Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 433 Looking Down, One Sees the Stars

A few days later, late at night, at the Sword Sect headquarters.

"Madam, you don't want to never see your husband again, do you?"

A voice drifted out from the former sect leader's tea room.

Dressed in white, dressed in the standard attire of a cool and aloof fairy, Lu Yuzhou, the sect leader of Tianzong, with a poker face, very rudely put his hand on Mo Jingchun's shoulder.

The moment his hand touched her, the spiritual energy around Lu Yuzhou crackled, and a tiny sword aura attacked her.

Lu Yuzhou quickly removed his hand, made a fist, and the barely perceptible sword energy was instantly frozen by the frost and then vanished into nothingness.

"So many years have passed, and you're still using the same trick? Are you a hedgehog?" Lu Yuzhou rubbed his fingers, still feeling pricked, and sounded a little aggrieved.

"Speak your mind, stop trying to get close to me," said Ms. Mo, dressed in black, her fingertips swirling with sword energy.

Lu Yuzhou flashed back to the opposite side of the coffee table, poured himself a cup of tea as if they were old friends, and then spoke.

"I already told you, I'm here to help you find a husband."

"You?" Mo Jingchun frowned, clearly distrusting the woman in front of him.

Before Lu Yuzhou could utter even a single word, she sensed a sharp gaze and quickly changed her words.

"I mean, I've heard about what happened to Grandmaster Chen, and I've found a way to verify those coordinates."

Now that Commander Chen is trapped in the heavens, we need to start from two places to find him.

One of them was to find out the method by which the Hundred Demons Sect travels between heaven and earth.

It's not a method similar to ascending to heaven from a rain-soaked mountain.

This kind of formation is too large to be concealed.

It is not about a cultivator's personal power traversing the heavens.

Those little devils and the elders of the Hundred Demon Sect don't have that ability.

The most likely scenario is that somewhere in the Four Continents, hidden within a secret array connecting heaven and earth, allowing the evil cultivators of the Hundred Demon Sect to travel between them.

This matter has been under investigation ever since the Hundred Demons Sect was executed after the Qinghe Gathering, but progress has been somewhat slow.

Based on the interrogations of prisoners over the past two years, only one thing can be confirmed.

That is, for all the cultivators who had been to the headquarters of the Hundred Demons Sect, the last place they remembered before they lost their memories was near the East Sea.

Furthermore, the last place where Chen Qianhu went missing was near an unnamed beach in the East China Sea.

There's a high probability that the hidden teleportation array is located in the sea.

However, the Heavenly Sect obviously couldn't help much with going into the sea, as that fell within the Beast Taming Sect's area of ​​expertise.

We can't raise so many fish for nothing.

So when Lu Yuzhou said she could help, she was definitely referring to another solution.

Observe the sky.

Verify if the coordinates provided by Zhang Ze are true, and see if there is anything in that place.

Then, through brute force or other means, we can directly break through and take over the headquarters of the Hundred Demon Sect, and bring Commander Chen back at the same time.

However, this method encountered a problem right from the first step.

I wonder if it's because of the celestial barrier.

Old Tang, who was still in Changzhou, organized a group of people last night to look in that direction using traditional star-gazing methods.

But the result was unexpected. They used a lot of magical artifacts and cast all sorts of spells, but that star field was empty, with nothing there.

This is where things got awkward.

If the coordinates provided by Zhang Ze are not fake.

The problem clearly lies with them.

Currently, they are organizing the second celestial observation in Changzhou, and Lao Tang is preparing to bring out the most treasured equipment from Longhu Mountain.

It's as if they're preparing for a protracted battle.

However, before Lao Tang could even begin, Lu Yuzhou said she had already made a discovery.

Mo Jingchun, "What did you discover?"

This time, Lu Yuzhou wasn't playing tricks; she looked at Mo Jingchun seriously.

“Spiritual energy, I suspect that as long as spiritual energy is used, it will be affected by the heavenly barrier.”

