Strange mountains and rivers

After returning to Yunzhong Mountain, Chen Huaisheng told Fang Baoliu about the situation.

While they were talking, Min Qingyu also came back.

There were more than ten people following Min Qingyu back.

They all seemed to be cultivators of the Min family, including Min's father Min Yusun, but Min Qingyu's grandfather Min Renyan was not there.

Chen Huaisheng was very surprised, but after listening to Min Renyan and Min Qingyu's words, he fell silent again.

No one could say how this catastrophe would turn out. Wolong Ridge was not impregnable. Similarly, the monsters specifically targeted cultivators and Dao seeds, and mortals were just affected. Everyone also understood this, so the real nervousness and fear were still the local clans, and the poor and common people were better.

Of course, fear was still fear. When the monsters came, mortals could only sit and wait for death, and they didn't even have the chance to escape.

Even some non-ranked monsters such as arrow deer and running sheep can crush and trample mortals to death. If they encounter a first-ranked monster, mortals will only be slaughtered. In comparison, at least cultivators and Dao seeds have a chance to escape.

Now these monsters only show a tendency to be more interested in cultivators and Dao seeds, but when they don’t have enough cultivators and Dao seeds to fill their stomachs, I’m afraid that mortals will also become food.

"Huaisheng, there is no way. This is the responsibility of a prominent family. Our Min family must establish a foothold in the Minjialou area. There is no reason to flee when the disaster comes. No matter what, our Min family must leave some people to help the neighbors fight against the monsters, so the older ones, or those who don't have much room for advancement, must stay,..."

"I brought all the young and strong cultivators in the clan, but their qualifications may be excellent in the local area, but they are mediocre in the sect and difficult to enter the sect's eyes. But after the catastrophe, if they return to Minjialou, they can quickly support a world,..."

Min Yusun was quite frank and did not hide his expectations for the future. "Now all families have realized this disaster. Although everyone has different judgments on the scale of the disaster, everyone is taking the same measures as the Min family, that is, sending young and strong talents in the clan out. In fact, they also have contacts with major sects and clans like the Min family, and even with the Chonghua Sect,..."

Chen Huaisheng raised his eyebrows in surprise. Is he also related to the Chonghua Sect?

Min Qingyu's cheeks were slightly red, "Brother Sheng, do you still remember the disciple of Mi Zhenren from Lingguan Temple who bullied my little sister?"

Chen Huaisheng raised his head slightly and recalled, "Of course I remember. Later, that casual cultivator should have left and went to Zhai Gudao, right? The mines and forests controlled by him were also taken over by your Min family, Huang family, Zhan family, and Tao family..."

"Yes, he went to Zhai Gudao and joined Fengyi Sect."

Min Qingyu didn't expect Chen Huaisheng to have such a good memory. He even remembered the subsequent division of the resources left by Mi Zhenren by several local families.

"If my little sister didn't go to Lingguan Temple at that time, then the ninth lady of the Zhan family might go, or it can be said that our Min family and Zhan family were in an awkward situation at that time. If my little sister went, the ninth sister of the Zhan family couldn't go. If I didn't go, the ninth sister of the Zhan family would have taken the lead, and the Zhan family would have the largest share of the distribution of the mines..."

Chen Huaisheng nodded. After so many years in Hebei, he was quite familiar with the local situation in Hebei.

Aren't all these local clan tyrants like this? If one's own strength is insufficient, one can seek shelter from the sect or a large family, or a powerful independent cultivator, so that one can compete for the division of mountains, forests, fields, mineral veins, markets, etc., especially the spiritual fields and mineral veins, which are even more fiercely contested.

Of course, since one wants to seek shelter, one must talk about offerings and donations.

Marriage is the highest form, and then the excellent children are imported, which can not only give the children a future, but also bring the relationship closer. The third is to offer benefits and do some hard work, dirty work, and black work that others are not convenient to do.

This hard work, dirty work, and black work may be someone's official business, or it may be the private work of some powerful people inside.

In fact, Chen Huaisheng also knows that these elders and foundation-building and even some high-level Qi-refining cultivators in the Chonghua Sect basically seek extra benefits in this way. Otherwise, how can they support themselves and their close disciples with their monthly salary in the sect alone?

Even the Min family also has to send various spiritual materials and a sum of spiritual stones to the White Deer Cave Mansion every year, but Chen Huaisheng has never asked about this matter, but directly handed it over to Min Qingyu to handle.

Chen Huaisheng is not easy to break this routine, and he dare not break it.

Even though Min Qingyu is already her woman, the rules are the rules. If something happens to the Min family, the White Deer Taoist Academy must take action, and cannot rely solely on the Chonghua Sect.

For some trivial matters, you can't rely on the sect for everything, and the sect is too busy to ask about everything.

Because of this, Chen Huaisheng did not refuse the offering from the Min family, but handed it over to Min Qingyu for handling. Min Qingyu was still very sensible and directly classified it and handed it over to Fang Baoliu. Fang Baoliu was also very sober and would always choose some unique things in the mountains to give back as a gift, which was considered a gift.

"As a result, Master Mi went to Zhaigu Road, and the ninth girl of the Zhan family ended up on Wolong Ridge,..." Min Qingyu's tone was also a little strange.

