Qeng Ho Mage

Chapter 162 Territory progress
Master Yun Zhaoxia thought that when he came to Fenghuo this time, he could rely on the dewy marriage rope in exchange for some benefits.

But she underestimated Feng Huo's poverty.

Given Bi Xizhong's current situation, it would be difficult to give her any decent gift in return, so he simply refused to give it back, and sent her away under the pretext of 'I will return the dewy marriage rope to Feixia faction in the future'.

She came to Fengming Sect alone, even if she felt dissatisfied, she could only endure it.

When she returned to Xueqi City, she asked Fang Dushu, Qi Changzhen and Ling Guya to stay in the city and wait for news.

She asked the three of them for a map, and went to the snowfield ruins to find out.

Qi Changzhen was very happy to see Master Yun Zhaoxia go out in person, and felt that Sun Aofu was hopeful to be rescued.

As a result, a few days later, Master Yun Zhaoxia returned from the snow field.

She called the three of them together, shook her head and sighed: "Hey, I can't do anything about Aofu!"

"Uncle Yun, have you ever fought that girl picking dew?" Qi Changzhen asked.

"There was no fight." Master Yun Zhaoxia said, "When I arrived at the ruins, the corpses inside had already been transferred to other corpse refineries, and Aofu was nowhere to be found."

"Even Master Yun, you can't do anything about it, so wouldn't it be difficult for Senior Sister Sun to be rescued?" Qi Chang was really sentimental.

She was also the only one present who missed Sun Aofu.

Master Yun Zhaoxia reassured her: "Cultivators go to the snow field to practice, misfortune and good fortune are commonplace. If Aofu unfortunately dies, it will be her destiny. You have to look at it."

The meaning of these words is to completely give up on rescuing Sun Aofu.

Qi Changzhen fell silent.

Master Yun Zhaoxia looked at the three of them: "I've already found out about Aofu's situation. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. I'll return to the Feixia faction to report. Do you want to follow me back?"

Ling Guya immediately stated: "The disciple is willing to go back to the mountain with Master!"

He moved his master here this time to deal with Sun Aofu's affairs, and he felt that he had done his best.

He also has no intention of continuing to practice in the snow field, and plans to go back to the mountain for retreat.

Fang Dushu has promised Bi Xizhong to help find a way to dew the demon corpse, and he will still live in Xueqi City for a period of time.

Qi Changzhen saw that Fang Dushu would not leave, so she also decided to stay.

Master Yun Zhaoxia heard the two people's opinions, but did not persuade them in any way.

Neither of them were disciples of Feixia Sect, even if they were, Master Yun Zhaoxia would not stop them from looking for tributes on the snow field.

After talking here, Master Yun Zhaoxia led his apprentice Ling Guya to leave Xueqi City.

Fang Dushu and Qi Changzhen went to see him off.

When he came back, Fang Dushu suddenly said: "This Master Yun, maybe he didn't go to the ruins to find Senior Sister Sun at all."

Qi Chang was really a little dazed: "Then what is she doing at the ruins?"

Fang Dushu spread his hands: "Maybe it's just going through the motions."

Fang Dushu did not make such a judgment for no reason.

When he was in Fenghuohuo, Bi Xizhong once gave Master Yun Zhaoxia a detailed introduction to the ruins, and gave Master Yun Zhaoxia his opinion that it is best not to break into the ruins alone, it is too dangerous.

Master Yun Zhaoxia also had no reason to take risks.

She and Sun Aofu are not master-student relationship, not even from the same lineage, Sun Aofu does not have a teacher in Feixia School, although she has been a patriarch virgin for a while, she is not favored by the patriarch.

Why would Master Yun Zhaoxia bother to rescue such a disciple with no background?
From Master Yun Zhaoxia's point of view, Sun Aofu's insistence on finding the relics of her ancestors was a bit reckless in the first place, but now that she got into trouble, she was reaping the fruit of herself, and there is no need for others to take responsibility for Sun Aofu's mistakes.

So Master Yun Zhaoxia decided to ignore Sun Aofu's life and death.

A few days ago, Master Yun Zhaoxia went to the Xueyuan ruins alone, and did not let Fang Dushu and the other three accompany her, just for the convenience of action. A general idea, she immediately went back home.

If it wasn't for returning Patriarch Feixia's life, she wouldn't even enter the entrance of the ruins.

After all, Master Yun Zhaoxia didn't care as much for Sun Aofu as Qi Changzhen.

Qi Changzhen has been with Sun Aofu day and night in Lushui Xiaozhu for several years, and they have a close friendship. She also admires Sun Aofu's courage to explore the snowfield alone, and hopes that Sun Aofu can save the day.

Unfortunately it backfired.

After listening to Fang Dushu's deduction, she sighed to herself: "That fellow Taoist Song Tongli has been refined into a demon corpse, and his soul was almost scattered. He has the hope of being rescued, but Senior Sister Sun is unlikely to be rescued. In our expedition to the snowy field this time, she was the only one who suffered misfortune, and there was no one from the same sect who could save her."