Mo Jingchun, "?"

The methods of observing celestial phenomena and terrestrial events in the four continents today are all based on spiritual energy techniques, and this applies to both people and magical artifacts.

Even the barbarians are the same; although they do not sense spiritual energy, when they disturb the sea, the spiritual energy will still react.

One is indirect, the other is direct.

If what Lu Yuzhou said is true... then what exactly are these cultivators seeing when they look up?
What exactly is spiritual practice?
Even the Sword Sect and Beast Taming Sect, which are known for their brute force, have some methods related to the celestial stars within their sects.

For example, things like the "Big Dipper Seven Star Killing God Fist" and the "Pegasus Meteor Rising Sword"...

Seeing Mo Jingchun's surprise, Lu Yuzhou quickly added, "Don't panic, this is just speculation at the moment."

"But without using spiritual magic, you can indeed see some other things."

Mo Jingchun frowned slightly. "Tell me quickly, what exactly happened? How did you find out?"

However, Lu Yuzhou did not answer. Instead, he took a sip of tea, his lips slightly upturned, and looked at Mo Jingchun with a slight smile.

She seemed to really enjoy being Mo Jingchun's teacher.

Knowing the situation was right, Lu Yuzhou spoke up to explain just before Mo Jingchun was about to draw his sword.

"It wasn't me who discovered it; it was a mortal who discovered it."

As he spoke, Lu Yuzhou took out a long tube and two star maps.

The tube is made entirely of black metal, and at first glance it looks like the large chimneys that people in southern Xinjiang usually use.

There is a lens at each end, connected by a mechanism in the middle, which can be adjusted and rotated to change the position of the lens and the length of the black tube.

"A telescope?" Mo Jingchun asked curiously as he took the tube.

She had seen this before; the Thousand Machines Pavilion had it.

However, compared to the palm-sized telescopes in the Thousand Machines Pavilion, this one was excessively large and also much simpler.

There were no magic arrays, machine guns, or self-destruct devices on it.

"I guess so, but don't demolish it!"

Before Mo Jingchun could make a move, Lu Yuzhou quickly retrieved the binoculars.

"Be careful, these are the things of my disciple's disciple's disciple."

"I borrowed this before I left. How can I save face as the sect leader if you ruin it? This..."

Mo Jingchun: "Speak quickly, stop beating around the bush! If you utter another word of nonsense, I'll chop you up right now!"

Seeing that Lu Yuzhou was about to start rambling again, Mo Jingchun drew her blood sword and slammed it on the table.

"Okay, okay, I'll talk, I'll talk..."

According to Lu Yuzhou, the original owner of this telescope was the grandfather of a girl named Guo Yue, who was a disciple of her disciple's disciple's disciple.

The old man, Guo Shoujing, was from Xingzhou. He passed away at the beginning of this year at the age of 85, which can be considered a long life.

The old man was passionate about stargazing during his lifetime, but due to a lack of understanding, he was unable to practice any stargazing techniques.

Aside from using some handmade gadgets, he relies entirely on his granddaughter's help to roughly grasp the mysteries of the stars.

However, after Guo Yue entered the Heavenly Sect to cultivate, he lost his support again.

Until the establishment of the Thousand Machines Pavilion.

A breeze carrying the smell of explosions blew into Xingzhou, and Guo Shoujing's granddaughter bought him a Qianjige telescope.

"Mr. Guo improved the telescope so that it could be used without any spiritual energy and could see further."

"The one on the right is the star map drawn by Mr. Guo before his death, and the one on the left is the one I drew."

Lu Yuzhou pushed the two star charts in front of Mo Jingchun.

Two star charts, one new and one old.

The one on the left is sparkling with starlight, made from moon silkworm silk, and its surface is filled with spiritual energy.

Upon closer inspection, the stars in the picture can even be seen to move slowly according to the celestial time.

After gazing at it for a while, the starlight before my eyes is dazzling, all of which are spells related to celestial phenomena.

