chsdbacks Chapter 198: Qingdan Immortal Sect, Searching for the King of Reed Fish
Chapter 198: Qingdan Immortal Sect, Searching for the King of Reed Fish
"The Azure Elixir Immortal Sect?"
Zhang Ping murmured to himself, and relevant information instantly flashed through his mind.
The vast expanse of Luoxia Marshland stretches for countless miles, divided into numerous sections.
Luhua City is located in the Taihu Lake region. The three major sects in the Taihu Lake region are the Qingdan Immortal Sect, the Tianya Sword Sect, and the Qingchi Sect.
The three major sects each control the vast Taihu Lake region, and the families and smaller sects within it all belong to them.
As a result, most of the resources were controlled by the three sects, along with high-level cultivation techniques and secret arts.
In the Taihu Lake region, perhaps some geniuses from families or minor sects might have luckily broken through to the Divine Integration Realm, becoming the envy of their city. But when they looked up, the three sects above them shone like bright moons in the sky.
Not to mention the Divine Realm, even the Overlord Realm with its immortal physical body has twenty people.
The sect's patriarch was a powerful figure who had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm a thousand years ago.
The three realms of supernatural powers are all contained within.
In the past, the Qingdan Immortal Sect only held trials and recruited disciples within a radius of ten thousand miles around the sect. This time, however, it was an exception, directly sending envoys to various places to hold recruitment trials.
This is undoubtedly great news for the local powerful families.
At this time, the news had not yet spread to the outside world, and An Ruxue only learned about it by chance yesterday.
Each time Qingdan Immortal Traces trains its disciples, it is fraught with great danger. The trials are often held in perilous locations teeming with demonic beasts.
Fortunately, participants are allowed to have their families send protectors. Although they cannot directly intervene in the trial, if they encounter a crisis during the trial, as long as they can retreat outside the trial arena, their protectors can come to their rescue.
Zhang Ping roughly understood what was going on, but he wasn't entirely willing.
His time was precious; besides tasting wine and consulting classics, he also had to attend to various young ladies' meetings. He had no interest in protecting that brat An Ran.
He shook his head, about to refuse.
Seeing Zhang Ping like this, An Ruxue felt a little anxious.
Zhang Ping said, "Miss An, you are a direct descendant of the An family. An Ran is also a member of the An family, so you can't ask me for help either. Please leave."
An Ruxue took a deep breath and said frankly, "Young Master Zhang, you may not know this, but the An family has sent many disciples to participate in this trial. Xiao Ran is just one of them. The number of strong people sent by the family is limited. If we follow the order, Xiao Ran will be assigned a cultivator at the Essence Blood Realm."
An Ruxue herself was at the Blood Essence Realm, and although she wasn't weak, she was nothing compared to those at the Marrow Marrow Realm.
There are numerous locations for the Azure Elixir Immortal Trial, and everyone will be assigned to different areas. Even if each person is responsible for one trial point, An Jia cannot manage it all.
In fact, a bigger factor is that the An family is not what it used to be. Internally, the family is corrupt, and the distinction between direct and collateral lines is severe; externally, the Xuan and Qi families are eyeing it covetously.
They will most likely take this opportunity to assassinate the younger generation of the An family outside the trial site.
After all, if you fail the assessment, you are not considered a disciple of the Qingdan Immortal Sect, and the sect's envoy will not interfere.
An Ruxue had already told An Ran that if they couldn't defeat the demonic beasts in the trial, they should retreat. Their only worry now was being ambushed by cultivators from the Xuan and Qi families.
An Ruxue clearly saw Zhang Ping's strength during that crisis. Even without reaching the Divine Integration Realm, he was definitely stronger than a typical late-stage Marrow Infusion Realm cultivator.
The second-floor window was open, and the sounds from the street outside were somewhat noisy.
Zhang Ping didn't answer, but picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip. The bright red liquid rolled down his throat, spicy and fiery.
He stood up, walked over, and closed the window.
He walked straight to An Ruxue's side, looking down at the woman.
The woman's age is unknown, and the cultivator's age is always a secret. As long as the body is young, it can be used.
Her smooth, pale skin gave her a youthful appearance. Her alluring, foxy eyes added an extra layer of seduction.
If there is still 70% left, then going down, one can see mountains, a wasp waist, and a white jade millstone.
Staring intently at Zhang Ping, An Ruxue, no longer a young girl, vaguely understood his thoughts.
The little hands, which were folded and flat, involuntarily clenched.
"That's unlikely. To cultivate to this level and still maintain a youthful appearance, one must be an exceptionally talented ascetic. At the very least, they wouldn't have strong lust."
'But if he really wants to...'
An Ruxue's hands tightened again and again as she thought of her husband, who had been framed and rendered a cripple, and her son, who had just regained his talents and was showing signs of improvement.
His chest heaved.
"Madam...do you know that the moment I saw you..." Zhang Ping's hand slowly moved downwards.
But before he could even touch An Ruxue's softness, she reacted and dodged away.
"Young Master Zhang!"
An Ruxue stood up abruptly; she was half a head shorter than Zhang Ping.
Looking up with shame and anger, he suppressed his discomfort and uttered only, "I misjudged you!"
He then left without looking back.
Zhang Ping was left standing there alone, blinking as he looked at his hand, which was frozen in mid-air.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew open the window that had just been closed.
The wind also caused Zhang Ping's simply tied black hair to stick tightly to his back. The hair around his ears flew wildly.
For a moment, I couldn't tell whether it was the wind blowing or my hair acting wildly on its own.
"Alas, I misjudged Madam An."
He shrugged and brushed off imaginary dust from his hands.
Forget it, it's fine if it doesn't work out.
The news that the Qingdan Immortal Sect would set up assessment points in various parts of the Taihu Lake region to recruit disciples spread half a month later.
The entire Taihu Lake region was abuzz with excitement among the independent cultivators!
Excitedly preparing, hoping to seize this opportunity to leap over the dragon gate and become a distinguished disciple of the sect.
But when they went to the shops to buy pills and weapons, they discovered that overnight, the prices of all cultivation resources had skyrocketed!
Some shops had received advance notice and secretly stockpiled large quantities of goods. They were taking this opportunity to reap the spiritual coins accumulated by the independent cultivators over the years.
However, the prices at Pingfang Winery remained unchanged, which attracted many customers.
On this day, a young man arrived at the Great Swamp.
He stood steadily on an ordinary small boat.
The lake water had a bluish tinge, and as the small boat glided further and further from the land, it gradually turned black.
The weather is getting colder, and a layer of white mist is rising from the lake.
A small boat floats on the lake, and the person on board is dressed in flowing white robes, giving off a unique, ethereal feeling.
"We've arrived. Someone spotted the King of the Reed Fish again three days ago."
Upon reaching a certain location, the small boat slowly came to a stop.
Zhang Ping put his hands behind his back and scanned his surroundings.
All I could see was a vast expanse of white.
Occasionally, however, ordinary reed fish would leap out of the water.
Zhang Ping casually grabbed a spotted fish, and its pupils began to turn gold.
Various colored energies appeared on the reed fish in my hand.
"no."
Zhang Ping moved to another spot and continued doing the same thing.
After changing locations more than a dozen times, I finally spotted a splash of red on a spotted fish.
"Found it."
A smile appeared on Zhang Ping's face as he returned the large fish in his hand to the water.
For the next few days, he secretly followed the big fish.
One morning, they arrived near a crescent-shaped island.