Chapter 323: Brothers talk, and things surge in all directions!

White Tiger Mountain.

Inside a grand hall.

The Lu family disciples gathered together, discussing the battle of today.

Although they didn’t do much, today’s events still brought them considerable shock, clearly recognizing the cruelty of the cultivation world.

“Brother, when did you break through to the late stage of Qi Refining!”

At this moment, Lu Caizhen saw her elder brother Lu Quanzhen return and immediately went forward, asking in a soft, excited voice.

She knew that her brother worked very hard in his cultivation on weekdays.

But she didn’t expect her brother to be so powerful.

“Quanzhen, you’ve broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining!”

“Brother Quanzhen, you should have broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, right?”

“Brother Quanzhen, you just let the Zhao family go. What if they go back on their word and harbor revenge in the future?”

The other Lu family disciples also spoke up when they saw Lu Quanzhen.

The highest cultivation among them was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

The transition from the sixth level to the seventh level of Qi Refining is a hurdle!

With their spiritual root talent, it would take them a lot of time, or even the help of elixirs, to break through this hurdle.

And Lu Quanzhen’s performance today clearly showed that he hadn’t just broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Especially during the previous battle, Lu Quanzhen not only displayed combat power far exceeding theirs but also remained calm in the face of danger, driving a second-order puppet to fight a second-order demon beast alongside the Nine Nether Mastiff. His image suddenly became tall and impressive in their hearts.

“Haha, I had some opportunities when I went out before, so I was lucky enough to break through.”

“As for the Zhao family’s matter, don’t worry.”

Lu Quanzhen smiled at these brothers and sisters, not saying much.

After all, his actions were not in accordance with morality.

However, some people thought of Lu Quanzhen’s long absence before returning, and they vaguely guessed, looking at him with a bit more respect in their eyes.

“Brother Quanzhen, you’re back. I’ve roughly compiled the current situation and information of the Zhao family.”

At this time, Lu Yun returned with Lu Ruyi, Lu Xiaoru, and several others, and immediately said upon seeing Lu Quanzhen.

Although he was the Lu family head, everyone was brothers and sisters, so there wasn’t much imposing manner.

Moreover, Lu Changsheng had said that Lu Quanzhen was fully responsible for the White Tiger Mountain matters, so even if he was the family head, he wouldn’t interfere too much.

“Thanks for your hard work, Yun.”

Lu Quanzhen smiled slightly.

Because Qu Zhenzhen and Lu Miaoyun had a very good relationship, their brothers and sisters were very close to Lu Yun’s brothers and sisters on weekdays.

The two came to the side hall.

Lu Quanzhen took the booklet and flipped through it, casually asking: “Yun, do you have any suggestions for the Zhao family’s arrangement?”

“Brother Quanzhen, you’ve always been better at this than me. You can make your own decisions.”

Lu Yun said directly.

He knew that Lu Quanzhen was stronger than him in handling affairs.

The reason he was elected as the family head was entirely because his father considered his mother Lu Miaoyun, as well as Green Bamboo Mountain.

“We’re just chatting casually between brothers, and besides, you’ll have to take over the affairs of White Tiger Mountain sooner or later.”

Lu Quanzhen said with a soft smile.

He had no intention of getting involved in family affairs in his early years, only wanting to work hard to break through to Foundation Establishment.

But after seeing his uncle Qu Changge, he saw a wider world!

Knowing that the Jiang Kingdom’s cultivation world was too small.

He had to raise his horizons and look at the entire Southern Wilderness cultivation world!

Only in this way could he fulfill his agreement with his uncle and condense a high-grade Golden Core within a hundred years!

“Now that the Zhao family has submitted to our family, the next step is naturally to stabilize the Zhao family’s situation and make them loyal.”

“During this period, we also need to win over a group of people from the Zhao family. I saw that the Zhao family has two branches besides the main line.”

Lu Yun hesitated slightly, speaking out.

“That’s right, it’s about elevating the collateral lines and suppressing the direct line, elevating the branch lines and suppressing the main line. Families like the Zhao family don’t value the branch and collateral lines on weekdays, and their family allegiance is relatively poor. As long as we give them some sweetness, they will be willing to be dogs.”

Lu Quanzhen smiled and said: “But Yun, political tactics are ultimately not presentable. In this world, only strength is king.”

“Just like the Zhao family’s vassalage to our family, they fear Father, Aunts, Uncle Li, and Nine Nether.”

