Zhong Shan's group of 12 went north to the Ice God Palace.
Although there were still two years until the sacrificial ceremony, and only one year to reach the extreme north, Zhong Shan didn't stop to rest. After all, many things should be done sooner rather than later. Who could guarantee that something special wouldn't happen along the way?
As expected, four months after leaving the Daikon State, they heard some interesting news while resting in a city.
It was a divine city, and Zhong Shan's group was temporarily staying in a restaurant.
As soon as they entered the restaurant, they heard someone say, "I heard that the Snow Plum Elder left!"
"Yeah, it's all thanks to the Snow Plum Elder all these years. Otherwise, our city would have been …" Another person sighed.
"The Snow Plum Elder?" Zhong Shan was slightly surprised.
He hadn't heard that name in a long time. Wasn't the Snow Plum Elder the same Zu Xian who stole the Cauldron of Heaven and Earth and the Demon-Summoning Banner in the Nüwa Realm? He also had the eighth most powerful Mystique in the world, the Plum Blossom Eye, which was a duplication Mystique.
Unfortunately, he had met Zhong Shan back then. When Zhong Shan opened his Ominous Eye, the Snow Plum Elder not only couldn't duplicate the Mystique, but also absorbed all the blue light. Because of that, the great Zu Xian was unlucky enough to be defeated by him, a Great Immortal.
Later on, the Snow Plum Sect's Ancestor left quietly and disappeared without a trace.
Zhong Shan didn't go forward to ask, because from the tone of the guests, the Snow Plum Elder was obviously very famous in this place.
When they arrived at a courtyard, the restaurant's staff naturally came to greet them. Zhong Shan's group was extraordinary, so they attracted the manager's attention.
Zhong Shan took out a wooden box and said, "Manager, take this to the City Lord's residence and ask the City Lord to come here!"
The manager: "…?"
The manager was confused. What kind of tone was that? Ask the City Lord to come here? Even if you have a high status, you don't have to be so ridiculous. Who is the City Lord? Can he come and go as he pleases?
The shopkeeper regretted calling out to this group of people. However, when he lowered his head and saw the wooden box, he seemed to have been hit by a spell.
"Immortal Divine Wood?" The shopkeeper's eyes suddenly emitted a greedy green light.
The Immortal Divine Wood was a treasure that wood-elemental cultivators yearned for even in their dreams. Even immortals would covet it. A small piece of Immortal Divine Wood could be used to make a top-grade Heavenly Immortal Artifact.
It was only the size of a palm. This … this was enough to forge a Great Immortal artifact. What a treasure!
However, the Immortal Godly Wood was only used to make a box. A box?
The shopkeeper was currently at the late Nascent Soul stage. This sort of treasure was something that only existed in legends. For it to appear right in front of him, he was greatly shaken. He understood that this group of people in front of him were not simple nobles.
The boxes used to store treasures were all made of Immortal Divine Wood, so what could be inside?
"Tell him that I just want to ask him some questions. This is my reward. Tell him to come quickly!" Zhong Shan said indifferently.
"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper replied respectfully.
Kill and steal? The shopkeeper also wanted to do that, but he still had a good eye. This group of people did not even care about the City Lord. If they wanted to die, they could just snatch the spear.
The shopkeeper personally went to the City Lord's mansion.
Along the way, although he did not have a pass, as long as he showed the box at the entrance of the City Lord's mansion, someone would naturally go and report it.
In the City Lord's mansion, a black-robed man looked at the small box in front of him. The shopkeeper stood at the side.
"What did that person say?" The black-robed City Lord did not open the box.
"He said that he just wants to ask you some questions. This is your reward. He wants you to come quickly!" The shopkeeper immediately said.
The City Lord raised his eyebrows and looked at the box. He said in a deep voice, "What arrogance. Hmph! "
Obviously, the black-robed City Lord was very uncomfortable with someone else's commanding tone.
"City Lord, why don't we open it and see what that group of people wants?" A subordinate at the side said.
"Mm!" The City Lord nodded.
He gently opened the box. As soon as the box opened, a ray of light emerged from inside. At the same time, a fragrance immediately filled the room. Almost everyone could not help but take a deep breath. Then, their bodies felt comfortable. The shopkeeper even seemed to have broken through in an instant.
There was only one elixir in the box. It was five-colored and extremely dazzling.
"Five-colored Creation Elixir? Gu Xian Elixir? "A subordinate exclaimed.
"One elixir can be exchanged for a city's worth of Gu Xian Elixir?" Another person exclaimed.
"Pa!" The City Lord immediately closed the lid.
The City Lord's scalp went numb. At the same time, he was also fearful of Zhong Shan and his group in the restaurant. What kind of person could throw out the Gu Xian Elixir so casually?
"Shopkeeper Li, lead the way!" The City Lord immediately said.
After putting away the box, the City Lord was not happy at all. There was only a sense of fear. After all, this was only a small city in the Celestial Empire. The highest cultivation level he had was only an Earth Immortal. This Gu Xian Elixir was too much for him to bear.
When the City Lord arrived at the restaurant, Zhong Shan and his group had just tasted the city's specialties and were waiting with tea.
"Greetings, Wang Zhengqing, the City Lord of Black City, to all the seniors!" City Lord Wang said respectfully.
Wang Zhengqing did not put on any airs because he knew that some airs could not be put on.
"It's okay. Have a seat. I just want to ask you something!" Zhong Shan said.
"Alright!" City Lord Wang carefully sat down at the side.
"I just heard that there used to be a Snow Plum Elder here?" Zhong Shan asked.
Zhong Shan knew that if he asked the ordinary people about some things, it would be more accurate to ask the people in power.
