Chapter 5: Northern Hunting Island
The distance from Huajunzhou to Beishuzhou is extremely long, with no waterways or stops in between. By the time you get halfway, you have already entered an uninhabited sea area that has not seen human presence for thousands of years.
The sun and the moon are rotating in the sky, and the ferry is sailing at a constant speed towards the north. Outside the window is always the blue sea, giving people the feeling that the location has never changed.
The five people on the boat would look at the sea view at first, but after running for a few days, they lost interest and began to practice "day after day".
After Guagua entered the scene, Sister Yingying moved upstairs very considerately and lived with Jingxun, leaving the bedroom to Guagua so that she could spend a special "honeymoon".
Zuo Lingquan ran up and down from two points in a straight line. He stayed upstairs during the day and practiced with his two sisters. Occasionally, the ancestor came to "visit" and scolded him and then took advantage of him; at night, he went to Guagua's room and practiced slowly and politely, which was considered a dessert. Anyway, after a few months, he spent more time naked than wearing clothes.
As for Qiu Tao, she has become a little withdrawn since she found out that Gua Gua had "surrendered to the enemy", but she was too embarrassed to practice with him, so she closed the door and went into seclusion inside.
It was not clear whether she was meditating or doing something else. Anyway, Zuo Lingquan occasionally passed by the door and could hear the sound of "chi chi chi..." inside, and Qiu Tao muttered seriously:
"This is how you should write a miscellaneous book. No one will read it if the protagonist is not reckless..."
"What? The name is not nice? Jiuyu Wild and Great Void, what a high intention... It's a bit off topic?"
"Chi chi..."
...
Zuo Lingquan made a brief analysis and thought that Qiu Tao was probably bored and was writing his or Tang Tang's autobiography. His possibility was greater, after all, Qiu Tao had always been by his side and knew everything about him.
Speaking of which, Zuo Lingquan was influenced by Qiu Tao and read a lot of miscellaneous books. When he was free after finishing his work, he would try to write a miscellaneous book based on Yu Tang as the prototype. It would definitely be better than his experience.
The days on the ferry were monotonous but not boring. After running between two points for several months, with a heavy snow falling from the sea of clouds, the outline of the earth finally appeared at the end of the northern sea.
Zuo Lingquan stood on the deck, looking at the distant continent, and heaved a long sigh of relief. His originally comfortable expression was now more solemn than "deep into the plum cave".
"Finally arrived..."
Qiu Tao, who had been in seclusion on the second floor for several months, opened the window and jumped onto the deck. She carried Tuan Tuan on her shoulders and looked up in the wind and snow, pointing to a building on the coast:
"Where is Bacheng? It belongs to Kunji Sect. I went there with my mother when I was a child and had tea with the head of Kunji Sect..."
After crossing the sea and traveling for many years, Xie Qiu Tao's face was obviously more emotional.
Tuanzi stood facing the wind, looking at the land from afar, "Gugujiji...", probably sighing - birds have such a great land...
On the top floor of the ship, Sister Yingying and Jingyan, who had changed into ordinary female cultivators' clothes, stood side by side on the edge of the observation deck and were communicating:
"Sister Yingying, we need to find a place to hide this boat, right? It would be too arrogant to drive it directly in."
"I'll put it in Linglong Pavilion later. By the way, Tuanzi, you have to remind me that Beishuzhou is famous for its fresh fish. It is said that the small silver fish in the North Sea in the market are sold by catty, and are taken by small sects to feed chickens..."
"Jiji?!"
Tuanzi's eyes lit up, and he was excited at the time, but unfortunately he was suppressed by a look from his mother.
Miss Qiu lived on the second floor of the ship. The sea was too desolate, so she basically didn't go out on the road. She practiced during the day and waited for some pervert to get into bed and ruin her at night.
At this time, they were about to dock, and Miss Qiu also came down the stairs and walked out of the door of the first floor hall.
Although the melon was broken, Miss Qiu's temperament of an iceberg beauty did not change at all. She wore a slim white dress and held a green sword in her hand. She still looked like she was aloof from the world.
Xie Qiutao held the timid dumpling and looked at Miss Qiu with a strange look in her eyes:
"Senior sister Gua, are you finally awake?"
Miss Qiu had been sweet with her lover in the room for several months, but she didn't say hello, making Qiutao the "uncrowned one". She was a little embarrassed after all.
Hearing Qiutao asking knowingly, Miss Qiu's face turned red a little, and she walked up to her silently, pretending to look at the scenery:
"Well, yes... I have been in seclusion for a long time. ♦♦ ♦♦How was your seclusion?"
