Immortality begins with monks from the side sect

Chapter 81 It’s hard to know things in the mountains

Xiao Zhutian's Qi-Inducing Pill Method: Not yet started/1/4 (Medicine-taking method, Fire-controlling method, Qi-observing method, and Pill-condensing method, one of them has been obtained)

Medicinal Spell: Getting Started/18/100
  Fire Control: Not Beginner/89/100
  Qi Observation Method: Not Beginner/71/100
  Pill Condensation Method: Not Beginner/12/100
  Chen Ci glanced at the progress on the golden finger panel and felt that he had been a little too lax in the practice of alchemy. Except for the medicinal spell, which was slightly improved because of refining the essence of grains and kneading bigu pills and health-preserving pills, the other three methods were slightly improved because of these. There are so many chores to do this month, and I don’t have much time to cook soup, control fire, and watch qi. The progress is impressive.

Especially the pill condensation method, this gadget is quite difficult to practice.

"Fortunately, the fire control method and the Qi Observation method are just one step away from getting started. Come on, you should be able to get started within two months."

Chen Ci pondered for a moment: "Even the Qi-nourishing Green Zhi Pill is of a slightly higher grade. Although it is a low-grade elixir, it is still one of the best. If you start it rashly, you will definitely lose your blood."

When Xiaozhutian's Qi-Breaking Pill method is successful, he has to go to the market to find a recipe for an ordinary Qi-Nourishing Pill. The inheritance of the Heshan Sect is quite easy to harm people, but when it comes to other things, it's bad. Somewhat far away.

"But I don't seem to be so resistant to using corpses to nourish medicine."

"Those who are close to Mo are evil. After all, they have been assimilated by this world. Every step on the path of cultivation is difficult. No wonder those cheap Heshan colleagues easily practice evil methods, alas."

"However, I still have to stick to my heart and never kill people to practice. The reputation of the Heshan Sect's famous Immortal Dao family still needs to be resisted by me, Mr. Chen."

Chen Ci sighed leisurely, and suddenly felt that her figure became more majestic.

The next day, the county government.

There were not many people attending the county government meeting this time, unlike last time when Gezhou Lao Dao made a big fanfare and summoned all the wealthy cultivators in the county. From top to bottom, they included Chen Ci, the Wang family of Xishan Prefecture, government officials, and Changping County officials. There are only less than ten people from all over the government.

The Changping County Magistrate seemed to know the people from the government office. Several people at the banquet were drinking and drinking, and they were quite happy. They didn't even mention anything serious. It seemed that they were not here to settle the case concerning Ge Zhou Lao Dao, but just here. Let's have a meal without any formalities.

Chen Ci squeezed the wine glass, and when he saw this scene, he knew that it was indeed a formality, and the incident with Ge Laodao passed like this.

It's a pity that the place where the county government is located is solemn after all. There is only wine and meat on the table, but no singing and dancing, which makes the relieved Chen Ci a little regretful.

As an ascetic monk, if it weren't for this kind of banquet, I really wouldn't be able to hear Goulan ditty.

However, the Wang family member in Xishan Prefecture did not say much. They only talked about some interesting topics and even toasted Chen Ci in a friendly manner, which made him a little unsure about what this Wang family member meant.

Changping County is not close to Xishan Mansion. If nothing happens, why would the person in charge of the Wang family come here?
  Then there were two monks.

One is a middle-aged scribe in his early forties, with a white face and a beard. He is about thirty years old, but his aura is particularly upright and stable. He is the person in charge of the Wang family this time.

The other is an old man wearing blue clothes and a Hunyuan crown on his head. His cultivation level is about fifty or so. However, the Qi he exudes is slightly mottled. Although his cultivation level is high, Chen Ci estimates that his Qi refining is The method is not very clever, it should be a branch of the Wang family or a disciple.

The banquet was coming to an end, but the middle-aged scribe raised his glass slightly, and the rest of the joking people gradually stopped.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, my incompetent nephew originally wanted to contribute to the family business, but he unexpectedly encountered an accident, which is regrettable."

This middle-aged scribe was called Wang You, and he seemed to be a person in charge of the second wife of the Wang family. He sighed to Chen Ci and said, "It's just that something happened to him, but he also brought Brother Dao Ge here to be here. This is a big deal." It's a sin, even my uncle on Quan Mountain knew about it, and even sent a letter back from his retreat, severely reprimanding the family members."

There seems to be something in the words?
  Chen Ci nodded slightly, indicating that he had heard it, but he didn't quite understand what it meant. He could only hold back one sentence: "My condolences, Fellow Daoist Wang."

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Wang You didn't seem to have expected Chen Ci's words. He paused, took a sip of his drink, and then continued: "I heard that Fellow Daoist Chen once brought back some weapons and relics, but I don't know if there is an ancient sword called Bai Yang in them?"

As if he was afraid that Chen Ci would misunderstand, Wang You explained: "This Baiyang ancient sword is not expensive, but the accompanying Baiyang sword technique is an inheritance from the ancestors. There have been many years, and although this sword can be passed down, it can be passed down in the family." The old man felt a little regretful, so he asked me to ask if Fellow Daoist Chen had seen it, I would be willing to pay the market price for it."

