half year later.

From south to north, a long journey of millions of miles.

Lin Shan left alone and came back with a group of people. He encountered some minor difficulties along the way, but with him and Brother Ji joining forces, he was able to run away even if he couldn't fight.

I saw private schools everywhere below, reciting aloud, and everyone worshiping and paying homage.

Then he knew that the State of Lu had arrived.

"The front is the territory of the Lujiang Alliance. It is one of the best alliances in Western Lu, second only to the neutral Yunchuan Academy."

As Lin Shan hurried on, he briefly explained the situation in Lu to the people behind him.

It is nothing more than Confucianism being the dominant one, led by the top ten academies.

The four top powers are all located in the central part, and the remaining eight are within the influence of the major academies.

"Except for the famous people I told you not to mess with, don't be afraid of others. Most of them can give you the answer!"

Zuo Ning and others were very excited after hearing this.

They used to be casual cultivators, but now they have finally entered the big league. They suddenly feel a little hard on their backs and are eager to try.

Brother Chicken flapped his wings vigorously, wishing he could look up to the sky and roar!

"Whenever you can help me establish a sect, I can't wait!"

"Now, please be patient."

Lin Shan felt that it would be better to let it learn before going out to start a business on its own.

After all, it only lived among the monsters in the Luosong Mountains before, and it didn't really understand the world of human cultivation. It was better to rush in without thinking and not to break its head and bleed.

Relatively speaking, Chicken Brother's temperament is still relatively straightforward and naive, and he does not have enough social experience.

Therefore, it is better to stay in Xungujiao to visit and understand it for a while, and then go out to start a business.

I also spent more than ten years in the Black Lotus Cult before I had the experience to become the leader myself.

There is a big difference between someone taking it and no one taking it.

...

Not long after, the front entered the main line of the Lujiang River Basin.

Going up the river and passing through the Lunan River Basin, the four Lunan sects here, Lingyun Sect, Xianhemen, Zhaoshenbao, and Liuyang Sect, are all the elders of the Lujiang League.

The four sects sometimes acted in unison and sometimes had disputes with each other. Once when the Lujiang League encountered a crisis, they even secretly tried to build a wall.

However, Lin Shan was quite generous and did not pursue the matter too much. He just let it go after beating him for a while.

To be honest, his alliance leader is already kind enough.

If it were anyone else, the new official would have three things to do when he takes office: he may not kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, but he must shock the mountain to scare the tiger and reshuffle the underlying structure.

But he still uses the old system and doesn't make any major changes to the plan, which is no different from when the ancestor of the Yang family was still alive.

The main reason is laziness. Apart from things other than one's own strength, how can you save yourself the trouble? Only when you are strong can you be truly powerful.

All external objects and forces are nothing more than tools for one's own use.

I didn’t visit the Four Sects of Lunan, but just flew over my head.

Luzhong County, Xianyin Pool.

It has been more than three years since the Lujiang League Conference was held that day, and a huge water fairy city has been built here!

The Fairy City has a radius of hundreds of miles, and the streets, land, facilities, and institutions are all in good order, and it seems to be quite popular.

All four city gates have pontoons leading directly from the outside world, and there is an endless stream of monks coming and going.

There is a plaque hanging on the tower of the main south gate:

"Lujiang City".

This is the regional characteristic, and it is also in line with the sense of belonging that local forces had for their own country at the beginning of its establishment.

Looking at the flow of people below, it is many times larger than that of Wangyue City. After all, it is the headquarters of the alliance. The employment and resources of the cultivation world gathered from all aspects must be top-notch in the local area.

Lin Shan flew directly into the city with a group of people and went straight to the Lujiang League headquarters.

In the center of the city, there are hundreds of dangerous buildings, shining like jade.

As a landmark building in Fairy City, it is also the decision-making power center of the Lujiang League, with elders and guardians from all walks of life stationed there.

Lin Shan's return also caused quite a stir.

Deputy leader Yang Zhenren came out to greet him personally, and also brought four other Jindan Zhenren who were on duty.

