Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 131 Someone is making trouble
When the two arrived, it was noon, but the Qingyun Sect's shop was closed.

Chen Qingxuan sensed that someone was secretly observing the Qingyun Sect's shops nearby.

Fortunately, there were no signs of damage to the shop, indicating that nothing irreparable had happened.

Chen Qingxuan walked to the door and knocked on it a few times.

A short while later, the shop door was opened a crack, and a short, stout man welcomed Chen Qingxuan and Zhou Qing inside.

"Senior Brother Qingxuan, why did you come in person? How is Senior Sister?"

The short, stout man exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Qingxuan said, "Senior Sister is doing well. She stays in the Scripture Pavilion every day to study. With the Anti-Qing Restoration Formation to calm her down, her inner demons have not erupted, and she has not gone out to cause trouble."

The short, stout man chuckled, "It's good that Senior Sister is alright. Could this be...?"

He pointed to Zhou Qing beside him and asked, clearly having already guessed his identity.

Chen Qingxuan nodded and smiled, "That's right, this is Zhou Qing."

"Zhou Qing, this is Martial Uncle Wang Xuanji."

Zhou Qing hurriedly bowed and addressed him as his senior uncle.

Wang Xuanji quickly helped him up and said with a smile, "Don't be so polite. I've wanted to go back to the sect to visit my senior sister and see my junior nephew Zhou Qing for a long time, but my senior sister and your Uncle Qingxuan have arranged for me to stay here and I can't move at all."

The three exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Chen Qingxuan asked, "What exactly is going on on your end?"

"The previous explanation through the long-distance communication array was unclear."

Wang Xuanji did not rush to explain, but instead invited the two to a private room upstairs and instructed another Qingyun Sect disciple who was also working there to serve tea.

These disciples were those who failed the ten-year examination and could not be promoted to entry-level disciples. They were then assigned to various places within the sect to do their work.

Once the fragrant tea had been served and Chen Qingxuan and Zhou Qing were seated, Wang Xuanji sighed and said, "I suspect we've been set up."

How did you get set up?

Wang Xuanji said, "A month ago, a disciple from a small Qi Refining family bought several talismans wrapped in green vines from us, saying they were for use when traveling."

"But a few days later, people from this small family suddenly came to cause trouble, saying that their disciple had encountered a demon beast while traveling. After defeating the demon beast, the disciple used our green vines to bind it. However, the talisman suddenly malfunctioned, allowing the demon beast to break free and seriously injure the disciple."

"By the time that disciple returned to the clan, his injuries were already too severe to be treated."

"Therefore, this small family has been causing trouble every day recently, saying that the Qingyun Sect's talismans are inferior and that it is tantamount to murder for money."

Chen Qingxuan frowned and said, "This is outrageous. He was injured by a demon beast while traveling, and then he blamed it on our sect's talismans. There is no evidence whatsoever. Who knows if he is framing us?"

Wang Xuanji said, "I understand the reasoning, but they come to make trouble every day. When the customers in the market see this, they naturally don't dare to come to our shop. Moreover, recently these rumors have gradually spread. Nearby cultivators have started to say that the Qingyun Sect's talismans are of inferior quality, and even that we are framing people for money and murder. The shop's business has plummeted, so I simply closed the doors to prevent things from getting worse."

Zhou Qing asked, "The matter is indeed strange. How could a small Qi Refining family dare to get entangled with the Qingyun Sect like this?"

Wang Xuanji said, "I recently sent people to investigate secretly. This small family surnamed Wu is related to the Lu family of Hongqiu by marriage."

Chen Qingxuan said, "The Lu family of Hongqiu is the Lu family of Hongqiu that is affiliated with the Changsheng Sect." Wang Xuanji sneered, "That's them. The Changsheng Sect also has shops in this market, and the operators are people from the Lu family."

"And this shop of mine was previously managed by our Lü family."

Chen Qingxuan nodded in realization and said, "I see."

Zhou Qing asked in confusion, "Do these two Lü families have some kind of relationship?"

The Lü family of Qingyun Sect is naturally the Lü family of Lü Qingzhu. As far as Zhou Qing knows, Lü Qingzhu's Lü family is located in Tiger Roar Valley, which is at least 20,000 miles away from the territory of Changsheng Sect.

Wang Xuanji explained, "These two Lü families were actually one family before they entered the world of cultivation."

"The ancestors of the Lu family in Red Hill and the Lu family in Tiger Roar Valley were originally cousins. Both brothers had spiritual roots, but in the end they were taken in by the Longevity Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect respectively."

"Later, the two brothers achieved success and established their own families, so they came to our door to claim kinship."

"The Lu family used to manage this shop, and the two families got along peacefully. Now that the shop has been transferred to our hands, this has happened. It goes without saying that the Lu family of Tiger Roar Valley and the Lu family of Red Hill have colluded to give us a hard time."

"It would be best to drive us away and let the Lü family continue to take over the shop. Even if they can't drive us away, it will ruin our reputation and allow the Changsheng Sect's shops to take away our market share."

Zhou Qing asked, "Is our competition with the Longevity Sect very fierce?"

Wang Xuanji said, "It's not that intense. There is competition between each shop, but the points of competition are different."

"For example, the Longevity Sect is skilled in talismans based on wood elemental energy, so they are quite competitive with us in the field of wood elemental energy talismans."

"The Longevity Sect also sells Green Vine Entanglement Talismans. The green vines activated by their talismans are stronger and more flexible to control, so they are inherently more popular than our Green Vine Entanglement Talismans. However, their talismans cost seven low-grade spirit stones, which is more than twice as expensive as ours, so ours also have a market."

"The same applies to other aspects; the Crimson Fire Sect excels in fire-based talismans."

"Our Qingyun Sect can do everything, but we can't match others in specialization, so we can only rely on low prices to win."

After saying that, Wang Xuanji looked at Chen Qingxuan and said, "The Wu family is nothing. The trouble is the Lu family of Hongqiu behind them. If it is not handled properly, it may turn into a conflict between the Changsheng Sect and the Qingyun Sect."

Just as Chen Qingxuan was about to respond, he suddenly heard a commotion downstairs, followed by a loud banging on the door. Judging from the sound, if he didn't open the door quickly, the people outside would break it down and rush in.

Wang Xuanji said, "It must be the people who were watching you from outside who saw you come in and confirmed that there were people inside, so they came to cause trouble again. I'll send them away first."

Zhou Qing asked, "How does Martial Uncle plan to send them away?"

Wang Xuanji laughed and said, "They're just a group of Qi Refining cultivators. Once we release our spiritual pressure, they'll be scared away. The trouble with these people is that they're like flies; once you chase them away, they'll come back."

Zhou Qing shook his head and said, "If they come back even after being driven away, it means the method of driving them away was wrong. Why don't you let me handle this matter, Uncle?"

Wang Xuanji was taken aback and turned to look at Chen Qingxuan.

Chen Qingxuan smiled and nodded.

Wang Xuanji smiled and said, "It seems it's time for us old folks to retire."

"Let's go down and have a look at them."

The three of them, along with the disciple who was serving them, went downstairs together.

(End of this chapter)