Shangyuque

Chapter 132: This young monk's heart is not hard enough to be cold (1.15W)

At first glance, many people would probably think that the fact that Master Fujiao became Master Mangxiang's apprentice is a joke.

How is that possible? Zhou Fujiao is also a famous Purple Mansion cultivator in Wunan. Why would he worship Mangxiang, who is also a Purple Mansion cultivator, as his master?

However, now no one calls him Master Mangxiang anymore, everyone calls him Immortal Venerable.

The Immortal Lord Mangxiang.

Doesn't it sound more reasonable for Zifu to worship the 'Immortal Master' as his teacher?

The Wang family's secret First True Man Law has long been outdated. In the current version, a Purple Mansion master can directly jump two levels and be honored as an Immortal Lord. Of course, this is only limited to Mang Xiang.

Some little fools may wonder if this is a bit exaggerated?
But this kind of thing is similar to involution.

When the first person cunningly expresses his opinion by standing up and applauding instead of raising his hand, people will gradually get used to expressing their opinions by standing up and applauding, and fully supporting, firmly endorsing, and deeply loving opinions.

At this time, according to the original rules, the person who sat and raised his hand was not seeking death, but he was really killing himself.

Mang Xiang will not hold a grudge against his subordinates' attitude, but the people behind him will remember it.

The core circle around the ancestor is not big. If there are too many people standing there, there will not be enough benefits to be distributed. Those who don’t call him the Immortal Master will be kicked out at the first opportunity.
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Two days later in the morning, red lights illuminated the top of Mangxiang Mountain, the Zhenren Palace.

Under the leadership of Patriarch Jingyi, Wang Yulou, Wang Xianzhou, and Wang Jingyi's disciple Tiehuashan, stepped into the Patriarch's residence for the first time.

However, for a great monk like the Patriarch who is no longer in this world, but enjoys an infinite life span by wandering freely in the cave, the mansion on the top of the Taoist temple is just a decoration.

The ancestor's mansion is very large, but there is only one main hall. The reason is that from the entrance of the mansion to the main hall deep in the mansion, there is a luxurious Wuhua Lingcui Pool.

Although it is called a pool, the Wuhua Lingcui Pool is actually a special fairyland, similar to the Shaluyuan in the center of Wangjiashan.

Let’s put it this way, it can be regarded as a high-end version of the stream and pool system built by Yulou in the Hewan Port Villa. It has a bit of the elegance of an exclusive version for cultivators, but how much higher is it exactly?
The most expensive parts of Wang Yulou's stream and pond system are three-fold: the spiritual water stream and pond that serve as a nourishment device, the numerous spiritual fish raised in the pond, and the seven ninth-grade spiritual herbs, the beautiful water lotus, prepared for his senior sister's practice.

The founder's Wuhua Lingcui Pool was built by deploying dozens of different five-element spiritual objects to achieve the connection of the five elements, forming a special natural formation constructed with the spiritual objects themselves.

With the help of other formations, different spiritual objects will nourish each other, thereby slowly improving their own grades.

Wang Yulou noticed that the spiritual objects in the Wuhua Lingcui Pool were of the eighth grade at most, with no seventh grade at all. It should be that all those above the seventh grade had been moved away.

Suddenly, Yulou, who was walking behind Patriarch Jingyi, was startled and stood there in a daze.

He saw that the spiritual creatures that had appeared in An Ning's small cave were exactly the same, and they were all staying in the ancestor's Wuhua Lingcui Pool.

"Follow me!" Wang Jingyi glared at Wang Yulou, feeling a little regretful about telling Wang Xianmao about the robbery of An Ning Cave Heaven.

Wang Xianmao, Wang Xianmao, why are you so talkative? Why did you tell Wang Yulou about this kind of thing?
If Yulou felt resentful towards the Master, the Master would be able to see through it at a glance.

Thinking of this, Wang Jingyi stopped.

After taking a deep look at Yulou, Wang Jingyi pointed at the Wuhua Lingcui Pool and said with a look of honor and emotion on his face.

“This Wuhua Spiritual Essence Pool can be used as a retreat for cultivators to break through to their foundation. With the spiritual energy of the Spiritual Mountain and the spiritual energy of the Wuhua Spiritual Essence Pool blending together, the probability of breaking through will increase by two points on top of the original probability.

If such a perfect place for breakthrough is rented, the monthly rent may be thousands of spirit stones, but our Wang family’s disciples in the Red Lantern can use it for free when they are building their foundation.

Speaking of which, the ancestor has been very kind to our Wang family!"

Wang Yulou naturally understood that Patriarch Jingyi was not saying that the cave was not worth getting angry about. The so-called kindness of the ancestor was nonsense. The Wang family gave annual tribute to the Mangxiang lineage every year, and it had never been interrupted. The Wang family did not owe the ancestor anything.

Ancestor Jingyi was reminding him to be clear about his position. It didn't matter what he thought in his mind, but his position must be firm.

"Yulou understands." Wang Yulou replied obediently and winked at Ancestor Jingyi.

"Master, can I use this Five Flowers Spiritual Essence Pool to build my foundation in the future?"

Tie Huashan, the nephew of Tie Qinhe, a master from the Wang family, asked.

He is Wang Jingyi's only apprentice, and is also one of the conditions for the Tie family to join the Wang family.

"You are my apprentice, so of course you can be used. I just need to take care of you and make time for you.

