Chronicles of Celestial Origins

In Yuanxian County, on the vast blue lake, a merchant ship flying with the flag of the Canglang Sect galloped past. Suddenly, a strong wind suddenly rose, the sky and the earth became dark, and thunder and lightning shot down from the sky, submerging thousands of feet in the area.

Many magical powers appeared in the sky, and loud rumblings continued to be heard. After a long time, the thunder and wind stopped, and the huge merchant ship had already broken into pieces and fell. Everyone's belongings were scattered on the ground, as well as the corpses of monks wearing Canglang Sect costumes.

A ray of light shot down and came to a corpse. The man kicked the corpse, cursed in his mouth, and put the storage bag and scattered items under him into his bag. .

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The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, in the remote mountains of Shigang County, while the wind spirit ship flying the flag of Taixuanzong was galloping, a huge black hole suddenly appeared in front of it, like a giant beast swallowing up the world.

The Wind Spirit Ship plunged into the black hole, and the bow deck was visibly turned into powder.

Exclamations came one after another, and many escaping lights rose into the sky, trying to escape from the black hole.

A delicate ice flower bloomed in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of miles around turned into an ice field. Before a dozen monks in Taixuanzong costumes could react, their bodies had turned into ice flowers.

In the ice field, a ray of light rose into the sky, and wherever it passed, the ice and snow melted instantly.

The entire space was shaking extremely unsteadily, and the snow flakes all over the sky turned into ice flowers and rushed toward the place where the light emanated.

After an unknown amount of time, the light gradually extinguished, and the world returned to silence. A man stood with his hands behind his back, snorted coldly, and disappeared in a flash.

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Jingyuan Pavilion, Pingling Mountain, inside the cave mansion, Gao Yuan came in from the outside, bowed and saluted: "Uncle Master, someone from the Xuanye Sect is here and wants to see you."

"Invite him to wait for you in the meeting hall!"

"Yes." Gao Yuan responded.

Tang Ning frowned slightly. He could probably guess why the Xuanye Sect sent people here.

Recently, Xuantang City has become more and more uneasy. Since the last time Xuanmen and the Cultivation Family launched a large-scale siege against a Chamber of Commerce in Donglai County, the Chamber of Commerce responded quickly.

In such a large-scale robbery and siege, it is impossible to succeed in everything. There will always be missed actions. Various chambers of commerce led the corpses of the disciples of the sects to come to various Xuanmen to ask for explanations.

The two sides were arguing with each other endlessly, and the Chamber of Commerce was not willing to suffer a dumb loss. Seeing Xuanmen's attitude of being a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, they quickly counterattacked and attacked the merchant ships of Xuanmen and the Cultivation Family.

This time seemed to ignite a powder keg. The two sides blamed each other and started shouting. Things got worse and worse, and there were even cases where monks from the other camp were directly ambushed.

For a time, the entire Donglai County was in chaos, and all the major and small mystical sects, chambers of commerce, aristocratic cultivating families, and Netherworld Sea organizations were involved in this dispute without exception.

In Qingzhou, in terms of strength, Xuanmen and the Cultivation Family naturally occupy an absolutely dominant position. If they really want to fight with open guns and swords, they will definitely have the upper hand.

But the Chamber of Commerce and the Netherworld Sea Organization are not soft persimmons that can be manipulated at will, and the relationship between the two parties is very delicate. At least on the surface, they are still allies. If they really start a battle, the result will definitely be to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. .

What's more, not all Qingzhou Xuanmen and cultivating families have joined in the dispute with the Chamber of Commerce. Currently, only the Xuanmen in Donglai County has had friction with them.

Judging from the strength on paper, Taixuanzong plus the Donglai County Xuanmen and the aristocratic families are on par with the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce and the Netherworld Sea Organization. Unless Taixuanzong can command the entire Qingzhou Xuanmen and unite all the practicing families in Qingzhou, will they be able to There is a certainty of winning.

But this is impossible, for the simple reason that the conflict that broke out between the two parties did not involve core interests.

It's just because Xuanmen and the Cultivation Family are worried that the alliance between Netherworld Sea and Qiankun Chamber of Commerce will affect the peaceful situation of Donglai County, or in other words, hinder their future interests.

However, this is just a worry. It is neither an established fact nor any evidence that it will become a fact one day. Everything is just a possibility.

This is not like the Mubei demon's invasion of Qingzhou, which really touched the fundamental interests of all the Xuanmen and practicing families in Qingzhou, so Taixuanzong was able to respond with one call, command all the Qingzhou Xuanmen and unite all the practicing families in Qingzhou to start a desperate battle with them.

What's more, there are monsters in the north that are eyeing the enemy and may invade Qingzhou at any time. Under this situation, it is even less likely that a full-scale conflict will break out.

