Naturally, Qian Chao and the five of them got together to practice. They practiced in the underground hall of Qian Chao for nearly a day according to the "Five Elements Spiritual Formation" founded by Qian Chao and named by Tang Ping. .
While Qian Chao and the others were practicing, things were happening inside and outside the sect.
Let’s talk about what happened within the sect first.
Because Bu Yannong does business in Ruixuan Town, he often travels back and forth between the sect and Ruixuan Town. Generally speaking, if someone helps his shop, when he returns to the sect, the shop There is no need to close the door, but this time when he comes back, his shop still has to be closed, because this time the former small helper who was a casual cultivator in his shop, well, it was Lei Xian, with the help of Tang Ping, he also They became disciples of the Five Spirits. When they came back this time, Bu Yannong and Lei Xian were accompanied by the foundation-building monk Xu Sheng. Xu Sheng asked Lei Xian which sect of the Five Spirits Sect he wanted to go to, and Lei Xian asked Bu Yannong. After that, he chose Jiuxuan, probably because he had made up his mind to be tied to Bu Yanyan from now on, so Xu Sheng took them to Jiuxuan.
After settling in, Xu Sheng left. Lei Xian looked at the small courtyard where he lived and was very satisfied. Coincidentally, his residence in Jiuxuansuo was actually vacant after Qian Chao moved. Although he came here recently There are many children from aristocratic families in the sect, but most of them look down on this small courtyard, so now they have arranged it for Lei Xian.
Bu Yannuo looked inside and outside and said:
"Haha, what a coincidence. Junior Brother Qian used to live in this small courtyard. Later he found a larger courtyard and it became vacant. Now it has become your residence. Well, although this courtyard is a bit small, But it’s not bad, it’s a good start, and you will definitely be able to make a difference here in the future.”
Lei Xian nodded with satisfaction.
Although he became a disciple of the Five Spirits, Lei Xian would still work as a helper in Bu Yan'an's shop in the future, so Bu Yan'an talked with him for a while about things in the shop before leaving.
When Lei Xian was sending Bu Yannong out, someone suddenly shouted in surprise on the road:
"Lei Xian!"
When Lei Xian looked up, his expression immediately changed. There was a person standing opposite, with an expression of great surprise on his face. It was Dai Xiao!
A few days ago, when Lei Xian was still a casual cultivator, it was Dai Xiao who recognized him, and then it happened that the four foundation-building cultivators in Bianzhou tried to trick him in Ruixuan Town. Song Fenglou took action against Qian Chao. Lei Xian is essentially a timid person. Although he is now in Wuling, the original demonic obstacles in his heart have not been overcome. He is still very timid when meeting his former enemies. However, Dai Xiao didn't know how Lei Xian entered the Five Spirits Sect. He even thought that Lei Xian took the risk and hid in the Five Spirits Sect to avoid being hunted by the Bianzhou monks.
"Ha! You guy, you are so bold to sneak into the Five Spirits Sect. Aren't you afraid of death? It is a capital crime for a wild cultivator to sneak into the sect..." Dai Xiao said fiercely.
"Okay!" Bu Yan'ao impatiently interrupted Dai Xiao, "What are you making noise about? I know you have issues with Lei Xian, but I can tell you that Lei Xian is now a genuine disciple of the Five Spirits and Nine Mysteries. Take care. have a look!"
As he spoke, Bu Yannong held up the jade pendant hanging from the belt around Lei Xian's waist.
"Do you understand? Get out of here if you understand. I'm telling you, the sect is no better than yours in Bianzhou. If you dare to act recklessly, I have all the means to deal with you. If you don't believe me, go and inquire about Bu Yannong's reputation!"
Bu Yannong turned around and said to Lei Xian:
"Don't worry about them. As long as I'm here, no one will dare to touch you."
Having said that, Lei Xian's chest was still pounding nervously.
And Dai Xiao didn't know what happened, let alone what happened to the four people from his family in Ruixuan Town, but what he saw in front of him was that Lei Xian had really become a disciple of the Five Spirits, so what happened to all this? What might have happened was that none of his friends from Bianzhou were around, and he didn't dare to stay here any longer. He turned around and left, anxious to discuss the matter with his few friends.
