Chapter 56: Ten Years of Growth

"Senior Brother!" In the Huashan Sect, now the only one who called Su Fan Senior Brother was Xiong Duoduo; everyone else, no matter who, called him Sect Leader.

"What's the matter?" Su Fan glanced at him. "Did you cause trouble again and make Master angry?"

Ten years later, this guy's body had deformed again, returning to the fat figure he had when he was a child. His face had become a round ball, and faintly, one could still see the handsome appearance of that year.

"Of course not!"

"Senior Brother, why do you always think of me like that?" The latter pretended to be angry. He was over twenty years old, but he still had a childlike nature.

It was also true; ever since he went up the mountain, he almost never went down. He had been staying in the mountains and hadn't experienced the beatings of society, so he rarely had any growth.

But this was also good; innocent and lively, wasn't it better?

Su Fan himself was very yearning for it, but he knew it was impossible. Now he shouldered the heavy responsibility of the Huashan Sect, the revitalization of the Huashan Sect.

Of course, compared to Old Yue, his current Huashan was much better.

After all, there was no sword-qi conflict, and the Huashan Sect's strength was still rising. He just needed to make adjustments on the side.

"Since it's not, then why are you looking for me?"

Su Fan didn't want to talk too much with this kid.

"Hehe! Senior Brother, I heard that Senior Brother Yue and the others are about to take a boat to sea, right? Are they going to Fusang in Dongying?"

"Senior Brother, I also want to go and see."

After twisting for a while, this kid finally said his thoughts in his heart.

"No!"

However, Su Fan's expression changed instantly, and he immediately refused. What a joke. "Is the Huashan Sect not enough for you to toss about? Is the Guanzhong territory not enough for you to play with?"

"Fusang in Dongying, so far away, and dangerous."

"Senior Brother, I'm not afraid of danger. Besides, danger—Senior Brother Yue and the others still have to go personally, and so many inner sect disciples went, and there were even elders following, so there won't be any danger."

Xiong Duoduo was naturally unwilling. He accidentally heard the senior brothers talk about Fusang, and his curiosity was aroused.

"It's precisely because it's dangerous that some inner sect martial uncles are allowed to follow."

Su Fan shook his head. This kid didn't know; in fact, on the way to Fusang, three Fu ships had been swallowed by the sea, losing hundreds of people.

As for these two years, the number of Huashan Sect disciples who fell in Fusang was also not small.

After all, Su Fan and the others went to Fusang not just for trade, but more to occupy Iwami Mountain and obtain the silver mines there.

Fusang was small, but there were experts. The strength of those Fusang ronin was not bad, especially Fusang, which was best at learning things from powerful countries.

Martial arts—Fusang also learned a lot from Huaxia. After bringing it back, through evolution, it became Fusang's own martial arts.

Top-tier ones, the Huashan Sect had never encountered, but in Iwami Mountain, they encountered two ronin with first-class combat power.

That time, the Huashan Sect suffered a loss, losing more than ten outer sect second-class disciples.

So this time, the Huashan Sect secretly sent six first-class elders to go together.

For the silver mines of Iwami Mountain, even the inner sect elders couldn't sit still, and they almost sent Feng Qingyang to follow.

In the end, Su Fan came forward to stop it. Who was Feng Qingyang? He was the Huashan Sect, and even the Sword Saint of the martial arts world.

Recognized by the martial arts world as the number one expert only second to the peerlessly invincible Dugu Sheng of that year. Dugu Sheng was already dead; in the current martial arts world, the Sword Saint was the number one.

This was not the Huashan Sect bragging, but Feng Qingyang fighting it out, recognized by the martial arts world.

So the entire martial arts world was extremely nervous about Feng Qingyang's whereabouts. If Feng Qingyang were allowed to move and his whereabouts were exposed, it would naturally not be a good thing for the Huashan Sect's plan.

If the martial arts world knew about the silver mines of Iwami Mountain in Fusang, do you think they would be tempted?

At that time, the Five Mountains, the other four sects, might not be of one mind with the Huashan Sect, not to mention other martial arts sects.

Feng Qingyang couldn't move, but sending six first-class experts, combined with one hundred second-class inner and outer sect disciples, was almost enough.

One had to know that Su Fan also had an army in his hands. The Hundred-Household Office in Liaodong already had five hundred elite soldiers, and there was also a firearm battalion.

With such power, plus the Huashan Sect's martial power, it was temporarily enough to suppress Iwami Mountain.

"In short, no matter what, you just stay in the mountains obediently. Otherwise, I will ask Master to manage you."

Seeing this guy still wanting to beg, Su Fan directly brought out Xiong Qingyuan, and the latter immediately stopped talking.

He could only look at him speechlessly.

Su Fan didn't talk nonsense with him. He didn't give him a chance for Fusang, and even after he left, he specifically sent people to watch him, fearing he would secretly follow.

The situation in Fusang, after several years of development, trade had already stood firm. As for Iwami Mountain, this time it was hosted by several first-class elders and Yue Buqun, so Su Fan was relieved.

Yue Buqun's martial arts, although not great, were not bad in other aspects. Before, the Huashan branch in the south, with the support of the Huashan Sect, was also very hot.

Especially befriending the Lin family in Fuzhou, it stood firm very quickly and developed step by step.

Later, even though Lin Yuantu died of illness, because of the fear of the Lin family's prestige, the south was also smooth, especially with Shaolin's decline.

South Shaolin also didn't dare to provoke Huashan too much. In this way, the Huashan branch in the south, even if it couldn't compare to the Liaodong branch, was successfully established.

It became a branch of the Huashan Sect.

Now there were two first-class elders and more than thirty second-class outer sect disciples sitting in town, plus the Lin family, this local snake. Just in Fuzhou, very few martial arts forces would go to find trouble.

Every year, it could transport certain benefits to the Huashan Sect.

In ten years, the Huashan Sect's income was increasing more and more. With more money, it could naturally accept more disciples.

The disciples under the sect could also increase the feeding of resources. In this way, whether it was outer sect or inner sect disciples, their progress was accelerating.

Now the Huashan Sect's inner and outer sect disciples added together were almost two thousand.

Of course, compared to Wudang and Shaolin, it might still be a bit worse, but it was already double what it was before, and this number might still be increasing.

After all, the Huashan Sect had already exited Guanzhong, and the next step was even to enter Chuan-Shu, and overseas was also exerting force.

In Su Fan's plan, the Huashan Sect wanted to establish several islands overseas, and Southeast Asia could be built into a base for the Huashan Sect.

Then transport the population, but it was very difficult to do this right now. After all, in this period, it was not the end of the Ming Dynasty, and most ordinary people, as long as they were not facing death, would rarely be willing to go far away from home.

But Su Fan knew that the Ming Dynasty was in a Little Ice Age, and there were many natural disasters. In the future, when there was an opportunity, it could be implemented.

It didn't need too many, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands would be enough.

Slowly developing, in a few decades, it was estimated that Southeast Asia would become Huaxia's.

As for the future, if he broke through to the innate realm, he could continue to promote the Great China Plan. If he couldn't break through, then it would depend on the future fortune of the Huashan Sect.

"Unfortunately, there is not much time left for me..."

A sigh gradually dissipated in the breeze. ===== CHAPTER 57 =====