Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 299: Peaceful Place
The whole Pingrong County became lively because of what Master Kang said.

However, only two months had passed, and no matter whether it was a large foundation-building sect like Qiaogong Fort that was sent by the state court to move to Pingrong County, or a small Qi-cultivation clan like the Xue family that had been mostly destroyed, or a branch force sent by the Immortal Dynasty like Chongmingfangshi, all of them followed the rules and time set by Master Kang, paid taxes and gathered in the Pingrong County parade ground.

Several assistant officials who usually relied on their family background to bully and act recklessly in the county also changed their appearance and put on a submissive and obedient look.

"Qiaogong Fort, Hemu Road, Yushan Fellow Cultivator Association, Yuanyang Hall in the county, Caishi Lu Family, Songlinjian Xue Family. Reporting to the Master, a total of 51 forces are all here, no one is absent." Duan Anle, who was in charge of calling out the names, closed the roster and landed in front of Kang Dabao who was standing under the black banner on a wisp of breeze.

The latter did not speak, but nodded slightly. With just a gesture, he summoned all the leaders of the fifty-one forces.

While greeting, the head of Kangda raised his sleeves and a map curtain with a radius of ten feet suddenly unfolded and floated in the air. Everyone looked at it together. The huge curtain reflected the mountains and rivers of the entire Pingrong County clearly.

Not only are all the various forces included, but also the famous bandits and evil cultivators hiding places, their approximate locations are also drawn out and their general scales are clearly written.

Not to mention the various families present, even in the hands of the David Immortal Dynasty, there would definitely not be such a clear map.

Without waiting for the heads of the various families to ask questions, the head of the Kang family spoke up, "Listen, everyone. I summoned you here this time on the orders of the state court and Lord Bo. You must wipe out all the evil cultivators and bandit cultivators in Pingrong County within two months."

As soon as the words fell, one or two people in the crowd trembled with fear, thinking to themselves: "Wow, how lucky we are! It turns out that my family is not considered a bandit in the eyes of the county magistrate."

"Let's look at the map first." Kang Dabao didn't wait for the other cultivators to react for too long. He made a light pinch of the magic spell and hundreds of thick lines appeared on the map, dividing the entire Pingrong County into many areas.

While it was clearly marked which company was in charge of the mission, the names of the corresponding people were also written on the heads of the evil cultivation forces.

It was not difficult to find that the forces that each family wanted to attack were mostly far away from their clan. The leaders of each family present were not stupid people, and they knew that this was a strategy to prevent them from betraying their own people and colluding with each other.

Even though Kang Dabao had been distributed according to the power of each family in advance, there is no absolute fairness in this world. Those who get the easy ones will be happy, and those who have to chew the hard ones will naturally be worried.

However, Sect Leader Kang didn't care about their feelings. He waved his hand and the patrolmen drawn from Chongming Market fell into the various forces that had been determined in advance.

"Are the military supervisors ready?!"

"I only have two months, so you guys only have one month. Let me say in advance that there will be rewards for being early and penalties for being late. During this time, you can also try to tip off those friends in your family.

But I have to remind you that you must not be discovered by the soldiers I sent. Otherwise, I, Kang, will teach you a lesson."

As soon as these words were spoken, many of the heads of the various families frowned, bowed their heads to hide the fierceness in their eyes, and nodded their agreement.

The head of the Kang clan under the banner was wearing a black cloak, which gave him a stern look. With his excellent vision brought by his golden eyes, he could easily see all the small movements of the people below.

But after seeing it clearly, he just grinned and said, "I think some of my comrades may have some evil thoughts, which is not a problem. The military commander is also a soldier on the battlefield. It is inevitable that he will suffer some damage while doing his best for the country.

But I will say this today. If not half of the disciples of each family have been killed, and the military commander I sent out has an accident, then I can guarantee that the less than half of you will be sent to Liangxi and Haibei, where they will continue to serve the country!"

"Raised as a slave!" For a moment, countless people among the cultivators cursed in their hearts.

"Also, of the spoils seized this time, 30% must be handed over to the county temple as compensation and reward." Just as the first blow came down, the head of Kangda threw another blow without any hesitation:

"My fellow comrades, you can hide and retreat. But I still say the same thing. If you are discovered by me, you will know how powerful I am! I have my own ways and will definitely deal with you so badly that you will wish you could go back to your mother's belly!"

With only a few dozen words, the tone of the head of Kangda was gentle, and there was nothing powerful or resounding about it, but it made the leaders of the various families present feel a chill all over their bodies.

Even foundation-building cultivators like Mo Wen and Li Mingyuan couldn't help but raise their heads and look closely at Kang Dabao.

