Seeking the Way of Immortality

The Loose Cultivator Alliance, sounds like a very impressive name. There are also such forces in various states, but they are large-scale and organized. The Loose Cultivator Alliance in Pingyang City is just a team formed by three Jindan stage loose cultivators. There are only a hundred or so people in the team, and most of them are in the Qi Refining stage.

Most forces are led by one or two Jindan stage cultivators. They form forces by shouting and shouting. They have their own turf in Pingyang City, and there are shops seeking their help. On weekdays, they go out to mine and collect natural materials and treasures for cultivation.

As for other forces, they come from all sides, including local forces and foreign forces. The relationships among them are complicated and difficult for ordinary people to sort out. There are more or less some relationships between them, but these relationships are usually hidden in the dark, and people who are not particularly familiar with them have no way of knowing. Even the Liu family members who entered the City Lord's Mansion did not dare to say that they could really understand these complicated forces.

At this time, the City Lord's Mansion gathered the 21 family forces of all sizes in the entire Pingyang City in less than an hour.

All the people who came were Jindan-stage cultivators. Most forces only had one representative, who was the leader of the force. A few forces were led by Yuanying-stage cultivators.

In Pingyang City, the formation of a force must be led by a Jindan-stage cultivator, otherwise it will be swallowed up by other forces.

When the meeting was held in the City Lord's Mansion, Liu Qian found Wu Zheng.

Before Liu Qian went in, Wu Zheng had already walked out: "Let's go! I'll accompany you to Qingmu Hall."

Liu Qian nodded, followed behind Wu Zheng, and the two drove the escape light and flew towards Qingmu Hall.

In order to solve this trouble, no force except Qingmu Hall is qualified to solve this matter. After all, Pingyang City is a force under Qingmu Hall. Any force that wants to intervene must pass through Qingmu Hall.

"Everyone, I summoned you here this time. I think you already know why!" Liu Shan said lightly.

All the people below were silent.

Liu Shan looked at everyone with a smile and said, "Everyone, my Liu family wants to leave Pingyang City, so the next candidate for the Lord of Pingyang City must come from among you. If you have any ideas, please feel free to tell me."

"Daoyou, I wonder if you have notified Qingmu Hall?" Li Yang, the head of the Li family, stood up and said. He is a force supported by Qingmu Hall, and Pingyang City is also a force under Qingmu Hall. The changes in Pingyang City must go through Qingmu Hall.

Liu Shan smiled slightly: "You don't have to worry about this. No matter who takes over Pingyang City, Pingyang City still belongs to Qingmu Hall. There is no doubt about this."

Li Yang nodded and sat down.

"Brother Liu, I don't know what you think?" A middle-aged man who looked like a scholar said with a smile.

"Brother Lai, I think there is nothing in the world of cultivation that has more decision-making power than fighting!" Liu Shan said with a smile.

There are not many people present who are qualified to call Liu Shan "Brother Liu". This middle-aged scholar is one of them. His name is Lai Qinglong. His cultivation has reached the peak of the early stage of the Nascent Soul and he is also the leader of the Qinglong Gang.

"Well, this proposal is good."

"City Lord, I wonder if the subordinate forces of your Liu family will participate?" One of the three giants of the Loose Cultivator Alliance said.

"Well, I'm not sure about this. They have to express their opinions themselves." Liu Shan smiled and turned his eyes to the two heads of the He and Yang families.

"Everyone, my He family and the Liu family share weal and woe. Wherever the Liu family goes, my He family will go. This time, my He family gives up the competition." He Fangjue, the head of the He family, stood up and said.

"Everyone, my Yang family is limited in strength. This time, my Yang family gives up the competition." Yang Kaitai, the head of the Yang family, stood up and said.

"Well, in this case, I can be sure that the forces belonging to my Liu family will not participate in this competition. You can make your own decisions. The City Lord's Mansion will not force you." Liu Shan said with a smile.

"Brother Liu, I wonder what the rules and rewards and punishments are for the competition?" Xie Yanyu, the head of the Xie family, asked.

