Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 326 Glazed Dojo
Upon seeing Zhou Qing enter, everyone bowed slightly to him.

Zhou Qing nodded in return.

"Could it be that Lord Cao's journey to the Central Continent has been unsuccessful?"

Zhou Qing asked.

Cao Yang, looking utterly dejected, said, "Don't even mention it. It's not just bad luck; all the spiritual herbs I brought were stolen by others, and Qingxia was even injured by my rival."

Zhou Qing knew that the so-called Qingxia, whose surname was Zhou, was a Golden Core cultivator who had accompanied Cao Yang to the Central Continent. She was also one of the cultivators at the Hongfa Daoist Temple who was expected to break through to the Nascent Soul stage soon. Cao Yang had brought her to the Central Continent with the intention of letting her witness its grandeur and preparing her for her breakthrough. Who would have thought that it would cause her to get injured?

Zhou Qing was slightly taken aback and asked, "Could it be that we've encountered someone from the demonic path?"

Cao Yang shook his head and said, "It's not the demonic path, it's the Glazed Dojo."

Zhou Qing said, "Since you are members of the immortal path, why did you rob spiritual herbs without cause and even injure you?"

Cao Yang sneered and said, "The Daoist temples of the Central Continent look down on the Daoist temples of the four neighboring continents. This has been the case since ancient times. It's just that they have never bullied them so wantonly before. I suppose their spiritual medicines are not as plentiful as before, so they do such a shameless thing."

"Our group passed through the territory of the Glazed Dojo, intending to go to the neighboring Immaculate Dojo to exchange for Black Wind Grass. However, we were blocked by several Nascent Soul True Monarchs from the Glazed Dojo. They falsely accused us of stealing the Glazed Dojo's spiritual herbs. Qingxia was only slightly stronger than them, and after arguing with them for a few words, she was injured by them."

"I can't hold this up by myself alone, and there's nothing I can do about it."

At this point, Cao Yang's face turned ashen with frustration.

He was a chivalrous person by nature, and he couldn't stand such humiliation. However, since he was on someone else's territory and had many Golden Core cultivators following him, he couldn't afford to break ties with them and could only return home dejected.

Zhou Qing asked, "The Hongfa Dojo was originally named Qingxu Daogong. Isn't the Liuli Dojo afraid of being blamed by Qingxu Daogong?"

White-browed said, "Fellow Daoist, you are unaware of this."

“The seven major Daoist temples in the Central Continent are different from ours. The Daoist temples in the four neighboring continents all originated from the four major Daoist palaces, and their foundations are ultimately shallow.”

"The seven major Daoist temples in the Central Continent all originated from ancient times. Before the Demon Descends Rebellion, the power of these seven Daoist temples was not necessarily much weaker than that of the four major Daoist palaces today."

"They declined later, but despite their decline, they may still have the methods left by their predecessors, so even the four major Dao Palaces will not easily make things difficult for them."

"Moreover, the rumors that the Dharma Propagation Center has submitted to the fellow practitioners have already spread throughout the Central Continent, so they are naturally even more unscrupulous in dealing with the center."

After Bai Mei finished speaking, the Nascent Soul cultivators became even more somber.

Now that the Liuli Dojo has set an example, all other dojos will naturally follow suit.

This means that in the future, if the people from their Dharma propagation center set foot on the Central Continent again, everyone will be able to bully them, and they will no longer be able to collect spiritual herbs from the Central Continent.

However, West Antarctica's own medicinal resources are no longer sufficient.

If this problem cannot be solved, it will be difficult for new Nascent Souls to appear in West Pole in the future.

This is practically a plan to wipe out the family line.

Cao Yang said, "This matter may not have been initiated by the Liuli Daoist Temple on its own initiative. It was most likely secretly instructed by the Qingxu Daoist Palace. They are currently too busy to come here, so they can only use this method to trap us."

Zhou Qing asked, "By the way, I asked you to find out what's holding up the founder of Qingxu Dao Palace. Do you have any information?"

Cao Yang nodded and said, "That's quite clear."

