"That thing about Qingmu Sect...doesn't it mean I don't know if you don't tell me?"
Fang Xi controlled the spiritual weapon, first went to the warehouse to receive a batch of materials for refining second-level talismans with the mission jade slips, and then flew all the way back to the green bamboo forest, laughing secretly.
Even though he didn't pay much attention to it, but occasionally he glanced at it with his golden elixir consciousness, and he already knew the internal information of Qingmu Sect clearly.
'In today's Qingmu Sect, the news of ancestor Lu Qing's death is gradually spreading... Although peace has been restored with Vietnam and Wu, there are undercurrents surging within...'
'The Qingmu Sect occupies the best spiritual veins and several spiritual stone mines in the Mu Kingdom, and now they are all coveted... Although Lu Qing signed peace treaties with the two major Jindan sects before his death, within the mainland, the Qingmu Sect also
It's more than enough to guard the Greenwood Forest, but if you want to guard the spiritual stone mines, the market, and the spiritual medicine garden... But there is a shortage of manpower.'
'Recently, there have been frequent incidents of harassment of robber cultivators... It is suspected that foundation-building forces are behind the scenes...'
‘Even the foundation-building and robbery cultivating groups of the Yue and Wu Kingdoms were bewitched and entered the Mu Kingdom to cause trouble...'
'These are actually plots against the Qingmu Sect... If the Qingmu Sect calms down, slowly shrinks, and then suppresses a golden elixir, even if it is a fake elixir, everything will return to its past glory. If it doesn't work, I'm afraid...
…'
'This old Taoist Qian is in a bad mood, probably because a monk in the sect who had perfected the Foundation Establishment failed to forcibly attack the core formation...'
'It is said that in order to make a desperate move, the female foundation builder named Lei used several secret techniques that reduced life span to increase the probability of forming a pill... After the failure, her end was quite tragic, and she died directly...'
'It's true that this old Taoist Qian is a good person. He has collected the spirit stones and really done things... Now that the manpower is already in a tight situation, it is only natural to send other tasks... From this point of view, Zheng Tie may have some face among them.
?'
When Fang Xi returned to the bamboo forest, she went straight into the cave and closed the door of the cave, regardless of how she dressed up. Zheng Shan almost came over to greet her.
Seeing this scene, Zheng Shan couldn't help but bite her lip bitterly...
…
Four years later.
Fang Xi spent his 200th birthday silently in the cave.
Two hundred years old!
Ordinary mortals probably need to live two or three lifetimes to live up to this kind of longevity!
Even a foundation-building monk is enough to last a lifetime!
Fang Xi poured herself a glass of second-order green bamboo wine and enjoyed it silently.
Now, he also likes the bitter taste of this green bamboo wine.
"Now I am two hundred years old... If you do the math, Zhan Tu and Zhong Hongyu are also a hundred years old, right? They have already passed the halfway point of establishing their foundation and longevity. The former still has the possibility of forming a pill, but the latter has really slim hope..."
"Zhan Tu is in a special situation, but Tai Shuhong, who is more than ten years younger than Zhong Hongyu, and has a high-grade spiritual root that he built on his own, still has some hope..."
"As for Liu Sanqi... his lifespan is about to end, right? But with his body of vegetation, and practicing wood-based techniques, he might be able to live to the limit of a foundation-building monk?"
Fang Xi thought about it and felt quite emotional: "The old days are half withered..."
Judging from the current difficulty of forming pills in the Three Kingdoms, most of the monks in the same group as him, even if they are lucky enough to succeed in building a foundation, are now at the end of their lives...
The next day.
Fang Xi tidied up and took out these second-level talismans that he had refined over time to hand in the mission. Even though he had lowered his standards, these talismans were still considered top-notch products of their kind, and Qian Laodao was full of praise.
His consciousness swept away and he found that Zheng Shan just saluted from a distance and continued busy taking care of the elixir garden. She was probably completely desperate.
On the contrary, his cultivation has improved and he has actually reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi refining.
Depending on the situation, it is possible to break into the tenth level of Qi Refining at any time and prepare to build the foundation.
"Being above the third-level spiritual vein, it took so many years to reach this level from the seventh level of Qi refining. It seems that the spiritual root qualifications are really average, and there is no chance..."
Fang Xi sighed and came to the General Affairs Hall.
"Junior Brother Cao..."
Qian Laodao looked older than before, and he handed over to him with a forced smile:
"Well...these second-level talismans are of good quality, but starting from the next year, the talismans turned in every year must be increased by 30%, especially the attack talismans, which are required to be increased by 50%. Otherwise, I can only give Junior Brother Cao's share to others.
The Talisman Master came to do it."
Qian Laodao sighed and said something that made Fang Xi's expression move slightly.
"Increase the percentage? As long as there are enough materials, it won't be a big problem..."
However, Fang Xi thought about it and agreed.
"Oh? It seems that junior brother's talisman skills have improved again, which is really gratifying..." Qian Laodao handed over his hand and suddenly sighed again: "In recent times, a group of robbing cultivators have frequently robbed our sect's material convoy.
The calamity cultivator 'Pei Fei', whose cultivation has reached the late stage of foundation establishment, has killed our sect's foundation establishment cultivators..."
"Pei Fei?"
Fang Xi looked puzzled: "It seems that I have never heard of this practice before..."
"Hmph, those who hide their heads and show their tails have either adopted aliases or come from other countries... We, the Qingmu Sect, have already set up a dragnet. This time, the elder of the execution hall will personally lead the team, and we will definitely be able to make this cultivator a leader!"
