Chapter 246: Mutual Tricking

After a long flight, Master Zhiyang arrived at the headquarters of the Hehuan Sect in Tianluo Kingdom, the base camp of the six evil sects.

"Dear Daoist Brother Zhiyang, what can I do for you?" asked the old demon Hehuan calmly.

"Daoyou Hehuan, why are you asking this question even though you already know the answer? Previously, the Six Demonic Sects helped Huangfenggu's Mr. Sun to drive the Yue Kingdom out. Did Daoyou Hehuan really want to swallow his anger?" Master Zhiyang calmly exposed the scars of the Six Demonic Sects.

"Hehe, the guy surnamed Sun from Huangfeng Valley sent an open letter, saying he would go to the Righteous Alliance and destroy Haoran Pavilion first, and then Taizhen Sect. Why did Daoist Fellow Zhiyang still have time to come to my Hehuan Sect? Could it be that the guy surnamed Sun didn't go? Or has Daoist Fellow Zhiyang already driven him back to Yue Kingdom?"

"This little thief went there and destroyed Haoran Pavilion." Zhiyang suddenly said sadly, and his voice even sounded weak.

Seeing Master Zhiyang, one of the three great cultivators of Tiannan, in this state, the old demon Hehuan couldn't help but be surprised:

"That little thief surnamed Sun relied on the few high-level talismans in his hand. Because the six sects of the Demonic Path had previously sworn with the Kingdom of Yue not to allow Yuanying to participate in the war, we couldn't do anything to him. The Righteous Alliance and the Kingdom of Yue don't have such restrictions. Can dozens of Yuanying be unable to resist his talismans?"

"Not only the talismans, the most important thing is that he has a set of precious clothes, and his magic is invulnerable. We have no way to deal with him."

"The magic is harmless! Brother Zhiyang can't do anything to him? Then what can we, the six sects of the devil, do?"

"You can! His robe is immune to magic, only brute force can break it!" Master Zhiyang said loudly: "The guardian spirit beast of the Yuling Sect is extremely powerful, your sect's Yin and Yang Twin Demons are also extremely powerful, low-level brute force monsters will do, and even the low-level giant corpses of the Guiling Sect who are extremely powerful will do! Just be strong!"

"Oh?"

He Huan Old Demon said, "Oh!" and immediately shook his head and said, "No, we just signed a Hundred Years Peace Treaty."

Master Zhiyang sneered and said, "Hehe, a hundred-year peace agreement, what happens after a hundred years?"

The old demon Hehuan pondered in silence.

"That little thief is not even forty years old yet he has already reached the Dan stage! I'm afraid he will be at the Yuanying stage in less than a hundred years!"

"After he reaches the Nascent Soul stage, wearing a robe that is invulnerable to magic and holding a large number of high-level talismans, I would like to ask you, fellow Daoist He Huan, are you really going to sit back and watch this little thief surnamed Sun advance to the Nascent Soul stage?"

"A hundred years later, will the six sects of the Demonic Path still have a foothold in the Tiannan Continent?"

Master Zhiyang said coldly.

"But we are bound by the contract and cannot take any action." The old demon Hehuan sighed.

"Yes!" Master Zhiyang said forcefully.

"Just give me all these spirit beasts, the twin demons, and the mighty giant corpses. You can lend them to me, sell them to me, or temporarily join my Righteous Alliance!"

The old demon Hehuan pondered in silence.

"In return, I, Zhiyang, can sign a contract. When the sect that borrows my things needs help, I, Zhiyang, and my Taizhen Sect will also provide assistance accordingly!"

Hearing that Zhiyang was willing to sacrifice himself in exchange, the old demon Hehuan was moved.

But after all, it involves the Yuling Sect and the Guiling Sect, so we have to convince these two sects first.

"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, please take a rest first. I will discuss this with fellow Daoists Dongmen and Wang first."

"Okay! I will wait for the news from Fellow Daoist He Huan."

……

Have someone take Zhiyangshangren to a clean room to rest

Just as the old demon Hehuan was about to go to the headquarters of the Yuling Sect in Qiling Mountain, the old demon Yunlu happened to come back.

"Junior Brother Yunlu, where have you been?" It just so happened that the old demon Hehuan was planning to ask Yunlu to make a trip to the Guiling Sect.

