Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 313 People came to pay their respects

Li Qingshuang stayed at the Daluo Palace for three days before leaving.

However, Gu Zhao soon became busy as there were just too many people coming to pay their respects at the mountain.

Ziyun Jun delivered two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, and together with Daoist Mingchong, they refined two batches of spiritual pills. Xu Jing and his wife introduced two or three minor forces from Qianshan Prefecture to come to Daluo Palace to pay their respects and present gifts. Lu Zhengtang, who lived by the Yongding River, also brought two friends.

These are all people I knew before, and they are all highly skilled. Since Gu Zhao is on the mountain, he must personally receive them.

In addition, many more people with weaker cultivation came to pay their respects. Gu Zhao met with them as well, since although these people did not enter the Great Luo Palace, they were all benevolent spirit lords and ghosts, and would be considered as the outer forces of the Great Luo Palace in the future.

For dozens of days in a row, Cui Luo Mountain was bustling with activity. Ordinary people saw various colored lights flashing in the sky, and countless extraordinary people and people respectfully climbed the mountain to pay homage to the gate, finally feeling the power of the Daluo Palace.

This is not just a mage sect that shelters a small area, but a large sect that commands respect across a vast region!

Consequently, the incense offerings at the Daluo Temples and Guanyin Temples in Changping Prefecture, Baishi Prefecture, and Qianshan Prefecture, as well as in the county towns, continued uninterrupted. Even the ordinary Daluo Temples in the county towns gathered incense-burning fire soldiers to protect the area.

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"Sect Leader Gu, these are my two friends. They were both cultivating in seclusion at Wuya Ridge before. They are Ye Ruyan and Miao Yunji."

On this day, Bi Jingjing from Bishuitan also brought two women up the mountain under the pretext of visiting her sister.

Ye Ruyan wore a light pink, ethereal gauze dress, her figure light and graceful, her skin as clear as jade, her eyebrows arched, and her eyes held a hint of water, giving her an alluring charm.

Miao Yunji wore a plain white phoenix-tail dress with cloud patterns, her black hair cascading down her back, and her eyes were gentle and calm. She exuded a light and elegant aura, carrying a faint sense of distance, yet she did not appear unfamiliar.

Gu Zhao did not know Ye Ruyan, but he had heard of Miaoyun Ji.

I heard that this person was the White Bone Lady of the White Bone Cave's best friend, but I never expected that she would become Bi Jingjing's friend as well.

Gu Zhao nodded, "Greetings, Miss Ye, and Princess Miaoyun."

"Greetings, Sect Leader Gu. I have long heard of the illustrious reputation of the Great Luo Palace, but unfortunately, without an introduction, I dared not come." Ye Ruyan laughed sweetly. "Now that Sister Bi has brought me here, I dare to come."

Ye Ruyan also carried a faint aura of malevolence, but it wasn't strong, similar to Huang Yuan's back then. It was probably just that she had encountered someone who didn't know their place or that she was taking her anger out on someone in a bad mood.

Faced with this situation, Gu Zhao wasn't so morally fastidious. After all, no one is perfect. If he really wanted to kill all the demons and monsters with malevolent energy, then there wouldn't be many people left in this world.

The target of the Great Luo Palace has always been those evildoers who harm living beings for their own desires.

However, compared to Ye Ruyan, who still carried a faint aura of malevolence, Miao Yunji, who was best friends with Lady White Bone, was completely clean and had no trace of malevolence on her.

How did these two become best friends?
Given Gu Zhao's current status, power, and magical abilities, there's no need for him to keep his doubts to himself. Besides, Bi Jingjing brought Miao Yunji along, which also served to mediate the conflict.

“We were best friends back in Wuya Ridge,” Miao Yunji explained. “Later, she married the White Bone God, but we didn’t lose contact. However, I couldn’t stand the White Bone Cave’s ways, so I never left the mountain. She would occasionally visit my residence.”

At this point, Miao Yunji sighed, "She wasn't like this back then."

