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Chapter 152 Fellow Daoist Xiao, why do you look unhappy?

Lingyuan Hall, inside the back hall.

Yao Dehai, the Grand Elder of Lingyuan Sect, was communicating with the other elders of Lingyuan Sect: "Here are two lists. Everyone, please take a look at them."

"The above are useful materials, all of them are famous masters in Lizhou."

"The following is a list that has been sent in advance. It will be distributed to the rear bases later. Do not bring it to the front line."

Gu Qiuling, the elder of the Demon Slayer Hall, frowned and said, "If these people are so afraid of death, why did they come to Hezhou?"

"It's already this late, and you still like to play this game."

"Do they think fighting the Divine Fire Cult is just a game?"

Yao Dehai calmly advised, "Junior Sister Gu, these are requests from acquaintances, so please understand."

"We'll try to arrange for these people to be in a more remote place later. At least they can look after some spiritual mines, which is better than having nothing at all."

"Okay, everyone, get ready and let's go out and pick people one by one."

The front hall was now filled with monks from Lizhou. Each of them came forward to register their name again and received two brand new cloud crystal talismans.

The Cloud Crystal Talisman is a special talisman used to fight against the Soul-Chasing Shuttle.

Lingyuan Sect also stated that the method of making talismans is posted on the wall, and if you can't wait for the next distribution, you can make it yourself.

Xiao Chen also turned around and took a look. Although he didn't know how to make talismans, it didn't prevent him from memorizing the formula first.

Then the monks from Lingyuan Sect came out and, under the leadership of Yao Dehai, took away different monks one by one from the front to the back.

Liu Feng was assigned to Xunmei Mountain, and Zhu Hui was assigned to Luoyan Mountain.

Both of them were very happy; that was what they came for.

Old Feng was also assigned to Luoyan Mountain, but he gave a bitter smile.

He is already old and doesn't want to go to the front right away.

On the contrary, the casual cultivator who shouted that he just wanted to get a Foundation Establishment Pill was actually assigned to a more critical spiritual medicine garden in the rear.

The expression on his face was not very good, but he did not object. Instead, he prepared to wait for his turn.

Soon it was the last row's turn.

Gu Qiuling, who arrived late, took a look at the roster and immediately frowned again.

She saw Chen Zhian and Xiao Chen. These two names were the people who had been told not to be taken to the front line.

The Wangyan Mountain she is responsible for happens to be a relatively dangerous area.

"Wangyan Mountain is still short of a group of people. Fellow Daoist on the left, please follow me this way."

Gu Qiuling chose the left side and pointed at Xiao Chen: "The one on the far left, don't go there. The Qingyang Spirit Mine is short of one person, so you should go there to guard the mine."

In her heart, she despised most those monks who relied on family connections to gild themselves.

Therefore, I didn’t even want to pronounce the name, and used the one on the far left to refer to it.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen recalled yesterday's water curtain map. The Qingyang Spirit Mine was six hundred miles away from Luoyan Mountain. It was a stronghold with certain value but not very critical.

Isn't this a little bit remote?

He actually wanted to go to Wangyan Mountain to quickly accumulate military merits and become a Demon Slayer Guard as soon as possible.

So he asked tentatively, "Can we change someone?"

Gu Qiuling glared at him coldly.

She thought Xiao Chen wanted to go further back, and she felt very contemptuous of him: Qingyang Spirit Mine was not a very dangerous mission, but he still didn't dare to go. What a coward.

His tone was quite impatient: "If you are not satisfied, you can wait for your rotation. If everyone wants to change tasks like you, it will be a mess."

After saying that, he turned around and strode out of the Lingyuan Hall.

Xiao Chen frowned slightly when he heard this. The other party seemed to have inexplicable hostility towards him.

Since he didn't know that Elder Chen had said hello on his behalf, he didn't quite understand what was going on.

Never mind what she thought. Without me, Wang Yanshan would definitely be a loss for them.

Xiao Chen had already thought it through on the flying boat. This would be a protracted battle for resources, so he didn't need to rush and just take his time.

Just guard the mine, there will be rotation later anyway.

And this is not a bad idea. He has just arrived, so it would be good for him to go to the base first to familiarize himself with the environment in Hezhou.

