My blind date failed, so I had to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Chapter 116 Qinling Mountains Glow
On the flight from Shanghai to Chengdu.

First class.

Zhou Ping closed his eyes, his mind still recalling the crazy scenes with Chen Xue and Tian Xiaoqin. The spiritual nutrient solution and the nourishment of practice did have a great improvement on the girls' skin. Although they could not compare with Jiang Xia's delicate and smooth touch, the softness and moisture were really unforgettable.

Ordinary people at his age, even if they like to do things like picking flowers and flirting with girls, are powerless. But as a cultivator, coupled with the continuous improvement of his physical body and the endless power support of his body, other people would have been reveling every night long ago.

But he knew that he had important things to do and could not indulge in the warmth and fragrance of jade.

"gentlemen."

"Would you like anything to drink?"

At this moment, a sweet voice interrupted Zhou Ping's thoughts.

Open your eyes.

I saw the stewardess in uniform next to me smiling.

"No, thanks."

"Okay, sir."

The beautiful stewardess walked away slowly.

Jiang Xia took a glance and then closed his eyes again.

Nowadays, the number of aspiring practitioners is increasing around the world, but in each city and each place, the chance of ordinary people actually encountering high-level practitioners is very low.

Especially people like Zhou Ping are extremely rare.

"Sister Qing, did you notice that the man and woman in first class have very beautiful skin, as if they've used makeup, but up close you can't see any makeup at all. Especially the woman, she looks like she walked out of an anime, her skin is as white as jade, radiant and naturally beautiful. I think they must be cultivators."

"Why, you're attracted to her and want to chat her up?"

"I'll just give it a try. What if it works? They're cultivators. Even if I become their lover, it's worth it."

"Stop dreaming. Haven't you heard that in the eyes of cultivators, no matter how beautiful a girl is, she's just a mediocre girl? It's said on the Cultivator's Home forum that those cultivators who have condensed their divine consciousness will see our faces full of blemishes and potholes. Even if they do that kind of thing, they won't have any interest in it."

"Hey, when do you think we'll be able to cultivate our spiritual roots? A few days ago, Sister Yun from our flight got lucky and was directly promoted to a senior executive..."

Listen to the stewardesses whispering as they held the curtains.

Zhou Ping's expression did not fluctuate at all.

After the full liberalization, although the treatment of prospective practitioners has dropped significantly, they are still enthusiastically sought after by a large number of ordinary people across the country. Many girls have no resistance to becoming the lovers of practitioners.

It is said that when a person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

Even a cultivator who has cultivated spiritual roots like Tian Xiaoqin is willing to choose to serve Chen Xue for the sake of her own future, not to mention those ordinary girls.

It's approaching noon.

The flight landed at Chengdu Airport.

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia did not take the high-speed rail, but directly activated their magic weapon armor and arrived in Qingcheng in less than ten minutes.

In front of the ruins of ancient ruins.

After being renovated, there are no traces of the battle that day.

Come to the door.

Take out your ID.

The armed soldier immediately saluted, and then the two of them took the elevator from a newly built entrance to the underground ruins passage.

"Team Zhou."

"Jiang Xia."

The people guarding the ruins were members of the Qingcheng Special Department. They had all seen Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia before, and when they saw the two of them, they all saluted.

Zhou Ping smiled and asked, "Has there been any movement in the ruins recently?"

"No."

"There's no one else here except researchers."

Zhou Ping nodded and walked into the ruins of the ancient site.

After that great battle.

Only a few scattered ancient buildings remained inside, with faint traces of divine writings on them. Apart from that, there was the corpse that was still suppressed by the Fire Lotus Formation.

It lies flat.

The skull was hollow, and the divine writing on the bones lacked a trace of luster.

Zhou Ping didn’t recognize these characters at all before.

But now his eyes glanced away.

These divine words seemed to come alive, and soon they converged into a few words before his eyes: blood, bones, brokenness, and loneliness...

The other remaining sacred texts are just a few scattered words, but those with pictures near the passage have complete texts.

The above records the history of the Blood Gate Sect.

The Blood Gate Sect is an ancient sect whose origins can be traced back to the mythological era and seems to have some connection with the Golden Crow Clan.

Unfortunately, there is no clue about the underground fire and the heavenly fire.

Jiang Xia could also understand those divine texts. She searched carefully back and forth but could not find any clues. She inherited the cultivation method of the Phoenix Fairy to open the Nine Apertures, and in the future she would also need to use fire to refine real gold.

