Chapter 84 of The Story of Qianshan, Volume 1 of the Ten Generations of Leaders: A Thousand Sails Across the World Zheng Keyi frowned slightly, as if this was the first time she had shown such a dilemma in front of Jiang Feng. This was indeed a question that had its own traps and was difficult to answer.
Jiang Feng was also thinking about it. Although whether the other party would be loyal to him or whether he would weigh the interests of the family and the sect would not change his opinion of Zheng Keyi, Jiang Feng was still looking forward to the other party's answer.
She slowly raised her head, her moist eyes sparkling under her frown, adding a touch of tenderness. Jiang Feng couldn't help but his throat trembled slightly. He couldn't help but want to take back the question, but he heard Yi spit out something as thin as a mosquito.
in a sentence:
"But following the instructions of the leader, I also hope that the Zheng family can advance and retreat together with the sect."
She was quite thoughtful. Jiang Feng didn't want to get into more trouble with this issue. This was just a simple part of his casual inquiry test as the leader. In fact, no matter what the result of her answer was, she had been in various matters before.
The performance has already passed the evaluation.
"You must also know your qualifications. Although I have some 'Yu Long Qing Qing Dan' in my hand, it must be combined with my exclusive secret method to make it possible for you to awaken the Dharma. Moreover, this secret method must be used many times. There are
You may be able to awaken successfully, but you may also fail, and you may even be in danger of your life. Are you still willing to keep trying?"
"I am willing." Compared with the previous hesitation, Zheng Keyi answered very neatly this time, "Everything depends on the master's arrangement. There will be no regrets in life or death."
When Zheng Keyi was sent to the head's inner palace, Jiang Feng already knew that she was a body of six dharma phases, and none of the dharma phases were relatively weak. Therefore, it would take at least five "Phase Separation Techniques" to awaken her and compete with her.
Xiao Mingzhen has a different origin, and Zheng Keyi does not have enough spiritual materials to nourish his body and give him enough cultivation foundation to resist five consecutive "Phase Separation Technique" injuries. Therefore, Zheng Keyi's awakening may take longer than Xiao Mingzhen.
Time and risk are also greater.
"It will take at least four months. During these four months, I will try my best to find time to cast spells for you many times and help you take the elixir. After each spell is cast, you will be comatose for three to four days. You must have
Psychological preparation. All related matters need to be kept confidential from everyone."
"yes."
"Including people from the Zheng family."
"I understand." Zheng Keyi bit her teeth lightly. The moment she answered the question, she already clearly understood that the blood connection between herself and the Zheng family had been severed. From now on, she was the head of the family.
"Tell me about the recent events in Dayi!"
Zheng Keyi narrated what happened recently. In the month since Jiang Feng left, the neighborhood was calm and nothing major happened. It may be because of the talks between the Seven Alliances in the Hanshan Sect. Except for some envoys from various sects and sects who passed by occasionally.
Outside of here, business travel has become quite sparse.
However, there is a kind of business that has bucked the market trend and prospered a lot.
It is said that due to the Seven Alliance War, the Lingyun Mountain and Yanqiling sects were wiped out, and a slave market boom occurred in Chixiamen and Luoyingmen. Many casual cultivators who lost their homes during the war, and even lost the protection of their sects, were unfortunate.
They were kidnapped into slavery, and even willing to be slaves for a living and sold in the slave market.
Every day, groups of carriages covered by gray curtains hurriedly passed through Dayi County and were transported to Yufeng Sect in the northwest. This phenomenon was very rare before the Seven Alliance Talks.
Most of those carried in the carriage were attractive young female low-level monks, while strong male mortals had special buyer marks engraved on their foreheads and followed the caravan. It is said that in the southeast of Yufeng Sect,
The plan to build a large number of roads and build several new cities will inevitably require a large number of ordinary manpower to carry out detailed repair work after the construction monks enter the site.
