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

When Zen Master Jin Yue heard this, he laughed, and his wrinkled face almost covered his eyes.

"Hahaha, you don't have to worry about this. Joining the Elder Council doesn't require you to do anything. You just need to contribute at critical moments, such as this racial war. There are also some matters concerning the major interests of Tianyuan City that may need to be dealt with. But this has no effect on you. Even if you are not a member of the Elder Council, if you encounter such a war, you will most likely participate."

Having said this, the old monk blinked.

Then he continued, "In normal times, if you don't want to take care of things, that's fine. At most, I'll handle more affairs. On the contrary, joining the Elders' Council has many benefits. Spiritual stones, materials, spiritual lands, and information resources will be of great convenience."

"In that case, thank you very much, Master!" Ye Ming finally agreed.

Zen Master Jin Yue laughed happily when he saw this.

"Okay, okay, okay! Fellow Daoist Ye, go back and wait for my news. It should be ready tomorrow."

"Excuse me!"

After Ye Ming left, Zen Master Jin Yue immediately convened a meeting of the other seven elders of Tianyuan City to discuss the matter of accepting Ye Ming into the association.

But just as Zen Master Jin Yue brought up the matter, the bearded old man Gu Yi suddenly stood up and shouted in disbelief: "What! I disagree. How can that young man be qualified to be on an equal footing with us? Master Jin Yue, this is simply unconvincing!"

"I also firmly disagree with Ye Ming joining our Elder Council. He is just a junior in the middle stage of the Refinement Realm. Master Jin Yue, it would be fine if you nominated another fellow cultivator in the Heti stage, but you chose this person. The consequence of doing so will most likely make our Elder Council completely lose its prestige and no longer be able to effectively command hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the city. Master, you should think twice!" The big man surnamed Yan said with great sorrow.

"What do you think?" Jin Yue ignored him and looked at the other people and monsters.

"I think there is no problem. I have seen Fellow Daoist Ye's ability with my own eyes. He is capable of serving in the Council of Elders." Fairy Silver Light spoke first.

"I think that incorporating this person into the Council of Elders will do more good than harm, because..." The old man surnamed Gu also spoke incessantly.

Afterwards, the other three demon cultivators present did not object and all agreed to the proposal.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, Fellow Daoist Yan, the Elder Council has lost Fellow Daoist Lei Luo and Fellow Daoist Yang one after another. We are in urgent need of fresh blood, and Fellow Daoist Ye is the most suitable candidate at present. I hope you can put aside your prejudice against the ascended monks, live in peace with each other, and jointly safeguard Tianyuan City." Jin Yue said with a serious smile.

Gu Yi and the big man surnamed Yan looked as if they had eaten a fly, their faces were extremely ugly but they were helpless. Two to six, no matter what they said, they could not change the facts.

"Okay! This matter is settled. Next, let's discuss another matter..." After making up his mind, Zen Master Jin Yue continued.

……

On the second day, Ye Ming received a notice from Zen Master Jin Yue and went to the Elder Tower again. He got to know the members of the Elder Council and confirmed that he was a member of the elders of Tianyuan City.

After the meeting, I learned from Fairy Silver Light that everything was normal after Yin Yue returned to the spiritual world. She was now practicing with her grandfather and had already reached the middle stage of the Void Refining Stage.

After exchanging greetings with several elders, Ye Ming returned to the cave.

Afterwards, he took all the spiritual insects and spiritual beasts and left Tianyuan City in a swagger.

……

Somewhere in the wilderness hundreds of thousands of miles away from Tianyuan City, a burly man in black stopped leaping and stood firmly on the crown of a tall ancient tree.

Then the man turned around, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the void behind him with a cold light in his eyes.

I saw two startling rainbows, one red and one black, flying towards here at a very fast speed in the distant sky.

Not long after, Jinghong arrived above the black-clothed man, and two people appeared as the light faded. One of them was a dignified old man with a long beard, and the other was a big man in a dark leather robe. The two of them formed a corner and blocked Ye Ming's way.