Xie Qiutao rubbed the dumpling and sighed softly:
"Alas, not very good. When I was practicing, I always heard "creaking" and cats meowing, which made me unable to sleep..."
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Miss Qiu naturally understood what Qiu Tao was talking about. Her face flushed and she glared at Zuo Lingquan, obviously thinking that Zuo Lingquan was busy eating melons and didn't cover up the sound, so Qiu Tao heard it at night.
Zuo Lingquan knew Qiu Tao was joking, raised his hand and flicked Qiu Tao's head, then took Qiu Tao and Gua Gua's hands and flew up with the wind:
"Let's go, let's go ashore."
"Ji!"
Tuanzi had been thirsty for a long time, and turned into a white cannonball at the sound and flew directly to the coast; Jing Yan's eyes were annoyed, and after Yingying put away the ferry, he hurriedly chased after her...
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The north respects Xuanwu as the most respected, and most of the place names that have been passed down from ancient times to the present have some origins with local gods. Bacheng is named after the dragon turtle "Baxia".
However, after the path to immortality was cut off, the north gradually declined. Places like Xuanwu Terrace and Bacheng had long been in name only. Not to mention breeding mythical beasts, even the sects for cultivation were difficult to maintain. Currently, only small fry or ancient famous families that were "in their twilight years".
Ten thousand years ago, Kunji Sect was also a well-known large sect. After Xuanwutai declined, it was still the boss for a few years, but the decline was inevitable. After thousands of years, there was only a small sect with more than a thousand people left, relying on the seaport market of Bacheng to maintain.
The natural disasters were one of the reasons for its fall into this situation, but not all of them.
The reason why Xuanwutai declined rapidly, in addition to the descendants' corruption, was also closely related to the "family motto".
The biggest impact of the severance of the longevity path was Beishuzhou. When the younger generation came to their senses, the immortals of Beishuzhou would definitely be the first to rebel and want to restore the balance of heaven and earth, which made Beishuzhou the birthplace of the Youying alien race.
Xuanwutai adhered to the family motto and insisted on severing the longevity path. Naturally, it became the target of public criticism in Beishuzhou, and no matter how high its prestige was, it could not last for many years.
Once Xuanwutai fell, the ‘Empress Mei Jinshui of Dongzhou’ came to Beishuzhou to ‘ascend the throne’, and the entire Beishuzhou was completely reduced to the territory of foreign races, drawing a clear line with the current righteous path.
Kunji Sect was able to build a foundation ten thousand years ago and compete with Xuanwutai, and it can be regarded as a ‘famous righteous sect’; it’s a pity that under the general trend, if it doesn’t want to be buried in the dust and cut off the incense like Xuanwutai, it can only change its position and bow to Xiangyang Mountain.
Now, Wen Ruyi, the ancestor of Kunji Sect, is only at the initial stage of jade level. Among the wealthy families of Jiuzhou, he is not even second-rate.
As the end of the year approaches, Bacheng is covered in silver. The huge city that once could accommodate millions of cultivators still has the street layout, but the glory is gone.
Only one in ten immortal shops in the city remains, and they are all concentrated in the West Market. Other places have become the residences of ordinary people, where immortals and mortals live together, and there are even more mortals than cultivators coming and going.
Wen Ruyi is the ancestor of the immortal family and the city lord of Bacheng. This title is considered a great figure no matter where he is.
But now in the cold winter, the white-haired Wen Ruyi can only sit alone in an old medicine shop in the West City, watching people coming and going in front of the door, with a look full of the desolation of sunset and dusk.
Once a wealthy family in a continent, Wen Ruyi has fallen into such a situation now. Wen Ruyi is undoubtedly one of the people who most want to open the way of longevity.
But Wen Ruyi and the aliens have different ideas and do not want to open it immediately.
The reason is also simple. If the aliens open the way of longevity, Kunji Sect will still be second-rate and will not soar to the sky. Mei Jinshui from the other continent will still be the master.
The Youying aliens have won over the demons and watched the demons grow to the point of "sharing the world together".
Once the way of longevity is opened, the situation in the nine continents will be redivided. Mei Jinshui and Shang Yin are likely to return to the vast southeastern three continents, and the remote northwestern two continents will most likely fall into the hands of the demons.
As a local cultivator, Wen Ruyi could still bear to be ruled by cultivators from other continents, but being ruled by the demon race or being expelled from the country, when the nine continents are peaceful, what relationship would it have with the natives of Beishuzhou?
These thoughts have always been the concerns of the local immortals in Beishuzhou, but Mei Jinshui was too tough and suppressed these internal differences.
