Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 193 Recruitment
Objectively speaking, considering the current situation, what Master Kang said was still a bit scary. Xie Liusheng was indeed frightened at first, but he was relieved only after hearing what Kang Dabao said afterwards.

"As your uncle, I am in need of people, and I need the help of a talented person like your nephew." Kang Dabao laughed, and his expression did not seem fake.

Of course, Yuan Jin had told the head of Kangda about Xie Liusheng's little thoughts before, but to be fair, he felt that Xie Liusheng did not go too far.

There was some affection between the two sides, and the two disciples were not injured. For the sake of Qin Sufu's face, Kang Dabao would not be so stingy as to cause trouble for Xie Liusheng.

Seeing Xie Liusheng's stunned expression, Sect Leader Kang then explained in detail the establishment of the Anti-Theft Office in Chongmingfang City.

The former seemed to be thinking deeply after hearing this. Now that he no longer had a place for himself in the fellow practitioners' association, whether he should find another place to live was really worth thinking about carefully.

This Chongming Market supervised by the provincial government sounds quite good. It has deep roots and is much better than the fellow practitioners association which is actually in pieces. After Kang Dabao's words, Xie Liusheng was really moved.

"My dear nephew, think about it carefully and stay a few more days here with your uncle. Let your second uncle Yuan take you out to have some fun. If you are willing to stay, I can introduce other nephews in the Yushan Cultivation Association to you. As long as they have real abilities, your uncle will not treat them unfairly, and I will not treat you, my nephew, unfairly."

Having worked for the provincial government for a long time, Sect Leader Kang has become more and more proficient in the art of drawing cakes and cakes, and is almost reaching the pinnacle of success.

He hadn't finished receiving the guests in his room, and hadn't chatted with Xie Liusheng for too long, so he went back to the room. At this time, a plump beauty was sitting in the room. Kang Dabao smiled again, "Ah, ah, there are so many things to do. I'm sorry to have troubled Madam Shao to wait for so long."

"You are too polite, County Lieutenant." Shao Meng raised her beautiful eyes and suppressed her anger. "Then let's make a deal. My brother and I will bring our village to seek refuge here, and County Lieutenant Kang will ask the master of alchemy to treat our injuries."

"Of course, Madam Shao, don't worry, there is no time when Kang doesn't keep his word." The smile on the face of the head of the Kang family was still warm, as if he could not hear the resentment in Shao Meng's mouth.

"In this case, we brothers and sisters will join forces within ten days. I hope the county lieutenant will not let us down for our sincere desire to serve our country." Shao Meng said nice words on one end, but he did not forget to make a sarcastic remark to Kang Dabao on the other.

The latter, however, did not take it seriously, and still smiled and clasped his fists in response, "Don't worry, Madam Shao."

Kang Dabao sent Pei Que to see Shao Meng off first, and then asked Yuan Jin, "How is Junior Brother Pei doing?"

Yuan Jin thought for a moment before answering, "Brother Pei's trip to Shandugang, Ji County, Fengzhou, will take at least a month or two. I'm afraid he won't be able to gather all the Taoist friends who listened to the teachings of Uncle Li back then. I think it's normal that there's no news."

Sect Master Kang frowned upon hearing this. “Now that I think about it, it’s a bit risky to let Junior Brother Pei go back alone. Even if the Third Brother is in seclusion and can’t leave, we should let Old Ye go with him. I wonder if there are any relatives or friends of Lu Wen in Shandugang. Will they make things difficult for Junior Brother Pei?!”

————Shandonggang
"Senior Brother Pei! We brothers have been waiting for you so hard!" A short man with blond hair and a black beard picked up the wine bowl at the table and spoke sadly with tears in his eyes.

There were about 10 to 20 other people at the table who echoed the sentiment. At this time, another man who looked like a leader also stood up. He looked much better, like an elegant scholar.

As soon as he stood up, all the discussions around him stopped, which shows how high his prestige is among the people.

"Brothers, stop talking nonsense and listen to me. Since Master Li passed away, we, the Chongming disciples, have lost our backbone. We are scattered in the small Ji County, at the mercy of others, and have suffered the pain of being bullied.

Fortunately, Senior Brother Pei has finally returned today, and the Chongming Sect of Ji County can be established again. I, Zheng Xipi, propose to support Senior Brother Pei as the head of the sect, so that we can share the joys and sorrows and the wealth from now on!"

"Senior Brother Pei is Master Li's direct disciple. If he doesn't become the headmaster, who else can? I, Chu Huer, agree!" The short man who had been crying earlier immediately praised, holding a wine bowl and standing on the table, yelling.

