Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 8 Gathering
"Niu Guier, you must give me an explanation today.

My husband died in your yard, but before you wrote to me, you asked me to collect his body. How come you want me to take him back to build a cenotaph now? "

It was the third day since Taoist Wu's death. Behind a female nun in mourning clothes were seven or eight filial sons and grandsons of the Wu family who were crying for his soul, and sixteen strong mortal men who were carrying a huge coffin.

A group of people surrounded the door of Niu Guier's teahouse. The cries of crying and cursing attracted many monks from the surrounding area to come and watch.

Niu Gui'er was so angry that his face turned blue. He pulled Kang Dabao's sleeve angrily and walked out.

Gu Laoliu followed out with a smile, wanting to watch the fun, and regarded the scene in front of him as a fascinating Nuo opera.

Kang Dabao could only smile bitterly after hearing what Wu Daoren's sister-in-law and widow said. He couldn't blame the strong wind that night, otherwise he could have taken the ashes back with him.

For some unknown reason that night, the black bones flew out on their own and absorbed all of Taoist Wu's flesh, blood, and marrow.

It's just an ordinary rotten bone, how come it has self-awareness like the legendary magical treasure?
Of course he would not tell this to Niu Gui'er and Gu Laoliu.

After these two people knew about this, even if they couldn't figure out what this black bone was, but even if there was only a one in ten million chance that it was a spiritual treasure, these two people would not hesitate to join forces to kill me, and then fight to the death.

He put the black bones away for himself first, and then studied them in detail when he had time.

Compared with exposing the treasure, it is undoubtedly easier to accept the consequences of voluntarily crushing Wu Daoren to ashes.

What the latter has to face is nothing more than a hysterical woman. Can a man who killed his brother and stole his sister-in-law have any real friends?
"Okay, Madam Wu, this time it was Brother Wu who provoked a powerful enemy and brought about his own death.

This matter has nothing to do with the three of us. This is the fact, whether you believe it or not.

As for the corpse of Brother Wu Daoyou, it was indeed caused by my own accidental injury because I could not suppress the anger in my heart.

Now that things have come to this, either Madam Wu should bring Daoist Brother Wu back with his clothes and hats;
Otherwise, please ask Madam Wu to set a time, and we can fight each other, or invite all our friends to help, to decide life and death and put an end to this feud."

Kang Dabao looked at the crying widow of Taoist Wu and knew that the feud was definitely over, so he had no interest in arguing with her any further.

So he made a harsh statement directly. If they were not in the market town, Kang Dabao might have to take measures to wipe out the roots of the problem.

"My late husband humiliated you when he was at his prime, and you just kept silent and acted like a coward.

After my late husband was in trouble, you behaved like a mean person again! Now, you only know how to bully me, a widow, by relying on your strength!
Kang Dabao, you still have the nerve to be the head of the Chongming Sect. You have brought shame upon all the ancestors of the Chongming Sect!"

The widow of Taoist Wu cursed bitterly with tears streaming down her face.

Kang Dabao's face turned red from the scolding. Some of the monks around him who were curious about other matters also started to make a fuss and cheer loudly. Even Niu Guier and Gu Laoliu seemed to be there to watch the fun.

Kang Dabao was speechless for a moment. The act of destroying human corpses was indeed despicable in the circle of serious monks.

It would be fine if Kang Dabao was killed in a head-on fight with Taoist Wu, but he attacked after Taoist Wu's death. His reputation will definitely be ruined.

If I want to recover, I don’t know how much time and effort it will take, but I can’t refute it.

Thinking of this, Kang Dabao became angry and was about to turn back.

Wu Daoren's widow naturally refused to let Kang Dabao go, and came up to pull him away, but Niu Guier unexpectedly stopped her.

Kang Dabao and Gu Laoliu were both stunned, then turned around and went back to the courtyard without a care in the world. Only the suddenly enthusiastic Niu Guier and Wu Daoren's widow were left to comfort them softly.

"I have never met Brother Kang Dao before, and I was wondering why Brother Kang Dao also joined this time. After this incident, I am not confused anymore." Gu Laoliu laughed and tried to chat with Kang Dabao.

Kang Dabao knew that he had been smeared with yellow mud upon hearing this. He felt very upset as he was treated as a fellow by such a notorious person.

Without saying a word, he walked into the house with a sullen face.

He was meditating until the evening, when a boy belonging to Niu Gui'er knocked on the door and asked Kang Dabao to come and meet them, saying that two more immortal masters had arrived.

When they arrived at Niu Guier's quiet room, there were two more monks in the room besides Niu and Gu.

An old cultivator, wearing a long gown, with long eyebrows and a sword on his back, with a solemn expression and a look of sadness, sat in the middle.

This person is Bai Bian from the Bai family, the one with the highest cultivation level in this operation and the only late-stage Qi training cultivator.

The other female cultivator was Sister Song who invited Kang Dabao.

She looked to be in her early twenties, with a graceful figure, charming face, and wearing a long red dress. When she saw Kang Dabao coming, she smiled kindly.

"Is this Brother Kang Dao, the leader of Chongming Sect?" Bai Bian, who was sitting in the middle, asked in a deep voice.

Hearing the voice, Kang Dabao looked up at Bai Bian. This old cultivator in his octogenarian did not have a very high level of cultivation, but he had a great reputation.

There are two reasons for this. First, it is said that he had already reached the seventh level of Qi training when he was only 20 years old. He was a well-known genius among the nearby casual cultivator families and had a promising future in building a foundation.

