This night, Chen Zheng had a rare good night's sleep.

There were no nightmares, no imitations of the beginning of the crossing, and I slept peacefully until dawn.

After getting up, he fetched water and washed up, and went straight to the dining hall.

Wu San and He Daming's two followers appeared on time, and after a full meal, he waved them goodbye and returned to the sparse forest near his residence, and began to cut down shrubs and branches.

The fence of the small courtyard where I live now is seven or eight feet high, just enough to cover the courtyard and protect privacy.

However, because he had not been inhabited for a long time and was unattended, he didn't know who had broken the fence and made a few big holes, so he was going to repair it first, and then officially start his cultivation plan.

A large number of branches are made from local materials, and there is no difficulty in repairing them.

In less than half an hour, all the gaps in the wall were filled, Chen Zheng walked around the courtyard, and after making sure that he couldn't see the situation in the courtyard from the outside, he nodded with satisfaction and prepared to go back to the house.

"Wait, stay!"

However, at this moment, an abrupt call floated from not far away.

Chen Zheng turned his eyes and saw a rough man wearing a purple-patterned robe with a deer hind leg in his hand and walking with a smile on his face:

"You're the new senior sect member Chen Zheng?"

The normally promoted senior sect members are all internal training masters who have begun to practice dirty, and the original owner's memory seems to have some impressions, and Chen Zheng is vigilant in his heart:

"It's me, and your Excellency is ......"

"In Xia Xu Jiehu, living in No. 9 Courtyard."

The man who called himself Xu Jiehu laughed and raised the deer leg in his hand:

"It's rare to hear that there is a Tianmu person, and he was unusually promoted to a senior sect member by his wife, so I was curious to come and see, this deer leg right should be a gift to congratulate the promotion, don't dislike it."

The other party's appearance looked quite normal, and with the fact that he raised his hand and didn't hit the smiling person, Chen Zheng shirked and said:

"Your Excellency is so polite, I'm just a newcomer, what's so embarrassing?"

Xu Jiehu threw the deer leg directly: "What's this, be careful, just accept it." ”

Chen Zheng, who had a short hand and was really hard to refuse, caught this fresh deer leg and said politely:

"The house is simple, if Brother Xu doesn't dislike it, why don't you come in and talk about it?"

"Okay, then I'll excuse me."

Xu Jiehu readily agreed, and entered the hospital under the invitation.

Sitting down and looking around, he spoke:

"This house is much cleaner than mine, but there are several empty yards, why did Brother Chen choose here?"

"Nothing else, it's just quiet here."

Chen Zheng heard something, and his heart moved slightly:

"What, what's wrong with this yard?"

Xu Jiehu asked unexpectedly: "The person who arranged your accommodation didn't tell you?" ”

Chen Zheng was confused: "What to say?" ”

Xu Jiehu said meaningfully:

"In the seventeenth courtyard next door to you, Zhong Ming lives. This person is also a senior sect member with old qualifications, but the previous cultivation process went wrong, and he went mad and caused his heart to be injured.

After he went mad, he has been living in seclusion and recuperation. But I've heard that he's been getting worse and worse both physically and mentally lately, so it's best to keep some of your thoughts on weekdays. ”

"Gone mad?"

Chen Zheng's heart sank slightly when he heard this.

For those of them who are alienated, their cultivation itself is walking a tightrope, and once they go mad, it will often lead to the aggravation of physical alienation and the risk of getting out of control.

Living next door to such an unstable factor, who can sleep peacefully?

The point is, the housekeeper who took him to choose a place to live didn't remind him of a word!

Xu Jiehu saw something, and said clearly:

"You were directly promoted from a low-level sect, and it is said that you were rewarded with the Great Pill of Treasure by your wife, so you will inevitably be jealous. That man deliberately didn't tell you, just envy and jealousy, just waiting to see your jokes.

But don't worry too much, Zhong Ming is also a master of the dirty level, and it is not so easy to get out of control. No matter how big it is, you can apply for it and change the yard. ”

The human heart is so sinister......

Chen Zheng, who understood that he had been put on the table, thanked Xu Jiehu:

"Thank you Brother Tai for mentioning something, otherwise I would still be kept in the dark."

Xu Jiehu smiled disapprelicly:

"It doesn't matter, everyone was a hard-working person before joining the church, and they should have mutual benefit and mutual assistance, and they have to intrigue in this corner of the place, if you have any problems in the future, you can come to me."

Chen Zheng nodded: "Definitely, definitely." ”

Then there was nothing to say, and the two sides were just going back and forth.

Under Chen Zheng's inquiry, Xu Jiehu, who is quite senior, gave him a general introduction to the situation of other senior sect members, and by the way, he talked about some duties and tasks on weekdays.

At present, there are less than ten senior sect members stationed in the stronghold, plus Chen Zheng, who lead ordinary sect members to practice on weekdays, or station in villages, patrol mountains and hunt, and perform their duties.

Needless to say, the village where the garrison was stationed was not far from the stronghold, and there were about 2,000 people living in the village.

In the border wasteland, the power of the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip, most of these people are the population that the Tianmu Divine Sect has taken over one after another in the past few years, and the entire village is equivalent to the logistics base of the stronghold, providing food, livestock, etc. for the cultists, so they also need people to be stationed for a long time.

Patrolling and hunting is simpler, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft, the mountains and forests behind the rudder stronghold stretch for dozens of miles, there are birds and beasts, herbs and mountain goods, and it is barely a treasure land of resources.

In addition to these, the other part of the qualifications and performances are assigned by the Lady of Gome to go out to other cities to carry out various tasks, mainly lurking, assassination, and human captivity.

Hearing this, Chen Zheng was very moved, and felt that this seemed to be a way to leave this ghost place.

However, he has only just practiced skin now, and it seems that he is still far from getting to this point.

In this way, the two sides talked for a long time, and after the guests and hosts were happy, Xu Jiehu got up and said goodbye.

Chen Zheng was also very enthusiastic and got up all the way to the entrance of the hospital, watching the other party leave.

And when Xu Jiehu's figure completely disappeared from sight, Chen Zheng's smile suddenly disappeared, and his brows furrowed slightly

Although the other party seemed to be bold and innocent, and even mentioned something about the next-door neighbor, he always felt that something was wrong.

In his opinion, except for the people who had just been taken captive in this ghost place, most of the other high-ranking disciples had been brainwashed by the doctrine and their thoughts were distorted.

This Xu Jiehu is not related to him, why is he so kind?

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if he's good or bad."

"Iron also needs to be hard, if there is anything wrong, just use a knife to speak!"

Without dwelling on this trivial matter, Chen Zheng took the knife and returned to the courtyard, took a deep breath, and immediately began the practice of "Shura Desperate Knife".