Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 45 Homecoming
"Are those two families arriving soon?" Kang Dahou asked his grandson when he saw him.

"We are almost there. There are still twenty miles to go. Grandson will come back first to report the news." The young knight dismounted and took a rest, then replied respectfully.

"Hmph, back then they relied on the powerful Taoist master of the Li family, and the talent of the great Pei master was slightly better than your twenty-sixth master, and they wanted their noses to the sky." Kang Dahou said this with some complaints.

He turned to look at his grandson, who was sweating profusely, and thought distressedly, "When the old master got into trouble, the Li and Pei families took away several messenger birds with the blood of spiritual beasts, making Chongming City so shabby. How could they have burdened my grandson with such hard work?"

Even though he thought this way, he still had some general knowledge.

The Pei family now has two more immortal masters, so they can’t let things get ugly. So they quickly made arrangements and led a group of officials out of the city to welcome them.

Soon after they arrived, they saw a long migrating convoy approaching.

"Fifteen years have passed, and things and people have changed." The head of the Li family, who was dressed as a scholar, said with emotion as he looked at the Chongming city walls in front of him, which were much more dilapidated than before.

"Brother Li is a little homesick." The head of the Pei family is an armored giant over two meters tall with gray hair. In terms of seniority, he is the grandson of Pei Que.

"Not really. I didn't expect that after fighting with the He family for a lifetime, the position of city lord fell into the hands of the Kang family. I have to live under someone else's roof again." The head of the Li family sighed.

The head of the Pei family pretended not to hear. The Li family really couldn't tell the difference between the big and small kings. Now there was not even an immortal in the sect, and they still dared to talk like that.

If Pei Yi hadn't still cared about the old friendship with his teacher, it would be hard to say whether your Li family could move back together.

The Pei family is different. There are two immortal masters in the family now. Little Immortal Master Pei has become the head disciple. Life will not be difficult when he returns to Chongming City.

It is even possible that one day the city lord will belong to the Pei family.

Forget it, I'd better have less contact with the Li family in the future. Judging from the appearance of the head of the family, it doesn't look like they can prosper.

The large convoy entered a mile outside the city, and the three heads of the family gave each other a hypocritical greeting and reminisced about the past.

After settling the two families, the leading figures of the Kang, Yuan, Jiang, Han, Duan and Jin families were invited to the City Lord's Mansion for a banquet.

Although it was a banquet, no one dared to drink or eat meat. Wu Meng had already sent a message that the Immortal would summon the heads of the various families to talk in the evening, and no one dared to bring foul air.

The heads of the Pei and Li families were very upset at the sarcastic remarks made by these former heads of the small clans at the table. Even though they could not stand Kang Dahou's smug look, they had to suppress their anger.

After a quick banquet, the two clan leaders, Li and Pei, no longer had the energy to get angry, and they quickly said goodbye and returned to their residence to bathe and change clothes.

After a long journey, I am so exhausted that I dare not meet the immortals without tidying myself up.

At 2:15 pm on the twilight hour, Wu Meng drove an old donkey cart slowly to the outside of the city lord's mansion. Although he was young, he was a hard-working man.

After hearing Kang Dabao's instructions, the relatives who came with the Li and Pei families did not go to look after them, but went down the mountain first.

The eight family heads looked at each other for a while.

Seeing their surprised expressions, Wu Meng said crisply: "Please get on the carriage, clan leaders. This is the immortal donkey of the headmaster. We can't keep the donkey waiting for too long."

Upon hearing this, the eight family heads suppressed their thoughts and got into the car one by one with difficulty.

The old donkey walked quite fast, and although he walked on the dangerous road of Jackdaw Mountain as if it were flat ground, the evening breeze in the forest was not pleasant, and it froze the pampered patriarchs on the cart so much that they were sniffing, and even the eleventh brother Kang Dahou was no exception.

Half an hour later, when Wu Meng used the command talisman to open the small cloud and mist formation, the eight family heads followed the donkey cart and entered the courtyard of the Chongming Sect, where it was like spring all year round.

The three family heads, Kang, Pei and Li, have seen the world and know that this is how the mountains are.

The other family heads thought they had come to the wrong place. Shouldn’t the place where immortals live be the palace filled with fairies in the sky?
What is this? It's not as good as my house. At least my donkey has a shed!

"Shut up and follow me." Wu Meng took the lead and led everyone into the courtyard. The immortal masters from various families were feasting together. The atmosphere was much more harmonious than theirs.

"Kang Dahou and Li pay their respects to the Immortal Master." They all knelt on the ground in unison.

"Eleventh Brother," Kang Dabao said with a displeased expression, putting down his wine glass, "You should do a good job as the city lord. If you can't do well, someone else will do it."

This was a very serious remark, and Kang Dahou was so frightened that he kowtowed hurriedly. Pei Yi was also not idle, and he called the heads of the Pei and Li families to give them a warning.

It took only a few minutes to teach the three clan leaders a lesson, and the rest of the people ignored them. Kang Dabao waved his hand and said, "Wu Meng, send them back."

