Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Zhang Shanghan ordered his disciples to inventory the demonic pills and demonic herbs, and then gather them together, preparing to destroy them all in front of Chu Mingkong and the others.

An embarrassing thing happened: the disciples of the alchemy workshop tried to use flames to burn the medicinal plants, but they failed.

The flames remained motionless, as if they had encountered millennia-old ice. After burning for most of the day, the tip of the leaf only turned slightly yellow, proving difficult to destroy.

"See? What does this have to do with 'demon'? This is just a mysterious treasure that you don't understand, an elixir that opens up a new realm!" Yi Zhenren suddenly became smug.

"Shut up! What business is it of yours? Just wait until your cultivation is crippled and you're confined to your quarters for a hundred years!" the old man searching for medicine scolded.

If the person practicing Yizhen's second cultivation progresses slowly, being confined for a hundred years is equivalent to being locked up until old age and death.

Chu Mingkong hadn't expected that this thing, which had absorbed the demonic thoughts of heaven and earth, would be so powerful; even the fire spiritual energy of ordinary cultivators couldn't move these medicinal plants.

He thought to himself, "No wonder that Taoist Peng Bao needed a cauldron and the 'Three Flowers Medicine Classic' to aid in alchemy; it turns out it's really that difficult..."

This is where the convenience of the Cleaner's extremely Yin power comes into play!

Chu Mingkong instinctively wanted to spit blood at the scene, but then he remembered that Yun Nongyu was right next to him, so he had to be elegant!

A dark flame ignited in his palm. As soon as the flame appeared, cultivators of average cultivation level felt a sense of fear in their hearts.

The extremely yin flames were flung onto the pile of "stolen goods," and in the blink of an eye, those demonic pills and demonic plants were first burned into a turbid black liquid, and then completely disappeared.

"It produces so much dirty water when it's boiled, tsk tsk tsk!" Chu Mingkong clicked his tongue and shook his head.

The man with the acupuncture needle looked at the precious opportunity he had longed for with gritted teeth, his heart aching.

In front of Chu Mingkong, so much water was boiled out in just a few moments and then gone in an instant, causing him immense heartache!

The people of Medicine King Valley looked at each other in bewilderment. The demonic object was indeed extraordinary, but looking at Chu Mingkong's scene, it seemed that the extreme yin power on his body was more like the so-called "new realm".

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Without lingering, Chu Mingkong led his men away.

As his flying sword pierced through the clouds, Chu Mingkong sat cross-legged, feeling quite pleased with himself.

To be honest, Chu Mingkong was quite surprised to suddenly discover that Buddhism had been secretly cultivating spiritual power, and he was still a little uneasy.

Today we discovered that the power of extreme Yin is still effective, which shows that the approach has been correct so far. Even if there are gaps, as long as the direction is right, we will catch up sooner or later!

Furthermore, the short-term goal is also very clear: to cultivate one's own 'domain' and 'boundary'.

Yuehe said that Nachamento's combat power should have been similar to his own, but the difference in their abilities created a huge gap.

That's what Chu Mingkong needs to figure out.

Without any unique breakthroughs, the Nirvana Domain will be somewhat insufficient. Back in the East Sea, even the ancient Buddha corpse could move around in the Nirvana Domain.

Clam man!

What is his "domain"?

The only thing that could come to mind for Chu Mingkong when he thought of this word was the Abyss!

"Sigh..." It can only be said that he is not good at thinking; he started to drift off after thinking for a while.

His gaze was fixed on Yun Nongyu, who was sitting in front of him.

The female Taoist was sitting with her legs bent on the gleaming sword, not in a cross-legged sitting posture, but with her legs and knees together, a kind of ladylike sitting posture that Chu Mingkong was familiar with.

The Taoist robe stretched taut from the sitting posture, especially around the waist and hips, with every fold highlighting the rounded contours of the inner body. Below the hips were a pair of snow-white and rosy jade feet.

Her waist was slender and her hips were round. Gazing at her for a long time was like standing by a cold pool in a secluded summer valley. The restlessness in one's heart would quietly disappear, and one would be filled with tranquility, wanting only to cultivate the Tao, enter the Tao, and sit and discuss the Tao with Yun Nongyu.

"Your Highness, you have been looking at me for a long time. What is it that you wish to say?" Yun Nongyu could not see, but her senses were very sharp.

