Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 250 - 158: Xuantian City

The situation did not go as smoothly as Chen Qing had anticipated.

His forces expanded only to a thousand Foundation Establishments, and then he could no longer expand.

Aside from the two hundred from the Dragon Elephant Tribe and the additional hundred Foundation Establishments recruited by Lu Shenglong,

the other three main forces only gathered a little over a hundred people.

A large number of Yan Country Foundation Establishments went further south to the Vermilion Bird Tribe to pledge allegiance to their Young Master, Zhu Ning.

It was an unavoidable situation, as Chen Qing had little prestige in Yan Country.

Moreover, he was merely passing through, with no compelling reason to take Yan Country's Foundation Establishments to fight against Yan Shiyin.

Why would someone risk their life for him when they were living comfortably?

Chen Qing pretended to be unaware of this and gathered a large number of Foundation Establishments to accompany him as he continued toward Longevity Mountain.

Going to Longevity Mountain to pay homage to the Miao God was not something anyone could stop.

Even Zhu Ning, if he intended to attack, would have to wait until after Chen Qing had paid homage to the Miao God.

Chen Qing intentionally slowed down the journey and sent out evil spirits everywhere to seek more Foundation Establishment evil spirits to expand his army.

Due to Yan Country being further south, towering ancient trees were everywhere.

Compared to Wu Country, this place had more monsters and spirit beasts.

There were numerous Spirit Plant Type Gu and Wood Element Gu Insects here, and most Foundation Establishments excelled in Wood Element Skills.

This made the Vermilion Bird Tribe hold a very special status in Yan Country, as wood feared fire.

The Gu of the Vermilion Bird Tribe could almost restrain all other large tribes in Yan Country.

Additionally, nine generations of Yan Kingdom's Prime Ministers in the Vermilion Bird Tribe achieved a level of responsiveness from the lower tiers of Yan Country almost unmatched.

It could be said that before Chen Qing arrived, all the chaos was only to show off in front of Zhu Ning of the Vermilion Bird Tribe to gain a higher position in their army.

The chaos here was limited, and after Chen Qing forcibly intervened, the Vermilion Bird Tribe quickly reacted and gathered many of their old forces, forming a power not inferior to Chen Qing's army.

After traveling in Yan Country for a few days and learning about the large number of production-type cultivators there, Chen Qing increasingly felt that this Yan Country was more suitable for him.

He could use a production-type cultivator as four.

And by being in Yan Country, Chen Qing could casually grab a large amount of vitality.

The vitality here was more abundant than in Wu Country.

Chen Qing also canceled the plan of heading south while conquering surrounding tribes, focusing solely on heading south.

He needed time to elevate his Dragon Elephant Butterfly to Harmonization.

Simultaneously, he continued to enhance his Lifebound Light Butterfly, as it now required Nine Heavens Blue Water, which he could hardly find any news about despite extensive searching.

Chen Qing could only hope to find some in the markets of the subsidiary sects at the foot of Longevity Mountain.

Chen Qing and his group settled down, and while heading south, he sought materials to enhance his Gu, making the journey quite pleasant.

However, both he and Zhu Ning knew that a battle between them was inevitable.

The Dragon Elephant Tribe, being a top tribe, did not have a good relationship with the Vermilion Bird Tribe, which was a rare piece of good news.

Xuantian City.

Numerous Foundation Establishments flew through the air like birds, heading to Xuantian City to report news or deliver tasks.

It was a large city floating in the sky, built atop Xuantian Mountain.

It sat above the clouds, overlooking the earth, as if it had completely transcended the mortal world.

In the Vermilion Bird Hall in Xuantian City, Zhu Ning listened to the opinions of his generals.

"In my opinion, what's there to discuss? If Chen Qing, a Wu Country man, dares to take our people from Yan Country, we should go and beat him up!"

"He's just passing through to pay homage to the Miao God. Is that something we can stop?"

"Doing so would disrespect the Miao God, and the Jiuli would surely rise up to attack us!"

"So what should we do? Are we just going to let him take over four hundred of our Foundation Establishments in Yan Country?"

Listening to these highly agitated voices, Zhu Ning, draped in a noble red robe, sat gracefully at the main seat, smiling calmly without a hint of discontent.

When the arguments subsided, he turned to his sister, "Yan'er, what do you think?"

Zhu Yan, wearing a red long dress and a veil covering her face and with crimson long hair, looked quite mysterious.

"Brother, why not offer me to that Chen Qing?"

Zhu Ning looked at Zhu Yan with amusement for a while, "You mean, if he agrees, it would be a marriage alliance, pretending to help him fight Yan Shiyin."

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"Wait until they're both exhausted, then swallow them up?"

"With one battle, seize control over the life and death powers of both countries' Foundation Establishments."

Zhu Yan giggled, "If he refuses, then use the excuse that his small tribe insulted our Vermilion Bird Tribe to launch an attack!"

Zhu Ning clasped his hands together, "A brilliant strategy indeed, an open plot, leaving him with no easy choices!"

"However, it can't end there."

"Isn't he going to pay homage to the Miao God? We'll also go to pay homage to the Miao God."

"I have a premonition, those who go to pay homage might receive the Miao God's Divine Envoy's appointment, gaining a divine position under the Miao God."

"We must not only go to pay homage to the Miao God, but we have to do it before him!"

Zhu Ning stood up from his high seat, "The Divine Weapon Treasure Realm wouldn't descend without reason, there must be great opportunities, we can't let him have it!"

"Mu Cang, I command you to lead two hundred Foundation Establishments, depart immediately, and mobilize those large tribes allied with us to harass Qingxu's journey."

"Except for leaving one hundred Foundation Establishments to guard Xuantian City, all other troops will depart tomorrow to accompany me in paying homage to the Miao God!"