Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 264 Return of Favor
"Greetings, sir!" When the cultivators, who were a little bit complacent because of a great victory, saw the Taoist priest, they immediately suppressed the arrogance that had just emerged in their bodies, straightened their clothes, restrained their expressions, and bowed together.

There are differences between building a foundation and building a foundation. Just like the two Lin family members who were building a foundation in Changning Sect, their abilities were not that great. Even if they fought seriously, one-on-one, and everyone played their cards, they would probably not be able to defeat Kang Dabao, who was just beginning to build a foundation.

As a result, they were suddenly besieged by five people of the same level from the New Cloud Alliance and had no power to fight back. They were killed directly. It was a pity that these hundred years of practice were wasted.

Until now, the head of Kangda still doesn't know who is in charge of his family. What is he thinking of keeping these two unrelated people?

For example, at this time, the five foundation-building masters of the New Cloud Alliance saw Kuang Liuting in front of them. Although they were both at the foundation-building stage, they still bowed respectfully.

After Kuang Liuting said "good", he no longer looked at Kang Dabao and others who had just returned, but turned to Tie Zhihui and warned him: "Be more honest in the future and have a little sense of propriety. You guys, don't make a scene."

Kuang Liuting's voice was very low during the call, but after hearing it, Commander Tie did not dare to be careless. His face straightened and he immediately bowed his head to receive the order.

Kuang Liuting was very clear about the so-called native-Hakka conflict among his subordinates. The two sides had fought to such a clear-cut point now, which might have been due to the indulgence of the Nan'an Earl.

However, forming cliques for personal gain and working together are characteristics of the dynasty, so Kuang Liuting couldn't interfere.

As long as both sides can maintain a situation of fighting but not breaking, and do not hinder his goal of reorganizing Shannan Road, then it will be up to them.

Once the golden elixir is completed, great things can be expected! Why bother to waste time and energy in the shallow pool of Yunjiaozhou Court?

After all, as Kuang Liuting thought, the two sides were fighting for food simply because there was not enough meat.

When the plates are made bigger and filled with meat, their mouths will be full of oil and their cheeks will be filled with food, so they can't finish it. How can they have the thought of fighting among themselves?

"County Magistrate Kang, you did a good job!" After teaching Tie Liuyun a lesson, Kuang Liuting looked at Kang Dabao with a rare look of satisfaction in his eyes.

If Nan'an Earl's personal attendant saw this scene, he would be surprised.

Because in the eyes of this nobleman, it is difficult to find anyone in the entire Yunjiao Province who he looks up to.

Although Kuang Liuting could not recognize the hidden Jade Leaf Foundation Establishment of Sect Leader Kang, he could see clearly that the latter had successfully established the foundation on his own without taking the foundation establishment pill awarded by the state court.

Even among prominent families, those who dare to break through and build their foundation on their own will still be looked up to by their elders.

What's more, Kang Dabao can actually create Ice Leaf, which is even more incredible.

You know, it is easy to build a good foundation but difficult to improve the quality of leaves.

Those large families in the Gyeonggi area that are above the wealthy families actually have a stable supply channel of Foundation Establishment Pills, which can greatly increase the probability of foundation establishment for their direct disciples.

But even so, it is not an easy task for each family to produce a master of Bingye Daoji.

Although this is not as rare as the purple and gold second-grade ones, in many Jindan sects in Shannan Road that are in a period of transition, it may not be possible to produce one in three or four decades.

At this time, if the head Jindan cultivator is more dedicated, he will try to shorten his cultivation time and cultivate his descendants. After all, if he delays for any longer, their Jindan family may decline.

It is not easy for such big forces as theirs to produce a Bingye, let alone Kang Dabao, who has the title of leader but is actually a rootless duckweed not much different from a casual cultivator.

The reason why Kuang Liuting had some impression of Kang Dabao, a small figure, was because of Fei Shuhe's incident, and secondly, he wanted to recruit the Black Shoe Taoist to serve him.

In fact, Nan'anbo did not think highly of Kang Dabao at all.

But at this time, Kuang Liuting was naturally delighted to see that the horse bones that he had pulled out accidentally could achieve such success.

"Ha, Fernando, don't think that his family has suffered a big loss. Now it seems that it is only a small loss at most." Kuang Liuting thought so in his heart. However, after hearing what Kuang Liuting said, the head of Kangda raised his head and bowed to thank him, "I don't deserve your praise, Master."

