Mortal: Fight monsters and upgrade, I will enjoy immortality!

Seeing that Ye Ming understood, Xiao Yan continued, "Next, I will tell you some things to be aware of. After all, after tomorrow, you should become a Qingming Guard like me."

"Oh? Why are you so sure, fellow Daoist? Didn't you just say that in order to become a Qingming Guard, one must undergo some assessment and selection? Those people outside are here to select Qingming Guards, right?" Although Ye Ming was absolutely sure about this, he still acted as if he had heard it for the first time.

“From past experience, first-generation ascended cultivators like Fellow Daoist Ye generally have very good magical powers, so there is no problem for them to serve as a Qingming Guard. As for those few people outside, hehe…”

Xiao Yan acted as if she knew him very well, and when she talked about the people she met in the small hall, she showed a disdainful smile.

"The first generation of ascended monks?" Ye Ming heard a new term.

"What it means is that the cultivators who ascended directly from the lower realms will carry a very strong aura of other worlds, and it often takes them two to three hundred years of taking Dust-Extinguishing Pills to get rid of this aura. The descendants of the ascended cultivators in the spiritual world can be considered as the second and third generations of ascended cultivators. These people also carry the aura of other worlds. Only after the fifth generation will they become native cultivators like me." Xiao Yan explained.

"Dust-killing Pill?"

"This is a pill specially made for ascending monks to eliminate the aura of other worlds. I heard that refining this pill requires a large number of rare spiritual medicines, and some of them can only be found in the wilderness. They are extremely precious and rare. I guess only Tianyuan City has the Dust Elimination Pill for the human and demon races. Even if there is any in other places, it only appears occasionally."

"The management here actually refines a kind of elixir specifically for ascended monks? There must be some requirements, right?"

"As for requirements, there are actually nothing special, such as becoming a Qingming Guard and making contributions to Tianyuan City."

"That's it? You're not asking the Ascended Monks to do the most dangerous missions, are you?"

"Well, I don't know about that. But generally speaking, the higher-ups are very kind to the ascended monks, because you have unlimited potential in the future, and your chances of being promoted to the Refining Void Realm are much higher than ours, so it's good for you overall."

Hearing this, Ye Ming said that where there are people, there is the world of martial arts. Since ascended monks can get preferential treatment, they will inevitably squeeze out the interests of local monks, and being excluded is inevitable.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, from what you said, Tianyuan City is a city jointly managed and used by humans and demons. Why don't I see any demon cultivators?"

"They are on the other side of the city. There is a formation barrier separating the human and demon races, so they don't usually interact with each other. However, in order to promote communication between the two sides and get what they need from each other, a huge market was opened in the middle of this barrier. There are both human and demon races. Daoist friends can go and have a look when you have time. Maybe you can gain something."

"I see. By the way, Fellow Daoist Xiao, can you tell me about the general layout of Tianyuan City, which places are for listening to the elders' teachings, which places can be used as places for cultivation, etc.?"

Xiao Yan readily agreed and slowly explained: "Why not? Every ten years, an elder from the Elders' Council will..."

The conversation between the two lasted until late at night, and Xiao Yan then said goodbye and left, saying that she would come to see Ye Ming again tomorrow.

Ye Ming also agreed and thanked with a smile.

At this time, he was lying alone on an exquisite curtained bed in the cave, smelling the pleasant fragrance of a woman, and silently thinking about some things that had happened since his ascension.

As soon as he ascended, he fell into the secret realm of the Long family. For the sake of true blood, he severely offended the Long family. However, there was no flaw in this matter, and others should not be able to find it. As for the person who chased him later, he had never even seen him, and the distance between him and this person was more than a thousand miles, so there was nothing to worry about.

After that, he traveled carefully all the way, trying to reduce contact with people as much as possible. Now he finally arrived at Tianyuan City, which he had thought of countless times in his mind.

If nothing unexpected happens, I will spend the next few hundred years here. After I have settled all the affairs, I can practice well.

Lianxu, hehe, this shouldn't be difficult for me...

Thinking about it, Ye Ming fell asleep...

Early the next morning, not long after Ye Ming woke up, his expression suddenly moved. He turned his head, then stood up and walked out of the secret room, came to the living room, held the restriction token in his hand, and opened the door with a wave.

