Chapter 6
The "ghosts and gods" have dispersed, and the people of Zhiyuan City no longer need to bring living people to the mountains for sacrifice every year.
Tang Hui's legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
He couldn't understand what the monks were saying, but he could understand the word "evil cultivator".
He looked at the pile of white bones, and Ji Tang's words emerged in his mind.
"Ghosts and gods are a mass of black mist, so naturally they can't speak. Using living people as sacrifices is their own idea."
"When you come the next year, have you seen the offerings from the previous year?"
Tang Hui rolled and crawled to Ji Tang's feet. He grabbed Ji Tang's trouser leg and said, "Great Immortal, Great Immortal, if this is not a ghost or god, then what are we worshipping in the mountains every year?"
Ji Tang lowered his eyes: "Nothing."
He suddenly lost his strength and lost his soul. He lay on the ground and muttered: "Nothing... Nothing..."
The leader among the people shook his head and sighed, "His daughter also went up the mountain as a sacrifice a few years ago."
Everyone had complicated expressions.
After the matter was resolved, the monks boldly went to pay a visit to the Border Immortal.
The Border Immortal rarely appears in public and usually spends his time in seclusion in the vast expanse of mist.
Qianli Yanbo is a cloud-covered mountain with abundant spiritual energy in Suxuan Sect, and it is also the residence of the Border Immortal.
Seeing Su Jinzhou surrounded by many cultivators, Ji Tang did not go forward to join in the fun. Instead, he asked Lang Yu, "Is Su Jinzhou's left hand injured?"
Lang Yu had given up on correcting her and simply said, "I haven't heard that the Immortal Venerable was injured."
Su Jinzhou must be hiding something in his left hand hidden in his sleeve.
Ji Tang looked over there and saw the monks standing close to each other. She could only see Su Jinzhou's handsome yet cold and indifferent face, and then she looked away.
Ji Tang: "What does Su Jinzhou want the Nightmare Master's magic weapon for?"
Her spiritual power is comparable to Su Jinzhou's. Su Jinzhou has concealed all his spiritual power and cultivation. She cannot tell what Su Jinzhou's current cultivation level is.
Even though he failed to transcend the tribulation four hundred years ago and was struck back by the heavenly thunder, returning to the tribulation period, he is still the most highly-cultivated immortal in the world.
The Jade Meditation Bell was of no use to him; at most it was just a decoration in the house.
Lang Yu: "I don't know. How can we know about the Immortal Lord?"
Seeing that the cultivators had no intention of leaving, he could not help but say helplessly, "I was thinking of asking the Immortal Venerable why he came out of seclusion a few days in advance. It seems that I can't get close to the Immortal Venerable unless I go down the mountain."
Ji Tang: "Su Jinzhou is filled with coldness, it's a good thing they can still keep coming up."
Tan Wen laughed and said, "Nothing special, that's the Border Immortal Lord."
Ji Tang couldn't get any information from the two younger generations, so he came up with another plan. "My two fellow Daoists, are you still accepting people?"
Tan Wen glanced at her and asked, "You don't want to join my Suxuan Sect just for the Immortal Venerable, do you?"
He was right.
Ji Tang smiled, "How could that be? I saw that you two have profound cultivation skills," she covered her face, "and your appearance is extraordinary..."
"Stop!" Tan Wen got goose bumps all over his body because of what she said. "Tell me the truth."
Ji Tang said seriously, "I heard that the food at Su Xuanzong is good."
Tan Wen: “…”
Lang Yu: “…”
Tan Wen pulled Lang Yu away and said, "It's like playing the lute to a cow!"
Ji Tang caught up, "Hey, I'm serious! Well, I actually just want to join the world's number one sect. Who doesn't want to join? Do you sect accept people or not?..."
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The monks said goodbye at the foot of Zhiyuan Mountain.
Among the common people, except for the dozen or so women who were offered as sacrifices, everyone else was devastated and thanked the monks again.
Su Jinzhou took out a magic weapon from his storage bag. "This is the Sea Gauze Heart Purification Mask. Like the Green Jade Heart Purification Bell, it has the effect of clearing the mind and calming the spirit. I'll take one of your magic weapons, so I'll trade it for this one."
Ning Qiyao was extremely excited. Just as he was about to take it, he saw Sang Niao taking the Haisha Qingxin Mask with both hands and putting it into the storage sachet.
Sang Niao looked towards the Border Immortal Venerable, hoping, "What are your plans next, Immortal Venerable?"