"Oh, you, you are a little too courageous," Bu Yan'an stared at Dai Xiao's back and said, "From now on, if you want to take revenge, you can't just focus on these boys. You There are four aristocratic families that need to be brought down."
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After talking about what happened within the sect, the next thing is about what happened outside the sect. Things that happened outside the sect involved human lives.
As mentioned before, due to the "Cheng Guan En Trial" held once every ten years by the Wuling Sect, many children from aristocratic families have come to the Wuling Sect recently. At least half of such people are not short of spirit stones, so they are completely You don't need to go to Jingshiyuan every month to receive missions like ordinary disciples, and then go out to do missions to earn spiritual stones.
But curiosity is something everyone has. Even if it is not to go out to do errands to earn spiritual stones, there is always a lack of discipline at home in the Wuling Sect. Everything becomes self-discipline, so many people who have just arrived have not been here for a long time. The children of the aristocratic families are full of freshness about the world outside the Wuling Sect, or in other words, they have a strong interest in the daily affairs of ordinary Wuling disciples. Therefore, in recent days, there are always people making appointments with each other to bring the sect together. After wandering around inside, the children of these aristocratic families went to the outside of the sect in twos, threes or in groups to have a look and experience.
There were three of them, and they looked like they had known each other for a long time. They were gathering together and slowly leaving the sect.
These three boys should all be spoiled and spoiled brats in their respective families. After staying in the sect for a few days, the most they talked about with each other was other than picking and choosing those seniors in their families who wanted them to become their disciples. The only thing I saw in the sect was which senior sister had an unforgettable figure and appearance, etc. They talked and laughed all the way and gradually drifted away from the Wuling Sect.
While they were joking, suddenly the sound of someone talking nearby attracted the three boys.
"Oh, it's really rare for the three of them to be together!"
Standing on a rock nearby was a man in moon-white robes. Although these three boys had all changed into green robes of Five Spirit disciples, they did not regard themselves as Five Spirit disciples yet, so they immediately They didn't realize that the person in front of them was not a disciple of Five Spirits. They looked over curiously, as if to identify whether they knew this person, but the person was holding several pieces of paper and comparing them while looking at them.
"Who are you?" someone among the three asked.
"Don't worry about me. Let's talk about you first." The man looked at the person who asked the question with a smile on his face. "Xu Yuan, the son of the Xu family in Qingzhou, killed the Liang family, Zou family, and Zhao family in Qingzhou in public due to a few quarrels." Seven people, well, your Xu family is very powerful in Qingzhou, and no one dares to speak out. People from those three families can't afford to offend your Xu family, so they can only hide their anger. But someone has issued a reward for you, hey, here it is said If you take Xu Yuan’s head, you can receive six hundred spiritual stones, which is not a small amount!”
"What!" The face of the man named Xu Yuan changed, and he immediately guessed that the three families were behind the scenes.
"Well, and you, your name is Lu Wei, are you from the Lu family in Qingzhou?"
"You, how do you know my name?" Another person among the three people changed their expressions.
"Haha," the man in the white robe smiled and shook a few pieces of paper in his hand, "It's all there, you can tell at a glance."
"I'm Lu Wei, what about you?"
"Well, Lu Wei, the son of the Lu family in Qingzhou, you killed a nephew of the Wan family in Qingzhou in public because of some trivial matter. Then, you were worried about being retaliated by the Wan family, so you just kept doing it and started making trouble at home. The instigated Lu family wiped out the entire Wan family, tsk tsk, how cruel, but someone from the Wan family escaped, and then offered a reward of four hundred spirit stones for your head, haha, it's less, but better than nothing."
The face of the man named Lu Wei darkened. He had probably guessed what would happen next.
"In the end, it's you, Qu Tong, right? What you did was even worse. You learned about someone's family heirloom from a friend's mouth. After you were tempted, you told your family, and then robbed it at night, leaving a small person behind. There is no one left in the Min family of the small aristocratic family. You are stupid enough. You should have nothing to do, but you proudly go around saying that before the Min family was wiped out, a daughter was married far away. After knowing this, you will be yours. A bonus of five hundred spirit stones was given to the head. Haha, three of you, what do you think, am I right about these things?"
"Who are you!" The three people were shocked when they heard that the other party actually told all the shameful things they had done in the past.