The one on the right is made of cowhide, and it's quite old, with some stains on the edges.

However, the star map was meticulously drawn, with small characters marking each star.

Besides the difference in materials (cloud and mud), the stars painted on them are also quite different.

Guo Shoujing's copy had many more stars on it.

Lu Yuzhou reached out and pointed, pressing his fingers on several points on the leather star chart.

"Here, after the Big Dipper, there is another one." "Here, three stars cycle and revolve, intertwined and moving in a continuous loop."

"And this location is the coordinate provided by Zhang Ze."

There really is something here.

After saying that, she tapped her fingers lightly on the table, wanting to open the skylight of the tea room and give Mo Jingchun a good thrashing.

But after knocking for a while, nothing happened.

"Is it sealed off?" Lu Yuzhou asked, frowning.

She had been here when she was a child, and she remembered that the roof of the teahouse could be opened.

The way to activate it is to tap the desktop rhythmically in a very flashy way to start the magic circle.

"It wasn't sealed, but the code has been changed."

Mo Jingchun took out a remote control, pressed it, and after a beep, the roof of the tea room opened.

“My daughter said she wanted to be filial to her father, so last year she secretly demolished the tea room and then converted it into this, saying it would be more convenient this way.”

As he spoke, Mo Jingchun pressed the remote control again, and a small hole suddenly appeared on the table in front of Lu Yuzhou.

A naked child emerged from the small hole. Yellow tea sprayed out of the child's spout and accurately urinated into Lu Yuzhou's cup.

Dududu... After the tea doll was full, it peed twice more, spilling a few drops onto the table, before slowly descending back into the small hole.

Lu Yuzhou, "."

She suspected the old woman was doing it on purpose, but she had no proof.

The rare and refined atmosphere was instantly destroyed.

Lu Yuzhou sighed and stood up.

“Go up the mountain, it’s clear there.”

Holding the telescope modified by Guo Shoujing, the two arrived at the Sword-Seeking Cliff of the main pavilion. Looking up, they saw the Milky Way shining brightly overhead and the stars twinkling.

Mo Jingchun remained silent for a long time.

She was transported back to her childhood, when she loved to stay on this mountaintop and gaze at the starry sky. But as time passed, she rarely came back to this place.

I've forgotten the specific reason.

"Dispel the spells, suppress spiritual energy, and use this to look." Lu Yuzhou set up the telescope, adjusted the position, and beckoned Mo Jingchun over.

"Don't worry, I won't ambush you, come here!"

Seeing that Mo Jingchun didn't move, Lu Yuzhou stepped forward, grabbed Mo Jingchun's sleeve, and pulled her next to the binoculars.

After giving a brief explanation of how to use it, Lu Yuzhou stepped aside.

Mo Jingchun bent down and looked at the small lens.

Although he was looking down, he was also gazing at the starry sky.

Through that small lens, a few faint lights flickered in the star field that had just been empty.

There really are stars there.

"Was the sky we saw in the past really all an illusion?" Mo Jingchun raised his head.

"Who knows?" Lu Yuzhou said calmly, his hands tucked into his pockets.

Mo Jingchun: "Why wasn't such a huge mistake discovered before?"

Lu Yuzhou didn't answer but instead asked, "If you don't know that the Heavenly Barrier exists, place my and Mr. Guo's star chart in front of anyone and let them see it."

"Whose star chart do you think he would believe is correct, and which star chart is genuine?"

Without hesitation, Mo Jingchun immediately replied, "You."

“That’s the point.” Lu Yuzhou nodded. “Mortals have short lifespans, and their four generations living together is nothing more than a fleeting moment to me. We cultivators don’t care what they think.”

Even if ordinary people make discoveries, they will eventually be forgotten by time.

"As for me, having attained the Mahayana path, as long as I do not die and do not admit my mistakes, no one can say I am wrong, and no one dares to say I am wrong."

Lu Yuzhou said self-deprecatingly.

But after waiting for a long time, Mo Jingchun still didn't respond or play the straight man.

