Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 411 Herd
————Three months later, Emperor Mingzong
Fei Shuhe was guarding the small courtyard of Kang Dabao's headmaster, watching Yu'er and Ping'er teaching Kang Changxi, who had a pigtail, to play chess with a smile on his face.

Nanny Sun stood by as usual, but she diverted half of her concern for Fei Shuhe and focused on the child at the chess table.

After watching for a while, Fei Shuhe retracted his gaze, turned around and gave a cup of green tea on the low table beside him to Madam Sun. After the latter thanked him respectfully, Fei Shuhe asked calmly, "Madam, have you reported the recent actions of the uncle to the clan?"

Nanny Sun showed no unusual expression, holding the teacup in both hands and just smiling: "Miss, how many things in Yunjiaozhou are there that our family doesn't know about?"

Fei Shuhe nodded slightly, which was considered as approval.

Nanny Sun then said, "The elder of the clan just did such a big thing in Wujia Mountain. The master must have known about it, but he is in Wujia Mountain and cannot take care of other things for the time being."

After Fei Shuhe nodded, he didn't say anything else, but there was an imperceptible trace of disappointment in his eyes.

"You missed such a good opportunity to meet Grandmaster Ye Xu back then, which is really wrong. If we were lucky enough to be favored by Grandmaster Ye Xu, we would have lost this foundation. What a pity! Why would he have to spend all these years trying to get his uncle's approval?"

Thinking of this, Fei Shuhe recalled the time when he met Patriarch Ye Xun, the latter's surprised look when he heard about Kang Dabao's future, and his embarrassment when he was stared at by all the elders in the room with his face flushed.

Fei Ye's words of comfort at that time seemed to ring in Fei Shuhe's ears again: "You, kid, finally married a loving man."

Fei Shuhe only saw that all the elders in the hall had different expressions after hearing what he said, and none of them wanted to guess whether what Elder Ye Li said was a compliment or criticism.

Fei Shuhe only knew that after these words, the old ancestor Ye Li, who was regarded as a god by the Fei family, never spoke to her again. His eyes, full of wisdom, were all fixed on Fei Nan'an, who had achieved the middle-grade golden elixir.

When they first heard that Mr. Fei Shuhe had been summoned by the ancestor, the ladies of the Fei family looked at her with a hint of envy in their eyes.

But after Fei Yeqing said this, these sisters, regardless of whether they were close or distant relatives, did not say anything derogatory or contemptuous in their words or actions, but human nature is evil, and the ridicule, pity, and relief in their eyes were hard to conceal.

Fei Shuhe knew that he could not blame others for this, and he didn't know what expression he had on his face when he buried his head in the ground.

She only remembered thinking at that time: "In my lifetime, can I be like my uncle, standing in this hall, receiving praise from the ancestors, and enjoying the glory of the entire clan?! And wash away all these disgusting looks cast at me?!"

But her brilliant father failed to leave her with any extraordinary immortal body, and her mother, who was of noble birth, only left her with an ordinary mixed spiritual body.

Rely on yourself?

Fei Shuhe seldom heard her elders talk about those stories about people rising from humble beginnings and conquering nature. She only saw that the talents of the large families had never declined, never withered, and were becoming more and more prosperous over the years.

How can I accomplish something that so many ambitious predecessors have found difficult to accomplish? If I rely on myself, when will I be able to achieve such success? !
In the past, she had placed all her hopes on Kang Dabao. Otherwise, which lady in Shannan Road would be so broad-minded as to give her husband to someone else?
But the latter is not a person who is decisive in killing. If what Fenan said is true, "Those with feelings have a hard time having a future," then has Kang Dabao, with his body of four spiritual roots, managed to get to where he is today by luck, or has his life come to an end?

She was unwilling to accept this outcome, but she would not distance herself from Kang Dabao.

In fact, to this day, she has never stopped recruiting talents for Zhongmingzong's Baiyi Tower and asking the Fei family for supplies on behalf of Zhongmingzong.

But Fei Shuhe inevitably put more thoughts on Kang Changxi. After all, this was a child born from the Lingyin Huancai Pill that she had begged Fei Nan'ao for a long time, so naturally she had high hopes for him.

"In another year, we will be able to see what kind of spiritual roots Xier has." Fei Shuhe put his worries aside for the time being and was about to call two maids to chat, but he heard some noise coming from outside.

"Hello, sister-in-law," Yuan Jin walked in with Zhou Yixiu, who was holding a jade slip in her hand. After bowing with Yuan Jin, she heard Fei Shuhe invite her to sit down, and then she stood up without looking away.

"What brings you here, two uncles?" Fei Shuhe asked with a smile, waving her sleeves.

