Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 377 Changes
In the quiet room, a ray of morning light shines through the window lattice, sprinkling mottled light on the bluestone slabs.

The air in the room was filled with a faint scent of pine resin, and wisps of smoke were rising from the incense burner beside him. Jiang Qing took off his black clothes today, wearing a plain white gown, a long sword hanging from his waist, and a brocade eyebrow band on his head. He closed his eyes and concentrated his mind.

The war in Baisha County had subsided. Yuan Buwen stayed indoors with his children and close vassals, and even when the leader of the Liangyi Sect sent a letter personally, the Yuan family in Jingnan did not react at all.

Let Zheng Jiadan, who was injured, lead the tribesmen to repair the broken Laoniu Mountain formation. Under such circumstances, Jiang Qing and Yuan Jin had to give up the task of searching for the bandits early.

Jiang Qing didn't know why the old fox Yuan Buwen didn't care about the six golden elixirs of Liangyi Sect, and he didn't think about it. He just returned to the mountain gate with Yuan Jin and practiced seriously.

As a light sigh fell in the quiet room, Jiang Qing slowly opened his eyes, stood with the sword in his hand, and drew the sword out of its sheath. The sound of wind suddenly arose and a cold light flashed by.

The sword's tip pierced through the air, making a clear sound, like the sound of a bell or a golden chime in the wind. Gradually, the sound of the sword breaking through the air echoed in the room, without stopping.

Even until the wrinkles on Jiang Qing's forehead were gradually soaked with sweat, there was not the slightest fluctuation on his face.

He was completely focused on the Red Heart Blazing Sun Sword in his hand. As he danced with the sword, it drew sharp sword beams, radiating light in all directions, illuminating every corner of this quiet room.

About half a minute later, Jiang Qing's movements became faster and faster, and the sword light became more and more fierce, as if it could cut through the air in the quiet room. Every time the sword light touched the ground, it caused the ground to shake slightly.

Suddenly, with a crisp sound coming from the room, the bluestone slab engraved with prohibitions could no longer withstand the heavy pressure, leaving long and thin sword marks on it.

Seeing this, Jiang Qing closed his six senses, stood with his eyes closed, and read the "Ten Essays on the Sword Classics of Qingfuzi" several times in his mind, reciting it in a low voice for a while. This sword classic handwritten note given by Master Ming Er in the past was as he said, extraordinary.

Although Senior Qingfuzi remained at the foundation-building stage throughout his entire life, his attainments in the way of the sword were quite impressive.

Not only did Jiang Qing often review the old books to learn new things and gain a lot from them; even a self-proclaimed person like Heilu Taoist would occasionally take it in his hands to review and ponder it even today, only lamenting that he was born at the wrong time and was unable to have a long conversation with this soulmate.

In addition, Jiang Qing had already memorized the "Three Yang Sword Art" that he had practiced since childhood.

After he had perfected this top-secret technique of Chongming Sect, he had reached a height that no one in Chongming Sect had reached for more than a hundred years. Even so, Jiang Qing did not stop there.

This is due to the good family traditions cultivated by the great leader Chongming Zongkang through words and deeds, and the unity of all leaders and subordinates.

The Chongming Sect's Sutra Library contains all the sword techniques from the best of the Hong class to the lowest of the Huang class. Jiang Qing only needs to spend a small amount of good deeds, which is not worth mentioning to him, to read them all.

He had deep feelings for the "Three Yang Sword Art" and understood its true meaning, so he wanted to make some improvements on this basis, in order to add another commendable sword tradition to the Chongming Sect.

However, the sword scriptures collected in the Sutra Library came from various sources, and it is inevitable that some were good and some were bad. Jiang Qing had to put in a lot of hard work to study them.

However, the situation should improve slightly later.

This is because in the years since the External Affairs Elder Ye Zhengwen established his foundation, in addition to stabilizing his realm, he has been leading a group of disciples to compile and revise the martial arts manuals in the Sutra Library.

Today, with the concerted efforts of the disciples of the Chongming Sect, the specifications of the Sutra Library are far beyond what they were in the past.

Therefore, for such a major event, Ye Zhengwen's skills as a spiritual appraiser, which were very close to the second level, were not enough.

Therefore, Ye Zhengwen can only temporarily lead the younger generations to sort out the Huang-level classics. Only when they are familiar with it and have higher knowledge in the future, can they proceed to the next step of classification and arrangement of the Hong-level classics.

