Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 123 Discussing Marriage
Five days passed in the blink of an eye. I have to say that compared to that guy Xie Fu, Sima Fei of the state court still has some humanity.

After searching for the remaining enemies, the doctors and alchemists of the prefecture court would take a look at the recruited soldiers from various counties as long as they were still breathing. They would give medicine to those who could be saved, and would say some nice words to comfort them if they couldn't be saved.

As a high-ranking official of the Immortal Dynasty and one who had been praised by Sima Fei, Sect Leader Kang was naturally the first person the medical officers would give priority to in treating his injuries.

The injuries on his muscles, skin and bones are not serious. The doctor gave him some ointment and pills. If he follows the prescription, he will be healed in one or two months.

But it is difficult to heal the injured meridians. It will take one or two years for the injured meridians to heal after taking a first-grade Qingxin Yangmai Pill, which costs two hundred spirit stones, mixed with three silver water and taken warm every month.

It's not that the disease cannot be cured if you can't afford the Qingxin Yangmai Pills. As long as you concentrate on taking care of it for ten or eight years, you will be able to get better.

It's not surprising that they can't afford it. Back then, when Master Kang offered a price of fifty spirit stones in the market, it could attract groups of people to sign up and fight.

The Qingxin Yangmai Pill costs 200 spirit stones each. Only a small Qigong practitioner from a certain family can afford it.

Some elixir recipes seem to be isolated from certain people from the moment they were created. It is true that medicine is more expensive than life.

The medical officers from the provincial court naturally had plenty of first-grade Qingxin Yangmai Pills, and they even had some commonly used second-grade elixirs, but those were not for Master Kang, and were to be used on more valuable people.

It was also because of what Sima Fei had said to Kang Dabao that this medical officer, who came from a distinguished family in the imperial capital, made an exception and kindly left a pill of Qingxin Yangmai Pill for Master Kang to taste.

The medical officer gave Kang Dabao a few more simple instructions and left to visit other Pingrong County soldiers. Except for Qian Liu, none of the injuries in this camp were easy to treat.

However, compared with his medical officers assigned to military garrisons in other counties, this medical officer's workload was not much heavier, because there were not many living people here.

After the medical officer left, Kang Dabao casually set up a warning array, and then seized the opportunity to take the Qingxin Yangmai Pill and refine it into water.

As the medicinal power of the pill flowed into his body bit by bit, he felt a slight coolness seeping into his meridians. The meridians that originally felt like burning when they were slightly activated suddenly felt comfortable, and he almost cried out.

You get what you pay for. Qingxin Yangmai Pill is indeed a top-grade elixir from the provincial court. It is much better than the Dingmai Pill and Quhuo San pills that Sect Leader Kang had taken before.

This medical officer is really capable. If he takes the medicine like this for half a year, the injury will be mostly healed.

However, this skill does exist but not much. What kind of skill is it to use spirit stones to heal injuries? Can't you cure the Taoist priest without spending spirit stones?
Master Kang was complaining in his heart about how greedy people are, and then he withdrew the formation. Then he saw Kuai Wu coming to see him with a bald head.

In this campaign against the Five Phases Sect, Kuai Wu first followed the hundred generals surnamed Xu to kill people in all directions, not only beheading many independent cultivators, but he also rushed into the front line of the Five Phases Sect on impulse.

He was lucky to be the lucky one who came back alive. The county magistrate who led the team from Tanggu County died in the battle. Even the body was barely found after Kuai Wu and several others searched carefully for three or two days.

However, the military judge was also very annoyed with the defeated soldiers like Kuai Wu who returned from the battlefield.

As a result, not only did Kuai Wu and his companions lose all their gains, they were also sentenced to the punishment of shaving their heads.

This was a light sentence because he thought that the law should not punish too many people. If Sima Fei really had the heart to execute all the generals surnamed Xu, Kuai Wu would definitely have been killed as well.

The guillotine didn't hit him, but the razor couldn't be avoided.

The razor used by the military law team has a legal prohibition. If Kuai Wu dares to have long hair on his head and not shave it, he will feel unbearable pain as if being pierced by a golden needle.

Few tough guys would endure this pain for such a small worry.

Fortunately, this magical ban will gradually weaken with the passage of time, but Kuai Wu will probably not be able to use the hairpin for the next twenty years.

But looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to care much. He wore a gray turban that covered his head tightly, and he was still in the mood to drag his limp leg to see Kang Dabao.

"Brother Shi, are you feeling better now?" The Kuai family is the maternal family of Pei Yi's master, Uncle Li. Strictly speaking, his family is the only old friend of Pei Yi.

At this moment, Kuai Wu was talking to Kang Dabao, but he kept saying the words "brother Shi".

This is because after Emperor Chongming promised his family the Dantong Cliff, he changed his words to curry favor with them, which somewhat showed his desire to curry favor with them.

"Brother, you are here, please sit down. I was unable to spare the time when Senior Kuai passed away, so I did not go to pay my respects. Please forgive me." Kang Dabao pointed hurriedly to the green jade cushion next to him. He did not expect that someone in Kuai Wu's family had just died, so he would have the mind to come to his place.

This time, Master Kang didn't manage to pick up a few storage bags, but came back with injuries all over his body. It was a big loss.

This green jade cushion is one of the rare things in the storage bag. It is a first-grade intermediate-quality item that has the effect of gathering spirits and clearing the mind. It can be used to entertain guests without losing face.