"I went to watch the fun." replied the old demon Yunlu.

"Want to watch the fun? Brother, I have something to do here. Can you go to the Ghost Spirit Gate for me?" The old demon Hehuan told the old demon Yunlu about Master Zhiyang's visit and his plan to borrow something to deal with Sun Zecheng together.

"Great Elder, please don't agree to Zhiyang! I, your junior brother, just came back from Haoran Pavilion!" The old demon Yunlu said hurriedly when he heard it.

The old demon Yunlu then told the old demon Hehuan what he had seen and heard along the way.

"We must never do anything to provoke Sun Zecheng of Huangfeng Valley!"

"Master Zhiyang used the Taizhen Six Ding Divine Fire Formation, but he had no way to deal with Sun Zecheng, and in the end, six of his Nascent Souls were killed!"

……

"Not only is Sun Zecheng scary, his woman is also extremely scary!"

"I have seen with my own eyes that the ordinary Green Brilliant Sword that has been passed down in the Yuling Sect for thousands of years has transformed into a large tree when it destroyed the spiritual vein of Haoran Pavilion. It is definitely as powerful as you, the Great Elder!"

"There's more than just one robe that protects against magical damage! There are at least three!"

"When I followed Sun Zecheng back to the Spiritual Beast Mountain, I saw the frozen bodies of the four Yuanyings of Haoran Pavilion! They took advantage of Sun Zecheng's stay in Haoran Pavilion and ran to the Spiritual Beast Mountain, but were killed by another woman of Sun Zecheng!"

"In short, we must not do anything to provoke Sun Zecheng of Huangfeng Valley!"

"Besides, Sun Zecheng has also given the Righteous Alliance a chance to surrender. Don't let them sell us out when they surrender!"

Listening to the report from Demon Yunlu, Demon Hehuan's face turned pale:

"I was almost tricked to death by Zhiyang!"

"You just said Sun Zecheng gave them a chance to surrender?"

"Yes! Sun Zecheng said he was busy and had no time to attack Taizhen Sect, so he allowed them to surrender. But Master Zhiyang didn't say anything."

Yunlu repeated Sun Zecheng's final words.

He Huan old demon quickly figured out the reason:
"Hehe, most likely Taoist Zhiyang left early and didn't know about me!"

"Since he cheated me, you can't blame me for cheating him!"

"Let's pretend to discuss with the Yuling Sect and the Guiling Sect, and hold this bull's nose until he misses the deadline for surrender, and let Sun Zecheng and his Zhengdao League fight to the death!"

"By the way, how long did Sun Zecheng give him to surrender?"

"I didn't say that... but I estimate it will take one month, or three months at most."

"Okay! Let's try to hold Zhiyang back for three months!"

……

When Sun Zecheng returned to Lingshou Mountain, the people there were celebrating with great enthusiasm.

They celebrated Sun Zecheng's revenge and destruction of Haoran Pavilion, and also celebrated Nie Ying's killing of the four Yuanying of Haoran Pavilion. From then on, Haoran no longer had a Yuanying-level elder. It completely became a scumbag force.

The word "safety" in the Lingshou Mountain Safe Trade Zone has been talked about for so long, but only from now on does everyone accept it from the bottom of their hearts.

It is absolutely safe to do business in the Lingshou Mountain Security Zone!
Because even a force like the Righteous Alliance would suffer the consequences if they violated the rules of the Spirit Beast Mountain. The Haoran Pavilion, which had four Nascent Souls, was destroyed in an instant.
Which sect in Tiannan Continent considers itself stronger than Haoran Pavilion and Zhengdao League?
No!

Liu Jianxin suggested that with the current reputation, they could just add more photo-taking and recording stations along the way, and there would be no need for the Golden Core Elder to escort the vehicle.

Besides, Fengyue Tianzhou was originally able to resist Jindan's attacks, and now after improvements, it has added more attack methods, which is no worse than the general early Jindan.

That's what happened. This kid is quite smart.
Sun Zecheng agreed and added sentry posts along the way, equipped them with jade slips for recording photos and fireworks for sending alarms, and replaced the chores of the Jindan elders with those of the Qi Refining disciples.

