He started as a shepherd and took on countless jobs.

Pei Si stared at Hu Mei, completely baffled as to what her purpose was in using him.

A cold light flashed.

Hu Mei chuckled, glanced at the chilling longsword at her neck, and said in a coquettish voice, "Immortal Master, are you so heartless?"

Pei Si frowned slightly, and slowly tightened his grip on the knife hilt, cutting a small gash on Hu Meier's fair neck, from which blood seeped out.

Hu Mei was certain that if she couldn't provide a reasonable explanation, Pei Si would kill her on the spot. She suppressed her reckless attitude and said in a deep voice:

"As the saying goes among humans, parents who love their children plan far ahead for them."

"Everything I've done is for Long'er."

"You are probably aware of the rumors surrounding Mount Canghong."

Pei Si sheathed his sword.

For Hu Long?

When the ancient sage king was touring Canghong Mountain, he suddenly perished, and his Wood Virtue Immortal Foundation merged into Canghong Mountain.

Could it be that an ancient sage king left behind an opportunity here?

Hu Mei wanted to tie him to the same chariot so that she could help Hu Long'er seize opportunities.

In an instant, Pei Si connected all of this.

"Just as the Immortal Master thought," Hu Mei said softly.

"Tell me about it," Pei Si said, his eyes gleaming.

"For the past two weeks, every night, a vibrant green light has appeared on Canghong Mountain, which is suspected to be the manifestation of the immortal foundation of that ancient saint king."

"The Holy King's Secret Realm seems to be about to open."

Pei Si nodded.

"Mount Canghong is in a special location, and countless forces will surely covet it."

Pei Si was unaware that the strange phenomenon on Canghong Mountain had already been noticed by those with ulterior motives, and the information had long been spread throughout the country.

"Hu Mei, if you have something to say in the future, just say it directly. Why set up such a trap? If I hadn't come, would you have burned yourself to death?" Pei Si glanced at the actress and waved his hand. The actress understood and untied Hu Mei.

Hu Meier breathed a sigh of relief; her life was no longer in danger.

This immortal master is not someone who can be easily schemed against.

Looking at the young Taoist with an otherworldly air, Hu Meier had no doubt that if his fellow disciples were to become Dharma corpses, he would not hesitate to kill them!

Relatives and friends will turn against each other; good friends will sever ties with each other.

"You flatter me, Immortal Master. I have a backup plan," Hu Meier said with a soft laugh.

"Hu Mei, are you a local fox?" Pei Si suddenly asked.

"We've lived in this Crescent Moon and Three Stars Cave for generations," Hu Meier replied.

"After the Holy King died, why did his immortal foundation merge into this Canghong Mountain? Is there any rumor about that?" Pei Si asked, as there was actually another question he didn't understand.

With the strength and prestige of the ancient sage kings.

The Corpse Immortal did not shed its true blood to transform it into a Dharma Corpse.

"Let me think about it." A look of reminiscence appeared in Hu Mei's eyes.

…………

The night was dark and the wind was high.

Little Hu Mei and her younger brother Hu Cheng nestled in their mother's arms as she gently patted their backs and softly told them a story.

"That ancient sage king was called Xia. He established his rule over the world, controlled the floods, drove away demons, and cast nine great cauldrons to pacify the world."

"These nine great cauldrons are inscribed with the true names of great demons and are scattered throughout the Divine Dynasty to suppress the great demons in mountains, rivers and lakes."

"Mother, how big is the Xia King's empire? Compared to our Canghong Mountain, which is bigger?" Hu Cheng asked curiously, looking at his mother with his round, dark grape-like eyes.

"The territory of the Xia King is much larger than our Canghong Mountain."

"It encompasses the five dynasties: the Great Zhou, which we are in, the surrounding Great Yan, Great Yin, Great Xuan, and the Great Yun further to the west."

After hearing his mother's explanation, Hu Cheng's eyes gleamed, and he exclaimed, "When I grow up, I'll build this kind of immortal divine dynasty too!"