It seems that after the war of the Seven Alliances, the Yufeng Sect has already begun to prepare to harvest the fruits of victory. This strategy must have come from the hands of Gu Chuanfu. As a large sect, the natural conditions in the southeast of the Yufeng Sect deviate
,winter
The season is long, the products are scarce, and the density and quality of the spiritual veins are far inferior to those in its hinterland and the coast of the Stone Sea. Therefore, the population has always been sparse, and neither monks nor lay people are willing to come here to live and practice. Perhaps with the help of slaves to develop and cultivate
Maintaining and managing the southeastern border is a feasible and frugal plan.
If you think about it this way, it seems that you can try your luck.
"Master, I suggest that we also purchase some slaves, but..."
"But what?"
"The price of young mortals and monks has been raised very high. It is said that the price of an ordinary mortal slave is sixty first-level spiritual stones, while the price of a monk below the third level of spiritual level is ten second-level spiritual stones.
, more than double the normal season.”
Is the competition so fierce?
Is someone driving up the price, or is demand really strong?
Perhaps only by seeing it in person can we detect the real reason. Judging from the distance, Dayi County is more than 800 miles away from Huiyao City at Chixiamen and Taoyuan City at Luoyingmen, the former capital of Yanqiling.
Huangshui City is not far from the Qianshan Sect, only more than 400 miles away, but Chixiamen, who must have obtained most of its territory, will not openly sell slaves from Yanqiling in Huangshui City no matter how courageous it is, otherwise it will definitely cause trouble.
Public outrage.
"Any suggestions?"
"I suggest that we buy some old mortals with reasonable prices and good skills, or old spiritual monks with no hope of success. In Dayi County, we can open our own shop and earn more. Moreover, I heard that Elder Zhao is in
Studying weapon refining, if there are suitable people in this field, we will get twice the result with half the effort."
"It's a good idea. Maybe someone has already done this." Jiang Feng thought of the Ancient Sword Sect and the Biyun Sect. Although they were the losers, if they wanted to rise again, they would not let go of such an opportunity. High-quality young mortals and monks
If you can't afford to compete, if you take a step back, you will have more choices. Moreover, they are a human sect and have more ideas in this regard.
"I will go and take a look as soon as possible." Seeing Zheng Keyi whose morale was somewhat damaged, Jiang Feng simply comforted her with a few words. Her ordinary vision limited her imagination. It seemed that it was time to help her awaken the Dharma.
After telling Zheng Keyi to make repairs and arrangements early and prepare to take the secret elixir tomorrow, Jiang Feng transformed into Jiang Xiaobai, left Yu Xiaozheng's shop, and wandered around Dayi County for inspection. The two wide cross streets were basically already
Various shops have been built, and most of them are already open to welcome customers.
After handing over the land that I had hoarded in advance to the Yu family, some high-quality areas have already started construction. Judging from the shape and scale, it should be a small auction house, a training ground and two inns. The former will inevitably have mysterious properties.
The latter is a place where ordinary monks and even ordinary people can operate. Most of them are used to arrange for the descendants of the family who are unsuccessful but have a close relationship with Yu Xiaozheng's lineage.
Compared with the mature Zhenwu City of Li Zong, the space here is wider, and it is not constrained by the intricate relationships within Li Zong. It is a blank sheet of paper that can be redrawn more imaginatively.
The residence of the Zhou Xing family is located in the southwest of Dayi County. The land here is the cheapest, but it is not far from the newly built official road to the south. Everything is in order. Most of the children of the Zhou family are hard-working and mainly engaged in farming.
Supplemented by small businesses, the conditions here are much better than those in Hanshan. Judging from the smiles on their faces, they have initially adapted to the life here. However, judging from the atmosphere, the average people staying here temporarily
It's a common thing. The monks must be preparing for the elite martial arts competition in Luochuan at this time. This martial arts competition is also a good opportunity for the Zhou family to enter the sights of various families in the Qianshan Sect. They must be gearing up and preparing to shine.
As night fell, Jiang Fengcai returned to the shop with unfinished thoughts, meditated and adjusted his breath. It was not until the last knock of the watchman was heard at midnight that he turned off the Soul Fire Palace lantern and prepared to rest. The trip to Hanshan was about physical strength, except for sharing it with Matthew Taiji.
