Chapter 63: Strife at the Gate

  Lou Fanghui and Lou Fanghe, brother and sister, were extremely talented. Bai Qi thought it was just a story at first, but gradually understood the origin and purpose of these sect tasks.

  In the ancient times, the primordial energy of heaven and earth was dense and substantial, and all plants and trees could become immortal.

  At that time, the divine tree that penetrated heaven and earth still existed. The Xian world descended with the Void Xian Yuan. As for cultivation, there was almost no requirement for innate talent.

  In ancient times, the immortals waged a great war, the nine states were shattered, and the divine trees disappeared. However, the primordial energy of heaven and earth remained dense, and cultivating immortality was not as complicated as it is today, with numerous methods and techniques.

  In the distant ancient times, the Heavenly Court was established and refused to lower the Void Spirit Yuan again, making cultivation a hundred times more difficult. However, at this time, the Taoist methods flourished, and various sects were established one after another.

  Then came a very chaotic period, when Confucianism emerged in Zhongzhou, and large dynasties appeared in the other eight major states, known as the Near Ancient Period. In Zhongzhou, before the Qin dynasty, many dynasties fought each other, with Qi-refining masters also participating, killing countless demons.

  It was during this period that various schools made hunting and killing yao guai a school task and kept it.

  In those years, the demonic path was still prosperous for a period of time, and demons were equally famous. Later, the demonic path declined, leaving only the task of exterminating monsters. The Great Qin Dynasty was established, and the imperial court suppressed the Qi Refiners, forcing this tradition to be interrupted until it was revived in recent centuries.

  However, destroying the Chu Wang Temple is a task that no small sect dares to undertake, for fear of offending the Heavenly Court.

  Lou Fang replied: "Zi Mei Shu Shu's lineage rarely participates in anything, Qing Yuan, you must be careful. The remaining four lakes' true transmission disciples will definitely think of ways to make you lose face."

  Bai Qi suddenly understood, this was also for the sake of Hidden Valley. If Zi Mei True Person entered the blessed land to continue cultivating, he couldn't take care of internal affairs anymore, and Hidden Valley would become ownerless. If Master didn't suppress the situation and himself and Zi Hong lost face again, Hidden Valley would be taken away directly and distributed to the other four peaks.

  The five lakes and seventy-two peaks are all good places for cultivation. The four masters of the Purple Eyebrow Sect have occupied a place, and it's normal for others to have complaints. Bai Qi thought to himself, it seems that this time the sect's mission needs to be done beautifully, otherwise, if they lose Hidden Marsh, he won't have a good place to cultivate anymore.

  Although the heaven and earth yuanqi in Yinzhe is not enough to reverse the Gun's devouring, it is also several hundred times thicker than outside.

  The entire Cloud Dream Sect is a place where the heaven and earth's original energy is more than ten times denser than outside. I really don't know what state the original energy of the nine states would be in during the ancient era. If I were born at that time, with the help of the Inverse Scale Spear, I estimate it wouldn't take too long to form a Golden Elixir either?

  "Qingyuan, didn't Purple Eyebrow Shibo mention the other four lakes to you?" Lou Fanghui saw that Bai Qi and Zi Hong were not very concerned, and he was a little curious. Bai Qi looked like he was just in the early stages of Hua Shen, wasn't he afraid of being embarrassed?

  "No, Master said that those who want to lay hands on us are all under the Night Emperor." Bai Qi's expression was dazed, but his words made Lou Fang smile bitterly. The temper of the Purple Eyebrow True Man is still like this, but if it wasn't for this temper, the Purple Eyebrow True Man wouldn't have been able to dominate the hidden world for hundreds of years.

  "Alright, since Master Shu said so, we siblings will help you." Lou Fang replied even more directly.

  It's hard for Qi Refiners to make friends, but once they do, it's a lifelong friendship. Zi Mei Zhen Ren and Lou Hong Yu have such a relationship.

  Bai Qi couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore and had to ask seriously.

