My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

A sudden appearance and you want to defeat your childhood sweetheart?

Qi Yu sighed helplessly, walked to Zhou Zixun's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly:

"My son and daughter will be one month old on the 7th of next month. We'll be having a celebration in our hometown of Jiangzhou City. Zhen Qing might come with my wife then. Why don't you give it a try?"

Zhou Zixun was overjoyed and excitedly said, "Really? Miss Zhen Qing will be coming too? Okay, I'll definitely go!"

Qi Yu nodded, then said seriously, "Remember to prepare red envelopes. If possible, bring over your teacher's Mountain and Sea Ruler!"

The excitement on Zhou Zixun's face instantly crumbled. "Take the Mountain and Sea Ruler? Why not just give you the talisman to calculate my fate?"

"The Mountain and Sea Ruler is made of a very special material, which has the power to suppress ghosts and monsters. If possible, you should talk to your teacher and see if you can borrow it!"

Qi Yu wasn't joking; Qingyun Academy possessed a great many sacred relics, no less valuable than those of Taoism.

This is mainly thanks to the fact that Confucianists are not as lazy as Taoists!

Zhou Zixun's expression turned serious. If it was because of this matter, he could give it a try.

Zhou Zixun left, but Qi Yu picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Xu Wenbing.

He was doing quite well in Mangshan, and with Su Yue's secret help, a Taoist temple had already been built on the site of the former Ziqi Pavilion.

Once my plan is launched, I'm sure a lot of people will go to this Taoist temple for help.

Now that the Shrinking Earth Seal is in Xu Wenbing's hands, it's difficult to mobilize manpower to go and help.

This Shrinking Earth Seal originally belonged to Taoism, and it seems that Su Chengying had no intention of taking it back after giving it to him.

Qi Yu had tried to return the Shrinking Earth Seal to Su Chengying on his previous trips back to Blood God Island, but Su Chengying refused.

This originally belonged to Taoism; it was given to him by the previous head of Taoism, Qi Yu's grandmaster.

Su Chengying just wants to return it to its rightful owner!

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Chapter Ninety-Six: Ghost Soldiers and Generals

That very night, Qi Yu left the academy with the Heavenly Sword and headed to the Western Regions.

The western regions are mostly sand dunes, and the land is severely desertified. The further west you go, the more desolate it becomes.

The ancient city of Fengdu is located in the forbidden land west of the Western Regions, a forbidden zone for life, an absolute forbidden zone.

Qi Yu was not so arrogant as to go straight to the forbidden area to find the ancient city of Fengdu upon arrival.

Moreover, Qi Yu's intuition told him that the appearance of the ancient city of Fengdu was definitely not due to him breaking the seal.

The seal used by the Dao Ancestor was indefinite, and there was no possibility that it would loosen over time.

That was a seal formed by the Dao Ancestor using his own rules and principles, which would automatically draw energy from heaven and earth to maintain the seal.

The reappearance of the ancient city of Fengdu must mean that someone has broken the seal of the Dao Ancestor.

The person who was able to break the Dao Ancestor's seal must be extraordinary!

It might not even be human!

Qi Yu arrived in the Western Regions without alerting anyone. At the crack of dawn, Qi Yu finally reached the edge of the forbidden area.

The forbidden area was pitch black. The sand inside was different from the sand on the outside; it was black and clearly distinct.

Even though it was already daylight, the darkness in the forbidden area had not lessened in the slightest.

This darkness is different from the darkness emanating from the Corpse God; it is pure Yin energy.

Qi Yu pondered for a moment, then stepped into the black sand.

The moment Qi Yu stepped inside, he felt a chill on the soles of his feet, and a cold wind blew around him, the sand it stirred up gradually blurring his vision.

It's said to be a forbidden area, and Qi Yu has already crossed the Arctic Ice Plains, which are also forbidden areas.

Qi Yu even found a palace in the center of the far north ice plains, where a demon beast that was about to take human form lived; it was a true spirit-gathering demon beast.

At this moment, the forbidden land in the Western Regions and the forbidden land in the far north ice plains gave Qi Yu basically the same feeling.

After Qi Yu entered the forbidden area, he walked westward for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. He found himself back where he had come from.

Qi Yu couldn't help but sneer. Did they know he was here and therefore didn't want him to come in?

They wouldn't let me in, but I insisted on going in anyway!

Qi Yu released his true energy, and the black sand began to condense into a layer of frost. Then, this frost spread forward from Qi Yu as the center.

Wherever it passed, all the black energy dissipated.

Qi Yu's true energy possesses the characteristics of righteous energy, which has an absolute restraining effect on these yin energies.

As Qi Yu released his true energy, a river appeared in front of him, with only one bridge spanning it.

Qi Yu did not hesitate and walked directly onto the bridge.

