White Day Soared Ten Thousand Miles; at Dusk, the Blue Heavens Over Lüoshan City

Soaring ten thousand miles in broad daylight, the sun Lüoshan City in the azure sky.

The former Gathering Place is now Lüoshan City. The Luo Family's banner has long been replaced by the Lin family's banner, bringing with it a period of even more arduous exploitation for the local low-level Rogue Cultivator.

Even the vast majority of Rogue Cultivator are exploited by the Lin family without realizing it.

They thought there were only so many Demon Beasts in the surrounding environment, and that the Lin family had taken over from the former Luo and Zhu Cultivation Family, providing them with renewed regional security.

However, it was unclear how many Demon Beast there were, or how chaotic the surrounding area was; it was entirely up to the Lin family to decide.

Therefore, when Chen Dengming arrived Blade Control and lightning, annihilating the Lin family branch stationed on Lüojia Mountain, the many Rogue Cultivators in the dilapidated Gathering Place were in an uproar, feeling fear and unease.

Many independent Rogue Cultivator fled the city in fear, lest they be caught in the crossfire.

However, they dared not flee too far into the deep mountains Old Lin, lest they fall into the clutches of Demon Beast, and instead observed the situation from afar.

Suddenly, the same situation as before occurred again.

The more turbulent the environment, the more opportunists and adventurers will take advantage of the chaos to fight each other...

Robberies and fights were taking place everywhere, vividly demonstrating the characteristic of the weak fighting each other.

In Luoshan City, within the vast mountain-encircled mansion of the Lin family branch, Zhu Xun, carrying the head of the Lin family patriarch Lin He, flew around, his eerie, cacophonous laughter echoing above the Lin family, bringing even more fear to the already chaotic Lin family.

This flying head would sometimes swoop down, fearless of all kinds of Law Technique and even exorcising talismans. Often, with a single utterance, a member of the Lin family who aided and abetted evil would die. Only a very few people without any resentment could escape down the mountain.

Throughout the entire process, Chen Dengming only attacked Lin Ziheng, the patriarch of the Lin family, who was Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.

His opponent was naturally no match for him.

He was killed with a single blow, and his soul was collected into the Soul Guiding Banner to be interrogated.

In the end, the head of the Lin family revealed all of the Lin family's past misdeeds, which were far more shocking than the few lines recorded in the account book, and were simply outrageous.

After Lin Ziheng finished explaining, he repeatedly begged for mercy, "Senior Zhu of the South Mountain Sect, no matter how my father offended you, please spare me."

"Many things the Lin family did in the past, I was just following orders. Raising Demon Beast to hunt cultivators and instigating beast tides were not my ideas, but my father's orders. I was forced into it."

Chen Dengming coldly stared at Lin Ziheng's soul before him, "You Lin family members are truly a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being crooked. You are quite the filial son and loving father. I'll ask you one last question: when the Luo Family was driven out of the Southern Region by the Zhu Family, were your Lin family and the Luo family involved?"

Lin Ziheng was taken aback. Just as he was about to think, Chen Dengming's sharp, knife-like gaze and Divine Sense pressed down on him, causing him to feel a trembling pain as if his soul was about to explode. In great fear, he immediately confessed the truth.

"Yes, yes, this was done to help my father restore his cultivation; it really has little to do with me."

Moreover, it was the Luo family who instigated my Lin family to get involved in this matter."

"Good!"

Chen Dengming said nothing more, Soul Guiding Banner, he took Lin Ziheng into the banner, and then flew towards the back of Lüojia Mountain.

The former Luo Family buildings here have been demolished and rebuilt, and no trace of their former appearance can be found.

Just as it is difficult to recapture the feelings of the past once a person's heart has changed.

Now, only ten years have passed in the Cultivation World, Chen Dengming has found himself experiencing the profound changes that come with the path of cultivation.

The hardships, deceit, difficulties, and clashes of human nature that I experienced in these short ten years felt far richer than all my experiences in Nanxun and my previous life combined.

He arrived at a valley deep in the mountains behind the Luo Family.

This is a valley of Old Lin forests, with red oak trees, purple cypress trees, and yellow aspen trees, all shimmering with iridescent light under the sun.

