Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 289 Making trouble
At night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. In the brightly lit hall, George Lam walked in from outside.

"Junior Brother Lin, please take a seat. We are welcoming you today." Zhong Wenyuan smiled when he saw him coming and invited him to take a seat.

"Brother Zhong, what's going on?"

"The headmaster has returned today and has ordered you to be transferred back to the mountain gate. You no longer need to stay in the Stone Ridge Casino."

Lin Zixiang's expression remained unchanged after hearing this. He sat down and poured himself a glass of wine: "This must be what Senior Brother Zhong proposed to him!"

Seeing this, Zhong Wenyuan sighed in his heart, knowing that Lin Zixiang was still dissatisfied with Song Xian. Once some things happened, no matter how they were resolved, the grudge would always exist.

Just like after a crack occurs, even if the surface is repaired, the internal structure cannot be restored to its original state.

"The Sect Master originally planned to transfer you back. He clearly stated at the time that you were only going to Stone Ridge for a temporary period. You are a sect elder, how could you possibly be in charge of Stone Ridge's affairs forever?"

Lin Zixiang's expression remained unchanged as he raised his glass: "Anyway, thank you very much, Brother Zhong."

The two drank it in one gulp. Zhong Wenyuan advised, "Junior Brother Lin, from now on, you must stop being so indulgent towards the disciples below you. Stop interfering in the sect's trivial matters. If any trouble arises, it will reflect poorly on you. Just focus on your cultivation. If you need anything, the Sect Master will do his best to satisfy you."

Lin Zixiang nodded, naturally knowing the hidden meaning behind his words: "I have also figured it out during this period of time. Cultivation is the foundation of life. Building a foundation as soon as possible is the most important thing. I will no longer care about other things and will only focus on cultivation."

This is not an empty statement. After this incident, George Lam realized more deeply the importance of cultivation. In his heart, he always believed that the fundamental reason why Song Xian treated him like this was because he failed to establish a foundation.

If he had successfully established his foundation, this would never have happened.

"That's right. With your contributions to the sect, do you still need to worry about the cost of building your foundation? The sect is not short of spirit stones."

"Brother Zhong, I must advise you not to worry too much about the sect's affairs. The most important thing is to seize the time to build your foundation. Otherwise, if you commit a crime one day, you will be exiled like me. The sect is no longer the same as before, and the headmaster is no longer the same Junior Brother Song Xian. Only by building our foundation can we be equal to him."

Hearing this, Zhong Wenyuan frowned again. He originally thought that Lin Zixiang had figured it out, but he didn't expect that he felt that everything was caused by not building a foundation. Moreover, his words clearly showed his intention to confront Song Xian, which was what he least wanted to see.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Junior Brother Lin, tell me the truth, do you resent the Sect Master for transferring you to Stone Ridge?"

Lin Zixiang shook his head expressionlessly: "I don't blame him. If I have to blame someone, I only blame myself for not living up to my expectations and failing to build my foundation."

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In the early morning, the warm sunlight shone into the house. Behind the red curtains and under the big red mandarin duck quilt, the two people hugged each other tightly.

Song Xian opened his eyes hazily, yawned, looked out the window, and hugged the person in his arms tighter.

As the saying goes, a long separation is better than a new marriage. Last night was quite a turmoil.

After a long time, Su Zhirou finally woke up. Before she opened her eyes, she twisted her body and snuggled into his arms, mumbling incoherent words.

The two of them were affectionate and affectionate with each other until noon, then they got up from the bed and got dressed.

Before they had finished their meal, a maid came to report that someone from the Beast Taming Sect had come and wanted to see them regarding something important.

Although Song Xian had three disciples following him, only Su Zhirou's personal maid was allowed to enter the courtyard where the two of them lived.

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In the spacious and bright meeting hall, Zhong Wenyuan was chatting with a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. Upon seeing Song Xian arrive, he immediately stood up and walked forward to greet him and bowed respectfully.

"Master Song, I'm here on the orders of Uncle Jiang. Please come to our headquarters. Uncle Jiang has something important to discuss with you." The Beastmaster Sect disciple flipped his hand and took out a jade slip and handed it to him.

Song Xian took the jade slip and used his spiritual sense to explore inside.

Inside, Jiang Feng was sitting in the dim room, speaking words that were exactly what the Beast Taming Sect disciple had conveyed.

