Chapter 119

Although I know what these few Gu Worms taken from the bald man's body are useful for, to Yan Buji they also seem useless.

Even if the legendary Nine Turn Immortal Gu really existed, it would still be something he could never come into contact with.

These matters are not important to Yan Buji; instead, he's curious what Wei Zifeng has been up to these past few days away.

Boss, after being out for so long, has anything good happened?

"Good thing? I almost couldn't make it back! Ai yo, don't mention it—I missed a.... sigh." Wei Zifeng wanted to speak but stopped, covering his head as if he had a terrible headache.

Run into trouble?

Yan Buji wore a strange expression: "Boss, you want to say something you dare not say—have you really run into something you can't solve?"

Wei Zifeng glanced at Yan Buji a few times and asked, "You want to know?"

"I guess the problem you likely encountered is related to the Fire Bear Sect, right?" Yan Buji asked tentatively.

Although asking about someone's background like this is impolite and often displeasing, in order to test Wei Zifeng's tolerance toward me, I have no choice but to ask.

Otherwise, if he just took a few more looks at the ledger, it would be easy to see what I've done.

Wei Zifeng indeed showed no dissatisfaction; instead, he sighed, "You already knew?"

"The cultivator who can speak up in the law enforcement team—right now I only see our boss as such." Yan Buji laughed.

"Not bad, I am indeed a cultivator of the Fire Bear Sect, and moreover a relative of the Sect Master of the Fire Bear Sect, which is why I have the privilege to open a shop in the market town." Wei Zifeng nodded.

Ah?!

Yan Buji widened his eyes.

He had thought Wei Zifeng was a member of the Fire Bear Sect, but he hadn't expected that you are also a relative of the Fire Bear Sect's Sect Master—why not cultivate properly? Why run here to open a shop?

Just for fun?

Yan Buji wore a strange expression, and Wei Zifeng raised his eyebrows: "How come? Don't I get to have other hobbies?"

"That's not the case, boss. Since you have such a background, why not cultivate properly instead of worrying about these mundane affairs?"

"This has to do with past matters... never mind that, you weren't wanting to know what I went out to do this time, right? Frankly, I'm representing the sect and going with my senior sisters and junior brothers to recruit disciples in the Kun Dao Dynasty."

"Could it be that you didn't recruit any?" Yan Buji's pupils contracted and his eyes shifted.

"There was originally a woman with outstanding talent who was quite good, but she ended up being taken by a cultivator of the Profound Kun Dao, so there's nothing to be done."

Profound Kun Dao?

"You don't know? In the Nan Ting Mountain Region, the eight mortal realms each have a Daoist sect named after the eight trigrams; they are actually subordinate forces of a superpower in the Myriad Dao Mountain Range. The eight Daoist sects are interconnected, from the Profound Qian Dao to the Profound Kun Dao, all stationed in the mortal realms." Wei Zifeng explained.

"In other words, the superpower in the Myriad Dao Mountain Range set up these eight Daoist sects to control the eight mortal realms?" Yan Buji furrowed his brows.

"More or less, although that force in the Myriad Dao Mountain Range dominates alone, it still tolerates our little sects making a living." Wei Zifeng sighed.

How strong are these eight Daoist sects?

Each has a Nascent Soul cultivator holding the fort!

Hiss!

"Could it be that the royal dynasties of the mortal realms are all secretly controlled by the eight Daoist sects?" Yan Buji took a deep breath and asked again.

"Shh! Don't shout this out loud; just understand it yourself. Although the eight Daoist sects publicly prohibit cultivators from interfering in mortal affairs, in reality no one knows why these eight Daoist sects secretly control the rise and fall of mortal dynasties." Wei Zifeng quickly warned in a low voice.

"From now on, if you see a Profound Kun Dao cultivator, you'd better run away quickly; given what I've done in the Kun Dao Dynasty, running into them later would be a big trouble."

"I've been enlightened; that means the disciple you originally intended to recruit this time was snatched away, right?" Yan Buji nodded and clasped his hands.

"What else? It's also my fault; if I had known that woman was a descendant of Ling Tianmei, I would have snatched her no matter what."

A woman?

A descendant of Ling Tianmei? Surname Ling?

Could it be Ling Yan?!

"Who is Ling Tianmei again?" Yan Buji took a deep breath and asked.

"A Nascent Soul cultivator from a thousand years ago; it's said she has now gone to other great realms. However, this person is said to have an ambiguous relationship with the sect master of some major power in the Myriad Dao Mountain Range, so.... you know, if we could recruit her, we should treat her well for a while. Whether Ling Tianmei returns later or that major power from the Myriad Dao Mountain Range comes looking for her, it would also count as forming a good karma." Wei Zifeng said with a face full of regret.

"If that woman's background is so extraordinary, why is she only known now?"

"Not exactly; Ling Tianmei came from a mortal power in the Kun Dao Realm, and that woman is named Ling Yan. She only came of age in the past two years and went to the Kun Dao Dynasty awaiting our disciples' selection, but I never expected that people from the Profound Qian Dao would snatch her away first!" Wei Zifeng gritted his teeth.

Oh....

Yan Buji's expression didn't change, but he felt extremely uncomfortable inside.

"In his mortal days, he had already formed a deep grudge with the Ling Family and Ling Yan; this grudge of patricide means that if Ling Yan were a filial daughter, she would inevitably come looking for trouble."

"Fortunately, she was taken away by a Profound Kun Dao cultivator; estimated these years we shouldn't run into her."

"If that's the case, then it's just missed; there's no point in the boss regretting it so much." Yan Buji nodded.

"What you say is easy, but this time coming down the mountain we didn't recruit a single disciple, and I don't know how the elders will punish us few senior and junior brothers." Wei Zifeng sighed and glanced at Yan Buji again.

"If your aptitude were a bit better, I could bring you in just to fill the numbers. Unfortunately, the sect's strict order stands: only those with fire affinity are accepted. Even though it has loosened somewhat in recent years, your aptitude is simply too poor." Wei Zifeng immediately shook his head.

Upon hearing that, Yan Buji also felt somewhat regretful inside.

The Fire Bear Sect doesn't look like an ordinary small power to begin with; having many rules is normal.

"Thanks for the goodwill, boss; I appreciate it."

"No need, I didn't actually bring you into the sect, so why thank me? Oh right, what's Liu Yun's aptitude? Is he a mortal body?"

"I'm not sure about that; originally I hired him just to be a waiter......"

Wei Zifeng, out of the blue, shouted: "Liu Yun! Come in!"

Yes, boss!

Liu Yun trotted in, seeing the two with solemn expressions, he immediately shrank his neck: "Um, boss, what are your orders?"

Come over.

Oh.

Liu Yun walked up to Wei Zifeng, who took out a crystal-clear crystal sphere and looked at him: "Place your hand on it."

Ah? Boss, what is this?

A testing device for aptitude; as long as one has immortal aptitude, it can be tested. If there is none, there will be no anomaly either. Have you been tested before?

Liu Yun hurriedly shook his head, then gave a wry smile and said: "Boss, what aptitude could I have? All I've done since childhood is eat a lot, and I've never...."

As he spoke, Liu Yun placed his hand on the crystal sphere.

Crack!

Huh!!

Yan Buji and Wei Zifeng widened their eyes, staring in disbelief at the shattered crystal sphere!

Yan Buji's face twitched, and he asked: "Boss, what's going on?"

Liu Yun panicked: "Boss, boss, it's not me who broke it! I just put my hand on it and didn't do anything.... I really can't afford to compensate!!"