The conditions issued by the State of Wei are not much different from those they have offered before. They are still large resources. Spirit stones are used as gifts to cede a county in Hezhou without adding any additional benefits.

However, the ghost-faced god Chen Man, who broke through the Dharma image, left a heavy weight on the scale.

After learning this information, it is easy to think of why Wei dares to attack Qi with such a big fanfare.

Changes in the external environment are of course an important factor. In the West of the world, the Qin Dynasty began their expansion strategies and disrupted them. This will make many countries have to focus on Qin and have no time to deal with what the Wei Dynasty is doing.

The most direct one is Liang State and Chu State, two countries that originally had borders with Wei State.

For Wei, this is indeed an opportunity to expand while Qin is expanding.

But if only this is the case, their behavior seems too bold and radical. No matter what, there is Da Yan in the north and Da Wu in the south. If these two countries intervene, Wei's expansion plan will obviously be difficult and difficult to succeed.

But if Chen Man, the "Ghost-faced God", has recently advanced to become a Dharma-Phase Cultivator, then the whole thing can be linked together.

One more Dharma image means that during the national war, Wei will have a very heavy weight, which can affect the overall situation.

The most concentrated expression is that it is in Yan State. After learning the news, I immediately became no longer moved.

Isn’t it obvious if someone reveals this news?

This is a warning.

What's more, the only monk in the Dharma Realm that Wei State possesses is not just Xia Cang. Generally speaking, from various countries, most people tend to believe that Wei State has two Dharma Realm.

Of course, Xia Cang was the one who showed it on the surface, and he was very strong. But Wei should have a Dharma image, because all forces - not only the countries - have mastered some information, and some of them should have been the actions taken by Wei. They were suspected to be Dharma images, but they were not done by Xia Cang.

When such information accumulates a lot, in the Wei Kingdom, in addition to Xia Cang, there is another Dharma image, which is quite credible. In fact, among various sources of information, some candidates can even be finalized: five Nascent Soul cultivators who are not well-known in Wei Kingdom are considered to be hiding their strength and are actually Dharma image levels.

But these people do not include the ghost-faced god Chen Man.

Although Chen Man was considered to be in the late stage of the Nascent Soul, or even a monk at the peak of the Nascent Soul, in the information of all parties, he was not listed as a candidate for the Dharma phase. Although he is very mysterious, his age is actually not very old. According to another Dharma phase of the earliest Wei Kingdom, the ghost-faced god was still in the Golden Pill stage.

No matter how much you disguise it, the Dharma image will not be disguised as a golden elixir.

The ghost-faced god has become a Dharma image, which means that the Wei Kingdom may not have yet to appear in the Dharma image, and there are two more.

Yan State went south? Master Weiyun?

What should I do if I run into two Dharma images on my face?

If this matter can be proved, then the actions of Yan's southward movement really need to be considered more carefully.

But... Speaking of this, there is another thing that cannot be ignored: Is Wei lied to others?

The Jinyiwei intelligence personnel lurking in the Wei State did not receive any corresponding news. After Lu Chaoxi informed the Yunxiao Sect of this matter, they also said that they had not received any information in this regard.

This situation is very interesting.

It is impossible to determine whether the envoys of Wei State were lying, but at least this possibility exists.

If you are scared by such a simple lie, then this matter will be embarrassing; but if you don't believe it, the result is true and you will be bloody, it will not be a good thing.

This matter must be figured out.

Yunxiao Sect will mobilize its intelligence capabilities and find ways to figure out this matter. Here in the Lu court, Lu Wenen also received an order to make every effort to figure out the truth.

In addition to the intelligence system of the two major forces in Yan State, there are also some sources of information that can be used as evidence.

Within two days, Lu Wenen met with envoys from many countries in Yan State.

The information these envoys possess is actually quite important. Even if some people have little identities, such as Chu State, they just sent a foundation-building monk to come, but it doesn't matter. They can contact the corresponding country behind them through them for inquiries.

There was a lot of information that was summarized one after another.

For example, in Qi State, they insisted that they had never received such information and believed that Chen Man could not enter the Dharma period so quickly.

For example, the envoy of the State of Chu and Liang, the final meaning was ambiguous, thinking that this matter was possible, but it was not particularly certain.

Wu State said with greater certainty that the ghost-faced god is likely to have broken through to the Dharma image.

These statements are very contradictory and cannot be believed. For example, in Qi State, they were worried that Yan State would not send troops, so they naturally denied this matter in order to dispel Yan State's concerns. In this way, their words will not be so credible.

The news given by Chu and Liang was vague and he wanted to mess with the water.

Wu Guo’s statement is so affirmative that it makes people confused about what their attitude is.

In the final analysis, the statements of various countries can only be viewed by reference. There are too many things in this, which are essentially the same as the warnings of the envoys of Wei State. They can only be heard passively, but they cannot be used as the basis for decision-making.

On the one hand, the Lu family and the Yunxiao Sect have to continue to study. Think about what to do if they face a variety of situations.

In addition, Wen En also put in a desperate effort to explore this matter clearly.

The lurking Jinyiwei in the two countries of Qi and Wei began to divert their energy to deal with this matter. It was okay for Qi to go and check whether Qi's intelligence system had obtained information about the ghost-faced gods.

In this matter, the most important thing to put in the effort is the Jinyiwei arranged in the Wei State.

Lu Wenen looked south from afar and silently recited in his heart:

"Uncle Mingheng... I'm looking at you."

...

Lu Mingheng has been joining the Jinyiwei for nearly twenty years. At that time, when he first entered the Jinyiwei, he was still in the foundation-building stage, but now he is already a cultivator at the fourth level of Qiming.