"No, no." Hu Cheng shook his head again, squatted on the ground with his two paws, and said, "I won't follow the human race; what I'm establishing will be called the Demon Court!"

Hu Meier chuckled, dismissing it as her brother's nonsense.

The mother gently patted Hu Cheng's head and said softly, "Alright, alright, then I'll enjoy my retirement from now on."

"Mother, how could someone as powerful as King Xia suddenly die like that?"

"Is there some kind of conspiracy involved?" Hu Mei asked curiously.

The fox mother shook her head, also somewhat puzzled.

Someone of Xia Wang's stature should have known how many years he could live long ago, so why wouldn't he have taken precautions?

He was on tour of the world when he suddenly died. If it weren't for the Crown Prince, who was far away in the capital, ascending the throne and stabilizing the situation, the dynasty would have collapsed after only two generations!

"Rumor has it that someone suggested to the accompanying imperial advisor that the Xia King's immortal foundation and the spiritual items associated with it should be retrieved."

"The Imperial Advisor refused, saying that King Xia had decreed before his death that the decree could not be revoked, and that this was the will of Heaven, and that a secret realm should be set up on Canghong Mountain."

Hu Mei told Pei Si everything she knew.

Pei Si nodded, indicating that he understood.

"What does the Immortal Master think?" Hu Mei smiled and looked directly at Pei Si.

Pei Si raised an eyebrow and pondered, "The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish."

The Xia King's Secret Realm will likely attract the attention of cultivators at the Purple Mansion level.

"We Foundation Establishment cultivators are no different from shrimp in the eyes of those at the Purple Mansion level."

"I'll return to the mountain, discuss it further, and then make a decision."

"Thank you for your trouble, Immortal Master." Hu Meier bowed deeply to Pei Si.

Her gaze swept over the female lead, and she thought to herself, "Does the immortal master like theatrical costumes? I'll have a few made and try them on in a few days."

Pei Si waved his hand, dismissing the embroidered pavilion.

After Pei Si left.

Hu Meier stood in front of the mirror, examining her reflection. She glanced at her breasts and, for the first time, felt insecure about her figure.

"Mother, you're all better! The hero is truly amazing!" Hu Longfei pounced on Hu Mei, her eyes filled with laughter.

Hu Mei gently pinched Hu Long's cheek, not scolding her harshly, but asking in a teasing tone, "Why did you write such neat handwriting when I asked you to help your mother write a letter?"

"what?"

"But when Mother taught me to write, she wanted me to write neatly and legibly," Hu Long'er said, tilting her head as she looked at Hu Mei, puzzled.

Hu Mei gave a wry smile, then helplessly rubbed her forehead. This little girl was nothing like her.

Qingcheng Mountain.

Pei Si went straight into the Zhanjiao Palace. Before he even entered the hall, he heard a melodious, silvery laugh.

Pei Si stepped over the threshold and bowed.

"Disciple Xuanjian greets Master and the Wondrous Sound Maiden."

Miaoyin sniffed lightly. This scent... was it Enchanting Heart?

Miao Yin glanced at Pei Si suspiciously. Where had this kid been gallivanting off to?

Huang Ting: "Rise, no need for formalities."

That's all.

Huang Ting stood up and looked at Pei Si.

Looking at his aloof master, Pei Si scratched his head and asked softly, "Master...?"

Huang Ting crossed his hands, made the Zi-Wu Mudra, and bowed slightly to Pei Si.

"I am aware that you helped Jiang Mu."

"This gesture is made on my behalf as Jiang Mu's close friend."

Huang Ting's voice was clear and cold.

Pei Si's brain felt like it was exploding.

He instinctively placed his hands on Huang Ting's arms, feeling a soft sensation, and said, "Master, you mustn't, you mustn't."

"I should help Jiang Jiedu in his matter, both morally and logically."

Upon hearing this, Huang Ting felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

This disciple was well worth taking on!

Miaoyin: "The bond between master and disciple is so deep, so very deep."

