Volume 2: World of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Chapter 28: The Art of Creating Animals, Xu Xian
Taoist Zhenliang looked at Jiale in front of him with a little bit of disbelief. It only took him more than a year to get Jiale back.
Jiale spent most of his time at Yin Yang Peak. When he left, he went straight to the other thirty-five peaks to eliminate demons. Now he had just eliminated the demons at the thirty-five peaks and had stayed in the Maoshan Sutra Pavilion for several months. He had not yet adapted to the life at Maoshan, yet he was about to go down the mountain.
Taoist Zhenliang was planning to arrange some personnel for Yinyang Peak to help Jiale to support the Yinyang lineage. But Jiale was not worried about the future of his Yinyang lineage at all. He had just settled down and was going down the mountain. Didn't he want to develop the Yinyang lineage? And what was good about the mountain? Could it have the same concentration of spiritual energy as Maoshan?
The high-level officials were worried that Jiale might not be satisfied with being the master of the Yin-Yang vein and covet the position of the mountain master. Do you think he wants to be the mountain master? In their opinion, Jiale must dig deep into the foundation of Maoshan and develop the Yin-Yang vein first. After all, Jiale is now in the realm of refining emptiness. Even if he can't develop the Yin-Yang Peak into the five main veins, he must develop it to the level of a branch vein.
"Well! I hadn't finished the work down the mountain when I was pulled back by the mountain master. Now the Yin Yang lineage has nothing to do, so I thought about going down the mountain to finish the work and then coming back. Besides, I also have to fill the Yin Yang lineage with more disciples and talents. I won't take away the ones on the mountain. I'd better look for them down the mountain. If there is any censorship system, I will just follow the rules of the mountain gate."
Taoist Zhenliang was speechless when he heard this. Isn't it true that nothing happened? Jiale is the only one in the entire Yinyang Peak, but there are quite a few spirit beasts there. It would be strange if anything happened.
However, Jiale's group of spiritual beasts really surprised Taoist Zhenliang.
The Tengu at the peak of the Demon King realm, the Fire Crow at the late stage of the Demon King realm, the Phoenix species, two Spirit Wood Demon Kings with extraordinary qualifications, and two Ghost Kings.
This lineup is really comparable to those branches. I don’t know where Jiale got so many alien species, especially the seven fire crows. If the Fire Crow Royal Family knew about this, they would probably come to Maoshan to cause trouble.
However, after Jia Le's words came to this, Taoist Zhenliang really couldn't respond. After all, whatever he said seemed like he was trying to force people into Jia Le's Yin and Yang lineage. If someone wanted to find someone on his own, he couldn't stop him.
The main reason is that Dao Ren Zhenliang is worried that Jiale has gotten used to the life at the foot of the mountain. What if he leaves and never comes back?
This is not really a pointless worry. Logically, these disciples who come back from outside the mountain, feeling the concentration of spiritual energy and heritage of Maoshan, are generally reluctant to go down the mountain. But now, Jiale has no intention of doing so at all.
In theory, Jiale is a cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm, and he is accompanied by a group of spirit beasts. His strength is probably not ordinary even in the Void Refinement Realm. Even if he goes down the mountain, there is no need to worry too much. However, what Taoist Zhenliang is most worried about is not Jiale's safety, but that Jiale has been abducted.
Previously, the vision of Jiale's sun god body had been lingering in Maoshan for three months, and with the help of the immortal sects in Yangzhou to spread the word, Jiale's name must have spread to the entire cultivation world by now. He didn't think that such a genius would not be without people trying to poach him. He was afraid that all the major immortal sects already knew that Jiale was brought back from the mountain by him.
Such a person has not only practiced in Maoshan since childhood, but also has extraordinary talent. He is the target of competition among major immortal sects, because such people usually have a weak sense of belonging. As long as huge benefits are promised, they are likely to be taken away. What's more, Jiale has an ability that is enough to shock the entire cultivation world.
"Nengchun, the master of this mountain and Maoshan are both good to you, right?"
Hmm! What does this mean?
Jiale looked at Taoist Zhenliang with some doubts. Taoist Zhenliang did not beat around the bush. "Nengchun, you are not going to leave and never come back, are you? There are many bad guys out there who are specifically trying to seduce young practitioners like you who are not very experienced in the world. You have to be careful."
