Immortal Road.

Within a few days, Tianfu Mountain was rebuilt by the returning disciples and looked brand new.

Master Zhan Kong and Mu Yan in the north heard that the leader had returned, so they immediately put down what they were doing and came to pay their respects.

When he saw Mu Yan again, Lin Shan couldn't help but show joy on his face and said three good words in a row.

"From your appearance, you have a strong foundation and are full of energy. It is almost certain that you will break through to the Nascent Soul stage!"

Mu Yan has become much more calm and composed after these years of experience. He has become neither arrogant nor impatient and has become more modest.

“Although the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage is a foregone conclusion, I am still unsure whether I have reached the limit of the accumulation of the Golden Core stage and can continue to explore in depth, so I deliberately suppress my realm and wait for the leader to return to the mountain for guidance.”

"Oh?"

Lin Shan couldn't help but be moved. He opened his starry eyes and looked him up and down.

I found out that this kid is really good at hiding!
There is a group of red clouds steaming above the head, and there is a volcano below that is ready to erupt. The overall luck is in an explosive state. It is not difficult to imagine that once it breaks through the Nascent Soul stage, it will be earth-shattering.

And inside his body, what was being nurtured in his dantian was actually a spiritual treasure!

Its spirit seemed to have sensed Lin Shan's spying, and it shrank back in fear to the depths of its spiritual orifice. Its body and soul had also been strengthened to the level of almost the Nascent Soul stage.

This kid is truly an all-rounder, with no basic weaknesses, comparable to a hexagonal warrior!

"What do you want to ask?"

“I want to know, with my current state, whether I can reach the level of Heaven’s reward after breaking through the Nascent Soul Stage!”

Mu Yan’s words were shocking, and all the Xun Gu Sect leaders in the hall were shocked and looked towards the stage.

Lin Shan pondered, wondering where this kid heard about the reward from Heaven, or did he receive the reward from Heaven the last time he broke through the Jindan stage?
Judging from his appearance, he was obviously certain that his leader must have received a reward from heaven, so he wanted to ask for some clarity.

After carefully comparing this kid's current background in all aspects with his own when he first broke through the Nascent Soul stage, he was a little unsure.
After all, he obtained the Heaven and Earth Yuan Crystal only after he had broken through both the Golden Core and the Soul Core and survived the double thunder tribulation.

Mu Yan's situation is different from his own, so there is no way to compare them, but what is certain is that this kid's luck is indeed strong. Among the people he has met, although not as good as Lin Fan, he is also a rare existence.

Moreover, no matter his magic power, spiritual awareness, or physical training, they have all reached the limit of the Golden Core Stage. At least in his current understanding, there is really nothing that can be improved.

After careful consideration, he nodded affirmatively.

"There's an 80% chance. Go ahead and do it."

"Eighty percent. That's enough!"

Mu Yan then showed a look of joy, and immediately felt relaxed all over. His mind became clear and bright, as if the miasma had dissipated.

Because he sets too high standards for himself, he unknowingly feels pressured, strives for perfection, and worries about gains and losses. These pressures accumulate in his heart and have a negative impact, so he needs someone to guide him and help him resolve them.

Lin Shan saw through this, so he gave a positive answer, allowing him to put aside his worries and concentrate on breaking through.

After this kid breaks through, the Xun Gu Sect will have a successor, and he won't have to worry about him all day long, nor have to travel around the world with Lingbao Dongtian and his disciples.

Master Zhankong also came over with a licked face:
"Master, what do you think of me? How am I?"

"you?"

Lin Shan was puzzled and looked away casually.

What are you doing here, old man?
After thinking about it, I realized that we are in the Xun Gu Sect after all, and in front of so many people, I still have to give this old guy some face.

"Ahem. Master Zhankong has made some progress in his cultivation, but he still needs to continue to refine his magic power to reach the level of Hunyuan Ruyi. He also needs to keep training his body. It's better to communicate more with Master Mu about these things."

