Dripping water from the sky, dripping through the Dripping Cave, to the first foundation of the Dripping Cave. In the mansion of Yuan Dashen, the elder of the Yuan clan.
Master Luo Changhei, the teacher of King Yao Haigai, is reporting his work to Yuan Dashen.
" My disciple, Yao Haigai, went to see King Yue Lou yesterday. They have a good relationship, and after some attempts to probe, King Yue Lou only said he was not in a hurry. " Luo Changhei said.
"Not in a hurry. Hmph, Wang Jingyi says to wait for Wang Xianmao's decision, and Wang Yulou says not to rush."
"The Wang family knows very well that they want to take a middle position, gain benefits from both sides, and my blood-red magic sword is wasted!"
Yuan Dashen's handwriting in wooing the Wang family is not small. The blood-red magic sword is the most top-notch existence among the magical weapons. It is only a little worse than those made by refining magical materials of seventh-grade spirit, and other places are top-level.
"Floating on water? They didn't say they wouldn't choose a daughter from our Yuan family, did they?" Luo Changhei was puzzled.
Yuan Dashen smiled slightly and lightly waved his hand, and the outsider of the Yuan clan who had reached the foundation realm naturally left.
Standing at different heights naturally leads to a great difference in perspective. Zhu Chi and Luo Changhei couldn't understand what it meant for Yulou to advance to the fourth layer of Qigong in just a few years, but Yuan Dashen understood.
He walked slowly, walked to the edge of the Cloud Platform, which was his place of practice, and looked towards the distance with his eyes.
There, directly opposite the Dripping Water Pavilion in the sky, even the huge Deity Law image in the main hall of Dripping Water Heaven could be seen clearly.
"Hm? Is that..."
"Ah, it seems Yulou came to Dripping Water Heaven to see Wu Jinyan."
In the sight of a foundation realm peak practitioner, his figure was completely revealed.
Standing still for a long time, Yuan Dashen made up his mind.
He coldly laughed, took out a Yuan family token, wrote the four characters "Hé Wān Yú Gǎng" on it with his spiritual power, and then directly threw it into the clouds.
The token was originally a magical weapon, and with the cultivation of foundation realm practitioners, its speed was even faster, landing in Xiu Shui Lake in no time.
Under the light of the artificial sun, the emerald green waters of Xiushui Lake shimmered with white light. When the token entered the water, it happened to be facing upwards, exposing the four red characters on its front.
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"Ah," said Wu Jinyan, looking at Yulou with a hesitant expression.
An old friend's disciple, the legitimate line of the Wang family.
Hong Mei is his closest friend, the Wang family is his friend, and Wang Yulou is even the treasure son of the Wang family.
Therefore, in the face of Yulou's request, Wu Jinyan was indeed quite conflicted.
"Uncle Wu, Master Wu is only sixty this year, and his cultivation has reached the peak of the fourth layer of Qigong. He still has a chance at foundation-building."
"There's no need to arrange an aristocratic daughter from his noble lineage. Arrange a collateral branch is enough. This is his heartfelt gratitude, please accept it."
Yulou's method of gift-giving is quite crude, but in the face of that rare water jade, Wu Jinyan still couldn't find a reason to refuse.
The water jade cannot be taken for free, especially when it's given by Wang Yulou. Wu Jinyan naturally understood that he needed to handle Zhang Xuewu's matter properly.
"Although I am a guest elder of Dripping Cave, you must understand that compared to the direct line elders within Dripping Cave, my power of speech can only be described as slightly better than nothing."
That”
"Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu," Yulou reminded with a smile.
"I will do my best for Xuewu's matters in the Azure Water Palace. As for whether it can succeed, it depends on many factors."
In any case, I will not accept this water jade for free. If I can't arrange it, I will return it to you myself."
The gap between foundation and foundation is so great that Yuan Dashen is already strategizing and planning for the future Battle for the Purple Palace, while poor Wu Jinyan is still busy with a piece of water jade.
This is the normal appearance of a foundation realm practitioner without a basic base. Yuan Dashen wants to do something, and the clan, disciples, and colleagues can drive for him.
Wu Jinyan was overjoyed to receive a piece of water jade, even promising to refund if he couldn't make it happen.
"Yulou thanks Wu Senior!"
After Yulou left, Wu Jinyan calculated for a while and decided to go directly to Wu's only daughter.
The reason for this is not other than the fact that from Qingxi Lane to Dripping Cave, from Hong Mei, Wang Rongyuan, to Wang Xianmao, Wang Xianzhou, Wang Jingyi, and Wang Rongjiang, the Wang family has been protecting Wang Yulou's cultivation journey all the way.
Among them, Wu Jinyan noticed the importance that the Wang family attached to Wang Yulou.
For a senior foundation realm clan like the Wang family, which has had multiple foundation realm practitioners for a long time, supporting Wang Yulou's foundation building in the future should be a certainty.
