A Turn in the War

More than half a year later, Small Turtle Peak.

"I finally took this step."

Lan Chang'an put away the letter in his hand, looked towards the south of Wuqi Mountain, and murmured to himself.

Squeak!

Earth Rock Rat scratched the back of his head, rolled his eyes slightly, and looked at the owner in confusion.

Not far away, Mystic Water Turtle, with a body of 18 feet wide, lay lazily beside a pond with blooming lotus flowers, maintaining a certain habit, staring in a certain direction for more than 20 years every day.

Mystic Water Turtle is still far from adulthood.

It doesn't know that the human nun it was once closest to is approaching the centenary mark and has entered her twilight years.

Half Moon Empress.

A young man in Foundation Establishment Early Stage's well-dressed clothes flew to Small Turtle Peak on Escape Light.

"Junior Li Congren, greet Grandpa Lu."

Foundation Establishment The young man smiled and saluted in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.

"Congren, please come in and sit down."

Lan Chang'an sat in the pavilion and activated the formation on the mountain.

The Li Congren in front of us is the grandson of Li Ergou, formerly known as "Mu Congren".

Squeak!

Earth Rock Rat emerged from the hole not far away, licked his lips, and stared directly at this visitor from afar.

Mu Congren tensed up and looked at Earth Rock Rat, who was in the late second stage with fear in his eyes.

He subconsciously held Spirit Pet Bag around his waist.

"Grandpa Lu, this is my first visit since junior Foundation Establishment, so I made some omissions. This is a special product to honor you."

Walking into the pavilion, Li Congren presented a large gift box.

Lan Chang'an Divine Sense scanned it, a little surprised. Li Congren's gift was several pieces of Second-Order High-Grade ore, including a piece of Cold Iron Essence Ore from Quasi-Third-Order.

"Congren is interested."

Over the years, he has tried to build Second-Order Top-Grade Puppet, which has a demand for high-quality materials.

Accepting Li Congren's tribute, Lan Chang'an couldn't help but think of Lin Lu.

Last time, the junior who showed such filial piety to himself fell into the battlefield of a neighboring country, and his life or death was uncertain.

"Grandpa Lu, this is the debt Congren paid for his grandfather."

Li Congren handed over another brocade bag.

"Hmm."

Lan Chang'an weighed it and found that there were two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stone inside.

Before the expansion of "Mu Congren" back then, Li Erqing came to him to purchase a batch of valuable war preparation materials, including the second-level mid-to-high-grade Talisman, and two second-level Puppet.

At that time, the Spirit Stone that Li Erqing and his grandson had saved for many years were drained, and Lan Chang'an was still owed two thousand Spirit Stone.

Because Li Erqing has many descendants, Lan Chang'an is not worried about repaying the debt at all.

"Congren has something to thank Grandpa Lu. Those war preparation materials sold cheaply twenty years ago played a big role at critical moments. They helped the younger generation repel Evil Cultivator and protect the safety of the clan."

Li Congren said gratefully.

"Some time ago, Tinglingzu mentioned you in a letter. It is not easy to lead a branch of the clan to expand overseas and take root in remote and cold places. It is not easy to achieve such a development momentum."

Lan Chang'an looked at the calm and capable Li Congren and praised him.

The qualifications of Li Congren are similar to those of Mu Bingyun.

Although this man has no outstanding skills, he is good at management.

The branch line he brought out has a good momentum of development. In just a few short years, its overall strength has caught up with the veteran Foundation Establishment Lineage, which is even worse than the foundation.

Not long ago, Li Congren officially changed his surname to "Li", and his branch established its own branch, named "Xuemei Mountain Li Clan".

The lineage he brought out are all direct descendants of Li Erqing. After nearly twenty years of preparation, this matter did not face much resistance.

Jade Moon Lake's family, some of the elders complained a lot, but they did not raise an army to hold him accountable.

Mu Bingyun acquiesced to this matter.

At that time, Jade Moon Lake had three Foundation Establishment monks at the same time, and Spirit Vein of the Mu Family could not accommodate so many monks.