There are many cultivators under the ancestor's tutelage, and the Wuhua Spiritual Essence Pool is used most of the time. Foundation-building retreats often take three months or more, so they need to be scheduled."

Wang Jingyi explained and led a few people into the hall.

There is only one hall in the Mangxiang Mansion and no other buildings, but this single hall is exceptionally magnificent.

It was about ten feet high and a hundred feet wide. As for its length, Yulou did not dare to use his spiritual sense to explore it.

In a place like this, perhaps only Yuan Wu, the famous great unicorn son of the Yuan family, would dare to use his spiritual sense to scan it.

"There's a lot of space inside. You can just sit among the crowd. When you see us bowing at the foundation building stage, just follow us. There's no need to feel any pressure. Just consider it as a chance to broaden your horizons."

Before the few people entered the hall, Wang Jingyi gave his final instructions.

"However, we must not be disrespectful or impolite. The Grand Master will be here today. He has immense power and can clearly see all the changes happening around him without even needing to look.

Therefore, even if you don’t have the opportunity to go up and talk to the Grandmaster, you have met him today, and there may be an opportunity in the future.”

Wang Yulou didn't quite believe what Grandmaster Jingyi said, but he certainly wouldn't be rude or disrespectful.

There were quite a lot of people in the hall. Wang Jingyi arranged for a few people to stand at the wall first, and then he went to greet his fellow disciples individually.

There are many people in the Mangxiang lineage, and one of them can be used to clear the Dripping Cave alone.

The three Purple Mansions are more than enough to fight against the three Purple Mansions in the Dripping Cave. Of course, this requires Gong Jiusheng, Hongli and others to leave the Dripping Cave before they can do so.

The remaining people in the Dripping Cave who are building their foundation may not necessarily be able to defeat the people in the Mangxiang lineage who are building their foundation.

As for Qi training?

Under the magical power of building the foundation, most of the Qi will be refined in an instant.

Also because there are so many people in the Mangxiang lineage, and today the founder accepted Zhou Fujiao as his disciple, it is a rare opportunity for them to get together, so Wang Jingyi naturally needs to make some good friends and get to know them. It is necessary to get to know them well, as they may come in handy someday in the future.

Leaning against the wall of the hall, Yulou looked at the scene inside the hall calmly.

There was no unnecessary clutter in the entire hall. There was a high platform deep in the hall, but there were no statues or tablets on it, just an inconspicuous stone couch that didn't even look spiritual.

It is not surprising. When Mang Xiang, together with the two great monks Chi Ming and Zhu Zhao, built the Hongdengzhao, he had already achieved the Purple Mansion. His temple in this world did not need any decoration.

Wang Yulou built the Golden Terrace because he was not strong enough.

Mang Xiang is strong enough, so no one will look down on him even though his temple is deserted and his mansion is shabby.

Inside the main hall, many inner disciples of the Red Lantern Sect, dressed in translucent red robes, were busy preparing for the ceremony of paying homage to their master.

The disciple in charge of reception noticed that Yulou, Patriarch Xianzhou and Tiehuashan were standing at the base of the wall of the main hall, so he hurried over to greet them.

"Senior brothers, which family are you from?"

Those who can come in to watch the ceremony all have followers and are celestial beings with red lights, so the monk who receives them would ask this question.

Although he was there to receive the monks, he would leave when most of them had arrived, and he did not even have the qualifications to stand at the door and listen.

"My master is Wang Jingyi from the Anbei Wang family. These two are also from the Wang family. My master has gone to greet other uncles, so let us wait here." Tiehuashan said hurriedly.

When the monk who received the meeting heard this, he immediately laughed.

"I see. Brothers, please wait. If you need anything, please come to me."

Yulou saw the envy in the eyes of the monk who was receiving him, but felt a little complicated.

In the eyes of outsiders, the cattle and horses of Mangxiang are the celestial dragons under the red light.

But how could they know the price of working like a slave for their ancestors?

In such a world of cultivating immortals, becoming an immortal, becoming an immortal, how can one become an immortal without being ruthless.
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Those who have participated in large-scale events know that for large-scale, high-profile events, the preparations and processes beforehand are not even easier than the management of engineering projects.

Patriarch Mangxiang is one of the co-founders of the Red Lantern Society. He is also a famous monk in Wunan, and is now preparing to achieve the Golden Elixir.

The other protagonist of today's apprenticeship ceremony is Zhou Fujiao, the great master of Hongdeng Zhao Zifu. Although he is half-dead and everyone has complicated impressions of him, he is a real person.

With all the great cultivators hiding in the cave for a long time, the cave gradually collapsed and Zhou Fujiao, who was unable to enter the cave, was the one with the strongest presence in the Purple Mansion under the Red Lantern in recent years.

Can it not be strong?

While everyone else was hiding in caves to practice, thus avoiding the heaven and earth from wasting their lifespans, Lao Zhou's own cave was ruined.

If he had a choice, he would also like to be a nobody.

The Immortal Master Mangxiang accepted a disciple, and the Immortal Master Fujiao became his apprentice. With such a grand ceremony, it can be said that the specifications of this apprenticeship ceremony are top-notch in the Red Lantern Film Festival.

Therefore, the burden of preparing this matter fell on Anthony Wong, the head of Red Lantern.

Although he is the leader of the Red Lantern Society, he is not even a manager, but only a housekeeper, and was promoted by Mangxiang specifically to increase his favor.