Master Zhankong understood the implication and had to retreat reluctantly.

Lin Shan thought that it had been a while since the Wanhui Year, and chaos had already appeared in the world of cultivation. He didn't know how long he would have to stay in seclusion in the late Nascent Soul stage, and there were less than forty years left for the next spiritual tide.

Thirty-eight years to be exact!

Looking at the old people who had followed him to establish the Xun Gu Sect, except for Mu Yan and Wu Hanqiao who were less than 200 years old, others such as Lu Xiuming and Gao Zuoda were already in their middle age, and even Master Zhan Kong was over 300 years old!
The life span of a Jindan stage cultivator is no more than 400 years. It is possible that he could come out of seclusion on his own, but this old thing might just be buried in the ground!

I just happened to be out of quarantine and was at the banquet, and in the blink of an eye, the person disappeared?
No wonder he was so eager to ask me about breaking through the Nascent Soul stage.
He also understood his subordinates' feelings. After all, the only person they could rely on in the sect was a Nascent Soul cultivator like him. The soul cultivation path that Ancestor Lu Que took was not suitable for them.

"Don't worry about that. Let me think about it. Given your current situation, it is definitely not enough to reach the Nascent Soul stage."

Lin Shan didn't want to follow his elders and die so early, but the reality was that not just anyone could break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The reason why Master Zhan Kong could progress so smoothly in the Jindan stage was because he had the support of Xun Gu Sect and the Lujiang League, and he relied on the resources to achieve his goal!

Of course, there is nothing wrong with taking drugs to cultivate immortality. There are countless people like this in history, and many of them have achieved great success. The prerequisite is that your background is strong enough!
I am the backer of everyone in Xun Gu Sect!
When the Wanhui Year comes, many sects will put all their efforts into it, and take out all the treasures that they are reluctant to use on weekdays, in an effort to build a Nascent Soul stage first, even if it means bankrupting them!

Because they are not in the Nascent Soul stage, it is easy for them to become lambs, treated as leeks by others, and harvested over and over again, and bullied at will.

This is also the reason why there is a blowout in the Nascent Soul stage today. First, it is caused by the times, and second, it is the concentration of resources. Thousands and thousands of years of accumulation are just for this moment of explosion!
Everyone is forced to inward-looking, which is the rhythm of the times. If you fall behind, you will be beaten.

When my neighbor collects grain, I store my gun, and my neighbor is my granary.

If you don't roll up, your clan will be destroyed and your people will die!

If, with his current wealth, he destroyed so many Nascent Soul cultivators and top sects one after another, and used all of them to stack up, he would be able to pile up a few Nascent Souls.

After thinking about it, anyway, with my current strength, whether it is cultivation resources or material secrets, I have to rely on strengthening the panel to advance. Those spoils will most likely just gather dust. It is better to train more confidants. When these people have higher cultivation levels, it will be convenient for them to work for me.

"How about this, later I will customize a set of cultivation resources for each of you senior leaders, so that you can reach the peak of the Golden Core when I finish my retreat in the late Nascent Soul stage. Then I will help you break through the Nascent Soul stage."

Everyone was overjoyed!

I kept saying in my heart that I had followed the right person. I was right in my choice and I had picked such a big and strong guy!
Lin Shan sighed secretly. He had no choice but to accept the fact that his subordinates could not keep up as he improved too fast. But compared to recruiting masters from outside, these old people were more trustworthy.

After dealing with these matters, Mu Yan and Master Zhan Kong said goodbye one after another and returned to Chixiao City to take charge.

The little fox girl in the Star Mansion asked for her resignation to Lin Shan for the first time. It turned out that she felt that she was about to transform and return to the ancestral land of the human-faced fox clan in the Star-Swallowing Mountains to accept the ancestral inheritance.

He said he would come back to follow him after breaking through the Nascent Soul stage.

Most of the breakthroughs of the demon clan require a trip back home, and it was the same for Brother Ji at the beginning.

