Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 207 The Yellow Heaven Ancestor Attacks
The weather in Guangzhou gets hot quickly, and so does the weather in Changping Prefecture.

The warm spring breeze had completely dispelled the chill. Gu Zhao, dressed in a light blue robe with a jade pendant and gourd at his waist and a fan in his hand, truly had the air of an ancient scholar.

I first chatted with the Taoist priests who were scattered throughout Changping Prefecture, upholding justice, slaying demons, acting on behalf of Heaven, and helping the common people. I learned that everything was going well for them.

Then he sensed the murderous aura emanating from the Five Thunder Token in his sea of ​​consciousness, while simultaneously replenishing his own cultivation and making progress in condensing the second thunder seed.

Finally, we toured the Daluo Palace and saw the main courtyard bustling with incense offerings, the side courtyards under rapid construction, the endless stream of pilgrims coming up the mountain, and the Taoist priests in the palace performing their respective duties.

Huang Yuan was dozing off on the side of the Sanqing Hall.

Yang Chi and Lu Yue were playing chess in front of the Sutra Repository in the backyard.

He Feng was teaching the young men and women who had come with him how to cultivate themselves.

As Wang Yue wandered around, the snow on Cuiluo Mountain melted, and flowers bloomed in abundance inside and outside the Daluo Palace.

The embroiderer and Bai Ke were playing in the back mountain.

Even Zhuo Qingyan had some free time after setting up the array for the Daluo Palace, where she discussed music theory and painting with two female disciples from the Daluo Palace.

Upon seeing Gu Zhao appear, the two female disciples hurriedly stood up and bowed, "Greetings, Sect Leader!"

Gu Zhao waved his hand, "You don't need to be so polite in this informal setting."

Now, besides the eight Taoists brought back by Gu Zhao and the five Star Officials he recruited, the Daluo Palace also has quite a few local sorcerers, ghosts, gods, and spirit lords, but their cultivation levels are generally low, so they are not included in the combat strength.

In addition, from initially recruiting people from the mountain stronghold, to later casually taking people in as they passed by, and then to people actively seeking refuge, there were quite a few ordinary people and martial arts masters in the Daluo Palace.

Nowadays, unless someone is very talented or has a unique personality, the Daluo Palace rarely recruits people casually anymore. Instead, it has established rules to gradually recruit all kinds of new people.

In this way, the disciples of the Great Luo Palace were actually divided into three groups.

One type is an ordinary person, also called a fire-worker Taoist, who has no combat ability and only does logistical work, such as cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, guiding pilgrims, etc.

One group consists of martial arts masters, called outer disciples. If they can successfully cultivate their internal energy, they will be introduced into the inner sect.

One group consists of practitioners, known as inner disciples, who are also the main force behind various local temples and monasteries. They target demons and monsters who are not highly skilled in their practice and who are evil among the common people.

As the inner disciples gradually grow, they will become native elders of the other world and receive the advanced Daoist teachings of the Great Luo Palace, thus fulfilling Gu Zhao and others' idea of ​​bringing the glory of the Three Pure Ones to the new world.

Meanwhile, the Daluo Palace, which occupied Changping Prefecture and had already held its New Year's Grand Ritual for two or three months, had clearly entered a period of development.

Seeing Gu Zhao enter, the two female disciples left laughing, leaving only Zhuo Qingyan to greet him, "Was your seclusion successful?"

Gu Zhao nodded. "Successfully. Thank you for handling the daily affairs of the Daluo Palace."

"It's no trouble at all. Several Taoist priests take care of the important matters, and the Firework Taoist also has someone in charge. I just lend a hand when they're busy. It's not much work," Zhuo Qingyan said with a smile.

Because Gu Zhao needs to bring people back to the modern world from time to time, one of the Taoist priests always takes turns resting at the Daluo Palace.

"Who's on the mountain now?" Gu Zhao asked.

