"Well, go ahead." Xia Daoyun nodded lightly, "Go to Hanguang Garden and choose a pavilion for yourself."
"Yes." Lu Qingshan said respectfully, then stepped out and walked directly towards Hanguang Garden.
The King of Western Rat, who had not dared to speak or even breathe, quickly jumped back onto Lu Qingshan's shoulder.
Xia Daoyun looked at Lu Qingshan's departing figure, and ripples appeared in her eyes.
She had heard about Lu Qingshan's battle record.
As soon as he was promoted to the Spiritual Transformation Realm, he killed three cultivators in the early stage of the Combination Realm. Later, with his perfect Spiritual Transformation Realm, he blasted open the Qingluo Sect's protective formation with one sword...
Xia Daoyun was certain that Lu Qingshan should now have the combat power of a mid-stage fusion.
Moreover, in her opinion, with Lu Qingshan's talent, this is definitely not his limit, but just the beginning.
In the coming period of time, Lu Qingshan should have a period of rapid progress.
It is exciting to think about what level he will eventually reach in the Spirit Transformation Realm. Xia Daoyun would not be too surprised even if Lu Qingshan eventually reaches the combat power of the late stage of Fusion.
…
Yumen Pass, Hanguang Garden.
This is a group of neatly arranged buildings, where many Yumen Pass fusion monks live.
In order to move into Hanguangyuan, in addition to the requirement of being in the fusion realm, there is also the requirement of military merit.
Therefore, any cultivator who can own a pavilion of his own in Hanguang Garden is not only a fusion cultivator, but also most of them are the best among the fusion cultivators.
Lu Qingshan walked along the spacious road of Hanguang Garden, looking for a suitable pavilion.
Those pavilions that are already inhabited will have plaques with large characters hung high at the door, like the one hung outside Xia Daoyun's palace, the Willow Catkins Pavilion.
If no one lives there, a blank sign will be hung.
It's clear at a glance.
"Lu Qingshan." A familiar voice sounded.
"Hmm?" Lu Qingshan followed the source of the sound, turned his head and saw a male cultivator in a gray robe appearing at the door of a pavilion not far away.
"Commander Tang." After seeing his appearance clearly, Lu Qingshan greeted him.
It was Tang Ze, the lieutenant general of Luoyan Pass.
Previously, he had destroyed the blood-stained warship with a single sword and resolved the situation at Luoyan Pass, and therefore had some interactions with this person.
Tang Ze, who was saved from Luoyan Pass by Lu Qingshan's kindness, had a lot of good feelings towards Lu Qingshan, so he was very polite. Seeing Lu Qingshan here, he smiled and greeted him: "Master Lu, are you going to see your master?"
While being polite, Tang Ze sighed in his heart...
After Lu Qingshan saved Luo Yan from danger with a sword, he had always had a high opinion of Lu Qingshan and felt that Lu Qingshan would definitely achieve extraordinary things in the future.
But he only had such a high opinion of her. He never would have thought that in less than a year, this young cultivator who had just entered Yumen Pass would suddenly transform himself into the young master of the Sword Sect, who was famous all over the world.
"I just came out from my master's place," Lu Qingshan shook his head and explained, "My master asked me to choose a pavilion as my residence in Yumen Pass."
"Oh, I see." Tang Ze showed an understanding expression, glanced at Lu Qingshan, and then said: "You have also become a god, and you are indeed qualified to have your own palace in Yumen Pass."
"However," he pointed to another area in the distance filled with neatly arranged buildings and filled with spiritual energy, "Guiyi Garden is over there. You've taken the wrong road."
"Master told me to choose a pavilion in Hanguang Garden as my own palace." Lu Qingshan explained.
Tang Ze was stunned at first, then his heart was shocked and he frowned unconsciously.
It's not dissatisfaction, but worry.
Lu Qingshan saved Luo Yan from the dire situation, and he has always been extremely grateful to Lu Qingshan, so he really has no dissatisfaction in his heart about this matter.
But...Yumen Pass is a frontier battlefield.
In such an important frontier area, everything must be done according to the rules.
Owning one's own palace in Hanguang Garden is a privilege only enjoyed by the combined cultivators who have made outstanding military achievements.
