Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 96 Candidates

Zhai Le looked embarrassed when he heard this. He was really afraid that Kang Dabao would take him to some secluded place and beat him to death.

There are always some people in this world who are stubborn and don't believe in evil. They don't appreciate the skills of the old coroner from the Imperial Capital. So the family that attacked and killed the former county lieutenant was executed soon after.

But what’s the use of revenge? The dead can’t come back to life.

The state government seized a lot of property, so they could afford the compensation. But the county lieutenant's wife took the spiritual stones, abandoned the child, and ran off with another man...

This sounds more terrifying than being beheaded or cut in half. Zhai Le shudders whenever he thinks of it.

Kang Dabao seemed to see his concerns. Since there was no one around, he took out thirty yuan and said bluntly, "Zhai County Lieutenant, it's just a conscription. It's just a collection of people. It doesn't matter whose family you conscript. You give my family's quota to another family. His family will get the honor of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country. You, the county lieutenant, will get benefits, and my family will have some free time. Why not do it?"

"Master Kang, please don't harm me. Your Jiang Qing has been singled out by the county magistrate. How can he handle it?" Zhai Le looked bitter and kept refusing.

"I said that being famous is not a good thing!" The head of the Kang family cursed inwardly, and handed over the spirit stone as usual: "Zhai County Lieutenant, I wonder what you are going to do with the conscription this time?"

"Although the news can't be hidden, please don't spread it after you know it, Brother Kang," Zhai Le took the spirit stone skillfully, and his tone was particularly friendly: "The Caishi Wang family once harbored the assassin who attacked and killed the previous chief clerk. The county magistrate asked the state court for instructions to wipe out this bandit nest."

"Oh, yes, the last Chief Clerk also died in the King's service, and the position is still vacant. Tsk, the head of the Caishi Wang family is not as brave as a needle hole, and he has the guts to harbor an assassin?" Kang Dabao sensed something was wrong, and before he could ask, he heard Zhai Le continue to speak:
"Brother, don't think that his family doesn't have a foundation and you can ignore it. I heard from the county lord that Liangyi Sect will definitely send people to interfere this time, so we need to be careful. Brother, your family has been taken care of by the county lord this time, so you only need to send five people, but their cultivation must be above the third level of Qi training. The Xue family only has eight cultivators, so they also need to send five people."

"Then I should thank him?" Kang Dabao laughed out of anger. Everyone in Pingrong County knew the reputation of Chongming Zong as "the remnant of the Immortal Dynasty". For the sake of this reputation, it should not be their turn to be conscripted.

This Xie Fu, as a county magistrate, is really getting timid with the support of the provincial court. Master, let's see how long you can live.

"Report to the county training ground in ten days. Brother, please remember this and don't make things difficult for me." Zhai Le saw that Kang Dabao looked unhappy and began to feel uneasy again. After explaining things, he left in a hurry.

Kang Dabao returned to the courtyard and saw that everyone was still so happy. He did not have the heart to disturb them. It was not until the next day that he called his fellow apprentices over to discuss the matter.

"Brother, there are only about twenty Qi-cultivating cultivators in the Cai Shi Wang family. What's the big deal? Just go and you'll be fine." Jiang Qing was not afraid when he heard that he was named. Instead, he felt inexplicably excited.

Seeing him like this, Kang Dabao felt even more worried.

Pei Yi also said at this time: "Junior Brother Jiang, according to what Senior Brother Master heard from County Magistrate Zhai, this time the two sides may have more than a hundred people combined, so we can't be careless."

"Then, Senior Brother, who should I go with?" Jiang Qing didn't know whether he heard it or not. Anyway, he nodded to Pei Yi first, and then asked Kang Dabao again.

Kang Dabao is also struggling with this issue.

First of all, all the younger generations are not allowed to go. It is not their turn to shoulder such a heavy burden, not to mention that their cultivation is not enough.

Secondly, Zhou Yixiu is definitely not an option either. He just joined the sect yesterday, and today he is being sent to the battlefield. Is he recruiting a junior fellow disciple or cannon fodder?

The remaining people include myself, Yuan Jin, Pei Yi, Ji Wuwu and the businessman Lao Du.

I don't know if the Ye family and the Lu family have been conscripted. If not, can we ask them to send one person each?
"This bastard Xie Fu has no mercy at all. Did he decide the number of people in my family based on their numbers?" Kang Dabao calculated over and over again, paced around the room, and cursed in anger.

"We have only chosen Xiao Sanzi's name. As for the other candidates, how about we go to the market to recruit some independent cultivators?" Yuan Jin came up with an idea. "Fifty spirit stones per person, we should be able to recruit some people, right?" "I think it's feasible. We can then give them the title of outer sect deacons or something like that." Pei Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Brother Zhou, you are more familiar with the market, so I'll trouble you with this matter." Kang Dabao also thought this was a good idea. Fifty spirit stones was not a small number. Many people who went into the mountains to hunt animals might not be able to earn this much spirit stones even if they spent a year on the run.

"Master, rest assured, I will do it right away." Zhou Yixiu, who was participating in the sect's meeting for the first time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was so nervous just now that he didn't say a word. Now that he had something to do, he felt more at ease.

Zhou Yixiu did things in an organized manner. After arriving at the Chongming Tower, he first woke up Ji Wuwu who was dozing off.

He first discussed the pros and cons with him one on one, then threatened him, saying that if he couldn't recruit anyone, he, Ji Wuwu, would definitely be counted as one of them and dragged into the battle by Sect Leader Kang.

Ji Wuwu, the old man, was also a smart man, and would not be fooled by a few words. But he still believed Zhou Yixiu's words, because Zhou Yixiu was telling the truth. If they really couldn't find anyone, Kang Dabao would definitely pull him along.

He came to Chongming Sect, firstly to repay his gratitude and inform Kang Dabao who helped him to take revenge; secondly, to provide for his retirement. He had taken in so many new wives in Chongming Sect these days and had given birth to several sons and daughters, so he was reluctant to risk his life and go out to fight.

The two old men did what Kang Dabao had instructed them to do very carefully.

In just three days, four people were recruited.

Unexpectedly, the other families that were conscripted either thought of recruiting independent cultivators, or followed suit and began to summon independent cultivators to fight and die in the battle.

The news was so widespread that it reached Xie Fu's ears. The county magistrate was busy with official business in Yuanyang Hall at the time and flew into a rage.

This time the provincial court will send a true cultivator who has established his foundation to help.

What would happen if 80% to 90% of the team sent by Pingrong County were independent cultivators who didn't even have a first-level magic weapon? If they were in the eyes of the big shots, would Xie Fu still be able to keep his position as the county magistrate?

People outside think this is a deadly job and try to avoid it.

But for Xie Fu, a down-and-out cultivator who has tasted the taste of a county lord for a few days, death is nothing as scary as poverty!
Apart from anything else, if he had not been sitting in the position of Pingrong County Magistrate, how would he have known that there were so many official duties to handle in Yuanyang Hall.

County Master Xie was very concerned about this matter and immediately wrote down the names of the backbone members that each household would send.

Then he handed it over to Zhai Le and asked him to inform each family as soon as possible that the previously announced assembly time in the training ground could not be delayed.

When Zhai Le came to visit this time, he felt much more confident because he was followed by two late-stage Qi training cultivators transferred from the state court.

Relying on the power of the tiger to bully others, Zhai Le's words became powerful when talking to Kang Dabao. He gave him a list and walked away with his head held high.

Kang Dabao gritted his teeth in hatred at this look, and when he opened the list, he saw: "Jiang Qing, ..."

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