At that time, the contradictions and interests between the old and new factions of the Mu Family were at a bottleneck in development. It was Li Congren who took the initiative to take away the direct descendants of Li Erqing to run in remote places with poor conditions.

If Li Congren is not responsible, Jade Moon Lake, which failed to expand that year, will sooner or later fall apart due to internal friction.

"Lineage Although it is hard to expand outside, there are no constraints like those of our own clan. With the concerted efforts of the clan members, and a little bit of favorable weather and location, the younger generation has finally gained a firm foothold."

Li Congren said modestly.

Lan Chang'an knows that people and people are often more difficult than the right time and place.

Li Congren is good at business management, far surpassing his grandfather in this aspect, and Mu Bingyun is not as good as him.

Nowadays, although Li Clan Lineage is separated, it maintains close contact and cooperation with the Jade Moon Lake Mu Family.

After all, the two races share the same blood.

Moreover, Li Erqing himself does not want to leave Mu Family and vows to protect Jade Moon Lake until the last day.

This is an important link for close cooperation between the two communities.

After talking for half an hour, Lan Chang'an had some understanding of Li Congren's current situation.

The "Li family" established by Li Congren is located in the northwest of Liang State, close to the border of Liang State.

The specific location is on the southwest side of the Beast Taming Zhou Family.

If you go from the Beast Taming Zhou Family to "Bauhinia Immortal City" in the west of the Liang Kingdom, you will pass near the clan area of "Xuemei Mountain Li Clan".

Bauhinia Immortal City is also close to the border of the Liang Kingdom and has trade relations with the Jing Kingdom in the land of Western Region.

Li Congren's ability to take root in a more chaotic and cold place also benefited from his diplomatic skills.

For example, Beast Taming Zhou Family is the strongest immortal cultivator Lineage in that area.

Li Congren, through this relationship with Lan Chang'an and the contribution of interests, has maintained a good relationship with "Zhou Jingxuan" of the Zhou Family.

In terms of personal relationship, Li Congren made friends with Rogue Cultivator who was Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and they had a life-long friendship.

This Rogue Cultivator of Foundation Establishment Middle Stage becomes the worshiper of the Li Family.

Not only that.

Li Congren also married a female nun from Foundation Establishment Early Stage, named dao companion, but it was not made public.

Li Clan Lineage's rapid development also benefits from the "right time and right place" as Li Congren said.

To put it simply, it was a war fortune.

Li Family purchased the 50-year development rights of a mineral vein at a low price ten years before the war.

As the war started, the prices of various materials increased, and gold and iron-related ores were no exception.

In addition to mineral value added.

The war preparation materials circulating from the Jing Kingdom to the Liang Kingdom promoted the prosperity of trade around the Li Family.

"Jing Kingdom, what's the current situation?"

Lan Chang'an asked seemingly curiously.

Currently, several nearby countries, Liang Kingdom, Feng Kingdom, Yan Kingdom, and Chen Kingdom, are all involved in Cultivation War.

However, the battlefield is limited to the Feng Kingdom.

"Jing Kingdom is a neutral immortal-cultivating country. There are no fourth-level Spirit Vein and Nascent Soul sect forces, and it never participates in disputes between neighboring countries."

"This country is located within the angle between the Chen Kingdom, Liang Kingdom, and Black Mist Mountain Range. It is rich in materials and relatively developed in trade. In recent years, the Cultivation War, Jing Kingdom sects and Aristocratic Clan have made a fortune in war..."

Li Congren tells the situation of the Jing Kingdom.

Li Clan Lineage, close to the northwest border of the Liang Kingdom, has contacts with merchants from the Jing Kingdom.

Seeing that Lan Chang'an was interested, Li Congren gave a Jade Cylinder as a gift, which recorded the situation of the Jing Kingdom Cultivation World.

"Jing Kingdom, as a neutral country that cultivates immortals, it does not interfere in the war and the situation is stable. It is an alternative retreat."

Lan Chang'an thought secretly.

Later, Lan Chang'an gave some guidance to this younger grandson in terms of spiritual practice.

