Lu Sheng stood up, fetched a pot of wine, and left the restaurant. Then, he strolled around the town.
The Clear Prince's Mansion's warning had been delivered, and he had achieved his goal. Initially, he did not want to start an all-out war with the Clear Prince's Mansion.
He just needed to stall for time and accumulate his strength. During this period of time, in order to prevent the Clear Prince from making any more underhanded moves, he sent Little Zhen over to display his strength.
"Looks like the Clear Prince's Mansion is quite powerful." Lu Sheng walked slowly along the eaves. Occasionally, rainwater would drip down from the edge, but he didn't care at all.
In front of the alley, a girl with a ponytail was carefully pulling her younger brother and squatting down to tidy up his clothes.
In a candle shop on the right, the shop assistant was using a knife to round the candles and then rubbing them smooth with a special paper.
The coughing of an old man could be faintly heard from a nearby house.
Two well-dressed girls carrying cloth shopping bags brushed past Lu Sheng with smiles on their faces.
A somewhat old carriage was slowly approaching from the street. Through the curtain of the carriage, one could faintly see a scholar talking to a beautiful woman with a big belly.
Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes and slowly walked forward. He planned to leave the city and return to the Wang Mansion.
Suddenly, a sorrowful cry rang out.
The coughing of the old man in the house intensified. After seven or eight coughs, he stopped breathing.
The mournful cries of the youths rang out, mixed with the sobbing of the children.
"This is …!?" Lu Sheng suddenly stopped. He could sense the old man's rapidly dissipating soul through the houses.
In this kind of day, souls without any obsession would quickly dissipate as soon as they left the body.
In just a few breaths of time, the old man's soul dissipated into nothingness.
Lu Sheng's expression didn't change. He had seen this many times. The people of the Great Yin were in dire straits, and there were countless cases of life and death.
But it was different this time.
He could only watch helplessly as the old man's soul dissipated.
But in the blink of an eye, almost at the same moment the old man's soul dissipated.
In a nearby carriage, a new soul fluctuation slowly emerged from the pregnant woman's belly.
Lu Sheng stopped and stood still. He looked at the house where the old man had passed away, and then his gaze followed the carriage that was slowly disappearing into the distance.
He himself had come to the new world countless times and had experienced life and death situations. However, none of them had been as direct and shocking as this.
After a moment of silence, he quickened his pace and walked to the old people's house. He glanced inside through the window.
Several children and grandchildren were kneeling in front of the old man's bed, crying bitterly. They were all crying bitterly.
Lu Sheng watched for a while and then turned to leave.
…
In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
The Crane King Cave expanded crazily. In just a short year, it had conquered everything within a thousand miles. All the small sects and even a few scattered little demons were either subdued, chased away, or massacred.
A large number of sacrificial items were gathered in the Crane King Cave, but Lu Sheng did not stay in the cave for the time being.
He did not return to the Prince's Mansion. All he did was replenish the twelve demon cranes, and use the new True Qi to raise all the demon cranes to the same level as Little Zhen. At the same time, he infused new True Qi into the incubating Bai Songzi.
After completing the series of preparations, he left the Clear Crane Sect and the Prince's Mansion. He left behind two letters and wandered the lands.
Ever since he was touched in the small town that day, he had a vague feeling that his opportunity had arrived.
Hence, he decisively abandoned all his duties and left to wander the lands.
With the Crane King Cave's support, the Moon Prince's Mansion was safe for the time being. If they encountered any difficulties, the Crane King Cave would send out the demon cranes, and they would be easily resolved.
The demon general-ranked demon cranes could already infect ordinary white cranes with their demonic power, and they were quickly transformed into spiritual monsters.
Spiritual monsters were ordinary living beings transformed by demonic power in advance. They were stronger than ordinary living beings, and belonged to the lowest rank of the minor demons.
Now that there were more spiritual monsters, they were all under the Clear Crane Sect's name. The Clear Crane Sect's influence instantly snowballed.
The Moon Prince's influence was also gradually feared. The demon general that Empress Lin sent out went around the Prince's Mansion and returned with grievous injuries. After that, nobody dared to touch the tiger's whiskers.
The Moon Prince's position in the imperial court was also gradually elevated. He became a vassal king that nobody dared to interfere with, just like the Clear Prince.
However, the puzzling thing was that the Clear Prince and the Moon Prince were clearly on good terms before this. However, after the Moon Prince grew stronger, the two Prince's Mansions became like fire and water. The two princes were also at odds with each other. Neither was willing to give in to the other.
However, Lu Sheng did not care about this. He was focused on grasping that little bit of enlightenment. He left the Moon Prince's Mansion's territory and wandered aimlessly from town to town.
He did not collect Mental Energy on purpose. Instead, he observed the people around him. He observed their emotions, their joys, sorrows, parting, and reunions.
His Confusion Realm soul was high above. He looked down at the life and death of the living beings around him.
However, for some reason, Lu Sheng still felt that he was missing something important.
In the blink of an eye, another three years passed.
The Crane King Cave grew stronger. Even the Clear Crane Sect's might was unparalleled.