And Wang Yulou has been incredibly impressive, advancing from the third layer of Qigong during his wedding days to the fourth layer now.
Considering that he is so actively working to obtain Zhang Xuewu's status as a disciple of the Azure Water Palace, it is not difficult to imagine that Zhang Xuewu, the qigong cultivator, is an important figure in building Wang Yulou's faction.
The Wu family has many daughters, so sending one to Wang Yulou's side is also possible. Who knows if there might be a lucky guess?
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A few days later, Yulou's cultivation retreat.
An unexpected guest arrived here without prior appointment, and Qin Chuoran greeted her with less than enthusiastic hospitality.
"Lin senior, please come with me. Be careful. Although this magical array is only meant to prevent wild beasts from invading, any activation of it will cause inconvenience."
Lin Ying did not respond but simply nodded and followed.
For Xiao Qin and Bai Xiaoyu, she was not impressed at all. They were merely at the early stage of Qi Refinement, and only someone like Wang Yulou, who knows not what he's thinking, would marry such people.
But thinking about having to approach Wang Yulou at the command of the family, Lin Ying's mood was quite poor.
The cultivation realm does not treat psychological diseases. In the eyes of cultivators, people with fragile hearts naturally do not have the qualification to pursue the Dao, and no matter how severe their symptoms are, it is their own fault for not being strong enough.
Under such a universal principle in the cultivation realm, even as a patient, Lin Ying did not feel that she had an illness.
The severe traumatic flashback, from her perspective, was just a small setback.
"We have arrived. Master is practicing on the static platform in front of the cliff. Please go find him."
After Qin Churan led Lin Ying to the door, she did not continue walking inside. Watching Lin Ying's back, she bit her lower lip lightly, her mood was extremely complex.
Bai Xiaoyu is already very beautiful and powerful. Now a clan woman who is as fierce as a wolf has come. Our elder Wang in Dripping Cave has become somewhat like Tang's flesh, with several tastes of it.
Compared to these opponents, Xiao Qin really had no confidence. Therefore, she did not linger and returned to the fishing port once again, throwing herself into the daily management work there.
The only thought in Xiao Qin's heart was to do his best and do it to the best of his ability.
The significance of Wang Yulou marrying a Daoist spouse lies in this. After the relationship changes, whether it is Bai Xiaoyu or Qin Chuoran, they can become better arm assistants.
Perhaps this mode appears too utilitarian and purposeful, but utilitarianism and purposefulness in themselves are not shameful.
From Yulou's perspective, so-called saints and righteousness, the manifestation of their value in satisfying the moral emotions of the beholder is also a manifestation of utilitarianism and purposefulness.
The path to immortality is long and arduous. Without a sufficiently firm Dao heart, how can one make it to the end?
Not engaging in internal consumption over one's actions and choices is also part of having a firm Dao heart!
When necessary, make a list. When necessary, make any sacrifice. Otherwise, Wang Yulou will become part of the list and part of the sacrifices.
In such a competitive environment of confrontation and gambles in the cultivation realm, attempting to lie down and relax is nothing but a beautiful fantasy.
Yulou has no qualifications for fantasy, the resources invested by the Wang family on him do not allow him to fantasy, the trust of Xiao Yu, Chu Ruan, and Lao Zhang does not allow him to fantasy, and his own pursuit of the Dao does not allow him to fantasy.
Rules do not exist in the eyes of those who set rules. As long as one day Wang Yulou does not become a rule-maker, he has no room to spare for rest.
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Stone bridge, flowing water, green bamboo, and the small pavilion by the cliff.
Indeed, you can cause quite a stir. The Golden Pavilion is not enough for you to show off in, now you're playing hide and seek in the mountains.
Lin Ying muttered a curse under her breath about Yulou, then laughed as she stepped forward, calling out from a distance.
"Yulou, this retreat is beautifully constructed, but poor me living under the Pixiu Cave, I even can't see the sunlight, let alone a mountain retreat."
This statement is obviously nonsense. She's just pretending to be pitiful, trying to evoke the sympathy of that man.
Both the Zhu family and the Yuan family have behind-the-scenes support from the Purple Palace, so they can afford to be indifferent to whether or not the Wild Ox Cart carries on in the future. But Lin's wish is to get on it.
Under the strong pressure of her family, Lin Ying naturally has to come to hang on to Yulou.
"Lin senior is indeed hardworking. How about we switch positions? I'll go to the Pixiu Cave and endure the dark days for you, and this river bend retreat will be yours?"
Lin Ying's cultivation is higher than Yulou's, she is beautiful, and her background is good. When someone visits, Yulou naturally invites them to sit down and chat.
However, he didn't hold back on his words at all. After all, it was Lin Ying who first made the banter.