Having done this kind of thing so many times, Chu Mingkong had developed a certain composure and calmness.

"It's nothing, I was just lost in thought. There's something I don't understand. It's not that I doubt the strength of the Kunlun Daoist sect, but today it seems there's a significant gap between the Daoist and Buddhist sects. However, the Buddhist sect rarely seems to cause trouble for the Daoist sects?"

Even their own master had been troubled, but the Taoist sect seemed to be living a peaceful life, except for the internal strife caused by demonic possession some time ago.

However, seeing Peng Bao Dao Ren mingling with Qia Men Tuo today, this should also be considered as an infiltration of the Daoist sect.

Yun Nongyu didn't say anything about it, just smiled and let it go.

Yuehe seemed to understand a thing or two. She had remained silent the whole way, but suddenly spoke up:

“Stargazing relies entirely on sudden enlightenment, similar to the phenomenon of accumulating knowledge and then suddenly achieving enlightenment. There are such cases. The vast sea of ​​stars offers many opportunities, but also many dangers... Does your Taoist sect currently have any means to deal with extraterrestrial objects?”

The Taoist sect can be said to have developed from the ancient witchcraft sect, which was known for its tendency to court death by summoning gods and strange things, and observing the stars to discover the mysteries of heaven and earth, which could contain hidden dangers.

It's like a bright young person trying to comprehend metaphysics and Buddhist principles; one wrong move and their entire spirit collapses and they become useless.

Similar threats exist in stargazing, which are difficult for cultivators to avoid.

When Yuehe saw Yun Nongyu's blindfolded attire, he knew it was a form of protection, but protection also meant restriction.

In ancient times, there were many powerful figures. If someone made a fool of themselves, others would help clean up their mess. Yuehe wasn't sure if the Daoist sect could still come up with such methods now.

Yun Nongyu, hearing Yuehe's profound knowledge, continued:

"This depends on the Queen Mother of the West, but she has not shown herself for a long time. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Taoist Peng Bao to steal the Three Flowers Medicine Classic and practice it, thus causing him to fall into demonic possession and internal strife."

Chu Mingkong then learned that the Kunlun Daoist sect had a leader, the Queen Mother of the West, who was similar to a Daoist Venerable. Was she in seclusion and not showing her face? It seemed that the old head of the Xiaoxiang Qin Academy had also gone into seclusion somewhere, leaving Qu Wuyue as the current head.

Yuehe showed some surprise: "The title of Queen Mother of the West used to belong to a tribal queen, but now it has been preserved in this door."

Chapter 180 Dilemma

On the way back, there was no further conversation.

Perhaps fearing that Yuehe might bring up some embarrassing story about the origins of the Daoist sect while chatting, and that Yun Nongyu would be unable to turn against him because of Chu Mingkong, thus suffering in silence, the topic ended abruptly.

Yuehe is a person who speaks as he pleases, and he doesn't feel it's inappropriate to say one sentence here and there or to stop the conversation there.

Chu Mingkong wanted to listen to something more, but suddenly the conversation fell silent. He didn't want to force the conversation to continue, so he had no choice but to accept the silence.

Regardless of the mysteries within the Kunlun Daoist sects, for Chu Mingkong, beautiful women, especially those with beautiful buttocks, were the most worthy of his attention; everything else was irrelevant.

I just... don't know what the Queen Mother of the West looks like, what her figure is like...

Chu Mingkong glanced at Yun Nongyu's back several times, his lips twitching as if he wanted to say something, but he was too embarrassed to ask.

Since it wasn't convenient to ask Yun Nongyu, Chu Mingkong decided to ask Yuehe about the Queen Mother of the West from that tribe:

"Yuehe, what was the background of the Queen Mother of the West, the tribal lord of your time?" He asked as a prelude, not wanting to ask about her appearance directly.

Yuehe summarized what she knew in her mind and said:

"It's called a tribe, but it's actually a kingdom. It's shrouded in mystery. There are legends about it in the Kunlun Mountains, as well as in some oases and deserts. In fact, back in our time, the Kunlun Mountains were a very mysterious place, quite difficult to find."

Some members of the Witchcraft Clan had mistakenly entered the Jade Pool of Kunlun Mountain, where they summoned a large deity, which was later suppressed by the Queen Mother of the West.

She was surprised because she had just heard that the head of the Taoist sect on Yun Nongyu's side was called the Queen Mother of the West.