A woman in green armor was standing quietly outside the door. Judging from her beautiful face and lazy demeanor, it was Xiao Yan.

Ye Ming's eyes lit up, and he said subconsciously: "Huh? Fellow Daoist Xiao, you look even more heroic and handsome in this armor."

"Thank you for the compliment, Brother Daoist Ye." A faint blush appeared on Xiao Yan's delicate face.

In fact, first-generation ascended monks like Ye Ming are very popular in the eyes of local female cultivators. Almost the vast majority of female cultivators who are interested in finding a Taoist partner hope to find an ascended monk as a partner.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, are we leaving now?" Seeing Xiao Yan's expression, Ye Ming immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly straightened his face.

"Ah, let's go!" Xiao Yan was stunned, then turned and walked towards the corridor exit. After the two of them left Feiling Palace, they flew quickly into the distance.

After flying past more than a dozen giant towers, Ye Ming saw clearly the various conventional combat forces of Tianyuan City that Xiao Yan introduced last night.

In addition to the Qingming Guards and Heitie Guards in blue and black armor, there are even larger numbers of soldiers wearing yellow and white armor moving around at the base of these giant towers.

These are all body cultivators among mortals. Among them, those wrapped in yellow armor have only intermediate-level cultivation, while those in white armor are all high-level body cultivators.

He also discovered that monks wearing various colors of armor seemed to appear frequently only near those giant towers. After getting away from them, the monks he met were dressed like ordinary monks in other places in the spiritual world.

After flying for half an hour, Xiao Yan suddenly stopped when she saw an unusually tall and huge city wall in the distance.

"arrive!"

As he spoke, he landed in front of a majestic three-story palace below. On the plaque on the palace gate, three ancient Chinese characters "Jinting Pavilion" were engraved in flying dragons and phoenixes.

This hall is not as lively as other places. There is no one here, and it looks solemn and majestic.

While Ye Ming was looking at it, two monks in golden armor walked out from the huge copper-nailed door, one thin and one fat, and they had a very strong feeling about this.

Ye Ming sensed it and was startled. These two people were indeed Void Refining cultivators, one in the middle stage of Void Refining and the other in the early stage. The golden armor on their bodies was shining with golden light and runes were looming. It was indeed more powerful than the green armor.

This is the Tianyuan Guard! While Ye Ming was thinking in his heart, Xiao Yan had already saluted the two of them respectfully.

"Greetings to the two Heavenly Guards!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Ming also saluted with his fists clasped.

The two Tianyuan Guards were in a hurry, as if they were going to carry out some mission. When they saw Ye Ming and the other two, they just glanced at them casually and wanted to pass by.

However, the tall and thin monk suddenly fixed his eyes on Ye Ming and uttered a light exclamation: "Hey, you are... a monk who just ascended?"

"I am Ye Ming, a junior, and I am honored to meet you two seniors! I came from the lower realm and arrived in Tianyuan City yesterday." Ye Ming bowed respectfully again.

Upon hearing this, the fat man also looked at Ye Ming.

The tall and thin monk nodded and said nothing else to Xiao Yan, "You brought him here to report, right?"

The woman said respectfully: "Yes, Lord Tianwei!"

"Then you guys hurry in, Brother Zhao is on duty today." After the tall and thin monk said this, he nodded at Ye Ming and left with the fat man.

"Yes, my lord!"

Only after the two Tianyuan Guards disappeared did Xiao Yan say, "Fellow Daoist Ye, come in with me."

After entering the palace gate and passing a huge landscape screen, one arrives at a magnificent hall.

In a corner of the hall, a man in a white Confucian robe was sitting cross-legged. He had a fair face and no beard, and looked to be about thirty years old. He had a sense of being out of this world, but his spiritual power was that of a middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm!
Seeing the two people coming in, the man in Confucian robes suddenly opened his eyes, and two rays of light flashed through them, making Ye Ming feel cold all over, as if he was seen through by this man.

This made Ye Ming's heart tremble. After the Dayan Jue in his body automatically circulated a circle, he felt better.

This time Ye Ming did not dare to neglect it, and immediately clasped his hands together and said, "Junior Ye Ming, I pay my respects to you, Senior!"

Xiao Yan, who was standing beside him, also bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Senior Zhao. I am reporting here with the ascended monk Ye Ming."

(End of this chapter)