"I'm Zuo You, a casual cultivator who just makes a living by killing guys like you." Zuo You said with a chuckle.
"Hmph, you are just one person, do you want to deal with three of us at the same time?"
"Well, actually I've dealt with more of them. Compared to casual cultivators, you kids from aristocratic families are easier to deal with."
"Go on, kill him!"
"Ha ha……"
The fight was not fierce, and it ended after a short time. There was not even a blood spot on Zuo You's moon-white robe, but the three people before him had fallen at his feet, either supine or lying, without any breath. , and Zuo You was looking at the storage bags found from these three people.
"Well, after all, he is a child of a big family, and he carries so many spiritual stones with him, plus three heads. It's really not a loss this time!"
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It was not until the evening that Qian Chao and the other five people finished their day's practice, and felt that they had made a lot of progress in this day.
Then, with the setting sun shining, the five people chatted and gossiped over tea in Qian Chao's courtyard.
"We came back from Ruixuan Town a little early. Sister Tang, how did your sixth grandfather, Senior Tang, deal with those guys?"
While chewing snacks, Lu Pingchuan brought the topic back to what happened in Ruixuan Town a few days ago.
"Yes, A Ping, I still don't know exactly who wants to assassinate brother Qian?" Yan Xuan also asked.
"Who else could it be? It must be the people of the Tian family. Boy Qian, the people of the Tian family really think highly of you. You are a small Qi refining monk, but they actually found a foundation-building casual cultivator to assassinate you. Don't say In the sect, even in the world of cultivation, this is rare. It is comparable to the drama of an uncle from a great family assassinating his nephew. If you tell it, it will be enough for you, the rich boy, to show off for a while."
Qian Chao naturally highly suspected that the Tian family was behind the scenes, but after those people were caught, the handling of the matter had almost nothing to do with Qian Chao. Not to mention Qian Chao, even Tang Ping was excluded at that time. Later, Tang Ping used excuses to pester Tang Bonian to obtain the identity of a Wuling disciple for Lei Xian, but Tang Bonian did not allow her to get involved in the rest of the matter.
"The person who directly assassinated me was the one who broke into our house that night and committed the murder. He must not be from the Tian family. But I heard that Senior Brother Xu Sheng later arrested all the Tian family members in Ruixuan Town, but he never interrogated them. , why is this?" Qian Chao said.
"Why else? Those few casual cultivators who were captured didn't know until their death that the people who hired them were members of the Tian family. Naturally, the Tian family wouldn't leave such a big deal behind."
"To death? Those casual cultivators were executed?" Qian Chao asked.
"Otherwise, what do you think will happen to them? What will you do if you keep them? Not to mention that their assassination of the Five Spirits disciples in Ruixuan Town is a capital crime in itself. After the incident is completed, the Tian family will not let them go. Oh, My sixth grandfather came back a few days ago, and I also asked him. The sect used this incident to give the Tian family a hard beating, but my sixth grandfather seemed to mean that the Tian family was now full-fledged and could not move for the time being. What is Xu Xu trying to do, huh!"
"It's just an aristocratic family. No matter how powerful the Tian family is, our sect can't do anything about it. The Mu Yang Sect was forced to bow its head just now, so why does it do this to the Tian family?" Li Jian was curious at the side. ask.
"Brother Li, the gap between aristocratic families is really too big. Well, take the Tang family where I was born as an example. I was born in the Tang family of Jinghai Kingdom in Fuquan Prefecture. In addition to Jinghai Kingdom in Fuquan Prefecture, there are also Other small countries, that is to say, no matter how powerful the Tang family is, they cannot dominate Fuquanzhou. Also, we often go to Songfeng Tower. It is the property of the Song family in Longzhou, and the Song family is not the only family in Longzhou. , there are many big and small families. The strength of the Song family is ranked high in Longzhou and even in the spiritual world, but it cannot dominate Longzhou. Only this Tian family, Mr. Qian, your country is Qi. In fact, the State of Qi is the entire Qizhou, and the Tian family is the Tian family of Qizhou, which dominates the entire state. It is said that there are Yuanying monks in the family who are very powerful, and they are in the north. If the Tian family is attacked, the sect will definitely use all their masters. Only in this way can we do it, and if we really do this, then the Muyang Sect, which is not far away, may take advantage of the opportunity. This is what the sect is afraid of, so we can only find ways to weaken the strength of the Tian family first. , we can only take action when the time is right. Therefore, even if he knew that the Tian family was responsible for the assassination, my sixth grandfather could only use it as an excuse. Because I was also present at the time, he insisted that those people were the ones who assassinated me. Only in this way can my sixth grandfather forcibly drag himself in and force the Tian family to take a few steps back, otherwise, it will really be a fight."
