Chapter 21 Huangquan Demon Sect
Zhang Qian pulled out the stopper of the jade bottle in his hand and took a look. He saw twenty or thirty purple pills in the jade bottle. These pills were very magical, emitting a faint purple light, like the light of the rising sun.

"Don't look at it, it's just a bottle of low-grade elixir, why do you care so much?"

Seeing Zhang Qian holding the jade bottle and smelling the aroma of the elixir in the bottle with an intoxicated look on his face, Li Qingque felt that this junior brother of his was a little unreliable.

"Don't worry, Senior Sister. I have seen elixirs before. By the way, Senior Sister, you are a great being in the Dharma Realm. With you in charge, our Demon Refining Island should have a high status in the Sword Gourd Palace, right?"

Zhang Qian's eyes rolled, he put away the jade bottle, and didn't rush to take it. Instead, he asked curiously.

Li Qingque looked at Zhang Qian in confusion and said, "I know what you want to ask, but it's not what you think. Many years ago, our Demon Refining Island paid a heavy price when it fought against the invasion of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, and almost all of our disciples died. I have been practicing in seclusion for so many years and have not taken care of the affairs of Demon Refining Island. After so many years, there are not many people left on our Demon Refining Island. If it weren't for me, the entire Demon Refining Island might have been divided up by other branches of the sect."

"what!"

Zhang Qian was surprised. Before he could continue asking, he heard Li Qingque continue, "I just cultivated the Dharmakaya not long ago. If I hadn't achieved the Dharmakaya, I would have had a chance to cultivate the Primordial Spirit and achieve immortality. The Demon Refining Island would have been disbanded long ago. But now I have come out of retreat and accepted you as my junior brother. I will definitely promote the Demon Refining Island in the future. You should have some plans in your mind. You are my junior brother now, and the Demon Refining Island is your home. There will be a time for you to contribute in the future."

Zhang Qian nodded helplessly, thinking to himself, "It seems that the situation of the Demon Refining Island in the Sword Gourd Palace is very bad. I was wondering why she was so easy to talk to. She simply accepted me as her disciple on behalf of the master and gave me the practice method. It turns out that the Demon Refining Island has weakened to such an extent! So, when fighting with the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, the Demon Refining Island was the vanguard sent by the Sword Gourd Palace. After the war, most of the disciples died! Now the entire Demon Refining Island not only has the Yellow Springs Demon Sect as a big enemy outside, but even the sect inside is thinking about dividing up the Demon Refining Island. If it weren't for my cheap senior sister holding on, the Demon Refining Island might have disappeared long ago."

Zhang Qian frowned slightly as he thought about it, but he didn't say much. Instead, he asked curiously, "What kind of sect is the Huangquan Demon Sect?"

"The power of the Huangquan Demon Sect is extremely great and unfathomable. Its sphere of influence spans across several large states. If it weren't for our Jianhu Palace starting the rebellion and bringing together several other ancient sects in Xingyun State, the entire Xingyun State might have become the territory of the Huangquan Demon Sect by now."

After a pause, Li Qingque seemed to have thought of something, her expression turned a little ugly, and after a long while she continued, "There are only three kinds of cultivation paths in the world, the immortal path, the demon path, and the god and demon path!

These three paths are almost equally superior and each has its own power. Not to mention the immortal path, the demon path, in addition to most of the demons, there are countless humans who have also taken the demon path. This path almost does not care about the qualifications of the practitioners. As long as you are in the spiritual realm, you can transform the blood of the whole body through your own spiritual power, and transform the human blood into the demon blood represented by your own spiritual power. The whole person is no longer a human, but a demon. Although this path does not consider qualifications and has the reputation of boundless magic power, there are very few people who can achieve immortality through this path.

As for the path of gods and demons, its origin is even more ancient. It even existed before the rise of the immortal path. To follow the path of gods and demons, one must absorb the divine power of incense and fire when the spirit is manifested, and use the divine power of incense and fire to sacrifice one's own spirit into a demon god. When the sacrifice of this demon god is complete, the god and self will be united, and one's body will be transformed directly into the body of gods and demons. The cultivators of this path have invincible bodies and various strange and vicious divine powers. Many people have achieved immortality through this path. The Huangquan Demon Sect is a supreme sect that specializes in the path of gods and demons. "

Listening to Li Qingque's detailed explanation, Zhang Qian's horizons were broadened and he gained a full understanding of the path of cultivation in the Xihuang world.

"So the Taoshen Sect also follows the path of gods and demons?"

Li Qingque nodded: "Yes, the leader of the Peach God Sect is also a hero, but it's a pity. Originally, the spirit he manifested was a congenital peach tree. If he had embarked on the path of immortality, he would have had a chance to achieve immortality. But he didn't know where he got a method of practicing the way of gods and demons, and embarked on the path of gods and demons."

At this point, Li Qingque seemed a little regretful. Seeing that Zhang Qian was distracted and didn't know what he was thinking, Li Qingque shook his head slightly and said, "Go and practice on your own. If you don't understand something, you can ask me."

Zhang Qian immediately stood up and hurried to the side hall. Just as he was about to enter the side hall, he suddenly thought of something and turned around to ask, "By the way, Senior Sister, I'm curious, why did you bring me here?"

Li Qingque said calmly: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask!"

Zhang Qian smiled lightly, didn't care, and went on practicing without saying anything more.

