I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

Whether for wealthy families or ordinary people, the recruitment of disciples by Tianyang Palace is a major event. As long as one's own child can go up the mountain, it is equivalent to rising to prominence. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "when one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven".

Tianyang Palace recruits disciples based solely on their talent and Dao heart, regardless of their background, wealth, or poverty. Those with strong talent and cultivation will be accepted into the Tianyang Palace. If someone only has talent but lacks a pure heart, that's fine too; other sects don't consider this, and there are still paths for them to take.

After seeing one child after another, Bai Qingyu didn't realize the seriousness of the situation at first. It wasn't until she mentioned that a child had difficulty entering the mountain gate that the mother beat the child severely, saying the child was disappointing. After that, she began to refuse to answer such questions.

Some parents deliberately have several children so that they can try their luck every year, placing all their hopes on their children, hoping that by having their children become cultivators of the Tianyang Palace, they can live a life of wealth and luxury.

When they learned from Bai Qingyu that their children might not be able to enter the sect, their unbalanced mentality led them to not only curse Bai Qingyu for being blind but also to physically attack him. They would also beat their own children, and on the day of the disciple recruitment, they would still try their luck and continue to beat their children when they got home.

Bai Qingyu knew she wasn't a deity, just a Guhuoniao (a mythical bird), and she couldn't change reality. She had considered lying and saying her child had exceptional talent, but upon closer inspection, she realized that if she did, the parents would surely treat the child well when they returned home, but what about three months later?

They treated us to good food and drink, but we still couldn't get in. After we got back, they were capable of anything.

Having seen so many of these kinds of things, Bai Qingyu suddenly realized one day that fortune telling wasn't such a good job. Anyway, he had already made enough money, so he spent the rest of his time at home reading and cultivating.

Another month has passed in the blink of an eye, and I have been staying in this small county town for more than three months.

Outside the small county town, Zhen Tian knelt under an old tree by the river, while Bai Qingyu combed her hair from behind in the same position. A cold wind blew gently, and the river surface in the distance was calm. Several months had passed, and winter had arrived. It was only the two of them who were not afraid of the cold as they sat by the river in this frigid weather.

"Oh my god, when do you think we're leaving?"

Bai Qing braided Zhen Tian's hair into a plait and asked softly.

"Whenever you leave, I will leave." Zhen Tian gazed at the calm lake surface.

Normally, Zhen Tian has a very low profile. That's just her personality. No matter how lively or heartwarming the scene is, she will watch from a distance. If you ask her to join in, she will be at a loss and feel flattered. Bai Qingyu has told her about this more than once.

Why be so lonely? Try to fit in.

A month ago, there was a festival in the city. Bai Qingyu took her out to play, but Zhen Tian held onto her sleeve tightly the whole time and was very unwilling to go in. Helpless, Bai Qingyu had to take her to sit on the roof and watch the show for an hour.

It's incredibly difficult to enter Shinten's world. At home, Shinten can only be affectionate with her; even Dongqing's personality can't make her laugh.

"No, I want to hear your opinion."

"I......"

Bai Qingyu approached her, stared into her wine-red eyes, and placed his hands on her delicate shoulders. "Yes, your opinion."

Looking at each other so closely, Zhen Tian's cheeks flushed slightly. "Aren't Dong Qing and Chang Sheng very busy? Why don't we wait a while before leaving?"

"That's right, that's how it should be. Share your thoughts instead of always relying on me. And also..."

Bai Qingyu suddenly leaned forward, and Zhen Tian could smell the faint fragrance on her hair. Before she could feel shy, Bai Qingyu gently touched the corners of her mouth with her two index fingers and slowly raised them, revealing a happy and bright smile.

"Look at me like this, you should smile more. A real genius is the most beautiful genius when he smiles."

Bai Qingyu tried to teach Zhen Tian to smile more, but she didn't realize that she actually smiled just as often as Zhen Tian. Apart from not having Zhen Tian's sorrow and fragility in her eyes, Bai Qingyu also always had a tense expression.

Just then, Dongqing came running over from not far away, holding a long sword, calling out, "Auntie, Auntie!"

When Dongqing got home, she found that her aunt was not there. After asking Changsheng, she learned that her aunt was by the river. As soon as Dongqing ran over, she saw Bai Qingyu sitting face to face with Zhentian, pulling at the corner of her mouth.

Dongqing was stunned. Was this really her aunt?

She didn't see wrong, did she?

Upon seeing Dongqing approach, Bai Qingyu froze on the spot, "Ahem, Dongqing, weren't you at the Tianyang Palace's residence?"

"Auntie, what were you doing just now?" Dongqing asked, hands on her hips and eyes half-closed.

