though that time was not that good. As the overseas battlefield ends, the memory filter added by Yang Lu gang members to that time becomes stronger and stronger.

Xi Zi'ang, who came to Haiya City to help some time ago, once told Yang Lu privately that not long ago, Wu Neng, the direct disciple of the owner of Yueyun Villa who used the Judge's Pen as his natal magic weapon, also took advantage of the opportunity. On a business trip to Yunlaicheng, I met Xi Ziang and Rong Sheng for a meeting with the spiritual wine collected by Yueyun Villa.

As core members of Yang Lu's team, Wu Neng, Xi Ziang and others have formed a profound revolutionary friendship. Even though they have gradually reached the foundation building stage and become the backbone of the new generation of their respective sects, they caught When given the opportunity, we often get together like this to recall the bittersweet moments.

According to Xi Ziang, the atmosphere of that party was definitely tear-jerking, especially Wu Neng, who suddenly cried "Wow" while drinking the spirit wine, and dragged the leader of the Mountain Eagle Sect. Rong Sheng, the direct disciple of the family, burst into tears and asked when he could continue to do important things with Consultant Yang.

Rong Sheng and Xi Ziang were stunned by this guy on the spot.

Although Rong Sheng first shocked everyone by killing two meritorious golden wheel skills on the battlefield outside the territory, he then firmly held his position in the conspiracy of Elder Fei Fan and Liu Hanxing to seize Ye Chen, and conveyed the message to Chen Ming. The key information made great contributions to the sect, but after all, he was once the direct disciple of Elder Fei.

Even though Elder Fei had been expelled from the sect by Chen Ming in accordance with the sect rules, Rong Sheng also automatically severed the master-disciple relationship with Elder Fei. In addition, in order to reward the meritorious officials, Chen Ming personally accepted them as his direct disciples. However, no matter how big-hearted Chen Ming was, he would never choose a traitor like Rong Sheng as his successor.

If Rong Sheng wants to compete for the position of leader of the Mountain Eagle Sect in the future, he may still have to fight with Chen Ming's other direct disciples.

However, Wu Neng's situation is different.

Wu Neng was originally the number one disciple of the master of Yueyun Villa. Although he once embarrassed himself at the Zhongzhou Sword Discussion Conference, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was because of the blind command of the master of Yueyun Villa. Strength has nothing to do with it.

And after Wu Neng killed three golden wheels of merit in the battlefield outside the territory, no one could shake his position as the heir of Yueyun Villa. Although Yueyun Villa was only a small sect, it was far inferior to the Shanying Sect and Haiya Sect. Although these sects are so powerful, they can also be called the local emperors of a separate faction in the Zhongzhou cultivation world.

So Rong Sheng complained mercilessly on the spot, saying that you will be the next owner of Yueyun Villa in a hundred years, what big things do you want to do with Consultant Yang!

However, Wu Neng said with a depressed face that following Consultant Yang to do big things was much more meaningful than being the heir to the head of some vassal sect. He had experienced the pleasure of slaughtering the disciples of the seven major sects like chickens and dogs before joining the sect. No matter how you look at the internal intrigues and power struggles, it feels like "it was once difficult to make a difference".

Even during a certain internal wrangling meeting at Yueyun Villa, Wu Neng almost couldn't hold it back and pulled out the judge's pen on the spot and killed his opponent inside the door on the spot.

This is treating the internal fighting within the sect as an extraterritorial battlefield!

If others heard this, they would definitely laugh at Wu Neng. This is Versailles. After all, being the leader of a vassal sect is the ultimate goal that most ordinary spiritual cultivators dream of. However, Xi Ziang and Rong Sheng are doing big things with Advisor Yang. , but he is not qualified to make such a mockery.

the reason is simple:

Working with Consultant Yang is so exciting!

Compared to playing with Liu Hanxing, Chen Ming, Jiang Hua'an and other well-known big guys in the world of cultivation, and dancing on the knives of the three superpowers of the Haiya Department, Gongdetang, and Zhangmen Department, and just being a mere third-rate person. The futures master of a vassal sect seems to be just that, not to mention that it will be hundreds of years later!

In this way, recalling the turbulent days of killing anyone who didn't like it on the battlefield outside the territory, the three big men drank until the end, and they all hugged each other and cried. The scene was very chaotic for a time.

