Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 263 Return to the Other
"It's not easy to be the head of Zifeng Valley in Shen County. It's a great foundation-building sect, but it's only been a few years and two of them have died."

"Yeah, look at the Shen family members around you, they are laughing so hard, they really can't hide it."

"Oh my, fighting against one's own family is so embarrassing. Even if they colluded with outsiders to do such a big thing, why did they have to do it so blatantly?!"

Shen Baiyue's headless corpse had been left outside the gate of Shujian Sect for five days.

A cultivator with outstanding eyesight came out to check and found out that Shen Baiyue was surrounded and attacked by several people of the same level, and the fatal injury was caused by the "Mo Sword Technique", one of the signature Taoist techniques of Shujian Sect.

When the Shen family got the news and found out that their own patriarch had offended the leader Ye Zhen during a meeting in Shujian Sect, it was natural for them to conclude that Shen Baiyue was murdered by Ye Zhen's men.

Therefore, in the past few days, the Shen family has been waiting outside the Shujian Gate all day long, wearing mourning clothes and crying loudly. It is really lively.

Even though Ye Zhen had already used his sword skills, he believed that the injuries on Shen Baiyue's body were faked and did not contain any of the true meaning of the "Mo Sword Skills" passed down by the Shujian Sect.

Not only Shen Xing, the deputy head of Zifeng Valley who was clenching his tears, could not persuade them to go back, even Shan Sheng, an outsider who had been invited by Ye Zhen to drink for a few days, could not persuade anyone to go back.

That would have been fine, but there were quite a few cultivators who came to watch the fun, as if there was a big fair outside Shujian Sect.

This scene really annoyed the alliance leader Ye Zhen, and he almost lost his temper. He almost wanted to ignore the so-called impact and send a foundation-building cultivator to beat and kill the troublemakers from the Shen family.

After all, there is yellow soup in the calf pants, and outsiders will just laugh and don’t care whether it is feces or mud.

If Tie Liuyun came this time and prevented the Shujian Sect from raising their butcher knives, then Ye Zhen would probably succeed in his plan.

"Greetings, Commander-in-Chief!"

If fellow officials in the state were asked to choose the most notorious official among the current officials in the Yunjiao state court, Tie Liuyun would definitely be one of the top few.

This gentleman is ruthless and likes to use the Immortal Dynasty's reputation to make a big deal out of nothing. He often destroys families and cuts down mountains and destroys temples.

Over the years, there have been many well-known foundation-building cultivators who, after offending the Iron Commander, were charged with various crimes and died tragically in the water prison of the Demon-Catching Division.

Don't think that he came alone this time, and didn't even bring any of the notorious Xiezhi Guards with him. But just standing there, letting his bright red cloak fly around in the mountain wind, was enough to make many of his fellow foundation-building practitioners present feel uneasy.

It seems that Tie Liuyun obviously attaches more importance to the establishment of the New Yunmeng than Master Kang had previously thought.

Therefore, even this small faction alliance, which was created specifically to increase its political achievements, has become increasingly insignificant in the current state court force system.

But Commander Tie was a man who valued his reputation. After all, when the New Cloud Alliance was first established, Kuang Liuting had been informed. If Lord Bo suddenly decided to do something and the New Cloud Alliance had already disbanded by the time he came to ask about it, Commander Tie would be very ashamed.

"Ye Zhen, tell me the truth, was it you who did this to Shen Baiyue?" Tie Liuyun's eyes flashed with ferocity and he shouted coldly, not willing to give any face to Ye Zhen, the head of Shujian Sect.

"Commander, Ye begs you to understand and not believe the slander of those who have ulterior motives!" Being suddenly questioned like this, Ye Zhen, who could be considered the head of a big sect in Yunjiao Province, could not express his expression well.

Just by looking at his old face, which was as dark as iron and as cold as frost, you could tell that he must be filled with resentment.

