Chapter 562 Changes in the North
The mountain ghost clan gathers spirits for tens of thousands of years, and it takes another thousand years for them to transform into human form. Once they transform into human form, they have the power to protect all living beings in an area. Among the mountain spirits and wild monsters, they are great demons as soon as they are born.
However, since mountain ghosts are spirits of mountains and rivers, their cultivation is limited by the veins of mountains and rivers, and their strength after transformation often does not change much for thousands of years.
Sometimes, changes in the earth veins can even have a counterproductive effect, causing the mountain ghost's cultivation to regress or even become unable to maintain its human form. It is not surprising that it returns to the mountains and rivers and falls into a deep sleep.
Zhiluo is an outlier among the mountain ghost clan.
Under the guidance of Yun Qingqing, she first accepted incense and offerings from the human world and became a being comparable to a mountain god. Later, she signed a master-servant contract, and the increase in the master's strength would be reflected in her.
During this period of time, Zhiluo's strength has improved by leaps and bounds, far exceeding the limit of the normal practice speed of the mountain ghost.
The wind and clouds in the sky gradually subsided, and the woman in red slowly landed on the ground, opened her eyes, and looked down at her hands.
“…Is this a breakthrough? It turns out that we mountain ghosts can also break through!”
Zhiluo's eyes were filled with joy as she murmured in disbelief.
"Of course you can break through." Yun Qingqing smiled, "Since ancient times, the spirits of mountains and rivers have practiced slowly, but their upper limit is extremely high. However, the spiritual energy in the world is now exhausted, making it difficult for your clan to transform, and breaking through has become an unattainable legend."
Zhiluo turned around twice excitedly, rushed to Yun Qingqing, grabbed her hand and stared at her:
"You really knew it a long time ago, so that's why you just said those words to me?"
Yun Qingqing smiled calmly, did not deny it, and reminded her instead:
"You just broke through. I think there should be some unusual movements in Zhiluo Mountain. Go to the mountain temple and take charge, lest the little demons under your protection get panicked and cause trouble."
After hearing what she said, Zhiluo's excited expression subsided slightly and she nodded.
"I'll go back and consolidate my cultivation!"
After saying that, she hugged Yun Qingqing tightly, turned around and disappeared like a gust of wind.
After a moment, Zhiluo suddenly reappeared:
"Oh, right! I almost forgot that guy asked me to tell you that something has changed in the north and he will be away for a while."
Having said that, Zhiluo disappeared again.
Yun Qingqing watched her leave, the smile on her face faded, and her eyes looked towards the northern sky.
"Something has changed in the north..."
She slowly exhaled a breath and her eyes became deep.
My realm has already broken through to a new level. I just need to wait a few days for it to stabilize. It is also time to further investigate some of the things that were put aside before.
For now, we can first cast a fortune to see the situation in the north.
Yun Qingqing immediately sat down cross-legged, held his breath and concentrated his mind to enter the inner scene, and cast a hexagram with the ground.
In the inner starry sky, the two plates of heaven and man were rotating slowly, while the rotation of the ground plate was obviously accelerating, and the light and shadow were changing and flowing.
Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes as she looked at the hexagram.
Xilan took advantage of the situation when Emperor Beicang was in trouble and the country was leaderless to launch a massive attack.
But from this hanging, we can see that although the national fortune of Beicang has fluctuated, it is not a big deal. However, Xilan's luck has greatly decreased, and the world situation will soon change.
Yun Qingqing exited the interior and walked into the teleportation array leading to the Seven Stars Palace.
In a moment, they reached the top floor of Xuanyuan Tower in the Seven Star Palace.
Ji Wujiang never left Xuanyuan Tower. When he noticed something was happening, he was already waiting nearby, as respectful as ever:
“My Lord…”
He just said two words, and suddenly froze for a moment, then his face showed joy:
"Master, have you made another breakthrough?"
Yun Qingqing hummed calmly and said directly:
"Has Yuwen Ye come out of confinement?"
Ji Wujiang immediately replied:
"Reporting to the master, he had already come out of retreat the day before yesterday and received the message the master left for him. He then set off to return to Northern Cang. I think with his means and strength, it would not be difficult for him to control the situation."
