Chapter 190 World Eight [4]
Having said that, Jing Ke and Huo Yi did not continue to refuse. After accepting the jade token that felt warm to the touch, they separated from Danqing.
However, the two faced little temptation to be won over. The God who knew the inside story gave up the idea of recruiting them, but the people who had just seen Jing Ke and Huo Yi's outstanding performance did not give up.
In addition to the top powers represented by the twelve Supreme Gods, there are also many other forces in the upper realm. These forces will obey the orders of the Supreme Gods, but this does not mean that they are also under the command of the Supreme Gods.
The first to extend the olive branch was of course the Ascension Alliance. The elders of the Ascension Alliance personally brought their disciples to invite Jing Ke and Huo Yi to join the Ascension Alliance and become its core backbone.
"When you two were competing, you should have seen the difficulties faced by us cultivators who ascended from the lower realm. Only if we unite can we change the current situation." As soon as the elder opened his mouth, he defined himself and Jing Ke as natural allies.
After discovering that Jing Ke and Huo Yi did not deny it, he gained confidence and began to speak at length, starting from the initial difficulties faced by the cultivators in the lower realm to the establishment of the Ascension Alliance, and attributing the change in the current situation to the emergence of the Ascension Alliance.
The elder's words sounded reasonable, but any cultivator who knew the details of the Ascension Alliance would know that five out of ten of the elder's words were false.
Forces like the Ascension Alliance, which are groups of monks from the lower realm, appeared a long time ago, but each time they fell apart not long after being established.
The situation changed when Shichen became a supreme god. A cultivator from the lower realm became a supreme god and defeated the previous number one supreme god, Wuya.
After this news spread, even the most arrogant cultivators from the upper realm had to admit the excellence of the cultivators from the lower realm.
Considering that the most powerful god at present is a cultivator who ascended from the lower realm, the native cultivators of the upper realm took the initiative to become easy to talk to without any orders.
Although the inherent contempt did not change immediately, it was at least much more restrained on the surface. This was the reason why the Ascension Alliance could develop smoothly.
The elder talked a lot of nonsense, but fortunately, after removing the exaggerated parts, his words provided the two of them with a lot of information.
As the Ascension Alliance grows stronger, there are more and more independent cultivators who do not join any force.
Perhaps because they both hate the feeling of being bound, the independent cultivators in the lower realm and the upper realm have a good relationship. If they encounter trouble, they are willing to lend a hand.
Isn’t this like giving someone a pillow when they feel sleepy?
After getting enough information, Jing Ke declined the elder's invitation and emphasized again that they were both independent cultivators and that freedom was the path they pursued in their hearts.
"Thank you for your kindness, Elder, but we have different ideals and cannot work together. I hope you can understand." Jing Ke said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Have you two encountered any difficulties? Although our Ascension Alliance is not one of the most powerful forces in the upper realm, we can still help you solve some minor troubles." The elder was unwilling to give up.
If the two are willing to join the Ascension Alliance, leaving aside other benefits, at least in the next ten years, he won't have to worry about the Ascension Alliance not having any new talents.
"We have politely declined the solicitations of several gods. If we rashly join the Ascension Alliance, wouldn't it be equivalent to us deliberately deceiving those envoys? This will not be a good thing for both of us and for the Ascension Alliance." Huo Yi said directly.
The best outcome is to part ways amicably. If they insist on forcing others to do something, they will have to use courtesy first and then force.
After hearing that Jing Ke and Huo Yi had rejected the God's recruitment, the elder suddenly became speechless, and the countless persuasion methods he had thought of in advance were useless.
After successfully rejecting the Supreme God's solicitation by saying they didn't like being bound, the two turned around and joined the Ascension Alliance. No matter how you look at it, this behavior is clearly the Ascension Alliance going against the Supreme God.
"Elder, we still have some things to deal with. Excuse me." After seeing that the bomb he dropped had an effect, Huo Yi pulled Jing Ke away, leaving the elder with a polite smile.