"Haha." Kuang Liuting just smiled and said nothing, as if he didn't pay any attention to the little tricks shown by Kang Dabao, the honest man.

Tie Liuyun also frowned and thought: "This Kang Dabao is so ignorant, how can he take credit like this? The master is such a big shot, how can he look down on a little girl like Xiaozhu?"

Tie Liuyun turned his head to look again. The naive expression of Master Kang looked so fake and pitiful, which was totally unlike his usual outstanding acting skills.

Commander Tie looked thoughtful, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He actually felt like he had learned something from this: "This kid did it on purpose!"

"The families in the New Cloud Alliance have always done a good job. They have devoted themselves to the previous campaigns against rebellion, and I have seen it all. This time, Shen Baiyue of Zifeng Valley was killed by villains again, and the families were able to work together to eliminate the culprit. Not bad, not bad."

In just one sentence, Kuang Liuting gave three "good" awards to each family in the New Cloud Alliance. Including Tie Zhihui, everyone had a happy look on their faces. Among them, Shen Xing, whose leader had just died, was the happiest.

"Tie Liuyun has already told me that this so-called Changning Sect is nothing but a bunch of losers gathering together to rebel. I don't believe they can make any waves. Just do your best and you will have a future.

But I think the New Cloud Alliance is still a little short of manpower. Let's put it this way. Although the Qiaogong Fort in Tiejiao Mountain has rebelled a few days ago, it is not right to ignore it. In this case, I will order his family to move half of his followers to Pingrong County within this year, and obey the orders of the Pingrong County Magistrate to fight against the rebels together."

The remaining few were shocked. Although there were not many true foundation-building cultivators in Qiaogong Fort, it could be considered a major foundation-building sect that was not much different from Shujian Sect. The craftsmanship of its mechanical puppets was somewhat famous in Shannan Road, and even cultivators from other states often came to buy them.

Just like that, they were split in half and sent to Pingrong County, and were specifically named and assigned to the Pingrong County Lord for dispatch. Didn't this provide a group of top-notch thugs to the legitimate Chongming Emperor?
Tsk, Kang Dabao is really lucky.

Kuang Liuting ignored their thoughts and when he talked to Tie Liuyun, his eyes moved back to Kang Dabao and he whispered, "Master Kang has done a good job. I have seen it all. Just do your best. When your legitimate son is born in the future, remember to invite me. I will come to congratulate you."

Kang Dabao, who has never liked exposing himself in front of the world, once again became the target of everyone's envious gazes.

But as the person involved, he did not feel happy when he heard Kuang Liuting's words. Instead, he felt heavy and as if he was being suffocated.

——Ten days later, Dantong Cliff—Kuai Family

There was a sudden rain last night, and the air was fresh.

The warm sun shone on several sparrows on the treetops in the yard, making them feel very comfortable. As the dew on their wings was gradually carried away by the sun, they chirped with joy and fell onto the grass.

Although the night rain made these little guys miserable all night, it made the loess soft and muddy, and the fat insects in the soil were easier to catch to make up for the swallows and sparrows.

But the little ones did not have time to eat their fill, as some pretty maids came over with nets and chased them away, so as not to disturb the guests' rest.

It was not until a breeze blew through the window lattice and the jade wind chimes beside the bed tinkled softly that Master Kang climbed up from the large fire spirit wood bed that the Kuai family had spent a "high price" to buy, feeling refreshed.

This is already the fifth day that Kang Dabao has been staying at the Kuai family. Before this, the intrigues with his fellow practitioners in the Shujianmeng and the Xinyunmeng were really tiring.

Not to mention that there are two great Buddhas, Kuang Liuting and Tie Liuyun, by his side. The string in Master Kang's head is really too tight.

It is better to come to the home of a small clan in-law like the Kuai family where there is no conflict of interest, and be served and eat and drink.

The only thing that made Kang Dabao feel a little regretful was that the pair of beautiful twins who had been carefully trained by Kuai En in the past to entertain him had been used as bait to recruit the wandering cultivators from Tanggu County to marry into his family.

However, he did not come to Tanggu County for this purpose. He came to check the detailed accounts of the Lingshi mine. After Shen Baiyue's death, the quota of the Lingshi mine in Tanggu County was set as Ye Zhen said, and there was no need to change it.

The quotas of Hei Lu Dao Ren, Chong Ming Zong, and Shu Jian Men were increased, He Mu Dao retained its quota for hiring guest foundation builders, Fei Yue Shan Clan took back the governance of more than a dozen Qi training clans that were previously swallowed up by Shu Jian Men and Zi Feng Valley, and the leader of Zi Feng Valley finally died.
All in all, everyone is happy.

