Poor Devil: Nakajō Mountain

  Jin Zheng heard Yue Qing say this and knew that he had long been determined, so she could only sigh in her heart and agree to accept the two as disciples.

  However, Lei Qi Long and Mi Ming Niang both knelt on the ground and declined, saying: "The kindness of saving our lives is something we are deeply grateful for, but since we have not yet repaid our master's great kindness, we do not dare to change our allegiance. We still need to go find the inner layer of forbidden maps and return to Qingluo Mountain to report back and re-enter the sect."

  Yue Qing smiled and said: "The inner layer of forbidden maps has been taken by me, where else are you going to look for?"

  The two of them were stunned for a moment, then immediately kowtowed and begged: "Master, please expel us from the sect. After our senior brothers' repeated pleas, you finally agreed to let us return on one condition: that we retrieve the inner forbidden chart. We beg of your holiness, please bestow upon us the forbidden chart, and we will certainly repay this great kindness with our lives!"

  Yu Qing shook his head: "There is a treasure in the Dahong Treasure House that I must get, so I cannot give you the forbidden map. Although Wei Fengniang leads the Demon Sect and has great power, evil will never overcome righteousness, and she will eventually be defeated by the righteous path. You are following her and will inevitably suffer together with her! Now this immortal woman wants to establish a sect here, appreciates your qualifications, and is willing to accept you as disciples, but you don't want to?"

  The two of them continued to kowtow and plead, but Yue Qing ignored them and turned to Chang He and Zhao Fu: "You two have just entered the sect and are not like Hong Da Du's people who have committed many evils. Today, I will spare your lives." Then he looked at Jin Zhen Sheng Mu, "When Hengshan Sect was first established, it would inevitably need to move mountains and rivers to renovate the scenery in the future. If these two were driven down the mountain along with Zuo Xin, they might still cause trouble elsewhere. It's better for the Holy Mother to take them in and strictly discipline them, reforming their evil ways and turning them into virtuous people."

  Jin Zhen Sheng Mu gladly agreed and accepted the three as nominal disciples, having them manage miscellaneous affairs on the mountain.

  After dealing with those people, the four sons of Chunyang proposed to take their leave. After all, they had come out in full force this time, and it was not good for them to be away from home for a long time without any elders present. However, Huang Qian and his three companions stayed behind, helping Jinzhen Shengmu rebuild the mountain gate with Shi Sheng and others. Yue Qing, on the other hand, went alone to a secluded valley to practice the Xiantian Shenjue, repeating it three times in a row before finally understanding its subtleties. He then came to find Jinzhen Shengmu: "That Zhuo Yuanfeng has already escaped to Zhongtiao Mountain and is plotting revenge with Chi Xia Shenjun Bing Rong. Zhongtiao Mountain is just nearby, if we don't eliminate them early on, they will gather a group of demons and monsters in the future, and it will be like the story of Qingluo Gorge at Emei, where we will all have no peaceful days."

  Jin Zhen Sheng Mu said: "That's right, let's go to Zhongtiao Mountain now and sweep away the remaining evil."

  Yue Qingdao said, "No need, Zhongtiao Mountain's Six Gods' Lord had gone to pull the whiskers of the true Longmeng person, and was beheaded by the Seven Refining Swords five times, leaving only one Bing Rong struggling to survive. Adding another Zhuo Yuanfeng would not be enough to worry about." He pointed at Lei Qilong with his hand, "I just divined the hexagrams, this child is precisely the nemesis of that Bing Rong, and today's arrival here is also a fixed number, I only need to bring him along."

  Lei Qi Long was just about to ask for the forbidden chart when he heard this and said: "This junior will definitely go all out!"

  However, in this Zhongtiao Mountain, there were originally six divine lords who had achieved the Dao over 400 years ago. Each of their Daoist methods was profound and they had a deep relationship with the Huashan Sect. In those days, they were instigated by Shi Nanxi, one of the Three Evils of Huashan, to go to Changmei Zhenren's place before his ascension to heaven, wanting to take advantage of his ascension to kill him. Who knew that Changmei Zhenren, with his Golden Immortal realm, would ascend in his physical body and not have any calamity at all? He used the Seven Repairs Sword to behead five people, leaving only one, Bing Rong, who fled back to Zhongtiao Mountain in disarray, never to emerge again.

  He had heard that the Emei Sect was becoming increasingly prosperous in recent years, and the three immortals of Donghai were refining the Golden Light Fiery Sword at Diaoyu Island. Just as they were about to succeed, he remembered his past grievances and feared that the Emei Sect would come after him for revenge. Therefore, he also wanted to refine a set of Chi Yin Xuan Mo flags to counter them. Refining this treasure required one person to guard the main flag, blocking the group of demons attracted by the demon infant, while another person assisted from the side, tempering the demon infant into a Xuan Mo and gradually subduing it.

  Refining this treasure requires a terrestrial immortal's primordial infant first and foremost. Those terrestrial immortals are all top-notch experts, possessing the ability to overturn mountains and seas. Moreover, in this world, those who cultivate to this level of achievement are all old guys who have lived for several hundred years. Who doesn't have a few fellow practitioners? To think about killing a terrestrial immortal and capturing their primordial infant is, for him, as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

  Later, he went to Qingluo Yu to meet Wei Fengniang and met his old friend, Zhōu Qín, the Red-handed Heavenly Lord. It was during the great war between Qingluo and Emei Sect. When talking about the grudges with Emei Sect, Zhōu Qín told him that in Qinling Mountains, there lived a Stone Immortal King Guān Lín, who usually kept to himself and didn't interact with other sects. Guān Lín and his wife were both earth immortals who were cultivating in seclusion to prepare for the impending fire calamity that would occur within ten years. Every 49 days, they would turn into jade stones, unable to move. If one could calculate the timing accurately and go there beforehand, they would surely be able to capture them!

