Four Households Become One

The Xue Household family of Zither Leaf Forest set off quite swiftly, and the embarrassing situation that Sect Leader Kang Da had anticipated did not occur.

Even without Kang Dabao's personal visit, Pei Yi brought He Yuanbing to the door, and Xue Hu, the head of the Xue Household, could only smile bitterly for a while before nodding and agreeing to the relocation without uttering a single harsh word.

A while ago, just one glance from Nanny Sun was enough to frighten several of the elders and pillars of his family, and even now, some of them are still unable to enter a meditative state.

Now that Sect Leader Kang Da, backed by the Daoist Black Shoes, has spoken up demanding that his family move to a different location, it means he knows there's treasure in that nearby deep pool. How could Xue Hu possibly refuse?

Moreover, Kang Dabao, as always, was kind and generous, and even chose a nice place for his family, which was Pine Forest Ravine, the former stronghold of the Iron Sword Sect.

After Xie Fu beheaded Ren Xiong, the sacred land was taken back by the Pingrong County. Originally, Zhai An, who had fled from White Sand County to become the county magistrate of Pingrong County, led a group of Zhai clan members to live there peacefully.

After Zhai An was assassinated, this decent spiritual land was left without an owner until Tie Xishan left. Luo Heng then gained some freedom to manage the land and, under the guise of official business, entrusted it to the Luo family of Black Forest Fortress for private purposes.

The Luo Household took good care of the spiritual land of the Iron Sword Sect. A couple of years ago, they even hired a senior geomancer to tidy it up for a while. It is said that in three or four years, they will be able to restore a First-Tier Lower-Grade Spirit Vein.

The Luo Household family also has advanced cultivators and has cultivated several acres of spirit fields, which, objectively speaking, are much better than the Xue Household's Zither Leaf Forest.

As for whether the Luo Household is willing to give it up, County Commandant Kang thinks County Magistrate Luo would be willing, otherwise County Commandant Kang would be unhappy, and the latter would have to obediently go back to being a breeding pig.

The Huo Household Tanggu is no longer a reliable backer. Not to mention that Huo Bing, who doesn't know how many years he has left to live, doesn't have the energy to stand up for Luo Heng, even if he did come, he wouldn't be able to scare the Sect Leader Kang Da, who has the Daoist Black Shoes backing him up.

To put it bluntly, Pingrong County nowadays practically only has one sun: Sect Leader Kang Da.

As Sect Leader Kang Da had predicted, without his personal intervention, the Luo Household "willingly" relinquished the spiritual land after Jiang Qing made a trip to Black Forest Fort. They didn't even dare to damage the spiritual fields and Spirit Vein they had painstakingly cultivated.

The Xue Household began making hurried arrangements for the move. In fact, they never owned any property. As cultivators, they moved efficiently, simply taking away anything worth Spirit Stone in Storage Bag.

However, moving all of the hundreds of thousands of mortals under its jurisdiction to the Iron Sword Sect's sacred land is a huge undertaking.

The Chongming City, Heng Mountain Ye Household Fangshi Mountain Lu Household all sent their mortal leaders to build post stations and clinics along the way. Kang Dabao did not urge them, saying that the mortal migration could be completed within a year. Even Duan Anle was sent by the Sect Leader Kang Da to help the Xue Household transport mortals by driving a mixed-blood beast-drawn cart.

Even so, after completing this nearly thousand-mile journey, who knows how many ordinary people will be torn apart from their wives and children, and suffer the loss of their homes and families.

If less than 10% of the people die on the road, it can be considered that the Xue Household cultivators have carried out their duties effectively.

It seems that the Xue Household cultivators, led by Xue Hu, do not care much about the lives of the Xue Household mortals. This has led many mortals to choose to settle down in the mortal cities of the Chongming Sect and Ye Household during their migration.

Sect Leader Kang Da naturally wouldn't object to this, and even had Kang Dahou establish many shelters. Although the Xue Household cultivators weren't very comfortable with this, they didn't dare to retaliate against the Chongming Sect and the others, and could only urge the mortals to relocate even more.