In the past two years, Mei Jinshui led his army to attack Dongzhou and Teng Sheng went to Juejian Cliff to ask for the magic sword, which made Wen Ruyi realize that the time when the foreign races opened the way to longevity may not be too far away.
As one of the most experienced local cultivators, Wen Ruyi has been secretly thinking about how to "drive the tiger to swallow the wolf" recently - before the way to longevity is opened, it is necessary to try to make the demon race fall into civil strife, or even make the demon race and Mei Jinshui have a mortal feud, so as to ensure that after Mei Jinshui succeeds, he will "eat the dog after the rabbit dies", instead of not breaking up the land and giving their Beishuzhou to the demon race as a place to stay.
But to achieve "driving tigers to swallow wolves", with Wen Ruyi's practice, it is obviously a foolish dream.
According to Wen Ruyi's idea, he started from the demon clan.
The demon clan seems to be a tribe, but in fact there are many birds and beasts, composed of countless clans.
Teng Sheng is a wolf, the overlord of the demon clan, but he also has the second brother 'Brahma Eagle', the third brother 'Jin Kui King' and other demon giants.
Brahma Eagle is the old leader of the demon clan in Beishuzhou. He has a blood feud with the wolf clan for thousands of years. Three thousand years ago, Teng Sheng took away the throne. In order to integrate the demon clan, Teng Sheng did not kill it, and even did not exile it according to the rules of the demon clan.
As the 'old master of the previous dynasty', Brahma Eagle saved his life, but he was not at ease. He basically stayed in his nest all year round, fearing that Teng Sheng would give it a 'sick death' if he was not careful, and integrated the forces under his command.
As a fairy king of the demon race, Teng Sheng was educated by the human race. He intended to "educate everyone" and strive for equal rights for the demon race with humans. He was considered a "wise king" for the demon race, but he probably didn't have this intention.
But Brahma Eagle couldn't help but be nervous, because the wise kings of the human race treated the former masters more cruelly than the demon race.
And the other clans that surrendered to Teng Sheng basically regarded Brahma Eagle as a "previous lesson".
Teng Sheng didn't kill Brahma Eagle, which means that Teng Sheng can really tolerate them, tigers, leopards, cattle and sheep; if he killed Brahma Eagle, they would just go from being bullied by the human race to being enslaved by the wolf race. The demon race dominated Jiuzhou, and they had nothing to do with these slaves.
Wen Ruyi wanted to sow discord, and the easiest way was to find a person with superb swordsmanship to kill Brahma Eagle without anyone noticing, and fake the illusion that Teng Sheng took action.
It would be best if the demons were in internal strife. They would be a mess and could not be a match for the human race. Even if Teng Sheng suppressed the matter, Wen Ruyi could take the initiative to reveal the truth and say that it was his own doing.
Wen Ruyi was a subordinate of Mei Jinshui. He was responsible for sowing discord and causing chaos in the demons. Mei Jinshui, as the boss, could not clear himself from the relationship. The two sides would inevitably become enemies.
The method sounds simple, but Teng Sheng could not help but be on guard against this, and Mei Jinshui would not lend him help.
Where can I find a swordsman who can kill the demon clan's second son in an instant...
Behind the counter of the old drug store, Wen Ruyi was leaning on the recliner and swaying, thinking about how to contact Jue Jianya and plan this matter with him.
Before I could think of a result, there was movement at the door of the old drug store. A young man in a robe walked in from the outside and said with a smile:
"Old man, is Shopkeeper Wen here?"
Wen Ruyi raised her eyes and saw the young man who came in. He had sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a well-proportioned figure, and a simple sword hanging on his waist. He had a faint aura of dust on his body. He knew at a glance that he was a swordsman with some skills.
It's a pity that there is a low-grade white spiritual bird standing on the shoulder, tilting its head and biting the tip of its wing. It doesn't look very smart at all, which slightly ruins the swordsman's temperament.
Because there is Demon King Teng Sheng in Beishouzhou, human sword cultivators basically have no chance to succeed, so sword cultivators are rarely seen.
Wen Ruyi glanced up and down and found that she couldn't tell the depth of this person. Her expression showed a serious look and she sat up:
"Fellow Taoist, this is your first time coming to Ba City?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a round-faced girl poked her head out of the door and said with a smile:
"Uncle Wen, I knew you were here!"
Wen Ruyi was stunned for a moment, and after taking a closer look, she recognized this little girl who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen from the face that looked a lot like her old friend Xie Wen:
"Thank you... Ouch!"
Wen Ruyi was startled, stood up quickly, opened the door curtain leading to the backyard, and motioned for several people to come in:
"Why are you back? Your father...well, let's talk after you come in. Be careful that the walls have ears."