Even though Yulou was accustomed to seeing all sorts of beauties, he couldn't help but pause slightly at the great fairy's costume today.
Lin senior sister has always been very skilled at drawing close to people, and there is no reason for this. The great fairy's appearance today is quite interesting, with her wearing a plain face and simple makeup, dressed in a male outfit.
But in her own right, she is of natural beauty. Simply standing there and looking at Yulou gives off a sense of a beautiful woman deeply gazing into the distance.
Unlike the intricate female cultivation robes, the male clothes on her body give her a unique charm, slightly rough-edged while still retaining tenderness, which is a distinctive style.
"If I agree, our Lin family's ancestral will not agree either, Yulou. You'd better stop fooling around."
I'm not here for any other reason today. My ancestor sent me to ask you, would you like to choose me as your Daoist spouse?"
Lin Ying does not want to marry Wang Yulou, she worries that if she does, she will spend the rest of her life in constant pain from the traumatic memories. Flashbacks like this have no good solutions.
So she intentionally dressed in male attire and didn't put much effort into her appearance, starting with a direct approach right from the beginning to try and mess things up.
However, Lin Ying's thinking was too simple. Under Yulou's long-term disguise, how could she possibly guess the true thoughts of Wang Yulou?
For Wang Yulou, who to marry and who not to marry is never a problem.
He is a pragmatist, looking at his own needs.
Love is too luxurious, and people's hearts are unpredictable; Yulou dares not gamble.
"I am willing!"
The two words left the beautiful sister-in-law stunned in her heart!
Wang Yulou simply spoke softly, and it achieved the effect of a spiritual awareness attack, stunning Lin Ying, who had just sat down opposite him.
Her hand still maintained the action of reaching for the tea cup filled with spirit tea, but it neither advanced to grab the cup nor retreated, just lingered there, neither advancing nor retreating.
Pragmatist Wang Yulou gave this intelligent but inexperienced female practitioner of Daoism a great shock.
At this moment, her brain felt like it was filled with thick glue, and she wanted to say something or do something, but because of the chaotic thoughts in her mind, it ended up in a stupid appearance like being stuck.
"Lin senior sister, being able to marry such a fairy-like and flirtatious female practitioner of Daoism, is surely a dream that countless male practitioners yearn for. How could Yulou possibly refuse?"
Wang Yulou repeated the words with a smile, even going so far as to gently place the tea cup into Lin Ying's hand, which was still stuck in mid-air.
Lin Ying looked at the jerk opposite her with a resentful expression, only to notice that Yulou was looking at her with a smile, and quickly changed her gaze to the clouds outside the mountain cliff.
Lin Ying picked up the tea cup to hide her embarrassment by drinking tea. She forced herself to calm down and began to speak.
"I was just testing you, Yulou. You're too eager."
Today's task is to invite Yulou to participate in the three-hundred-year-old birthday of Lin Mengyao's ancestral, not directly ask him if he wants to marry her. Now that Yulou has really agreed, she started to feel worried.
"Haha, eager or not, it makes no difference."
Senior sister should understand that Yulou's marriage is not something that can be decided by oneself, and it depends on the elders' arrangements.
So even if Yulou has his own thoughts, he cannot act alone and still hopes senior sister can understand.”
Saying this, Yulou poured a cup of tea for the senior sister again.
Only then did Lin Ying realize that she had unknowingly finished the whole cup of tea and became even more embarrassed.
She could even imagine that later, when she returns and it's late at night and quiet, the embarrassment of this moment would haunt her and prevent her from sleeping.
Facing senior sister's reproachful gaze, Yulou felt a little lost.
Senior sister, you're lying. I'm returning your jest. We weren't having a great time, weren't we?
What does this look in your eyes mean?
Are you displeased because I was too good at playing along with your joke, and it took away your fun and sense of achievement of teasing your younger brother?
Frowning, Wang Yulou assumed a serious demeanor and once again tried to communicate with this female cultivator who seemed to be lost in thought.
"Senior sister, I naturally welcome you. However, just now my answer was not empty words."
"You and I are both cultivators from families, senior sister should understand the principle of being supported by and serving our families."
Lin Ying nodded. She didn't just understand; she was well aware.
If it weren't for her deep understanding, she wouldn't have come today under the psychological pressure.
"Yulou, I was a bit impulsive just now, but today I did come with something to ask."
The 300th birthday of Elder Mengyao, our family has invited the closest sect members to attend. The task of inviting you has been entrusted to me.
The time is six days away, I don't know."
Inviting Yulou to attend the birthday banquet is also to draw closer to Yulou and the Lin family. Lin Henhai and Lin Mengyao have a judgment that Wang family may not allow Yulou to marry from the Yuan or Zhu family.
The power within the Drip Cave is limited, and Wang Yulou is lonely in the sect. Marrying into a powerful family that is embroiled in strife could instead become a breakthrough for the rival families to seize.
