Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 350 Trouble in the Northern Frontier

Chen Ye carefully recorded the address provided by Youluozi. However, Yunlu Immortal Sect was located in the western part of the Central Plains, and Chen Ye had never been there before, so he did not know exactly where it was. He could only record it for now.

After ending this conversation about the collusion between good and evil, Chen Ye said to Qu Heng, "See, I told you I have a unique advantage."

Qu Heng narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Not now, it shouldn't be now. What you should be doing now is calming things down and handling the initiation ceremony for those three disciples. Speaking of which, what are you going to do with that Fang Hao?"

“Let’s follow the sect rules,” Chen Ye said casually, toying with a paperweight on the table. “Let him be a second-generation disciple of the Yellow Springs Sect. With his cultivation level, he’s more than qualified to be the senior disciple.”

Hearing Chen Ye speak so casually, Qu Heng sneered, "If outsiders hear this, I'm afraid rumors will spread everywhere."

In Qu Heng's view, Fang Hao was actually a hot potato.

The destruction of the Incense Burning Sect was an extremely disgraceful tragedy, but the main responsibility for this matter lay with Lu Xingzhou, and Fang Hao was Lu Xingzhou's disciple and last disciple, practically the designated next leader of the Incense Burning Sect.

The Yellow Spring Sect "lent a helping hand" when the Incense Burning Sect was destroyed, and gained many benefits from it.

Pang Duoduo's defection to the Yellow Springs Sect can be explained by the troubles at Green Coffin Mountain. After all, Pang Duoduo seemed willing to die at Green Coffin Mountain, so others assumed that she sold herself to get help from the Yellow Springs Sect.

But Fang Hao is different.

The sect leader's disciple had taken full advantage of the Incense Burning Sect, but in the end, he was no match for Pang Duoduo and her master.

The gossip among his fellow disciples and the pointing fingers of outsiders were all sources of Fang Hao's inner demons.

Therefore, Pang Duoduo suggested that Fang Hao join the Yellow Springs Sect through the trials of hellish torture. He needed a reason that no one could find fault with, and he also needed to gain Chen Ye's trust in this way.

In addition, Chen Ye felt that Fang Hao's timely discovery of the crisis was also related to Pang Duoduo's arrangements.

However, Pang Duoduo had made an agreement with him that as a diviner, she would occasionally make some inexplicable arrangements, and at this time Chen Ye needed to trust her unconditionally and not ask too many questions, otherwise the divination results would be inaccurate.

Chen Ye has always been someone who trusts those he employs and doesn't employ those he doesn't trust, and this time is no exception.

Clearly, if Fang Hao hadn't passed the Hell Trial, he wouldn't have gone for a stroll with Qin Le, and wouldn't have happened to discover this crisis. Once the poisonous fog explodes, the number of infected people will be in the tens of thousands.

However, this also brought a minor problem to the Yellow Springs Sect: Fang Hao's cultivation level was too high, making it difficult to find him a master.

This is also what Qu Heng is worried about; this person is really difficult to manage.

But Chen Ye didn't have this problem. The Yellow Springs Sect already had many unorthodox practices, so Fang Hao's situation was nothing to worry about.

As long as Fang Hao doesn't mind, Chen Ye would be happy to take him on as an apprentice.

So what if the disciple's cultivation is higher than the master's? Chen Ye can teach Fang Hao more than just cultivation.

However, given the outbreak of this toxic fog and plague, it would be inappropriate to hold a grand ceremony now.

"The apprenticeship ceremony should be kept low-key. In this chaotic world, everyone is too busy to take care of themselves. As long as we don't announce it to the world with gongs and drums, who will care which disciple your Yellow Springs Sect accepts?"

Qu Heng did not object. The Yellow Spring Sect only needs to develop slowly now and does not need to attract attention anymore.

Thinking of this, Qu Heng asked again, "How is your cultivation?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen Ye immediately gave a wry smile.

Chen Ye accidentally transformed his physical body into a divine soul, and his subsequent cultivation depended entirely on his own exploration.

However, the efforts of these past few days have been effective.