Xie Qiutao ran into the drug store, followed by Miss Qiu. Cui Yingying and Jingxun served as "protectors" and paid attention to the surrounding trends on the street.
Zuo Lingquan glanced around and saw that there was nothing unusual in the shop, then he led the two girls into the backyard.
Tuanzi squatted on Zuo Lingquan's shoulder, biting his wings and pretending to be stupid. When the three of them entered, he jumped down and landed next to the spiritual fruits hanging in the medicine shop. "Chichichi..." he said twice, probably saying: You guys are chatting. , Birds and Birds won’t go in.
How could Miss Qiu not understand the meaning of Tuanzi and immediately hugged it in her arms?
There is a teahouse in the backyard of the old drug store, which seems to be a place where guests are usually entertained.
After Wen Ruyi and several others entered, she deployed the teahouse's shielding formation and sighed softly:
"Qiu Tao, a hundred years ago, your parents..."
Xie Qiutao just entered the room and quickly interrupted after hearing this:
"Uncle Wen doesn't need to mention old things. My mother told me, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Wen Ruyi sighed, sent the tea cups to the three of them, and sat down at the main seat:
"Your mother is too stubborn. It is wise to bear the humiliation and wait for the opportunity when the situation is weak. Your mother insists on confronting the strong, and the result is good. The husband and wife are far apart, and a little girl like you is also homeless outside. There are no elders to take care of..."
Xuanwutai and Kunji Sect are not close friends, but they are both ancient and famous sects in Beishouzhou. They have declined together to this point today. They no longer have friendship and have become friends in need. Wen Ruyi's words clearly regard Xie Qiutao as a junior.
Xie Qiutao also felt a little emotional: "My mother also regretted the last time I met her. If she could be more tolerant like Uncle Wen, she would probably be living in Xuanwu Terrace now..."
Wen Ruyi chatted about the past and focused on Zuo Lingquan and Qiu Guagua:
"Who are these two?"
Xie Qiutao found Wen Ruyi through my mother's guidance, but she didn't trust her very much. She just smiled and said:
"It's two friends I met in Huajunzhou, Situ Lenggang and Cucumber Guagua, who came back with me to have a look. I came to Uncle Wen just to inquire about a few things."
Wen Ruyi smiled and said: "I dare to accompany you back here, I think you are not a simple person. I met your parents, and if you want to know something, just say it. As long as I know, I will tell you the truth."
Zuo Lingquan held up his hands with a smile: "Senior Wen, when we came here from Huajun Continent, we were inevitably worried. I wonder if Lord Mei Xian, who is stationed in Beishouzhou, can turn back from Dongzhou? If he comes back, we may not dare to go deeper. Walk everywhere.”
"Mei Xianjun disappeared in Dongzhou Dengchao Port, and the Beishouzhou Immortal family was panicked. A few months ago, during the Xiangyang Mountain Sect celebration, Mei Xianjun showed up in person and said a few words to reassure people. He must be back. However, Mei Xianjun is too high-minded, and his current situation is unknown. Well... no matter what the situation is, it has always been effortless to kill us. You'd better be careful; as long as you keep a low profile and don't go where you shouldn't go, heaven and earth It’s so big and no one cares about you.”
Miss Qiu nodded and interjected:
"Brother Situ and I are both swordsmen. Before we came here, we heard that there was a sword sect in Beishouzhou, also called 'Zhenyang Mountain'. The person who founded the sect was said to be named Zuo. Could it be the Zuo Da who disappeared together in Dongzhou? Sword Immortal, has settled in Beishouzhou?"
"Oh~ No, no..."
When Wen Ruyi heard this, she waved her hands repeatedly, still a little dumbfounded:
"Dongzhou Zuo Lingquan is the confirmed next 'Sword God'. Unless Mei Xianjun uses a beauty trick regardless of his status, I really can't think of a reason for this genius to betray the three southeastern continents."
"..."
Zuo Lingquan blinked and said nothing.
The dumpling, squatting on the tea table and eating melon seeds, whispered "ji~" in a low voice, which probably meant:
You are always good at judging people!
Xie Qiutao laughed at such a disrespectful joke:
"Uncle Wen, don't say this nonsense. Even if Mei Xianjun can't hear it, you still have to be careful."
Wen Ruyi laughed twice and sighed again;
"Although Lord Mei Xian is the leader of a foreign race, he is a man of martial virtue and open-minded governance. He never cares about these jokes. Unfortunately, no one is perfect. Beishouzhou can be stable and self-sufficient. Lord Mei Xian is indispensable. It is a big mistake for our clan to raise tigers to endanger our family. If it hadn’t been for this, your parents and I would have sincerely submitted to you long ago, and you wouldn’t have been wandering around for many years..."