What a coincidence! Jiang Feng sent someone over as soon as he returned to the mountain gate.

He hadn't returned even a day earlier. Song Xian pondered inwardly. Jiang Feng hadn't said anything in the jade slip, only asking him to go to Qiyuan Mountain. But he had a vague feeling that something big might have happened. "I heard that Chief Jiang went to your sect's mountain gate to report on his work some time ago. I wonder when he will return?"

"Uncle Jiang returned a few days ago."

"Besides me, has Director Jiang notified anyone else to go to your department?"

"I don't know. I just came here on orders."

"Okay! I will pay a visit to your department immediately. Come, please invite Brother Zhou to the guest hall to rest and treat him well." Song Xian called the disciple on duty and took the Beast Taming Sect monk out.

"Jiang Feng just came back, and he's so anxious to have the headmaster go there immediately. It must be something important. Could it be something about the neighboring town?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The unrest in Bian Shang Town is a trivial matter to Jiang Feng. He can solve it with just a word. He wouldn't rush to summon me as soon as he returned from Xijiang County." Song Xian was also speculating in his heart: "Has there been anything else going on in Bian Xi City during this period?"

"I haven't heard anything major happened."

"Either something happened within the Beastmaster Sect that involved Jiang Feng, or it's a personal matter of his."

"Could it be about the Shitou Ridge Casino? Jiang Feng just went to the Beastmaster Sect's mountain gate and summoned the Sect Master as soon as he came back. Perhaps someone in the Beastmaster Sect has objected to this? After all, they explicitly forbade us from establishing a market in Tianshan back then. Now that a casino is being built in Shitou Ridge, it's possible that it has caused dissatisfaction in the Beastmaster Sect."

"Well, that's possible."

The two discussed for a long time and came up with several solutions on how to deal with the situation if the Beastmaster Sect proposed that the Stone Ridge Casino should not be built.

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In Bianxi City, Qiyuan Mountain, Song Xian was led into a brightly lit room by a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. Not long after, Jiang Feng came in from outside.

"Senior Jiang, I wonder what you want me to do?" Song Xian immediately stood up and saluted.

Jiang Feng walked straight to the main seat and sat down, then waved his hand, motioning him to take a seat. "Have you discovered any smuggling of spirit beasts recently?"

Hearing this, Song Xian was stunned. He didn't know why Jiang Feng asked this question. He had never asked about this matter in all these years. Today he urgently summoned him and suddenly asked about this matter, which was unusual. There must be a reason.

Could it be that the Beast Taming Sect has discovered a large number of cases of illegal trading of spirit beasts?
"Senior, our sect has not discovered anything."

"That's good. You need to be more vigilant in the future. Someone has been stirring up trouble in the spiritual beast trade lately. You are responsible for this matter. Don't give anyone a chance to talk, or you'll be in trouble."

Song Xian looked at him and saw that he looked indifferent, which made him even more confused. What did this mean? Why did he suddenly bring up this?

"Excuse me, Senior, who are you referring to as the one stirring up trouble?"

"I'm back at the mountain gate to report on my work. I heard that Yun Xuanzong has already interfered in the spiritual beast trade, so I summoned you here to remind you. The sect is very angry about this matter. Don't run into the gun at this time and let them take advantage of it."

It was Yun Xuanzong again. A few years ago, there was a rumor that Yun Xuanzong was going to go to war with the Beast Taming Sect. Later, I heard that the two sides had reached an agreement. I thought the matter was over, but I didn’t expect that Yun Xuanzong would appear again in less than a few years.

The Beast Taming Sect has controlled the spiritual beast trade in Xijiang County for so many years and has never allowed anyone to interfere. If Yun Xuanzong interferes, it will inevitably lead to interference or counterattack from the Beast Taming Sect.

No wonder Jiang Feng summoned me as soon as he returned to Bianxi City.

The Hunyuan Sect occupied Tianshan Mountain to cut off the trade in spiritual beasts. Now that Yun Xuanzong has made trouble on this matter, it might end up hurting himself.

Because there are also conflicts within the Beast Taming Sect. For example, Yang Jinzhang must want to make a big fuss about this issue to attack Jiang Feng.

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PS: (I've been a bit busy recently, so the number of words is a little less.)
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