There are even quite a few monks who are undergoing tribulation and whose palaces are still located in Hanguang Garden because they do not have enough military achievements.
As a Divine Transformation cultivator, Lu Qingshan suddenly moved into Hanguang Garden. What did the Integral Formation cultivators and Tribulation Transcendence cultivators in Hanguang Garden think?
Yumen Pass is indeed headed by the Sword Sect, but there is more than just the Sword Sect in Yumen Pass, there are also countless cultivators from other sects.
As the one in power, the Sword Sect should do things in a way that convinces other cultivators.
Even if you are the young master of the Sword Sect, you cannot act recklessly!
If there is no sufficiently convincing reason, this incident will more or less have some impact on the prestige of the Sword Sect in Yumen Pass.
"Have you achieved enough military exploits?" Tang Ze asked tactfully.
Lu Qingshan replied: "That's enough. My accumulated military merits have already enabled me to reach the B-level."
Class B authority is the military merit threshold for entering Hanguangyuan.
"So..." Tang Ze was shocked. He didn't expect that it would take a thousand years for a cultivator in the combined state to accumulate such huge military merits, but Lu Qingshan had already accumulated enough?
He knew about the original 8,000 military merits, but for a Jindan cultivator, the remaining 2,000 military merits definitely could not be accumulated in a short period of time.
Although he was confused and uncertain in his heart, Tang Ze didn't say anything more. He nodded and said, "Then you go find it. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
He just went back to Yumen Pass to report on the work at Luoyan Pass and to visit his own palace. He was about to turn back to Luoyan Pass.
Seeing this, Lu Qingshan said softly, "General Tang, you don't have to be polite."
Tang Ze clasped his hands and bowed to Lu Qingshan to say goodbye, then turned around and left quickly.
"Lu Qingshan, he seems a little dissatisfied with you?" The King of Western Rat tilted his head and asked in confusion.
Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "That shouldn't be the case. It's just that I haven't proven my strength yet. Even if I settle down in Hanguang Garden, there will indeed be many people who will be dissatisfied with me."
Upon hearing this, the little mouse demon snorted and said disdainfully: "It's your grassland and your horse, you can do whatever you want. If you don't agree, hold it in!"
"Is it their turn to comment on the Sword Sect's Young Master's affairs?"
Lu Qingshan shook his head, ignoring the Western Rat King who had not dared to breathe in front of Xia Daoyun before and was now arrogant and domineering, and continued to wander in the garden path of Hanguang Garden.
He has never been a picky person, so he quickly chose a pavilion located in the northwest of Hanguang Garden.
Lu Qingshan used his finger as a sword and carved two large characters in a flamboyant style on the blank plaque hanging above the pavilion...
"Mountain Tower".
From then on, this place became his palace in Yumen Pass.
In fact, according to his habit when he opened the peak, the word "Qing" should be used.
It’s just… Although Lu Qingshan doesn’t care much about red tape and other people’s opinions, there is no need to do something that will make himself uncomfortable.
…
It was after Lu Qingshan officially decided to set up his palace in Hanguang Garden.
"Sword Sect's Young Master Lu Qingshan has chosen Hanguang Garden as his palace. Isn't he just at the Divine Transformation Realm?"
"Yes, how can a person in the Spiritualization Realm be qualified to live in Hanguang Garden? Not to mention that he has just arrived and it is definitely impossible for him to accumulate enough military merits to settle in Hanguang Garden!"
"Then what's going on? He has indeed settled down in Hanguang Garden. Someone has seen his palace. It is said to be called something like Shanlou."
"Nonsense, nonsense!"
"This is the Sword Sect exercising its privileges!"
"If you want to settle down in the Three Gardens of Yumen Pass, everything must be based on strength and contribution. No matter what his identity is, it should be useless. Why is Jian Zong so confused this time..."
Just as Xia Daoyun expected, Lu Qingshan's move into Hanguangyuan soon caused some disturbances.
The Sword Sect's prestige from guarding Yumen Pass for many years still exists, so the disturbance is not particularly serious, but it cannot be ignored.
Many combined-state cultivators and tribulation-crossing cultivators in Hanguang Garden suddenly learned that a spirit-transforming cultivator had moved in. Although they did not dare to say much openly due to the power of the Sword Sect, they were more or less dissatisfied in their hearts.
