Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 210 Two Years Later

The white clouds were gently cut apart by two rows of gray covert feathers, and a petite figure passed lightly through the clouds, brushing past the dense treetops and tender green leaves, and finally circled before landing steadily on a broad arm.

Duan Anle showed a silly smile on his face, and reached out to touch the gray falcon that had worked hard to investigate and report the news, as a way of comforting it.

In front of him was a long caravan, consisting of about a hundred mixed-blood pack beasts and nearly twenty advanced spirit beasts. It was so vast and dusty that it almost filled up the wide official road.

"Brother Duan, Deputy Steward Lu said that someone from the Mi family's Da Dang faction is here to invite us at the pass ahead. Should we take another route there?" Du Qing trotted to Duan Anle on a wild ox carrying a six-leaf green lotus flag and asked for instructions.

"I won't go. I'll ask Deputy Steward Lu to apologize to the head of the Mi family. My family is in a hurry, and I, a junior, don't have time to visit them. I hope my uncle will forgive me."

After listening to Du Qing's words, Duan Anle thought for a while, then shook his head and refused.

This patriarch of the Mi family had a very good personal relationship with He Dezong of the He family. After being taken by the latter to drink twice with the head of the Kang family, they began to become brothers.

The Mijia Village under his command is considered to be the most prosperous village in the recent counties. There are 300 Qi-training wizards in the village. They also have a strange spell at their disposal, and their methods are truly powerful.

It’s just that his family seemed to be pure outsiders. Although they had not occupied this place for a long time, their fame spread quickly.

According to legend, he once relied on these three hundred wizard soldiers to defeat two independent cultivators in their foundation-building battles. Although many people in the market spoke of this matter with certainty, Duan Anle did not believe it.

It's not easy to offend such a strong man, but you shouldn't make close friends with him either.

Duan Anle's decision was quickly conveyed by Du Qing to the confidant sent by the head of the Mi family. At the same time, the other cultivators in the caravan also knew the news.

When we learned that we would not be going to Mijiazhai, everyone couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

After all, the head of the Mi family was a generous person, and whenever the Chongming Sect's caravan passed by, he would send some spiritual food and beauties for everyone to enjoy.

Although everyone knows what business the Mi family stall is in, everyone also knows where these beautiful ladies in the Mi family stall come from.

But these days, there are only a few good people among the independent cultivators who dare to risk their lives to follow the caravans for business. As long as they can feel comfortable, they don't care where these things come from.

But even though they complained, no one dared to show it even though they were unhappy.

They thought clearly that the head of the Mi family was a very powerful person. The reason they sent people to invite him was just to invite the disciple of the great leader Kang of the Chongming Sect. How could he have anything to do with them, a bunch of dirt-footed people?

He did not dare to have any complaints in his heart. Not to mention the fact that Manager Duan's master was the head of Chongming Sect, a very powerful figure. Even his own ability was enough to overwhelm these casual cultivators who were used to using fists.

When Chongming Sect sent the second disciple to replace Lu Xun as the manager of the caravan, everyone didn't think highly of this young master. As for the disciples of the big sect, they had good backgrounds, but they were too young and their skills might not be that sharp.

Until one time the caravan encountered a short-sighted village. There were six or seven cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi training in the village. They were defeated by Duan Anle and his falcon. After he distributed all the spiritual objects in the village, everyone was convinced.

After all, if you want to win the support of the people, it is not enough to just rely on fighting skills, you also have to be willing to give them spirit stones.

In this regard, Deputy Steward Lu Xun seems a little petty compared to Duan Anle.

Besides, Duan Anle is less than 20 years old and has only reached the fourth level of Qi training, which makes him nothing special in this caravan.

But everyone discussed it secretly, and most people felt that if Lu Xun, the only late-stage Qi training cultivator in the caravan, really wanted to try his hand with this young man, he would probably not be able to gain any advantage.

Now Duan Anle has been the manager of the caravan for two years, and his prestige in the caravan is getting deeper and deeper. Now that he has spoken, everyone should just do as he says.

Fortunately, we will soon reach Chongming Market, which is now being run quite prosperously by Captain Kang. We can use the betrothal money we have just received to have some fun.

Although the rules of the Chongming Sect's caravan are strict and even ordinary entertainment such as harassing mortal villages on the way are not allowed, there is one good thing about it, which is that the betrothal money is paid on time and in full.

Unlike other caravans, they would either delay for a while or find some faults to get less spirit stones.

This also makes his caravan have a good reputation among the nearby independent cultivators. Generally speaking, once they come in, they are reluctant to leave for the sake of the spirit stones, and they can work steadily for many years.

With full expectations in their hearts, the wandering cultivators drove their caravans to the outskirts of Chongming Market.

