Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 419: Yin and Yang, the Beginning of Wind

Returning to Qixing Mountain, the night was deep.

Xu Yuanchang greeted Shan Yuhong who flew over from the opposite hill and walked into the hall. Several hanging jewel lanterns gradually lit up.

The light was soft, the aroma of tea was rising, and the two sat opposite each other and chatted.

Shan Yuhong said, "Three months ago, Senior Luo came to Qixing Mountain and said that you were practicing invisibly in the air and were diligent. It was inconvenient to disturb your peace. He was very satisfied with the stability of the mortals in our Qixing Mountain area. He said, 'If the people are not disturbed, their business will flourish.' His words were full of praise for your achievements, Brother Xu."

"Haha, Senior Luo, you are too kind to praise me. I am unworthy of your praise. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Shan who was in charge of Qixing Mountain, how could I have such a leisurely life?"

"Okay, let's stop flattering each other. You had the foresight to cast a blood curse on Wu Shanbi, Zhang Wu and others on the first day, and you were able to control those cunning guys."

Shan Yuhong smiled and said, "I've been to Banyue Mountain and two nearby areas. Their situations are similar. We were very busy at first because the subordinates assigned to us would sneak away after half a day of work. They were not familiar with the local customs and practices, so the situation was chaotic for quite some time. Later, we captured some low-level monks and gradually sorted things out. Yan Shusheng even blamed us for not reminding him earlier. I laughed so hard that I never visited him again. I didn't want to listen to his complaints and empty talk."

Xu Yuanchang took a sip of tea and said, "Planning is the key to success, while lack of planning leads to failure."

He only needs to set the rules, and naturally let his subordinates do the specific things.

He didn't want to pay attention to Yan Shusheng and the others, so he asked, "Any news about the monk who killed the robbery?"

Shan Yuhong's smile faded, he leaned forward a little, and lowered his voice and said, "It is said that the killer monk named 'Yu Gu' was chased all the way from Linxianzhou, and fled to the most populous 'Xiantaozhou' in the Great Wilderness Mountain Region, causing chaos and panic among the people. The other six regions have long been restricted to leaving but not entering, so it is impossible for the monks in the Great Wilderness Mountain Region to escape across the border."

Xu Yuan remained silent.

Gao Jian had the ability to kill Master Yu Gu, but out of concern, he only knocked Yu Gu down one level.

However, the difference of one level left Yu Gu with almost no chance of recovery. The eighth-level sorcerer invited by the masters of Jiuchonglou was able to calculate Yu Gu's whereabouts almost accurately, and kept chasing him, making it impossible for him to achieve anything. It would take time to wear Yu Gu out.

Even if that evildoer could escape back to Maixianzhou and meet him face to face, he would not pose any threat to him.

He can feel free to boldly carry out his own attempts and practices.

After living in the mountains for a day, Xu Yuanchang wandered around the territories of his two captains, showed his face briefly, briefly asked about the situation, and then continued to float invisibly in the air, high above, observing and inspecting the lives of the ordinary people in the mortal world.

However, he wanted to immerse himself in "nothingness" again and integrate himself into the state of heaven and earth, but he failed despite repeated attempts.

When he had nothing to do, he collected various ethereal auras and tried to condense them for his own use.

From spring to winter, my cultivation has improved, but I have gained nothing in "establishing my Qi".

Occasionally, there would be foreign monks from the Seven-Story Tower passing through the Qixing Mountain area who wanted to stay and serve, but they were all rejected by Shan Yuhong with a tough attitude. He believed that the temple was too small to accommodate a true god, so he had to take precautions and not give the other party any chance to usurp the throne.

The customs in the Great Wilderness Mountains have always been like this, people value power more than reason.

Xu Yuanchang watched coldly, and if anyone dared to stir up conflict or fight in his territory, he would step down and "put out the fire" for the other party.

After the busy farming season, it is winter.

Captain Xu Yuan called the two team leaders, Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu, to his side and spread out a geomantic map of the Qixing Mountain area with vertical and horizontal lines drawn on it with red ink. He explained that gravel and rammed earth roads should be built between the villages and towns to connect them into well-connected passages. He asked them to carry out the work and supervise the completion of the work before the rain next year.

