Strange mountains and rivers

A group of people spent two days cleaning up the southwest corner of Longlinyuan.

The combination of spells and talismans was quite smooth, but the black ferret and ice-scaled blood python mentioned by Chen Song were not found.

The Ghost Crow did find a few, but they probably weren't nesting in the southwest corner.

At present, everyone does not have the energy to clear out the entire Dragon Linyuan, so they can only temporarily place temporary resting places in the houses in the southwest corner.

A simple magic circle was still set up. In view of their lack of understanding of this area, Xu Muyang and Wang Yao also set up a double magic circle. They were cautious and it was necessary to spend more.

For everyone, the mood was not too good.

Ever since they were in danger while crossing the river, the atmosphere of fear, tension and depression has been shrouding everyone's hearts.

Coupled with this unfamiliar environment and the long journey, fatigue and hardship piled up. Except for Wang Yao, Chen Huaisheng and others, most people were exhausted and couldn't bear it anymore.

Even if Xu Muyang is considered the tallest in the border, this is still the case.

He is the leader, but after entering the third level of Qi Refining, his realm has also entered a plateau bottleneck, and he has been unable to break through. He himself is a little frustrated, so he is willing to work in the Law Enforcement Court.

But now he has to take on such a heavy responsibility and risk the lives of all his disciples, which also puts him under a lot of pressure.

He once wanted to refuse the task of coming to the front line to act as a vanguard, but the sect was also facing considerable difficulties at the moment.

Shang Jiuling and Zhu Fengbi were responsible for guarding the road to prevent attacks.

Besides, we have reached an agreement with Daogong and Jiulian Sect, but now the Chonghua Sect doesn’t dare to trust anyone anymore. Baishimen’s ambition is obvious, what if they want to be ruthless?

Tong Baichuan rebelled, and Ou Qingchun retired and refused to come to Hebei. He was only willing to serve as a liaison stayer in the capital city. Only Li Yu, You Shaoyou, and Wu Tianen were left in the foundation.

Li Yu is the head of the courtyard and is responsible for the relocation of the entire sect. You Shaoyou has to assist Li Yu, so they are inseparable.

Wu Tianen is still in the early stage of foundation building, and is still slightly weak in strength. He is also responsible for the purchase and relocation of everything except the disciples of the sect. The task is also very heavy.

After all, he is the only one who can take the lead.

Fortunately, he also has Wang Yao as his right-hand assistant, and Chen Huaisheng is also a smart character, so he is slightly less stressed.

Even so, this journey made him feel a little exhausted.

In front of everyone, he had to show confidence and energy, but only in front of Wang Yao and Chen Huaisheng could he show some weakness and exhaustion.

Chen Huaisheng actually knew that Uncle Xu's temperament was not suitable for blocking the way alone. Li Yu and Wu Tianen were more suitable than him to lead everyone as a forward icebreaker.

However, due to the limited talent of the sect, Wu Tianen was still unable to break through to the second level of foundation building, which also made Shang Jiuling and Zhu Fengbi worried.

Strength is the most important thing. The gap between the first level of foundation building and the third level of foundation building is too big. When encountering a ferocious beast like Aolong, the effect of the third level of foundation building is much stronger than the first level of foundation building.

"Senior Brother Zhu's flying birds are here. It is expected that they will be divided into three groups and enter Hebei one after another. I also informed them of the situation here, especially the dangers encountered when crossing the river. It is estimated that the leader and Senior Brother Zhu will be at the river. Responsible for escorting,..."

Xu Muyang stood by the bonfire with his hands behind his back, "The first group will probably cross the river in half a month. There will be about seventy or eighty people..."

"Come here in half a month?" Wang Yao and Chen Huaisheng frowned at the same time, "If the cleanup of Longlinyuan continues like this, it may not be possible to complete it in a month, unless we find some people to help,..."

Xu Muyang nodded, "Both the headmaster and the headmaster brothers have also mentioned it. It's February 22nd now. According to the past, we have almost identified the disciples to recruit this year. But when something like this happened, everyone was I have put it aside, but anything can be put aside, but recruiting new disciples cannot be put aside, so I still have to do what I said in the letter."

"Let's do it first? Here in Hebei?" Wang Yao remained silent. Chen Huaisheng asked in surprise: "We don't know much about the situation here yet."

"What the head brother means is that we can use the recruitment of new disciples to look for people here in Fuyang Road, so as to select some local strengths that are willing to move closer to us. I just want to discuss with you two on how to do this. matter."

Xu Muyang pondered and said: "According to what senior brothers and others want, in the next two years, we will recruit new disciples just like Da Zhao, which is limited to Taoism. For those who are successful in refining Qi, as long as they are not older than Anyone who is willing to invest in our Chonghua Sect can be admitted on a merit-based basis, and the age can be controlled under thirty years old, and anyone below the middle stage of Qi Refining can be admitted."

In Da Zhao, the major sects generally recruit disciples from among the Tao types, cultivate and understand the Tao on their own, and cultivate them step by step.

