Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 39: Dissension
"Please go back! Our manager Yang has already said that you should come back on the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month." The big man said with a smile.

Seeing his face, Song Xian felt really disgusted and wanted to slap him.

"In the early years, I also accompanied the old master to pay a visit to Senior Liu Zikai, the head of Xuanyuan Sect stationed in Changping City. Although there were also layers of reporting and many rules, the people in his mansion were not so greedy and arrogant. Today really opened my eyes. If I hadn't been holding back my anger, I really wanted to punch the gatekeeper in the head." The two left the Yang Mansion, and Zhong Wenyuan sighed and apologized.

"Our trip is not in vain. Even a gatekeeper in Yang Mansion is so greedy and domineering. It shows how powerful Yang Jinzhang is. Brother Wenyuan, why bother to argue with such a villain." Song Xian was still a little annoyed when facing the gatekeeper, but now that he has left Yang Mansion, the anger in his heart has long disappeared.

Seeing that there was no anger on his face and that he was comforting himself instead, Zhong Wenyuan couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

I have lived for decades and seen so much of the world, but my temperament is not as calm as that of a young man like him who is less than 20 years old.

"Master, you're right. I was too impatient. Just thinking about that dog-eyed look of his, I couldn't help but get angry. Who the hell is he? He relied on Yang Jinzhang's power to treat us like this."

"I'm angry too, but it's useless. Who told us to be so lowly and powerless? If you want others to respect you, you must improve your status."

"Where are we going now?"

"Let's find a place to rest for the night first. Tomorrow we'll go visit Luoyun Sect and see what the largest sect in West City is like."

……

Luoyun Sect is located in the eastern part of Bianxi City. When the two arrived, it was already noon on the second day.

The mountain gate is a second-grade superior spiritual vein. The two waited outside the mountain gate for almost half an hour before they received a reply and were invited to come in.

A young man dressed in Luoyun Sect uniform led the two to a hall at the foot of the mountain, asked them to take a seat, and then left.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a big belly, a fat head and big ears came in. He was at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He walked in from the outside, his eyes swept over the two of them, and fixed on Zhong Wenyuan: "This must be the headmaster of Hunyuan Sect, Song Xian!"

When the two saw him come in, they had already stood up to greet him. Song Xian felt a little embarrassed when he saw that he had recognized the wrong person. This was not the first time this had happened since he went out.

There's no way around it. He's so young and his cultivation is so low that no normal person would think he would be the sect leader.

"I am Zhong Wenyuan, the elder of Hunyuan Sect. This person will be the leader of our sect." Zhong Wenyuan hurriedly explained.

"Oh?" The obese man was surprised. He looked Song Xian up and down and exclaimed, "I didn't expect that Sect Leader Song is so young. He is truly a hero!"

"I hope you won't mind me for disturbing your majesty." Song Xian bowed his head.

The obese man said with a chuckle, "I am Zhang Yuan, the head of the External Affairs Peak. The sect leader and elders are all busy and cannot meet. Please take a seat."

The three of them took their seats, host and guest. Zhang Yuan spoke, "I heard from the disciple who brought the message that your clan has settled in Bianxia Town. Why are you here? I wonder what your purpose is?"

"My clan has come to the market to buy and sell some items. This visit to your clan is not for any important matter, but simply to admire your splendor."

"A market will soon be built in Bianxia Town. Does Sect Leader Song know about this?"

"I heard that it was established by your clan."

"No, our sect is just taking the lead and inviting all the sects in Bianxi City to participate. Xiazhen is a major transportation hub, bordering the Muhe Grassland, with a constant flow of caravans. Furthermore, there are now sects migrating from various inland cities. Therefore, our sect is considering establishing a market there. This will provide a trading venue for the monks there, and also facilitate trade for the caravans."

"Your sect's move is in line with both Heaven's will and the people's wishes. With this market, our sect no longer has to travel so far to Bianxi City to buy and sell items for cultivation."

"Our sect established this market for the convenience of the cultivators in Bianxia Town. If your sect is interested, you can also build a shop in this market."

Song Xian sighed, "Our sect has just arrived and has no means of livelihood. Even if we were to open a shop in your city, we don't have any cultivation resources to offer."

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "That's not difficult at all. I have a method that you can consider."

Song Xian's eyes lit up. He had two purposes for coming here. One was to make himself familiar and pay his respects to the boss of Bianxi City.

The second reason was to try his luck and cooperate with Luoyun Sect to develop some industry, just like Qingyuan Sect and Yushou Sect did.

Therefore, he quickly replied, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, please tell us. If you can help our sect out of its current predicament, we will be deeply grateful." "Bianxia Town is adjacent to the Muhe Grassland. Why don't Sect Master Song follow the example of other caravans and lead your disciples to the Muhe Grassland to buy some of the goods that Qin State needs, and then sell them in the market shops. This will also be a way to make money."

Hearing his words, Song Xian felt very disappointed. He had thought that he had some good ideas.

