The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

With the cooperation of Zhao Xuan, the three families in Xuefeng Lake began to take over part of the territory under the jurisdiction of Changyan Fairy City, extending their tentacles to the border of Dale Kingdom.

During this period, the royal family of the Great Zhou expressed serious concern about the private transactions between the two parties and sent Master Lu over.

Thanks to the achievement of Yuanying by Qingli Zhenjun, Yanling Valley rose strongly and the rule of the imperial court was impacted.

This time, Master Lu did not use forceful pressure, but instead used gentle persuasion.

But whether it is Li Qing, Sang Yuwan or Niu Xinjing, they have all recognized the true nature of the royal family, who are strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

The three families laughed it off and sent Master Lu back in a hypocritical manner.

At this point, the domination of the three families in Xuefeng Lake was determined. The next expansion might require waiting for a Yuanying Zhenjun to emerge from the three families.

After confirming their governing power, what the three families need to do is to start accepting tributes from the cultivation forces in their jurisdiction and cultivate talents from them to supplement and assist themselves.

This especially requires a suitable degree!
It cannot be too lenient, allowing subordinate forces to take advantage of the opportunity to grow stronger, but it cannot be too strict, causing them to develop rebellious intentions.

Especially what Master Qingyan did to Li Zhe in the past, Li Qing still feels very disgusted about it. Putting himself in other people's shoes, he naturally wouldn't want to do the same.

"We can learn this from some of the aristocratic territories over there!" Li Wei suggested.

In the elven world, the upper nobles are also the lords of the lower nobles.

The heirs of lower nobles are obliged to serve in the lord's house, but at the same time they can also receive training from the lord.

At the same time, the heirs of the lower nobility grew up together with the children of the lord's family, and the relationship between lord and vassal was established imperceptibly.

And this relationship will be passed on to the next generation of both families.

This relationship was gradually established after the invasion of the abyss demons, and has the obvious nature of an alliance.

Unfortunately, as the demons retreated, the relationship between lords and vassals gradually soured.

Similar to the Iris Islands and the Marigold Marquisate, they have completely evolved into a situation where the upper nobles oppress and exploit the lower nobles.

That’s why the Avengers have to rebel. After the Rose Alliance becomes powerful, it will seek independence because they have suffered from the upper lords for too long!
Li Qing first asked Li Yu, Li Hu, Li Wei and others to discuss it, and finally, after several revisions, he established the interest linkage model under the future rule of the Li family.

He took out his Grand Elder Seal and stamped the finalized plan document: "Let's proceed accordingly!"

He paused and emphasized: "We must learn from the lesson of the Marigold Marquisate and not let the families under our rule become alienated from us!"

Li Wei took the order and left.

Three months later, the Li family, the Sang family and the Niu family completed the integration of their subordinate families.

Including Xuefeng Lake, there are currently thirty-one foundation-building forces under the jurisdiction of the three families.

Among them, there are twenty foundation-building families, five foundation-building sects, three independent markets, and two gathering places for foundation-building cultivators similar to Tianyun Mountain.

In addition, there is a second-level earthly immortal realm that has degenerated from a blessed land.

As for the two gathering places for foundation-building cultivators, the three families basically adopted a conciliatory approach, and as long as the other party did not develop its power and erode the governance of the territory, they would be left aside.

There were two independent markets, where taxes were levied and people were sent to supervise them.

The remaining twenty-six forces are distributed in the ratio of eight for the Li family, nine for the Sang family, and nine for the Niu family.

The Li family gave up some of their profits in terms of numbers in exchange for control over that area of ​​the earthly immortal world.

There are also six foundation-building families and one foundation-building sect, which are under the rule of the Li family.

Some of these forces were handed over by Yanling Valley more than ten years ago. Before that, they had been jointly managed by the three parties and the governance was relatively chaotic.

Some of them were assigned from Changyan Immortal City this time and are not familiar to the Li family yet.

