Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 503 Return to Huangjing
Gee!

There really is a house that is stolen!
Although these concubines in the harem seemed to be brainless when drinking and eating meat, once they were involved in such a conspiracy and assassination related to war, the fighting nerves belonging to the demon clan in their brains immediately tensed up. Once their brains tensed up, they sobered up from the alcohol. They put their heads together and discussed for a while, then sent people to report to the Saint Killer, and then went back to the palace, changed into armor, and came out with various weapons in their hands. Zhu Wen was still the leader of the group, and said to everyone,
"From the looks of things, I'm afraid the enemy's army is not far away. I'll select four of you to lead a team to find out where the enemy is. You gather the guards from all over and prepare to defend the city!"

"Yes!"

The princesses all looked solemn, but their eyes were filled with excitement. Some of them even licked the corners of their mouths unconsciously, looking eager to try, as if they were going to steal from someone else's house!

Zhu Wen then led the people away. Zhu Zhu counted the rest of the princesses, guards, and maids in the palace, leaving all the old, weak, and sick people out of the palace to guard the city, but only left Lan'er behind.
"Your small body can't withstand a sword attack, so just stay in the palace!"

Lan'er was very pleased with the instructions. After everyone left, she led the old, weak and sick who stayed behind and closed the palace gates tightly. Then she found an opportunity to sneak into the bedroom of the Saint-Slaying Demon King.

Lan'er spent nearly two months marking all the places in the treasure house that were useful to her, but she spent some time thinking about how to open the magic circle that protected the treasure.
"Those magic arrays... were set up by masters, and Saint Slayer is a demon king. He cannot be endowed with spiritual energy. He must have some magic weapon or instrument that can help him enter and exit the treasury freely..."

As for whether he would take it with him to the battlefield, Lan'er guessed that he probably would not.
"The demon clan is fighting fiercely. If one is not careful, the whole army will be wiped out. If the Saint Killer dies outside, then the contents of this treasure house will be easily lost to the invaders, right?"

Saint Slayer is not young anymore. Not counting the past, even after he became the Demon King, he has had many children. Two of his sons also became Demon Kings, and there is another favorite son. Lan'er heard Zhu Zhu and Zhu Wen mention this when they were chatting. That child did not go to the battlefield, but was sent to a secret place to hide after the army set out, and would come back after the war was over.

The Saint Slayer did this naturally to ensure that even if he died in battle, the inheritance he left behind would not fall into the hands of others. He should give the magical instruments for entering and exiting the treasury to his most favored son. Lan'er wanted to look for it in his bedroom, perhaps she could find some clues. Even if he used the human race's magic circle, maybe he could crack it himself by finding the clues?

Just when Lan'er sneaked into the Demon King's bedroom, Gu Shiyi had already brought the fox and the king to Huangjing. She was going to Zhengyuan Sect this time, but she had no idea what the current situation of Zhengyuan Sect was. Huangjing happened to be on the way to Zhengyuan Sect, so Gu Shiyi planned to revisit the place and inquire about the news there!
It is said that she rode the evil wind to Huangjing, and when she came to the top of the city, she looked over and laughed.

"Fortunately, there is one thing that has not changed!"

Huangjing City was still the same, prosperous and bustling, with busy streets and streams of people. The lives of the ordinary people here did not seem to have been affected by the wars. Gu Shiyi changed her appearance, tied her hair into a bun, and pretended to be a plump young woman who was going out with her son. The fox changed into an ordinary-looking rhubarb with a rope around its neck. It was led by a child and followed the young woman to Huangjing City.

The soldiers guarding the city carefully questioned Gu Shiyi about his background. Gu Shiyi agreed to all the questions and paid the entrance fee for two people before entering Huangjing City. Gu Shiyi took this opportunity to look at the standard military uniforms of these soldiers and found that they had been changed. He thought to himself,

"Looking at this, I'm afraid the court has changed!"

When we arrived in the city, we chose an inn with many people to stay in. While sitting in the lobby to eat, we listened to the diners around us talking and found that the dynasty had indeed changed. After the foreign invaders invaded this continent, foreign monks also came here, wanting to occupy this city. The emperor at that time did not dare to say a word and led the princes, ministers and concubines to flee together. Fortunately, the masters of the immortal sect took action to drive away the foreign invaders and saved Huangjing. However, the emperor who fled was killed on the way for some unknown reason.

The present emperor is a member of the Immortal Sect, who was sent by the Immortal Sect to guard this city and protect the safety of the people!

Speaking of this, the people in this city were all moved to tears of gratitude.

"If it weren't for the Immortal Master's intervention, we wouldn't be able to live and work in peace and contentment. I heard that the three hundred li Zhoucheng was destroyed by the invading monks. The whole city was burned down by a fire, and the fire didn't stop for three days and three nights!"

"Yes! Yes! Fortunately, the Immortal Master came to our rescue!"

