Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 189 Enemies meet
There was no morning class today, and Han Yundao got up early as usual. He came to the zoo early to brush the mane of the black-blooded horse carefully. Brushing Kang Dabao's mount was originally Xiao Wu Meng's job, but he took the lead and did it meticulously.

This contemporary disciple of the Chongming Sect is already seventeen years old this year. He is handsome, tall and heroic.

Thanks to his strict demands on himself, although Han Yundao's spiritual root aptitude is mediocre, his cultivation speed is only slightly slower than Kang Rongquan who has three spiritual roots among his fellow disciples, and he is also on the threshold of breaking through to the fourth level of Qi training.

This also made Master Kang finally agree to take him out to do some work. Han Yundao was a little excited and got up before dawn. He came to the beast garden and chatted with the black-blooded colt for a long time, which annoyed the spirit colt so much that it wanted to spit at Han Yundao.

"Hey, why is Brother Yundao here?" Little Wu Meng walked in energetically and was a little surprised to see Han Yundao. This little boy who was praised by Kang Dabao for his loyalty has grown into a handsome young man.

Over the years, thanks to the favor of Master Kang and the gratitude of Pei Yi and Pei Que for his assistance, although Wu Meng did not have the spiritual roots to seek immortality, his path of learning martial arts was very smooth.

He is only eleven or twelve years old now, but he has already reached the realm of marrow refining martial arts that most warriors will find difficult to achieve in their entire lives.

If this experience were to be told to others, I wonder how many gray-haired martial artists would be envious.

In addition, in addition to practicing, Ye Pingshui also made a lot of talismans for Xiao Wu Meng to protect him in order to get closer to his senior brothers.

In time, when Xiao Wu Meng's martial arts are more mature, he might be able to fight against wild monks at the first or second level of Qi training. Now, Xiao Wu Meng is one of the three giants among the mortals under the jurisdiction of Chongming Sect, which makes sense.

Han Yundao saw Xiao Wu Meng coming and smiled and replied, "Master asked me to go with him to Chongming Market to do some work today, so I thought I would come here first to help him clean the black-blooded colt."

"Oh, so that's how it is," Xiao Wu Meng nodded, and then said, "Then you made a mistake. The headmaster told me that my uncle from the Pei family is going to take my aunt back to the Kuai family in Tanggu County today, so the headmaster asked me to ride the black-blooded horse back to show off, and he can ride the old donkey to Chongming Market."

"Ah, this," Han Yundao scratched his head and said, "That's fine. Uncle Pei is going to bring Aunt back home, and as a junior, I should also show some filial piety."

"Brother Pei said the same thing, so I came over last night and gave the Black Blood Colt a good brushing." Little Wu Meng continued laughing.

"I was wondering why this beast is so magnanimous?!" Han Yundao put away the brush and smiled bitterly. He patted the black-blood colt's tight buttocks as an apology, then turned around and walked to Xiao Wu Meng. The two of them started brushing the golden-haired old donkey together.

"Brother Yundao, what are you going to do with the master this time?" Over the years, little Wu Meng and the golden-haired old donkey have gotten along very well. It's called washing, but in fact, all you have to do is untie the horse rope and pull the donkey's ears, and the donkey will run to the running water pool next to it to wash.

After washing, Xiao Wu Meng doesn't need to blow and comb his hair. The old donkey will use magic spells to summon the breeze to take away the moisture from his body. It is very convenient.

The vitality that the golden-haired old donkey lost after being severely injured by the head of Kang Da had long been recovered. In recent years, it has also relied on the sufficient vitality and slightly more abundant resources in the Chongming Sect to be promoted to the first-level middle grade.

Come to think of it, the fact that the golden-haired old donkey was captured by Master Kang because of his evil act of cannibalism was probably a stroke of luck for him.

The only drawback is that the tonic food that He Muxian and a group of Aries Temple disciples took back then still cannot grow back.

In this respect, monsters are no different from cultivators. If they want to grow back their limbs, they must find some special elixirs/skills or effective methods. Otherwise, they have to wait until they reach the false elixir/golden elixir stage to reshape their Taoist bodies.

While the two were talking, Duan Anle also came to the zoo and was also surprised when he saw them.

Normally, not to mention fellow disciples, even teachers rarely come to the Beast Garden. He is the only disciple of the Beast Garden who comes most frequently. Why is it so lively early this morning?

