Chapter 370 Shengjing Storm

Zhongzhou, the holy land of ancient sages.

With the quick departure of the robbers, the forest returned to silence.

But the silence did not last long, as wave after wave of disciples from the Immortal Sect came rushing in.

First is the Chen family immortal clan which is relatively close, followed by the Shanhai Pavilion which is separated from Zhongzhou by the huge Qingzhou, then the Lingjian Mountain which is located in the southernmost part of Jiuzhou and on the shore of Xuanhai, and finally, the Yuzhou Wendao Sect which is the farthest away from here.

People from the four sects arrived one after another, and they all wandered among the dense cracks for a long time, their eyes flickering.

After observing the space that was full of cracks and looked like a broken mirror, they quickly went to the Zhongzhou families that had fought with them in the forest.

"Is it the ray of immortal light that flowed out after the cracks in the ancient sage's holy land?"

"Yes, although I don't know what it is, I can see that it has a surging immortal spirit and a majestic Dao rhyme. Just by getting close to it, I feel that my thoughts are extremely clear."

"How does it compare with the Sun and Moon Essence Stone that appeared in the northern border ten years ago?" Shang Xingkong, the deputy leader of the Wendao Sect, stood in the hall with his hands behind his back and asked in an emotionless tone.

Upon hearing this, the Jiao Family Patriarch bowed and said, "The Sun and Moon Essence Stone is merely a gathering object for spirits, but that spirit is beyond the law. I only touched it briefly, and it felt like I had felt the opportunity to break through the realm that I had been striving for for thirty years. This object must have a great origin, and the most crucial thing is..."

"The most important thing?"

"The most crucial thing is that after returning from the Holy Land, some disciples in my clan reported that when I held the immortal spirit in my hand, their auras increased for some unknown reason, as if an external force had stimulated their realm. If I hadn't controlled it for such a short time, I'm afraid one of my disciples would have broken through..."

“???”

Upon hearing these words, everyone in the Wending Sect instantly widened their eyes, with a hint of disbelief in their eyes.

Cultivation has always been a one-person thing. They had never heard of such a description, nor had they heard of any spiritual treasure in the past and present that could have abilities shared by the entire clan. They felt that this was simply a fairy tale.

But the problem is that the Jiao family's ancestor's expression does not seem to be fake.

In fact, the mountains and forests were in great chaos at that time. Not only were there aristocratic families fighting for the territory, but the barbarians and monsters also took action.

The Jiao family's ancestor was in a state of tension. He was dodging murderous intent while keeping a close eye on the immortal spirit. He had no time to care about the affairs of the young people who were accompanying him.

It was only after he came back and heard the report from his disciples that he realized what he had missed.

At the same time, the people from the Wending Sect couldn't help but stare at each other and began to talk in low voices.

Although the Jiao family has the support of the Chen clan, that is only their reliance in the struggle between the aristocratic families, not their die-hard loyalty to the Chen clan, so Wendao Zong felt that he should not dare to exaggerate deliberately.

Moreover, they had already had psychological expectations before coming here.

How could something that could emit such brilliant immortal light that it illuminated the entire Qingyun Mountain in an instant be just a magical treasure?

What's more, the place where they came from is the most ancient place of revival of the human race, the supreme place where the first generation of sages communicated with the way of heaven.

For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through everyone's minds.

"My Jiao family went deep into the dense forest. The moment we saw the immortal spirit, we felt that this matter was of great significance. We immediately reached a consensus with the He family, the Zuoqiu family, and the You family to hand it over to the Immortal Sect."

"Who would have thought that in the end, Ji You snatched the thing away and fled without a word."

"Palace Master Zuoqiu of the Heavenly Academy had already come to the mountain forest at that time. He had never met him, but he stopped supplying spirit stones and attempted to destroy the tax revenue. He has always acted boldly and disrespected the Immortal Sect, so it is not surprising that he would do such a thing."

All the questions that need to be asked have been asked, and all the descriptions that need to be described have been described. This topic should have ended here.

But the ancestor of the Jiao family spoke again and explained the whole incident.

Shang Xingkong turned around upon hearing this and looked down at the Jiao family's ancestor.

He knew that this Jiao wanted to get rid of his family, fearing that something might happen in the future and bring trouble upon himself.

After pondering for a long time, the man from the Wendao Sect led his disciples out of the Jiao family's land without saying a word and headed west.