Professor Huai is also here.

Zhou Ping asked him about his progress in the past few days.

Professor Huai shook his head. "The sacred text is still incomplete, but I did discover something within the carvings on the bronze door."

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He opened his notebook and continued, "I remember seeing the patterns on the bronze door in tomb passages excavated in Kunlun and Qinling. I plan to go to Qinling to take a look in the next few days."

Zhou Ping's heart moved. This Blood Gate Sect actually had connections with the Qinling Mountains, and there was also the Fire Lotus Phoenix Fairy. The other party must know a lot of things, but unfortunately she is currently in a deep sleep.

"Professor Huai, where is Director Lei?"

"As for him, I don't know the details, but Director Lei is in charge of antiquities excavation. He should be looking for some ancient ruins right now."

"Where are those who got the treasure?"

"Are you talking about the Stone Lute, Dao Sword, Purple Umbrella and other treasures?"

"Correct."

"Those treasures only have incomplete Dao rhymes, completely different from the Phoenix Ancient Jade that Jiang Xia obtained. It is impossible to activate them. I heard that they have been taken away by Director Wang of the Special Section General Bureau, but they also gave him a lot of things."

"If you're interested, you can go to Kyoto."

Leave the ruins of ancient ruins.

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia found a restaurant.

while eating.

Jiang Xia asked curiously, "Zhou Ping, do you think the ancient mythological era really existed? If so, where did all those ancient masters go? Did they all perish in the passage of time?"

Zhou Ping pondered, "Perhaps. No one can truly escape the decaying power of time. Practitioners absorb spiritual energy, which is dark matter and dark energy, to transform themselves, but after all, they are not planets or stars, and cannot truly achieve immortality."

"Longevity..."

Jiang Xia sighed, "My biggest hope is just to condense the golden elixir, but I haven't thought that far ahead. I heard that the lifespan of a golden elixir is five hundred years, and the dynasties of the past have only lasted about three hundred years. Five hundred years can be said to be a lot of changes."

Zhou Ping glanced at Jiang Xia, who had a fire lotus mark on his forehead and exuded a heroic aura, and said with a smile, "People's desires are getting higher and higher. Perhaps after you reach the Golden Core stage, you will think about forming a baby."

Jiang Xia rolled his eyes in a very charming way. "What do you want?"

"Me?" Zhou Ping didn't answer immediately. Instead, he thought carefully and said, "Before I cultivated my spiritual roots, my greatest wish was to marry a wife, make more money, and live a peaceful life. After becoming a quasi-cultivator, I didn't think about immortality. I just felt that since I could practice cultivation, I would see how far I could go on this path."

This is his true heart.

Jiang Xia smiled slightly, holding her cheeks with both hands, and asked, "Zhou Ping, what were you like before?"

"A very decadent office worker, and very fat."

Zhou Ping looked at Jiang Xia and said, "Back then, even if I stood next to you, you probably wouldn't even notice me."

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He continued in a serious tone, "So I cherish my current practice. It is practice that has completely changed me."

Whether in appearance, figure, or temperament, he is completely different from before he went to Mount Tai. It is for this reason that he wants to go further on the path of cultivation.

Jiang Xia didn't continue the topic, but asked, "Where are we going next?"

"Qinling."

……

Magic City.

Inside the hotel.

Tian Xiaoqin was packing some things.

Chen Xue sat on a chair by the window, staring at the tall buildings outside in a daze.

"What's wrong."

"Are you still thinking about Brother Zhou?"

Pack it up.

Tian Xiaoqin walked over and said.

Chen Xue nodded, "Xiaoqin, after meeting my husband this time, I feel like the distance between him and me is getting farther and farther."

Tian Xiaoqin was silent for a moment. "Brother Zhou is a man of great accomplishments. Chen Xue, don't overthink it. All we can do is practice well and stay by his side when he needs us."

Chen Xue smiled charmingly, "Xiaoqin, you see things more clearly than I do, but...sigh."

Tian Xiaoqin knew why Chen Xue sighed.

But she said nothing more.

After all, there is a big gap between them and Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia who is by his side. Even if they force themselves to stay by his side, it will only bring trouble to Zhou Ping.

Not everyone is glamorous.

Most of them are mediocre.

"Let's go."

"Return to Jiangcheng."

"Ah."

The two walked out of the hotel, but as soon as they reached the first floor, they saw He Jing walking towards them.