Jiale couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. After all this time, the mountain master was worried about this. Jiale would naturally not choose a mountain gate other than Maoshan, at least in this world.
"Don't worry, Master. Maoshan is my home. I will never abandon Maoshan."
Taoist Zhenliang was still worried after hearing what Jiale said, and three green lights hit Jiale's body.
"Neng Chun, these are the three magical powers I have attached to you. They are as powerful as my full-strength attack. If you are in danger, just use them. This mountain master can also sense that you are in danger and rush to you in time. Oh, and if there are those shameless people who seduce you, just use them and kill them. This mountain master will carry you from behind."
For Jiale, Taoist Zhenliang also gave it his all. You know, this kind of magical power consumes a lot of energy. Taoist Zhenliang directly used three of them. But when Jiale heard that Taoist Zhenliang actually told him to just use this magical power of the Hedao level when he encountered temptation, he was a little overwhelmed. It was a bit like an old father entrusting his daughter who had left home.
Jinling City.
It has been a year since Jiale left, but there has been no change in the Sun Mansion. After Wansheng and Xiahoujie came back, they said that Jiale was going to travel, and with two great masters, Wansheng and Xiahoujie, guarding the Sun Mansion, the Mansion was also very safe. During this period, the power of the White Lotus Sect became more and more intense, and many aristocratic families were targeted, and many of them were broken into by the White Lotus Sect openly or secretly.
Wealthy families like the Sun family, which have huge wealth but lack sufficient power to protect themselves, are the targets of the White Lotus Sect.
However, they could never have imagined that the Sun Mansion actually had two great masters of martial arts. Anyone who was sent to covet the Sun Mansion was basically killed.
Moreover, the Sun family was no longer powerless at this time.
Sun Zichu passed the imperial examination last autumn and was nominated as the top scorer. In this year's spring examination, the Golden Palace examination, Sun Zichu was ranked first and won the title of Jinshi. Unfortunately, his essay did not meet the emperor's liking, so he missed the chance to be the top scorer and only got the second place.
Um!
That is to say, Sun Zichu's literary reputation has recently risen and he is liked by a group of great scholars in Daqian. Otherwise, Sun Zichu might not have gotten the second place. However, even if he was the second place, he was not retained in the central government according to the rules, but was kicked back to Yangzhou to serve as the magistrate of Guobei County.
A seventh-rank county magistrate also added a lot of power to the Sun family. Although the Sun family is still fat meat, it is no longer so easy to control.
At the gate of Jinling city.
Jiale looked at the long queues of people, looked at the countless disaster victims outside the city gate, felt the fluctuating luck of Daqian, and watched from afar. A layer of demonic energy shrouded the sky above Qiandu, which was devouring the luck of Daqian. If this continued, Daqian would be doomed before this year. This was not in line with Jiale's expectations, as his grandson Zichu had not grown up yet.
Although this demonic energy is hidden, it should be difficult for ordinary people in the Refining Void Realm to observe it. In other words, Jiale's Maoshan Six Trigrams have reached perfection, and with the help of the Divine Eye, he can see it.
Cihang saves all!
Jia Le guessed in his heart that Cihang Pudu was currently serving as the state teacher in Qiandu and had great power. The Taoist sect did not want to interfere in state affairs, and Cihang Pudu was friendly to the Buddhist sect and provided them with many conveniences. This made the Buddhist sect enjoy the benefits of Cihang Pudu's rule and they had no intention of getting rid of demons.
So for a moment, Cihang Pudu, the imperial teacher who had brought disaster to the country and the people in troubled times, sat unusually steadily.
"Meh..."
Just when Jiale was thinking about how to get this imperial teacher into his Kunlun Mirror, the cries of a group of beasts attracted Jiale.
Looking forward, they saw a group of farmers driving several herds of livestock. The people queuing up and the refugees piled up outside the city gate were drooling at the sight of them. Dozens of sheep, nearly ten cows, and a dozen pigs, these were definitely not something that an ordinary wealthy family could afford.
