Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 232 Tuogu
"Boy, you haven't come for a while, right?" Commander Tie was still in military uniform. He just glanced at the visiting card and put it down.

"It's just some mundane matters, I don't want to disturb you during your meditation." Kang Dabao was as respectful and humble as ever.

After hearing this, Commander Tie sneered, "Since we are here for the Ming family's affairs, it doesn't count as a nuisance, right?"

He turned around and said, "To be honest, if you are willing to sell me the green stone vein that Gun Shilu promised you at the market price, it is not a bad idea even if you want to spare the Ming family."

Kang Dabao smiled bitterly when he heard this. He had never expected that the things arranged by the fake Sima would be known by Tie Liuyun after only a few days. He just shook his head and sighed:

"Commander, you should know that I don't have the guts to do that. On the other hand, even if I take over this vein, what's the problem for you, Commander?"

The sneer on Tie Zhijun's face was not dispelled by the words of Kang Dazhang. He just said in a cold voice:
"Hmph, don't try to deceive me with these words! When you see your uncle Taishan, you cling to him and forget about me as your sponsor. You will probably be my pawn in the future to harm me."

Kang Dabao could tell that Tie Zhijun was quite resentful, and thought that the discussion would probably fail. Just as he was about to change his words, he saw Tie Zhijun wave his hand and say:
"I've explained the situation to you. If you want to help, just agree. If not, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare a feast. After you eat, stop meddling in other people's business and go back to look after your daughter and baby!"

Tie Liuyun has already said so much, so Master Kang can't say anything else.

I have tried my best, but my influence is insignificant and since I can't change anything, I have to give up and go back home. I can't sacrifice myself just to save the Ming family.

As for the Taoist Black Shoes, he had left a message in front of his uncle's door before leaving. After reading it, his uncle had his own thoughts. Master Kang had no right to interfere.

However, Kang Dabao had to eat at Tie Liuyun's banquet. Now that Commander Tie had become a celebrity in the provincial court, the standard of the banquet would naturally not be low.

The head of the Kang family took the opportunity to toast and gulped down a lot of precious spirit wine. The iron commander did not feel sorry for it, and asked the servants to bring more wine, and said with a smile: "You kid, you don't have any noble character at all."

"Commander, excuse me for making fun of you," Master Kang said as he was halfway through drinking. He changed the subject and asked, "Commander, have you ever heard of the Azure Spiritual Root?"

“Blue Sky Spirit Root? You, the son-in-law of the Fei family, are really knowledgeable. Just with those words, I mentioned a high-level spiritual plant that I have never heard of in more than a hundred years of practice.” After drinking, Commander Tie seemed to be in a much better mood. His tone was light and no longer as serious as before.

Kang Dabao ignored the teasing tone in Tie Liuyun's words and frowned slightly.

No wonder no one reported the news that Master Hei Lu was offering a reward for the Azure Spirit Root in the New Cloud Alliance.

According to Tie Liuyun's knowledge, he had never heard of the name of the Azure Spiritual Root. Then there must be few cultivators in Yunjiaozhou who have seen it, let alone know about it.

Sect Leader Kang had never thought that this item was so hard to find. Although he was disappointed, he asked again: "Then may I ask, Commander, do you know the whereabouts of the spiritual item that can complete the foundation?"

"Oh, I know." Tie Liuyun had a playful look on his face, "You haven't given up yet, and you still want your sword-cultivating junior brother to build his foundation? His body is already damaged, and even if he gets the top-grade foundation-building pill that your uncle gave you, the probability of him building his foundation is no more than 20%.

If the foundation is not established, it will just be a waste of high-quality resources. Why bother? You are making rapid progress yourself. At most, you will be able to use the high-quality pills after one round of practice.

By then, even if you yourself have the chance to establish your foundation, it will be much higher than your junior brother. The foundation-building pill was originally given to your family by the uncle. You are the head of the sect, so you should use it. Why do you have to do this?"

Kang Dabao was silent for a while, lowered his head and did not answer.

Tie Liuyun looked at him, thought for a moment, and then said, "The Yue family in Hancheng will hold a high-level foundation-building auction next month. There may be many good things there, and maybe the spiritual object you are looking for is one of them.

