Chapter 269

"Ugh~"

Inside the Jade Dining Hall!

Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu rushed out of the room staggeringly, holding the corridor pillars and vomiting violently.

Zhou Qing was also enduring the sour water surging in his stomach, his Adam's apple rolling constantly.

Only Shen Yunzhou froze in place, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing the wine glass, his face slightly flushed.

"Well... do you dislike me?" he asked cautiously.

Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu hurriedly wiped the corners of their mouths, squeezing a stiff smile on their faces.

Yan Xiaohu even waved his hands repeatedly, saying: "No, really no! Don't misunderstand, just recently I've been eating the food here, suddenly feeling a bit greasy..."

Before the words fell, the Jade Dining Hall Master happened to pass by the door.

This silver-haired old man stopped abruptly, his cloudy eyes instantly narrowing into two cold glares: "Oh? Greasy? Little Wang, hang a sign outside the hall—from now on, the Jade Dining Hall is off-limits to Yan Xiaohu and dogs!"

Yan Xiaohu's face changed drastically, and he chased after him crawling: "Shishu! Shishu, listen to my explanation! I was just joking..."

Lu Yaoyao returned to the table with a red face, shifting her butt awkwardly.

As the host, since the other party came from thousands of miles away and gave so many supreme-grade wood-attribute spirit stones, Zhou Qing naturally treated him to a meal first.

And the Jade Dining Hall was undoubtedly the best choice.

And hearing that a guest was coming, Yan Xiaohu naturally followed along to accompany him.

Then, Shen Yunzhou told the experience of comprehending the "Realm of Shit" at the dinner table.

Can you imagine that just because he fell into a shit pit while drunk, and after eating, drinking, and bathing, he found that everyone was avoiding him, he suddenly had an epiphany.

He even had a bold idea in his heart.

Since then, he began to study all kinds of filthy things, even running to certain demon beast places to observe its birth with his own eyes, smell its taste, and even... taste it.

Especially when he broke through to the Divine Transformation stage at the Great Perfection of the Soul Formation stage, he directly had an epiphany of "Shit Coming," making the entire Shen family rain shit for three days and three nights, dare you believe this?

The Shen family head, his grandfather, was almost disgusted enough to move.

Since then, everyone avoided him, full of disgust.

But he was tireless; there are thousands of Divine Transformation stages in this world, but how many can be remembered by others.

"Now I am at the late Divine Transformation stage, if I want to break through to perfection, I have to hurry up and make up for the comprehension, do you have that kind of... in this Level 4 cultivation nation?"

"Stop! Don't say it!" Lu Yaoyao raised her hand suddenly, enduring the sour water surging in her throat.

At this moment, the look in her eyes when looking at Shen Yunzhou was already a bit disgusted, feeling that his whole body seemed to have been contaminated with various types of filth.

If Third Mama is really his biological mother, no wonder Father never wanted to mention this uncle.

Zhou Qing stared at the delicacies on the table, only feeling his stomach twitching.

It seems that for a long time in the future, even grain Grain Bigu has become a blessing.

Shen Yunzhou was a bit disappointed after hearing this, but chuckled again and said: "It doesn't matter, I roughly understood, your Level 4 cultivation nation is quite big, there must be many strange places."

Afterward, he took out an earthy-yellow jar, and rustling sounds came from under the burlap covering the jar mouth.

"Let me introduce my good partner to you!" He uncovered the cloth proudly, "Black Gold Shit Pusher, also known as a dung beetle, usually relies on it to find rare feces..."

Before he could finish, Zhou Qing had already pressed his wrist with quick eyes and hands: "It's getting late, Brother Shen has traveled far, why not rest first?"

Lu Yaoyao also nodded repeatedly.

Shen Yunzhou had to put it away and said: "Okay! Then wait for another day to let you see it."

Afterward, Zhou Qing took Shen Yunzhou to Xiaoling Peak to live.

After all, Shenyue Peak, as the main peak of Taiqingmen, plus the forbidden area, etc., are all in the back mountain, needing extra attention, and cannot let people enter and exit at will.

Not long after, Yan Xiaohu returned with a bitter face, looking at the food on the table that had basically not been moved much, feeling entangled in his heart.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and shouted directly to the door.