What else could the elder say? He didn't dare to challenge the God, so he could only smile back.
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In the eyes of Jing Ke and Huo Yi, the only difference between the upper and lower realms is the concentration of spiritual energy; the rest of the unspoken rules are exactly the same.
For example, strength is always a principle that will never go wrong.
For example, they are also bad guys in the upper realm. Even if the place where they are now is the territory of the Moon God, it does not affect them. After they acted generously, they were stopped by people wearing black hoods outside the city.
"Be smart and leave your storage ring behind. Then I might consider not killing you." The man in the black hood, who was obviously the leader, spoke.
"Perhaps, this is the treatment of the protagonist. Wherever you go, there will be danger." Jing Ke, who had encountered robbers for the fourth time in just three months since he went out, couldn't help but complain.
"It is also possible that independent cultivators are fat sheep in the eyes of most robbers, especially independent cultivators from the lower realm. They have no one to rely on in the upper realm. Let alone being robbed, even if they die, it may not attract the attention of others." Huo Yi added.
The ignored Black Hood leader was a little angry, "You are courting death. Go ahead, no one should be spared!"
The Black Hood is a high-level immortal, and his nine younger brothers are all in the middle and late stages of earthly immortals. If nothing unexpected happens, the nine of them are enough to overwhelm the cultivators of the same level.
Even a genius can't fight against many enemies alone, right?
The Black Hood leader's ideas are very naive, and the reason for his naive ideas is that he has successfully killed people and stolen treasures countless times.
Jing Ke and Huo Yi both knew this, so they were as ruthless as they were when facing the previous three waves of robbers. They first destroyed their cultivation and then crushed their heads, leaving no chance for any of them to come back to life.
The leader of the black hood had a keen eye and found that he had mentioned the iron plate, so he abandoned his men and ran away without hesitation. However, he did not run far before he was nailed to a tree by a knife and a sword.
"You can't kill me. My niece is the direct disciple of Supreme God Guiyue! If you kill me, you will be going against Supreme God Guiyue!" The leader of the black hood was a little quick-witted. After seeing the undisguised murderous intentions of Jing Ke and Huo Yi, he threw out his biggest trump card.
After hearing the familiar name, Jing Ke and Huo Yi paused.
"God Guiyue seems to be quite reasonable. We left directly before, and it seems that there was no retribution afterwards." Jing Ke thought of the bickering and fight between the three messengers.
Huo Yi's eyebrows twitched slightly. Thinking that Guiyue and Bixia might be the two gods who would be easiest to convince, he couldn't help but have a bold idea. "Should we verify this?"
Jing Ke nodded: "I think it's okay. If even the Supreme God Guiyue is willing to protect such a cultivator and not deal with him, then perhaps we should change our approach."
When two people communicate about relatively important topics, they communicate directly with their consciousness.
From the perspective of the Black Hood leader, after his identity was revealed, the two lower realm cultivators began to hesitate and were obviously frightened.
"I'm not an ignorant person. This time, I was the one who provoked you two first. I won't care about you two killing my subordinates. The things in their storage rings can be regarded as my apology to you two." The Black Hood felt that he was flexible and he was giving face to these two monks from the lower realm by doing this even after revealing his identity.
However, Jing Ke and Huo Yi had no intention of listening to the nonsense of the black hooded leader. After deciding to take the opportunity to test the attitude of the Supreme God Gui Yue, they knocked him out directly.
Since this is the jurisdiction of the Supreme God Guiyue, the nominal city lord must be a disciple or subordinate of the Supreme God Guiyue.
After Jing Ke and Huo Yi collected the storage rings of others without wasting any, they took the black-hooded leader directly to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
The looks of the two of them were extremely outstanding among the monks who generally had outstanding appearances. In addition, they were dragging a half-dead person with a rope. They only stopped for a few breaths, and hundreds of monks focused their attention on them.