However, after wasting sixty or seventy years, he was still at the seventh level of Qi training and failed to become a foundation-building cultivator, which made him quite a joke.

The second was that ten years ago, the Bai family had a fierce battle with the Mao family, a family of independent cultivators in a neighboring county. He single-handedly killed seven mid-to-late stage cultivators, including the enemy family leader, leading to a great victory for the Bai family in that battle.

"Kang greets Brother Bai Dao." Kang Dabao bowed and saluted, his attitude was quite humble. "Fourth level of Qi training?" Bai Bian's eyes were stern, and he turned to look at Sister Song.
"Fellow Daoist Song, I would like you to help me invite my friends to settle a personal feud with the four ghosts of the Liu family. This is a matter of life and death, so please do not treat it as a joke."

Without waiting for Second Sister Song to respond, he continued, "Niu Gui'er from Lao Ya Village has already mastered the Netherworld Hand.

In recent years, he has been involved in several murders and robberies on the Baisha official road. Although he is not very capable, he has a very good eye.

Although there were always some messes that he couldn't clean up, he had never provoked anyone he couldn't afford to offend. He was considered to have some skills, as well as a little cleverness that was not presentable.

Wuniao Mountain is the oldest mountain in the world and is much more famous.

In the early years, they bought living people in the human market, captured their souls and refined their spirits, and turned the once peaceful Five Birds Mountain into a ghostly place, with no birds or beasts left.

After so many years, the Hundred Ghosts Banner he made using the incomplete Qi training technique now has about 50% to 60% of the power of the regular Qi training technique.

Even an ordinary cultivator at the seventh level of Qi training would not be able to defeat him, so he can be considered a good help.

As for Fellow Daoist Song, you and Bai are old friends, and I trust you, so you can naturally be counted as one.

On the contrary, it was this Sect Leader Kang who, apart from today's act of revenge and bullying of women,

Bai has not heard of the other deeds, so why should he be included?
The reason why I associate with you, the infamous Taoist friends, is to settle the feud with my enemies, and I don’t want to bring any burden with me.”

When the old cultivator spoke out his long speech, Kang Dabao knew that his reputation for being sarcastic and harsh was well-deserved.

So you spent so much time laying the groundwork just to scold me for being vindictive, bullying women, and being a burden because of my low ability? !
Although Bai Bian is only a cultivator in the Qi training stage, he can be considered a senior among everyone in terms of both cultivation and age.

Moreover, objectively speaking, this speech is quite reasonable.

Therefore, even though the two vicious men, Gu Laoliu and Niu Guier, were pointed at and called notorious, they never showed any anger on their faces.

Being questioned at this time is not something you can just roll up your sleeves and walk away.

These thugs risked their lives to earn that bonus, so how could they risk letting Kang Dabao go and let the news get out? !

He couldn't go, and he wasn't allowed to leave either. One can imagine what happened to Kang Dabao.

Kang Dabao's face was dark. He hid his palms in his sleeves and gently stroked the white-shelled tortoise that was asleep with his fingers.

This is a habit he has developed in recent years to calm down.

He thought of something and was about to speak, but he saw the second sister Song step forward with a sweet smile and replied: "Old Bai, what you said is wrong. Although fellow Daoist Kang's cultivation is slightly weaker, he has one deed that no other Daoist present has."

She was halfway through her words when she saw that everyone's interest was aroused. Kang Dabao seemed to be about to speak but was interrupted by Sister Song.

"In the battle between Jiang's Company and the black bandits seven years ago, Kang Daoyou came back unscathed."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of Bai Bian, Gu Laoliu and Niu Guier were all startled.

"Second sister is not laughing or joking?" Niu Gui'er asked in a puzzled tone.

"What's the point of joking like this? There are quite a few Daoists in Yunjiaozhou who know about this. If Daoist Niu doesn't believe it, you can send someone to ask."

After hearing what Second Sister Song said, the three of them looked at Kang Dabao with a much more serious look.

But Jiangjia Trading Company is the top trading company in Yunjiaozhou.

The caravan seven years ago hired only two foundation-building cultivators, and more than two hundred Qi-cultivating cultivators, not to mention the small caravans that traveled along the way.

Originally, the Jiang family business was going to do a huge business in Donghe Prefecture City, but they were ambushed by black bandits on the way. There were no less than 500 cultivators fighting on both sides, and even the number of foundation-building cultivators was as high as a handful.

The final result was a crushing defeat for the Jiang family caravan. Even the two Foundation Establishment cultivators were surrounded and beaten by the black ghost bandits, and they were unable to escape after a fierce fight.

According to statistics afterwards, among the monks who traveled with the trading company, only twelve people finally escaped back to the capital of Yunjiao Province.

You should know that the immortal way is not prosperous in the border states of the David Immortal Dynasty, such as Jingnan Province and Yunjiao Province. Often, there are more than tens of millions of mortals in a state, but there are rarely more than ten thousand monks.

A battle involving hundreds of monks rarely occurs every ten to twenty years. If the situation were reversed, no one present would dare to say that they could escape unscathed.

It would be unreasonable to attribute the experience of surviving such a battle to luck alone.

"I am indeed disrespectful, please forgive me, Brother Kang."

Bai Bian's tone unexpectedly softened, he relaxed his brows and spoke softly to Kang Dabao.

The latter still failed to prove his own abilities, but gained everyone's respect by escaping.

Kang Dabao ignored it and everyone stopped talking.

"Then let's set off tomorrow." The old cultivator made the final decision.

(End of this chapter)