Ancestor Above

Ten years have passed in a hurry.

Over the past ten years, the entire practice world has changed a bit.

Let me talk about the situation of the Lu family first.

The Lu family added two new Golden Core stage monks, not others, officially the brother and sister Lu Wenen and Lu Weiwen. After the two of them were promoted to Jindan, the number of Jindan monks in Lu's family was directly promoted to as many as six.

Chao He smoothly entered the middle stage of Golden Core and became a monk at the fourth level of Golden Core. As for Zhao Xi, Yan Ling, and Ming Chao, the three of them have already reached the sixth level of Golden Core, and they are only one step away from entering the late stage of Golden Core.

Lu Qing is very satisfied with these descendants.

When the family is promoted to six stars, they can expect a Nascent Soul cultivator to come out of them quickly. There is only one condition left to improve the family level, and it can be completed.

As for Lu Qing himself, at the moment, he has become a monk on the sixth floor of the Nascent Soul.

However, for him, there is really no need to talk about the realm. As soon as he entered the Nascent Soul middle level, he felt that he was already invincible in the Nascent Soul stage; now, it is just a step further from the level of invincibility. Although he is only at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul, as long as the opponents who have not reached the Faxiang are scumbags in front of him.

For the Dharma phase...it's hard to say, there is a big difference in strength level.

However, up to now, Lu Qing has seen the masters of the Dharma phase show their power not once or twice, and he can compare and evaluate each other in his heart.

He felt that for a monk in the early stage of Faxiang, he might use all his means, and he could fight against it—the premise was that the opponent didn't show his true body, otherwise the level of strength would be too high and it would be difficult to fight.

But under this premise, it's not impossible for Lu Qing to think of a way. Now that we know that the masters of the Dharma Aspect stage can't beat their true body when they show their Dharma appearance, then they must find a way to suppress their opponents, so that they cannot show their true Dharma appearances when they have time.

For the early stage of Faxiang, this is not impossible. A clear gap between the early stage and the middle stage of the Dharma Aspect lies in the time when the true body of the Dharma Aspect is revealed. For the latter, the dharma will come out almost as soon as the thought arises, but for the former, it will not work, and there must be a process of displaying it.

This is where you can make a fuss.

Moreover, no matter what, facing the masters of the Faxiang stage, if you can't beat them, you can always escape.

This is the most stable.

According to Lu Qing's idea, it is the most comfortable to wish for a slow and stable development like this.

Now, the central imperial court of Yan State, after 20 or 30 years of operation, has obviously become very deep in the control of Jinzhou and Jizhou. It can drive the manpower and material resources of these two places very deeply. , don't worry too much. The Central Forbidden Army has also expanded to 40,000 people, which belong to the Jindan monks who can be directly commanded by the Lu family, reaching as many as 14 people. There are six members of Lu's family, besides Yunxuan and Hai Sande in Qingfeng Sect, there is also a person named Fei Ancheng who has recently entered the Golden Core stage. Counting Sun Changhai and Gongsun Chan from Selangor, there are eleven.

Here in Yandu, Mo Ruhai is in the golden elixir period, and there are two other golden elixirs from the imperial court. They are basically taken care of now and can be attributed to the command of the Lu family.

Not to mention, what makes Lu's Dynasty stronger than Li's Dynasty is that they can get the full support of Feiyun Prefecture and Xuezhou.

The current Feiyun State is not too bad. With the great development of Shenlu County, a large number of Yaozu tribes became the subjects of Yan Kingdom. After Shenlu County shined and became popular, Shenlu County quickly took advantage of its rich resources and developed rapidly. The Lu family provided Daliang's proceeds.

At this level, under the leadership of the Lu family, after more than 20 years of recuperation, the central court has eliminated civil strife and unified domestic forces, but it has managed the Yan State court even more powerfully than the Li family back then.

No matter how slow the Cloud Firmament Sect was, they would of course have discovered this situation.

To be honest, Yun Xiaozong was really surprised by this.

In the beginning, of course, they felt that the Lu family was weaker than the Li family and had no foundation in the court, so they supported them. They really didn't expect that the Lu family could be so capable, and they could reach this level in just twenty years.

The Yunxiao Sect is actually not that strong in nature, and it has to deliberately suppress the court or something. But this kind of thing, to be honest, is not a question of whether they want it or not. Yun Xiaozong's status in Yan State predestined them to do things normally, make normal decisions, and develop normally, which would be a kind of suppression for the court.

And the honeymoon period between the two parties has also come to an end in recent years.

