The earnest discussion between Jiang Feng and Jian Xing, the two brothers, was not as strenuous as expected. Jian Xing quickly agreed to consider joining the Qianshan Sect, but did not make an immediate commitment.
On the other hand, he hoped that Jiang Feng would give him a chance to communicate with Hongzhi alone.
Jiang Feng thought for a while, then casually played a sound insulation note, and then glanced at Hongzhi, who was neither too honest nor too strict with his mouth. He was afraid that he would vomit about the Whale Sea Islands in public, so he took a cup of spiritual tea:
"If you have any inconvenience, don't say anything. It may be safer to write with this object."
"Please rest assured, Master Jiang. Although my junior brother Hongzhi is unreliable, I will be careful. We need to discuss the inheritance of the Taoism of Kuji Temple. As for the secrets in his heart, I also want to know, but if it is of no use to me
If so, we will try our best to avoid talking about it.”
"So good."
Jiang Feng was noncommittal. Although he was worried, he still went out of the big tent and left the two of them alone. The Qianshan Sect had been staying on the Qingshi Terrace for a long time. He had to gather the remaining soldiers as soon as possible to take over the eight cities and force the Sect.
Although the messenger said nicely that he would not encounter any resistance, when it really happened, it would be useless to cry to them. However, with the help of the two prefecture-level casual cultivators, Jiang Feng did not have to worry about encountering a small group of people.
Monks from Tianyin Temple.
Intelligence showed that the defenders of Tianyin Temple were now retreating south, while the Jinguang Pavilion monks were still guarding Wuchen City and had no intention of retreating for the time being. Based on this, Jiang Feng estimated that Yuanying Tongguang was dead and Tianyin Temple's defeat was certain.
, the meeting was concluded soon, and the Jinguang Pavilion monks stayed here, perhaps for other purposes. He was somewhat worried that during his guerrilla raid northward, he was likely to conflict with Jinguang Pavilion.
Of course, this may be one of the reasons why all the monks from Tianyin Temple went south.
Intelligence from the eastern front showed that the Tianyin Temple monks did not directly participate in the war after they went east to support Tianluomen. However, Tianluomen withdrew nearly two hundred miles eastward under the attack of the Jincheng Alliance coalition forces. The head of the Tianluomen, Liu Shizhou, had been
Unable to hold on, it has recently taken the lead in sending out signals for peace talks.
Perhaps it won't be long before the Tianyin Temple monks who traveled east will return. In other words, they must set off before this time to ensure safety.
Jiang Feng called Wei Ruoguang, Wang Yanzhi, Lu Tianming, Wu Tiande and others, agreed on the marching route, and ordered everyone to pack their bags as soon as possible. They set off half an hour later, inserted directly between Wuchen City and Qingxin City, crossed the Tuojiang River again, and then headed west again.
Turn northwest and avoid the defenders of Jinguang Pavilion.
When he was about to leave, Hongzhi came over to invite Jiang Feng and entered the military tent. However, most of his ability to see was restored and his breathing was stable. Although it was not as good as when he first met, he would not suddenly fall into a disadvantage when fighting with others. Jiang Feng originally regretted letting Dou Jinqiu go.
He had taken a step first, otherwise he would have helped Jianxing a little bit, but now that he thought about it, he had worried too much. The arrival of Hongzhi should have been the reason for his accelerated recovery, and then think about the few people who were brought by Jianxing in the south of Wuchen City at that time.
Jiang Feng suddenly understood that this might be the unique feature of Kuji Temple's Taoism.
"Our senior brothers have decided to stay in the Qianshan Sect, but there is a prerequisite." See Xing spoke slowly and calmly. Before Jiang Feng could express his position, he continued, "Actually, if I stay in the Qianshan Sect, I might be able to help Master Jiang.
It will cause a lot of trouble."
"You mean the wanted order?"
"More than that, let's ignore Tianyin Temple's wanted order for now. As long as I leave here, I can probably avoid it, but Jinguang Pavilion will probably not let me go. In Song Zixun's matter, if Tianyin Temple wins, it will be a mess.
But now that the defeat is certain, Jinguang Pavilion cannot give up."