Faced with the refugees and civilians who were ready to move, these people driving cattle, sheep and pigs were not afraid and seemed to be determined.
Approaching the city gate, these people did not even line up. The leader showed a sign to the soldiers guarding the city and let them pass directly. Jiale was amazed. Whose sheep and cattle were they herding for that had to be so grand.
"The people in the Hong Mansion are really prestigious. Even these people who sent the animals are superior to others."
Someone in the queue suddenly spoke up, and the others all expressed agreement, but no one actually responded. It was obvious that no one dared to mess with the Hong Mansion.
The person who spoke realized it belatedly and quickly shut up, obviously knowing that he had said the wrong thing.
Hong Mansion!
Jia Le searched Sun Yan's memory and found that the only Hong family in Jinling City that could be worthy of such a reputation was the Hong family of Duke Mu.
Duke Mu has been in office since the founding of Daqian. His title is hereditary and his fiefdom is in Yangzhou. He is at the level of a county duke and his fiefdom is an entire county. It can be seen how powerful he is. He is the most untouchable person in Yangzhou. Now, these beasts are being sent to serve the Hong family.
But how did the Hong family get involved with someone who knows so much about evil?
Jiale did not do anything on the spot. He revealed his identity and entered the city gate, returning to the Sun Mansion. However, when he passed by the people who were delivering the beasts, he sent a few paper figures onto his body.
Two servants were guarding the gate of the Sun residence. When they saw Jiale walking towards the door, they were immediately delighted.
"Master, you're back!"
These two servants were both old servants in the mansion. When they saw Jiale, they recognized him at the first sight.
Inside the Sun Mansion.
When Wansheng, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu heard the news that Jiale had returned, they all hurried out to greet him.
"Master!"
Xiahou Jie followed Sun Zichu to Guobei County. Guobei County was not peaceful during that time. Wansheng and Xiahou Jie were worried about Sun Zichu, so they discussed and decided to let Xiahou Jie go.
When Jiale left, he left two martial arts books for Xiahou Jie. Xiahou Jie was very grateful to Jiale at this time and he would never let anything happen to the Sun family.
Tianxiang Garden.
Through the paper man's vision, Jiale watched the people from the Hong residence arrive at the back door of Tianxiang Garden.
Tianxiang Garden is the largest gathering place for fallen girls in Jinling City. It is the paradise of countless men, and the amount of people flowing into it every day is something that ordinary people would never dare to imagine in their dreams.
Tianxiangyuan is exactly the property of the Hong family, but no one expected that Tianxiangyuan was not only engaged in the flesh trade, but also in human trafficking.
backyard.
The people from the Hong Mansion were taken in by the doorman, and they drove cattle and sheep to an empty yard.
"now!"
The leader actually made some hand gestures and chanted a spell, then shouted loudly, and the dozens of pigs, cows and sheep immediately changed their appearance. Upon closer inspection, they were not pigs, cows or sheep, but dozens of people.
Looking more closely, they were all women, aged between teens and twenties. Considering the business of Tianxiangyuan, Jiale understood that they were not even willing to force women into prostitution, but were directly trafficking in human beings to do this business.
“Woo woo woo!”
“Have mercy!”
…
In the yard, there were cries and noises, and immediately people from Tianxiangyuan rushed out and started to attack these women. They were good at training women.
Seeing this scene, Jia Le couldn't help but shook his head. It was unbelievable. Daqian was really on the verge of falling apart. Even Duke Mu, who held the military and political power in Yangzhou, was actually colluding with the White Lotus Sect.
Jiale controlled the paper figurines to search the souls of the shepherds, and surprisingly found that these people were not from the Hong Mansion at all, but from the White Lotus Sect. They just cooperated with the Hong Mansion and sent some girls back and forth every month.
These are not ordinary people, but cultivators who practice unorthodox methods and their cultivation is not very high. The leader is only at the Qi Refining Stage. Apart from a few other martial arts skills, his best skill is the Animal Creation Technique.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without trade. In this chaotic world, human life is worthless. Both the White Lotus Sect and Duke Mu need money. The former wants to expand his power, and the latter is probably not a good person. Doing these dirty deals at this time may indicate that he has some ulterior motives.
