The immortal is beside me

Chapter 73 You did this behind my back!

"Jiuli Sect?" Zou Peng was stunned. He knew the name, of course. "Why would the various sects in the Heavenly Realm target the Jiuli Sect?"

"Who knows? This is a matter between their sects. It might be caused by some old grudge from hundreds of years ago. It's not something we can interfere with."

The commissioner crossed his arms. "However, given the status of the Jiuli Sect, their superiors will certainly not sit idly by. I suspect their order to transport the Azure Dragon Head to Liangzhou is related to recent developments. Perhaps they're using this treasure as leverage to mediate."

He sighed again as he spoke, "Speaking of which, the Jiuli Sect has had quite a lot of things going on lately. We just took over the Peach Blossom Spring incident a few days ago, and now the Cangtian Sect has come over. I heard that even the Buddhist Sect had some friction with them not long ago. I'm afraid they're going to be in trouble for a while."

Zou Peng pondered for a moment.

The Cangtian Sect and the Jiuli Sect, the former was the overlord during the Han Dynasty, and the latter was the emperor during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Although the former has long been submerged in the long river of history with only a few spiritual heirs left, and the latter no longer has the glory it once had during the Immortal Alliance period, the significance and impact of the collision between the two cannot be underestimated.

Although all the sects in Cang Tian now claim to be orthodox, their relationships with each other are usually like those of the Western countries that claim to be orthodox Romans. They are not completely scattered, but they are definitely not a family. It is really abnormal that they suddenly formed an alliance against the Jiuli Sect this time.

Due to historical reasons, both of them carry extraordinary weight in the official evaluation system, but whether in terms of historical orthodoxy or the depth of friendship, the official attitude is definitely more biased towards the Jiuli Sect.

But...how to do it?
Zou Peng thought for a moment, and finally put these things aside for the time being.

When it comes to the grievances between major forces, even the official top brass may not be able to intervene, let alone a small fry like him. Thinking about these things is just unnecessary worrying. It would be better for him to focus on the current investigation task regarding Zhou Qing.

He took off his protective suit, completed a simple spiritual test, then walked out the door and took out his cell phone from the confidential metal cabinet.

He opened his phone and saw several missed calls from Cheng Xiaomeng on the screen. He clicked on the redial button and soon the female team leader's hurried voice came from the receiver.

"Zou Peng, are you awake?" Cheng Xiaomeng drawled from the other end of the line. "How's the investigation going into that powerful person named Zhou Qing?"

"No results so far, we're still investigating." Zou Peng frowned. "Why are you concerned about this?"

"Still investigating? No need." Cheng Xiaomeng didn't answer his question, but simply said, "The director has personally issued an order to raise his historical significance rating to the highest standard. This topic is closed."

".What?" Zou Peng was stunned. For a moment, he felt like he had gone out and came home to find that his home was gone. His brain was in an unresponsive state.

"Want to know the reason? If so, come back quickly. I'll show you a video I recorded in the Demon Country. I guarantee it will scare you to death."

Cheng Xiaomeng said, "I can only say that the background of that powerful being is more terrifying than any of us could have imagined. The waters here are too deep. Neither you nor I can handle it. We must find someone else to do it."

Zou Peng stood there for a moment, confused: "Change people? Who?"

In their entire research group, Cheng Xiaomeng is the team leader and he is the deputy team leader. If neither of them is qualified to contact that person, then who else is there?
"That's naturally the strongest member of our team right now." Cheng Xiaomeng said softly, "Qin Jiajia, Xiao Qin."

Jianguo Road Community, in front of Residential Building No. 10.

A small blue brick path was squeezed very narrow by old bicycles and family cars on both sides. Above the road was a clothesline with a few freshly washed shirts hanging on it, like flags waving in the air.

Zhou Qing leaned over and slipped through the clotheslines, heading towards the apartment building. He took this route home every day and was very familiar with it.

But today, there was something new on this path. A flash of fire lit up beside his shoulder, and the faint shape of a red feather appeared in the light.

The feathers and flames intertwined, and in a few breaths, they transformed into a palm-sized red bird with golden eyes, which flapped its wings and landed on his shoulder.

This was a clone of the Phoenix. In Mount Qishan, it relied on this clone to deploy tens of thousands of spies throughout the vast cavernous heavens, allowing it to gather information about the Demon Kingdom.

Compared with ordinary clones, this red bird condenses its innate spiritual charm. Except for not having the original body's cultivation, its five senses, thinking, and even spiritual consciousness are all synchronized with the original body. It can also turn back into feathers to hide its body at the appropriate time.

"Is this the Immortal's current residence?"

Phoenix rested on his shoulder and looked up at the red brick building in front of him.

As the Demon King, it has millions of subjects to deal with and cannot leave the Qishan Demon Kingdom under its jurisdiction at will. However, it really wants to follow the Immortal Master again and see how the Immortal Master is living now, so it creates such an avatar to go home with Zhou Qing.

"I have rarely left the Demon Kingdom in the past few hundred years. Now I see that houses in the mortal world have become like this."

Fenghuang looked at the red brick building and said, "It looks a little shabby, but it is definitely much stronger than the tiled building we used to have."

"They say it's made of a mundane substance called 'cement'."

Zhou Qing also looked at the brick building. "In terms of its ability to shelter from wind and rain, this thing is just as good as spiritually imbued earth and wood, and perhaps even better. This is what the great wisdom of the world should be like."

The phoenix looked up at the house. For a mortal creature, it was quite old, and its opulence couldn't compare to the carved palaces it had seen before. But it knew that immortals always favored places with a touch of homeliness like this.

Since the immortal likes it, it will come and take a look.

It stood on Zhou Qing's shoulder, following him into the apartment building, up the slightly dusty stairs, and to the old-fashioned iron door. He took the key from his pocket and turned it to open the door.

The iron door opened, the sunlight flowed out from the room, the familiar furniture arrangement came into view, and a breath of life came over me.

As if it had sensed his entry, the thrush hanging on the windowsill flew to the cage and let out a joyful cry.

"Congratulations on your prosperity! Congratulations!"

The half-sentenced message of good news got stuck on the edge of its lips. The thrush raised its head, and its small eyes met the golden pupils of the phoenix, making it swallow the second half of the sentence "get rich" back into its stomach.

"Immortal."

The phoenix on his shoulder looked at the thrush over there and slowly turned its head. This time, it did not use the spiritual resonance to transmit sound, but spoke directly, its voice full of shock.

".You have other birds behind my back?!"

(End of this chapter)