Obviously, sorting out the Sutra Repository is not a task that can be accomplished in a short period of time, and it may take decades to see initial results.

Before that, Jiang Qing still needs to study on his own and eliminate the dross while retaining the essence.

However, he is a sword genius that appears only once in more than a hundred years in Chongming Sect, and his aptitude is considered superior in the eyes of state officials like Fei Nan'an and Zhu Tong. It is only a matter of time before the "Three Yang Sword Art" will be rejuvenated and go further in his hands.

In the words of Taoist Hei Lu: "As long as we can find some powerful foundation builders to sharpen our swords and some mediocre alchemy masters to sharpen our spirit, Qing Ge'er's swordsmanship will be comparable to mine."

Jiang Qing knew that Taoist Heilius seldom said words of encouragement, so he kept these words in mind.

Although the head brother had been supporting the sect for decades, he could only be considered a paperhanger; the task of supporting the sect was initially done by the second brother Yuan Jin, and later when Jiang Qing grew up, he took over from Yuan Jin.

Later, Jiang Qing and Kang Dabao established their foundations one after another, and Yuan Jin was left far behind; and even though Jiang Qing had only established his foundation for twenty or thirty years, he had already had the experience of killing people of the same level in formation, which was rare among the false elixir and golden elixir disciples, but he still couldn't keep pace with the great master Kang, who had accumulated a lot of experience.

Jiang Qing claimed that he was not envious or jealous about this, but he felt disappointed in his heart.

Since he was young, he has made up his mind to be the sharpest sword in his senior brother's hand. No matter what kind of goblins, ghosts, and monsters are lurking in front of the sect's revival, he can sweep them away with one sword and cut through the thorns for his senior brother, and he will never regret it even if he dies!

But if he continues to fall behind his senior brother, he will have to live under his protection like the other kids in the future, which Jiang Qing cannot accept.

I don't know how long it had been, but I saw a ball of sharp energy rising from the whetstone on Jiang Qing's chest, as if it was going to sharpen his blunt weapon and temper it into a magic sword.

Until the morning light in the room becomes softer, accompanied by the spread of smoke from the incense burner, creating an otherworldly atmosphere.

Jiang Qingcai stopped chanting, gently pushed open the door of the quiet room, and walked out, leaving only the scent of pine and sword intent in the room behind him.

After stepping out of the quiet room, there was no one to serve him. Jiang Qing never used pretty maids or personal sword boys, and because Pei Yi failed to build his foundation and shortened his lifespan, Pei Que temporarily resigned from the Chongming caravan, and the business affairs were handed over to Mingzhe, Jiang Qing's only disciple.

Since Mingzhe had taken on this important responsibility, he naturally had no chance to serve his master well.

Fortunately, Jiang Qing never cared about these things. He called out the younger generation who was in charge of reception and read all the letters received during the retreat.

The first letter came from the imperial capital, where Jiang Qing had only one acquaintance, so it was needless to say who sent it. However, he was not interested in even glancing at it, and just casually put it in his storage bag and ignored it.

The second letter was from Ji Yunsheng, one of the Four Friends of Hanshan. The fourth brother, Lu Xingbei, had three of his six ice crystal spears broken on Laoniu Mountain, and the second brother, Zhou Zhaoyi, was seriously injured by Yuan Lang, the nephew of Yuan Buwen. He wrote to ask for help.

The former wanted to invite the Fei family weapon master to practice weaponry, and the latter needed the Fei family alchemist to cure his illness. Both were important matters, so they came to ask for help.

Don't look at the fact that the four friends of Hanshan swallowed up most of Lang Yi's inheritance and seemed to have run a big business in Hong County. But if they wanted to entrust the Fei family's retainers, they still had no way.

Jiang Qing, who is on good terms with Hanshan's four friends, is the younger brother of Fei family's son-in-law. How could he not use this relationship?

The four brothers shared the same sense of righteousness and were upright in their actions, but they felt that it didn't matter that they owed a lot of favors to the Chongming Sect.

After all, who knows how many fights will take place in Yunjiaozhou and Shannan Road in the future. There will be many times when Master Kang will need his brothers. The worst that can happen is that some lives will be sacrificed.

Jiang Qing was a man of integrity, so he said that the four Hanshan friends were in trouble because they helped Chongmingzong, and that he would help them if it was not related to the matter. He immediately made a note of the matter, thinking that if he met his sister-in-law in the future, he would ask for help.

