The Rise of the Shen Family

The Lu family in Yangshan was a qi-training family under the protection of the Shen family. This kind of qi-training family generally sought refuge under the foundation-building family.

In this Lingnan area, only the power of a foundation-building cultivator can be regarded as a second-rate force, and only the shelter of a foundation-building cultivator can survive in this chaotic world of immortal cultivation.

Without the protection of the monks in the foundation-building period, there is no place to stand in the world of immortality. Just a few scattered cultivators in the foundation-building period can break the mountain gate, occupy the spiritual veins, snatch resources, and destroy the family inheritance.

Every family or faction will find a faction that can protect it, and push it up one level at a time. The family in the Qi training stage seeks the protection of the foundation-building family, becomes their vassal, and surrenders some family interests.

The foundation-building family will turn to Qingyunmen and Wujizong, two sects with Jindan cultivators, as their backers. Because some human or geographical factors may have different sects, but the purpose is the same, they all hope to seek shelter in case of trouble.

These foundation-building families also make offerings to the sects they trust every year. Take the Shen family as an example, they have to offer 10,000 spiritual stones to Qingyunmen every year.

The Loose Cultivator will set up the Loose Cultivation Alliance, which will begin to develop under the protection of the Golden Core Cultivator. Of course, this has to pay a price.

To put it badly, if there were Yuan Ying monks in Lingnan, these high-ranking Jindan monks would also rely on them.

Each small force has piled up into the three giants in the Lingnan land, Qingyunmen, Wujizong, and the Loose Cultivation Alliance. These giants move their bodies casually, and they can pull and pull a series of forces, just like a big tree. When uprooted, it will bring out many roots, which will be crossed and crossed wrongly.

But also because of the constraints of the three major forces, the land of Lingnan has maintained stability for hundreds of years.

As long as there is a conflict between any two of the three parties, the third party will act as a peacemaker and come forward for peace talks, reducing the big issues to the small ones. Both foreign parties also understand that conflicts between their own parties often benefit the third-party fisherman.

It is not that the two forces have joined forces to deal with one force, but it is all old monsters who are fighting for their wits, and no one will easily die if their fundamental interests are not affected.

There may be a short-lived alliance, but after getting the benefits, it will face suspicion and unequal distribution of spoils, and the alliance will collapse. Have a hard time.

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In such a big environment, there are now three qi practice clans attached to the Shen family. This is because the Shen family has declined over the years. When Shen Yucang was there, there were seven clans, large and small, attached to the Shen family.

This Yangshan Lu family is one of them. This family has also had foundation-building cultivators before, but after their own family's foundation-building cultivator was killed, a group of qi-training monks couldn't keep the original third-order spiritual mountain.

After a fierce battle, several elders from the late stage of Qi practice fled from Pingzhou County to Linhai County with the few remaining clansmen. At that time, the Shen family had just established a clan, and the Lu family had come to rely on it and was willing to become an affiliated family.

However, because the Shen family was established in Linhai County, it violated the interests of the local old-fashioned family headed by the Chen family, and the development was not ideal. Shen Yucang was overjoyed, and let the Lu family occupy a second-order spiritual mountain next to Zhenze Lake, which was only more than 500 miles away from the Shen family's Binhu Town, and the two sides could take care of each other.

After the Lu family took root in Yangshan, relying on the cultivation resources in Zhenze Lake, after several generations of patriarchs' management, the family began to grow slowly.

There are currently two qi-training great perfection monks in the clan, and more than 40 clansmen in the qi-training period.

This generation of patriarch Lu Zhengyang also has some means to keep the family governance in good order, and think about restoring the glory of his ancestors. And if you want to get rid of the control of the Shen family, you must have your own foundation-building cultivator.

And Lu Zhengyang is in his early fifties this year, so it is still possible to build a foundation.

In the ancient books left by the original family foundation cultivator, Lu Zhengyang found some clues, and a plan was formed in his mind...

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In the central lake area of ​​Zhenze Lake, apart from the monks above the foundation-building stage, none of the monks in the Qi-training stage dared to set foot here.

The color of the lake here is like a deep sea, and the lake is covered with thick white fog. From time to time, something big will come out of the water, making a huge wave. If anyone here, they will see a huge fish tail.

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Suddenly, a boat floated out of the thick fog. The captain was more than 20 feet long and about 60 feet high. There were five people standing in Class A. Of the five people, except for three in the late stage of Qi practice, the remaining two were practicing Qi Liu. level monk.

"Everyone, be careful, we have already entered the center of the lake, so be quiet!" an old man in the late stage of Qi practice whispered.

