Chapter 63: Volume One: Mountain Ghost Rumor, Chapter 63: Old people are refined, old horses are slippery

Volume One: Mountain Ghost Rumor, Chapter 63: Old people are refined, old horses are slippery

Xie Wan didn't dare to waste any time and climbed Erniu Mountain at her fastest speed.

The Xiaoshi Village at the foot of the mountain was already empty, with no smoke or people, only trenches and wooden fences dug to resist demons.

She sighed faintly. Since she was expelled from the mountain by the Xuanwei Sect for sealing her cultivation, she had moved to many places. Hearing that the Hundred Treasure Zhen Pan Xi sat down here and left countless very attractive Dharma treasures, she made up her mind to come and make a profit.

She established the Xizhao Inn in Youju Town and finally waited for the opportunity to unseal the seal, but she didn't expect that the so-called Hundred Treasure Zhen Pan Xi was the teacher of the town's private school. He had laid out the layout for many years, and she was like a sparrow greedy for food, drilling into the cage prepared by others.

The arrival of Senior Brother A Ping was beyond her expectation. She originally thought they would rely on each other to win the many treasures left by Pan Xi...

Xie Wan smiled at herself. Thinking more is useless. Since she got this Low-grade Spirit Artifact, she returned to the sect in a glorious way.

Looking at Youju Town for the last time, she just wanted to turn around and cross the mountain.

What exactly is it?

That person's aura was naturally familiar to her.

"Little Toad..." Xie Wan talked to herself. "What is your identity? How can Pan Xi look at you so highly? Could it be just the kindness of teaching over the years? I don't believe it."

She thought about following along to see why Zhao Chan suddenly possessed such shocking power, but then thought, Pan Xi let her leave without stopping, thinking to herself, now that I have heavy treasures, it is indeed not suitable to be in the limelight. Sigh, it's better to honestly return to the Xuanwei Sect to receive the reward.

Huangfu Changqiu looked at Pan Xi in surprise: "Can the luck you refined be yielded?"

Pan Xi shook his head: "Can't yield."

"Why did Zhao Chan suddenly have a part of the authority of the City God and the Mountain God of this place?" Huangfu Changqiu felt incredible.

He explained: "Only half an hour. When the time is up, the luck, City God, and Mountain God authority will return to this world."

He paused.

"Don't misunderstand that I am a glutton who only eats and doesn't enter. I swallowed the bone and blood essence of demons and outsider cultivators, and also fed it back to the luck. Now you can't see the effect. It is the so-called 'moistening things silently.' The fields and mountains around Youju Town will have normal weather and good harvests in ten years, whether it is farmers, herbalists, hunters, or lacquer gatherers, they will all have a full harvest.

Bai Pacification Envoy, can this contribution of mine be recorded in the account book of the Demon Slayer Division?"

Bai Yuqing raised her eyebrows heroically and kicked the problem to Lancang Prefecture: "The Grand Pacification Envoy of the Prefecture Division will give you the answer."

Xun Lan said: "Without the imperial court's edict of the Xitang Kingdom, stealing the god position of the City God and the Mountain God, you can't solve this matter without peeling off a layer of skin."

"Haha... Fellow Daoist is right. If the Grand Pacification Envoy nods and agrees, I am willing to serve the Demon Slayer Division without asking for return. Of course, I must be given a status in the Demon Slayer Division, so as to avoid being unclear and making others feel that I am a slave of the Demon Slayer Division."

They finished talking.

Kong Yanxing leaned against the wall of Caiyan Street and walked to Bai Yuqing's side, asking in a low voice: "Bai Pacification Envoy, can the commoners gathered in Youju Town be allowed to return home?"

"Let Wang Huan do it."

"As you command."

Kong Yanxing called Wang Huan and gave him a few instructions. Wang Huan led the order happily, let out a long sigh of relief, and handled it immediately.

During the days of the demon disaster, he was tense every moment. Now that it was relaxed, he actually felt his legs soft and dizzy.

And Huangfu Changqiu and Xun Lan had originally thought about letting Wu Ting and Chen Xianggu experience this tempering. With them secretly protecting them, this tempering would also temper their state of mind, which would be of great benefit to their future cultivation.

But Pan Xi cut the mess quickly, and the tempering in the expectation also subsided.

Next, they contacted the two separately to collect them as disciples of their respective sects.

Due to the sect rules, Huangfu Changqiu and Xun Lan actually wanted to become their masters themselves. However, this matter can be fought for.

For mountain sects with greater power such as Baoyu Studio and Hengwu Pavilion, unless they are elders with high power, the geniuses brought back by sect disciples must be assigned according to the rules.

Huangfu Changqiu found Wu Ting.

Wu Ting had been in the Youju Town Demon Slayer Division, staying with several women from Xiaoshi Village.

They watched Huangfu Changqiu descend from the sky, stunned.

Huangfu Changqiu grabbed Wu Ting and took her away from the Demon Slayer Division.

