This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 218 Goes Viral Again
Less than an hour before dawn, Shen Qingyou and Zhou Xianglin returned to their residence.

When Zhou Xianglin lay down again, he was still unable to calm down, while Shen Qingyou had already closed her eyes and seemed to be asleep.

After tossing and turning for a while, Zhou Xianglin tried asking a question.

"Young Master Shen, is this the kind of thing you usually deal with? Is it always the same person?"

Shen Qingyou was indeed awake and responded with her eyes closed.

"That's one of them. Sometimes other people will step in, and the imperial court has the Imperial Mystic Bureau, which can handle these kinds of things. However, most of the people there are only at the level of a Red Dust Mage and can't handle anything too evil!"

"You handled all those strange things?"

Shen Qingyou opened her eyes, glanced at Zhou Xianglin, and then shook her head.

"Although I have some skills, my martial arts are passable but my cultivation is insufficient, and my strength is limited. I cannot touch anything truly powerful."

"So who are the truly powerful ones?"

Zhou Xianglin's curiosity was piqued again, so Shen Qingyou decided to explain it to him in detail.

"For example, the corpse demon we encountered at the end of tonight, if it successfully transcends its tribulation and becomes powerful, it will be truly formidable. Even I would be in danger if I saw it. Moreover, these kinds of things are extremely evil and do not follow any rules. The only hope is that the righteous path of cultivation will take action to kill it!"

"Do we have any here? I mean around Xiangyang!"

Hearing this, Shen Qingyou laughed. "Director Zhou, you really are blind to what's right in front of you."

"Aside from some local deities, Director Zhou, didn't you just meet a highly skilled person?"

"Oh, right, right! Look at my brain, the wise man with the umbrella and Master Zhuang must be him, right?"

Shen Qingyou nodded.

"Yes, if the nameless senior encounters someone who has become powerful, he will usually take action, but sometimes he will temporarily avoid confrontation and wait a while before making a move."

Why wait?

Shen Qingyou thought for a moment before answering.

"Actually, the nameless senior gives me a strange feeling. Sometimes he is more illusory than real, and sometimes he is more real than illusory. I suspect that he has used a kind of immortal technique similar to the clone technique. He seems to be always by my side, but he is not always his real body. When we encounter a difficult situation, he sometimes waits for his real body to come before dealing with it!"

Shen Qingyou was right about this. Wuming relied on the portrait of the umbrella-bearer, and the method he cultivated was not the primordial spirit method in normal immortal cultivation. Instead, it had a bit of a divine feel to it, so he could naturally use his thoughts to create clones and other supernatural abilities.

However, unlike ordinary deities who cultivate the divine path, the nameless deity has multiple incarnations formed by the power of incense offerings and vows, and can rely on temples to exist and even grow stronger over time.

The nameless one does not rely on the power of incense offerings, but rather on his own thoughts to temporarily form a mental body that is not long-lasting, which can be considered convenient in certain situations.

As she spoke, Shen Qingyou sighed again.

"Actually, there weren't so many evil spirits near Xiangyang originally. Firstly, it was due to the war, and secondly, it was because the once magnificent Foguang Temple was destroyed. But there was also an evil Buddha in that temple. It can only be said that although there weren't many minor evil spirits, the ones sitting inside were powerful evil spirits that had grown in strength and harmed many more people."

"Has the Bodhisattva's sacred site been taken over by evil spirits?"

Zhou Xianglin was stunned, but Shen Qingyou sneered.

"Hmph, what's impossible? Even in places where true gods reside, demons still abound, and there are plenty of loopholes to exploit."

The two of them stayed up until dawn, chatting to satisfy Zhou Xianglin's curiosity.

Shen Qingyou herself didn't know much, but she could figure out that the cultivation world was probably in a dynamic balance, and truly powerful things were not easy to come by.
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As dawn broke, earlier than usual when Shen Qingyou got up, Ge Ruiyuan and his wife had already gotten up.

After enjoying breakfast prepared by her master and mistress, Shen Qingyou boarded a boat leaving Xiangyang with Zhou Xianglin at noon, accompanied by her two elders and several senior brothers.

Before they could even feel a pang of loss, Nameless appeared midway through their journey. At the ferry crossing where they changed ships, Nameless took Shen Qingyou and Zhou Xianglin away, and they soon arrived in Wuling.

After experiencing the initial shock of seeing Hidden Immortal Valley, and after a brief half-day stay, Shen Qingyou and Zhou Xianglin finally returned to their hometown in the Dharma-ending Age.

Zhuang Lin went to the vicinity of Little Sacred Mountain and also went to Hidden Immortal Valley with some students and some free people, including Liu Hongyu. Opportunities to observe a great demon undergoing tribulation are not common.

Therefore, the task of sending Shen Qingyou and Zhou Xianglin back still fell to Wuming.

However, after the nameless wind-riding man led the two out of the protected area, he didn't have the time to take them home directly. Instead, he simply left the protected area and stopped in a small town.

After a gust of sandstorm, Zhou Xianglin and Shen Qingyou landed on the ground.

"W-where is this?"

