Chapter 498 Qingqiu Nine-tailed Fox!
For a time, the powerful people in Huajing all tried to find ways out.

Colleagues in the Hanlin Academy and officials with whom Xin Zhen had daily dealings all interceded for his students, while those with whom he had no daily dealings made all kinds of requests and tried every possible means to send their students to Xin Zhen's side.

Xin Zhen was very clear about it. As long as a young man had good talent and decent character, he would be accepted as a nominal disciple. However, he would not accept him under the name of the Huashan Sect, but under the name of the Quanzhen Sect.

The martial arts that were taught were mainly Quanzhen martial arts, but Xin Zhen was not one to hide his own. In terms of true Qi, he used the Quanzhen Heart Method supplemented by the I Ching Bone Strengthening Chapter. In terms of swordsmanship, he used the improved new Quanzhen swordsmanship. In addition, he taught the One Yang Finger to be used for condensing the sword pill.

As for boxing and personal kung fu, he taught the Quanzhen Sect's "Snow-breaking Ice Palm" and "Golden Goose Kung Fu". As for the formation, it was the "Seven Stars Gathering" that Qiu Chuji realized from the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation.

In this late period, the Five Quanzhen disciples created it in order to counter the "Jade Girl Heart Sutra" of the "Ancient Tomb School". Qiu Chuji realized the principle from the "Tian Gang Beidou Formation", which combines the strength of several people to make up for the shortcomings of the moves. Every move is to gather the strength of several people into one point.

Disciples of Huashan Sect basically know all these skills, but they also know more and more advanced things. The Huashan Sect's martial arts are all the skills accumulated by Xin Zhen over several lifetimes, while the Quanzhen Sect's lineage is purer, and except for the I Ching Bone Tempering Chapter, most of them are Quanzhen Sect's things.

Then the readers will ask, are you, Xin Zhen, partial to some and discriminatory against others? Are you on guard against these powerful and wealthy children in Huajing?

Hey, you know what, Xin Zhen really is on guard against these people.

These children of Huajing's powerful nobles all have their own interests behind them. It is impossible to expect them to think wholeheartedly for Xin Zhen. Xin Zhen also has to prevent these people from betraying him in the future and even becoming enemies with the Huashan Sect.

Therefore, Xin Zhen had to teach selectively. After learning these things, these disciples could indeed make great progress in their cultivation. When facing other practitioners, they would still be very powerful. If they cultivated to a high level, they could still become the top group of people.

However, if they meet disciples of Huashan Sect, they will be severely restrained.

In terms of swordsmanship, Huashan Sect's disciples will practice the Jade Maiden Sword Technique, which is specifically designed to counter the Quanzhen Sword Technique. Even the New Quanzhen Sword Technique will still be restrained by it, not to mention that Huashan Sect also has bug-level swordsmanship such as the Dugu Nine Immortals Sword.

The Seven Stars Gathering sword formation was comprehended by Qiu Chuji and was a sword formation he had to use as a last resort. Although it was very powerful, it went to extremes. Compared with the dignified Tiangang Big Dipper Formation, it lacked grandeur. If they were to really fight against each other, they would be no match for the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation.

As for boxing, kicking, and light body kung fu, the Huashan School is much more powerful, with such skills as the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, the Great Demon Subduing Palm, the Tianshan Six Yang Palms, the Willow Steps Facing the Wind, etc., which one is not stronger than the Quanzhen Sect's inheritance.

But Xin Zhen did not treat these Quanzhen disciples unfairly. The Quanzhen sect's heritage was really good. The key was that Xin Zhen also gave them an I Ching Bone Strengthening Seal that could increase the speed of cultivation.

Xin Zhen accepted 108 disciples in Huajing, and this was still a slight control. If he had accepted as many as he could, the number might have been thousands.

Ever since Xin Zhen rejected the Third Prime Minister's proposal, the Third Prime Minister seemed to have given up. He neither tried to persuade Xin Zhen again nor acted as if nothing had happened when he met him on weekdays.

The Imperial Preceptor Gong Yangfu also acted as if nothing had happened and was quite kind to Xin Zhen.

Xin Zhen enjoyed a leisurely life. He usually taught his apprentices and did his errands. He did not care much about other things. He probably did not refuse invitations to dinner from officials and he also interacted with many officials at some banquets organized by the court.

Overall, in the eyes of the powerful officials in Huajing, Xin Zhen was a person who was easy to get along with, had no airs, liked socializing, was willing to get along with others, and had no ambitions in officialdom.

This made many people disappointed, but more people felt relieved.

What the imperial court fears is that these capable people are outside the system. If they can be brought into the system, then it won't be so scary. If they can just eat and wait for death within the system, then they will basically pose no threat.

Xin Zhen is willing to serve in Hua Dynasty and has no ambitions. This is a great thing. With Xin Zhen in charge, the practitioners of any force that Hua Dynasty wants to attack will have to think carefully about whether to intervene in the fight.