Lin Shan nodded and let them go, but considering that there might be trouble along the way, he simply let the old toad Mo Ye Ling Chan escort them, and also sent the Kun Sect disciples in Lingbao Cave to the Jiuyao Peak of the Chu State to hitchhike.

There is also a Jue Jue Zi in the Xing Mansion. This guy is already in the late stage of foundation building. Lin Shan handed him over to Ruyu for training, and promised that as long as this old charlatan can be helped to reach the Golden Core stage during his retreat, he will make an exception and help her break through to the Nascent Soul stage!
Ruyu was overjoyed, and immediately thanked him, then took Juejuezi and went out.

Three days later.

A surprising figure attacked from outside Tianfu Mountain!
The disciples guarding the mountain were shocked and stood up to watch. The new mountain protection formation had not been built yet, but the people who came had no ill intentions and stopped at a distance.

Then he walked up the mountain step by step. Everyone along the way watched as a long-faced young man wearing a brown turban, with a calm face and steady steps, climbed up Tianfu Mountain without the sword case hanging from his back.

Arrived at the door of the main hall.

By this time, Xun Gu Sect had already received the news, and a long line formed at the door, watching him step over the threshold.

"Lujiang League Vice Leader, Fan Jingchen, meets the Leader!"

"No gift."

At the end of the hall, from the leader's seat, a brief and powerful question was heard.

"Do you know why I summoned you here this time?"

Fan Jingchen bowed respectfully, clasped his hands together, lowered his head and replied.

"Know a thing or two."

"Oh?"

A nasal voice came from the end of the hall, and he smiled with interest.

"Then tell me!"

Everyone outside the hall held their breath and stretched their heads to look. They also wanted to know how Luxi's most popular super genius could rise from obscurity and ascend to the throne of deputy leader of Lujiang League step by step.

I only heard Fan Jingchen speak in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:
"The leader summoned me here, probably for the sake of the overall situation of the Lujiang League and to find the ancient religion."

"In the past year and a half, the Lujiang League has been harassed many times by external Yuanying stage cultivators. It just so happened that I was ordered to take charge in a time of crisis. The former deputy leader Yang Zhenren gave up his position, and the elders and protectors of the league supported him. I had no choice but to take over temporarily. I feel very uneasy without the permission of the leader."

"I came here to apologize and return the position of deputy leader, and then report confidential matters to the leader!"

"According to my long-term investigation, the source of the chaos in Luxi should be three independent cultivators in the cultivation world, namely, Xiao Yang, the True Lord of the Red World, Yin Wujiu, the True Lord of the Blood River, and Duan Zhenming, the True Lord of the Falling Stars."

“Among them, True Lord Chi Huan attacked Lujiang League twice but failed, and invaded Xun Gu Sect once; True Lord Xue He attacked Lujiang League once but failed, and invaded Xun Gu Sect once; True Lord Xing Yun attacked Lujiang League once but failed, and invaded Xun Gu Sect three times.”

This person speaks in a very organized, concise and detailed manner.

The key point is that I thought he would be arrogant and proud when he came, as a genius who had achieved success, but I didn't expect him to be respectful, humble and polite.

This made the people of the Xun Gu Sect, who originally had resentment towards him, suddenly change their feelings and were shocked.

Suddenly there were whispers and discussions outside the hall. They found that the new deputy leader of Lujiang League was a little different from what they had imagined. It seemed that the new deputy leader of Lujiang League was not a person who just occupied the position but did nothing.

Another voice was spoken at the end of the hall, asking him about the origins of the three Nascent Soul cultivators who had caused trouble in Luxi.

Fan Jingchen paused for a moment, then answered one by one:

"Xiao Yang, the True Lord of Chihuan, is a local cultivator from the southwest of Shandong. He was in the late Jindan stage thirty years ago. Later, he had a fortuitous encounter during the Wanhui Year Spirit Tide. When he reappeared, he was already a cultivator in the Yuanying stage."