“It’s Uncle-Master Mingyu,” Zhuo Qingyan replied. “He just returned yesterday, replacing Daoist Qingyuan. He should be at the Celestial Master’s Academy on the back mountain right now. Are you looking for him?”

"No need, I was just asking casually." Gu Zhao shook his head, then gently shook his folding fan. "I saw quite a few scholars and rich young ladies going up the mountain to enjoy the spring scenery in various places, so I thought I'd take you and Xiu Niang out for a trip too."

Zhuo Qingyan looked at Gu Zhao's outfit and couldn't help but chuckle, "You've prepared all this?" Gu Zhao nodded, then curled the corners of his mouth, "Act a little weak, and if we run into any fools on the road, it'll add some fun."

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Ke jumped down from the wall next to her, looking excited. "You just said you were going out to play?"

Gu Zhao closed his folding fan and pointed at Bai Ke, "How come your ears are so sharp in this area?"

Bai Ke didn't answer, but instead asked, "Where to?"

"go……"

Before Gu Zhao could finish speaking, he suddenly turned his head and looked south.

Two beams of yellow light streaked across the sky, trailing billowing yellow smoke, and flew towards the Daluo Palace.

"We can't go anywhere for now." Gu Zhao shook his head and transmitted his thoughts, "Uncle Mingyu!"

"I see them!" Master Mingyu leaped into the air from the backyard. "They actually dare to come here in broad daylight?"

“There are many pilgrims on the mountain, we can’t let them harm ordinary people.” Gu Zhao looked at the front yard, then took out the control array wooden plaque and handed it to Zhuo Qingyan. “It will take some time for the other martial uncles to get back. I’ll go help Martial Uncle Mingyu. You control the array and protect everyone.”

Zhuo Qingyan nodded and took the wooden plaque.

She has now switched to cultivating the "Seven True Soul Refining Methods of the Northern Yin Fengdu Sect," and her soul is pure. Her body is filled with Yin energy and carries the aura of the Daoist sect, and she can already control the protective array of the Great Luo Palace.

Gu Zhao slowly rose into the air, hovering side by side with Daoist Mingyu in mid-air.

At the same time, a transparent light curtain suddenly formed, and the Dragon-Locking Light Curtain acted in reverse, protecting the entire Daluo Palace and resisting external enemies and spells.

Huang Yuan, He Feng, Yang Chi, and Lu Yue, the four star officials, stood at the edge of the light screen, ready to provide support at any time.

“The yellow smoke is bewitching, just like what Junior Brother Jingfeng encountered. This is Huang Tiantan’s method.” Daoist Mingyu’s eyes narrowed. “The other party waited two months before coming, so they must have something to rely on.”

Gu Zhao nodded, and then saw the yellow light shoot closer, revealing two figures that floated in the billowing yellow smoke, making them appear like deities on earth.

He was a burly man with broad shoulders and a thick waist, standing nine feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

She was petite, curvaceous, four feet tall, and alluring.

"No wonder they were able to destroy the Golden Wind Sect; it turns out they had two experts." Ancestor Huangtian nodded and said in a gruff voice.

Madam Huang looked the two men up and down. "They are both sorcerers. The spirits and deities that are compatible with them should be hidden within their bodies."

Huang Tian Lao Zu took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom, then uncorked it. "I'll force them out."

The next moment, endless yellow smoke poured out of the porcelain bottle, almost instantly covering the sky and the sun, surrounding Gu Zhao and Daoist Mingyu, and also enveloping the Daluo Palace.

At the same time, Huang Tian Lao Zu chanted an incantation, and countless poisonous insects and ferocious beasts materialized from the yellow smoke, baring their fangs and claws at Gu Zhao and Daoist Ming Yu, while rushing towards their spiritual seas.

Master Mingyu made a hand seal, and the Golden Light Divine Mantra protected his entire body.

Gu Zhao also used the Golden Light Mantra to protect himself, while simultaneously forming hand seals and mudras, and five-colored thunderclouds formed above the yellow smoke. "Very good, I like this kind of no-nonsense approach."

(End of this chapter)