In recent months, the national teacher Gongyang Fu has led a large army to attack several small forces that are trying to survive in the cracks between the Li family and the other party.

The reason why this small force was able to survive was because there needed to be a buffer zone between the Hua Dynasty and the Li family.

Moreover, these small forces also have Nascent Soul cultivators in charge. Before, they didn’t want to confront them head-on unless it was necessary, but now with Xin Zhen in charge, they can give them a try.

The army of Hua Dynasty was deployed at the border, but the Nascent Soul cultivators of the small forces did not dare to show up. Even after the small forces were defeated and surrendered, the Nascent Soul cultivators still did not dare to show up. Naturally, it was because they were afraid of Xin Zhen.

After all, Xin Zhen actually killed a celestial being in the Jade Pu realm, a cultivator in the Nascent Soul realm. How could he dare to seek death?

Hua Dynasty wiped out several small forces, which immediately caused Li's tension. Li also deployed troops on the border to confront Hua Dynasty and sent envoys to negotiate, hoping that Hua Dynasty would not provoke a war.

Gongyang Fu directly wrote a manifesto to attack the Li family, saying that the Li family was disloyal and that there would be no peace in the world without attacking them. He also warned the nine-tailed fox that if it dared to obstruct the court's attack on the disloyal again, he would ask the Hanlin scholars to wipe out Qingqiu, and list all the foxes in Qingqiu as criminal foxes!

As soon as this manifesto was released, the whole world immediately paid attention to the confrontation between Hua Dynasty and the Li family. Of course, they were mainly watching the reaction of the Qingqiu Nine-tailed Fox.

For a hundred years, the four greatest masters in the world have never fought each other. The old Taoist priest of Mount Longhu died inexplicably, and now the replacement, Jian Twelve, is said to have killed a Jade Stone Realm celestial being. No one knows how the Nine-tailed Fox will react.

If the nine-tailed fox retreats this time, the Li family may be in trouble. Hua Dynasty will annex the Li family, and its strength will increase greatly. Then other forces in the world will also be in danger.

Sichuan and Shu have the protection of Jianlu, and because the road is dangerous, they may have temporary peace, but they will not be able to escape in other places.

As for Yuntaishan, it is located in Henan and has no cooperation with other forces. Originally, Yuntaishan in Henan would make Gongyang Fu sleepless every day, but now with Xin Zhen in charge, Yuntaishan has lost its ability to contain other forces.

Other forces in the world are in danger!

Now it’s up to the nine-tailed fox.

And the people of the world also want to see whether Xin Zhen really has the real talent and whether he can overwhelm the practitioners of the world.

The twelfth lunar month.

The sky in Huajing has been gloomy in recent days, and the first snow is approaching.

Although the court has been waging war against the Li family recently, there is still a festive atmosphere in Huajing as the year draws to a close. There are probably no holidays for the New Year this year, but there are still many social engagements among colleagues.

In the war with Li, Xin Zhen did not go to the front line. He had to guard Huajing. If the Nine-tailed Fox attacked the Hua Dynasty's army on the front line, she would be breaking the rules. At that time, Xin Zhen might have to lead the army directly to Qingqiu to plow the country and sweep the holes.

Therefore, Xin Zhen still stayed in Huajing to defend against the nine-tailed fox attacking Huajing and the old monk in Yuntai Mountain. Xin Zhen accepted several invitations to dinner and also invited some colleagues to dinner and drinks, and lived a very comfortable life.

One day, a colleague got some dog meat from somewhere and invited Xin Zhen and several other colleagues to drink together.

As the saying goes, if dog meat is rolled three times, even gods will not be able to stand still. Xin Zhen ate it with great enjoyment, and a big stove was lit in the house, making the whole room warm and comfortable.

Just when Xin Zhen was about to pick up a piece of dog meat, he suddenly stopped. A colleague said with a smile: "Xin Xueshi, just pick up your chopsticks, there is still plenty of meat!"

Xin Zhen smiled, looked outside through the closed window, and then said to the others: "An old friend is here."

"Ah, who is it, is it Lao Xie? Damn, he has a sharp tongue. He knew we were eating dog meat but didn't ask him to, so he insisted on saying it for half a year."

Xin Zhen shook his head and said, "The nine-tailed fox is here."

As soon as these words were spoken, several people in the room broke out in cold sweats.

Nine-tailed fox, if she comes, the whole Huajing will be unsafe.

Seeing his colleagues sweating on their foreheads, Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll go meet her."

Xin Zhen opened the window and then turned into a clear light and flew into the night sky.

Several Hanlin scholars in the room looked at each other in bewilderment, and then the host said, "Let's go, hurry home to protect your parents, wives and children. I'm afraid Huajing will not be peaceful tonight!"