Duan Anle came here for business. Although he held the position of a disciple of the Beast Garden, he did not need to get involved in the daily chores of feeding and cleaning the low-ranking mixed-blood pack beasts and first-rank monster beasts. There were recruited warriors to take care of it.

The Chongming Sect has more and more monsters of various kinds that have been looted, seized, and purchased from all over. If Duan Anle really has to take care of them alone, then he can forget about practicing.

The reason why he came here was because he received news from Lu Xun, the head of the Lu family, that his caravan was about to be fully prepared and he wanted Duan Anle to take his pack animals with him on the trip.

The plan that He Dezong had agreed with Kang Dabao to visit the heroes and great men in the vicinity together has not yet been completed because the latter has been busy with many trivial matters recently.

Lu Xun was also a cautious person, so he didn't plan to go too far this time, and only went to the nearby Jin County. Jin County was the most remote county in Yunjiaozhou, so there shouldn't be any danger if he went there.

Like his senior brother Han Yundao, Duan Anle also wanted to go out and work early. After asking his master for permission, he agreed to this matter. Therefore, he would come to the animal park every few days to observe the condition of these beasts of burden.

In addition, the flying spirit beast, the Gray Falcon, originally presented by He Dezong, was also obtained by Duan Anle through his good deeds. From then on, the beast completely belonged to him, unlike before when he had to ask his master for it every time he used it.

Among the first-level spirit beasts, except for the flying spirit beasts which have a unique advantage, other kinds of spirit beasts rarely have the ability to fly.

Therefore, although the Gray Falcon is only of the lower grade of the first rank, it requires 260 good deeds to obtain it. Duan Anle is so young, it is impossible for him to have so many good deeds.

After taking out the spirit stones he had accumulated over the years to offset part of his good deeds, he also borrowed some from Han Yundao before he was able to purchase it.

However, in this way, Duan Anle no longer had the merit to exchange for another spirit beast bag, so he had to give up the idea of ​​living with the Gray Falcon day and night and kept the Gray Falcon in the animal garden first.

"Junior brother, this Gray Falcon is becoming more and more majestic." Han Yun said with undisguised envy on his face.

The Grey Falcon was sent to him as an apology by a lavish figure like He Dezong, so it must be good. Its sharp beak and claws were very sharp, and even a mid-stage cultivator like Wei Gu who was not good at fighting could not win against it and was made very embarrassed.

For Duan Anle, who has not yet cultivated to the third level of Qi training, this is undoubtedly a great boost to his strength.

"Brother is right, but I have to earn more food from now on, which is quite stressful." Duan Anle smiled innocently and stroked the feathers of the gray falcon, saying with emotion.

His practice was extremely hard, but the reason why his cultivation level was lower than Han Yundao's was because the "Qingmu Baoguang Yin" he practiced was a Hong-level technique, which was much higher in rank than the "Tianhuo Jue" practiced by Han Yundao. It was normal for him to make slower progress.

Han Yundao still had to go to Chongming Market with Kang Dabao, so he couldn't chat with Duan Anle for too long. Together with Xiao Wumeng, he led the old donkey to the courtyard of Master Kang.

Kang Dabao is having breakfast with Ye Zhengwen at this moment.

Knowing that the master was about to leave, Jin Shilun and Moer brought breakfast. This morning, they cooked fish soup with the cheek meat of three-eyed bighead carp. Although it was not as delicious as the elbow of red-maned wild boar, it was still delicious enough.

Ye Zhengwen was not one to be polite to the head of Kangda Sect. He rushed to drink an extra bowl of soup, then he patted his stomach and stood up: "Good, good, good, Shilun's cooking skills are getting better and better. Work hard, and in a few days, Uncle Shi will find you a copy of the Hongjie sword technique to practice."

Jin Shilun immediately showed a bitter smile on his face. Because of his experience of learning martial arts and sword skills with his father when he was young, he had been practicing sword skills hard after learning it, but without any significant improvement.

Unexpectedly, this chef's skills became more and more proficient without a master to guide him.

The head of the Kang family didn't say much. It was natural for a disciple to respect his master. There was no need to say more. After getting up, Kang Dabao just greeted Ye Zhengwen: "Yun Dao is here too, let's go."

This time, when going to Chongmingfang City, Sect Leader Kang will not only bring Han Yundao with him, but Ye Zhengwen and Zhou Xinran will also go with him.

