Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 359
The middle-aged man opposite who was stopped by Pei Que just heard the voice and looked over. His bitter face suddenly blossomed. He saluted and said humbly and respectfully: "It turns out that it is Brother Pei and Brother Ming. It's been a long time since we last met. You two are even more elegant now."

"You rascal, you are still so good at pretending. How have you been lately..." Mingzhe, who was responding to the middle-aged man's words with a smile, saw Pei Que, the leader, glaring at him, so he suddenly put away his smile and stopped talking.

"Yes, I really deserve to die! I only remembered that Senior Brother Pei was also a playful person, how could I have forgotten this relationship?! The little aunt of this head of the Kuai family is now Senior Brother Pei's aunt, the two are indeed real relatives!
It's also Kuai En's fault. He is so ignorant! He is always humble and submissive, but today, in front of Senior Brother Pei, he flirted with me and teased me as usual!"

Thoughts flashed through Mingzhe's mind quickly. Before he could speak again, Pei Que beside him apologized to Kuai En, "Junior Brother Ming is too impulsive. It was not his intention to be disrespectful. Please forgive me, Brother Dao!"

Kuai En would never offend the disciple of Chongming Sword Immortal for such a small matter, so he ignored Pei Que's words after hearing them. Then he smiled warmly and bowed again: "Haha, it is indeed Kuai En's honor to meet you two Taoist brothers today."

When Pei Que saw Mingzhe bowing his head and apologizing, his mood improved a lot.

The reason why he was angry was not because of what the latter thought, that he had treated Kuai En, a relative of the Pei family, poorly; but because Kuai En was, after all, a vassal lord under the jurisdiction of Chongming Sect. Even if he was more humble, he still had to look good on the surface, and Mingzhe should not be too arrogant.

As the third disciple of Master Kangda, Pei Que remembered very clearly the four words "be careful in what you say and do" that his master often said.

After all, the Chongming Sect suddenly rose to prominence, relying on the reputation of several teachers and leaders. In just a dozen years, the sect's reputation was raised to a level that ordinary foundation-building forces could only look up to. It was inevitable that some arrogance and laziness would arise among the disciples.

Therefore, as a disciple who is highly valued by the headmaster, Pei Que really needs to be vigilant.

When he spoke to Kuai En again, he resumed his usual smiling face, and then asked softly, "It's been a long time since I last saw Brother Kuai. Last time, I heard from Second Senior Brother that Brother Dao had acquired three acres of first-grade Lingsuxiang mountain fields in Hong County, right? You should be very busy, so why did you come to Changyun County?"

“Those three mu of Lingsuxiang Mountain Farm are not easy to take care of! Years ago, I specifically begged Brother Rongquan to take a look. He did give me some advice, but because I was about to break through to the ninth level of Qi training, I couldn’t stay for long.

But the farmer I hired was a fool. Even if Brother Rongquan explained it to him, he still couldn't understand. I was really worried. After all, if I delayed any further, I was afraid that I would not get any harvest of Lingxuxiang this season!
That’s why I came to Changyun County to seek help from a farmer with a good reputation, but the date was not right and we were unable to meet. ” When Kuai En talked about this, his face turned bitter again.

But Pei Que ignored him this time. This man was used to crying poor, and even the head of Kangda, who was an expert in this, had praised him.

If he continued with this topic, Pei Que would have to waste another ten or eight spirit stones today.

You have to know that the uncle and nephew have been giving a lot of financial support to this in-law over the years, not to mention their own aunt!
Because Pei Yi has been living in seclusion and practicing in seclusion for many years, the Pei family has also lost a large amount of income from alchemy, so the Kuai family is not well-off.

But even though Kuai En never complained about being poor in front of her, this aunt who cared deeply about her family still felt extremely distressed and almost wanted to pawn her only remaining set of decent fairy clothes to give some money to her parents' home.

It was also because of this relationship that Pei Yi had come out of isolation to ask Duan Anle about Lang Yi's industry.

This is why the Tanggu and Kuai families, who were not originally included in the latter's list, were able to obtain the three acres of Lingxuxiang mountain fields left by Lang Yi, which were enough to make the top Qi training forces such as the Caishishan Lu family and the Yushan fellow practitioners envious.

Don't think that Kuai En sounds so pitiful. If he can manage these three acres of Lingxuxiang mountain fields, he will have a stable income of three to four hundred spirit stones every year.

You should know that this number is enough to pick up a well-made, top-grade magical weapon in the Chongming Market. Even for some foundation-building practitioners with poor financial conditions, it is not without appeal.

That was why Pei Que did not listen to Kuai En's complaints about being poor. The latter had received a lot of care from the sect over the years because he had been very respectful to the Chongming Sect.