With the arrival of Tie Liuyun and Kuang Liuting, the cohesion of the new Yunmeng has improved a lot compared to before. The morale of each family, which had just dropped due to the insufficient output of the spiritual stone vein, has also risen a little. After all, everyone has a goal to strive for.

As soon as he went out, a pretty maid from the Kuai family brought him food and water. Kuai En was a filial son and knew that his uncle had a good appetite, so he specially hired a chef to serve him at home all the time.

Don’t think that the Tang Gu and Kuai families have made a lot of money in recent years by marrying their daughters into the Chongming Sect and following the steps of Sect Leader Kang.

Thanks to this, Kuai En had some capital to recruit a wandering cultivator as his wife. So far, the Kuai family has more than a dozen cultivators living in their home.

Compared to the time when there were only two cultivators including Kuai En guarding the house after the younger sister of the Kuai family got married, the situation of the Kuai family has improved significantly, and they have completely established themselves in Dantong Cliff, a good spiritual place.

However, although the expense of hiring a qualified chef to live in the house is not much, it is not a small amount for the Kuai family. This shows Kuai Wu's sincerity and respect.

"Uncle, you're up. Did you enjoy your breakfast?" After breakfast, Kuai En received a message and came over to pay his respects respectfully.

There was not a single stupid person among the two generations of the Kuai family's patriarchs. Starting from Kuai Wu, he had been clinging to the thigh of the yet-to-be-emerged Kang Da leader, and relied on his own life to snatch Pei Yi to become the son-in-law of the Kuai family.

This was even more true for Kuai En, who had been very filial to Kang Dabao since he was still a child. Now that the latter had already established his foundation, Kuai En naturally had to be even more respectful.

"Good, you put in some effort." Master Kang also imitated Kuang Liuting and picked up these two words to speak. Not to mention, it felt like he was trying to be more stylish.

"As long as uncle likes it." Kuai En's smile was genuine, without any falsehood.

"Okay, now that I've looked at the accounts of the Blue Silver Mine and the Spirit Stone Mine, I won't stay any longer. I'll set off for the sect today." Kang Dabao took another sip of the spiritual tea and spoke slowly.

The accounts have been checked. The annual output of spiritual ore from the Blue Silver Mine is worth about 3,800 spiritual stones. This value is not fixed. It may be more in a good year and less in a bad year, but it is roughly stable at this number.

Among them, Tie Zhihui and Hei Lu's uncle each accounted for 40%, and Chongming Sect and Fei Family each accounted for 10%. In this way, Chongming Sect could steadily increase nearly 400 spirit stones every year.

As for the spiritual stone mine, the annual output is about 30,000 spiritual stones, and Chongming Sect accounts for 20%, which is 6,000 per year.
This is enough to quadruple the income of Chongming Zong, but unfortunately it can only be obtained for twelve years.

However, this can be regarded as a windfall. Once Chongming Sect gets all the money, there will be more than 70,000 spirit stones in hand!

In the past few years, it was possible to buy a foundation-building pill! This is a fortune that many foundation-building families have spent several generations to accumulate. It can be seen how important it is to stand on the right side of people, which can almost be called a step to heaven!
But this is not free. Starting this year, each family needs to dispatch a true cultivator to stay at the spirit stone mine to guard it.

Forces like the Shan family and Hemu Dao that don't have extra foundation-building skills can also hire reliable foundation-building skills to guard the place, but whether they're willing to spend the spirit stones is another matter.

When Kuai En heard that Kang Dabao was leaving, he tried to persuade him to stay for a few more days, but was rejected outright by him. This was because he had many things to do at the moment:
As the dignified Pingrong County Lord, Kang Dazhang should also take time to inquire about the military, political and people's sentiments in Pingrong County. Otherwise, the annual distribution of the spiritual stones would be too much for Kang Dabao to handle.

At least we should check whether the corrupt officials are too cruel to the people, and if they are too conscienceless, we should take appropriate measures to deal with them. If they are really too excessive, we should kill a group of them to make them restrain themselves.

