After some deliberation, Li Zhen and Mu Qingsi agreed on a plan to go to Jukuzhou to explore the sacred tree.

He doesn't have to obtain the sacred tree, the key is to use the fake to cultivate and understand the characteristics.

Li Zhen is gifted with magical powers. He can identify the essence of fragrance, extract the essence, and reproduce it after smelling it. It should not be difficult.

But this requires a certain period of close contact, or even enjoying the fruit in person, to become familiar with its characteristics.

There is no way to do this kind of thing by imagination.

The demon clan has hidden this sacred tree very tightly. Not to mention humans, even our own demon king cannot easily see it, so we have to think of some ways.

There was no need to talk directly to Wanshou Palace about this matter. Li Zhen summoned Yun Ji and others and only talked about visiting Wanshou Palace.

He planned to go there under the pretext of communication between fellow immortals. Lord Wanshou happened to have also sent out an invitation. Now that he accepted the invitation, he took advantage of the situation.

Yunji was very happy when he learned of Li Zhen's plan: "Zhenjun wants to visit my Wanshou Palace? That would be great. I will immediately inform the ancestor and ask him to prepare."

Li Zhen said: "Okay, I will set off from Beihai on the first day of next month."

Among the six courtyards and three halls, Qintian Courtyard, General Government Courtyard, and Dharma Protector Hall were all busy, and a visiting mission headed by several foundation-building monks and assisted by dozens of Qi Refining Realm monks was quickly established.

Except for a few older worship elders and guard masters, the actual people in charge are all fourth-generation disciples, and the leader among them is Zhan Li, who has experienced being a leader in the West Sea.

At this time, Zhan Li was already the deputy head of the General Council, in charge of important middle-level powers in the sect.

After he completed the task of establishing the mission, he came to Fuyuntai to ask for an audience.

"Ancestor, we have set three major goals for this visit. The first is to continue the contracts signed in the past and continue to expand the scale of trade in spices. The second is to establish middle- and high-level contacts and carry out more exchanges. The third is to

To achieve something that has been planned in the past, but has not been able to be achieved due to limited conditions."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Li Zhen, who had already abandoned trivial matters a long time ago and became the shopkeeper, couldn't help but ask after hearing this.

Zhan Li said: "It is to cooperate with Wanshou Palace to improve the method of controlling beasts."

He explained: "In the past, the spirit beasts from Jukuzhou were not suitable for the acclimatization and cultivation, and breeding was also a problem. Fortunately, it has been gradually solved over the past few years. It is possible for our sect to have more external forces in the system of spirit beasts and pets.

Help.

As we all know, most of our incense monks focus on their crafts. They are good at making incense, refining incense, production and creation. Fighting and killing are really not their strengths. However, the world is difficult and dangerous. If a sect does not have strong means to protect it, it will definitely be preyed upon by others, and it cannot be

It is a good idea to abandon one's basic skills and pursue magical powers and spells from other paths, so it is actually a good idea to use external forces appropriately."

Li Zhen said: "It is true. I mentioned it more than a hundred years ago, but considering various obstacles, I have never been able to do it. It seems that you have overcome those difficulties."

Zhan Li said: "Thanks to your ancestor's incense such as Yihexiang, we improved it and derived the beast-taming incense specially used for immortal birds and spiritual beasts. This laid the foundation for this, and then

With the cooperation of Wanshou Palace and all the links, it should be possible to implement it."

He paused and then said: "This time, we plan to use public funds to purchase five hundred Qi Refining Realm spirit beasts and thirty Foundation Establishment Realm spirit beasts, and distribute them to the sixth generation disciples.

Those spiritual beasts are all living creatures, and they need to be accompanied and grown for a long time before they can be controlled and controlled freely. It is not suitable to directly enter the battlefield of the East China Sea for the time being, but I believe that in a few decades, the sixth generation disciples will grow up and their overall strength will be much stronger.

We have made careful calculations and found that although raising spiritual beasts is more expensive than refining magic weapons, the initial purchase is much cheaper. We can also make full use of some spiritual materials in our blessed land to achieve self-production and sales."

Li Zhen said: "Since you think the time is ripe, then go ahead and do it."