"Excuse me, fellow Daoist, for informing us that this is the villain who ambushed us outside the city with his men, intending to kill and steal our treasures. We originally intended to execute him outside the city, but he made up stories before dying, insisting that he was the elder of a direct disciple of the Supreme God Guiyue."
Jing Ke spoke clearly, "I don't quite believe what this villain said, but in order not to discredit the reputation of Guiyue Shang, I, I need to confirm with the city lord that this villain is talking nonsense."
The guard on duty hesitated. Since this involved the direct disciple of the Supreme God Guiyue, it was definitely a serious matter. But without any evidence, should he tell the city lord?
After hesitating for about three breaths, the guard on duty said, "Wait a moment," and trotted off to report the situation.
Not long after, a person with higher cultivation level came out, briefly checked the tied-up man in the black hood, and then invited Jing Ke and Huo Yi to come into the City Lord's Mansion for a detailed discussion.
Jing Ke and Huo Yi were not making things up, so they naturally did not refuse. They generously handed the extra rope to the housekeeper and walked in with a swagger.
The city lord did not come out to meet the two of them, but Jing Ke and Huo Yi still felt like guests of honor.
The manager who came out seemed quite responsible. After asking about the situation in detail, he said that they were already interrogating the Black Hood and asked Jing Ke and Huo Yi to be patient.
"Senior Manager, if what he said is true, then we won't be silenced here, right?" Jing Ke said jokingly.
The steward was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then laughed, "Don't you two know the identity of the city lord?"
"Does the city lord have any special identity?" Jing Ke asked humbly.
After leaving the Ascension Alliance, Jing Ke and Huo Yi began to wander around randomly, relying entirely on their feelings to decide which direction to go.
"What a coincidence! Our city lord is also a direct disciple of the Supreme God Guiyue. If what this person said is true, the city lord will definitely find this person's so-called junior to confront him." said the steward.
"God Guiyue hates those who maliciously kill and steal treasures the most. If they want to fight, they should go to the battlefield and fight the demons with real weapons. They should not attack the cultivators who are weaker than them. These cultivators are just demons in human skin."
The steward's tone was sincere, which made Jing Ke and Huo Yi smile a little more. "I feel relieved with what you said, Senior Steward. I'm waiting for the City Lord to give us justice."
It's not difficult to find out who the disciple mentioned by the Black Hood is, but it's better to confront him face to face on such matters.
So the steward invited Jing Ke and Huo Yi to stay in the City Lord's Mansion for a few days, waiting for Gu Lai, the direct disciple mentioned by the man in the black hood.
This wait lasted nearly half a month.
After Jing Ke and Huo Yi raised their cultivation to the middle stage of Earthly Immortal through competition, the so-called junior mentioned by the black hood appeared in the City Lord's Mansion.
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Hongxiu, a direct disciple of the Supreme God Guiyue, was not in a good mood. Before receiving the message from her thirteenth senior sister, she was still brooding over her previous mistakes.
It would be fine if Jing Ke and Huo Yi were just ordinary geniuses, but he was so busy arguing that he missed the opportunity to recruit them, which was just a small mistake.
But just when she was about to accept her punishment and go to the underworld to experience the life of mortals, the latest news came that the two people had achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven.
These two people achieved enlightenment and ascended to the Mahayana realm within less than a month of breaking through! And they ascended with the golden light of merit! This made Hongxiu's annoyance even more profound.
Just when Hongxiu cheered herself up, put all the packed things back in their places, and prepared to go into seclusion to practice well, another piece of news came.
The two monks from the lower realm who had achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven broke through to the level of Earth Immortals one after another within less than two months after their ascension.
What kind of monster is this! In one month, he reached the level of a human immortal from the Mahayana stage, and in two months, he went from a human immortal to a terrestrial immortal. Even if he was the child of the Heavenly Dao, he wouldn't be treated this way, right?