"Right, right, right! Support Senior Brother Pei to be the head of the sect. Let's go and kill those thieves in Houjialing first. Damn it, a bunch of wild things whose parents don't even know who they are, how dare they compete with us, the disciples of Chongming, for spiritual land!"

"Not only Houjialing, but also Lingjian Villa, Wuhu Duandao Sect and those bastards."

"Brother Pei will be the head of the sect! Brother Zheng and Brother Chu will be the vice-heads, and we will all be elders and deacons. How wonderful!"

"Okay, okay, then we'll see which forces in Ji County dare to go against our Chongming Sect."

Don’t underestimate the influence of Uncle Li when he preached in Shandugang for nearly ten years.

You must know that the Dharma cannot be passed on lightly. Even if Uncle Li has not yet completed the foundation building, the selfless teachings of a cultivator who has completed the Qi training stage are truly a blessing of rebirth for those casual cultivators who once struggled at the bottom of the cultivator hierarchy.

Not to mention that Uncle Li was really determined to establish the Chongming Sect in Ji County to honor the late Master He, and he spent a lot of time and effort on these people.

Although there are bound to be ungrateful people like Lu Wen among them, it would be too much to say that all those who come to seek the truth are heartless and ruthless.

Just with Zheng Xipi's words, all the monks at the table became excited. It can be seen that most of the people present still believe in Pei Yi, who was blessed by Uncle Li.

But their actions made Pei Yi, who was sitting at the top, break out in a cold sweat.

As God is telling me, Pei Yi came back just to help Master Kang recruit personnel for the anti-theft department in Chongmingfang City. He really had no intention of starting over in Ji County and establishing a new day.

Because of what happened with Lu Wen back then, Pei Yi hadn't interacted with these unofficial brothers for a long time. He didn't expect that he would be crowned with a yellow robe as soon as he came back suddenly, before he could reveal his intentions.

Most of the people sitting at this table are independent cultivators who had listened to the Taoism under Uncle Li in the past. Their cultivation level is not low among independent cultivators.

Among the two people who spoke earlier, Chu Huer is at the eighth level of Qi training, and Zheng Xipi is also at the seventh level of Qi training. They are both less than seventy years old. This kind of cultivation speed is rare among casual cultivators. Among the rest, there are only one or two who are in the early stage of Qi training, and most of the others are in the middle stage of Qi training.

Pei Yi suddenly felt a little surprised. It would be fine if Chu Huer, a single man and an old acquaintance with whom he was quite close in the past, was like this.

But Zheng Xibei was different. Although he looked gentle and refined, he was actually the most famous bandit leader in the Jixian River system. He had eleven or twelve brave and daring Qigong monks, fifty or sixty marrow-refining martial arts masters, and hundreds of large boats.

This kind of people have always been used to being rampant outside. When the master was around, they were not very obedient to me. Why do they seem to be ready to bow down to me now?

However, if they really want to support me, it would be a good thing, as it means that if I propose to take them back to Chongming Market, it will most likely succeed.

Seeing that the support was getting more and more intense, Pei Yi could no longer sit still, so he stood up and interrupted and said, "Brothers, please take a break and listen to what I have to say."

Pei Yi briefly explained his intention while holding the wine bowl. The discussion at the table immediately started. Chu Huer and Zheng Xipi, who were the most popular, looked unhappy. Other independent cultivators did not respond, which made Pei Yi feel embarrassed. "Brother Pei, are you saying that the rumors in recent years that you violated Master Li's oath and returned to the Chongming Sect in Pingrong County to serve the cowardly leader are true?!" Chu Huer, who was upright in character, frowned first, no longer showing his previous friendly attitude, and snorted coldly.

"Brother Chu, please listen to me." Pei Yi was about to explain when Zheng Xipi on the other end also spoke up and started to attack.

"No wonder I found out after much inquiry that the relatives of Master Li and your Senior Brother Pei have all moved back to Pingrong County. It's such a big deal, but they left without even saying goodbye to us, and now the servants have remembered us all. Senior Brother Pei, tell me, do you really regard the Shandugang fellows as your own brothers?"

After Chu Huer and Zheng Xipi said this, no matter what the wandering cultivators at the table had thought before, they now looked at Pei Yi with less familiarity in their eyes.

Pei Yi could see clearly that what Chu and Zheng said was true. When he saw the atmosphere became quiet, he didn't know how to start talking for a moment, but this only encouraged Zheng Xibei's arrogance.

"Forget it, forget it. Since Senior Brother Pei has chosen a better job and is unwilling to inherit Master Li's legacy, then we can part ways from now on."

"Yes, since Senior Brother Pei is unwilling to be the head of Chongming Sect, then let Senior Brother Chu and Senior Brother Zheng do it!"

