Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 274 Friction
When Fei Shuhe got the news, he hurriedly got off the colorful cloud and hurried into Kang Dabao's courtyard with brisk steps.

Only when he saw Gun Yuyao lying on the couch in the dormitory with a red face did he let out a long sigh of relief, bowed to Jiang Qing and said, "Thank you so much, Sanlang! Otherwise, my sister from the Gun family would have been a big shot."

At this moment, Fei Shuhe's anxious expression was genuine. She and Gun Yuyao were very close friends, and they were sworn brothers.

Secondly, although the status of the latter, as a female official in charge of the Shangqin Palace, was not high, she was actually a person whose influence could reach the ears of the emperor. Even the Empress had asked her to make perfume.

If such a person died on the way to visit friends in Qinghan Courtyard, it is possible that all the Jindan ancestors in the Yingzhou clan would be questioned by the Empress and reprimanded.

Jiang Qing's heroic act really saved the Fei family from a lot of trouble.

Hearing Fei Shuhe's thanks, Jiang Qing only raised his eyebrows slightly, his face calm, and replied in a calm voice: "Sister-in-law, you are being polite."

After Shu He, at his own expense, drove Deng Baichuan away in Chongming Market, killed the elder of Huanjian League, and saved Huo Ying, Jiang Qing's opinion of him changed a lot.

The dissatisfaction in his heart gradually faded away. When the legitimate daughter of the Fei family could give birth to descendants for the Kang family of the Chongming Emperor, Jiang Qing would treat her as a real sister-in-law.

"Oh, young lady is so impatient." Nanny Sun walked in with a cane and had a wry smile on her face. She wondered why she hadn't noticed before that young lady had practiced the "Cloud Crane Step" so proficiently. She was afraid that she had already reached perfection.

"Eh? This furnishing, I'm afraid it's not the brother-in-law's bedroom? How can you put Gun Dian Zhi in such a place." Nanny Sun saw that there was a man's cloak on the rack at the door and felt it was inappropriate.

But after meeting Jiang Qing, Nanny Sun put all these aside for the time being. Her expression immediately became solemn, and she greeted him meticulously: "Daoyou Jiang."

The cultivation level of this Chongming Sword Immortal is now no weaker than his own.

With the added bonus of Bing Ye's foundation building and her status as a sword cultivator, although Nanny Sun built her foundation nearly a hundred years earlier than Jiang Qing, this hundred years of accumulation should not be underestimated, but according to his own calculations, there is no guarantee that he can get any advantage from her.

You are not even forty years old yet. This road ahead of you cannot be described with just the word "bright".
"Madam Shu'an." Jiang Qing bowed in return. After Madam Sun sat down, Pei Yi, who had been preparing medicine for the wound with Gun Yuyao, also spoke:

"Did sister-in-law bring a doctor? I am not very capable. Although Senior Gun's injuries are not life-threatening, it will probably take some time for him to wake up."

"Doctor Du has gone to the Jackdaw Mountains to collect herbs. The Dragon Beast Master has sent the Golden-Winged Owl to Xuanwei City to deliver a message. I think our doctor will be here tomorrow." Nanny Sun stood up and answered.

"Now that Madam has said that, I feel relieved. Since Sister-in-law is here, we brothers will go down first. If there is anything, just let me know."

Pei Yi and Jiang Qing, the two outsiders, were just about to leave when Fei Shuhe asked in a crisp voice, "Where is your senior brother? When will he return to the sect?"

"The head brother has not mentioned this matter. I only heard from Xinran that he left Chongming Market and went to Pingrong County. Things are busy at home, so I think the brother can't stay for too long. He should be back soon."

Pei Yi answered, Fei Shuhe thanked him, and the former said he dared not, and left the dormitory with Jiang Qing.

Fei Shuhe waved her hand and the door closed. She turned to Nanny Sun and whispered, "Nanny, bring me a pill of the Six Yuan Pulse Replenishing Pill."

