Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 239 An unexpected start but a tail end
"Golden Core disciple?" All the foundation-building practitioners present suddenly quieted down, savoring the meaning of these four words.

Most of the foundation-building practitioners in Yunjiao Province have never even heard a lecture on the Golden Elixir, let alone become disciples of the Golden Elixir master.

The "Jindan disciples" that Yue Lan mentioned consisted of only four short words, which he could pronounce clearly in just a breath of time. However, it was a blessing that many ordinary cultivators had been hoping for for many years but could not obtain.

After hearing this, they didn't even consider whether Yue Lan had evil intentions or not, and there was already a hint of jealousy in their eyes when they looked at Jiang Qing.

As for whether to agree or not? They couldn't think of a reason not to agree.

Let's not talk about how great a blessing this is. Now Yue Lan has announced in public that the head of Liangyi Sect, Li Yun, wants to accept you, Jiang Qing, as his apprentice. Do you dare to refuse? Do you dare to slap the face of Jindan? Just relying on your newly promoted Bingye foundation?

Do you really think that a small Chongming Sect can offend the Liangyi Sect, a powerful sect that dominates several states, just by relying on luck and becoming a stooge of the provincial court?

To be more realistic, even a figure like Fei Sima does not want to be hated by any Jindan.

"If you are interested, the Sect Master has prepared everything for you, including the third-level spiritual veins, foundation-building sword servants, top-grade spiritual weapons, and cosmic-level skills. All treatment will be on par with that of the direct disciples of the sect, not a bit inferior. Jiang Qing, what do you think?"

If the words "Golden Core Disciple" could only make the Foundation Establishment True Cultivators present slightly envious, then the things Yue Lan was talking about now would be coveted by even the inferior Fake Core Masters, let alone them.

Compared with these, what else does Chongmingzong have? What can he compare with?

In the eyes of outsiders, the most valuable person in Chongming Sect now is the wife of Sect Leader Kang, Fei Shuhe.

Not to mention that this is the headmaster's wife, it will never fall into Jiang Qing's mouth. Even if it is true, it certainly cannot be compared with things like the third-level spirit veins, foundation-building sword servants, top-grade spirit weapons, and universe-level exercises.

According to common sense, there is no reason for Jiang Qing to refuse.

However, there are still two points that need to be considered: whether the Jindan cultivator of Liangyi Sect has deceived people and the attitude of Yunjiaozhou Court towards this matter.

This matter was really difficult to handle. After Yue Lan spoke again, Jiang Qing still had a calm expression, making it difficult for others to tell whether he was interested or not.
Kang Dabao had a worried look on his face, and for a moment he couldn't think of any way out of the situation;
Fei Sima's face was sullen, his teeth were clenched, his fists were clenched tightly, and he stared at Yue Lan with a bad expression:
The Taoist in black shoes frowned and looked at Yue Lan for a long time without moving his eyes away, as if he wanted to read something from the latter's expression.

Yue Lan took in the expressions of everyone present and sighed in his heart. It was just as the headmaster had planned. There was no unexpected surprise. It was true that being a Jindan disciple was a great blessing, and with the promised wealth, land, Dharma, and companions.

This was a favor that even Yue Lan, an outstanding figure in the Liangyi Sect, had never experienced. Coming from a small sect and with an incomplete body, how could he resist the temptation of such good fortune?
"What a pity," Yue Lan saw the reluctance in Yue Feng's eyes, and also saw the undisguised anger of Sima Fei and other state officials.

"If Jiang Qing agreed and Fei Nan'an did not agree, and called on the state court's lackeys present to beat Jiang Qing and himself to death on the spot, the leader would surely be very pleased." Yue Lan felt a trace of sadness in his heart. He had already thought clearly before he came here why Li Yun had ordered him, a member of the Yue family, to go out in person this time.

According to common sense, Fenan would definitely not allow himself to be brought back to Liangyi Sect.

The latter is a living signboard showing the state court's kindness to Chongming Sect. If Yue Lan really pried him back to Liangyi Sect, how would the state court officials present at Kuang Liuting explain it? It would be a joke to want to go back smoothly.

"Well, a fight is inevitable." Yue Lan immediately became alert. According to Li Yun's previous thinking, if Fei Nan'ao wanted to attack Jiang Qing, the Taoist Hei Lu would definitely help.

Add in Jiang Qing, Jiang Qing's uncle the Taoist Black Shoe and Yue Lan himself, and it would be impossible for them to win, but there would be some chance that they could escape back to the Liangyi Sect.

Even if one or two people were killed during this period, or even all of them were killed, Li Yun would not lose anything.

Li Yun was so happy that he could cut off the arm of the Yue family member who was playing both sides in the Liangyi Sect, and made the people in the state court drop the horse bones on the ground by themselves.

Yue Lan himself had thought this through clearly. On the way back to Liang Yi Sect, he would die if he died. If he failed to bring back Jiang Qing and complete Li Yun's mission, all the Yue family members in Liang Yi Sect would be in trouble together.