To this end, Li Qing took two months to visit these eight foundation-building forces one by one.

The first places visited were the Zhou family in the Xuefeng Lake area and Jinlin Peak.

The former is an old-established Qi-training family in the Xuefeng Lake area. The current head foundation-building cultivator Zhou Zhang had previously built his foundation in the Xuanjing Secret Realm.

The latter is a small sect founded by a female cultivator named Guo Xiu, who also built her foundation in the Mysterious Crystal Secret Realm.

In recent years, the Xuanjing Secret Realm has been opened once again, and two people have built their foundations in it, but neither of them is from Xuefeng Lake, so they have no further contact with Li Qing afterwards.

Because Zhuji was indebted to Li Qing for his support, the two families acted quite close to each other.

Not only did Zhou Zhang send his grandson, who had just been diagnosed with mid-grade spiritual roots, to Kunpeng Blessed Land for further study, he also facilitated several marriages between the Li and Zhou families.

Guo Xiu even directly married one of his female disciples to Li Qing's disciple Li Zhao.

Among Li Qing's four disciples, only Li Ying had low aptitude and married the granddaughter of the ancestor of the Zhou family in Qixingtan at an early age.

The other three, Li Zhao, Li Wei and Li Lang, have been concentrating on practicing and striving to build their foundation, and have not been obsessed with love affairs.

Now, Li Zhao has successfully established his foundation. He knows his own abilities and that he will never be able to form a pill, so he starts to focus on continuing his bloodline.

Li Zhaodu is already sixty years old. Even though he is a cultivator with eternal vitality and a young mentality, he will not have too many romantic feelings.

He married Guo Xiu's disciple only as a Taoist partner, to nurture blood together, and was just a hub of interest connecting the two sides.

In addition to these two families, the Muhunyuan Zheng family was also placed under the jurisdiction of the Li family.

Li Qing's Pudu White Lotus was still in Muhunyuan, so he took the opportunity to investigate.

With the help of the White Lotus, the Zheng family's efficiency in converting wronged souls was greatly improved, and the spiritual practice of the clan members was also accelerated.

On the second day after Li Qing arrived, a disciple named Zheng Pan broke through the foundation-building stage. From then on, the Zheng family had a successor and could continue the inheritance for another four decades.

Li Qing met Zheng Pan, a new cultivator from the Zheng family, at the edge of Muhunyuan.

Zheng Pan appears as a young man with delicate features and eyebrows. He may not look good-looking, but as he is at the foundation-building stage, he naturally appears to have an extraordinary bearing.

"Zheng Pan of the Zheng family, I pay my respects to Master Li!" He bowed solemnly to the ground, "Thanks to Master Bai Lian's help, I am fortunate to have established my foundation. If you need me to do anything in the future, I will do my best!"

Li Qing smiled and flicked his long sleeves, and a stream of true energy lifted him up: "Daoyou, you are too kind! Saving wronged souls is a matter of accumulating merits, and I am just doing my part."

Accompanying Li Qing this time was Zheng Tuo, the spiritual chef whom Li Qing had brought back to Kunpeng Blessed Land.

Because he damaged his Taoist body when he was practicing Qi to the ninth level, he missed the sixty-year deadline for foundation building.

Now seeing that his cousin, who was not as good as him before, has surpassed him and established a foundation for Taoism, Zheng Tuo naturally sighed.

However, his practice went wrong and he could not blame the Li family. He could only accept the reality and work diligently as a spiritual chef in Kunpeng Blessed Land, serving as a link between the Li and Zheng families.

Li Qing saw this and sighed in his heart: "It's fate!"

When Zheng Tuo got into trouble, he was in seclusion trying to break through to the ninth level of foundation building. Li Wei would not disturb him because of this matter.

When he came out, Zheng Tuo's foundation had been damaged and there was no cure for him with elixirs, so he had to bear the consequences.

