Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 22 Parting ways
"Senior Liu, we have decided and are willing to go to Xijiang County." After Liu Zikai returned, Zhang Hunyuan stepped forward and said.

"Okay. Then I will report to my superiors and arrange for you to go." Liu Zikai smiled and nodded.

In fact, Emperor Qianqing issued orders to all places, requiring them to try to relocate some small forces to the western border. Every time a certain number of people were relocated, they would receive corresponding rewards.

Liu Zikai first accepted the treasure gift from Zhang Hunyuan and invited him to go to Qingyun Sect today to attend the new leader's succession ceremony.

Later, Qin Yang from Yuanyi Sect came again and offered him more benefits, asking him not to interfere in the internal conflicts of Qingyun Sect.

After he accepted Qin Yang's benefits, he originally didn't want to get involved in this matter. Later, he changed his mind and thought that since the two factions of Qingyun Sect were fighting each other, one of them would inevitably leave in disgrace. It would be a good opportunity to drive them to Xijiang County and get a reward, so he rushed here eagerly.

In fact, he had arrived a long time ago and met with Qin Yang, telling him not to act rashly and to wait for him to clean up the mess.

Qin Yang naturally did not dare to offend him. Moreover, his purpose was to muddy the waters of Qingyun Sect so that he could fish in troubled waters and seize the initiative, and there was no need to kill people.

He had long coveted the Qingyun Sect's territory, but had been enduring it because the Qingyun Sect had been established for less than three hundred years and was protected by the Qianqing Sect, and no one could capture its mountain gate. However, he was not the only one eyeing this fat piece of meat from the Qingyun Sect.

Now that there was this opportunity, Chang Jinmian took the initiative to come to him and ask for cooperation. Of course, he was more than happy to accept it, so he worked so hard to help Chang Jinmian deal with Liu Zikai.

As long as he enters the Qingyun Sect, it will not be easy to get him out. Just wait for a dozen years, when the three hundred years deadline is up, he can openly annex the Qingyun Sect.

This is a crucial step for the future development of Yuan Yizong.

"I have two requests left, and I hope you can satisfy them."

"You said."

"First, if there are disciples in the sect who are willing to follow me and go to the Western Frontier to develop, Yuan Yi Zong and Chang Jinmian must not stop them and allow them to go with me."

When Chang Jinmian heard this, he was about to speak, but Qin Yang beside him immediately gave him a look. Chang Jinmian had no choice but to shut up and swallow back what he was about to say.

"That's no problem. I'll give you one day until tomorrow morning. Just gather people as long as they are willing to go with you." Liu Zikai agreed without even asking Qin Yang and Chang Jinmian for their opinions.

"Secondly, my father originally left a will, passing the position of the fourth-generation leader of the Qingyun Sect to me. Unexpectedly, that old dog Chang Jinmian betrayed his master and ancestors, colluding with the Yunyi Sect to rebel. I have accepted defeat and am willing to give up the foundation of the Qingyun Sect. However, I am responsible for the sect's finances. How can I survive in the Western Frontier without any money or property? I am responsible for taking the sect's treasury funds with me."

"Senior Liu, this is absolutely not allowed. Zhang Hunyuan committed treason and gathered a group of people to rebel. Letting him go is already a mercy. How can you let him take away our sect's property? Besides, this is our sect's internal affairs. Please forgive me for speaking frankly, but you cannot make decisions for our disciples." Chang Jinmian could no longer bear it and said hurriedly without paying attention to Qin Yang's dissuasion.

"Fellow Daoist Chang, you've already won this dispute with the Qingyun Sect. Why not be more generous and send some supplies to Fellow Daoist Zhang and the others to leave a good reputation? Are the Qingyun Sect's assets, including its spiritual veins, spiritual fields, minerals, timber, and so on, not as valuable as the few treasures currently in the treasury?"

Liu Zikai didn't care how the Qingyun Sect's property was distributed. He didn't have to pay a penny anyway. Since Zhang Hunyuan agreed to his conditions, it was difficult for him to refuse his request. He just did him a favor.

"Let's do this! I've made the decision. You can take half of the property in the Qingyun Sect's treasury. Fellow Daoist Qin, do you have any objection?" Liu Zikai didn't even ask Chang Jinmian's opinion, but directly consulted Qin Yang. It was obvious that he didn't take Chang Jinmian seriously.

"This is Qingyun Sect's internal affairs. I have no objection." Qin Yang naturally didn't care how the Qingyang Sect's property was distributed, and said lightly.

Only Chang Jinmian stood aside with a grim expression, but he really didn't dare to refute Liu Zikai in person.

This is because the current situation is uncertain. If Liu Zikai is angered and turns to support Zhang Hunyuan, Emperor Yizong of Yuan will definitely not turn against Liu Zikai for him. Then all the previous efforts will be wasted, and he will probably be the one to flee to the western border.

"I'll stay here for one night. We'll go down the mountain together tomorrow morning." Liu Zikai designated a Qingyun Sect disciple and ordered him to take him to Zhang Shilin's residence. He then turned to Qin Yang and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, if you don't have anything important to do here, why don't you play a few games of chess with me? I haven't practiced with you for a long time, and I don't know how far you've progressed."

"Since fellow Daoist Liu is in the mood, I will of course accompany you." Qin Yang responded, and after giving a few instructions to the disciples of Yuanyi Sect who were accompanying him, he followed Liu Zikai.