Mo Ci finally felt like a master again and paid extra attention to Chen Ye's cultivation.

The meaning of "take it to heart" is to beat him even harder than Qu Heng.

Chen Ye realized that when it came to escaping, he could never match Mo Ci. No matter how hard he tried, Mo Ci could always catch him in the simplest and quickest way and then give him a good beating.

Sometimes Chen Ye felt like he had bumped into him in his panic, and he didn't even know when Mo Ci had gotten in front of him.

Of course, if it were to really fight, Mo Ci would be no match for Chen Ye right now, but since they are in training, Chen Ye can only take the hits and cannot fight back.

But broken bones are the best teachers, and Chen Ye's spirit and body are now much stronger than before.

He's still far from reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, but at least he can withstand a few blows and is running quite fast.

"Although I have achieved some results, I always feel that this path is not quite right. Now I am a little confused about what is the physical body and what is the soul. Perhaps I need to slow down and think about it carefully in a few days."

Qu Heng pondered for a moment but was unable to offer any suitable advice.

Chen Ye's path is too strange to be deduced by common sense. Moreover, Chen Ye's cultivation speed is too fast. In just two years, he is about to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm?
Does that mean they achieved immortality and ascended to heaven within three years?
Qu Heng felt increasingly uneasy. Chen Ye's cultivation level could not continue to rise indefinitely. If it was not suppressed, there would probably be even bigger trouble.

"Then stop cultivating for now and focus on being your sect leader. The Yellow Springs Sect has many troubles that need your attention."

Chen Ye nodded. He had been beaten up so badly these past few days that he was starting to question his existence. He figured he might as well relax for a few days.

The biggest problem for the Yellow Springs Sect right now is the plague and poisonous fog. Fortunately, Fengdu City has banned brothels from operating, so this brothel is being run very cautiously. Moreover, because Zhao Hezhou was keeping an eye on this matter, the brothel was discovered and shut down after only a few days of operation.

Therefore, the number of infections should not be high.

Fang Hao is currently searching the entire city for infected individuals. With this achievement, it's unlikely that anyone within the Yellow Springs Sect will gossip anymore.

As for the opinions of the outside world, Chen Ye simply couldn't be bothered to pay them any attention.

However, Chen Ye was still very curious about the effects of the poisonous fog, so he said to Qu Heng, "I'm going to meet the Northern Frontier person who spread the poisonous fog and also study this poisonous fog plague."

Qu Heng snorted coldly, "Do whatever you want, just don't go off to meet that witch by yourself."

“Grandmaster, if these words get out, the reputation of the Yellow Springs Sect will be ruined.”

"You previously said that other people's opinions didn't matter?"

"This is different from spreading rumors. Not to mention that since this rumor came from my elders, many people will believe it. If that happens, I will really become a spy for the Demonic Sect, and I won't be able to clear my name even if I jump into the Qinghe River."

Qu Heng was too lazy to say anything more, gave Chen Ye a bunch of eye rolls, and then tore through space and ran away.

"Sigh, why do all women think I have some kind of secret relationship? It's such a huge injustice. I'm still a pure yang body."

Chen Ye walked out of the Yellow Springs Palace with a sigh and arrived at the Division of Punishment.

The Trial Chamber is a stone prison built in the underworld. Its cold and malevolent aura is almost tangible, forming various mottled marks on the rough stone walls.

The prisoner was bound to a stone platform by dozens of thick chains engraved with runes. His body had undergone a horrific distortion, no longer resembling a human, but his mind remained clear.

The guards watching over this traitor were all ghost soldiers, and the mist had no effect on them, so this guy was powerless.

Chen Ye asked the ghostly soldiers beside him, "Have they begun the torture?"

A ghostly soldier with a head as big as a bucket respectfully replied, "Reporting to the sect master, the torture has been carried out three times. What should have been vomited and what shouldn't have been vomited have been thoroughly emptied. The confession is here."

A thick stack of confessions was presented to Chen Ye. Chen Ye casually flipped through it and found that the man had indeed recounted his childhood experiences of bedwetting.

However, after reading it, Chen Ye frowned.

(End of this chapter)