Seeing Zheng Tuo feeling a little uncomfortable, Li Qing smiled and waved his hand: "This time I'm back here, and I'm thinking of that soul fish soup again. You can go make one, and I'll have a few drinks with you two fellow Taoists!"

Zheng Tuo bowed and took the order and left. Li Qing, Zheng Laozu and Zheng Pan found a pavilion to make tea and chat.

Li Qing first asked about Mu Hunyuan's situation.

Old Ancestor Zheng shook his head and sighed: "The number of wronged souls pouring out is still increasing, and I don't know where they come from."

"But fortunately, with your white lotus suppressing and converting them, the hostility of these wronged souls seems to be not as strong as before. It is also much easier for us to practice."

Li Qing looked into the distance at Muhunyuan and saw that there was an aura of merit lingering above the white lotus of salvation.

Its essence, which was originally transformed from fake to real by Li Qinglian, has been filled once again, and its texture is even more extraordinary.

He looked at it for a long time and suddenly let out a light exclamation.

Patriarch Zheng's eyebrows jumped: "Master, is there something wrong with the white lotus?"

Li Qing smiled and shook his head: "It's all thanks to you that this white lotus is actually evolving into a third-level divine weapon."

The treasures in his hands, not to mention the Sealing Spirit Mirror, are all extremely precious.

Taihao Palace was transformed from a visualization diagram into reality. After several transformations, it has become a magic weapon as a whole. In terms of spiritual consciousness, it has already broken through to the third level at an early stage.

The fifth-grade lotus platform is actually a third-grade spiritual object, but unfortunately it lacks the fourth grade, thus falling below the upper-grade spiritual weapon.

It was promoted with the help of Kunpeng's blessed land and was re-bred. Now it has become a low-grade magic weapon and played a big role in the battle against the man in black.

In addition, the Nirvana Fire Pearl, the Three Treasures Wonderful Tree, and the Heaven-Flipping Seal are still some distance away from being magic weapons, so they can be considered top-grade spiritual tools.

However, the White Lotus of Universal Salvation was placed directly into the Soul-Bearing Abyss. It showed a trend of advancement without any rituals or refinements, which was beyond Li Qing's expectations.

When Zheng Laozu heard what he said, he showed a bit of pride on his face: "It is my Zheng family that has benefited from the immortal! In the future, the White Lotus will become a magic weapon, and it will be more convenient and quick to save the wronged souls!"

Zheng Pan also said jokingly: "Who knows, I may even be able to see the Muhun Abyss being completely purified in my lifetime."

Li Qing did not disappoint, and nodded with a smile: "I hope so."

However, he knew in his heart that even Taoist Master Chi Xiao had failed to eliminate Mu Hunyuan, so it would be impossible for him to do so with just a third-level divine weapon.

While the three of them were chatting, Zheng Tuo had already served a bowl of soul fish soup and placed it on the stone table in the pavilion.

Li Qing was a little surprised: "Why is it so fast?"

He smiled and said, "When they heard you were coming, the kitchen had already prepared all the soul fish. I was able to cook them right away, so it was quicker."

Li Qing smiled and took out a medium-grade spirit stone: "In that case, you can thank them for me."

Zheng Tuo took it with a smile: "Then I will thank the real person for the reward on their behalf."

Watching him leave, Patriarch Zheng smiled slightly: "It seems that this kid is living well in Kunpeng Blessed Land. His body has become much rounder."

Zheng Pan smiled and said, "Kunpeng Blessed Land is rich and fertile, so I believe there are a lot of ingredients. It's not like our Muhun Abyss, which is too desolate and not enough for him to display his cooking skills."

Li Qing smiled and said, "That's right. His cooking skills are quite popular in the Li family. I want to hire him as a guest official and ask him to teach me the skills of spiritual cooking."

Patriarch Zheng said happily: "Thanks to the real person for his appreciation, it is his honor!"

Li Qing scooped a spoonful of soul fish soup with a spoon and took a sip. The delicate and smooth fish soup melted in his mouth and tasted very good.