Oh, it turns out I wasn’t looking for trouble.

No wonder you just said, "My uncle on Quanshan also knows about this." It's like you're afraid that others won't know that you have an uncle who attacks Daoji. It's not very interesting.

Chen Ci also inspected the Baiyang Sword. It was a well-made spiritual iron sword. Although the sword had become more spiritual with age, it could not really be considered a treasure.

If it were not from the hands of famous masters, these spiritual iron swords would actually be equivalent to the same weight of Five Elements Divine Sand.

The man surnamed Wang had already talked about it to this extent. Chen Ci thought for a while and said vaguely: "It seems that I have seen it before, but I have to go back and think about it before I remember it."

"Thank you so much, Fellow Daoist Chen."

Wang You gave Chen Ci a slight salute to express his gratitude, and then changed the topic and said: "Also, although my nephew Arqiong is useless, after all, it happened while running for family business, and he even died in the capital. He was not found, and the elderly at home are also very sad. I came here this time to bring this matter to a good conclusion."

"My Wang family is willing to contribute people to bring Qingquan Village under the jurisdiction of Changping County and change its name to Qiongquan Town. This can also be regarded as setting up a tomb for the nephew. I hope the county can give me an official document on opening up wasteland and let me take it back. Submit it to the Lord of the Palace and then make a decision."

"In addition, my Wang family will only take 60% of the town's income. The remaining income will be paid to the county as taxes, and you can decide on your own."

Oh, it turns out that this Wang family member followed him to Changping County in the name of Longhu Mountain Jiuquan Temple, and he also had the idea of ​​​​taking advantage of the Qingquan Village Lingquan Medicine Field.

The mountain people around Changping County are not actually citizens of the Liang Kingdom, or they are in name only, but they neither pay taxes nor do corvee work. They only live in the mountains. If they are protected by monks, no one will care about them.

It’s more like a small country within a country.

Now that a mature Lingquan medicine field is available, many people are naturally interested. This is an inheritance that can really be passed down to the family.

However, Wenxiang Jiaolin Banshan wanted to conquer the other mountain people and still form its own village. It could just maintain the original status and plant medicinal materials.

However, the Wang family wanted to take the official route and simply incorporate Qingquan Village into their own private property, making it a place similar to a family fiefdom and nominally protected by the government.

Chen Ci ate the melon in silence, now looking at it with amusement. If Lin Banshan knew that in addition to Majiazhai, the Wang family of Xishan Prefecture was also involved, I don't know what his expression would be like.

As for him?
  Forget it, although fixed assets like the Lingquan Medicine Field are good, they don’t have the manpower and material resources to develop them. I don’t know when they will see benefits. I really thought that planting medicinal materials was just a matter of sowing the seeds and waiting for them to grow up and harvest.

Anyway, as long as Chen Ci defends the Sanyin Temple in Changping County, he will always get a share. Although it is not a big share, he doesn't have to worry about it, which is good.

After meeting and chatting, the Changping County Magistrate was also moved. Chen Ci simply left. After thinking about it, he felt that he still couldn't just be a fun person, so he called a cheap disciple to go to Huang's house to tell him, so that Lin Banshan could be somewhat prepared, so that's fine. The most benevolent and righteous.

"Where can I find a good person like me? Tsk."

Chen Ci grinned and returned to Sanyin Temple leisurely, preparing to find Gada's Baiyang Sword somewhere.

It's worth more than ten kilograms of Five Elements Divine Sand.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, a servant of the Wang family came to Sanyin Temple to ask for help carrying the Five Elements Sacred Sand. It weighed twelve kilograms and seven taels, which was exactly the same weight as the Baiyang Sword.

"With this Five Elements Sacred Sand, I'll be able to open my eyes again next month, so happy." This month, there were nearly thirty kilograms of Five Elements Sacred Sand for Chen Ci to practice, which actually made him almost develop a feeling of endless flowers. , the illusion that you can’t spend it all.

"The situation will be expanded. When the alchemy method is successful, then there will really be too much money to spend."

Chen Ci touched his chin and smiled.

That night.

Chen Ci is practicing the fire control method and the Qi Observation method, and is already thinking about how to plan for a good day when the alchemy method will be successful in the future.

Almost laughed out loud.

Suddenly there were footsteps outside the door, and not long after, there was a soft sound outside the door: "Brother Chen?"

Not Lin Banshan or whoever.

Obviously, he deliberately revealed his figure this time and did not play the concealment trick again.

It's just that the tone is slightly lower.

Chen Ci woke up from his good days, quickly wiped his mouth, then got up and went to open the door, saying, "Yes, yes."

It's late at night and people are quiet.

Lin Banshan's face was as pale as water, and he was obviously worried about something. But when he opened the door and saw Chen Ci, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't know why Chen Ci had a strange expression on his face. He subconsciously asked: "Fellow Daoist Chen, could it be that Jiuquan Temple, through the Wang family, gave you a promise?" Find a way?"