After he becomes a Demon Slayer, he will have plenty of opportunities to earn points.

Qingyang County.

The Chang family, the largest local foundation-building family, had its patriarch, Chang Shunping, prepare a banquet at home in advance.

Then he went out of the city for sixty miles and waited in advance on Qingyang Peak.

He had already heard that a foundation-building cultivator from Lizhou would arrive at Lingyuan Sect today.

So I wanted to treat this new neighbor to a banquet, so that if there were any wandering demon cultivators, we could watch out for each other and help each other.

Xiao Chen had just arrived at Qingyang Peak when he saw the other party coming up to greet him warmly. He took the initiative to introduce his identity and said that he wanted to welcome him.

He declined the invitation: "Fellow Daoist Chang, I have to go take over the spiritual mine first. I will definitely do it next time."

Now that you have accepted the task, of course you have to be responsible.

The Qingyang Spiritual Mine is located behind the Qingyang Peak. It is rich in a spiritual material called Qingyang Stone, which is an excellent material for refining weapons.

It is for this reason that the river and the nearby small river are also named Qingyang River.

There are nearly a hundred Qi-refining monks in the spiritual mine all year round, eleven of whom are in the late Qi-refining stage, and the rest are mostly in the middle Qi-refining stage.

Today was a rare day when no work started. Instead, everyone gathered in the center of the mine, waiting for the arrival of the new manager.

However, Xiao Chen did not ask too much about the specific matters of mining, but only asked them to mine in the original way.

His main focus was still on how to fight against the evil cultivators.

"Does this still work?"

Xiao Chen looked at the array plate in front of him, whose patterns had been severely worn, and suspected that it had become ineffective.

When the Qingyang Spirit Mine was first established, an early warning formation was set up on the periphery to monitor the monks passing by nearby.

But now it seems that this thing has not been replaced for at least several decades, and it is probably just a decoration now.

He tried to inject some magic power into the array, but the array didn't respond at all.

Only one line lit up for a moment, then flickered several times before going out again.

"Okay, it seems that this early warning formation can't be relied upon, I have to rely on myself."

Xiao Chen shook his head, then walked around the Qingyang Spirit Mine to familiarize himself with the terrain.

Finally, I chose a high point with the best view to overlook the whole situation as my place to stay.

There are two Qi-refining monks in the mine who are specifically responsible for the construction of the courtyard. They built a brand new courtyard in just one day and are even considering expanding it.

However, Xiao Chen took the initiative to ask for everything to be kept simple and remove the useless rockery and pond.

He's not here for vacation; he's leaving in three months, so there's no need for anything fancy.

After settling on a place to stay, he took out the flags of the Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation and set them up according to the formation diagram in advance.

Although he was very confident in his own fighting ability, the more preparations he made, the better.

Halfway through, Chang Shunping came to invite again.

However, Xiao Chen was busy setting up the Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation, so he declined again on the pretext of tidying up his residence.
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On the third day, Chang Shunping came again.

This time he simply brought a large group of people, carrying more than a hundred food boxes, and invited all the cultivators in the Qingyang Spiritual Mine to have a meal together.

A table was also brought in, and sixty-six dishes were placed in Xiao Chen's courtyard.

There are all kinds of things flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, please don't be disgusted by these simple meals."

Chang Shunping smiled warmly: "These are the special dishes of our Qingyang County, you can't eat them anywhere else."

He was so enthusiastic that Xiao Chen felt embarrassed: "Friend Chang, this is too expensive."

If I'm not mistaken, the three-foot-six-inch-long spirit fish in the middle of the table is a second-level peach blossom carp.

One of the few second-level spirit fish that can be farmed.

Judging from its size, it must weigh at least 90 kilograms if not 100 kilograms.

The cost of this peach blossom carp alone is at least two hundred spirit stones.

In fact, this is already the third one.

Since Xiao Chen did not attend the banquet the first two times, the first two were eventually shared and eaten by the Chang family members.

The reason why Chang Shunping was willing to pay such a high cost was that he had to establish a relationship with Xiao Chen.

This is because traces of demonic cultivators have recently appeared in Qiuping County, not far from Qingyang.

Although from the current situation, it seems that they want to attack the spiritual vein there.