"Go back to your Pingrong County Chongming Sect and be an elder. Don't try to trick us into working for your cowardly senior brother!"

"We, the Shandugang comrades, will just pretend that you are not our senior brother. We will also offer incense to Master Li."

Seeing that the crowd's excitement had quickly turned into agitation, it would be useless to say more at this time. Although Pei Yi thought clearly, his face instantly darkened. He said no more and could only bow and leave the platform.

After leaving the lecture hall that his master used to use, Pei Yi's expression still did not improve.

He was not a person who gave up easily. In the following time, he privately visited several of his old friends, but gained little. He had no choice but to return to Chongming Market to report to Master Kang.

"It's a rare opportunity for the master to entrust me with something, but I ended up like this." Pei Yi was a little frustrated, but he didn't expect that before leaving, Chu Huer, who had been avoiding him these past few days, would come to see him off.

"Brother Pei, I still want to ask you, why did you go against Master Li's will?!"

Pei Yi was stunned when he heard this. Now it seems that his master may not have regarded this brother from the Chu family as his apprentice back then, but he actually regarded him as his master.

Pei Yi was silent at first, and then he told the story of how he was framed by Lu Wen and how Kang Dabao rescued him.

After hearing what Pei Yi said, Chu Huer finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Pei Yi with a much better complexion. He said, "I thought that the current head of Chongming Sect was a mediocre person who was good at bullying women. It was only natural that Master Li left in anger after suffering so much injustice. But I never thought that head of the sect, Kang, was actually a man of integrity.

In this case, Senior Brother's return to the sect should be blameless, but it is that fellow Lu Wen who deserves death! I was wrong to blame Senior Brother before, please forgive me."

Pei Yi would never blame him, but advised him: "If you have time, you might as well go with me to meet my head brother. I know you are used to being free and easy, and don't like to be bound by these restrictions.

But the anti-theft station in Chongmingfang City is a good place to go after all, and it is a good place to take care of the foundation building. Brothers are about to build their foundation, so they also need to earn some food. "

Chu Huer thought for a while and nodded in agreement. "In that case, I will call a few close brothers to go together. If Sect Leader Kang is really as loyal as Senior Brother said, then we must go to this thief hunting station!"

Pei Yi was naturally overjoyed, and with Chu Huer stepping forward to mediate, the two of them persuaded four or five cultivators to go along, and then they took a flying boat back to Chongming Market.

Sect Leader Kang, who was waiting in the market, listened carefully to Pei Yi's experience and set up a banquet to entertain Chu Huer and his party. Several mid-grade magical instruments that Yuan Jingang had just found in the cave were also put to use.

They had only drunk half of the wine when they saw that Master Kang gave one item to each of the wandering cultivators who had followed Pei Yi, without even saying a word of recruitment.

Although the original owner of the cave had not yet established a foundation, the magical instruments stored there were all of excellent quality, and were hard to find in the world. How could these poor casual cultivators have ever thought that they would be given such precious items before?
Therefore, the action of the head of Kangda shocked everyone at the table, including Chu Huer.

"So Senior Brother Pei's senior brother is such a noble person, so loyal, no wonder Senior Brother Pei wanted to come back even though he didn't want to be the head of the sect? We really misunderstood him!"

Everyone thought so, thinking that this place would be a good place to earn food. Just as Senior Brother Pei said, it was a great place to earn food. Before the banquet was over, everyone patted their chests and expressed their willingness to stay.

After the banquet, Kang Dabao arranged luxury cars and beautiful women, which made these country bumpkins so happy that they didn't want to leave and felt that they had come to the right place.

After doing all this, the usually stingy head Kang did not show any sign of regret. He was used to dealing with horse bones and now knew how to buy them.

These independent cultivators are certainly not worth the price offered by Kang Dabao, but once the news gets out, those independent cultivators who were gathered by Zheng Xipi should at least have a changed impression of Pei Yi.

Although Xie Liusheng had already written to many people in the Yushan Fellow Cultivator Association in recent days, he had also recruited the gang of bandits led by the Shao brothers and sisters.

Adding these people together, there are at least twenty or thirty monks who dare to fight to the death.

It is true that Xu Yingshi is very capable, but he is unfamiliar with the place and may not have as many people as the ones he has found.

But Master Kang has always liked to walk on two legs. According to Pei Yi, those independent cultivators who have been taught by Uncle Li are mostly quite capable and are not an ordinary mob.

If he could subdue them all, it would be of great help to him in his fight with Xu Yingshi for the real power of the Anti-theft Bureau.

"Zheng Xibei..." The head of the Kang family muttered the name and narrowed his eyes. "Master, do you want to use the title of Chongming Sect?"

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