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. Once they transform, they have the power to protect all living beings in a certain area. Among the mountain spirits and monsters, they are great demons as soon as they are born.
However, since mountain ghosts are spirits transformed from 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 making it 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 anomaly among the mountain ghost clan.
Under Yun Qingqing's guidance, she first accepted incense and offerings from the human world and became a being comparable to a mountain god. Later, they concluded a master-servant contract, and the master's increased 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 Shan Gui's normal practice speed.
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 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, although the spirits of mountains and rivers have cultivated slowly, their upper limit is extremely high. However, the spiritual energy in the world is now exhausted, making it difficult for your clan to even transform. Breaking through has become an unattainable legend."
Zhiluo spun around 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, without denying it, and instead reminded her:
"You've just achieved a breakthrough. I imagine there must be some unusual activity on Zhiluo Mountain. Hurry up and head to the Mountain God Temple to take charge, lest those 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 happened in the north and he will be away for a while."
After saying this, Zhiluo disappeared again.
Yun Qingqing watched her leave, the smile on her face faded, and her eyes looked towards the northern sky.
"Something's happening in the north..."
She slowly exhaled a breath, and her eyes became deep.
My realm has now 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 things that have been put aside before.
Now we can start by casting a fortune to see the situation in the north.
Yun Qingqing immediately sat down cross-legged, held his breath and concentrated his mind into 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 of Emperor Beicang being in trouble and the lack of leadership 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 Hall.
Ji Wujiang never left Xuanyuan Tower. When he noticed something was happening, he was already waiting nearby, as respectful as ever.
"My Lord..."
He had just said two words when he was suddenly stunned, and then his face showed joy:
"Master, have you made another breakthrough?"
Yun Qingqing hummed lightly and said directly:
"Has Yuwen Ye come out of confinement?"
Ji Wujiang immediately replied:
"Reporting to the master, he came out of seclusion the day before yesterday and received the message the master left for him. He immediately set off to return to Northern Cang. I think with his means and strength, it won't be difficult for him to control the situation."
Yun Qingqing nodded. At the beginning, she had asked Yuwen Ye to go to the forbidden area of Tianxuan Sect first, and then arranged for Qingpingzi to send him to the Seven Star Palace, and under the guidance of Ji Wujiang, he used the Xuanyuan Tower to gather his soul.
Now Qi Mo's last trace of consciousness has returned. Although he has been asleep for a long time, it is enough to deal with the current chaos in Beicang.
As for Xiao Changheng's sudden rush to the north, it was obviously to stay at the border to prevent Xilan from taking the opportunity to cause other trouble.
According to the divination just now, only Xilan's national fortune declined sharply, 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 inside the talisman, and handed it to Ji Wujiang:
"Send someone to deliver a letter for me."
"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 review it, Master."
Yun Qingqing unfolded the scroll. There wasn't much content inside, so she finished reading it in 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. Its strength... is not at all ranked among the top in the current Xuanmen.
With the strength of the Seven Stars Palace, investigating a small sect would be effortless. 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 sect leader, a name she didn't recognize.
She pursed her lips, unable to tell whether she was disappointed or relieved.
His own sect is also called Tianyi Sect.
Even after she founded her own 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 doesn't want her master's sect to disappear in the long river of history, but she also doesn't 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 may even mistake it for an ordinary sect, not a mysterious sect. The Tianyi Sect is so low.
"...Master?" Ji Wujiang saw that she was silent for a while, so he asked tentatively, "Is there something wrong with the 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 sects had the same name. 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 late when we left Xuanyuan Tower.
After Yun Qingqing finished washing up, she lay down on the bed and prepared 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, it is time for her to have a good rest.
Even if there weren't so many things going on, she had 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:
If I try to describe the scenery along the way, I will understand my feelings after we parted. 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 by 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 a pen and paper, and started writing a letter.
It was only when she was about to start writing that Yun Qingqing discovered it.
She had no idea what to write.
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