Of course, the end of the honeymoon period does not mean that there is any conflict between the two parties. Some small political frictions are inevitable, but overall, there are no major conflicts, and the court is still obedient.

In fact, for the Yunxiao Sect, although the Lu Dynasty's business is booming and it seems that it has great potential in the future, to a certain extent, they still don't take it very seriously.

What's the use of having more golden pills than in the Li Dynasty? In this world, after all, personal power is paramount. Back then, in the Li Dynasty, there were Emperor Li Shiwen and Prime Minister Zou Ziwu, these two Nascent Soul monks existed. Especially Li Shiwen, who is still at the peak of the Nascent Soul, is one step away from reaching the Faxiang.

As for the Lu family, there is only one Lu Qing, and it is still in the early stage of Nascent Soul—they never imagined that Lu Qing's cultivation would improve so quickly.

What is there to worry about?

If you want to worry, it will take decades or a hundred years, and it won't be too late to worry when Lu Qing reaches the peak of Nascent Soul.

For this situation, Lu Qing is happy to see it succeed.

How good it is to make a fortune in a muffled voice!

He wished that Yunxiaozong would always underestimate the Lu family like this, and then he could secretly grow wildly. After the family has two more Nascent Souls and he is promoted to Dharma, the Yunxiao Sect and Weiyun Patriarch are all nonsense.

With Lu Qing's current situation, he can be invincible in the Nascent Soul Stage, and when he reaches the Dharma Stage, the most conservative idea is, at least don't want to fight him until the late stage of the Dharma Stage, right?

But, having said that, in the past ten years or so, the practice world has changed a bit, and this is not just talking casually.

Thirteen years ago, news came from the west that the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom, the most powerful of the Nine Kingdoms, was finally unwilling to be lonely and started a strategy of outward expansion. To the east, they clashed violently with the Kingdom of Liang; to the northeast, they also clashed with the Kingdom of Jin; to the south, they also had conflicts with the Kingdom of Shu.

The distance is too far, and the information Lu Qing can get here is also very limited. But according to the news at hand, there might be a large-scale war in the west of the practice world.

As expected, in the past thirteen years, various conflicts among the four countries in the west have become more and more intense. The Great Qin Immortal Kingdom is one against three and still has the upper hand.

Especially Liang Guo, who was forced to be a little out of breath.

Originally, the Liang and Jin families were enemies for generations, and they had a lot of hatred for each other in the past thousands of years, not to mention the fact that the Northern Wilderness Forest was wiped out by the Jin State, which made the Yaozu very powerful. Liang Guo was very dissatisfied.

But at the moment, under the persecution of Daqin, the two countries of Liang and Jin have the intention to let go of their past hatred. Although it has not officially started yet, judging from the information collected by Jin Yiwei from the outside, there is a faint intention between the two countries to negotiate peace, and even form an alliance to jointly resist the persecution of Great Qin.

And if we say that the contradiction between Great Qin and Liang, Jin, and Shu in the west of the world, Yan Kingdom can still be a melon-eating crowd here, just watching a play here, if it has little to do with them, then what happened in the southeast Things, they can't stay out of it like this.

An urgent message came from Dayan Jinyiwei——Wei State is going to war with Qi State.

Dayan's Jinyiwei has been established for some years. In addition to the domestic intelligence network, Jin Yiwei's tentacles also extended abroad.

However, after all, the time is still short, and Jin Yiwei's tentacles have extended to the surrounding area, and it is difficult to grasp particularly confidential and important news.

And if the news that the Wei State launched a large army and wanted to conquer the Qi State in the east was obtained by the Yan State Jinyiwei, then I am afraid that many, many people will already know about this matter, and even the Wei State's army is already on the way. Maybe on the road.

This matter is different from the big watermelon in the west of the world. Qi and Wei are at war, and this root of Yan is closely related.

Qi and Wei are both neighbors of Yan State in the south. Needless to say, Wei State, although Qi State has no direct territorial contact, it has an included sea area.

The ocean, in this practice world, is not an obstacle. Not to mention large flying boats, some monks can even fly over them with their own abilities.

The relationship between Yan and Qi is relatively cold. Although they didn't fight each other with bayonets like Yan Wei did, they were still not friendly.

Of course, if Qi and Wei went to war, Yan would still prefer to side with Qi.

In the past few decades, the Wei State has always been aggressive. Apart from having a good relationship with the Liang State in the west and no major conflicts with the Chu State, they have had a bad relationship with the Yan State in the north, and they have been with the Qi State in the east for generations. Enemy, there is also territorial friction with Wu State in the southeast...

In other words, Wei State is essentially a country with a strong desire for expansion.