Wu Shanbi was overwhelmed. He stared at the cinnabar-red line that passed through the mountains and did not dare to say a word for a long time.

Zhang Wu bravely said, "Senior Xu, it's not that we are unwilling to do our best, but this is a waste of time and money... The common people will definitely complain, and it is impossible to dig a road through the mountain in a short period of time. Please understand!"

Xu Yuanchang glanced at the two of them and said, "I have calculated the difficulty and the cost, and will try to avoid the mountains. At present, we need to open up thirty-four mountaintops. I will do it myself. You can send a few monks who are proficient in building roads and bridges to assist. It will not be difficult to clear the other dirt roads. Do you have any questions?"

Seeing that the most troublesome and difficult work was done, Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu nodded and said in unison: "No!"

They couldn't understand why Old Monster Xu could just live a quiet life but had to bother with such trivial matters?
What a weird quirk, it even made them so tired that they were covered in mud and dust.

Xu Yuanchang explained the details and said, "Remember to pay the laborers. With your wealth, can you afford the ordinary copper coins and other valuables?"

"It's worth a lot of money, don't worry."

Wu Shanbi smiled and agreed quickly.

He had lived for more than 800 years, but this was the first time he heard of someone having to pay the peasants for doing things for the lowly people. It was unheard of and really against the will of Heaven.

"Go ahead and do your job well. I will consider your idea of ​​building a market town in Qixing Mountain."

Xu Yuanchang waved his hand and said that if he wanted the horse to run faster, he had to feed it some grass.

The two were pleasantly surprised and quickly bowed and left.

They hurriedly summoned their subordinates and assigned specific tasks to them. If anyone did not understand or raised an objection, they would be kicked to the ground to calm down. Then they would mention the benefits of Senior Xu considering agreeing to build a market town for them, which immediately won cheers from everyone.

More people means easier work. Monks were flying back and forth in the sky on both sides of the Seven Star Mountain.

All the villages and towns were busy.

It's better to have work to do and get paid than to sit around in the village and chat nonsense.

Xu Yuanchang did not need to roll up his sleeves and disregard his status to personally open the mountain and dig the road. He selected a few hilltops and scattered a handful of bean soldiers on each of them. With the guidance of the craftsmen and monks sent by the two captains, work began at several locations at the same time.

The upper realm is rich in resources. Wuliu Mountain produces third- and fourth-level spirit beans, and he has a lot of them in his space.

All he consumed were some spirit beans, but what he gained might be the "Qi" he needed.

He wanted to try different things from many perspectives.

Following the will of the people and accumulating merits may be a way.

Shan Yuhong flew over from Qixing Mountain and landed next to Taoist Xu. He looked at the feat of building roads in scattered villages within a range of seven or eight hundred miles at the same time. He was very curious about the profound meaning of Taoist Xu's move.

He would never believe that the other party had the mundane idea of ​​loving the people like his own children, and smiled and said, "Do you need my help?" "Ha, I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll find something for them to do and benefit the common people at the same time."

Xu Yuanchang would never tell the truth, and said with a smile: "I dare not let Fellow Daoist Shan do these rough jobs. You have helped to guard Qixing Mountain, and you have made great contributions."

Shan Yuhong guessed that the other party was collecting merits. Taoist priests and Confucian scholars have different ways of practice and do things differently.

After talking for a while, he flew back to Qixing Mountain.

By the end of the year, more than 20 hills that blocked the road had been opened.

The excavated rocks are crushed and used as materials for road construction.

Xu Yuanchang floated in the sky, invisible and taking in the overall situation. Gradually, he felt immersed in "nothingness" and integrated into the world.

"This is a fourth-level mithril stone...Haha, we have dug out a fourth-level material mine. Quick, send the good news to Boss Wu."

"Black Face Scar, I think you are dizzy. Ancestor Xu is in the sky above."

"That's right, don't harm the boss."

The three people in the cave discussed for a while, then quickly flew out and shouted "Ancestor Xu" loudly upwards.

Xu Yuanchang suddenly woke up from his hazy feeling. He was stunned for a moment, then landed in front of the cave and took the ore handed over by the three craftsmen like offering treasures. He nodded and said, "Yes, you have contributed to the discovery of this mine. Call Wu Shanbi. I will take 30% and the rest will be distributed to Wu Shanbi."

