Great Xuanwu Sheng

Chapter 271 Harvest and sorting

 A certain mansion.

Although the decoration of the courtyard is not very luxurious, every detail can be seen to be elegant. Whether it is the exquisitely carved rockery and jade in the courtyard, or the clear stream running through the courtyard, it can be seen that it is a wealthy family. .

This is the residence of the Feng family, one of the six major families in Yuzhou Prefecture. The Feng family has been prosperous for more than a hundred years. Especially after Feng Hongsheng became a grand master in the family, its status has been rising steadily, and it has become a powerful force in the prefecture. One of the largest families.

 “Is Chen Mu here?”

Feng Hong'an, the head of the Feng family, is leaning on a shiny purple spirit bamboo staff and standing in the courtyard. He is the elder brother of Feng Hongsheng, the elder of Qixuan Sect. He is only one year older than Feng Hongsheng, but his appearance is obviously much older than Feng Hongsheng. After all, he is not a grandmaster, and the Feng family only has one grandmaster, Feng Hongsheng.

The person standing next to him reporting the report responded respectfully to Feng Hongan.

Feng Hongan nodded slightly, walked two steps with his bamboo stick, and said: "Prepare a generous gift to send, remember to be polite and considerate."

"yes."

The man standing there responded and then withdrew.

Feng Hongan walked a few steps leaning on his bamboo stick, looked up at the sky, and sighed slightly.

Chen Mu, the peerless genius of Hanbei Dao, was the first person to realize the artistic conception of the universe in the Five Zang Realm after nearly a hundred years. Unfortunately, he was plotted by the Xuanji Pavilion. Otherwise, he would have wanted to marry his legitimate granddaughter to Chen Mu to win over him by marriage. .

The main reason is that Chen Mu already has a family. Otherwise, a young Master of the Ranking, even if his future career as a master is slim, is fully qualified to marry the granddaughter of the Feng family. However, being a concubine would seem too much for the Feng family. The Feng family was a big family in the state capital, and there was even a grand master named Feng Hongsheng in the family.

 But all in all, Chen Mu brought some of his family members to live in the state capital, so it was better to make good friends than to make enemies.

 …

 Another mansion.

 This is the Qin family, one of the six major families.

As soon as the surname Qin comes out, one person immediately comes to mind, and that is Chen Mu's master, Qin Mengjun, the master of Lingxuan Peak. Qin Mengjun is indeed from the Qin family, but he rose from a side branch and is not the head of the Qin family. Zong.

Of course, since Qin Mengjun became a master, her lineage has also been rising, and she has become an important part of the Qin family, completely able to compete with the main sect of the Qin family.

 “Chen Mu is here?”

 “Go prepare a gift and say hello.”

After the head of the Qin family learned the news, he quickly gave the order.

As one of Qin Mengjun's true disciples, Chen Mu would be fine if he was just an ordinary deacon and protector. However, as a master on the list of celebrities who can even kill Situ Shu, he naturally needs to pay more attention to him and take the initiative to greet him. As it should.

 …

 Just half a day’s work.

The six major families in the state capital, as well as the 'Meng family', 'Yan family' and many other families on the lower level, all reacted to Chen Mu's entry into the state capital, but the reactions of each family were different. The six major families The Feng family and the Qin family are obviously much more enthusiastic. In addition, the Liu family, which ranks at the bottom of the six major families, also takes the initiative to show friendship.

As for the other three companies, their responses were relatively muted, and they just sent people to say hello symbolically.

The attitude of the families on the lower level is much more enthusiastic. Needless to say, the Meng family, the family of Meng Danyun and Meng Tianzhang, and the Yan family. You can tell from the surname that it is the family of Yan Jingqing. These are among the six major families. The small families under the family made no secret of Chen Mu's overtures. On the first day, some people even tested Chen Mu to see if he wanted to take a concubine. The girls of the right age in the family ranged from fourteen to more than twenty years old. , there is no distinction between concubine and concubine, you can taste it as much as you like.

