Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 212: Ruining the Family to Relieve Disaster
"Senior Brother Song, please stay." Song Hui, who had just returned from the training robot puppet, was stopped by someone. The battle was about to begin, and his master Zhou Yixiu wanted him to practice his skills well.

There was nothing much Zhou Yixiu could teach him in this regard. He had spent most of his life relying on his farming skills and had lived a peaceful life wherever he went. He rarely had conflicts with others, so he had no need to use this skill.

If it comes down to it, none of them may be able to beat their daughter Zhou Xinran.

Song Hui turned around and saw that it was his junior fellow apprentice Song Cheng, who had just joined the school last year, who called him.

Although the latter has the same surname as Song Hui, he is not from the same clan as the big family of Xiao Song in Pinghebao. His family moved to Chongming City to settle down because of the war a few years ago.

This Song Cheng has good aptitude. He is another immortal seedling with three spiritual roots in the Chongming Sect after Kang Rongquan.

Previously, Kang Dabao had intended for him to become Jiang Qing's disciple, but the latter rejected him on the grounds that he had to prepare for the foundation-building process and had no time to teach.

So Song Cheng became a disciple of Ye Zhengwen. The latter came from a noble family, had a profound family background, and had no disciples yet, so he was a good candidate to be a disciple.

"Ha, it turns out to be Junior Brother Song." Song Hui stopped and asked with a smile, "What can I do for you, Junior Brother Song?"

"Brother, my master wants to see you for something." Song Cheng, who was only six or seven years old, was as innocent and cute as a porcelain doll, but his expression was serious, which made people laugh.

Song Hui himself was only a teenager in his early teens, so he would not laugh out loud. He just followed Song Chengxing to Ye Zhengwen's courtyard.

When he arrived at the courtyard, the younger disciples of the sect had already arrived, and the oldest was Song Hui himself.

At this moment, Ye Zhengwen, who was sitting at the top with his eyes closed and regulating his breathing, slowly opened his one eye, and the noisy courtyard instantly became quiet.

Objectively speaking, Ye Zhengwen's appearance did indeed inspire more awe in these little fellows than any other elders in the sect.

Ye Zhengwen carefully looked at the disciples in the courtyard, and then said softly: "The master and the brothers have received the imperial edict from the Sima Mansion, and will set off soon. The master has appointed brother Yuan to stay behind to guard the sect, and I will be the deputy guard. There are some things, please listen carefully."

"Yes."

"Junior Brother Song, you have the highest level of cultivation. These few days, you and Ji Wuwu will move the direct relatives of each family to the sect's spiritual land for resettlement. Do this in secret and don't make it public."

"I will go find a few brothers to arrange this matter later." Song Hui immediately accepted the order.

"Junior Brother Zhang, Junior Brother Dong, you two should take your fellow disciples and sisters to move out of your respective courtyards and move into the headmaster's courtyard to practice. Starting tomorrow, that place will be vacant."

"Nephew understands."

"Junior Brother Yuan" Ye Zhengwen was about to speak when he saw Yuan Jin walk in with a gloomy face and said in a muffled voice: "Junior Brother Ye, suspend the assignment. The situation has changed."

"Has the situation changed?" Ye Zhengwen asked in surprise.

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"The situation has changed. The vanguard army of the provincial government suffered a small defeat at Xiaowu Mountain. Now even the fairy seedlings over ten years old in my family will be conscripted to the provincial government?" Kang Dabao's eyes were filled with anger, and he slammed the table in anger.

"Captain Kang, look at the place. This is the official temple of the governor, not the main hall of your family!" Deng Baichuan shouted harshly. Kang Dabao remained unmoved. However, Jiang Qing stood up behind him, his eyes full of sharpness, like a flying sword, revealing its edge.

"This guy has such a strong sword intention," Deng Baichuan only glanced at Jiang Qing briefly, and there was a hint of pain in his eyes, and he was quite surprised.

In the past, he always heard idle people in the market talking about Chongming Zong Jiang Qing. Deng Baichuan used to listen to them but never took them seriously, thinking that they were just peasants who had never seen the world.

In his opinion, Jiang Qing didn't even have a master who built his foundation in Qingye, and Chongming Sect was a poor family, so how could he be an outstanding person?

But after seeing him today, I realized that his reputation is well-deserved. If Deng Baichuan were to face him, he would not be sure of a complete victory.

"Third brother, come back." Although Kang Dabao was angry, he really didn't have the courage to fight with Deng Baichuan.

Jiang Qing retreated, but Deng Baichuan softened his tone and said, "This matter was not decided by Sima Fei and my master. Someone in the state court advised the Lord to select a loyal family to serve as a model for other families. The Lord chose your family in court. No one can refuse this grace."

"This..." Master Kang had no time to investigate which maid had proposed this idea, but since it was an arrangement made by Kuang Liuting himself, the people below had no choice but to obey.