At this time, a small discussion meeting was being held in a palace somewhere in Hanguang Garden.
In a place where so many powerful combined cultivators gather, it is extremely common for them to communicate with each other about the difficulties they encounter in their cultivation.
Making friends also depends on the level.
This can barely be considered one of the hidden benefits of living in Hanguangyuan. Where else can you find such like-minded fellow Taoists with similar abilities?
Dharma, wealth, companions and land are important resources that monks cannot do without.
In the palace, dozens of figures were talking to each other.
After a long time, the discussion finally came to an end. Everyone stood up and prepared to leave. Suddenly someone spoke something, which made everyone stop again.
"Have you heard about the news that Sword Sect's Young Master Lu Qingshan moved into Hanguang Garden a few days ago?"
This is obviously a topic of interest to everyone.
"The Sword Sect is the pillar of our Yumen Pass. They guard the border for the human race in the Eastern Region. Their contribution is immeasurable. Everyone respects the Sword Sect very much. But what does this have to do with that young Shao Zong? The status of the Sword Sect is achieved by its own tyrannical strength, its outstanding achievements, and its huge sacrifices... As for Lu Qingshan, even if he has unlimited potential and is highly regarded by Qingyun Sword Immortal, he is, after all, just a newcomer. Not only is he not strong enough, but his contribution is not enough to be admitted to Hanguang Garden!"
"Don't forget, we were able to win the battle of Luoyan Pass because of this Lu Shaozong. So, in fact, Lu Qingshan did make some contributions, and it can't be said that he was able to move into Hanguang Garden for nothing." Someone remained calm and spoke out something fair.
"So what? No one would deny his contribution to Luoyan Pass, but what about other than that? I heard that he only earned 8,000 military merits in the battle of Luoyan Pass, which is 2,000 short of the merits needed to move into Hanguang Garden."
"After that, Lu Qingshan left Yumen Pass and never appeared on the battlefield outside the domain again. How did he fill the gap of these 2,000 military merits? It can only be that the Sword Sect secretly made up for it for him." Someone said dissatisfiedly.
"That's true... Even for us, if we want to accumulate 2,000 military merits, we will need to spend a lot of effort, at least several decades..."
"Also, Hanguang Garden is where our fusion cultivators are, and there are even quite a few seniors in the Tribulation Crossing stage here. For a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation stage to be in the same group with us, isn't that like a chicken among a flock of cranes?" A very burly physical cultivator complained in a low voice.
"You'd better say less. After all, he is the young master of the Sword Sect. There are many people here and it will be bad if these words get out." Another cultivator kindly reminded.
"Let it spread out. What am I afraid of? It's just the right opportunity to let the Sword Sect know our dissatisfaction," he said again, still the physical cultivator from before, fearless. "Besides, I think we are not the only ones who are unhappy about Lu Qingshan moving into Hanguang Garden."
"That's right. Several friends I know also have complaints about it." Several other monks nodded in agreement.
"Xue Yu, did your Taoist partner say anything to you?" At this time, a male cultivator in gray clothes cast his gaze towards a beautiful and tall female cultivator in the crowd.
She is Xue Yu, a cultivator in the late stage of fusion. Her strength is not the strongest among this group of people, but her status is extremely high.
This is because her Taoist partner is a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect!
The female cultivator called Xue Yu frowned and finally said, "I heard that it was Fairy Luoshen who arranged for him to live in Hanguang Garden."
"Is this the decision of Fairy Luoshen?" Upon hearing this, the expressions of the others became a little more serious.
Xia Daoyuan's reputation was earned through his own strength, and there can be no falsehood in it.
"So what? Fairy Luoshen is Fairy Luoshen, and her disciples are her disciples. The two cannot be confused." It was still the burly cultivator from before who spoke again to state his position.
"Even if I don't care about his lack of merit for the sake of Fairy Luoshen, it is absolutely true that his strength is far inferior to ours."
"I heard that not long ago, he used his Divine Transformation cultivation level to severely injure the leader of the Qingluo Sect, who was in the early stage of Fusion. It seems that he cannot be regarded as a simple Divine Transformation cultivator." Xue Yu added.