 Compared to the six major families with dignity and appearance, the status of these small families in the state capital either relies on marriage ties, or there are some important figures like Yan Jingqing in the family who can maintain their power.

As a top player on the ranking list who is even higher than Yan Jingqing, Chen Mu is naturally the target of unconditional wooing by these small families, especially since Chen Mu only married a daughter of a small family from a remote county. There is no close relationship with the various families in the state capital, so it is undoubtedly more worthy of trying every means to win over them.

 Not to mention that Chen Mu is still young, only thirty years old this year.

but.

 Chen Mu ignored such temptations.

He has already experienced a struggle between family forces in Yu County. Now he naturally has no interest in getting involved in another family conflict. It will only waste his time and affect the speed of drawing his sword. .

Bringing Xu Hongyu, Chen Yue and others to the state capital is just to give them a more stable environment, and also to allow me to travel more safely. I don’t need to worry too much about their current situation. I can always go back to Qixuan Sect every time. Home.

"The Qin family, the Feng family and the Liu family...the gifts given by these three families are really not light."

In the brand-new mansion, Chen Mu counted the gifts from various families in the prefecture. Among them, the Qin, Feng and Liu families were the most important. The value of each family's gifts was no less than one piece of earth yuan. Zang refining spiritual objects like beads.

After all, it is a big family in the state capital. There are masters behind them, and their moves are extraordinary. They are far from comparable to Xue Xie and other families in remote Yu County. At least the families in Yu County cannot easily come up with something of this quality as a first visit. Ceremonial.

 “Do you want to go back?”

Xu Hongyu stood next to Chen Mu, pondered for a moment and asked softly.

There is a difference between a generous gift and a thin gift. A thin gift is just a sign of face, while a thick gift involves human relations and sophistication.

 “No need, just take it as ordered.”

Chen Mu shook his head slightly.

He would accept gifts given by others. What he lacked now was resources. Before leaving, he went to the Yu family's warehouse and took away some valuable things that the Yu family could not easily use.

Taken together, he will have to go to Qixuan Sect in the future to exchange for the warm and nourishing spiritual things he needs.

In fact, it makes no difference whether he accepts or not the gifts from the 'Qin family'. His master, Qin Mengjun, is a member of the Qin family and has a certain connection with the Qin family itself. If the Qin family asked him for anything, he would have to consider it for the other party. two.

As for the Feng family's share, there is nothing to accept. Although it seems that he has nothing to do with the Feng family, Feng Hongsheng even stepped forward to block Fu Jingyuan, the elder of Xuanji Pavilion, but after clearing out the Xuanji Pavilion branch, he He Yan Jingqing 'divided' part of the Xuanji Pavilion's resources to Feng Hongsheng, but Grandmaster Feng Hongsheng would not stick to such small details. It would be disrespectful to accept it personally, so this resource was directly handed over to the Feng family.

 Finally, the Liu family…

This family is a bit interesting. The situation is similar to that of the Yu family. Behind it is Liu Zongsheng, the elder of the Qixuan Sect. But this elder is too old. He seems to be more than 170 years old. Even the Master of Cleansing the Marrow is approaching. In his twilight years.

Under such circumstances, it is quite normal to show favor to him. Even if he is not a master of marrow cleansing, but is only on the list due to his strength, for today's Liu family, if he can win over him, it will be a huge help to the family. .

 After all, he is too young, only thirty years old.

Hence, the gifts prepared by the Liu family for their visit were the richest, worth as much as three viscera-refining spiritual objects. Chen Mu accepted them all, and at the same time declined the Liu family's temptation to get married to him.

 In short, his current resources are not too small, and he can receive as much as he gives away, and he is not worried about being coerced by favors. After all, with his talent and qualifications, it will not take long for him to reach a higher level of cultivation, become a master, and even reach the level of martial arts.