Gu Shiyi was curious and interrupted,

"I wonder which sect this immortal master who is guarding Huangjing is from?"

Someone was surprised and said,
"You don't know this?"

After saying that, everyone looked at Gu Shiyi with strange eyes. Gu Shiyi smiled and acted like an ignorant country woman.

"My husband just died, and I ran away from the countryside to live with my relatives. I don't know anything about immortals, but I heard you guys talking so excitedly, so I interrupted and asked a question!"

After hearing this, everyone stopped suspecting.

"Now our city is governed by Wanmiao Mountain, and Your Majesty is also from Wanmiao Mountain..."

Wanmiao Mountain!
Gu Shiyi immediately thought of the Taoist nun.
“I wonder if it’s because the old senior couldn’t bear to see the people of Huangjing suffer that he sent the younger generation here to take charge?” Thinking back to the time when she met the senior, the senior had already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage in just a hundred years. With the senior’s natural talent, he should be in the God Transformation stage now, right?

Gu Shiyi was moved for a moment.

"Why don't we go to the palace at midnight today and have a chat with the emperor? Maybe we can even make friends with him!"

She was mainly concerned about the sharp-tongued senior and wanted to find out about his current situation!

After finishing his meal in the hall, he returned to his room and told the story to the fox and the king. The two of them loved to join in the fun, so they both agreed.
"Go and have a look! Go and have a look!"

So in the middle of the night, Gu Shiyi turned into a rolling evil wind and headed for the imperial palace in Huangjing City. She had been to the imperial palace in Huangjing City before, and she also knew the emperor's bedroom. However, the owner of the palace was a cultivator, so it was not a good idea to force her way in to prevent the other party from misunderstanding. So she concealed her breath and flew slowly closer.

When he reached the top of the bedroom, he saw a dozen eunuchs guarding outside the palace. They stood with their heads bowed, extremely obedient. Gu Shiyi raised his eyebrows when he saw this.
"Even if a cultivator becomes an emperor, why does he still act like a mortal emperor and need people to serve him outside?"

Mortal emperors need people to serve them because they need to summon their concubines to the bedchamber, get them up at night to drink water, etc. Once the monks enter into a state of meditation, they can stay for ten days or half a month, so they don't need anyone to serve them outside. In the past, when they were in Tianyi Gate, mortal servants had copper bells in every room, and the master could just ring the bell when summoning them, and there was no need to stand guard outside all the time.

Just as he was thinking, he saw the door of the hall was pushed open, and someone walked out. He had white hair, a face full of wrinkles, a hunched back, and looked very old and frail, as if he was about to die. Gu Shiyi took a closer look and was shocked.
"Eh...why is it him?"

Speaking of this person, it is a coincidence that he is Yan'er's cheap master in the mortal world, and my cheap senior brother Zhang Zhenyue!
Calculating it, my senior brother Zhang should be nearly three hundred years old. Although he has not practiced Taoism, he is already very long-lived thanks to the Taoist techniques of training qi and maintaining health. It is normal for him to look so old now!

However, when he left the house, his expression was very sad and angry, as if he was angry but dared not speak. What was going on?
Gu Shiyi was so curious that he didn't bother to make friends with the emperor. He just followed Zhang Zhenyue. Zhang Zhenyue was led out of the palace, got on a carriage, and went back to his Qitian Temple, which was not far from the imperial city. The Qitian Temple was still the same. The disciples guarding the gate saw that it was their master who had returned, so they hurriedly came forward to help him get off the carriage. Zhang Zhenyue got off the carriage tremblingly and was helped back to his room.
"You all...get down!"

After Zhang Zhenyue sat down, he sighed and pointed at one of his disciples and said,

"Daoyuan, stay!"

After all the disciples left, the disciple named Daoyuan stayed behind. Daoyuan came forward and helped Zhang Zhenyue lie down on the bed.

"Master, His Majesty summoned Master to the palace today. Is it because of the Tongxuan Mingjing?"

"Ugh!"

Zhang Zhenyue sighed again and looked up at the beams above his head.

"If I had known that this would happen, I would have let her take the bronze mirror away. After all, she is a member of the Tongxuan Sect!"

Dao Yuan was furious when he heard this.

"Master, he is really going too far. After all, our Tongxuan Sect played a big role in his promotion to the top. Is he now destroying his bridges?"

Zhang Zhenyue sighed,
"It's fine if he crosses the river and then destroys the bridge, but we can't keep the treasure anymore. We can give it to him, but... he wants to use the blood of my 7749 Tongxuan Sect disciples to sacrifice this mirror in order to control it..."

Dao Yuan was furious after hearing this.

"Master, he is bullying people now, does Wan Miao Mountain really not care?"

Zhang Zhenyue sneered,

"How could this person be a disciple sent by Wan Miao Mountain? I once heard him say that he escaped from the mountain during the war and did not dare to return to Wan Miao Mountain. Instead, he came to the mortal world in the name of his master and became an emperor, enjoying wealth and glory!"