"Pack it up, my brother Niu Guangmo and the others haven't eaten yet!"

In the next few days, except for putting the ten supreme-grade wood-attribute spirit stones back into the potted plant, Zhou Qing spent almost all his time taking this "curious baby" Shen Yunzhou around.

This also gave him a rough understanding of Taiqingmen.

"So, you ran away behind your sister's back?" When chatting this day, Zhou Qing said with surprise.

He originally thought that Number Six was busy, so he sent Shen Yunzhou to thank him, didn't expect him to run away privately.

Shen Yunzhou nodded hard, lingering in fear: "That's right, if she knew, she would definitely catch me back to the small dark room; that place has almost become my second home."

Zhou Qing was speechless after hearing this.

Looks like you guy haven't caused less trouble since you were a child.

"What about Lu Shimei Lu? Why hasn't she come for the past two days?" Shen Yunzhou looked around and suddenly asked curiously.

And that Yan Xiaohu with a round face and small eyes, he is also a fun-loving person, and he hasn't been seen these days either.

Zhou Qing looked at him lightly and didn't say anything.

They don't come, don't you have any idea in your heart?

If I hadn't taken people's hands and felt short, believe it or not, I would also announce seclusion.

"By the way, I suddenly remembered one thing, a few years ago I heard my sister say that a Four Flower Sanhua Sanhua Juding that no one had ever seen appeared on your side, which attracted several surrounding cultivation nations to come and check."

Shen Yunzhou seemed to have suddenly remembered something important, his eyes lit up, and he said.

Zhou Qing's heart jumped, and he became alert, soon saying calmly: "I don't know, and haven't seen it, but the dynasty side says it's people from other cultivation nations."

"Okay, Three Flower Sanhua Sanhua Juding is already rare, Four Flowers is indeed a bit unbelievable," Shen Yunzhou nodded, a look of regret on his face.

Afterward, he took out an image stone again and asked with anticipation: "Brother Zhou, let me ask you one thing, do you know what place this is?"

Zhou Qing took it suspiciously, and after activating it with spiritual power, a picture was projected.

In the picture is a pitch-black passage, a bit like an abandoned mine.

At this time, an old man suddenly chased out, but seemed to be afraid of something, and quickly hid in the darkness again.

And the moment he saw this person, Zhou Qing suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"Sect Master of Jin Leizong—Lei Wuji!" Zhou Qing muttered, more of a trace of shock.

Because Lei Wuji's state looked extremely wrong, his eyes were bloodshot, half of his skin was almost black, and there seemed to be some special patterns on his forehead.

Immediately after, the picture stopped abruptly, with nothing else.

"Jin Leizong? Is it one of the Five Sects of your Eastern Region? No wonder it's so powerful, this way it was me who broke in by mistake!"

Shen Yunzhou suddenly realized, saying a bit awkwardly.

Zhou Qing asked confusedly: "When did you go to Jin Leizong's territory?"

Shen Yunzhou scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I'm not familiar with the place, right? A while ago, I was waiting for you at the inn, that day, my Black Gold Shit Pusher suddenly smelled a special odor..."

Following Shen Yunzhou's narration, Zhou Qing's brows were locked, and his heart felt a trace of unease.

Shen Yunzhou's current realm of understanding requires constant comprehension of all kinds of filthy things, among which the odor is the top priority.

And the dung beetle he raised has a very sensitive sense of smell.

That day on the main street, someone passed by with a cart carrying half a rotting demon beast corpse.

The unique stench emitted by the rotting meat even caused strange blue mist to ripple in the air; such a smell was also the first time that dung beetle smelled it.

So it was unusually excited.

For Shen Yunzhou, such a thing can be called a "great supplement" for the realm of understanding, so he quickly bought it and asked about the place where it was found.

When he followed the clues to the place, he found it was a Gobi area, with endless ocher-red sand and stones everywhere.

It looked ordinary, with nothing else, and even others flew over by sword in the air.

Just when he suspected he had been cheated, his dung beetle ran to a place and kept digging with its front feet.

Shen Yunzhou squatted down and noticed that there were faint traces of runes between the seemingly ordinary sand and gravel.