Su Jinzhou flicked his hand, the air around him vibrated, and a crack appeared.
Sang Niao's eyes showed disappointment, but she still bowed politely and said, "Goodbye, Immortal Venerable."
Lang Yu and Tan Wen walked into the void crack.
Jitang saw the right opportunity and ran in as well.
Sang Niao reached out to grab her, but only caught a corner of her cloth clothes.
Sang Niao frowned and threw away the rag in disgust.
Su Jinzhou glanced at the crack with an indifferent expression. He did not express anything about it and his figure disappeared into it.
Outside the Suxuan Sect, a crack appeared out of nowhere.
Lang Yu and Tan Wen walked out quickly, and behind them, Ji Tang also followed out with unsteady steps.
The cracks closed and disappeared.
Lang Yu and Ji Tang looked at each other.
Jitang smiled and spoke first: "What a coincidence!"
Lang Yu: “…”
Tan Wen couldn't help shaking his head: "You're really brave, you actually followed me!"
Ji Tangwang.
The Xuanzong Mountain Gate is tall and majestic, with dragons carved on the stone pillars on both sides spiraling upwards, majestic, solemn and dignified. A strong sense of oppression comes like a wave.
He bowed down and saluted the three golden characters of "Su Xuan Zong" on the gate of Jitangchong Mountain.
Then he said to the two of them, "After paying homage to the mountain gate, I am also a member of the Suxuan Sect."
Tan Wen had never seen her so shameless. "Now is not the time for the sect to recruit people. It's useless for you to worship."
Ji Tang: "Then I can't worship for nothing! Please be flexible and let me join the Su Xuan Sect!"
The two monks guarding the gate came down the stone steps and saluted them. "Senior Brother Lang Yu, Senior Brother Tan Wen, you are back! Who is this fellow Taoist?"
Ji Tang smiled and said, "My name is Jiu Shuishen. I'm a new disciple. Nice to meet you two brothers."
The girl she transformed into looked about twenty-six or twenty-seven, with wheat-colored skin, flat features, and was very ordinary, except for her pair of eyes, which were very bright and lively.
Lang Yu was helpless under her gaze: "Let's go, I'll take you to the sect first."
Ji Tang hid the smile in his eyes and said obediently: "Yes, Senior Brother."
The Xuanzong sect is divided into the inner gate and the outer gate.
Only cultivators who are noticed by the masters of the various peaks and accepted as disciples, or cultivators who pass the outer sect assessment can become inner sect disciples, and the rest are in the outer sect.
Lang Yu brought Jitang to Wansong Tower outside the gate and found the manager.
The manager had white hair and a youthful face, and was at the Golden Core stage. He was sitting on a bamboo rocking chair and saw that Lang Yu did not move.
"Are you back?"
"Yes, Senior Sun, I brought someone back with me. Can you find her a job in the outer sect?"
Senior Sun raised his eyelids and glanced at her lazily, "This little kid looks festive, and looks a bit like Xiao Zhu who burns firewood for me."
Ji Tang bowed and said, "Greetings, Senior Sun."
"Well, where did you bring it from?" Senior Sun closed his eyes again, and the rocking chair swayed back and forth as he exerted force on his legs.
Lang Yu: "Kite Mountain."
"You kid, you found a Taoist partner every time you went out. Next time you go out, you won't already have a child, right?"
Lang Yu hurriedly denied, "What are you talking about? This is a cultivator from Tiaotiao Village outside Zhiyuan City. Tan Wen and I have only known this fellow Taoist for a short time."
Tan Wen was grabbing a handful of melon seeds nearby when he heard this and turned around and said, "Yes, Senior Sun, find her a job. This girl has set her heart on our Su Xuanzong and must stay here."
"Oh?" Senior Sun stood up from the recliner and looked at Ji Tang again, "Why do you insist on staying in Su Xuan Sect?"
Ji Tang: "My master passed away decades ago. I don't know how to practice next, so I want to stay in Suxuan Sect and learn the techniques of cultivation from the great masters of the sect."
Senior Sun's cloudy eyes suddenly became sharp, and he looked directly into Ji Tang's eyes, as if he wanted to see through her.
"Where is Tiaotiao Village?"
Ji Tang bent down and replied, "It's south of Zhiyuan City, at the bottom of Jiumingyuan Mountain."
Before Senior Sun could say anything, Lang Yu was shocked. "Nine Nether Abyss? You never told us about it. There's a village there. Aren't you afraid of Nightmare Lord?"