"Snow Plum Elder? Our city is not qualified to trouble him. He was protecting us for a while, but he left recently! "City Lord Wang said.
"Oh? Tell me in detail! "Zhong Shan said.
"Yes. Speaking of which, Snow Plum Elder has always been famous in the surrounding territory. I heard that he was a powerful Life Usurper, but he was very cold in the past. If you want to ask him to calculate something, you have to pay a high price. But hundreds of years ago, after he went to the Wind Tomb Territory, he came back different! "City Lord Wang said.
"Different? How so? "Zhong Shan asked.
"He became very unlucky. Bad luck kept coming, and disasters happened everywhere. I heard that when he returned, he was seriously injured. He passed by an area of the sea where two sects were fighting each other. I don't know what he said, but the two sects set aside their enmity and joined forces to attack Patriarch Snow-Plum. In a fit of rage, Patriarch Snow-Plum wiped out the elites of the two sects, but in the process, the Ancestral Immortals of the two sects hunted him down for a very long time. I don't know what happened, but three years later, it was six Ancestral Immortals who were hunting him down. His journey back was filled with danger, and by the time he returned to his Daoist rite temple, it had been razed to the ground. "
"Snow Plum Elder's bad luck was not over. When he had just restored his training hall, a meteor shower fell from the sky and destroyed all his efforts. The six Zu Xian chased him to his training hall. In the end, Snow Plum Elder's body was destroyed, and he could only reincarnate in a corpse."
The officials beside Zhong Shan could not help but look at Zhong Shan.
"Unfortunately, that corpse was the father of another Zu Xian. That Zu Xian was naturally unwilling to let him go, so he chased after him. In the end, he had no choice but to reincarnate with his injured spirit. Alas, no one is as unlucky as him. The body he reincarnated was originally a mortal, but that mortal was the reincarnation of the previous Zu Xian's father. In this way, he destroyed the spirit of the previous Zu Xian's father. You can imagine Snow Plum Elder's bad luck!" Governor Wang sighed.
It was the first time Governor Wang had seen such an unlucky person.
"I had to borrow a new body to reincarnate, and that was how I managed to preserve my life. But, it's a pity that my Ancestral Immortal cultivation state was gone forever. Even now, I'm still just an Ancient Immortal." City Lord Wang said.
"Then he is too unlucky!" Zhong Shan's face twitched.
Although they used to be enemies, Zhong Shan was still shocked by Snow Plum Elder's bad luck. He did not know that absorbing the Ominous Eye's blue light would have such a shocking effect.
"That's right. After Snow Plum Elder reincarnated in a corpse, his bad luck did not seem to have ended. Therefore, he could only rely on 'good karma' to slowly resolve his bad luck. All these years, he has been running around doing good deeds. Our dynasty is relatively weak. When the surrounding armies attacked, he dealt with them many times and protected the billions of people of our dynasty, "Governor Wang said.
"Snow Plum Elder has really changed into a different person!" Zhong Shan said with a smile.
"He has no choice. For the past few hundred years, he has only been doing good deeds and accumulating good karma to slowly suppress his bad luck. I heard that one year, Snow Plum Elder gave away several of his treasures to do good deeds. He felt indignant and stopped accumulating good karma. The next year, more than ten enemies came looking for him. He had to escape again. With bad luck plaguing him, he could only continue accumulating good karma!" Governor Wang said.
"A person with bad luck for a few hundred years. That's really depressing!" Blade Rentu said.
"It's not just depressing. If it were me, I would even want to die!" Golden Roc shook his head.
"Although he was forced to do good deeds, it was still a good deed!" Zhong Shan said with a strange smile.
"Yes. Our dynasty is one of the beneficiaries. I really hope there are more people like that! Otherwise, our dynasty would not have had such a difficult time this time. "Governor Wang nodded.
"Oh?"
"Snow Plum Elder suddenly left. The surrounding dynasties are restless and ready to attack again. Now, the people are waiting for Snow Plum Elder to return as soon as possible!"
"Snow Plum Elder left? Why? "
"I heard one of the Princes say that Snow Plum Elder is going to attend two grand events. He might not return for two or three years!" Governor Wang said.
"Two grand events?" Zhong Shan became serious.
"Yes. First, it seems to be a lecture in a village. Second, it seems to be the Ice God Palace in the far north." Governor Wang said.
"Ice God Palace?" Zhong Shan squinted his eyes.
"Mhm, I don't know the specifics, but I heard he went to some Ice God Palace event before. Two months later, Chuang Zi will be giving a lecture. He seems to be going to find a way to get rid of his bad luck. He should be going to the Ice God Palace after Chuang Zi's lecture," City Lord Wang said honestly.
At the same time, Zhong Shan flipped his hand and an invitation appeared in his hand.
On the cover of the invitation were the words "Zhuang Zhou Xiaomeng". Inside, there was a letter inviting Zhong Shan to go. It was from Yi Lanque.
Yi Lanque, a member of the Yi family in the small world of the underworld. She had once dealt with the Tian family of the underworld with Zhong Shan. She was astonishingly intelligent and had even subdued the divine beast of the small world, the Kunpeng. When the sky was split open, the heroes targeted the Daikon State. Yi Lanque asked the ancestor of the Yi family, Yi Siqi, to help the Daikon State. Yi Siqi was a disciple of the village.
Therefore, Zhong Shan owed Yi Lanque a favor.
However, this trip to the far north could not be distracted. Therefore, Zhong Shan did not go to the village.
But now, it seemed that it was not too late. Zhuangzi was holding a lecture? Zhong Shan was a little interested.
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