"The property of the senior officials of Tiangong..."
Zhang Yao frowned and said in a deep voice:
"The whereabouts of Man Tiansheng's remains are confidential, so I cannot disclose them."
"If you and fellow Daoist Ze Ze insist on entangled in this matter, then there is no need to talk about inviting me to join Zi Yao Tiangong."
When he was in the Jade Palace, he never thought of taking away Man Tiansheng's corpse. After all, he was not practicing any heretic.
Since the body was not in his hands and Man Tiansheng was not killed by him, it was impossible for him to take responsibility.
What does the property loss of Tiangong’s senior officials have to do with him?
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu, please be patient!"
When Patriarch Heze heard this, he quickly stood up and apologized:
"It's me, Meng Lang. I hope my fellow Taoist can forgive me."
As he spoke, he paused and then whispered:
"Well, I'll reply when I get back that Man Tiansheng's body is completely damaged and can't be recycled."
"In this way, we both have an explanation. What do you think, fellow Taoist?"
Man Tiansheng's body was not his and Ancestor Ze's property, and he did not want to offend Ancestor Qingxu because of this matter.
"That's okay..."
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment and then asked cautiously:
"According to what fellow Taoists see, will the senior officials of Tiangong investigate this matter further?"
"That's unlikely."
Ancestor Heze said in a positive tone:
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu may not be aware that although Man Tiansheng signed the 'Purple Yao Golden Contract', there is a high probability that he will not be taken seriously in the eyes of the senior officials of Tiangong."
"First of all, his cultivation level is limited, he has just broken through the golden elixir in the early stages, and he has not signed the legal contract for a long time. Tiangong has not invested many resources in him."
"Secondly, he has to perform tasks for the Tiangong on a regular basis and pay spiritual stones. This is also one of the prices for signing the 'Purple Yao Golden Contract'..."
When Zhang Yao heard this, he immediately understood:
"So, he is just a monk working for the top management of Tiangong?"
"The resources that Tiangong senior officials invested in him may have been recovered a lot, so they don't pay much attention to him."
"Fellow Taoist really hit the nail on the head."
Ancestor Heze smiled and said:
"As I said before, Man Shengsheng never had the opportunity to enter the Golden Pill in his life. It was because of the high-level attention within Tiangong that he had the opportunity to enter the Golden Pill."
"If you can sign a legal contract and get the opportunity to refine the golden elixir, I'm afraid there are thousands of foundation-building monks in the world who won't hesitate at all."
When Zhang Yao heard what he said, he couldn't help but nodded slightly in agreement.
Although the conditions of the Purple Yao Golden Contract are harsh, it is not as miserable as being a slave. Without this contract, Man Tiansheng would have died of old age long ago, let alone cultivate the golden elixir.
It's just that for the golden elixir monks who have come through normal cultivation, unless they are desperate, no one is willing to sign such a contract.
"Um……"
Zhang Yao pondered for a while, and after careful consideration, he slowly said:
"Then I am willing to join Ziyao Tiangong."
"good!"
Hearing this, Ancestor Heze immediately laughed and said:
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist, you will never regret this decision!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and found a purple talisman in his palm, which he handed to Zhang Yao:
"Fellow Taoist, please accept this. This is a token of identity for the peripheral members of Ziyao Tiangong."
After Zhang Yao took it, he heard Patriarch He Ze exhort him:
"Fellow Taoist, please remember that this token can only have the simplest identification effect, and it cannot prove the specific identity of the member."
"If you want to take advantage of the channels and conveniences of the Heavenly Palace, this 'Palace Illustration' is the most important."
The words fell:
Patriarch Heze reached into his sleeve and solemnly took out a jade slip. After using the magic formula to disperse the restriction, he signaled Zhang Yao to use his spiritual sense to explore.
"Buzz!"
Zhang Yao detected a ray of spiritual thought and scanned the contents of the jade slip in an instant. It was a huge map.
The area covered by the map was the only one Zhang Yao had ever seen in his life. It included the mountains and terrain of the nine prefectures of Tianzhou and the fifty-four countries of the Central Plains. Although it was only a rough outline, it was still shocking.
What moved Zhang Yao the most was:
Each of the nine palaces in Tianzhou has a palace set up by Ziyao Tiangong; among the fifty-four countries, a total of 49 countries have palaces set up by Ziyao Tiangong in the realm of immortality.
"This is the real giant that spans the Central Plains..."
Zhang Yao took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in his heart.
Although he had long expected that the Ziyao Heavenly Palace would be very large, he did not expect it to be so large.
There are fifty-eight palaces, even if there is only one Jindan monk stationed in each palace, that is a total of fifty-eight Jindan realm ancestors!
Not to mention, those who can sit in the palace must be internal members trusted by the senior officials of Tiangong. The number of peripheral members is much larger. Judging from the scale across the Central Plains, there are hundreds or even thousands of Jindan realm members. Not surprising.
"It's no wonder that Patriarch He Ze used the word 'vast' to describe the power that can be leveraged through the channels of Zi Yao Tiangong."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yao felt a hint of joy in his heart:
"Using the channels of Zi Yao Tiangong to collect the remaining treasures of heaven and earth, the efficiency will increase at least dozens of times!"
Liu Cang, the original Five Elements disciple, went through many hardships and had good luck, and it took him almost three hundred years.