Therefore, not only will Master Huang have no complaints about doing this kind of work, but he will feel extremely honored.

"To be able to work for the Immortal Lord Mangxiang, I don't need a single spirit stone, and you don't need to give me any gifts. I just...
Jingyi, come quickly. Several senior brothers and sisters have prepared congratulatory gifts.

But, are these gifts nominally for the Immortal Lord Mangxiang or for the Immortal Lord Fujiao?"

Anthony Wong is the leader of the Red Lantern Society, but he is not close to the old man.

Wang Jingyi is Xuan Zhuan’s disciple. The Wang family has also served Mang Xiang for many years, and she belongs to Mang Xiang’s direct lineage.

Anthony Wong naturally wanted to push He Yi's embarrassing and sensitive question onto Wang Jingyi.

In fact, it’s not He Yi who is sensitive, but the two protagonists of today’s apprenticeship ceremony are too sensitive.

Zhou Fujiao became Mang Xiang's apprentice, and even held such a grand apprenticeship ceremony. Is it okay for those who come to participate not to give him something?
But giving it to Master Fujiao with the past conflicts between Zhou Fujiao and Mangxiang seemed like a mockery of good intentions.

Putting aside the question of whether it is appropriate to give it to the Immortal Lord Mangxiang, the connotation behind the congratulatory gift of "I wish you have a good disciple" is also invalid.

How can a bunch of people who have just established their foundation be qualified to give gifts to the Immortal Lord Mangxiang?

What? Do you still want the Immortal Lord to owe you a favor?

Therefore, Anthony Wong, who was in charge of the ceremony preparations, did not want to take on such a task.

Now that he saw Wang Jingyi had arrived early, he hurriedly took advantage of his neighbor and threw the trouble to Wang Jingyi to make the decision.

Grand Ancestor Jingyi was well aware of Mangxiang's act of robbing An Ning Cave Heaven. She knew very well that there was nothing to worry about whether to accept the congratulatory gift or not, and whether accepting the gift was the Grand Ancestor taking the opportunity to make money.

The ancestor, he doesn’t like to save face, he only likes to accumulate spiritual merit and the opportunity to achieve enlightenment!
Moreover, these foundation-building cultivators giving gifts to Mang Xiang was not a favor, and they did not deserve Mang Xiang to repay their favor!
Based on his understanding of Mangxiang's shamelessness, Wang Jingyi was sure that Mangxiang would not be angry about the fact that he collected the money on his behalf and then gave it to him.

"Didn't you arrange for the staff to gather the congratulatory gifts in advance?"

Although she had already made up her mind, Wang Jingyi retorted to Anthony Wong first. Her face was serious and there was some dissatisfaction in her words.

Put on a bad face, use the tiger's skin to suppress the leader.

If Yulou's plan of seeking shelter from Zhou Fujiao doesn't go smoothly, then he can look for a way out from Anthony Wong!
"I thought that the ceremony of paying homage to the master was all about the elders giving gifts, and we, the younger generations, we, the younger generations..."

Old Huang was really helpless. He couldn't decide who to give the gift to, and he didn't have the courage to decide.

The relationship between Mang Xiang and Zhou Fujiao is too strange. They had a deep grudge in the past, but now they have become master and disciple. The water is too deep and Anthony Wong cannot grasp it.

If Xuanzhuan and Danri don't show up, who can he consult?

The Mangxiang lineage has many people who have built their foundation, but to discuss such things, isn’t that just arranging for them to get promoted?

You can't blame Anthony Wong for not paying attention, it's just that those Zifu are so damn good at avoiding things, they are just like they are dead, and each of them acts like they won't come out until the sect is overthrown.

"You also know that you are the ancestor's junior?
Forget it, arrange for someone to set up a welcoming platform at the entrance of the main hall, and I will go to welcome the guests later.

Jingyi was the grand-disciple of the master, so he presented him with 10,000 spirit stones.

Brothers, you don't need to give too much. Just give me five thousand coins as a token of appreciation."

After Wang Jingyi said this, Anthony Wong and several other foundation-building practitioners looked unnatural.

It’s not that it’s ugly, everyone’s smiling quite decently, but it just doesn’t look natural.

How can you be natural after being stabbed by someone neither soft nor hard?
When Wang Yulou got married, Yuan Daoshen gave her a lot, but it was Qu Yunjian who gave her a lot because of Yulou's contribution and the generosity of the sect.

But Wang Jingyi priced Mangxiang's disciple at 10,000 spirit stones, and priced the other foundation-building people who participated in the apprenticeship ceremony at 5,000 spirit stones. This is no different from robbery.

Yes, those who can come to watch the ceremony are all the most direct descendants of Hong Dengzhao. Everyone has enough of 5,000 spirit stones, but there are many places that need spirit stones.

Does it fit?

Inappropriate!
However, there were traitors who saw fit.

"Jingyi, your offer is very suitable. After all, we are the younger generation, and we should show filial piety. I will offer 8,000.

You guys chat, I'll go set up the reception desk, Jingyi, you should come early too."

After gritting his teeth, the leader Anthony Wong chose to be loyal.

After all, he was promoted by Mangxiang and had done so many things for Mangxiang, so it didn't matter if he paid this extra fee.

As long as Mang Xiang can truly become an Immortal Lord, all this investment will be worth it.

He took out eighty high-grade spirit stones and stuffed them into Wang Jingyi's pockets, then turned around and left in a hurry.

