Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 278 Cleanup
The Jackdaw Mountains are quiet and deep after the rain. After being washed by the drizzle, they appear even greener and clearer.

A few raindrops were still hanging on the tips of the broad leaves, and were blown down by a breeze.

A drop seeps into the soil, making the grass sway and bringing joy to the heart; a drop splashes into the stream, causing ripples, then flows along the stream across the rocky beach, over the low hills, and finally merges into an underground river, carrying happy fish and fresh sand.

This is a secluded cave with the top about ten feet off the ground. It is seldom visited by people and has little spiritual energy. Only some weak low-level monsters and mountain travelers who come into the mountains to risk their lives will stay here for a short time and live for a few days.

But this time, the fish that had just entered the cave had no time to look around its new home before it was sucked out of the water by an invisible force and fell into the boiling stone cauldron.

"Brother Daoist Lin, this bat beast is really picky. Eating only fish is not enough. It actually insists on eating cooked fish. It's quite interesting." A big-bellied man looked at a thin-waisted woman in front of the stove and said with a chuckle.

The latter did not respond to him, but fished out the fish cooked by the spiritual liquid in the cauldron and handed it to a giant bat beast with an arms span of four or five meters beside him, which he started to chew.

Before the thin-waisted woman could speak, a narrow-eyed man beside the two of them took it over attentively and said to the big-bellied man:
"Fellow Daoist Jiao, you may not know that the bat beast has just advanced to the first-level intermediate grade, but my younger sister has always cherished it very much. She has been obedient to it since it was young, and that is why it has developed this habit."

The big-bellied man only nodded when he heard what the narrow-eyed man said, and looked at the huge bat beast without much interest. Instead, he looked at the thin-waisted woman's small waist, his eyes flashed with evil.

With a slim waist like Chu and long hair like Wei, this female cultivator from the Lin family is really beautiful. To be honest, the big-bellied man sometimes couldn't even take his eyes off her.

"I don't know when I can get some sleep."

People often say that only when you are well fed and warm will you think about sex.

But it is really laughable that the big-bellied man, as one of the few elite members of the Changning Sect who successfully hid outside the Chongming Sect, could actually have evil thoughts in such a precarious situation.

He then spoke softly, "There was a senior who had established his foundation in my Zhenling Sect and raised a second-grade, top-grade copper-clawed bat. I heard from the elders in my clan that he must have left a note to educate his descendants. After I go back, I will borrow it and let Fellow Daoist Lin take a look at it."

The narrow-eyed man thanked him repeatedly, but the thin-waisted woman ignored him.

She was too lazy to deal with the big-bellied man. She just watched the bat beast finish eating a one-foot-long fresh fish, then moved and walked to the corner.

The narrow-eyed man at the side apologized to the big-bellied man again, because the latter was not only the leader of this team, but also one of the most powerful figures among the nearly one thousand Qi-training disciples in Changning Sect.

This is a being who can try to build a foundation as long as the spiritual objects are prepared. In addition, this big-bellied man also has a good family background and is a relative of Dai Fu, the head of Changning Sect.

It was different from his own brothers and sisters who were not loved by their grandmother and uncle in the Lin family and were chosen by the clan to die.

If the big-bellied man had not signed up for such a dangerous mission as sneaking into enemy territory in order to earn some resources for building his foundation, it would not have been his turn.

The narrow-eyed man thought that since he was in danger, he should make friends with such a person, and there was no need to create a rift with him over such a small matter as offending his female relatives with a glance.

In his opinion, being able to return alive and safely is more important than anything else.

"Maybe I'll need help from others later."

The narrow-eyed man and the big-bellied man ate betel nut slices to amuse themselves for a while, and when it was time to eat, they took some fasting pills as usual. But in order to please the latter, the narrow-eyed man went down to the river himself and fished up some river fish.