Haven't eaten pork, haven't seen a pig run?

Although he is not an array master, his elder sister is.

So, he immediately determined that there was a forbidden barrier in front of him, covering this place.

After all, he didn't know what kind of stench that half demon beast corpse was contaminated with, which was of great help to him.

If he could have more, he thought it would be better.

So, he used the array disk left by his elder sister to try to crack it little by little.

Fortunately, what was in front of him was just an ordinary two-color array, and soon it melted into a small hole that could only accommodate one person.

After entering, what appeared in front of him was an unfathomable cave entrance.

But didn't expect that before he went deep, several rays of thunder rushed toward him, and immediately after, an old man with disheveled hair, wrapped in purple-gold electric arcs, rushed toward him.

And the other party was ruthless, looking like he wanted to kill to silence him, and he didn't even give him a chance to explain.

During the escape, he hurriedly recorded it with an image stone, intending to use connections afterward to see if he could discuss with the other party and let him comprehend that stench.

"Brother Zhou, since you know each other, see if you can plead for me, I can even pay!" Shen Yunzhou said with anticipation.

"I have never smelled such a smelly and strange taste, maybe this time the realm of understanding is made up, and breaking through to the Divine Transformation Great Perfection depends on it."

Zhou Qing frowned, and looked at the recording over and over again, the more he looked at this Sect Master of Jin Leizong, the more wrong he felt.

Afterward, he took out an Eastern Region map and pressed his fingertips on a certain place: "Brother Shen, is that Gobi beach here?"

Shen Yunzhou looked closely, compared the iconic terrain along the way in his memory, nodded and said firmly: "That's right, it's here, but it's a bit north."

Hearing this, Zhou Qing's heart sank.

Because this area belongs to the territory of Tianji Sect.

However, during the Five Sects War, everyone attacked each other's resource places, and that place was also by the Three Sects Alliance...

Wait—

It seems that it was Jin Leizong who was responsible for attacking there back then, and after it was razed to the ground, no one paid attention to it anymore.

Now Lei Wuji appears there and sets up a barrier to cover it, there is definitely a problem.

"Was it just this person alone at that time?" Zhou Qing said solemnly.

Shen Yunzhou shook his head and said: "No, I feel there are many powerful auras inside, otherwise how could I escape? On the way to your Eastern Region, five people besieged me and I wasn't afraid."

"Brother Shen, thank you!" Zhou Qing stood up immediately: "You wait here for a while, I'll be back."

After saying that, he hurriedly took the image stone to find his master.

The current situation in the Eastern Region is treacherous, calm on the surface, but undercurrents are surging among all forces.

Qingyu Xian Sect can be considered an affiliated sect of Taiqingmen; now being able to leave an inheritance is already lucky.

Tianji Sect seems weak and allied with Cangyan Dao Palace, but secretly uses those eight drops of heart blood to control Sikong Yan, constantly affecting some of his decisions and ideas.

Then, only Jin Leizong is left surviving in the cracks between the two strong ones.

At any time, you cannot underestimate those opponents who deliberately show weakness.

This Jin Leizong, must be guarded against!

Shen Yunzhou looked at Zhou Qing's departing back, scratched his head, a bit confused.

Soon, Mo Xingjian, who got the image stone, contacted Sect Master Cao Zhengyang after checking it.

Within half an hour, in the discussion hall of Shenyue Peak, except for the five Peak Masters in seclusion, everyone else had gathered.

The Peak Master of Danhua Peak was the first to break the silence: "Lei Wuji, this old guy, suddenly appearing in the abandoned mine area of Tianji Sect, is indeed strange."

The Peak Master of Xuanbing Peak didn't take it seriously, a trace of contempt curling at the corner of his mouth.

"What are you afraid of? Now Qingyu Xian Sect is used by me, Zhou Shixiong Mo brought back a lot of secrets from Immortal Xuanyou a few days ago. Jin Leizong doesn't have many experts left now."

The Peak Master of Yunmeng Peak echoed: "Exactly! Their refining of Nine Nether Lotus Seeds also failed, one died, one seriously injured."

"Now Jin Leizong only has five Elders at the Divine Transformation Great Perfection, and Lei Wuji is only at the late Divine Transformation stage."