The life of the Kuai family is much better now than when Kuai Wu was willing to risk his life to ask Sect Leader Kang for Dantong Cliff. There is no need for Pei Que to worry about his family.

Seeing Pei Que remained silent, Mingzhe thought that the latter was troubled by the difficulties faced by his in-laws, so he continued:
"Brother Kuai Dao, are you here in Changyun County to look for Master Jia? Senior Brother Kang is indeed in seclusion and is not available for the time being. But I heard that Senior Brother Mo just returned to the sect after harvesting a season of tea-colored valley from Hengshan. Brother Kuai Dao, if you trust him, you might as well go and ask him when you pass by Pingrong County."

"Junior Brother Ming!" Pei Que shook his head with a bitter smile on his face. How could he not know this news? !
"Oh, I heard that Brother Mo has broken through to become a first-class intermediate-grade farmer in recent years! I was just afraid that he would not be able to spare the time, so I haven't... How could I not trust you? I will prepare it and bring the gift to your door to ask for it." Kuai En was overjoyed and clasped his fists to thank Mingzhe. The latter looked at Pei Que with some expectation, but did not get the enthusiastic response he expected.

"Junior Brother Mo is a very honest person. If he gets involved with this crying poor guy, he will suffer a great loss. I will have to warn him after I go back!"

Pei Que just thought of this, and a trace of doubt rose in his heart:
"I haven't been in the sect much in the past few years, so I haven't spent much time with Junior Brother Mo. But when I was talking to Second Senior Brother before the New Year, he did mention this matter.

At that time, he mentioned that Junior Brother Mo had not only made great progress in the way of farming, becoming a first-class mid-level farming master, but his cultivation had also advanced by leaps and bounds to the sixth level of Qi training. He was probably not far from the late stage of Qi training. It seemed that he had an encounter.

He didn't know if the Kuai family's request would delay his cultivation. He had wasted the first half of his life cultivating, which was not easy. Not only did he not have a master to accept him as a disciple, he couldn't even become an inner disciple.

Now that things have finally started to improve, we can’t delay any longer. I need to talk to him about this matter after I go back, and ask him to think about it seriously, and not worry about the reputation of my uncle and nephew.”

It was not appropriate to say this in front of Mingzhe and Kuai En at this time, so Pei Que invited Kuai En to go with him. Kuai En, who had originally planned to save the toll, was also happy to avoid the trouble of crossing the river.

Although Pei Que was much more stable than Mingzhe, he was a person who liked to joke around in private. After teasing Kuai En for marrying a young wife who was a casual cultivator, he asked about serious matters on the way.

In the past year or two, the first-grade, top-grade Cangcui stone vein mined by the Ming and Kuai families in Tanggu County has not been operating smoothly, and some things have been quite annoying.

Because now it is said that Tie Liuyun, who is a favorite of Nan'an Earl, is very dissatisfied with the head of Kangda Sect. As a result, the Shujian Sect and Zifenggu of Xinyun League have become more and more alienated from Chongming Sect.

The Ming family has always been close to the Kuai family and the Chongming clan, but now they are trying to make a living in the Tie family's territory, so naturally they are involved in a lot of trouble.

This time, Kuai En's complaints were genuine. He sighed repeatedly, but there was nothing he could do.

It is not a pleasant feeling to be targeted by a ruthless person like Tie Liuyun. Kuai En has also thought about moving his family out of Tanggu County, which is a dangerous place. However, he also knows that the reason why Chongming Sect treats their Kuai family so well is not entirely because of the marriage relationship with the elder Pei Yi who teaches martial arts.

Mingzhe was tactful this time and quickly changed the topic. The three of them soon became lively again, and Du Qing from the caravan would come up from time to time to join in the conversation. Time passed quite quickly as they talked and laughed.

"Speaking of which, the Chongming competition hosted by Senior Jiang from your clan a year ago was indeed brilliant!" Mingzhe, who ranked second in the competition, was touched after hearing Kuai En's flattering words.

He couldn't hide the smile on his handsome face, but he couldn't brag, so he could only say sincerely: "That's right, Brother Pei was a killer in the arena, won the championship in the last competition, and was praised by Master."

"Haha, the timing was unfortunate. Junior Brother Kang and Second Senior Brother were both in seclusion at that time. My first place is not worth much." Pei Que obviously did not take Mingzhe's praise to heart.

He was already 35 years old, and it was not until last year that he entered the seventh level of Qi training and became a Chongming True Disciple. This speed is not slow for a cultivator with four spiritual roots. But compared with Duan Anle, who also has four spiritual roots, it is far behind.

The latter was the same age as him, and was still practicing the Hong-level technique "Qingmu Baoguang Yin", but his cultivation had reached the eighth level of Qi training, making him the next foundation-building seed after Kang Rongquan among the younger generation.