The appearance of the immortals not only triggered abnormal celestial phenomena visible in the Nine Provinces, but also brought about an earth dragon upside down, which, although the shock was not strong, affected a wide area. Naturally, the news could not be concealed.

So overnight, all kinds of rumors were flying everywhere.

A lot of the news came from the aristocratic families in Zhongzhou. Although some parts were exaggerated, they did not deviate too much from the truth.

So it didn't take long for many people to know what had happened last night.

It seems that something has gone wrong in the holy land of the sages. Something with infinite immortal power has appeared in the world, causing a fight and even attracting the covetousness of the barbarians and demons.

In the end, the thing was snatched away by Ji You, and the demon general Tian Yao who was chasing him was defeated, and the barbarian general king was seriously injured and dying.

The news was summarized in just two simple sentences, but it triggered countless silences.

Since the beginning of spring, spring plowing has begun in Jiuzhou. Everyone knows that Ji You is farming at home. Fang Jincheng often brings up this matter to make some sarcastic remarks, saying that he is wasting his talent in cultivating immortals and it would be better for him to go to Daxia to serve as an agricultural official.

But after hearing what happened last night, they had to accept reality.

That is, although Ji You behaves like a country landlord, that is just what he does. Once he takes action, he is still the one who can turn the tide among the cultivators.

"What realm is the Barbarian King at?"

"The initial realm is comparable to Wujiang, and the peak realm can fight Shenyou. The general king is named Danba, and his combat power should be between the two."

"So what happened to the Holy Land of the Ancients?"

"The major families were all vague about this matter and were unwilling to elaborate. As for the forest where the sage's holy land is located, it is guarded by disciples from the Heavenly Academy and cannot be approached. However, even if you can't see it, you can tell that this is probably not a good thing."

"Then Ji You obtained something from the Holy Land of the Ancient Sages. Could it be that his combat power will increase significantly?"

"That's impossible to confirm, because I heard that even the Immortal Sect doesn't know what that thing is."

In Hongding Tower, discussions about this matter continued all day long.

After discussing what happened last night, many people began to speculate, wondering what had happened in the Holy Land of the Sages, what magical uses the immortal spirits had, and whether the human race would react to the barbarians and demons.

While they were discussing, figures began to land on Changsheng Street one after another.

Disciples of the Chen Immortal Clan, disciples of the Shanhai Pavilion, disciples of the Lingjian Mountain, and disciples of the Wendao Sect.

They had only seen such a scene of all the immortal sects gathering together at the Tiandao Conference and the Youxian Conference, and they couldn't help but watch it for a long time.

However, after entering the city, they did not stay in the Immortal Garden, nor did they go to the Tianshu Academy, which is also an immortal sect. Instead, they went to the Sixianjian, the official office of Daxia. This was puzzling and no one knew where they were going.

Zuo Qiuyang had already returned to Tianshu Academy at this time and was sitting quietly in the library, looking through countless ancient books about the holy land of sages, confirming his guess.

Those who have reached perfection in the upper five realms have clear spiritual thoughts. In the blink of an eye, they have finished reading a pile of books as big as a mountain.

"Bring me the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."

"yes."

The three masters of the Institute immediately ordered their disciples to fetch the four treasures of the study, place them on the table, and grind ink for him.

After a while, as the ink block was ground into powder and mixed with water, Zuo Qiuyang rolled up his sleeves, held the brush and filled the tip with ink. After thinking for a long time, he began to write, writing quietly.

But after writing three or four sentences, the brush stopped.

After thinking for a long time, Zuo Qiuyang crumpled the letter paper into a ball and opened a new one to write again.

At that time, the three masters standing behind him saw the two words "Ji You" on the first line and their expressions became complicated.

The disciple who happened to be admitted to the temple that year is now a person to whom the temple master has to carefully consider every word when writing a letter.

Rustle——

Zuo Qiuyang picked up his pen to rewrite it, and the content gradually appeared on paper.

He probably wanted to invite Ji You back to the hospital as he had something to discuss with him.

He knew that Ji You did not trust the Immortal Sect, even the Heavenly Academy, so he was very cautious in his choice of words to avoid suspicion.

When he finished writing, he flicked his sleeves to call for a breeze to dry the ink, then folded the book into a square, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Qin Rong behind him.

"Send it to Fengzhou and hand it over to Ji You."

"yes."

Qin Rong held the letter in his hand, and then went out with the other two hall masters.