Therefore, the Lin family is still working hard, and there is still a good chance to help Lin Ying win Wang Yulou's hand in marriage.
Yulou has exceptional talent and his cultivation progress is also incredibly fast, so the possibility of reaching the foundation stage in the future is very high.
Apart from that, the Wang family is influential and powerful, and having a son-in-law who is backed by a master who is about to attain the Golden Pill level is the best of all. How could the Lin family let such an opportunity slip away easily?
"There's no need to say it, Yulou understands. Senior sister can rest assured that I will definitely attend at that time."
Seeing that Yulou had agreed, Lin Ying's heart was slightly calmer. She was really struggling to maintain her composure after being dazzled by Yulou's banter.
They chatted for another half hour, exchanged some thoughts on cultivation, and then Lin Ying took her leave.
After seeing the female cultivator off, he returned to the Jingxin Platform and looked out at the cloud sea beyond the mountain. With a faint smile, Yulou continued his cultivation.
Senior sister seems to be throwing herself at someone, which might be a dream for most male cultivators. However, Yulou doesn't think there's anything to be proud of.
He was well aware that girls like Zhou Yingxi and Lin Ying were not interested in him, Wang Yulou, but rather the Wang family behind him, as well as the Ma Xiang master behind the Wang family.
Ji Yuan might feel sorry in his heart for the wine in the cup, meant to honor a nobleman's son, but Wang Yulou would not have any foolish ideas because of his noble family background.
The Wang family is just a bigger insect, after all. Only cultivation is truly important.
Having cultivated to the fourth layer of Lianqi in less than four years, Wang Yulou relies not only on the Dan pills from Xianzhou Old Master, but also on his unwavering heart towards Daoism.
He hopes that one day when others talk about him, they won't be referring to Wang Yulou from the Anbei Kingdom under the Ma Xiang sect, but to the formidable Wang Yulou.
So. Swallowing a silkworm essence pill.
Plum Blossoms Have Their Own Fragrance.
Begin practicing!——
At the same time as Yulou began tracing his meridians again.
In a certain part of the Wuning Plain in the sky, a huge celestial mountain was slowly flying.
This celestial mountain is about several hundred zhang in height, and a thousand zhang in length and width. The entire mountain body flies in the void, but it shines with spiritual light that stands out from the sky.
Under the cover of the spiritual light, there was nothing above the mountain except for extreme desolation.
Only by walking in can you discover that the entire mountain is made of stone and metal, which explains why there are no plants growing here.
In the middle of the half mountain of the celestial mountain, there is a small door. Inside the door, there are deep and straight passageways that lead directly into the interior of the celestial mountain.
Transformed into a golden eagle, Danri followed the path of the Heavenly Course and flew to the location of the celestial mountain. As she flashed her surrounding spiritual light, she broke through the banishing array of the mountain and appeared before the doorway.
"Danri, why are you here?"
An array of resplendent, ethereal figures composed of spiritual energy formed instantly and appeared at the edge of the portal, appearing to be an unknown entity in charge of welcoming guests at this celestial mountain.
"Chitian, my teacher's true Daoist consciousness has already been cultivated. When will the result of the competition on the Platform of Immortals be determined?"
Danri remained as a young girl with her appearance unchanged, still wearing that unremarkable gold silk gown.
But at this moment, the Daoist robe she wore was enveloped in golden flames, revealing the power of the treasure.
It seems that neither Yulou, Yujuan, nor Wang Xianmao had the qualifications to see through Danri's robe back then.
The Ma Xiang Daoist's true consciousness has already been cultivated?
The resplendent spiritual energy figure known as Chi Tian unconsciously looked in the direction of the Red Light illumination. It knew that without any mishaps, a new Golden Pill cultivator would be born under the Red Light illumination.
The layout of Wu Nan's three gates and seven left and right paths would change completely.
"Please go in, please go in. Chi Tian wishes the Ma Xiang elder early attainment of the Daoist path!"
Danri nodded and, in a flash, entered the secret core of the Immortal Platform within Chi Tian's celestial mountain.
Chi Tian Celestial Mountain, the treasure of the Heavenly Alliance, and the exclusive place where Wu Nan's exclusive group of immortals platform is stored.
In front of the group of immortals platform scepter made of five-grade land vein jade, Danri incanted Daoist spells and soon, a phantom-like ghost without a face began to grow behind it.
"Start, make it quick. The restrictions of heaven and earth on me are growing larger and larger, I can only stay here for three days. Who knows how long they will keep arguing." The Ma Xiang phantom said.
Danri hurriedly placed her hand on the group of immortals platform scepter and activated it, and after the scepter's spiritual light was ignited, the Ma Xiang phantom entered it.
Danri continued to stand in front of the secret core, she was responsible for carrying the elder to attend the meeting, and needed to stand here waiting for the result.
