In the Heavens

Time flies by, and lights and festoons have begun to decorate Mount Heng. The slogan of returning to Guanzhong to celebrate the Spring Festival was not realized in the end.

Against the backdrop of the decline of the Devil's Cult, the Shanxi Demon's Cult branch is no exception. Faced with the continuous suppression of the Wuyue Sword Sect, they quickly became rats crossing the street.

If the original Demon Cult is still suffering, and the suppression has reached this stage, maybe the Huashan faction will stop now.

It's a pity that the money is touching people's hearts, and the demon cult members who plundered the Quartet finally became serfs for a while, but it's a pity that they were targeted before they could sing.

It is not easy to compete with the emperor for property and land, but for some floating wealth, real estate and shops, then you are welcome.

People in the Jianghu are full of evil spirits, not to mention that he is a professional Taoist, Li Mu really doesn't care if the house is haunted or not.

Even if it can't be sold, can't it be used by oneself?

Whether it is used as a store cargo station, it is a manifestation of value.

If you really don't need it, just leave it there. After decades, who still remembers that it was a haunted house?

Perhaps the Hengshan faction ran too fast, so that all parties had no time to react. This wave of Shanxi martial arts is indeed a bit miserable.

The only two first-class sects in the Three Jin Dynasty, the Hengshan sect was seriously injured, and the Five Sacred Alliance was finally able to maintain it; the other Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain was directly destroyed, and the few remaining monks are still working hard to rebuild the gate.

Not to mention the remaining second- and third-rate forces. Even if they escaped by luck, they don't have the guts to jump out and snatch the spoils at this time.

The current situation is very obvious, the Wuyue Sword Sect is beginning to dominate the direction of the Three Jin Wulin. If you want to live in the land of the Three Jins, you must first pay homage to the wharf.

Li Mu is not a person who eats alone, let alone the Huashan faction, even if it includes the remaining Hengshan faction, it can't take care of the entire Sanjin land.

According to the most common practice in Jianghu, it is natural to accept the younger brother. The younger brother manages the place, and the boss collects protection fees directly from the younger brother.

In case of a large-scale martial arts public welfare event such as the battle between good and evil, you can also push the younger brother to block the knife.

It's just that not everyone can be a younger brother.

Too strong is easy to backfire on oneself, definitely not; too weak can't control the situation, and everything needs to be solved by the boss, which is purely a burden.

Those with too much ambition would be troublesome to control. Li Mu didn't have the time to fight wits and courage with them, so he eliminated them directly;

Those who are vicious and notorious will damage their own reputation, so obviously they cannot be used; those with a good reputation have too much prestige in the local area, let alone use...

After a series of restrictive conditions, there are not many martial arts forces that meet the conditions. Now Li Mu finally understands why Shaolin Temple likes to recruit lay disciples.

In addition to being able to charge a fee, the disciples cultivated by the family always have some affection. It is better to support a management place with good character than to use strangers who don't know anything.

It's a pity that these Huashan Schools can't learn. Unless all members become monks, if a lay disciple comes out, he can only be nondescript, and it will only make people in the world laugh.

To put it another way, for example: outer disciples, registered disciples?

After careful consideration and weighing the pros and cons, Li Mu gave up these unrealistic thoughts. The most important reason is resources.

Shaolin Temple dared to play like that because they had too many resources in their hands. At least they are more than enough for the supply of ordinary cultivation resources.

The Huashan school is not good. Even if the planting area of ​​medicinal materials is expanded immediately, it will take ten years at the earliest to see the results, and the actual time may be longer.

Medicine fields need to be cultivated, and professional medicine farmers also need time to cultivate. In this era of self-preservation, this kind of memory inheritance is mostly passed down from father to son, and there are not many who are willing to take on apprentices. It is even more difficult to learn real skills.

According to the contemporary training habits, it is impossible to become a teacher without twenty or thirty years. If you think about it, it will not be soon, and no one can rest assured without going through a few waves of planting and management learning from beginning to end.

There are not enough resources in hand, and there is no way to systematically train apprentices. You can't be like ordinary Jianghu gangs, who only care about being refreshing when you are young, but when you get old, you will be full of pain.

This is also the biggest difference between the famous gang and the ordinary Jianghu gang.

The disciples of the famous school have paid attention to the foundation of the body since they practiced martial arts, and they have never stopped taking medicines to maintain the body and meridians since childhood.

Ordinary rivers and lakes gangs do not have such superior conditions. They basically rely on self-healing for minor injuries.

Young age has little effect, once you get old, these small problems that accumulate over time become very fatal.

Unless there is an adventure, ordinary people in the world, no matter how beautiful they were in their youth, will inevitably end up in a hospital bed in their later years.

There has never been a shortage of smart people in the Jianghu. If it is not limited by resources, how can everyone let the Shaolin family excel?

Li Mu was so busy choosing younger brothers, dividing the territory, and determining the amount of offerings that he kept his feet on the ground, that he didn't even have time to find people and discuss the Tao.

The only good news is that the missing members of the Hengshan faction finally returned to Hengshan. Although there were not many people left, Master Lingqing was safe and sound.

Finally, the ending of the impending annihilation of the head of the Wuyue Sword Sect was broken, and Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

Without waiting for Master Lingqing to catch his breath, Li Mu picked up the prepared map and went to the door. He drew an irregular line directly from the middle, and then said slowly:

"Master, according to the prior agreement. Including Taiyuan Mansion, the east belongs to you and the west belongs to us. Now the Hengshan faction can send people to take over the place."