Such disciples are selected from the best, with clean financial status, strong plasticity, fast cultivation progress, and high loyalty. Moreover, each sect has a fairly complete system for identifying and selecting disciples in each county of Da Zhao. In addition, Da Zhao has rich human resources. Every year, There are many kinds of Taoism emerging, so there is no need to worry about not being able to recruit disciples.

As for the monks who have cultivated themselves in the casual cultivating system, if they are really outstanding and willing to join the sect, they can definitely take the path of Ke Qing to get started.

But now in Hebei, the situation is different.

The sects and aristocratic families here in Hebei are not very powerful, and the power of casual cultivators is scattered and large. Most of the dominant local families are small and medium-sized families.

On the one hand, they take shelter from those high-level casual cultivators and alien cultivators, on the other hand, they can also have some enlightenment methods and can practice on their own, but most of them can only stay at the level of Qi refining. If they really want to cross the threshold of foundation building, Very few.

And those casual cultivators are more willing to use this kind of shelter to obtain the offerings of these small and medium-sized families, but they do not need to bear too many obligations. At most, they can provide help when they are unable to support the monsters.

For example, in conflicts of interest between families, as long as they are not particularly outrageous, there is a tacit agreement not to intervene.

As for recruiting disciples and teaching Taoism, although these individual cultivators are of high level and very strong, they are not willing to do so, thus forming the main structure in Hebei.

"Uncle Xu, do you mean that we can start doing this now?" Chen Huaisheng said thoughtfully: "We can also contact the small and medium-sized families in the surrounding area to understand their wishes, or we can first Trading materials such as spiritual materials, spiritual stones and even spiritual talismans, and hiring some people to do work for us. The cleaning and even repairs of this Longlin Plain require a lot of manpower. We alone are too busy, but we can't do it. We can’t wait until the first group of people from the sect comes over to do it.”

Xu Muyang nodded, "Huai Sheng's intention is exactly what I want. My idea is that Wang Yao and I can't leave here for the time being. The situation here is not clear yet, but there are some things that need to be done first. You are determined Being smart, I asked Chen Song to take you out and walk around to see if we can find a suitable breakthrough first."

"Leave it to me?" Chen Huaisheng frowned.

"Huai Sheng, I'm afraid you are the only one here. The other uncles and I are also worried. Either they are not in a good state or have insufficient ability to deal with the world. You go and test the water first. Don't be in a hurry to achieve something. Finally, take a look first, get familiar with it, Chen Song will assist you, he has some understanding of the situation here, but the decision is yours."

Wang Yao also responded with certainty.

Seeing this situation, he couldn't escape from this job, but he also had to ask for some conditions: "Uncle Xu, Brother Wang, since it is left to me, then I have to ask for some discretionary rights, such as making a decision under suitable conditions, and for example Some of the right talent,…”

Xu Muyang was not stingy: "Since this matter is entrusted to you, naturally you make the decision, but Huaisheng, you must also be more cautious. Don't let us get involved in the interests of these local clans easily, and don't arbitrarily interact with them." We still need to stabilize those conflicts among stray cultivators and alien cultivators for the time being."

Of course Chen Huaisheng understood this truth, but he also felt that if he was too conservative and timid, it would not be conducive to the Chonghua faction quickly establishing a foothold.

After the task was assigned, Chen Huaisheng naturally would not refuse, and he also recognized this opinion.

Failure to do so will lead to failure. Since we have made up our mind to take root in Hebei, Yanzhou, and Fuyang, we must start as soon as possible.

This Fuyang is neither big nor small, with more than one to two million people. The population is slightly larger than that of Langling, but its area is several times larger than that of Langling Prefecture.

It cannot be said that the land is vast and sparsely populated, but the population density is much smaller. It is generally dispersed, but it is a situation of small settlements.

Chen Song was also very excited when he heard that he was going to go out with Chen Huaisheng to investigate the situation and even recruit people.

Although he is more than twenty years older than Chen Huaisheng, Chen Song knows that he cannot compare with Chen Huaisheng.

The reason why he was valued by Xu Muyang was because he was related to Xu Muyang and also had some talents.

When I was in the first stage of Qi Refining, I was able to advance quite well, and I was somewhat ambitious for a while, but I got stuck when I entered the middle stage from the first stage.

It took ten years to break through from the third level of Qi refining to the fourth level, and it has been five or six years since he entered the fourth level of Qi refining. Now he is nearly fifty, and he himself knows how difficult it is to achieve great success in cultivation. .

His hometown is Zhaigu Road, which is next to Fuyang Road, but he moved with his parents to Puzhen Mansion near the river bank in Wei County since he was a child. He also has some relatives on Zhaigu Road, so he has never been back before, so he is very interested in Hebei. The situation here is more familiar.

Now his idea is that if the Chonghua Sect can flourish in Hebei, it is best to become the number one sect in Yanzhou and expand its sphere of influence to Zhai Valley Road. In this way, the Chen family in Zhai Valley may have some opportunities.