People usually say, "A sister-in-law is like a mother, and a brother-in-law is like a son." Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, ever since Fei Shuhe entrusted his true heart to Master Kang, Jiang Qing has also decided to accept this noble lady from a wealthy family as his sister-in-law.

Based on this relationship, he would definitely not be distant with Fei Shuhe. After all, if Fei Shuhe was in trouble in the future, Jiang Qing would not be able to keep the sword in his hand. The remaining letters were all written by famous true cultivators, including the direct descendants of the Yue family, the humerus of the state court, the direct descendants of the fake Dan, and the masters of the family.

The tone of the letters was quite cordial, without any hint of arrogance.

After all, Chongming Sect has been in its heyday in the past one or two years. As an elder of Chongming Sect and a promising Ice Leaf Foundation Master, Jiang Qing has a reputation for having a wide range of friends. Naturally, there are some senior practitioners with similar interests who want to make friends with him.

Jiang Qing read these letters one by one, but he showed no interest. After all, he was now devoted to cultivation and had no time to go out.

But it is not easy to ignore this letter. If you read it and don't reply, it will offend people. There are always strange people among practitioners. No one can guarantee that they will not be hated by others because of such a small matter.

Jiang Qing might not be afraid of offending others, but he was afraid that Sect Leader Kang would nag him after he knew about it, so he had no choice but to send a sincere letter back and send it out with the sect's spiritual bird.

After finishing all this, Jiang Qing called Han Xundao, who was on duty today, and asked softly, "Have Senior Brother and Sister-in-law returned?"

After all, Jiang Qing's sister-in-law was not a small number, so the latter needed to think for a while before she could answer: "Report to the elder, the head and the head's wife have not returned yet."

"When Senior Brother left home, he said he would be back after watching the ceremony. It has been three months since he left. Why is he still at the Fei family?" Jiang Qing was puzzled. When he went to the Sutra Library to look through the classics, he heard the news from Ye Zhengwen, who was sorting out the Taoist Canon with Ye Yaoling and Zhang Yue:

"Last time, the head brother sent someone to pass on the news. I heard that he was favored by the elders of the Fei family and would follow his uncle to the Yingzhou clan to pay homage to the Fei family's ancestor Ye Xu. My sister-in-law will also go with him, and she may have already set off."

"Tsk, this is a bit difficult to handle."

Seeing that Jiang Qing had some difficulty, Ye Zhengwen could not help but pause and asked suspiciously, "Brother Qing, what is the difficulty?"

There was nothing to hide about this matter, so Jiang Qing explained the matter of Ji Yunsheng's letter. After Ye Zhengwen listened to it, he thought about it for a while and then said:

"Sister-in-law did go back to Yingzhou, but I heard that Nanny Sun did not go with her this time. She should have come back earlier, but she met her son who joined the 'Yingshan Army' in Xuanwei City, so she stayed a few more days under the pretext of visiting her relatives.

I think she should be back in a day or two, then Qing Ge'er can go ask her. She has been in the Fei family for many years, so she must have some familiar guests. Junior brother, if you ask her to come back, you will owe her a favor anyway."

Jiang Qing thought about it for a while and felt that Ye Zhengwen's idea was not bad. He also remembered that although there were many Fei family guests in Baiyi Building, there was not a single second-level figure.

I think such a person is considered a talent for the wealthy Sheshan Hall, and he cannot be easily packed up and taken away as a dowry for their daughter.

"According to the current situation of my family, maybe in a while, the Fei family will be willing to send some second-level figures here? Well, what a loser! Why can't my Chongming Sect recruit them ourselves? Why do we have to rely on the Fei family for everything? Wouldn't outsiders really laugh at my senior brother for becoming the son-in-law of the Fei family?!"

Jiang Qing was indeed a different person from his good-for-nothing senior brother. As soon as this poor thought flashed through his mind, a surge of ambition rose in his heart.

After saying goodbye to Ye Zhengwen, Jiang Qing went to Qinghan Courtyard to look for Nanny Sun. The gatekeeper on duty saw his uncle's brother-in-law coming to visit, and he restrained his usual arrogant demeanor.

After he listened to Jiang Qing's purpose with a humble look on his face, he still regretfully informed the latter that Nanny Sun had not returned yet.

Jiang Qing was a little irritated because of something on his mind, but on his way back to the clan, he met Pei Yi, who was hunched over and coming back from collecting herbs. In addition to Pei Que, there was also a little girl standing by his side.

This girl is Pei Zhuer, the only daughter of Pei Yi and Kuai. She is now in her teens and has grown into a beautiful young lady, but she is a mortal without any blessings.