  Yunmeng Zong's Five Lakes and Seventy-two Peaks are a collective term, but in reality, the Purple Eyebrow True Person lineage occupies one lake and three peaks. The other four lineages have sixty-nine divine peaks, which is not a small number either. It's just that the remaining four lineages have too many people, with over a hundred true transmission disciples. In comparison, those four lineages are a bit too crowded.

  The remaining four veins are Honghu Li Xinfeng, Tianhu Lan Yuansu, Lenghu He Fanghui and Xingze Bai Xianzi. The one that disagrees with Zimei Zhenren the most is Lenghu He Fanghui vein. There is only one true disciple of this vein, Hu Liu Feng. On the other hand, Honghu Li Xinfeng occupies the most divine peaks, so there are not many complaints in daily life.

  But Honghu also doesn't want the spearhead to point at itself, so it has a supportive attitude towards other factions.

  The true person of Zimei's hidden vein was isolated.

  It's just that Zǐ Méi Zhēn Rén has the strongest power and is also very arrogant, so if he goes directly to the door and asks if he can give some space to my disciples, they will definitely fight. The result is self-evident, whoever comes to the door will be unlucky.

  "The patriarch received the flying symbol transmission, Hong Hu and Xing Ze two veins, sent out disciples who were newly entered into the inner door but soon became true transmission disciples, with exceptional talent, but not well-known. This time they came out just to complete the task, without wanting to make a big deal. However, Tian Hu Lan Yuanzi sent his most capable disciple, and Leng Hu He Fanghui even dispatched his eldest disciple Chu Liuqin, definitely wanting to suppress you all and make you lose face." Lou Fanghe explained in detail, Bai Qi thought for a moment, then asked back.

  "Will Chu Liuqin directly take action against us?"

  "Normally, of course not, but this time the task is divided into five batches, targeting the Chu Wang Temple along the Chu River. If you destroy the least number of Chu Wang Temples, or even none at all, then it will be difficult for our school to hold its head up. Although my father is in command of this operation, he can only sit and observe, and cannot personally help you. My brother and I are also like that - if you receive an attack, we can take action and kill."

  "So that's how it is. What about the hundred disciples inside and the disciples outside?"

  "You two are free agents, you have no right to choose."

  Bai Qi smiled and said: "Is it saying that this time, only my master sister and I are the two of us, we have to complete the task alone?"

  "If He Fang retorts with words, among the outer sect disciples, there won't be a single person who will follow you to do things."

  "Aren't you afraid of offending my master?" Bai Qi asked curiously.

  "What's wrong with that, Master Zimei is not willing to do so. If you two can only complete the task by relying on those people, it would be a shame for him. In the past, a very difficult task was completed by Master Zimei alone, and this is also Master Zimei's test for you."

  After Lou Fanghui and Lou Fanghe left, Zi Hong couldn't help but feel a little worried. She said to Bai Qi, "Young Master, this task is somewhat troublesome."

  "What did you just say?"

  "The distribution of Chu Wang Ci is quite even, but we have to start from downstream. They have four veins, while we only have one vein. If we want to get a sufficient amount, it's absolutely impossible with just the two of us." Zi Hong sighed and said, "If only Big Brother were here..."

  Bai Qi thought for a moment, then said: "Sister, I won't hide it from you either. I have something in my hand that's not good for anything else, but destroying the Chu Wang Temple would be a top-notch move."

  Bai Qi said, taking out the Chu Jiang Wang Yu Xi and handing it over to Zi Hong.

  "What is this?" Zi Hong took over the Chu Jiang Wang Yu Xiang, turned it over and looked at it for a moment, stunned. The jade seal was engraved with "Heavenly Born Spirit Saint Chu Jiang Fourteen Rivers Seal". The jade seal weighed as much as 100 catties, cold to the bone.

  "Junior brother, where did this come from?"

  Bai Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Chu Jiang Wang was killed by Kunlun's people, I picked up this thing."

