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Zhongyu, Kong family.

"Master Lin, you are such a rare visitor. I haven't seen you for a long time, and your cultivation has improved again!"

The ancestor of the Kong family couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he looked at Lin Shan in front of him. Then when he looked at Kong Kai next to him, he couldn't help blowing his beard and staring.

Look at others, then look at you!

There is no harm without comparison.

Kong Kai looked innocent. He couldn't understand why Lin Shan easily broke through the middle stage of Nascent Soul after fifty years of seclusion. His talent was obviously not bad, so where did he lose?

"Haha, I got something by chance, and I didn't use up all my previous knowledge. I was lucky enough to pass the test successfully."

Lin Shan waved his hand modestly, not intending to irritate Kong Kai.

After he inspected the Lujiang League, he came to the Central Region without stopping. He first visited the Kong family to find out what secret events had happened in the outside world in the past fifty years.

Compared to the Ten Thousand Years Family in the Central Region, the Xun Gu Sect's level of information contact is still shallow, so he still has to communicate with his colleagues.

But who would have thought that when the ancestor of the Kong family heard his explanation, he nodded seriously and looked back with regret.

"Master Lin, this is a normal phenomenon. The stronger your foundation is when you break through the Nascent Soul stage, the easier it will be to break through later. Back then, I probably spent more than a year from the early Yuanying stage to the middle stage of the Yuanying stage. Time is not forgiving~"

"oh?"

Lin Shan was shocked!

Did the ancestor of the Kong family break through so fast back then?

But then I felt relieved. Given that he could cultivate to this point, he was probably the best genius in the Confucian sect back then, so it is not surprising that he has made rapid progress.

"Then what happened next..."

"Well, as someone who has been through this, I would like to give you a piece of advice."

The ancestor of the Kong family was full of sorrow and had many emotions, but he spoke in a vague way.

"At any time, you must leave some room for success, rather than giving everything you have! Focus on developing your own potential, don't just focus on your cultivation. The energy in your body is beyond your imagination..."

If Lin Shan realized something, he was about to continue to ask more questions, but the ancestor of the Kong family stopped talking and did not talk more about this topic.

"It just so happens that twenty years have passed since the Wanhui Nian Spiritual Wave, and it has gradually subsided and fallen into the trough of the cycle. It is time to hold a summit of the Lu State and call in several major forces to discuss it together!"

“Cycle trough?”

Lin Shan muttered the noun, but he didn't expect that there was such a term.

Kong Kai next to him quickly explained to him:

"Wanhui Nian's spiritual waves come one after another, and there is about a sixty-year buffer time between each two waves!"

"This Jiazi is broken down into subdivisions. The first twenty years will inherit the residual power of the previous spiritual wave, the middle twenty years will allow the major holy places to recuperate, and the last twenty years will see the undercurrents pave the way for the next spiritual wave."

"For us, the intervening twenty years are relatively safe. We don't have to worry about destroying the plans of the big guys. We can go out and compete for limited development opportunities. This is also the benefit that those holy places deliberately gave us."

"There may also be a heaven-defying opportunity in this, which can make the top forces leap over the dragon gate, turn around, get involved in the next spiritual tide, and get a share of the pie!"

"In the last spiritual tide, it is said that there were top forces who had the ambition to attack the Holy Land. They accumulated huge power over ten thousand years. They participated in the battle for the spiritual tide and lost, and were massacred by the major Holy Lands!"

...

"Hiss~~~"

Lin Shan took a breath of air!

The competition in Wanhui Nian is indeed cruel, and the major holy places are not open to charity.

On weekdays, I don't think I'm superior and don't bother to argue with the big regional forces on the mainland, but once there is a real threat, I will kill you without mercy!

So if you don't have the strength, you really can't force yourself to come forward. It might be a good idea to just be a coward and hide until the end of Wanhui Nian.

But based on what he had heard in the past, both the master of Jueyin Palace and the ancestor of the Kong family had repeatedly emphasized that no one family could be immune to the general trend.

If you want to develop in peace, there are always others who want to become bigger and stronger. In the world of cultivation, the weak will eat the strong. If you don't advance, you will retreat. The weak will be swallowed up. The persimmons only pick the weak ones!

That’s why everyone is scrambling to join forces to seek development and strive for the top during the 20-year gap.

Avoid being the cannon fodder who gets left behind.

...

A few days later.

Led by the ancestor of the Kong family, the other major forces arrived one after another.

Including Bailu Academy, Jingyang Academy, Meng family, Xun family, Dong family, etc., there were Nascent Soul monks from each family present, totaling more than a dozen people.

Since the rise of the Lujiang League, the structure of the Lu State has also changed into the Aristocratic Family Sect, the Academy Sect, the Xuegong Sect, and the Lujiang League forms its own faction.