But this kind of thing is unpredictable. If the other party turns around and comes to Qingyang, the Chang family will be in trouble.

Xiao Chen and Chang Shunping ate and chatted, and got a general understanding of the Chang family's situation.

At first glance, he felt that the Chang family was a bit similar to the Su family, but after asking carefully, he found that the Chang family was far inferior to the Su family.

There are two foundation-building cultivators in the Chang family's generation. The eldest brother Chang Shunping has reached the sixth level of foundation-building, and the second brother Chang Shunan has also reached the third level of foundation-building.

Logically speaking, this is pretty good.

However, there are many monks in Hezhou, and the competition is more intense.

Secondly, although Chang Shunping did not say it directly, Xiao Chen could hear that the two brothers were not strong.

They are similar to the foundation-building cultivators of the Su family. They have benefited from the protection of their elders since childhood and gradually neglected their cultivation.

Currently, both of them are stuck in their current realm, and have been stuck for more than 30 years.

In fact, from another perspective, we can also see that the Chang family is not strong.

The Qingyang Spiritual Mine was so close to them, but the Chang family did not get even half of the dividends from the spirit mine. The entire spirit mine was the asset of the Lingyuan Sect.

On the other hand, Nanhu belonged entirely to the Su family before Xiao Chen received the dividends.

When the Divine Fire Cult invaded this time, the Lingyuan Sect summoned the foundation-building families in the territory to jointly resist the evil cultivators.

Therefore, the Chang family now has only Chang Shunping, who is in charge of building the foundation, looking after the family business, and training the next generation.

Moreover, due to the lack of manpower at the beginning, the foundation-building monks of Lingyuan Sect who were originally stationed at Qingyang Spirit Mine were transferred to the front line of Xunmei Mountain.

Chang Shunping looked around and saw that there was not a single helper within a radius of a hundred miles.

Over the past year, he has been filled with worry and fear at the thought that someday some roving demon cultivator might attack the Chang family.

Therefore, seeing Xiao Chen coming was like seeing a savior coming.

Especially after learning that Xiao Chen was already a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, he was extremely excited.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I tell you this, but I've been really worried lately."

Chang Shunping raised his wine glass, his face flushed. "The demonic cultivators are already rampant in Qiu Ping's area. I heard that a while ago, a large group of demonic cultivators sneaked in from Wangyan Mountain."

"The world is not peaceful!"

"Thank goodness you're here, Fellow Daoist Xiao. If anything were to happen, we can look after each other." "Let me toast you, Fellow Daoist."

Xiao Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then he became a little skeptical: "Fellow Daoist Chang, why didn't I hear any relevant news before I came here?"

Chang Shunping lowered his voice and whispered, "To be honest, I have a friend who works at the Huidong Chamber of Commerce. He told me this."

Xiao Chen was confused: "I wonder what this Huidong Chamber of Commerce is?"

"Oh, look at my brain, I forgot that Fellow Daoist Xiao is from Lizhou."

Chang Shunping punished himself with a drink, then explained, "Although the Huidong Chamber of Commerce isn't one of the top powers in Hezhou, it's relatively unknown."

"But he has a background in the Eastern Region and is involved in big business."

Xiao Chen immediately understood that the intelligence network possessed by such a force would naturally be very powerful.

This means that the rise of demonic cultivators infiltrating from Wangyan Mountain should be true.

In this case, I might even encounter a demon cultivator who comes to me on his own initiative during this period of time.

This is good news!
Xiao Chen also changed his opinion of Chang Shunping. Being able to know such news, it seems that he is quite well-informed.

In this case, we might as well ask him for more information.

One of them wanted to strike up a conversation, and the other wanted to make friends, so they chatted for three hours.

The information Chang Shunping has is quite comprehensive and rich. He can talk about the overall situation in Hezhou, the current situation, and the status of various forces of all sizes in detail.

These things are not that deep, but they are not shallow either.

Anyone who has not spent decades in Hezhou would definitely not be able to understand it in such detail.

"Take care, Fellow Daoist Chang. I will definitely visit you someday when I'm free."

Xiao Chen sent Chang Shunping away and sat alone in the yard, carefully recalling the information he had just received.

I have to say that different people see different worlds.