In the tens of thousands of years, what is a month or two? It is very common for ordinary monks to sleep for ten or twenty years after getting drunk!
Just when Hongxiu had managed to calm down with the comfort of her friends, another critical blow came.
The message from her thirteenth senior sister simply and clearly stated that someone from the Fu family used her elder's name to kill people and steal treasures outside the city. After being caught red-handed, they used her as a trump card and revealed her.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so unhappy?" asked Zhuo Shu, Hongxiu's friend and the former second messenger.
Hongxiu sighed deeply and repeated the contents of the letter from her thirteenth senior sister.
"Fu family? Didn't you leave the Fu family a long time ago? You have also abandoned the surname Fu." Zhuo Shu frowned and said.
"Yes, but the people who killed my mother before had their cultivation abolished and expelled from the Fu family by the head of the Fu family, so when they showed their goodwill to me, I did not act as indifferent as before." Hongxiu said with some hesitation in her tone.
Hongxiu: "In the letter my mother sent me, she told me not to be blinded by hatred, so I decided to let it go. Did I misunderstand what she meant? Does she want me to completely sever ties with the Fu family?"
Zhuo Shu didn't dare to jump to conclusions about such matters. "Whatever my aunt's purpose in writing the letter, she certainly hoped for the best for you. Now that you're a direct disciple of the Supreme God, if my aunt were still alive, she would definitely be happy for you."
"The Fu family seems to have punished those who deserved punishment and made their stance clear. But everything they did was a little too late. Auntie can't come back. Hongxiu, you need to figure out how to treat the Fu family."
Zhuo Shu expressed his views but did not give precise suggestions.
"Forget it. At this point, I have to go there in person no matter what. If the Fu family wants to reconcile with me with this intention, then I don't want the elders to do so." Hongxiu said.
"I'll go with you." Zhuo Shu said.
Because they had failed to recruit Jing Ke and Huo Yi, they had originally planned to seal their cultivation and go to the lower realms to hone their skills. However, they could not resist the deadline given by the Supreme God Gui Yue: they would return when Jing Ke and Huo Yi ascended.
Originally, the Supreme God Guiyue planned to train this little disciple for hundreds of years, but he didn't expect Jing Ke and Huo Yi to directly perform a series of ascensions, making the original punishment in vain.
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Back to the present, Hongxiu, who felt that she was also wrong, was very sensible. Before going to see her so-called elders, she planned to visit the victim, express her attitude, and clear the name of her master.
But after seeing the two people drinking tea face to face in the yard, Hongxiu couldn't help but stop and looked at Zhuo Shu in a trance.
Zhuo Shu was no less surprised than Hongxiu, but she was better at managing her facial expressions. There was only surprise in her eyes, and she didn't show it on her face.
"My two fellow Daoists, I am Hongxiu. The junior that villain mentioned." Hongxiu straightened her attitude and faced Jing Ke and Huo Yi as equals. "I am sorry for causing trouble to you two."
"Hongxiu and I have offended you before. This is the ascension gift we prepared for the two fellow Taoists." Zhuo Shu, who was more tactful, took out something he had prepared in advance.
However, this thing was originally intended by Zhuo Shu to shut Jing Ke and Huo Yi up, but unexpectedly, as soon as they met, it became their apology to each other.
Jing Ke and Huo Yi were not the kind of people who would not give in even if they were right. After seeing that the two former envoys had changed their habit of looking down on people from the lower world, their attitude was not cold either.
"We were the ones who left without saying goodbye. We should be the ones to apologize to the two fellow Taoists." Jing Ke said, his eyes falling on Hongxiu.
"Fellow Daoist, are you aware that your elder has used your name to kill many cultivators outside the city?" Huo Yi went straight to the point. "We briefly counted your elder's storage rings, and based on the remaining auras on the items, we can conclude that he has successfully committed more than ten crimes in the past three months."