"You'd better think about it carefully. If you don't tell me now, I'll ask you to go to Jiu Mo Si Shui later." Tie Liuyun obviously didn't listen to Ye Zhen's words. He said again, trying to intimidate Ye Zhen to confess his guilt, but Shan Sheng persuaded him against his will.

"Commander, please allow me to report." Shan Sheng stepped out and bowed. Noticing that Tie Liuyun's expression did not improve, he became even more worried.

According to his personality, let alone standing out at this time, even if Tie Liuyun and Shujianmen were fighting on the spot, he should just hide in the crowd and keep silent.

In fact, he was like this before, pretending to be tongue-tied and not saying a word.

But Shen Baiyue's death was really strange. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that even if Ye Zhen really wanted to take action, how could he arrange for someone to chop off someone's head right after an argument?
Even Tie Liuyun, an experienced criminal lawyer, could understand such a simple truth, but he still did it... This is even more strange!

"speak!"

Shan Sheng was almost startled by the yelling. Somehow, a feeling of sadness suddenly arose in his heart.

Thinking back to the past, he was a heroic young master who dared to lead dozens of Qi training clansmen with his ninth level Qi training body to surround the second-level monster market to sell it in order to alleviate the difficulties of his family.

Even in those days, this stern shout from Commander Tie would not have been able to make Shan Sheng, who was at the ninth level of Qi training, retreat a single step; but now, it could scare the head of the Shan family, who had already established his foundation for many years, into this state.

"There are so many people here, so I dare to suggest that you call for a meeting of the leaders of each family in our alliance, and then gather them in Shujianmen to talk." Shan Sheng took a deep breath, thinking that he shouldn't keep Tie Liuyun waiting for too long, so he just expressed his thoughts.

Tie Zhijun's expression changed slightly, he put away his cloak, and nodded in agreement: "Send the message quickly, the public is busy and cannot be delayed."

"Alliance Leader Ye, why don't you welcome Commander Tie in quickly!" Shan Sheng let out a long breath. Ye Zhen also tasted some bitterness after hearing what he said. His expression changed and he welcomed Tie Liuyun in person.

"Disperse, disperse. Commander Tie has said that he will seek justice for your family. Don't attract attention here anymore. If you anger him, let alone whether Fellow Daoist Shen can be avenged, even the dozens of cultivators in your Shen family may have to flee to Liangxi to fight monsters for their lives!"

At this time, the Shen family listened to what Shan Sheng said. The older one in charge whispered, "We can leave, but our family has suffered such a great change, and we are afraid that we will be sold out by the Shen family."

"Got it. Then you can also take Fellow Daoist Shen's remains in there. With Tie Zhihui by your side, he will definitely keep you safe." Shan Sheng turned his head to look at Shen Xing and Ye Zhen, and asked softly, "What do you two Daoists think?"

Shen Xing looked at the Shen family member who was asking for help, with a hint of sarcasm on his face, but he looked at Shan Sheng with a smile on his face: "Just do as you say, Brother Dao."

Ye Zhen just nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, fellow Daoist."

The old man immediately swept his eyes around. After all, he was the leader of a big sect. Those independent cultivators who had been hiding in the clouds above the Shujian Gate archway dared not say a word. They just covered their faces and shrank their heads, fearing that Ye Zhen would remember them and come to settle old scores.

Shan Sheng ignored Ye Zhen's actions. What he liked most in recent years was to earn favors everywhere. Hearing what the two said, even though he was still a little uneasy at this moment, he still felt that his efforts were not in vain.

Master Kang had only gone halfway to Tanggu County to check the accounts when he received the letter from Shan Sheng.

Kang Dabao was originally going to count the money peacefully, but was stopped by this incident. It was hard to say that he was in a good mood. But this matter was really big. Chongming Sect and Zifeng Valley were real allies, so the head of Kang Da had to hurry over.

When you are in a hurry to travel, the speed of this golden donkey is nothing.

Kang Dabao raised the spirit boat and did not hesitate to use the spirit stones. He hurried into the main hall of Shujian Sect, but he was still the last one to arrive among all the heads of the other families.

