Immortal Palace Longevity

Under the premise that the exchanges were based on interests, the communication between Liu Yu and the monks of the Yan family was relatively smooth.

The status of a second-level alchemist is not trivial. Even in the Yuanyang Sect of Nuo University, he is a figure that cannot be ignored, so there is no such thing as looking down on others.

The other party was not indifferent to the fact that he had abandoned the family lineage and joined the family lineage. Instead, he treated him very politely.

Under such circumstances, the exchanges between the two parties have been very smooth in the past few years. As the number of elixir transactions increased, they became familiar with each other over time.

…

The breeze blew the fallen leaves, and the long and spacious street was silent and empty.

At a glance, Liu Yu saw that except for the patrol team, there were only a few monks walking on the long street, and most of the shops on both sides were closed.

The shops that were still open were deserted, and not even a single person could be seen from the door.

The five sects of the Chu Kingdom are still continuing to hunt down the remnants of the Baiyun Temple in the city. As long as they get entangled with them for the slightest, they are often uprooted and all the monks involved are killed.

I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go!

In the current situation, everyone in Guque City is in danger, fearing to be associated with Baiyun Temple. Most of the monks choose to stay in their residences and rarely choose to go out.

But those who still choose to go out despite the current strict control are either those who really have urgent matters to attend to, or those who have "ulterior motives."

Every monk who goes out will be strictly traced, and monks in the foundation building and golden elixir stages are no exception.

Naturally, the Chu State did not have the energy to distinguish them one by one, so as long as there was anything suspicious, they would treat it as the remaining party of Baiyun Temple.

As for who is the real remnant and who is the innocent monk, it doesn't matter.

Because dead people cannot speak.

In troubled times, heavy rules should be used. The five sects have ruled Chu for so long and have rich experience in this. Therefore, the instructions are not very decisive and clear, and the attitude is unquestionably tough.

Even the lower-level disciples of the large sects were not aware of the changes in the situation in Tiannan, and they only acted according to orders, let alone these casual cultivators and small family cultivators.

Most of the few monks in the city looked heavy and walked in a hurry.

There was confusion and uneasiness in their eyes. They didn't understand what happened and why the ancient city of Guque, which had always been peaceful and stable, would undergo such earth-shattering changes.

Many of their comrades, friends, and even many familiar monks died in mysterious circumstances.

They have lived here for a long time, and they have done nothing but suddenly encountered bad luck.

The death of fellow monks, all kinds of unfair treatment, and the simple and crude management of the five sects, everything that happened in this short period of time made these monks feel resentful and planted the seeds of resistance.

Although they are weak and unable to shake the five sects of Chu State, and their resentment is far from breaking out, the resentment will eventually become deeper and deeper as time goes by.

One day, it may break out under the guidance of someone who is interested.

Liu Yu's pupils were as dark as ink. He took in the changes in the city, put on his hood and walked towards the south of the city.

About half a quarter of an hour later, he came to a large house in the south of the city, picked up the copper ring on the door and clicked it gently.

After a while, the door opened automatically.

A middle-aged monk wearing a blue robe with a long beard, who was in the middle stage of foundation building and looked somewhat capable came to greet him in person.

This person's name is Yan Wenbin, and he is a person sent by the Yan family to contact Liu Yu. He has been dealing with him in the past few years, and low-level pills sold to the Yan family have also been traded with this person.

"Junior Brother Liu, how are you doing? Please come in quickly!"

Yan Wenbin cupped his hands and said, his attitude was very enthusiastic, and he reached out to lead the conversation.

"Senior brother Tuo Wenbin, Hong Fu, there has been nothing serious in the past few years."

Liu Yu said with a smile, and walked in generously across the threshold.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries in front of the door, and then walked into the house one after another.

Yan Wenbin invited Liu Yu to the cave, then brewed a steaming pot of spiritual tea and filled it for Liu Yu himself.

His attitude was very close, without any of the arrogance of the Jindan family monks. At first glance, the two of them seemed like good friends who had not seen each other for many years.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Wen Bin."

Liu Yu took the spirit tea and took a sip.

He is currently considered a member of the family line, and he is the closest to the Yan family in the family line. When he was closest to the Yan family, he had many interactions with the Yan family monks. This was not even comparable to the Li family who took advantage of his master.

Even if Li Changkong didn't tell him the relevant information today, he would be able to get it from the Yan family tomorrow.