As soon as they received the news that Qi and Wei were going to war, the Lu family notified the matter to Yunxiaozong.

Of course, Yunxiaozong also has its own news channel. When the news from the imperial court was passed, they already knew about it. Moreover, they also faintly revealed that they wanted to intervene.

Apparently, back then, Wei Guo supported Li Shiwen to break through the law and mess up Yan Guo, and even the general Xia Cang directly led the army to go north to fight Yan Guo on the front line of Pingzhou.

What's more, isn't this just an opportunity?

When Qi and Wei were at war, Yan Guo went south and stabbed him from the north, which was regarded as revenge for the year.

What's more, apart from revenge, this matter also has great practical significance.

The Yunxiao Sect would really like to bring the northern half of Hezhou in Wei State into its own control. In fact, it was originally the land of Yan State.

In the past, hundreds of years ago, the border between Yan and Wei was not the generation of the Pingzhou front line, but a big river that pushed thousands of miles south.

This big river originated from the impenetrable mountain in the west, flowed all the way east, and finally merged into the sea. This is one of the largest rivers in the whole world, and it is also known as the big river to the south.

However, in the war that Yan State lost hundreds of years ago, Wei State crossed the Dahe River and took the land of these three counties on the north side of the Dahe River as its own. That time, for Yan Guo, it was a big crisis, but in the end it was over.

But since then, great changes have taken place in the military strategic situation between Yan and Wei.

The big river is very wide, and it is also a huge water-flowing spiritual vein. The surrounding products are rich, and the income of the three counties is not low. More importantly, along the big river, with the help of the aura of the big river, it is possible to arrange a very powerful formation. Using the big river to defend, it must be much more comfortable and safer than the current border between Yan and Wei.

Wei Guo has always been stronger than Wei Guo in all aspects. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for them to find any chance to regain the half of the state north of the river under the defense of Wei State. On the contrary, Wei Guo used that half of the state as a forward base all the year round, which made Yan Guo overwhelmed.

But at the moment, Qi Wei is at war, which is a very good opportunity.

Although Qi State is in a peaceful corner, the main territory is on the huge peninsula in the east of the world, but having said that, the peninsula is rich in products, and senior monks are also emerging in endlessly. Even if Wei Guo is stronger, when facing Qi Guo, he must not underestimate him, otherwise he will be vulnerable to severe backlash.

If the two countries are out of their minds, it may not be impossible for Yan to take the opportunity to go south and take back the homeland that has been lost for hundreds of years.

It is very natural for Yunxiaozong to have such an idea.

In fact, the Dayan court also had the same idea.

However, after discussing with his advisers and the core monks of the Lu family, Lu Chaoxi decided not to act rashly.

It must be true that Qi Wei went to war. But now, at best, people are still in the early stages of the battle, and they don't know how far the war will develop in the end. If it was just an ordinary border friction, or even a local war, then if the Yan Kingdom hurried southward, it might instantly attract Wei's attention to himself.

Don't play stealing chickens as besieging Wei and saving Qi. Qi Guo laughed happily, but he didn't thank Yan Guo much. At the same time, Dayan's Southern Expedition Army might be hit head-on by others.

Lu Chaoxi tended not to make a move, at least not until the war between Qi and Wei had progressed to a certain level and he had reached a tacit understanding with Qi.

Of course, if you don't do it for a while, it doesn't mean you have to give up this opportunity. Lu Wenen has ordered that Jin Yiwei in Wei and Qi should pay close attention to the situation of the war between Qi and Wei and report back in time.

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In a very short period of time, the follow-up information came one after another from the Jin Yiwei lurking in the Qi and Wei countries.

From these information, it can be known that the war between the Qi and Wei countries has progressed so rapidly that people feel a little dumbfounded.

It was Wei Guo who took the initiative to launch the attack. Xia Cang had clearly appeared on the frontline battlefield, and within a month, he beheaded two Nascent Soul cultivators from Qi State.

Nascent Soul Stage, this is a rare master for any fairy country. If two people die in a row, even Qi State, which is much stronger than Yan State, will feel very heartbroken.

At the same time, with the death of two Nascent Soul cultivators, the Wei army was advancing rapidly in the east. Both Qi and Wei had territorial disputes in Qingzhou and Xuzhou on the border. These two states were originally dominated by Qi State, but in the third month after the start of the war, they all fell into the hands of Wei State.

Qi State fell into a disadvantage at the beginning of the war, and their response seemed a little slow.

But the background of the old and powerful country is here after all. Qi's army quickly assembled from the hinterland of Qi, and launched a counterattack under the leadership of Qi's Faxiang Gaoren.

