Xuanxia

Chapter 636 Big Fox, Little Fox

"You left the mountain at the age of eight?"

At this time, Fu Qingzhou suddenly spoke.

His breathing had improved to a great extent, so there was no need for him to keep his mouth shut.

Qiu Chan was immersed in her own memories and didn't care much. She just nodded and said, "Yeah... I was eight years old. At that time, I hadn't opened my martial arts skills yet. I was stretching my muscles and bones every day to build my foundation."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "So, Master Baihe is taking you down the mountain to be a hero?"

"What kind of hero is this?"

Qiu Chan curled her lips and said, "We are going to rob someone's restaurant."

"Ah?" Fu Qingzhou was confused.

"You heard right... But we're not robbing like bandits." Qiu Chan said leisurely, "It's such a big Ziqi Xianfeng Temple, and so many people need food and water, and cultivation resources. We are not like Jinchan Temple that opens its doors to welcome guests, so we have to make money."

"The shares of that restaurant were given to the temple by a wealthy businessman who sought protection from the sect. But after all, we didn't send anyone to participate in the management. Such a big restaurant has to give us money every year. Naturally, the other shareholders are unhappy... and want to kick Ziqi Xianfeng Temple out of it."

Fu Qingzhou understood that this was a story about a business war.

No, Master Baihe, is this how you teach your disciples?
Qiu Chan is only eight years old, and you are taking her to do all these scheming things?
“In fact, I don’t remember clearly what Master did at that time.”

Qiu Chan recalled: "I just remember that I met a few people with her, drank tea, and chatted. It seems that we didn't talk much about business, but we had reached some kind of consensus with them. Every time we said goodbye, everyone was very happy."

"Later, Master held a banquet with them, and everyone came... But for some reason, as they were talking, those people started arguing, and Master just watched and put food into my bowl."

When Fu Qingzhou heard this, he was already sweating profusely.

This is the art of maneuvering...

"As they were arguing, the master suddenly said a few words."

Qiu Chan blinked and said, "I remember those words very clearly."

"She said... Actually, I have at least twenty ways to kill you all without anyone noticing, and then easily take your shares."

“After Master said this, the shareholders were all stunned. Some were very angry and wanted to scold her.”

"But she just smiled and said, 'I came here today just to show my disciple the world. You don't really think I'm a disciple of the temple, do you? I'm the temple master, the cave master.'"

When Fu Qingzhou heard this, he sweated even more.

No, you used a lot of smart tricks and ended up using force to scare others?

But he knew that this was Master Baihe's teaching method.

First, sow discord and let Qiu Chan see that those partners who were originally solidarity can easily become hostile to each other because of interests.

Then, let her know that no matter how clever and scheming the other party is, when you are strong enough, then they will be nothing but chickens and dogs.

The former is to tell Qiu Chan that you must be smart. When you are smart enough, you will have no real enemies. You can even stay out of it and let your enemies fight each other.

The latter explains the simplest truth - you must be strong enough!

Qiu Chan could not remember much about her first trip down the mountain at the age of eight, but it was obvious that she could retell the story and clearly state the key points of the story, which meant that she remembered it.

Then, she began to tell the second story, and the third story...

True Man Bai He has been taking Qiu Chan to experience the dangers of the martial world.

Before she was thirteen, she had gone down the mountain five times.

Every time he went down the mountain, Master Baihe would hide his identity and take her to participate in some things in the martial arts world, allowing her to personally experience the intrigues and the sinister nature of human nature.

Of course, it’s not just her, there are also some other senior and junior sisters.

However, perhaps because Qiu Chan was exceptionally smart, Master Baihe would always take her with him, while the rest of the sisters and junior sisters would randomly take turns going down the mountain.

At that time, she had seen too much cruelty at such a young age.

For a "good sword" that may be insignificant in the eyes of a big sect, several low-level people in the martial arts world who have practiced for decades but are still in the fourth realm, killed each other and caused rivers of blood to flow.

A woman, in order to avenge her family, married into the enemy's family and became the concubine of the blood feud. She was willing to serve the enemy without any spiritual qualifications, just to gain his true trust and kill him one day. An old man, half of his body was buried in the ground, but he planned a very terrible murder and killed dozens of people in a villa. The reason was that the old owner of the villa, who had passed away decades ago, looked at him with contempt... The old man had long forgotten the reason for that look, but he just remembered the hatred for decades and planned it with his life.

There are many similar things.

Some of these matters involved disputes in the martial arts world, which were difficult for the local government to handle, so they asked large sects such as the Ziqi Xianfeng Temple to help handle them.

There are also some things that involve some good friends that Ziqixianfeng Temple itself knows.

Of course, there are many other things that concern the sect’s interests.

For example... someone killed a Taoist priest, and the Taoist temple that Taoist priest belonged to was also affiliated with Ziqixianfeng Temple. Therefore, even though the murderer had a strong background, Ziqixianfeng Temple must also ask for an explanation... Of course, as for how to ask and to what extent, there is a lot of knowledge involved.

For example, if the farmland belonging to Ziqi Xianfeng Temple was suddenly levied excessive and obviously inappropriate agricultural taxes by the local government, then it would be necessary to send people to negotiate with the local government officials...

There are so many ways and negotiations.

For Qiu Chan, this is a process of learning by osmosis.

When she was fourteen years old, she was able to go down the mountain to do work without being accompanied by her teachers.

Of course, I still can’t travel alone, I have to travel with my senior and junior sisters.

"In fact, my life was very simple during those years."

She hugged her knees and whispered, "After the master assigned the task, I went down the mountain with my sisters and brothers. When we got to the place, we learned from the master and started to make plans, and then did things. When we encountered small changes, we made our own decisions, and when we encountered big changes, we asked the master for instructions... After completing the task, we returned to the mountain, that's it."

"During those days, I spent almost all day and night with my fellow sisters and brothers, and didn't interact with others very much, until... I met you."

Fu Qingzhou's eyes were filled with smile.

Unexpectedly, it was still a simple little fox.

From Qiu Chan's stories, he could tell that she had indeed learned a lot from her master.

He is good at maneuvering, playing with people's hearts, and killing decisively... He is a reasonable little fox.

But it was only in Wanshi Town, after her fellow senior sister was killed and she met herself, that Qiu Chan truly embarked on a path of independence.

"That's it."

Qiu Chan smiled at Fu Qingzhou: "My story is over."

Fu Qingzhou blinked: "Nothing hidden? For example, when I went down the mountain to do a mission, I met some handsome young man..."

Qiu Chan sneered at him: "I've been to the Qianlong Hundred Talents Conference. Who do you think I can be interested in?"

Fu Qingzhou chuckled.

Seeing his smug look, Qiu Chan couldn't help but pinch his arm hard.

"It's your turn to speak." She said with a flat mouth.

Fu Qingzhou smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly became alert and looked to the side.

About a dozen steps away, Master Baihe had appeared there without them noticing, looking at them with a half-smile.

"Master." Qiu Chan frowned: "It hasn't even been two hours yet."

Baihe Zhenren sneered: "I see you two are being affectionate here, so you don't need to make any preparations."

Qiu Chan was still dissatisfied: "You still have to follow the rules..."

"No need."

Fu Qingzhou interrupted her and smiled at Master Baihe: "Since you are here, let's start?"

"Oh?" Baihe Zhenren's eyes turned strange: "Are you so confident?"

"not bad."

Fu Qingzhou said as he slowly stood up, patted his hem, and then patted the trunk of the locust tree next to him: "Senior Baihe... why haven't you done anything yet? Are you worried about damaging the tree?"

(End of this chapter)