Tie Liuyun said in an unhappy tone: "Master Kang, why are you so late? Did I ask you not to move?"

"I dare not!" Master Kang bowed and said. Although he had already established his foundation, he still had the same attitude as when he was summoned by Tie Liuyun.

Seeing this, Tie Liuyun's expression instantly softened. He raised his hand and pointed, saying softly, "Please take a seat."

"Alliance Leader Ye, please send your attendants away." This was the first time Tie Liuyun had spoken to Ye Zhen in a nice manner in all these days. The latter was stunned at first, and then felt somewhat flattered.

This feeling was not pleasant at all. Ye Zhen cursed himself for being cheap, but still followed Tie Liuyun's instructions and dismissed his confidants. Then, he followed Tie Liuyun's instructions and opened the silent ban in the hall.

Tie Liuyun ignored the people who were building their foundation and only spoke to the Qigong practitioner from the Shen family who was crying with red eyes: "Listen carefully, Shen Baiyue's death was not caused by Ye Zhen, nor was it caused by Shen Xing and Shen Tu."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed.

The Shen family practitioner was about to cry out for justice, but was stopped by Tie Liuyun's cold eyes:

"Remember it, swallow it, and don't tell anyone. After you leave Shujianmen, gather the people you brought with you, and start mourning, cursing the Shen family, and Shujianmen. You must not stop until you receive my order."

"Junior, junior has remembered it!" The Qigong practitioner named Shen raised his head slightly, but seeing that the eyes of all the foundation-building practitioners in the hall were focused on him, he hurriedly bowed his head and kowtowed continuously.

"Go down. After the trial, I will take you back to Zifeng Valley." Tie Liuyun didn't care about Shen's intention to practice Qigong and arranged the matter on the spot.

After taking care of Shen's Qigong, Tie Liuyun turned his attention to the guest official of Hemu Dao who was good at water magic and built his foundation:

"Your name is Li Mingyuan, right? Your Yaoshan Li family was in a dilemma in the dispute between the legitimate and illegitimate children of the neighboring Yezhou Yang family. I thought the whole family was wiped out. I didn't expect that there was a fish like you who escaped the net."

Sect Leader Han of Hemu Dao, who was sitting next to Li Mingyuan, was so shocked that his eyes widened. He had only met this foundation-building senior by chance before. He had done a few transactions with him in the beginning, and the prices were all quite fair.

He also felt that this senior's behavior was quite chivalrous. Even when he saw some mortals bullying the weak, he would intervene. That's why he took the risk of inviting him to stay in the sect to protect the disciples.

He had never thought that this senior not only kept his real name secret, but also had such a big cause and effect behind him.

Kang Dabao sighed as he watched from the side. This Han was really bold. He didn't even know the man's background, but he dared to hire him as a guest elder. From this point of view, it would be difficult for him to stay as the head of the sect for a long time.

Li Mingyuan was also surprised when his identity was suddenly pointed out by Commander Tie. He had never thought that the Yunjiaozhou Demon-Suppression Bureau not only closely monitored all matters within the state, but also knew about even an unknown person like him in the neighboring Yezhou.

A glimpse of the whole picture shows that in the early years of the Immortal Dynasty, the reputation of the Demon Correction Department that monitored all officials and was feared by the whole world was indeed true.

I don't know how much of the Yunjiaozhou Demon-Snatching Bureau's functions have been restored under Tie Liuyun's leadership, but it has already become so powerful, which makes everyone present more vigilant.

He first gave Master Han an apologetic look before confessing his guilt: "The man in trouble is here to see Commander Iron. The overthrow of our clan is irreversible. From now on, I just want to practice in peace and not seek anything more."

"As long as you work hard, I can keep you safe unless the Yang family sends a senior cultivator or a pill master to arrest you." Tie Liuyun raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously not taking Li Mingyuan very seriously, and said:
"Alliance Leader Ye, Vice Leader Shen, although Shen Baiyue was not killed by you, you should also know that it's not that you didn't think about it, but you just didn't have the time to do it."