"Last time, Yixiu opened up ten acres of second-level spiritual fields in Hong County. He was short of money for a while, so he borrowed a lot of spiritual stones from my sister-in-law. This time, the public treasury in the sect has enough, so I hurried to send it to my sister-in-law." Zhou Yixiu stood up again and bowed to Fei Shuhe, then summoned a storage bag and presented it to the latter.

Fei Shuhe did not refuse. With a wave of his hand, Yu'er took the storage bag from Zhou Yixiu.

But she then said, "Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle are also serious, why do they have to explain it to me so clearly? Now that the spirit stones have been delivered, and the sect is in the process of spending money, maybe we can make ends meet?"

Yuan Jin then served tea and replied, "Because of my sister-in-law, Chongming has been honored. She has taken good care of us over the years, and I'm afraid she has even contributed a lot to our dowry. I'm ashamed to begin with, and if we can't even pay back my sister-in-law's pocket money, we, as her servants, will be really ashamed."

Fei Shuhe knew that his husband had taught his junior brothers to be very arrogant, so after laughing, he did not try to persuade them anymore. He just asked again, "This man has been away for such a long time, and he didn't even send a message back home.

Until now, I am still deaf and blind, and I don’t know how the new spiritual land is going and whether it is going smoothly. If you two uncles have time, please briefly talk to me, a woman.”

Yuan Jin responded respectfully: "Brother, you have great ambitions, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish. I am afraid that the work of opening up the spiritual land has been going very smoothly, and there is nothing new, so I have not told my sister-in-law about it.

Recently, only the third brother suffered a minor injury due to his recklessness. He recovered after some medicine, so his sister-in-law doesn't need to worry.

Recently, Qiaogongbao and Hemudao each occupied a second-level spiritual vein in the Jackdaw Mountains. Both locations are not bad. If they are managed well in the future, they will be much better than their mountain gate in Pingrong County.

Senior Brother sent people to occupy a better second-level middle-grade spiritual vein, but it is a little far away and not very safe. He is thinking of clearing the thousand-mile wild land between it and the border of Pingrong County, and then planning to relocate the disciples. "

Fei Shuhe's beautiful eyes lit up as Yuan Jin finished speaking, and then she whispered, "So, you are planning to withdraw the troops recently?"

Yuan Jin praised: "Sister-in-law said it word for word, Senior Brother is indeed doing this."

"As a woman, I don't understand these important matters. But if there is anything that needs help from the Qinghan Courtyard, please don't hesitate to ask."

Fei Shuhe nodded and finished asking questions that interested her. Now that she was alone, it was not easy for her to keep two foreign men, Yuan and Zhou, for too long, so she asked Kang Changxi to trot over and greet the two elders before serving tea and seeing them off.

Seeing Yuan and Zhou walking out of the head sect's courtyard, Fei Shuhe turned his head to look at Nanny Sun and said in a low voice: "Nanny, you haven't seen your son for a long time, right? Now we are not as far away as in the past when we were separated by half of the Immortal Dynasty. We are so close now. You should see him more often." Nanny Sun turned her head to look at Fei Shuhe with a complicated look in her eyes. She didn't say anything afterwards, but bowed her head and then turned to walk towards Wujia Mountain.

Yu'er and Ping'er had followed Fei Shuhe for many years. Seeing this scene, they didn't know what to say for a moment.

The courtyard fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of Kang Changxi making moves with a stern face.

Fei Shuhe suddenly had many worries: "My uncle is very busy now, and I can't see him all the time. Other people in the family don't like me very much, so I have become deaf and blind in Sheshan Hall. I don't know if Nanny Sun can find out anything from the Yingshan Army?!"

She was of course worried about the great development that the Chongming Sect was about to have. If she was really summoned by the Fei family, the battles she would have to go through would be far more than the small-scale actions that Sect Leader Kang had been doing in the past six months.

Although Fei Shuhe did not attach great importance to Kang Dabao's restoration of the Ming Dynasty's foundation, since Kang Dabao had already chosen this path, she had no choice but to go on with him.

Fortunately, Chongming Sect is now somewhat prosperous, and it does not seem to be a burden to the head of Kangda Sect. When the time comes, it may really become a great help to help Fei Shuhe fulfill his wish.

"It would be great if my father was still alive. In that case, even if it was a blue sky spiritual root, I might be able to intercept some for Qing Ge'er."

————Jackdaw Mountain, Bingzi Military Camp

This military camp, used for transporting wounded soldiers, had been vacant for a long time, but today, twenty or thirty wounded soldiers came in again, which surprised Song Cheng, who was patrolling the surrounding area with the law enforcement team.