"My fellow disciples, you have all seen what happened today. Chang Jinmian colluded with foreign enemies to rebel. In order to seize the position of the head sect, he did not hesitate to betray his master and ancestors and betray the sect. This is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house. It won't be long before Qingyun Sect will be swallowed up by Yuanyi Sect. All disciples of Qingyun Sect who still have backbone, follow me and leave. Let's go to the Western Frontier to create a new world." Zhang Hunyuan said loudly.

"If you're interested, go back and pack your belongings, then come find me at my father's house tonight. We'll set out together tomorrow."

Chang Jinmian said coldly, "Zhang Hunyuan, you don't need to deceive people. With your character, you are in charge of the sect's finances, but you can secretly empty the treasury and put it into your own pocket. If you go to the bitter cold land of the Western Frontier, you have no foundation and no resources. If the brothers follow you, it will not end well."

"I still say the same thing. I guarantee with my reputation and personality as a sect elder that, including Zhang Hunyuan's followers, except for Zhang Hunyuan and Zhong Wenyuan, as long as they are willing to stay, the sect will not pursue any further actions."

"You were an inner disciple before, and you will remain an inner disciple after. Whatever position you held before, you will remain the same in the future. Both your salary and benefits will remain the same."

After the two men slandered each other for a while, Zhang Hunyuan led his men straight to the sect's treasury.

Chang Jinmian naturally wouldn't let him take the treasury's property at will, so he took his group of followers with him, and also dragged Feng Zihua and some neutral disciples to go together. A group of people arrived at the treasury, opened the forbidden door, and poured into the inner room.

The Qingyun Sect's treasury is a spacious hall used as a warehouse. There are many stone boxes scattered inside, which mostly contain some cultivation materials, such as various stone ores, talisman paper, elixirs and so on.

"Hmph! Three generations of resources in my Qingyun Sect, a huge treasury, now in the hands of you and your son, only this little is left." Chang Jinmian snorted coldly.

Zhang Hunyuan didn't understand him and went straight to one of the stone boxes. He pushed open the stone lid and found a box full of spirit stones, about thousands of them.

"Wait." Seeing that Zhang Hunyuan was about to take out a big bag to put the things in, Chang Jinmian hurriedly brought people over to stop him.

"Senior Liu allowed me to take away half of the treasury's property. Do you dare to go against Senior Liu's wishes?" Zhang Hunyuan glared at him.

"You've been managing the sect's finances for these years. You're the only one who can enter and exit the treasury. Who knows how much is left? You're just mindlessly stuffing things out like this, so how can we know how much you've taken? We need to count them first, and then you can take half. Junior Brother Feng, you'll be the one to count them and see how much they've secretly taken over the years."

"Ah!" Feng Zihua sighed helplessly: "Why did it have to come to this?"

As he spoke, he and several outer disciples came forward and began to count the property.

After a thorough check, there were still over 4,700 spirit stones and 103 bottles of elixirs left in the treasury.

Thirty-two low- and medium-level magical instruments.

There are sixty-eight talismans.

Four sets of first-level formation flags.

Three hundred and twenty-one elixir beads.

Other items, such as talisman paper, various stone minerals, amber, jade, agate, gems, pearls, etc., each have their own quantity.

Qingyun Sect is such a big sect with more than a hundred disciples, but there are only these few things left in the treasury. It is really too shabby.

Zhang Hunyuan took three thousand spirit stones, fifty-one bottles of elixirs, sixteen magic tools, thirty-nine talismans, and two sets of formation flags.

All other items needed for cultivation, such as elixirs, talisman paper, stone ore, etc., were converted into spirit stones for cash, because these things were inconvenient to carry.

Three thousand spirit stones is not a small number, and the storage bag cannot hold them at all, so everyone can only carry the stone box away.

.........

At night, everyone returned to Zhang Shilin's residence to discuss the trip to Western Xinjiang.

"Senior Brother Zhang, I've thought it through. Given the current situation of our sect, it will sooner or later be swallowed up by the Renyuanyi Sect. Moreover, Elder Chang has colluded with foreign enemies to seize the position of the head sect leader. Such behavior is despicable. I don't want to stay in the Qingyun Sect anymore. I have decided to go with you to the Western Frontier to try our luck." A young outer disciple came into the room and spoke.

Zhang Hunyuan stood up and patted his shoulder: "Okay, since Junior Brother Xu Ning has joined us, we are brothers from now on. We will stand together through thick and thin and overcome difficulties together."

Afterwards, more disciples came and joined the team heading to Western Xinjiang.

By the second day, the team had grown to twenty-two people.

Finally, Zhang Hunyuan led everyone to the Qingyun Sect's ancestral hall, kowtowed to the spirit tablets of the third generation of Qingyun Sect leaders, and then went down the mountain with Liu Zikai.

Horses and carriages had been prepared at the foot of the mountain, and everyone set off with their baggage.

The Liu Mansion is extremely grand and magnificent, covering an area of ​​over a hundred acres and having countless rooms.

Liu Zikai arranged for everyone to stay here, and Zhang Hunyuan begged them to exchange the 3,000 first-level spirit stones they brought with them for high-level spirit stones so that they could carry them with them.

Three thousand first-level spirit stones were finally exchanged for third-level spirit stones, totaling thirty pieces.

(End of this chapter)