After these words came out, Ye Zhen showed a trace of panic on his face for the first time in these days. He was not afraid at all when facing the questioning of Tie Zhijun a few days ago, so he had his own ideas.

It was because he knew that before he could use the many methods he had planned with Shen Xing, Shen Baiyue's head would be taken away by someone else! In this way, he was naturally not afraid of Tie Liuyun's threats.

Ye Zhen exchanged a glance with Shen Xing again. Although the latter was known for his calmness in Zifeng Valley, he inevitably lost his composure at this moment. Kang Dabao and Shan Sheng also looked at Shen Xing, and they thought in unison, "This grandson is not a good person!"

Ye Zhen would have been fine, but Zifeng Valley had just suffered a major change, and they finally found a person in the middle stage of foundation building to take charge of the situation. But Shen Xing was willing to collude with outsiders and harm him. He is truly not a human being!
"A capable general in the alliance was attacked and killed, and you, as the leader of the alliance, didn't know how to come up with a countermeasure to deal with the change. You were secretly happy about it. You are really an asshole."

Tie Liuyun scolded Ye Zhen harshly again, until the head of the great sect broke out in sweat on his temples. In the end, he did not defend himself any more, but bowed his head and admitted his guilt honestly.

"In all matters, we should judge by deeds rather than intentions. I will pretend that I don't know about this matter! Don't make the same mistake again! I have said before that all families in the Xinyun League should set an example for the cultivators in the state and work together to serve Lord Bo and the Immortal Dynasty!

If you are undecided in the future, you must not attack privately, as this will damage your vitality. If you really cannot come to an agreement and need someone to make a judgment, you can also come to me. "

After Tie Liuyun scolded Ye Zhen, he did not say anything to the traitor Shen Xing alone.

This action of raising it high and then putting it down gently eased the tense atmosphere in the venue.

However, the sentence he added at the end revealed his thoughts again. It turned out that he still didn't want to give up the position of the new Yun League's supreme leader.

"Excuse me, commander, who exactly harmed Brother Shen?" No one spoke for a long time. Shan Sheng thought for a while, stood out from the line, bowed and asked.

"Not bad, there is always a well-behaved one." Tie Liuyun looked at Shan Sheng and praised him in his heart. His eyes narrowed, and seeing that his life was about to end, his joy faded a lot. At this time, he glanced at a fat head and cursed in his heart:
"This guy has really been bewitched by Fei Nanying, and there is no way to pull him back! It's a pity that the Sanlu Qingyun Pill I asked Xishan to give me has really fallen into the dog's mouth."

But come to think of it, Fei Nan'an first married the daughter of Sheshan Hall and then gave her the opportunity to build the foundation; in comparison, the Sanlu Qingyun Pill that I asked Tie Xishan to give me under a fabricated pretext is really much less important. No wonder this profit-seeking kid didn't come over.

The same goes for the Yue family in Hancheng. I have clearly said that as long as we can win over Kang Dabao, the Black Shoe Taoist and Jiang Qing will fall into our trap without any effort.

There are not many people in the entire Shannan Taoism who can achieve the Golden Leaf Taoist Foundation like the Black Shoe Taoist; Jiang Qing is also a rare talent who can build a Taoist foundation with his incomplete Taoist body.

Not to mention that the latter had just completed his Dao foundation, and he killed most of the Wei family members who occupied Wuyoufang with just one sword. Although this was because the Wei family's foundation was weak, they were almost surrounded and killed by a few Qi training juniors.

But it also shows that even after building the foundation, Jiang Qing's methods are still fierce.

By attracting Kang Dabao, we can earn these two generals. It is such a good deal, but the Yue family didn't know how to invest some money and do it well!

"You are short-sighted. No wonder your daughter has served Master Bo for so many years, but she can't even earn back her status!" Commander Tie cursed Master Kang in his heart, and then cursed the Yue family in Hancheng for a while, and then he responded to Shan Sheng's words:
"According to the information I have collected, it was Chen Ye who did it."