Patriarch Jingyi looked at the other people who were building their foundation and smiled.

“It’s not that I want to collect the spirit stones, the ancestor is our purple palace under the red light.

Everyone needs to work together to push the founder forward so that the sect can grow and become stronger.

If the sect is doing well, won't our lives be better too?"

Several people looked at each other, and finally they all smiled and took out five thousand coins.

The price set by Wang Jingyi was neither too soft nor too hard. Five thousand pieces was the amount that these foundation builders could earn back in a year or two.

If I don't give or give too little, doesn't that mean my respect to the ancestor is not even worth five thousand spirit stones?

Wang Jingyi had no worries at all about whether his actions would offend his fellow disciples.

If you want to do something, you will always offend people. But if you have the title of a master accepting disciples, you will not offend so many people. At most, it will be a minor offense.

But if she collected merit from the ancestor, the ancestor would remember her merit, and the hanging seal would also remember her merit.

After her cave was robbed, she remained loyal. This behavior could play a certain role in Yulou's shelter under Zhou Fujiao.

In the final analysis, Wang Jingyi's initiative today, the initiative to define He Yi as "a junior who doesn't express his gratitude is not sincere", the initiative to take the job of recruiting He Yi, and the initiative to set the standard for He Yi as "10,000 for the Mangxiang sect and 5,000 for the others who are building the foundation", were all for Yulou.

Zhou Fujiao would indeed become Wang Jingyi's uncle, but making Yulou rely on Zhou Fujiao was not something that Wang Jingyi could solve just by talking.

Cultivating immortals, or being in the immortal world, is so troublesome. No one will help you for no reason, not even your own family members.

Even so, Wang is still lucky.

As the cattle and horses of Mangxiang, although the ancestors would snatch away Wang’s small cave and other things from time to time, Wang could at least drink Mangxiang’s foot washing water. Many people wanted to drink it but had no chance.

Under the rule of the Immortal Alliance, there is something similar to limited democracy, and the limited specific group of people is the great monks.

Great monks like Mang Xiang, Zhu Zhao, Qing Rui and others who are influential in the world have monopolized all high-level resources within the Immortal Alliance - spiritual objects above the sixth grade cannot be traded.

The best resources in the world are in the hands of great monks. Following these people is always much better than fighting alone.
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"Xianzhou, take Yulou and Huashan to find Anthony Wong and ask him to arrange for you to sit in the first row. I have already mentioned this to him."

After receiving Wang Jingyi's message, Wang Xianzhou did not dare to delay and hurriedly looked for the whereabouts of the leader of Hongdengzhao.

Soon, Yulou sat in the front row of the Qi training disciples' viewing area, specifically, the first seat in the back half of the left front of the platform.

Ancestor Jingyi is indeed very good at networking, and he was able to arrange such good positions for the three people.

The high platform must be the ancestor's honorable seat. It is an ordinary stone couch. The ancestor does not need any external objects to demonstrate his status.

In front of the platform, there is an aisle in the middle.

At the front of both sides there are ten jade couches and jade tables, which are far apart from each other. These are prepared for the Zifu masters who come to watch the ceremony.

Because we were not sure how many people would come, we set up twenty tickets first.

If there are too many people coming, and you add more at the last minute, you can't just put a lot of things in there and leave half of them empty. That would look stupid, right? This is also a detail.

Further out from the Purple Palace Jade Couch area is the Foundation Building Ceremony Area, which uses a golden couch and a golden table, with forty tables on each side. If more people come, more can be added.

Further out from the golden couch area are wooden couches and tables, where people practice qigong. There are two hundred couches on both sides in total, and more can be added.

The Jade Tower is located in the first row of this area, and is also the closest to the golden couch and golden table area.

It is natural that Patriarch Mangxiang can easily know who the visitor is, which family he belongs to, etc., but being able to sit in a good position may allow the Patriarch to observe for half a moment longer and thus remember it more deeply.

This is worth it!

It is not appropriate to say that it is because of Jian's favor to the emperor, because no ordinary emperor can compare to the power of Patriarch Mangxiang, and the Patriarch is about to have a third disciple in Zifu.

Let me put it this way, if Hong Dengzhao dares to ignore Mang Xiang, Mang Xiang can just take his disciples and change sects at will, and he will be a powerful monk wherever he goes.
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It was still early morning when Patriarch Jingyi brought Yulou and others here.

For such large-scale events, calves and horses are the first to enter and take their seats.

Anthony Wong arrived earlier than Wang Jingyi. One of his main tasks was to arrange for the monks who were watching the ceremony to take their seats, and thus prepare the atmosphere for the appearance of the great monks.

Yulou practiced silently on the wooden couch for an hour, and suddenly he felt that Patriarch Xianzhou poked him in the waist with his elbow.

"Look over there, who's coming." Patriarch Xian Zhou said in a low voice.

Wang Yulou followed the old ancestor's line of sight and saw that Anthony Wong was walking over with Zhou Liangzhuo and Zhou Yingxi.

Zhou Liangzhuo and Sect Leader Huang were chatting very enthusiastically, while Fellow Daoist Yingxi seemed to be distracted and just followed closely behind his elders at home.

For some reason, Zhou Yingxi turned her head to look at the situation in the hall, and then her eyes met Yulou's.

The invisible gazes collided invisibly in the air and then disappeared invisibly. The two nodded at a distance of seven or eight feet without saying hello.