Hearing this, everyone showed a relaxed look on their faces, whispering to each other with disdain.

Cao Zhengyang's eyes were like torches, scanning everyone: "All floating? Don't forget, you have been breaking through to the Divine Transformation Great Perfection for less than two years!"

The hall was silent, everyone showed embarrassment, lowering their heads one after another.

But then again, Taiqingmen now has eight Elders, plus these Peak Masters, a full sixteen Divine Transformation Great Perfection experts.

Even if Jin Leizong and Tianji Sect joined forces, they could completely crush them.

"Zhou Qing, what do you think?" Cao Zhengyang turned his gaze to Zhou Qing, who had been silent.

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Although it feels a bit like making a mountain out of a molehill, the disciple feels that we still cannot take it lightly, not to mention that the Fifth Prince also fell in the Eastern Region."

He actually wanted to tell everyone that the Fifth Prince was the mastermind behind the Five Sects War, but this matter was told to him by Sikong Yan in the Shenxu Tiangong.

Once some things open a gap, they can't be rounded back.

Cao Zhengyang nodded after hearing this, then looked at the Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters.

"I checked, although the Fifth Prince Xuan Yuan Fengtai is at the early Divine Transformation stage, he is accompanied by three guardians at the Divine Transformation Great Perfection."

"Such a lineup was killed silently, and the scene was cleaned up cleanly; the person who did it is definitely not an ordinary person."

"From the Five Sects War, to the Old Peng Wang ruin in Canglan Mountain, the Beast Tide War, the fall of the Soul Severance expert in Lingku Mountain, to the Fifth Prince matter now, chaos in the Eastern Region is frequent, must be guarded against."

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions solemn, the previous contempt disappeared.

"You also saw that Lei Wuji's state is seriously wrong, and we indeed haven't heard from this guy for a long time."

Mo Xingjian added: "That Young Master Shen said he smelled a strange stench there, I think it's better to investigate in person."

The Peak Masters nodded repeatedly.

"Follow the Sect Master's orders!"

Shen Yunzhou was a bit confused, looking at the ten Divine Transformation Great Perfection experts standing behind Zhou Qing, couldn't help but blink.

And several people including Duanmu Shu were curiously looking at Shen Yunzhou.

According to Zhou Qing, this child is the brother of that silver-haired Soul Severance expert?

Must be taken good care of.

After all, last time Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao successfully helped that person, now his brother came, which can be seen as a good sign.

Some interpersonal relationships are established so quietly.

"These few are the Elders of our Taiqingmen, this is the Sect Master, this is my master..." Zhou Qing introduced one by one.

Shen Yunzhou reacted and bowed respectfully.

He never thought that a sect in a Level 4 cultivation nation would hide such amazing strength.

Cao Zhengyang said kindly: "Please lead the way, Young Master Shen, let's go and see together, if there is anything you need inside, just take it."

Hearing this, Shen Yunzhou finally reacted and immediately looked at Zhou Qing, full of emotion.

So, you made such a big fuss for me?

Thank you, thank you so much!

Afterward, several people directly took Shen Yunzhou's flying boat and went toward that Gobi beach...

Five days later!

What appeared in front of everyone was a vast red Gobi.

Under the scorching sun, one could clearly see the distorted heat waves rising, and there were even groups of vultures chirping in the air from time to time.

To hide their tracks, everyone put away the flying boat and flew at low altitude by sword.

"It's right there, Brother Zhou, you are an array master and have helped me before, you should be able to see it better than me... Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou, where did you go?"

Shen Yunzhou turned his head, but Zhou Qing's figure was gone.

Others' faces also changed, and they looked forward at the first time.

"This child wouldn't have gone to investigate alone, would he?" Cao Zhengyang worried.

Mo Xingjian sighed and was about to move to follow and see, when a light cough suddenly sounded from the side.

"Well, everyone don't be nervous, I'm here," Zhou Qing's voice came from the side.

Everyone was stunned, only then did they find that Zhou Qing had been standing quietly in place, as if he had never left.

However, he was clearly missing just now.

Seeing a ghost in broad daylight?

