Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 203: Hunting for Red Clams
"Oh, I wonder which place Senior Huolong is talking about?" Yuan Jin remained calm and continued to ask with a smile.

"It is said that there is a Qinye Forest near your Chongming Sect, and it seems that a second-level low-grade green-skinned red clam appears. I want to try my luck. Boy, you have many people under your command, and many of them are good fighters. If you go with me and get the bones and blood of that beast, I will give you a great benefit. How do you think?"

When Taoist Huolong smiled, he really looked like a kindly elder, and what he said was very tempting.

This Taoist Fire Dragon was different from what Yuan Jin had expected. He thought he would take him out for a drink, but he didn't expect that he actually had something serious to do.

However, Yuan Jin remained unmoved after hearing this. When he was running around with the head of Kangda in his early years, Yuan Jin had gained a lot of experience. He was not as easy to be deceived as the silly husband who had just left home.

This Taoist Fire Dragon wants to borrow people, but he won't even make a promise. He just uses the words "great benefits" to coax people. Only a fool would believe that!
Yuan Jin had no intention of agreeing at all, but he was thinking about something else.

This Qinye Forest is obviously the Xue family's place. Did the news about the second-grade low-grade green-skinned red clam reach the sect but not here, or has it already spread to the streets and the sect is unaware of it, or is it simply fake news fabricated by idlers? Is there any story behind this?

But there is no time to think too much at the moment, I still need to deal with the Taoist Fire Dragon in front of me first.

"It's not that I don't want to share your worries. You should know that the dozens of men under my command are all registered with Deng Jiawei. We can't stay out of this market for too long, otherwise there will be trouble."

Yuan Jin answered with a bitter face. Taoist Huolong certainly knew that what the former said was indeed the truth, but there was no sign of giving up in his eyes.

Seeing this, Yuan Jin could only continue to say: "Senior Huolong is also highly respected and trusted by the fake lieutenant. He is always present at the roll call every day. Could it be that he has time to split himself up?!"

When Taoist Huolong heard this, his expression instantly turned much uglier.

He was a true cultivator at the foundation-building stage, and had defeated opponents of the same level in battle in the past. He never expected that after being recruited by the provincial court, he would be sent to this place by Fei Nan'ao, and even have to endure the bullying of Deng Baichuan, a minor Qi-cultivation cultivator.

That would have been fine. When it was time to report for duty every day, Deng Baichuan only cared about his own cultivation and did not even show up. He always assigned Feng En, who had no hope of pursuing a career in Taoism and was focused on mundane affairs, to see him.

Taoist Huolong is, after all, a true cultivator at the foundation-building stage. This is really too much of a humiliation!

At this time, hearing Yuan Jin's words, although he was polite, Taoist Huolong couldn't hold back his face any longer, so he could only say angrily: "I won't go, let's see what he can do to me!"

Yuan Jin could naturally see that the old bastard was just trying to save face. If he really dared to do so, within a day or two, he would anger Deng Baichuan and report him to Sima Gunjia. It would be strange if the old bastard didn't suffer the consequences.

This is the truth, but it’s hard to put it this way.

Yuan Jin really hoped that the old bastard would act in this way, but he also knew that the other party was just angry for the moment and was just venting his anger.

The current plan is to discourage this old bastard from going there to investigate, regardless of whether there are green-skinned red clams in Qinye Forest or not.

Thinking of this, Yuan Jin immediately advised: "There is one more thing that I want to know, Senior. My sister-in-law's Qinghan Courtyard is also near Qinye Forest. Since she married into my family, Fei Sima has been showing her favor. He not only sent a foundation-building nanny, but also dozens of Qi training guards.

Right now, the surrounding world is full of Golden Feather Owls that the Fei family has moved from the capital. If a stranger like you, Senior, appears nearby, my sister-in-law will inevitably report it to Sima Fei."

Taoist Huolong's face changed immediately. The fake Sima's apprentice was able to control him very well. If the real Sima's niece, Fei Nan'ao, complained to him again, he would not be able to bear the blame at all!

"I suddenly remembered that there is still a furnace of elixirs in my house that have not been refined. It is getting late, so I'm leaving." Taoist Huolong was naturally not a fool. After Yuan Jin's repeated exhortations, he realized that he did not want to accompany him.

Although what Yuan Jin said was all right, Taoist Huolong was not a very reasonable person.

