Chapter 91: The Li Family Manor

  This is a token the size of a palm, entirely black, made of a strange and mysterious iron. On the front side, in the center of the token, is engraved a sword that is extremely dull. On the back side is a single character "少". Luoyuan has had this token for a long time but it hasn't been useful until now when he finally brought it out.

  And without a doubt, this token is also very useful.

  Upon seeing the token, Li Fang, the master of the Li family manor, immediately knelt down: "Greetings, Young Master." This Li Fang was also a big-bearded figure, but after seeing the token, he had to kneel down honestly. The gap in status was so great that if someone like Li Fang were placed in Beifeng, relying on Li Yuanbai's relationship, they could at most become an ordinary elder, but it would be the kind of elder with no power or influence and no one to talk to. In terms of status, they were far inferior to Lu Yuan, a true direct disciple.

  Such an old man with no power or influence obviously has nothing on his mind, where can he get a share of the outside world, and it's better to govern a place quickly.

  Li Fang originally divided to the outside, that is really happy and carefree. He has a mine in his hands, this mine is mainly gold, occasionally some spiritual stones will appear. Li Fang's days are comfortable here, of course, every year he has to hand over most of the spiritual stones, plus the people under him have to be given some, but he also has a lot that can be put into account.

  But such carefree days ended a few years ago.

  Since the rumor spread that Li Yuanbai, the ninth-generation Sword Immortal of Beifeng, had little time left to live, and with Sima Changbai, the Sword Immortal, closing in step by step, Li Fang's days were no longer easy.

  Li Fang relies on Li Bai's big tree.

  It's nice and cool under the big tree.

  Now, when the big tree falls, those who lean on it will also be in trouble.

  These years have been tough for Li Fang.

  This area is all mines, and the mines have various forces.

  Originally, Li Fang relied on Li Yuanbai's big tree to get one of the largest mines in these mines. However, in recent years, some powerful forces have emerged that will not be under themselves, such as the Qingcheng Jiudian Sword Immortal as a backer, and the Sun family manor, which is basically openly robbing.

  And some of the forces behind them are not so strong, and they have also begun to secretly seize power.

  Open robbery and secret theft.

  That's basically it in summary.

  Li Fang is also a headache, originally relying on the big tree to cool down, now it's the wall that will collapse and push everyone away. The strong ones are openly competing, while the weak ones are secretly snatching, making Li Fang extremely headachy, but there's no way out for him either.

  Basically, the original mine was swallowed up by such a blatant robbery and lost more than half of it.

  This resulted in him handing over less than half of the spiritual stones to his superiors each year, and as for his own share, it was almost non-existent. The loss in terms of spiritual stones was enormous, but what's even more tragic is that now, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Path Palace, those who feared Li Fang were basically secretly ridiculing him.

  He Li Fang's bodyguard was someone, but just a dying ninth-generation Sword Immortal, what use is that.

  Li Fang also didn't lack effort, not long ago he had a conflict with the Sun family's mountain villa. To say that Li Fang wasn't an ordinary person, someone who could be put in charge of the outside world naturally wouldn't be simple. Li Fang was also at the eighth level of Qi Refining, but he was heavily counterattacked by the opponent and beaten into a severe injury.

  It's now time to welcome Lu Yuan, this young master. Li Fang's injuries have also improved by about half, his face is pale, and many places on his body are wrapped in gauze.

  Li Fang is so bitter and miserable.

  These days are really hard to get through.

  Just as they were lamenting that they couldn't get through these days, Young Master arrived.

  The headquarters finally sent someone down, but why didn't they send the four famous swordsmen under the old master's command, and instead sent the young master.

  The most famous under the Venerable Sword Immortal's hands are the Four Venerable Swordsmen. Those four are all top-notch experts, and in comparison, although the Young Master has inherited the legacy of the Old Master, he is still too young, only eighteen years old now. Although he is a true disciple of Beifeng, at just eighteen years old, how much skill can he possibly have?

  Moreover, I've always heard that Young Master is very lazy and idle. Although it's said that Young Master has become much stronger in the past two years, but a mere two years' time is nothing.

  Li Fang does not think that as long as the young master comes, he can reverse the current situation of the Dongdao government.

  Li Fang was now tearless, guessing that the master had let Shao come, also wanting to let Shao experience and exercise, but generally, isn't exercising supposed to be in a place that doesn't count as troublesome? Why send him to this Dongdao Fu territory, this place is too troublesome. Li Fang could only sit and watch the tragedy unfold, helpless.

  Of course, deep down he thought that Lu Yuan was useless, but the young master was still the young master, and his status was much higher than his. On the surface, Li Fang was still very respectful.

  ……

  Tea is placed on the desktop.

  This is a top-grade Bi Luo Chun tea, made with the famous Dong Tao Fu Zuo Jin's spring water from Dong You Qing Quan, which has been brewed to perfection. The tea has a clear and fragrant aroma, and its taste is smooth and comfortable to drink.

  However, Lu Yuan didn't even give a glance to the top-grade Bi Luo Chun placed on the table. He twisted open his wine gourd and took a swig of wine himself. Li put it aside, secretly scolding in her heart: what a waste of good things!