Wu Shanbi came rushing over with a few others, grinning from ear to ear at this unexpected fortune.

What made him happy was that Old Monster Xu only took a 30% attitude.

From now on it has become a routine. Once the market is opened and there are experts to manage it, wealth is yet to come.

More than a thousand monks from the two teams were very enthusiastic and some of them joined in the digging project.

Before the rainy season arrives next year, all the expected hilltops will be opened up, all rammed earth roads will be completed, and some stone bridges that have been in disrepair for many years will be repaired.

Many villages now have access to roads, and mountain residents no longer have to travel long distances to sell fresh produce from the mountains to towns by driving donkey carts.

Goods were exchanged between different places, and peddlers carrying loads on their shoulders were also willing to go to the mountains.

After the road was repaired, the benefits gradually became apparent.

Life is getting better.

Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu finally built a market town near Qixing Mountain, and they would later find a way to spread its fame.

Xu Yuanchang floated in the air, gradually immersed in the state of nothingness and merging his body into the heaven and earth. It took him five years intermittently to condense a wisp of gray breath, which was more yin in nature, and another wisp of purple breath, which was more yang in nature, hanging in the space of spiritual consciousness.

The two energies of yin and yang are the beginning of wind.

All things are difficult at the beginning. Now that I have found a clue to collecting the aura of the human world, I just need to keep working hard.

After returning to Qixing Mountain, Xu Yuanchang relaxed. Every day he drank tea and chatted with Shan Yuhong, or read books and painted talismans. Occasionally, he would go to the market a hundred miles away. There were already cultivators from all over Maixianzhou who came to set up stalls and do business.

Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu spared no effort to publicize the safety and fairness of Qixingshan Market, as well as the magical powers of Senior Xu, etc.

According to Shan Yuhong, all the monks from the Eight-Layered Tower who were guarding various places in the Xianzhou have been transferred to the Xiantaozhou to participate in the pursuit and interception of the killer monks.

It is said that every time they almost annihilated the killing monks, they always failed due to various accidents.

Xiantaozhou was actually blocked and the monks inside could not get out.

Outsiders do not know the exact number of casualties.

"We are enjoying a good life in Qixing Mountain. In troubled times, living beings are worse off than dogs. It is said that the mortals and low-level cultivators in Xiantaozhou live a very miserable life."

Shan Yuhong felt sympathetic and put down his teacup with a look of relief on his face.

Xu Yuanchang was silent for a while, then said, "I hope this 'killing disaster' can be ended soon."

The two of them suddenly looked to the east at the same time. Above the market town, Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu were leading their men in a confrontation with several people.

Shan Yuhong sneered: "Someone is here to mess things up. Let's go and take a look."

The five people who were confronting Wu Shanbi and others, led by an old man in a long gown, had the seventh-floor cultivation level. When he saw the main lord appear, he changed his face and bowed, saying, "Fu Donglin is polite. Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Shan, can you please spare me a moment to talk?"

Xu Yuanchang looked at the old man for a few times and noticed that his breath was erratic, so he and Shan Yuhong flew to the sky above a mountain thirty miles away.

"Friend Fu, what do you want? Please speak directly."

"Fu wants to make a deal with you two fellow Taoists. When you complete your mission, hand over the Qixing Mountain area to me before you leave. Fu is willing to pay thirty pieces of seventh-level materials. To be honest, Qixing Mountain used to be my territory. You two have made Qixing Mountain so prosperous, so I will take this as a reward."

The old man in the long gown looked sincere.

Xu Yuanchang smiled and said, "We don't know when we will leave yet. Daoist Fu can just wait until we leave and take over Qixing Mountain directly. Why waste resources?"

Shan Yuhong also looked down on the mere thirty pieces of materials, and said, "No merit, no reward. If Daoist Fu wants to take back his territory, just follow the rules."

The two men noticed that the old man was quite strange and refused to make the deal.

The old man in the long gown smiled bitterly and explained: "Fu is worried that there will be too many competitors vying for the business... Hey, don't leave, Fu can raise the price, please don't leave."

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(End of this chapter)