From Wen Ruyi's words, Zuo Lingquan sensed his dissatisfaction with Mei Jinshui and the demon clan, and felt that Wen Ruyi's position was quite close to that of Mei Jinshui now.
However, Zuo Lingquan naturally did not say this clearly, and just listened quietly.
Wen Ruyi spoke from her heart for a moment before returning to the topic:
"That's too far away. That 'Zhenyang Mountain' is indeed real. The invitation to the opening of the sect was sent last year, which really scared me. I thought that the world-famous Zuo Dajianxian really went to Beishouzhou to settle down. "There is probably only one swordsman in the world who can control Xiangyang Mountain."
Wen Ruyi took out a scrawled invitation from her sleeve and handed it to Xie Qiutao:
"When I inquired later, I found out that he was a fool named Zuo. He worked as a medicine farmer with his master and his wife in Songhong Town, lower reaches of Xuanjiang River. He founded such a weird sect in his spare time, which became known to everyone in Beishouzhou. This Has the news spread to other continents?"
Zuo Lingquan took the invitation and opened it. There were a few lines of words crookedly written on it, followed by the signature - Zuo Boqing, Young Master of Zhenyang Mountain.
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Zuo Lingquan raised his hand to rub his forehead and handed the invitation to Guagua, unable to complain.
Miss Qiu took the invitation, looked at the signature, and frowned. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that the word "Boqing" was taken from her ancestor "Qiu Boyue" and her father "Qiu Fengqing".
Xie Qiutao glanced at the dog crawling handwriting and was able to confirm her identity. She curiously asked:
"Then what? How is Zhenyang Mountain now?"
Wen Ruyi shook her head and smiled bitterly:
"When I said that Lord Mei Xian was enlightened, I was not flattering him. After learning about this, Lord Mei wrote a plaque with the name 'Zhenyang Mountain' in handwriting and sent it to him. There were a total of one hundred and four existing large and small immortal sects in Beishouzhou. The number of families has now become one hundred and five. It is difficult to determine the largest sect in Jiuzhou, but the smallest sect is definitely in our Beishouzhou. There are three people in total, not including the disciples, and the five elders are not all together. "
When Zuo Lingquan heard this, he guessed that Mei Jinshui most likely knew the identity of the fifth brother.
However, Zuo Lingquan is not worried about the safety of Fifth Brother, because Fifth Brother has become so promiscuous, what is the use of worrying?
If he doesn't go, nothing will happen. If he goes to visit, he will most likely be blocked by a crazy woman.
After listening for a while, Xie Qiutao asked casually:
"I want to go to the ice field. I haven't been there since I was a kid. It's the territory of the demon tribe. Does Uncle Wen know how to sneak in?"
When Wen Ruyi heard this, she thought about it, her heart moved, and she asked:
"Qiu Tao, when you come back this time, are you planning to go to the Monster Clan to cause trouble? Don't worry, you can trust me if your mother can let you come to me. I can't say for sure on the human side, but you are going to the Monster Clan to cause trouble, I will I don’t have any objections. We, the local monks in Beishouzhou, all wish that the demon clan would die soon. How can a dignified human race be on an equal footing with the beasts..."
Xie Qiutao said with a smile: "That's right. The Xie family takes it as their own duty to subjugate and eliminate demons. Now that we're here, we have to deal with the monsters."
Wen Ruyi nodded lightly: "I have been thinking about this in recent years. This is going to cause trouble and have the effect of lifting a thousand pounds. My first recommendation is the big demon 'Brahma Sky Eagle'. If you can kill this eagle, the demon clan will definitely be in civil strife... …”
Xie Qiutao's expression froze: "Uncle Wen, do you think I have this ability?"
Wen Ruyi thought about it and smiled bitterly: "That's right. Fan Tianying is a great demon in the Forgetting Realm. It's a bit too whimsical to ask you to deal with it."
Zuo Lingquan came on this trip and had no intention of forming an alliance with Mei Jinshui, but it was the rightful duty to deal with the demon clan. He had to do it regardless of Mei Jinshui's words. Seeing this, he said:
"Since Senior Wen has an idea, you might as well tell him that we can't help him, and maybe he can come up with some ideas."
Wen Ruyi himself didn't have the ability to "drive tigers and devour wolves" at all, and the only helpers he could find were fellow sufferers like Xuanwutai who had declined together, so after thinking about it for a while, he told his idea again...
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