After the banquet, Zheng Yu bade farewell to his two good friends and went to the Moon Province Inn. He had originally agreed to meet Yan Yuming here, but when the time came, he didn't see him. He guessed that something must have happened, so he decided to meditate while waiting.
The next morning, Yan Yuming finally arrived. As soon as he saw Zheng Yu, he apologized, "I originally agreed to meet Martial Uncle Zheng yesterday, but Martial Uncle Fan told me to send a few disciples from Qianzhou back to their hometown, so I came late. Please forgive me, Martial Uncle Zheng."
Zheng Yu said, "Martial Nephew Yan was doing proper business. Apart from that, is there anything else you need? If not, let's go pay a visit to Mister Zhang today. "
Yan Yuming said, "Martial Uncle, please wait for a moment."
He turned around and left. After a short while, he returned with a petite, quiet, and beautiful girl. There was a bamboo sword hanging from her waist that stood out from the rest.
Yan Yuming said, "This is Senior Martial Sister Jia Yue. She was also taught by Master before. This time, Martial Uncle Fan asked Senior Martial Sister Jia Yue to come with us to pay a visit to Master."
Jia Yue bowed to Zheng Yu and said, "Greetings, Martial Uncle Zheng."
Zheng Yu nodded and hurriedly returned the greeting. "Martial Nephew Jia Yue, there's no need to be so courteous."
After coming to the Azure Sun Sect for so long, he had actually seen Jia Yue before. However, male and female cultivators usually cultivated separately apart from when they were listening to the teachings. Thus, they had never interacted before.
Yan Yuming said, "Martial Uncle, are we leaving now?"
Zheng Yu nodded and said, "Guangzhou is to the south of Moon Province. If we leave now, we'll be there before evening at the latest."
Yan Yuming said excitedly, "We'll listen to Martial Uncle Zheng's arrangements."
Seeing that the two of them had no objections, Zheng Yu left the guesthouse and took the two of them to the largest airship berth in Gaoping County in a carriage arranged by the guesthouse.
Any Xuanxiu who traveled outside with Xuanfu's imperial edict would be covered by Xuanfu. This time, they were replaced by Daoist Wanming, who had a proper imperial edict in their hands. Therefore, when they arrived at the station, the three of them only had to take out their name lists, and the manager of the station immediately arranged for them to board a small flying boat to the south.
Yan Yuming and the others sat on the comfortable cabin chairs and looked down from above. He couldn't help but sigh, "How convenient."
Jia Yue also nodded.
However, they did not know that this level of convenience had only gradually appeared in the past six months.
In the past, Xuanfu had many sects and almost no contact with the secular world. In addition, the two prefectures deliberately downplayed the existence of Xuanfu. Therefore, if Xuanxiu wanted to board a flying boat in the past, the manager in charge of the boat would not be so accommodating.
The flying boat will definitely be arranged for you, but it's hard to say when it will be dispatched to you.
It was precisely because Zhang Yu had united the inner and outer Daoist sects for several years, assisted the army in conquering Pingshuang Province, and finally eliminated the creator's substitute, that the Xuanfu's prestige had risen again. This was why the manager did not dare to make any small moves.
This small flying boat could seat about thirty people. After the three of them sat down, two more groups of guests boarded, and the flying boat took off with half of the seats empty.
After about half a summer's time, the flying boat left the south of Moon Province and entered Guangzhou.
Although Zheng Yu and the other two had been in the Qingyang Upper Continent for several years, this was the first time they had come here. Seeing the bridges flying across the Lianzhou County in the clouds, as well as the big city of the Guangzhou Prefecture, they were shocked.
A handsome man in his forties with a neat beard was sitting on a seat close to them. When he saw them, he smiled and said, "The three of you came from the distant continent?"
Zheng Yu said, "Yes, we came from the Dongting Protectorate."
"Dongting Protectorate?"
The handsome man's expression changed. He looked at the three of them thoughtfully and gestured to the attendant beside him, who immediately took out a name card.
He handed it to the three of them and said, "I have a manor in Guangzhou's Lintai County called Treasure Garden. If the three of you don't have a suitable place to stay after arriving in Guangzhou, you can go there."
Zheng Yu tactfully declined, "Thank you for your kindness, sir. The three of us have our own places to go, so we won't disturb you."
The handsome man was rejected, but he was not angry. He smiled and put the name card on the table next to Zheng Yu's armrest. At this time, the speed of the flying boat was slightly slower, but it passed by the observation post of a dome bridge.
When the flying boat came to a stop, the middle-aged man stood up and smiled at the Zheng Yu trio, "Greetings, it seems fate has brought us together." He stood up and disembarked from the flying boat with his servants.
After seeing him leave, an exquisitely dressed middle-aged man suddenly sighed and said to Zheng Yu and the others, "The three of you have missed a good opportunity. Do you know who that person is?"
Yan Yuming asked curiously, "Who?"
The middle-aged man said in an exaggerated tone, "That's Mister Zhu Xin! He's the uncle of the governor's wife! He usually does great business, and the most valuable thing about him is that he never looks down on people.