Just as they were going down the mountain, an official from the Sixianjian came hurriedly and passed by them. Then he bowed in front of the Zizai Hall and asked the disciples outside the hall to tell them that he wanted to meet Zuo Qiuyang.

Upon hearing the message, Zuo Qiuyang stood up from behind the desk and walked out the door.

"Palace Master Zuoqiu."

"Sixianjian? What brings you here?"

The official from the Sixianjian bowed and handed over two invitations: "The Chen Immortal Clan, Shanhai Pavilion, Wendao Sect, and Lingjian Mountain will hold a Dao conference in Shengjing in two days. Tianshuyuan is invited to participate. The first invitation letter and the other is the list of invited guests."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Qiuyang reached out and took the two pieces of paper from his hand, then casually opened the first one.

The post was not written in the name of the Sixianjian, but in the name of the deputy head of the Wendao Sect.

According to the post, ever since the Chu, Li, Zhuang, and Zhu families were brought to justice, the Qingyun Immortal Sect has been in a semi-closed state, recuperating and having no communication with each other.

If we continue to work independently like this, the human race may not be able to unite.

Now that the Barbarian and Demon tribes have captured the two states of Youyun and seized the territory of the human race, they should negotiate countermeasures with Daxia.

In addition, the cracking of the holy land of the sages is a serious matter, and we should sit down and discuss how to deal with it.

When Zuo Qiuyang saw this, he glanced slightly towards Shengjing in the distance.

In fact, what Shang Xingkong said was indeed true. It has been so long since the disaster, and it is time for all the major immortal sects to meet. Otherwise, suspicions will inevitably arise, and the remaining six states of the human race will continue to be divided.

By then, internal and external troubles will probably never end.

But the problem is that the place for this inquiry was chosen in Shengjing.

Logically speaking, if the Daoist Sect wanted to discuss Taoism throughout the world, the venue should be Yuzhou, and they should not make the decision at the gate of Tianshuyuan.

So this matter will definitely not be that simple.

Sure enough, when Zuo Qiuyang opened the second post, everything became clear.

Because this discussion meeting has invited many high-level people from Tianshu Academy, from You Yingqiu to himself, then to some elders in the sect, and some talented disciples in the inner courtyard, all of them are arranged from high to low according to their status.

Only the first person's name was not in accordance with etiquette or the order of rank, so it was written as Ji You, placing him ahead of his junior sister.

As expected, in addition to the exchanges between the immortal sects, they also wanted to see the things that appeared in the holy land of the sages.

Zuo Qiuyang fixed his eyes and exerted slight force with his fingers.

On the way back from Zhongzhou, all the disciples who watched the battle in the holy land of the sages wrote case files and submitted them to him.

Several of the disciples' statements were very interesting. They said that when they observed with their divine senses, they found that when the ancestor of the Zhao family held the immortal spirit, the aura of the Zhao family members in the field also continued to rise.

In addition, the children of the Jiao, He, and You families all had this reaction.

He knew that this was not how it was supposed to be used, but it could be used this way.

And discussing the Dao is indeed a good idea. In this way, those immortal sects can stay in Shengjing with good reason, and can even bring all the powerful people in the sect here one after another.

After the thousand-year-old aristocratic families committed disasters, the consensus reached among the major immortal sects was to recuperate and avoid conflicts as much as possible, but that did not mean that there would be no conflicts.

After all, the effect of that thing may be more tempting than the immortal fate of the ruins.

Buzz——

Fengzhou, Jizhai.

As the golden light like swimming fish floated in the air, the quiet courtyard suddenly became bright with fairy light and stirred up a huge wind.

Ji You and Kuang Cheng stood under the eaves, observing the fairy for a long time.

"Is this what Brother Ji snatched back last night?"

"good."

"It's a magical treasure from heaven and earth, but what is its use?"

Ji You shook his head when he heard that.

He returned to Fengzhou early this morning and began to study this object. When he explored it with his spiritual sense, he felt that the power contained in it was as great as the mysterious sea. Just by getting close to it, he felt that his mind was enlightened and his spiritual sense was as high as the sky.

But it cannot be refined by spiritual energy, and no matter what means are used, it is difficult to change its current state.

He had an idea of ​​what it was, but he couldn't confirm it.

At this moment, Lao Qiu hurried over from the front yard, holding a letter in his hand and handed it to Ji You.

"Master, there's a letter from the Heavenly Academy."

"What did you say?"

"It seems like you are asking the young master to go back."

Ji You reached out to take the letter, and then took a look at its contents.