Of course, no one can predict whether the result will be good or bad.
In the boundless void outside the world, a structure resembling a temple is quietly standing.
The Ma Xiang phantom flashed into existence, and the ghost-like figure without a face appeared in the temple.
The temple stood quietly, but inside, arguments were constantly rising and falling.
"A ninth-tier spirit material? You think you can dismiss me with that? Impossible!"
"If you don't give me a third-grade Daoist material, I'll wipe out your Daoist heritage!"
The projection of the heavenly snake was coiled around a pillar in the temple, staring menacingly at a female cultivator who was lounging on top of the temple, fishing. The woman's expression was indifferent, responding nonchalantly.
"Love to be destroyed, the Moonwhisper Sect is already in disarray. The original owner isn't worth caring about!"
The appearance of the Ma Xiang caused a break in the two immortals' dispute. The heavenly snake moved swiftly, directly climbing to the front of the Ma Xiang ghostly figure.
The snake spat out its tongue, staring at the Ma Xiang, and it was about to drool.
"Ma Xiang, you really don't fear death."
The Ma Xiang ignored it and began to communicate with his allies on his own.
The two immortals of the Red Light, the four immortals of the Great Heavenly Mountain, and many allies from the Ma Xiang camp. There are also many immortals who follow the Moonlit Master.
With the connection almost complete, the group of immortals platform began the voting.
The democratic system of the Heavenly Alliance is like this: let's not fight, let's vote when there are issues, follow the majority, and work together to harvest the heavens and earth. No one will get hurt.
"Ma Xiang, it's useless, you can't win more than a tie. Shenguang stands with us!"
The heavenly snake mockingly ridiculed him, but the other immortals, including its allies, did not want to pay attention to this little yellow-haired immortal among them.
Let it shout, and let them vote however they want.
Not long after, the Daoist spirit of the group of immortals platform revealed the result.
"1,871 to 1,852. The third proposal for Ma Xiang to attain the Golden Pill is rejected!"
As soon as the result was announced, Ma Xiang and the Heavenly Snake both changed color.
Ma Xiang was surprised to learn that a mysterious immortals had switched sides, while the heavenly snake was surprised to find that the Ma Xiang camp had gained a Zǐfǔ.
"Who has become a Zǐfǔ? Who has become a Zǐfǔ?" the Heavenly Snake asked in a hurry - that's how it is with the little yellow-haired immortal among immortals.
"Sandy, Li Haiping from Miao Feng mountain, you are really a waste. Heavenly Snake, if you have a bit of brain, Li Haiping would never become a Zǐfǔ!"
The white-bearded general of the Fulong Observatory started berating on his mic, and the Heavenly Snake couldn't stand it any longer. It was giving the demons a bad name.
The Gushen sect is under the command of the Heavenly Snake, responsible for preventing the former leader of Miao Feng mountain, Li Haiping, from opening a Zǐfǔ. The two sects have been fighting for ten years, and yet Li Haiping has still become a Zǐfǔ. Who else is more of a waste than the Heavenly Snake?
Pure waste, that's why the Moonlit Master uses ninth-tier spirit materials to amuse itself with him.
Instantly, the Heavenly Snake and the white-bearded general started trading verbal blows.
Even great cultivators can flame each other, and because they can easily neither harm nor be harmed by each other, they tend to do so without any reservations.
Over there, the Heavenly Snake and the white-bearded general are having a verbal spat, while the Ma Xiang is communicating closely with his allies.
They've calculated it all pretty well, so there should be no problems.
Now there is an immortal who has been lured and taken advantage of, and things are getting complicated. The Ma Xiang is already prepared to extend his gratitude to Red Light in the next round of bonuses.
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The distance between the Group of Immortals Platform and the Jade Tower is quite far, about a hundred or eight thousand miles.
For the current Jade Tower, something like standing on the Group of Immortals Platform and pouring molten lava into the head of the Heavenly Snake is something that would never even cross their minds.
His main focus is on whether he can achieve an opening victory in the first exchange law meeting.
Outside the Bi Shui Palace, in Wu Faxian's mansion.
Ji Yuans, Yu Lou, Wang Yayou, Fan Zhuogao, and Wu Faxian gathered together to discuss the final details.
"That will be the day after tomorrow. The scale should ensure that at least thirty more than ten people will come, and forty is a smooth number. What do you all think?"
Wu Faxian's eyes were sharp as he swept around, seeing that no one else spoke, he continued.
"Let's set the location to 200 li east of the Bi Shui Palace, at the bottom of the Qun Song Post, where it is relatively secluded and can provide a sense of security for those who are participating in their first law meeting."
By the way, this was also suggested by Yohai elder brother. Yu Lou, what's your opinion on this?"