According to the rules set by Master Kang, Pei Zhuer was sent to Chongming City since he was a child and raised by the Pei family's relatives.

Although they are extremely rich, the separation of flesh and blood is a tragedy. Kang Dabao wanted to show mercy to Pei Yi, but was sternly rejected by the latter who always led by example.

It was not until Pei Yi failed in building his foundation that Sect Leader Kang ignored his objections and forcibly summoned Pei Zhuer to the mountain gate to serve him.

But this girl who was considered unlucky by all the elders was actually a noble lady in Chongming City. She had never been involved in housework since she was a child, so how could she serve others? Seeing this, Pei Yi was happy but also worried.

As soon as Jiang Qingfu met this senior brother who was known among his peers as "a handsome man" he realized that he had lost all his former charm and looked like an extremely old purple sweet potato. He felt so distressed that he almost cried.

"Brother Pei, what are you doing?"

Pei Yi smiled lightly and said softly, "Ahem, don't worry, Junior Brother Jiang. I'm much better now. I'll recover in a short time. I'll be able to build my foundation in a few years."

Pei Que came up to greet them with red eyes and a somewhat bewildered Pei Zhuer, but Pei and Jiang ignored them in tacit understanding and spoke in low voices.

Jiang Qing took the medicine basket from Pei Yi very naturally and put it on his back. The next moment, he heard Pei Yi say, "Junior brother Jiang, I know the severity of my injury. I won't die. I just need to take good care of myself.

But Pei Que, this evil creature, is a scoundrel who doesn't know how to work for the sect outside. Instead, he just stays at home and wastes my spiritual stones. He has no future. Even the head of the sect spoils him. I beat him and scolded him, but I couldn't drive him away.

Junior brother, you are the most famous among the younger generation, please help me speak for me when you have time. A real man should have ambitions. I also have my own daughter to raise, so I don't need this son to pretend to be filial to me and try to plot against my family property. Wouldn't that tarnish the reputation of my Pei family? ! "

After Pei Yi finished talking, he didn't know whether he really thought he could fool Jiang Qing or himself. Jiang Qing didn't say much, just listened silently and responded calmly. Pei Yi was also satisfied, just grinned and bowed his hands to thank him.

The two did not speak again. The four of them, accompanied by Pei Yi, who looked dead, returned to the archway of Chongming Sect.

Today happened to be the day when Zhou Yixiu came back from Hong County to report on his work to Yuan Jin, so the four of them called Ye Zhengwen to stop their work for a while and went into Zhou Yixiu's courtyard to talk.

There is still no chess table in Zhou Yixiu's courtyard, the four seasons are still like spring, and the flowers are blooming. The new Miss Shan is still more beautiful than the flowers and has a plump figure.

But everyone felt that there was a lack of vitality here, and there was a hint of worry in their eyes when they looked at Pei Yi.

Pei Yi noticed it, but he smiled and said, "Don't worry, brothers. Although my life span has been shortened, my hope of building my foundation has not been lost. I only need to recuperate for two years, and then I can try again."

Since he had already said this, no one could say anything more. Yuan Jin tapped his knuckles lightly, took a cup of refreshing tea from Shan, and forced a smile, saying calmly:
"Yes, all the brothers should practice more seriously in the past two years and earn a foundation-building pill for Brother Pei as soon as possible. If we encounter a war again, it will not be bad. Maybe we can earn one for Brother Zhou as well."

"Haha, that's absolutely right!" Yuan Jin's words made everyone laugh out loud. Regardless of whether the laughter was real or fake, it made the atmosphere in the courtyard much better.

Just as Shan's face began to smile, Zhou Yixiu gestured for Shan to leave. What was going to be said next were all clan secrets, and it would be unpleasant for outsiders to hear.

Unexpectedly, just as Zhou Yixiu was about to speak, an alarm bell rang in the sect.

Everyone frowned at first, but then they felt relieved. The alarm bell rang three times, which meant that it was just a true disciple outside the sect who was in danger, not a big enemy attack.

But this matter was not a small one. After all, any true disciple of Chongming Sect was considered a treasure, and his status was not much lower than that of everyone present.

After a few breaths, Yuan Jin received the message, but his brows were furrowed and his facial features formed the shape of the word "worry".

At this time, Yuan Jinfu couldn't keep the secret, and when he spoke in a deep voice, everyone present was disappointed: "Something happened to Rongquan!"

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