 At that time, even if something was asked of him, it would only be a matter that could be solved with just one word. As for getting married, there is no need to be tied down by blood. It is another matter. Although he has a pretty good dual cultivation method in his hand, it does not mean that he will become the style of the Hehuan Sect, showing love everywhere and every night. Shengge, in the final analysis, this technique is better than nothing for him. It can satisfy his pleasure while not delaying his practice.

“After all, it’s a big family in the state capital, and it’s much richer than ours in Yu County.”

Xiaohe was also counting the gift list beside him, and couldn't help but sigh.

Most of Yucheng's annual materials, including taxes, various medicinal materials discovered, heaven and earth spiritual objects, and many official businesses, basically have to be transported to the state capital, and then remitted to the Qixuan Sect for digestion .

In comparison, these large and small families in the state capital have a large degree of 'independence'. Many of their businesses and various discovered resources are controlled by themselves and do not need to be handed over to the Qixuan Sect, because they themselves are It represents a part of the Qixuan Sect, and behind it are the peak masters and elders, who are the top vested interests in Yuzhou.

to be honest.

The power of each of the six major families is no worse than that of the Qifeng of the Qixuan Sect. They also have many six-organ realms and many masters of the five-organ realm. They can actually be regarded as the ‘outer six peaks’ of the Qixuan Sect.

If Chen Mu was not only thirty years old, the attitude of these six families towards him would be a little colder. If he had not defeated Situ Shu and was only ranked at the bottom of the list, the attitude would be even colder. If he could not get up, The Fengyun Bang is just an ordinary six-organ state, and the six major families may not pay much attention to his arrival. Only the Qin family, Meng family and other old families will greet him.

  After a while.

Chen Mu sorted out all the visiting gifts from each family, plus some of the resources he took when disposing of the Xuanji Pavilion sub-rudder, as well as those taken from the Yu family, and put them together and calculated them, and it was probably possible to exchange them at the Qixuan Sect. Five to six servings of warm and nourishing spiritual things.

 “Five to six copies, that’s not a lot.”

 Chen Mu nodded slightly in his heart.

In fact, this is already a lot. After all, warm-nurturing spiritual objects are rarer and more precious than internal-refining spiritual objects. Don’t look at the cold soul spirit sword and evil-breaking thunder spear in his hand, which are worth far more than several warm-nurturing spiritual objects. But these two things are not that easy to obtain. The evil-breaking thunder spear was a coincidence, and the cold soul spirit knife was snatched from the hands of a master of the list.

 He called up the system interface and took a look.

 【Martial Arts: The Artistic Conception of the Universe (Second Step)】

 【Experience: 6827 points】

 …

 【Six Fu Meridians (44%)】

 【Experience: 0 points】

It took almost a month and a half to **** Xu Hongyu and his party from Yu County to the state capital. Along the way, he was constantly appreciating the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers. In the end, he gained more than 3,000 experience points, which is considered very rich. Soon he will be able to continue to deduce the artistic conception. .

After consuming the 'Huang Wu Teng', the tempering of the six internal organs only increased by one percent in one and a half months, from 43% to 44%. It can be said to be better than nothing. Fortunately, Xu Hongyu and Xiao He's improvement was not small. Xu Hongyu should be able to enter the five internal organs realm soon, Xiao He can probably steadily master the bone forging, and Chen Yue should be about the same.

“I don’t know how much it can be improved by replacing it with five or six warm-nurturing spiritual things.”

Chen Mu looked at the system panel and thought to himself.

If each part is like Huang Wu Teng, which can increase the progress by 10%, then you can almost reach the full level directly. However, I think the tempering of the Six Fu Realm is the same as that of the Five Zang Realm. The closer to the limit, the harder it becomes. The higher it is, the less likely it is to budget in advance.

 But even if it is only raised to more than 70%, it is still a big improvement for him. After all, ordinary warriors in the Six Fu realm may be tempered to 70 or 80%, which is what they call "perfection".

After Chen Mu has practiced to that level, Yuan Gang's power will be greatly improved. If he encounters a person of Situ Shu's level again, he can easily defeat him in three moves and two moves. The area he hits will be destroyed without spending any more money. So much strength.

