Chapter 26 Lie Huo Sect

Lie Huo Sect?!

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat.

Acting like a thief with a guilty conscience, he quickly restrained his aura and even hid behind Lin Ling.

His Lie Huo Heart Technique was bought from a merchant caravan through irregular channels, and being discovered by the Lie Huo Sect would bring a lot of trouble.

Although he had that letter from Lord Qi Ba Jiu, who knows when it was written, he didn't know if the Lie Huo Sect would acknowledge it.

Back then, Lord Qi Ba Jiu was the Sect Leader of the Lie Huo Sect, but after coming out of the Ji Hun Jade Pendant, he transformed into the Supreme Elder of the Ji Bing Sect.

This mess made Fang Yue dizzy. What if he took out the letter and the other party not only didn't acknowledge it but treated him as a traitor? That would be a major incident.

So it was better to be cautious.

Following the source of the sound, the Lie Huo Sect's team consisted of more than a dozen people, all wearing bright red Lie Huo robes, making them extremely conspicuous.

Their horses were also big red date horses, each rider strong and sturdy, looking fierce.

The horses kicked up dust as they traveled.

As others actively retreated, the Lie Huo Sect's team rushed towards the city gate.

"Lie Huo Sect people, stop immediately!"

One of the guards wearing a bamboo hat suddenly looked cold, put his hand on the hilt of his saber, and shouted sternly.

"Emergency! Can't stop!"

Unexpectedly, the Lie Huo Sect people had no intention of stopping. Instead, after approaching a certain distance, they suddenly threw a token engraved with a flame pattern towards the person with the bamboo hat.

"The Fire Pattern Token is temporarily held here, please let Lord Dou allow us to pass!"

Fire Pattern Token?

Lord Dou caught the token, glanced at its authenticity, and frowned. The other guards gathered behind Lord Dou.

"Lord Dou..."

"It's genuine, let them pass."

"Yes."

The battle that was about to break out suddenly subsided.

The guards stepped aside, allowing the Lie Huo Sect people to ride their horses into the city.

"Thank you, Lord Dou! If I have time in the future, I will host a banquet at the Qingluan Tower and invite you to drink!"

"...Hmph."

After the Lie Huo Sect people left, order was restored at the city gate.

"Too arrogant! These Lie Huo Sect people!"

"That's right, it's one thing not to queue up, but didn't they see so many of us here? Riding so fast, are they in a hurry to be reincarnated!"

"...Don't say that, that's the Lie Huo Sect, we can't afford to provoke them."

In the line, many people cursed, but they lowered their voices, only daring to whisper.

Obviously, the Lie Huo Sect's reputation was not something they could touch.

Fang Yue asked curiously, "Lord Han, what is the Fire Pattern Token for?"

"I'm not sure. I don't know much about sect matters. I suppose it's some important token of the Lie Huo Sect. And they only said temporarily held, so it seems they will still get it back."

After a pause, Lord Han, fearing that Fang Yue didn't understand, began to explain the relationship between the sects and Qingsi County.

In short, it was a mutually beneficial relationship.

Sects were not otherworldly beings; they also needed to eat, make money, and acquire resources.

Although many sects had internal self-sufficiency, the gap was huge and they needed to purchase supplies from larger places.

At the same time, they would also accept some tasks released by Qingsi County, on the one hand to sell their labor and earn resources, and on the other hand to train their disciples. Even powerful sects would sign agreements with Qingsi County to establish stable labor relations and achieve a win-win situation.

Therefore, most sects had a good relationship with Qingsi County.

The Lie Huo Sect, as a large sect in the Hei Qingshan Mountains, was naturally no exception.

"Most sects have similar structures, only differing in size and geographical location. Small forces can only receive relatively simple tasks with small rewards. Large sects will have specific large tasks offered, with generous rewards.

And if they are far from Qingsi County, small sects will choose to help nearby villages, solve troubles, and even provide protection, earning income."

Fang Yue understood immediately.

Qingsi County was fine, as it had cooperative relationships with all the sects and was in a position of power.

It wasn't necessarily stronger than the sects in terms of strength, but it was definitely more dominant in terms of contractual status.

But what about the small villages? Wasn't that just collecting protection fees!

"Lord Han, why haven't we ever seen any sects protecting our village?"

Hearing Fang Yue's words, Lord Han glanced at him. "Our place rarely sees sect members coming and going, let alone providing protection."

Damn it!

So it was because the geographical location was too remote that no sects took a fancy to it.

Fang Yue even suspected that the reason they still saw sect members once every few years was because of Lord Han's existence.

Lin Ling had said that those sects came to recruit people specifically to visit Lord Han, and then recruited disciples along the way, but no one was ever selected.

Damn it!

What if it's a small place? Does a small place have to be looked down upon? How cold and trembling! When will a small place be able to stand up... oh, the small place has already been flattened by the bizarre, so never mind.

Fang Yue thought that sects could only stare blankly at disasters like the Wu Yu tribe, and be buried together.

So Lord Han was still reliable.

"Sect!" While Fang Yue and Lord Han were talking, Lin Ling suddenly clenched his fists.

Fang Yue looked at Lin Ling strangely, only to see Lin Ling raise his head and look firmly at Qingsi County. "I must enter a sect! To improve my martial skills, increase my strength, and break through my realm!"

"Eh? Aren't you going to Qingsi with me?"

"Qingsi... I don't have enough qualifications."

Lin Ling's body stiffened, and he said bitterly.

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It wasn't that easy to enter Qingsi.

Village leaders below needed to accumulate enough merit and be recognized by the county-level Qingsi before they were eligible to participate in the assessment.

Only by passing the assessment could they be promoted from a village chief to a position in Qingsi.

Of course, those who were promoted internally like this would start at the White Robe level, similar to the position of a squad leader.

Gray Robe, Black Robe, White Robe, Azure Robe.

These were the four internal levels of Qingsi.

There were many different positions, but as long as they wore robes of the same color, their status was the same level, regardless of size, even if their positions were completely different.

Gray Robe was the lowest-level position within Qingsi, doing the most work, the hardest work, and in the largest numbers.

"Back then, I also had the opportunity to go to Qingsi County as a Gray Robe!"

Lin Ling boasted like this, saying that he couldn't bear to leave Guyue Village and didn't want to leave his hometown, so he refused.

But Lord Han quickly exposed him: "Captain Lin disliked the fact that the salary for being a Gray Robe in Qingsi County was not as high as the deputy captain of Guyue Village at the time, so he gave up."

Obviously, Lin Ling was still a deputy captain at that time, probably a long time ago.

In addition to selecting internal members of the guard team from nearby villages, Gray Robe was also open to people in Qingsi County.