In this way, Yue Lan's current situation is quite similar to that of Ge Yangfeng, who was sent by the Fengzhou Ge family to escort the Wang family of Caishishan.

Yue Lan made a hand gesture and hid his wrist in his sleeve, ready for the fight. However, he did not expect that a clear voice would sound in the arena, which would make all his preparations go to waste.

"Thank you, Senior Yue, for your kindness. I have my own master in the sect, and I am not blessed to be a Jindan disciple." Jiang Qing just bowed his head to thank him, and said nothing else. He only said twenty or so words, but shocked everyone in the room and made a lot of noise.

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At this time, in the void, a thin Taoist saw this scene in the magic mirror and couldn't help but laugh and applaud: "Ha, Senior Li lost!"

A middle-aged monk with a face as white as a silver plate opposite the thin Taoist priest was slightly surprised, but then he chuckled and said, "Master, you are lucky to be able to guess even such a thing."

"What a pity. Senior's original idea must have been to wait until Yue Lan was beaten to death by those useless people, and then flash out, and before this junior came back, protect Jiang Qing and Taoist Hei Lu and return to Liang Yi Sect together, right?

It's not hard to guess. After all, among the dozens of people in Chongming Sect, only these two can barely catch the eyes of the senior. However, the senior probably didn't expect that this plan would fail. "

Kuang Liuting's expression was a little smug when he spoke. Li Yun was able to see through his thoughts with just a few words, but he did not show any anger. He still smiled faintly and said:

"Master, you are right. I never thought that Jiang Qing would be such a stupid person. I have been practicing Taoism for more than three hundred years. It is rare to find a cultivator as observant as him. If he is slow at one step, he will be slow at every step. Now that he has lost this good fortune, I am afraid he will die of old age in the foundation-building stage."

"Haha, then there's no need for you to worry about that, senior." Kuang Liuting could naturally hear the strong sarcasm in Li Yun's tone, and he no longer had a good impression of him.

The owner of Zhaixing Tower and His Royal Highness the Southern King had clearly set the ban of "not producing the golden elixir", but Li Yun still violated it again.

Not only did he violate the rules, but he also sent Yue Lan to engage in a "dog-eat-dog fight". If Yue Lan was really beaten to death by Fei Sima and his men, it would give Li Yun Shangxiu an opportunity to take action and satisfy his idea of ​​personally killing a few high-ranking officials of the state court.

Even Li Yun could take this opportunity to put himself on the victim's side and start a war again, in order to interrupt the Yunjiaozhou government's digestion and sorting out of the entire Yunjiaozhou plan.
"This old guy has such a dirty heart!" Kuang Liuting thought to himself.

If I hadn't thought about the clear divisions among the officials in the state now, and the rare opportunity of gathering them together because of Jiang Qing's foundation building, and wanted to see if they could still maintain some propriety towards each other when they met in private, I would not have come here specially to look for them.

At this time, Li Yun must be unstoppable, and he might even succeed immediately and return victorious.

"Alas, I had prepared a generous gift for this new disciple, but it's such a bad luck!" Li Yun sighed softly. Kuang Liuting could tell that he was talking to him, so he retorted: "Senior Li, what Liangyi Sect can give to Jiang Qing, there is nothing our state court cannot give."

"Can the provincial government give me spiritual roots to renew my limbs?" Li Yun Shangxiu did not argue, but asked again.

Now Kuang Liuting was speechless. He came from the capital this time. The royal family elders in the imperial capital gave him a lot of instructions, but did not give him too much money or gifts.

In fact, although Kuang Liuting's wealth is considerable, he certainly cannot compete with the Liangyi Sect, a behemoth that has accumulated wealth for thousands of years.

"Senior Li, can you make the decision?" Kuang Liuting knew the rule of Liangyi Sect, which was that each peak under its jurisdiction would take turns to send out a genuine golden elixir to become the leader.

Li Yun wanted to take out something like the Limb-Reincarnation Spiritual Root from the sect's treasury, but he couldn't do it without the approval of other elders. "It's just a piece of news, how can I not make the decision?" Li Yun smiled confidently and said calmly, "Isn't the treasure of the Fei Family's Sheshan Hall a blue sky spiritual root?"

After hearing this, Kuang Liuting narrowed his eyes again, as if thinking about something.

Li Yun just smiled when he saw this. Now that his plan had failed, it was pointless to stay here any longer, so he bowed and said goodbye to Kuang Liuting. He stretched out his hand and the clouds broke apart, revealing an inkstone-shaped flying boat. After Li Yun stepped on it lightly and landed steadily, the flying boat began to shine brightly and disappeared between heaven and earth.

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"Jiang Qing, did you hear everything clearly? This concerns your future path, so think carefully and don't make the mistake!" As soon as Jiang Qing finished speaking, Yue Lan was surprised and couldn't help but ask.

"Listen carefully. I am grateful for the kindness of Senior Li Yun and Senior Yue Lan. However, I have a master to follow, fellow disciples, and followers. I really don't have the blessing to change my sect and become a Jindan disciple." Jiang Qing's tone was so firm that even the head of Kangda, who knew the result at the beginning, was a little surprised.

