Immortal Path Evergreen

Li Zigong grew up in Qingxuan Sect all his life. Among the dozens of purple palaces in the sect, he probably has the deepest feelings for Qingxuan Sect, so he gave up his personal path and spent a lot of time managing the sect.

Qingxuan Sect does not have a position of headmaster, but the head of the General Affairs Hall is equivalent to the headmaster. Hearing that the sect may have a heavenly spiritual root cultivator, Li Zigong immediately suppressed the little calculation in his heart and was genuinely happy.

"If he is really a cultivator with a natural spiritual root, as long as he joins the sect, we will definitely have one more Jindan cultivator in a hundred years. At that time, the first sect in Yu Kingdom will become my Qingxuan Sect."

Ancestor Jin smiled bitterly and said, "Things may not be as you expected. Zhang Zhixuan, this Taoist companion, may also be a hidden chess piece set up by Sect Master Liu, or a disciple selected by her. She may not be willing to join the sect. Let her be a guest elder who can come and go freely like Liang Taixu and You Nianwei! If the sect wants to grow and develop, it still depends on its own people with clean backgrounds."

After coming out of Huaping Mountain, Li Zigong went directly back to Qingxuan Sect. He did not rush to the door, but revealed his intention to the Zhang family through Hanyan.

After Qingchan opened up the Purple Mansion, although Zhang Zhixuan and the others did not want to hold a celebration or make a big show, they could not resist the clan leader, Sihong and other family members. In the end, they decided to organize it on a small scale and only invite local families in Taicheng County.

Unfortunately, when this news spread, countless strange cultivators came soon. Most of these cultivators came from Longjiang and Liaoshan counties. Some foundation-building families in the three northern counties sent foundation-building cultivators to visit in person.

In just one month, hundreds of foundation-building cultivators gathered on Tiantai Peak. Except for a few local families, these people were almost strangers to Zhang Zhixuan.

Hanyan and Sidao also came back from Qingxuan Sect. Seeing Qingchan open the Purple Mansion in advance, Hanyan also strengthened his confidence in his heart. He was ready to choose to close the door when he returned to the sect this time. He would never open the door unless he broke through the Purple Mansion.

Taking this opportunity, Hanyan also conveyed Li Zigong's meaning to Zhang Zhixuan and the others.

Practicing in the scope of Yu Country, naturally cannot avoid the four major sects. Since Qingchan has opened the Purple Mansion, he is already a high-level in Yu Country, and of course he has to deal with Qingxuan Sect.

Zhang's Lingjing Mountain is only a third-level lower-grade spiritual vein, which is not suitable for Qingchan, a Purple Mansion cultivator, to practice at all.

To cultivate the fourth-level spiritual vein, one needs 100,000 spiritual stones, and one needs to invite the fourth-level formation master Wang Chengxiang, so one must rely on the Qingxuan Sect.

Although the Zhang family has been making a lot of money in recent years, it will take at least a hundred years to raise 100,000 spiritual stones, and Zhang Zhixuan and his accomplices can't wait too long, so the Zhang family can only seize the fourth-level spiritual vein from the Southern Wilderness.

It is easy to kill a fourth-level monster from the Southern Wilderness, but it is very difficult to seize the spiritual vein. Without the support of a big force, it is almost impossible to succeed.

For long-term considerations, Zhang Zhixuan discussed with Qingchan and decided to let Qingchan join the Qingxuan Sect as a guest elder.

The guest elders come and go freely, have a prominent status, and can also practice with the Qingxuan Sect's good deeds system.

After Qingchan opened up the Purple Mansion, it was no longer appropriate for her to practice the Zhang family's Xuanbing Zhenjing. After all, this method is more suitable for ice spirit root cultivators. As long as she joins the Qingxuan Sect, she can quickly use the sect's good deeds to exchange for suitable methods, so as not to delay her continued practice after advancing to the Purple Mansion period.

As for joining the sect and tying up to the Qingxuan Sect, Zhang Zhixuan and the others didn't care at all. They were originally vassals of the Qingxuan Sect, and they didn't have much choice.

If they didn't stand with the Qingxuan Sect, which had been managed by their ancestors for many years and had complicated relationships, could they still gain the trust of Yang Wangyuan of the Hongshan Sect?