"Blood River True Lord Yin Wujiu, according to the accusations of the older generation, was a remnant of the Golden Core Stage guardian of the Blood River Palace, one of the three demonic sects that were wiped out in the territory of Lu. There has been no news since the Blood River Palace was destroyed two and a half decades ago. Now he has taken advantage of the civil unrest in Lu to show up and cause trouble. This time when I fought him, I found that he was already in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul."

"Starfall True Lord Duan Zhenming is said to be a casual cultivator from the northeast of Lu State. His original Taoist name was Chiweitangzhu. He once entered the Swallowing Star Mountains and participated in the exploration of the Yuxing Secret Treasure that appeared a hundred years ago. After coming out, he became a Yuanying stage cultivator very early."

As Fan Jingchen continued to tell the story, the people outside the hall could not help but nod their heads, thinking to themselves, so that's how it is.

Even Lin Shan, who was deep in the hall, couldn't help but look up at him.

Because of the three Nascent Soul cultivators who were causing trouble, even Patriarch Lu Que, who was in charge of the Lujiang Academy, had been investigating for such a long time but was unable to find out who they were.

And this new deputy leader was able to dig up so much details that he even found out his previous identity. It has to be said that he is very capable!
This saves him from having to find Jingyang Academy to check.

The main thing is that Qianjizi also went to the Yulong River flood site and has not returned yet. He estimated that he would not be able to find this intelligence senior brother even if he went there, and he had to rely on Fan Jingchen.

After all, it is reasonable for him to have personally fought with the three people and spied on their whereabouts and then follow the clues to find clues.

From this, it can be seen that this person is brave and resourceful, and has a good sense of the overall situation. He was very well behaved when meeting him, and there is nothing wrong with him. He thought to himself that it was no wonder that the people of Lujiang League would elect this person to the position.

"I have just broken through the Nascent Soul stage, and my disciples have not made much progress. My true essence is low, and I can barely maintain the status quo, but it is difficult to make progress. I am exhausted and unable to take care of the Xun Gu Sect. I am here to apologize and ask for the punishment of the leader."

From the time Fan Jingchen came in until now, he has been hunching his back and has never straightened up. His attitude is sincere and respectful, which completely changed everyone's impression of him.

Even the people from the Xun Gu Sect outside the hall, who had originally been suspicious of him for standing idly by, now realized that they had been judging others by their own petty standards, and could not help but feel ashamed.

Lin Shan did not punish him. It was indeed not appropriate to do so in this situation. Instead, he asked him to stand up.

"Okay, I already know about Deputy Alliance Leader Fan's difficulties. You are not to blame for this."

"Somebody come!"

"Prepare a banquet for Vice Alliance Leader Fan. I want to have a good chat with him today!"

Fan Jingchen stayed in Xun Gu Sect for about two hours, and talked a lot of intimate words while drinking, which made everyone refresh their views of him.

All the previous dissatisfaction disappeared, and they turned around and began to praise him, saying that the Lujiang League had a successor and that it was thanks to him that the situation was stabilized.

Otherwise, if the Lujiang League, as an important base in western Shandong, is really broken into pieces and all its forces become disunited and unable to recover, it will be difficult to gather them together when Lin Shan returns!
Because he had to stay at the Xianyinchi headquarters all the time, it was inconvenient for him to stay for long, and he soon rushed back.

After he left, the banquet was cleared away.

Only Lin Shan and Lu Xiuming were left in the hall.

"What do you think? Is there any problem?"

"I think everything seems to be normal."

"What about the origin? Have you found out?"

"After checking three times, I found out that this person was indeed from Yunchuan Academy. He later joined the Lujiang League and made many contributions to the league. He was outspoken and generous, and was supported by many allies. His words and deeds were consistent with his true feelings."

"Then it seems that there is no problem."

Lin Shan raised his head and looked into the distance, wondering what he was thinking.

"The leader."

Lu Xiuming hesitated to speak.

"You said."

"I feel that this kind of person is too perfect. Sometimes, on the contrary..." (End of this chapter)