"Brother Shi, you are so thoughtful. My uncle's coffin has already set out to return to the clan." Kuai Wu performed the ceremony before sitting on the cushion and sighed.

There was no hint of blame in his words at this moment. Kang Dabao had received the ten spirit stones, and it would be better if the person didn't come. Every cup of spirit tea that could be saved was a cup.

There was no one from the Kuai family who was an official in the county, and their family was small. Not only did they have no backers to protect them, but there were only five cultivators in the family, and only two of them were recruited this time.

This practice can be described as sucking the marrow out of one's bones. Kuai Wu's luck was not good either. Not only was he punished by the military judge for the crime of losing the battle, but he also ended up in a dilemma of one death and one disability.

The Kuai family's days would become even more difficult in the future. They were afraid that they could not send someone to manage the shop in Chongming Market for the time being, so they could only rent it out to someone else to see if they could earn some spirit stones to make ends meet.

The two men were in the same situation, so they poured out their grievances to each other. They talked for half a pack of cigarettes before Kuai Wu got to the point.

"To be honest, Brother Shi, I have previously asked Brother Lu Xun and Brother Pei to discuss his marriage with my younger sister. Brother Pei has no objection, but he also said that he wants to ask Brother Shi's opinion first. I don't know..." Kuai Wu's face flushed red, and it was obvious that he was not very thick-skinned. He couldn't finish his words halfway through.

Proposing marriage is usually done by the man, and even if it is done by the man, it is not like Kuai Wu who asks for it from his own family. Even if it is a small family, it is better to ask a matchmaker to come to the door.

People who practice Taoism are not supposed to be very bound by etiquette, but as the head of the family, Kuai Wu's behavior was a bit too much, making it seem that the daughter of the Kuai family was not worth her money.

His behavior embarrassed not only him, but even the head of the Kang Sect was a little at a loss for a moment. He only had time to stammer a few words, but his mind was quickly thinking about the interests involved.

"Ah, the marriage between the little sister of the Kuai family and Junior Brother Pei." Kang Dabao was silent for a while, realizing that Kuai Wu was probably a little confused.

I have some impression of Kang Dabao, the younger sister of the Kuai family. She is good-looking and young, with the appearance of a beautiful girl who is about to bloom.

However, Great Master Kang did not approve of this marriage beforehand. The reason was very simple. Pei Yi was now an advanced alchemist. He was good-looking, young, and had good cultivation. These conditions were considered presentable.

As for marrying into a rich and powerful family, it's not just Kuai Wu, the head of the Kuai family, who wants to do it. The head of the Kang family also wants to rely on Pei Yi to trick a daughter of a wealthy family back to serve as a backer for the Chongming Sect.

Looking at the depressed state of the Kuai family, it is definitely not related to the word "big family". It would be difficult for them to even prepare some dowry.

Even if he couldn't marry a daughter of a wealthy family, it would still be better for Pei Yi to marry Lu Yunniang from the Lu family rather than the younger sister from the Kuai family.

The former is not good-looking, is old, and is said to have a cold personality.

But she is a good fighter. Among the seven people of the Lu family, she was the only one who dared to fight back after being hit by Jiang Qing's sword.

Not to mention that Lu Yunniang can raise spirit bees. If we can trick her into marrying in, it would be like digging up the Lu family's broken spirit veins. Let's see if Lu Xun dares to play any tricks behind this headmaster's back.

As for the fact that Lu Yunniang was not pretty, it was not a big deal. After blowing out the candles, no one was much better than the other. Besides, there were many ways to entertain oneself, such as taking concubines, mistresses, and brothels. Pei Yi would not feel too wronged.

Master Kang really cared about Pei Yi and the sect from the bottom of his heart. Thinking about it this way, although the little sister of the Kuai family had the advantage of outstanding looks, she was indeed not a good match.

Kuai Wu is also the one in charge. He is smart and must have figured out the pros and cons of this matter long ago. He is afraid that Kang Dabao will make Pei Yi reject him, so he limps here on purpose to shamelessly play the victim.

It must be said that his trick was somewhat effective. Sect Leader Kang was a respectable man, and out of consideration for his feelings he did not refuse the matter on the spot. He only said that he would discuss it with Junior Brother Pei after returning.

Kuai Wu did not get a satisfactory result, but fortunately he was not directly rejected by Kang Dabao. After saying a few polite words, he limped out of Kang Dabao's cabin.

I think after returning to Chongming Market, Kuai Wu will most likely come back to pester me again.

It is very difficult for a small family like his to manage a household and it is not easy to survive. There are some things that he cannot care about his reputation at all.

"I'm afraid I still can't afford the Yangmai Pill. I have to recuperate in the next few years. So, should I get married?" Sect Leader Kang fell into deep thought. In the military camp that was still filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere, he thought about this somewhat ambiguous matter.

"I should marry one," said Kang Da, the head of the sect, after thinking it over. "Can't I enjoy myself too?"

He is the leader of a sect, but he is almost forty years old. However, he is still like a gangster and doesn't even have a wife. What a person he is.

Having several apprentices is good enough to be treated as sons, but wouldn’t it be better to have both apprentices and sons? !

"Marry! You must marry!" He closed his eyes, and the thunder ball thrown by the disciple of Wuxiang Sect seemed to explode in his ears again. The meridians that had originally recovered a little began to ache slightly, which made Master Kang even more determined.

"What kind of person should I marry? Uh, I want someone good-looking. Lu Yunniang is definitely not suitable."

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