The ancestors of the Luo Family were all buried here.

Perhaps the Lin family hasn't yet taken a liking to this place, and therefore hasn't destroyed it.

Chen Dengming walked deep into the forest, chose a spot by a stream where the frost had long since melted, made a hand seal to summon the Golden Gang Spirit Venerable, dug a pit, and then took out Lüo Bing's body from his Storage Bag and buried it there.

All the past grudges and grievances vanished with death and the extinguishing of lamps.

Life passes in the blink of an eye; gains and losses all return to dust.

For example, Lüo Bing, with his High-grade Spiritual Root, schemed and plotted to avenge his family, yet he still ended up as a skeleton!

There's a saying that goes, "Respect your friends." It's not a remarkable thing; everyone can do it.

But when you can respect your enemy, it means you have accomplished something most people cannot. At the very least, it is difficult to fail when facing this enemy because you will never underestimate him.

Chen Dengming was not a particularly vengeful person; on the contrary, he was quite grateful. He would never do something as pointless as holding a grudge against a dead person. Therefore, burying Lüo Bing's body was his final act of respect for her and also a testament to his unwavering sincerity.

"Since the Luo family was also instigating this back then, I won't send you back to Jiamu Pass burial. Now that I'm sending the Lin family head to his death, you can rest in peace."

Chen Dengming summoned the Soul Guiding Banner at the edge of the pit, and resuming Lin Ziheng's soul.

Before the man could continue to beg for mercy, his soul was shattered, and the pure Soul Power flowed into the Spirit Subduing Bottle.

After doing all this, he instructed Golden Gang Spirit Venerable to shovel soil to cover it up. He felt a sense of openness and relief, as if all grudges and debts had been settled. He felt relaxed and at ease.

Fate brings us together by chance, and the coming together and parting of people in life is also pitiful. Why ask about grudges from past lives? Let's just get drunk and enjoy a hundred years of happiness.

Looking up, the sky above seemed exceptionally high and incredibly blue.

The clouds were white and serene, the sunlight was exceptionally bright and warm, and the breeze in the valley carried a light and fragrant scent.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the two Dao runes melted and shrank once more, producing more silvery liquid that swirled within. When it came into contact with Sea of Consciousness Divine Sense, Chen Dengming felt as if his Divine Sense was being tempered and sublimated, becoming even more condensed.

A strange look appeared in his eyes, but his State of Mind remained indifferent to joy or sorrow.

It seems that the Human Immortal Way is the path of the heart.

Human strength has its limits, but the human spirit is boundless.

Where the heart leads, nothing can stand in its way!

He felt his soul was undergoing a transformation.

The silver liquid created by Daoist culture flowed into his Divine Sense, not only Divine Sense but also making his thinking more agile. The power of his spirit flowed down, causing the Core Power in his three Dantian (upper, middle, and lower dantian) to rapidly increase.

On the panel, the proficiency level of Evergreen Merit began to fluctuate continuously.

Chen Dengming realized something.

It turns out that the benefits of the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage are not limited to increasing combat power.

As his Spiritual Realm improves, his cultivation level will also increase rapidly.

This alone is enough to make him worthy of the Daoist tradition, even if he may have only touched the tip of the iceberg.

Leaving behind a newly raised grave, amidst the green trees and red flowers of Lüoshan City, and the flowing waters of the mountains, Chen Dengming Blade Control.

Eight days later.

Nanxun, in a restaurant within the Zhanxian City.

Jiang Qiang listened to Chen Dengming's story with a stunned expression, his mind nearly going blank. He couldn't recover for a long time. After a while, he stammered, both excited and nervous.

"No, Brother Chen, I haven't recovered yet. You said you wiped out the Lin family and now you want me to manage Brocade Workshop and Lüojia Mountain?"

"I thank you for your high regard, but Brother Chen, while I can be considered the number one expert in the Southern Xun, once I return to the Cultivation World, I'm nothing but a nobody. I'm just a minor cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Level Refining. How can I possibly manage Brocade Workshop?"

"It's alright."

Chen Dengming waved his hand and said with a faint smile, "If I say you can, then you can."

Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny? Back then, Xu Ning and Qian Yuan, Gathering Place, were both at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining. They could be big shots in their own right.

"Now that you have my support, not to mention anything else, even ordinary Qi Cultivation High Level cultivators wouldn't be a match for you, let alone numerous Gu Worm and King Gu. How could you not be able to suppress them?"

Jiang Qiang: "No, Brother Chen, I'm also afraid of messing things up. After all, Brocade Workshop and Lüojia Mountain both share a Spirit Vein. It's hard to guarantee that other Lineage won't have their eyes on them."

Chen Dengming shook his head and smiled, "You only need to mention the name of Zhu Xun from the South Mountain Sect, and I don't think the two remaining Hu and Xiong families on the Ten Thousand Mile Frontier are that blind."

Jiang Qiang was taken aback, "Old Zhu?"

"Old Zhu was responsible for almost all of the destruction of the Lin family this time."

Chen Dengming coughed lightly, stood up under Jiang Qiang's astonished gaze, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked at the scenery outside, and said, "Moreover, I won't let you be under too much pressure alone. After a while, I will invite a fellow Daoist named Black Wind to come here to assist you."

During this time, I will leave the Black Cloud Leopard here to protect you."

Hearing Chen Dengming's methodical approach to safety, Jiang Qiang gradually felt relieved. Then, he felt an overwhelming surge of excitement, as if he were floating on the stool.

What does it mean to have a life where you win without effort?

This is the life of effortless success.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Qiang has come to this. His feat of piloting a spirit boat with one hand is enough to make countless Rogue Cultivator green with envy.

How can he still manage an Immortal Market today?

He dared not even imagine it; he himself dared not even think about it!

If it weren't for his own weak Spirit Root cultivation, he would have doubted whether he was the protagonist in those unofficial historical novels.

"No, no, no, how can I be considered the main character? If anyone should be the main character, it should be Brother Chen."

Old Zhu didn't work hard at cultivating immortality and ended up as a ghost, but after following Brother Chen, he actually managed to destroy the Lin family. My role as a Marketplace under Brother Chen is nothing special."

Soon, following Chen Dengming's arrangement, Jiang Qiang immediately bid farewell to Lineage wife and daughters, summoned Wang Shiduo who was about to break through, and prepared to leave Nanxun with Chen Dengming to return to the Cultivation World.

With a shortage of trustworthy personnel, Chen Dengming has decided to send Jiang Qiang and Wang Shiduo out together.

However, the entrance and exit to the south still need to be kept secret, so taking this person out will still be done while the person is unconscious.

Otherwise, if the secret of the entrance to the South were exposed, some ill-intentioned cultivators might come in and cause trouble.

The reason for releasing Wang Shiduo is twofold: firstly, he is a fellow townsman and can be trusted, and he can help Jiang Qiang in the early stages.

Secondly, Chen Dengming also wanted to see how far this martial arts cultivator, who was born and raised in Nanxun and was different from him, could go after entering the Cultivation World.

With Wang Shiduo's inferior Spirit Root, although his future prospects in cultivating immortality are bleak, he has the advantage of a strong foundation. Once he enters a Spiritual Qi area in the Cultivation World, he can naturally break through to become a cultivator. He still has hope of cultivating to the Qi Cultivation Third Level in the future, but it is probably impossible for him to reach a higher level.

Chen Dengming supported Jiang Qiang in controlling Brocade Workshop and the Lüojia Mountain Gathering Place, not only to establish his own power at the entrance to his hometown of Nanxun, but also to guard this entrance to his old home and prevent his hometown from being destroyed while he was away.

Furthermore, it is about re-establishing order and rules in this Ten Thousand Mile Frontier and developing it.

This doesn't require him to exert much effort; he only needs to maintain a military deterrent.

Further developments were initiated by him, with Jiang Qiang leading a team to carry them out.

In this desolate, barren Ten Thousand Mile Frontier, there isn't even a single Second-Rank Spirit Vein, so other Golden Core Great Cultivator generally wouldn't come to compete for it.

Even so, it was difficult to bring him much benefit.