Bai Qingyu inexplicably felt like she'd been caught cheating, and her eyes were extremely strange.

"I was just teaching Zhen Tian how to laugh. Cough, is something wrong? Why are you in such a hurry? Has Tianyang Palace discovered something again?"

"It's like this, I was just at the Tianyang Palace camp when Sister Lin told me that a lot of monsters are coming to Shimen County, which is our area. These monsters might be going to attack us." Dongqing remembered the important matter and quickly spoke up.

"Demon?"

"Yes, they are all demons from the Hundred Thousand Mountains."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qingyu's expression turned serious, and he couldn't help but feel strange.

Why would the demons of the Ten Thousand Mountains come here for no reason? What's the point of attacking a small county town?

"anything else?"

"That's all. Sister Lin also mentioned that these demons are related to evil cultivators."

Bai Qingyu stood up, carefully examined Dong Qing's fortune and then Zhen Tian, ​​and found that there were no major problems. As for the demons and evil cultivators, she really didn't have any particular feeling about them.

"Regardless of whether the matter is true or false, you are not allowed to go to the Tianyang Palace headquarters for the foreseeable future!"

"Ah, Auntie, I..."

"Holly, if what you're saying is true, then what's about to happen is no joke. If you're not careful, people could really die. Do you understand?"

"But I..." Dong Qing wanted to say something, but seeing Bai Qingyu's serious look, she had no choice but to obediently agree.

"Yes, I understand, Auntie."

"You are still young and your cultivation is still shallow, so don't do anything foolish."

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Volume 1: Chapter 66 The Mother of the Demon King (Please Subscribe 6K)

Dongqing said that demons were attacking the city, and half a month later, the demons really did come.

Not only demons, but also many evil cultivators clad in black robes came with them. Bai Qingyu heard soldiers going door-to-door in the streets, informing people not to leave the city for the time being, and that it was best to stay at home. The government and Tianyang Palace would distribute food to everyone.

Standing in the courtyard, Bai Qingyu saw cultivators flying by on their swords under the gloomy sky. Cultivators came from all directions, and some even flew out of the county town on their swords. Among these people, Bai Qingyu saw Lin Yimiao.

"Stay inside and don't come out." After instructing Zhen Tian, ​​Bai Qingyu quickly disappeared from the courtyard and arrived on the city wall in the blink of an eye.

Looking into the distance, dark clouds rolled in on the horizon, exuding an ominous aura.

Not far from Shimen County is a river called Shahe. At its narrowest point, the river is less than 100 meters wide. The righteous and evil factions confront each other on this river. Evil cultivators fly in the sky, while on the other side of the river, a group of cultivators led by Tianyang Palace are in the sky. On the ground, dozens or even hundreds of demonic beasts are watching them intently. Even the river is churning with aquatic demonic beasts.

Against the backdrop of a gloomy sky, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

Judging from the numbers on both sides, the human race is clearly slightly weaker, but the auras of the human cultivators are all solid and powerful, which is much stronger than that of the demons, and there is a strong sense that good will prevail over evil.

The standoff between the two sides did not happen suddenly. Half a month ago, after Dong Qing mentioned this news, Bai Qingyu saw cultivators arriving one after another, some strong and some weak. She did not know the specific divisions and characteristics of human cultivation levels, only that human cultivators had names like Qi Refining, Foundation Building, and Core Formation.

By comparing her own strength, three human cultivators of similar strength arrived within half a month.

These three were currently flying high in the sky, at the forefront of the human race, confronting several powerful members of the evil cultivators from a distance. However, the true powerhouses were not among them, and the current battle did not require their intervention.

The same was true for the demon race. A few days ago, Bai Qingyu sensed a powerful demonic force lingering outside the city and even fought with human cultivators.

"The Demonic Sect, the Righteous Sect, and the Demon Race."

Bai Qingyu muttered to himself, it was clear that this battle was mainly fought by three parties: the demon race and the demonic sect joined forces to fight against the human race sect. He just didn't know what had gotten into these demons that they had set their sights on such a small county town.

The reason for this must be quite complicated. You must know that there are still a large number of powerful human beings in the Immortal Tower State. If two of them are randomly dispatched, it will be a pincer attack, and these demons will surely be slaughtered, leaving behind a pile of corpses.

Knowing this, they still risked attacking Shimen County; it would be strange if there were no reason for it.

Bai Qingyu wanted to say that it had nothing to do with her, but for some reason she had a bad feeling. It wasn't targeting the child or Zhen Tian, ​​but it was targeting her.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do divination; she could only rely on intuition.