A short and sturdy man with yellow hair and black beard, wearing a suit of spiritual armor, stood outside the gate of Chongmingfang, watching Duan Anle and the caravan coming with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Chu," Duan Anle was walking in front of the caravan. When he saw Chu Huer on duty, he immediately dismounted the wild ox and bowed to him.

Chu Huer was invited into the sect by Pei Yi half a year ago and became a disciple of Kang Dabao's Uncle Li, becoming a formal disciple of Chongming.

Chu Huer's experience has inspired many independent practitioners in Shandugang.

Most of them now hold the title of foreign affairs disciples, and on ordinary days they do patrol and guard duty in Chongming Market, arresting and deterring robbers and bandits who have shown signs of emerging.

Sect Leader Kang did order some people to arrange some caves for them in the two newly acquired sacred places, Fangshi Mountain and Qinye Forest. However, the patrol soldiers had little time off and many things to do, so it was rare for them to have some free time, and few of them could make the trip.

Only Sun Buer, an old fellow with a skill in brewing wine, took advantage. He not only stayed in the cave to practice, but also brought his little grandson who had spiritual roots.

In his spare time, he could even go to the Shanggong Hall to take on some cheap tasks and earn some money, just like the formal disciples of the Chongming Sect, which really made others envious.

"Okay, Junior Brother Han passed by the market yesterday and said that he met you on his way to help Ji Wu Wu exorcise the monster in Chongming City. I thought you might be here today, so I came out to greet you."

Chu Huer put his arm around Duan Anle's shoulders. He had not been in Chongming Sect for long, and facing Duan Anle, the sect's head disciple, he had never thought of putting on airs as an elder.

"Brother Yuan went back to the sect a few days ago. Before he left, I was temporarily in charge of the patrol team. Deng Baichuan is keeping a close eye on you, so I can't prepare a banquet for you today. We can only have some simple tea and food, and we'll make up for it another day."

"Uncle Chu, there's no need to be like this." After hearing this, Duan Anle showed a trace of helplessness on his face.

In the eyes of this honest child, there was nothing wrong with Chu Huer, the new junior uncle, except that he was always so respectful and polite to everyone regardless of the occasion, which made the younger generations feel uncomfortable.

After having a not-so-simple meal with Chu Huer and Ye Zhengwen, two elders who lived in Chongming Market, Duan Anle stepped into the newly decorated Chongming Building.

Zhou Xinran still has the demeanor of a pretty butler, but in the past two years, as Pei Yi and Yuan Jin's skills have improved a lot, the goods on the shelves on the first floor of the store have become much richer.

The plain jade slips on the chopping board behind Zhou Xinran contained several pages of contracts from regular customers, among which were also some first-grade mid-quality elixirs and magical instruments.

"Senior Sister Zhou, please get me a bottle of Qi-training powder and spirit beast pills. Here are the spirit stones." Duan Anle first smiled at Zhou Xinran, then took out a handful of spirit stones and arranged them on the table.

Although the Chongming Sect distributes a certain amount of elixirs to its disciples every year, it is still not enough for diligent cultivators like Duan Anle, so they naturally have to purchase some.

No matter who you buy from, you have to take care of your own business first.

"Junior brother, did you encounter anything new after your trip to Hong County?" Zhou Xinran followed Yile, quickly collected the spirit stones, handed over the pills, and asked curiously. "I haven't heard anything new, except that several foundation-building sects were wiped out by the state court, and several small clans that went south from Gyeonggi Province to seek refuge with the state court were killed on the road by people of unknown origin, etc."

Duan Anle thought about it and then shook his head.

After he finished speaking, he opened the bottle stopper and smelled the fragrance of the elixir, and sighed in his heart: "Uncle Pei's craftsmanship is actually still a little bit lacking. Compared with the Qi-refining powders refined by several major foundation-building sects, the effectiveness should be one point lower."

"Is there anything happening in the sect recently?" Seeing Zhou Xinran's indifferent expression after hearing his words, Duan Anle asked curiously.

It's not that he didn't ask the two elders Chu Huer and Ye Zhengwen at the table, but as he is a junior, the two elders will only tell him what he should know.

If she wanted to know something else, she could only come to Zhou Xinran to inquire. After all, Zhou Yixiu would not hide too much information from her.

When Zhou Xinran heard Duan Anle's question, her smile gradually faded and her expression became a little conflicted.

"Uncle Yuan, some time ago, it seemed..."

——Zhongming Sect, headmaster Yunfang

Kang Dabao sat cross-legged on a jade cushion with his eyes tightly closed. In each of his hands, he held a snow-white jade tablet, and a jade slip was suspended in the air, floating in front of the head of Kang Da.

