Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 59 Return to Xiuyue County
"Wow!"

When they arrived in Xiu Yue County, the embroiderer looked around, very curious.

Although Cuishan Village is only thirty miles away from Xiuyue County, Xiu Niang has been to Xiuyue County only a few times. Especially after her parents had an accident, she has never left Cuishan Village.

Gu Zhao had promised to bring her out before, and this time when he came to Xiu Yue County with Taoist Master Yansong, he brought her along.

"It looks like our ancient county town!" Taoist Master Yansong said in a voice transmission.

Gu Zhao nodded and pointed to the shops on both sides of the street. "Inns, wine shops, teahouses, grain stores, cloth shops, clinics, groceries. Everything you need for daily life is available."

"Are there people selling jade, calligraphy and paintings, rouge and powder, and gold and silver jewelry?" Taoist Master Yansong was quite surprised.

Bai Ke hid in the embroiderer's backpack and whispered, "What's so surprising about this? Xiuyue County may not be big, but it connects three states. Even if it can't compare to Changping Prefecture, it's still much more prosperous than an average county."

Changping Prefecture is located in the southeast of Jiangzhou, and Xiu Yue County is located in the southeast of Changping Prefecture. It is connected to Shide Prefecture of Yongzhou in the east and Tianquan Prefecture of Yazhou in the south. It can be regarded as the confluence of three prefectures. Many caravans pass through Xiu Yue County, so the city is naturally prosperous.

"A city like this is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court?" asked Taoist Master Yansong.

"Anyway, the altar of the Xuanwei Divine Sect in Changping Prefecture is deserted. The order of Changping Prefecture now worships the Jinfeng Divine Sect, and branch altars of the Jinfeng Divine Sect have been established in the eight counties under the jurisdiction of Changping Prefecture." Bai Ke said.

Taoist Priest Yansong nodded and looked around. "So, although Changping Prefecture seems to be innocuous on the surface, it's actually full of demons and monsters."

"That's right. If the Xuanwei Divine Cult still existed, Sanjue Mountain wouldn't have the courage to refine the Blood Spirit Pearl." Bai Ke yawned. "To refine a Blood Spirit Pearl, they would have to massacre an entire village."

"The imperial court has no control over this place, so there are no other forces to stop them?" Gu Zhao asked.

"Yes, the Golden Wind Sect!" Bai Ke nodded.

"They're blocking Sanjue Mountain?" Gu Zhao said in disbelief, "They themselves aren't good people... good ghosts, right?"

"But the Golden Wind Divine King needs incense, he can't just let Sanjue Mountain kill people at will." Bai Ke flicked his tail, "Of course the guardians and generals in the Golden Wind Divine Cult also kill people, but at least they kill far fewer people than Sanjue Mountain."

Gu Zhao was speechless, "So everyone is a villain, right?"

Taoist Master Yansong was also speechless, "Are there no good people in Changping Prefecture?"

"Usually, only when all the Spirit Lords and Mages in a prefecture are gone will the Xuanwei Divine Cult lose control of the situation and be forced to withdraw." Bai Ke said dimly, "It's the same in Changping Prefecture. The Jinfeng Divine Cult wants incense, Sanjue Mountain and Bi'ang Palace are cannibals, and only the Shiwang Cave rarely kills people, but they won't help humans either."

"After crossing the Wanling River, Jiangyang Prefecture is much better. The master of Bailing Mountain is a lark with a thousand-year-old Taoist practice. There are many spiritual masters and magicians on the mountain. Even the Golden Wind God King is not her opponent." Bai Ke knew quite a lot.

"Then why doesn't she come to Changping Mansion?" asked the embroiderer.

"I don't know either. Maybe she needs to guard Jiangyang Prefecture." Bai Ke shook his head.

Taoist Master Yansong said calmly, "It's also possible that a powerful demon in the Wanling River rebelled against the imperial court, which is why the south and north of the river are completely different."

Gu Zhao nodded, "It's possible."

"But this is actually a good thing for us." Taoist Master Yansong looked at Gu Zhao and said in a voice transmission.