After all, her Taoist partner is a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect, and she subconsciously wanted to say a few words for Lu Qingshan, the Sword Sect's young master.
"A Spiritual Transformation can defeat a Combined Spirit! Is this Lu Qingshan so powerful?!" Upon hearing this, several cultivators present took a deep breath and found it unbelievable.
"What's the point of the early stage of fusion? There are so many cultivators in Hanguang Garden now, is there any cultivator whose cultivation level is lower than the middle stage of fusion? Is there any one who has not killed at least one demon commander?" Another cultivator called Huo Wu spoke, his voice like thunder.
"Maybe Fairy Luoshen has her own considerations..." Xue Yu lost confidence when she said this.
Killing a demon commander should be the threshold for entering Hanguang Garden.
"No matter how much we consider it, we shouldn't do this, unless this Lu Qingshan has the strength comparable to ours in the Spiritual Transformation Realm, then we can be convinced," Huo Wu snorted coldly, "But is this possible?"
"How is that possible!"
"that is!"
The fusion cultivator and the spirit transformation cultivator are two completely different levels.
The difference in Yuanli alone is difficult to estimate, not to mention that a fusion cultivator has one more domain of law than a spirit transformation cultivator... The strength between the two is at least dozens of times different.
In their opinion, the reason why Lu Qingshan was able to seriously injure a cultivator in the early stage of fusion was because of his extraordinary talent, powerful sword sect inheritance, and possession of Taoist weapons.
Especially the Dao tools...
If he didn't have a Taoist weapon, the cultivator in the combined state would be able to manipulate him at will with the help of the Dharma domain.
"It's not that I'm narrow-minded and intolerant," Huo Wu said seriously, "It's just that for thousands of years, all of us cultivators from different sects have been following the lead of the Sword Sect. We see that the Sword Sect is powerful and fair, and everything is done according to the rules, so we believe in the Sword Sect."
"But now Lu Qingshan's incident has seriously violated the rules. Not only has it damaged the prestige of the Sword Sect, but he has just taken over the position of Young Sect Leader, and because of the palace, many Yumen Pass monks have inexplicably disliked him. Isn't this asking for trouble?"
"What Huo Wu said makes sense. Hasn't Fairy Luoshen always been brave and resourceful? What was she thinking this time? Why did she suddenly do such a stupid thing..." someone sighed.
The conversation at this small discussion meeting is just a microcosm of the current situation in Hanguangyuan.
Similar situations keep repeating themselves.
It’s not that these monks are narrow-minded, but they have been guarding Yumen Pass for many years and have already abandoned many things. All they want is honor and strength.
For these monks, settling in Hanguang Garden is an honor.
This is what they gained through thousands of years of desperate fighting on the battlefield outside the domain and exterminating the demons. It is what they obtained with their own strength.
Precisely because it is not easy to come by, they cherish this honor so much and protect it spontaneously.
But now, a cultivator who seemed to have done nothing has gained the same honor as them by virtue of his identity as a disciple of the Fairy Luoshen. How can they be willing and convinced of this?
…
Mountain building.
The clouds from the stream begin to rise as the sun sets in the pavilion; the mountain rain is about to come as the wind fills the building.
Lu Qingshan was sitting in front of a long table. On the table was a thumbnail of a battlefield outside Yumen Pass that was conjured up from clouds.
He frowned, as if thinking about something.
Behind him, a woman in a light and flowing palace dress, with a fair face and bright eyes, was pressing Lu Qingshan's temples gently with a pair of soft and smooth hands, looking gentle.
However , there was a hint of sadness between her beautiful eyebrows at this moment.
"Young Master, it seems that many people are dissatisfied with your move into Hanguang Garden." Qin Yitian said softly.
There were constant rumors and criticisms about him outside, and it was impossible for Lu Qingshan to have not heard anything about it.
Lu Qingshan chuckled and said indifferently: "It's not a big deal."
"Isn't it a big deal?"
"The reason they have a problem with me is that they doubt my ability."
Lu Qingshan said calmly: "I will prove with facts that I have the ability to move into Hanguang Garden."
"Isn't it just killing a demon commander?"
"Your young master has even killed the Demon Lord." He murmured.
"I believe in you, sir." Qin Yitian's brows relaxed quietly and he said gracefully.