"Hey, where are you going, Brother Ye? Your ability to change your appearance is really amazing. We almost lost track of you. However, the law is strict and there is no loophole. Don't even think about escaping today." The old man stroked his long beard and smiled proudly.

"Friend Gu, this kid looks calm and composed. We should be careful as he may have something to rely on." The big man in the leather robe had a serious look on his face and glanced around vigilantly.

"What are you afraid of? He's just a guy in the Nascent Soul stage. Even if he has magical powers that can rival those in the Fusion stage, such powers are definitely temporary. How long can they last? Moreover, to be on the safe side, we should send out two people at the same time. Are you afraid that he will fly away?" said the old man surnamed Gu indifferently.

However, his eyes moving around showed that he was not as he said on the surface, but was paying close attention to whether there were any ambushes around him.

At this time, the big man in black on the tree canopy finally spoke: "Gu Yi, Yan Qing, you two are so anxious to chase me. In the final analysis, it is still a dispute between ascended cultivators and local cultivators, right? But why bother? It is better to practice honestly and improve your cultivation. This is the key point."

As the big man said this, his body made a crackling sound and his shape suddenly changed into a handsome young man in his thirties, who was Ye Ming.

"Ye Ming, stop quibbling. You killed my beloved disciple for no reason, so you must pay with your life!"

"Fellow Daoist Gu is right. We are merely enforcing the law according to the rules of Tianyuan City." The big man named Yan also said in a grim tone.

Although what Ye Ming said was true, they were unwilling to directly acknowledge the conflicts between them and the ascended monks.

In their eyes, the ascended monks were outsiders who clung to each other and constantly encroached on their interests, causing many things that should have belonged to them to be divided away for no reason. This caused dissatisfaction among most of the local monks, and Gu Yi and Yan Qing, as representatives of the local monks, also suffered heavy losses.

After all, it’s all about profit!
But what the two could not accept the most was that Ye Ming actually became a member of the Elder Council, making them on equal footing with a mere mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. They really could not accept it.

Therefore, the two people who were always monitoring Ye Ming's every move learned through the Tianyuan City teleportation array that Ye Ming had gone to the wilderness, so they immediately followed him.

When Ye Ming heard what the two said, he couldn't help but laugh: "Hehe, law enforcement? Your disciple attacked my cave without permission, which was a violation of the law first. Now the two of you are privately hunting down your colleagues, which is another major crime! Since we have to enforce the law, as a member of the Elders' Council, today, I will enforce the law on you two who broke the law knowingly."

"Arrogant! Attack!" Gu Yi's face was filled with murderous intent. He shook his sleeves and a white light flew out. After circling in front of him, more than a dozen white flying swords and a silver ancient mirror appeared.

After a few rays of magic spells were cast, the flying sword suddenly emitted thousands of white lights. One turned into two, two turned into four, and suddenly it turned into hundreds or thousands of lightsabers, a dazzling white field.

"Go!" the old man said in a low voice.

These lightsabers suddenly trembled and shot forward. During the process, the positions of the flying swords changed, forming a sword river that was a hundred feet long and ten feet wide, whistling towards Ye Ming.

Before he got close, a shocking sword intent rushed straight into the sky, piercing people's skin and causing pain.

At the same time, the ancient silver mirror spun in the air and instantly absorbed a huge amount of spiritual energy from the heaven and earth.

Immediately afterwards, with a "puff", a silver beam of light as thick as two people could hug shot out from the mirror and swept towards Ye Ming like lightning.

The big man in the leather robe on the other side attacked almost at the same time as Gu Yi.

He reached into his arms and pulled out a sinister green flag and a pale mourning stick. Runes flashed on the flags and bursts of dark demonic energy emanated from them.

He raised his left hand, and the small green flag flashed with green light and flew into the sky in front of his head.

(End of this chapter)