He could now even defeat a genuine golden elixir. No one in the Yunjiao state court, from top to bottom, dared to say a word against his decision.

Moreover, with just the influence of the head of Kangda, it is still far from enough to make Fei Nanying plead with Kuang Liuting.

What is a loyal family? It is best if the whole family is loyal to the country and dies in the service of the king. This is to use the horse bone of the head of Kang as a signboard.

"Even the son-in-law of the Fei family in Yingzhou has ruined his family to help the country. What kind of shabby backgrounds do you people have? Why don't you send some people to serve the country!"

"My family is small, and the children at home..." Pei Yi was about to say something soft, but he saw Deng Baichuan shaking his head, "How can you negotiate the price for something that Master has decided? Go and ask Master to find some mercy for your family."

"One, leave a late-stage cultivator to guard the house. My family still has two or three young cultivators who have not yet entered the Qi training stage. You should at least leave some capital for my family." Kang Dabao's eyes were so scorching that Deng Baichuan dared not look at him.

"I will report this matter to the two Simas for a decision later, but I cannot guarantee whether it can be accomplished." Deng Baichuan hesitated for a while before agreeing.

Everyone left in a bad mood. Deng Baichuan was a dog-faced man, a real lackey of the state court, who would not recognize anyone once he turned against him.

All the monks in the patrol team who were titled as external affairs disciples of Chongming Sect were included in his conscription list.

On the contrary, monks like Xie Liusheng and Shao Meng who were recruited by Master Kang are relatively safe for the time being and can stay in Chongming Market and wait and see what happens.

A lot of people feel like they have lost their parents, and a lot of people feel sad.

Even those monks who had come to apply for the job because of Xu Yingshi in the past, when they saw the current situation of the Chongming Sect, felt gloating but also felt a sense of grief for the loss of the rabbit.

These people originally came here for wealth and fame. Xu Yingshi was already resentful about leaving Jin County, and now there was the risk of being selected by the state court to fight in an array, so his resentment naturally grew even greater.

That night, more than a dozen people asked Kang Dabao and Deng Baichuan to resign, but of course they refused, so two of them escaped that night.

After Deng Baichuan learned about it, he chased after them with a sword and killed them all, but still felt it was not enough, so he broke the two large formations single-handedly, and then brought all the immortals and mortals in the formation back to Chongming Market and sold them out.

Even the foundation-building forces that sent two people to Chongmingfang City to please Xu Yingshi were reprimanded by Deng Baichuan in his article. In the latter's article, he scolded the foundation-building person as if he were scolding his son, and he really did not take these country foundation-building people seriously as usual.

This operation was quite effective. Few people in the patrol team dared to have any evil thoughts. The foundation-building force that was scolded by Deng Baichuan also sent ten cultivators in the late stage of Qi training to fill the vacancies. The head of the Kang family bought another batch of talismans from the Tie family talisman shop and prepared to give them to the disciples for protection.

Now that the two families are on good terms, the head of the Tie family, who is guarding the market value in Chongmingfang, did not raise the price but sold it at the original price from some time ago, which made Kang Dabao feel a little better.

Master Kang returned to the sect, trained his disciples, and waited for news.

The results of the Immortal Ascension Conference in the past two years are still not ideal. Currently, only Song Cheng and a disciple named Liu Ya in the sect have not yet brought the spirit into their bodies.

The latter also had four spiritual roots that were unique among the others. He was an immortal seedling that Ye Zhengwen accidentally discovered in a cultivator's manor in Tanggu County last year.

He was brought back with the consent of his widowed mother, and was then arranged by Kang Dabao to become Ye Zhengwen's disciple.

Among the others, the youngest are Yuan Changsheng and Dong Liuer, both of whom are already Qigong practitioners who are ten years old.

Master Kang first moved all the tables out of the kitchen and placed them neatly in the ancestral hall. He offered three sacrificial animals, prepared six kinds of wine and six kinds of rice, and after performing a grand ceremony with strict rituals meticulously, he felt a little relieved.

At this time, Deng Baichuan also sent a message that Fei Sima agreed to the request of Kang Dazhang, and also brought a message: "Don't embarrass yourself."

Sect Leader Kang was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Sima Fei meant in just a moment.

What is meant by "Don't embarrass yourself" and "Don't be afraid of death"?

Even if Kang Dabao, the son-in-law of the Fei family, died on the battlefield for the state court, Sima Fei would not necessarily be unhappy. On the contrary, the more loyal Kang Dabao's death was, the more glorious Sima Fei would be.

Of course, if Master Kang and his disciples can achieve great success without any harm, Sima Fei will naturally be happy. It will also show that he and the Earl of Nan'an both have the ability to judge people.

Both sides make money, and Fei Sima is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Master Kang knew that the favor of the horse bone would be repaid sooner or later, but he never thought it would come so soon and that his fellow disciples would be implicated and put into danger with him.

