Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

"You'll find out sooner or later!"

He Li only revealed a mysterious smile.

Yu Qingge frowned upon hearing this.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt like He Li's words had a hidden meaning.

But no matter how much she pondered, she couldn't figure out what deeper meaning He Li meant by what seemed like an ordinary statement that simply meant "I'll tell you slowly later."

Unable to figure it out, she simply stopped thinking about it.

Seeing that He Li had released the Ghost Gate, and after preparing for other matters, he met up with Mu Lan and prepared to depart...

Yu Qingge had no choice but to quickly catch up with them.

Yu Qi was kept by her.

Yu Qi's supernatural powers are very strong. Although he is not as powerful as He Li, he can handle most of the Qi Refiners in the Middle Realm without any problems. Keeping him here is to prevent problems from arising in the Blazing Sun Sect.

Especially the Ghost Gate Pass...

That's their way out for the future.

The Shu Kingdom was ultimately the strongest cultivator kingdom in the Middle Realm.

It is also related to the Demon Court of the Upper Realm.

In addition, with the recent chaos caused by Kurongzi, who knows what terrible dangers we might encounter there.

Even He Li couldn't guarantee that she could safely lead her teammates back and forth between Shu and the Blazing Sun Sect. What if they encountered an insurmountable danger in the future...

What kind of strange gate was that He Li placed there...?

It is their only way to escape, so the Ghost Gate Pass absolutely cannot be compromised.

However, regardless of He Li or Yu Qingge...

What they didn't know was...

Just as they disguised themselves and headed away from the Blazing Sun Sect towards the Yellow Flower Temple and the Shu Kingdom, Yu Qi, who remained at the Blazing Sun Sect to guard the Ghost Gate Pass and await the arrival of the rest of the people from the lower realm...

But they ran into an old acquaintance of He Li!

"Kurongzi?" The usually taciturn Yu Qi exclaimed, staring at the figure in a Taoist robe who had suddenly appeared beneath the strange gate.

This is clearly not right either.

After all, Yu Qi had never met Kurongzi.

He was able to recognize the other person...

This alone is enough to explain the problem.

Sure enough, upon hearing Yu Qi's voice, the Taoist priest who resembled Ku Rongzi turned around, his smiling face mask covered in cracks, and stared at Yu Qi with reddened eyes, waving his whisk...

"Fellow Daoist Xian is quite capable!"

"They managed to hide it from that variable!"

Ku Rongzi said with a smile.

Yu Qi's voice was cold: "What are you doing here?"

"I heard you've been purging your successors lately, but there aren't any of them here!"

"Why are you so nervous, Fellow Daoist Xian?"

Ku Rongzi shrugged: "I came here simply out of curiosity about the Ghost Gate Pass. After all, the reappearance of the Ghost Gate Pass means that the Netherworld has a new master."

"That's the variable, isn't it? Tsk tsk!"

"The Heavenly Dao of the Lower Realm is exceptionally audacious."

"With all the luck and fortune concentrated on him alone, isn't he afraid of ending up dead and his realm destroyed?"

He spoke as if asking a question.

But Yu Qi clearly didn't want to respond to him.

He replied impatiently, "Are you asking me?"

"Is there a third party here?" Kurongzi asked rhetorically.

Yu Qi grew increasingly impatient: "I have no interest in knowing or guessing the thoughts of the Heavenly Dao in the lower realm. But you... we've always kept to ourselves!"

"I have my plans here."

"You'd better leave. Even if you descend in your true form, you won't necessarily benefit from disrupting our plans."

Upon hearing this, Ku Rongzi's crimson eyes flashed with a fiery, flickering light as he sneered, "Fellow Daoist Wu Xian, how much power do you Ten Witches of Mount Ling still possess?"

"Wu, she no longer exists!"

"How many gods would you deem worthy of your favor these days?"

"Let alone the gods of the upper realm, even in the lower realm, I doubt many people remember you or worship you anymore, right? Tsk, even your consciousness has to resort to tricks to attach itself to the Golden Crow..."

"So frail..."

"You dare threaten me?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kurongzi unleashed his overwhelming aura...

hum! ! !

In an instant, the world lost its color, everything froze, and Yu Qi's pupils contracted slightly, his face turning grim.

Kurongzi continued coldly, "I have no interest in what you do, but you'd better understand that your future has already been swallowed up by something invisible..."

"Their power is beyond calculation."

"The past is also collapsing..."

"Now is our only hope."

"If you do anything wrong that shatters our last hope, then I... will make you disappear completely from the river of time in the Three Realms!"

His voice was full of threats.