Yulou thought that the last time he and Fellow Daoist Yingxi met in Lotus Fairy City, and now they met again, the time between them was less than a month.

He continued to hide in the crowd and practice, pretending to be good, and Patriarch Xian Zhou didn't say anything else.

There are so many great monks in Hongdengzhao, so you must be careful with your words here at all times.

Those disciples who knew nothing might still engage in intrigue secretly, but for the Wang family, they didn't even have much room for intrigue.

Under the guidance of the master, being loyal to him is the only way out.

Therefore, you must be careful in your words and actions and not reveal your true feelings.

This is true for Wang Jingyi and Wang Yulou. It can be said that the Wang family has been able to get to where they are today because of this caution.

The careless Wang family members will never be able to leave Wangjiashan.

Even though Yu'an was very cautious and somewhat reckless when he was a little kid, he was a sensible person after all. Later, he established himself in Fulong Temple on his own.

"Wang Yulou, why are you here at the red light?"

Yulou didn't look for Zhou Yingxi, but Zhou Yingxi took the initiative to look for Yulou.

Seeing the girl looking at him with complicated eyes, he quickly stood up and said.

"The Immortal Alliance sent a decree to the Dripping Cave, temporarily summoning fifty disciples of the Dripping Cave to go to the West Sea. I was assigned a task by the sect and have to go to the West Sea within three months, so I came to Hongdengzhao to ask for two sword talismans from my family's ancestor Jingyi for protection.

I didn't expect to meet the Dragon-binding Master. I didn't expect to encounter a discipleship ceremony, and was brought by Patriarch Jingyi to watch the ceremony. It was quite an experience."

Fellow Daoist Yingxi, we have fought together. I am going to the West Sea, and your Master Fu Jiao is also going to the West Sea.

But I am going to the frontline to make supplies, so I need to ask Jingyi Patriarch for the sword talisman to protect me. And your family's Fu Jiao Zhenren is going to be the Xihai Zhibao Zhenren of the Xianmeng, and he is the leader of the Xianmeng at the frontline of the Xihai.

I have made it very clear, understand?
"The Dripping Cave sent you to the West Sea? Didn't you just get married? Why are they so unkind?" Zhou Yingxi asked, unable to hide her surprise.

With a wry smile, Yulou leaned forward and transmitted his voice.

'There are two real people in the Dripping Cave, and the internal struggle is fierce. I have been framed. Someone wants to force me to go to the West Sea to die.

So, in order to survive, I came to Hongdengzhao to ask for the sword talisman from Jingyi Patriarch!'

After saying that, Yulou looked at Zhou Yingxi with anticipation.

In order to survive, I have even used the sword talismans for advanced foundation building, so I don’t mind having those few spirit stones.

Fellow Daoist Yingxi, please make an offer!
Please make an offer!
As long as you name the price, everything is fine!
'So that's how it is. After the ancestor takes office, I will also follow him to the West Sea to hone my skills.

As for the Immortal Alliance's decree, Yulou, you don't know that the war in the West Sea has recently escalated, and all the sects are required to send additional disciples there.

Zhou Yingxi is the same age as Wang Yulou, but he has already reached the ninth level of Qi training. Now he goes to the West Sea to hone his skills or to build a foundation as soon as possible.

Wang Yulou was certain that Zhou Yingxi might be playing dumb, but as a junior, it was normal for her not to accept such an invitation.

But the information given by Fellow Daoist Yingxi is very crucial. The war in the West Sea has escalated. Old Yuan, oh, Old Yuan, you deserve to die!

Now is not the time to scold Old Yuan, Yulou thought for a moment and replied.

'The escalation of the war is actually not a bad thing. Master Fu Jiao went to the West Sea to serve as Master Zhibao and also worshipped the ancestor as his master.

As long as he can make contributions in the West Sea, with the resources and secret techniques of the Immortal Alliance, the collapse of the cave heaven may be able to turn around.'

In response to Yulou's consolation, Fellow Daoist Yingxi simply nodded with a heavy heart, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Yulou had long noticed that Daoist Yingxi's bright peach blossom eyes were not as bright as before, but he didn't dare to ask too much, so he could only give him some advice here.

Both of them were full of thoughts. After talking for a few words, Zhou Yingxi left.

Looking at the girl's graceful back, a strange look flashed in Wang Yulou's eyes.

Turning around, the stone bed on the high platform was still empty, but Yulou had a lot of thoughts.

Zhou Fujiao had to move around between heaven and earth for a long time, Mangxiang needed help to achieve the golden elixir, and the war in the West Sea suddenly escalated.

There should not be much affection between this pair of former enemies and today's master and disciple. They are just using each other.

The half-dead Zhou Fujiao needs a lot, and so does Mang Xiang, who is just one step away from achieving the golden elixir.

However, Zhou Fujiao is a great cultivator who stands in the clouds. His apprenticeship to Mang Xiang, does it mean that in his eyes, Mang Xiang has a high probability of becoming a golden elixir in the future?

The status of immortal cultivators is different, they stand at different heights, and they see different things.

Take the case of the mysterious monk causing chaos in Qingxifang. When Wang Xianmao and Mu Chunze were still confused about the situation, Zhou Fujiao might have already sensed something, so he had no intention of investigating at all.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, Lao Zhou is the instigator. After all, he came too quickly.