From time to time, the two jade sceptres in his hands emitted a faint spiritual light, which flowed into the palm of Master Kang and then circulated through the meridians in his body.

Every time Kang Dabao absorbed a bit of the spiritual light emitted by the jade sceptre, his brows relaxed a little. After a short while, he slowly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh.

"I have finally mastered the 'Changxi Jue'. Without this pair of jade sceptres, I definitely would not have been able to master it." Kang Dabao put away the jade slips in front of him and said with emotion.

This pair of jade sceptres were picked up by Yuan Jin and Kang Rongquan and handed to him respectively. When they were separated, they looked ordinary and were not much different from many low-level spiritual jades.

But once held in the hands of cultivators at the same time, they will instantly feel their minds become clear and their comprehension greatly increased, and the speed of comprehending Taoism will be at least twice as fast as before.

Because of this, the "Changxi Jue" obtained from Kuai En was finally comprehended by Master Kang.

Master Kang had only heard of such treasures in stories compiled by some idle people before, and he never thought that he would encounter them himself.

This is a great treasure, but I don't know if it can maintain the same enhancement effect when comprehending high-level skills and methods in the future. Kang Dabao couldn't guess whether this thing had a golden elixir, but it certainly didn't have a foundation building. Master Kang really got a great bargain.

Then again, I knew at a glance that Kuai En was not a smart guy, and I wondered how he could have learned the "Long Breathing Technique"? There must be something strange going on.

Kang Dabao decided to go to the Kuai family again after some time to ask Kuai Wu about it. Maybe he could find some treasures there.

But he has something more important to do now, so he can't take care of this for the time being.

As soon as he thought of it, the black bone appeared in the hands of Master Kang. With just a quick look, he felt that the black bone was very different.

Yugui's greatest help to Kang Dabao was not in comprehending the "Changxi Jue" but in revealing some of the mystery of the black bones.

Kang Dabao had already understood most of the silver seal immortal text that was printed on the black bone earlier, and its strokes had turned from silver to gold, with only the last stroke still flashing white light.

According to what Master Kang had guessed, if he could comprehend this last stroke, the black bone would definitely undergo new changes, which should be earth-shaking changes. Maybe he could see a little bit of the power of the spiritual treasure?

It's just a superficial stroke, but Kang Dabao was stuck at this level with the jade pendant for more than half a year. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he turned to study the "Changxi Jue".

Fortunately, today the "Changxi Jue" was finally completed, so I can continue to focus on the black bones.

Just as Master Kang was about to use his golden eyes to see through illusions again, Xiaoqi came out from his own small house, looking very naive.

"First-grade, intermediate quality! You lazy bastard, you finally did it!" Kang Dabao laughed out loud when he saw that Xiaoqi's aura had increased significantly.

Xiao Qi just raised his head and greeted Master Kang, then walked towards the lion insect nest in the other corner of the room with the gait of a dragon or a tiger.

Before Xiao Qi broke through from his sleep, out of curiosity, he leaned over to take a look at the lion insect nest.

However, they never expected that Master Kang was chanting scriptures at the time and did not notice what happened, which resulted in Xiao Qi being severely beaten up by the group of lion insects protecting their nest. Even the tender meat that had been hidden in the carapace for many years was bitten by the lion insects.

Naturally, Xiao Qi is coming out of seclusion this time to settle accounts with these stupid bugs.

Unexpectedly, Kang Dabao noticed Xiaoqi's action and stopped it and held it back in his hand.

It’s not that Master Kang is biased, but in the short period of half a year when Xiaoqi was in a dormant state, the lion insect group not only collectively advanced to the first-level intermediate quality, but its population also exceeded hundreds.

This is all thanks to the Star Frost Soil. After most of the lionworms advanced to the lower first grade, Master Kang began to feed them the Star Frost Soil as the master said.

Although it is only the size of a palm, it has not shrunk much after so many years.

After the lion worm consumed the Star Frost Soil, it not only advanced but also developed some silver star spots on its back, and there was a faint silver glow on its mouthparts.

Just from the appearance, it is obvious that it is much better than before.

Such a large and fierce swarm of insects is enough to threaten most of the Qi-cultivating monks. It is definitely not something Xiao Qi can get rid of with revenge. Only Master Kang can save it by pulling it away!

However, this kindness was not rewarded. Xiao Qi was so angry that he kept struggling in Kang Dabao's hands, kicking his four short legs as if he wanted to fly.

Kang Dabao finally managed to pacify it, but at this moment a talisman flew into his courtyard and stuck to the restriction outside the cloud room.

Master Kang pushed open the door, took it out and had a look.

The good mood that came from many good things immediately dissipated, "Another person is going to die!"

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