"Chen Xue, Xiao Qin, are you leaving now?"

He Jing hurried forward and said, "Yao Qian is going to host a dinner party in two days. I heard that she's going to introduce some cultivation connections to the students. Why don't you wait a bit longer?"

Chen Xue shook her head, "No, we'll be away for quite a while this time."

He Jing said helplessly, "Okay, but can I go to Jiangcheng with you? I'm free in the Magic City anyway, so I want to go and relax."

Tian Xiaoqin smiled and said, "Okay, we are both bored."

Chen Xue also said, "We classmates haven't seen each other for a long time. When we get to Jiangcheng, Xiaoqin and I will take you for a good tour."

……

a few days later.

Qinling.

Lishan.

The scenery here is beautiful and has witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties. Now it has become a tourist attraction like Mount Tai, and many tourists come here to visit every year.

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia were standing in front of Huaqing Pool at this time, looking at the mountains behind it. They learned from Team Huang of the Special Section that something had happened in Mount Li recently, and some quasi-cultivators had killed people there, so they came here specifically.

Team Huang, the leader of the Huaxi Emergency Response Team, pointed to the distance and said, "Around the Lantern Festival, a group of men and women were traveling here when they clashed with another group. The would-be cultivators on both sides fought fiercely, resulting in two deaths. Team Lu, who was in charge of special security in the city, immediately sealed off the entire Huaqing Pool."

“But within a few days, there were strange phenomena here.”

"At that time, the entire sky was covered in a rosy glow, just like the ruins of Qingcheng. The country sent many experts, but they have searched and found no clues so far."

Zhou Ping showed surprise. "Since there's a rosy glow everywhere, it must be the ancient formation that's been activated. There should be quite a bit of activity. Why didn't you find it?"

"No."

Captain Huang said this and took out his cell phone to show Zhou Ping.

From the video screen, you can indeed see bursts of light.

Jiang Xia couldn't help but say, "With such a big commotion, even bigger than that in Qingcheng, how could they not find it?"

Captain Huang shook his head. "This is what we're worried about right now. Ever since the rosy glow appeared, many cultivators have flocked to Mount Li, both from abroad and domestically. This has caused quite a bit of trouble for our work. Murders occur almost every day. These would-be cultivators and cultivators are truly bored!"

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces. Strictly speaking, they were both bored.

"Ancient ruins are very appealing. After the Qingcheng ruins appeared, those who obtained treasures all gained a lot of cultivation resources. Moreover, there are also powerful people left behind in ancient times. Naturally, everyone wants to come and get a piece of the pie."

Team Leader Huang said, "Director Wang and Director Peng were here a couple of days ago, and they just left yesterday. Team Leader Zhou, Jiang Xia, you two can just wander around here. There's a lot going on within the team, so I have to excuse myself for now."

Zhou Pinglian said, "Captain Huang, you go ahead and do your work."

After the Yellow Team leaves.

Jiang Xia looked around and said, "The experts and the antiquities excavation team haven't found the formation yet. It seems that the formation on Mount Li is very deep."

Zhou Ping nodded, "Yes, there must be a formation here. It's either buried deep or very complicated. Without a certain amount of knowledge, it would be difficult to find the formation."

Jiang Xia couldn't help but look at Zhou Ping. "You were the one who opened the formation in Qingcheng. When it comes to formations, you're probably the best in our country, and even in the world."

"How is it? Have you noticed anything?"

Zhou Ping didn't say anything, but activated the Jiaolong magic weapon armor, and suddenly floated in the air, overlooking the entire Mount Li. Unfortunately, after checking for a long time, he didn't sense any fluctuations from the formation.

But since the formation spirit said that there is a formation here, then it must be correct.

"Not in a hurry."

"Let's go to the hotel first."

The two walked around the area for a few times and then took a taxi to a hotel.

There are actually quite a few prospective practitioners and practitioners living in the hotel, most of whom come here for the sunset glow.

Anyone who is not stupid knows the importance of opportunity.

Like Jiangxia, he got a great opportunity in Qingcheng.

It even opened up the nine orifices and had a broader prospect.

Although other prospective practitioners and practitioners are not aware of this, those treasures alone are enough to make people covet them.

"There are no rooms left in the high-end suites. Now there are only three rooms left. There are no twin rooms, only king-size rooms."

"Then get a king-size bed room."

(End of this chapter)