"Chen Ye?!"

"Chen Ye again?!"

"What deep hatred does Chen Ye have against my family?" Shen Xing murmured. As soon as he heard the news, he felt a little afraid for the position of the head sect leader that he had been looking forward to.

"This is just the beginning. Liangyi Sect has gathered a group of losers, with nearly ten people building their foundation and thousands practicing Qi. They have established a new Changning Sect in Baisha County, Jingnan Prefecture. The personnel composition will be sorted out by the people in the department in a few days, and then distributed to each of you."

Commander Tie paused, looked at Kang Dabao and Shen Xing, and said sternly, "You two families will be the first to bear the brunt of this."

At the end, I don't know if he learned the tone from Sima Fei, but he whispered again: "Let's prepare early, there will be a good fight."

The Liangyi Sect's move was quite significant. They didn't want to hide it, and they certainly couldn't hide it from the spies deployed by the Yunjiaozhou Demon-Snatching Bureau which was nearby.

Kang Dabao's heart sank when he heard the news. Commander Tie must have known the news long ago, but why didn't he let the families prepare in advance? Why did he wait until Shen Baiyue lost her head before making any move?
"I think after so many days, the news that I came to Shujian Sect to ask for punishment should have been spread by those nosy cultivators a few days ago." Tie Liuyun said again, and turned to Ye Zhenyan again and said:
"Leader Ye, please file a complaint with the provincial criminal department, accusing me of not listening to advice and forcing people to death with torture."

"I dare not!" Ye Zhen knew that Tie Liuyun must have a hidden meaning behind what he did, but he still had to act fearful and terrified.

Tie Liuyun could see what he was thinking and didn't say much. He just said a few words to comfort him and asked Ye Zhen to do as he was told.

He only thought to himself, "When those incompetent officials from the capital hear this news, they will surely feel as if they have found a treasure. They will exaggerate it and file a complaint against me."

"I have already found out the locations of the two foundation-building masters and ten Qi-training masters who murdered Shen Baiyue. They are bolder than I thought, but dumber than I thought. Such a simple paralysis trick was able to trick so many of them into staying put."

Tie Liuyun chuckled and glanced at everyone in the hall:

"I cannot move lightly, so I'll ask you to set out tonight to wipe out the remaining bandits and give a proper greeting to the Changning Sect on my behalf."

——A secluded valley near Shujianmen

There are some mortals here who are cultivating fields in the mountains. The land is barren and it is difficult to have enough food to eat after working for a year, but the good thing is that no one bullies them. Although life is hard, they can still get by.

If they had not confirmed again and again that the address given by Tie Zhihuizuo was correct, Master Kang and others would never have thought that the elite troops sent by Changning Sect could be hidden in the Wuling Valley, which is less than a hundred miles away from Shujianmen.

They didn't even disturb the rest of these mortals, but just hid here to see if there would be any opportunity they could take advantage of.

These people didn't expect that the opportunity they could take advantage of never came, but instead they were greeted by a group of death-chasing devils.

With a slight "click" sound, the prelude to this war was opened.

A Changning Sect disciple who was at the peak of Qi training was directly strangled to death by Shen Xing's long whip spiritual weapon, which broke all the bones in his body.

Shen Xing won the first place, and Ye Zhen was unwilling to fall behind. Because the heads of the various families did not bring their disciples with them this time, he, as the head of the family, had to go into battle alone.

Ye Zhen's method was much more powerful than Shen Xing's. When the bright yellow jade slip was unfolded, dozens of jade slips flew out one after another. None of the seven or eight Qi-cultivating monks in Ye Zhen's sight were spared, and all of them had their brains shattered by the jade slips.

The noise was quite loud, and two people who were practicing foundation building were alarmed.

Li Mingyuan was the first to go forward. His identity was exposed by Tie Liuyun. He wanted to take some credit to gain a firm foothold.