"I've heard that there are many caravans heading to the Muhe Grassland, earning a few hundred spirit stones on each trip. But I've also heard that there are bandits lurking in the Tianshan Mountains, often raiding caravans. I'm afraid they'll plunder everything before they even reach the Muhe Grassland."

"These Tianshan bandits don't rob everyone." Zhang Yuan then told them about the Beast Taming Sect's Yang Jinzhang selling passes and asked them to go find Yang Jinzhang.

Song Xian feigned contemplation and said, "If that's the case, then it's not bad. When we went to the Qingyuan Sect in Bianxia Town earlier, we learned that they had begun a partnership with the Beast Taming Sect. I heard that they could make a profit of several thousand spirit stones every year. It's a pity that my family is not so lucky. If someone could help my sect, I would definitely serve them wholeheartedly."

Zhang Yuan smiled but said nothing.

Song Xian originally wanted to test him with this question, but seeing his expression, he knew that it was impossible for him to get close to the Luoyun Sect, so he stopped arguing with the matter and changed the subject to talk about other trivial matters.

After chatting for a while, he got up and said goodbye.

Not only did he not see the Luoyun Sect's headmaster, he didn't even see the Luoyun Sect's elders, deacons and other high-level officials. The Luoyun Sect only sent the head of the Foreign Affairs Peak to receive him, which shows that they don't take the Hunyuan Sect seriously at all.

Fortunately, I had been treated coldly at Yang's house yesterday, so I was mentally prepared. At least they sent the head of the Foreign Affairs Peak to receive me with a smile.

At night, when the two returned to the inn in the city, Zhang Ningyuan was already waiting there.

Seeing the two return, he excitedly stepped forward and said, "Master, Senior Brother Zhong, we've already bought two sets of first-grade, low-grade Spirit Gathering Array Flags and ten talismans for the Construction Warrior. The two sets of flags cost three hundred spirit stones, and the ten talismans cost eighty spirit stones."

As he spoke, he took out the formation flags and talismans.

Two sets of spirit-gathering array flags were placed in exquisite stone boxes. Each set contained three black flags, each three feet tall. The box also contained a manual with illustrations and text explaining how to use them.

Zhong Wenyuan frowned slightly. "This formation flag is a bit expensive. A low-grade spirit gathering formation normally costs only a little over a hundred spirit stones. The shop must have taken advantage of Junior Brother Zhang because he didn't know the price of formation flags, so they raised the price."

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Upon hearing this, Zhang Ningyuan's complacent smile froze in an instant, and he felt both aggrieved and angry.

Ever since he came to Western Xinjiang with everyone and settled in Bianxia Town, he clearly felt that Song Xian wanted to entrust him with important tasks, whether it was asking him to go out and purchase useless things for life, or appointing him to be in charge of sect purchases, or even this time bringing him to Bianxi City specifically to make him responsible for buying formation flags and talismans.

It is clear that Song Xian wants to hand over this part of the sect's affairs to him. If it were someone else, he might want to focus on practicing and might not be willing to take care of these trivial matters, but he enjoys it.

He is naturally quick-witted and dislikes boring tasks. He was previously in charge of the training room in Qingyun Sect, but he found it boring.

Now he was asked to manage the sect's procurement affairs and deal with different people outside, which was exactly what he wanted. Therefore, he secretly swore in his heart that he must handle these affairs well and let others see his means and abilities.

In order to save spirit stones, he ran around all the shops in the market that day and talked his mouth off before someone agreed to buy two sets at a discount of twenty spirit stones, for only three hundred spirit stones.

What he didn't expect was that what he called was Zhong Wenyuan's cold words that it was a bit expensive, which made all his enthusiasm and two days of hard work go to waste, which made him feel extremely wronged.

It was Zhong Wenyuan's indiscriminate attitude that made him angry. The two of them set out from Guzi Mountain and traveled all the way to Xicheng for so many days and nights. During this period, Zhong Wenyuan did not mention how much the spirit gathering array cost. Now he proposed that a spirit gathering array only required more than a hundred spirit stones. What was he doing before?

Isn't this just making fun of yourself?

Zhang Ningyuan's face flushed red, and he stiffened his neck and said, "I've been to all the shops in this market, and they all have the same price. If you don't believe me, go to the market and ask for yourself."

Seeing his expression change, Zhong Wenyuan didn't know what to say and stopped talking.

Song Xian tried to smooth things over, "Bianxi City is not like Pingyuan County. Some materials may not be available here and need to be shipped from other places, so prices fluctuate. It's like those caravans from Far East City on the Muhe Grassland to Bianxi City. The same item has two different prices. This is a common occurrence."

Zhang Ningyuan had nowhere to vent his resentment, and he was already feeling a little discouraged. He took out a small bag from his sleeve, which contained two second-level spirit stones, and handed it to Song Xian: "Here are twenty more spirit stones, Master, please take them back!"

"Don't give these to me. Senior Brother Lu Yuan will take care of the financial affairs. The remaining spirit stones will be given to Senior Brother Lu. Everyone is tired today, let's rest!"

Several people went back to their rooms to rest.

(End of this chapter)