A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 574: Chapter 470: Postwar Reconstruction (Part 3)

”In simple terms, if the matter you are predicting isn’t that important, the karmic force is light, and naturally, your predictions will be spot on. However, if the matter involves life and death and is widely connected, it is impossible to predict without paying some price. Even if you manage to predict, the outcome will be vague and rely on your own understanding.”

”For example,” he suddenly smiled, ”Fellow Daoist Guh, my body is old and frail, not good at fighting, so I cannot spar with you. You shouldn’t bully the old and weak.”

Guh Niqiang’s face rarely flushed red, a little embarrassed. She had heard about Master Kan Yuan’s miraculous arts and was eager to see how it would be in a duel, but Master Kan Yuan preemptively pointed it out and blocked her intention.

The two sides conversed a bit more, and both the guests and hosts were delighted. Lu Qian tested the waters slightly, but Master Kan Yuan only wanted to guard Xinghu County and had no intention of joining an alliance.

However, there was already good karma between the two sides, and even without the intention of an alliance, Master Kan Yuan readily accepted some business collaborations proposed by Lu Qian.

”My Xinghu County doesn’t have much land, but we have countless lakes small and large, rich in precious treasures of the Water Element. Sect Leader Lu, if you wish for mutual exchange and mutual benefit, that would be excellent.”

Finally, Lu Qian brought up the True Words of Prophecy from last time, wanting to know if there was anything he could do to repay the favor.

Master Kan Yuan laughed and said, ”It seems that prophecy indeed helped Sect Leader Lu? No rush, no rush, when the time to repay comes, Sect Leader Lu will know it.”

Leaving Xinghu County, Lu Qian and Guh Niqiang spent a few more days touring the surrounding counties.

In the northwest of Cangzhou, there are ten counties: Zhongming, Liangxiang, Xinghu, Sanshan, Beichui, Junle, Dongping, Huaiyou, Tieyuan, and Qingyuan.

Except for Sanshan, Junle, Dongping, and Huaiyou, which have become enemies of the alliance, Lu Qian and Guh Niqiang visited the other counties. Although other Golden Cores were not as enthusiastic as Master Kan Yuan, they exchanged a few polite words, forming an acquaintance.

Particularly, Guh Niqiang sparred with the Golden Cores of Beichui County and Qingyuan County, deepening mutual understanding and showcasing the might of the Yunshan Sect.

The last stop was the four gates in Meihua Square.

These one Primordial Spirit Sect and three Nascent Soul Sects control Cangzhou, though their mountain gates are not located here. It is just that this location is excellent for trade, being at the crossroads of multiple states, so they have established the large Marketplace of Meihua Square here.

All four major sects have set up offices in Meihua Square, stationed elders for easier communication and interaction. If any sects nearby have matters to report, they would generally choose to come here directly.

Meihua Square was as bustling as ever, with cultivators lining up two miles to enter. Being too close to Meihua Square, after various evaluations, Lu Qian concluded that his own Shuangye Square had expanded to its limit, with traffic and profits hitting their peak, unable to compete further with Meihua Square’s business.

Now that Guh Niqiang has proven her Golden Core, her treatment here was naturally different. Immediately, marketplace staff courteously escorted them, inquiring about their purpose.

Upon learning that a new Golden Core Sect had come for registration, they did not dare delay and assigned dedicated personnel to guide them, leading them to the center of Meihua Square, in front of the twenty-five-story Spirit-Gathering Tower.

Lu Qian had previously only wandered among the five workshop districts and had never been here. There were no shops or commerce here, only cultivators entering and exiting the Spirit-Gathering Tower, and some people gathered by the tower’s notice board, watching the various information displayed.

At a glance, there were no fewer than ten Golden Core Masters here.

Lu Qian even spotted a Nascent Soul Spirit Monarch by the notice board!

Not daring to look too much, they followed the directions and entered the high tower.

Initially thinking they needed to register separately at the four gates, it turned out to be a misunderstanding; there is a dedicated registration area here, and registering once would notify the four gates.

And today, the registration area was managed by a laid-back, long-haired, youthful-looking Golden Core Master, the most eye-catching feature being a large, golden toad resting on his shoulder.

”This Fellow Daoist seems unfamiliar,” the Master said, ”New Golden Core, here to register?”

Guh Niqiang nodded, ”Yunshan Sect, Guh Niqiang.”

The master’s eyebrows raised, ”Oh, Yunshan Sect... Have I been in seclusion for too long, and got it wrong?”

”I remember there being no mountain called Yun Mountain in our Cangzhou. Coincidentally, there’s a Yunshan Sect in Qingzhou, and I know their founder. Seems like you share a name.”