In the blink of an eye, heavy snow fell. Two months later.
Crimson Whale Sect's rule over the Northern Lands was set in stone. Neither Ashoka Manor nor the imperial court could stop Lu Sheng's experts from expanding like wolves and tigers.
The Northern Lands' Saber King, Lu Sheng, was as famous as the midday sun. No matter where he was in this land, he could often be heard talking about him.
He was the Number One expert in the mortal world, the most powerful martial artist whom no one could defeat. He was also a master of the saber.
Of course, the fact that his reputation had spread so quickly was partly due to the citizens' initiative. But more importantly, it was due to Crimson Whale Sect's expansion and recruitment of vassal forces.
With more and more followers waving flags and cheering for him, naturally, Lu Sheng's reputation grew.
The Noble Families, on the other hand, were intimidated by Shangyang Jiuli and kept quiet, unwilling to get involved.
As long as Shangyang Jiuli was in the family, her strength would determine Lu Sheng's absolute rule over the Northern Lands.
Lu Sheng himself practiced martial arts, saber skills, and inner force skills every day. He also began recruiting Crimson Sun Sect disciples.
He also announced that he was the Sect Master of Crimson Sun Sect and held an internal disciple selection contest in Mountain-Edge City.
Anyone was qualified to participate in the selection. As long as one passed the trial, regardless of age, cultivation, or character, one could join Crimson Sun Sect and receive the sect's secret arts.
Of course, this selection contest was not presided over by Lu Sheng himself, but by his Senior Apprentice Brother Hong Mingzi, who, with his permission, held the contest himself.
Surprisingly, many Heavenly Prime Cultivators in the Martial Alliance volunteered to be the evaluators. They all acknowledged Lu Sheng's strength as the Number One expert.
There were even a few Divine Primes who, because of their admiration for Lu Sheng's strength, joined Crimson Whale Sect and became External Affairs Emissaries. Without Zhao Jiaojiao, Lu Sheng gained a few more Divine Primes.
After joining Crimson Whale Sect, these experts applied to join Crimson Sun Sect and received Lu Sheng's approval.
He personally presided over the induction ceremony. A few days after these people joined, their friends in Martial League discovered that all of them who had joined Crimson Whale Sect were showing signs of breaking through in their strength.
This discovery was quickly confirmed.
One of them, after joining Lu Sheng's Crimson Sun Sect, received a secret technique, and finally broke through the bottleneck that had troubled him for many years, advancing towards a new realm.
Although it was only a small step, and the Divine Origin Realm expert who had broken through was already very old and had accumulated a lot of skills, such a performance had greatly stimulated the group of old people in the Martial Alliance.
Thus, more and more mortal experts began to leave Martial League and secretly join Crimson Whale Sect or Crimson Sun Sect. The hidden forces under Lu Sheng were also getting stronger and stronger.
Crimson Sun Sect's selection meet, in addition to Martial League's increasing number of Divine Prime experts who joined Crimson Sun Sect.
After the entire Northern Lands settled down, it was suddenly plunged into an extraordinarily bustling atmosphere. The demons and ghosts that had been in hiding hid even deeper. Once a Divine Prime expert broke through, he could even pose a threat to a Bind expert. Ordinary ghosts were no match for him at all.
Bind experts had their own consciousness and knew that Crimson Whale Sect was powerful. If one was defeated, two or three would come. Finally, there was a terrifyingly powerful Sect Master and the Shangyang Family backing him up. Fighting them head-on would be courting death.
Thus, gradually, the people of the Northern Lands began to feel the environment becoming more peaceful. Within a short period of time, merchants and even bandits were nowhere to be seen. No one dared to court death in front of a large group of Divine Primes who had just joined Crimson Sun Sect and wanted to make a name for themselves.
Even if there were such hotheads, they would be wiped out at the first sign of trouble.
In the second month after the snowfall, the entire Northern Lands began to regain its prosperity, approaching the state before the famine.
…
"It's snowing harder and harder."
At the top of Crimson Ridge Peak in the Eastern Mountain Range, in a tower deep in the mountains belonging to Crimson Whale Sect.
Lu Sheng stood before the window, gazing out at the dazzling snow-white world. He felt slightly emotional.
"This is no longer a simple snowfall, but a snow disaster. Reports of danger have been sent to the imperial court. In many places, the heavy snowfall has crushed roofs and caused many casualties."
Jade Lotus and a middle-aged, skinny old man who looked like an old man stood behind Lu Sheng. They bowed their heads and reported the situation.
The old man was dressed in green robes with green patterns of rice leaves embroidered on his sleeves. An emerald jade hairpin was inserted into his hair bun, and his expression was solemn.
His name was Ouyang Qi, also known as the Headless Python. He was a legendary Divine Prime expert who killed without hesitation. He had made quite a name for himself in the mortal world of the Central Plains. Later, he was hunted down by the imperial court's Bind experts and fled to the Northern Lands.
Now, he was the first top-notch expert in Martial League's Divine Prime to seek refuge with Lu Sheng.
This person had never been very sociable in Martial League to begin with. Because of his ruthless personality, he committed all sorts of evil deeds and was bloodthirsty. Hence, he was ostracized by the other Divine Primes.
When he heard that Crimson Sun Sect recruited regardless of character, he was the first to try joining. Unexpectedly, Lu Sheng accepted him without regard for character or past.
"What about Old Seven? How's it going on your side? "Lu Sheng looked at Ouyang Qi. He had chosen this person because of his strong management skills. With Yin Crane Web, he would not be able to cause any problems.
