Although Zhao Zhengke was stopped outside Anling City, Zhao would not just let it go.

They failed to do it directly, and after receiving the ban from Qiu Wanyong on behalf of Qingfeng Sect, they also thought of some solutions from other places.

In summary, it is blockade and harassment. These two are combined, and in the next period of time, they have actually brought great trouble to the Lu family.

The Zhao family has been operating in Anling County for too many years. Before the rise of the Lu family, they were a big family in Anling County and had a strong influence.

Under their influence, Pingyao County has been isolated.

Here we need to mention Pingyao's geographical location.

Pingyao was originally located in the northwest corner of Anling County. To the north and west, it was a primeval forest with a radius of 100,000 miles. It was the border between Feiyunzhou, Xuezhou and Shuozhou of Jin State. It was named "Northern Wilderness Forest". There are all wild beasts and monsters inside, and there are also fourth-level or even fifth-level monster kings living in deep places, governing the demon tribes of the Northern Wilderness Forest.

This is a giant that cannot be aroused, especially the fifth-level demon king, who is comparable to the Nascent Soul cultivator.

From Beihuangsen to the north, there is Jibei County in Xuezhou, but due to the partition of Beihuangsen in the middle, the roads between the two sides are blocked. The connection between Feiyunzhou and Xuezhou is actually only one channel in the east, which is to lead from Beihai County to Jinan County.

In other words, when the Zhao family united their allies and locked the east and south directions of Pingyao, Pingyao, which is in the corner, is an isolated island.

The way Zhao's blockade of Pingyao County was also divided into two major steps.

First, we mobilize forces close to them, whether they are families in various places, chambers of commerce, or even some mortal forces, and they do not allow them to do business with the Lu family. In this way, the Lu family's things cannot be sold or bought.

The Lu family's revenue will shrink greatly, such as selling Shuiyunma, selling Huineng stone, selling family-produced magic tools, and the sales of various herbs and raw materials and elixirs... will all be greatly affected.

Pingyao’s local market cannot afford so much output. For example, Shuiyunma is priced at more than 1,000 spirit stones per horse. Which group of casual cultivators in Pingyao can afford it?

Moreover, they target not only the Lu family, but also the casual cultivators in Pingyao County.

Pingyao County itself is not barren, with rich products and quite large places. Its population is the largest among the Anling counties, which means that Pingyao is considered a treasure land.

But no matter what, Pingyao cannot meet the needs of hundreds of monks without doing any commercial transactions with others.

The subsequent casual cultivators could not withstand the pressure, or felt that Pingyao County was too dangerous and had no future, they would run away. When people ran away, they were like artificial spiritual veins in the county town. The surrounding low-level spiritual veins were not rented, and no one was doing business, so they could not be collected...

This is about to break the roots.

Of course, no matter how powerful the Zhao family has, it is impossible for them to take it seriously and completely make everyone dare not do business with the Lu family. It is almost the same if it was Qingfeng Sect.

For example, Husheng Trading Company and Feiyunxing, who have a sect background, are not a waste, and the business will be done as expected; for example, Mu Yangcheng, the leader of Sishui, also maintained a transaction with the Lu family; there is also a direct connection between Pingyao and Anling City...

Regarding some places they really cannot blockade, the Zhao family will increase the pressure on the one hand. For example, the Lu family has received several complaints from Mu Yangcheng, saying that he has not lived a very happy life in Sishui County. As an ally of the Zhao family, Ma family has been causing trouble for him recently in Sishui.

On the other hand, they also used more direct tricks to harass.

They would hire casual cultivators, or even the Zhao family monks personally came to attack and seize the Lu family's caravan.

This further hit the Lu family's industry.

The whole situation became very bad in a very short period of time.

The Lu family is under tremendous pressure at present. It is okay to say that the income sharply drops in the short term, but this situation must not last for a long time.

At the same time, some turmoil occurred in Pingyao County. A small number of casual cultivators have begun to flee, and it is difficult to stop such things. The Lu family cannot say, "If you leave Pingyao, I will kill you." This is unrealistic.

Fortunately, these storms are temporarily controlled within a range that can be tolerated. More casual cultivators are waiting and watching, while some of them come to Lu and ask what they plan to deal with this matter.

Lu has already started to deal with the comfort work, and the effect is not bad, but this is not a long-term solution.

Such a thing cannot be solved by comforting it alone.

The ultimate solution to this problem must still be to break the blockade.

After discussing with Lu Chaoxi, the five foundation building members of the Lu family finally came up with a corresponding strategy: first solve the problem of Sishui County in the south.

...

Lu Ranting, with four direct Lu monks and five random cultivators hired, had already arrived at the Sishui site with a batch of goods.

They were very careful along the way, but in fact they couldn't completely hide their eyes.

When they arrived in Sishui County, they did not enter the city, but took a walk for half a circle, arrived in the south of the city, and arrived at Manling Mountain for another day.

This Manling Mountain is Mu Yangcheng's territory. He was born as a casual cultivator. When he was nearly 60 years old, he was unwilling to waste his life. He took the risk of trying to break through without using the Foundation Building Pill. As a result, he was lucky and really rushed through this barrier.

Then, he became the leader of a casual cultivator in Sishui, competing with the Ma family of Sishui, both in competition and cooperation, and he was still very prosperous.

The foundation building without using the foundation building pill is deeper and has a better foundation than the ordinary foundation building magic power. Although Mu Yangcheng only has three spiritual roots, he is over 130 years old, and is older than Lu Chaoxi, he is now at the ninth level of foundation building.

In fact, compared to the Ma family, Mu Yangcheng actually has nothing to do with the Lu family before.

But this time, he pressed the treasure on the Lu family.

On the one hand, the Zhao family had offended him, and on the other hand, it was also the most important thing. He believed that the Lu family had a future than the Zhao family. Not to mention Lu Chaoxi, a young monk Qiming, he felt that Lu Qing, the Golden Pill Ancestor, was really not dead, and was secretly helping the Lu family.

Sishui is not far from Pingyao. In recent years, he looked at the Lu family, which was about to be destroyed, and with the help of a mysterious force, it developed better and better. Then it soared into the sky in the battle of northern Xinjiang, completely reversing the outside world's view of them, and once again became a large family that could confront the Zhao family in Anling County.

Mu Yangcheng believes that this mysterious power is evidence that the ancestor of the Lu family is still alive.

Lu Ranting and others who came this time were transporting a batch of goods and handing them over to him for processing. He promised to help him sell the goods in exchange for spirit stones and hand them over to the Lu family.

But there are two requirements: if he doesn't care about delivering goods or withdrawing money, he has to do it himself. He cannot send his subordinates to Pingyao, and he has been under a lot of pressure recently.

But after the team led by Lu Ranting arrived at Manling Mountain, he also met Lu Ranting and others.

"Your trip is very risky." He said that as soon as he opened his mouth.

This is his sincere judgment.

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