But since he doesn't have to put in much effort to do something that benefits future generations, and his subordinates can easily do it, why not?

"Neither Yiran nor Jing'er has Spirit Root, so their cultivation is hopeless. If they want to go to the Cultivation World to settle down and take root when they grow up, I will arrange for them to go."

If you can't cultivate to immortality, then marry a few Qi Cultivation Cultivator; your offspring will have a high probability of developing Spirit Root.

Even if his children cannot become immortals, as long as they wish and have that desire, Chen Dengming, as their father, can still use his own abilities to create some good fortune for them.

For example, offering some benefits to their children to marry cultivators would naturally increase the probability of their offspring developing Spirit Root.

In the Cultivation World, many powerful Cultivation Family do this kind of thing.

This is not a difficult task for Chen Dengming now, and of course, he will not force him.

Not only his children, but also, if the opportunity arises in the future, he could allow some trustworthy people from the South to leave and develop in Brocade Workshop and the Gathering Place.

After these people multiplied in the Spiritual Qi environment for several generations, their descendants would naturally develop Spirit Root, gradually replacing the Rogue Cultivator of this place and developing into a local force resembling a concentration camp of fellow villagers.

However, these are all things to be discussed later, and it depends on future developments and the wishes of the children.

Chen Dengming simply entrusted these tasks to Jiang Qiang and his trusted subordinates.

They didn't want to reveal their identities or step into the limelight, lest they attract enemies in the future and have their tracks discovered, which would be a catastrophic disaster for these low-level cultivators.

Seven days later.

Under Chen Dengming's arrangement, Jiang Qiang officially took over Brocade Workshop as a disciple of False Core Great Cultivator, a master Zhu Xun of the South Mountain Sect who had mastered the false elixir technique.

With Zhu Xun, who was actually Lin He, roaming freely within the Lin family mansion and providing support, no one doubted Jiang Qiang's identity and the power behind him.

Furthermore, Chen Dengming suggested publicly revealing the Lin family's crimes and inviting many Rogue Cultivators to enter the depths of the Lin family's ancestral home for a look.

The bloody and gruesome scene immediately caused an uproar in the Brocade Workshop.

Many Rogue Cultivator were filled with righteous indignation, wishing they could catch the corpses of the Lin family cultivators and gnaw on their flesh Flesh and Blood.

This made Jiang Qiang's takeover of the Lin family's business proceed more smoothly.

That day.

Under Chen Dengming's instructions, Jiang Qiang spent money to recall many of the Lin family's former retainers who had defected, inviting them to jointly rebuild Brocade Workshop and Lüojia Mountain.

These former guests of the Lin family were at least at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Level of Qi Refining.

If you send them to their deaths in a desperate fight against the enemy, most of them will surely flee.

However, if it's just about helping to maintain order in a favorable situation, then they can handle it.

Therefore, many of the former retainers of the Lin family who had defected returned after seeing the terms and conditions offered by Jiang Qiang, with only a few still observing.

Jiang Qiang not only recruited these guests of the Lin family, but also extended invitations to many Rogue Cultivators in Brocade Workshop and even the Gathering Place with a lot of readily available Demon Beast meat and low-level Law Artifact, and then selected promising talents from them.

Developing and cultivating one's own power is difficult if one relies solely on a group of retainers who are not very loyal. Without cohesion, one can easily collapse under a strong wind.

The key is to gradually cultivate a group of trusted confidants, which requires time and space.

To Chen Dengming's surprise, there were still quite a few familiar low-level cultivators in Brocade Workshop.

For example, he used to help deal with the Demon Beast Tu Gou at the Spirit Vegetable Market.

For example, there Old Wang, who had paid to Chen Dengming to cultivate by stealing the remaining Spiritual Qi from the Spirit Seizing Formation, and the cultivators from the former Gathering Place, Golden Character Workshop...

These former Rogue Cultivator were so shocked to see Jiang Qiang recruiting people on the city wall that they almost couldn't recognize him.

It wasn't until Jiang Qiang's offer was truly too tempting that they all gravitated towards him, tentatively trying to get closer to him.

When they finally recognized each other, they were both filled with joy and surprise.