So he asked Du Qing, who had escorted them back, and found out that all these people were injured on their way back from a sudden attack by a group of red dogs.

The victims of the attack were the last one hundred soldiers from Jin County who were left in Jackdaw Mountain. They were originally planning to return to the Jiachou military camp where the rear army was located, collect supplies and return home, but they did not expect to encounter such a thing on the way.

Most of them died on the spot, and those who are still alive are also here, but I don’t know how long some of them can survive.

Song Cheng only sighed after hearing this, and urged the already busy alchemists to work harder, and then he heard Du Qing say:

"The Red Dogs' actions this time are not simple. It is true that these beasts have the habit of deliberately ambushing their prey, but this team of militiamen is well-trained. The Red Dogs' pack is of similar number to them, so even if they seize the initiative, their victory this time will only be a miserable one.

After returning, they could no longer compete with other animals for hunting grounds or food. How could the flesh and soul of a cultivator be worth such a heavy cost for them? Even if there was abundant food in Jackdaw Mountain, how could such a stupid leader wolf be raised? "

"Brother Du, are you saying that someone is interfering?"

"It may not be a human, it may be a monster."

"Brother, are you saying that there are spirit beasts nearby that are mobilizing the herd?" Song Cheng showed some surprise on his face, but Du Qing shook his head and said, "I didn't say that. When the headmaster and Elder Jiang were talking, Junior Brother Ming and I were accompanying them and heard them talk about it."

"I'm afraid we've suffered a loss this time. I heard that the Ma family also had 200 soldiers ambushed by a group of beasts on their way back. Fortunately, the head of the Ma family, Ma Yanwen, spent a few pieces of family heritage, which saved the Ma family from losing a few cultivators. Otherwise, most likely we would have ended up like we are now."

"Even the rear army where the master uncle is located has been attacked?" Song Cheng's tone was even more shocked.

Du Qingxian knew quite a lot, and continued, "Before I came here, the headmaster was discussing with the heads of various families, saying that he wanted to reorganize the scattered cultivators who were previously scattered in various mines and forests into an army, but he didn't know when it would be done.

Junior Brother Song will have to be more careful while guarding the military camp. The sect leader has already decided that the matter of opening up the spiritual land has come to an end. All that remains is to cultivate the spiritual land that our Chongming Sect has been allocated.

The heads of each family seem to have gathered a batch of higher-level formation plates, and a formation master will come to distribute and replace them soon. By then, we will just have to see how many beasts in the Jackdaw Mountains are not afraid of death. "

After hearing this, Song Cheng felt a little relieved. Now he had many lives on his shoulders, so he was much more nervous than usual.

Song Cheng sighed softly, "According to the "Collection of David", not all third-level demon schools have spiritual awakening. Such spiritual beasts are so rare, and we, the Chongming Sect, have run into one. How unlucky!"

He knew that the reason why the new spiritual land led by the Chongming League was going so smoothly was because the monsters here were all scattered and could not coordinate with each other like the cultivators.

Even the monster groups are not united with each other.

All cultivators in the world are born with the same appearance, and there are life and death battles between them, not to mention the battles between these ordinary monsters with all kinds of strange appearances.

Under such circumstances, the Chongming League can turn the vast area of ​​barren land in front of them into spiritual land at a very small cost.

However, if there were a spiritual monster to coordinate the overall situation and control the countless low-level monsters of different races in the Jackdaw Mountains with ease, it would be a huge trouble for the newly born Chongming League.

Song Cheng had just put his worries aside and was about to talk to Du Qing for a while when he saw a figure walking with difficulty appear outside the military camp.

The two of them took a closer look and found that this man was Xiu Ming, who was supposed to be leading a hundred newly recruited followers to rest and wait at the newly renovated site of the Fengtie Stone Mine ahead.

Xiuming looked exhausted and his body was covered in blood. His injuries were serious. No one knew how he managed to get here alone.

"Alchemist! Alchemist, come quickly!" After Song Cheng shouted loudly, he hurriedly led his men out of the military camp and brought in the seriously injured Xiu Ming.

Just as he was about to bandage Xiuming's wound, the latter spoke first: "The herd of beasts is endless. They are not coming for us. They just separated a small group and broke through the temporary formation set up in our mine. They are in a hurry to get on with their journey. They didn't even stop and didn't search for survivors.

Before I got my storage bag, I sent a letter to my uncle, but I don't know if he received it. If I guessed correctly, these beasts must have gone to the Jiachou military camp where the military commander's tent was located.

"Uncle, please be careful. The beast herd is endless, and there are even a lot of second-level monsters."

(End of this chapter)