"It is said that a demon god descended upon the bottomless cave of Mangcang Mountain, and Ancestor Lu had no choice but to go there personally to suppress it."

Zhou Qing's heart skipped a beat, and he exclaimed, "Can a demon god descend upon Qionghua Continent?"

He knew very well that in the mouths of these Nascent Soul True Monarchs, the Demon God could only be one kind of being—those terrifying beings from the Demon Abyss who coveted the cultivation world. The cultivation world had a strict distinction regarding the beings in the Demon Abyss.

Among them are demons and gods.

Demon gods are the true enemies of the cultivation world; evil spirits are merely servants driven by demon gods.

Some demons are naturally generated from the Demon Abyss, while others are the product of human cultivators who were captured by demon gods and resurrected in the Demon Abyss. In terms of level, there are demon heads, great demons, demon lords, and so on.

In the Dao Heart World, Zhou Qing saw that although those demon gods longed for this world, they seemed to be blocked by some kind of force, and therefore could not descend in person.

Hearing Cao Yang say that a demon god had descended upon the Bottomless Cave in Mangcang Mountain, he was immediately astonished.

Cao Yang said, "That's what the news says, but I don't know the details."

Zhou Qing is now both happy and worried.

The good news is that although that Old Ancestor Lu is strong, dealing with the Demon God is by no means easy, and he probably won't be able to return to Qingxu Dao Palace in a short time.

Since Ancestor Lu did not return, the Qingxu Dao Palace had no time to deal with him.

What worries him is that although he doesn't need to worry about Ancestor Lu for the time being, he can't help but worry about the even more terrifying demon god.

If a demon god could descend upon this world, everything would be different.

Zhou Qing said, "Let's not worry about him for now. We can't let the matter of the Glazed Dojo go easily, otherwise the people in the Dojo will find it difficult to move an inch in the Central Continent in the future."

Everyone's spirits lifted, and they said in unison, "We can only ask you, Fellow Daoist, to make the decision on this matter."

Zhou Qing said, "Don't worry, now that you've pledged your allegiance to me, as long as you do your best to serve me, I will never make you suffer any injustice."

“True Lord Cao Yang has just finished a long journey and should have let you rest for a while. However, this matter should be handled sooner rather than later, so I have no choice but to ask you to come with me to the Glazed Dojo again.”

Cao Yang's eyes lit up, and he laughed loudly, "What's so tiring about this? I'd be willing to work ten times harder if it lets me vent this anger."

After saying that, he had a sudden thought and said, "Please allow me to bring one more person."

Zhou Qing asked, "Is it Zhou Qingxia?"

Cao Yang said, "That's right."

He took Zhou Qingxia to Zhongzhou, intending to help her achieve her inner peace, but unexpectedly, it caused her to suffer a severe setback, which instead clouded her mind.

Now that Zhou Qing is going to the Liuli Dojo to demand an explanation, it is natural to ask her to go with him, so as to cleanse the dust from her heart.

Zhou Qing sent Cao Yang to summon Zhou Qingxia, while he himself rushed to Lingxiu Peak, where the demonic cultivators of the Western Continent were now being housed.

By this time, the demonic cultivators had completed most of the 400,000 relay stations that Zhou Qing had ordered. Zhou Qing arrived at Lingxiu Peak and stored all of these relay stations into his Dao Heart World.

The Dao Heart World is now like a super-sized storage bag for him. It's just a pity that the Dao Heart World is not yet perfect. There is no spiritual energy or life force inside, and Zhou Qing is not sure if any creatures can survive inside.

Otherwise, this land of more than two hundred miles could have been used to settle everyone, and there would be no need to worry that Qingxu Dao Palace would use them to threaten him.

After taking all the relay stations into his Dao Heart World, Zhou Qing returned to Dahua Peak. By then, Zhou Qingxia had already been brought to Cao Yang's place.

Although she was a great cultivator over two hundred years old, Zhou Qingxia looked like a beautiful Daoist nun in her thirties. Because her injuries had not yet healed, her face was pale and bloodless, giving her a more timid and pitiful air.

(End of this chapter)