Back in Yunzhongshan, Chen Huaisheng told Fang Baoqi about the situation.
Just as he was talking, Min Qingyu also came back.
There were about ten people who came back with Min Qingyu.
Apparently they were all monks from the Min family, including Min's father, Min Yusun, but not Min Qingyu's grandfather, Min Renyan.
Chen Huaisheng was surprised, but after hearing what Min Renyan and Min Qingyu said, he fell silent again.
No one can say what this catastrophe will turn into now. Wolong Ridge is not impenetrable. Similarly, monsters specifically target monks and Taoists in their attacks. Mortals are just sufferers. Everyone can see this, so
The ones who are really nervous and fearful are the local aristocratic clans, while the common people from poorer families are better off.
Of course, you are still afraid. When the monster comes, mortals will have no choice but to sit back and wait for death, without even a chance to escape.
Even some non-level monsters, such as arrow deer and running sheep, can kill and trample mortals when they rush by. If they encounter first-order monsters, mortals will only have the fate of being slaughtered. In comparison, at least monks and Taoists
There is still a chance to escape.
Now these monsters only show a tendency to be more interested in monks and Taoist species, but when they don't have enough monks and Taoist species to satisfy their hunger, I'm afraid mortals will also become food.
"Huaisheng, there is no other way. This is the responsibility of a distinguished family. Our Min family wants to establish a foothold in the Minjialou area. There is no reason to flee for their lives when disaster strikes. No matter what, we Min family must leave some people behind.
Come to help the neighbors fight against the monsters, so those who are older, or those who don’t have much room to enter, must stay..."
"The monks I brought here are all young and strong monks from the clan, but their qualifications may be excellent locally, but they are mediocre in the sect, and it is difficult for them to enter the sect's eyes. But after the catastrophe, if they return to Min
A house building can quickly support a world..."
Min Yusun is quite magnanimous and makes no secret of his expectations for the future. “Every family is now aware of this disaster. Although everyone has different judgments on the scale of the disaster, everyone is taking the same measures as the Min family, which is to
The young talents in the clan are sent out. In fact, like the Min family, they also have contacts with various major sects and clans, and even the Chonghua sect..."
Chen Huaisheng raised his eyebrows in surprise. Is he also related to the Chonghua Sect?
Min Qingyu's cheeks were slightly red, "Brother Sheng, I wonder if you still remember the disciple of Lingguan Temple Mi who bullied my little sister?"
Chen Huaisheng raised his head slightly and recalled, "Of course I have an impression. Later, the casual cultivator should have left and gone to Zhaigu Road, right? The mineral mountains and forests he controlled were also controlled by your Min family, Huang family, Zhan family, and Tao family.
Several have won it,..."
"Yes, I went to Zhaigu Road and joined the Phoenix Wing Sect."
Min Qingyu did not expect that Chen Huaisheng had such a good memory, and he even still had fresh memories of the subsequent division of the resources left by Mi Zhenren among several other places.
"If the younger sister didn't go to Lingguan Temple at that time, then the ninth daughter of the Zhan family might go. In other words, our Min family and the Zhan family were both in an awkward situation at that time. If the younger sister went, the ninth younger sister of the Zhan family wouldn't be able to go. I wouldn't go,
The ninth sister of the Zhan family will have the upper hand, and the Zhan family will take the lion's share of the distribution of the mineral veins..."
Chen Huaisheng nodded. After living in Hebei for so many years, he was quite familiar with the local situation in Hebei.
Isn't this the case for all the powerful clans in the local area? They are not strong enough themselves, so they seek shelter from sects or wealthy families, or powerful independent cultivators, so that they can compete for and carve up mountains, forests, fields, mineral veins, trade, etc., especially Ling Tian Ling.
The competition for land and mineral veins is fierce.
Of course, since you want to seek shelter, you have to make offerings and donations.
Marriage is the most advanced form, and then it is to import outstanding children, which can not only give the children a future, but also bring them closer to each other. The third step is to offer benefits and do some hard work, dirty work, and black work that are inconvenient for others to do.
Already.
This hard work, dirty work, and black work may be someone's official business, or it may be the private work of some powerful people within it.
In fact, Chen Huaisheng also knows that these elders, foundation builders and even some high-level Qi refining monks in the Chonghua sect basically use this method to seek extra benefits. Otherwise, how can they just rely on their own monthly money in the sect?
Can he support himself and his followers?
Even the Min family still sends various spiritual materials and a sum of spiritual stones to Bailudong Mansion every year. However, Chen Huaisheng has never asked about this matter, but directly leaves it to Min Qingyu to handle it himself.
This kind of convention was not easy for Chen Huaisheng to break, and he did not dare to break it.
Even though Min Qingyu is already her woman, rules are rules. If something happens to the Min family, Bailu Taoist Temple must take action, and cannot just rely on the Chonghua Sect.
You can't rely on the sect for all the trivial matters. The sect is too busy, so it's impossible for you to take care of everything.
Because of this, Chen Huaisheng did not refuse the offerings from the Min family, but handed them over to Min Qingyu. Min Qingyu was still very sensible and directly handed them over to Fang Baoqi. Fang Baoqi was also very clear-headed and would always choose some unique ones in the mountains.
Returning a gift in return is regarded as reciprocity.
"In the end, Mr. Mi went to Zhaigu Road, and the ninth girl from the Zhan family ended up in Wolong Ridge..." Min Qingyu's tone was also a little strange.