After the reconstruction of Chongming Market, his own Chongming Building will definitely be one of the first few shops to open. However, the head of Kang Da may not have time to manage this stall by then. Ye Zhengwen is the person who is most familiar with the affairs of Chongming Sect besides Kang Dabao. Zhou Xinran also has some talent in this field, so it is just right to leave it to the two of them to manage.

As for the fact that Taoist Fire Dragon was going to garrison in Chongming Market, Kang Dabao just thought about it for a while and was no longer too afraid.

After all, he was wearing the double tiger skins of Black-shoe Taoist and Fei family's eldest son-in-law. Not to mention that Fire Dragon Taoist might not recognize him, even if he did, this casual cultivator would not have the courage to take action.

The head of the Kang family has endured humiliation and sold himself for glory for many years, and it is not without any benefits. If he still has no sign behind him like before, he may not have the confidence to appear within a hundred miles of the Fire Dragon Taoist. After saying goodbye to Xiao Wu Meng, Jin Shilun and Mo'er, Kang Dabao rode on the golden donkey, Han Yundao drove the wild ox borrowed from the animal garden, and Ye Zhengwen rode on his spiritual beast black camel.

This black camel was domesticated by Ye Zhengwen since he was a child. All in all, the man and the beast have been friends for at least thirty or forty years.

This spiritual beast looked clumsy, but its steps were not slow. If it had not been swift enough in its desperate escape, Ye Zhengwen would most likely have died at the hands of Taoist Fire Dragon before Master Kang could save him.

The three of them walked to Lingtian, where Zhou Yixiu, wearing a plain-colored fu hat, was waiting with Zhou Xinran.

It is pitiful to see the love of parents in the world. After the Sanxiang Sect attacked the Chongming market and Zhou Xinran and Jin Shilun were in danger, Zhou Yixiu no longer wanted Zhou Xinran to leave his side to go out and work again.

Although staying in Chongming Sect as a farmer is not enviable, it is safer.

Zhou Xinran's spiritual root aptitude was not satisfactory, and it would be difficult for him to establish a foundation. However, this was not a problem. There were many Qi-training cultivators in Yunjiaozhou, but only a few could truly establish a foundation.

Among those losers, some practice diligently day and night, while others indulge themselves in worldly affairs. The results are often not much different. After more than a hundred years, they are all just a pile of dry bones.

In this case, it doesn't matter if Zhou Xinran fails to build her foundation. She can just wait until she is beautiful enough in a few years and ask the head brother to find her a marriage with a large foundation-building family or a powerful Qi-cultivating family.

As a father, Zhou Yixiu hopes that his daughter can be a decent and noble lady in the second half of her life, stay away from the blood and rain, the suffering of war, and live peacefully until the day of her death.

However, Zhou Xinran is a person with her own thoughts. She does not like her father's idea of ​​living in complacency. Even though she was almost torn to pieces by a wind eagle, she still wants to go out and try her luck.

In the end, this heroic girl convinced her father. Zhou Yixiu, who already had a lot of silver hair in her hair, was ultimately unable to defeat her own daughter.

"Master Brother, Master Ye, Xinran is naughty. I'll have to trouble you two to discipline him from now on." Zhou Yixiu bowed with a wry smile. Ye Zhengwen was not familiar with him, so he nodded slightly as a consent. Master Kang found some words to comfort Zhou Yixiu.

While the elders were busy, Han Yundao had already sneaked up to Zhou Xinran. The handsome young man smiled, his joy was beyond words, and he bowed and said, "Senior sister, how are you?"

Originally, Zhou Xinran, who joined the sect much later, should have been a younger sister. However, she was older than Han Yundao, and the majestic aura she exuded when she joined the sect made all the younger brothers admire her. So it was natural for her to become the leader of all the disciples.

Girls know things early, not to mention that Zhou Xinran is already a grown-up girl, so she could naturally see the misgivings in Han Yundao's eyes that were not well hidden.

Although she had no romantic feelings for Han Yundao, she still responded generously at this time: "Hello, Junior Brother. I haven't seen you for a few days. It seems that you have made progress in your practice."

As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Han Yundao's face became even brighter.

All the fellow disciples knew that when talking with their senior brother Han Yundao, he would be very happy as long as they praised him for his progress in cultivation.

The few of them didn't talk for long. After Zhou Yixiu looked at his daughter reluctantly, he returned to work in the spiritual field.