Fang Dushu said: "I'll go to the snowfield to see Senior Muying right away, and then I'll ask her to help me find out. Senior Sister Sun has a different background, so she won't be refined into a demon corpse for a while. Maybe there will be a chance to find Senior Sister Sun in the future."

Qi Chang really understood that this was the only way to deal with this matter for the time being.

She asked Fang Dushu: "Do you want me to accompany you to see Senior Muying?"

Fang Dushu planned to go by himself: "I'm going to hand over a spiritual object, and I'll be back when the time comes, so you don't have to run back and forth."

She couldn't help feeling confused: "Ah Shu, you are staying in the city on an errand for Master Xizhong Feng, I don't even know what I'm going to do."

In the past few days, Fang Dushu had told her about the agreement reached with Bi Xizhong, and she was very happy for Fang Dushu from the bottom of her heart, because the errand that Bi Xizhong gave was relatively easy, and Fang Dushu didn't need to go to the snowy field to take any risks, but the pay was high. amazing.

Bi Xizhong promised to hand over Fenghuomai's income from Xueqi City's territory to Fang Dushu, and let Fang Dushu, as a non-Fengming disciple, enjoy tribute in Xueqi City. This is definitely the first time since the establishment of Xueqi City. share.

Fang Dushu was really confused when he heard Qi Chang, and he didn't know how to arrange her for the time being.

Originally, the two of them entered the city together, and they had already planned to go to the snow field together to practice together, but now Fang Dushu had to concentrate on running errands for Bi Xizhong, so he had no way to accompany Qi Changzhen anymore. If he didn't accompany him, Qi Changzhen himself would lose interest in training.

Earlier Master Yun Zhaoxia asked the two if they would return to Zhenwen School, Qi Changzhen wanted to agree, because Fang Dushu couldn't leave, so Qi Changzhen decided to stay for a while, but not for long.

The two are discussing this matter.

Tie Ming, a disciple of Fengming Sect, suddenly came to him, accompanied by a young female cultivator.

"Brother Fang Xian, let me introduce you!" Tie Ming pointed to the female cultivator and said, "This is Junior Sister Song Mozhu. She is a member of Senior Brother Song Tongli's clan. She has been with Senior Brother Song before and is in charge of the territory of Fenghuomai!"

During the few days when Master Yun Zhaoxia went to the snowfield, Fang Dushu stayed in the city waiting for news.

Although Bi Xizhong had promised that he would spread the word to the entire Fengming faction, facilitate Fang Dushu's business affairs, and transfer Fenghuomai's income from Xueqi City's territory to Fang Dushu, but it will take time to arrange these things.

Now that Bi Xizhong has made arrangements, he assigns Song Mozhu to visit Fang Dushu and do the handover.

"Friend Daoist Fang is very polite!"

Song Mozhu's cultivation base is comparable to that of Fang Dushu, both in the early stage of foundation establishment. She knew that Fang Dushu was following Bi Xizhong's order to participate in the rescue of Song Tongli, so she was particularly enthusiastic about Fang Dushu:

"A few days ago, Master Xizhong Feng specially summoned me and told me about your situation. After returning to the city, I immediately made arrangements. I have already vacated my uncle's cave, and I am here to invite Fellow Daoist Fang to settle in!"

Fang Dushu asked: "Friend Song Tongli is your uncle?"

"Yes!"

Song Mozhu emphasized: "It's a real uncle! This time, Daoyou Fang returned his uncle's body, and my whole family is very grateful. If you have an assignment in the future, you can directly explain it. My family will definitely do its best to handle it!"

"There is no dispatch or no dispatch."

Fang Dushu glanced at Qi Changzhen: "This fellow Daoist Qi is my fellow student in the Zhenwen School, and she will also move with me. Can you arrange for her to live near me?"

"It's the little things! There's nothing wrong with that!"

Song Mozhu bowed to Qi Changzhen first, and then explained the situation to Fang Dushu: "From now on, all the caves in Fenghuomai's territory in Xueqi City will be under your jurisdiction, Fellow Daoist Fang. You can arrange any monks to settle in the territory." in any of the caves!"

This is the reward that Bi Xizhong gave to Fang Dushu.

Fang Dushu didn't shirk, he immediately stated that he would accompany Song Mozhu to the territory for inspection.

Since he entered the city, he has been living in the Tianshuangmai territory where Tie Ming is located. This is because of the favor of his master Sanfeng Wenshi.

Fang Dushu has his own network of connections, and he smiled at Tie Ming: "Brother Tie, I'm going to do business for Master Xizhong Feng, so I won't bother your cave from now on." Thank you for taking care of me these days."

Tie Ming admired Fang Dushu's ability from the bottom of his heart, and less than a month after he settled in Xueqi City, he even got along with a great phoenix master from Fengming sect, and asked the great phoenix master to personally order that the disciples of all veins give Fang Dushu The tree must be taken care of.

Even the true disciples of Fengming Sect did not receive such good treatment as Fang Dushu.

Really evil.