The Witchcraft Clan had a falling out with the Queen Mother of the West, and the Witchcraft Clan was the predecessor of the Taoist sect. How could the Queen Mother of the West have gotten together with the Taoist sect?

Chu Mingkong thought to himself, "It's good that she's mysterious. If she's mysterious, then it's even more normal for me to be curious, isn't it?"

He feigned surprise, a slightly exaggerated expression, and then, with great eagerness, revealed his true purpose:

"Such a mysterious and powerful figure? The Queen Mother of the West back then must have been different from the current Queen Mother of the West, right? Yuehe, do you have a portrait of the Queen Mother of the West from that time?"

"Have."

Yuehe raised her hand and depicted the Queen Mother of the West as she knew her.

The power and radiance flowed and slowly solidified into a simple line drawing in her palm. Although the drawing was rough and simple, it still outlined the demeanor of a supreme ruler of a nation. She was a woman of outstanding beauty.

Why does its body look like a leopard's...?

Leopard print is indeed quite wild and sexy, and leopard claws and tails have a unique charm, but...

Don't let a leopard actually appear!

"Yuehe, you're not kidding?" Chu Mingkong's expression was complicated. He tried his best to appear calm so as not to give the impression that he had any strange expectations.

“No, this is what the Queen Mother of the West looks like.” Yuehe nodded seriously, without the slightest hint of joking, and added, “In fact, many tribes were like this at that time. Whether it was the Moon Land where I was or other human areas, there were many similar beings, and they were of relatively high status.”

Well, Chu Mingkong had no choice but to accept this fact.

He suddenly felt fortunate that he had been born into the right place; otherwise, he would have had to force himself to develop a more primal aesthetic regarding buttocks.

Chu Mingkong secretly glanced at Yun Nongyu a few times, wanting to ask her in detail if the Queen Mother of the West, the leader of their Taoist sect, looked like this.

This time, however, Yun Nongyu did not notice where Chu Mingkong's gaze fell on her. Her thoughts wandered far away, contemplating something more important.

These are issues that high-ranking members of the Taoist sect, including Yun Nongyu, have consistently avoided discussing, otherwise it would appear that they are vying for power and claiming to be the leader of the sect.

However, the casual conversation between Yuehe and Chu Mingkong just now forced Yun Nongyu to ponder the problems within the Daoist sect.

"The Queen Mother of the West... has indeed been missing for far too long. We originally thought that after the upheaval in the Kunlun Daoist sect, she would reappear, but now we're allowing those with ulterior motives to fall into internal strife and demonic possession. This can't go on..."

With so many branches within Taoism, if there is no leader and no one to make important decisions, things will inevitably fall into chaos sooner or later.

No matter how abundant an organization's resources are, they will ultimately take priority, not to mention that conflicts will gradually arise in the allocation of internal resources.

When the top-level Taoist cultivators break through to higher levels, they always need the protection of the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother of the West is also a major reliance for the Taoist sect when dealing with the Buddhist sect.

Just because Buddhism couldn't do anything about it in the past doesn't mean it can't now; Peng Bao Daoren is a case in point.

He felt that he was still practicing the alchemy of his ancestors, but how could the Buddhist sect be so kind as to help him? They must have set traps in some places, and Peng Bao Daoist would have trouble in the future.

Solving these problems is simple: just have a new Queen Mother of the West appear.

However, to receive the inheritance of the Queen Mother of the West from Kunlun Mountain, one needs a certain level of spiritual attainment...

Should I return to the Kunlun Mountains, remove my blindfold and risk gazing into the starry sea, or switch to cultivating other scriptures to break through my realm?

Scriptures such as the "Dao Jian Jing" are currently impossible to master in terms of time and effort.

The most promising option seems to be the two original scriptures of dual cultivation, the "Mysterious Maiden Scripture" and the "Plain Maiden Scripture," which Chu Mingkong retrieved for the Daoist sect some time ago...?

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In the silence of the journey, the flying sword pierced through the thick clouds, descended from the sea of ​​clouds, and flew into Tianya City.

"Master Yun, it's been a long time since I've been back to Xiling. Please stay longer this time!"

Chu Mingkong was very hospitable, making it sound as if Yun Nongyu was originally from Xiling and was only staying temporarily at the Kunlun Daoist sect.

Yun Nongyu didn't say anything about his remarks, but thought to herself that she should ask him about the two scriptures in the future.