Both of them were outsiders, and they had not had much contact with Kang Dabao. Therefore, their impression of the latter was more like "a man who bullies women" and "a lucky guy" which were not good comments.

But after having experienced the battle in which the New Cloud Alliance forced the Changning Sect to retreat, the two of them knew that Master Kang was not someone to be reckoned with.

But when I saw him again today, I began to feel that Kang Dabao's temperament had changed again, and his sharpness had suddenly risen.

One of them came from a well-established sect, and the other had experienced the Jindan battlefield. They both thought they had seen some of the world and were not ignorant cultivators. But in their opinion, the killing and decisive aura of the head of the Kang sect today was not inferior to those senior military officers who had been in charge of the army for a hundred years.

"Sure enough, not everyone can be the legitimate son-in-law of the Fei family!" Mo Wen thought that the Qiaogongbao team might not be able to have any other thoughts in the future. The only thing he could do was to be a knife-maker for the Chongming Sect. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He was not the only one with mixed feelings. Many of the heads of the various families had watched Kang Dabao grow from a penniless peddler who walked the streets to the leader of Pingrong and the head of a major sect today.

Among them were people who were far superior to Kang Dabao in the past, people who had made fun of the "head peddler", and even people like Shao Meng who had taken advantage of Kang Dabao.

But now they all had to lower their heads and promise, not daring to even look at the foundation-building cultivator under the big banner.

They no longer had any arrogance at all. At this moment, facing the harsh conditions proposed by Kang Dabao, even though they were angry, they could hardly utter a word of "no".

A trace of jealousy flashed in Han Wo's eyes. He suddenly felt that his job as the head was very boring. He felt unhappy when he saw the head of Kang Da, but he was relieved: "No wonder Hei Lu chose you!"

The scattered and scheming Pingrong clans were unprepared before the attack, and were forcibly brought together under the threat of the head of Kang. Then they were labeled as "loyal to the emperor and serving the country", and soon after that, they were forced to disperse to various places to eliminate evil cultivators.

From this, it seems that after the head of this ship, Kang Da, blasted them aboard, he had no intention of letting them off easily.

If those people on the boat want to return to the shore, they can only take the lives and heads of the target evil cultivators as the cost of landing at the port, and no one can escape.

After the head of the Kang sect finished speaking, he used his golden eyes to scan the cultivators present one by one, and no one dared to look him in the eye. Even Mo Wen and Li Mingyuan, who were at the same foundation-building stage, also chose to temporarily avoid the limelight.

Kang Dabao's eyes finally fell on the three colleagues beside him. Nowadays in Yunjiao Province, the officials of the Xian Dynasty are much more valuable than before.

Therefore, the backgrounds of these three new assistants were not bad. Master Kang only needed to take a few quick glances at them and he could easily see the frivolous air emanating from them.

"I am saying this for them, and also for all my colleagues. I hope you three will give me some face and listen to me."

He couldn't match her in cultivation, methods, or even the background that she had always relied on. How could the three people in front of him dare to say a word? They couldn't even nod their heads, so how could they look embarrassed?

So they all responded in unison: "No one dares to disobey the order of the county lord!"

But they praised him verbally, but cursed in their hearts: "Damn it, just that little tribute is worth the risk for you? Where does this fat man get such a fierce aura? He is even more fierce than those veteran soldiers in the northwest border who have been fighting against the monsters for a long time. We need to send a message home immediately so that we can move to another place as soon as possible!"

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Lu Yunniang, along with a few newly recruited guests, surrounded a yellow-faced evil cultivator who wielded a bone flail.

They came suddenly, and the evil cultivators were not prepared, so they got a great advantage without intending to. In just one encounter, Lu Yunniang led her men to kill three of the five evil cultivators, and with another effort, only the leader was left.

The yellow-faced evil cultivator's cultivation level was not low, he was already at the eighth level of Qi training, and the evil skills he practiced seemed to be of a high quality as well. Therefore, even with Lu Yunniang and her five capable guests, it was difficult to defeat him.

"clang", a layer of blood covered the bone flail, which knocked back the Jiaowen Xuan iron scissors controlled by Lu Yunniang, causing the latter's knuckles to burst and blood splattered everywhere.

The yellow-faced evil cultivator had no time to pursue the victory, and he hit a guest from the Lu family who came too close, causing his brain to burst. Just as he was about to rush out, Lu Yunniang opened her spirit insect bag and blocked him with a group of spirit bees.