This led to an increasing number of mortals fleeing along the way, especially those of minor and mixed surnames among the Xue Household family. They were already second-class citizens on Xue Household territory, and they could survive anywhere else. Seeing that the Xue Household cultivators dared not stop them, almost all of them stayed and settled near Chongming City.

Zhou Yixiu, who was in charge of helping with the transfer, was delighted. He was good at accounting and could figure it out after only a few days of watching.

Because of the Xue Household's migration, Chongming Sect will likely be able to retain 20,000 to 30,000 mortals, which will be a small help to Chongming City, which has a relatively small population.

Mortals are the foundation of cultivators. When the number of mortals increases, there will be more seedlings of immortals, and sects will flourish. This is a simple truth that every cultivator with a bit of insight knows.

Lu Xun, the head of the Lu Household, was of course aware of this principle. He stood with several key members of the Lu Household on the edge of a cliff, looking thoughtfully at the Xue Household's convoy of cars and people below.

Over the past few years, he has watched the Chongming Sect prosper more and more. If he had any thought of competing with Kang Dabao before, now he has completely given up on that idea.

"If only my little sister were prettier!" Lu Xun glanced at Lu Yunniang beside him and sighed. He hadn't even dared to think about Jiang Qing or Ye Zhengwen, but he really hadn't expected that Zhou Yixiu, who was almost eighty years old, would still be thinking about finding a pretty young lady!

A wife should be virtuous! My own little sister is so good; she can raise spirit bees, she's good at fighting, and her cultivation is even higher than Zhou Yixiu's. What's wrong with her?! The only problem is, she's not pretty.

Lu Xun Chongming Sect angrier the more he thought about it. But when he thought about how, in just a few short years, of the three families near Chongming Sect, the Ye Household was left with only an orphan and an orphan girl, both of whom were taken in by the Chongming Sect, and the Heng Mountain Ye Household was also under the Chongming Sect's care; and the Xue Household was even forced to relocate the entire clan, leaving not even a bamboo house behind.

Therefore, under the Chongming Sect's nose, the only neighbor was the Lu Household Fangshi Mountain.

"How can my family live peacefully as neighbors with the Chongming Sect?" Lu Xun thought to himself for a moment, then smiled bitterly. Even if Kang Dabao had said this to him personally, he wouldn't have believed it.

How wonderful it would be to connect the four territories into one! The current Chongming Sect is already worthy of it. At that time, all we need to do is casually say to Lu Xun, "How can I allow others to sleep peacefully on my bed?" Would the Lu Household head dare to refuse?

"Brother," the second patriarch, Lu Zhen, looked at Lu Xun with concern, "Kang Dabao's fellow disciples are quite kind-hearted; they probably won't go too far. Don't worry too much."

Lu Zhen had always held a good impression of the Chongming Sect since he, along with Kang Dabao, Jiang Qing, and others, rescued the Heng Mountain Ye Household and received a large sum of compensation. Thanks to that sum of Spirit Stone, his cultivation had progressed much more smoothly in recent years, and he felt a deep sense of gratitude towards Sect Leader Kang Da.

"Well, Kang Dabao isn't exactly ruthless, but this day was bound to come sooner or later, so it's better to make plans early." Lu Xun looked at Lu Zhen for a while before speaking.

Kang Dabao's ability to win people's hearts is truly remarkable. Even his childhood friends can't bear to hear a single bad word about him, which is quite astonishing.

"So be it, I can't beat him in the end." Lu Xun thought to himself, a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Back when the old leader of the Chongming Sect had just passed away, Lu Xun and Xue Hu both went to pay their respects, and they could see the ambition in each other's eyes.

Lu Xun Chongming Sect certain that Xue Hu had dreamed of annexing Chongming Sect, a former Foundation Establishment sect, just like him, but dreams are ultimately just dreams.