"Oh? Who?" Chen Huaisheng was surprised.
He really didn't know about this, but when he thought about it, he thought it was normal.
The Chonghua Sect is now the most powerful sect in Fuyang Dao. There are more than 2 million people in Fuyang Dao. There are probably less than 100 powerful clans of various sizes like the Min family who are qualified to join Chonghua.
There are probably only thirty or fifty families in this faction. There is no reason why your Min family can cling to the Chonghua Sect, but the Zhan family cannot follow suit.
"Jing Zhonghong." Min Qingyu said softly: "Zhan Fengling served as Jing Zhonghong's escort."
Chen Huaisheng was startled, but in the end he just nodded.
Jing Zhonghong is a disciple from the Ghost Peng Sect. He is already at the peak of Qi refining before he is forty years old. At the time, he and Tang Jingtian were known as the twin stars of the younger generation in the Ghost Peng Sect, and they were also the ones with the best chance of building a foundation.
One of the young men.
Jing Zhonghong once pursued Yan Qingxia, the sister of Yan Chixia, a close disciple of Linghu Zui, but was rejected by Yan Qingxia. He never thought that he would actually accept a girl from the Zhan family.
Jing Zhonghong is now at the peak of Qi refining, and can be regarded as a powerful sect second only to the more than 30 foundation-building sects in the sect. He is similar in age to Tang Jingtian, and his strength is slightly inferior, but it is only a matter of time to attack the foundation building, and it is necessary to hire a companion.
It's normal.
At this time, Min Yusun continued: "Actually, the Wang family around Minjialou sent their young talents to the Ning family in Youzhou, and the Mao family sent their outstanding children to the Fengyi Sect, the Huang family and the Tao family.
This time I also brought a few of my disciples up the mountain, and a few of the Huang family’s disciples were sent to the Yuelu Sect..."
The Huang family and the Tao family are all closely related in-laws of the Min family, so this decentralized arrangement is the usual practice of these clans.
"No wonder Ding Yuangao is hesitant about my suggestion of mutual protection. It is estimated that there should be quite a few people from the wealthy clans of Fuyang Road sent to the Ding family's Xiangyang Valley. He is worried that if we ask him for reinforcements,
It will weaken their defense, haha, this is a good intention but it is regarded as a donkey's liver and lung."
Chen Huaisheng laughed.
Min Yusun hesitated for a moment before saying: "At least seven or eight families in Baitapu have taken the path of the Ding family and sent their children up the mountain."
"The Sun family too?" Chen Huaisheng asked curiously.
"The Sun family doesn't seem to have it. It seems that they plan to protect themselves on the spot. They probably think the situation is not that serious." Min Yusun shook his head in confusion, "I don't know what the Sun family thinks. They probably think that if there is another situation at this time,
Please ask the Ding family. In the future, the trade in Baitapu will be taken over by the Ding family, right?"
"If your life is gone, what else can you talk about?" Chen Huaisheng sighed and shook his head, "There is a price to pay for not seeing the situation clearly."
In fact, Bailu Taoist Temple has always been in contact with the Sun family of Baitapu. Many of the required spiritual materials and spiritual food are mostly purchased through the Sun family. Some looted items are also sold through the Sun family, such as the last time they were obtained at the Donghe Fish Market.
For some things that were not of special use to the Taoist temple but were difficult to deal with directly, Chen Huaisheng approached the Sun family.
This relationship is hidden from the eyes of the outside world, mainly because they do not want to irritate the Ding family. After all, the in-law relationship between the Ding family and the Sun family seems to be closer.
But the Sun family does not want to be tied together by an overly powerful in-law family, which would make it easier for the Sun family to become a weakling.
If we can find another channel and form a balance, even if this balance seems unreliable now, we must continue to do it.
After asking about the situation of the people who came, Chen Huaisheng had a rough idea.
Min Yusun brought a total of sixteen people this time, four from the Huang family, five from the Tao family, and seven from the Min family.
Basically, they are all under the age of sixty. Most of their strength is concentrated in the middle level of Qi refining. There are also two high-level Qi refining levels. This is considered the core strength of the entire Min, Huang, and Tao families. Of course, the Huang family may have arranged two or three more.
People go to Yuelu Sect.
Min Yusun has not entered the country for so many years. Min Qingyu even gave his father some spiritual plants after obtaining Chen Huaisheng's consent, but it seems that the effect is not obvious.
Min Yusun is not particularly old. At eighty-three years old, it is not impossible to reach the high level of Qi refining, but he has been lingering at the sixth level of Qi refining for more than ten years.
Chen Huaisheng estimated that there may be several reasons.
On the one hand, although the spiritual power of the place where Minjialou is located is better than that of other places, it is far from places with abundant spiritual energy such as Wolong Ridge, Dahuai Mountain, and Yue'an Mountain. If you live in such a place for a long time, your practice will definitely be affected.
Influence.
On the other hand, spiritual cultivation also requires long-term and uninterrupted consumption of the meat of spiritual plants in order to cleanse the body of turbid impurities. Simply consuming spiritual food such as millet, Jiahe, jade and wheat, as well as some non-level monster meat, can only maintain
It’s good if it doesn’t degenerate itself.
Of course, it may also have something to do with the lack of spiritual guidance.
Chapter completed!