Apart from going back and forth to explore the Tuoba Tu secret library, there is almost no big expense.
It took a lot of effort, but luckily in the end, things turned out differently. Not only did they get rid of the unfavorable terms, but they also won a town in Hanshan.
In the quiet corridor, the sound of gentle footsteps came again. Jiang Feng pricked up his ears and felt carefully. He thought it was Zheng Keyi. What was she doing at this time?
There was no knock on the door as expected.
Yi opened the door gently and closed it again. In the dark night, there was only her curvy silhouette and the faint fragrance after bathing.
"What are you doing here?"
"Master, please accept me tonight."
"..."
"This is not a condition to help you awaken the Dharma." Jiang Feng instinctively wanted to sigh, but he stopped unconsciously when he reached his mouth. The sleepiness that was originally a little sleepy disappeared for some reason, and the black snake spirit on his arm slowly...
Swimming slowly, he could feel that there seemed to be a kind of blazing heat in his body, like a dry firewood that was suddenly ignited in the dark night. The long flames that faced the wind were jumping around, echoing with each other, and burning more intensely.
Suppressing the heat in his heart, Jiang Feng wanted to drive her out. He didn't want his loyal men to think that he was taking the opportunity to threaten them.
"I was originally the leader, and I volunteered." Her voice was soft, her body suddenly softened, and her two warm hands wrapped around Jiang Feng's waist.
Forget it, I am a leader, the tenth generation leader is also a leader.
Feeling his own resistance that was tossing and turning as thin as a cicada's wings, this thought melted away the last bit of obsession and defense in his heart, and was the first to conquer Jiang Feng himself.
Jiang Feng reached out and hugged her "roughly".
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Thousands of sails have been passed, a moment of joy.
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The afternoon sun is warm and a little warm, melting the snow that is not too thick on the plain at the foot of the mountain. Jiang Feng is in a good mood and high-spirited. At this moment, he is sitting on a businessman's carriage, following this small group.
The caravan went straight to Chixiamen Huiyao City, but he wanted to stop by Huangshui City, the former capital of Yanqiling, to see if there was any chance to quietly recruit one or two remaining casual cultivators.
After leaving ten second-level spirit stones for Zheng Keyi in advance and handing over the temporarily hired servants, Jiang Feng removed the first residual dharma image for her. From Jiang Feng's knowledge, this dharma was equivalent to a "Yanghuo spar"
, most likely to be an auxiliary type of weapon refining. Since she is already "one of his own", Jiang Feng still wants to leave her with a combat-oriented approach so that she can quickly improve her cultivation and ensure her own safety in the future. As for other general affairs, most of them
He can command his servants who are good at corresponding methods to complete it. Before picking out the remaining five methods, he plans to find some related books to improve his discernment so as not to miss out on high-quality choices. Even if he cannot get them, he can
Find a way to ask Xiao Mingzhen, who is good at this.
This small favor should probably not be regarded as a condition. He thought of Xiao Mingzhen's playful and charming eyes, and his body was inadvertently touched. He took a long breath and calmed down. Xiao Mingzhen agreed with himself on the three conditions.
, only one is left, which should be reserved for emergency use.
The hometown of Yanqiling is mostly barren hills and ravines, and the dilapidated official roads are not much better than those of Qianshan Sect. They are circuitous and winding, and they often travel for a long time, only to realize that what they just arrived is just a place not far away from the field of vision.
Fortunately, the driver was a good driver, and there were not many bumps along the way. The caravan seemed to have urgent business, so it did not hesitate to spend money to change horses at the inn. By dusk, the three carriages of this small caravan had already
Arrive at a remote town only a hundred miles away from Huangshui City.
Pujiang Town.
It is said that since the Seven Leagues War, the nights here have been full of danger, so no one dares to travel at night. They can only rest here and set off again tomorrow. Jiang Feng followed the driver and two fellow business travelers and got out of the car. Here
It's called a town, but it seems appropriate to call it a village. However, at first glance, I noticed something unusual here.