"I can send you as an envoy to a foreign sect, such as Li Zong." In fact, Jiang Feng had already thought of a way to deal with it when he recruited the other party. He first appointed Jian Xing as the foreign affairs deacon, and then sent him as an envoy to Li Zong.
Then his safety is basically guaranteed. If Jinguang Pavilion causes rebellion in Li Zong and attacks and kills a foreign envoy stationed here, it will probably be a taboo, unless they have enough evidence, but they certainly don't.
"Once you return to the clan, there will always be risks, at least within two years, until the storm clears up, so I think that another place is safer, more unrestrained, and can better utilize my abilities."
call!
I still know this, I know I can't hide it, Jiang Feng couldn't help but glance at Hongzhi, but heard Xing said, "Actually, I don't know much, I only used the question and answer method of 'yes or no', Hongzhi didn't
Breach of oath."
This can all be done...
The method of asking for secrets in person is really unusual. It seems that in the future, the oath itself will have to find a way to avoid such methods, but going to Whale Sea Islands in person is not only for the safety of Mu Qingchuan, but also for the expansion of his power there.
All are of great help. As for Hongzhi who remains in the Qianshan Sect, we just need to take good care of him and try to reduce his contact with people from outside the sect.
"My master Tong Guang has passed away. There are no monks at the Jindan level to inherit the orthodoxy of Kuji Temple. After Gongsun Kai took charge of the sect, although he would also win over the monks from Kuji Temple, most of them were not as good as before. Before, Jiang
The headmaster once mentioned that he would take over the eight cities in the north, where there are also some believers from the Kuji Temple. My junior brother can follow the headmaster on my behalf and handle matters including appeasing ordinary people."
"I only want these two cities." Jiang Feng took the map and pointed it out to the other party.
"Why?"
"You can't bite off more than you can chew." Jiang Feng would never tell these two people about his agreement with Li Zong.
"I understand
Master, you're worried that you won't be able to hold on." Seeing Xing immediately understood, "So, the other six cities will probably be like the story of Renshou City, right?"
"Here's the plan." Jiang Feng was both happy and a little worried to have such a smart man join the sect.
"Do good and accumulate virtue. I advise the leader to have a kind heart."
"I only accept shops. I still hope that ordinary Dingkou will move to Qianshan Sect, but they can stay and go as they please, and they won't be harmed by this."
"In this way, after crossing the river, you can ask my junior brother to persuade you first. Kuji Temple still has some influence here. I think we can mobilize a small number of ordinary people to voluntarily move to the two cities designated by the master to avoid being plundered and disturbed.
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"Yes." Jiang Feng thought for a while and felt that this matter was feasible. "But all ordinary people must move to the Qianshan Sect in the future. These two cities will be allocated to the ordinary people in our sect to live in."
"This is a bit difficult." Jian Xing took a deep breath, "It is the nature of the people to settle down and relocate."
"The two cities are also located in the mountains, and there is not much flat land. Anyone who relocates can be given the same size of land and a certain resettlement fee." Jiang Feng gave in. He knew that Hongzhi's empty words were enough.
It's no use, but the common people still have to see the immediate benefits. As for these extra contributions, they can only plunder it from the other six cities.
With such an agreement, Jiang Feng and his men once again abandoned the Bluestone Terrace and headed straight for the Pantuo River. Just like before, they marched under starry nights. Thanks to the previous training, the march speed was three points faster this time and they reached the first place one step earlier than planned.
Lingyun City.
As the Li Zong envoy said, the city's defense was indeed lax. In order not to further intensify the conflict with Tianyin Temple, Jiang Feng directly sent people to detain two foundation builders and six qi practitioners who were guarding the city. One of them
A sixth-level Qi-training monk named "Song Yuanyuan", and because of his connection with Kuji Temple, he and his family of twenty-six children directly joined the Qianshan Sect.
The matter of confiscating the shop property was naturally arranged by Wei Ruoguang, so Jiang Feng didn't need to worry about it. Hongzhi took the newly defected monk Song Yuan to persuade the families here. It would be great if someone took the lead in defecting, but Jiang Feng didn't hold out too much.
He asked Hongzhi to tell the truth because he did not want to plant unstable hidden dangers for the future.
It can be said that the joining of two local monks, Jian Xing and Hong Zhi, helped him a lot. Originally, Jiang Feng only had two human monks, Qin Xiaokuan and Shen Lang, and they had no foundation in Tianyin Temple. It was difficult to persuade ordinary people to leave.