Even though Master Fu Jiao was the only Master in the Red Lantern who had stayed in the world for a long time, he arrived too quickly.

In short, Yulou saw a lot since Zhou Fujiao became Mangxiang's apprentice, but no one would answer for him.

How to become a Purple Palace requires guidance from a great monk.

If you want to see the truth behind the mysteries of the world of immortal cultivation, you can either rely on yourself to slowly explore and explore, or seek guidance from a great cultivator.

But everything has a price, and Wang Yulou certainly cannot afford the price of the great monk's guidance.

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The atmosphere group who entered early waited from early morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon. They were all getting extremely impatient, but they still had to appear very expectant and happy.

This feeling is so disgusting that it can't be more disgusting.

In the evening, the first Zifu of the day finally arrived, Danri Zhenren from the Mangxiang lineage.

She has only been in the Purple Palace for a short time, barely a thousand years, so she is quite active.

"Disciple Anthony Wong, hello to the real person!"

Old Huang took ten steps at a time, rushed towards Danri, and then knelt down directly. Due to inertia, his knees slid a short distance on the ground.

It may seem flattering, but there is a reason for it.

Wang Jingyi was sitting behind the reception desk at the door. He was a direct descendant of the Mangxiang lineage. As soon as Danri arrived, he looked at Wang Jingyi.

Anthony Wong is also an old man and understands the ways of the world very well. He even slid on his knees to express his feelings, because he was afraid that the credit for his painstaking preparations for the ceremony would be taken away by Wang Jingyi.

Two hours ago, no more foundation-building people came. To be precise, all those who should have come came, and those who should not have come also came, a total of more than 130 people.

But Wang Jingyi just sat at the door for two hours.

If you were Anthony Wong, you would be afraid too!
When all the disciples in the hall saw that the master was sliding on his knees, they hurriedly stood up to greet him. Zhenren Danri waved his hand and everyone was seated.

"How are the preparations going?" She looked at Master Huang.

She still looked like a chubby girl the next day, still wearing the golden gauze dress. When she was asked about the handsome and powerful Anthony Wong, it seemed quite funny.

However, Yulou already knew that the gauze dress was Danri's magic weapon.

It’s a magical robe, but all the clothes on Anthony Wong’s body can probably only buy a few sleeves.

The strength of a great monk never lies in his appearance, but only in his strength.

"Three days ago, Qiu Sheng and Senior Sister Jingyi also helped. This unprecedented grand event was held just to witness the apprenticeship ceremony between the Immortal Venerable and the True Person of the Dragon-Binding Sect!"

Anthony Wong is proficient in the art of language, so Danri naturally understood what he said. She smiled and nodded and said.

"Not bad, Qiu Sheng, you put in a lot of effort."

This immortal did not take the seat, but stood at the door of the hall, waved his hand to open the world here, and began to urge those Purple Mansion Immortals by sending messages through the cave heaven.

If Zifu leaves the cave, his life span will be shortened; if he does not leave the cave, his life span will not be shortened. Therefore, they all became giant turtles and would never come out unless necessary.

Every Purple Mansion and Immortal Lord can obtain cultivation resources from the Immortal Alliance. They also have their own sect background. Even the Purple Mansion ancestor of the Gu family has resources provided by the Gu family.

Therefore, if they don’t come out, it won’t affect their practice, so they will naturally not come out.

Mang Xiang is very powerful and has a lot of face, but they are not willing to come out and shorten their lives to participate in the crappy apprenticeship ceremony and flatter Mang Xiang.

Therefore, it is necessary to urge someone to come in person tomorrow.

The focus of this apprenticeship ceremony is not to accept disciples, but that Mang Xiang once again publicly reveals his attitude to the outside world - he is determined to obtain the Golden Elixir, even if it means reconciling with his former enemies!

If those real people don't come to witness, how can Mangxiang show his true colors? How can he arrange the next round of grace distribution?

Only Danri's voice echoed in the hall. Everyone was as quiet as chickens, not daring to raise their heads.

Yulou had sharp ears and could hear every word spoken by Danri and those immortals.

The main reason is that Danri didn't avoid people. When she reached her level of cultivation, there was only Mang Xiang above her. She was not afraid of anyone else, even an Immortal Lord - Mang Xiang was there to support her.

Therefore, you can naturally live a more carefree life.

"You and I both know whether the situation is urgent or not. Don't use this as an excuse. Oh, and the congratulatory gift is a must."

"It's only 17,000 miles away. If you don't come, Master will be unhappy. He has mentioned you several times. Oh, and prepare some congratulatory gifts."

"Brother, I'm already here. You should also hurry up and bring He Yi here. We are doing things for our master. You can't just let me run around, right?"

"Congratulations are one thing, but you can't just give the congratulations without anyone coming. You keep shirking your responsibilities and can't even gather thirty purple palaces of our sect. Is the Red Lantern Sect still a major sect?"

"You can't stop practicing at this critical moment. If you can't come, just say so. But the congratulatory gifts must be sent. Dripping Water Cave Heaven has no shortage of resources."

Danri Zhenren's voice was sometimes urgent and sometimes slow, and his attitude was sometimes gentle, sometimes stern, and sometimes respectful.

But there is always one sentence that cannot be missed - He Yi, He Yi, and it’s He Yi!

For some reason, Yulou thought of torture.