As Qi Yu passed through the center of the bridge, he felt as if he had passed through something, and what he saw next left him utterly shocked.

Is this a mirage of the ancient city of Fengdu?

The scene before him deeply stimulated Qi Yu's nerves and then went straight to his soul.

"Teacher... what are you doing here!"

Qi Yu stared blankly at the kind old Taoist priest in front of him, his lips trembling and his words incoherent.

The old Taoist priest in front of him was none other than his teacher, the previous head instructor!

But he's already dead!

The leader smiled gently and said, "Fengdu Ancient City is the final resting place of the dead. Isn't it perfectly normal for me to be here?"

Qi Yu was speechless. "It seems so!"

However, Qi Yu still couldn't believe that the soul before him was his teacher.

"Are you really my teacher? Or am I trapped in an illusion?" Qi Yu asked with a look of doubt.

Qi Yu was a little flustered when he saw his teacher, but he quickly realized that this shouldn't be his teacher.

Even if the teacher is dead!

Despite the coach's suspicion of Qi Yu, he maintained his smile.

"When you were poisoned by the fire bat, I took you to various places to help you get rid of it. The reason I took you as my disciple was because of the recommendation of your father-in-law, Su Chengying."

“At that time, you practiced the technique incorrectly. Your true energy spread to your limbs and bones instead of gathering in your dantian. That’s why I passed on the ‘Marrow Cleansing Treatise’ and the ‘Western Flow Classic’ to you.”

"The first time you tempered your bones, you tempered the bones of your entire right arm!"

Qi Yu listened quietly. What the ghost in front of him said was indeed something only his teacher knew, and he had his own judgment in mind.

“I believe you are a teacher, so why are you waiting for me here?” Qi Yu asked.

The leader turned around, pointed in the direction of the ancient city of Fengdu, and said, "His Majesty the Ghost King told me to wait for you here; he wants to see you!"

Qi Yu raised an eyebrow and asked in surprise, "Why does the Ghost King want to see me?"

The leader chuckled and said, "You'll see when we get there! Come with me!"

Qi Yu hesitated for a moment, but still followed. As they walked down the bridge, a carriage drawn by eight skeleton horses was already waiting.

It is no exaggeration to call this carriage a palanquin, because only emperors could ride in such a carriage.

"Come on, let's go!" The Taoist priest got into the car first, then waved his robe and turned to extend his hand to Qi Yu.

Qi Yu glanced at the eerie, towering city and frowned.

That city was the ancient city of Fengdu. Its walls were very high, and even he might not have been able to jump over them in one go.

Moreover, green light flickers above the ancient city of Fengdu, adding to the eeriness and chill of the place.

Once you enter the ancient city of Fengdu, you might never be able to get out again!

Is it because the Ghost King cannot leave the ancient city of Fengdu that he wants to go in by himself?

The instructor was somewhat surprised to see Qi Yu standing there in a daze.

"What's wrong? Do you still doubt that your master is real?" The leader frowned, seemingly somewhat displeased.

Qi Yu looked at his 'teacher' with a detached, even somewhat cold, gaze.

"You did a good job impersonating me. You didn't get the interactions and details between me and the teacher right. I almost believed you were the teacher! But from beginning to end, you still fell short!"

"Since you've worked so hard, I've already come down from the bridge. You can smash the cup now. There should be quite a few axemen lying in ambush around here, right?"

The 'leader' raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, knowing he couldn't deceive them, but still somewhat surprised, and asked:

"How did you find out I wasn't Shang Ye?"

Shang Ye is the leader's name, but even opposing forces dare not call him by his name directly.

"I almost believed you. Your acting is very good, and you have a great grasp of the details of my teacher. But you don't know what kind of person my teacher is."

"My teacher was a pure seeker of the Way, who spent his entire life seeking the Way, even at the cost of his life."

“He would never use the honorific title ‘Your Majesty’ to address a ghost, not even when facing Emperor Li Muchen of the Dayun Dynasty.”

The 'leader' nodded in realization and said, "I see. It was indeed a problem with the details."

"After all, we ghost generals hold His Majesty in such high esteem that we cannot address him by his name directly!"

As he spoke, the 'leader's' face began to change. His flesh gradually disappeared, turning into a skull face. His Taoist robe transformed into a Confucian robe, and he wore a topknot.

Within the two empty eye sockets, a green flame flickered.

This is exactly a skeleton dressed in a scholar's robe!

Ghost General!

He just called himself a ghost general!

Ghost generals are equivalent to those who suppress and raise the strength of demonic beasts.

This skeleton cannot yet manifest skin, so it probably doesn't have the strength of a sub-saint; at most, it's a quasi-sub-saint.

With such strength, they dared to expose themselves in front of me. I would never believe they had no backup plan.

"Generals, please show yourselves!"