Chapter 366: Taking Charge

Lu Changan knew the meaning of the music.

True Lord Zixia mentioned that the enemy's suspected Jindan master was the key to the previous battle of Tengling Mine, and it was also the reason for talking to him.

In all parts of the cultivation world, Yuanying True Lord is the highest deterrent, and ordinary conflicts of interest will not end easily.

The order of Dayu Kingdom is relatively stable, and there is also such an unspoken rule.

Therefore, the late Jindan masters of the Yuanying sects are all important figures who can stand on their own.

"In a few decades, our sect may be able to survive the years of transition."

"But now, our sect's Jindan masters are still scarce. The Xuefeng Sect Master has to handle the sect affairs and coordinate the internal and external affairs; the 'Huadu True Man' who was promoted a few years ago also has to sit in the high-level fairy city..."

True Lord Zixia looked worried and stated the current situation.

"Senior Sister Zixia wants me or Diyan Lord to sit in the Tengling Mine to deal with the troubles of the Ye family?"

Lu Changan pondered.

Now among the sect's Jindan masters, only he is relatively free.

Moreover, as a third-grade high-quality puppet master, Elder Xiang's book strength is stronger than the other two Jindan great cultivators.

Zixia Zhenjun nodded and said, "Junior Brother Xiang is the best candidate at the moment. Today's talk with you is mainly for discussion, not for coercion."

"If Junior Brother Xiang is willing to stay in the mine, our sect will have additional spiritual stones and elixir subsidies, including sect contributions. In addition, the third-grade fine ore of Tengling Mine can be used as a superior puppet refining treasure material, and the person who stays in the mine can enjoy a certain share every year..."

Third-grade fine ore?

Lu Changan was also moved when he heard it. The puppet army he constructed was in need of a team and urgently needed good materials.

This kind of task of staying in the fairy city and industrial station was originally the task he agreed to when he became a guest official.

Compared with the dangerous and uncontrollable war of cultivating immortals, the task of defending the mine is not risky for him.

First of all, it is unlikely that Yuanying Zhenjun will go down in person.

With his self-protection ability, even if the hostile Yuanying does not follow the moral code of martial arts, there is no need to worry.

Secondly, the Tengling Mine is within the sphere of influence of the Yunxia Sect, and is protected by formations and taken care of by the sect.

"Lord Di Yan doesn't need to go there. Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken?"

Zixia Zhenjun added.

"Lord Di Yan is a transformed holy beast. If he goes there, it may escalate the incident, break the unspoken rules, and attract the Yuanying Zhenjun of the Ye family."

Hearing this, Lu Changan nodded slightly. Zhenjun Zixia was very thoughtful and he was indeed the best candidate.

"Don't worry, Senior Sister Zixia, Xiang will take good care of the Tengling Mine and safeguard the interests of our sect."

Lu Changan agreed to this matter.

"With what Junior Brother Xiang said, I can practice with peace of mind, cultivate my magical powers, and strengthen my magic weapons."

Fairy Zixia smiled, making all the flowers dim and beautiful.

Lu Changan realized that Zhenjun Zixia's cultivation was close to the peak of the early Yuanying period.

After the death of Zhenjun Yunlan, Zhenjun Zixia could mobilize more resources in the sect.

At present, her goal is to become a veteran Yuanying cultivator.

To reach this standard, one must either improve his cultivation to the peak of the early stage of the Nascent Soul and have stronger magic power.

Or improve his magical powers and magic weapons to have corresponding strength.

Even if they are both in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, the difference in strength between them is not small.

For example, a three or four hundred year old Nascent Soul Master and a seven or eight hundred year old Nascent Soul Old Monster, the latter often has a deeper foundation and stronger magical powers.

"I wish my senior sister to achieve great magic power and magical powers as soon as possible."

After a few pleasantries, Lu Changan asked for his leave.

Fairy Zixia smiled, elegant and polite, and personally sent Lu Changan out of the cave, as if she were a distinguished guest.

...

Without further ado, Lu Changan set off the next day.

Before leaving, he went to the underground palace of the fourth-level spiritual vein and explained some matters to Di Yanjun.

After yesterday's conversation, Lu Changan understood the subtlety of Zixia Master's arrangement this time.

Elder Xiang sat in the Tengling Mine and made full use of everything.

Di Yanjun guarded the mountain gate like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea.

In this way, Fairy Zixia can improve her strength with peace of mind, and occasionally go out to purchase and trade in the territory of Dayu.