The city accountant Deng Baichuan will send people to buy spiritual grains in a few days. This is a business that Master Kang has taken over by abusing his power as the mayor of Chongmingfang City.

As long as the things are good enough, people from the provincial court will be generous.

Zhou Yixiu thought that if he could take better care of the tea-colored grains in the fields during these days, he would be able to raise the price when people came.

Therefore, Kang Rongquan was also sent by Zhou Yixiu to Hengshan to help Mo Ku. The latter's ability in taking care of spiritual plants was still a little lacking, so Kang Rongquan, a genuine farmer, was needed to help.

Zhou Xinran was riding a white grass deer that Zhou Yixiu had bought for her with his good deeds. This spiritual beast was not very strong, had few skills, and was not very fast either, but it had one advantage: it was beautiful and lovely.

In the eyes of pragmatic cultivators like Master Kang, spiritual beasts like grass deer are useless, but they are quite popular among some younger Kun Daoists.

Kang Dabao thought this was a business opportunity, so he asked Duan Anle to try to breed grass deer when he had time, in addition to taming the fire boars, so as to enrich the shelves of Chongming Building.

But the time is short and Duan Anle's skills are not yet up to par, so there is no effect yet.

When the group of four arrived at Chongming Market, Huo Ying, who had received the news, also happened to arrive under the market archway.

The beautiful woman lowered her eyebrows at this time, as if she didn't dare to look at the head of the Kang family who was riding on the old donkey and chatting with passers-by. She looked pitiful.

Kang Dabao, however, pretended not to hear anything and did not look at her. He did not feel the slightest bit of guilt at all. He had even pulled up his pants, so what was there to feel guilty about?

There was no such coincidence in the world. Huo Ying probably pretended to pass by as soon as she got the news. She had carefully planned every move countless times so that she could deliberately make this gesture in front of him to arouse his pity.

"Little green tea!" Master Kang cursed in his heart, turned over and got off the donkey. Thinking of Huo Ying's seductive look on the bed, ready to be picked at will, the ugly thing in his crotch couldn't help but swell.

But the real work has not been done yet, so it is not a good idea to go find this beautiful woman and whip her severely.

Master Kang was having a great time at the entrance of the market town. Taoist Fire Dragon, who arrived earlier than him, was very low-key and was drinking tea with Deng Baichuan and Xu Yingshi.

Unlike Kang Dabao, a country bumpkin, Deng and Xu were both worldly-wise. They did not really take the Taoist Fire Dragon's Green Leaf Foundation Establishment seriously.

Xu Yingshi just stared at the Fire Dragon Taoist in a daze, as if he was evaluating how many moves it would take for him, a minor Qi training cultivator, to kill the Fire Dragon Taoist.

"Senior Huolong must have been taught by Sima before coming here, and he knows how to do things in this market." Although Deng Baichuan, who spoke first, used the word "senior", his tone was arrogant, which made Taoist Huolong feel the harshness of calling him by his name.

"The accountant is right. Sima has already told me to follow the arrangements of you two before he came here." Taoist Huolong thought for a long time before uttering these words. From then on, the dignity of a true foundation cultivator was completely thrown away, and he fell inferior to the two young Qi-cultivating cultivators in front of him.

"Well, in that case." Xu Yingshi's words were interrupted by the door opening. It turned out that Kang Dabao walked in.

After meeting the three people, he first skipped Deng and Xu, and bowed to Taoist Fire Dragon, saying, "I just learned from the people below that Senior Fire Dragon has arrived. I didn't greet him in person, what a sin!"

"No, no, I haven't asked for your advice." After hearing what the man in front of him said, Taoist Huolong really felt as happy as drinking an ice drink in the dog days of summer. A smile immediately bloomed on his face, squeezing out the fake smile from before.

"That's right. After all, I am a true cultivator who has established a foundation. People should always respect me." Taoist Huolong thought to himself as he looked at the honest and simple man in front of him. The confidence that he had just lost was quietly regained.

“I am Kang Dabao, a junior who has the honor of serving as the mayor of Chongming City. I hope to get closer to my seniors in the future!” Seeing that Taoist Huolong didn’t remember him at all, Sect Leader Kang smiled and narrowed his eyes into slits so that no one could see the murderous intent hidden in them.

"It's good that you don't remember it. We still have a lot to deal with for the scar on the back of your neck!"

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