Ouyang Qi lowered his head and replied, "The grand contest is proceeding on schedule. It's not affected. The selected disciples are already on their way to Mountain-Edge City. Preliminary estimates are that 262 people have passed the preliminaries. "
"There were more than two thousand participants, and they've already passed the preliminary round. Why are there so few who passed?" Jade Lotus was stunned.
"It's already very good. According to this old man's estimations, this number has exceeded the quota. In order to select a powerhouse who can fight with ghosts, a normal temperament and aptitude are not enough, "Ouyang Qi said coldly.
Jade Lotus was stunned. He dared not speak further. His strength was too far from Ouyang Qi's. If not for the fact that they were both subordinates of Sect Master, this old man could have finished him off with one finger.
"Alright, with Senior Brother in charge, it's not a big problem. What we need are disciples with strong willpower, regardless of good or evil," Lu Sheng said mildly.
"But Sect Master can be said to treat everyone equally regardless of good or evil, unaffected by the outside world's judgment. But what about respect for one's master? What if one encounters a traitor who doesn't cherish the technique he imparted to them and instead betrays his master? "Ouyang Qi could not fathom Lu Sheng's intentions.
"Whether he's good or evil, loyal or treacherous, once he enters Crimson Sun Sect's doorstep, he's no longer in charge …" Lu Sheng said calmly.
His words sent a chill down their spines. They dared not ask further.
The control of Yin Crane Web was basically unsolvable to these ordinary disciples. The setup of Yin Crane Web mainly relied on Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi.
And the quality of Aquarius Qi determined the possibility of these people discovering and dispelling Yin Crane Web. Given Lu Sheng's thousand years of inner power, the possibility of discovery of Yin Crane Web was close to zero.
Lu Sheng intended to let these selected disciples use Yin Crane Web to cultivate their inner force from the start. This way, the more profound their inner force was, the more integrated their inner force would be with Yin Crane Web. Over time, Yin Crane Web would become more integrated with their bodies.
And because of the difference in their inner force, they had no way of breaking through the Yin Crane Web that Lu Sheng had left behind.
That was the terrifying web that Lu Sheng had formed with a thousand years of inner force. Unless they also attained a thousand years of inner force. But their lifespans would not last that long. That was simply impossible.
That was why Lu Sheng was so confident.
He wanted to turn the entire Northern Lands into a huge warehouse for him to absorb inner force.
Even if the purity of the inner force was different, absorbing a year's worth of inner force would only give him a month's worth of inner Qi. But that was only one person.
If twelve people simultaneously cultivated inner force for a year, then to Lu Sheng, it would be equivalent to a year's worth of inner force after absorbing it.
If there were a hundred and twenty people, that would be ten years' worth of inner force.
If there were a thousand and two hundred people, that would be a hundred years' worth!
Many a little makes a mickle.
Lu Sheng did not care whether his actions were evil or not.
"I'm saving them. Many people don't even have the right to practice martial arts. I'm the one who gave them a chance to change their fate. "
He viewed his actions as collecting rent.
He used his inner Qi to build a house (Yin Crane Web) for others. They lived in it and enjoyed the privileges of owning a house, but they had to pay him rent at a fixed time. It was that simple.
"Alright, proceed as planned. There's no need to see me unless there's a major change. Just carry it out, "Lu Sheng said impassively as his thoughts returned to the present.
"Yes."
Jade Lotus and Ouyang Qi retreated. As they left, they gently closed the door behind them.
Lu Sheng stood silently by the window for a long time.
Suddenly, he raised his hand and stretched it out of the window.
"Swoosh, swoosh."
A strange black bird, like a crow with a snake's head, flew toward him from afar. The snow that filled the sky could not stop its advance.
The strange bird landed lightly on Lu Sheng's palm.
A copper tube was tied to the bird's leg. Lu Sheng removed it and gently twisted it open.
A small roll of paper was inside the tube.
Lu Sheng looked at the bird, then put it aside and unfolded the paper with both hands.
"The Hundred Lineages Conference is being held in Skywatch City of the Central Plains. I have the resources of my family, and I have a few recommendations. You can choose whether or not to cultivate. The Hundred Lineages claim to have hundreds of sects, but in reality, there are only sixty-four lineages. The Shangyang Family's mantra does not suit you, so I can't impart it. However, you can choose to cultivate the common mantra of the Hundred Lineages. I can recommend you to choose a sect. "
Shangyang Jiuli didn't write much on the paper. Perhaps it was because of the limited space, but Lu Sheng didn't know what to make of it.
"Yingying, do you know about the Hundred Lineages?" Lu Sheng kept the paper and asked in a low voice.
"Hua …"
The wardrobe slid open slowly. Little umbrella girl was kneeling inside, pressing down on Lu Sheng's clothes with all her might. There was also a large pile of unfolded clothes next to her, messily piled up.
"I … know …" Hearing the voice, Yingying lifted her head to look at Lu Sheng. Her hands didn't stop, pressing down with all her might.
These clothes were especially thick. She was petite and didn't have enough strength, so she had to press her whole body against them. Her small face turned red from the effort.
Having just been reborn, she was as weak as a child. In addition, the amount of resentment she had absorbed was too little. She had to give most of it to her sister, and the rest was used to grow her body. Right now, she was basically an ordinary person. At most, her footwork was light and she could run faster.
Lu Sheng didn't mean to torture little umbrella girl as she pressed on his clothes. But now that he had more and more secrets, ordinary maidservants were no longer able to satisfy his needs. So, he might as well let little umbrella girl take on this position. He couldn't let umbrella girl go anyway.
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