He even began to doubt Danri's behavior. This real person always acted like a child, and his temperament and behavior were also very unique. Could it be that he created this intentionally?
It is very likely that this deliberate creation is useful, just like now, she can use the persona she has built up in the past to become an expert in extortion.

As for whether those Zifu who were being chased for congratulations would hold a grudge, it would be useless for them to hold a grudge once Mang Xiang became a Jindan.

After a long time, Danri, who had called out to everyone, withdrew his magical powers, and the opened world returned to peace again.

She walked into the hall and found a last seat at the edge of the Purple Palace Jade Couch area. She leisurely ate the spiritual fruit plate prepared for the immortals and drank the sixth-grade Moonlight Fairy Dew.

There is a kind of beauty to it, like a worker finally getting off work.

Some people cultivate immortality for immortality, some for power, and some for freedom.

Yulou was very skeptical. Danri had not deliberately created a persona. Judging from the saliva dripping from the corners of her mouth, she might have cultivated immortality just to live a more comfortable life.

But huh?
Yulou's eyes narrowed.

It turned out that under the gaze of many people who were building their foundation and practicing Qi, Ancestor Jingyi actually walked to Danri's side.

"Uncle Master, do you still remember Yulou? He was in Qingxi back then."

Wang Jingyi stood respectfully beside Danri and asked about Wang Yulou's entry into the Dripping Water Cave.

If you love your son, you will make long-term plans for him. When he lost his chance to develop his own Purple Mansion, Patriarch Jingyi was considering Wang Yulou's future path of cultivation.

After a long time, Ancestor Jingyi finally finished speaking, and Danri casually stuffed a seventh-grade golden sprout fruit into her hand before she spoke reluctantly.

"Jingyi, you guys think too much. My senior brother and I are very satisfied with Wang's. If you have any ideas, just come to us and tell us. There's no need to guess.

Yulou is not a chess piece. He has only just practiced Qi, so how can he be qualified to join the game?

As for tracing the pulse of Guishui Qi, he was right. If he practiced well, he could open more acupoints after building the foundation.

In addition, the situation in the Dripping Cave is special, so it is impossible for a new Purple Palace to appear."

Although the real person did not transmit her voice, naturally only Wang Jingyi could hear her words.

"But why did the disciples of Jiusheng Zhenren treat Yulou like that?"

After thinking about it, Danri analyzed.

"Perhaps it's just that Old Demon Gong wants to take that idiot Yuan for a walk.

Gong Jiusheng is an old villain, a very bad one.

Besides, that thing is complicated.

Even if you are Bai Chi, your generation and the next generation will not have the opportunity to become a Purple Mansion.

There are no vacancies left in our lineage, so it’s useless even if you have a cave.

So, don’t hold a grudge. You should know that even my senior brother and I have to listen to Master most of the time.

On the contrary, Yulou is still young, so he still has the opportunity to achieve the Purple Mansion in the future."

There is no vacancy for our lineage. This sentence has a lot of mystery. Wang Jingyi thought of the last words left by An Ning.

Zhou Fujiao's apprenticeship to Mang Xiang means that the master's golden elixir will most likely be successful.

It would take at least 150 years for her to open the Purple Palace, but according to what Danri said, by that time, even the ancestors who had achieved the Golden Elixir would not be able to grant their disciples a place in the Purple Palace.

So, the Immortal Alliance is really the only way out?
Wang Jingyi's heart was floating and shaken as if she had lost her support. There was some sadness in her eyes as she asked in a begging manner.

"Uncle Master, does that mean Jingyi will stop at the foundation-building stage in this life?"

The next day he stopped talking. This young monk's heart was not yet hardened to the point of being cold.

She stared at the glow that appeared on the podium, then looked at Wang Jingyi and asked.

"Do you want to practice the ancient method of Zifu?"

A glow, a vast glow suddenly appeared on the high platform, illuminating the hall as bright as day.

It was the glow emanating from the gap between heaven and earth. It was clearly only a point, but it was vast and boundless.

Yulou stared at the platform intently. He knew that the legendary elephant was finally going to appear.

However, Mangxiang himself did not come after all, he only sent a shadow of his own.

Maybe this is what a great monk is like, unwilling to lose even a little bit of his lifespan.

The white shadow looked like a real person, with a dazzling white color all over, making people dare not look directly at it.

Everyone stood up to pay homage, but Mang Xiang ignored them and looked at his second disciple.

"Where are they tomorrow?"

"Neither of them came, but He Yi did."

The next day he sat on the jade couch without moving, and simply responded with a sentence, saying that the ancestor did not care about empty formalities.

She urged everyone around, and the master missed her, and the red light was there for the sake of appearances, but in the end, no one came.

It's very real. As long as there is no mission assigned by the Immortal Alliance and there is nothing that requires them to come out, all the Purple Mansions will hide outside the sky.

Of course, it may also be that the day has just come, and many people plan to wait until the time comes, so that they can shorten their lifespan less.

"Where is Zhou Fujiao?"

I was not angry at all. There was nothing to be angry about.

"You're early. He should be here in two hours."

The time of the apprenticeship ceremony is at midnight, which is a very unique time, but the one being taken care of is Mang Xiang, who was born at midnight.

However, the master did not come in his real body in the end, but chose to appear in the world with his magical powers, so there was naturally no need to worry about the wrong time.

"Okay, let me preach first. I can't let you make a wasted trip.

In the human world, a hundred years pass in the blink of an eye. Of all the disciples sitting here, I don’t even know fifty of them.”