  That Zou Qin is the junior brother of the Nine-Light God, a powerful sorcerer who had been outsmarted by Shi Xian Wang and his wife in the past. Now he has joined forces with two others to take revenge. The three of them, including the leader of the Eastern Magic Sect, Wu Gui Tian Wang Shang and Yang, arrived at Qinling just as Shi Xian Wang and his wife were in a critical moment of their closed-door meditation. The couple's physical bodies could not move, so they could only use their spirits to fight back. Naturally, they were no match for the three, who captured them along with their son, daughter-in-law, and twelve disciples, taking them all to Zhongtiao Mountain.

  Shang Heyang asked Zou Qin for a gourd of Yin Lei as compensation and left, while Zou Qin and Bing Rong used the Yuanshen of Shi Xianwang couple to refine the magic banner. On this day, just when it was crucial, suddenly a disciple came to report: "Zhuo Yuanfeng, the Sanhua True Person of Hengshan Sect, requests an audience."

  Beng Rong exclaimed in delight: "Zhao Daoyou's Buddhist powers are not weak, just in time to help us suppress the primordial spirits of these two old ghosts!"

  The two personally went to the entrance of the cave to welcome Zhuo Yuanfeng, saw that his Taoist crown was crooked and his robe was torn, and hurriedly asked what had happened.

  Zhuo Yuanfeng explained the cause and effect, and Beng Rong became furious: "The Wutai Sect has been declining day by day since the death of Taiyi Hunyuan Zushi! Previously, Jinsen Luohan Fa yuan would often come to my place when he was at Wenshu Temple, but after Yueqin Bin took over as the leader, it seems like they want to part ways with us old fellow practitioners! Even Huashan Sect has broken off relations with them, which shows that they are not popular! Don't worry, Zhuo Dao friend, I won't let Yueqin Bin come here and cause trouble. Wait a few more days, help me refine the divine demon, and then I'll personally go to Hengshan, make them apologize, and return the cave mansion to you!"

  Zhuo Yuanfeng worriedly said: "Those people who were taken away by Yueqin, each and every one of them has strong magical powers, I'm afraid..."

  "No need!" Beng Rong waved his large hand, "Now Wei Fengniang has regained the Northern Demon Sect's orthodoxy, and is building the Wanmo Divine Palace on Qingluo Mountain to prepare for the Wanmo Grand Assembly. She is now the leader of the demonic path, which is only fair. If Yueqinbin is being rude, I'll take you to Qingluo Gorge to ask them to come out and preside over justice. Coincidentally, Faying, Longfei, and those old Five Peaks Sect direct descendants are all there. At that time, not only will Hengshan be taken back, but also the Five Peaks Mountain will be demanded together!"

  Zhuo Yuanfeng felt relieved after hearing this and repeatedly expressed his gratitude. He was taken by Bing Rong to the cave to worship the magic flag.

  Yue Qing brought Lei Qilong to the Zhongtiao Mountain, and sat down on the ground first. He arranged the Xiantian Bagua: "Did Wei Fengniang give you the White Light Sword?"

  Lei Qi Long Dao: "Yes, on that day when I went to Yunnan Xikun Mountain, Master combined the power of four departments to refine the Luan Fei Sword, and then gave me this white light sword. He also gave me a Wuhu bottle, which was not yet fully refined, and told me to use it to capture the two barbarian monks' divine demons. However, I failed to succeed. When I returned to the mountain, Master originally took back all the flying swords and treasures on my body, intending to expel me from the mountain. Later, he asked me to come to Hengshan to steal the Forbidden Device Diagram, and then gave them back to me."

  In those years at Qingluo Gorge, Wei Fengniang was not too good to him, but not bad either. Most of the time, she was very protective and wouldn't allow the demonic crowd to seduce or bully him. This time, after being humiliated in Yunnan and expelled from the sect, he and Mi Mingniang had knelt at the entrance of Qingluo Gorge for three days and nights, begging Master to take them back in. Later, it was only through Shen Teng's persistent pleas that they were pardoned and their belongings returned to them, with orders to make amends by stealing treasures from Hengshan, and if successful, all would be forgiven; otherwise, they would never meet again. Thinking of this, another wave of heartache washed over him.

  Yue Qing first instructed Lei Qilong, then took him to the entrance of the cave and called out. A Taoist priest with a sinister face, about thirty years old, ugly appearance, and fierce eyes came out from inside: "Who are you? Why have you come here making noise?"

  Yue Qingdao said: "You go inside and report, just say that Wutai sent Yue Qing."

  The Taoist was slightly surprised, looking him up and down: "So you're Yue Qinbin? Hmm, that's all there is to it?" He flicked his sleeve, "My master doesn't have time to see you, hurry up and get out of here!"

  "Slap!" Yue Qing suddenly appeared in front of the Taoist, a palm strike sending him tumbling to the ground with a mouthful of blood. In a low voice, he said, "Even if your master comes out, he wouldn't dare speak to me like that!"