Yu Qi suppressed his anger and sneered, "Hmph, you talk as if you're the savior of the three realms."

"But don't forget!"

"The cause of the current state of affairs in the Three Realms..."

"It is indeed you, the True Lord of Sun, Moon, and Myriad Laws!!!"

"So what?" Ku Rongzi glanced at the sky. "In the countless years between the Middle and Upper Realms, which of the hundreds of millions of living beings hasn't benefited? They've all reaped the benefits..."

"How dare you criticize me?"

He mocked, and then retorted, "You were overjoyed when you received the future law."

"Now you're criticizing me?"

"You!!!" Yu Qi clenched his fists.

In the end, he didn't utter the curse.

After a moment of silence, he said, "I have no intention of arguing with you or wasting my energy here. The variables have already shifted to Huanghua Temple and the Shu Kingdom."

"I have important business here, related to Nuwa, but it won't cause problems for the 'present'!"

"If you have something to do, leave immediately!"

Hearing his words, Kurongzi waved his whisk.

"Wa? You really want to resurrect her?"

"Tsk tsk~ Reincarnation is over, destiny cannot be defied. Even if she were truly resurrected, would she still be Nuwa?"

"You mustn't..."

"What terrifying thing have you concocted for this humble Taoist priest?!"

"In that case, it will hurt both yourself and others!"

Having said that, Kurongzi's figure instantly transformed into countless sparks and vanished without a trace. The colorless world was restored to its original colors at that moment.

Yu Qi stood still and shook his head slightly.

"The future has already been swallowed up; we have no choice but to take a gamble."

"Something terrifying? Ha!"

"The future is gone, so what could be more terrifying than this?"

Yu Qi sighed inwardly. Only when he sensed the many unfamiliar Qi auras suddenly appearing in the distance behind him did he suppress the complex emotions on his face and return to his previous expressionless demeanor.

Meanwhile, on He Li's side...

"What are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought."

In mid-air, Mu Lan looked at He Li, whose flight speed was getting slower and slower, and asked him curiously.

Upon hearing this, the latter snapped out of his daze and shook his head.

He couldn't explain what happened, he just felt like he had paused for a moment, but he was also very clear that he had been moving forward and had never stopped.

This disorienting feeling left him somewhat bewildered.

He didn't understand what was going on.

He suspected that some being from the upper realm might have noticed him and done something to him.

He couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, and with Mu Lan interrupting his train of thought, he shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Instead, he prepared to speed up and reach his destination as soon as possible.

But just then...

He seemed to sense something, and suddenly stopped flying, looking to the side at the towering mountain peak that seemed to pierce the clouds...

"What's wrong?" Yu Qingge looked over as well.

But I didn't see anything.

He Li narrowed his eyes: "Someone's here!"

"They must be Qi Refiners from the Middle Realm; they travel in something resembling a boat that can be concealed..."

"That's called a flying boat!"

Yu Qingge rolled her eyes.

"Do I need you to remind me?" He Li curled his lip.

Finally, he continued, "Let's go and intercept them. Let's see where those Qi Refiners came from and where they're going. Perhaps we can get more information about the Middle Realm from them."

Without waiting for the two women to respond, He Li's figure flashed and disappeared before their eyes.

Meanwhile, on the hidden airship...

"Uncle-Master, which other sects are also heading to Shu?"

"I heard the Blazing Sun Sect is going too?"

A sound came from the flying boat.

If one can see through the concealment, one can discover that on that enormous flying ship, which is hundreds of feet long, a large number of Qi cultivators dressed in different sects and exuding an astonishing aura are gathered.

The Qi Refiner who spoke earlier was a young man standing at the bow of the ship, who appeared to be at the Golden Core stage.

Hearing the young man's words...

Further ahead, a middle-aged Qi cultivator, sitting casually on the deck, sipping fine wine from a gourd, replied with a smile, "Indeed, the Blazing Sun Sect sent word that they would also be going."

"But they're not coming with us!"

"As for the other sects?"

"There are many. Aside from the major sects in our region, almost all of them will send people there..."

"It's those sects that haven't opened their gates for a long time, which I've heard are also interested in participating in this matter concerning the Shu Kingdom, such as the Fallen God Valley, the Burial Immortal Sect, and the Returning Heaven Sword Sect, etc..."

"In short, this will broaden your horizons... huh?"

Before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged man's gaze sharpened.

A figure appeared ahead.

That person... gave him a dangerous feeling?

Are you kidding me? He's a Nascent Soul cultivator, the pinnacle of cultivation in this region!

Is there anyone who can make him feel threatened?

He absolutely had to find out who it was!