Strange mountains and rivers

After pondering for a long time, Chen Huaisheng did not ask who Wu Tianen was referring to by his meaningless words.

But he can basically guess that it is nothing more than the Southern Chu Zijin Sect or the Huozhou Baishi Sect. There is a high probability that the two families are also connected, and there are even other sects behind them.

But what about the purpose?

The Chonghua Sect is not a sect like Baishi Sect that is in a period of crazy expansion, nor is it looking for provocations.

If it is blocking the way of Baishimen who intends to expand its power southward, then why is the Nanchu Zijin Sect targeting the Chonghua Sect?

But that doesn't matter anymore, what matters is how you respond.

"Uncle, my disciple made such a presumptuous remark. If he keeps forbearing like this, no matter what the reason is, it may not be a good thing." Chen Huaisheng couldn't hold back and said it anyway.

"Oh? Tell me." Wu Tianen glanced at the other party in surprise. He vaguely revealed the faction's difficulties. Didn't Chen Huaisheng understand?

"If they don't respond more forcefully, they will only be regarded as weak by the other party. Maybe they have the scruples mentioned by the uncle and do not dare to be too presumptuous, but actions like the attack on Longyanfang City are not considered presumptuous? They have to do it. Wait until they attack our mountain gate?"

Chen Huaisheng said solemnly: "We should fight back. First, let the other side understand that once a war starts, they will also pay the price, instead of just losing some casual cultivators who are insignificant to them, so that they are really afraid... …”

"Secondly, let our allies understand that we can no longer tolerate it, and we must fight even if we burn our boats. Otherwise, these allies will think that we can still tolerate it, and they will even abandon our interests for their own sake... "

Wu Tianen was greatly touched by Chen Huaisheng's words.

The first one is quite satisfactory. It was also mentioned during the deacon meeting to fight back and make the other party feel pain. However, the second one is a bit ingenious and targets the Nine Lotus Sect.

We cannot let these allies arbitrarily sacrifice the interests of the Chonghua Sect to maintain the so-called peace. You, the Jiulian Sect, are unwilling to take action. We will do it ourselves. If we beat them to pieces, we will all feel the pain. Let’s talk about it again. If the Jiulian Sect cannot assume the identity of the leader of the alliance, Then don't blame me for finding another way out.

The bet is that the other side is not ready for a complete and all-out war.

"Uncle, I think that if we don't do this, maybe the disciples in the sect will be distracted first. I feel that no matter what our results are, at least this is the attitude of the sect, which is more important than anything else..."

When Chen Huaisheng left, he felt that Wu Tianen was still in a trance.

Chen Huaisheng felt that the advice he gave was correct.

What does the sect rely on to unite people's hearts?

Everyone thinks that the sect is dependent on them, but if their lives and interests cannot be protected by the sect, then is this sect still worth staying in?

Of course, I can stand up and talk without pain in my back. The decisions are taken by the big guys and they bear the responsibility. Anyway, whether it is decision-making or counterattacks, it is not the turn of little shrimps like me.

"Did you go to Xiaoyan Peak?" Chen Huaisheng returned to Jiashe and met Kou Qing, Tong Tong and Yuan Wenbo who were visiting together. Kou Qing asked directly.

"Well, I went to Master Wu's place. What happened?" Chen Huaisheng asked.

"Have you been to Master Guo?" Kou Qing reminded him even though he was impulsive, but not unreasonable at all.

"Why should I go to Master Guo's place? Don't you always go there?" Chen Huaisheng understood, "Oh, I know, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival soon. It's time to go to Master Guo's place to visit, Junior Sister Tong and Senior Brother Yuan, together? "

"You should go to Master Guo first, and then it would be more appropriate to go to Master Wu." Yuan Wenbo also suggested.

After experiencing the battle in Huozhou Tianzhai, the relationship between the group of people quickly became closer.

Although it was still due to Cao Renben and Guo Chongdao, with the attack on Longyanfang City, the entire Chonghua Sect became nervous, and some of the original discords were temporarily shelved or downplayed.

Therefore, the relationship between Yuan Wenbo, Tong Tong, Zhao Wuyou and Chen Huaisheng and Kou Qing has also greatly improved and they have become closer.

"I didn't go to Master Wu's place because of the festival..." Chen Huaisheng didn't explain much and changed the subject: "Today, we suddenly remembered to come to my place together?"

"It's the two of them. I was dragged here by their husband..." Yuan Wenbo shook his head, "It's Senior Sister Fang who wants to thank you all. I probably benefited from it and want to treat you to dinner."

"Senior Sister Fang?" Chen Huaisheng asked in surprise: "She has completely recovered? How is she feeling now?"

"I've recovered, but I'm not in a good mood." Kou Qing's face darkened, "I guess Senior Sister Fang wants to leave the sect."

Tong Tong also nodded, "I met Senior Sister Tang the day before yesterday. Senior Sister Tang was also there scolding the elders, deacons and other people in the sect for being as cowardly as mice and fearful of the enemy as tigers. She said that sooner or later the Chonghua Sect would disappear in the hands of these people... …”

This Senior Sister Tang should be Zhen Yunpei's Taoist companion, a disciple of the fourth level of Qi Refining in the Central Hall of the Chuan Gong Academy.