Since Deng Baichuan has already replied, Kang Dabao has no more reasons to delay.

Yuan Jin was still appointed to look after the two immortal seedlings, Song Cheng and Liu Ya. After Yuan Jin learned about it, he stammered for a while but still didn't say anything.

The morale of the team was low. Not only did the Shandugang cultivators who were recruited by Sect Leader Kang for the small annual salary of the patrol team look sad, but even disciples like Zhou Yixiu and Wei Gu, who already had a sense of belonging to the Chongming Sect, looked frustrated.

Ye Zhengwen had already heard the details of the small setback suffered by the provincial government at Xiaowu Mountain. The provincial government, led by the recorder Gun Shide and the military commander Qin Sufu, led a coalition of ten foundation-building warriors and 1,200 local masters to attack Ruijin Gate, but they were defeated by the opponent's second-grade best formation and have been unable to defeat them for three months.

Just as Gun and Qin were about to withdraw their troops, they had been besieged for too long. The only two foundation-building cultivators of Ruijin Sect became extremely anxious and actually sacrificed a third-grade lower-grade Lihuo Ranjiang Talisman left by their Jindan founder.

The self-defense treasures that the provincial court brought to the recorder Gun Shide were no match for the enemy, and the latter died immediately.

The commander of the army, Qin Sufu, was seriously injured and was rescued by Yin Shangong in the battle. He was still receiving treatment in the provincial court.

Most of the other ten foundation-building masters were killed or injured, and the various forces fell apart. They were attacked and killed by the disciples of Ruijin Sect who shared the same hatred of the enemy. They were completely defeated and suffered countless casualties.

Not only the disciples shuddered at the news, but even Master Kang was sweating profusely.

Our Lord Earl is really a man who cares a lot about his reputation. Even though the state government suffered such a great defeat, the news sent down was just the word "minor setback".

The situation was so serious that Kang Dabao didn't know whether he would be selected by Sima Fei to go to Xiaowu Mountain to show his loyalty to the Earl of Nan'an after he took his men to the provincial court.

Kang Dabao had thought about asking Taoist Heilu for help, but the latter had returned the seal of the head of Hemu Dao to his nephew named Han two years ago, and had been practicing as a casual cultivator ever since.

The biggest reason was that the younger generations of Helu Daoist were useless, which hurt the pure Taoist's heart. But Helu Daoist himself also wanted to transcend the dispute between the two sides of Chuyunjiaozhou.

If we ask Taoist Heilu for help again at this time, it would inevitably make the elders feel embarrassed.

In addition, as long as the Taoist Heilu does not promise to join the provincial court, it is hard to say how much face he will have in the eyes of Sima Fei, so this thing naturally cannot be done.

So no matter how you feel, you have to go to Yunjiaozhou Court first.

Integrating one's own disciples is only the first step. The families in Pingrong County have experienced a few years of relatively peaceful days, and a wave of new and young monks have just emerged. It is a good time to harvest.

As the county lieutenant of Pingrong, Kang Dabao still had to recruit men and reorganize the army.

Since coming to Yunjiao Prefecture, Nan'an Earl has never suffered any loss like the one at Xiaowushan. The conscription targets issued by the Sima Mansion are very high.

Fortunately, in addition to visiting prostitutes and playing with men, Luo Heng has done some serious work in Pingrong County over the years. He has recorded the names of each family quite clearly and is almost more familiar with the situation of each family than Kang Dazhang, a local resident.

The clerks in the county arrested people from each household according to the records of County Monarch Luo Heng, while County Lieutenant Kang held County Monarch Luo and tortured him.

Since the provincial court wanted him to be loyal, then Pingrong County simply didn't keep any eunuchs, and the county magistrate and the county lieutenant personally braved the rocks and led the way for the king, which was both tragic and heroic, and even more so showed their loyalty.

When all the people in the county had gathered, Sect Leader Kang took a closer look and found that apart from the entire Chongming Sect that had 52 Qi-cultivating monks, the rest of the families in Pingrong County only had 321 people in total.

Kang Dabao finally realized that his own family had been the cause of the uprising in the county and let out a long sigh.

It is really not easy to take advantage of the provincial court. Although people in Yunjiao Province often lose their families and even their families have been wiped out while they are building their foundation, the Chongming Sect is doing smoothly, with many children being born and becoming quite prosperous.

But after this war, most of the capital that Master Kang had saved through his hard work would probably be lost.

My disciples who grew up in the sect were forced to recite scriptures and learn skills all day long. Not only could they not enjoy the joy of childhood like other children of the same age, but they also had to follow me, the leader, into battle with their heads on the line before they even had a chance to experience the benefits of being an "immortal".
Kang Dabao felt so guilty that he was unable to speak.

After closing the personnel book, Sect Leader Kang frowned and walked towards the county training ground. The pace of training the troops was still too slow. The state court had already started urging them to do so, and there was no time to delay.

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