Here, he originally wanted to rely on Wu Tiande's old method of deception and intimidation, but this method had many hidden dangers. Now, with the past influence of Kuji Temple, everything would be much easier to handle. In fact, the result was beyond Jiang Feng's expectation.
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In the end, there were more than 900 ordinary people in the city who planned to move to the Qianshan Sect. Of course, this had a prerequisite, that is, the Kuji Temple would also move to the west of the Qianshan Sect. This point, the seal of the first Kuji Temple brought by Jianxing, started.
It has played a very good publicity role.
Sitting here, Jiang Feng also had an in-depth discussion with Jian Xing about the Kuji Temple thing. Although it didn't sound inappropriate, if it was widely spread within the Qianshan Sect, a lot of changes would still need to be made. In this regard, see
Although Xing Xing had his persistence and bottom line, he also agreed to make some changes, which made Jiang Feng feel relieved.
The right and left should still be loyal to the sect. This is what Jiang Feng cares about most. As for whether the believers are content with poverty, whether they abide by the rules and precepts, and whether they can save all living beings, Jiang Feng does not care. He only agreed to see his nature and go first in the six towns in the west.
If the pilot goes well, it will be extended to the entire Qianshan Sect.
"When the time is right, I will use the name of the gods to give up the first position of Kuji Temple. In this way, you, the leader, will be the head of Qianshan Sect and the head of Kuji Temple. In this way, whether you are loyal to the sect or not, you will be the leader of Kuji Temple.
It doesn't make any difference whether you are loyal to Kuji Temple." Seeing Xing was very smart, and he thought of a better solution. After all, drastically changing the teachings would make believers uneasy.
"Does the head of Kuji Temple need to observe any precepts?"
"No need to do this, you just need to fast for a few days and pretend to have received the oracle in your dream."
"That's very good." Jiang Feng couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. If he had kept his body and mind as peaceful as Hongzhi did for more than ten years, he would probably have gone crazy. However, Hongzhi didn't stick to it to the end, so this precept must be very inhumane.
Three hours later, Jiang Feng and his party left Lingyun City in a hurry, and randomly appointed several ordinary officials who had never been successful here to stay behind, and then went straight to the next city, Jingye City. He did not dare to slack off at all.
The information received showed that his party had been detected, and monks had begun to gather outside the Wuchen City guarded by Jinguang Pavilion.
I hope they are not here to deal with me, Jiang Feng thought, but he still felt uneasy.
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Lelin Gate, Lelin City.
Wu Xuan looked at the lovely pair of sisters in front of him with a little worry. This was his final harvest, and it was also the result of being a step too late. The only thing he could be sure of was that these two slightly bulging bellies should be pregnant with each other.
Leng Tingtao’s flesh and blood.
"Stay away from me!" He had to pretend to keep strangers away, fearing that he would not be able to bear it, so he let the poor couple go.
However, an unborn baby cannot take charge of a sect. This means that he did not do a very good job on this mission.
But it's better than nothing.
When he thought like this, he sighed slightly in his heart.
With a loud voice, he commanded the six ordinary people who were originally serving the sisters to hug the two in the center. Through the chaos, they were taken out of the sect leader's inner palace and placed in a nearby inn. Lingshi naturally
He paid a lot of money, and he is now worried about killing the monk named "Lan Gui".
This guy had too many spirit stones in his hand, which made Wu Xuan panic. In fact, he had never seen so many spirit stones. In addition, there were more than a dozen high-quality magic weapons, and dozens of unknown ones.
For a moment, he even doubted whether Lan Gui was stealing the elixirs and talismans and took advantage of the chaos to plunder the sect's treasury.
Will someone find out about Lan Gui's death? This is what Wu Xuan is most worried about. If he had known that he had such a rich net worth in his storage bag, he should have disposed of the body at that time. After all, if he continuously activates the talismans, he has such a wealth.
There are not many monks with such means.
It was not until dawn that the fire that surged in the sect leader's palace gradually extinguished. Wu Xuan, who had not slept all night, went to take a peek in secret and found that no monks had returned. Even the city gate, which was well guarded last night, was unmanned.
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Is this sect completely in chaos?