"Hey." Nanny Sun responded, took out the jade bottle, uncorked it, and a snow-white pill the size of a grain of rice fell out of the jade bottle.

Fei Shuhe personally boiled a bowl of four-season water, gently opened Gun Yuyao's little mouth, and let the pill and water flow into her mouth.

This Liuyuan Bumai Pill is indeed a top-notch second-grade medicine for injuries. Gun Yuyao woke up in just half a minute. Her eyes slowly opened and she saw Fei Shuhe's pretty face full of sorrow: "Sister Feifei!"

"May the Taoist master bless me! I'm glad my sister has woken up!" Fei Shuhe burst into laughter, put his face close to Gun Yuyao's, and said:
"Sister, please don't get up yet. The medicinal effect of the elixir has not yet dissipated. You still need the medical officer to treat you. The medical officer from my sister's hospital will be here soon, and the medical officer from the Fei family should be on the way as well.

Besides, I have also sent letters to my uncle and Uncle Gun. I think the two bastards who dared to rob you will be captured in a few days. These fools from the countryside dared to attack and kill the imperial palace ladies. They are really bold. After they are captured, the whole clan will be executed. "

"Thank you very much, sister." Gun Yuyao forced herself to smile. Then she remembered to ask:
"Sister, remember that I was robbed by two men, one tall and one short. Their methods were brutal and not righteous. Also, a man in black rescued me along the way. He was a powerful swordsman. I wonder if he is safe now? Have you seen him, sister?"

"I just went out. When you are well, I will take you to see him." Fei Shuhe said, and seeing Gun Yuyao's agitated expression, he said, "Don't worry, he didn't even have a piece of his clothes hurt, unlike you. Just take good care of your injuries. That's my uncle Jiang Qing from my husband's family. He won't leave."

Gun Yuyao was somewhat surprised and asked in astonishment, "What a coincidence! Is that black-clothed swordsman actually my sister-in-law's junior fellow apprentice?"

"What a coincidence!" Fei Shuhe was relieved when he saw that Gun Yuyao was in good spirits. He said with a smile, "Well, you just woke up and need to rest. Let's talk about it after you have rested."

"Hey, sister, nanny, take care." Gun Yuyao said softly. The door closed, and a breeze mixed with the fragrance of flowers and plants flowed into the middle of the dormitory, making Gun Yuyao's face cool on the couch, making her feel a little comfortable.

She slowly closed her eyes, and the pain in her heart felt much better. At this moment, Gun Yuyao actually felt a little bit of love for the first time in her life.

Gun Yuyao seemed to recall the upright and resolute figure holding the sword. Before she fell into a deep sleep, she was still mumbling, "So his name is Jiang Qing?"

-

After Fei Shuhe and Nanny Sun left the dormitory, they waited until sunset, but Doctor Du still hadn't shown up.

This made the two of them feel something was wrong.

Before leaving this morning, Doctor Du told Nanny Sun that he wanted to go deeper into the Jackdaw Mountains to look for medicine, so Nanny Sun specially assigned a team of guards to him.

Doctor Du was born in a family of alchemists. He was cautious and always cherished his life, rarely taking risks. Normally, they were not far away, and should have received the letter sent by Fei Shuhe. According to the time, they should have returned.

At this moment, the chief guard and dragon beast master of Qinghan Courtyard were led in by Zhang Yue.

"What's going on?" Madam Sun frowned and asked.

The head of the guards was named Wang, a muscular giant with arms longer than his knees and a strong back and waist. His fists were as big as Nanny Sun's head, but when he heard the latter's questioning, he didn't dare to refute at all, and only showed a trace of shame on his face.

"The soul lamps of Doctor Du and the guards who were with him have gone out."

"News has also been sent from Yi Zi No. 1. It has found their bodies." The Dragon Beast Master also had a solemn expression on his face at this time.

"Who did it?" When Nanny Sun heard the news, her brows slowly relaxed and she asked in a deep voice again.

The dragon beast master frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "Yi Zi No. 1 said that the person coming was powerful, so it didn't dare to get close to see, so it just collected a wisp of energy from a distance."