Zhang Yao was originally prepared to suffer through a long life and encounter opportunities little by little. Unexpectedly, he borrowed the east wind from Zi Yao Tiangong and suddenly saw hope.
Five Elements Sanren was a person from more than two thousand years ago, but he had no idea about the existence of Ziyao Heavenly Palace.
Judging from Zhang Yao's guess, either Ziyao Tiangong had not yet appeared at that time, or it was not large in scale, so Liu Cang, the Five Elements Sanren, had not heard of it.
"Fellow Taoist Heze."
Zhang Yao and Patriarch Heze chatted for a while before asking:
"Why is it that there is no palace in the Mani Kingdom like the Ziyao Heavenly Palace?"
"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it."
Hearing this, Patriarch Heze also showed a hint of helplessness:
"Mani Temple's control over this country is really terrifying!"
"Even if the personnel of Ziyao Tiangong infiltrate, they are destined to be unable to hide it and will be monitored everywhere, so they simply withdraw."
"Fortunately, among the fifty-four countries in the Central Plains, there are not many special countries like the Mani Kingdom. In most of the countries, the Tiangong can be regarded as behemoths lurking under the deep water."
Zhang Yao nodded slightly, looking thoughtful.
The two chatted for half an hour before Zhang Yao sent Ancestor Heze out of Changle Palace and turned back to the Demon Sealing Palace.
"boom!"
After a few breaths, a ray of light soared into the sky and flew out of Changle Palace.
In the Demon Sealing Hall, Zhang Yao was sitting cross-legged. Apart from using his spiritual thoughts to control his magic power and continuously refining the demonic energy, the rest of his mind was projected into the incarnation puppet from a distance.
His incarnation as a puppet can only be controlled within a hundred thousand miles. If it exceeds this range, it will be disconnected.
Fortunately, the Ziyao Palace in Bingzang Kingdom, next door to Mani Kingdom, was just within a hundred thousand miles away from him, so he didn't have to rely on anyone else.
"This feels really like a very small-scale, simplified version of the fugue formation."
Above the sky, Zhang Yao flew away while controlling the incarnation of a puppet, while still realizing the magical effects of the puppet body.
Being able to project spiritual thoughts and consciousness across the air, the core forbidden method of this incarnation puppet must have some similarities with the fugue formation method.
Zhang Yao is also a great expert in formations and weapon refining. His spiritual thoughts penetrate into the center of the puppet, constantly capturing the traces of mana flow, trying to deduce the core forbidden method.
Without saying too much, as long as the performance is 40 to 50%, he will be satisfied.
Firstly, in the future, you can study and deduce ultra-long-distance communication magic weapons on your own; secondly, it can also prevent Patriarch Heze from doing anything in this incarnation puppet without being discovered by himself.
…………
A few days later, the puppet incarnation, which was slower to escape, finally flew to the territory of Bingzang Kingdom.
Thanks to the fact that the power source of the puppet incarnation is the high-grade spiritual stone, otherwise he might not be able to cross the long barren zone, which also made Zhang Yao further feel the limitations of the puppet incarnation.
After several days of low-key flight, Zhang Yao took the Tiangong Talisman and successfully entered the Ziyao Palace in Bingzang.
soon:
He used the platform of Ziyao Tiangong to issue a reward to all palaces and all Tiangong members to find the corresponding treasures of heaven and earth.
As for the internal channels of Ziyao Tiangong, he also inquired about it. The prices of various spiritual gold materials were indeed much cheaper than outside, but unfortunately there was nothing he needed.
Zhang Yao had already expected this.
After all, the treasures of heaven and earth he needs are more precious than the others. Even if there are indeed survivors within the Tiangong, they are mostly in the hands of the senior officials of the Tiangong and are unlikely to escape.
After finishing this matter, Zhang Yao controlled the incarnation of a puppet and returned to Mani Kingdom, and since then he has devoted himself to cultivating the law.
In the blink of an eye, more than seven years have passed.
Over the past seven years, Zhang Yao has been refining his tacit understanding, meditating and cultivating his magical powers every day, communicating with many fellow Jindan practitioners, and also participated in two Dharma conferences. His life has been extremely fulfilling.
On this day:
"call……"
In the Demon Sealed Hall of Changle Palace, Zhang Yao exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes.
"What did Master Shuang do that day? There is no news yet..."
His brows furrowed slightly.
Before Taoist Tianshuang left, he said he would be back in a few years, but now it has been more than seven years, but there is still no news.
If it weren't for the fact that he was also an ancestor of the Golden Elixir, Zhang Yao would have suspected that something had happened to him on his way back, and he would have been in serious danger.
"I don't know if this person is reliable or not."
"If he can't get the Ten Thousand Years Ice Soul for me, then I have to make preparations early and find another way..."
While Zhang Yao was thinking, his expression suddenly changed and he suddenly turned his head.
"This feeling……"
In his induction, the earthly turbid energy overflowing from the Demon Suppressing Well behind him suddenly became manic.
The spiritual mind penetrates further and senses:
The earthly turbid air in the Demon Suppressing Well is almost like boiling water, rolling endlessly. There is a faint whirlpool rising, and there seems to be something sucking the demonic air deep in the well!
"This is a sign of the birth of a golden elixir-level demon!"
After Zhang Yao made a judgment in his mind, he was not surprised but overjoyed, showing a smile:
"After waiting for so many years... I finally got to wait!"
(End of chapter)