The yellow-faced evil cultivator cursed inwardly, and lifted the nail of his right little finger. The blood from the bone flail condensed into red blood essence the size of a grain of rice, and then hid back under his nail.

Afterwards, the yellow-faced evil cultivator sprayed the blood from the tip of his tongue onto the white bone flail. Ghost fire suddenly ignited on the flail, burning the spirit bees that were surrounding him with a sizzling sound.

Seeing that the ghost fire he was good at was effective, the yellow-faced evil cultivator showed no joy at all, and instead cursed: "Fuck you, you ugly woman from the Lu family. My brothers are living happily in the north of Pingrong County. What does it have to do with you, the cultivator in the south of the county? You can't ruin your hometown here?!" Seeing that Lu Yunniang just bit her lip and didn't answer after hearing this, the yellow-faced evil cultivator felt even more miserable in his heart.

He had heard before that Lu Yunniang's group of spiritual bees had advanced to the first-class intermediate quality, and the spiritual honey they produced could bring the Lu family hundreds of spirit stones in revenue every year. This could be regarded as the Lu family's largest source of income.

Now Lu Yunniang is even willing to take out these treasures that can generate spirit stones to fight the enemy. How can the yellow-faced evil cultivator not see that this is a fight to the death!

"When did we, the Five Heroes of Gaomudong, offend your Caishi Lu family? When your Lu Xun was doing business a few years ago, we didn't offend him and even treated him with favor."

Lu Yunniang did not answer. Seeing the spiritual bees that supported her family being burned to the ground by the ghost fire of the yellow-faced evil cultivator, she did not show any sympathy at all. She just took out the iron scissors with the dragon pattern and pinched the latter fiercely.

Although the yellow-faced evil cultivator is powerful, Lu Yunniang is not an easy person to deal with either.

Not only was she also a cultivator in the late Qi training stage, but in her early years, when she and all the cultivators of her clan fell under Jiang Qing's sword, she was also able to gain the latter's respect.

Under the leadership of Lu Yunniang, none of the Lu family cultivators held back. The yellow-faced evil cultivator was caught off guard and was unable to cope with the enemy. It only took a short while for Lu Yunniang to take advantage of the opportunity and cut open his bloody clothes with a pair of scissors, breaking his body and splitting him into two.

"When did we, the Five Heroes of Gaomudong, offend your Caishi Lu family?!" Huang Lianxie gasped for breath and asked in a hoarse voice as he was dying.

Lu Yunniang still did not answer, and cut off the head of the yellow-faced evil cultivator again. When the latter was dying, he only heard a half-sentence explanation from a guest official of the Lu family: "Your Majesty, you have been too cruel to the people, you should be punished!"

"Cruel the people?! Has it always been like this for thousands of years?! Mortals are crops, and we picked wild seedlings. We didn't cut the crops planted in your fences!
What crime have we committed? What crime have we committed? Even if it is the Lu family of Caishi, the Liangyi Sect, or even the David Immortal Dynasty, can they be much cleaner than us?!"

It would have been difficult for others to hear the angry words uttered by the yellow-faced evil cultivator before his death. Lu Yunniang picked up the storage bag with an expressionless face, and several guests gathered their dead companions and surrounded them.

"Master, before the military supervisor arrives, let's..." A guest official with thick eyebrows and big eyes looked at the bloody storage bag in Lu Yunniang's hand with sharp eyes. He only said half of the words, but everyone present understood.

"Shut up!" This well-intentioned exhortation was only exchanged for a scolding from Lu Yunniang. Although the guest official who spoke was stunned, he still advised: "Master, Fellow Daoist Ma died, and most of your spirit bees were burned by the evil cultivator's ghost fire. It is said that the family's future expenses will be much tighter.

The military supervisor sent by the clan has not accomplished anything so far. Do we really have to hand over this storage bag to him? We should at least take some valuable things first, so that we will not lose out!"

"Mr. Zhang, if you say one more word, I will pay you back the spirit stones right now so that you won't have any more trouble finding a brave host." Lu Yunniang's tone was so cold that all the guests present were horrified.

Apparently no one had expected that Lu Yunniang would so easily turn against her companions with whom she had just fought side by side.

Zhang Keqing's face fell visibly. At this time, the patrol officer who was going to check the evil cultivator's warehouse with two Lu family members also rushed over.

"Fu Junzheng."

"Master Lu."

After the two of them exchanged greetings, Lu Yunniang handed over several still-warm evil cultivator storage bags to Fu Junzheng. Unexpectedly, the latter did not ask any detailed questions, but directly opened the storage bags one by one and checked them.