"So that's the case. Then what price did the Tian family pay this time?"
"The first is that the Tian family can continue to operate their own industries in Ruixuan Town and the other three towns. However, in the future, the people who run these industries, whether they are the person in charge or the person doing the work, are only allowed to refine Qi and build foundations. Those who come and go from the Tian family are not allowed to enter these towns on the border of Wuling. They must immediately report to the Wuling Sect. Hiding many foundation-building monks in Ruixuan Town like last time is absolutely not allowed to happen again. Secondly, the Tian family is going to find a few promising children from the direct lineage of their own family and send them to the Wuling Sect. In name, the Wuling Sect invites the Tian family's children to participate in next year's grace examination. ', but in fact, they are asking for hostages from the Tian family. They must be direct descendants. It does not matter whether they are the eldest brother or not. The sect is very keen on this point. The Tian family has no choice but to agree in the end. It is estimated that within a few days, Qian Xiaozi , you can see the young masters and young ladies of the Tian family in the sect. Well, there is also the third one. The sect sent several elders to Qizhou to select them directly from the small and powerful families in Qizhou. His nephew came to the Wuling Sect. Did you know that in Qizhou, children from small aristocratic families can only be sent to the Tian family if they want to have some future. In the future, most of those people will also work for the Tian family. Huh, this is different from the Wuling Sect. Zong’s methods of controlling many aristocratic families are somewhat similar.”
Qian Chao pondered for a moment and said:
"With the strength of the Tian family, it is estimated that the next generation they are trying to cultivate has already established their foundation. Even if the children sent are direct lineage children, what will happen? Their foundation will not be touched."
"So what, as long as people from the Tian family are sent in, it will be easy to handle. Do you remember Han Tian? It was the Wen family's idea that he mixed up with Wen Zhang in the sect. If the sect implements this method, it will be worse than I don’t know how clever Han Tian is."
"Actually, my sixth grandfather also said that it is best for the Qizhou monks to deal with the Tian family, but the Qizhou monks in the sect, Mr. Qian, you are one, and that Yin Kuang, he is also One, there are really not many people. Oh, by the way, the next step of the sect is probably to support a few small aristocratic families in Qizhou little by little. The children of the few small aristocratic families in Qizhou who are coming this time, as long as they have some appearance, They will probably be arranged to become apprentices soon. In short, there will be no movement from the Muyang Sect for the time being. The sect has already begun to deal with the Tian family through Ruixuan Town. The rest are us, Mr. Qian, take care Cultivation, if we have already established the foundation by the time the sect takes action, then maybe you...well...we will go to Qizhou to do things together!"
Qian Chao suddenly said:
"Is the reason why the sect has been reluctant to take action against the Tian family... You just said that there are Yuanying monks in the Tian family... Of course there are many Yuanying ancestors in the sect, and existences like Yuanying monks have surpassed In general, the boundary between sects and aristocratic families. Is it possible that some of our ancestors on Yuhu Mountain did not want to see any discord between the sect and the Tian family and thus hurt the relationship with the Nascent Soul monk of the Tian family? Woolen cloth?"
Tang Ping was stunned for a moment. Qian Chao's statement was something she had never thought of. However, she immediately realized that Qian's idea must be related to Mr. Zhuang from Ruixuan Town. Everyone said People can see far as long as they stand higher. If you become a disciple of an alchemy monk, you can naturally see further. However, Qian Chao's current mysterious master is most likely a powerful monk at the level of Nascent Soul, so This is how Qian Chao looks at the problem.
"If my guess is correct," Qian Chao continued, "Maybe the Nascent Soul monk from the Tian family is already in his twilight years. If he cannot ascend in a few years, he will have no choice but to become an immortal. No matter which outcome, it will lead to The Tian family’s strength has been greatly reduced, so the sect started to deal with the Tian family, right?”