"Outside the protected area, here are your things. Okay, you can hold onto them for him. Call someone from the Liu Group to pick you up yourself. I have other things to do and it's inconvenient for me to take you home!"

As Wuming said this, he took a large suitcase out of his sleeve and handed it to Shen Qingyou. Inside were a camera and some other miscellaneous items.

"Uh, senior, where are you going?" Shen Qingyou asked subconsciously, and Wuming smiled.

"Hey, you don't need anyone to look after you anymore. I have my own things to do. You're in charge of directing this week!"

After saying this, Wuming opened the umbrella in his hand, and his figure gradually disappeared from the sight of the two. Just a moment later, he returned to Hidden Immortal Valley. Naturally, he also wanted to go and see Little Sacred Mountain.

A great demon breaking through to the next level was already a rare occurrence in Wuming's era.
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In the small town, Shen Qingyou and Zhou Xianglin stared at each other. People passing by would often give them strange looks because they were still dressed in ancient costumes.

"Make the call first!"

Zhou Xianglin reached out and took the box, then unzipped it. Inside were not only a camera, but also some of his clothes, and of course, a cell phone.

About half an hour later, Leng Zhiheng got out of a car that sped up at lightning speed. He found the young man and the old man coming out of a noodle shop in the town.

These days, it's rare to see people wandering around in ancient costumes. There are even people gathered outside the noodle shop watching a peculiar spectacle.

"Wow, that's pretty fast!"

Zhou Xianglin smiled and said something to Leng Zhiheng, who was standing outside, while the latter's attention was mainly on Shen Qingyou.

Shen Qingyou glanced at the people around her, then looked at Leng Zhiheng.

"What? Is there something wrong?"

"Uh, no, it's nothing. It's not convenient here. Director Zhou, and star Shen, please get in the car first!"

Shen Qingyou frowned slightly. He didn't really like this title anymore, but he didn't say anything. He got into the car with Leng Zhiheng, and soon the car left and headed towards JZ City.

"What are your plans? Are you going home immediately, or what?"

"Oh, we've already discussed it on the way. I'll accompany Shen Qingyou home to provide cover, but you need to arrange a private jet for us; I need to edit the footage."

"Okay, just listen to Director Zhou!"

Hearing their words, Leng Zhiheng smiled and responded.

"Okay, by the way, big star, you're super popular right now, can I sign a few autographs?"

"Don't call me a big star, I haven't produced any good works!"

Shen Qingyou replied indifferently, and Leng Zhiheng grinned but did not respond. He simply took a notebook and pen from the passenger seat, held the steering wheel with one hand and handed it to the person behind him with the other.

Shen Qingyou sighed, but did not refuse. She took the notebook, opened it, and saw that it seemed to be a sticky note specifically for signing and tearing out.

"Sign on the first page?"

"Hehehehe, if it's convenient for you, could you sign all ten pages for me?"

Shen Qingyou was stunned for a moment. Was this a wholesale business?

Despite his hesitation, Shen Qingyou still signed the document. This driver was clearly no ordinary person; he could tell from his aura that the other party was special. In the Dharma-ending Age, to still have such a destiny meant that he was probably not an ordinary person.

Leng Zhiheng saw Shen Qingyou signing autographs one after another through the rearview mirror and praised her with a smile.

"Great! Let's take another picture together later!"

Shen Qingyou raised an eyebrow, signed the book, tossed it to the passenger seat, and stared blankly out the window. The passing vehicles and buildings were vastly different from the ancient city of Xiangyang, making it seem as if everything before had been nothing more than a bittersweet dream.
A few days later, in an internet cafe, a girl turned on her computer, habitually opened a chat application, and started chatting while browsing the web.

Internet cafes have been booming for a long time, but apart from a portion of people who come to play games, a considerable number of people come simply to chat. The feeling of being able to talk freely with many strangers through the internet is something that many people find fascinating.

The person entered a frequently visited webpage, which was the official website of Liu's Film Industry, and then clicked on Shen Qingyou's exclusive page. After clicking refresh a few times, they suddenly discovered that a video had been updated a few seconds earlier.

The girl's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately clicked to play the video. After a long buffering period, she discovered that the video was over half an hour long. The video began with Shen Qingyou's cold and calm face, and then she leaped and ran swiftly across the rooftop of the ancient city with her agile movements.

"Ah, is this a trailer for Hanmo's new movie?"

The girl suppressed her pounding heart and, while watching, immediately posted on various websites, predictably making the post go viral.

As the name of the great hero in that period drama, Hanmo is also the nickname many fans use for Shen Qingyou. A post titled "The Great Hero Hanmo Returns to the Jianghu" quickly attracted the attention of many netizens.

When viewers clicked on the link to watch the video and saw the quality of the content, it caused a sensation online.

This is not only because the actors are good at acting, but also because the video is very realistic and the content is quite shocking. Even after Zhou Xianglin processed it, it has already been distorted to a certain extent.

Shen Qingyou's popularity, which had been declining, has surged again because of this short video, making people believe that this big star's special training has really paid off.

(End of this chapter)