The Yue family of Hancheng sent Yue Feng to settle in Chongming Market. Deng Baichuan would most likely come to discuss things with him. After all, the latter had not yet established his foundation, and he belonged to two different camps from the former. With only the protection of the two Sima, it would be difficult for him to have any restrictive effect on Yue Feng.
His foundation-building state still needed to be consolidated, otherwise the Yellow Dragon Hundred Leaf Pill that Jiang Qing had spent a lot of money to buy from Ye Zhen would be wasted;
There is also "Bei Ye Palace Ancient Original Body True Explanation Volume 1" that needs to be practiced. I don't know how much Moon Scale Stone Juice the disciples have found, and whether it is enough for one practice.
He still has to take care of his junior sister's affairs. Who knows, Yuan Xiyue might come to his house to snatch her away.

The sect's defenses also need to be strengthened. I'm afraid I'll have to add some spirit stones to buy a better sect-protecting formation. I'm afraid I'll have to go to Hancheng and Xuanwei City to buy some. After all, according to Tie Liuyun's intention, the various families in the Xinyun League will sooner or later have to fight against the newly established Changning Sect.

Qiaogong Fort will relocate half of its disciples to Pingrong County within the year. There should still be two or three foundation-building cultivators in the sect, and I wonder if one or two more will follow them.

Where will they settle down in the future? How will they get along with each other? What means should be used to control this family and make them as easy as an arm? These are also the things that the head of Kangda needs to consider urgently;
Also, what measures should be taken to implement Kuang Liuting's order for Fei Shuhe and I to have a baby?
In short, there are things to do and we really can't stay any longer.

In ancient times, a tea sage once said: "Steal half a day of leisure in this busy life." Now, Master Kang has already stolen many half days, so naturally he should go back early.

For this reason, even though the Ming family, who lived in the same county as the Kuai family, had sent someone to invite him the day before, Kang Dabao did not find time to go. In the end, it was the second master of the Ming family who came in person that allowed Kang Dabao to take the time to come out. He only had a few drinks with him and then said goodbye.

"Nephew, I hope that uncle can stay for a few more days and show more respect to him." Kuai En saw that Kang Dabao could not stay, and showed some regret on his face. At this time, Kang Dazhang took another closer look at him and felt that Kuai En had aged a lot.

Mo Jian saw the latter calling him "nephew" and "uncle" in a very affectionate manner. In terms of age, Kuai En and Kang Dabao were actually not much different in age and could be said to be of the same generation.

But now Kang Dabao has successfully built his foundation, while Kuai En is still a little short of the late stage of Qi training.

Now it seems that although the big round face of Master Kang is far from handsome, his complexion is as white as jade and he is very energetic; as for Kuai En, he looks older than Chu Huer and Zhou Yixiu, and does not look like a middle-aged monk.

Kang Dabao felt a sense of sympathy when he saw this, so he found two bottles of elixir and handed them over, advising: "It's hard to run a household, but don't let it stop you from doing it. You still can't slack off in your cultivation. Otherwise, the guests will bully the host in the future, and chaos is inevitable."

"Thank you, uncle." Kuai En took it immediately and thanked him.

After the exhortation, Kang Dabao and Kuai En pointed out two ways: "The Chongming caravan is recruiting again. If your family has suitable personnel, you can take them to Pei Que for a look;

Also, I see that your Dantong Cliff is rich in spiritual energy. If you can save up spiritual stones and create a few acres of spiritual fields, you can also ask Rongquan to come and have a look. He is a soft-hearted person. If you say more good things to him and flatter him, he will save you a lot of spiritual stones."

Kuai En was delighted, but the first matter was a bit difficult. Given the current situation of the Kuai family, how many of the monks who were invited to marry into the family would be brave enough to go to the caravan to do business?

The latter is quite feasible. By the time the spiritual field is reclaimed and managed carefully, life at home will be much better.

"Last time when I brought gifts to congratulate Uncle Shi on his foundation building, I heard Brother Mo, who came to toast and entertain him, mention that Chongming Sect is currently short of manpower in both the reclamation and cultivation areas.

I wonder if I can send these sons-in-law of my family to be farmhands, so that they can earn some spiritual stones. This way, they don’t have to stay at home all day and eat spiritual rice.

I heard that this matter was also the fault of Brother Kang. Brother Kang Shi is in charge. If he could be more generous and give all the regular salary to me, and then let me distribute it all, my family might be able to make some money.

There is also Uncle Zhou, who is in charge of spiritual plants in Chongming Sect. He has profound attainments in this field. If they can learn some skills and return home, they will make a lot of money! "

Kang Dabao used his promises to stimulate Kuai En's imagination, but he himself rode his golden-haired donkey and leisurely returned to the sect.

"Hey, my brother Yi, what month is it now?"

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