Another monk in the late stage of Qi practice said:

"According to the information that the clansmen have inquired about in the past few years, the cave of the third-order monster is not far ahead."

"Seventh, stay on the boat to meet you. The others will go into the water with me."

After speaking, people wearing black animal skin clothes began to jump into the water. The black clothes were made of a second-order fish demon skin, and the monks could swim quickly in the water after wearing them.

Several people lined up in the water and swam towards a cave under the water under the leadership of the two who came to practice Qi late.

There was still more than ten miles away, and everyone smelled a stench. Looking at the darkness in the cave, everyone who saw it was very worried.

"According to its previous rules, this monster is now going out for food. When we go in, I will open the way in front. You all follow me, and the fifth elder will be at the rear. After entering, you will encounter a second-order monster. Quick decision." The old man said sternly.

Everyone restrained their breath, began to touch the cave, and proceeded to the inside along the tortuous road.

Just as everyone was walking along the stone wall, a piece of immobile stone suddenly stood up, and stretched out eight crab legs, waving crab claws to kill the nearest monk.

The cultivator at the rear of the hall in the late stage of Qi training blocked the crab claw with a sword, saved the clansman, turned around and slashed at the monster crab with his spirit sword.

After everyone came back to their senses, they all sacrificed their magical weapons to kill the monster crab. One after another, the water arrow talismans hit the monster crab's leaking armor, which could not break its defense at all.

"Use the entanglement technique to entangle his crab legs."

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After a fierce battle, the two crab claws of the monster crab were cut off to the ground, and a spirit sword penetrated directly into the crab shell from its mouth.

The leading old man put away the spirit sword and said solemnly:

"Hurry up, the movement here will attract other monsters."

The crowd began to move quickly into the cave, and they encountered several monsters again along the way. After several battles, after losing a clan in the middle of the Qi training period, the old man and his party finally found the third-order monster crab to practice. The place.

A grotto is full of spiritual energy, and a waterweed-like spiritual plant is swaying in the water.

"That's it, do it!"

Just when the old man was about to pick it up, he was about to touch the spiritual plant when a water curtain blocked it, and the water curtain glowed with dim light.

The old man cast a spell on the water curtain, and the water curtain remained motionless.

"This is the means left by that beast!" The old man said through gritted teeth.

"Fortunately, the patriarch has prepared before leaving, so he can only use it. We have to evacuate as soon as we finish it. That beast should be able to detect it right away." Another cultivator in the late stage of Qi practice said, and took out a magic talisman. , and hand it to the old man.

It was the same second-order top-quality spiritual talisman that Shen Huanchi gave to Shen Ruiling for self-defense. It seems that these people also made a lot of money. It is much more difficult for these Qi-training families to obtain these things than the Shen family.

The distressed expression on the old man's face inspired this talisman, and a azure sword energy directly bombarded the water curtain, and the azure water curtain was instantly disintegrated.

At the same time, an angry roar sounded in the distance, and the entire water in the center of the lake began to churn.

"No, that beast is coming back! Let's go!" The old man hurriedly picked off the water plant and started to swim out of the cave.

Because of the angry roars of the third-order monsters, some second-order monsters hiding in the cave became active in an instant, and everyone clearly felt that a huge monster was running towards here in the distance.

"Disperse, gather on the boat." The old man swam toward the water after he finished speaking.

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Inside the boat on the water, the monks who stayed behind also noticed the underwater movement and began to put spirit stones into the power unit of the boat, ready to run away at any time.

Finally someone got on the boat, it was the old man who ran first,

"Old Seven, hurry up and sail!"

"Fourth brother, where are the other clansmen?" The monk on the boat couldn't help asking when he saw the old man coming back alone.

"I can't wait any longer, start the boat now, the beast is chasing." The old man roared.

At this moment, waves of huge waves broke out on the water, and a huge monster crab was swimming towards it, not roaring in anger.

The boat finally began to speed up quickly on the water, and the roars from behind were getting closer and closer, and the water waves set off by the monster crabs could already slap the boat.

"According to the plan, we will drive to Binhu Town first, and then circle back to the family."

The old man took out a jade box and sealed the spirit grass that had just been stolen from the dead to prevent it from being locked by the monsters.

This ship-shaped magic weapon has given up other protection and other functions. The only advantage is that it is faster than ordinary ships, and the monster crab is not a monster that is good at escaping in the water. So although the roar is getting closer, it is still chasing.

After approaching the lake bay of the Shen family, the monster crab gave up chasing for some unknown reason.

The two people on the boat just saved their lives and returned to Yangshan to resume their lives. Soon after, a batch of fish goods was shipped to Binhu Town.

At this time, the monster crab felt the position of the spirit grass again...