226 The battle between the Lü family, Zhou family

The Northern Qi State is extremely vast, mainly mountains and grasslands. Most of the people in the territory rely on farming mountains and nomads to make a living. The people are strong, but they are not rich. Even in the capital of Northern Qi, they can barely get richer than the Qingzhou city under the jurisdiction of the Southern Liang State.

Recently, the atmosphere in Northern Qi seems to be a little nervous. The troops and horses in various places are frequently mobilizing, and they are gathering towards the border area between the Northern Qi and the Great Zhou Kingdom. The guards at the gate of the King of Northern Qi City are even more strict in checking pedestrians entering and leaving the city.

More than ten days later, Ye Qin walked on the streets of the Northern Qi King City and could clearly feel the tension in the city. After entering the capital of Northern Qi, he sent a hundred-mile notes to Yan Xuan and others, and asked them to meet at a top restaurant in the city, "Zuixianglou".

At noon, two male and female monks who covered their faces with cloaks knocked on the door and entered a private room in Zuixiang Building.

The female monk lifted up the red cloak and showed a beautiful and delicate face. The woman was Yan Xuan. She smiled at Ye Qin who was drinking alone in the private room and said, "Junior Brother Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Ye Qin's eyes lit up, then he returned to normal. He nodded. When he saw Zhu Changyun and Future, he couldn't help but ask: "Why are you the only two of you, Senior Brother Zhu?"

The chubby Lu Yuan, who followed behind, emerged from behind and said angrily: "Don't mention that boy. Since he arrived in Northern Qi, he has never done any serious things except eating, drinking and having fun. Now he is drinking wine with those Lu disciples in the palace, so how can he care about serious things?"

Yan Xuan said helplessly: "Senior Brother Zhu is from the Zhu family. This experience has nothing to do with their Zhu family. He is here to make up the numbers, but he just treats this experience as a game. He will not do his best. He just waits for the three years of experience to return to Qingdan Sect once the three of us have completed this experience. Therefore, this experience can only be completed by the three of us."

Ye Qin was also helpless.

After a few people exchanged greetings, there was not much nonsense.

Yan Xuan took out a large reel from the storage bag at her waist and spread it out on a square table in the room.

Ye Qin came to the table and took a look. He found that this was a paper terrain map with some very detailed fortresses and military centers marked on it. This was obviously not a map used by those who practice immortals, but a secular military map.

"I didn't have time to draw a map, so I could only take a map from the military headquarters of the Northern Qi court and use it." Yan Xuan explained in a light tone, then pointed to the terrain above and said, "This is the Northern Qi State and the Great Zhou State, which are the territory of our Lu Family and the Zhou Family respectively. There are thousands of miles of narrow jungle and valley between the two countries, and only mountain paths can pass. There are some military passes here. This jungle and valley are the natural borders of the two countries."

Ye Qin was stunned for a moment. The jungle that Yan Xuan pointed to was exactly where he passed. The Northern Qi and the Great Zhou army fought a small-scale war here.

He looked at the map drawn, and suddenly pointed to a large narrow blank space above the top of the map scroll, and asked, "Where is this blank space? Why is there no mark here?"

Yan Xuan looked at the blank place on the map, and looked a little afraid, saying, "If you cross Northern Qi and continue to walk northeast, it will be the Wanyue Lake Immortal Cultivation Realm; if you walk northwest, it will be the Tianqiu Yuan Immortal Cultivation Realm. And this blank area is the buffer zone of the three major immortal cultivators, Lingwu, Wanyue Lake, and Tianqiu Yuan, which are called the chaotic place. In this chaotic place, there are many extremely powerful cultivators, and the people of the Lu family rarely go there."

Ye Qin said in surprise: "So, the Northern Qi Kingdom is the northern border of the Lingwu Immortal Cultivation World?" He once heard the leader of Qingdan Sect Wu talk about Wanyue Lake and Tianqiongyuan. They have different origins from the Lingwu Immortal Cultivation World.

Yan Xuan nodded and said seriously: "Yes, Northern Qi still belongs to the territory of the Lingwu Immortal Cultivation World. After passing Northern Qi, it will no longer be there. The monks from Wanyue Lake and Tianqiong Original Immortal Cultivation World have always been well water and water without traversing the rivers. Although the monks from various Immortal Cultivation World occasionally enter the other party's territory, they will not occupy the territory in the other party's territory. Otherwise, it will be easy to trigger a war in the Immortal Cultivation World."