As he spoke, the dragon beast master took out a three-inch tall colored glass bottle. Through the colorless bottle body, one could see a wisp of dark air inside it.

Nanny Sun summoned it casually and tapped it lightly, and the heavy yellow earth seal that was blocking the dark air at the mouth of the bottle fell off.

A dark aura rose up and was grasped by Nanny Sun. The dark aura gradually dissipated and was squeezed into a black pill the size of a finger joint by Nanny Sun.

Madam Sun used two fingers to crush the pill into smoke and said with certainty, "It's corpse qi! It's very close to the second-level corpse refinement!"

"Corpse refining? Is it the Changning Sect, the Fengzhou Ge family?!" Zhang Le, who stayed in the courtyard to lead the way, suddenly exclaimed after hearing this.

Nanny Sun comforted her, "Don't worry, little girl. The fact that Number One Yi came back safely proves that none of the people who attacked Doctor Du have established a foundation. Most of them are just here to serve as a vanguard. Go and call your parents. We will only feel at ease after we get rid of the bedbugs in this room." Zhang Le nodded hurriedly and ran out of the yard.

In fact, it wasn't just Zhang Le who was panicking. Fei Shuhe also had a worried look on his face.

She said to Madam Sun with a bit of sadness in her tone, "Doctor Du and the brothers must be compensated. After we capture the evil thief who committed this murder, we will transport their bodies back to their hometown in Yingzhou."

"Yes," Nanny Sun replied respectfully, and the other two felt a little warmed in their hearts after hearing this.

Not long after, Pei Yi and Jiang Qing, who had just left the courtyard, came back, this time accompanied by Yuan Jin, who had just been alarmed out of seclusion by the news of corpse refining.

"Madam Sun, are you sure that the attacking corpse is no more than top-grade first-class?" Yuan Jin was concerned and confused. Strictly speaking, as a junior, the question was too hasty and urgent, and a bit presumptuous.

Nanny Sun saw the nervous look on Yuan Jin's face, but she didn't show any anger. She said bluntly, "I guess this is what I guessed from the black energy. Even if it doesn't hit the mark, it shouldn't be far off."

Only then did Yuan Jin realize that he had been rude, and he immediately bowed to Nanny Sun to apologize.

Then he turned to Jiang Qingyan and said, "Rong Quan and several fellow apprentices haven't come back yet. I have sent a message, but Third Brother, you should take people to look for them first. Be careful not to cause any more casualties."

As soon as Yuan Jin finished speaking, Fei Shuhe also said, "Captain Wang and the Dragon Beast Master should also take the guards, the spirit birds, and Sanlang with them, so that they can take care of each other."

Jiang Qing nodded after hearing this, and took the two of them out to gather the troops.

Yuan Jin then said to Pei Yiyan, "Brother Pei, please send a letter to Qiaogongbao and ask Shabang, the head of his family in Pingrong County, to explain whether they neglected their duties in the military camps at the junction of the two counties and missed the people from the Fengzhou Ge family?

If this is true, and his family does not give an explanation, then after we capture him, we will go to Lord Bo and severely report his family."

Objectively speaking, what Yuan Jin said was a bit harsh.

The border between Baisha County and Pingrong County is so vast that although Qiaogong Fort obeyed the orders of the head brother and set up military camps at several key locations, it engaged in a tug-of-war with the Changning Sect for a long time.

But these tugs of war were nothing more than a bloody drama, which was used by the two families to report to their superiors. It did not mean that the military camp set up in Qiaogong Fort could completely guard the borders of the two counties.

Pei Yi felt something was wrong after hearing this, but considering that there were outsiders around, he couldn't reject Yuan Jin's idea, so he just said tactfully: "Senior Brother Ye is familiar with an elder of Qiaogong Fort. Why don't we wait for him to come out of retreat and ask him in person?"

