Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 113 Planning
On the evening when Kang Dabao went to inspect the county armory, the warehouse clerk wearing a pink hat sneaked into Luo Heng's study.

"When Kang Dabao saw that there were only a dozen or so broken magic weapons, two bottles of Qi-restoring elixirs, and a shabby Star-Chasing Crossbow in the armory, he immediately said that he would thoroughly check the accounts of Sima's funding in the state. I found an excuse to evade him, but I can only postpone it until tomorrow, when I will produce the accounts for him to check."

Luo Heng narrowed his eyes when he heard this. He had thought that Kang Dabao might be furious, that he might drag him to the armory to scold him, and that he might come to fight with him out of anger. But he had never thought that Kang Dabao would check the accounts of Sima's funding in the state.

"How did he know about that sum of money?" Luo Heng felt a little strange. He found out where the spirit stones were hidden from the handwritten note that Xie Fu left in the county magistrate's study. He thought he had done a clean job and even the Huo family didn't know about it.

But even if Kang Dabao knew about this, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Although the spiritual stones withheld by the county were indeed divided into five parts by himself and Sun Bing, he was still a son-in-law in the Huo family when the funds were allocated.

If the higher-ups really investigate, I can just push the blame onto Xie Fu and those damned fellows.

It's enough to just look good on the surface. If you really want to remove yourself, it will be difficult to find someone else to be an official who will die at this time.

Thinking of this, Luo Heng remembered the female tiger at home whose arms were thicker than his thighs, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"If I hadn't used all my skills to serve her to her heart's content, she wouldn't have known the benefits of being sent to Pingrong County as an official. It's worth it for me to risk my life to come here to seek wealth and fame. If you really wait for me to build my foundation, humph, let's see how you will deal with your Huo family!"

"When that incident happens, I will send Kang Dabao away as soon as possible and destroy that broken sect, so as not to offend my father." Luo Heng thought bitterly.

Master Kang, who was studying military formations by candlelight in the house at night, had no idea that Luo Heng was so angry with him.

In Kang Dabao's understanding, the conflict between him and the son-in-law of the Huo family was nothing more than a verbal fight and some broken feelings about visiting prostitutes and dividing spirit stones.

Logically and normally, since everyone is doing this kind of job that will lead to their own death, everyone should be more friendly and just muddle through each day.

What's the point of forming cliques, scheming against each other, and insisting on distinguishing between superiors and subordinates? It makes outsiders think that these positions are popular.

He was just pretending to inspect the armory. Before he went there, Master Kang could guess what was inside.

The armory regulations that the clerk mentioned were set by Emperor Taizu. At that time, the Xian Dynasty was powerful externally, but at home the country was peaceful and prosperous, and the sects and families in all provinces and prefectures were more obedient than each other.

Under such circumstances, the ruling power of the Immortal Dynasty was extremely terrifying. Most of the cultivation resources within the Immortal Dynasty were controlled by officials at all levels, which suppressed the sects and families to the point of suffocation.

At that time, the arsenals in each county were naturally well-equipped.

But now that the Xian Dynasty has become so decadent, if we still inspect the armory according to the regulations of Taizu's time, that would be just looking for trouble.

Kang Dabao had only casually told the clerk that he wanted to check the accounts, and seeing that the clerk responded appropriately, Master Kang naturally had no doubts, and he had no time to check the accounts of the state Sima's appropriations tomorrow.

The most important thing for the head of Kangda now is to seize the time to improve his own strength.

After studying the military formation, Kang Dabao took out the corpse for sacrifice and refinement, "It's good to live one more day."

People have no intention of harming tigers, but tigers have the intention of hurting people's hearts.

The next morning, Sun Bingdou came to Luo Heng's room early. When he learned that Kang Dabao might know about the spiritual stones, the old cultivator's eyes became somewhat dangerous. He exhaled a foul breath, his eyes filled with murderous light: "Fellow Daoist Luo, do you think I should take action?"

"Old Sun has profound skills. If he takes action, it will be foolproof, but the timing is wrong. The officials of Pingrong County cannot afford to make any more mistakes. The higher-ups are keeping their eyes on this place." Luo Heng was somewhat tempted, but after thinking about it, he rejected Sun Bingdou's proposal.

"He will always be a nuisance," Sun Bingdou sighed, "If I had known this earlier, I would have strangled him to death earlier."

As a veteran late-stage cultivator, he was quite confident in his own strength. It would be easy for him to deal with Kang Dabao, a junior in the middle stage of Qi training.

"Don't worry, Elder Sun. Didn't County Lieutenant Kang say he was in charge of military affairs?" Luo Heng sneered. "An elder has sent me news from the governor's mansion that banditry is rampant in Wang County recently. The state government will soon send a letter to all counties to recruit local soldiers."

Sun Bingdou understood what he heard. It was not necessarily that the county was plagued by rampant banditry. It was probably that the short-sighted force had become a thorn in the eyes of the provincial government.

It would still be a major move that would require the conscription of soldiers from various counties. Based on previous experiences, the power of Wang County must be considerable, and it is likely to be involved in the battle to build the foundation.

Sun Bingdou lived a long life, so naturally he had a lot of experience. He even had the good fortune to witness a foundation-building battle.

At that time, he had broken through to the ninth level of Qi training when he was less than 65 years old. He thought he had a good chance of building a foundation and was full of ambition. So he bid farewell to the sect and traveled alone to look for an opportunity to build a foundation.

Who would have thought that after searching for three or four years, I still came back empty-handed.

On his way back without success, he encountered two Foundation Establishment cultivators fighting in the sky.

Sun Bingdou almost instantly came up with the idea of ​​"profiting from failure", but he had only been hiding in the dark for a few breaths before he was discovered by the fighting "crane and clam" at the same time.

Then, two earth-shattering Taoist magics came one after another in Sun Bingdou's eyes. Sun Bingdou was completely unable to escape, so he had to take out several defensive magic weapons to block them. Those magic weapons were as fragile as wallpaper.

Sun Bingdou was hit by the weakened Taoist magic in despair, and only managed to survive thanks to a bit of luck.

When Sun Bingdou woke up, the two foundation-building cultivators were long gone. They had no time to care about the life and death of an ant like him, and they didn't even bother to pick up the storage bag on his waist, leaving him to perish on his own.

Sun Bingdou used these injuries that were almost impossible to heal to wash away his arrogance.

The two words "foundation building" made him look forward to it infinitely, and his respect for such a powerful person was beyond words.

According to his idea, as long as Kang Dabao was sent to the battlefield for a direct confrontation with the foundation-building battle, this young sect leader might not even be able to withstand the aftermath of the foundation-building battle, and there was a high probability that he would die on the spot.

This made the old cultivator feel much more relieved, so he asked, "Has the time been set?"

"Don't worry, Elder Sun. We will arrive in Tanggu County not much later than you and the other teachers." Luo Heng looked confident. "I still need to find some connections so that the military affairs of our County Lieutenant Kang can be more outstanding!"

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