"It's been a while, I haven't seen you for a while. Junior Brother Liu's cultivation has improved again. I'm afraid he will surpass me in a short time."

Yan Wenbin said cheerfully.

As a monk from the Jindan family, he naturally knows more secret arts than ordinary monks. He probably practiced some kind of secret technique to spy on the monks' reality, and Liu Yu didn't deliberately hide it, so he said such a thing.

But of course he was just joking. After Liu Yu's fourth demonic fire refining, his external cultivation aura was not much different from that of the new mid-stage foundation-building monks. Logically speaking, it would take a few years to catch up with veteran monks like Yan Wenbin. Ten years of heat.

"A little progress is not worth mentioning. If we want to catch up with Senior Brother Wen Bin, we still have 30 years to go."

"I'm afraid that senior brother will already be preparing for the golden elixir bottleneck by then."

Liu Yu put down the teacup and replied politely.

Naturally, there was a exchange of compliments and politeness next. After half a cup of tea, it was almost time to see each other, and then he explained his intention and frankly wanted to ask the Yan family for help.

"Junior Brother Liu is a friend of the Yan family and also a friend of mine. Since you want to compete for the position of leader, I will certainly help you."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

After listening to this, Yan Wenbin hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.

It is not easy to refine second-level elixirs, which is a rare thing in itself. Liu Yu provides seven bottles to the Yan family at a low price every year, which is indeed a considerable amount.

It is worthwhile to help a little bit for this and maintain a good relationship with a second-level alchemist.

Although Elder Yan did not come to Yan State this time, he has a good relationship with several Jindan families in the sect, so it is not a problem to persuade them to help a little.

After all, there is no need to pay any price or guarantee success, just move your lips.

With the power of the Yan family, they can naturally know the sect's decision one step earlier than Liu Yu.

Although it is well known that alchemists are generally not strong, it is a bit strange to want to compete for the leader of the monk team, but Yan Wenbin did not hesitate too much and agreed on the spot.

As for the reason, he didn't want to go into it, as long as Liu Yu accepted the favor.

Every cultivator has his own secrets. If you dig deep into the secrets, even close friends may become enemies.

"Brother Wenbin is really straightforward!"

"Then I would like to thank you, brother, and wait for good news."

"These three hundred spirit stones are a little gift from me, please don't refuse."

Liu Yu bowed solemnly to thank him, then took out three medium-grade spirit stones and gently pushed them over.

Although this was just a small favor for him and didn't cost anything, he couldn't ask someone to do something without expressing his gratitude, so he was not stingy about this.

"It's hard to refuse a kind favor. Since it's a gift from my junior brother, I can only accept it with a smile."

"Brother Liu, don't worry, I'll do what you said later."

Waving his hand to put the spirit stones into the storage bag, the smile on Yan Wenbin's face became even brighter.

The business has been done, and it has been relatively smooth so far. Seeing this, Liu Yu felt relieved.

Then they started chatting with him. The two of them shared some "superficial" views on the current situation in Yan State, which was like giving advice on the country.

"Goodbye!"

After drinking two cups of tea, Liu Yu saw that the time was almost up, so he said goodbye and left Yan Wenbin's cave.

After leaving the mansion, he went directly to the temporary cave, intending to go back to the cave to warm up the magic weapon and spiritual weapon.

In the past few years, although Liu Yu met many foundation-building cultivators in the sect as a second-level alchemist, most of those fellows were ordinary cultivators, and they had no say in the sect's high-level leaders, or their influence was very small, and they could only be regarded as casual acquaintances.

Asking these cultivators for help would be twice as effective, and it might not work, which was basically a waste of time, so he thought about it and gave up the idea.

After all, the most important thing for the position of leader is strength.

As long as he can defeat any one of the twelve people appointed by the elders, with the influence of the Yan family and the help of his cheap master, it will be almost the same.

Two days is too short. Liu Yu can only do so much. Other cultivators are similar. He should not be at a disadvantage in this regard.

He thinks that with his current strength, he is not a match for the three heroes and four heroes, but he should be in the upper echelons among the elite cultivators. It is not a problem to defeat one of them.

After all, not all the three heroes and four heroes came to Yan State this time. The cultivators who are willing to form a golden elixir will not be willing to join the twelve cultivator teams.

Because by comparison, the chance of gaining merit by following the main front line is undoubtedly much greater. Joining the twelve cultivator teams basically means that they have no chance of forming a golden elixir.

