Chapter 62: Hong Yu Lou

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  Seeing the two people tense up, Zi Mei Zhen Ren said: "It's just a precaution, Yun Meng Sect can't compare to Luo Fu, and not many people dare to provoke them. This time we're dealing with a demon god, and Chu Jiang Wang is only a returned void period demon creature, there are no more demons under him that have formed elixirs."

  "Master, when will Big Brother return?" Zi Hong suddenly asked.

  "I don't know, but if there's a sign of advancing to the Immortal Realm, he'll rush back. You all go and familiarize yourselves with the spellbooks, after mastering them, immediately head to Huangshi City and find Outer Gate Elder Lou Hongyu. This time's mission will be led by him." Zǐméi True Person glanced at Zi Hong, without mentioning Big Brother Master, Bái Qǐ was somewhat curious, Zǐméi True Person didn't even mention Big Brother Master's name.

  What kind of person is this, making Shifu so expectant?

  The two of them stopped asking questions and each returned to their own place, familiarizing themselves with the spell scrolls. Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and by then, both of them could already control the spell scrolls for combat purposes, only then did they bid farewell to their teacher.

  Yin Ze was in the depths of Yun Meng Zong, two people drove out of Tun Guang, and met many disciples along the way. These disciples saw Bai Qi and Zi Hong's attire and knew they were true transmission disciples, each one very respectful. Bai Qi saw these people stop and avoid Tun Guang, thinking that even as cultivators, they had to pay attention to seniority and position.

  Among these inner disciples, some of them were even stronger than Bai Qi, yet they also had to give way.

  Bai Qi's water escape technique wasn't fast, and he had to let Zi Hong bring the flight. The two of them left Yun Meng Zong, but were blocked at a mountain peak on the outermost side, still checking the two people's Ling symbols.

  Leaving the Yunmeng Sect, turning back to look, Bai Qi only saw a vast expanse of Ze Country, shrouded in mist and water. In the center of Ze Country, he faintly saw the sign of the mountain gate, which was because he wore the Ling Symbol on his door; otherwise, even a Xianqi period cultivator would not be able to find the mountain gate of Yunmeng Sect.

  Huangshi City was a thousand miles away, during the great Jin Dynasty, Huangshi was just a border town. To the south of Huangshi City, it was all wilderness. To the south of Huangshi City, there were still uncivilized barbarians who did not engage in agriculture and made a living by hunting. Therefore, on this road, there were no roads, towns, let alone merchants and travelers, but rather some heroic warriors from within the Jin Dynasty came to adventure.

  The wilderness scenery, having seen it before, is just that. Bai Qi was brought by his master sister's teleportation light and arrived at Huangshi City in less than half a day. This time, there were still many scattered cultivators in Huangshi City.

  Yunmeng Zong has released a sect mission, individual cultivators can participate, and once the task is completed satisfactorily, they will be accepted as outer sect disciples.

  Don't look at the outer sect disciples, but there are countless scattered cultivators who have broken their heads to get in. The most embarrassing thing about scattered cultivators is that they don't have a qualified teacher, and they can't see enough classics. They lack complete Taoist methods. Especially in the middle state, the exchange between Qi refining masters is lacking, making it the most difficult for scattered cultivators to survive.

  Yunmeng Zong is a major sect, and even outer disciples can cultivate to the Huan Shen stage or return to the Void stage. Those who are promoted to become elders also exist.

  For more than two years, the city of Huangshi has undergone a thorough transformation. The city walls have been heightened, with many Taoist priests stationed at each tower to guard against the entry of wild demons that harm people.

  The You tribe is very complex, born with wisdom, and to the cultivators, it's just a kind of person with a strange shape. Some are born with their own appearance, which is ordinary and won't cause any trouble.

  However, some of these creatures are difficult to enlighten and have a fondness for blood. Ordinary people without any resistance become the best targets for these creatures.

  When the Great Jin Dynasty did not collapse, the imperial aura suppressed the entire territory, and those monsters could not come to make trouble. However, after the Jin Emperor Xian left, the Jinling City was occupied by the Alchemists, the last wisp of dragon energy in the world was exhausted, and the monsters also dared to enter the city to wreak havoc.

  The city of the Great Jin Dynasty, like this, has occupied many sects and divided them. The more ordinary people are controlled, the better the conditions for selecting disciples will be. If ordinary people are eaten up, where can these cultivators find disciples to pass on their teachings?

  Such things are common in other eight states, so the door faction of Zhongzhou acted quickly and divided the Great Jin Dynasty completely.

  The collapse of a dynasty, this time with the least loss of life.

  The ones guarding Yellowstone are the outer sect of Yunmeng Zong. To ordinary people, this is unimportant; they have seen too many monsters and without these Taoists, they wouldn't even dare to go out on the streets. It took more than two years for everyone to slowly become familiar with this world again.

  More and more people came to ask about immortality and the Tao.

  Zi Hong brought Bai Qi and directly dropped Xun Guang outside the Dao Palace.

  The Taoist robes of two people are now in the style of authentic transmission disciples. The outer door disciple who was guarding the gate looked at them and quickly invited the two into the house.

  In the Daoguan, there are more than 60 places to handle government affairs. These outer door disciples are much harder than before. Huangshi City governs six county towns and has more than 30 townships. The area exceeds 500 miles. Within the scope of Huangshi, it also includes hundreds of villages. These villages cannot have high gates and deep moats everywhere. Farmers want to farm and enter the city, but they are afraid of encountering monsters.

  Yunmeng Sect is about to send its disciples to sweep the nearby danger zones, which makes the originally large outer sect somewhat overwhelmed. Therefore, Yunmeng Sect has been expanding its recruitment of scattered cultivators over the past two years and increasing the proportion of selecting disciples from ordinary people.