Ji Tang: "Yan Zun died four hundred years ago, why should we be afraid of her?"
Lang Yu thought that this was true, but everyone in the world was afraid of the Nightmare Lord. Even though the Nightmare Lord had been dead for four hundred years, the people still did not dare to approach the Nine Nether Abyss, causing weeds to grow wildly on the walls of the Nine Nether Abyss, making it look like a ghost town.
Senior Sun: "It's not the time for our sect to accept new members yet. For the sake of Lang Yu and Tan Wen, since you are also in the Kaiguang period, you can stay in the outer sect for the time being. When the sect opens its mountain gate and accepts disciples, you can join us for the assessment."
Ji Tang immediately agreed, "Okay, what should I do if I stay outside the sect?"
Senior Sun leaned back in his recliner. "The outer sect is currently short-staffed, and we're looking for someone to deliver letters to the inner sect peaks. Can you fly a sword?"
"meeting!"
"Well, then you can go and do this. Just find Old Man Jiang from Qingbai Tower."
Jitang: "I understand. Thank you, Senior Sun."
The three of them came out of Wansong Tower, and Lang Yu brought Jitang to the gate of Qingbai Tower. "This is it. You can go find Senior Jiang now. We will go back to the inner gate first."
Ji Tang was in a good mood as he had just entered the threshold of Su Xuan Sect. "Okay, once I'm familiar with the work of the outer sect, I'll go to the inner sect to find you."
Tan Wen hadn't finished eating the melon seeds when he dumped them all into Ji Tang's hand. "Outer sect disciples can't enter the inner sect. Although your job has a chance to enter, you can't just run to our peak. If you need anything from us, find the disciples guarding the inner sect and have them pass on a message."
Jitang was just being polite and had nothing to ask them.
"Okay, let's say goodbye." She turned and left.
Tan Wen opened his mouth for a long time before speaking, "She really just does whatever she wants and leaves now?"
Lang Yu walked towards the inner door, "What else do you want?"
Tan Wen touched his nose and subconsciously wanted to eat some melon seeds, but later he realized that he had given all the seeds to Ji Tang.
Jitang put the melon seeds into his cloth pocket and stepped over the threshold of Qingbai Tower.
Inside, monks in blue and white disciple uniforms were coming and going, all of them busy as hell.
She came in dressed in plain clothes, attracting everyone's attention.
Jitang smiled at them, and they turned back first.
"Who are you?" a disciple came over and asked.
Ji Tang bowed and said, "I am Jiu Shuishen, a free-spirited cultivator from Tiaotiao Village. I met Senior Brothers Lang Yu and Tan Wen outside and we hit it off right away. I was fortunate enough to come to Su Xuan Sect to seek a position there. Senior Sun asked me to come here to report to Senior Jiang."
"You know Brothers Lang Yu and Tan Wen?" the disciple was slightly surprised. "What luck! Come on, I'll take you to see the host."
Jitang thanked him and followed.
She walked through the spacious lobby of Qingbai Tower and turned behind a huge screen, where she saw a man sitting at a wooden table reading a book.
The author of this post has the same white hair as Senior Sun, but his face is full of wrinkles, and he looks decades older than Senior Sun.
"Owner."
The host put down the book and looked at Jitang.
Just as Jitang was about to introduce himself again, he raised his hand to stop him, "I heard it."
Ji Tang noticed the dragonfly on his shoulder and said with a simple smile, "Greetings, OP."
"Good boy, you haven't been misled by Sun Qichou. What did he call me this time? Jiang Qingting, Jiang Dayan, or Jiang Lao Wudie?"
"...Old man Jiang." Jitang answered truthfully.
The host smoothed his beard and looked at Jitang with his big eyes, "My name is Jiang Tianhe."
Jitang lowered his head: "Yes."
"What job did Sun Aizi ask you to do?"
Ji Tang ignored the nicknames between the two men and said, "Senior Sun said you are still short of someone to deliver letters to the various peaks of the inner sect."
"Well, how about Edgeworth?"
"Fine."
"You are not allowed to fly a sword within the sect. You can only fly a sword when you go to the various peaks. This is the rule. You will follow Qian Shao to get a copy of the sect rules and study them carefully."
The disciple who brought Jitang over smiled at her.
"We have quite a lot of letters, all from new inner disciples. After you read them, check the names written on the envelopes with the spiritual peaks where the inner disciples are located, and then deliver them one by one."
Jitang: "Yes."
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