Soon, everyone including Elder Duanmu Shu felt a bit embarrassed.

Clearly, such a strong team of them came to investigate, but they were inexplicably nervous.

Shen Yunzhou rubbed his eyes and mocked himself.

He is the Shit Emperor who is not afraid of heaven or earth, and he would also be dazzled?

Simply ridiculous.

Zhou Qing didn't expect everyone to ignore him at this time, and Shen Yunzhou's sudden opening made him a bit confused for a moment.

It's a pity that after the talent skill 【Lower Presence】 was upgraded to LV6, the subsequent point brushing just relying on the Divine Transformation stage is no longer possible.

"Now we haven't completely torn our faces with Jin Leizong, and even maintain the alliance relationship of the past on the surface, so everyone should dress up."

Cao Zhengyang suggested.

Everyone nodded, then uniformly changed into night clothes and black masks.

The Peak Master of Wanqi Peak smiled: "So far, other sects don't know that we have all broken through, so many Divine Transformation Great Perfection experts suddenly appear, I guess they wouldn't think of which force we are even if they were beaten to death."

Others also chuckled.

Shen Yunzhou watched quietly, suddenly feeling that this sect is really harmonious, and for a moment, he was actually a bit envious.

Unlike their Shen family, don't look at being in a Level 5 cultivation nation, but several uncles have their own thoughts, especially the forces behind the aunt, who are always coveting the Shen family's resources and status.

Although his grandfather barely maintained the peace on the surface by virtue of his prestige, his elder sister, as a late Soul Severance expert and Level 4 Array Master, also has to be careful everywhere in the family, fearing that one wrong step will fall into an unrecoverable situation.

"Go over when you're ready!" Cao Zhengyang said.

Everyone approached quietly, and until they arrived, Shen Yunzhou carefully opened the barrier again.

Everyone entered one after another, but for the sake of caution, Cao Zhengyang still left two Peak Masters outside, just in case.

And after everyone entered, what appeared in front of them was indeed a dark cave leading directly to the ground.

Now in close contact, everyone only felt a chill wrapped in some indescribable fishy smell rushing toward them.

"We take the lead, you bring up the rear, Little Shen and Zhou Qing stay in the middle!" Duanmu Shu ordered with her magic treasure unsheathed.

There are a total of three Elders who came this time, and the rest are Peak Masters.

After Duanmu Shu finished ordering, Cao Zhengyang and others immediately protected Zhou Qing and Shen Yunzhou behind them.

Zhou Qing originally wanted to say something, but Mo Xingjian shook his head slightly at him.

Zhou Qing understood, but also took this opportunity to quickly identify the cave entrance in front of him.

After all, Shen Yunzhou had already alerted the enemy before, and more than a month had passed, Lei Wuji should have been prepared.

Soon, information was fed back.

【Corpse Raising Land: This is the entrance to the Corpse Raising Land of the Corpse Yin Sect in a Level 3 cultivation nation, containing a large amount of corpse qi and evil qi, unfortunately, it is old, and now it has dissipated almost completely.】

Seeing the introduction, Zhou Qing frowned, seemingly understanding something.

After all, before this, the area they were in should belong to the territory of a Level 3 cultivation nation, but with the breakthrough of the old Emperor in the Shengwu Dynasty, it was bestowed by the cultivation alliance and promoted.

It seems that when Jin Leizong was responsible for dealing with the Tianji Sect mine vein years ago, they should have discovered this place by mistake and directly covered it up.

But then again, the thunder-type techniques they mainly cultivate should be to restrain these evil spirits, what is this Lei Wuji studying inside?

And made himself look like that?

Just as Zhou Qing was pondering, Duanmu Shu and others had already entered first.

"Brother Zhou, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Zhou Qing not moving, Shen Yunzhou reminded quietly.

Zhou Qing shook his head slightly, indicating it was okay, then followed in.

"Strange, why is there no one this time? Last time, that guy was like a ghost here, suddenly popping out and attacking me without a word."

After walking for a while, Shen Yunzhou quietly transmitted to everyone.

"Perhaps, they have already left!" Duanmu Shu quietly released her spiritual sense, but didn't perceive any vitality, couldn't help guessing.

(End of chapter)