"Brother, why don't we just give up Fangshi Mountain? We can offer it to the Chongming Sect now and gain some favor," Lu Yunniang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said, standing next to Lu Xun.

When it does speak, it is sober that it is astonishing.

Lu Yunniang's words made the core members of the Lu Household present blush with embarrassment, including many of Lu Yunniang's uncles and elders, who immediately cursed her out.

"You think you can just throw away the ancestral tombs like that?!"

"How dare you, a junior, interfere in matters of great importance to the clan?!"

"Shortsighted and narrow-minded!"

Upon hearing these words, Lu Yunniang remained remarkably calm. Her spiritual power at the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining overwhelmed these arrogant clan elders, silencing them in an instant.

Their minds were quickly chilled by the oppressive spiritual power.

Only then did they remember that although Lu Yunniang was only at the Middle Qi Refinement, she was the most capable fighter among the Lu Household, as Jiang Qing had identified her as. In this respect, even the Lu Household head, Lu Xun, could not compare to her.

At this moment, only Lu Yunniang had an expression as calm as Lu Xun's. Even the second family head Lu Zhen, might have had the same thought in his heart, but when he suddenly heard Lu Yunniang say it so casually, he blushed and couldn't speak for a moment.

Only Lu Xun, upon hearing this, looked at his younger sister intently for a while, as if he were meeting her for the first time.

"Yunniang, please speak. We're all family here, so what's there to hide?" Lu Xun grinned, which eased the tense atmosphere considerably.

"Brother, you should know that the Chongming Sect is now almost as prosperous as it was when Sect Leader He was in charge. Kang Dabao is a powerful leader. Now he has the favor of the Fei Household and the support of the Daoist Black Shoes. His cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds. Given time, he may even be able to reach the Foundation Establishment."

Among his fellow disciples Jiang Qing, Pei Yi, Ye Zhengwen, Yuan Jin, Zhou Yixiu, which one is mediocre? My elder brother originally wanted to take me to discuss marriage, but it didn't come to fruition."

Upon hearing Lu Yunniang mention this matter, Lu Xun blushed, but Lu Yunniang remained composed, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and continued:

"This has put our relationship at a bottleneck, preventing it from progressing any further. My brother can still maintain a certain level of composure in front of Kang Dabao now, thanks to his joint business dealings with the Chongming Sect and our long-standing neighborly relationship. But what about the future?"

In my humble opinion, it would be better to offer up my family's burial ground now. It's true that Kang Dabao is usually stingy, but when it comes to matters of principle, he still has some magnanimity.

Whether we sell the sacred land to the Chongming Sect at a discount in exchange for some supplies, or we ask Chongming Sect to find us another suitable sacred land, neither is necessarily a bad thing.

Lu Xun Lu Yunniang's words, feeling that every word made sense and seemed to resonate with him.

As the head of the family, there were some things he understood, but he couldn't say them directly.

However, Lu Xun was somewhat surprised that Lu Yunniang, who was usually taciturn, could have such insight.

He was now suddenly somewhat relieved that he hadn't managed to marry her off.

The Lu Household around them all fell silent. The decision to leave their hometown was not easy to make; they needed to consider it carefully.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Ping'er brought the crystal snow pork knuckle prepared by the chef of Green Lotus Courtyard to the Chongming Sect as usual to deliver the meal to Kang Dabao.

These days, for some reason, our young lady has somehow found out that Young Master Kang loves to eat pork knuckles. As a result, many pig-type Demon Beast in the Cold Crow Mountain Range have been in trouble, with three to five Qi Refinement coming into the mountains every day to cause them trouble.

These days, Ping'er comes over every few days to deliver meals to Sect Leader Kang Da. The disciples know that she is a servant of the Headmaster's wife, so they don't stop her.

The young girl was beautiful and had a generous and clever spirit. The young men and women of the Chongming Sect got along quite well with her.

Upon seeing her enter that day, Zhang Le, who was on duty guarding the magic array, came to greet her. Although she was usually rather aloof, she immediately smiled upon seeing Ping'er: "Ping'er, you've come."