Not to mention Duan Anle, even the fourth junior brother Jin Shilun who was serving as the garrison commander in Chongming City had already reached the sixth level of Qi training last year. It was just that his swordsmanship was inferior in quality, so he was defeated by Mingzhe, who had become a true disciple.

However, this is a ring competition after all, not a life-and-death fight, otherwise it is hard to say who will win.

This is because Jin Shilun has temporarily put aside his cooking skills and has been practicing hard in Chongming City for these years, and he has indeed killed many notorious passing cultivators.

After all, even if the world in Ping and Jin counties has been peaceful in recent years, there is still no shortage of people practicing this evil method which is making rapid progress.

Compared to before, these evil cultivators were simply more cautious and prudent, and they did not dare to show off their actions. Generally speaking, as long as a family here or there robbed some mortals for blood food, ordinary people would not care much.

Mortals are inherently fragile and numerous, and this number is so small that it is unlikely to affect the evaluation of each family by the two county governments.

But this set of tactics was difficult to implement under the rule of Chongming Sect. Even though Jin Shilun had practiced the art of cooking, he could not live without a knife, which also meant that the chivalrous heart of the young man in white clothes had never been put down. About two years ago, Jin Shilun's cultivation level was only at the fifth level of Qi training. In order to chase the fleeing enemy, he was lured into an evil cultivator's lair by a trap.

However, this group of evil cultivators underestimated the four disciples of the Chongming Sect Leader because of Jin Shilun's low level of cultivation.

Unexpectedly, this time he suffered a great loss!
You must know that even though his talent for swordsmanship is not outstanding, Jin Shilun loves it very much. Although the swordsmanship of "Selected Spiritual Swordsmanship" is not of high grade, only of the middle grade of the wild grade, Jin Shilun has mastered it and practiced it to perfection.

Therefore, even though he was in such a desperate situation, Jin Shilun went to the meeting alone and killed eight evil cultivators, including the evil leader whose cultivation had reached the seventh level of Qi training.

It was with this sincere heart for swordsmanship that Jin Shilun managed to hold on until Duan Anle and others came to support him. Even when the latter led his men to the evil cultivators' lair, Jin Shilun was already in danger and had been stained with blood. But he still had no intention of giving in, and continued to fight desperately with the evil cultivators with murderous intent.

But this reckless move also caused Jin Shilun to be reprimanded, and even Jiang Qing, while praising him, sternly warned him.

Over the years, there have been more than one similar incidents, but none of them were as dangerous as the above. Because of this, the Bu Guang in Jin Shilun's hand had long been nourished by the blood of the evil cultivators, turning it into a murderous weapon full of murderous aura.

That's why Pei Que felt that if Mingzhe had fought desperately in the last competition without any regard for means, he might not be able to be a match for Jin Shilun, who was weaker than him in terms of cultivation, magic tools, skills, and Taoism.

Even Pei Que, who stole the show and won first place in the small competition, did not feel that he could definitely defeat his fourth junior brother.

Speaking of which, Master Kang had a keen eye. None of the four disciples he accepted brought him shame.

Mingzhe was a little disappointed that he did not hear Pei Que's flattery. He turned his head and looked forward. In the distance, he could clearly see the archway of the Seven Stars Sect.

"Senior Brother Pei, Senior Brother Ming, the checkpoint set up by the Seven Stars Sect is approaching." Du Qing shouted loudly after returning to the center of the caravan.

"Well, Junior Brother Ming, prepare the usual expenses." Pei Que calculated that the profit, which was already small, was reduced again, and his mood became even lower. He whispered to Ming Zhe.

The Chongming Sect is much stronger now, but after all, a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Sects like the Seven Stars Sect that have been building their foundation for many years dare not offend them openly, but they also have many disgusting means to use in private.

"The most feared thing when traveling for business is getting into trouble." These were the heartfelt words that He Dezong often taught to Master Kang when he was still alive.

Therefore, since Duan Anle took over the caravan from the He family, Chongmingzong has never done such a thing as throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds.

However, this time, when the disciples of the Seven Stars Sect who were guarding the checkpoint saw the six-leaf green lotus flag held high in Du Qing's hand, their faces changed instantly. Not only did they return the flag to the leader Pei Que and even said "I dare not", they also sent someone to report to the sect's master.

Pei Que and the others were confused and uneasy, and after two quarters of an hour, they finally arrived to be welcomed by a foundation-building master from the Seven Star Sect.

"It's actually a Foundation Establishment cultivator who comes to greet you?" Pei Que was a little surprised. He was just a true disciple of Chongming Sect who also served as the leader of the caravan, and not a direct descendant of the Jindan Sect, so he shouldn't have such a presence.

