Chapter 273: Upheaval in the Han Kingdom
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and then filled in his real name. After all, his name is also a relatively common name and no one will pay attention to it. His hometown is still filled in according to the Han Dynasty.
After handing over the form, he handed in another hundred spirit stones. Jiang Chen got a blue jade token with a golden "Jiangling" on the front and a "intern" on the back. There was a row of numbers flashing on the jade token. It seemed that it should be the contribution of the owner of the jade token. However, now it is displayed with "0".
After completing the procedures, Jiang Chen was about to leave, but suddenly a hoarse voice sounded: "Brother Jiang, please stay! I have something to ask for advice!"
Jiang Chen was slightly stunned and turned around. He saw a middle-aged scholar in his forties appear in front of him. He was handsome, thin, and had three long strands of beards. He was wearing a long blue cloth gown and looked a bit fairy-like.
However, what the middle-aged scholar was holding was a ghostly and terrifying hundred ghost banner. He turned out to be a ghost monk.
Of course, Jiang Chen could see at a glance that the quality of his Hundred Ghost Banner was far inferior to his. It seemed that he must have been refined with the soul sacrifice of the Qi Refining Stage, rather than the soul of the Foundation Establishment Stage. However, the cultivator's cultivation level had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, which was one level higher than himself.
The middle-aged scribe smiled and said, "Just just now, when he was filling out the form, he accidentally glanced and saw that his hometown was filled in Han. Han is the place where the most ghost monks are in Jingzhou. I wonder if Brother Jiang is also a ghost monk?"
"I dare to ask what the fellow Taoist is called, why do you suddenly remember to ask this question?" Jiang Chen's eyes suddenly showed a look of vigilance.
He is now worth a lot of money. He naturally has to be extremely careful when facing a strange monk who has a higher cultivation level than himself and is quite enthusiastic about him.
"Oh! It seems that Brother Jiang has misunderstood! I am not malicious. I want to invite Brother Jiang to attend a private trade fair!" The middle-aged scholar saw Jiang Chen's vigilant look and quickly explained.
"A private trade fair?" Jiang Chen was slightly stunned after hearing this.
"Yes! A private trade fair for ghost cultivators! The participants are all ghost cultivators at the foundation-building stage! It was held by a Jindan elder in my alliance! It absolutely guarantees the safety of the transaction!" The middle-aged scribe said hurriedly: "I forgot to introduce myself to Brother Jiang. I am a deacon in the Random Cultivator Alliance. My surname is Wei, and the word "Cao Jingfeng" is one of the few ghost cultivators in the alliance. You also know that the number of ghost cultivators in Jingzhou is not large, and most of them are concentrated in the Han Kingdom. Therefore, we ghost cultivators outside the Han Kingdom are very troublesome in practicing and exchanging items."
"I'm not afraid of fellow Taoists laughing. This Jingzhou Fair is the best opportunity for the ghost monks outside of the Han Dynasty to exchange their cultivation experience, exchange elixirs, materials, techniques, talismans, and other objects." The middle-aged scholar who claimed to be Wei Jingfeng smiled bitterly.
"So that's it. Why didn't Brother Wei go to the Han Dynasty to trade? There are many ghost things in Tianmo City!" After hearing this, Jiang Chen felt a little relieved.
"Brother Jiang is really joking! If it were in the past, it would be fine. It would be just a little more. But now, there are beeps and smoke everywhere in the Han Dynasty, and the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Blood Shadow Sect are hard to distinguish. Both sides have suffered heavy casualties, almost all of them are red-eyed. Even passing cultivators are often recruited to participate in the war. Now who dares to go to Han Dynasty? Brother Jiang must have left Han Dynasty and come to Jiangling because of this!" Wei Jingfeng said with a gentle fingertip under his jaw.
"What? The Heavenly Demon Sect and the Blood Shadow Sect are starting a war again?" Jiang Chen was shocked after hearing this. He recalled that Zi Xi once said that the sect was preparing for a major operation against the Blood Shadow Sect. Now it seems that it has been implemented.
At this time, Wei Jingfeng was very surprised and said, "Brother Jiang, you are from the Han Dynasty. Do you even know the situation in the Han Dynasty?"
Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "Brother Wei. Although Jiang is from the Han Dynasty, he has been away from the Han Dynasty for several years. He is really not clear about the current situation in the Han Dynasty. I wonder if Brother Wei knows where the Tianmo Sect and the Blood Shadow Sect are now prevailing?"
He is quite concerned about this issue.
"Oh, it turns out that Brother Jiang has been away from the Han Kingdom for several years! No wonder he didn't know. I heard that this battle was only started last year. The Tianmo Sect had prepared for this for three years. At first, it was unstoppable, showing the heritage of the old sect. Unfortunately, they did not expect that the exterminated Ziyin Sect would rekindle and stab the Tianmo Sect in the back. Now that the Tianmo Sect is attacked from both sides, the situation is probably critical!" Wei Jingfeng sighed.
"What? Ziyin Sect? Didn't this sect be destroyed eighty years ago?" Jiang Chen was shocked when he heard this.