After hearing what Yuan Jin said, Taoist Huolong felt annoyed. Since he could not go to Qinye Forest, he was too lazy to talk to Yuan Jin any more in a gentle voice. He just made up an excuse and turned away.

Yuan Jin also gave up the idea of ​​visiting his two nephews and turned back to the official temple. Not long after, a letter was sent from the Buliangshuai official temple to Chongming Sect.

The Chongming Sect had finally become wealthier in recent years, and the talismans used by the main members of the sect like Yuan Jin were of high quality, so even ordinary foundation-building cultivators would have difficulty intercepting them. Naturally, they did not expect the news to fall into the hands of Taoist Huolong.

The letter talisman was soon passed to the hands of Master Kang, who was playing chess with Taoist Heilu.

Like Yuan Jin, Kang Dabao was also surprised by the news.

Qinye Linxue's family lived next to Chongming Sect. The news that a second-level monster appeared in his family had to be passed to Chongming Market before it was passed to his family.
From this perspective, it is indeed not normal.

Hearing Kang Dabao's doubts, the Taoist Hei Lu, who was looking at the chessboard with a frown on his face, said nonchalantly, "You are just too confused, kid. Qinye Forest is not a dangerous place. You can find out if you go check it out yourself."

Upon hearing this, Kang Dabao made another move without any hesitation, which made the Taoist Heilu stare at the chessboard even more intently. He exclaimed that this fat boy was very good at chess and was even more difficult to deal with than Pei Yi.

After "avenging" the Black-Shoe Taoist, Master Kang felt instantly pleased.

"Uncle Hei Lu, what you said is true. Qinye Forest is suspected to be haunted by a second-level monster. Isn't it a dangerous place?! If I tie up all the members of the Chongming Sect, how many bites will it eat? It's really easy for him to say that."

Kang Dabao, who secretly criticized his uncle-master, did not have a good ending in the end. He was defeated by the Black-Shoe Taoist in a narrow victory.

As the saying goes, "It is difficult to defeat a worthy chess player, and a general will not be arrogant when facing a talented person." Taoist Heilu enjoyed playing chess today and mentioned something to Kang Dabao.

"Although the Fire Dragon Taoist is weak and incompetent, he is now a member of the state court, and even more so of your Yue family. It would be bad if you want me, an outsider, to take action. Shan Gong and I have just offended the Liangyi Sect. If we offend the state court again, you will probably force me to flee far away."

"You were wrong, kid!" Kang Dabao immediately bowed down with a serious look. He was used to relying on the black-shoe Taoist, but he became a little too proud of himself.

With his mindset, he should have thought of this relationship, but he still spoke rashly, making it difficult for his uncle. It was all his own fault!
It is true that the head of the Kang family bowed his head and admitted his fault, but the black-shoe Taoist on the other side laughed, stroked his messy beard and said, "I have a way."

"Uncle Master, please speak."

"Go and have a baby with your wife, and bring it to Fernando to see. If he's happy, he might even kill ten Fire Dragon Taoist priests to vent his anger on you. Haha."

The Taoist priest in black shoes laughed happily, but Kang Dabao blushed and stammered, unable to speak.

It was embarrassing enough that he couldn't enter the bed of his wife, and now he was being teased by his close elders, which was even more embarrassing.

Even though Master Kang had a face as thick as a city wall, it took him a long time to recover.

Taoist Hei Lu laughed for a while, then realized that it was not very interesting, so he talked about business again: "The nanny of your eldest wife brought many people to surround a deep pool in Qinye Forest some time ago, and set up a magic array. I am afraid that most of the Xue family members themselves are not aware of it.

Although I knew this, I thought that the monster that even that old woman dared to have ideas about must not be a rare creature, so I didn't care much.

However, they did not expect that their news would be leaked out, but this was not something worth investigating. Not to mention a mere Qingye Foundation Establishment Sect, even a large Jindan Sect would sometimes fail to keep the news secret.

But there are suspected rare monsters like the Jade-skinned Red Clam in this pond. Now that I know about it, I want to go and see it.”

The Taoist Hei Lu was so cool and carefree, he did whatever he wanted. He just stretched out his hand, called up the head of the Kang family who was sitting next to him, and without even asking, he stood up and left.

When the two of them reached the deep pool in Qinye Forest, Xue Hu, the head of the Xue family, was also checking the place with several elders in the middle stage of Qi training.

Master Kang used his magic eyes and could only see thick fog near the deep pool. There seemed to be some living creatures walking in the fog, but he could not make out much more clearly.