Loose cultivators were not considered, the ancestors of each family did not take them to play, and others were too lazy to join in the fun.

Lin Shan also sighed in his heart. Normally, all the monks in the Nascent Soul stage were like dragons, hidden in their old lairs, but now they were gathered together. The top leaders of the huge territory of Lu State were all gathered together!

He finally came to this day!

The person who came to Jingyang Academy this time was not Patriarch Ying Rong, but an unexpected old acquaintance.

Intelligence senior brother Qian Jizi.

This eldest brother of the academy, fifty years ago, when he was in the middle stage of Shui Bingyue's Nascent Soul, he was still at the peak of the Golden Core. Now he can be regarded as having broken through the Nascent Soul stage in seclusion!

When he saw Lin Shan, he enthusiastically came up to put his arms around his shoulders, recalling the past when we were together in the Yuxing Secret Clandestine.

"Brother, I remember when you were there, didn't you get a Star Mansion? Now that we have the Lingbao Cave, how about the Star Mansion help me?"

Lin Shan looked wary, shook his shoulders and shook his hand away.

"Don't you also have a Star Mansion? Shui Bingyue also has a Star Mansion, why do you want mine?"

Qian Jizi looked embarrassed and retracted his arm in frustration.

"Didn't I throw away my Star Mansion in order to escape for my life? Junior Sister Shui's was confiscated by Ancestor Yingrong when she returned back then. It was still warm. How can I compare with you..."

This is the bad thing about having a sect. If you accidentally leak out the good things you get from outside, you will be begged by your elders.

He was always a talker, but when he drank, he couldn't keep secrets, so the treasure would naturally change hands.

The sect has given you resources since you were a child, and your elders have raised you until you grow up. It is only natural that they help you keep them, and most people in the righteous path cannot refuse.

If it were in the Demonic Path, it would probably be another good show of defecting from the sect!

"I won't sell it, I'll keep it for myself."

Lin Shan refused on the spot. The Star Mansion not only had to carry the Nirvana clone, but also had the function of hiding the beauty in the golden house. The little fox girl Ruyu followed him and could also help fight his henchmen on the road.

Qian Jizi looked at the other Nascent Soul stage monks and secretly sent him a message:

"Brother, didn't I tell you that if you put something as important as Lingbao Cave in your home, you wouldn't be afraid of being stolen?"

"Nowadays, the outside world is in chaos. There may be a masked man one day. He will pass by your Xungu teaching and take it away with you. You won't even have time to cry!"

"We locals who have families and businesses will not do this kind of thing, but outsiders or casual cultivators might not."

"You'd better take it with you. A lot of people have had their homes stolen in Wan Hui Nian. This is a piece of advice!"

Lin Shan was suddenly startled. Before he could take a closer look, this guy said another sentence.

"The rest of the Star Mansion will be given to me cheaply. If I have any big information in the future, I will inform you as soon as possible!"

After all, I still want his Star Mansion.

The power of Jingyang Academy is not small, so it is impossible that it does not have other magical treasures. However, this thing is very scarce, and no one will have too little.

Lin Shan suddenly became alarmed. The reason why he did not carry the Lingbao Cave Heaven with him was because the Xing Mansion was enough. He left it here specifically to allow the Xun Gu Sect to develop rapidly and search for antiques from all over the world after it grew stronger!

The Black Skull Demon Lord was in charge before, so he felt that safety should be safe.

It's good now. This skeleton has been lost. The Lingbao Cave is at home. It's not even in the Nascent Soul stage. Shouldn't it make people worried?

Qianjizi seemed to know what he was thinking, and opened his mouth.

"Brother, Elder Heiku of your sect has disappeared for a long time. You must be very anxious. I have a piece of news here. Do you want to hear it?"

Lin Shan said with a serious look on his face: "Please speak!"

"..."

Seeing the serious expression on his face, Qian Jizi complained secretly in his heart, this guy is really invisible! He didn't show any expression at all. Did he treat me as free information?

Considering the unclear relationship between Shui Bingyue and him, Qian Jizi did not intend to embarrass him. Moreover, this was originally explained by ancestor Ying Rong before leaving. Jingyang Academy and Lin Shan were allies, and the shared information was

As it should be.

"As far as I know, Elder Hei Ku left the Xun Gu Sect fifty years ago and headed northwest. He seems to have had a goal for a long time."

"Fifty years ago?!"

Lin Shan secretly gritted his teeth. This skeleton really couldn't sit still, and he ran away as soon as he retreated.

Qianjizi continued his sermon:

"Traversing through several regions along the way, he appeared in the Dixi Plateau, appeared in the Huagu Ridge, participated in a treasure hunt battle in Yingjin, and then disappeared in the Piluo Desert in the far west..."
To be continued...