Wang Yayou looked a little nervous and tense, looking at Yu Lou, he was participating in the first non-clan organization of this kind, and naturally felt a bit worried in his heart.
But because of Wang Yu Lou, he was actually not too worried, and the heavy burden was shouldered by Wang Yu Lou, the taller one.
When the sect's punishment for Wang Yulou was not severe, the punishment for the rest of them couldn't be much more severe either.
As for Wang Yulou slipping away, they will bear the burden of it, it's hard to say what kind of worries old Wu may have.
"A good place, but Brother Fan, I remember your soil techniques are quite profound?"
Yu Lou first agreed with Wang Yayou's suggestion for the location, then turned to Fan Zhuogao.
Old Fan not only has profound soil techniques, but is also proficient in the cultivation of spiritual plants. Attending the exchange law meeting, which is a "sheep's hide" sale disguised as a religious meeting, is meant to find a market for his spiritual plants.
"I have a little understanding, not profound at all, Yu Lou is too complimentary, too complimentary." Fan Zhuogao said politely.
He has always known that Wang Yulou is not a simple character, and after witnessing the wedding of Wang Yulou, he dares not look down on him anymore.
But despite that, Wang Yulou being able to recruit Ji Yuan and Wang Yayou was still a surprise to Fan Zhuogao.
Gathering the disciples of the Yuan family and the Zu family to gather spiritual stones, Wang Yulou has some ideas.
However, from Wang Yulou's perspective, this is not a big deal.
No matter how fierce the infighting between the mountain heads, everyone is ultimately brothers in the sect. Gathering together to discuss Daoist theories, exchange experiences in cultivation, what's wrong with that?"
Could Fan Zhuogao and Ji Yuan's master really expel them from the sect just because they said a few words to people from opposing mountain heads?
It's impossible, cattle and horses are also people. Wang Yulou knows how to care for Xiao Qin and Lao Zhang, and the big clan also knows that disciples need to be won over.
That the master opens his mouth and the disciple must listen is just a virtual possibility shaped by the power hierarchy, not a fact.
"Yu Lou has an idea, Brother Zhuogao, we can place the site of the exchange law meeting underground. Would it be too much trouble if you could go to Qun Song Post and see if there are any natural underground caves that can be slightly modified for use?"
"A small matter, I'll go right away!"
Fan Zhuogao was ready to set off with his chest pounding, that's the advantage of being a cultivator, using spiritual power to create dust is a human-shaped dust remover.
"Thank you for your trouble, Brother Fan. This is the first exchange law meeting, and we must prepare every detail we can."
The success or failure is not determined by details, but the more preparations there are, the greater the chances of success."
Yu Lou nodded and smiled.
The essence of the exchange law meeting is to create a large-scale underground market on your own, thereby gaining space for sales. Regarding this, Yu Lou is determined to succeed.
In this way, he can sell the magical artifacts he has refined without being exploited by the Three Palaces' merit system.
But that's not the real purpose of Wang Yulou organizing this exchange law meeting.
What Yu Lou wants is to establish his own influence. By bringing people together to start businesses, he wants to train his team and screen out fellow immortals who are willing to align with him and become friends.
If the exchange law meeting is successful, then the development of Yu Lou in the Drizzle Cave will truly be worry-free in the future.
In the world of cultivators, strength is of course the most important. Correspondingly, in most cases, the power in the cultivation world is also from top to bottom, such as including Wang's family, relying on the Ma Xiang lineage and disciples of the Ma Xiang sect.
But there are also small rules within the sect, as long as Yu Lou has enough friends at the grassroots level, he can sit in his front-row seat more firmly, this is a self-bottom-up power logic that belongs to the order system.
With his own influence, Yu Lou's cultivation can be more relaxed in the future. The River Bay Fish Port is a ready-made case, but River Bay Fish Port is ultimately too small and cannot satisfy Yu Lou's ambitions.
As for the compliance risks of the exchange law meeting.
This thing, Yu Lou has made a lot of innovative model, and the overall situation presented at the end is very "new".
Because of the novelty of the exchange law meeting, the sect's regulations do not have specific restrictions on its terms.
Since the sect's regulations don't say it's not allowed, then it can be done as long as it doesn't violate any laws, right? ——
After finalizing the last details, the group members left one by one. Yu Lou was the last to go, but Wu Faxian stopped him.
"Yu Lou, the exchange law meeting has been mostly settled, but I noticed that you have invited core characters from both the Zhuo and Yuan families. What do you think?" Wu Faxian stopped him.
Wu Faxian's ambition is not large, he just wants to earn some spiritual stones through the exchange law meeting, but Yu Lou is making it bigger and bigger.
Now, with both of the two major forces in the Drizzle Cave involved, as the original initiator, Wu Faxian's voice has been significantly weakened.
Old Wu has no intention of competing for voice with the disciples of the big families, but he is afraid that Wang Yulou cannot hold his ground. Wang's background is great, but ultimately it is a family outside the Drizzle Cave.