Patriarch Mangxiang sighed and began to talk about the way of cultivation.

The ancient method pays attention to the interaction between heaven and man, and emphasizes the Tao. The ancient method talks about how to approach the Tao and realize the Tao.

The new method abandons the illusory sky and chooses to create a real cave heaven. The new method preaches how to improve cultivation.

The difference is that the new law is more down-to-earth and may be useful to you if you hear it.

If we distinguish the difference between the ancient method and the new method, the ancient method focuses on the practitioner's talent, while the new method focuses on the practitioner's ability to obtain practice resources.

For low-level cultivators, the former seems to be better, but once the cultivation level of low-level cultivators is improved, they will inevitably encounter the upper limit of their talent at a certain stage.

As a result, the ancient method gradually declined.

A legacy that can only allow geniuses to achieve something will inevitably be broken at some point because there are no geniuses in the next generation of the legacy.

From the perspective of common sense, as long as a sect is powerful enough, there will definitely be geniuses.

From a practical perspective, the sect's governance will gradually collapse, and the same is true for the fairyland. Geniuses will be buried by the corrupt system.

The new method does not have the drawback of the ancient method that can only be passed on to geniuses. Everyone can practice it. With enough resources, you can open the Purple Palace without thinking and enjoy a carefree life.

This is also the reason why the Immortal Alliance must lock down the cultivation speed of low-level cultivators, and this is also the reason why there are such great restrictions on foundation building.

The former ensures that the track is not crowded, and the latter ensures that the cattle and horses do not run away.

The Immortal Alliance, which Yulou once hated, used this cage-like system to maintain the long-term stability of its territory by dividing all things in the world to support Daxiu.

Mang Xiang would preach for two hours at a time.

As a result, when he was preaching, Xuan Zhuan and thirteen other real people arrived one after another, which made Mang Xiang somewhat relieved.

It turned out that I was really too early. I thought my knife had been forgotten and was thinking about finding someone who didn't know how to die to kill him.

When Master Fu Jiao arrived, he did not sit at the table, but knelt upright in front of the white shadow of the elephant, being very well-behaved.

You must know that this real person once had a great feud with the Mangxiang lineage.

Yulou noticed that Master Fu Jiao had finally changed his body. His soul was no longer residing in the corpse of a dragon, but he used a stone puppet from Jiuqiao Valley as a carrier of his soul.

He guessed that Master Fu Jiao might have taken into consideration that it was a ceremony of apprenticeship after all, and it would not be appropriate to ride over on a corpse.

The corpse of the dragon with soul looks very pitiful, half-dead and shabby, but the dragon is a demon general level. After death, with Zhou Fu Jiao's soul possessed by the corpse and combined with his magic, its combat power can reach the purple mansion level.

Puppetry, like charm, is a minor art. Even the most powerful stone puppet in Jiuqiao Valley only has the combat power of a foundation-building cultivator.

"Then let's begin. Xuan Zhuan, you will preside over the ceremony."

It was midnight, and even though he was talking about the crucial point, Mang Xiang still stopped preaching.

He believed that midnight was the most suitable time for him and he could not miss it.

"Master, how do we do the ceremony?"

Unlike the white shadow whose appearance cannot be seen clearly, Xuan Zhuan Zhenren is a Taoist priest in person.

Zifu, who was worshipped as the master by several generations of Wang family ancestors, had a thin and dark middle-aged appearance. He wore a black robe with gold patterns. Just standing there, he looked quite resolute and courageous.

"Just bow three times, there's no need to make it too complicated." Mang Xiang set the tone.

He originally just passed a decree to Anthony Wong, but he didn't expect that Old Wong would make such a big deal out of it.

According to Mangxiang's idea, there is no need to build the foundation or practice Qi. He only needs to invite some Zifu to let them know that the Mangxiang lineage has one more Zifu who is always active in the world.

Zhou Fujiao has lost his cave and his physical body, and is half-dead every day, which is actually his biggest advantage now.

Soon, Zhou Fujiao completed the apprenticeship ceremony.

The disciple looked like a stone puppet and the master looked like a white shadow. The way the two great monks played broadened Yulou's horizons.

The master-disciple relationship was established, and the disciples who were in the atmosphere group, according to the prior arrangement, immediately shouted "May the immortal Mangxiang enjoy eternal blessings" and "May the immortal Mangxiang's golden elixir be leak-proof", etc. For a time, the hall was extremely lively.

What happened to the stone golem?
What happened to the white shadow?
He is a real great cultivator. Although Zhou Fujiao has lost his physical body, he can still drive magic weapons.

While other Zifus were hiding outside the sky every day, Zhou Fujiao was able to roam the world.

When Mangxiang recruited Zhou Fujiao, it could be said that he recruited a top fighter, a top beast of burden, and a top tool.

But, when Mang Xiang gains benefits, he must also give benefits to Zhou Fujiao.

After all, Master Fu Jiao is not sick. His bowing now and his loyalty in the future are all for a reason.

As the monk guarding Hewan Port, Wang Yulou can change Zhang Xuewu's life and Qin Churan's life.

Mang Xiang could change Zhou Fujiao's life.

Bai Ying raised his hand, stopped the crowd's cheers and applause, and spoke.

"Since you have entered my school, I will make a promise to you.

Fu Jiao, when I achieve the golden elixir, I will definitely help you on your path!"

(End of this chapter)