According to Chang Shunping, Hezhou is now a mixed bag.

Lingyuan Sect currently has to face the threat from the Divine Fire Sect and also has to guard against the restoration of the White Bone Sect.

From the few bits and pieces he had learned so far, Xiao Chen felt that the White Bone Sect was a bit like the Luotian Sect, but even more outrageous than the Luotian Sect.

Its main purpose is to overthrow the Lingyuan Sect, enslave the Wanhua Valley, and completely eradicate the Qingxiao Sect.

Then, because of this goal, they were beaten to death by the three major sects in Hezhou, and they were almost extinct in the past few years.

But for some unknown reason, it has suddenly become active again in the past two years.

He had carried out several major events in succession, and although none of them were successful, they did have a significant impact on Lingyuan Sect.

In addition, Xiao Chen also heard news about Tianji Pavilion from Chang Shunping.

Tianji Pavilion is a rather mysterious organization. It is said that its headquarters is located in the Central Region, and all official members of the pavilion are fortune tellers.

In addition to divination, he also sells various secret information.

As long as you are willing to spend spirit stones, you can buy all kinds of information from the Tianji Pavilion, and the accuracy is quite high.

Of course, these are not the focus at the moment. The main problem is that the Divine Fire Sect blocked Quanzhou and did not give any face to the Tianji Pavilion at all.

So now Hezhou Tianji Pavilion has lost contact with the Central Region.

In order to have the power to protect itself, Tianji Pavilion has been in frequent contact with various forces during this period, and has consciously gathered nearby independent cultivators.

It has become a force that cannot be ignored.

In addition, there are still many independent cultivators in Hezhou who pretend to be robbers and commit murder and arson.

As long as they are not caught on the spot, they will put the blame on the evil cultivators of the Divine Fire Sect.

Although many people know that this is just an excuse.

However, in the current situation, without clear evidence, it is difficult for Lingyuan Sect to get to the bottom of the matter.

All in all, the current situation in Hezhou is far more complicated than it appears.
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Xiao Chen sorted out the situation in front of him.

I found that although the situation had indeed become more complicated, my original plan was not affected.

"What I need to do now is to first cultivate the 'Spiritual Eyes that Break Delusion' and then earn points."

"As for the other various incidents and power struggles, they actually have nothing to do with me."

"It would be even better if I could occasionally encounter a demon cultivator from the Divine Fire Sect who came to me on his own initiative."

With this idea in mind, Xiao Chen continued to practice martial arts and magic spells every day, just like when he was in Lihuomen.

A month goes by in a blink of an eye.

The Qingyang Stone mined this month was successfully handed over to the Lingyuan Sect monks who were responsible for transporting the resources.

Xiao Chen felt a little bored: "No, where are the demon cultivators? Where did they go?"

When he was at Lihuomen, if he occasionally felt irritated while practicing, he could talk to Su Wanqing or go for a walk in the market.

But in Qingyang Spirit Mine, every day when he opened his eyes, he saw the mine, and when he closed his eyes, he saw the ore. Even he could not stay there any longer.

Of course, this situation is also related to a notice he just received.

While handing over the Qingyang Stone, he also received the monthly report issued by Lingyuan Sect.

The content of the notice is actually very simple, only two pages in total.

The first page is a commendation book, listing twenty monks who performed outstandingly in the fight against the Divine Fire Sect last month, and specially allocated ten each from Lingyuan Sect and Lizhou.

The second page is the reward notice, which lists the ten most valuable spiritual objects among the rewards redeemed last month and the monks who redeemed them.

Xiao Chen saw a familiar name on it - Ye Fei.

This kid not only killed three demon cultivators, but also ranked second in points earned by cultivators in Lizhou.

He also directly exchanged for twelve twin green lotus seeds, apparently wanting to cast some kind of spell.

"It was clearly said that a large group of demonic cultivators had infiltrated. Where are your people?"

Xiao Chen waited and waited, but there was no attack from the demons. He wanted to run out and find the demon cultivators on his own initiative.

But he is not a Demon Slayer Guard yet, and is responsible for guarding the Qingyang Spirit Mine.

Therefore, they can only stay at the mine and it is not convenient to leave their post without permission.