Yuan Wenbo also sighed, "Senior Brother Shi and Brother Tang are also full of resentment. I heard that Elder Zheng's two sons have gone to the deacon meeting to make trouble twice. I want the deacon to give an explanation. Now the Central Committee People are in panic, and the commander is not in the mountain gate either..."

"Elder Zheng's son is also a member of our sect?" Chen Huaisheng asked casually: "Where can I find a good job?"

"One has innate Taoism, but failed to realize it. He is almost eighty, almost there. The other is stuck at the third level of Qi refining. Later, he went to Zhike Academy to be sent to Luoyi to liaise..."

Yuan Wenbo has some understanding of these situations.

"The headmaster is not here, where are you? Where is the headmaster?" After Chen Huaisheng entered the mountain gate, he almost never heard anyone mention the headmaster, so he couldn't help but ask.

Yuan Wenbo was stunned, "The leader has been in seclusion for almost twenty years. It is said that he came out once to meet with a few elders and deacons, and then went into seclusion again. That was all seven years ago."

No one here has ever seen the leader, and they are all very unfamiliar with the leader.

"We are leaderless, and our Chonghua Sect cannot do this." Chen Huaisheng also said nonsense, "If this continues, the disciples' morale will be worn away, and it will take a lot of effort to unite them again."

Yuan Wenbo was convinced, and the two daughters Tong Tong and Kou Qing also agreed, but they didn't know how to break the situation.

"Senior Sister Fang is having a banquet today. It would be a bad idea not to go. If she talks about these things while we are there, how should she respond?" Kou Qing couldn't help but ask.

Everyone looked at Chen Huaisheng, subconsciously feeling that Chen Huaisheng had the most ideas and should have countermeasures.

Chen Huaisheng shrugged, "Let's talk about it after we go, act according to the situation, and don't think too badly of the sect. Maybe there are some things that need some brewing and promotion?"

Fang Baoqi was entertaining guests in the Taoist temple.

The disciples in the middle hall no longer live in collective dormitories like the disciples in the outer hall. Although unlike the disciples in the inner hall, they can choose to build a stronghold or live in caves on a certain mountain peak, they basically have their own mansions. , most of them chose the flat land near Chuangongyuan.

Fang Baoqi originally lived in a courtyard with his brother, but now they are alone. Although several months have passed, Chen Huaisheng can still feel the desolation, gloom and resentment in his eyes when he sees him.

Zhao Wuyou stayed in Yanjiao to practice and did not return to the mountain, so Fang Baoqi only invited Chen Huaisheng, Kou Qing and Tong Tong out of what she understood to be a life-saving grace, and Yuan Wenbo was considered incidental.

Although the diets of cultivators are different, they are generally based on spiritual food. The staple food is mostly Jiahe jade wheat and spiritual millet rice, and the dishes are generally made of various spiritual plants and monster meat.

But Fang Baoqi's banquet was obviously not an ordinary dish.

Honey-fried cherries, tangerine-flavored green dumplings, whitebait bream, plum blossom soup cakes, lotus fish buns, and takeaway rice porridge. Although there are only a few side dishes and pastries, all of them are made by the owner himself.

When a few side dishes and pastries were served, they immediately caught the attention of everyone including Chen Huaisheng, and they couldn't bear to leave anymore.

The color and flavor are all present, including the rich purple-red color of the honey-fried cherries, the freshness and deliciousness of the tangerine-flavored cake, the richness and lightness of the whitebait bream, and the exquisite craftsmanship of the lotus fish buns, all of which show that the hostess is a cultivator who loves life.

Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but sigh to himself that such a beautiful woman would definitely be a big loss if she really left the Chonghua Sect. Just because of her cooking skills, she should keep Fang Baoqi.

Kou Qing and Tong Tong were completely conquered by Fang Baoqi's cooking skills. They couldn't help but cheer. They no longer had their usual murderous aura. Even if Yuan Wenbo was not good at this, they were still attracted. .

For cultivators, food is just an incidental matter. As long as it is not ordinary food and can be filled with spiritual food, who wouldn't want that when spiritual food can be full of color, flavor and taste?

Even Xiong Zhuang can be attracted by the delicious food of ordinary food and can't help himself. If spiritual food can be the same as ordinary food, or even better in taste, even gods can't help themselves, right?

"Wow, Senior Sister, is this your craft? It's really tempting. It's like a work of art. We didn't know it. If we had known that Senior Sister had such skills, we would have..."

"You just come here to bother me all the time? Have you become a pair of greedy and evil guests?" Chen Huaisheng took up the words and said with a smile: "I'm very lucky today. I guess Junior Sister Kou and Junior Sister Tong will have to learn this skill, which is probably better than mastering it in Zifudu." Is it harder?”

This sentence made everyone laugh. Kou Qing put her hands on her hips, Tong Tong rolled his eyes, Yuan Wenbo grinned, but Fang Baoqi chuckled, "I heard that Junior Brother Chen is the most unique person in our Chuan Gong Academy. It seems true."

Chen Huaisheng was taken aback and said quickly: "Senior Sister Fang, how can I, Chen Huaisheng, be worthy of being called the most unique? I am just a junior who has just started, and I have not even touched the threshold of the second level of Qi Refining. Let's There are many talented people in Chuan Gong Academy. Senior Brother Zhao Sitian will be promoted to a high level of Qi refining before he is thirty-five. Senior Brother Yuan is amazingly talented. The third level of Qi refining is as easy as a piece of cake..."

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