Family members know their own business. The third child grew up on the shelf on Kang Dabao's back, so the latter naturally knows the former's temperament and character very well.

If Qing'er, who has been gifted since childhood, wants to change his allegiance, why should he wait until today?

The conditions of the Ming and He families at the time were much better than those of the dilapidated family of Emperor Zhongming, but Jiang Qing never showed any interest in them.

However, Master Kang had never thought that in the face of the invitation to the Golden Elixir, Jiang Qing’s choice would be so decisive.

To be honest, even Kang Dabao himself couldn't help but be moved when he heard the conditions that Yue Lan offered for Jiang Qing.

Even Kang Dabao was surprised, not to mention the other people in the scene, who were all stunned.

Jiang Qing had just finished his second reply, and before Yue Lan, who was delivering the message to Li Yun Shangxiu, could say anything, Sect Leader Kang saw several independent cultivators who were building their foundations were so angry that their faces turned red.

The expressions on their faces were obvious; they just wished they could replace Jiang Qing.

"Huh," seeing Jiang Qing's refusal once again, Fei Sima and Yue Lan both breathed a sigh of relief. Others hadn't reacted yet, but Yue Feng, who was standing in the crowd, felt a lot more relaxed.

Taoist Hei Lu was watching from the side. When he saw this scene, he thought about it for a while, and after a little more thought, he had figured out 70% of the truth.

Jiang Qing refused to agree to become a disciple of Li Yun Shangxiu. Except that Chongming Sect offended this Jindan Shangxiu to death this time, everyone was happy.

At this moment, the tense atmosphere in the room finally faded away. As the host, the head of the Kang family finally had the opportunity to stand up and apologize to the group of foundation builders: "My humble room is empty and I am sorry for neglecting you all. The places to stay are all ready. Please come and stay..."

"No, since Fellow Daoist Jiang has his own plans, I should return to the sect as soon as possible and report to the headmaster. Fellow Daoists, see you in the future."

It was not until this time that Yue Lan, the evil guest, finally showed a smile on his face.

After saying goodbye to the other practitioners, Yue Lan did not wait for their reactions. He placed his index finger on his ring finger, with his fingertips slightly closed.

After a moment, a second-level spirit goose came rapidly from the horizon. When it got close, Yue Lan leaped into the air and landed steadily on the broad back of the spirit goose, then rode away on the spirit goose.

Yue Lan had finished his business. Sima Fei and Sima Gunjia discussed for a while and then went to the guest room to rest. Because the two Simas were still staying here, the group led by Tie Liuyun were also reluctant to leave.

Sect Leader Kang had just settled these state officials and thought they could finally take a break, but he saw Jiang Qing could not stand the socializing and went straight back to his courtyard to practice.

After he left, how could Kang Dabao get away? You know, there were several foundation-building cultivators in the hall at that time, so how could he leave?

They looked down on Pei Yi, Ye Zhengwen and other so-called elders and deacons. Without Jiang Qing, their peer, there was only Kang Dabao who was qualified to talk to them.

As soon as the head of the Kang family came back, he was pulled aside by the head of the Shan family. The former showed a bitter look on his face: "Senior Shan, it's not that I refuse, but you have seen my junior brother, he really has no intention of getting married. As his senior brother, I am not good either."

"Hey, Master Kang, let me say this. I was not thoughtful before. My daughter is indeed not worthy of Fellow Daoist Jiang, but my family does want to discuss marriage with your family. What do you think?" Shan Sheng's original scholarly demeanor was gone, revealing a greasy and mercenary side, which seemed to complement a certain master.

"Senior, my family has severely offended Master Li Yun this time." Master Kang had a suspicious look on his face. Normally, at this time, how could the Feiyue Shan family dare to come up to them?

"Ha, your family has indeed offended Li Yunshangxiu badly, but in the eyes of Nan'an Bo, your family must be loyal beyond words! My Shan family is in such a situation, how can we not dare to take a gamble?!" Shan Sheng became quite excited when he said this, and clapped the folding fan in his hand against his palm, making a snapping sound.

“This” Master Kang knew that after the Feiyue Shan family had experienced the battle of Xiaowu Mountain, Shan Sheng was the only one left to build the foundation to hold on.

The state government provided relief and granted two foundation-building pills. However, none of the two foundation-building seeds that were carefully cultivated succeeded, and instead ended up with one death and one injury.

I heard that Shan Sheng had damaged his foundation in his early years, so his life span is much shorter than that of an ordinary foundation-building person, so he has a stronger gambling nature, which makes sense.

"To be honest with you, senior, there is no female Taoist priest of the right age in my family. If we want to discuss marriage, I am afraid I can only ask for the noble daughter in your family." The head of the Kang family showed an awkward look.

"That's easy. Your fellow apprentices are pretty good. How about that Pei kid?"

"I already have a wife."

"Where's that short, stocky, well-rooted kid?"

"One wife and one concubine."

"Who else is in your family?"

"I do have a junior fellow apprentice. He is a master of the art of Jia and has reached a very high level. He is already a top-grade master and has great potential."

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