“So we don’t need to spend too much effort on the Zhao family to stabilize their situation and make them loyal.”

“As long as Father and the Aunts are here, the Zhao family won’t dare to have any crooked thoughts and can only be obedient dogs.”

“If you’re in a good mood, reward them with a few bones. If they dare to disobey or procrastinate, just kill them. Anyway, there are plenty of Zhao family members willing to be dogs.”

“You must know that petty people fear power but don’t appreciate kindness. The more polite and easy-going you are, the more they will understand your nature and bottom line, and instead, they will become more demanding.”

Lu Quanzhen looked at the information on the jade scroll, looking nonchalant.

“Fear power but don’t appreciate kindness…”

Lu Yun was stunned, a look of realization on his face, and then said somewhat embarrassedly: “Brother Quanzhen, I understand what you mean, but if such words are spread out and known by other families, will it affect our family’s reputation?”

“Yun, it’s still the same sentence, strength is king.”

Lu Quanzhen raised his head and smiled: “With Father and the Aunts here, what gossip would other families dare to say? Speaking of reputation, our family seized Azure Lake Mountain from the Yu family and seized White Tiger Mountain today. Would the reputation be good if it spread out?”

“No one dares to gossip about such things. How could they care about these insignificant things? As long as our family is strong enough, someone will praise us for whatever we do.”

Lu Quanzhen said, patting his younger brother’s shoulder.

He knew that his aunt Lu Miaoyun was the head of the family in her early years, managing the large and small affairs of the backyard, and lacked discipline over Lu Yun.

But in order to set an example for the family, Lu Miaoyun was very strict with the behavior and character of Lu Yun’s brothers and sisters.

In his early years, under the favor of the Fourth Elder of Green Bamboo Mountain, Lu Yun was still somewhat arrogant.

But under Lu Miaoyun’s strict teaching, his personality gradually became timid and submissive, listening to his mother Lu Miaoyun’s arrangements in everything, lacking his own opinions and confidence.

And in his usual actions, he had been learning from his father Lu Changsheng, but he had only learned the appearance, making his actions indecisive and overly upright.

This was not only Lu Yun’s problem, but many Lu family disciples had this problem.

“I understand.”

Lu Yun nodded, then smiled bitterly: “Brother Quanzhen, I’ve always thought you were more suitable to sit in the position of family head than me.”

“In two years, when the family head is re-elected, if you are willing, I think Father will definitely agree.”

Lu Yun had always understood that he was indecisive and lacked decisiveness.

“Haha, Yun, you don’t need to belittle yourself. When you are the family head, at least the family is harmonious, and your younger brothers and sisters all recognize you.”

Lu Quanzhen smiled.

Although Lu Yun lacked ruthlessness and decisiveness.

But he had been conscientious and diligent as the family head, acting fairly, impartially, and not relying on power to indulge in pleasure, so all the brothers and sisters in the family recognized him.

The two brothers chatted for a while, and after discussing and finalizing the matters, they began to arrange tasks, mobilizing all the Lu family disciples.

“Tsk tsk tsk, this Zhao family is indeed a family that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. It really has some foundation.”

At this time, Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge came to the Zhao family’s old ancestor’s secluded cave.

This was the spiritual eye of the White Tiger Mountain’s spiritual vein, and the spiritual energy was very rich, reaching the level of a second-order high-grade.

It wasn’t that the White Tiger Mountain’s spiritual vein was a second-order high-grade.

But White Tiger Mountain only had one Foundation Establishment cultivator, the Zhao family’s old ancestor, and a second-order demon beast, and the spiritual energy was more than enough.

Thus, through the spirit gathering formation, the spiritual energy concentration in the cave easily reached the second-order high-grade.

Through the Source Spirit Pupil Technique, Lu Changsheng saw that the White Tiger Mountain’s spiritual vein already had signs of advancing to a second-order high-grade spiritual vein.

Just one Spirit Source Bead would immediately allow it to advance to a second-order high-grade spiritual vein.

“But this spiritual vein is destined not to advance to a second-order high-grade.”

Lu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He was preparing to extract part of the origin from this spiritual vein to nourish his own spiritual vein.

However, if he wanted to extract the spiritual vein, he still needed to do some preparation.

Although he had obtained the skills of a Dragon Seeker, due to time constraints, the basic magical instruments of the Dragon Seeker had not yet been prepared.

Just like that, Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge sat in White Tiger Mountain.

Let Li Feiyu take Lu Xianzhi, Lu Xiaoru, and other children back to Azure Lake Mountain first.