"This is a good thing, having more people share the risk is not bad at all. Old Wu, just relax, I have a plan in mind."
Ji Yuans and Wang Yayou seem to be from the Yuan family, but they are peripheral figures, and our initial goals are similar.
The only change now is that Qu's master is tightening the grip, and the offspring of big families can't easily take the output of the cave to sell outside.
I guess, your anticipated number of forty people is still too conservative."
In the past, the offspring of big families had backgrounds and could "officialize", so Yu Lou did not intend to invite them to the exchange law meeting.
"Forty people are still conservative. How many disciples does the Bi Shui Palace have? Well, old brother, I'll believe you this time and accompany the hero to death."
Wu Faxian now actually has a bit of a backing down attitude, but since he is deeply involved in the exchange law meeting at this stage, the sunk cost is not low.
"Ha ha ha, it's not that bad. There's another saying, 'The law does not blame the multitude.' "
Let alone whether the exchange law meeting violates sect rules, even if it does, with so many people participating, are they all going to be exiled to Xihai?"
Yu Lou patted Wu Faxian on the shoulder and then rode on a spiritual crane back to the River Bay Fish Port.
"Call with a teleportation talisman, Qin Chu Ranyan, Yu Lou opened the mouth."
"Little Qin, how many spiritual fish have we accumulated so far?"
Qin Chu Ranyan replied promptly.
"There are 73, master, do you want to eat them?"
The production of spiritual fish in the River Bay Fish Port is now guaranteed to be over twenty each day, and the sect takes only eight. The rest depends entirely on how Wang Yulou divides them.
Therefore, it is possible to accumulate so many.
Yu Lou smiled, he's not a pig, one meal of 73 can't be eaten.
"No, I wasn't the one who arranged for someone to build several large barrels? Put all the spiritual fish in there, and I have a use for them."
With the matter of the spiritual fish settled, Yu Lou began to forge artifacts, planning to prepare more goods for the exchange law meeting.
After all, the spiritual fish production in Xiu Shui Lake is very high, there are many villages similar to Bai Mao Fishing Village and River Bay Fishing Village, and Wang Yulou is not too confident about the sales prospects of spiritual fish in the exchange law meeting.
As a forger who has been studying the art of forging since childhood, Yu Lou is still more confident in his skills of forging.
However, today he did not forge a single lower-grade magic artifact. The main group of people at the exchange law meeting are disciples of Bi Shui Palace, and these people have long since passed the stage of settling for lower-grade magic artifacts.
The high-quality functional mid-grade magic artifacts, high-quality attack-type mid-grade magic artifacts, and various high-grade magic artifacts are the focus of Yu Lou's forging.
He has been preparing for some time now, and the cost involved is almost equivalent to losing all his wealth. If the exchange law meeting is not very successful, Yu Lou will have to consider a trip to Qingxi Lane.
If selling in Qingxi Lane, they need to pay taxes to the Red Light House. In terms of earnings, it is not as much as when they organize and sell it themselves. However, it is still a backup plan and also serves as the foundation for Yu Lou's confidence.
If the strict regulations of the sect head truly hinder him from selling his goods, there is still Master Xianzhou.
If the Drizzle Cave can hinder Wang Yulou, a disciple of Bi Shui Palace, can it also hinder Wang Xianzhou who has once again donned the cloak of the Immortal Alliance?
Absolutely not!
"Yu Lou, haven't you finished refining your spiritual materials yet?"
Wang Xianzhou arrived at the study room and found that Yu Lou was still forging artifacts, which surprised him slightly.
He knew that Yu Lou had been forging artifacts for a long time to prepare for the exchange law meeting.
"I've disassembled the Tortoise Dragon Iron Armor, Old Ancestor."
Yu Lou replied while manipulating the spiritual fire.
The Tortoise Dragon Iron Armor combined with the ninth-grade White Elm would be a light and handy medium-grade defensive artifact, with the White Elm responsible for control and the Tortoise Dragon Iron Armor responsible for defense, which is almost perfect.
After removing the scales from the tail of the tortoise dragon, there are enough for over twenty pieces that can be used together. Four pieces placed together can forge at least six small shields.
Even if three pieces explode, the remaining three will still guarantee a profit of at least 2,000 spiritual stones.
However, Yu Lou has already forged four pieces, except for the second one, which exploded when the restriction was increased from the initial fourteen layers to sixteen layers. The last two pieces were fine and successfully recorded the sixteen-layer restriction.
With this, one item with a fourteen-layer practice restriction, and two items with sixteen-layer high-quality medium-grade defensive artifacts, selling these three would be enough for Yu Lou to cultivate for two months – it's enough for Zhang Xuewu to cultivate for seven or eight years.