Time passed quickly. Half a month had passed since he came to this dilapidated Taoist temple. During this half month, Zhang Qian had already taken a small half of the Purple Yang Pill given by Li Qingque. Not to mention, although this pill was a low-grade elixir, an elixir was still an elixir and had a significant effect. Even if he was practicing in this Taoist temple where there was not much spiritual energy, his ancient dragon loach spirit could grow just by relying on the Purple Yang Pill.

brush!
A ten-foot-long, real-looking ancient dragon loach appeared and circled around Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian stretched out his hand to touch his own spiritual power, but he didn't touch anything at all. His palm hit empty space, as if the entire golden ancient dragon loach was an illusion.

Smacking his lips, Zhang Qian said somewhat unsatisfactorily: "My spiritual power looks like a real thing, but it's just an illusion. When I cultivate into a Dharma image, my spiritual power can turn from virtual to real."

During the past half month, Zhang Qian did not just practice. He did not know what his cheap senior sister was busy with. Except for the beginning when Zhang Qian could find her to ask some questions, he could not see her in the following days. Zhang Qian secretly complained that he did not know where his senior sister had gone to. At the beginning, Zhang Qian almost starved to death. He had not yet reached the state of being able to fast. He could not miss three meals a day. Unfortunately, Li Qingque had not eaten for many years and had long forgotten about eating. He did not care about him. Zhang Qian had no choice but to wander around in this small mountain, thinking of finding some wild fruits and hunting some game to fill his stomach.

Unfortunately, this hill was too desolate. Not to mention wild game, there wasn't even a single wild fruit to be found. Zhang Qian searched for a long time but only found a jujube tree. He ate some of the jujubes out of hunger and felt even hungrier.

After waiting for a long time but seeing no sign of his senior sister coming back, Zhang Qian had no choice but to release the old fox's real body from his storage bag, and used the Zhu Xian sword intent to cut off a piece of meat. It's amazing, the meat cut from the old fox's real body was full of spiritual energy and smelled sweet.

However, what stunned Zhang Qian was that he couldn't roast the cut meat well or bite it, and he was dumbfounded after trying for a long time.

Fortunately, Yinlian and Honglian were smart enough. Seeing that their master was so hungry and that he was drooling at his saliva, they were afraid that Zhang Qian would roast and eat them out of hunger, so they walked dozens of miles up and down the mountain and caught a lot of big fish for Zhang Qian in a distant river. They finally solved Zhang Qian's food problem and ensured that he had enough food and clothing.

Later, Zhang Qian basically lived on fish, and he almost vomited after eating grilled fish. He wanted to go down the mountain to visit the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty nearby, but he remembered that his senior sister had strictly ordered him not to go down the mountain, so Zhang Qian thought about it and gave up.

That day, Li Qingque finally returned to the Taoist temple, looking a little tired. What surprised Zhang Qian even more was that there were several cuts on the sleeves of Li Qingque's robe.

"Sister, what happened? Are you not hurt?"

Li Qingque glanced at him and said, "It's okay. I met an enemy and I fought with him. Your current cultivation has reached the state of spiritual perfection. The next step is to refine your Qi and open your mind. But don't worry, I have something for you to do."

Zhang Qian's heart moved: "Senior sister, just give me your instructions. I promise to do everything for you."

Li Qingque snorted coldly: "Don't brag, this matter is of great importance, you just need to do it honestly and don't make any trouble. Listen, wait a minute, you will go to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, find the capital palace, and place this mirror under the palace. I know you have the skill of earth escape, so this will be easy for you. Remember, after placing the mirror, leave the palace immediately and don't stay!"

After saying that, Li Qingque handed Zhang Qian a mirror that looked like it was made of black ice. The mirror was the size of a palm and faintly transparent. No one knew what kind of treasure it was.

Zhang Qian played with it in his hand for a while, then put it away carefully.

"Also, the capital has been in chaos these past few days. Don't act too high-profile when you enter the capital. I have a powerful enemy hiding in the capital. If you reveal yourself, he will be able to figure out that you are my junior apprentice with his divination skills, and your life will be in danger."

Zhang Qian frowned when he saw that his senior sister was talking so seriously. Seeing that his senior sister was not going to explain the whole story to him, Zhang Qian did not bother asking.

Zhang Qian walked down the barren mountain leisurely and headed towards the capital not far away.

After Zhang Qian left, Li Qingque sighed softly, with a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth. She took a strange pill, closed her eyes and sat cross-legged for a while, then suddenly pointed a finger and an illusory mirror appeared in front of her, with the scene of the capital city in the mirror.

"What's wrong with me recently? I used to be very particular about hierarchy, but after meeting Zhang Qian, he has always been very disrespectful to me. How come I don't feel unhappy at all?"

Li Qingque has been in seclusion for many years. Although she has a very high seniority in Jianhu Palace, she usually does not leave the Demon Refining Island and rarely interacts with others. Everyone she meets is respectful to her. Now that she has met Zhang Qian, who is so unruly, she is a little at a loss.

At this moment, Zhang Qian's figure appeared in the mirror in front of her, but after seeing what Zhang Qian did, Li Qingque gritted her teeth in anger.

Zhang Qian in the mirror was seen swaggering into the capital. Without caring about anything else, he went straight to the most luxurious restaurant in the capital, ordered a table full of delicious food, and began to eat and drink. That was fine, because after he finished eating, he looked around and realized that he had no money on him.

He was also very shameless. He stood up slowly and jumped off the building and ran away, causing the waiters in the restaurant to shout and scream.

(End of this chapter)