Lu Yunniang's expression did not change after Fu Junzheng's action, but Zhang Keqing looked a little smug. "Why bother? It would be great if you just listened to me! You've suffered a loss! Women always lack some courage."

"The head of the Lu family is loyal to the country and takes the lead. I have just seen it. After returning, I will report it to the county magistrate. The county magistrate is kind and will not let the Lu family suffer any loss."

Fu Junzheng had just checked the items in the storage bag, copied them onto a piece of spiritual silk, and then took out the list he had just written down in the evil cultivator's treasury, checked it with Lu Yunniang, and then carefully left a spiritual power mark.

Under the watchful eyes of Fu Junzheng, Lu Yunniang pocketed about 70% of the spoils. Fu Junzheng then crossed out the corresponding tenths one by one and then signed and stamped his name.

These two pieces of spiritual silk must be returned to the county temple and stored in a warehouse, so we cannot be careless in the slightest.

"In this way, the two evil cultivation forces that the county lord has entrusted to the Lu family in Cai Shi will be completely wiped out. Afterwards, I just need to ask the head of the Lu family to follow me back to the county temple to report. If the other fellow Taoists have nothing else to do, you can go back first."

"Thank you, Junzheng!"

"I haven't accomplished anything, so I don't deserve the thanks from the head of the Lu family."

Lu Yunniang did not send the Lu family practitioners back, but followed Fu Junzheng to visit a mortal town under the jurisdiction of the Gaomudong bandit practitioners.

"There are bones on the road and people are like animals." Lu Yunniang sighed when she saw the lifeless scene before her.

Judging from the layout of this town, the population should have been quite prosperous in the past, but now there are less than a thousand people left in the town, most of whom are women of better looks, who are kept by the evil cultivators for their sexual pleasure.

Occasionally, a few young children appeared, but they could not speak, were naked, and walked on all fours, just like animals.

Fu Junzheng also felt uncomfortable when he saw the scene. He was recruited as a patrolman in Chongmingfang City because he was a bandit under Shao Meng. Even a man like him with a notorious record of bad deeds felt sad, which showed how cruel and violent this group of evil cultivators were.

He just opened his mouth and said, "According to the county magistrate's map, this place was a small town of 20,000 to 30,000 people more than 20 years ago. It was prosperous with commerce and travel, but now there are only a few people left."

Lu Yunniang was a little dazed when she heard this. This was just a small corner of Pingrong County. How many other places in the world had the same scene?
What is even more lamentable is that the fake golden elixirs in the Liangyi Sect were too lazy to take care of this matter; the civil and military officials in the Yunjiaozhou court were too busy to take care of it; and in the end, it had to be taken care of by a lowly official like Sect Leader Kang.

"It's their responsibility! It's their fate that the Kuang family can no longer rule the world!"

An overstepping thought suddenly popped up in Lu Yunniang's mind. She was so scared that she came to her senses and saw Fu Jun in front of her, bowing and apologizing, saying, "Master Lu, please wait a moment. I need to send a message to the nearby Liulin Wu family. This town was originally under their jurisdiction, and they still need to settle these mortals."

This was a good deed, and Lu Yunniang had no objection.

Only half a day later, the head of the Wu family rushed over in tears.

Neither Lu Yunniang nor Fu Junzheng meant to blame them. The Wu family was so weak that they were not even on the list compiled by the head of Kang. The head of the family was very old and his cultivation level was only at the third level of Qi training. How could he have the ability to compete with the evil cultivators for this town?

This world.
After dealing with this town, Lu Yunniang did not immediately return to Pingrong County Temple with Fu Junzheng. Instead, she first took the monks of her clan and the large amount of seized goods to the He family's simple warehouse nearby.

This warehouse was temporarily built by the He family to facilitate the trading of war spoils. Things like first-level spiritual ore and spiritual materials are large and heavy, and ordinary storage bags cannot hold many of them. They are also cheap, so it is convenient to sell them here.

The He family built a warehouse in the southeast, northwest, and northeast of Pingrong County. The time of construction was earlier than the time when Master Kang sent out the troops.

The warehouse is not only for trading, but also for spiritual food, spiritual wine, betel nut and fragrant tea. But the most important thing is the female cultivators of Yuanyang Hall.
Well, after all, according to what Master Kang said, being loyal to the emperor and serving the country should not be restricted by any formality.

The guests were very romantic, but the two younger generations of the family who followed Lu Yunniang out could only look on with envy.

After another night of delay, the next day, Fu Junzheng, with a haggard face, did not delay his work any longer and returned to the bustling Pingrong County Temple. For their return, Kang Daxianzun did not comfort them in time.

He's kind of busy, killing people.

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