He also heard of the Siren Sect. This was originally a ghost sect in the northern part of the Han Dynasty. The sect leader was just a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan. Although he was more respectful to the Heavenly Demon Sect, he was not an outer sect of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but had its own independence.
More than a hundred years ago, the Blood Shadow Sect, which had always been more respectful to the Heavenly Demon Sect, suddenly rose from the south of the Han Kingdom and launched an attack on the Heavenly Demon Sect, occupying half of the southern part of the Han Kingdom, the Heavenly Demon Sect naturally worried that the Ziyin Sect, located behind it, would also take the same path and cause chaos in the north of the Han Kingdom. Because the sect leader of the Ziyin Sect is also a Jindan cultivator, it is considered the third largest sect in the Han Kingdom.
Therefore, when the old monster of Heavenly Demon was the sect leader, the Heavenly Demon Sect chose a time to look around without any gaps, organized a group of elite soldiers and generals to launch a sudden attack on the Ziyin Sect.
At that time, many people in the Ziyin Sect were from the Tianmo Sect. With their cooperation, the Ziyin Sect was soon defeated and the mountain gate of the sect was occupied. All the disciples, who resisted stubbornly, were killed, and those who surrendered were dispersed and divided into the eight peaks of the Tianmo Sect.
The sect leader of the Ziyin Sect was also killed. Only his two children, Yan Nantian and Yan Nannan, escaped. Eighty years have passed since this incident. There were not many people who were still worried about this sect, but now they are rekindled, which makes Jiang Chen not surprised.
At this time, Wei Jingfeng briefly talked about what he knew.
It turned out that two years ago, Yan Nantian and Yan Nannan, who had disappeared, secretly returned to the Han Kingdom and both advanced to the middle stage of the Jindan period.
Then they contacted some of their former subordinates. When the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect was pressing south and fighting fiercely with the Blood Shadow Sect, they suddenly started an uprising in the north of the Han Kingdom, restoring several major cities originally controlled by the Corpse Yin Sect, and posing as if they were going to march towards the Heavenly Demon City.
This made the Tianmo Sect panic and had to mobilize people from the front line to resist the Simon Sect, and fell into a difficult situation of fighting on both sides. Although it had not been defeated, the situation was already in danger.
After hearing this, Jiang Chen was suddenly a little anxious. If the Demon Sect is destroyed one day, his inner demon vow will immediately backfire. Although he will not die in a bad life, he will never be able to advance for the rest of his life.
What's more, in the Heavenly Demon Sect, there are friends such as Zi Xi, Bu Zheng, Luo Jingwen, Zheng Yiran, and the two brothers Fat Fish and Fat Mule who are doing business for him in the Heavenly Demon City. They can't watch them in danger.
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen decided to return to China as soon as possible after visiting the Hundred Poison Demon Lord.
"Brother Wei, thank you for your kindness! However, I still have something to do, so I won't attend the trade fair for the time being. Please contact me if you have time!" Jiang Chen declined at this time.
"Brother Jiang, the situation in the Heavenly Demon Sect is not good now, so it is probably not very useful to go back alone. Why not stay in my scattered cultivator alliance! Let's go back when the situation in the Han Kingdom calms down!" Wei Jingfeng saw Jiang Chen's expression change drastically and was in a hurry to go back, so he could not guess that he was a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
"And, if you really want to return to Han State, you should participate in this private trade fair for ghost monks organized by my elders!" Wei Jingfeng touched his chin and continued: "In addition to exchanging some urgently needed items to improve your strength. Among the ghost monks participating in this trade fair, several of them are familiar with Wei. They have just returned from Han State and are most clear about the situation there. If Brother Jiang attends this trade fair, you can learn about it from them!"
Jiang Chen calmed down at this time and realized that he was a little anxious. The more unfavorable the situation is, the less he could not panic. Looking at Wei Jingfeng's expression, he seemed to really want to invite him to participate in a trade fair. He had originally planned to buy some excellent magic weapons, so it would be okay to participate in a private trade fair. Maybe he could really find some items he needed.
"Brother Wei, then when will this private trade fair be held?" Jiang Chen asked.
Wei Jingfeng was very happy when he saw that he let go and said hurriedly: "It will be held tonight in the yard of the 'Tingxiang Xiaoxie' in the east of the city. At that time, you only need to report the name to the guard and say that it is my friend and you can enter."
After hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded. If it was done at night, he would not have been willing to ask him to find the Hundred Poison Demon Lord for a while.
At this time, Wei Jingfeng bowed and said, "Okay! Since Brother Jiang has other things, Wei will not disturb him much, so he will say goodbye first!"
After saying that, he turned around and left, walked over to another middle-aged beautiful woman in the hall who looked like a ghost monk, and started talking with him enthusiastically. She had a taste of selling in later generations.
A trace of light flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes, thinking that Wei Jingfeng was so anxious to pull people. In addition to really wanting to organize ghost monks to trade items, he was afraid that he would also have a commission, otherwise he would not be so enthusiastic.
After shook his head, he left the reception hall and headed to the residence of the Hundred Poison Demon Lord. He was also very curious about why Hundred Poison Demon Lord insisted that he obtain the qualification of an alchemist before coming to him. Could it be that he wanted him to refine some pills for him like Zi Xi? (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!