Speaking of which, his cultivation progress was also very fast in the Lu family, where many geniuses emerged. He was only 73 years old this year and had reached the fourth level of Qiming, which of course was very fast.

Of course, there are many people in the Lu family who are faster and stronger than him. But he has no imbalance in his mentality. The real geniuses in the family, single spiritual roots, and even heavenly spiritual roots, but they are only two spiritual roots, and their natural talents are a little different, so there is nothing they can do about it.

The path of cultivation and good talent is indeed very helpful, whether it is in the initial stage or in the later stage upper limit.

But this world is not really about talent.

In the end, personal understanding, opportunities, level of hard work in practice, direction of hard work... these may be more important. Haven't you seen that Zou Ziwu, the former Prime Minister of Dayan, was only two spiritual roots, but he stood firmly at the level of the Nascent Soul.

What's more, Lu Mingheng knew that he seemed to be quite a special person.

Since he was very young, when he was in his early 10 years old and officially started practicing, some practice experiences always popped up in his mind. Even he himself didn't know where this experience came from at the beginning.

Later, as he grew older, whether it was his parents or others, it was said that he looked more and more like his own grandfather, Lu Chaoheng, one of the nine ancestors of the family.

The day when Chaoheng's life is exhausted is also the time when he is born.

In his opinion, this is a great fate.

When he was older, he vaguely felt that he was the reincarnation of his grandfather, and there were always memories in his mind that did not belong to him but actually belonged to his grandfather.

He was initially afraid, thinking that one day he would become no longer himself? But later, as he grew older, he found that this only benefits but no harm to him.

These memories will not influence his own thoughts, nor will it cause his temperament to change greatly. On the contrary, those experiences in practice have allowed him to avoid many detours on the road of cultivation - at least at the level of Qi training, so that he can walk very steadily when the road of cultivation is started. Not only is the cultivation progress moving forward faster than that of the same period, and the talent is better than him, but the foundation is also unexpectedly stable.

In addition to the benefits of cultivation, there is another point that after awakening many memories of his grandfather Lu Chaoheng, Lu Mingheng learned about the past of many families and had a deeper understanding of how difficult it was to get to the present. At the same time, the memories of these predecessors also increased his knowledge and wisdom, allowing him to think more comprehensively and his personality to become more stable when thinking about things.

These are all positive benefits.

The rapid progress of his cultivation allowed him to avoid many detours, and he soon entered the Foundation Establishment Stage, or even the Qiming Stage. Although those experiences and insights were actually gone after the Foundation Establishment Stage, this is the path of cultivation. One step is fast, one step is fast. Starting quickly and steadily is obviously of great benefit.

At the same time, his more steady and meticulous personality also made him perform well in various family affairs and made a lot of contributions.

In addition, Lu Weiwen, who is nominally his nephew, but is still a teenager older than him, often gives him a lot of care and intentional support. He is also successful in himself, so after he advanced to the Qiming period, he became a backbone member of the family who is highly valued and is also highly expected by the family, and is the star of hope for the future.

After joining the Jinyiwei, he also made many achievements.

Such excellent performance also gave him more important responsibilities: seven years ago, he was only at the second level of Qiming at that time, and was specially sent to Wei State to take over and establish the intelligence system of Da Yan in Wei State, and was given the position of Jinyiwei as the governor of Jinyiwei.

Originally, there was a system. But after the great change of Yan State, the connection with the new imperial court in China became very problematic. When the Lu Dynasty was newly established, the domestic affairs were in chaos. I really didn't have much energy to deal with the intelligence system located abroad, and this matter was stuck.

Fortunately, they themselves did not have much information about the New Dynasty, and their loss of control would not cause too much problem.

However, the lack of intelligence system must be solved. Not long after the establishment of the Jinyiwei, he had already started to deal with this matter. Seven years ago, Lu Mingheng, one of the important members of the Lu family, was sent here.

According to the original plan, Mingheng will stay in Wei for about ten years. The cultivation resources used during this period have been prepared, so there is no need to worry too much about personal problems. And his task is to rebuild the intelligence system here and incorporate it into the management of the Jinyiwei.

This is not necessary to start from scratch, but the difficulty is no less than starting from scratch.

After all, the intelligence system of Yan State was left behind in Wei State. These heritages can of course be inherited.

However, the new intelligence system cannot rely too much on the old ones. After all, these intelligence personnel from the past belonged to the old Dayan court. When Li Shiwen was preparing to make a breakthrough in the legal period, he colluded with Wei, so it was difficult to keep the intelligence system of Yan's country that had been exposed to Wei's sight. Even those that were not exposed had the possibility of betraying Yan and colluding with the enemy.

The screening work is even more difficult than reconstruction.

But in the past seven years, Lu Mingheng has done a good job. The betrayer who should be dealt with has been dealt with; the ones that should be received have been successfully accepted; the part that he rebuilt can also play a role normally.

At present, the mission from Dayan is the first and most important test that the Wei branch of the Jinyiwei led by Lu Mingheng faced.

After taking on this task carefully, he quickly took action personally.

The Jinyiwei is in the territory of Wei, where do you get these? There is always some accumulation of information. A famous Nascent Soul cultivator like the Ghost Face God, and who had had people who had sex with the Faceless in Yan State back then, of course, they need to be paid attention to.

In this way, the relevant information collection has finally not started from scratch.

After careful investigation, Lu Mingheng probably figured out where the ghost-faced god Chen Man was now.

After Lu Mingheng confirmed that the information was fine, he left the capital of the Great Wei, Xudu, and headed southeast to Huhan County.

Huhan County is located a little south of the border between Xuzhou and Zhaizhou.

According to information, Chen Man should have lived in a valley southwest of Huhan County.

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