"Huh?" He uttered his second exclamation of surprise today.

Zheng Pan quickly put down the jade bowl in his hand and looked over with concern: "Master, what's wrong with the taste of this fish soup?"

Li Qing did not answer. He scooped another spoonful, put it into his mouth and savored it carefully, and then a slight smile appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Zheng Laozu and Zheng Pan also took a spoonful and tasted it slowly. Soon, they also showed strange expressions on their faces: "This soul fish soup..."

Li Qing put down the jade bowl and spoon in his hand and chuckled, "This soul fish soup can be listed as a second-level spiritual meal!"

While he asked someone to call Zheng Tuo, he continued to taste the soup, and soon, the small pot of soul fish soup was finished.

Zheng Tuo rushed over with a bucket in his hand, which contained the fresh soul fish that Li Qingming had asked him to bring.

Knowing that Li Qing liked this, the kitchen naturally prepared more than one soul fish.

Seeing that the soul fish soup on the table had been eaten up, Zheng Tuo felt quite accomplished: "Master, do you need another spiritual meal?"

Li Qing smiled and waved his hands: "Although the fish soup is delicious, I am not that greedy. I asked you to come here to see this soul fish."

As he spoke, he sent out a gust of wind, which picked up the two soul fish in the bucket and placed them in front of him to look at them.

"As I expected, this soul fish has transformed into a second-level spirit fish!"

Zheng Laozu and Zheng Pan also followed to investigate, and after a long while they finally discovered a clue: "It seems that this fish has a faint strange fragrance?"

Li Qing nodded slightly and put the two fish back into the bucket: "Well, the blood has transformed and the body has a strange fragrance. In my opinion, it is considered to be above the middle grade among the second-level ones."

He smiled and looked at Zheng Laozu: "I have to congratulate you, fellow Daoist. The clan has produced one more second-level spiritual object, so naturally we will have one more foundation."

Patriarch Zheng frowned slightly and looked at the people who came with Zheng Tuo: "Why didn't you notice it before?"

The chef of the Zheng family who came with him was also there. Hearing this, he said in a low voice: "It is our fault for neglecting it. Please forgive us, ancestor..."

Li Qing smiled and waved his hands: "It's not their fault. Spiritual creatures are not like spiritual beasts. They don't have cultivation. The main way to judge their rank is to rely on their efficacy."

"I think it's quite difficult to cook this soul fish. If the heat is not right, the soul charm will be lost easily."

"In this way, when people taste it, they won't be able to find its beauty, and naturally they won't be able to notice the change in its grade."

He looked up at Zheng Tuo: "It's him. His skills have improved over the years. He just happened to grasp these subtle changes, which made us enjoy this delicious meal..."

Zheng Tuo was somewhat flattered: "You are too kind! I am just doing my job well."

Old Ancestor Zheng smiled and complimented, "Only a real person with a cunning tongue can appreciate the beauty of it. We enjoy it often and don't find anything wrong..."

Li Qing smiled and said, "In that case, why not let Zheng Tuo use this soul fish to cook a few more spiritual dishes so that we can taste them!"

Zheng Laozu and Zheng Pan nodded in agreement: "That's great!"

Over there, Zheng Tuo happily returned to the kitchen and used all his cooking skills to cook the soul fish to perfection.

Meanwhile, Li Qing looked at Zheng Laozu and the other two with a solemn expression.

"The advancement of the group of spirit fish is very significant. It must be caused by Mu Hunyuan's change of inspiration. You two need to investigate carefully! Maybe there will be a surprise!"

Without thinking, Zheng Laozu said, "We are not very knowledgeable and may not be able to discover the mystery. Can you please help me?"

Li Qing looked at him deeply and asked, "Are you kidding, fellow Taoist?"

Patriarch Zheng said frankly: "Don't tell lies in front of a real person."

Li Qing laughed: "Then I'll help you with that!" (End of this chapter)