"Is this...possible?" Yanxuan asked from the side.
"Boy Qian, how did you come up with this?" Tang Ping asked deliberately.
"Haha," Qian Chao pointed at Yuhu Mountain, which was appearing and disappearing in the sky in the distance. "There is a mountain right there. How could I not have thought of it."
What Qian Chao said was really an excuse. It can be thought that these are indeed related to his contact with Mr. Zhuang. When the mysterious Mr. Zhuang chatted with him, very few of the people he talked about were alchemy monks. Those whose names Qian Chao I kept it in my mind, and after asking around after I came back, I found out that the characters Mr. Zhuang occasionally mentioned were either the Yuanying Patriarch on Yuhu Mountain within the sect, or the Yuanying monks from several other major sects, and of course there were some whose origins he had not found out. Yes, the exchanges between these characters no longer care about the struggle for interests between sects, and they are very carefree. Even though the relationship between Wuling Sect and Muyang Sect was so tense and tense a few days ago, the Yuan Ying Patriarchs on Yuhu Mountain and The Nascent Soul monks in Muyang Sect still communicated with each other as usual, so Qian Chao had such an idea.
"Stop talking about this, Mr. Qian, should we open the relics Luo Ying gave you one by one?"
"Actually, we are not in a hurry. Our current cultivation level is at the middle level of Qi Refining. We are not in a hurry to use the Mozun Jade Fat Lamp. If we pass by or are close to us when we go out, we can just open it. But don't forget that we When we finally opened the ruins, there were a lot of people outside, so we have to be more careful when we go out. There are a lot of good things outside, not necessarily all in the ruins..."
"That's good, come and take a look," Tang Ping took out a map from her body and drew a circle with her finger on one of the areas. "Here, boy Qian, help me find the place with the strongest spiritual energy in this place. Then we went for a walk. Do you still remember the green luan when we killed the blind cricket? My master said that it would probably lay its eggs there, and that egg is very important to me..."
Of course Qian Chao understood what Tang Ping meant. He looked at the map and said:
"Don't worry, we will definitely go there. There is a kind of alchemy furnace in the "Alchemy Cleansing Record" that is used by Qi refining monks. We only need a few materials. Once we find them all, we can refine a very good alchemy furnace for Sister Yan. , Well, those kinds of materials are not easy to find. Sister Yan, if I can refine it before you become a disciple, the alchemy furnace can be regarded as a gift from me to you as a disciple."
"Okay!" Yanxuan said happily.
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It was also the setting sun, and on a mountaintop somewhere outside the sect, two people were sitting on the edge of a wooden pile, drinking wine.
One of these two people was Meng Huaifu, and the other was Zuo You. Unexpectedly, a descendant of a big family and a casual cultivator were still friends.
"What are you doing in the Five Spirits Sect?" Meng Huaifu said.
"Hey," Zuo You took out a piece of paper from his arms and slapped it on the wooden stake. The piece of paper was still a reward for drawing a shadow figure. The picture was of a handsome young man, but after reading it, Meng Huaifu His face became unhappy.
"You're still doing these things, well... Ge Chen belongs to me, don't touch him!"
"A few days ago, I heard from other people that someone was chasing after Ge Chen into the Wuling Sect. At that time, I guessed that it was probably you. Don't worry, Ge Chen is yours. I won't touch him, but this time he sneaked into the Wuling Sect. When the spirit comes, there are still a few heads to be taken away.”
"Aren't you afraid that something will happen and you won't be able to leave?" Meng Huaifu frowned and asked, "This is the Five Spirits Sect after all."
"Hmph, so what, if it happens to me, I'll be unlucky. Otherwise, what can I do? Is it possible that I can create a big family for myself to support me?"
"Whose mouth did you hear the news about me pursuing me? In Yingchuan, the people in Yingchuan knew that I had entered the Wuling Sect. Apart from my family, the Ge family knew about it. They met in Ruixuan Town, but they did not dare to say What, who else knows?”
"Brother Meng, don't underestimate the Five Spirits Sect. This is also a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers," Zuo You said with a smile before raising his glass and drinking it down. "Well, there are a few interesting characters."