Qian Laodao has secretly observed Fang Xi for more than ten years and confirmed that he is an ascetic monk. He has gradually regarded him as one of his own and revealed some secrets.
Of course, by now this ambush has probably been fought long ago and is no longer a secret at all.
"I see... The elder of the execution hall can only be held in the late stage of foundation building. This time, the robbery cultivators are doomed..."
Fang Xi looked happy and was about to say goodbye and leave.
Suddenly, the thunderous bells resounded through the Qingmu Forest again.
"This is……"
Qian Laodao's expression became dull. When he heard the nine bells, he felt as if his soul had been taken away. He sat back and muttered to himself: "Another one died, another one died... This is terrible.
What should we do? What should we do?"
Fang Xi had no expression on her face, thinking to herself: 'When the bell rings nine times, it must be someone who has died in the late stage of foundation building or has reached perfection, or something that cannot be kept secret...'
'The disciples of the Qingmu Sect who went out to ambush Pei Fei this time... I'm afraid they will be defeated.'
He flew out of the Greenwood Sect and saw the 'Ten Thousand Seas Bamboo Forest Formation' opened at full strength, and an illusory bamboo shadow spread all over the inside and outside of the Greenwood Forest.
A large number of escaping lights were flying like headless flies, and messy transmission notes were flying everywhere. It was truly a scene of chaos in the world.
As long as a discerning person sees this scene, ominous words such as 'the building will collapse' will always appear in his mind.
Fang Xi thought for a while, then turned around and went to find Zheng Tie.
These are the only acquaintances he has in the Qingmu Sect.
Three days later.
Zheng Tiedong Mansion.
"Alas...this time the elders of the execution hall planned to round up Pei Fei, but unexpectedly fell into a trap..."
Zheng Tie's face was still a little pale, and he seemed to be uneasy: "That Pei Fei actually hid his cultivation. He was a demon cultivator with perfect foundation building, and he also had several other foundation building helpers... After a big battle, it turned out that
Our side suffered a huge defeat, not only did the elders of the execution hall die on the spot, but also several foundation-building war cultivators died in succession... Now, the head Weixuan has been impeached and may have to abdicate."
"well……"
Fang Xi let out a long sigh: "The external disturbances are actually irrelevant. The worst we can do is abandon a few peripheral markets and spiritual mines... just reduce our manpower and guard the mountain gate. How can a demon cultivator with perfect foundation building be able to break through our Qingmu Sect's great formation?"
No? The key is civil strife and people's hearts... This time the elders of the execution hall were ambushed, a spy must have leaked the news, and as a result, within the sect, it caused trouble and fought for power and profit..."
boom!
Zheng Tie slammed his fist on the table: "Well said, very well said... I always thought that you, nephew, were devoted to seclusion and not interested in worldly affairs. I didn't expect that you just have inner wisdom... You said that I, Qingmu,
How come the nearly thousand-year-old inheritance has turned into this?"
His eyes were slightly red, and he seemed to really have feelings for this sect.
'Actually, it's very simple. The sects in the world of immortality are warlords... They respect strength. There is a lack of a decisive person in the sect, and there is no leader. Naturally, there will be chaos...'
'Fortunately, relying on the formation and foundation, I can continue to be chaotic for decades, which is enough for me to practice...'
Fang Xi chatted for a few more words, and Zheng Tie suddenly said: "This time our sect is tracking down the spies, and that Tie Jiu is very suspicious... This person also belongs to the war cultivator of the torture hall. This time, he went on a mission with us, but he disappeared.
You can't see people alive, but you can't see corpses after death... Senior Brother Fu has suffered a lot because of this, but fortunately my nephew doesn't have much contact with him."
After walking out of Zheng Tiedong Mansion, Fang Xi's eyes moved slightly.
'Is Tie Jiunai a spy? There is some possibility...'
'However, this person escaped, and a group of people including the elder of the torture hall died. Doesn't it mean that there are vacancies in the third-level middle-level or even high-level caves?'
'This time Lu Qing has already passed away, so there is no inconvenience in living in the core of the spiritual veins...'
'This Qingmu Sect is much more grand than Ouyang Zhen. Back then, all the guests from Baize Immortal City were arranged in the inner city, and only the disciples practiced in Baifeng Mountain...'
'Hmm... You can actually dig into the camp. The caves with third-level middle-grade spiritual veins are better than those with lower-grade spiritual veins...'
'However, if you jump too much at this time, you might get raped... It's better to wait until the Qingmu Sect changes its decision to focus on shrinkage before making a decision...'
Green bamboo forest.
Fang Xi deliberately slowed down her escape and stopped in front of the cave.
"I've met Uncle Cao..."
Zheng Shan bowed.
"Well, you took good care of the elixir, and you showed your care..."
Fang Xi encouraged her and walked into the cave.
…
Not long after, news came out from the Aoki Sect that the head of the Aoki Sect, Weixuan, had abdicated and another great monk, 'Ling Yunzi', who had completed his foundation building, took over as the head of the Aoki Sect.
As soon as Ling Yunzi came to power, he announced a defensive strategy, abandoning unimportant markets and shrinking manpower.
This resulted in a sharp reduction in the losses suffered by the Qingmu Sect, and at the same time, Fang Xi's talisman tasks were also reduced.
Then, his application to change the cave was directly rejected by Qian Laodao.
The reason is that the new official of 'Lingyunzi' took office three times and did not want to get into trouble... What's more, as the foundation-building monks stationed in various places were recalled to the sect one after another, the best spiritual vein caves were also enthusiastically sought after, and the competition began to become fierce.