Not only that, according to Yang Lu's observation, Wu Neng's idea is by no means an exception among the members of his gang.

Except for Yang Chenglong, Xi Ziang, and Rong Sheng who were summoned by Yang Lu to make big news, most of the other gang members had similar thoughts to Wu Neng. They believed that the overseas battlefield was the most glorious moment of their lives. If they Without this experience, it would be like living in vain.

So when Yang Lu learned that the Arctic Cold Palace was recruiting well-known weapon refiners to treat Yin Huaiyuan, he was not polite to Zhang Zhicheng. After briefly explaining the matter of the Arctic Cold Palace to Tian Beixi and Lin Musen, he immediately passed the request he left there. The magic imprint contacted this talented weapon refiner who was well-known in the Jiuzhou cultivation world.

Although today's Zhang Zhicheng is the direct descendant of the head of Qianji Sect, he is still a disciple in the Qi Refining Stage after all. He does not have to worry about high-level monks ambushing him to intercept the communication spells, and Yang Lu did not say much in the communication spells. Sensitive content, I just said that I happened to be a guest in Hanguang City and invited him to come over to reminisce about old times. By the way, I introduced him to an excellent weapon refiner as his assistant.

If anyone else heard this news, they would definitely feel very strange. You, Consultant Yang, are not a weapon refiner, but you actually recommended a weapon refiner to me, a master who came from a major weapon refiner school. This is not like selling it to a monk's temple. Comb?

However, Zhang Zhicheng has been trained very well by Yang Lu, and he understands very well the principle of "Don't worry about what Consultant Yang says, just follow it, and it will definitely be beneficial in the end." So he agreed without saying a word and prepared to go for a ride along the way. Visit Hanguang City.

But he didn't rush to the Arctic State that fast.

Because the Arctic Cold Palace would definitely not go around saying that their ancestor was terminally ill and urgently needed weapon refiners from all over the country to come to see him, so they also specially found a "Qianji Sect Taoist Zhang Zhicheng" to come to the Arctic Cold Palace to discuss the weapon refinement problem in detail. ” excuse, and then officially sent an invitation through official channels.

The world of cultivation in Arctic State is a key united front target that all seven major sects need to unite with. Facing the formal invitation from the largest sect in Arctic State, the head of Qianji Sect also showed great importance, not only refining it specially for Yin Huaiyuan Zhang Zhicheng asked Zhang Zhicheng to take the congratulatory gift with him and wrote a personal letter, hoping to strengthen cooperation between the two parties.

Not only that, Qianjimen also specially sent a Jindan-level elder to drive a flying spirit boat to send Zhang Zhicheng to the Arctic State as a guest.

However, Elder Jindanqi's schedule was so busy that it was very troublesome to spare two months to work as a driver. Therefore, Zhang Zhicheng's arrival time in the Arctic Cold Palace could only be set for three months.

Originally, the Qianjimen Feitian Spirit Boat had planned to go straight to the Arctic Cold Palace headquarters, but after receiving Yang Lu's message, Zhang Zhicheng had to go to Hanguang City first anyway.

However, Zhang Zhicheng also knew that Qianjimen would definitely not delay his schedule because of his personal affairs, so he did not choose to make a request to Qianjimen, but directly contacted the monk in charge of reception at the Arctic Cold Palace, the master of the Arctic Cold Palace. Wen Boshan, Yin Huaiyuan's direct disciple, expressed that he wanted to go to Hanguang City to hire a weapon refiner with a high level of Qi refining to be his assistant.

The Arctic Cold Palace also attaches great importance to these weapon refiners who treat Yin Huaiyuan, and almost responds to their requests. When the Arctic Cold Palace headquarters is ready to receive them, Wenbo Mountain actually arranges another one without saying a word. A group of reception staff rushed to Hanguang City to welcome Zhang Zhicheng's arrival.

However, these things were all done by Zhang Zhicheng without telling the senior management of Qianjimen. Until the Feitian Spirit Boat took off, Qianjimen did not know that Arctic Cold Palace had changed its itinerary and was still preparing to fly directly to the Arctic Cold Palace headquarters. !