"Oh? Who?" Chen Huaisheng was surprised.

He really didn't know about this, but after thinking about it, he felt it was normal.

The Chonghua Sect is now the most powerful sect in Fuyang Dao. There are more than 2 million people in the entire Fuyang Dao. There are probably less than 100 clans and powerful families like the Min family that can stand out. There are probably only 30 to 50 families that are qualified to attach themselves to the Chonghua Sect. It doesn't make sense that if your Min family can attach themselves to the Chonghua Sect, the Zhan family can't follow suit.

"Jing Zhonghong." Min Qingyu said softly: "Zhan Fengling is Jing Zhonghong's companion."

Chen Huaisheng was stunned, but finally nodded.

Jing Zhonghong is a disciple from Gui Peng Sect. He is less than 40 years old, but he has reached the peak of Qi Refining. At the beginning, he and Tang Jingtian were called the twin stars of the younger generation in Gui Peng Sect. They are also one of the young and strong sects with the best chance of impacting the foundation building.

Jing Zhonghong once pursued Yan Qingxia, the sister of Yan Chixia, the last disciple of Linghu Zui, but was rejected by Yan Qingxia. He never thought that he would marry a woman from the Zhan family.

Jing Zhonghong is now at the peak of Qi Refining, and is considered to be a powerful person second only to the more than 30 foundation-building people in the sect. He is about the same age as Tang Jingtian, and his strength is slightly inferior, but it is only a matter of time before he can break through to the foundation-building stage, so it is normal to take in a companion.

At this time, Min Yusun continued: "In fact, the Wang family around our Minjialou sent the young talents in the family to the Ning family in Youzhou, and the Mao family sent the outstanding children to the Fengyi Sect. This time, I also brought a few children from the Huang and Tao families to the mountain, and the Huang family also sent a few children to the Yuelu Sect,..."

The Huang and Tao families are both close relatives of the Min family, and such a dispersed arrangement is also the usual method of these clans.

"No wonder Ding Yuangao hesitated about my suggestion of mutual protection. It is estimated that there should be many people sent to Ding's Xiangyang Valley by the wealthy clans of Fuyang Road. He is worried that if we ask him for help, it will weaken their defense. Haha, this is a good intention that is taken for granted."

Chen Huaisheng laughed.

Min Yusun hesitated for a moment before saying, "At least seven or eight families in Baitapu have taken the Ding family's way and sent their children to the mountain."

"The Sun family too?" Chen Huaisheng asked curiously.

"It seems that the Sun family didn't. It seems that they plan to protect themselves on the spot. They probably think that the situation is not that serious." Min Yusun shook his head puzzledly, "I don't know what the Sun family thinks. Maybe they think that if they ask the Ding family for help at this time, the trade of Baitapu will be taken over by the Ding family in the future?"

"You're dead, what else can you talk about?" Chen Huaisheng sighed and shook his head, "You have to pay a price for not seeing the situation clearly."

In fact, Bailu Taoist Academy has always been in contact with the Sun family of Baitapu. Most of the spiritual materials and spiritual food they need are purchased through the Sun family, and some looted items are also sold through the Sun family. For example, some of the things they got at the Donghe Fish Market last time were not particularly useful to the Taoist Academy, but they were not easy to sell directly, so Chen Huaisheng went to the Sun family.

This kind of relationship is avoided from the eyes of the outside world, mainly because they don't want to provoke the Ding family. After all, the in-law relationship between the Ding family and the Sun family seems to be closer.

But the Sun family doesn't want to be tied to a too strong in-law family, which makes it easier for the Sun family to become fish on the chopping board.

If another channel can be taken to form a balance, even if it seems that this balance is still unreliable now, it must be done.

After asking about the situation of the people who came, Chen Huaisheng had a general understanding.

Min Yusun brought a total of 16 people this time, four from the Huang family, five from the Tao family, and seven from the Min family.

Basically, they are all under 60 years old, and most of them are concentrated in the middle stage of Qi Refining. There are also two high-level Qi Refining. This is the core force of the entire Min, Huang, and Tao families. Of course, the Huang family may have arranged two or three people to go to Yuelu Sect.

Min Yusun has not made any progress for so many years. Even Min Qingyu gave his father some spiritual plants after obtaining Chen Huaisheng's consent, but it seems that the effect is not obvious.

Min Yusun is not particularly old. At the age of 83, it is not impossible for him to reach a high level of Qi Refining, but he has been hovering at the sixth level of Qi Refining for more than ten years.

Chen Huaisheng estimated that there may be several reasons.

On the one hand, although the spiritual power of the place where Minjialou is located is better than other places, it is far behind the places with abundant spiritual energy such as Wolongling, Dahuai Mountain, and Yuelun Mountain. Living in such a place for a long time will definitely affect cultivation.

On the other hand, cultivation also requires long-term and uninterrupted consumption of spiritual plants and beast meat to cleanse the impurities in the body. Eating spiritual food such as spiritual millet, Jiahe, and jade wheat and some non-ranked monster meat can only keep oneself from degenerating.

Of course, it may also be related to the lack of cultivation guidance.