Li Congren is nearly ten years younger than Mu Bingyun, and has reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage. If he wants to break through the bottleneck, he still needs some years of polishing.

Before leaving.

Li Congren purchased a batch of war preparation materials from Lan Chang'an.

Li Congren's financial resources are beyond Lan Chang'an's expectations.

This person purchased three Puppet, one each for the early stage, middle stage, and late stage of the second level.

As for Talisman, we mainly purchased second-order mid- to high-grade ones, and purchased ten or twenty pieces, including two pieces of Second-Order Top-Grade quality.

Of course, this kind of financial resources is the inherent wealth of Lineage, not the private property of Li Congren.

Squeak!

Earth Rock Rat's face was restless, and he saw Li Congren rising into the air, showing an unwilling expression.

"It made Grandpa Lu laugh. This junior has a spirit rat pet. He only has the second-level initial cultivation level. He is not good at fighting and does not dare to come out to see Earth Rock Rat."

Li Congren explained with a smile.

"Oh? Is Congren's pet spirit rat a male or a female?"

"Male." Li Congren replied.

Lan Chang'an glanced at Earth Rock Rat with a smile.

After Mu Congren left Wuqi Mountain.

Lan Chang'an communicated with Earth Rock Rat for a while.

"The spirit rat pet of Mu Congren has a bloodline level that is not inferior to that of the current Earth Rock Rat. It is not good at fighting. Could it be that it is a rare rat that hunts for treasure or minerals? If so, its value is much higher than that of Earth Rock Rat."

"It seems that the development momentum of the line led by Mu Congren is so good, it is not just the added value of existing minerals."

Thinking of the Quasi-Third-Order ore that Mu Congren paid tribute to, Lan Chang'an can't help but make some guesses.

He had no intention of exploring or coveting.

For Foundation Establishment monks, this can only be regarded as fortuitous opportunity in the normal range, and at the same time, it has borrowed the east wind of war.

Three years passed by in a flash.

Lan Chang'an practiced on the sixth floor of Foundation Establishment for seven or eight years.

On this day, Shi Manrong came to Small Turtle Peak and brought a piece of news.

"The engagement between Shen Bixin and Song Wenshu has been postponed?"

Lan Chang'an looked surprised and almost thought Fairy Shi was joking.

A few months ago, they received an invitation letter from Song Wenshu. At that time, the engagement was scheduled to take place in half a year.

"At first, I didn't believe it either. However, this is the news from disciple Blazing Fire Palace."

Shi Manrong looked confused.

"The engagement is postponed, not cancelled. What happened?"

Lan Chang'an felt strange and thought deeply.

Song Wenshu is in the Blazing Fire Palace. Although he is not from True Disciple, or is a direct descendant of the elders, he still has a good background.

"Will the price of formations increase in the near future?"

"There is no movement in the low-level formations, but the demand and price of Quasi-Third-Order formations have increased abnormally."

Fairy Shi replied quickly and thoughtfully.

"Do you suspect that this matter is related to the war?"

She turned her clear eyes and looked at Lan Chang'an.

"If Song Wenshu is suddenly called to the front line by the sect, then the extension of the engagement is due to force majeure and is not a shame."

Lan Chang'an thought of a possibility.

"Three years ago, Liang Kingdom sect recruited the third batch of monks. The recruitment of the fourth batch is really fast..."

Fairy Shi said in deep thought.

Lan Chang'an But I have a feeling that things are not that simple.

Because, in the past year, he has not received any war news from Golden Cloud Valley Zhao Tan'er.

Lan Chang'an speculates: Unknown changes may have occurred in the frontline war in neighboring countries.

Zhao Tan'er is probably prohibited by the sect and cannot transmit war-related information to outsiders.

The channel for obtaining war information was blocked, and Lan Chang'an felt uneasy.

If Cultivation War is a big storm, then it is quite a small boat on the sea.

The current situation is equivalent to saying that the sailing boat has lost the ability to predict the storm weather.

In a few years, Lan Chang'an will be promoted to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and his strength will be greatly improved. He doesn't want to face any surprises.

"There is a place where you should be able to get the latest war information..."

(End of chapter)