"Master, I wish to contact Commander Jiang," Pei Si said in a deep voice.

Before he left, Jiang Mu gave him a jade token, saying that if he encountered any high-level martial artists who bullied him, he could crush the jade token and she would come to his aid.

If Pei Si were to send officials or soldiers to deliver the message, it would take too long.

"Alright." Huang Ting reached into his waistband, took out a yellowish talisman, and handed it to Pei Si.

Miaoyin: "So eager to return to the Northern Frontier?"

Pei Si shook his head. "We'll be staying on the mountain for a while now."

"Master, the nun Miaoyin, I have something to say about Canghong Mountain."

Huang Ting: "Are you interested in the Xia King's Secret Realm?"

"Yes, Master."

"But this Xia King's Secret Realm should be different from the Dao Sect's Secret Realm."

Huang Ting nodded slightly.

"right."

"The Dao Sect's secret realm is designed to cultivate Foundation Establishment cultivators within the sect, and restricts Purple Mansion cultivators from entering."

"The Xia King's Secret Realm is different from that."

"Recently, many unfamiliar faces have come to Canghong Mountain."

"The mountain gate wants to invite them up the mountain to discuss and come up with a plan."

Upon hearing this, Pei Si nodded.

They went up the mountain to discuss the regulations, presumably to standardize them.

Miaoyin: "That's a good consideration. We should tell Jiang Mu so she won't worry."

Pei Si infused the communication talisman with magical power and explained the whole story to Jiang Jiedu. Jiang Mu indicated that he understood.

…………

night.

The three of them went up Canghong Mountain.

Gentle breeze, bright moon, Pei Si.

The three of them went up the mountain to hunt some exotic animals and grill some skewers.

Pei Si made a hand seal and summoned the Five Sacred Mountains Dogs.

In these mountains, with the help of the Five Sacred Mountains Dogs, we can save some energy.

Hunting in your spare time helps you relax.

Look at the three men: they are riding fine horses, holding carved bows, with quivers hanging from their sides and on their backs.

The hunting bows of Qingfeng and Pei Si were normal, but Mingyue's style was slightly different from theirs.

She held a large bow called Juque, the bowstring of which was made of dragon sinew.

Mingyue pulled on the reins, turned the horse around, and looked at Qingfeng and Pei Si.

"How about the three of us split up and hunt, each taking a hunting dog?"

"Junior brother, don't try anything funny."

Pei Si chuckled and said, "Senior sister, do I look like that kind of person?"

Pei Si made a hand seal and ordered the two dogs, Dongyue and Xiyue, "Follow my two senior sisters and don't be lazy."

"Woof woof!"

The two dogs wagged their tails and circled around the gentle breeze and the bright moon.

He treated his two senior sisters even more intimately than his master, Pei Si.

"Meet here in one hour!"

"Whoever hunts the fewest prey is responsible for tonight's midnight snack!"

"Grip!" Mingyue squeezed the horse's flanks with her legs and cracked the whip.

"Junior brother, keep it up!" Qingfeng blinked his peach blossom eyes, clenched his fist towards Pei Si, and cheered him on.

"I don't like making late-night snacks!" Pei Si grinned.

The two exchanged a smile and simultaneously urged their horses on.

The Hokusai dog galloped wildly in front of the horse, its nose twitching frantically, as if sniffing out the lingering scent of prey in the air.

Suddenly.

The Northern Mountain Dog turned around and began barking wildly ahead.

Pei Si held his breath and concentrated, pinching the arrow between two fingers, gripping the bowstring with one hand and pinching the bowstring with the other.

call out!

The arrow shot out like a meteor.

boom!

The arrow pierced the white rabbit's eye socket, and its remaining force penetrated the tree trunk.

Pei Si waved his hand, and the feathered arrow flew back into his hand. Pei Si then rolled up his sleeve and put the white rabbit into his sleeve.

The technique he used was a minor spell he learned from the nun Miaoyin, called "Universe in the Sleeve," which had the same effect as the Qiankun Bag.