After all, these children all had affairs in the family, and being away for a long time would have an impact.

Only Lu Quanzhen, Lu Yun, and Lu Ruyi were left to handle matters there.

At this time, Lu Changsheng finished reviewing the Zhao family’s assets and expenditures over the years, finally understanding why the Zhao family’s patriarch coveted his spirit stone mine.

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They were too poor!

Although the Zhao family’s circumstances were decent, having once been at their peak, they suffered heavy losses during the Blackwater Pool battle, leading to a decline.

Therefore, the Zhao family’s patriarch increased the cultivation efforts of the family’s disciples, causing White Tiger Mountain to suffer losses year after year.

It should be known that not all families are like Green Lake Mountain, with an ancestor like Lu Changsheng.

Not only did he not rely on the family for profit, but he also constantly subsidized the family out of his own pocket.

White Tiger Mountain had negative expenditures, but the patriarch’s various cultivation expenses could not be reduced, leading to the sale of many family assets, and the hole grew larger and larger.

Eight years ago, the Foundation Establishment seed cultivated by White Tiger Mountain failed to break through, making White Tiger Mountain’s situation even worse, and these years have been extremely difficult.

“Alas, although the Zhao family has a skill, specializing in refining weapons, most of the family’s income comes from the mine.”

“Now that the mine is severely depleted, yet no new profitable income has been developed, even without this incident, they will face a family crisis in a few decades.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head and said.

Due to the environmental conditions of White Tiger Mountain, it is not suitable for large-scale planting of spiritual herbs, so it is difficult for the Zhao family to develop new profits.

“Given the situation of White Tiger Mountain, it could be used to open factories or establish a market town.”

Lu Changsheng pondered in his heart.

However, he certainly would not use White Tiger Mountain to build a market town.

He planned to establish a branch family here after his children broke through to Foundation Establishment, and could build a few factories.

“However, if I want to build factories, I must first resolve the Jin family, otherwise, with the two families adjacent, if White Tiger Mountain is attacked, wouldn’t I suffer heavy losses.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, not thinking too much about it, planning to leave White Tiger Mountain as it is for now, and decide later.

Although White Tiger Mountain is very poor, it is still a family with nearly a thousand years of heritage, and still has some foundation.

For example, in terms of magic tools and spiritual weapons.

The Zhao family doesn’t have many ordinary magic tools and spiritual weapons, most of which have been sold.

But the treasure trove still has several exquisite magic tools and spiritual weapons passed down.

These are all exquisite magic tools and spiritual weapons forged by the previous generations of Zhao family patriarchs for the family.

If they were to be sold, they could easily fetch tens of thousands of spirit stones.

However, Lu Changsheng would naturally not sell these magic tools, choosing to keep them for his own use.

The next day.

The news about Green Lake Mountain and White Tiger Mountain immediately spread, like a boulder thrown into a pond, creating huge waves in the surrounding area.

And this news quickly spread to the entire Azure Cloud Territory!

Because it was too shocking!

It wasn’t that Green Lake Mountain defeated White Tiger Mountain!

But that Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge jointly defeated Jin Zhan, the Grand Elder of the Golden Dragon Ridge Jin family!

And during the battle, they invited a Foundation Establishment friend to help, and revealed a second-order demon beast!

It should be known that the Lu family of Green Lake Mountain originally had three Foundation Establishment cultivators: Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, and Ling Zixiao!

Lu Changsheng also has a Foundation Establishment Dao companion in the Azure Cloud Sect!

Now there are two more Foundation Establishment combat strengths, adding up to six Foundation Establishment combat strengths!

This kind of combat strength, looking at the entire Azure Cloud Territory, except for the Beast Taming Xu family and the six Pseudo-Core families, can be said to be in the first echelon!

Especially the amazing combat strength of Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge!

During the Red Leaf Valley Market Town battle in the early years, it was rumored that the Lu couple practiced dual cultivation techniques, and their combat strength was comparable to the peak of Foundation Establishment, killing five Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators. Everyone was surprised, but most believed that it was exaggerated boasting!

But at this time, Jin Zhan, the Grand Elder of Golden Dragon Ridge, a well-known Foundation Establishment cultivator, a great cultivator expected to reach Pseudo-Core in the future, or even Core Formation, was defeated by the couple. It was really unexpected and extremely shocking!

“The Lu family of Green Lake Mountain has only been established for more than ten years, but I didn’t expect it to grow to such a degree!”

