fairy family

Chapter 157: The Evil Sect
The time spent in seclusion for cultivation is hard to measure.

During the next three months, Yu Que hardly left his house while training ghost soldiers. He was even more diligent and focused than when he was binding the household gods.

And his achievements are also extremely obvious.

This day.

Next to him, a horse-monkey ghost cavalry was born. The ghost aura on its body was extremely strong, and its color was gray and black. It was only a little bit away from turning into black aura.

This kind of appearance has already reached the level of an "eighth grade" ghost.

This kind of ghost soldier is the best solution that Yu Que can currently refine and control.

If he were to refine it further and transform it into an eighth-grade ghost soldier, even if he could succeed, the huge consumption, the mental effort required, and the risk of backlash were all beyond Yu Que's ability to bear for the time being.

In the quiet room, he looked at the ghost cavalry in front of him with great satisfaction in his eyes.

Although this creature is not of the eighth grade, there are not only one eighth grade ghost cavalrymen like this one in front of him, but as many as thirty!

Surrounded by such a large number of eighth-grade ghost cavalrymen, Yu Que himself doesn't have to lift a finger to resist and even kill the rampant eighth-grade immortals!
Of course, after coming out of seclusion, Yu Que will not release all thirty ghost cavalrymen. He only plans to carry ten of them and place them by his side, and then expose them to outsiders inadvertently, so as to slightly demonstrate his strength.

The other twenty will be kept at the bottom of the box as one of his trump cards.

After taking a closer look, Yu Que's eyes flickered again:
"Although it's better not to increase the quality level, it's not impossible to add a little bit in other aspects."

With a thought, the Fire Crow family god immediately flew out from his ancestral temple and landed on the ghost cavalryman in front of him.

The fire crow opened its mouth with a cackle sound.

Crow fire burst out from its mouth and landed on the ghost cavalry, instantly stimulating a sizzling ghost energy.

The eighth-rank ghost cavalryman couldn't help but scream and roar.

The horse body was restless, and the monkey body was frightened and angry, and it kept reaching out to tear the fire crow that was breathing fire into pieces.

But then a few bang sounds were heard.

Yu Que slapped the military jar on his waist and issued an order, ordering the ghost cavalry not to act rashly and forcing the other side to calmly accept the burning of the crow fire.

After a long while, he still looked at the creature suffering with cold eyes and expressionless face.

Although each ghost cavalryman was trained by him with great effort.

But soldiers' belongings are meant to be consumed.

What Yu Que wants to do now is to try to melt the crow fire into the body of the ghost cavalry.

Even if it cannot be integrated, after burning the ghost cavalry again with crow fire, this thing will be more solid than the ordinary eighth-grade ghosts and gods.

It's a pity that even though Yu Que was carefully controlling the Fire Crow and slowly releasing the Crow Fire, he would occasionally inject a few drops of soul-nourishing potion to prevent the opponent's soul from being destroyed.

After a hundred breaths or so, a roar of unwillingness finally sounded.

The horse ghost and monkey ghost that made up the ghost cavalry, both of them had their bodies shattered one after the other and turned into fluffy gray-black ghost energy.

The quiet room became even darker.

Seeing this scene, Yu Que couldn't help but sigh.

The ghost cavalryman in front of him was not his first failure, but the fifth one he had failed.

If he fails a few more times, regardless of how much confidence he would have left in his cultivation, by that time the ghost cavalry would suffer too many casualties and would not be replenished in time, which would most likely affect his future safety.

However, after struggling for a while, Yu Que immediately suppressed his distracting thoughts, gathered his energy, and shouted in a low voice:

“Fight again and again, and keep trying!”

He used the black gourd to suddenly absorb the scattered ghost energy of the ghost cavalry, then slapped the military jar and released another ghost cavalry.

The cavalry were unruly, with horses neighing and monkeys screaming.

But soon after, bursts of shrill roars and regretful sighs were heard repeatedly in the quiet room.

Wait until a sound transmission note suddenly flew into the quiet room.

Yu Que reluctantly spared the time, frowned and looked at it before stopping this wasteful behavior.

After reading the voice transmission, his eyes were dazed, and his mind suddenly woke up from the refining, and he responded:
"March has passed, and a big event is about to happen. Has Jun Baifeng made plans to condense the evil spirit?!"