The benefit of hunting demons is that as long as you can survive, it's a profit-making business without spending any money.
Mushunze became a foundation-level practitioner and married into the Zhou family by hunting demons, which is a perfect example.
Zhang Xuewu needs to change his fate with the help of Yu Lou, while Mushunze directly changes his fate through demon hunting.
"How did you disassemble the Tortoise Dragon Armor? That's a good thing, you can wear it as armor pieces!"
Hearing Yu Lou's words, the old ancestor became somewhat anxious.
It seems that Yu Lou is cutting the tortoise dragon armor with ease, but Yu Lou is using a special attack-type artifact made of jadeite, which can directly cut up high-grade artifacts.
In general, the defense of the Tortoise Dragon Armor is very useful during the stage of cultivating Qi. After all, as a creature with the nature of a dragon, the scales of the tortoise dragon are naturally extraordinary.
But now Yu Lou has disassembled the iron armor and divided it into shield artifacts. To be honest, the old ancestor feels that he is wasting something precious.
"Old Ancestor, Yu Lou is cultivating within the cave realm now, and you are protecting me by my side. What kind of danger could there be that would require me to rely on the intimate Tortoise Dragon Iron Armor for protection?"
Moreover, I always travel with a hand-pinched teleportation talisman. On my left is the "Baili Freehand" symbol, and on my right is the "Golden Eagle Landing" symbol. Don't worry, hehehe."
Yu Lou began to console the old ancestor.
He thinks very clearly that he has already completed the integration of the River Bay Fish Port, and the exchange law meeting is gradually entering the trial operation stage. The two have differences in their functions. The River Bay Fish Port provides guaranteed profits, while the exchange law meeting provides incremental profits.
In the future, Yu Lou's main task is to cultivate, and many of the spiritual materials, artifacts, and other items in his storage bag that are not needed for a short time and cannot be converted into cultivation resources should be dealt with in time to obtain provisions to supplement the needs for cultivation.
Yu Lou doesn't like to rely on his ancestors. The old ancestor has devoted his entire life to the family, and it's something that Wang Yulou would not do for the rest of his life!
"Okay, but I still have many spiritual elixirs. Can you also sell them through your exchange law meeting?"
Xianzhou Old Ancestor's old injuries are difficult to cure, so he cultivated his art of alchemy to the limit that a practitioner of Qi can achieve, and he can even do this without a formula, just by combining the characteristics of various spiritual herbs, spiritual materials, and spiritual grasses to refine elixirs.
Naturally, he has a collection of many elixirs.
However, Yu Lou solemnly opened his mouth to remind.
"Hey~Old Ancestor, don't sell them. You should ask—can they be exchanged out."
The nature of the matter is very important. Although Yu Lou and Wu Faxian and others know what's going on, they cannot be too brazen, so they came up with a very interesting word—they call it "exchange."
Wang Xianzhou was first surprised, then enlightened, and laughed loudly.
"Your son, hahaha, since you have been cultivated in the Drizzle Cave, it is a blessing."
Under the protection of the old ancestor, Yu Lou continued to forge artifacts until late at night, transforming all the Tortoise Dragon iron scales into artifacts.
In the end, three more pieces were left. He decided to add some copper and cold bing iron, make do, and forge two grade-9 restriction entrance-level medium-grade attack-type artifacts —— one of which was forged and exploded.
With the assistance of the Jade Willingness, Yu Lou could naturally reproduce the methods of carving scriptures on the red-browed mosquito's leg from the past.
"Not easy, a turtle-dragon iron armor the size of a palm, you can refine nine layers of restriction. Are you not adding more spiritual materials, and you can also handle high-grade artifacts with ease?"
Xianzhou Old Ancestor was very knowledgeable, he was aware that Yu Lou's forging skills had improved again.
"Well, a few days ago, I refined the red-browed's golden thread mirror silver shield again. This time, I refined it completely according to his design, and the final product incorporated twenty-two layers of restriction."
"I guess by the time I reach the later stages of cultivating Qi, I should be able to try refining the red-browed's golden thread mirror silver shield, which had nearly thirty layers of restriction."
While the grandfather and grandson were chatting, on the other side, below the sluice gate of River Bay Fish Port, several black shadows slowly swam into Da Hong Creek.
Since Yu Lou made changes to the fish port, there have been martial artists stationed and patrolling on the sluice gate of the fish port for a long time. They never stop even at night.
However, the black shadows completely blended into the darkness of Da Hong Creek, to the extent that even though the warriors had walked over them multiple times, they did not notice.
Under the moonlight, the black shadows gradually entered Da Hong Creek.
One, two, three. Four, five. Nine.
No less than nine black shadows!
With such a large-scale attack by demon beasts, anywhere in the Drizzle Cave guarded by disciples of Bi Shui Palace can easily open up the bloodbath, and there is no way for these guardians to stop it!
