"I don't understand."
Feng Chaoyang looked at the magnificent palace in the distance and expressed sincere doubts.
The Heavenly King Sect arrived early, and the group of people searched all over the place and finally selected this courtyard, which they thought was the best place to live.
It was indeed the case.
But why can someone live in a palace?
Are you a royal family?
The royal family doesn't just get this kind of treatment, right?
Compared with the palace halfway up the mountain, my courtyard loft suddenly looked like a gatehouse where an old man lived, and he immediately became unhappy.
Originally, practitioners don’t care about this.
But everything is most afraid of comparison.
Not only the people of Tianwang Sect don’t understand, but also the people of Shushan don’t understand. Several people looked at the young palace man with confusion.
"Isn't this against the rules?" Wang Xuanling frowned and said, "I have been to several Immortal Sect Conferences, and I have never heard of anyone being able to stay in the palace..."
"It couldn't be done before, but this time it's His Majesty's order." The palace man looked at Chu Liang, bowed and said, "When my brother is here, he should be received in the palace."
Okay.
If you didn’t mention it, I would almost forget it.
Only then did Chu Liang remember that he still had such an identity. After all, he spent the whole day hanging out in the Immortal Sect outside the world, and no one cared about the title of the court. The previous reward was nothing more than giving him a few shops, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
When I finally arrived at Yudu City, I realized that this identity was of some use.
"I'm so sorry." Chu Liang smiled, paused, and said again: "My brother is interested."
Immediately, everyone in Shushan walked all the way to the top of the mountain and entered the huge palace in front of the disciples of the Tianwang Sect. However, other disciples from Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will soon settle in, and then the Heavenly King Sect will be able to gain a sense of superiority again.
The palace on the Emperor's Hill is relatively simple, but compared to the main hall in the imperial city, compared to the circle of houses outside, it can still be regarded as richly decorated, but not as gorgeous. The courtyard has rockeries and flowing water, which is deep and elegant, giving it a garden scenery.
Lao Fangrong and others left after sending a few people there. Several waiters were originally serving in the palace, but in order not to disturb the practice of everyone in Shushan, they all withdrew.
Everyone in Shushan had no objection. Anyway, if there were a few eunuchs and maids here at any time, they would feel uncomfortable.
Not long after we settled in, guests came to visit.
"Oh, this... is actually staying in the palace? It's such a high honor." The visitor was also very surprised after entering.
Wang Xuanling led four disciples to receive him in the main hall and said, "Junior Brother Chen, it's been a long time since we last seen each other."
The visitor's name was Chen Xuanlu, the leader of the Xuanxin Sect outside Yudu City. He was also a Shushan disciple, two generations younger than Wang Xuanling, so he was called Junior Brother.
"Senior Brother Wang, it's been twelve years again in a flash." Chen Xuanlu was dressed in a cloud-patterned Taoist robe, with his hair tied up in a high crown, and his appearance was pure and gentle. He actually looked a bit like an immortal.
Behind him were three young people, two men and one woman, all of whom looked young.
Everyone lined up tables in the hall and sat facing each other on the floor.
"The young people of our Shushan sect are really good." Chen Xuanlu looked at several young disciples and said with a smile: "I was worried for a long time, what if we don't get good results this time? Later, I heard many times that our Shushan sect When the names of the new generation reached my ears, I gradually felt relieved."
"You young people from Xuanxin Sect are also very good." Wang Xuanling looked at the people behind him and then said against his will.
"Hehe." Chen Xuanlu smiled, "A few stubborn disciples, let them participate in the Immortal Sect Conference, they will not come up with any results, they will just have some experience."
…
Large immortal sects like Nine Heavens and Ten Earths all have disciples who came down from the mountain in the past, struggled in the world, and finally established their own sect.
If you do the math carefully, the Shushan Sect should have spawned the most sects. After all, it had been the No. 1 Immortal Sect for thousands of years, and it was normal for it to have lush branches and leaves.
However, such small sects often disappear after only a few generations. Even if it can persist for hundreds or thousands of years, its relationship with the original sect will no longer be so close, and it will gradually become an independent existence.
So those who have a closer connection are actually the previous one or two generations, like Chen Xuanlu.
Every year before the Immortal Sect Conference, he would bring his disciples to say hello to the Shushan team and get to know each other better. Basically every small sect with a solid foundation will do this. If they meet at the Immortal Sect Conference, they can take care of each other.
It was a routine visit.
A small sect like the Xuanxin Sect itself does not have a long-term inheritance. There are countless small sects like this outside the city of Yudu, and their main business is to accept some less talented officials and children of wealthy families.