After much thought, Xiao Chen sent someone to invite Chang Shunping over, wanting to find out the latest information again.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I was just about to come see you."

Chang Shunping came over cheerfully: "I have good news for you. The demon cultivators who sneaked in from Wangyan Mountain last time have basically been captured."

"We in Qingyang will be safe for at least the next month."

"Hey, Fellow Daoist Xiao, why do you look unhappy?"

Of course Xiao Chen couldn't be happy, he had originally hoped to wait and see.

Now, there is no hope at all.

"Have all the demon cultivators been captured?"

Xiao Chen asked with some reluctance: "Is there anything that slipped through the net?"

"Are there no new demon cultivators infiltrating Wangyan Mountain?"

Chang Shunping calculated for a moment: "I heard that a whole team got in, so if that's the case, there should be three or four more."

"But it doesn't matter, Fellow Daoist Xiao, you can rest assured."

"We have nothing in Qingyang County, and the remaining demon cultivators are not stupid, so they will definitely not come to us."

Very good. After hearing him say this, Xiao Chen’s heart finally settled down.

After chatting for a while and seeing Chang Shunping off.

Xiao Chen began to wait in bored anticipation again: "Where on earth will these demon cultivators go?"

"Brother, where are we going?"

Beside a rice field outside Qiuping County, three demon cultivators, dressed like farmers taking a break, sat under an old locust tree.

One of them was looking at the sparrow not far away, but was asking his accomplice on the right.

Peng Dawei, who was called Big Brother, seemed to be resting his eyes: "Don't be anxious, wait for another opportunity."

Another person also complained: "Brother, just waiting like this is not a solution. I haven't seen the blood and essence of a cultivator for two months."

"I heard that the brothers in the south have captured a lot of cauldrons from the Myriad Flowers Valley. That little face and that figure are both first-class."

Hearing this, Peng Dawei also opened his eyes, and a hint of heat flashed in his eyes.

He heard that Wanhua Valley had a beauty-preserving technique, and the higher the level of cultivation of the female disciples, the more beautiful they were. When he thought of the sect's secret method of replenishing yin and yang, he felt a little hungry.

But he remained relatively calm and didn't get carried away.

He advised, "Don't worry. We are surrounded by people from the Lingyuan Sect. If you want to escape unscathed, you must wait until I send you news."

While they were chatting, an elderly woman came by the side of the road.

After seeing Peng Dawei, she took the initiative to walk around to the locust tree, reached out to lift the blue and white coarse cloth, and took out a pancake from the basket on her arm.

"Young man, these homemade pancakes are only one cent each. Take one."

Peng Dawei took out three copper coins and said, "Take two more and give one to each of my two brothers."

After the old woman left, he opened the pancake in his hand and found a note inside.

Gao Changjun, who was standing by, was stunned when he saw this.

He had just swallowed the pancake in two bites: "Brother, I... um..."

Peng Dawei stuffed the remaining pancake in his hand into his mouth: "You useless thing, how come you didn't die of stuffing!"

Fortunately, there was only one piece of crucial information, and the two extra pancakes were just a cover.

Another demon cultivator looked at the staggering old woman in the distance in shock: "Brother, what a powerful breath-concealing technique! I couldn't even see it!"

Gao Changjun swallowed the pancake in one gulp: "Yeah, brother, I thought it was just a mortal!"

Peng Dawei smiled proudly: "You are right, he is just a mortal!"

"Now that Lingyuan Sect is investigating so strictly, the sound transmission talisman, signal talisman, and magic sword are all easily exposed."

"On the contrary, even if these mortals walked right under the noses of those monks, no one would even give them a second glance."

After reading the information in his hand, Peng Dawei opened his mouth and swallowed the note directly.

"Second brother, third brother, don't you want the essence and blood? Our chance has come."

"The Qingyang Chang family now only has one person left who is at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and he has been leaving the family every few days for the past month to go to Qingyang Mountain."

Gao Changjun reacted immediately: "Let's ambush him at Qingyang Mountain!"

"Snapped!"

Peng Dawei slapped him on the back of the head: "You are as stupid as a pig!"

"I told you last month that there were monks stationed at the Qingyang Spiritual Mine. Why are you still going there?"

"Let's go to Qingyang County and ambush him on his way back."

(End of this chapter)