Cui Qing, the Supreme Elder of the Cui Clan in Dongzhou, is also a well-known old Dharma monk. He became famous even earlier than Xia Cang, and it is said that he is an expert in the late Dharma phase.

The armies of the two countries fought fiercely on the battlefields of Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

When the war went on for half a year, the losses of both sides had already reached an astonishing level. Let’s not talk about the deaths and injuries of ordinary monks. In the Guangyuan infant stage, a total of six people died on both sides. Qi State suffered even greater losses, and the four Nascent Soul cultivators who died were all from Qi State.

After all these pieces of information were collected, the decision-making of Yan State also naturally changed.

Xia Cang obviously couldn't draw his hand anymore, he was fighting with Cui Qing in full swing in the east. If the two sides were fighting again, Xia Cang absolutely must not leave the battlefield of Qi and Wei. Otherwise, after Cui Qing knew this, he would become unscrupulous, which would cause a devastating blow to Wei's army.

Under this premise, it seems like an optional decision for the Yan Kingdom to take advantage of the trend and go south?

A few months ago, when the two countries were just learning that the two countries were at war, although the country of Yan hadn't decided whether to intervene in it, corresponding war preparations were definitely indispensable. The 40,000 Yandu Forbidden Army gathered for a long time, and 20,000 monks also gathered in Pingzhou and Jizhou. Feiyun State and Xuezhou can provide another 30,000. This alone is 80,000 monks. On the Yunxiao Sect's side, if the same number is activated, there will be no problem.

As for the Lu family's imperial court, there were very frequent exchanges of messengers with Yunxiaozong. Lu Chaoxi used the mirror technique to meet with the suzerain of Yunxiaozong, Han Xuzi again and again, just to chat about these things and constantly exchange opinions from both sides.

Of course, the final decision-making power in this matter lies with Yunxiaozong. When someone said they wanted to fight, the Lu court couldn't say anything, so they could only go shoulder to shoulder with him.

However, no matter what, the title of emperor, including the current strength of the Lu family in the country of Yan, should be respected. What's more, if a war breaks out, whether it is logistics or support, the court will have to work hard. What's more, Yun Xiaozong was actually not that sure about this matter. Therefore, when making decisions, it is natural to discuss and discuss more.

But before the two giants of Yan State reached an agreement with each other, one incident directly interrupted their discussion.

Wei Guo sent envoys to Yandu.

This is not the first time Wei Guo has sent envoys here.

Earlier, after the war between Qi and Wei, envoys from these two countries, including Chu and Wu in the far south, had diplomatic envoys who went north to Yan.

The two countries of Wu and Chu are more inclined to make soy sauce. The main purpose of their envoys coming to Yan State is to find out what Yan State's attitude is.

This is normal, and Yan Guo himself would do the same. Even in the past, when the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom in the west of the cultivation world started to make troubles, Yan Kingdom also sent its own envoys to other countries—they don’t need to play an important role, just send a Foundation Establishment cultivator to take a look. Depending on the situation, there won't be much of a problem. It's not even necessary for these envoys to go by themselves. There are more or less commercial and trade exchanges between the various fairy kingdoms.

What is really important is the envoys of Qi and Wei.

Qi's envoys have been coming in waves since a few months ago. Their appeal is very simple, that is, they hope that Yan will send troops to put pressure on Wei from the north. Even, they are willing to pay a lot of things for this, from materials to personnel training, and even such things as the number of places in Penglai Fairy Palace, can be discussed.

The conditions that Wei State has always offered are also profit concessions. The promise of resources is no less than that of Qi State, and even further, it is willing to cede a county north of the river to Yan State.

Judging from the conditions, it must be that Wei Guo is much more generous. But things can't be calculated like this. What's the use of ceding a county north of the big river? What Yan State wants is the big river as its border, so it is much more comfortable for defense and offense. Taking only one county to the north of the river, Wei State still retains two counties of land in the north. The strategic situation between the two parties will still not change in any way.

I originally thought that the purpose of the arrival of the envoys of the two countries this time is still the same as before, and it is nothing more than to see how far the parties are sharing benefits. In this matter, the meaning of the Yan State court is actually quite obvious: if it decides to join the war, unless Wei State agrees to cede all the half of the state north of the river to Yan State, otherwise it will definitely stand on the side of Qi State. there.

However, this time, after Lu Chaoxi received the envoy of Wei State as usual, he heard another piece of news from the other party that they had never received before:

"'Ghost-faced God' Chen Man has been promoted to Dharma Aspect???"

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