Look at the nobles in the continent, which one of them doesn't travel by boat alone? However, he never puts on airs and is willing to ride on the same boat with us common people. Tsk tsk, Mister Zhu Xin is willing to befriend the three of you. What a good opportunity. It's a pity that the three of you missed it. "
As he spoke, he also shook his head as if he was feeling sorry for them.
After Yan Yuming heard this, he only responded with an 'oh', then turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window with great interest.
The middle-aged man looked at them but didn't find any regret or disappointment on their faces, so he couldn't help but stop talking.
After flying for another half a summer, the flying boat stopped at the Boating Boat Rooftop in the Guangzhou Province. On the square of the Boating Boat Inner Platform, there was a private creator's boat.
After the middle-aged man walked down, he looked back and saw Zheng Yu and the other two seemed to be discussing something. Seeing that no one was coming to pick them up, he said loudly, "Where are the three of you going? I have a boat here that can give you a ride."
Zheng Yu responded with an 'ah' and thanked him, "Thank you for your kindness, Mister. We'll find it ourselves." He raised his sleeve and cupped his hands, "Mister, we'll bid farewell here."
The middle-aged man also subconsciously raised his hand to return the salute. Then, he saw Zheng Yu and the other two burst out with a ball of light. In just a flash, they leaped into the sky and flew away under his stunned gaze.
South of the continent, in a certain immoral cultivator station.
Ying Fu walked into the hall, which was made of black jade. The floor and walls were shiny, and under the mirror-like surface of the jade, there was a faintly flickering ball of black flame.
In the middle of the hall, there was a semi-circular wooden shelf that occupied a large area. On it were many charmingly naive but small and exquisite clay dolls. However, none of them were the same. Every one of them had a different expression and shape.
He walked to a place where there was still space, took out two clay dolls from his sleeve and placed them on the shelf. He looked at them for a while and walked out.
However, just as he was about to leave, two clay dolls jumped down from the wooden frame opposite him. They bounced around behind him and even tried to pull on the hem of his robe.
His footsteps paused slightly, and his scarlet eyes swept behind him. The two dolls seemed to be startled and quickly hid behind the shelf. When they carefully poked their heads out to observe, they saw that he had already walked far away.
Yingxiong walked out of the inner hall and came to the station's main road. At this time, he saw a flying boat slowly descending from the sky and stopping on Boating Boat Terrace not far away.
The cabin door opened, and Yang Gui walked out with a disciple. He came in front of him and saluted, "Fellow Daoist Ying, sorry to keep you waiting."
Yingxiong didn't say anything. He looked at him with his scarlet eyes and also saluted.
Yang Gui didn't mind, he said, "Fellow Daoist Ying, did you read the letter I sent before?"
Yingxiong said calmly, "I read it."
Yang Gui asked, "Then, Fellow Daoist Ying, what do you think?"
Yingxiong said, "I don't plan to return to the continent."
Yang Gui sighed, "Fellow Daoist Ying, why don't you think about it. After the sects inside and outside Xuanfu merged into one, I heard that they planned to set up branches in the various prefectures. But as far as I know, almost all of them are from Xuanxiu. Where does this place place the cultivators who practice the martial arts?"
Yingxiong said calmly, "What does it have to do with me?"
Yang Gui looked at him and was silent for a while. Then he looked up and said, "Fellow Daoist Ying, I'll be frank. I heard that you and Zhang Xuanzheng both came from the Dongting Protectorate and have some friendship in the past. If Fellow Daoist Ying is willing to speak out …"
Yingxiong said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Yang, please go back. I can't help you." After saying that, he turned and left.
Yang Gui's disciple saw him like this and couldn't help but angrily send a voice transmission, "Teacher, this person didn't give you any face. Why do we have to beg him? Teacher, why don't you contact those fellow Daoists and together … "
Yang Gui interrupted him, "No, you don't understand." He took two steps forward and said loudly, "Fellow Daoist Ying should be close to taking that step, right?"
Yingxiong's footsteps paused.
Yang Gui took a few steps forward and said in a deep voice, "For us cultivators, the higher we go, the more divine organs we need to refine medicine to neutralize the Chaos. However, Fellow Daoist should have felt it. No matter how many divine organs you collect, it's almost impossible to reach the fourth chapter without being infected.
I reached this stage thirty years ago. However, in these thirty years, I rarely fought with others. This is because every time I fought, the Chaos' corruption deepened.
If you want to completely remove the corruption, you have to have a superior cultivation art or a secret medicine from a higher level of divine organs to neutralize the Chaos.
However, these two things aren't something Fellow Daoist can do alone. You can only rely on Xuanfu! "
At this point, his tone softened a bit, "If Fellow Daoist is willing to speak out this time, I and my fellow Daoists are willing to promise that if there's a chance to obtain a superior medicine or secret technique, we won't take it first and will let Fellow Daoist have the first chance!"
Yingxiong said with his back facing him, "I only seek the Dao from myself. I don't need anyone's charity." After saying that, the black smoke on his body drifted and he disappeared.
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