Chapter 264 Testing Each Other
Generally speaking, the Northern League is composed of many forces and scattered cultivators in the northern part of the East China Sea. In addition to Qianyuan City, where the essence of the Northern League is located, there are eighteen large-scale forces under the jurisdiction of the Northern League, and thirty Six medium-sized forces and seventy-two small forces, these are the branches spawned from the towering tree of the Northern Alliance. They are mutually exclusive with Qianyuan City, where the Northern Alliance headquarters is located, and together they control the waters of the East China Sea. Northern seas.
The Li family is at the bottom of the thirty-six medium-sized forces. The major forces in the Northern Alliance have their own standards. Generally speaking, if you want to become one of the eighteen large forces, at least one of these forces must The existence of the Dharma-Xiang Patriarch; and a real person in the middle stage of Alchemy is the lowest symbol of a medium-sized force; even a small force needs a Alchemist to set up its own banner.
Although the Li family had Li Xiuzhu advance to the elixir forging stage in the past two years, and then Chu Ting nominally joined the Li family after advancing to the elixir forging stage, the Li family's strength has increased a lot. On Sanjia Island, The status has also been consolidated, but the Li family's strength is still at the bottom among the thirty-six medium-sized families. Many small forces have surpassed the Li family in terms of the number of real people forging pills and overall strength. After this Dan meeting, the Li family was unable to pass the Northern Alliance's strength certification, leaving the position of the medium-sized forces for them to compete.
Every hundred years, the Northern Alliance will take advantage of the celebration of the founding of the Northern Alliance to hold a competitive meeting among the major forces. At that time, the three major forces, large, medium and small, will either choose to refine elixirs, refine weapons, form formations, or make talismans. The four types compete, and then the status of each force is evaluated based on the comprehensive strength developed by the major forces in the past hundred years. After each competition, the last three large forces will automatically fall into medium-sized forces, and from The top three medium-sized forces with the best performance will take over; similarly, the last six medium-sized forces will be replaced by the six strongest small forces; when the last twelve small forces are reached, they will be replaced by the Northern Alliance The major forces choose from the different forces in the North Sea.
The Li family ranked twenty-ninth among the thirty-six medium-sized forces last time, just next to the six eliminated medium-sized forces. It is one of the "popular" candidates to be demoted to a small force this time.
When Lu Ping rushed to the foot of Qianyuan Mountain in the middle of Qianyuan City, the heads of the Li family, Li Maolin and Li Xiuzhu, were already waiting here. Lu Ping went up to meet Li Maolin and heard Li Maolin shouting, "Niece Chu Ting" Because I am ill, I will not come to enjoy this competition."
Lu Pingping nodded expressionlessly. Lu Ping knew in his heart that it was because of what happened yesterday that the two had a rift. Of course, out of sight and out of mind, Li Maolin obviously knew about this. Li Xiuzhu glanced at Lu Ping and saw him. He followed Li Maolin expressionlessly towards the towering Qianyuan Mountain. After thinking about it, he said nothing and followed Chi Lianying quietly behind Lu Ping.
"Isn't this brother Li from Sanjia Island? This elixir meeting is coming too early!" A middle-aged scribe with three long beards and several people came slowly from the side.
"Oh, it's Brother Shangguan. Brother Shangguan is here on behalf of the family this time. I'm afraid it's inevitable for your family to advance to a medium-sized force, right? My Li family is not comparable to the Shangguan family. There is no way that this Danhui will be replaced by Brother Shangguan's family. Maybe, coming early is nothing more than flying ahead of the stupid bird."
When Li Maolin saw the visitor, his expression changed slightly, but he still went up to greet him and chatted and laughed with him.
"Brother Li's family is also pretty good. I heard that two years ago, my niece and a priest from the family both advanced to the elixir forging stage. The strength of Brother Li's family has greatly improved. I just don't know who Brother Li invited for this elixir meeting. Is there an alchemy expert coming to participate?"
Li Maolin brought only a few people behind him, and the head of the Shangguan family only had his eyes wandering on Lu Ping and Chi Lianying.
"It's just a little help. After all, both of them have just advanced, and they are both female students. They are not as good as Shangguan Haoxian's nephew. I heard that his cultivation has reached the second level of Alchemy Forging, and now they have replaced Shangguan's brother. Take care of family affairs.
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"Uncle Li is ridiculous. My nephew is so virtuous and capable. He is just doing odd jobs for his father." A handsome young man behind the head of the Shangguan family who had not taken his eyes off Li Xiuzhu from the beginning said quickly and respectfully.
Li Xiuzhu couldn't help but frowned when he saw this person.
"Brother Li, how have you considered what I mentioned to you last time?" The head of the Shangguan family asked with a smile hidden in his face: "Quinzi and Brother Li's daughter are both talented and good-looking. It is inevitable to advance to the thirty-six medium-sized forces. When the time comes when you and I join forces, even if Brother Li’s family is reduced to a small force this time, the Zhang and Wang families of Sanjia Island will not dare to do anything."
Li Maolin pondered: "Brother Shangguan is so confident about advancing to a medium-sized force this time?"
"Of course!" the head of the Shangguan family said quite confidently: "In my Shangguan family, there are five monks in the elixir forging stage alone, and there are two monks who have reached the middle elixir forging stage. It can be said that the standard for a medium-sized force has already been reached, and there is only one difference. It’s just the title of Danhui, and besides, our Shangguan family is lucky enough to invite Master Yue to take action this time, so we will surely be among the best among the seventy-two small forces.”
The head of the Shangguan family pointed to an arrogant old man behind him and introduced him to Li Maolin.
Li Maolin's expression changed and he said in surprise: "But Mr. Yue Jiang Ruiyue?"
The old man with an arrogant expression nodded with satisfaction when he saw a real person like Li Maolin addressing him as "sir", but did not speak.
Li Xiuzhu, who was next to Lu Ping, looked a little gloomy when he heard the head of the Shangguan family talk about the marriage between the two families, and seemed extremely reluctant. When he heard the name "Yue Jiangrui", his face was also full of surprise.
Lu Ping didn't know the details of Yue Jiangrui. Chi Lianying on the side explained in a low voice: "This Yue Jiangrui has been immersed in the art of alchemy for hundreds of years, but he has always been one step away from becoming an alchemy master because of his inability to break through the alchemy stage. However, this person He is well-known in the Northern League, all because he has refined dozens of half-step elixir-level elixirs, and the elixir-formation rate is even higher than that of some alchemy masters. Therefore, he has always been regarded as Considered to be the first person under the alchemy master."
When Lu Ping heard this, he was quite surprised. The total number of half-step forging pills that Lu Ping had refined so far was no more than ten, which was totally different from this person.
Li Maolin thought for a while and then said: "Although the marriage is ordered by the parents, it is more important whether the two people are in love. If Shangguan's nephew can win the favor of my little girl, I will have nothing to say. But this time, our Li family may not be able to keep our position among these thirty-six families."
The face of the head of the Shangguan family changed when he heard this. Everyone present could not see Li Xiuzhu's expression just now. Li Maolin's statement was a clear rejection of the marriage between the two families.
At this moment, Yue Jiangrui, who had his hands behind his back beside the head of the Shangguan family, pointed at Lu Ping and suddenly said: "Is it this young boy that the head of the Li family relies on for this elixir?"
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On the 28th, there is a big market to buy New Year’s goods. What can you do? Chapter 2 at 11 o'clock! Tomorrow Xiaonian will code like crazy and explode! Happy New Year to everyone!