These fourth generation disciples have also grown up. Although their cultivation is not high, they are still very reliable in handling these trivial matters.

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Wanshou Palace learned that Li Zhen was coming with a delegation, and the entire force became busy.

They actively prepared for the grand welcome ceremony and showed great importance.

In the blink of an eye, it was already three months later.

Li Zhen traveled through the West Sea, using the moving circle node jointly established by Xiangshi and the Chamber of Commerce to go to Yanbo Kingdom, and then took a boat from Yanbo Kingdom to Jukuzhou, finally arriving in early May.

At this moment, on the eastern border of Jukuzhou, along the coast, the sky is bright and clear. Under the clear blue sky, the sea water is blue and transparent, making the entire ocean exude a strange spiritual essence like a jade in the mountains.

The sea breeze blows, bringing the breath of distant places.

A group of people are waiting on the gray-white coast with clean fine sand. Beside them are several huge fairy birds, golden-feathered Lei Peng, covered in red and colorful colors, squatting or standing, acting well-behaved and docile.

This is the ceremonial guard used by the people of Wanshou Palace to welcome Li Zhen.

Among them, Zong Mobo, the alchemy elder of Wanshou Hall, and Han Zhiyou stood side by side, standing like statues, looking in the direction of the sea from a distance. The foundation-building disciples and Qi-refining disciples did not have such good concentration, so they all communicated privately. Contents

It is related to the Jixiang Sect.

"What kind of person is Lord Jixiang of the Jixiang Sect?"

"I heard that he is only about 400 years old this year, about the same age as our master, but he has already reached the peak of Nascent Soul. His qualifications are really terrifying!"

"It is said that all the forces in the North Sea and the West Sea are basically under his control. The general helmsman of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce also has the name of a great elder, and he can be said to have great hands and eyes!"

"Controlling overseas does not mean having eyes and hands all over the world. The relationship with the Heavenly Court is the one with the most powerful eyes and hands. The Jixiang Sect has already obtained the power of becoming a god for itself. It would be great if we, the Wanshou Palace, could also be autonomous in Jukuzhou.

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Although Venerable Wanshou had visited Jixiang Sect in the past, it was only to congratulate Li Zhen for his promotion to Nascent Soul. The exchanges between the two parties were superficial and in depth, and did not involve some truly key things.

As a human force in the Juku Continent, the Wanshou Palace is also a force that is likely to join the heavenly camp and become one of the righteous paths of the Immortal Sect. Its own background is not bad. Not counting those non-staff worship elders and the like, its own Nascent Soul realm

There are five great monks and supreme elders, and to some extent, they are even more powerful than the Jixiang Sect.

However, they live far away in the wilderness and associate with monsters and wild beasts. It is not a developed place. The way they practice is mainly based on side arts. What they are good at is controlling spiritual beasts and using external forces. Over the years, they have deeply

Feeling that the situation was changing rapidly, and the battles between immortals and demons were becoming more frequent and fierce, he also began to seek to join the camp.

The rise of Jixiang Sect is a successful experience that they urgently need to learn from. Li Zhen himself is also a very valuable new giant, and it is of great benefit to interact with him.

Unknowingly, the sun was high in the sky, and a large ship suddenly appeared on the distant sea, riding the wind and waves, heading here.

"They're coming!"

Zong Mobo and Han Zhiyou, the alchemy monks of Wanshou Hall who had been standing there for a long time, suddenly got up and flew towards the treasure ship.

On the treasure ship, someone also rose into the sky and came over to greet him.

Soon after, two Jiedan landed on the treasure ship.

But on the deck, I saw a handsome man wearing a white brocade robe with cloud patterns and a large cloak with golden and green woven feathers. He was sitting on a large chair. The copper stove next to him was smoking, and the fragrance was lingering. Although he was in the wind, he was not

No impact at all.

Sitting next to him was a beautiful woman with skin as thick as gelatin and aura as bright as orchid. She was wearing a colorful fairy dress of the Seven Treasures Clouds, her hair was tied into a flying fairy cloud bun, and she had a

A gold butterfly hairpin, light makeup and light makeup, without losing grace and elegance.