Ye Qin thought about it. The group of monks, monks in black, monks in the black, people from the Demon Buddha Palace, and people from the Red Cloud Sect that he met in the jungle should not be monks from the Lingwu Immortal Cultivation World, but from the chaotic place, or Wanyue Lake, the sky.

"Sister Yan, do you know that there is a Red Cloud Sect and Demon Buddha Palace near Northern Qi."

Yan Xuan shook her head and said, "Hongyun Sect? I have been to Qingdan Sect since I was a child. I am not very familiar with the situation here and have never heard of it. Let me tell you first, what is happening in Northern Qi. Northern Qi and Great Zhou have been together for hundreds of years, and they even have marriages. Two years ago, a low-level monk from Northern Qi was on his way to find spiritual medicine and accidentally discovered a small spiritual stone vein in the border valley. The Lu family was preparing to dig up the spirit stones here. However, this matter was not kept strictly and was leaked."

Ye Qin asked in confusion: "How did such important information be leaked?"

Yan Xuan said helplessly: "Those who leaked out of the Northern Qi Palace. Northern Qi and the Great Zhou royal family had a marriage. A princess of the Zhou family married into the prince of my secular royal family in Lu. The prince knew a little about this. He accidentally revealed it while drunk. This information was leaked and learned by the monks of the Zhou family. Zhou family had the intention to steal this small spiritual stone mine vein. The two families became ill and fought against each other on the border. Because of this, the prince had been deposed, and the princess was also given poisonous wine to commit suicide."

Ye Qin was speechless. Such important information was leaked out in this way, and the Lu family was also unlucky enough.

He asked, "How strong are the Lü family and the Zhou family?"

Yan Xuan explained in detail: "My Lu family has seven monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage and more than 80 monks in the Qi Training Stage. The Zhou family has six monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage and more than 70 monks in the Qi Training Stage. The two immortal cultivators are basically equal in size. If the two families conflict head-on, neither side will gain any benefits."

Ye Qin nodded silently and felt relieved. Neither of the two immortal cultivators had the Golden Pill stage cultivator, so that would be easy. He was very afraid of the strength of the Golden Pill stage cultivator.

Yan Xuan said: "If we were to add the four of us, there would be eleven foundation-building cultivators in the Northern Qi Dynasty now. However, there are many disciples of the Beast Spirit Sect in the Zhou family, and they will definitely ask for support from the Beast Spirit Sect. So in the end, the strength of the immortal cultivators on both sides is almost the same."

"Then how do you plan to resolve this conflict?"

"Get war!"

"War begins? How do you plan to fight the Zhou family?"

Ye Qin was shocked and frowned and asked. If the two major immortal cultivators of Lu and Zhou fought, then he had to seriously consider whether to leave here and give up his experience. He went down the mountain to practice for three years, and was not here to act as the thug of the Lu family. Even if he offended the Lu family, he did not intend to get involved in such a bloody battle. No matter who loses and wins, it will not be directly beneficial to him, and he will not risk his life to fight for it.

"Of course it was not us who were cultivating immortals who took action, but we used the troops of Northern Qi and Great Zhou to start the war." Yan Xuan smiled sly, "Junior Brother Ye may not know the customs of the Great Immortal Cultivation Family. The Great Immortal Cultivation Family will never easily start war with each other. The Great Immortal Cultivation Family has their own national territories and will not invade each other at will.

The most common method used by the great immortal family is to send mortal troops from their own country to capture the other party's territory and occupy the enemy's territory. In this way, blood feuds can be avoided between the immortal family.

If the Zhou Immortal Cultivation Family and the Lu Immortal Cultivation Family fight directly, and the important cultivators on both sides will easily become ill-fighted. This will lead to the intervention of the Qingdan Sect and the Beast Spirit Sect, which will cause the war to spread and escalate. This is a situation that no one wants to see. Therefore, unless they plan to destroy the opponent, the Great Immortal Cultivation Family will not fight directly.

The best way to resolve the conflict is to mobilize mortal troops to conquer the territory. The mortal troops of the two countries will fight on the border and include this thousands of miles long valley within their respective borders. Once the formal national boundary is established, the family will naturally be able to legitimately occupy the spirit stone veins in the valley.

Not only do our Lu family do this, but the Zhou family will do this. After the war is over, the valley will be owned by any country under the control of which country, and the other party has nothing to say. However, secular wars often last for a long time, and it is common for decades to fight."

Ye Qin was stunned.

He understood why a large number of mortal soldiers were mobilized in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and even the atmosphere in the royal city was tense. It turned out that the Lu family wanted to send these mortal troops to compete for the border and seize the spirit stone minerals in the valley.