"Fellow Daoist Lin, what do you mean by this?"

Chen Ci was a little confused, the path, what path, I, a disciple of Heshan, have my own path.

"If that's not the case, how could Chen Daoyou allow the Wang family to take the official letter so easily?"

Lin Banshan frowned slightly. When he heard about this, he was also secretly angry. The man named Chen did not object to the Wang family's entry into the game, but asked the Huang family to inform him. Could it be that he wanted to eat both sides and sit firmly on Diaoyutai? ?
  But after taking a look at Chen Ci, I didn't think it looked like him.

Because of his practice in the Wenxiang Sect, the middle and higher-ups in the sect were prone to anger and anger, so all the early disciples had the ability to observe words and emotions. Lin Banshan also managed some business in the sect and dealt with many people. I have a little bit of two thoughts while watching people.

The man surnamed Chen's eyes were lively but not flashing, and his energy was joyful but not restrained. It was obviously not an expression of gain after doing evil.

"what?"

Chen Ci was a little confused. He didn't even respond to the matter of pressing the battle. Then even if the Wang family asked the Changping County Magistrate for an official letter, what did it have to do with him? Why should he stop it? There would be no benefit.

What's more, he still has a share of the Wang family's money.

Lin Banshan pondered for a moment and suddenly asked: "Brother Chen, have you never walked in the secular world?"

Chen Ci was a little surprised. After thinking for a moment, he replied: "I have practiced Taoism on the mountain and then went to Changping County to set up a temple. I really haven't walked much in the secular world."

Lin Banshan thought of Chen Ci's daily practice reviews, and probably knew something about it, and sighed: "Brother Chen, are you dedicated to pure cultivation and not trying to figure out your intentions at all?"

No, is it so easy to be a deacon disciple of Heshan Sect?

"Is there something wrong with it?"

Chen Ci also seemed to feel something was wrong, but after thinking about it for a while, he still felt that he had not omitted anything in this matter.

"Why don't I act in the name of the Wenxiang Sect? In addition to this being a private matter, it is also because using the name of the sect is an act of planting a flag."

Lin Banshan explained: "Otherwise, there is no need to go through the Huang family, which is not very convenient."

"Furthermore, the altar established by your sect in Xishan Mansion is called the 'Fuhu Altar'. Even an outsider like me can understand the meaning of this. Brother Chen, don't you understand?"

Lin Banshan said seriously: "As long as you open your mouth, the Changping County Magistrate will never dare to give this official letter. Even if Wang Jiaqiang wants to go to Xishan Mansion's Fuhu Altar to negotiate with the Wang family's senior officials, Brother Chen, you are the most Defending the territory is disadvantageous, but it’s not a big deal.”

"But you were there and showed nothing. You even promised some benefits to the Wang family. It's different when this reaches the ears of the higher-ups."

Lin Banshan's voice was not loud, but it sounded different to Chen Ci's ears. He was a little suspicious: "Really or not, Brother Lin, don't you dare to scare me because of the Lingquan Medicine Field?"

"Perhaps I'm overthinking it. It's just a matter of trying to figure out what's best for you."

Lin Banshan shrugged: "If the Wang family comes to fight for the Lingquan Medicine Field, I can't win, so it's better to retreat. But Changping County has become two places of practice, and the meaning is naturally different. If the emperor doesn't like it, Chen Brother, you, the master of Sanyin Temple, have come to an end."

Chen Ci's face changed a little, but he really ignored it.

In fact, it is not considered neglect, but some mentality has not completely changed.

Mainly there are some things that cannot be justified.

It's like the Wang family of Xishan Prefecture came to Changping County to seek official documents and wanted to occupy the Lingquan Medicine Field in Qingquan Village through official channels. Their attitude was sufficient and there was some truth to it.

But as Chen Ci is the deacon of the Heshan Sect in Changping County, some things are not allowed regardless of whether the other party is justified or not.

Even though Qingquan Village is a place for mountain people and has been abandoned, and even the Heshan Sect is too lazy to send people to manage it, foreign sects are not allowed to occupy it in the name of other sects. This is an unspoken rule in the audience. Although it is not stated explicitly, it is Local Heshan teaches disciples to understand.

Thinking about it this way, Chen Ci finally understood that there is a 70% to 80% chance that what happened today will indeed make Brother Taoist Hutou displeased or even unhappy. If he gets a rating of unworthy
  That would be really troublesome.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the road may be cut off!
  Regardless of whether Lin Banshan was trying to motivate him for the Lingquan Medicine Field, Chen Ci would never dare to gamble.

No wonder the Changping County Magistrate looked at him a few times at noon. It turned out that he was waiting for him to express his position. Chen Ci thought he was asking how the income and tax money would be divided in the future.

"Damn, that's so sloppy."

Chen Ci's eyes were solemn, as if he was thinking about how to make up for this disaster.

Lin Banshan narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly: "Brother Chen, I will hold the battle for you first on this trip, how about that?"

(End of this chapter)