"Yes, this is also what we are concerned about." A Jindan cultivator echoed.

"Yes, after all, your Liu family is gone, how to distribute those shops, or sell them, etc., you should also talk about it!"

"Well, and most of our forces buy elixirs from the Liu family. When you leave, do you also want to take the alchemists with you?" Several family heads asked in unison.

Compared with the position of the city lord, it is obvious that they care more about the benefits, not to mention the elixir, which is something to improve their own strength, more real than anything else.

Liu Shan laughed and said: "In addition to the alchemists of my Liu family, you can contact all the alchemists affiliated with my Liu family. As for whether you can keep them, it depends on your ability!"

Liu Shan's words are very real, that is, the highest bidder wins, as long as you can afford the price, then these alchemists can belong to you.

"Since the City Lord's Mansion has said this, we can rest assured!" The heads of the families echoed in unison.

"Well, not only that, before tomorrow, no matter if they are from the Liu family or the affiliated forces of the Liu family, as long as you can win them over, I will never interfere." Liu Shan said with a smile.

"Brother Liu, are you serious?"

"City Lord, are you serious?"

Whether they were Nascent Soul Stage monks or Golden Core Stage monks, everyone was very excited at this time. This alone was enough to show that the Liu family did not move as a whole family, but part of them left. Although Liu Shan did not understand what he said, Everyone was a smart person, and they immediately heard some information from Liu Shan's tone.

That is, the Liu family is not monolithic, and not everyone in the Liu family is willing to leave. It is enough to know this information from the beginning of the rumors, but Liu Shan's words undoubtedly add a bit of truth to the rumors.

"Mr. Liu speaks like a mountain."

"Okay, Brother Liu is indeed a generous person."

"Yes, the city lord is indeed courageous."

Liu Shan laughed and didn't answer.

"That's it, Brother Liu, I wonder if tomorrow's competition will be organized by the City Lord's Mansion, or will we make our own decision?" asked another Nascent Soul cultivator.

Liu Shan looked at the old man who was speaking and said, "Oh, it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Kong."

"Yes, it's Mr. Kong." The old man in green said with a smile.

Liu Shan pondered and said: "That's it. Before sunset today, all forces can come to the City Lord's Mansion to register. Our City Lord's Mansion will organize this competition tomorrow afternoon. What do you think?"

"Well, I, the Southwest Gang, have no objection."

"I, the Qinglong Gang, have no objection."

"I, the Xie family, have no objection."

None of the giants had any objections, so naturally the remaining monks did not dare to have any different opinions.

To put it bluntly, the world of cultivation is still based on strength. Most of the forces do not even have Nascent Soul monks. If the Liu family does not take the lead, then this competition will be meaningless. For example, the Xie family or the Qinglong Gang and other gangs that have Nascent Soul monks If the Nascent Soul cultivators were directly dispatched, which force would dare to challenge them?

This is also the reason why Liu Qian and Wu Zheng went to Qingmudang. The newly appointed city lord's power must be officially recognized by Qingmutang. Only in this way can they gain a foothold in Pingyang City.

Of course, these alone are not enough. If there is only one person from each force, then the Nascent Soul Stage monks have an absolute advantage, and the competition is completely meaningless.

Therefore, the rules of the competition are also very important. If you want to enter the City Lord's Mansion, in addition to peak combat power, you also need overall strength. Otherwise, even if you enter the City Lord's Mansion, it will be just an empty show and meaningless.

"Well, Brother Liu, our Qinglong Gang still has a lot of things to do, so I'll leave now!" Lai Qinglong cupped his hands and said with a smile, without any embarrassment on his face.

"Hey, Brother Lai, please."

"Ahem, Brother Liu, there are still some unresolved matters in Xie's family, so I'll say goodbye." Xie Yanyu, the head of the Xie family, said with a haha.

Liu Shan smiled and said, "Brother Xie, you're welcome."

With the departure of Lai Qinglong and Xie Yanyu, all forces bid farewell to Liu Shan respectively.

In Nuo Da's hall, only Liu Shan, the Yang family, the He family, and members of the Liu family were left.