The Arctic Cold Palace is named after "Arctic" and is naturally located at the northernmost point of the Arctic continent. Therefore, the flying spirit boat coming from the south to the Arctic Cold Palace must more or less cross the Hanguang directly south of the Arctic Cold Palace. Sword sect territory.

When the flying spirit of Qianjimen successfully crossed the thousand-mile sea abyss in a boat and was stopped by the patrolling monks of the Light Sword Sect, and asked if they were guests invited by the Arctic Cold Palace, the elder of Qianjimen who was in charge of driving the spirit boat then It was shocking to find that Arctic Cold Palace was already ready to receive them on the Hanguang Sword Sect's territory.

The Qianjimen elder immediately realized:

This is a serious diplomatic incident!

Although the Qianji Sect elder was full of questions, he did not dare to question the intentions of Arctic Han Palace and the Hanguang Sword Sect.

Not only that, when the rice was already cooked, he did not dare to change his mind again and let the other party go to the Arctic Han Palace to wait for him again. The nature of the matter became that Qianjimen was deliberately playing tricks on the Arctic Han Palace and Hanguang. Sword sect.

So he had no choice but to make the mistake and rush towards Hanguang City pretending that "we were just going to visit the Hanguang Sword Sect."

Since both parties wanted to pretend that everything was normal, Qianjimen never discovered that Zhang Zhicheng was responsible for the incident.

When Yang Lu and others rushed to the spirit boat parking square of Hanguang City's main palace and waited for Zhang Zhicheng's spirit boat to land, there were already three waves of people in the spirit boat square waiting to "pick up the boat." Such a grand welcome to the team even shocked the instigator, Yang Lu.

This is not difficult to understand.

Although Qianji Sect is not considered a hegemonic cultivation sect, it is the second most powerful sect in Beimo Prefecture. Not only does it have more than a dozen Golden Core monks under its sect, but it also has many relationships with other major sects in Kyushu due to its weapon refining business. The major sects all have a lot of friendship, and compared to the Hanguang Sword Sect, their status in the Kyushu cultivation world is only slightly inferior.

Not only that, because Beimo State is the closest continent to Arctic State, Qianjimen, which is headquartered in the northern part of Beimo State, also supplies the Hanguang Sword Sect with a large number of basic living supplies for mortals all year round.

Although the climate in the North Mo Prefecture is also harsh and not very suitable for agricultural cultivation, the North Mo Prefecture has the most extensive grassland in the world. It exports a huge amount of meat products and fur products. In addition, there are a large number of other products in the northern part of the Arctic Prefecture. Subarctic forests and wood product exports are also pillar industries of the Arctic state's foreign trade.

Even the Han Light Sword Sect was not willing to offend this important trading partner casually.

Although Zhang Zhicheng is only a seventh-level Qi Refining monk, he is the direct disciple of the leader of Qianji Sect. His status is similar to that of Tian Beixi in Shenhuo Sect. He suddenly visited Hanguang City, and was accompanied by Elder Jindan, Hanguang Sword The faction here did not send a disciple to greet him, which was obviously a sign of neglecting the Qianji Sect, so the Hanguang Sword Sect also sent a disciple with a similar identity to welcome him.

This person is Ling Yang, the direct disciple of Qu Jing, the leader of the Hidden Sword lineage of Hanguang Sword Sect, and an old acquaintance of Yang Lu.

As the first disciple of the Hanguang Sword Sect’s Hidden Sword inheritance, Ling Yang was responsible for welcoming Zhang Zhicheng. He could show the respect of the Hanguang Sword Sect without appearing too humble. His identity was just right. Of course, Ling Yang also knew Yang Lu. This old acquaintance said hello to Yang Lu and started chatting with him.

Through chatting with Yang Lu, I found out that Ling Yang did not go to Haiya City with Qu Jing, mainly because he was preparing to break through the bottleneck of the foundation building period, but his luck was obviously not good. He accidentally failed in his last breakthrough, so he had to rest for a while. It took time to try to break through again, so Qu Jing did not take him to Haiya City for official business.

But since Hanguang City happened to have a reception mission, he could still come forward to receive them on behalf of Elder Qu Jing. Elder Qu Jing was said to have rushed to Haiyuan Island to continue the trade negotiations with Haiyuan Island.