Kuang Cheng also took a look and frowned slightly, "Did they ask you to return to Tianshuyuan just for this thing?"

"An innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure. Some things are not something you can just grab, you have to keep them. This has been the rule of Qingyun for thousands of years."

"But during the time when Brother Ji was in a coma, the attitude of our Guantian Academy seemed to be that they valued Brother Ji very much. I don't think they would take action."

"But there are more than just Tianshuyuan in the world's immortal sects. I guess Zuoqiuyang is definitely not the only one waiting for me in Shengjing." Ji You said as he took the letter back.

After hearing this, Kuang Cheng raised his head and asked, "What are your plans, Brother Ji?"

"Keeping away and not responding isn't a solution. It's not like they can't come to Fengzhou. We should go meet them. Besides, I also have something to discuss with Zuo Qiuyang. He might want to talk to me about the same thing."

"Then I will return to Beijing with Brother Ji."

Kuang Cheng said softly, "It just so happens that Rui'er said a few days ago that she missed home and wanted to go back to visit."

Ji You came back to his senses after hearing the voice, looked at him and said, "Send Wei Rui home? Tsk tsk tsk, I'm embarrassed if you ask me to."

"Why are you embarrassed?"

"I brought her back before the New Year, but after living here for so long, she still has a willow waist and not a big belly. If it were me, I would feel so embarrassed."

"I shouldn't have asked back..."

Kuang Cheng muttered, "When do we set off?"

Ji You waved his hand and took the fairy spirit back: "Let's do it tomorrow. I haven't been back to Shengjing for a long time. We will leave after breakfast at noon."

After chatting in the courtyard, the two separated. Kuang Cheng went to the side room to find Wei Rui and informed her that he would return to Beijing the next day.

The stars and the moon rotate, and the east turns white.

After breakfast, Ji You, Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui gathered in front of the mansion gate.

At that time, the carriage that had been prepared in advance had already lifted the curtain, waiting for the three people to enter.

Ji You has a storage gourd, and his luggage is always placed in the gourd, but this time he has an extra bag in his hand.

"The house in Chunfeng Lane was destroyed, and it has not been repaired until now?"

Hearing this sudden question, Kuang Cheng couldn't help but turn around and said, "The Qingyun disaster caused the uncollected taxes last year, and Daxia couldn't pay out all the salaries. I still haven't gathered the money for house repairs."

At that time, the Chu family demon came to Tianshuyuan to seize the holy weapon. After failing, he wanted to escape, but he was knocked down as soon as he stepped out of Mount Ni.

At that time, a large row of houses in Chunhua Lane collapsed, including Kuang Cheng's house.

Later, he returned to Beijing from Lingjian Mountain. Because he had no money to repair the house, he had been staying at the home of Mu Jing, the head of the Supervisory Office. Until now, the place is still in ruins.

"As a civil servant, you can't even afford to build a house."

Ji You muttered something and then handed the bag in his hand into his arms.

Kuang Cheng subconsciously reached out to take it, and felt that it was heavy, and there were many things like stones that bumped around with Ji You's movements.

"Repair the house when you get back. Don't always live at your colleague's house. It's really inconvenient."

"Why are there so many?"

"It's not much. You've been doing everything yourself in Fengzhou these past few years. You've made a lot just from selling grain throughout the winter. You can't spend it all. This is already a lot from me."

Hearing this, the corner of Kuang Cheng's mouth twitched, but he did not continue to refuse.

After returning to Shengjing, he couldn't continue living in his colleague's house. Even though he had a good relationship with Mu Jing, his family would eventually get tired of it, so house renovation was necessary.

Then, the three of them got on the carriage, and with the neighing of the horses, the carriage was slowly pulled forward.

Fengzhou is not too close to Shengjing, and it takes two full days for the carriage to travel and change the ferry to cross the entire Zhongzhou.

During these two days, Shengjing has become extremely lively because of the Immortal Sect's discussion of Taoism.

Disciples from the five sects would discuss Dao in several of Daxia's imperial gardens, and it was not uncommon for them to engage in direct combat when they disagreed.

Upon hearing the news, disciples from noble families all over the country came and joined.

However, the disciples who discussed the Dao at the beginning were only of low realms, and most of them were still in the lower three realms. They could only watch the fun, and later on, those with higher realms gradually began to appear.

However, those big figures who were regarded as the foundation of the immortal sect did not show up, as if they were waiting for something.

(asking for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)