These days, he relied on the Clear Eyes Treasure Liquid to cultivate the Golden Eyes, and made great progress. His eyesight was no less than that of an ordinary foundation-building cultivator. Even he couldn't see the reality around the deep pool, let alone the Xue family's cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training.

Not to mention that when the Xue family saw Master Kang and Taoist Heilu coming here together, how could they focus on this broken pond?

However, Xue Hu knew what he was doing and knew that he was not worthy to talk to the Taoist Heilu, so after paying his respects, he went to find Kang Dabao.

The old cultivator no longer had the arrogant temperament he had before. It was no exaggeration to say that Chongming Sect had been thriving in recent years. However, his Xue family had not been able to recover from the battle with Shi Xiao and could not even keep a single shop in Chongming Market.

This is how it is for small families. After a little trouble, it takes many years to recover. If Xue Hu had known that the head of Kangda was so capable, it would have been great if he had married off his daughter early to prepare for him.

The peddlers at that time were not as popular as they are now, and no one was interested in them.

But it is too late to reverse what has been done. The head of the Xue family failed to become Kang Dabao's pillar of support in the past, so now he has no choice but to keep a low profile.

Time is so precious when the Black-Shoe Taoist is in person, so Master Kang will not spend too much time chatting with a small character like Xue Hu.

As soon as he finished his polite words, Kang Dabao said, "Fellow Daoist Xue, to be honest, the things in this deep pool are out of the reach of nobles, so it's better to go back early."

As soon as Master Kang finished speaking, several Xue family elders behind Xue Hu looked somewhat indignant. Although Xue Hu's expression was not bad, the smile he had when they first met gradually faded.

"Tsk, since you don't believe me, and think I want to seize your family's treasures, then forget it. You can stay or leave as you wish." Kang Dabao could only shake his head when seeing this. He thought that money could make people's hearts flutter, and that such a small clan dared to interfere in matters involving foundation building. They were somewhat courting death.

Unlike the useless headmaster Kang, Hei Lu Dao was still interested in observing the expressions of these young Qigong practitioners. He just stood outside the formation and watched for a while, then said loudly: "Is it Brother Sun Daoist inside the formation? Please come out and have a chat."

As the Taoist priest in black shoes finished speaking, the white mist around the deep pool dissipated, and a white-haired old woman leaning on a cane walked out accompanied by a young woman.

"So Fei Shuhe is here too." Thanks to his uncle's help, Master Kang was able to see his first wife again after a long time.

"Junior greets Senior Heilu." Fei Shuhe bowed gracefully, still so generous, decent, dignified and elegant.

Kang Dabao could see that her cultivation had improved a lot and was much higher than his own.

I think that as long as this eldest daughter of a wealthy family wants to work hard, the supplies she needs for cultivation will naturally be neatly arranged at home.

"Okay." After nodding, the Black Shoe Taoist asked directly, "I heard that there is a second-level green-skinned red clam here, so I came to take a look. I wonder if it is convenient for you, Brother Sun?"

As long as she remembered the rumor that Taoist Black Shoes had fought her master hard at the wedding banquet and did not lose, Nanny Sun did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance.

Although the Taoist Black Shoes spoke politely, who on our side could stop him?
Fei Shuhe also knew what Nanny Sun knew. Although the Taoist Heilu was asking Nanny Sun, the latter had no right to make the decision.

Fei Shuhe didn't want to make things difficult for her dowry nanny, so she smiled and replied softly, "Since you are interested, please follow me into the formation."

After the Taoist Hei Lu led Master Kang into the battle formation, Xue Hu, who was so bold as to take a step forward, also wanted to follow them in.

Nanny Sun, who was guarding the gate of the formation, was feeling angry. She only took one look at Xue Hu, and the latter felt cold all over and immediately collapsed to the ground.

His confused mind finally came to its senses, and he fell to the ground and kowtowed: "Senior, senior, spare my life! I was deceived for a moment, now get out, now get out!"

At this time, several elders of the Xue family finally took some action. They bravely grabbed Xue Hu and left under the gaze of Nanny Sun.

It was also because Nanny Sun thought that Fei Shuhe was right beside her and she didn't want to make the scene too bloody, so she held back. Otherwise.

The few people from the Xue family who came here today may not be able to go back because of Xue Hu's reckless behavior.

Not to mention this little episode, after Fei Shuhe led Kang Dabao and the other two into the formation, they saw clearly that there were nearly thirty Qi-cultivating monks in the formation.

