For the future, Zhang Yan and Zhou Chongju discussed in the secret room for a long time. Out of some consideration, Zhou Chongju told him in detail about the distribution of power in the sect, as well as the major events that had happened in the past few years.
This time, it was as if a picture scroll had been opened in front of Zhang Yan, and all the words of the Qing Cang Sect now appeared on it.
In the past, he was limited by his status and identity, so he could only see the scales and scratches. Even if he obtained some valuable information, it was like looking at flowers through a fog. Now, he had a completely different and clear understanding of the sect.
For the sake of safety, Zhou Chongju suggested that Zhang Yan stay in Danding Courtyard for the next few days to avoid being targeted by the Feng family. After a few days, he could avoid the limelight and then return to the cave residence. Zhang Yan gladly accepted. People like Feng Shang would definitely secretly send people to monitor his movements, so it was indeed inconvenient for him to return to the cave residence immediately. This would inevitably arouse the suspicions of this old fox.
However, he also found that this place was indeed not suitable for practicing Xuan Qi.
There were many spiritual lands in Danding Courtyard, but they were all suppressed by the formation, and the Spiritual Qi was all directed to nourish the herbs underground.
And the art of alchemy was the most difficult to practice. Those who did not know that they had no hope in cultivation would not take this path. Therefore, most of the cave residences here were only for show. For ordinary cultivators, they might be usable, but for Zhang Yan, they were too lazy to even look at them.
Since he had nothing to do, Zhang Yan flipped through the alchemy technique that Zhou Chongju had given him. However, this time, he was fascinated, and only stopped after reading the remnant jade for a month.
After reading it, he could not help but sigh with emotion. No wonder the senior who had guided him here that day told him to rely on Zhou Chongju. This person's alchemy technique was really superb. The original "Three Orifices Technique" had been carefully modified by him into the "Internal Orifices Technique".
One had to know that the "Three Orifices Technique" required one to train one's tongue, nose, and eyes into an excellent magic tool for distinguishing the effects of fire. Only with this foundation could one be called an alchemist.
Although the "Internal Orifice Technique" was derived from the original Three Orifice Technique, it was much more brilliant. He first opened another Qi orifice in his body, and then swallowed several special elixirs to condense this Qi orifice into an existence not inferior to an ordinary celestial device. When activating the Orifice Technique to observe medicine, he only needed to extract Qi from the Qi orifice and circulate it around the Three Orifice to replace the original Three Orifice Technique. Not only did it greatly shorten the practice time, but it also did not have high requirements for the practitioner's aptitude. Most importantly, as long as there were those few elixirs, anyone could practice it.
If this method were to spread, it would definitely change the power structure of the 16 sects.
Zhang Yan immediately realized the value of this alchemy technique. He carefully hid it in his Qiankun Sleeve Pocket and prepared to find those elixirs to try. Thinking of this, he simply dressed up and went out. When he reached the outside, he released the flying boat and went to the Virtue Sandalwood Pavilion.
Logically, flying boats were not allowed in the Danding Yard. But now, Zhou Chongju had given him the position of supervisor, which was used to supervise the various yards and halls of the Danding Yard.
This position had great power. In the Danding Yard, any irregularities could be investigated, but no one had any objections to this position.
From an outsider's point of view, firstly, Zhang Yan was now Zhou Chongju's inner disciple. He was a true direct disciple and was the most trustworthy person. It was not worth offending him. Secondly, the affairs of the Danding Yard were complicated and complicated. Zhang Yan was new and did not know the accounting, nor did he know alchemy. He did not know how to identify medicinal herbs, so he could not tell the quality of the elixirs. Even if the people below him were secretly tampering, he would not be able to see through it. So even the other two Deputy Pavilion Masters tacitly approved of this.
The Danding Yard occupied a vast area. It was another continent outside of the Upper Yard. Most of the continent was filled with medicinal fields and spiritual peaks. Even the edge of the Great Lake was filled with all kinds of aquatic spirit herbs. As Zhang Yan flew over, he found that there were River Turning Strongmen, Sea Treading Strongmen, and Mountain-moving Strongmen patrolling the continent.
He could not help but feel in his sleeve. There was a Life Calling Jade Talisman there. The talisman contained a trace of the Strongman's blood essence and spirit. With a command, he could temporarily transfer thirty Sea Treading Strongmen and five Mountain-moving Strongmen to his use.
At this moment, the roof of the Virtue Sandalwood Pavilion was faintly in sight. Suddenly, he heard a "boom" and a white light whistled through the sky. Seeing that it was about to brush past him, he hurriedly steered the boat to avoid it. Unexpectedly, someone in the white light shouted, "Get lost!"
He saw a red light chopping down on his head. Zhang Yan's eyes flashed and he decisively abandoned the boat. With a "kacha" sound, the flying boat was cut into two. The clear Qi in his body circulated and he slowly floated down from the sky. Someone in the white light made a sound of surprise. The red light turned around and aimed at Zhang Yan, as if it was about to chop him down.
Zhang Yan's face darkened. He put his hand into his sleeve and was about to make a move when he heard another person on the white light say, "Stop playing around. Xiao Yun's life is more important."
The person in the sky laughed and said, "You've lucked out." The white light turned and landed in the courtyard of the Virtue Sandalwood Pavilion.
After Zhang Yan floated down to the ground, he looked up and found that there was more than one white light. There were more than twenty different colored lights that rushed into the Virtue Sandalwood Pavilion. He patted his clothes and squinted his eyes to look in front of him. With a cold laugh, he also walked in that direction.