There is another obscure point.

When Lu Changan is not in the sect, True Lord Zixia can spend more time with the rock rat and cultivate their relationship alone.

Lu Changan sighed secretly. As a female True Lord who is hundreds of years old and in charge of a large sect, it is impossible for her to be pure and innocent. She also has strategies and schemes.

In this world, the truly beautiful women are definitely not silly and sweet, because wisdom is also part of charm.

Half a day later.

Lu Changan took the sect's flying boat and arrived at the edge of Yunxia Sect's influence.

In addition to Lu Changan, there was a True Dan cultivator, three Fake Dan cultivators, and more than a dozen foundation-building cultivators on the flying boat.

"Elder Xiang, the Tengling Mine is below."

The accompanying True Dan in the early stage was a dignified and beautiful female cultivator in green clothes, with the Taoist name "Xiu Yu Zhenren".

Xiu Yu Zhenren was the female disciple of True Lord Zixia, who came to assist Lu Changan.

Following her guidance, a low hilly area came into view.

From a distance, it looked grey and dull, without any magnificent landscape.

It was this mountain mine that created huge profits for Yunxia Sect.

The sect headquarters of Tengling Mine has castles and markets on the periphery. In addition to sect disciples, there are also members of the Tie family inside.

The hinterland of the mountain is the sect forbidden area.

There is a green bamboo forest there, mostly second-level spiritual bamboo.

Among them, eight third-level spiritual bamboos are used as the formation base, and with many second-level spiritual bamboos, they form a wood spirit formation that gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This formation not only gathers spirits, but also has the effect of illusion and defense.

"With the help of the wood spirit formation, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here can reach the level of third-order mid-grade spiritual veins. Fortunately, the wood spiritual energy is acceptable, and with the subsidized pills and spirit stones, it does not affect the practice."

Lu Changan's eyes fell on the center of the bamboo forest formation.

There is a separate bamboo and wood pavilion, made of second-order high-grade spiritual bamboo, with a small courtyard in the front and a garden in the back.

It covers a total area of ​​several acres and is equipped with alchemy rooms, refining rooms, etc.

"Yinzhu Pavilion."

This bamboo and wooden pavilion is where the guardian of Tengling Mine is located. There are three words engraved on the plaque.

On the periphery of the bamboo forest, there are also some scattered bamboo buildings, where other alchemy monks, including the fake alchemy master, live.

…

"Elder Xiang and Master Xiuyu arrived in time. Yuan can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

In the Yinzhu Pavilion, an old man wearing brown robes came out. He was in the middle stage of alchemy cultivation. He was seriously injured and his vitality was severely damaged.

"Elder Yuan."

Lu Changan and Master Xiuyu met with Elder Yuan who was guarding this place.

Without much exchange of pleasantries, Lu Changan and the two asked Elder Yuan about the situation of the Tengling Mine.

According to Elder Yuan's statement: On that day, the third-order formation outside the mine was breached. On the surface, it was another branch of the Tie clan that split off. In fact, there was a group of monks who were more powerful and secretly helped.

That team of monks was mostly from the Ye family, one of the four great families, who were behind the scenes.

One of the mysterious pill-forming monks just shot a flying sword from a distance and cut a gap in the formation at the critical moment.

Afterwards, the Tieling Mine was looted and the losses were considerable.

The enemy was heavily outnumbered, and Elder Yuan was afraid of the mysterious pill-forming monk, so he could only use the geographical advantage to passively retreat and defend, without the ability to fight back.

"That mysterious alchemy cultivator, is he a sword cultivator?"

Lu Changan couldn't help but ask.

If it is a sword cultivation in the later stage of the Dan Formation, it will be more difficult than the general Dan Formation major repair.

"It's possible, but he only took action once, so we can't be sure. He seemed to have disdained to take action after that, otherwise Yuan might not be alive."

Elder Yuan recalled this moment with lingering fear.

Lu Changan was thoughtful. This action of the Ye family was more like a test and they did not let go.

If the Ye family's pill-forming overhaul involves wanton killing, it will not comply with the rules and morals of the Dayu Kingdom, and may escalate into an all-out open fire by the two Nascent Soul forces.

After all, the Ye family's purpose is for mineral interests, not to break out a sect war.

If the Yunxia Sect sends out strong Danjie players, but is still defeated in the end and cannot defend the Tengling Mine, it is inevitable that some benefits will have to be divided.

As usual, the interests of the Tengling Mine will be redistributed through negotiation.