There are some black clams in this dark river. Although they are not of high rank, they are delicious. However, if the black clams are far away in the water, they can block the spiritual consciousness of the cultivators, so they are not easy to catch.

Therefore, the narrow-eyed man had no choice but to go into the river himself, abandoning his dignity as an immortal.

After working for half an incense stick of time and picking up nearly twenty black clams, the narrow-eyed man picked up the silk bag, weighed the weight, and returned home satisfied.

At this moment, the barrier at the entrance of the cave made a loud noise. The Changning Sect disciple guarding the entrance looked serious, and was the first to release the black-haired zombie to protect him. He hurriedly shouted, "Someone is coming, disperse!"

This is the significance of the Changning Sect's team setting up restrictions at the entrance of the cave. If they are discovered by the Chongming Sect, the first thing these cunning rabbits have to do is to move to another place as quickly as possible through the retreat route they had prepared before entering the cave.

This cave is not a sect or clan land that must be abandoned. If these people defend this place to the death, they will sooner or later be blocked by the foundation of the Chongming Sect, and there will be no way to survive. Staying here is the worst option.

When the big-bellied man heard the noise, his face was horrified. Without thinking, he ran out through the secret passage he had prepared before, without even looking at the thin-waisted female cultivator in the corner.

The narrow-eyed man who was still standing in the river saw this and jumped out of the river, trying to move towards his sister.

The thin-waisted female cultivator had the same idea, and she rode her bat beast over. Just as she was about to meet the narrow-eyed man who had just landed, she saw a little light in the river and was startled: "Brother, be careful!"

When the narrow-eyed man heard the roar, his heart froze and he was about to react, but it was a step too late.

He only felt a cold wind blowing behind him, and a water arrow only half a finger thick broke through the surface of the river, cutting through the fairy clothes, and was only slightly deflected, and then pierced deeply into his left back.

"Bang!" The narrow-eyed man seemed to have heard the sound of his own muscles exploding, the wound was blurred, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

First, she controlled the bat beast to catch the narrow-eyed man steadily. The thin-waisted female cultivator's eyes showed anger and she shouted sternly: "You are looking for death!"

At his command, the bat beast flapped its wings violently, creating two sharp wind rays that crossed and dived into the clear river water. A beautiful female cultivator abandoned her water spirit clothes and was forced out of the dark river by the wind rays, but she was not panicked and fired six more water arrows.

This water arrow technique is just a low-grade technique that many cultivators learn when they first enter the sect. The bat beast recognized it and became arrogant. A large amount of spiritual light appeared on its wings, and it took the arrow.

Unexpectedly, the water arrow directly dispersed the spiritual light and made a hole in the flesh wing as big as a human head. The bat beast cried out in pain and almost threw the Lin brothers and sisters off its back.

The slender-waisted female cultivator was also surprised to see the power of Ye Yaoling's water arrow technique. The latter had achieved great accomplishments in this area, at least reaching the great success level.

What she didn't know was that ever since the Yokoyama Ye family was destroyed by Zhao Gu and other bandits, the beautiful female cultivator in front of her had started to study diligently every day.

In just a short period of time, the power of Ye Yaoling's water arrow technique changed from being able to only wet the spiritual boots of bandits and thieves to being a killer that could seriously injure late-stage monks.

One can imagine how much effort Ye Yaoling put in.

In fact, even if you count all the people in Chongming Sect, there are not many who are better than Ye Yaoling in the art of water magic.

"There are actually thieves in this river!" Several water arrows with great force shot out from the river again, and the disciples of Chang Ningzong who were nearby were frightened and moved further away from the secret river.

For a moment, there were cries of fear in the cave, but no one came to rescue the Lin brothers and sisters who were bitten.

Several Changning Sect disciples who were nearby wanted to find another way to escape, but at this time, several Qigong monks suddenly appeared in the river and stopped them all, so that no one could escape smoothly. This incident made the thin-waisted woman so angry that she gritted her teeth and took out a flying sword to fight against Ye Yaoling's several water-based Taoist magics.