Liu Yu's current question is how much strength to hide and how much strength to show?

It is meaningless to be tolerant and low-key.

Appropriately showing part of one's own strength and value, getting the tilt of sect resources, and stepping onto a broader platform will undoubtedly be more conducive to future development and more in line with one's own interests.

Being tolerant and low-key is the way to survive when you are weak, but when you are gradually gaining wings, this method must be changed accordingly, otherwise you will only miss many great opportunities in vain.

Once some opportunities are missed, they may be missed forever.

Keep a cautious heart and do things bravely and diligently.

In order to compete for the position of leader, and also to improve his status in the sect, obtain more resources and training, he has decided to show some of his strength and prepare to enter the vision of the sect's top leaders.

Back to the temporary cave, first of all, he practiced the daily Qingyang Gong meditation and Qi, and practiced the magic method of keeping the spirit to train the soul, which took five hours.

Then Liu Yu took out his magic tools and spiritual tools, and carefully nurtured them with magic power to prepare for the battle two days later.

…

For cultivators, two days is just a short moment, almost a blink of an eye.

At Chenshi, the sect token sent a strange movement, which was a message to summon the foundation-building cultivators to discuss matters.

"It's started."

Liu Yu put away the sect token, and his eyes flashed. Although he didn't say it clearly, he thought it was about the selection of the leader.

Whether he can get the position of team leader and quickly collect spiritual herbs and resources in Yan State depends on today.

Thinking of this, he was slightly excited, and his heart was full of waves.

"Huh"

But Liu Yu quickly calmed down the ripples and packed up his things and went out.

From a distance, he saw three figures standing in the distance, they were Jiang Qiushui, Yan Kai, and Cui Liang.

The caves of several people were not far from each other. They all received the sect's message and seemed to want to go together, so they waited for Liu Yu on the road.

"Senior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Liu."

Seeing Liu Yu coming, the three of them bowed and greeted him.

"Let's go."

Liu Yu nodded slightly in response, and then walked towards the east of the city with them.

Yan Kai didn't think it was wrong to be so rude to Liu Yu.

The relationship between the two was good, and since he saw the powerful strength of Senior Brother Liu, he has become more and more awed.

The fair distribution of the previous tasks made Yan Kai convinced now.

Even though Cui Liang was a little dissatisfied, he didn't show it. After all, compared with the relationship between Liu Yu, Jiang Qiushui and Yan Kai, he was obviously the most distant one.

There was no group to accept him. If he offended Liu Yu again and was excluded from the group, he would really become a "lone wolf".

Cui Liang would naturally not do such an unwise thing, so he didn't show any dissatisfaction in his heart.

"Xuemei" and "Daoyuan"

While on the road, Liu Yu's keen sense of spiritual perception first felt the slight movement, and suddenly looked up.

I saw the Xuemei of Piaoxue Pavilion and the Daoyuan of Qingxu Sect soaring into the air, and then a flash of spiritual light quickly flew away, and in the blink of an eye they became two small dots on the horizon.

"According to what the cheap master said, Piaoxue Pavilion and Qingxu Sect are responsible for attacking the Danxia Cave entrenched in Yongzhou and Yangzhou, and now they are setting off."

This thought flashed through Liu Yu's mind.

Jiang Qiushui and the other two looked at each other in confusion. They had no channels and did not know the arrangements of the sect yet, so they were guessing in their hearts.

"Let's go."

Seeing this, Liu Yu did not mean to explain. Anyway, he would know it later. He said lightly and walked towards the east of the city first.

Along the way, the number of patrolling Qi Refining Stage cultivators remained the same as before.

But if you look closely, you will find that there are no more monks from Piaoxue Pavilion and Qingxu Sect.

The foundation-building cultivators who usually don't move around frequently also came out of their caves one by one, as if they had made an appointment.

"Remnant Moon Valley" "Hehuan Sect"

Liu Yu looked normal, recognizing the identities of these cultivators.

Yuanyang Sect and Yuanyang Sect have always been in opposition. Even if they don't fight now, it's impossible to put aside their past grudges.

When they walked face to face, they could clearly feel the hostility in each other's eyes and their tense bodies.

Remnant Moon Valley has always been on good terms with Yuanyang Sect. Some cultivators who have met several times would nod slightly when they met, as a greeting, and their attitude was relatively friendly.