“I heard that the Lu couple has only broken through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, and the two of them can defeat the Grand Elder of the Jin family together. If they both break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, wouldn’t they be able to defeat Pseudo-Core and contend against Core Formation True People!”

“Could it be that the Lu family of Green Lake Mountain is going to become the seventh Pseudo-Core level family force!”

“Hmph, the late stage of Foundation Establishment is not so easy to break through. I heard that Lu Changsheng’s spiritual root talent is average. Being able to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment so quickly, I am afraid that he already has great opportunities!”

“White Tiger Mountain is adjacent to Golden Dragon Ridge. Now that Green Lake Mountain has taken White Tiger Mountain, for Golden Dragon Ridge, it is like a thorn in their side, and they will definitely confront Green Lake Mountain!”

“Tsk tsk tsk, if the Pseudo-Core ancestor of the Jin family kills Green Lake Mountain and perishes together with the Lu couple, that would be interesting!”

“I heard that this Green Lake Mountain Lord likes beauties, likes to have children, and treats his wives, concubines, and children very well. If you can marry several daughters in your family to this Old Ancestor Lu, I think the two families can be friendly for a long time.”

“Ling’er, Meng’er, you will follow me to pay a visit to this Old Ancestor Lu!”

“The Lu family of Green Lake Mountain, even if Green Lake Mountain will definitely rise in the future, but now the Jin family is the great enemy, Ming’er, do we have any eligible women in our family now?”

As the news spread, countless people exclaimed and discussed, and many family forces, after learning the news, immediately came to pay a visit to Lu Changsheng, or prepared to discuss alliances and cooperation.

Green Bamboo Mountain.

“Changsheng and Miaoge actually defeated the Grand Elder of the Jin family!??”

Lu Yuanding and the Fourth Elder and others were all so shocked that they couldn’t speak after hearing the news.

At the beginning of the Red Leaf Valley battle, they all regarded Lu Changsheng’s words as false.

Deliberately releasing this kind of news to promote the market town.

Unexpectedly, the two people’s combat power is really so amazing, and they jointly defeated Jin Zhan, the Grand Elder of the Golden Dragon Ridge Jin family!

It should be known that the Jin family of Golden Dragon Ridge, and this Grand Elder of the Jin family, both belong to the existence that their Green Bamboo Mountain can only look up to, and it is difficult to even meet.

But now, they were defeated by Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge.

“Aunt and Uncle Changsheng are now offending Golden Dragon Ridge, will it cause trouble?”

Lu Muping, the newly promoted ancestor of the Lu family, was a little worried.

He has been stationed in Green Bamboo Mountain all these years and has not revealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation.

But as time goes by, the Lu family has vaguely known internally and has revealed rumors to the outside world.

“Changsheng and Miaoge dare to do this, they must have certainty.”

Lu Yuanding said decisively, although there was worry on his face, there was a hint of pride in his eyes.

After all, these two are his daughter and son-in-law!

How could he not be proud when he heard such news!?

A great cultivator who is expected to form a core was defeated by his daughter and son-in-law!

Doesn’t this mean that his daughter and son-in-law are expected to reach Pseudo-Core in the future, or even Core Formation!

“Hahaha, I didn’t expect that Lu Yuanding could see such a day in my lifetime, even if I die, it would be worth it!”

Lu Yuanding thought so, and immediately laughed happily.

“It’s almost the same for me, the old woman, to say this, but it’s thanks to you, Yuanding, for bringing Changsheng back to our home back then.”

The Fourth Elder’s face was old, but due to taking the second-order longevity pill, her complexion was good, and she said with a smile and emotion.

“Eighth Grandpa, Great Grandma, don’t say that. Don’t worry about things now. Take good care of your health. Maybe you can see the day when Aunt and Uncle break through to Core Formation.”

Lu Muping said respectfully to Lu Yuanding.

Although he is the Old Ancestor of the Lu family, he is very respectful to both Lu Yuanding and the Fourth Elder.

Not only because the two are his elders, but also because these two are Lu Changsheng’s elders.

“Core Formation…”

Lu Yuanding didn’t speak.

But at this moment, both he and the Fourth Elder showed a bit of longing in their eyes, thinking about whether there could really be such a day.

After all, this is a Core Formation True Person!

Before this, let alone Core Formation, even Pseudo-Core was an existence that they could not reach!

“If there really is such a day, even if I don’t see it, I will die without regrets.”

Lu Yuanding and the Fourth Elder both thought so in their hearts.