"May I ask your name, young friend, and who is your master?" The Seven Stars Sect's foundation-building practitioner who spoke had yellow eyebrows and a kind face. He was a warm and gentle senior that Pei Que rarely met.

"I am Pei Que, my master, Kang Gong, whose name is Dabao. These are my two junior brothers. Junior Brother Ming is a disciple of our sect's elder Jiang Qing, and Junior Brother Du has a lot of experience and has been praised by all the elders."

After hearing Pei Que's words, the smile on Huang Mei's face became even more intense. He said softly, "So you are the disciple of Sect Leader Kang and Elder Jiang. It is a great honor to meet you today."

The two men bowed their heads in modesty. Although Du Qing was not mentioned, he had no choice but to follow suit.

Huang Mei's foundation building was more enthusiastic than everyone expected. Not only did he not accept the usual customs of passing through the border, but he also held a banquet. Pei Que and others could not refuse it out of emotion and reason.

In addition to the senior Huang Mei, who was the host of the banquet, there was also a senior from the Seven Star Sect who was also a member of the Foundation Establishment Sect. This was obviously of an unusually high standard.

Pei Que was confused, so he just ignored it for the time being and followed the two true practitioners to drink cup after cup of spiritual wine full of spiritual energy into his stomach in order to dilute his doubts.

The banquet lasted from noon to midnight, and not only did it make Pei Que and Ming Zhe drunk, but even Kuai En, a freeloader, got a taste of the feast, and was so bloated with the spiritual wine and food that he could not move.

The independent cultivators who made their fortune by following the Chongming caravan were even more overwhelmed. They were almost moved to tears by the dazzling array of spiritual food and spiritual wine.

Pei Que was drunk until the evening of the next day. After pushing away the pretty maid who was clinging to him and was not wearing any clothes, he began to search and check the situation of everyone in the caravan anxiously.

After the investigation, he was completely relieved. Apart from the fact that each of them enjoyed the best of the women, there was nothing else to say.

As for the goods carried by the Chongming caravan this time, the Seven Stars Sect did not touch a single bit of them.

"This is really strange." Until this moment, Pei Que's suspicion had not diminished in the slightest.

After all, the Seven Stars Sect is a force that has been building foundations for many years. It is not like the Changyun Ma family that Pei Que led his team to pass by before. Its foundation-building ancestor is about to die and is in a precarious situation. It doesn't make sense for them to be so courteous to their small caravan, right?
"Could it be that his family, like the Ma family, also wants to form an in-law relationship with my family?" Pei Que's mind suddenly emerged with the old face of Ma Wenhan, the ancestor of the Ma family, with deep wrinkles.

Just as Pei Que was lost in thought, the Yellow-browed Foundation Establishment Master, who had treated him warmly yesterday, came over with a smile on his face.

"I thank you for your hospitality, but I feel ashamed." Pei Que dared not joke with a stranger. At this moment, he put on the serious look inherited from the Pei family, which was very attractive.

"Haha, young friend, you are so modest. It's getting late anyway, you might as well rest for another day." Huang Mei did not give Pei Que a chance to refute, and entertained him warmly for another day.

The next day, Pei Que called Mingzhe and Du Qing, and gathered the caravan members including Kuai En who were still reluctant to leave this place. He ignored Huang Mei's persuasion to stay, and only refused the summons from his elders at home and insisted on leaving.

The latter had no other options and even went out to see them off for a while. This matter was really strange, and it was not until the very end that Huang Mei's foundation building solved the doubts for Pei Que and the others.

"When you go back to see Sect Leader Kang, please tell me that I have long admired Sect Leader Kang's demeanor and will pay him a visit someday."

"Has the master come out of retreat?"

"My friend, don't you know?"

As soon as Pei Que said this, Pi Dian was also surprised.

Then he said, "About five days ago, for unknown reasons, the only daughter of the head of the Xuanyue Sect in Dingzhou fought with Elder Jiang of your sect in Pingrong County. The daughter was defeated and killed on the spot by Elder Jiang. After that, the head of the Xuanyue Sect led the foundation-building elders in the sect and risked crossing the border to attack."

Pidian paused for a moment, unable to conceal his surprise, "A fake Dan was actually injured by your sect's supreme elders, Taoist Heilu, Sect Leader Kang, and Elder Jiang.

The Xuanyue Sect’s Foundation Establishment True Cultivators also suffered heavy casualties, and now they can only retreat back to the Xuanyue Sect’s mountain gate formation, unable to retreat any further! ”

"Ah?!" After hearing this, the cultivators in Chongming were shocked and remained silent for a long time.

(End of this chapter)