Except for Fei Shuhe's maids, the rest of the people have cultivation levels above the late Qi training stage. They are forming formations in groups of three and practicing non-stop, apparently preparing for the upcoming monster hunting war.

This scene made Sect Leader Kang feel somewhat envious. The Qinghan Court, owned by Fei Shuhe alone, was as powerful as several Chongming Sects.

“I don’t know how many years it will take for this situation to occur.”

Although the arrival of the Black-Shoe Taoist surprised all the monks present, they did not dare to be negligent. They stopped practicing and saluted respectfully.

At this time, Nanny Sun also rushed over from behind and said respectfully to the Taoist Heishi: "To be honest, Taoist friend, a second-level middle-grade green-skinned red clam has flown into this deep pool at some point. My young lady needs this green-skinned red clam to make a gift for the elders. If Taoist friend can help, I will be very grateful."

"Oh? So it's a second-level mid-grade product. No wonder you made such a big scene. But it's strange that you have to ask me for something my nephew's wife needs. If you just tell my nephew that he has a red clam with a black heart, and he takes the whole clam away, would I say a word?"

The Taoist in black shoes raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and cast his eyes on Kang Dabao and Fei Shuhe as if he was watching a good show, with a rather amusing expression.

Fei Shuhe, however, turned a deaf ear to him, not even looking at the head of the Kang sect opposite him. He only bowed to the black-shoe Taoist and thanked him again, saying, "Senior, your generosity is so great, I am deeply grateful."

"Madame Sun, we've been practicing for so many days, it's time to get started!"

Nanny Sun could naturally hear the unhappiness in her young lady's tone and agreed immediately.

The old woman waved her staff, and the guards, who were formed in groups of three, started beating drums in one hand and hammers in the other. Waves of sound rang out in the venue, and the originally calm lake water suddenly changed.

First there were ripples, then slight waves, and then layers of fine waves. In a short while, the water in the pond began to boil like a red-hot cauldron.

As the drumbeats grew louder, the Taoist in black shoes also showed an expression of appreciation.

He originally thought that with Madam Sun's abilities, even if he led this group of Qi-training guards into the pond, they would not be able to do anything to the second-grade, mid-quality green-skinned red clam, and that it would eventually have to ask for help from him.

I didn't expect everyone to act so extraordinary and equip so many magical instruments and drums. In this way, it is possible that the green-skinned red toad can really be stimulated by their sound attack.

Just as Hei Lu Taoist was thinking this, something strange happened in the pool at the other end. A column of water shot up into the sky, and the guard closest to the pool was immediately wrapped by a soft but tough tongue.

The tongue was as fast as lightning. The two Qi-cultivating monks who formed a formation with him had no time to react and stood on the ground like puppets.

It was Nanny Sun who was standing far away who reacted and wanted to reach out to help, but it was too late. She could only watch as the tongue rolled the guard back along with the drum.

The monster in the lake was apparently much more powerful than Nanny Sun had expected. Before it even showed up, it had easily swept away a guard from the pool.

Although these people were supported by the Fei family, they could not help but feel a sense of grief for the loss of their loved ones. Even Sect Leader Kang carefully moved half a step to the side of the Black-Shoe Taoist.

Fortunately, although people were frightened, the drum beats did not stop for a moment, and soon a green toad with its mouth stuffed full appeared in front of everyone.

It was as tall as two toads, much uglier than an ordinary toad, with a red mouth without any teeth. There were six white spots on each of its two front limbs, and it exuded a foul smell that was common among monsters.

Even after coming out of the deep pool and seeing so many cultivators, it did not show any fear and cast its wild gaze towards everyone present. Even towards the Black-shoe Taoist and Nanny Sun, it did not dodge at all.

Master Kang sensed something was wrong. How could a second-level monster linger in Qinye Forest, a deep pool without even a trace of spiritual energy, for such a long time?
However, seeing the six white spots on its forelimbs, it is indeed a second-grade mid-quality green-skinned red clam. I think even if Nanny Sun can't defeat it, she should have no problem protecting herself.

Fei Shuhe put a fragrant pill in her mouth, and when she felt that the stench had mostly subsided, her beautiful eyes turned and she shouted softly, "Mammy, do it!"

Nanny Sun held a dove-shaped staff in her hand, her eyes showing determination. She led a group of Qigong guards. After a few "quacks", the green-skinned red clam jumped out first!

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