If your Black Shoe Taoist wants to go, give him this invitation. If he doesn't want to go, you can sell it. An ordinary foundation-building person would be willing to spend a hundred spirit stones to buy it."

Master Kang took it and put it away carefully. This matter was related to Jiang Qing's foundation building and could not be taken lightly.

Therefore, he still thought that after returning, he would shamelessly beg Taoist Heilu to go to Hancheng.

They were only halfway through their drink when the doorman came to report, "Commander, He Dezong of the He family in Hong County is here to visit with a letter from Senior Lang. What do you think?"

Tie Liuyun twitched his eyebrows, shook his head, and said to Kang Dabao: "You are so ignorant, brother. Do you think everyone can see my command?"

Just as the head of the Kang sect was about to plead for He Dezong, he heard Tie Liuyun continue, "Lang Yi is nothing. If he came in person, I would probably greet him with courtesy. A letter and a junior student, haha."

Although Tie Zhihui's tone was defiant, Kang Dabao did not think he was arrogant. He was indeed qualified to put on airs.

The state official looked obviously unhappy and said bluntly: "Kang boy, after you finish eating, take your brothers back by yourself. I have important matters to attend to and will not accompany you."

The head of the Kang family was not a person who did not know etiquette. After he stood up and respectfully saw Tie Zhizhi off, he tactfully left this magnificent mansion. He was then led by the gatekeeper to the side door and walked out, where he saw He Dezong, who looked embarrassed.

Kang Dabao was not surprised that the Ming family would write to the He family.

The mother of He Dezong and He Degong and Kang Dabao's master's wife were sisters from the same mother, both of them were legitimate daughters of Xue Lin Shanming's family.

The Ming family was He Dezong's maternal family, and he was closer than the three Kang Dabao brothers in terms of relationship. As the most outstanding junior of the next generation, it was normal for the Ming family to ask him to come up with ideas and solutions when they had difficulties.

However, Kang Dabao had not expected that He Dezong would go straight to Tie Zhihui to plead for mercy.

"Brother Shi, let's go." Sect Leader Kang pulled He Dezong away. The latter had nothing else to say. Most likely, after showing Lang Yi's letter, he had been ridiculed by his disciples and was unable to raise his head.

It was obvious that He Dezong was anxious, so Kang Dabao didn't keep him in suspense and told him directly what he had done with Tie Liuyun.

He Dezong was overwhelmed with emotions after hearing this. While he was worried about his mother's family, he also had complicated feelings towards his sworn brother Kang Dabao.

I am the dignified head of the He family in Hong County, and I cannot enter the door even with the letter from Lang Yi, a true foundation-building cultivator. Look at Kang Dabao, the Iron Commander not only jokes with him, but also has a banquet with him.
In Yunjiao Province, this treatment is probably something that even some down-and-out foundation-building cultivators cannot even ask for.

Seeing that his younger brother, who had always been very different from him, was now a guest of honor among the officials of the provincial court, He Dezong suddenly felt a little dazed.

As a so-called "extravagant person" among his peers, he seemed to have become a joke. This made him start to recite in his heart: "Building the foundation, building the foundation, it can't be too late."

"Huh." He Dezong was a role model among his peers after all. He was silent for a while before speaking again:
"I'm sorry to make you laugh. After my grandfather passed away, it was not easy for him to manage the household affairs. My mother always asked me to be more filial to her, but this happened. My mother was very worried and urged me to look for Senior Lang. I also know... but... oh!"

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Kang Dabao could see the fatigue in He Dezong's eyes. After hearing what He Dezong said, he also dispelled his previous surprise.

He was just wondering how could He Dezong do such a rash thing according to his way of doing things. It turned out that He's concubine forced him to come here, which made sense.

The two brothers returned to Xuelin Mountain hand in hand in silence.

When Master Ming learned that Kang Dabao had returned and He Dezong had also come to visit, he was very happy and invited the two of them to his quiet room for meditation.

During this conversation, Master Ming was not worried about the other people in charge of the Ming family. After listening to Kang and He's detailed narration of what had happened, Master Ming's face was full of worry.

Although Master Ming had known beforehand that this hurdle would be difficult to overcome, he still had some hope in his heart, thinking that the Iron Commander would not just be taking advantage of him.

After taking back everything that the Ming family shouldn't eat or take, even if the Ming family is badly hurt, they will still be able to continue their incense.