But the more Fang Dushu gets along in the Fengming Sect, the happier Tie Ming is because he can follow suit: "Anyway, there is nothing left and right, I will send you to Fenghuomai's territory for my brother."

The territory of Fenghuomai is located in the southeast of Xueqi City. Fang Dushu visited Song Tongli for the first time, but at that time he only visited Song Tongli's cave, and did not set foot in other territories.

After Fang Dushu arrived at the place, Tie Ming left on his own. Accompanied by Song Mozhu, Fang Dushu and Qi Changzhen began to investigate the territory in detail.

"Our Fenghuomai has more than ten snow peaks in the city, and dozens of caves have been opened up on the peaks, all of which are currently rented by monks from other places!" Song Mozhu specializes in managing the rental of caves.

"How much tribute do these non-local monks hand in every month?" This is related to Fang Dushu's remuneration. He works for Bi Xizhong, and all his remuneration comes from the tribute from the rented cave, so he is very concerned.

"How much tribute is there every month, because monks from other places have to go to the snowfields for training all year round, and they go in and out of the city very frequently, resulting in irregular tribute income!" Song Mozhu introduced: "The tribute income of all caves will not be low every month. Yu Yi Guan Wen Qian, but it will not exceed two Guan Wen Qian!"

"It's a bit less!" Fang Dushu was dissatisfied.

"I think there are quite a lot every month." Qi Changzhen said with a smile, "It's more than ten guanqian a year! A city in Longzhou only pays so much tribute every year!"

She thought to herself, Fang Dushu's occupation of Fenghuomai's territory Dongfu in Xueqi City is equivalent to obtaining the tribute right of a city, and he can sit and enjoy the tribute of more than ten pennies every year, what's wrong?

Fang Dushu himself thinks that there are few, this is in comparison, when he built the foundation, he refined the Enlightenment Vessel in an oven in Lishui, and put in a tribute of [-] guanwen.

In the future, when he realizes Taoism and forms alchemy, the amount of tribute he needs will increase tenfold, and at that time he will have to invest at least one thousand guanwen.

What does a thousand strings represent?If he collects taxes in Xueqi City, it will take about 100 years to reach the goal of one thousand!
However, he should be able to handle Bi Xizhong's errands in a maximum of ten years. If calculated in ten years, he can only receive about [-] pennies in tribute, which is far from enough to form an alchemy, so he feels that it is too little.

Song Mozhu hurriedly explained to him: "Fang Daoyou, our Fenghuomai is in Xueqi City. In addition to the income from the territory of the Dongfu, there are also several shops in the city that can receive income, but the tribute that Master Xizhong asked me to hand over is limited to the income from the Dongfu. Stores are not included!"

She was worried about Fang Dushu's misunderstanding, and added: "These shops were managed by my uncle in the past, mainly to refine oracle bone magic tools for monks from other places. My uncle's cultivation is at the late stage of foundation establishment, and monks from other places are willing to ask him for help, but now my uncle is being attacked. After the disaster, the store has been idle and there is no income."

These shops in Fenghuomai depend on Song Tongli to support them to receive tribute.

After Fang Dushu understood the situation, he said to Song Mozhu: "According to what you said, there is indeed a lot every month. Master Xizhong Feng gave me this income to let me rescue Song Daoyou, and I can't be idle. , I will go to the snowfield to find a good remedy for Song Daoyou."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and told Qi Changzhen: "Chang, I'll go see Senior Muying first, and we'll discuss your matters after I come back!"

He needs the falcon girl's help to find the oracle bone inscription of the Lightning Blooming Armor, and during this period, he will have nothing to do.

Just relying on Bi Xizhong's remuneration cannot satisfy his alchemy needs.

At that time, he may still have to go to the snow field to find other tributes.

Qi Changzhen's desire for tributes is not as strong as his. After all, the Qi family has a strong reputation in the Zhenwen School, and her aptitude is top-notch among her peers.

She said: "I haven't completed "The Consonance of the Fa". When you are out, I will practice in retreat. You don't have to worry about me, and you can handle your errands with peace of mind."

In this way, Fang Dushu sent her to the new cave, and then left the city alone to go to the snow field to look for the shepherd girl.

Fang Dushu rushed to the ruins of Qinghu first, and found that the entrance of the ruins had been hidden, and the shepherd girl was not nearby.

He detoured to the Eagle's Nest again, and then activated the demon talisman left by the hawk girl, and heard the voice of the hawk girl ringing in his ears: "I met a golden core monk in the corpse refinement that day, is she The reinforcements you sent from Feixia?"

Fang Dushu replied: "I didn't invite her, but she is indeed from the Feixia School."

The shepherd girl put on a disappointed tone: "She is not interested in rescuing the descendants of the Sun family, and she doesn't care about the corpse refinery. She destroyed the entrance before she left. She ran to the snowfield as if she were sightseeing."

Fang Dushu smiled wryly: "Senior Muying, over 200 years have passed, no one cares about Sun Feilu and her descendants, and the monks from Feixia Sect will probably not come here again."

(End of this chapter)