Pei Si was not stingy. He used his knife to cut off a piece of the exotic beast meat and fed it to the Northern Yue Dog, saying with a smile, "The more the better. If you can surpass my two senior sisters tonight, this piece of exotic beast meat is all yours."

This phrase was just as tempting to the Northern Yue Dog as a fish dying of thirst finding water.

They want to evolve, just like Pei Si forging his True Blood Yuan Gang, they need a lot of flesh and blood.

A man, a horse, and a dog gallop wildly through the mountains and forests.

Pei Si always managed to catch a prey every time he shot an arrow.

Pei Si shot and killed a monkey demon with an arrow, and the monkey demon's body crashed into a stone pillar.

The Northern Mountain Dog suddenly lowered its body, its expression wary, and let out a low growl.

Pei Si held the reins and looked around. He found himself in a quiet stone forest, where the stone pillars seemed to be placed in specific locations.

The ground was a huge stone disc, with intricate and complex inscriptions carved on it, and dried bloodstains in the patterns.

In the blink of an eye.

Pei Si felt dozens of eyes on him.

In the shadows, dozens of pairs of red eyes lit up simultaneously.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" the monkey demon cried.

In the blink of an eye, monkey demons grabbed the vines and swung down, surrounding the man, the horse, and the dog.

"Boom!"

It sounds like someone is beating a drum.

Upon hearing the sound, the monkey demon automatically moved aside to both sides.

A transformed monkey demon, ten feet tall, pure white, and with arms that reached past its knees, walked towards him step by step.

"Friend, you shot and killed my people, trespassed on my forbidden territory, and you think you can leave without giving me an explanation?" The gibbon grinned, showing no mercy, with bits of meat still stuck between its teeth.

Pei Si grinned and said, "If you want an explanation, I'll give it to you."

Pei Si took out a talisman and wrote something on it.

Then, holding the talisman between his fingers, he flicked his wrist, and the talisman shot out like a sharp arrow.

The gibbon picked up the talisman, looked at it, grinned wildly, and instantly tore it to shreds.

The words "explain the law" were clearly written on the talisman.

"Roar roar roar!"

The monkey demons erupted in excitement, baring their teeth and charging towards Pei Si.

Pei Si remained calm and composed, drew his bow and nocked an arrow. The arrow seemed to have eyes, bypassing the monkey demons and shooting straight at the long-armed ape.

The gibbon was also decisive, throwing a punch at the arrow.

puff!

The arrow struck the gibbon's fist and then parted the waves like a warship cutting through the sea.

The right arm of the gibbon is split in two.

Pei Si shook his head, finding it quite boring. Then he shot another arrow, pinning the long-armed ape to death.

"Tsk, isn't it rumored that the Long-Armed Ape can grasp the sun and moon, shrink mountains, discern good and bad fortune, manipulate the universe, and achieve physical sainthood through the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts?"

"How come you couldn't even catch one of my arrows?"

"You're nowhere near as good as the Great Sage I know."

Pei Si has now witnessed firsthand what it means for a fallen tree to scatter its monkeys.

With the death of the gibbon, the monkey demons under his command scattered and fled instantly.

Pei Si drew his bow and shot at the enemy in quick succession.

Five minutes later.

Pei Si rolled up his sleeves, leaving behind the corpse of the long-armed ape, and placed the corpses of the rest of the monkey demons on the stone plate.

The monkey demon's life essence was instantly drained by the stone disc, and the inscriptions on it glowed with a bloody light.

boom!

A certain condition has been triggered.

In the center of the stone slab, a stone pillar slowly rises.

Above the stone pillar, there is a rugged stone peach.

Pei Si frowned and gently pressed down.

In an instant, the mechanism was triggered.

The stone disc vanished instantly, and Pei Si's figure plummeted.

Pei Si flew through the air. On both sides of the passage were stone steps, which must have been made by the monkey demon himself to make it easier to climb.

Pei Si stepped onto the moss and looked around. A fragrant aroma of wine wafted towards him.

"This is……?"

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