This note was not sent by Lao Mahou and others, but was sent by Jun Baifeng, the female general of Huangshan who was in charge of this place.

This woman stated clearly in the sound transmission note that I must come out of seclusion within three days.

Three days later, the county soldiers will set out to the deep mountains and old forests to eliminate foreign bandits and eliminate hidden dangers for the people of Huangshan. And the military order will be passed on three days later. When the whole village knows about it, people will be in a state of uncertainty, and some unexpected events are inevitable.

Therefore, the sooner Yu Que comes out and contacts her, the more convenient it will be for the two of them to plot and plan.

After coming to his senses, Yu Que burned the sound transmission note directly without using it to reply to Jun Baifeng.

He did not refuse the other party's request to leave the country, and planned to leave the country immediately after finishing his work.

While thinking, Yu Que moved his eyes, ignoring the ashes rising from the sound transmission note, and lowered his head to look at the military jar on his waist.

His fingers also rested on it, stroking it a few times with familiarity, his eyes calm.

His recent attempt to integrate true fire into the bodies of ghost cavalrymen was not very successful, but it was not a complete failure either.

At present, he still has twenty-eight complete ghost cavalrymen in his hands, and five of them have been refined with a certain amount of crow fire.

In the future, when facing the enemy in battle, these five ghost cavalrymen, with the blessing of true fire, will be able to continue fighting with them without fear of the threat of eighth-grade or even seventh-grade ghosts.

If they were covered in flames and kept burning and killing the enemy to death, even seventh-rank ghosts would have a hard time.

As for the other twenty or so, nearly half of them had also been tempered by the true fire, but they were unable to retain the true fire in their bodies. The other half were recently refined by Yu Que and just added to the body, and had never come into contact with the true fire.

Yu Que estimated: "I will add the last two ghost cavalrymen later. I will have a total of 30 ghost soldiers in my hands. It should be enough for me to protect my safety in the county soldier camp."

As soon as he made up his mind, he no longer hesitated and quickly started raising the last two ghost cavalrymen.

After three or four months, he had become very proficient in training ghost soldiers, and had countless spare horse ghosts and monkey ghosts.

So it only took four hours, and Yu Que lightly patted the military jar on his waist.

Two tall, fresh ghost shadows swayed, and their bodies turned into black light. After circling around him, they both rushed into the soldier jar.

At this time, the thirty ghost cavalrymen in Yu Que's bag were alive again. He no longer had any lingering feelings, and immediately put away a pile of sundries. After leaving, he set a fire in the stone house, then closed the stone door tightly and staggered out of the quiet room.

The first thing he did after coming out of seclusion was to pay a visit to the old horse monkey whom he had not seen for a long time, and he also reviewed the miscellaneous affairs in Bimafang.

After finishing the chores and understanding the recent situation in the military camp, the remaining staff could go to the general's tent where Jun Baifeng was.

After entering the tent, the two talked in detail for three hours before he walked out of the tent with a gloomy expression on his face.

After communicating with the other party, he had a complete understanding of the military camp's activities three days later.

Yu Que thought to himself:
"Is it true as the sound transmission note said, that this woman is going to deal with the foreign bandits..."

His eyes flickered because of this.

Originally he thought that "outside bandits" referred to those wild immortals who were wandering outside the county town, but after a detailed discussion with Jun Baifeng, he found that this was not the case.

This term refers to the immortal sects that are independent of the Taoist temples and local Taoist temples. In official documents, they are also called "exotic sects."

To be honest, although it was not the first time that Yu Que had heard of this kind of force and had seen it in several miscellaneous books, he was not very familiar with it.

He didn't understand even more why there were other sects existing near Huangshan.

Yu Que pondered in his heart:
"According to the government and the Immortal Scriptures, there are only vicious beasts and evil creatures in the wild, as well as some tribes of 'savages' who are raised as cattle and sheep by evil gods.

How come now, according to Jun Baifeng, it is a common occurrence for county soldiers from all over the country to clear out the evil sects? If what this woman said is true, then in addition to the immortal capitals and cities in various places in the Middle Earth Realm, there are also other gathering places for the human race! ? "

This sudden news made Yu Que feel like a cat scratching his heart, and he was very curious.

But when he asked Jun Baifeng openly or secretly, she was evasive and refused to tell the truth. It seemed that she was afraid of something, or she didn't want Yu Que to know too much, so as not to affect something.