"It really is you, Brother Qiang! I never imagined you'd become a disciple of Senior South Mountain Sect. You've really risen to prominence!"

"Brother Qiang! If I had known it was you coming back, I would have helped you kill a few Lin family cultivators a while ago to liven things up."

"Brother Qiang, didn't you follow Brother Chen back then? Brother Chen now?"

"Yes, yes, how is Chief Chen doing these days?"

Jiang Qiang, having been instructed by Chen Dengming beforehand not to directly reveal Chen Dengming's true situation, laughed and said, "Brother Chen is doing very well now, it's just that we joined different sects. He's already a Foundation Establishment cultivator, while I'm still just dabbling."

"Wow! Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Everyone was filled with awe, their expressions changing slightly. Many were shocked, their feelings complex and difficult to describe.

Chen Dengming was quite formidable among the Rogue Cultivator of Jingxiu Workshop back then.

Now, eight years later, he has already reached the Foundation Establishment, which is simply astonishing.

He then immediately continued to praise and flatter Jiang Qiang.

The current official is more powerful than the one in charge. No matter how strong Chen Dengming is, he is still Foundation Establishment cultivator far away.

Jiang Qiang is now the local tyrant of Brocade Workshop, so everyone has to fawn over him.

Who would have thought that the mastermind behind all this was none other than the old white-haired fishmonger?

Several days later.

The night was deep, and the moonlight was like water.

Inside the Lin family mansion, Jiang Qiang secretly saw Chen Dengming off.

"Brother Chen, don't worry about leaving this place to me. When you come back next time, everything here will be completely stable."

"Yes, keep up the good work, Qiangzi. I have no doubt about your business acumen!"

Chen Dengming patted Jiang Qiang on the shoulder with a smile, then glanced at the aggrieved Black Cloud Leopard beside him and said, "Alright, I'll let you stay here and hold things up. You can come find me soon."

Black Cloud Leopard let out a "woof," lay sprawled on the ground, revealing two rows of characters on its belly, indicating that it was Chen Family Leopard in life and in death, a testament to its loyalty.

Chen Dengming shook his head; he knew perfectly well what the leopard was really up to.

They just complained that the Spiritual Qi was poor, the food was bad, and they couldn't adapt to the local environment in this Ten Thousand Mile Frontier.

Back at the Longevity Sect, this leopard was already a pampered golden leopard, so it's good for it to suffer a bit here.

Jiang Qiang laughed, "Brother Chen, since Brother Leopard is staying here, why don't you switch to a spirit boat and go back? The Lin family still has three spirit boats."

Chen Dengming waved his hand, "No need, they're just first-tier spirit boats, their escape speed is too poor. Leave them here for you to use in developing your power."

He patted Jiang Qiang on the shoulder, then leaped into the air.

With a clang, a flash of light, and the blade enveloped him, disappearing in Swift as the Wind and Lightning.

The resources he left for Jiang Qiang included the meat of many hunted Demon Beast, numerous first-tier Law Artifact, and several thousand Low-grade Spirit Crystal, enough for Jiang Qiang to develop.

For the Cultivation Family to thrive, it only needs two advantages.

First, there is the geographical advantage of possessing Spirit Vein; second, there are powerful individuals protecting and preserving the area.

With these two things, it will naturally attract many Rogue Cultivators to attach themselves and help with the construction.

Not to mention, Jiang Qiang now has Law Artifact and a large amount of Demon Beast meat as leverage. He has soldiers, food, and city walls, so he can easily grow bigger and stronger.

With Jiang Qiang developing his influence in the rear, Chen Dengming was completely at ease.

Now that everything is settled, the great thorn in his side has been removed, and the exploitative landlord Lin family has been overthrown, Chen Dengming is completely at peace and carefree.

For a moment, the sect's Beheading Mission a month later seemed like nothing more than a gentle breeze, undisturbed by anything.

He wore Mysterious Gold Robe and Pearl Crown, his white hair flying in the wind, and he soared away into the moonlight.

Two or three verdant peaks passed beneath my feet, four or five wisps of cloud drifted past my sleeves, and I couldn't help but let out a long, joyful roar. Cultivating immortality ultimately requires a carefree heart.

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