His water skills were truly remarkable. Even though he was only at the initial stage of foundation building, he was able to fight on equal terms with the middle-stage cultivator in yellow clothes opposite him.

Shen Xing was also eager to make a contribution, so he came to help him. With the help of this helper, the two early-stage cultivators were able to tightly entangle the middle-stage cultivator, the big man in yellow.

No matter how hard he hit with the golden hammer in his hand, the two men would not let him go to help the other female cultivator in blue who was intercepted by Ye Zhen.

The blue-clothed female cultivator was also a cultivator in the middle stage of the foundation building process. After fighting with Ye Zhen, an old foundation building cultivator who had been immersed in the late stage for many years, she showed signs of defeat after a short while.

Sect Leader Kang and Shan Sheng have similar personalities. They both know how to seek benefits and avoid harm, so naturally they want to take advantage of this opportunity.

The female cultivator in blue first took a sword attack from Shan Sheng, then dodged a stab from Kang Dabao's flag, and was then struck by Ye Zhen's jade tablet. Her eyes dimmed and her hand gestures froze.

Sect Leader Kang saw the opportunity and without stopping, he spread out the Mo Yuan flag and waved it. The flag lifted up the spiritual shield of the blue-clothed female cultivator, revealing her graceful and voluptuous figure.

However, although this female cultivator had a good figure, her appearance was not good. When the three Taoist priests saw her, they found it difficult to feel any sympathy for her.

Ye Zhen's jade tablet had consumed a lot of energy, and he was a beat slower. However, Master Kang's Divine Lock was one step faster than his. With a tug, the Six Yang Head on the female cultivator's neck was easily taken off, and became the capital for Kang Dabao to report his achievement.

"Eleventh sister!" The yellow-clothed foundation-building cultivator who was fighting with Li Mingyuan and Shen Xing saw this and his eyes were about to burst with pain. He was about to use some forbidden technique.

But at this time, there were five foundation-building masters by his side, so he couldn't do anything.

After Shan Sheng's flying sword, Li Mingyuan's water technique, and Shen Xing's long whip had served one by one, Ye Zhen's jade slips were scattered again.

The dozen or so jade sticks that flew out this time were much more eye-catching than those used against the young Qi-cultivating guy just now. They were golden and dazzling, and pierced into several vital points on the body of the yellow-clothed foundation-building guy.

Seeing that the man in yellow had become powerless after only a short while of building his foundation, Sect Leader Kang had no chance to take advantage of him this time. Three of the five men were eager to make achievements, so it would be unreasonable for him to snatch him away again.

Even the head in his hand, Kang Dabao was thinking of selling it to exchange for some supplies.

Shan Sheng was obviously thinking the same thing, so he put away his flying sword and let the yellow-clothed foundation-building cultivator be pierced in the head by Li Mingyuan's water spear. His body was taken back to his side by Ye Zhen's jade letter. He only examined Xing and found that he had made no contribution, with a bad look on his face.

After this great victory, Ye Zhen proposed to divide the contents of the two foundation-building bags equally. This was a very fair suggestion. If you think about it seriously, Ye Zhen himself would definitely suffer a loss, so no one had any objection.

Sect Leader Kang had made a small fortune and had also defeated an opponent of the same level in a battle for the first time after establishing his foundation, so he was naturally in a good mood.

Although he didn't know why Shen Xing didn't come to him to buy the head of the female cultivator in blue, taking this head to Tie Liuyun would at least be considered a credit, and it would also save him from being so unfriendly to him all day long.

They traveled quickly all the way back to the Shujianmen Hall. At this time, everyone saw that the Iron Commander, who was supposed to be sitting on the main seat with a golden sword and a large horse, was standing beside him with his breath held. A thin Taoist was holding a scripture in his hand and reciting it seriously.

Seeing everyone coming back, the Taoist scanned them one by one with a pair of sharp eyes, and finally stopped at the head of Sect Leader Kang who was holding the female cultivator's head.

The corners of his mouth curled up, and he uttered a word with a faint smile: "Okay!"

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