Therefore, Yu Que had no choice but to quit while he was ahead. After reconfirming the next military deployment, he quietly said goodbye.

“Just because you can’t get something from here doesn’t mean you can’t get it from somewhere else.”

Yu Que pondered it for a moment, and with anticipation rekindled in his heart, he immediately strode back towards Bimafang.

An old house where a treasure.

He just couldn't believe that Old Ma Hou Ma Hong, who knew the steps to achieve immortality such as pretending to be dirty, would not be unaware of the inside story of a mere "evil sect".

However, halfway through the journey, Yu Que suddenly changed direction and decided to get some good wine in his hands.

Although there are bans on drinking and selling alcohol in the military, it does not prevent people in the barracks from trading alcohol as medicine.

So he ran to the pharmacy in the military camp and easily bought several jars of fine wine, then continued to rush back to Bimafang.

Not long after.

When Yu Que entered the tent, the old monkey was dozing off among the bottles and jars, snoring so loudly that even the donkey master drooped his ears.

Yu Que kicked away the bottles and walked up to the other person. The guy was still sleeping soundly, not moving a single step.

Upon seeing this, Yu Que burst into laughter, then lightly patted the wine jar in his hand.

The jar hummed and the old monkey's ears moved along with it.

When Yu Que opened the seal of the wine jar again, a scent of wine wafted out.

The old monkey's body jumped immediately, and before he even stood up, he used his foot to hook the opened wine jar over.

Gulp, gurgle, Ma Hong drank the wine in big gulps, as if gargling his mouth.

After eating and rinsing his mouth, the other party muttered sleepily:

"But after coming out of retreat, you thought of some questions about cultivation and wanted to ask me?"

Yu Que cupped his hands and said, "I do have a question, and I would like to ask Senior Ma for advice."

The old monkey said angrily: "I knew it. When you first came out of seclusion, you probably didn't bring me anything, so I didn't dare to ask."

Yu Que smiled and said, "Excuse me, Senior."

Immediately, he told the old monkey the term "Fangwai Xie Zong" that he had heard from Jun Baifeng, and asked about several points that puzzled him.

"The external forces that the general mentioned seem to be quite different from what I have heard. I would like to ask for your help in clarifying my doubts." He bowed and asked.

When the old monkey heard this word, his brows immediately furrowed.

This person's frown was not due to unfamiliarity, but rather he looked obviously troubled.

"Are they sending out troops this time to fight against the Fangwai Evil Sect? No wonder there are rumors in the village that something big will happen soon." The old monkey kept muttering.

Yu Que quickly asked again:

"Are people from this evil sect very powerful?"

When the old monkey heard his curious words, he said unhappily:
"We are one family, I won't scare you.

Not only is he amazing, thousands of years ago, he was called a hermit immortal sect or a hermit master."

The old monkey gulped down a few more gulps of wine, his complexion returned to normal, and he pointed to the left of the two men - the direction of Huangshan, and said:
"If we go back a few years, the Taoist temple on Mount Huang might also be counted among the 'evil sects' mentioned by the world."

After hearing these two words, Yu Que's face was quite surprised and suspicious.

He was very excited, and some of his old ideas were immediately challenged by the old monkey's words.

All kinds of thoughts flooded his mind, and then turned into his biggest doubt at the moment.

Yu Que asked in a deep voice:

"Then may I ask, Senior, aren't there only thirty-six immortal capitals and seventy-two immortal cities in the Middle-earth Realm?"

According to the knowledge he had learned since childhood, the Middle Earth today is full of monsters and evil spirits. The various immortal capitals and cities are distributed everywhere like chess pieces, built relying on the terrain of mountains and rivers, making transportation inconvenient and communication difficult.

Except for the fairy city of Xiandu, all other territories are collectively called "wild land". Until now, they have been lost in the ghost den and are not places for living people.

It is said that since the development of the secret world, the human race has a total of 108 settlements. This is the best result that can be achieved by the continuous expansion of territory and the hard work of ancestors and immortals throughout the dynasties.

And according to what Lao Mahou has revealed now, what people call the arduous journey is actually nothing more than the imperial court bringing the "evil sects" under its rule one by one?
as predicted.

When the old monkey heard Yu Que's question, an expression as if he had heard a big joke immediately appeared on his face, and he even sneered.

(End of this chapter)