Fearing that destroying Taizhen Sect would cause a chain reaction such as breaking the seal, Sun Zecheng was not in a hurry to settle accounts with Taizhen Sect.
The Righteous Alliance, after the destruction of Haoran Pavilion, was completely terrified, and now they only hoped that Sun Zecheng would not attack the mountain gate. Who would come to Lingshou Mountain to seek death?
The days just settled down.

Lingshou Mountain is now
The elixirs include the Demon Pill, Foundation Building Pill, and Maple Pill from the Maple Forest Pavilion in the Yellow Maple Valley.
Huangfeng Valley also sells low-level monsters! The formation has the formation of Tianxing Sect

The talismans include those of Wanmiaoguan and Qingxumen

The weapon refining sects include the Divine Weapon Sect and the Yanyue Sect.

Lingshou Mountain also provides the sense of security that low-level cultivators lack the most!

From the moment you boarded the Maple Moon Sky Boat of the Huangfeng Valley, you will be protected by the Huangfeng Valley!
Anyone who dares to take action is the enemy of Huangfeng Valley!
In Lingshou Mountain, even if a Qi Refining disciple is holding a bag of spirit stones or has bought some treasures and is walking around the street with them, no one would dare to rob you!

Now more and more people come to Lingshou Mountain because of its reputation. In addition to the ordinary disciples who receive salaries, there is also a unique type of cultivators!

They all have one thing in common, which is similar to Master Jin Guang.
Our ancestors were once powerful and wealthy, and left behind some treasures, but now they are no longer so, and we dare not let anyone know about them, for fear that they will be robbed.

Some of these people are independent practitioners, and some are disciples of sects hiding.
In the past, they had always kept their treasures in fear, fearing that someone would break in and steal them.

Now everyone knows that it is absolutely safe to take the treasures to Lingshou Mountain to sell them, and no one dares to snatch them!
Some independent cultivators have a magic weapon left by their ancestors, but they are only in the Qi Refining Stage and have no hope of even building a foundation without the Foundation Establishment Pill. So what's the point of guarding a useless magic weapon?
I simply took it to the Spirit Beast Mountain Auction House and sold it for Spirit Stones.

If you have spirit stones, you can buy foundation-building pills if you want them, or buy demon pills if you want them. If you are worried that it is not safe outside, you can also rent a cave in the Spirit Beast Mountain to live there permanently and practice with peace of mind!

As long as you have spirit stones.

As long as you have spirit stones, Lingshou Mountain is heaven!

Now more and more people come here to visit!
Various treasures passed down from ancestors began to appear in the auction houses or shops in Lingshou Mountain.

Lingshou Mountain is prosperous.

The three sects of Yuanwu State easily persuaded the Tiandao League to move into the Lingshou Mountain Safe Zone.
Sun Zecheng paid 10% of the shares to Tiandao League and rewarded 6% of the shares to the middlemen of the three sects of Yuanwu State.

The Zhengdao League also accepted the invitation and moved in, and Sun Zecheng allocated a piece of land in the development zone and 10% of the equity.

After some adjustments,
Now the auction house's equity,

Yellow Maple Valley 50%
Tiandao League 10%
Ten Nations Alliance 10%
Giant Sword Gate 6%
Huadaowu 6%
Moon-covering Sect 4%
Tianque Fort 4%
Qingxu Sect 2%
Tianxing Sect 4%
Wonderful View 2%
Divine Weapon Gate 2%
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the reason why Jujianmen and Huadaowu owned 6% of the shares was because they came to support Master Zhiyang in time when he attacked.

As for the Tianxing Sect, Sun Zecheng gave an extra 2% because they had sent a Nascent Soul Sect to help guard the Spirit Beast Mountain and also provided a set of top-level formations to reinforce the Spirit Beast Mountain.

The Qingxu Sect only has 2%, even lower than the Yanyue Sect!

Master Baoxu asked Sun Zecheng in confusion why he favored one over the other.
Sun Zecheng replied: "Go back and ask Fu Yunzi why he always wants to find the secret weakness of this master to threaten me."

How could Fu Yunzi be punished to go back and reflect on his mistakes, and was replaced by Chong Yunzi, who lived in Lingshou Mountain permanently.

……

What followed was the internal selection competitions of various schools and sects to discuss the Dao at Lingshou Mountain.

Xiao Cui'er hesitated in the room.

