After leaving the Princess Mansion, Leng Yan returned to the world of cultivation. During the five years since she left the sect, she had developed her own power. Today, someone in the pavilion sent her a message saying something had happened and asked her to return.
Leng Yanhua took two days to reach the world of cultivation, and then she followed her memory to find the Lanque she had established. Lanque was a department similar to intelligence gathering that Leng Yan had established herself in the past five years, but unlike the general departments that were only responsible for collecting intelligence, her Lanque also accepted tasks.
For example, they help people find spiritual plants or spiritual beasts, and sometimes they also take on assassination missions. In the past five years, Lanque has developed to the point where it can rival the Qingyuan Sect. However, until now, no one knows the rules for selecting people within Lanque.
So even if someone wanted to enter Lanque, they wouldn't have the chance. Of course, there were also those who disliked Lanque and wanted to plot against or destroy it, but the problem was they couldn't find Lanque. Furthermore, the members of Lanque were always elusive, leaving no one aware of their whereabouts or what they looked like behind their masks.
Leng Yan scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense to make sure that there was no one around before he lifted the restriction. After the restriction was lifted, a stone door appeared before his eyes. Leng Yan cast a spell on the stone door and waited for a moment before the stone door slowly opened.
Leng Yan stepped in. Behind the stone door was a stone path that was not wide enough to accommodate only one person. However, when the door was opened, the night pearls on the stone wall illuminated the passage, making the dim road appear extremely bright.
Leng Yan walked around for a long time before finally arriving at the main gate of Lanque. Lanque was built at the foot of the mountain and should have been extremely dim, but it was extremely spacious and bright. The layers of buildings were extremely magnificent and majestic, and the jade bricks and black tiles were very impressive. Moreover, the inside of Lanque was as bright as day, and large luminous pearls could be seen everywhere inlaid on the walls and railings. It was extremely luxurious.
Leng Yan's attire changed as she entered Lanque. Her robe became a rich, dark purple gown, embroidered with a cluster of peonies in gold thread along the hem and peonies along the sleeves. At first glance, she exuded a sense of nobility and inaccessibility. She wore a half-mask made of jade. A peony dangled from the lower right edge of the mask.
Looking at the open door in front of her, Lanque Lengyan walked in. The moment she entered, Lengyan felt many prying eyes on her. Lengyan could feel curiosity and scrutiny from their gazes.
But when those eyes fell on his mask and costume, Leng Yan clearly felt that those eyes had changed, becoming respect and admiration.
Leng Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, then raised his hand and gently brushed off his dust-free sleeves, then shot out the spiritual power in his hand. As the spiritual power shot out, someone fell into the wide square.
Those people were wearing black Xuanfu clothes, with a silver peony on the sleeve, but only one, and the masks on their faces were silver, with a few being gold, belonging to the leaders inside.
They were knocked to the ground by Leng Yan's spiritual power and felt embarrassed to get up. They were too ashamed to look at Leng Yan. It was not their fault. It was just that their leader was too powerful. They resisted but failed.
Leng Yan glanced at the people lying on the ground, both men and women, about three hundred people in total. Leng Yan frowned and asked, "Where are the others?"
As soon as these words were spoken, those who were still lying on the ground immediately stood up, bowed respectfully and replied: "According to the Pavilion Master, dozens of people have gone out on missions, and the rest are with the Deputy Pavilion Master." Hearing this, Leng Yan nodded slightly, and then his figure disappeared from the spot, and when he appeared again, he was in the Pavilion Master's Hall a few miles away from the square.
Then Leng Yan's faint voice came: "Ask the deputy leader to see me." The person behind him responded immediately.
There are more than 500 members in Lanque. Although the number is not large, the monthly expenses are tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of high-quality spirit stones. Ordinary people cannot afford such expenses, but Leng Yan has never worried about money. In addition, Lanque's monthly income is not bad, and there is still extra income while supporting the expenses.
This also led to Lanque climbing to a position of status comparable to Qingyuan Sect in just five years. Lanque's high status wasn't just due to this, but also because most of its members were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, approaching the Golden Core stage. While this might not seem like a big deal, everyone within the pavilion was above the Foundation Establishment stage, something not even the leading sect, Qingyuan Sect, could achieve.
This is also the reason why many sects want to destroy Lanque. An existence that is too powerful will arouse jealousy and anxiety from others.
They were afraid that Lan Que, who had climbed to his current position in just five years, would suddenly attack them one day, so they wanted to strangle Lan Que in the cradle.
However, some sects didn't think so. They sent people to negotiate with Lanque the day its status was confirmed, and eventually reached a non-interference agreement. Some who wanted more, such as an alliance with Lanque, also achieved their goals after paying a price. All of this invisibly consolidated Lanque's position.
Today, few people, families, or sects in the cultivation world dare to provoke Lanque. Among those allied with Lanque is the Qingyuan Sect. Over the past few years, it's unclear what the Qingyuan Sect has in mind: they'll help Lanque when it's in trouble, but sometimes they'll just mess things up when they have nothing better to do.
In the end, Lan Que simply ignored Qing Yuanzong and paid no attention to what they said, but he still maintained an alliance relationship. After all, he could still give them a try when necessary.
Leng Yan sat down on a carved pearwood chair and took the information compiled by the people in the cabinet from the desk beside her and looked at it. Not long after, Leng Yan heard footsteps.
She looked up and saw a woman in a red dress walking towards her. She had an enchanting figure, and even the golden mask could not hide her charming aura.
Leng Yan frowned slightly and asked, "Then what were you doing just now?" Ming Fei heard this and raised her crimson lips, revealing a charming smile as she said to Leng Yan tenderly and coquettishly, "It's all your fault, Pavilion Master. I was injured on a mission today and was applying medicine just now. I heard you were looking for me, so I came right away."
As she spoke, she walked in front of Leng Yan. She took a puff of the cigarette in her hand, then took off the mask with her other hand, revealing a bright face. Her bewitching fox eyes were full of smiles.
Then Ming Fei sat on the table, stretched out his pipe and wanted to hook Leng Yan's chin, but was warned back by Leng Yan with a look.
Seeing Leng Yan's eyes, Ming Fei held her heart like Xizi and said: "Ah, Pavilion Master, you really have a cruel heart. I was injured for you, Pavilion Master, and you didn't even comfort me."
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