Yun Qingqing nodded. At the beginning, she first asked Yuwen Ye to go to the forbidden area of Tianxuan Sect, and then arranged for Qingpingzi to send him to the Seven Stars Palace, and under the guidance of Ji Wujiang, he used the Xuanyuan Tower to gather his soul.
Now that Qi Mo's last bit of consciousness has returned, although he has been sleeping for most of the time, it is enough to deal with the current chaos in Beicang.
As for Xiao Changheng's sudden rush to the north, he was obviously stationed at the border to prevent Xilan from taking the opportunity to create other troubles.
According to the previous divination, only Xilan's national fortune declined greatly, while Daliang's national fortune is still prosperous, so there is obviously no need to worry about Xiao Changheng.
Yun Qingqing pondered for a moment, raised her hand and took out a talisman, wrote a few words in mid-air, sealed it in the talisman, and handed it to Ji Wujiang:
"Send me a letter."
"Yes." Ji Wujiang took it.
Yun Qingqing asked again:
"How's the matter I asked you to investigate last time?"
Ji Wujiang immediately took out a scroll and handed it over:
"All the information about that sect is here. Please take a look, Master."
Yun Qingqing unfolded the scroll. There wasn't much content inside and she finished reading it in just a few glances.
She frowned slightly.
The sect mentioned in this scroll is Tianyi Sect.
Judging from the location, it is just a small hill with no spiritual energy, with a population of no more than dozens. The strength... is not at all ranked among the top in today's Xuanmen.
With the strength of the Seven Stars Hall, investigating a small sect would be a piece of cake. The scroll even listed the names of all the successive leaders of the Tianyi Sect clearly.
Yun Qingqing quickly scanned the string of names until she found the name of the earliest generation of the sect leader, who was an unfamiliar name.
She pursed her lips, unable to tell whether she was disappointed or relieved.
His own sect is also called Tianyi Sect.
Even though she later founded a sect and ascended to the position of the chief leader of Xuanmen, she never forgot where she came from.
Now that more than two thousand years have passed, she certainly does not want her master's sect to disappear in the long river of history, but she also does not want her master's sect to decline to such an extent that it becomes a small sect like a stepping stone in the entire Xuanmen.
If you are not careful, you might even mistake it for an ordinary sect, rather than a mysterious sect. The Tianyi Sect is so low.
"...Master?" Seeing that she remained silent for a while, Ji Wujiang asked tentatively, "Is there something wrong with Tianyi Sect? Do you need me to send someone to investigate?"
Yun Qingqing came back to her senses and collected her thoughts:
"No, let's leave it like this for now."
It seemed like it was just a coincidence that the names of the sects were the same. Since she had a lot of things to do right now, she decided to deal with other things first.
As for the Tianyi Sect, I will have the chance to explore it myself in the future.
It was already dark when we left Xuanyuan Tower.
After Yun Qingqing finished washing up, she lay down on the bed and prepared to go to sleep.
But I found I couldn't sleep.
Not to mention that she has been very busy recently and has just made a breakthrough, so it is time for her to have a good rest.
Even if there weren't so many things going on, she never had such a hard time falling asleep on a normal day.
After tossing and turning for a while, Yun Qingqing was ready to do a calming spell to fall asleep for the first time in her life, but when she raised her hand, she stopped.
She sat up, rubbed her eyebrows, and the figure of Xiao Changheng appeared in her mind.
She stroked her slightly tight chest, bit her lip lightly, rummaged through the space in the ring for a while, and finally found a small note in the corner.
I opened the note and found a poem on it:
I will try to describe the scenery on the way, so that I can understand your feelings after parting. The tombs on the frontier are cold, and the mountains are deep in the wind and snow.
It was the poem that Xiao Changheng had sent back via carrier pigeon during the last battle on the northwest border.
At that time, not only did she not appreciate it, she also wrote back to ask him not to use the military's carrier pigeons to send private messages.
Although she later learned that the palace also raised carrier pigeons for its own use, Xiao Changheng never wrote to her again.
Yun Qingqing looked at the small, vigorous handwriting on the note and curled her fingertips slightly.
Unable to fall asleep, she simply got out of bed, sat at the table, took out paper and pen, and started writing a letter.
It was only when Yun Qingqing was about to start writing that she realized it.
She had no idea what to write.
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