Wu Ting's head was dizzy, and she didn't have time to react. When she stood on the flat street, she looked up slightly and saw the door plaque of the Xizhao Inn.

"What are you doing in a daze? Come in." Huangfu Changqiu said.

"You... who are you?"

"Huangfu Changqiu of Baoyu Studio. Your talent is not bad. Are you willing to apprentice at Baoyu Studio and become an immortal who can call the wind and rain?"

Wu Ting was dumbfounded: "I, can I really?"

"Zhao Chan can walk on the cultivation path as a Demon Slayer, why can't you?"

"Are you a demon?"

"A demon?" Huangfu Changqiu widened her eyes and said angrily, "If I were a demon, I would have eaten all of you in Xiaoshi Village long ago. Why bother taking you as a disciple of Baoyu Studio? Come in, sit down and talk..."

"Okay."

There was a shadow puppet troupe in the Xizhao Inn. Hearing someone shouting that the demons were coming again, everyone was trembling in their rooms and didn't dare to come out.

When Wu Ting sat opposite her, Huangfu Changqiu told her the whole story of Zhao Chan's encounter in the past few days, especially about Pan Xi being the private school teacher.

Wu Ting opened her mouth, unbelievable.

After gaining Wu Ting's trust, Huangfu Changqiu introduced Baoyu Studio

By the way, Huangfu Changqiu of the Baoyu Studio took Wu Ting away, and Xun Lan likewise took Chen Xianggu and her grandmother back to the Hengwu Pavilion.

That Bai Zhenfu, who hailed from the Baize Hall, also grabbed Bai Youjun and left.

Zhao Chan, you are a talent worth molding. There is no need to waste your time on romantic entanglements now. Once your cultivation reaches great success and your Dao practice becomes unfathomable, there will be endless mountain fairies for you to choose from; I guarantee you will be dazzled by the choices.

Take the Hengwu Pavilion, a mountain sect in the Heinei Kingdom, for example. There is a Xiangyun Ranking within the Hengwu Pavilion. The women on that list are all peerless beauties who could sink fish and drop geese. As long as your cultivation is high enough—higher than the Pavilion Master of the Hengwu Pavilion—they will all be your playthings."

Zhao Chan listened quietly to Pan Xiansheng's "teachings." Sir was not like this before; he did not know if it was because he had recovered his identity as Hundred Treasure Zhen Pan Xi or if he was simply too lazy to continue with the scholarly jargon. Every word he spoke implied that "the one with strong soldiers and sturdy horses is king."

"Do not treat my words as wind passing by your ears; these are my heartfelt words. Sage wisdom is good, of course, but heh, who made us all mere mortals rolling in the dust? As the saying goes, an old person is shrewd, an old horse is wily, and an old rabbit is hard for a hawk to catch. I have lived for so long that I have long since practiced the teachings of the sages, and in the end, I still chose to follow my own heart—the so-called 'there is nothing outside the heart, no principle outside the heart.'"

"Yes, student will strictly follow Sir's teachings."

"Haha, it is fine if you do not understand now. There is plenty of time for you to achieve the unity of knowledge and action. What are your thoughts on Chen Xianggu and Bai Youjun?"

"..."

"Why? Unwilling to say?"

Kong Yanxing was leaning against the wall on Caiyan Street, silently watching Zhao Chan. Although he was expressionless, he was blooming with joy inside. Since Bai Zhenfu did not take Zhao Chan away when she left, that meant the youth belonged to the Yang County Demon Slayer Division from now on! He would not need two years; a year or a year and a half would be enough. Zhao Chan would make that group of unruly demons near Yang County suffer greatly!

Sigh, this world is truly not a place for people to live. The mountain range backing Yang County does not have any powerful demons, but one hundred and eighty miles directly in front of it lies a demon nest. In order to exterminate the demon nest, the Demon Slayers in the County Division not only suffered heavy casualties but also saw their morale severely struck, causing many Demon Slayers to complain privately, preferring to muddle through their days rather than step a foot near the demon nest.

The Demon Slayers did not want to step foot in the demon nest, but the demons had no such concerns. They came to the surroundings of Yang County to loot and pillage without restraint, causing public grievances to boil over.

Previously, Thousand-Household Yuan Hou was stationed in Yang County. Kong Yanxing had originally wanted to keep Thousand-Household Yuan in Yang County for a while longer to help kill some powerful demons.

As he was lost in thought, Zhao Chan replied to Pan Xi: "I owe Chen Xianggu a very large favor."

"Oh, I know about this matter." Pan Xiansheng suddenly realized, "Could it be that there is only the favor and no other feelings?"

"There are."

"And Bai Youjun?"

"I do not know how I should face her."

Pan Xi sighed: "It would be better to reject her straightforwardly to avoid dragging things out, which would only cause her to fall into the love barrier and be unable to extricate herself, which would also be a disaster for you. But, if you reject her now, it will directly trigger her love barrier. Sigh, it is indeed a dilemma."