But I didn't expect that this iron commander would not even show the slightest bit of mercy.

It was true that in the eyes of Commander Tie, the Ming family, a so-called great Qi-cultivating family, was not worth any mercy.

"My grandpa has a familiar brother who works in the Demon-Solving Division. He also said that the Demon-Solving Division is busy framing some people recently." Before Master Ming's expression improved, he heard the bad news in He Dezong's words and became even more anxious.

Officials always say whatever they want. They framed someone, but how dare the Ming family, which can't even build a foundation, say a word?
Even if he said it, who would pay attention? A clerk in the Demon Correction Department only needed to carve a few strokes on the jade slip to kill a lot of people from the Ming family and other forces.

After He Dezong finished speaking the news, the three of them fell silent at the same time. Master Ming used his fingers to tap the red-hot teapot lid and bowl, making it tinkle.

The clear voice suddenly stopped, and Master Ming said, "Okay, let's stop here for today. The two brothers have had a hard time on the road, and they should have a good rest. Let's discuss it tomorrow."

The two of them followed the host's wishes and went back to their guest rooms to rest as their elders said.

But after Master Kang returned to his room, only half an hour later, Master Ming knocked on the door and asked, "Has Brother Bao gone to bed?"

Kang Dabao respectfully welcomed Master Ming Erye into the house. After Master Ming Erye sat down, he looked at Kang Dabao carefully again, sighed in his heart, and thought that he did not know how to judge people at that time.

If he had not done that thing of breaking off the relationship, he might have had the nerve to ask Kang Dabao to ask Taoist Heilu for help.

Nowadays, few people in Yunjiaozhou don't know that Taoist Hei Lu is closer to Master Kang than to his son. If Kang Dabao goes to ask for help, and the Ming family is also Master He's in-laws, Taoist Hei Lu might really come to talk to Tie Liuyun.

But the matter is done, and although Mr. Ming is short-sighted, he is not completely ignorant. Seriously speaking, according to the way the Ming family handled things before, Kang Dabao was willing to come to the Ming family to help at this time when the storm was about to come, and he was already indebted to them.

They have done their best and have been kind and responsible. Since the crisis of the Ming family cannot be resolved for the time being, it would be a bad idea to keep Kang Dabao here for long.

In order to prevent the disaster from coming too soon, if the other party is there, will they help or not? Will they save you or not?
"When my brother was alive, he once said that he wanted Eleventh Lady to be engaged to you. At that time, I couldn't object. Although I agreed, I was still unhappy in my heart. Who would have thought that my nephew-in-law would unfortunately pass away not long after, and this matter was delayed.

Later, my brother mentioned this matter several times, but your family became even poorer, and I stopped talking to him. As time went by, he stopped mentioning it. Now it seems that he is good at judging people. "

Mr. Ming spoke frankly about the past, and what he said was all true. Although his words were not as pleasant as when they met last time, Kang Dabao did not feel angry after hearing them.

He thought of the care that the old man of the Ming family had shown to his fellow apprentices, and he felt a special emotion in his heart. He immediately said, "I will always remember the old man's love and care."

Seeing Kang Dabao's sincere words, Ming Erye did not seem to be faking it. He also heard that he only mentioned the kindness of his deceased elder brother and did not even mention the marriage, so he knew that Kang Dabao must have some grudges in his heart.

However, he brought up the past friendship at this time, not in order to ask Master Kang to ask Taoist Heilu for mercy.

After a pause, Master Ming said what he had prepared before coming: "Brother Bao, to tell you the truth, I didn't expect you to come this time. I was blind and didn't know that you are such a loyal child. In this case, I will tell you directly. Please listen carefully to the following matters.

If you can agree, the Ming family will be grateful; if you find it difficult to agree, please do not force yourself, and the Ming family will not blame you in the slightest."

"Second Master, you are too kind. Just say it."

"First of all, my nephew has just been practicing for five years. He has the three spiritual roots of gold, fire and wood, and is barely capable of being cultivated. I want you to accept him into the Chongming Sect to practice this time. What do you think?" As soon as Master Ming finished speaking, he looked at him with a sharp gaze.

Kang Dabao didn't expect that the first thing was such an important matter. He had to lower his head and think for a while, but nodded in agreement.