Several people rushed out of the door at once and quickly got into the car and went home.

A Hanlin was sitting in a carriage, extremely anxious, when he suddenly saw a bright light outside. He then heard the coachman exclaim, and the carriage suddenly sped up, as if the horses were frightened.

Hanlin shouted angrily, "You little dog slave, what are you doing? Hurry up and control this beast!"

The driver quickly responded: "Yes, yes!"

The carriage gradually slowed down. Hanlin lifted the curtain and saw moonlight all over the ground. Then he saw the coachman's face full of shock under the moonlight.

Following the driver's gaze, Hanlin was so frightened that he sat back in the carriage.

There was a big hole in the dark clouds in the sky, and moonlight leaked in from the hole. In another dark cloud, an extremely huge fox head stretched out from the dark cloud, squinting its eyes and staring coldly at Hua Jing. Although he knew that the fox was not looking at him, the huge pressure made Hanlin feel a warm current flowing out of his crotch.

Xin Zhen was standing on the clouds at this time, looking up at the nine-tailed fox. He looked neither surprised nor afraid, and even had a little smile on his face. He said, "Should we fight directly or talk?"

The giant fox face in the sky looked at Xin Zhen for a while, then said: "Hua Chao is unrighteous and has already lost its power. Why should you still help Hua Chao?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Why do you support the Li family? I know about your dealings with the Four Seas Dragon Kings. I've known for a long time that your demon race wants to seize the world, but I don't quite understand why you support the Li family."

At this time, there were masters in Huajing rising into the air, including Jindan masters and Yuanying masters. However, at this time, the nine-tailed fox snorted, and the snort was like a muffled thunder, which seemed to come from the sky. Suddenly, countless muffled snorts were heard, and those Jindan masters fell one after another. The Yuanying masters were also staggering, and the impact they received was also not small.

Xin Zhen also felt a huge impact coming at him, but he just waved his sleeves lightly, and the huge force disappeared without a trace, without even his clothes fluttering.

The nine-tailed fox narrowed his eyes and said, "You really have some skills."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "As expected, you have not only reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul, you have already entered the Jade Pristine Realm, right?"

As soon as Xin Zhen said this, many powerful people were shocked: it turned out that this fox had already reached the Jade Pu realm!
It seems that none of the top four masters are easy to deal with. Even the old Taoist priest from Mount Longhu, how come he died in such a confusing way?
Is it that everyone is at the Jade Raw Material Realm, and only you, the old Taoist priest, are a rookie?

This can't be done, right?

Suddenly someone woke up in shock. There has been a rumor in recent years that the four great monsters besieged Mount Longhu. In fact, there were not only the four great monsters, but also a mastermind behind them. Some people suspected that the nine-tailed fox and the four dragon kings participated in the attack on Mount Longhu. Is this true?
This may very well be true!

They are all the top four. The old Heavenly Master has dominated the world for nearly a hundred years. It is impossible that he is only in the Great Perfection of Nascent Soul. Otherwise, how could he suppress the Nine-tailed Demon Fox in the Jade Pu Realm, Abbot Ci'an of Xuedou Mountain, and the unfathomable Dragon Kings of the Four Seas? Then there is only one possibility, that the old Heavenly Master is also in the Jade Pu Realm, and has gone very far on the road to the Jade Pu Realm, which is why it is possible that he has dominated the world for nearly a hundred years.

Therefore, in the siege of Mount Longhu, the four great demons were only on the surface, and behind the scenes it was the nine-tailed fox that joined hands with the four dragon kings to plot and kill the old Taoist priest!
If that's the case, it's too scary. What are the demons going to do?
Could it be that the legend that has been circulating in recent years that the demon race wants to overthrow the human race is true?

If this is true, then why would the Nine-tailed Fox support Li?

Could it be that the Li family is actually a traitor, seemingly competing with Hua Dynasty and other forces for the world, but in fact they are colluding with the demon clan behind the scenes, and even all the members of the Li family have been controlled by the demon clan?
Many speculations emerged in the minds of many powerful people, and the more they thought about it, the more shocked they were.

At this time, the nine-tailed fox laughed and said: "Everyone in the world is stupid, and they don't even think about how many Yuanying there are in the world.

If the four top masters are only at the great perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, how can they suppress all the Nascent Souls in the world?

Even the useless abbot of Mount Xuedou is at the Jade Raw Material Realm, while the four most powerful supreme beings in the world are at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection Realm. Isn't that a joke?

Xin Zhen, do you think that if you can defeat a cowardly Yu Pu realm master, you will be invincible in the world?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I am not that arrogant. I have always felt that my abilities are low. If it weren't for the aggressiveness of the two brothers from Xuedou Mountain, I would not have killed them.

However, although my skills are limited, I can still kill a fox spirit.

Nine-tailed Fox, what are you doing here today?"

(End of this chapter)