The spiritual barrier at the entrance of the cave had been broken by the outside enemies, and Chu Huer and Ye Zhengwen led a team of patrol officers from the Anti-Theft Office to rush in.

The abilities of these patrolmen are certainly not as good as those of the elite soldiers of the Changning Sect, but they have been working together for many years and have a tacit understanding.

After entering the cave, without the orders from Chu and Ye, they formed a formation of three or five and surrounded one of the thieves.

These patrolmen did not seek to kill the bandits on the spot. As long as they could hold them back and wait for the powerful leaders to free up their hands to deal with them together, they would be considered successful.

“Don’t let anyone escape!” The one-horned bronze man in Chu Huer’s hand emitted colorful light again, scraping off a large piece of hard skin dirt from the black-haired zombie of a Changning Sect disciple.

The unicorn bronze man did not stop either, and smashed hard on the ten blood-stained claws of the black-haired zombie.

After the sound of metal clashing, the black-haired zombie's wrists were smashed and bent, leaving two or three black knuckles with nails falling to the ground. The one-horned bronze man was also knocked back into Chu Huer's hands.

The Changning Sect disciple frowned. Although the man in front of him was not bad, he was not afraid of him. However, the situation was not good now. Otherwise, he might have to stay and compete with him.

Ye Zhengwen had just used the Yellow Jade Ruyi to dodge the spirit beast demon wolf of another Changning Sect disciple. Seeing that Chu Huer's opponent was about to escape, the Ruyi turned around and emitted eighteen rays of mysterious light to cut off its retreat.

The Changning Sect disciple was decisive. Seeing this, he just put the black-haired zombie in front and ran away without looking back. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, several thorns about one or two feet long grew out of the open space under his feet and tied his legs tightly.

The Changning Sect disciple was horrified and used his hand as a knife to cut through the air, breaking most of the thorns. But before he could be happy, the thorns that had just been broken began to grow rapidly again, binding one of his thighs as before, and then showed a tendency to spread to his whole body.

This time his reaction was slower, and the sharp thorns on the thorns easily cut through his socks and long trousers. In just a few breaths, the entire lower body of the Changning Sect disciple was scraped away, leaving almost no good flesh.

Minor external injuries would have been fine, but the gradual loss of sensation in the wounds made him terrified.

After taking a few detoxifying pills at random, before he could even break free from the thorns, Chu Huer's one-legged bronze man had already knocked over the black-haired zombie that he had left behind.

Without any obstruction in front of Ye Zhengwen, Huang Yu Ruyi easily came to the top of the head of this Changning Sect disciple. Another beam of mysterious light descended, and the latter could not dodge, and his entire head was blown to pieces by this beam of mysterious light.

When Kang Rongquan saw this, he raised his hand, and the thorns on the ground instantly lost their spiritual light, turned into seeds and fell back into his hand.

There were only twelve elite soldiers of the Changning Sect in the cave. Two or three of them were quick and ran out of the cave, while those who were slow were stopped in the cave.

The patrolmen tried their best to surround the enemy and wait for Ye Zhengwen, Chu Huer and Kang Rongquan to come together to make the final decision.

Relying on this method of clearing out the enemies, it only took half a cup of tea and all the remaining monks in the cave were killed.

Even the slender female cultivator who was dealing with Ye Yaoling suffered the same fate. Half of her body was smashed to pieces by Kang Rongquan's silver ring magic weapon, and she died on the back of the bat beast together with the narrow-eyed man.

Except for the two people who escaped from the cave at first, all the other disciples of Changning Sect were killed.

On the side of Chongming Sect, only three patrolmen died and two were injured, but the injuries were not serious; one disciple of our sect was injured, that is, Sun Fu, who insisted on following and was eager for revenge. When he was besieging the disciples of Changning Sect, he rushed too far and was eaten by the spirit beast controlled by the other party, leaving several long bloody marks on his stomach.