Tangning expected that this matter would eventually end in negotiations. It was not yet known whether Xuanmen would give in or whether the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce would terminate its cooperation with Netherworld Sea.

Although the outcome of the matter can be roughly inferred, the process is still very difficult and dangerous for little people like them.

Nowadays, the situation is turbulent and people are panicked. Tangning does not dare to go out casually in the spirit mine for fear of being ambushed by others. After all, he personally participated in the robbery of the Star Smoke Merchant Guild's merchant ship and killed the Yuan who was in charge at the time. Infant monk.

This feud has been forged. If this Nascent Soul cultivator has a brother, uncle, or the like, who wants to avenge him, wouldn't he be in danger?

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. If you are in the spiritual mine, others will not blatantly attack the important resource areas under Taixuanzong's jurisdiction.

Although it has been a mess outside recently, the most they can do is ambush and kill people who go out, and attack merchant ships coming and going. If they attack important resource areas, that is a completely different matter.

Unless the hostile relationship is formally established, it is impossible for the Chamber of Commerce to occupy Xuanmen's resource jurisdiction.

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In the meeting hall, a middle-aged man with a leopard head and ape-like arms sat down and sat down. Tang Ning walked in from the outside. The man stood up and bowed his head and saluted: "Fellow Taoist Tang, I take the liberty of disturbing you."

"I just had some matters to deal with. I've kept you guys waiting for a long time. Please take a seat." Tang Ning returned the greeting with a smile. The man was Sun Hao, the master of Xuanye Sect's Qingxuan Hall.

The two were seated separately.

"Fellow Daoist Sun is here today. I think there must be something important. If you need my help for anything, just ask. Tang will do his best within his ability."

Sun Hao said: "Fellow Taoist Tang is quick to talk, so I won't beat around the bush. Recently, our sect has been frequently targeted by the Chamber of Commerce and Netherworld Sea forces. Several merchant ships carrying supplies have been robbed, and many disciples have been ambushed and killed. In view of this, our sect The sect hopes that your sect can send a team to protect the safety of our sect’s escort.”

"After all, our sect was ordered by your sect to offend the Chamber of Commerce. I hope fellow Taoist Tang can report this request of our sect."

"If your sect really can't spare any manpower, we hope to borrow your sect's merchant ships to escort our sect's supplies."

Tang Ning smiled and said: "There is no problem with this. I will report your request to our headquarters. However, given the current situation, even the merchant ships of our sect cannot be said to be absolutely safe. Last month, there was not one mysterious ship in our fleet. Was the spirit ship robbed?"

"No matter what, the name of your sect is always there. There are only a few people who dare to rob your sect's supplies. Our sect is different. When the situation is chaotic, many people who take advantage of the situation come out. A few days ago, actually A group of casual cultivators pretended to be members of the Chamber of Commerce and robbed our sect’s merchant ship. If we hadn’t captured a few people alive, our sect would still be kept in the dark.”

"Yes! Once the situation is chaotic, people's hearts are wandering, and all kinds of monsters and monsters appear. This is not a problem encountered by the Guizong family, but I think this should not last too long."

"Oh? Is there any news about fellow Taoist Tang?"

"Fellow Daoist Sun has misunderstood. What kind of news can I, a small leader of Ting City, get? By the time I know the news, it will probably have spread throughout Xuantang City. These are just some of my personal opinions. Until now, the Chamber of Commerce and Netherworld Sea The organization has launched so many attacks on Xuanmen, but we still haven't received instructions for a large-scale counterattack, so I guess the higher-ups are not prepared to fight with the Chamber of Commerce, so peace talks are inevitable. "

Sun Hao nodded and said: "What Taoist Taoist Tang said is reasonable, and we all hope to reach an agreement as soon as possible. This chaotic situation will have little impact on a large sect like Guizong, but it will suffer for small sects like us. "

"Don't get me wrong, Fellow Daoist Tang. I am not complaining or accusing you. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that once the Netherworld Sea and the Chamber of Commerce join forces, it will definitely be detrimental to us in the future."

"We all hope to stop them and nip the threat in the bud. But now it seems that the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce is determined, and Guizong and the major sects are not ready to fight to the death."

"Instead of continuing with internal friction like this, it is better to negotiate for peace as soon as possible. To be honest, a small sect like ours really cannot withstand such a torment. Just these few losses have wiped out our sect's finances for several years. flow."

"That's why we hope that your sect can take some measures to protect us. If your sect can send fellow Taoists to lead a team to protect our sect's material escort, that would be great."

"If that's not possible, the next best thing is to use your merchant ship to escort the supplies for us."

Tang Ning said: "I understand your current situation and experience very well. I will report this matter as soon as possible."

The two chatted for a long time before Sun Hao left.