The possibility of Nascent Soul Lords from both sides ending up personally is still very slim.

Based on Lu Changan's thinking before time travel, Nascent Soul Lord is equivalent to nuclear deterrence, mutual checks and balances, and conventional interest disputes cannot allow for a fight at this level.

With a lifespan of thousands of years, most of those old monsters cherish their lives.

Unless it involves the survival of the Taoist tradition, or an opportunity like the ancient Youdian Palace, or the hope of further progress, there will be a fight.

…

Above the clouds two hundred miles away.

"Elder Ye has left no stone unturned. The pill-forming major cultivator from Yunxia Sect who came to take charge is indeed Elder Xiang."

The short, dark-skinned old man complimented with a smile.

The dark-skinned old man's early cultivation of pill formation was exactly the branch of the Tie family that split off, and was supported by the Ye family, the clan leader, Tie Danxin.

Elder Ye, who looks like a middle-aged Confucian scholar, wears a turban on his head, holds a feather fan in his hand, and smiles:

"Having said that, this Elder Xiang is not easy to deal with. Just his status as a third-level top-grade puppet master is a headache."

"Haha! Since Elder Ye has made it to this point, he must have a way to deal with him. Besides, the swordsman genius from the "Tianjian Pavilion" in the southern region is definitely not something that ordinary alchemy majors can deal with."

Tie Danxin laughed heartily and looked very convinced.

"Ye Fanchen? Hey, this kid has disappeared again."

Elder Ye looked around and saw no one, frowning slightly.

Although Ye Fanchen's surname is Ye, he is not a direct monk of the family, but a small branch of the Ye family.

Who would have expected that Ye Fanchen, who had mediocre qualifications, would actually have amazing talent in swordsmanship. When he was traveling, he was accepted as a disciple by the elders of Tianjian Pavilion.

Tianjian Pavilion is the dominant force in the southern region, and the first cultivator in its sect is one of the three great monks in Dayuan.

Ye Fanchen, who returned home in a low-key manner, was attracted by the Ye family members, who were willing to help him further his training and promised to use his beloved wife as a sword.

"Ye Shangxiu, maybe he is comprehending the art of swordsmanship..."

Tie Danxin said with a smile.

"Why did the elder call me?"

A lazy voice came from Jiugangtian above the two of them.

"Fanchen, Xiang Dalong, the guest minister of Yunxia Sect, just arrived at Tengling Mine today. Are you confident about dealing with this person?"

Elder Ye didn't care about this man's rudeness and asked seriously.

In the Jiugang sky where the wind was howling, a handsome-browed man with two swords on his back vaguely appeared.

"That third-level high-grade puppet master? Not sure."

Ye Fanchen shook his head and told the truth.

A third-level high-grade puppet master, and also a major cultivator of alchemy. Who knows how many third-level puppets there are.

If there is a third-level high-grade puppet, it is equivalent to two against one.

"If you don't need to deal with its puppet methods..."

Elder Ye said with a smile.

"Then leave it to me."

Ye Fanchen said without thinking.

He came from the top sword cultivator force in Dayuan. He went out to practice. During the mission, he found that the core-forming Daxiu cultivator of the same realm was vulnerable to a blow.

Even the great Jindan cultivators of the Ye family of Dayu Country could not last for half a moment in his hands.

…

A few days later, in Yinzhu Pavilion.

Lu Changan and Elder Yuan completed the handover, and the latter returned to the sect to recuperate.

Lu Changan became the highest person in charge of Tengling Mine.

Xiuyu Zhenren served as his deputy.

In addition, there was an old man guarding the mountain in the early stage of Zhendan in the mine.

Xiuyu Zhenren was the female disciple of Zixia Zhenren, with a special status. In addition to assisting Lu Changan, she also had a certain supervisory significance.

Xiuyu Zhenren originally thought that Elder Xiang, a hard cultivator, would be more conservative and at most guard the status quo.

Unexpectedly, after Lu Changan came to power, he launched a half-month "cleansing and rectification" operation on Tengling Mine.

On the first day of the operation, the puppet controlled by Lu Changan found out the inner ghost of a errand disciple.

The errand disciple turned out to be a fake Zhenren in disguise. After being discovered, he had no way to defend himself and was captured on the spot.

This was just the first step of Elder Xiang's vigorous and resolute action.

In the subsequent investigation, two more traitors were found by Yunxia Sect, and they actually came from different forces in the surrounding area.

