Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 81 Arrangements and Scheduling
"Make way! This is Sister Yan'er's friend, a Taoist priest, who's here to help her," the boy shouted. The other children made way for him, looking at him with a mixture of respect and fear.

Song Xian walked to the bedside and first checked her injuries. Although the injuries were serious, they were not fatal. So he took out the blood coagulation pill and rejuvenation pill from the storage ring, pried open her swollen and cracked lips, and poured water into them.

"Master, can Sister Yan'er be saved?" a teenage girl asked timidly.

"She won't die, just take good care of her. Can anyone tell me what happened? How could she be so badly injured?"

"It was all done by that old beast." The little boy next to him said angrily with red eyes.

The little girl added tearfully, "This morning, a frail old immortal came to the village and found Sister Yan'er. They had an argument and started fighting. Sister Yan'er was no match for him and was tortured like this. After his victory, he refused to leave and instead went berserk, killing many more people and setting the village on fire."

"Finally, he spread the word that this matter wasn't over yet. If Sister Yan'er didn't obey, he would come again and kill everyone in the village."

"Master, please save Sister Yan'er, please save us!"

Looking at these cowardly and helpless children, Song Xian felt indignant. He also knew that many cultivators in the cultivation world no longer regarded mortals as the same species, and killing people was as easy as crushing an ant. Now that Peng Yu from the Yuyuan Sect had said it, he would really do it.

"Did that person say when he would come again?"

The little boy shouted loudly: "Half a month later, I heard him say to give Sister Yan'er half a month to think about it."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen, I promise." Song Xian's eyes were firm.

"Thank you, Immortal Master. If you really saved us, you will be the great benefactor of our village. All of us, young and old in the village, will pray for you day and night from now on." After hearing this, the two elderly women immediately prostrated themselves and kowtowed, and the children followed suit.

"No need for that. Please stand up! Who are you two to her?"

One of the old women said, "According to seniority, we are Yan'er's aunts. Everyone in this village is related. Yan'er's parents died a long time ago, and she was a poor child. Since she was young, she has been raised by each family in the village in turn. This is also the village's custom. Orphaned children are all raised by the village."

"Later, she was bought away. But two years ago, she came back and became a master. After that, she lived in the village and took in orphaned children."

"The children in this room all lost their parents early and were adopted by her. Fortunately, she was able to earn some money, so these children had enough food and clothing. In addition, she was able to give some silver to every household in the village so that everyone could buy food and clothing. As a result, life in the village has been much better in the past two years."

The girl at the side said, "Sister Yan'er can make talismans. We help her collect various things and assist her. She makes talismans and sells them. She uses the money to buy us clothes and food. She also built a few houses for us to live in the village."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside. An old man in his seventies with white hair and beard came walking quickly, followed by a dozen strong men.

As the old man entered the room, his eyes locked onto Song Xian. He slowly bowed, his lips trembling as he spoke, "I'm honored to meet you, Master. I heard that you are Yan'er's friend?"

"Yes, I wonder who this old gentleman is?"

"This is the village chief," a woman said beside the bed. "Chief, this immortal master has promised to protect our safety."

"Ah!" The old man was overjoyed and was about to kneel down.

Song Xian held him up and said, "Old man, there's no need to do this. Even if I don't know Feng Yan, let alone that I'm her friend, I can't just watch that man massacre the villagers."

"Master, you are a man of high character. On behalf of the two hundred villagers, I express my deepest gratitude for your help. If you can stop that evildoer, you will be our great benefactor, and everyone in the village will build a statue and pray for you. I was busy organizing the firefighting and discussing how to deal with that evildoer, so I didn't come to meet you. I hope you won't mind. This isn't the place for conversation. Please excuse me and come to my residence to discuss this in detail."

"You are discussing how to deal with that person. I wonder how to deal with him?"

A strong man behind the old man shouted loudly: "It's nothing more than fighting him to the death. We have prepared swords, spears, arrows and bows. If the evil man comes, we will rush forward and fight him to the death."

"You are just courting death by doing this. Let me deal with this guy. Take good care of Feng Yan. I will come back in three days." After saying this, Song Xian strode out of the room.

"Master," the old man called out hurriedly, "May I ask your name, Master?"

"My name is Song Xian. When she wakes up, tell her that I was here. By the way, keep this matter secret for now and don't leak it to anyone. That villain has a powerful background, and if he gets wind of it, it will be difficult to deal with." "Master, please allow us to entertain you and have a cup of tea before leaving."

Song Xian ignored the old man's attempt to keep him, picked up the gourd magic weapon, and flew away.

After returning to the shop in the market town, he immediately asked Zhang Ningyuan to go to the sect and find Lin Zixiang, Zhang Yi and Lu Yuan.

The next day, all three arrived at the shop.

"Master, why did you call us here?" Everyone was sitting together in the room, and George Lam asked.