According to the memory of the leader of the White Lotus sect, the White Lotus sect did not only use the animal-making technique to sell women, many refugees in the world were directly turned into animals by them. In troubled times, the prices of pork, beef and mutton were more expensive than humans. They turned humans into pigs, beef and mutton and sold them everywhere. The rich were feasting and drinking, so there was never a shortage of good meat.
The White Lotus Sect, which controlled the sale of meat, was also able to use this opportunity to invade various places.
It has to be said that the White Lotus Sect has mastered the art of creating animals. It's a pity that Jiale saw it today.
However, with this move, the White Lotus Sect has become another storage location for Jiale's energy beads.
With a thought, those White Lotus Sect members died instantly, the servants of Tianxiang Garden also fainted, and even the girls who were transported to Tianxiang Garden by the animal-making technique disappeared instantly.
These women are refugees, and Jiale doesn't have many ways to resettle them. He can only move them to other places as refugees. He can't take them in all of them. He doesn't have that much energy. There are too many suffering people in this world, and he doesn't have that much time to save people. He can only spend some time and effort to train Sun Zichu to change the world and harvest some resources by the way.
On this day, news spread in Jinling City that Duke Mu's Mansion was colluding with the White Lotus Sect, using evil magic to abduct women to be prostitutes in Tianxiang Garden. However, this news was quickly suppressed, which shows the power of Duke Mu. On this day, many people in the White Lotus Sect who practiced the art of creating animals were suddenly killed or injured.
"Xiaoyi, you guys go to Xiangshan and wipe out the jackal clan."
Inside the Sun Mansion, Jiale had already put aside the matter of the White Lotus Sect and gave instructions to the seven fire crows.
The Jackals and Jiale have a feud. Before, Jiale was not strong enough to deal with the Jackals. But now, in Jiale's eyes, the Jackals are a little weak. He doesn't even need to take action himself. Seven fire crows are enough.
Mute mute mute!
"Master, Madam Li, who we rescued at the Guanyin Temple last time, is here to visit you. Do you want to see her?"
Madam Li, Jia Le's mind swept past the entrance of the Sun residence and he saw Xu Jiaorong, accompanied by two people. One was a warrior with a red aura, obviously an official, and the other was younger, with the temperament of a pretty boy.
"Let them go to the study."
study.
Xu Jiaorong looked at Jiale in front of her. After she went back last time, she told this matter to her husband Li Gongfu. Li Gongfu was working in the government office. After hearing what Xu Jiaorong said, he investigated and found out that it was the Sun Mansion. Knowing that it was Jiale who saved his wife, he wanted to bring Xu Jiaorong to thank him, but Jiale had left Jinling City at that time, so the meeting never happened.
Now that he knew Jiale was back, he hurried over to pay his respects.
"Mr. Sun, thank you for saving me last time. This is my husband, Li Gongfu, who works in the government office. This is my brother Xu Xian."
It really is Xu Xian.
Looking at Xu Xian, who has outstanding looks but no talent, Jia Le couldn't help but sigh that he was lucky. It could be said that if Xu Xian didn't have such a good-looking face, he would have nothing to attract girls.
Not to mention asking White Snake to marry him.
Looking at his fortune, he has no astrological destiny, but his fortune is quite good. It is actually red with a hint of green in it. However, this kind of fortune is somewhat connected to the fate with Bai Suzhen. It is bestowed upon Xu Xian, which actually makes Xu Xian's fortune somewhat extraordinary.
However, it only made Xu Xian's luck turn red, and the green aura seemed to be there and not there, and had not yet blossomed. It was obvious that the two had not met yet, and it would only blossom after the marriage was accomplished.
As for Wenquxing, no one knows whether he chose the right person, Xu Xian or Bai Suzhen.
At this time, Jiale began to believe in Bai Niangzi's identity and background. Otherwise, how could a dignified Wenquxing bring trouble upon himself and end up in such a problematic family? It was obvious that he was going for Bai Suzhen. According to legend, Bai Suzhen was the daughter of the Snake General, one of the two generals under the command of the Zhenwu Emperor.