Huo Yi: "Can we seek justice from the elders of our family for the two of us and the cultivators who have suffered such an unforeseen disaster?"
Hong Xiu was speechless. After a brief silence, she said weakly, "I've already left the Fu family. I don't know what he did outside. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!"
"I don't mean anything else. He's not my elder. He's just a member of the Fu family. Whether he's alive or dead, I have no opinion."
Hongxiu explained in a panic that more than ten cultivators had been killed in three months. What about three years, thirty years, and three hundred years? Was the Fu family's purpose in easing relations with her just to use her name to do bad things?
Jing Ke and Huo Yi did not comment, but looked at a city lord who arrived late.
"He's your father's younger brother, a member of the Fu family. His bloodline has been tested," the city lord said, announcing the latest news he had brought. "According to the rules, such a person needs to be executed in the street to serve as a warning to others."
"Senior Sister Thirteen, I am just Hongxiu now. I don't consider the Fu family to be my elders. As a teacher, I only have my master and my senior sisters and brothers." Hongxiu said.
"And there is also the Goddess Bixia." Hongxiu added immediately.
The city lord nodded, walked up to Jing Ke and Huo Yi, cupped his hands towards them, and bowed slightly.
"Although you two were attacked outside the city, it was also my negligence as the city lord. I should have sent a group of people to patrol the situation outside the city. I apologize to you two here." The city lord said sincerely.
"I'm sorry, I am also responsible for this matter. I will try my best to find out the information of the victims, and then I will do my best to compensate their relatives who are still alive." Hongxiu also corrected her attitude.
"I feel relieved after hearing what you two said." Jing Ke and Huo Yi stood up and no longer asked why the city lord showed up only now. They cooperated to continue the reconciliation drama.
Whether it was for building momentum or to ensure a good voice, Jing Ke and Huo Yi didn't care.
Anyway, the attitudes of this city lord and his direct disciple are correct. So, we can infer that the god who can teach such a disciple should also be a decent person.
The Black Hood, also known as the second master of the Fu family, was executed at the city gate as a comfort to the souls of those monks.
Furthermore, the Fu family was also implicated, with nearly a third of their members having their cultivation restricted and imprisoned. After the interrogation process, a total of fifteen people had their cultivation abolished and were thrown outside the city to fend for themselves.
In addition, the Fu family donated one-third of their assets to form a patrol team to ensure that such heinous acts of murder and robbery would not occur outside the city.
The mayor was very efficient and managed to handle so many things within a month.
Just when Jing Ke and Huo Yi were about to leave after receiving their compensation, the city lord appeared in the yard precisely.
"My two fellow Taoists, may I take up a moment of your time? Master and the Supreme Goddess Bixia would like to meet you two." The city lord politely invited.
"City Lord, we are just small cultivators who have just arrived in the upper realm. How can we deserve the attention of the two gods?" Jing Ke was playing Tai Chi and didn't want to agree immediately.
Their purpose was only to test the attitude of the Supreme God Guiyue. Before their cultivation reached the Golden Immortal level, they did not want to confront the Supreme God for the time being.
After all, there is a limit to the two of them challenging opponents of higher levels. It is not a wise move to go against the gods with the cultivation level of earthly immortals.
"My Taoist partner and I have important things to do, and I hope the city lord will understand. Once we finish our work, we will take the initiative to pay homage to the God." Huo Yi agreed.
"I'm ranked thirteenth in my sect. If you two fellow Daoists don't mind, you can just call me Thirteen." The Thirteenth City Lord spoke in a sincere and gentle tone. "Master and the Supreme Goddess Bixia just want to invite you to meet and chat. Including the travel time, it will only take a month at most. Please rest assured."
"As for the important matters that you two need to deal with, you can just let me run errands. I will definitely resolve your matters satisfactorily." Although the Thirteenth City Lord did not quite understand why his master attached so much importance to these two people, he still followed his master's instructions and kept showing weakness and goodwill to keep the two people.
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