"Here it is! There's a crystal snow pork knuckle in the food box. I figured it was your turn to be on duty today, so I specially set aside a small dish for you before packing it. Please try some."

"Even our sect leader hasn't eaten yet, how can I?"

"Alright, alright, then you can take it back and eat it, and share some with Mo'er too."

Ping'er bid farewell to Zhang Le, crossed the gate, and arrived at the courtyard of Sect Leader Kang Da. However, Yuan Changsheng, who was waiting there to receive instruction, told her that Sect Leader Kang Da was having a meeting in the reception hall.

Yuan Changsheng had grown up in this mountain gate since childhood, and there was hardly any place he couldn't go. He led Ping'er across the magic array and arrived outside the reception hall.

Then they saw Kang Dabao sitting high on the sect leader's throne, listening to Lu Xun's words with genuine surprise.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, are you saying you want to give me your Fangshi Mountain?" Sect Leader Kang Da rubbed his fingers together, repeating Lu Xun's statement.

"Reporting to Sect Leader Kang, I have come here for this matter," Lu Xun said calmly. Some things are just there, and whether you understand them or not, you have to do them eventually.

Since Lu Yunniang's suggestion is well-founded, Lu Xun, as the head of the family, should have the courage to make a decision.

Kang Dabao was as shrewd as ever. He hadn't quite grasped what Lu Xun had said earlier because it came so suddenly. But after hearing Lu Xun's words again and thinking about it for a moment, he could easily guess why Lu Xun was acting this way.

Heaven have mercy, although the current sect leader Kang has bullied the young widow and the Luo family of Black Forest Fortress over the years, he has never had any intention of touching the Lu family's sacred land.

He's just a nouveau riche at best, far from being as domineering as Nan Batian.

Despite the Lu Household's proactive offer of the sacred land, Sect Leader Kang Da was still somewhat pleased.

"The three nearby spiritual lands have now all been incorporated into the sect's possession. This is something that has never been done since the fourth generation patriarch! The patriarch of the sect's revival, truly the patriarch of the sect's revival!"

Kang Dabao was already feeling somewhat excited, and secretly thought to himself, "If I fail to reach the Foundation Establishment and die young, then I'll have Little Sanzi make a bigger statue of me, at least bigger than the old man's, and put it next to him!"

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are very kind. I will remember this favor." Kang Dabao took the map presented by Lu Xun, carefully put it away, and then said, "The spiritual land of the Caishi Wang Household is quite large, with First-Tier Middle-Grade Spirit Vein, which is not much worse than Fangshi Mountain."

The Liu Household, relatives of the Pingrong Tie Household, had been living there, but the area was frequently haunted by Demon Beast, and their small numbers couldn't protect such a large place. The County Magistrate Tie wrote to me some time ago, asking me to help them find reinforcements. If Fellow Daoist Lu is interested, I think that would be a good place to go."

Lu Xun could naturally understand the humble words in the words of the Sect Leader Kang Da. What he meant by not being much worse than Fangshi Mountain was that it was First-Tier Middle-Grade Spirit Vein, and there were very few families in Pingrong County that had it after the chaos!

As for the claim that the Liu Household couldn't guard such a large area, that was probably just an excuse Kang Dabao used to talk to Tie Xishan.

Most of the members of the Pingrong Tie Household followed Tie Xishan and went to work in various counties of Cloud Horn Prefecture with Tie Liuyun.

Upon closer examination, Pingrong County, the ancestral home, has the fewest people remaining. Therefore, there is no reason for them to take all the benefits of Pingrong County as before. They should at least give some back to the Chongming Sect, the local tyrant.

Once Lu Xun understood the situation, he immediately agreed.

At the same time, she thought to herself that Kang Dabao was indeed as her younger sister had said, possessing a broad mind when it came to important matters, and that his move to offer Fangshi Mountain as a gift was truly the right one!

"Sigh, we should have married our younger sister into the family back then!"

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