Lu Yuzhou sighed helplessly and carefully put the telescope away, finding it rather pointless.

"Let's go, let's modify this thing. I think its accuracy can be improved."

"Maybe we'll be able to see the situation over there directly then."

Lu Yuzhou put her arm around Mo Jingchun's shoulder again, but this time, Mo Jingchun didn't prick her.

Qianji Pavilion and Zhang Family Courtyard, under the same starry sky.

Zhang Ze squatted on the flower bed with a smile on his face, feeling that the world was noisy.

Just now, Zhang Ze caught his junior sister who was rushing towards him.

After receiving several headbutts from his junior sister, he finally remembered that Ah Li, Ying Ling, and those cultivators were still trapped inside his body.

So he made a hand seal, released Ah Li who was still fast asleep, and after waking her up, released everyone else.

For a moment, the garden under the night sky was lush and green, with green tufts of hair everywhere.

Standing amidst the tufts of hair, Zhang Ze encountered some minor doubts.

"Have you forgotten about us? The rumors about Alzheimer's can't be true, can they?"

Zhang Ze found the voice somewhat shrill, so he decisively offered a pretext for denial.

"No, I just wanted to give you a surprise. After going through thick and thin together and surviving such a disaster, there should be a welcome party, right?"

As he spoke, he activated the magic array in the courtyard.

Despite the change in space, the courtyard appears to be the same size from the outside, but inside it has expanded several times over.

At the same time, countless mechanisms flew up and down, and various pre-installed sets and entertainment facilities appeared before everyone's eyes.

The cat charm summoned a whole team of cats that could flip woks.

By placing an order directly through the magic circle, the snacks and drinks from the pedestrian street in Qianji Town can be teleported directly to the customer.

Unlimited self-service has officially begun.

Seeing this, everyone except Junior Sister and Ah Li believed Zhang Ze's lies.

'He's so good to us, I'm so happy I could cry.'

As for Zhang Ze himself
'Thank you, Lily, for secretly installing the fully automatic party kit in my house.'

This attempt at sophistry can be described as quite successful.

Except for Shi Xiu, who had to leave early due to other commitments, everyone else was completely absorbed in the party.

Especially the cultivators, who had been suppressed for too long in Luoyu Mountain, were eager to vent their frustrations and to stand under the real sky and move around properly.

Zhang Ze's actions were exactly what they wanted, so whether Zhang Ze had forgotten about it or not was no longer important.

The locals of Changzhou, led by Monkey King, were also dazzled by the trinkets of Qianji Pavilion, finding everything novel and fascinating.

For a moment, they were all so happy they forgot about home.

Everything was fine until the situation in the courtyard was discovered by the hot air balloon carrying the roguish princess, who was floating in the night sky to investigate...

Then, a whole bunch of rotten girls joined in.

The Fukihime broke into smaller parts, all of them transforming into the shape of Little Gadou. After a brief but extensive interaction with the Fireflies, the mentally ill brains clicked immediately and magnified many times over.

They started a very strange way of communicating.

In short, each of the three BL fans, located in different places, has something to say.

On the other side, the fireflies, each doing different things, answered one question at a time.

It sounds like concrete number 42 mixed with Chinese crepes and lightning.

With Ah Li, who had just woken up, starting to sing again, the otherwise pleasant gathering began to degenerate into a crazy asylum party.

The junior sister, perched on Zhang Ze's back, watched the lively and joyful scene in the courtyard and suddenly whispered in Zhang Ze's ear.

"Senior brother, let's go inside."

“I want to hear you tell me about the innate Dao body.”

"I'd like to see if your innate Daoist physique is any good."

Zhang Ze took a deep breath.

"Okay...okay."

But just as the two were preparing for a strategic retreat, a sound came from the ground beside them.

"Boss, boss!"

It was Lily, and judging from her tone, it seemed like something was wrong.

Hearing Lily's incessant chatter, Hajiqin breathed out a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)