  "Kunlun?" Zi Hong didn't continue asking, the people of Kunlun didn't care about the gods appointed by the Heavenly Court, and casually killing Chu Jiang Wang was nothing unusual.

  "Junior brother, that's easy to handle. No wonder Master taught you the Water Escape Technique. This time, we'll give up on the four Chu Wang Temples downstream and head straight upstream. With this jade seal, those demonic gods' array formations are useless." Zi Hong said, getting excited, his face flushing red.

  "Sister, you rarely act like this." Bai Qi teased.

  Zi Hong raised an eyebrow and said, "Don't think that only you have the guts. When a teacher selects students, being ruthless is the first priority. If I hadn't seen how deeply troubled you are by your past killings, do you think I would casually pass on my lineage to just anyone with talent?"

  "What?!" Bai Qi was really surprised this time. What kind of temperament did Zi Mei Zhen Ren have, wanting to choose someone with a heavy fate of slaughter as his student?

  "Hmph, just wait until you see Big Brother Master and you'll understand. People with a heavy murderous aura aren't necessarily all bad-tempered. Big Brother Master is the best kind of person, but no one dares to say he's weak. However, those who have offended him are almost all dead."

  Bai Qi only then knew why the Zimei True Person's lineage had so few people, this heavy killing karma was not a good thing, but it was also hard to find someone with such a fate. A ruthless thief for many years, in a lifetime might have only killed a few dozen people at most, and as for himself? The number of people he had killed had long since exceeded one hundred. Outside the Qin Wang Mausoleum, the number of demons he had killed was even more numerous, already too many to recall, numbering in the thousands.

  Bai Qi's side was making fun of the same door, in the Taoist temple, a large number of inner disciples had already come to report. These people knew that the disciples of the Purple Eyebrow True Man lineage had arrived first, but not one person came to pay their respects.

  In the following days, Yun Meng Zong's true disciples arrived one after another and each lived in a separate room, not coming to greet Bai Qi.

  Zi Hong knew that Bai Qi had the Chu Jiang Wang Yu Xi, and he didn't worry about the task anymore. Every day, except for practicing Taoist techniques, was spent chatting with Bai Qi about swordsmanship. Zi Hong was also a master of swordsmanship, and when he released his Li Huo Ming Xin Sword, a cluster of dark orchid flames enveloped the sword, making it almost impossible to detect its sharpness.

  Bai Qi's Liu Yang Ben Lei Sword couldn't be released, the Liu Yang Ben Lei Sword was too violent, and the small room couldn't withstand Bai Qi's commotion. He had just reached the early stage of his Immortal Transformation, wanting to control this sword technique with ease would require at least reaching the later stage of his Immortal Transformation.

  His vitality was enough to support the battle, but swordsmanship also depends on the level of realm.

  Helpless, he could only practice the Rain Sword, this sword technique was not particularly brilliant, but Bai Qi controlled it with ease.

  Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Lou Fang's siblings still hadn't appeared. It wasn't until then that Lou Hongyu gathered ten authentic disciples to begin this sect mission.

  Ten true disciples gathered in one room. Chu Liuqin, the Cold Lake Sect's sole heir, glanced at Bai Qi and said: "Is this the new high-ranking disciple that Purple Eyebrow Shifu has recently taken on?"

  Bai Qi felt his skin crawl as if he was being stared at, his swordsmanship was superb, and he knew that Chu Liu Qin was using his gaze to provoke him.

  "Junior Brother Qing Yu, pay your respects to Senior Brother." Bai Qi's expression was polite, but his skin only hurt for a moment before he absorbed the sword intent of the demonic sword into the mysterious space. As soon as this sword intent entered the mysterious space, it was immediately absorbed by the Inverse Scale Spear.

  Chu Liuqin's face remained unchanged, and he chuckled, saying: "Zi Mei Shifu is the strongest among the five veins of my Yun Meng Zong. I hope his disciple won't bring shame to his master."