I have become immortal, Taoist friends still need to be diligent

Li Mu bid farewell to Marquis Qingning and continued on his way on horseback.

You can get home in three to five days without any accidents.

"Have you heard? The Huangshan Sect will come to our county to recruit disciples in the next few days."

"Hai, I've heard about it a long time ago. They have been recruiting disciples at the foot of Huangshan Mountain. Now for some reason, our county is five hundred miles away from them."

Li Mu had just found an inn and ordered wine and food when he heard some guests talking.

"Haha, what else is there? It's just that the Huangshan Sect fought with the Quanshui Sect this year and won. Now our county has become the sphere of influence of the Huangshan Sect."

"In the future, the Huangshan Sect will not only recruit disciples in our county, but also train a large number of outside disciples to manage the Huangshan Sect's interests in our county."

"Oh, my dear brother, I wonder what qualifications are needed to join the Huangshan Sect's outer sect?"

"Have money, or be extremely talented."

……

Li Mu got a rough idea. Jianghu sects generally have spheres of influence. For example, if the Huangshan sect has a top-notch master, its sphere of influence is usually within three hundred miles of his mountain gate.

This time, they defeated the Quanshui Faction and gained an increase in their sphere of influence.

The sect recruits disciples from all over its sphere of influence. Generally, there are three ways to recruit disciples. One is to pay a sum of money and join directly if you have money.

The second type is that the descendants of high-level sect members can enter.

The third type of person is the least, those who have been gifted since childhood and were very lucky to be discovered by the sect by chance and brought back to the sect for training.

"The rich rely on money, the poor rely on mutation."

Li Mu shook his head and sighed.

Fortunately, Li Mu has a good second uncle, otherwise he would have to leave his hometown to practice martial arts, and he would have to endure hardships to gain any possibility.

There are only a dozen famous sects in the Wei Dynasty, and they all have strong masters.

Others who do not have strong masters live in one county or one county. Just like the Baoshan sect in Qingping County, whose strongest person is only a second-rate peak warrior, it is only a little famous in Qingping County, and its scope of influence is only two or three. It's a small town and can't get on the stage.

"Driving~"

After Li Mu finished eating, he left the inn and prepared to continue on his way.

"kill~"

"kill~"

When passing through an official road, Li Mu discovered that there were actually two groups of warriors with more than a dozen warriors each fighting.

Taking a closer look, I knew that the Huangshan Sect and the Quanshui Sect that I had heard about at the inn were fighting.

Generally speaking, the government won't care about things like this. It's a Jianghu matter. It's a Jianghu matter. As long as it doesn't harm ordinary people, no one will care about them even if they beat the brains out of a dog.

Li Mu didn't want to get involved, so he changed the direction and continued walking home. It's hard to say who is right or wrong in this kind of sectarian struggle. It's usually just a fight for resources, such as mountains that produce good medicinal herbs, minerals, and large merchants.

Li Mu spent three days, looking at the scenery, eating specialties from various places, and finally returned to Qingping County after wandering around.

"More than ten years have passed in a flash. Time flies so fast."

Forty-nine-year-old Li Mu couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the familiar or unfamiliar environment in Qingping County.

He was only in his thirties when he left, and he was almost fifty when he came back. Although he still looks like a forty-year-old now, he is not afraid of what others will say, just because he is a master, he looks younger. normal.

"Is your gang leader still here?"

Li Mu came to the headquarters of the Dadao Gang and asked an ordinary gang member.

"you are?"

The gang member was very confused. He had been a member of the Broadsword Gang since he was fifteen years old, and now he was twenty-six. He was considered an old man in the gang. Why had he never seen this middle-aged man carrying a sword on his back and leading a black horse?

"Is your gang leader Liu He?"

"Yes."

"Then you go and report that our old friend Li Muzhi is visiting."

Li Mu also saw the doubts of this young gang member, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Oh fine."

The young gang members looked at Li Mu's impressive aura, the knife was of the highest quality he had ever seen, and the dark horse was also very energetic. He felt that the person who came was probably quite capable, so he stopped questioning and went to report.

"What? Li Muzhi? He's back?"

Liu He, who is the same age as Li Mu, was shocked when he heard the report from his subordinates. He had not seen Li Mu for more than ten years, if it had not been for the imperial decree last year that consecrated Li Mu as Zhongwu Bo.

He thought Li Mu was dead and considered setting up a tomb to commemorate him, but in the end he thought it would be fine without Li Mu's old clothes.

"Please, no, I'll go there myself."

When Liu He heard that Li Mu was coming, he was so excited that he almost didn't put on his shoes and ran out the door in a huff.

The young gang member who saw this was very surprised. You must know that their gang leader has kept the door tightly closed since he started. He practices in seclusion for no big deal. He rarely loses his temper like this.

"It seems that person is not simple."

The young man muttered to himself.

"Brother Li, Brother Li, you really miss me."

As soon as he saw Li Mu, Liu He excitedly rushed towards Li Mu.

"Brother Liu, please respect yourself."

Li Mu frowned, stepped aside and said.

"Cough cough~"

The other members of the Broadsword Gang looked embarrassed.

"Brother Li, you don't recognize your younger brother now that you have become an earl? I am Liu He."

Liu He said with a big grin.

"Oh, it turns out to be Brother Liu. I thought he was a man with a cut sleeve."

Li Mu said with a teasing smile.

"Ahem,...what the hell are you laughing at? Don't you have to be on duty? One hundred cents will be deducted today."

"Ah? Boss..."

"Ah, what? One hundred fen per person."

Liu He was a little embarrassed when he saw being laughed at by Li Mu, but when he looked out of the corner of his eye, he saw the faces of several members of the gang who were suppressing laughter and blushing, and he became very angry.

"Earl Li, Brother Li, please come in and have a chat. We won't come back until we get drunk today."

"Okay, that's exactly what I meant."

Li Mu and Liu He went to the inner courtyard of the Dadao Gang arm in arm.

The other gang members looked at each other and looked at each other in confusion. Usually their gang leader was very stable, but why was he so wild today.

"Brother Liu, how have you been these past ten years? How many sons do you have?"

After Li Mu and Liu He sat down, Li Mu spoke.

"Harm, don't mention it. There are only three sons and five daughters. Now they are all eyeing my position as gang leader. I have a severe headache."

Liu He waved his hand and said helplessly.

"I don't know what great achievements Brother Li has made. He asked the emperor to bypass the viscount and directly grant you the title of earl?"

Liu He asked curiously.

"It just so happens that the emperor and you have the same problem."

Li Mu looked at Liu He and said happily.

"Oh? What's the problem? I also encountered the same problem as the emperor, and I got the advantage today."

Liu He said cheerfully.

"Is such that……"

Seeing Liu He smiling happily, Li Mu introduced the matter of the crown prince's uterus.

"..."

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, why don't you speak?"

Li Mu saw that Liu He was a little silent after listening, so he shook Liu He's shoulders and said.

"Well, I'm getting old and my children have ideas. Brother Li, do you think it's time for me to hand over my position as gang leader?"

Liu He asked with a somewhat lonely expression.