These young people often cannot enter the large immortal sects due to their talent, and they cannot enter the hardcore imperial court such as Shenglong Academy and Zhenguo Chonglou Temple due to their connections. If the elders want the younger ones to practice, they can only find a small sect nearby outside Yudu City, learn some skills and magical powers, and barely get started.
They are not aiming for high achievements, they are just trying to keep themselves healthy and live longer, so local masters will not be harsh on those who are not serious about practicing.
Normal practitioners are definitely not willing to spend time teaching some disciples who are not very talented, but as long as they give enough, everything can be discussed.
If Chen Xuanlu met a young man with excellent talent, he would recommend him to come to Shushan instead of teaching him himself.
There are many people like him, whose cultivation is stuck at the peak of the sixth realm. How difficult is it to break through the heavenly barrier? Practicing hard till old age may not lead to further progress. It's better to take advantage of this time to make money by recruiting disciples and enjoy the rest of your life.
I just thought about it.
For these powerful disciples, cultivation is extremely expensive, and a large part of it is spent here. You have to pay a lot to get started. The techniques and resources provided by the sect are more expensive than outside. Even the four disciples who were selected to participate in the Immortal Sect Conference this time may not necessarily have outstanding cultivation. , maybe it’s because my family gave more to Master.
Of course there are good places in the world that are willing to do their best to cultivate disciples without spending any money, but if you are not talented enough, those good places don't want you, so if you want to practice, you can only join these small sects that want to make money.
"You can't be strict with your disciples. The Immortal Sect Conference is coming soon, so you still have to give them some confidence." Wang Xuanling said to Chen Xuanlu.
"It's not that I'm always criticizing. These disciples of mine are quite talented, but they're just a little playful." Chen Xuanlu said with a smile, "Look, I've long said that I would take them to visit everyone in Shushan today, but when I found them, there were not many." I got one, and I don’t know where I went to have fun again.”
"Xiao Liu may have something to do at home..." the female disciple defended in a low voice.
Chen Xuanlu glared at her, and she quickly lowered her head.
"This Xianmen Conference is different from the past. There may not be peace in Yudu City. I want to warn the disciples to be careful." Wang Xuanling nodded.
There may be news that the Xihai Demon Sect is taking this opportunity to cause trouble. They have already notified the Supervisory Government, but it is not easy to spread it to others, so as not to alert the snake. He didn't know exactly how the Demon Sect was going to be implemented, so he could only remind him like this.
"It is indeed true." Chen Xuanlu nodded with deep approval, "The Immortal Gate Conference has not yet started, but strange things have been happening in Yudu City in the past few days."
"Oh?" Wang Xuanling asked, "What's weird?"
Chen Xuanlu looked around and lowered his voice and said: "If you don't want to talk about anything else, let's just talk about one thing I encountered personally. It was quite strange."
…
"At the foot of the mountain where my Xuanxin sect is located, there is a small lake called 'Jade Dragon Pond'." He slowly told the story.
Jade Dragon Pond got its name because of its clear, green water and winding shapes on both sides, like dragons entwining themselves. The name sounds nice, but it's actually not big. Just like Diqiu is just a small hill, Yulongtang is just a small puddle compared with those real big lakes.
"That day, villagers from nearby suddenly came up and said that blood had been flowing out of Yulong Pond for several days. They asked me to help take a look."
Since Chen Xuanlu founded a sect in a crowded place outside Yudu City, he had to deal with the neighboring villagers.
Jade Dragon Pond is a place used by surrounding villagers, but blood suddenly burst out several times, frightening many people. There were cultivators at their doorstep, but they didn't go into the city to ask for help from the government, so they found the Xuanxin Sect first.
Chen Xuanlu did not shirk and immediately agreed.
"I made my move and entered the water. I immediately came to the water and found that there was indeed a lot of blood in it. After searching all the way, I found that the blood was pouring out from an underwater cave. I entered it and found a coffin placed in it. ! Blood is pouring out from the cracks in the coffin, and it looks weird."
"I thought it was something sinister, so I took the coffin out." Chen Xuanlu continued, "When I got to the shore, the sun stopped bleeding. Under the witness of everyone around me, I took the coffin out. Open."
"I saw a woman's corpse among them, lifelike. I don't know when it fell here. She looked as peaceful as if she was sleeping."
Speaking of this, he looked a little nervous, as if he remembered something he was afraid of.
"It's not so strange at this point, but there is a disciple in my sect who went to the palace for a banquet with his family. He recognized the body's appearance at a glance..."
"She looks exactly like the current Empress Wu!"
Good morning.
(End of chapter)