"Fine, if I don't participate, it'll be none of my business. If human cultivators come looking for me, I'll just throw out the token Yunru gave me. If the demons win, my identity as a demon from the Ten Thousand Mountains should still be useful."

Bai Qingyu dared to stay here because she had the right reasons.

"Things will work themselves out; it's not a bloodbath anyway."

There was just a vague feeling that things weren't going well; it was still a long way from the level of the Killing Tribulation.

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"Senior brother, why did these demons and the Demonic Sect come here? What is there in Shimen County that would make them want to fight? And why take such a big risk? If Master and the others return from Xianta Prefecture, they will be killed if they are attacked from both sides."

Lin Yimiao asked the young man beside her while flying in the sky.

Her ability to wield a sword so skillfully at the Foundation Establishment stage demonstrates her exceptional talent. Another reason is that she has a great master who can provide her with max-level spiritual weapon components at such a cultivation level. No one but Yun Ru could give her that.

Li Wujiang stared at the evil cultivator opposite him from a distance and replied through telepathy: "Because the Heavenly Bird of the Demon Clan prophesied that the mother of the Demon King's reincarnation is in this county town, they had no choice but to risk their lives to come and snatch her. Moreover, the Demon King severely injured many powerful beings in the battle, and two of them have even perished. The Immortal Tower State cannot come to our aid in the short term, and neither can Master."

"Huh? Why is this happening? Aren't there many powerful figures from the major sects? Even if the seven of us from Tianyang Palace were to attack together, we could still kill this demon king."

“No, it’s different.” Li Wujiang shook his head. “Human hearts are complex. It’s impossible for the major sects to really join forces, especially given the Demon King’s current situation. Surrounding the Demon King without killing him is all for their own benefit. If Tianyang Palace were to go all out, it would inevitably become the target of everyone’s attacks.”

"Ugh, these demons are so annoying, so incredibly annoying! I was hoping to get Dongqing to participate in our Tianyang Palace disciple selection so that Master could take her as a disciple and I could have another junior sister. They're so awful."

"Holly?" Li Wujiang looked over.

"Yes, Dongqing and her aunt live in the city."

Li Wujiang's aura suddenly erupted for a moment, and although he managed to control it, the evil cultivators opposite him also drew their weapons as a result. The already tense atmosphere could be described as escalating to the point where a fierce battle was about to break out.

"Senior brother, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing," Li Wujiang replied, but the beautiful figure he had managed to suppress resurfaced in his mind.

The memory seemed to return to several months ago, to the first time I saw that bird demon named Bai Qingyu in that small pavilion.

"Li Wujiang, hand over the Demon King's Mother and we'll leave. Do you want this county to become a hell?" the leading evil cultivator said, his voice hoarse and unpleasant.

"Hmph, if you've got the guts, go ahead and try!" A hot-tempered cultivator stepped forward. "How dare a mere demon cultivator spout such nonsense? I hope your sword is half as hard as your mouth."

"Give me back the Demon King's Mother! Let me tell you, we killed her long ago, and we also dug out and killed the baby in her womb. Your Demon King will never come back!"

"you wanna die!"

A surge of black energy erupted as the evil cultivator unleashed a sword strike.

This sword strike was like a signal, and the two sides instantly clashed in battle.

The melee involving hundreds of cultivators was already quite large, though it was nothing compared to the battle against the demon king in Immortal Tower State. Even so, if the battlefield were moved to the skies above the county town, the town would be almost deserted within an hour.

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Outside the city, the fighting was fierce and chaotic, with the river overflowing into the sky amidst lightning and thunder. Even though Bai Qingyu wasn't standing on the city wall but just in his own courtyard, he could still see the intensity of the battle from afar. Looking back at the streets, he saw many civilians kneeling there, praying to the heavens for protection.

Bai Qingyu really wanted to say that going home now would be the greatest blessing for them. Most people in the feudal era were ignorant, and ordinary cultivators were no different from gods in their eyes, let alone such a large-scale melee.

The sword light slashed like the sky splitting open, and the raging winds, flames, and lightning released by the spells were no different from divine punishment.

"It's raining." Standing in the courtyard with her hands behind her back, Bai Qingyu looked up at the sky. At first, it was just light raindrops, but then the rain intensified and became a downpour.

"Tsk tsk, finally the wailing and screaming outside has stopped. It would be strange if God could only do this much."

Everyone thought that the chaotic battle among these cultivators was going to bring down the sky, but in reality, this battle was nothing compared to the world. A real natural disaster is not something that a group of cultivators can compare to. Even without mentioning any natural disaster, Bai Qingyu felt that the battle on the other side of the river would stop as soon as this heavy rain started.