  This outer door disciple wants to enter the inner door, but first needs to accumulate enough sect tasks.

  Bai Qi and Zi Hong were taken to the depths of the Dao Palace, into a huge courtyard. Inside this courtyard was where Lou Hong Yu, the elder in charge of the outer gate of Huang Shi Cheng, resided.

  That Lou Hongyu was a strong man in the Returning Void stage, and had long since formed his Golden Elixir. Someone like him, even if he were an outer sect disciple, would have a status and treatment that was no different from that of an inner sect elder. So he didn't mind being in this Huangshi City either.

  As long as they advance to the Immortal rank, all Elders will enter the sect's blessed land to continue their cultivation.

  Bai Qi and Zi Hong paid a visit to Lou Hongyu. Lou Hongyu was dignified in appearance, with a slightly yellow complexion, not wearing a Taoist robe, but instead wearing an ancient brocade from the previous dynasty. He was nearly one zhang tall, holding an ancient book in his hands, reading it with great interest. It wasn't until the two people greeted him that he put down the book.

  "Disciple of Purple Eyebrow Old Man? Both are fine."

  "Qing Yu, Zi Hong, pay respects to the elder."

  "Bring the Ling symbol." Lou Hongyu followed the rules and did things accordingly. Bai Qi's impression of this person improved a bit at once.

  After checking the Ling symbol, Lou Hongyu said: "I'm familiar with Zimei, and this matter is probably unknown to you. This time, ten true disciples were sent out, each belonging to one of the five peaks within the sect. Among the true disciples, Zimei's lineage has the fewest people. You two, don't make our master lose face, I also can't favor you, unless you encounter life-threatening danger, otherwise I won't lend a hand."

  "Alright, Master Bo." Zi Hong immediately changed his tone.

  Lou Hongyu smiled and said, "There are still five days before departure. The external affairs of the sect are complicated, so you can just stay in this courtyard and don't need to go out. I also have a pair of children who will participate in the sect's mission, and they will come to get familiar with you later."

  This is a gesture of goodwill; if his sons and daughters and Bai Qi form an alliance, this mission will obviously have more advantages.

  Destroying the Chu King Temple is not just a battle. As the natural god of the Chu River, the Chu Jiang Wang has many followers and his wealth is also astonishingly great. Every time a Chu King Temple is destroyed, the cultivators can gain a lot of the Chu Jiang Wang's demonic yuan power, and there are also many demonic soldiers and generals, all of whom are mobile treasures.

  The Qi Refiner wants to refine instruments and elixirs, forge magical weapons, and plundering these naturally born divine objects is the most convenient way.

  Although they have the support of the Heavenly Court, in the mortal world, the Qi Refiners still dare to do so. Especially for sects with blessed lands, if the Heavenly Court intervenes, it's no big deal, they can just give up on ascending and cultivate in the blessed land instead. As for Qi Refiners without blessed lands, their courage is also considerable, as long as the Heavenly Court doesn't find out, nobody would refuse such a thing.

  This time, Yunmeng Sect's grand destruction of the Chu Wang Temple has already made many people jealous. Scattered cultivators without a background have come to Huangshi to offer their services, and Yunmeng Sect will definitely not be stingy, able to get a share of the spoils. Powerful Qi-refining masters will also secretly make some moves, after all, there are many Chu Wang Temples along the upper and lower reaches of the Chu River, and Yunmeng Sect can't take care of them all.

  Bai Qi was not worried, the King of Chu Jiang had already died, his subordinates were fighting each other, and a new King of Chu Jiang had not been elected yet. Even if one was elected, he would definitely not have received the heavenly emperor's seal, without true divine power, compared to Yun Meng Zong's Lianqi warriors, the gap in strength was too great.

  But whether other sects will covet the foundation of Chu Jiang Wang is hard to say, Master gave himself a lot of equipment, probably worried about this.

  If Yun Meng Zong takes down Chu Jiang, it will become the second largest sect in Jiangnan, only after Luo Fu.

  Lou Hongyu's courtyard didn't have any formation set up, it wasn't necessary for Yunmeng Sect, wanting to set up a formation would consume too much of the heaven and earth's original energy, there was no need for that. Bai Qi and Zi Hong occupied two adjacent rooms, they arrived the earliest, the other eight true transmission disciples hadn't arrived yet.

  Zi Hong stayed in Bai Qi's room, and before a minute had passed, there was a knock at the door.

  Bai Qi responded with a sound, and a man and a woman walked in from the door. The man was tall and handsome, similar to Lou Hongyu in appearance, while the woman was beautiful and elegant, with a heroic spirit between her eyebrows.

  These two people are exactly Lou Hongyu's children, Bai Qishen's divine sense is strong, and with a glance, he can distinguish that both of them have already become Jiedan stage cultivators, at least mid-level.

  Bai thought to himself, adding the other eight true disciples, this already made twelve Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Among the hundred inner sect disciples, there would also be some who were at the early stages of Nascent Soul. Yun Meng Sect was indeed very powerful, but mobilizing so many Nascent Soul stage cultivators this time to deal with Chu Jiang Wang was too cautious, it seemed that Yun Meng Sect had other enemies.

  The lifespan of a Qi Refiner is extremely long, and they don't have to distinguish between old and young. Lou Hongyu was much older than Zi Mei True Person, so Bai Qi and Zi Yi simply called them Shixiong and Shi Jie.

  Lou Hongyu's son was named Lou Fanghui, and his daughter was named Lou Fanghe. They were also much older than Bai Qi and Zi Hong. These two had been outside the gate for a long time, dealing with all kinds of people, but their nature was generous and there was not a hint of smoothness.

  Although the time of the Qi Refiners was precious, they also needed to communicate, so the four of them started discussing their sect's mission in the house.