After getting the affirmative news from Zhang Zhixuan, Li Zigong also took a reassurance pill. On behalf of the Qingxuan Sect, he invited Qingchan to join the sect. At Qingchan's Purple Mansion Celebration, he personally announced this matter and generously handed over 6,000 merits to Qingchan.

After Qingchan got the merits, as expected by Jin Laozu, she chose the Tianhe Dafa, a practice suitable for the water attribute of the heavenly spiritual root, which made the high-level cultivators of the Qingxuan Sect guess her spiritual root.

The news that Qingchan opened up the Purple Mansion shocked the Wu family the most.

After Wu Xiangzhen died in battle, although the Qingxuan Sect gave the foundation-building pill, the cultivator selected by the Wu family to take the pill did not succeed in building the foundation. Wu Xiangwen is now the head of the Wu family. He is older than Zhang Leqian and his life span will soon run out.

Once he leaves, the Wu family will have three foundation-building cultivators left, who are far inferior to the Zhang family in terms of cultivation, and the three foundation-building clansmen of their Qingxuan Sect have a far less bright future than Hanyan.

Once the Zhang family chooses to compete with the Wu family for interests, conflicts will inevitably break out in Taicheng County.

Especially Xihefang, the earliest control belonged to the Zhang family. After Zhang Chuyun passed away, the Wu family took measures to regain control of Xihefang. In addition, someone deliberately provoked conflicts between the cultivators of the two families, and conflicts were imminent.

Although Wu Xiangwen is not as far-sighted as Wu Xiangzhen, he has personally experienced the cooperation and struggle between the Zhang and Wu families for more than 200 years. He pondered for a long time and decided to give up some of his interests to ease the conflict between the two families.

After all, it is not 200 years ago, and the Qingxuan Sect is far less stable than it was back then.

Not only are the monsters of the Southern Wilderness coming, but there are also enemies like Hongshan Sect and Nanlu Pavilion in the north who are eyeing them covetously. If the Zhang and Wu families hated each other, they would be taken advantage of by foreign enemies.

He acted decisively, rejected Wu Xiangheng's objection, and personally participated in Qingchan's Zifu Ceremony. He also presented the deeds of eight shops in Xihefang at the ceremony, and was determined to work together with the Zhang family to jointly control Taicheng County.

And Zhang Zhixuan had no intention of fighting with the Wu family for interests. After all, Wu Siheng had been very kind to Han Yan over the years, and had once stood up for the interests of the Zhang family and offended the old ancestor Jin. His character was very worthy of recognition.

If the Zhang family wanted to open up new sources of income, they could only find a way from the Southern Wilderness, and would not target Yanlai Peak.

Seeing that Wu Xiangwen was so good at dealing with people, Zhang Zhixuan also returned the favor and only accepted the deeds of four shops to show that he had no intention of conflicting with the Wu family.

After the celebration, Taicheng County fell into peace again.

Even if Qingchan opened up the Purple Mansion, the Zhang and Wu families did not choose to conflict, but chose to compromise with each other and face the external enemies together.

Not long after, Han Yan sent a letter from Qingxuan Sect, deciding to tell his family that he had closed the death gate and was ready to break through the Purple Mansion realm.

This news surprised Zhang Zhixuan very much. Han Yan was a cultivator with different spiritual roots. If he wanted to use external objects, he could only choose the most expensive Xuanying Jade Marrow.

Zhang Zhixuan wanted to wait until Qingchan stabilized his state before going to the Southern Wilderness to hunt fourth-level monsters and collect merits for Hanyan to exchange for Xuanying Jade Marrow. Unexpectedly, Hanyan was unwilling to wait even for a few years.

After receiving the letter, Zhang Zhixuan hurried to Qingxuan Sect, hoping to persuade Hanyan to think carefully and not act on impulse, so as not to delay the path.

Unexpectedly, when he went to Qingxuan Sect, Hanyan had already closed the dead gate and did not see anyone.

In desperation, Zhang Zhixuan could only return home unhappy and tell the clan leader the news.

Hearing this, the clan leader could only sigh helplessly. Although the clan leader knew about the grievances between them, what more could he say?