Gu Zhao rubbed his hands and replied in a voice transmission, "Yes, otherwise we would be like people who jumped out of the cracks of the stone, and we would not be able to explain ourselves to the court's investigation. Now it's good. After destroying the Golden Wind Divine Sect, we are the boss of Changping Prefecture. Even if we cooperate with the court in the future, they will be embarrassed to investigate our origins."

"Indeed, that's exactly the point." Taoist Master Yansong stroked his beard and smiled. "As for now, let's first rescue the people in Xiuyue County and the surrounding villages and towns who are suffering from the dire situation."

After killing the ghosts that the villagers next door had provoked, Taoist Master Yansong toured several villages around Cuishan Village and did not find any other monsters.

Then he went to the town closest to Cuishan Village and found a man-eating monster, which brought him another wave of evil spirit. Then he waited for Gu Zhao's return.

It turned out that quite a while had passed since Gu Zhao killed Ren Tianhe. It was impossible for the Golden Wind God King to be waiting for them in Xiu Yue County, so they came again.

Xiuyue County is closest to Cuishan Village, so of course the threat must be eliminated first, and the gains will definitely be the greatest.

"Golden Wind Sect... Sanjue Mountain... Bi'ang Palace..." Gu Zhao turned around, "By the way, what is the Bi'ang Palace for?"

"Bi'ang Palace is a water palace, located in the Changshui River, a tributary of the Wanling River. It flows through Tianquan Prefecture, Baishi Prefecture, and Changping Prefecture. It is full of water monsters. The Stone King Cave is in the Stone Mountain outside Changye County, southwest of Changping Prefecture. The cave owner is a corpse king who refined corpses into stone, so it is also called the Corpse King Cave."

Bai Ke continued to explain to Gu Zhao, and then he did not forget to complain, "Where on earth were you guys living in seclusion before? How come you don't know anything?"

Gu Zhao said perfunctorily, "Our family has been living in seclusion for hundreds of years. We live far away and in a remote place. We didn't know that the outside world has become like this."

Bai Ke blinked, "Hundreds of years ago... You weren't from the previous dynasty, afraid of being hunted down by the Daning court, so you went into seclusion..."

"Of course not!" Gu Zhao said seriously, "Our lineage came out of the mountains to fight demons and monsters in troubled times, and returned to the mountains in prosperous times to live freely. We returned to the mountains because we saw the Daning court establish its rule and the world was at peace!"

The embroiderer opened her mouth in surprise, "Young Master has come out of seclusion. Is this the beginning of a chaotic world?"

Gu Zhao said seriously, "Yes, the Xuanwei Sect has retreated, the Spiritual Court has disappeared, demons are rampant, and ghosts are rampant. It is time for us to come out and do justice and support the country!"

The embroiderer looked at Gu Zhao with stars in her eyes, but she was also worried, "Isn't that very dangerous?"

"Don't worry, I still have many fellow disciples." Gu Zhao pointed at Taoist Master Yansong, "Now there is only Uncle Master Yansong. After a while, other fellow disciples should come out."

"Are your fellow disciples powerful?" the embroiderer asked expectantly.

Gu Zhao thought about it. Not to mention the Quanzhen Dao's group of Qi-refining and martial arts masters, in the Zhengyi Dao, besides those who received the talisman and summoned the gods at the Tianshi Mansion, there were also the Maoshan Shangqing Sect's talisman painters, the Beidi Sect's chanting of the Tianpeng Curse, and the Qingwei and Shenxiao Sects who also practiced thunder magic...

This is just a relatively famous school. God knows if there are other people like Taoist Master Yansong who practice the ancient Taoist art of "Taiyi Huofu Secret Method" and play with wind and fire.

After all, Hunyuan Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head, Earth, Water, Wind and Fire, Five Elements and Five Qi, Six Yaos and Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams and Nine Yaos are all things created by Taoism.

and so……

Gu Zhao nodded, "Very impressive!"

Thanks to Dafu Shenxian 777 Daoyou for the 100 reward

Thanks to the silly fantasy Taoist friend for the 1500 reward
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(End of this chapter)