Mortal Seeking Immortal

After seeing the back of Taoist Wandu leaving, Bailichen's usually relaxed brows couldn't help but frown slightly. He looked at Ye Zhou with a hint of inquiry in his eyes and asked:

"It's really strange today. Brother Wandu, a solitary person, actually met with Senior Brother Ye in private. But what does Brother Wandu want Senior Brother Ye to help with?"

Bailichen's eyes made Ye Zhou feel uncomfortable. Ye Zhou said casually: "No, we just met by chance. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, Ye Zhou urged the flying sword to leave. Baili Chen stood there and looked at Ye Zhou's leaving back with gloomy eyes.

Two-quarters of an hour later, Ye Zhou came to the small shop opened by Qi Lao with familiarity, but saw that the stalls in the small shop that were originally filled with all kinds of kitchen knives, woodchopping knives and other utensils used by mortals were now empty.

The big iron stove half a man tall that had always been burning turned off the fire at some point, making the already poorly lit shop even darker. The big hammer that Mr. Qi often used was quietly. Leaning against the iron stove.

Mr. Qi, who had been busy all day, was sitting leisurely in front of the old wooden table today, drinking tea and waiting for Ye Zhou.

Seeing Ye Zhou enter the shop, Qi Lao put down the teapot in his hand and called to Ye Zhou: "Young friend Ye, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Ye Zhou stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Qi, what's going on in your store? But someone is looking for trouble for you?"

Qi Lao shook his head and said: "Xiaoyou Ye, no one came to trouble me. It's me who wants to leave."

After saying that, Mr. Qi looked at his shabby shop with reluctance, as if he was recalling the time he spent refining weapons here.

After hearing this, Ye Zhou hurriedly said: "Leave? You can live well here. Why do you want to leave, Mr. Qi? If you have any difficulties, you might as well speak up and I will try my best to help you solve it."

Qi Lao is a person Ye Zhou has met who is very accomplished in weapon refining, so Ye Zhou doesn't want to let Qi Lao leave. He still has many issues related to weapon refining that he wants to communicate with Qi Lao.

But Qi Lao said calmly: "It's not that there is any difficulty, it's just that I had an appointment with an old friend in the past. Now the appointed time is coming soon, and I should go to the appointment."

"Young friend Ye, although your talent for refining is not the best I have ever seen, you are the most perseverant person I have ever seen. Given time, you will definitely achieve great success in your refining journey."

"You still have a long way to go, so work hard so that you can live up to the hard work."

After speaking, Mr. Qi patted Ye Zhou's shoulder heavily. His eyes looked at Ye Zhou full of expectation.

Although Ye Zhou was in a low mood, he also knew that parting was a common occurrence in life. After calming down a little, Ye Zhou asked again: "Can Mr. Qi come back after he leaves?"

Qi Lao shook his head and said: "I won't go back. I have trapped myself here for many years just to polish myself. After I go to the appointment, I will be at home all over the world. If you and I are destined to meet again, we will meet again."

Ye Zhou nodded.

Qi Lao took out a jade slip from his arms and handed it to Ye Zhou with a palm-sized black tortoise shield: "This jade slip contains some of my experience in refining weapons over the years, and I will give it to you now. Hope it helps."

"I made this tortoise pattern shield at random. The Bodhi Jade Heart Formation engraved on it is an improved version after discussion between you and me. It is still usable, so I will give it to you together."

Ye Zhou took the jade slip and the tortoise pattern shield and solemnly saluted Mr. Qi.

He saw Qi Lao pick up the teapot on the table and drink up the last remaining tea in one gulp. Then Qi Lao wiped his mouth, stood up and smiled at Ye Zhou: "Let's go, no need to see me off, Ye Xiaoyou, see you later."

After saying that, Qi Lao strode out of the store in a calm and relaxed manner.

Ye Zhou was the only one left in the empty shop. Seeing Qi Lao's figure disappearing from the door of the shop, Ye Zhou whispered: "Goodbye, Qi Lao."

In the blink of an eye, several days have passed.

Early that morning, the Spirit Beast Sect became lively. Hundreds of Spirit Beast Sect disciples dressed in uniforms had gathered in the square in front of Dengxian Mountain before dawn, waiting for the arrival of their leader.

When Ye Zhou arrived at Dengxian Mountain, he saw that these disciples had spontaneously divided into two teams.

The team on the left is the disciples of the beast-controlling line. The disciples of the beast-controlling line are taller and stronger than the insect-controlling lineage. There are many bulging beast-controlling bags hanging on their waists, and some of them are holding some. The small spirit beast was playing with it.

The team on the right is composed of disciples of the Insect Master lineage, and many of these disciples have some strange-looking poisonous spiritual insects resting on their bodies.

Ye Zhou even saw one of the disciples wearing a pair of colorful gloves with a fiery red python wrapped around him. The disciples around him seemed to be very afraid of this person and did not dare to approach him.

In front of these two teams, each stood a foundation-building Dzogchen disciple wearing the attire of a direct disciple. One of the two people had a smile on their face, as if they were gentle and approachable, and the other had a frosty face, as if they were keeping strangers away.

Behind these two disciples were each followed by three or four inner sect disciples who were in the Foundation Establishment Dzogchen Realm. These inner sect disciples obviously all expected the two disciples leading them to follow suit.

Ye Zhou's master, the Sixth Elder, belonged to the insect control lineage, so Ye Zhou stood in the team on the right.

Ye Zhou released his spiritual consciousness and checked the group of disciples, but found no trace of Wu Yong.

Seeing that the gathering time was coming, Ye Zhou was wondering why Wu Yong hadn't come yet, but he saw that the disciples around him were looking at him with hot eyes. Some of them were even eager to come forward and talk to Ye Zhou.

Ye Zhou has been in the Spirit Beast Sect for a short time and rarely goes out. Most of the disciples in the sect do not recognize him. These disciples act like this because of the clothes of the direct disciple Ye Zhou wears.

The disciples who participate in the secret realm know that the secret realm is full of dangers. They will take the initiative to team up with fellow disciples with high cultivation outside the secret realm. This can not only ensure their own safety, but also cooperate to pick more spiritual plants.

With Ye Zhou's cultivation in the late stage of foundation building, although he is not the best among this group of disciples, he is also above average, which meets the standards of most disciples for choosing friends.

Moreover, Ye Zhou is a direct disciple, and he must have precious magic tools and other things given by the elders, so the disciples of the insect control lineage want to team up with Ye Zhou.

Shortly after Ye Zhou stood still, several inner disciples in the late stage of foundation building around him could no longer hold back and came forward to express their willingness to team up with Ye Zhou, but they were all rejected by Ye Zhou with a cold face.

After seeing Ye Zhou's cold face, the other disciples immediately understood that Ye Zhou did not want to form a team with others. They all showed disappointment and gave up the idea of ​​asking Ye Zhou and continued to look for other disciples in the crowd to form a team.

Just when Ye Zhou thought that he could relax after sending these disciples away, another inner disciple with a late foundation building cultivation and a plump appearance came to Ye Zhou with a smile on his face.