Yuan Jin heard this and thought that Ye Zhengwen had failed to break through the ninth level of Qi training half a month ago and was currently resting. Calculating the time, he was afraid that he would be able to come out of retreat in the next one or two days.

After thinking about it, he felt that what Pei Yi said made sense, so he followed suit and nodded in agreement.

————In a secluded valley in the Jackdaw Mountains
An eight-foot-tall white-armored zombie swallowed the last piece of fat flesh and blood, then climbed up from a pile of corpses that had been broken beyond human form with satisfaction.

The two black-haired zombies on his side, which were of much lower status, saw that their leader had eaten his fill, and then they dared to pounce on the corpse, which was almost reduced to a skeleton, and eat some leftovers.

Ge Yangwei, the owner of the three-headed zombie, was holding several storage bags of various shapes in his hands, but his face did not show much joy.

His mission this time was to lead his team of skilled fighters from the Baisha County section of the Jackdaw Mountains to the section of the Jackdaw Mountains near Chongming Sect and set up an ambush.

This group of people were the vanguard troops sent by the Changning Sect's top brass to explore the way. According to the plan of the sect's elders, if the Chongming Sect was not sufficiently vigilant, they would continue to send people in batches to hide in various places in the Jackdaw Mountains.

One or two foundation-building cultivators must also be sent to lead the team. When the main force of the Changning Sect has attracted all the families of the Xinyun League to the front battlefield, elite disciples such as Ge Yangwei will be gathered together and placed in the weak points of the Chongming Sect to attack them by surprise.

But unfortunately, they got off to a bad start. Although everything went smoothly before, they were discovered by the medical officer from Qinghan Courtyard when they arrived near Chongming Sect.

Originally Ge Yangwei was a little afraid of alerting the enemy, but before he could give the order, one of his men took the first step.

Fei Shuhe's guards were obtained from the Fei family after the last hunt for Zhu He Jin Mo. They were quite capable. Even the medical officer who was not good at fighting, relying on his wealth, threw away stacks of magic talismans like they were free, causing great trouble to the disciples of Changning Sect.

In order to keep them, the team of twelve people led by Ge Yangwei now has only six people still breathing. Even among these six people, three have injuries of varying degrees.

Just now Ge Yangwei discovered that there seemed to be a magical bird flying above his head. He thought that it was most likely the golden-winged owl raised by the head and his wife of the Chongming Sect.

That beast has some fame, and if it finds out, we won’t be able to stay in this place.

But should we continue to move deeper into Jackdaw Mountain, hide and wait for the sect’s next instructions; or should we return to the sect along the same route we came from?
Ge Yangwei was a little confused.

So many people were killed this time, and we got nothing except a few storage bags.

If he goes back like this, it will be hard to say what future he, as the team leader, will have in the Changning Sect.

But if they don't retreat, the noise they make will be quite loud, and I think it should have reached the ears of Chongming Zong by now.

His family currently has two people who have established their foundation while alive. They are both famous and capable. Even an elder named Lin from the Changning Sect was killed by Kang Dabao.

Not only did their team not have anyone who had established a foundation, but half of them were injured. If they continued to march towards Jackdaw Mountain, they might not be able to escape the pursuit of the local tyrants.

After thinking for a long time, Ge Yangwei decided to flee back. He was not Chen Ye, so how could he practice Qi and fight to build a foundation? The people at hand might not be enough for Jiang Qing to use the second sword.

At this moment, the three refined corpses that had fought a fierce battle had eaten their fill of flesh and blood, making up for their previous losses and were in very good condition.

Ge Yangwei first let his injured fellow disciple bandage his wounds, while he himself took the corpse and two uninjured subordinates to explore the way forward.

Of course, there is also the idea of ​​getting rid of those burdens in time and running away early in case things don't go well.

"Senior Brother Ge, there are two people who are sucking in front of you!"

"Choose a way to avoid it!"

"Oh no, that dwarf has a strong sense of consciousness! He saw me!"

"They are useless. We can't care about them anymore. Just kill them and let's go back to Laoniu Mountain!"

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