The most elite area is reserved for the Hengshan School. This was agreed in advance, and Li Mu had no objection.

As one of the Five Sacred Sacred Alliances, the Huashan School can't be too ugly. Even if the Hengshan faction has fallen, the agreement must still be abided by.

Looking at the map, Master Lingqing sighed secretly while he was relieved.

There is no free lunch in this world, and even though the Five Sacred Sword Sect claims to be united with each other, it cannot be expected that people will always help them for nothing.

To regain Shanxi, not only the Huashan faction made great efforts, but also the Hengshan faction and Songshan faction also made great efforts.

Compensation is necessary, but it's a pity that the Hengshan faction can't get it out now. Having just gone through a wave of wars, the Hengshan faction is also at a huge deficit, and now they can only owe a debt of favor.

Although the "debt of favor" is difficult to repay, it is also a matter of the future. The biggest problem right now is how to turn territory into strength.

Now it is managed by the Wuyue Sword Sect, and the local aristocratic families and powerful martial arts are all like docile kittens, so obedient they couldn't be more obedient.

Even the rebellious general family, the mighty royal family, did not come out to make trouble.

Once the Five Sacred Sword Sect withdraws and the Hengshan Sect takes over, will it still have such dominance?

Master Lingqing has no confidence at all.

But this kind of thing, others can't help. She dared not accept even enthusiastic people came to her door to offer help.

After hesitating again and again, Mrs. Lingqing still bite the bullet and said: "Nephew, my Hengshan School has encountered a catastrophe, and all the disciples scattered in the four directions have not returned yet. Let's postpone the transfer of the place!"

If it can be delayed for a day, let the Wuyue Sword Sect, the dragon crossing the river, hold on for a while, just to let the local snakes understand that she is not without reliance on the Hengshan Sect.

As for face, it can still be sacrificed in the face of interests. Even Master Lingqing is not very good at these calculations, but in this position, he has to bite the bullet and plan.

"Yes. But the teacher must pay attention to one point. When the members of the Demon Cult were plundering the land of the Three Jins, they did not pay less attention to the medicinal materials.

According to information from various places, the Hengshan faction's medicine fields should have suffered heavy losses.

As it concerns the future of the sect, I suggest that you resume production in the medicine field first. As for other issues, the postponement does not matter at all. "

Li Muyu said earnestly.

Witnessing the price the Hengshan faction paid, he finally understood the reason why many martial arts forces would fight the devil sect even though they knew they were invincible.

It is indeed simple to give in, but this retreat will not only damage one's own reputation and property, but also shake the foundation of the sect.

The Hengshan sect's foundation was not deep in the first place, and if they were tossed about by the devil's sect, life would be even more difficult in the future.

But in a sense, it also proves that women are ruthless, even monks have a ruthless side.

It was impossible for them not to have anticipated all this before making the decision to evacuate Mount Heng, but they did it anyway.

In the short term, the Hengshan faction suffered heavy losses. But now that the Demon Cult has been expelled from the land of Sanjin, the situation is completely different.

The next time a war between good and evil breaks out, the Hengshan faction will not be the protagonist, and at most will face a partial teacher of the demon sect.

After all, the land of the Three Jin Dynasty is neither a fertile land that overflows with oil, nor is it a place that must be contested in the martial arts, and the Hengshan School does not have any magical secrets to be peeped at.

"Thank you for reminding me, nephew. We will try our best to organize manpower to take care of it. I hope we can rescue some of them. Otherwise, I, Hengshan Sect..."

I don't have the heart to listen to Master Lingqing's complaints. In recent days, too many people have complained in front of him.

Li Mu admits that his butterfly effect has really hurt many people, but he cannot be blamed for the Hengshan faction's misery.

Given the poor geographical location of the Hengshan Sect, if the Demon Cult cannot be expelled from the land of Sanjin, they will be miserable in any battle between good and evil.

There are not many first-class schools in the huge Sanjin land. It's not that the martial arts in Shanxi is not strong, but it is too close to Heimuya.

Being harassed every now and then, no one can bear it, so I don't have the energy to develop with peace of mind.

Even now, Li Mu doesn't think it's safe. There are two types of people in the Devil's Cult, one is the people in the world who can't get along, and the other is the mentally ill who have extreme tempers and practice magic arts.

The former is still a normal person who knows how to weigh the pros and cons in doing things. The latter is different, no one knows when they will go crazy.

Normal people are in power, but the Demon Cult's actions can still be speculated on. If a lunatic came on stage instead, then he would have nothing to think about, it would all depend on God's blessing.

If it wasn't for the expansion of the Huashan sect's sphere of influence, and everyone was harmed by the attack of the demon sect, he wouldn't bother to remind them.

Just look at the Mount Tai sect. As one of the Five Sacred Mountains, Li Mu has never cared about it.

Wouldn't it be nice to go to someone to discuss the Tao if you have this spare time? Although most of the time, he is the one who asks questions, but that is also a discussion, isn't it?

Wealth and power may become a thing of the past, but knowledge is eternal wealth.

Despite this wealth, it cannot be discounted most of the time. But once realized, the reward is quite astonishing.