Ye Ruyan smiled disdainfully, "She knew what kind of person the White Bone God was before she married him. It can only be said that this is her true nature, but she just didn't show it before at Wuya Ridge."

Miao Yunji remained silent. Just then, Bi Yingying and Chen Zhi also arrived.

Upon seeing Bi Yingying, Bi Jingjing's eyes lit up. "You're about to break through?"

Although Bi Jingjing and Bi Yingying are sisters, Bi Jingjing, being the older sister, has a deeper foundation and higher talent, and broke through five hundred years of cultivation at a young age, becoming stronger and stronger over time.

Bi Yingying's talent was slightly inferior, and she liked miscellaneous studies such as playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting. With her older sister protecting her, her cultivation level never improved, and she thought she would never be able to break through the five-hundred-year limit of cultivation in this lifetime.

Unexpectedly, after only a short time since joining the Great Luo Palace, his aura has already reached its limit, and there are even faint signs of a breakthrough.

Is this due to the harmony of the two, or the power of the Great Luo Palace's methods?
Thinking of this, Bi Jingjing glanced at Gu Zhao again, feeling a little regretful that she hadn't slept with him earlier and tried to see if they were compatible.

Gu Zhao didn't notice Bi Jingjing's gaze, and looked at Bi Yingying as well.

Bi Yingying nodded, "Uncle Qingyuan explained the Great Dao of Taiji to me, and I was vaguely touched by it, which may lead to a breakthrough."

Bi Jingjing suddenly realized that it was indeed the supreme method of the Daluo Palace. She had heard some of it before, but since she was not a member of the Daluo Palace, the content she heard was limited. Although it was helpful to her, it was not as obvious as Bi Yingying's.

Ye Ruyan pulled Bi Yingying's hand and said, "Good sister, when you break through, come visit me more often."

“Okay!” Bi Yingying agreed with a smile. Ye Ruyan was an old friend of Bi Jingjing, and Bi Yingying knew her too.

Next, Bi Yingying and Chen Zhi led Ye Ruyan and Miao Yunji on a tour of the area, while Bi Jingjing spoke with Gu Zhao about serious matters, "Sect Leader Gu, are you going to make a move against the Ink Dragon?"

Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow. "Why does Palace Master Bi say that?"

Bi Jingjing shook her head. "The entire Daluo Palace hates evil as if it were their enemy. Dozens of elders travel the world to do good and eliminate evil. In just one year, their reputation has spread beyond Wuya Ridge to Yazhou."

Although Mo Jiao has been living in seclusion in Mo Lake for many years, he comes out every few years to devour tens of thousands of people. He and Da Luo Palace are natural enemies. Moreover, he is in Pingjiang Prefecture and you are in Changping Prefecture. The two prefectures are right next to each other. How can they coexist peacefully?
If people previously thought the Great Luo Palace was no match for the Ink Flood Dragon, now that Sect Leader Gu has annihilated the Netherfire Sect in one battle, no one dares to predict the outcome between you and the Ink Flood Dragon.

Gu Zhao pondered for a moment, then asked, "Didn't anyone go to inform the Ink Dragon?"

Upon hearing this, Bi Jingjing laughed and said, "That black dragon is ruthless and lives in seclusion in Pingjiang Prefecture. It wreaks havoc in southern Jiangzhou and doesn't give face to anyone. Where would it get friends to tip it off?"

Gu Zhao nodded. "Then I'm relieved."

Bi Jingjing couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, equally curious, "Aren't you afraid that the black dragon will get wind of this and come to attack the Great Luo Palace?"

Gu Zhao waved his hand calmly, "If Mo Jiao can come, I will only be happy."

……

Bi Jingjing and the other two girls stayed at the Daluo Palace for two days. It was then that Gu Zhao learned that Ye Ruyan was a spirit python who had become a demon, while Miao Yunji was a swallow that flew through the clouds.

Two days later, the three women left, and Gu Zhao finally had some free time and could go back to the modern world for a visit.

(End of this chapter)