Just when Chen Mu was thinking about it.

 Suddenly a timid voice came from the side.

 “Brother Mu, tea.”

When Chen Mu turned around to look, he saw Yu Ru approaching with a pot of tea, calling him softly, but he didn't dare to look up at him. Xu Hongyu, Xiao He and others who were still here before, I don’t know when it disappeared.

These guys…

Chen Mu was a little amused for a moment. He rushed all the way from Yu County to the state capital. How could Xiao He and Chen Yue's theft plan be hidden from his eyes? But as soon as they settled in the state capital, he was thinking of ways to arrange it for him. .

 Speaking of which, Xu Hongyu was responsible for this matter, but compared to the sister-like Yu Ru, it was indeed the cold and beautiful Xu Hongyu who attracted him more at that time.

"Um."

Chen Mu picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, then carefully looked at the girl in front of him.

In terms of appearance alone, Yu Ru is prettier than Xiao He, but because she was too young before, he regarded Yu Ru more as a younger sister and did not have much sexual desire between men and women. Now the little girl is indeed grown up.

 Take a closer look.

You can see a red rope around Yu Ru's neck, hanging from a delicate and small jade pendant, hanging between the gaps. It is the Qingling pendant that Chen Mu once gave her.

 The quality of this jade ornament is actually not high, it is just low-grade Qingling jade, but Yu Ru still wears it to this day.

"Xiaoru, like Yue'er, you are both close to me, and Hongyu also regards you as my relative. Even if you don't marry me, I will always be your elder brother who takes care of you, and I won't let anyone bully you. But If you want to marry me, it's hard to get any status."

Chen Mu looked at Yu Ru and spoke in a gentle tone.

At his current state, he has a strong will, and it is difficult for **** and passion to affect him anymore. He can turn a deaf ear to all kinds of temptations from the outside, but he has always acted willfully and will not be pretentious. Yu Ru thinks that Well, even if he was instigated by Chen Yue and others, since he took the initiative to greet them, he would not be vague and deal with it casually.

Yu Ru listened to Chen Mu's words and thought about the first meeting with Chen Mu, as well as the subsequent scenes at Yu's house and Chen's house. She didn't know where she got the courage, and said:

 “I, I don’t care about those.”

 Say it.

The little girl who had always been weak-tempered raised her head and looked at Chen Mu, and said as if she had gathered up her courage: "I am already very happy to have sister Hongyu, brother Mu, sister Ning, and Yue'er. Even if Brother Mu doesn’t want to marry me, it doesn’t matter.”

If it weren't for Chen Yue's constant nudges, Xu Hongyu also knew her intentions, and Ning He also supported her, she probably wouldn't have taken the initiative to confess her feelings to Chen Mu like this, because for her, she could live together as a family and be her sister. She was also very happy, and sometimes even she couldn't tell whether she was the brother she admired for Chen Mu, or whether he was a man and a woman, they had long been mixed together and couldn't tell clearly.

 “You.”

After listening to Yu Ru's words, Chen Mu actually smiled, put down the teacup in his hand, touched her head, and said: "Even so, no matter what, it's not that big of a difference, but they spend the whole day I’m worried about you on the side.”

Yu Ru's temperament is too gentle. Even when she saw him marrying Xu Hongyu, she never felt jealous. She was only happy for him and Xu Hongyu. It was this temperament that made Chen Yue, Xu Hongyu, Xiao He and others treat her everywhere. Care, including Chen Mu.

It is actually difficult for such a temperament to survive in troubled times. If it were not for him in the world, I don’t know how Yu Ru would be arranged by the Yu family in the end. Xu Hongyu may not be able to protect her, but for Chen Mu today, protecting her is just a piece of cake, even if She showed no talent in martial arts, and no one in the Yu family dared to control her marriage, leaving it up to her.

 Chen Mu is also willing to indulge her.

 (End of this chapter)