When he arrived in the courtyard, he found that the lights were actually flying boats of all kinds of strange shapes. There were about twenty people who landed here. They were all thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys and girls. The oldest was only fifteen or sixteen years old. The leading youngster was holding a spirit beast in one hand. He slapped the cabinet and shouted, "This is Senior Martial Brother Su's red-haired spirit beast. It was accidentally injured by the flying bear's evil spirit beast. Old Chao, quickly bring me a Tai Hua Dan so I can heal it."
The head of the Virtue Sandalwood Pavilion was surnamed Chao. He had always been tactful and never easily offended people. At this moment, he said with a bitter face, "Little ancestor, this Tai Hua Dan is only produced three times a year, and it has to be distributed to the Immortal Masters. You should thank the heavens and earth for taking one. Where am I going to find one for you …"
The youngster was a little impatient and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense. Just take as many as you have!" The boys and girls behind him also shouted, but the head of the pavilion didn't dare to talk back. He repeatedly nodded his head in agreement, but his feet didn't move half a step. He only gave the steward beside him a look. The steward understood and immediately ran out.
Zhang Yan stood at the door and looked at the spirit beast. He found that it looked like a dog and a sheep. It had four coiled horns on its head and its entire body was covered in fiery red fur. However, at this moment, it was on the verge of death, as if it had suffered some serious injury. At this moment, the steward ran out, but he was pulled back by Zhang Yan. He pointed inside and said, "I am Zhang Yan. Where did these people come from?"
The steward had originally been in a hurry to find the monastery heads, but he hadn't expected to be stopped by Zhang Yan. Just as he was about to explode, he didn't expect to hear the two words "Zhang Yan". His body trembled and immediately softened. He lowered his head and said submissively, "Reporting to uncle-master Zhang, they are all relatives of the direct disciples from the six rivers and four islands."
The so-called Six Rivers and Four Islands were all high-grade cultivation caves. However, they weren't like Spirit Page Island, which was located in a remote corner with dangerous qi channels. That place could really be called a "blessed land". Not only was it rich in spiritual qi, the scenery was pleasant, and the ten blessed lands were like chess pieces on a chessboard. Those direct disciples were also on good terms with each other, forming an extremely powerful force within the sect.
Zhang Yan nodded and muttered to himself for a while. Since these people were the relatives of the direct disciples, and his flying boat had been destroyed, with his status, he should take the initiative to talk to these people directly. There was no need to lower himself to the level of these children and become a joke.
Thinking of this, he was about to leave when he heard the steward say, "The one in the lead is called Feng Ji, and the one in red is called Zheng …"
Zhang Yan suddenly stopped and said, "Wait a minute, you said the one in the lead is surnamed Feng?"
"Yes, it is one of the twelve main families, the Feng family."
Zhang Yan's thoughts raced. He carefully calculated everything and immediately changed his original plan. He sneered inwardly. Feng Shang, oh Feng Shang, your Feng family's disciples have offended me today. You can only blame your own bad luck.
If he wanted to cause trouble for the Feng family, he probably wouldn't have a good chance in the next ten years. However, Feng Ji had taken the initiative to come to him today, how could he let him go?
Furthermore, he had a plan in mind. As long as he operated it well, he might be able to drag all the disciples of the aristocratic families down with him.
Zhang Yan released the steward and strode into the inner hall. He pointed at the spirit beasts on the ground and said in a low voice, "Pavilion Master Chao, what's going on?"
Pavilion Master Chao didn't know Zhang Yan and couldn't help but be startled. The steward hurriedly ran in and whispered something in his ear. His expression changed slightly and he stepped forward to greet him, saying, "So Martial Uncle Zhang has arrived. Please come in and take a seat."
Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "I'm asking you, what's going on?"
Pavilion Master Chao groaned but didn't say anything.
If he didn't say anything, Zhang Yan wasn't in a hurry. He only stood there calmly.
Feng Ji, on the other hand, was impatient and called out, "My Xiao Yun has been injured and needs to take your pavilion's' Tai Hua Pill 'to cure it. What else is there to say? Second Brother Chao, why aren't you going to get the medicine?"
As soon as he said this, Pavilion Master Chao cursed inwardly.
Logically, this medicinal pill couldn't be given to spirit beasts, but he could actually find an excuse for this matter. He could just say that a true disciple urgently needed it, and that would make sense. However, he absolutely couldn't say anything about this matter. Otherwise, he would be in big trouble if he pursued the matter later on. Unfortunately, these aristocratic families' disciples were used to doing things unscrupulously. How could they think of this kind of method?
Zhang Yan ignored Feng Ji and said coldly to Pavilion Master Chao, "How can a beast eat a medicine taken by a human?"
"You, you dare not give it to me?" Feng Ji turned his head and glared at Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan didn't even look at him, as if he didn't exist. He only said a few words of concern to Pavilion Master Chao, "Pavilion Master Chao, every house and workshop has a fixed amount of medicinal pills. If there's any missing or missing, you'll have to bear the responsibility."
After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and left.
"Don't you go!" Feng Ji yelled. He raised his hand and a red light shot out towards Zhang Yan's back.
Zhang Yan's eyes flashed. He flicked his sleeves and a green light flew out. No one could clearly see what it was before the red light fell to the ground. It turned out to be a small axe that glowed red all over. However, it had already dimmed and lost its luster.
He was delighted. This Feng Ji was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He had no shrewdness and was easy to scheme against. He had simply dug a hole and jumped in.
However, on the surface, Zhang Yan pretended to be angry. He took out the Life Summoning Jade Talisman and waved it. He said, "The rules of the sect have been set. Anyone who attacks a true disciple without reason will be killed without mercy! Where are the sea-treading warriors? Why haven't you taken him down yet? "
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