"I need to get rid of someone." Song Xian then faithfully recounted what happened in Nanling Shizhai Village. "Peng Yu is a scoundrel, and we can't just sit back and watch. Besides, Feng Yan is our friend, and she's done a lot for us in promoting the Yuxiang Pill. Ten days from now, Peng Yu will likely return to Shizhai Village. We'll ambush him there, kill him in one fell swoop, and eliminate this scourge."

When they heard this, they were all surprised. They didn't expect that Song Xian was so anxious to call them here for this matter. They had not been mentally prepared at all, and they remained silent after hearing this.

Among the few people, Zhang Ningyuan was the most shocked, because the two of them had been together day and night for this period of time, but he had no knowledge of Peng Yu from the Yuyuan Sect beforehand.

Lin Zixiang asked, "What is the origin of this Yuyuan Sect?"

"The Yuyuan Sect is a local force in Bianxi City. Its mountain gate is stationed in Fengyuan Town in the southwest of Bianxi City, not far from Bianshang Town. Its sect has about a hundred disciples, but no foundation-building cultivators." Song Xian has inquired a lot about the forces in Bianxia City in recent days, and he has a rough understanding of the local forces in Bianxi City.

Lin Zixiang continued, "Peng Yu is a disciple of the Yuyuan Sect and has reached the late stage of Qi Refining. He must be a small leader of the Yuyuan Sect. If we kill him, will it lead to revenge from the Yuyuan Sect? We have just arrived here and it is not wise to make enemies with a powerful local sect."

Lu Yuan echoed, "Yes! It's not worth offending the Yuyuan Sect for some irrelevant people. Although our sect is protected by the laws of the Qianqing Sect and other forces cannot attack the mountain gate within three hundred years, it does not mean that others cannot target us."

"If we really become enemies with the Yuyuan Sect, our sect will have a hard time gaining a foothold, let alone developing. Although the Yuyuan Sect is not one of the largest sects in Bianxi City, it is not something our sect can compete with."

"They are so numerous and powerful that they can just send people to attack our disciples who are out. By then, we won't even dare to leave the mountain gate, so how can we develop?"

Song Xian also knew that offending the Yuyuan Sect would bring him great trouble, but he couldn't bear to sit idly by and watch Peng Yu massacre the villagers.

"Fellow Daoist Feng Yan has helped us sell the Jade Fragrance Pill and will be a key figure in the sect's future promotion of the pill. She's already made friends with some of the wealthy ladies of Bianxi City and has successfully established some sales channels. I'm planning to hire her to be responsible for the sect's Jade Fragrance Pill sales full-time, so we can't ignore this matter.

"Zhang Yi is usually silent, but he is a strong and kind person in his heart. After hearing about Feng Yan and Shizhai Village's experience, he was also indignant, but he also felt that what Lin Zixiang and Lu Yuan said made sense. The Hunyuan Sect had only been established for less than a few months and had not yet gained a firm foothold. If they ambushed and killed its disciples at this time, it would inevitably make enemies with the Yuyuan Sect and cause conflict.

After pondering for a moment, he slowly said, "I have a suggestion. Since the Sect Master already intends to hire her to take charge of the Jade Fragrance Pill, why not recruit her directly into the sect? Once she becomes a disciple, Peng Yu will definitely be wary and won't openly bother her again."

"If he really wants to bully the weak and insists on having his own way, our sect will be in the right and we will take action against him. Then we will have an explanation."

"The Yuyuan Sect is powerful, while our sect is weak. If we ambush their disciples without reason, it will inevitably lead to a massive retaliation from the Yuyuan Sect. This is unwise. But we cannot ignore Fellow Daoist Feng Yan either. This is unrighteous."

Zhang Ningyuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Brother Zhang Yi, this is a good idea. It not only saves Fellow Daoist Feng Yan, but also avoids making enemies with the Yuyuan Sect. It just so happens that we need a female cultivator to promote the Jade Fragrance Pill, so it's like killing two birds with one stone."

In his heart, he didn't actually care about Feng Yan's fate, but Feng Yan was related to the sales of Yuxiang Dan, which was what he cared about, so he also wanted to protect her.

Song Xian thought for a moment and nodded slowly, "Alright, let's do this! Besides Fellow Daoist Feng Yan, we can't ignore the old and young in Shizhai Village either. I've decided to take them to Old Lone Peak and let them stay there. This will increase the number of people our sect can handle, and it will also save their lives."

"Junior Brother Lu Yuan, this matter is up to you. Please bear with me. Return to the sect now, bring some men and the camels we bought, and go to Shizhai Village. Help the villagers move all their belongings to the Old Lone Peak, and then allocate a piece of land there for them."

"Brother Zixiang, Brother Zhang Yi, and Brother Ning Yuan, you will all come with me to Shizhai Village to meet Peng Yu. If he is willing to settle the matter peacefully, that's fine. But if he insists on bullying the weak, we will have to fight him."

Several people nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)