The eight family heads felt as if they had been pardoned. After they retreated, they were all sweating profusely. They would have to go down the mountain and be exposed to the wind again, which must have been an uncomfortable experience.

Wu Meng brought a few bowls of ginger soup and said, "This is given by the master. I want to ask you if you still have ginger after drinking it."

The faces of all the clan leaders froze, with different expressions and mixed feelings.

"You are too petty-minded. I just hope that someone decent can be picked out from the younger generation." Kang Dabao shook his head repeatedly. His cousin Kang Dahou was too narrow-minded and didn't look like someone who could take charge.

The fellow disciples laughed for a while after hearing this, but didn't take it seriously. No matter how big a mortal's matter was, it wasn't a big deal.

Even if all the heads of several families were dead, it would not be as scary as Jiang Qing pretending to be sick and coming in.

He really went to great lengths to avoid being scolded!

Unfortunately, he had no experience and was discovered by Kang Dabao in just two moves. If Pei Yi had not come back to plead for him, he would have definitely been severely punished this time.

The leader of the Kangda Sect is quite different from all the previous leaders of the Chongming Sect.

Because the sect was short of people, Kang Dabao became the first Chongming Sect Leader who also served as the elder of the Punishment Hall. It's hard to say whether he was competent or not, but when he was really angry, he beat his two junior brothers with real ruthless hands, like beating his sons in the wild.

Even with Pei Yi's plea, Jiang Qing still felt uneasy, fearing that Kang Dabao would remember to beat him up again one day. He even secretly sent a talisman to call Yuan Jin back so that he could speak well of him.

"It's just a trivial matter. Haha. Don't think too much, brother. Let's drink. Hey, brother Pei, why is your cup empty? Don't hide. Two spirit stones only make five kilograms of Phoenix Blood Wine. It will be a shame not to drink it. Come on, come on, fill it up." Among the brothers, Yuan Jin was considered a good drinker. They didn't talk about the world and Taoism. They just wanted to drink for the reunion of the four of them.

Under Yuan Jin's leadership, the atmosphere at the banquet soon became lively again, and later the female relatives and younger generations at the table were simply sent away.

When he was drinking to his heart's content, Yuan Jin simply threw his hair aside and left the table barefoot.

Regardless of his barrel-shaped body, he began to dance in circles in the open space in the house, singing as he danced: "Green grass by the river, I miss the distant road. The distant road is beyond imagination, I dreamed of it last night."

Kang Dabao clapped his hands on his thighs, Pei Yi used the table as a drum, and Jiang Qing played the sword to join in the conversation: "The long journey is unimaginable, I dreamt of it last night."

Yuan Jin laughed loudly and then sang: "I dreamed that you were beside me, but suddenly I felt that I was in a foreign land. We are in different counties and we can never see each other."

He sang a beautiful spring poem in a passionate and high-pitched voice, like a war song. The three of them were not surprised and all sang along in a low voice: "We are in different places and counties, and we have never met before."

Kang Dabao simply untied his hair, picked up the bowl, waved his chopsticks and sang loudly: "Withered mulberry trees know the wind, and sea water knows the cold. Everyone is charming when they enter the door, and no one is willing to talk to me."

Pei Yi felt that hitting the table was not exciting enough, so he threw his long sleeves and simply stood on the table, stamping his feet to make peace: "Everyone is flattering when they enter the door, who is willing to talk to each other."

Everyone chorused again: "Everyone is flattering when they enter the door, no one is willing to talk to each other."

Yuan Jin was tired of dancing, so he asked Jiang Qing to dance with him. The two danced together in the room. Kang Dabao and Pei Yi held hands and sang together: "A guest came from afar and left me two carps. I called my son to cook the carps, and there was a letter inside."

Yuan Jin and Jiang Qing came to pull Kang Dabao to dance, and the latter was so scared that he hid in the corner of the bed and waved his hands. The two of them then took Pei Yi away, and the three of them danced until the open space was full, rubbing shoulders with each other, without any concern.

Then he sang loudly: "I kneel for a long time and read the plain book. What is in the book? The first part says to add more food to the meal, and the second part says to remember you for a long time. The first part says to add more food to the meal, and the second part says to remember you for a long time. The first part says to add more food to the meal, and the second part says to remember you for a long time."

In the end, Kang Dabao couldn't hide and was caught by his three junior brothers. They sang and danced happily in the house together, feeling very happy.

　I saw some guys asking what is the significance of these two chapters?
　　In fact, I thought about it before I posted it. There may be many brothers who think that even if these two chapters are deleted, it will not affect the plot.

　　But to be honest, it’s not for the sake of water. If Lao Bai wanted water, he could write more fighting scenes. They are easy to write and my friends love to watch them.

　　These two chapters were much more difficult to write, and they will be connected to the plot later.

　　I guess it's because I, Lao Bai, didn't make good connections, so the reading experience is a bit ruined. Please forgive me. I will seriously improve it in the future to avoid such phenomena. I guarantee it in the name of Chairman Mao.

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