Zong Mobo and Han Zhiyou immediately understood that this was Li Zhen and his wife from Jixiang Sect.

The two men bowed down and said in unison: "I am Zong Mobo and Han Zhiyou of the Wanshou Palace. See you, Lord Jixiang, and see Mrs. Mu."

Li Zhen said with a smile on his face: "You two fellow Taoists, please excuse me."

Zong Mobo immediately said: "We have prepared the Immortal Bird Golden Feather Lei Peng to take our place. We also hope that you and your accompanying Taoist friends will take this opportunity to go to the gate of my Wanshou Palace."

Li Zhen said: "The guests are welcome to do as they please. Just listen to the arrangements of your fellow Taoists."

After some pleasantries, everyone was well prepared and took the fairy birds provided by Wanshou Palace towards the mountain gate of Wanshou Palace.

Many disciples had never seen the methods of other sects, so they were very excited to sit on the fairy bird. The people in Wanshou Hall were also very interested in the scent-smelling upside-down bird brought by Li Zhen, and they cast their eyes frequently along the way.

Since the gate of Wanshou Palace is located more than 10,000 miles from the sea, Jin Yu Lei Peng, who is in the realm of pill formation, hurried on his way and it only took him more than an hour to arrive.

"Everyone, this is the mountain gate of our Longevity Hall, Tongxin Mountain."

Zong Mobo sent messages to all directions and reminded.

Everyone in the Jixiang Sect looked down and saw that among the clouds and mist, mountains and valleys were dotted like islands in the sea, green trees soared into the sky, and beautiful buildings and jade buildings stood like forests.

From time to time, some fairy birds and spiritual beasts can be seen roaming freely, and on the high mountains deep in the center, there are brilliant lights and rainbow bridges paving the way, creating a beautiful scene like a fairyland.

This mountain is called Tongxin Mountain, and it was once part of the ancient Immortal Mountain Piaomiao Fairy Mountain. It was the blessed place of the famous medieval sect, the Piaomiao Sect.

With the vicissitudes of life and the changes in world affairs, the Piaomiao Sect has long become history, but the immortal mountains and blessed places it owned remained and were occupied by later generations of monks.

It is said that the founder of Wanshou Palace was a man who met by chance among ordinary people in Jukuzhou. He was born with the same Taoist body and was able to communicate with birds. Therefore, he created his own "Beast Control Technique" and created the foundation for future generations.

However, the founder of the mountain did not reach the state of transformation into gods like Taoist Qian, so throughout the ages, the Wanshou Palace was not a big force, but just one of the various forces that occupied this mountain.

In the past tens of thousands of years, the owner of this fairy mountain was the Alliance of Human Immortal Cultivators in the eastern region of Juku Continent. Even now, with the rise of the Wanshou Palace and achieving the hegemony of this continent, there is still an inseparable connection with the alliance.

Fortunately, Jukuzhou is rich in resources and is rich in rare birds and exotic animals. Most of the exercises practiced by the people in the alliance are related to the art of controlling beasts. Over time, the Tao is aligned, and everyone worships the same ancestor, and they gradually merge.

After a while, Zong Mobo and Han Zhiyou led everyone to Tongxin Mountain and landed on the huge artificially opened square halfway up the mountain. There was already a group of people waiting there.

"Hahahaha, welcome. Li Zhenjun's visit to Tongxin Mountain really makes my Wanshou Palace shine brightly!"

Hearty laughter came over.

Li Zhen looked forward following the sound, and saw a burly old man with a strong beard standing in the crowd. He was an old friend of the Jixiang Sect, the Venerable Wanshou.

He quickly stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Li Zhenjun, Madam Mu, I am polite."

Li Zhen and Mu Qingsi returned the courtesy and said, "Honorable Sir, long time no see."

Venerable Wanshou said with a smile: "Yes, after all, it has been more than 180 years, and the true king's demeanor is even better than before."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Venerable Wanshou stepped aside, walked in the same direction as Li Zhen and others, and came to meet the crowd.

Appearing in front of Li Zhen and others were other Nascent Soul monks from Wanshou Hall.
To be continued...