Ye Qin said in confusion: "Since the Northern Qi army has dispatched to seize the border, what do we need to do?"

Yan Xuan said: "Our experience this time is naturally to help the Lü family occupy this small spiritual stone vein. The first thing we need to do is to try to find out how much reserves this spiritual stone vein has. Secondly, we need to understand the situation of the Zhou family and their reinforcements. After obtaining these accurate information, the army will make a decision whether to send more disciples to support it."

Ye Qin said: "How to check the reserves of the spirit stone ore veins?"

Yan Xuan said: "At least one mine channel must be opened to understand the thickness of the spirit stone ore layer. The more mine channels, the more accurate the exploration is. However, now the Lu family and the Zhou family have sent many monks to guard near the mine veins to prevent the other monks from digging holes and mining in the valley. Therefore, it is still difficult for our family to understand the reserves of the mine veins. What can be done now is to try to understand the situation of the Zhou family. In order to complete this experience, Junior Brother Zhu has a proposal."

Ye Qin said: "What proposal?"

Yan Xuan looked at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan emerged from behind and said hesitantly: "I, my cousin, and junior brother Zhu stayed in Northern Qi, while junior brother Ye, you sneaked into the Great Zhou Kingdom and investigated the situation of the Zhou family."

After hearing this, Ye Qin frowned and said in a low voice: "I'm going to Dazhou alone, what does this mean?"

Lu Yuan showed a helpless expression and said, "I and my cousin are all from the Lu family. Many of us know us, so we will definitely not be able to sneak into the Great Zhou Kingdom. Even Junior Brother Zhu has already been swaying around the King of Northern Qi City, and his identity has been exposed long ago. He will inevitably be targeted by the secret spies of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Only Junior Brother Ye has just arrived, and his identity is secret. He has not yet exposed his identity. He can completely disguise his identity and sneak into the Great Zhou Kingdom to investigate the intelligence. The four of us and others of the master came to experience it. Naturally, I hope we can make contributions. Junior Brother Ye took the risk of going deep into the Great Zhou country alone to inquire about information. This contribution is only Junior Brother Ye."

After hearing this, Ye Qin showed no expression on his face, but cursed Zhu Changyun and Lu Yuan in his heart. He was lying in Northern Qi to enjoy himself, but suggested that he go to the Great Zhou Kingdom to take risks.

Lu Yuan looked at Ye Qin's expressionless expression and felt a little nervous. He found that it was very difficult to guess the feelings of Junior Brother Ye, and said: "As far as I know, the Zhou family is recruiting cultivators to help them to enhance their reputation. Junior Brother Ye pretends to be his identity and mixes in it, he can fully understand their situation."

Ye Qin looked at Yan Xuan and Lu Yuan, who were full of expectations, and was silent. It was actually not dangerous to simply enter the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom and inquire about information. The real danger was that he was discovered by the foundation-building monks of the Zhou family, which was not a joke.

Yan Xuan blinked at Ye Qin, as if guessing his concern, and said, "Junior Brother Ye, only the four of us know your identity. Except for the four of us, it is impossible for anyone else in Northern Qi and Dazhou to know your identity. Northern Qi, Dazhou is far away from Qingdan Gate, and it will take one year to go back and forth. Even if someone in the Zhou family doubts your identity, it will take at least one year to be confirmed. Junior Brother Ye enters the Great Zhou Kingdom, the people of the Zhou family will only win over and will not attack you easily. As long as you can get the information from the Zhou family, this mission will be considered half successful."

"I'll go to the Great Zhou Kingdom. But I can't guarantee whether I can get information from the Zhou family."

Ye Qin said with some depression. The Great Zhou Kingdom still has to go there. However, don’t expect him to risk his life and get back some information. Zhu Changyun, that guy, was hiding in the royal city of Northern Qi and enjoying his work but not working. Yan Xuan and Lu Yuan also stayed in Northern Qi Kingdom safely, why did he, an irrelevant person, take this risk?

Even if you want to take risks, it is time for the members of the Lu family to take risks, not as an outsider.

If he was an ordinary monk, he might have tried his best to help the Lü family seize the spirit stone ore veins to curry favor with the Lü family. But Ye Qin had no idea about this.

The contribution he made to Qingdan Sect was far more beneficial than the Qingdan Sect gave him. The Lu family still owed him a favor and never paid it back.

In the past three years, he had to travel to the surrounding countries, or find a quiet place to go to seclusion and practice in seclusion, and then return to Qingdan Sect after time. Even if he did not make any contributions in his experience, could Qingdan Sect still remove him from the list?
Chapter completed!