The Moon Prince personally led the army to suppress the Other Tribes twice. Every time they were about to be defeated, the Crane King Cave would intervene and avert the disaster.
The enemy's general died mysteriously. Even the high-ranking generals in the army were assassinated. The enemy crumbled without a fight.
Autumn of West Cliff 8442.
The Divine Martial General and the Moon Prince Commanding King led the armies of the vassal states and the Other Tribes that had surrendered. There were a total of 700,000 soldiers and 800,000 soldiers. They fought head-on against the largest volunteer army, the Three Plum Volunteer Army, on the Yellow Leaf Plains.
The Three Plum Volunteer Army had 300,000 soldiers and 500,000 soldiers. There were many extraordinary people among them. They fought against the imperial army for more than four months. There were more than a dozen battles of varying scales.
In the end, the volunteer army was defeated. However, the imperial army suffered heavy losses as well. Only 300,000 of the 700,000 soldiers were left. They were on the verge of collapse.
The Divine Martial General had the Purple Chen Sect, the Commanding King had the Black Rope Mountain, and the Moon Prince's Mansion had the Crane King Cave. These three forces played a decisive role in the great battle.
The Crane King Cave's legendary cave master had also shown himself during the great battle. It was said that he was a top-notch great demon who had truly attained the rank of a demon king.
The great demon called himself Bai Songzi. The 12 demon generals under his command all possessed formidable strength.
It should be known that ordinary Demon Tribe forces were considered powerful if they had demons. If they had a demon general, they would dare to claim a territory as their king.
As for a demon king …
This was a top-notch overlord who could bring disaster to an entire nation.
Every demon king had their own powerful innate abilities. Even the Taoists from the Dao Sect who had a higher cultivation base than them would not be willing to provoke these demon kings.
If they encountered some unreasonable demon abilities, they would destroy their spirit regardless of their cultivation base. If that happened, they would not even have a place to cry.
Perhaps, only the legendary Spring Autumn Sect and the Indefinite Cult would not care about this bit of power.
After the great battle ended, the West Cliff Dynasty's national strength was greatly damaged. However, at the very least, the dynasty's fortune was maintained. The rebellions were temporarily suppressed, and the empire regained its temporary peace.
However, anyone could tell that the West Cliff Dynasty was currently in its twilight years. If any more trouble arose, they would be powerless to turn the situation around.
… …
Ten years later …
West Sea, Tool Pillar Town.
Ten years ago, a wandering apothecary suddenly came to town. The apothecary saved Squire Xu's youngest son along the way. Squire Xu sponsored him, and he opened a small clinic in town.
The apothecary, who appeared to be in his early twenties, called himself Lu. Although he was young, he was gentle and attentive to the patients who came to his clinic.
However, just as everyone thought, Apothecary Lu's medical skills were mediocre. He had no problem treating minor illnesses, but when it came to major illnesses, he would push them to other clinics. He dared not treat them.
However, because he was cheap, everyone was willing to go to his clinic.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye. Apothecary Lu's lips were turning green. Some of the old ladies and old men who frequented his clinic could no longer walk.
However, Apothecary Lu was still in his clinic, attending to every patient earnestly.
"Uncle Lu, Uncle Lu! Look! The windmill in my hand! "
A little girl with twin ponytails suddenly ran into the clinic. The girl was only three years old. She was Squire Xu's youngest daughter, and her name was Xu Zijun.
Xu Zijun was naturally lively and adorable. However, she especially liked to play in Lu Sheng's clinic.
In truth, she was not the only one. Many young children in town liked to play here.
It was all because Lu Sheng had placed many stone sculptures in his backyard. Some of them were humans, some were animals, birds, beasts, insects, and fish. There was almost everything.
Lu Sheng only used them as tools to record the acupoints and meridians in his medical skills. He did not expect that so many children would like them.
Sitting behind the counter, Lu Sheng also saw Xu Zijun, who was wearing a plump cotton-padded jacket.
"Why are you here so early today, Xiaojun?" He reached out and patted Xu Zijun's head.
"I learned to make this myself," Xu Zijun replied in a childish voice. Then, she looked at the red paper windmill in her hand and handed it to Lu Sheng.
"This is for Uncle."
"Really? Is it really for Uncle? "Lu Sheng asked in surprise. It was rare for such a young child to be so generous.
"Yes." Xiaojun nodded seriously. "I'm not the youngest today. Little Miss gave birth to a younger brother for me."
"Really?" Lu Sheng was surprised. Squire Xu's family was really flourishing.
"They're going to bring him to Uncle soon." Xiaojun nodded.
Lu Sheng wanted to ask more, but he immediately looked up and saw an ox cart slowly stop outside the door.
A middle-aged man in red was supporting a beautiful woman, who was carrying a newborn baby in her arms.
The baby's cries added some liveliness to the clinic.
"Apothecary Lu, come take a look. Hahaha! Our Xu family has gained another son! Please use your incense method to light the talisman. "The man was the well-known kind-hearted person in town, Squire Xu Chang.
Lu Sheng hurriedly stood up to greet him.
Lighting talismans was a local custom. According to tradition, newborn babies would find a trustworthy apothecary to light a cinnabar dot on their ears to pray for good luck.
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