Chitaifang City, located at the easternmost end of the Kunlun Mountains, is the entrance connecting Kunlun and Shenzhou.

Junior Sister Xu's favorite Kunlun Spring is located inside the Chitai Market. It's just that it takes at least half a day to fly back and forth by sword, so it's not very convenient.

Song He proposed to drink the Ningshuangxue from Chitaifang City, which was obviously a bit unreasonable.

But Qiu Changtian just looked at him meaningfully and said with a smile:

"good."

He left the Discipline Hall, but did not rush to fly east. Instead, he slowly returned to the gate of Jinling Cave Mansion.

Since becoming a Taoist partner with Xu Yinglian, the interactions with other junior brothers and sisters have gradually become less frequent. But after all, they still live together in Jinling, and they usually greet each other when they see each other, so they are not completely strangers.

When he arrived at the entrance of the cave of his fifth junior brother Chen Zhen, Qiu Changtian coughed to indicate that he had arrived, and then walked in with his hands behind his back.

Chen Zhen and his sixth apprentice brother Zhong Tianhuai were busy packing up the wine utensils and smiled awkwardly:

"Big Brother is here? Big Brother, please take a seat!"

"How's your training going recently?" Qiu Changtian subconsciously took out the style of Wei Dongliu training his disciples and asked leisurely.

Chen Zhen and Zhong Tianhuai looked at each other for a moment, then both showed bitter faces. Just as they were trying to fool him with clever words, Qiu Changtian turned around and looked at the stone cabinet next to him, took out a bottle of wine from it, and sneered:

"Ning Shuangxue from Chitaifang Market? You have time to go to the east of Kunlun to buy wine, but no time to practice?"

He didn't care how the two junior brothers explained, he just scolded them, put the wine jug in his arms, and left.

Back in the dungeon of the Discipline Hall, Qiu Changtian handed the wine jug to Song He and said:

"There are no cups, so just drink from here."

Song He hurriedly took the wine jug, gulped down a big gulp, wiped his mouth and said:

"I, Song He, have spent half my life in Kunlun and made countless friends. But in the end, I was thrown into prison, and only two people came to visit me."

"Qiu Changtian, you didn't come here to laugh at me, so why did you come?"

"I just came to visit an old friend." Qiu Changtian said with his hands behind his back.

In fact, it was because I was thinking about my political enemies that I thought of my second senior brother Song He, so I came over to talk to him.

"Ha." Song He sneered, "Since you said so, I have to believe it. After all, I really can't think of anything on me that is worth your covetousness."

"Before you, the other person who came to visit me in the dungeon was Yun Hong Zhenren, who was ranked second in the Golden Core Realm."

Master Yun Hong? Qiu Changtian was slightly startled.

Then he slowly remembered that the senior brother's common name was "Zhao Jinghong", and he was now ranked second in the Jindan realm, second only to the senior sister Luo Baiyuan.

But her ability to deal with people is much stronger than Luo Baiyuan's. Most of the Jindan Zhenren are on good terms with her, and she is not inferior to Senior Sister Luo in terms of prestige or qualifications.

"Brother Yunhong, what did you come to see Brother Song for?" Qiu Changtian asked seriously.

"What do you think you're going to do?" Song He said slowly, "When do you expect to enter the Jindan realm?"

Qiu Changtian remained silent.

Although many people in Kunlun knew that he had cultivated to the Great Perfection of the Root-Seeking Stage, Song He, a prisoner, should not be included in them.

Considering that only two people had visited him, Song He's source of information became clear.

"Master Chang Geng." Song He continued, "This is how the world is. You think you are walking your own path, but in fact you may be blocking someone else's path."

"If you want to be the headmaster of Kunlun, you must first become the chief of the Golden Core Realm. This position is currently held by Master Han Yuan, but she is too simple-minded and is not the right choice for the headmaster. This is also known to everyone."

Qiu Changtian was silent for a long time and asked:

"Senior Brother Yun Hong is interested in taking over the position of headmaster?"

"Hahaha..." Song He laughed jokingly, "The Guyuan Zhao Family has been planning for Zhao Jinghong to succeed the Kunlun Sect Master for nearly a thousand years. At that time, you, Chang Geng, had not yet entered the Kunlun Sect."

"Although there are no clear rules, in the past ten thousand years, the position of Kunlun Sect Leader has basically been rotated by people from the Xu, Luo, Zhao, and Ge families. Originally, after Ziwei became the Sect Leader, it should have been the Zhao family's turn."

"Master Chang Geng, I am just a nobody, but the Guyuan Zhao family is a behemoth comparable to the Taiyuan Ge family. If you think you can rest easy with the protection of the headmaster, I am afraid there will be disasters in the future."

Qiu Changtian wanted to ask more, but Song He had already picked up the wine jug and silently walked to the back of the cell, obviously unwilling to say anything more.

Thinking about leaving the Discipline Hall dungeon, Qiu Changtian suddenly felt a little melancholy.

Tsk, if I say now that I have no intention of becoming the head of Kunlun, can that stop the Zhao family from Guyuan from causing trouble for me?

I'm afraid it's unlikely. Many times, people give you trouble not because you want to fight against them, but simply because you have the ability to fight against them.

However, Zhao Jinghong seemed to be more cunning than Song He. So far, apart from showing some signs in Song He, he has not shown any hostility towards me in other places.

Without verifying the truth of what Song He said, I couldn't cause trouble for Zhao Jinghong.

If only he would take the initiative to trouble me.

Thinking of this, Qiu Changtian returned to Jinling Cave and saw Xu Yinglian sitting in front of the stone table, looking angry.

"Junior sister?" Qiu Changtian asked curiously, "Who made you unhappy?"

"Master said," Xu Yinglian said in a muffled voice, "In order to facilitate your overall management, you will be assigned two more assistants to assist you in the work."

"The Nascent Soul Stage is under the charge of Elder Jiuce. If you need to send a Nascent Soul cultivator in the future, you should consult with him."

"The Jindan realm masters are in charge of Yunhong. If you have any instructions for a Jindan master to execute, go and discuss it with Yunhong."

Qiu Changtian burst out laughing: My goodness, I haven't been the head of the company for long, and you've already assigned me two deputies, and their prestige and qualifications are higher than mine. Are you trying to undermine me?

In the past, he might not have understood the reason, but just felt unhappy.

But after Song He's reminder in the dungeon of the Discipline Hall, Qiu Changtian had already understood that it was probably the political factions within Kunlun that began to exert their power.

Luo, Zhao, Xu and Ge are the four major families of Kunlun. Qiu Changtian is probably from the Xu family, while Ziwei is the authoritative representative of the Ge family.

These two people are closely united through the master-disciple relationship, and the other two families will naturally respond.

Elder Jiuce is Luo Baiyuan's second grandfather, and Master Yunhong is the "candidate for the headmaster" who is being trained by the Zhao family. Sending these two people to serve as "Qiu Changtian's deputies" is an obvious way of decentralizing power. I think Headmaster Ziwei was probably forced to compromise and had no choice.

But...what a coincidence.

Brother Yunhong, you brought this upon yourself, I’m so sorry!