The sun rises and the clouds shine high, covering the ground with warm gold.
It's the dead of winter, and there are a lot of heavy snowfalls in Mize Lake. Good weather like today is extremely rare.
The shadows of the trees in the forest were caressing, and some strange noises could be heard vaguely. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a group of human monks in apricot robes, walking in smoke boats in the snow. Most of them were of the same age, around 23 or 24 years old. .
"Senior Brother Qin, do you know the origin of Chongxiao Sect?" The person who spoke was in second place, with a puzzled look on his face.
The monk who was called Senior Brother Qin was named Qin Zhong. He stood proudly at the head of the boat and was leading the way. He was tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. After hearing the words, he pondered for a moment and responded: "To the east of the Quiet Pine Forest is the The Luoxia Sect is located where the only Fenxuan cultivator of this sect died decades ago. Then the few remaining Ningyuan each took their disciples to separate sects, and the original Luoxia Sect fell apart in this way.
In my opinion, this newly promoted Chongxiao Sect should be the sect that the elders said was converted after the disciples took over the foundation of Luoxia Sect in the past! "
After hearing this, the questioner felt relieved. Even the Luoxia Sect in the past did not have the strength to challenge its own sect. The Chongxiao Sect in front of them still had to deal with several sects around them, and they did not have that much energy to peep out. .
At present, most of the three mountains and five lakes are occupied by Shinto. They, the old cultivators, can only be trapped in the Mize Lake. They rely on the more dangerous climate here and the obviously thin spiritual energy to survive until now. The spiritual veins in the Great Lake are inherently limited, and there are interruptions and few continuity points. This has resulted in the situation where large and small sects each occupy one area. Except for a few large sects that occupy complete spiritual veins, the rest of the sects The scale is not too big.
The small scale and weak strength means that the inheritance may be interrupted at any time.
As far as he knew, only the large sects by the lakeside in the Great Lake of Mize had a legacy of thousands of years, while the other sects, including his own, only had a legacy of a few hundred years.
And because of the rupture of the spiritual veins, the sects in the Great Lakes are always facing the crisis of drying up the underground spiritual veins. It has become the norm for the sects to fight, fight with each other, and snatch the cultivation resources.
Everyone knows that one day these broken spiritual veins will all dry up and die. Except for the large sect with intact spiritual veins sitting by the lake, all other sects will lose their reliance because of the lack of spiritual veins. But they also know that, right? Because of this, the Shinto monks outside did not want to take the trouble to occupy this place, leaving them with room to survive.
Every time Fan Zhichuan saw other sects' spiritual veins drying up and collapsing like smoke in a breath, he couldn't help but feel the sadness of a rabbit dying of a fox.
Although the Qizang Sect is a well-known sect in the Great Lakes, with three Fenxuan in charge and a legacy of nearly nine hundred years, so what, hasn't it failed to capture a complete spiritual line?
If the hidden danger of spiritual vein rupture is not eliminated, his sect’s today will be Qizang’s tomorrow!
"Junior Brother Fan, Chongxiao Sect has arrived." Seeing that he was in a daze, Qin Zhong turned sideways and warned him, then slowly stopped the smoke boat and put it into the talisman.
Fan Zhichuan gathered his thoughts and did not dare to think any more, and followed his senior brother forward.
They came here to negotiate with Chongxiao Sect to determine the future tax rate.
In the past, the Luoxia Sect had its own secrets, and they were never willing to be inferior to others, nor were they willing to pay tribute every year in exchange for the protection of the Qizang Sect like other sects around them.
Later, they also suffered the consequences of Qing Gao. After the sect was divided into four sects, the sect was devoured by other sects like hungry tigers in just a few years because there was no help from the Qizang sect, until the elders left the sect one after another to stand on their own. , the Luoxia Sect, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, disappeared into thin air.
The elders of the Luoxia Sect learned from this mistake. After establishing the sect, they immediately surrendered to the Qizang Sect and paid tribute to them.
Therefore, thanks to his protection, he is still stable to this day.
A few days ago, the Qizang Sect heard that there was a new sect named Chongxiao Sect in the Luoxia Sect. They thought that one of the sects founded by those elders returned to the old place and found the Luoxia Foundation, and they became This is Chongxiao Gate.
After all, at the time of the split, there were indeed loyal Luoxia Sect monks who hid the sect's inheritance and would rather self-destruct and die than be acquired by traitors.
The Qizang Sect relied on its extraordinary strength and waited for the Chongxiao Sect to come to worship the sect on its own and discuss surrender. However, after waiting and waiting for several days, no one came, and then I was shocked to realize that the Chongxiao Gate was probably built by the disciples of the Luoxia Sect who had escaped and hid in the past.
Chongxiao, Chongxiao, actually has the ambition to climb to the sky again!
"Those sects that have branched off from the Luoxia Sect have long been eyeing the old inheritance, and now they are just worried about whether I, Qizang, will protect the Chongxiao Sect. You don't have to be polite to them, but explain the pros and cons clearly, if you are willing It’s okay to surrender, but if they want to follow the Luoxia Sect’s old path, it will be their own fault!”
Recalling the words of the elders at the front gate of the trip, Qin Zhong looked calm, feeling that if the Chongxiao Gate only cared about the overall situation, they would know that surrender is the wise move, and they would not worry about anything else.
The group of people walked to the gate of Chongxiao Gate. The huge courtyard was extremely deserted. Only the stone in front of the mountain had the words Chongxiao Gate changed, and no disciples were seen coming or going.
Qin Zhong knocked on the mountain door, and the person who came to greet him was a monk in Taoist robes holding a broom. After a closer look, he found that he had a mid-level foundation-building cultivation level, which was equivalent to that of several disciples behind him.
"Why are fellow Taoists here?"
Qin Zhongfang recovered from his daze, took out the greeting card and handed it over: "I am Qin Zhong, a disciple of the Qizang Sect. I came to pay homage to the mountain on the order of the sect. I would like to meet the person in charge of your sect."
When the other party heard the name of the Qizang Sect, there was no trace of surprise or awe on his face. Instead, he was angry because Qin Zhong, who was the founder of the Great Perfection, made false claims to ask to see the leader of his sect: "I didn't know it was the noble sect. The order from the leader is still the intention of the elders below. I see that your status, fellow Taoist, is just a disciple in the Qizang Sect. How can you meet the elders of our sect with this invitation?"
Qin Zhong didn't know that the monk in Taoist robes in front of him was a disciple of the Luoxia Sect, and he had been warned in advance that there would be disciples of the Qizang Sect coming to worship the mountain, so there was no need to put on a good face, so he decided to act in front of him.
"I am here on the order of Elder Bai, a guest from Baishan, because it is a matter of great importance to the survival of your sect. I think it is best for fellow Taoists not to stop us!"
Qin Zhong felt dissatisfied when he was blocked by the words of a gun and a stick, and the next moment he used the name Baishanke. This is the contemporary elder of the Qizang Sect, who is only one step away from Fenxuan. The Great Lake of Mize has a great reputation, and even the Lakeside Sect can make some sense with it.
Unexpectedly, the monk in Taoist robes was not afraid at all. He raised his eyebrows and said: "It is the order of the great elder of your sect. Fellow Taoist, please come in. I should introduce you to the great elder of my sect."
As the Tathagata came and went, the disciples of the Qizang Sect felt that this person was quite offensive and entered the mountain gate with a gloomy face. Only Fan Zhichuan was worried and felt that the disciples of the Chongxiao Sect who dared to act like this must be relying on someone and were not afraid of him. Qizang Sect.