Last time, he told his master Sun Zecheng in person that he wanted to stay and serve him, but he was rudely rolled out of the cave and the formation by his master.

This incident dealt a heavy blow to Xiao Cui'er's self-confidence.

She didn't even know what the problem was.

I can't compare to Sister Nie, but I'm still prettier than Chen Qiaoqian!

I don't know what I did wrong, the master doesn't like me! Even when I was rolled out of the cave, Xiao Cui'er could feel that Sun Zecheng was somewhat disgusted with me!

Later, Xiao Cui'er even took the opportunity to talk to Nie Ying outside the cave, but Nie Ying, who was always easy to talk to, did not let her in, but just asked her what she wanted.

After hearing Xiao Cui'er say that everything was fine, he let her go back to the medicine garden.

This was a big blow to Xiao Cui'er, and she even dared not go there again.

However, this time, I learned that the final reward for winning the first place in the Spirit Beast Mountain Discussion was so huge.
Xiao Cui'er was moved.

Now in Lingshou Mountain, with spirit stones, you can buy almost anything you need below the Golden Core stage!
It would be great if I could take first place!
The master and Sister Nie won first place together that year. How great it would be if I were the one who won first place together with the master!
But at that time, I hadn't even met my master yet.

Thinking about the time when she met her master, when she was only in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and how her master casually gave her top-level magical instruments, talismans, and pills, Xiao Cui'er felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

After much hesitation, Xiao Cui'er decided to ask her master Sun Zecheng for help again.

……

Xiao Cui'er had better go find the easy-going Sister Nie first, otherwise she wouldn't even have the chance to get close to Sun Zecheng and talk.

Sister Nie is now in charge of Maple Forest Pavilion and can often be found at Maple Forest Pavilion during normal business hours.

"Xiao Cui'er? What's the matter?"

"Something happened! Something happened!" Xiao Cui'er said hurriedly.

After saying it was okay, Sister Nie's next sentence was that you should go back to the medicine garden. Xiao Cui'er knew this very well.

Nie Ying smiled at Xiao Cui'er, and Xiao Cui'er hurriedly told her the purpose of her visit:

I heard that there will be generous rewards for first place in the Spirit Beast Mountain Forum. I want to take first place, but I don’t have the ability. I hope to get help and support from the master.

"I'll talk to your master about this later. Come back here to see me the day after tomorrow."

"Thank you, Sister Nie!" After getting Sister Nie's promise to help deliver the message, Xiao Cui'er thanked her and happily went back to wait for the letter.

"Oh, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it." Sun Zecheng said after listening to Nie Ying's retelling.

"5% of Yue Country's total revenue, Yellow Maple Valley must take first place!"

"Okay, we need to find someone to capture her after all, so let her, Xiao Cui'er, do it." Sun Zecheng agreed after a little thought.

Let Nie Ying lend the early modified magic weapons, the six-drive brass flying diamond shield and the thirty-drive bronze spear to Xiao Cui'er after adding a ban to prevent them from being disassembled.

"With the brass shield, it is impossible to break it below the early stage of the golden elixir, so it is already undefeated."

"As for the bronze spear, its power exceeds that of a late Jindan. Tell her not to use it easily."

The day after tomorrow, Xiao Cui'er went to find Nie Ying again. She did not meet her master Sun Zecheng, but she temporarily obtained two magic weapons. Xiao Cui'er was happy and regretful.

Taking out two seemingly insignificant magical instruments, Sister Nie told Xiao Cui'er,

"Your master gave you two magical instruments. Take them and bring back the first one."

"Just use this brass shield. Your master has already injected mana into it. You don't need your mana to drive it, and you don't even need to control it with your spiritual consciousness. It flies around the body and automatically defends."

"With the protection of this brass shield, even the early Jindan stage can't hurt you."

After hearing what Sister Nie said, Xiao Cui'er was overjoyed. She really couldn't understand why such an inconspicuous magic weapon had such magical powers!
As for this ancient bronze spear, it is even more amazing.

"Your master has already injected mana into this bronze spear, so you don't need to inject mana into it. It can't even stop a late Jindan. Don't use it if you can."

Even the late Jindan stage can’t resist it. It would be great if this treasure belonged to me, Xiao Cuier thought.

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(End of this chapter)