Fortunately, although Sun Fu's injuries looked terrible, they were only external injuries and not serious. Overall, Chongmingzong still gained.

Ye Zhengwen summoned Kang Rongquan, Ye Yaoling and other disciples to confirm that they were all uninjured, and then instructed his patrolmen to clean up the cave.

Before they could even stop to rest, Yuan Jin came back with the big-bellied man's head in his hand with an indifferent look on his face. He whispered to Ye Zhengwen, "This thief is quite skilled and is also a man who doesn't mind losing face. After a few fights, he knew he was no match for him and turned around and ran away. It took some effort to catch him back."

"I think Senior Brother Yuan has made further progress in his study of the White Ape Sutra," Chu Huer praised. Although he did not recognize the big-bellied man leading the group, he had seen Ge Yangwei's abilities. Since they had the same status, their methods were not much different.

But Yuan Jin was able to kill the big-bellied man and bring back his head in just this short time.

This strength was truly terrifying. Even if Ye Zhengwen, Kang Rongquan and I were combined, we would not be able to defeat him. Even in the entire Yunjiao Province, there would not be many Qigong practitioners who could be more ferocious than him.

"Hurry up. According to the news from the Dragon Beast Master yesterday, Jin Yuxiao has discovered a low cliff where the thieves from the Changning Sect are suspected to be hiding. Once we have cleaned up, we can go take a look."

Ye Zhengwen shouted at the patrolmen who were searching.

Things really did not go beyond everyone's expectations. When Ge Yangwei's group was captured, they always thought that they were the first team sent by Changning Sect to be stationed near Chongming Sect.

However, after the group of Golden-Winged Owls under the Dragon Beast Master patrolled day and night, they actually found two places where disciples of the Changning Sect were suspected to be hiding.

This is not to say that Ge Yangwei and the others were all lying, but that the higher-ups of Changning Sect did tell them so before they left the sect.

The purpose is to confuse the public. If Master Kang had not become suspicious and only believed the one-sided words of Ge Yangwei and his gang, who knows how long the people in the cave would have to hide before being discovered by the Chongming Sect.

Ye Zhengwen organized the team and led them towards the low cliff.

The other low cliff was a little far away, and the cultivators traveled on the flying boat for half an hour. Yuan Jin released a top-grade mechanical puppet donated by Qiaogong Fort to explore the way, but what he saw was a deserted scene.

"It's too late!" Chu Huer sighed. He was just short of good deeds to exchange for spiritual objects for foundation building. He wished he could take the patrolmen to fight a few more battles with these rebels of Changning Sect.

"Brother Chu, don't worry. There are still some good fights to be had." Yuan Jin turned to Kang Rongquan and the others and said softly, "We originally brought the kids out to see more blood. Last time, they were still young and probably didn't know much when they went into battle. But we really can't do that anymore."

Upon hearing this, Ye and Chu both nodded in agreement. The Chongming Sect had recovered too quickly, and the foundation of the sect was still far inferior to those of the large sects that had been building their foundations for many years.

The disciples of the various brothers and sisters were also young and had not yet grown up. Even Kang Rongquan, who had the best talent, had not yet cultivated to the late stage of Qi training. With such strength, it would be a bit difficult for them to really go to the battlefield with Changning Sect.

This is why they took this opportunity to bring them here to wipe out the thieves. Otherwise, Jiang Qing alone with his sword would have wiped out these suspicious places long ago. Why should they go to so much trouble?
Yuan Jin calculated the time and it would take only one or two days for the leaders of the Xinyun League to come to Chongming Sect to discuss the conquest.

After Master Kang laid the foundation, his ability to dance with the long sleeves did not diminish at all. I wonder if he can find a good job away from the battlefield for the disciples of Chongming Sect this time.

"Big Brother should be able to do it."

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