  After taking a sip of wine, his spirits lifted significantly. He couldn't help it, he was just such a drunkard: "You say the current situation is like this, with both open and secret struggles for power, mainly among several forces. First, there's the Sun family manor, which is also a powerful dragon and has the backing of the Nine Generations Sword Immortal."

  "Secondly, it is the Wang family who has been entrenched in Dongdao Prefecture for over a thousand years."

  "Thirdly, it is said that there are royal connections within the Great Jin Dynasty itself."

  "The fourth is the Qian family, which is said to have a medium-sized immortal sect backing it."

  "Besides these four major forces, there are some smaller ones that basically use underhanded tactics." Lu Yuan furrowed his brow, analyzing the current situation in Dongdao Prefecture. This situation was indeed a bit of a headache, no wonder Master had sent him here.

  There are the Sun family, also known as the Strong Dragon, the Wang family, known as the Local Snake, the Imperial Family with direct access to the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Qian family, a mid-level immortal sect. Four different forces.

  A bit of trouble.

  But it's a bit of trouble, since I've come here, I have the confidence to solve it. Lu Yuan hesitated, occasionally taking a sip of wine. Normally, he didn't like to think too much about complicated situations, but now that he was facing it, he wanted to resolve it perfectly.

  To put it simply, many cultivators work very hard but lack innate talent.

  He has talent but lacks interest.

  But since things have forced me to use my own abilities, I might as well use them.

  Actually, the most important thing now is to know the strength of the opponent. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can win every battle. Lu Yuan asked directly: "These families, these forces, don't mention their relationships behind them, just say they have power here, are there any characters above the body training period?" The body training period is much stronger than the air training period.

  Li Fang shook his head: "How is it possible, a Practitioner of the Body Refining Stage is already a top expert in a province, where would they appear so easily?" In fact, there were many hidden Body Refining Stage experts within the Five Great Sects, but outside, such experts were extremely rare and seldom seen.

  Dongdao Prefecture has many mines, but most of them are gold mines mixed with some spiritual mines, and they don't count as real spiritual mines. Naturally, there won't be any high-level cultivators in the Body Refining stage. If it were a true pure spiritual mine, considering how scarce Da Jin's cultivation resources are, I'm afraid even stronger cultivators than those in the Body Refining stage would go to guard it.

  Lu Yuan nodded, feeling relieved that he didn't have to go through the Foundation Building stage. He was currently at the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining, and basically, as long as it was someone who was still in the Qi Refining stage, he could handle them easily.

  Since the other party does not have a cultivation period, then there is only one thing left.

  Killing a chicken to scare the monkey!

  (I saw it again in the book review section, saying that this book is like a martial arts novel and not like an immortal novel. When did Starting Point stipulate how an immortal novel should be written? This book was originally intended to create a unique immortal world, a classical immortal world centered on swords, rather than one with magical artifacts flying everywhere, magical instruments smashing everywhere, and internal skills roaming everywhere. This world is centered around people, centered around swords, and centered around swordsmanship. Although there are also magical artifacts and instruments, the sword is the most important thing. I suppose this can be considered my infatuation with swords as a sword enthusiast.)

  Xian Xia has never had a fixed way of writing.

  They say that my book lacks imagination, but my imagination is not in various magical treasures, but rather in various swords, and the styles of each sword. The Yuanshi Lingjian, the Weimingshen Jian, the Taiyang Lingjian, the Haoran Lingjian, the Yiyelingsword, the Feitian Lingsword, the Zhongzheng Jian, the Longshou Jian, the Yuyue Jian, the Bohu Jian, the Yangwu Jian... aren't these examples of imagination? Must one have various magical treasures to be considered imaginative?

  The 108 Swords of Wind and Cloud, the 1300 styles of Changing Clouds and Fog, the Yunlong Heart Method, the Yunlong Ten Transformations... don't these count as imagination?

  Besides, what's the point of sword immortals fighting without using sword moves? Your sword moves are naturally not needed for ordinary people, but what about when facing another sword immortal? Should they fight with swords or not? If they do fight with swords, should they use techniques or not? Without techniques, it would be too simple to just fight. Before the fight, each person reports their magical powers and flying swords, then whoever is stronger wins without needing to fight, how delightful!

  I remember that in the legendary Xian Xia novel "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", there were all sorts of sword techniques, how lamentable.

  The book's introduction has already stated: This is a classic xianxia world of swords, I'll reiterate it here, thank you.

  (In addition, I recommend another Eastern fantasy novel with a strong martial arts flavor, "Sword Arrogance Reborn", an old author's work, book number 1804937. The first sword deity, Fengzi Yue, entered the path of the sword and broke through the pre-heavenly boundary. With one sword, he came from the west and the world bowed its head, but in his lifetime, he encountered tragic events, his loved ones scattered, although invincible, he also had endless regrets.)

  By chance, he obtained a secret book "Tai Xuan Gan Ying Pian" that allowed him to glimpse a higher level of martial arts, and was surrounded by powerful enemies, with no distinction between the noble and the humble.

  When he woke up, he found himself reborn back to his youth thirty years ago.

  All regrets can be made up for; and the highest realm of swordsmanship can also be broken through once again!

  This is also about swordsmanship, but the author is much more awesome than me, and has even been subscribed to the premium channel. The writing is also quite impressive.) [bookid=1804937, bookname="Sword Arrogance Reborn"]