Everyone has not seen the alliance leader return for a while, and when he came back suddenly, he looked a little reserved.

Lin Shan looked around and found that the other four people were not very familiar to him. They were not one of the top ten elders of the Lujiang League in the city, but were members of the thirteen sects who later joined as guardians.

The strength of these sects is uneven, but now they are twisted into a rope and gathered into a tower. They are also a decisive force in the western part of the Lu Kingdom today.

Come to the top of the headquarters.

Everyone took their seats one by one. Except for Brother Chicken and the Pig-Headed Monster, Zuo Ning and others were placed in the yard below the high-rise building, waiting for follow-up arrangements.

Lin Shan also introduced these two new partners to the alliance. He didn't go into too much detail. They were just his spiritual pets.

Real people from all walks of life smiled and said congratulations and exchanged polite greetings.

"Master Yang, during my absence, how has our alliance been developing? Has anything major happened?"

Lin Shan asked about the latest progress. Even if he was the shopkeeper, he couldn't just ask questions at all.

Master Yang nodded and told him the general story.

"First of all, the league's rules and regulations have been completely standardized. All reward, punishment and promotion mechanisms are effective and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

"Secondly, various forces have increased investment in the alliance and integrated various industries. Most businesses in the Lujiang River Basin have been localized, and our control over our own territory has been greatly enhanced."

"Coupled with the joint management of ten elders' seats, thirteen guardians' seats, and more than 300 members' seats, large and small, Lujiang City has now become the military, political and economic center of the entire basin."

"A large number of casual cultivators heard the news and traveled thousands of miles to look for opportunities."

...

The most numerous people in the world of cultivation are the low-level casual cultivators.

It is only because of the hard work of these people that the labor force is exploited by powerful forces like them. Anyway, not everyone can be rich, there must be someone who does the work.

If you can attract casual cultivators to find work and make a living, that's a good start.

Yang Zhenren reported on the overall development. It was basically prosperous and there were no mistakes.

After all, the current size of Lujiang League is here, with strong compatibility and high fault tolerance rate, so in general, the development momentum is good.

This is the inside.

When it comes to external matters, Yang Zhenren and the other four other Zhenren's faces look a little weird.

"What's going on externally? Apart from Yunchuan Academy, there shouldn't be anyone in Western Lu who is our opponent, right?"

"Yunchuan Academy is a neutral camp and has a good relationship with us, so it shouldn't cause any problems."

"The forces in the other half of the region are nothing more than scattered sand. Can they still pose any threat to us?"

Lin Shan is still somewhat confident in his own family, and does not think there is any force that can shake the status of the Lujiang League now.

With his current size, he can actually sweep across Luxi and bring other territories under his control.

Even though there are a few giant families like the Yang family and Dai family in the past, and there are also strong people like Jin Dan in the late stage, they are still no match for their own alliance.

But he didn't do that.

Because we know that ‘too much is not enough’.

Local regional characteristics are how he positions himself and is also a shell to protect himself.

If you are not satisfied with the status quo, you want to continue fighting, grabbing territory and grabbing resources.

Not to mention arousing panic among people throughout Western Shandong, it will definitely lead to joint intervention from various factions, and even warnings and beatings from top forces.

Half of Lu Xi has reached the edge of the bottom line!

If you want to further expand your territory and unify all of Western Shandong, this is a bit excessive.

Sometimes, it’s appropriate to leave some ‘leeway’ for yourself, hello to me, hello to everyone.

However, the forces in the other half of Luxi are not convinced by you and are at odds with you in face and heart. This is actually a relatively good thing.

Why do frontier generals of mortal dynasties like to ‘raise the bandits and respect themselves’?

Obviously it can be eradicated, but it is not eradicated.

This is a balanced principle. Maintain the status quo, recruit troops secretly, increase your own strength, and make time for development, so that you can slowly arm yourself and increase your voice.

The same is true in the world of cultivation.

So he just let it go and didn't use force.

However, the economy will be squeezed across the board, and it will not show mercy.
To be continued...