The Great Emperor Zhenwu holds a third-grade immortal rank, and the two generals, the Turtle and the Snake, also hold fourth-grade immortal rank, but their status is much higher than that of the Lord of Literature. It is understandable that the Lord of Literature wants to take the opportunity to build a relationship with the Snake General.
However, this immortal god really has no seven emotions and six desires, so he wouldn't make friends with someone directly as their son.
"Li Gongfu (Xu Xian) has met Master Sun and thanks him for saving his life."
He nodded, pointed to the seat next to him and asked them to sit down. If there was a chance, Jiale also wanted to make friends with the Snake General. The strength of this Snake General was stronger than Kuimulang. If he could ask the god to come down to earth and be his thug, he would be invincible.
"I heard from someone in the mansion that you had come to the mansion to look for me before, but I was out traveling some time ago, so you had to make an extra trip."
Seeing Jiale being so kind, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Gongfu knew about the status of the Sun family. Li Gongfu worked as a captain of police in the Jinling government office. A captain of police had no rank, but just some power. Sun's father used to be a magistrate in Jinling City. He could be said to be Li Gongfu's immediate superior. Naturally, he knew about the power of the Sun family. Even though Sun's father was dead now, it should not be underestimated.
What's more, he now has a grandson, Chu, who was ranked second in the imperial examination and became the magistrate of Guobei County, and a father-in-law who is the county magistrate. Li Gongfu might also take the opportunity to pay Jiale a visit to make friends with him.
Xu Jiaorong was born beautiful. Li Gongfu was worried that Jiale had fallen for Xu Jiaorong before, but he was relieved when he saw that Jiale had no intention of getting involved with her.
"I have to thank you for saving my life. I have prepared a small gift. Please accept it."
Li Gongfu's words were sincere, Jiale did not refuse and directly let Zhang Long take it. Li Gongfu's martial arts were also quite good, he was actually at the Xiantian realm. If he had been in the founding period, he could have joined the army and become a general. Unfortunately, in today's world, no one would use his talent.
In the future, I can serve as a vanguard for Sun Zichu.
He looked at Xu Xian and said, "This is your brother. How old is he?"
Hearing Jiale's words, Xu Jiaorong quickly replied, "Mr. Sun, Xu Xian is fifteen this year, but he is not a good student. He is currently an apprentice in Baozhitang."
Well! I have already entered Baozhi Hall, so it should be a matter of one or two years before I meet White Snake.
But there are not many energy beads to be taken from White Snake here, so just keep the string for now and see if there are any unexpected gains later.
Xiangshan.
The last time the Jackal King was chased by Fahai, he was driven back to Xiangshan and was seriously injured. He has only now almost recovered.
"How's it going, ma'am? Have you found out who that boy is?"
Although the Jackal King hated Fahai, he hated Jiale even more. After all, Jiale not only ruined the Jackal Clan's plan to exterminate the Red Fox Clan, but also caused the Jackal Clan to lose a demon king. This was not an ordinary hatred. What's more, if it weren't for Jiale, Fahai would have been attracted, causing him to suffer such serious injuries that he has only recovered now.
The wolf mother looked at her husband's ferocious appearance and without pausing, she told him the information she had found out.
"You may not believe it, but that boy is just a mortal. But according to what you said, he must be at the Yang God Realm. How could he be a mortal? There must be something strange. I have asked someone to find out where he lives. It's in Jinling. We will go there in the next two days. We must avenge him."
Upon hearing this, the jackal king's eyes became even more ferocious, and it was obvious that he had already begun to think about how to deal with Jia Le.
Mute mute mute!
Just as the two were discussing how to deal with Jiale, bursts of crows' cries were heard in the sky above Xiangshan Mountain. At first, the Jackal King did not pay attention until they felt several powerful auras coming towards them, and then they reacted.
This is an enemy attack.
When they arrived outside the cave, the jackal king and the wolf mother looked upwards, but when they saw the scene clearly, their eyes couldn't help but shrink.
"Fire Crow!"
Seeing the seven demon kings' fire crows attacking with full momentum, the jackal king quickly looked at the wolf mother, "Have you offended the fire crow tribe recently?"
The wolf mother hastened to deny it, but before she could say anything, a sense of crisis surged into her heart.
boom!
