In March, Li Qingfeng was invited to the Fan family in Da'an County to participate in Fan Mingcheng's foundation building ceremony.
He and Zhang Pengyi arrived almost at the same time, and they met another group of people on the way, which were the monks and their entourage who came to attend the foundation building ceremony on behalf of Jinding Sect.
It's a bit of a coincidence that the representative of Jinding Sect this time is the foundation-building monk named Yan Wenliang whom Li Qingfeng and Zhang Pengyi met during the battle last April. However, the two sides only met each other and just nodded to each other. He expressed that he had seen it before, and there was no further communication.
The ceremony was ordinary, there was not much novelty, that is, the Fan family's pomp was bigger than that of Li Qingfeng and Zhang Pengyi, and more people were invited. In addition, the Fan family did not know when they also cooperated with the Chiyun Sect in the south. After getting acquainted with each other, he sent a foundation-building monk to congratulate him - this person was also met by Li Qingfeng, but it was at the internal trade fair of Jinding Sect, and he only met him. Until this foundation-building ceremony, he Only then did I learn that the other party's compound surname was Chunyu, and his single name contained the word "Ren". Chun Yuren's speech and behavior were also consistent with his name, he was gentle and tolerant, which left a very good impression on Li Qingfeng.
In this way, the ceremony went smoothly according to the procedures, and just as Li Qingfeng expected, while Fan Mingcheng was seeing off the other guests, he sent his own clansmen to ask him and Zhang Pengyi to wait a moment, saying that they had something important to discuss. business.
In a secret room, Li Qingfeng and Zhang Pengyi each sat in front of a round table. Hot tea had been placed in front of them, and they were discussing something softly while drinking.
Suddenly, the two people's voices stopped, and they turned to look at the door at the same time. They both felt that the restriction there had been touched.
The next moment, Fan Mingcheng pushed the door open and came in. He opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Oh, spiritual consciousness is really... I originally wanted to eavesdrop to see what you were talking about, but you guys discovered it."
After hearing what he said, Li Qingfeng smiled and replied: "What you said is that the world of immortality is dangerous. How can we be careless when we go out?"
Zhang Pengyi smiled and agreed: "No, Mingcheng, you have to remember it too!"
All three people laughed. Fan Mingcheng closed the door and walked to the round table, pulled out a chair and sat down. He shook his head and said with a smile: "Qingfeng's mouth is still so sharp. I don't know if he took some magic medicine. Even in my business, Everyone is ashamed of themselves!"
The three of them laughed together again. After laughing for a while, Fan Mingcheng put away his smile and patted the table gently: "Okay, okay, let's get down to business... I believe that a few months ago, Jinding Sect also sent people to your home. Are you recruiting people?"
Seeing that they were getting down to business, Li Qingfeng put away his smile and nodded in agreement: "It is indeed true. My family sent someone there. They also made some requests for the dispatch of supplies, and my family agreed."
Zhang Pengyi on the side also nodded, but the Zhang family had a large number of people, so naturally more people were taken away. According to him, a total of eight people from the Jinding Sect were taken away from his family.
Gu Yan said this, since a recruitment cycle is three months, Li Qingan returned to the Li family completely in mid-January, and also brought back a little reward of spiritual stones, because it was close to the end of the year. , Jinding Sect did not recruit other people on the spot, but waited until after the new year and sent someone specifically to come.
The person who followed the Jinding Sect monks on the mission this time was Li Qingqing - this was her own request. Seeing that both Li Yuming and Li Qingzhu had made breakthroughs one after another, but her own cultivation had not improved at all, she became a little anxious and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to practice again and look for opportunities for breakthroughs.
Seeing both Li Qingfeng and Li Qingfeng saying yes, Fan Mingcheng nodded slightly, "Six people from our family were also taken away. Fortunately, this mission was not very dangerous and all six people returned safely... But the future is hard to say. Besides, this The initiative in the matter lies with the Jinding Sect. The three of us are weak, so I am afraid we have to work together to take care of each other in order to keep things as safe as possible."
Both Li Qingfeng and Li Qingfeng agreed. In fact, they had already discussed this matter just now. The three families of Zhang, Fan, and Li had always had a basis for cooperation. Now that the Jinding Sect continues to strengthen its control over affiliated forces, the three families have joined together. Heating is almost a certainty.
Seeing that the two of them agreed readily and had obviously had the same idea for a long time, Fan Mingcheng's eyes showed a little joy. He pinched his round chin with his hand and suddenly chuckled: "Pengyi, Qingfeng, what are you talking about?" Do you have any opinions on Jindingmen’s actions this time?”
"Is this still necessary?" Zhang Pengyi clasped his hands on his chest and snorted with some disdain: "Don't you just want to strengthen your control over us?" He glanced at Fan Mingcheng again, waved his hands and said, "Don't follow me either. We made some riddles, no one seems to understand, just say what you have to say."
"Haha, okay, okay." Fan Mingcheng patted his forehead, not embarrassed, and said sternly: "Then I will tell you straight... What Pengyi, Qingfeng, and Jinding Sect want to do is their business, but But I don’t want my hard-earned spiritual stones to be taken away in vain, and I don’t want my family members to work for others in vain…”
Having said this, he paused for a moment. Seeing that neither Li Qingfeng nor Zhang Pengyi had any strange expressions on their faces, but that they both listened attentively, he narrowed his eyes and said no more tentative nonsense, but straight to the point: "So I just want to talk to you and see how to deal with Jindingmen."
After saying this, Fan Mingcheng closed his mouth and stared at the two people in front of him with his small eyes, waiting for their responses.
Without making him wait any longer, Li Qingfeng made his attitude clear: "What you said makes sense, but the Jinding sect is so powerful that we can't jump out and be the leader. We still have to keep a low profile."
Seeing the two people turning their attention to him, Zhang Pengyi curled his lips and waved his hand: "Look what I do? The Jinding Sect is the one that suppresses my family the most, what else can I say? It's just that we have discussed it among our clan, Jinding Sect has suppressed my family the most. We have the reputation of suppressing bandits this time, so it’s obvious that it’s a conspiracy, so we can’t just disobey orders, right?”
"Well, I understand what you mean, that's why I want to call you to discuss it." Fan Mingcheng took a sip of tea, supported his chin with one hand and said, "I've thought about it, isn't Jinding Sect in the name of suppressing bandits? Let him suppress it. We don't care about the situation outside and can't control it, but we can always manage our own area, okay? As long as we can ensure the safety of our family land and property, the tentacles of the Jinding Gate will not be able to reach in, and the rest will be closed. Qingfeng said, keep a low profile, obey those who should be obeyed, send people when they should be sent, don't force yourself with the Jinding Sect, someone will always jump out."
"That makes sense." Li Qingfeng nodded in agreement, his eyes narrowed, "We are the only three families in this area who have foundations. As long as we work together, the Jinding Sect will not be able to use our people as cannon fodder. As for other families... we should win over them. We can also win over each other appropriately, and the consumption of spiritual stones, materials, etc. can be shared among the three of us."