"The second thing is that the Ming family may be wiped out in the future. If we have the strength to rebuild the Ming clan in the future, please protect one or two of the Ming family's descendants."

Sect Leader Kang thought about this for a longer time, but finally agreed. He added, "Let Second Master know that although I have agreed, I am not agreeing as Sect Leader Chongming, but as a disciple of my master."

Master Ming gave Kang Dabao another long look, nodded, and then said softly, "Okay, okay."

Seeing that Master Kang had agreed to two things in a row, Master Ming finally smiled, as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders:
"To be honest, I have never told even He Jia Dalang about these things. Since you have agreed, you can take these things with you."

This time, he didn't wait for Kang Dabao to reply, but took out a few things and placed them on the table.

"Qing'er had seen this book, "Ten Treatises on the Sword Classics of Qingfuzi" when he was a child, but I had selfish motives at that time and did not pass it on to him. Although the predecessor who compiled this book did not achieve false elixir, he had already grasped the true meaning of swordsmanship. Most of my skills also come from this book.

But I was dull and was burdened by my family. I didn't find the superior spiritual objects for building the foundation in my early years, so I gave up the idea of ​​breaking through the barriers and building the foundation. In the end, I wasted half my life, but it was difficult to understand the true meaning of the book.

I think Qing'er's swordsmanship is better than mine now, and he is in his prime, so maybe he can reach a higher level with this book. The Ming family is now full of mediocre people, so they can't use it. You take it back.

These are the deeds of two shops, both located in the corners and alleys of Xuanwei City. They were all earned by my brother working hard for the Huo family. Although the location is not good, the land in Xuanwei City is very expensive and can be worth some spiritual stones.

Now these two shops are rented out to outsiders, and they can collect about 100 to 200 yuan in rent a year.

Also, this is a farm that my family opened in Pingrong County in the early years. I originally wanted to give it to your master's wife as a dowry, but I thought that I couldn't find any property in Hong County to give to your concubine He, so I gave up.

This manor is quite famous. I think you know where it is. It is in Qingxi Mountain. This manor has 30 mu of first-class lower-grade spiritual fields. It was originally handed over to the family's children to manage, but they were all heartless and managed it so hard that it was not enough to cover the expenses.

I just rented them all out. I signed a ten-year contract with the Green Bamboo Gang, and it will expire in a few months. It's up to you to rent them out or take them back. These one or two or three things will be considered as a gift to my nephew."

To be fair, in the past, with the Ming family's wealth, sending a disciple to join the Chongming Sect was a great honor. If Kang Dabao had heard of this news in the past, he would have jumped for joy and would not have thought of receiving any gifts.

If his family had been willing to give all these things as tuition a few years ago, and if the young man they were sending was a talent like someone with three spiritual roots, it would have been no problem for him to become an inner disciple of a major foundation-building sect like the Puzhou Shishan Sect.

But now, they have to use the friendship between the two families to bind Kang Dabao, so that he can be sent to Chongming Sect.

Kang Dabao suddenly felt a little emotional. He was always greedy for profit, but for the first time in his life, he pushed the things back one by one, saying, "Second Master, there's no need to do this."

"Take it for now. You have taken on such a big responsibility for the Ming family. To be honest, these things are still a bit too little."

Seeing that Master Kang was still trying to refuse, Master Ming changed his tone and warned him, "Brother Bao, it's a good thing that you value friendship, but as a family manager, you can't value friendship too much. You need to be tougher, so that you can be a better manager of the family. It's not just about being tough when you're the head of the family, but also when you're practicing."

After hearing what Master Ming had said to such an extent, Kang Dabao stopped arguing. If he continued, he would seem to be pretending.

First, put "Ten Essays on the Sword Manual of Qingfuzi" in the most important place in the storage bag. Master Kang had heard Jiang Qing mention this sword manual before. Taking it back this time, even if it can't help the third son replenish his vitality, it should be able to make him happier.

When you think about how the Ming family, which was once so prosperous, now has to give up so much of its belongings in an attempt to survive in order to protect its bloodline.

Sect Leader Kang was just like his brother He Shi, and he began to mutter unconsciously in his heart: "Building the foundation, building the foundation, there is no time to waste!"

Then he went back to look after the third child and would not come out again until he had established his foundation!

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