Thinking of this, Wu Xuan gave up his worries and simply hired a few carriages to take away the sisters and their servants. He did not go to Beimu County, but went straight to the southwest. He planned to go straight to the southwest.
From the Jincheng Sect, they entered Donghu County of the Qianshan Sect, then from the empty Qianshan Sect, they went all the way south and entered the territory of the Qingyu Sect from Xiling County.
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"The Qing Yu Sect's attitude doesn't matter, they can't attack here!"
In Tianyin Temple, when I saw Mingcheng, Li Dabang, who had taken off his bandages and was glowing with glory, was having a pleasant conversation with Lu Tianji, the leader of Chengguan Sect. At the end, he took out a volume of documents from his sleeve and said, "Open the sect."
Brother Lu, please keep the canonization documents as long as you can."
"Thank you very much!" Lu Tianji's eyes shone, and his hand that caught the document couldn't help but tremble slightly. He had been waiting for this thing for many years, and now he was a little uneasy to see it.
"You can rest assured about the matter of Fellow Daoist Li. The port land of Chengguan Sect can be used as you wish. However, the products here are not abundant, so you may not be able to make much money."
"It's just a request from a friend. It's inconvenient to refuse. I actually don't care. Now that you and I are working together, we are also friends. If you have any difficulties in the future, you must tell me." Li Da Bang smiled and stopped.
The beautifully bound brocade box in front of the case contains the original sixteen ancient books preserved by Tianyin Temple. It is also another way he recently thought of to find clues to the source of the spirit. Now, in the name of personal hobbies, he sent his subordinates
After hinting to the other party, I got this precious thing, which was considered a success.
After leaving Cheng Guan Yuan, he went straight to the port and left the port with three passenger ships. They dispersed away from the coast. When he reached the middle of the sea, he paused for a moment, and then several of his men floated up from the sea and boarded the ship.
"President, the first batch of goods has been refined."
"Relatively speaking, how is the progress?"
"One-tenth."
"How much longer will it take?"
"The further you go, the rarer the silver-finned nine-star sea lizards above three stars. According to our estimates, it may take more than nine months. When the summer storm comes, this matter will be greatly affected."
Nine months…
Li Da Bang thought silently in his heart, thinking that it would be better if it could be done sooner. The longer it is delayed, the greater the risk of things being exposed. Now the war between Tianyin Temple and Jincheng Alliance will soon end, and when peace returns,
His unusual behavior here may attract the attention of those people, and once they cast a scrutinizing gaze, the secret of his collection of source spirit fragments may not be hidden.
It seemed that he was about to leave here and create some new focus for those people to pay attention to. Thinking of this, he thought of the information he had obtained a few days ago. There seemed to be something going on in Dongquan Mountain.
A big storm is brewing.
However, when it comes to the Huati Sect, Lu Zhimian is a bit too sensitive, so he must intervene carefully.
"Delay it to twelve months to ensure that this matter is low-key enough."
"yes!"
Several figures dived into the water again. When the weather calmed down, a hot wind suddenly blew on the sea. Li Dabang wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and glanced at the flawless sea surface from the side of the ship. He saw countless fish swimming below.
Nothing unusual at all.
Maybe I was overthinking it. He closed his eyes in reverie and felt the boat heading north. He silently recited the secret words entrusted to him by his great-grandfather, which would isolate his breath and prevent people without blood connections from prying at him.
He suddenly remembered a person and thought to himself that he didn't know how Jiang Feng, the young leader of the Qianshan Sect, was doing recently. His great-grandfather once mentioned that if there was a place where he could be used, he would do so as freely as possible.
It was really not easy for my great-grandfather, who acted out of his will and had an aloof status but was cautious in his actions, to say these words. He couldn't help but sigh.
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The morning light dews slightly.
Jiang Feng and his party, who were slightly tired, were rushing towards the third city. In the distance, they caught a glimpse of a huge stream of light in the sky, flying rapidly eastward. He couldn't help but squint his eyes to take a closer look.
Huh? It turns out that we are on opposite ends of the road.
After thinking for a while, he recalled the information he had obtained before. He turned around and looked back at Xing Xing, and found that he seemed to have detected this situation in advance.
"Let's do it! If we can capture it successfully, it will be very useful for our subsequent safety!"