In addition to investigating the internal traitors, Lu Changan also issued an order that no living insects or birds were allowed to be seen in the hinterland of the entire Tengling Mountain mining area, let alone slightly larger living creatures.

Once seen, they would be killed without mercy.

The reason was that Lu Changan's divine sense discovered that there were strange insects and birds that sneaked into Tieling Mountain and were controlled by cultivators who were good at controlling beasts.

For this reason, Lu Changan punished the law enforcement monks in the mine to set an example.

"The outside must be stabilized first!"

Lu Changan implemented his own ideas from top to bottom.

First, make the Tengling Mine into an iron barrel to stabilize the internal situation.

Under such a slogan, after eliminating the internal traitors, Lu Changan began to check the accounts and investigate the embezzlement and corruption in the mine.

This time, the middle and high-level monks in the mine were terrified.

Tengling Mine, such a big cake of profit, how many incumbents have never embezzled?

Fortunately, Lu Changan stopped there.

He only caught two key points and handed them over to the sect's law enforcement hall as a deterrent, without a more in-depth and comprehensive investigation.

Otherwise, some factions within the Yunxia Sect would be implicated.

"Elder Xiang has some means. In just half a month, he has established great prestige in the Tengling Mine."

Xiu Yu Zhenren saw all this and nodded secretly.

People fear power but not virtue, and the same is true for cultivators.

The title of Jindan Daxiu is certainly admirable, but if it is a good old man, the image of an ascetic monk, the cultivators below will also be sneaky and lack execution.

...

On this day, Lu Changan met with the head of the Tie family in Yinzhu Pavilion.

The Tie family, which is affiliated with the Yunxia Sect, has been suppressed to a certain extent, and the highest cultivation of the patriarch is only a fake Dan cultivation.

Tengling Mine was first discovered by the Tie family, but unfortunately the high-quality third-level spiritual ore and huge profits are not something that an ordinary family can control.

If it was an evil force, it might have killed the whole family.

Although Yunxia Sect did not do this, it made Tie Clan a puppet-like subsidiary family.

"Thank you, Elder Xiang, for your kindness."

"This is my sincere tribute on behalf of the monks in the mine."

The head of the Tie Clan is named Tie Jing, a dark-skinned, bald and strong man who is good at rough processing and smelting ore.

After saying that, Tie Jing respectfully placed a storage bag on the table.

"Be self-disciplined and self-reflective in the future, and don't do it again!"

Lu Changan glanced at him and waved him away.

Tie Jing bowed and left Yinzhu Pavilion as if he had been pardoned.

Swish!

Lu Changan took the storage bag and smiled after counting it.

The storage bag was sufficient, with many third-level fine ores, and they were the type suitable for making puppets.

Tie Jing was just a fake Dan Zhenren, and even if his family had a share of the mine, he would not have such a generous gift.

This tribute was not from Tie Jing alone, but from the interests of the collective representatives of several forces in the huge mine.

"Tsk tsk, sitting in the mine is a good job."

"Sister Zixia's arrangement is an alternative reward, so that this real person can work hard."

Lu Changan felt at ease and accepted this generous tribute. The progress of the puppet army formation materials was greatly improved.

As for completely eradicating corruption? That is unrealistic.

Even if Lu Changan has a superior status and crushes everything in the mine, he does not want to do thankless work.

Who knows whether there are clan leaders, supreme elders, or even descendants of the previous generation of Yuanying Zhenjun behind these interest groups.

Lu Changan accepted the bribe, and it is estimated that he could not hide it from Xiu Yu Zhenren, but he was not worried at all.

First, Xiu Yu Zhenren also had a tribute.

Second, he was not afraid that Zixia Zhenjun would know. Leaving a little loophole for the superior is not necessarily a bad thing.

...

After the purge and rectification, Lu Changan established his majesty in Tengling Mine.

Lu Changan did not touch the typical corrupt officials and the confiscated stolen money.

This stolen money was used to strengthen the formation of the mine, improve everyone's safety, and won a lot of praise.

What surprised Lu Changan was that the Ye family and the other branch of the Tie family, which they supported, let themselves be reorganized without any action.

It seems that the Ye family was afraid of Xiang Dalong's reputation and began to sit on the sidelines.

"As expected of a puppet master, he has a strong sense of consciousness and keen senses. In just half a month, 90% of the handwriting we left inside the Tieling mine was removed..."

Hundreds of miles away in the clouds, Elder Ye had a smile on his face, still looking confident of victory.