I practiced with a cheat

Fengzhou County Government Office, Prefect's Study Room.

Cui Qingyang was processing the files that had been reported recently from various places. His son Cui Guanlan stood aside, quietly observing the way his father handled official duties.

As one of the twelve aristocratic families of Da Qi, Fengzhou is the territory that the Cui family has managed for thousands of years. Although the position of prefect is granted by the Da Qi court, it is actually an extension of the power of the Cui family. It is usually inherited hereditary by the brothers of the family head. .

Cui Qingyang is the second brother of the head of the family, Cui Tianhe. Their lineage has been running the county guard position for nearly a thousand years, and it is basically the industry of this lineage.

Cui Guanlan is the eldest son of Cui Qingyang. He is very talented. He is already close to the level of Secret Sixth Grade before he is thirty years old. He is also shrewd and has been positioned as the next candidate for Fengzhou County Sheriff.

Now, I am learning from Cui Qingyang.

At this moment, a guard suddenly ran over in a hurry.

"Sir, a young man who calls himself Zhou Heng is here to visit. He claims to be the true disciple of Chunyang Palace."

Zhou Heng?

The true biography of Chunyang Palace?

Cui Guanlan, who was standing behind Cui Qingyang, suddenly raised his head and looked at the guard.

Cui Qingyang looked as usual, slowly put down the pen in his hand, and said with a smile: "Let him come in."

Then, he said to Cui Guanlan: "Guanlan, you go down first. I have something to discuss with this Taoist priest Zhou Xiao."

"Father..." Cui Guanlan hesitated, but finally swallowed his words, nodded, and resigned.

Cui Qingyang's attitude made him feel complicated.

After all, half a year ago, Zhou Heng was still a "young man" on the same list as him, and his ranking was even higher than Zhou Heng's.

But not long after that, there was already a huge gap between the two.

"I'm not even qualified to discuss matters with him anymore." Cui Guanlan was in a daze, but there was a surge of anger in his heart. He refused to accept it and was determined to catch up.

Not long after Cui Guanlan retreated, Zhou Heng followed a servant to Cui Qingyang's study.

"The Taoist Priest is here in person. Don't be surprised if you are not welcomed from afar." Cui Qingyang laughed and stood up directly to greet him. The officer who brought Zhou Heng over was startled and his legs were shaking a little.

Is this Zhou Heng a heavenly being?

In normal times, it seems that the only person who can greet the county governor like this is the Lord of Heaven and Man.

But wasn't this Zhou Heng still on the list more than half a year ago?

I can’t figure it out, I don’t understand, but I don’t dare to ask.

The officer withdrew with full of doubts.

Only Cui Guanlan and Zhou Heng were left in the study.

"Master Cui, you're welcome." Zhou Heng slightly cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I'm here to find someone."

"Oh? Please tell me, little Taoist priest." Cui Qingyang led Zhou Heng to a chair and sat down.

"Senior He Mengqiuhe came to the county town yesterday." Zhou Heng said, "I don't know where she lives. Please let me know."

"It turns out that we are looking for Senior He." Cui Qingyang said: "She is taking a rest in a house in the southern district of the city. I will send someone to tell her later that you want to visit."

He seemed to have great respect for He Mengqiu. He was the head of a county and a top fourth-grade grandmaster, and he was called "senior" by him.

Zhou Heng was slightly surprised, but did not go into details and said with a smile: "Thank you very much. In addition, there is another matter. The people of the Emperor Wen Sect are secretly planning to sacrifice Fengzhou County and hold a ceremony to usher in the incarnation of the evil god. Come."

"Sure enough, Chunyang Palace also knew about that matter." Cui Qingyang nodded and said with a smile: "When I learned that you, the Taoist Priest, were here, I guessed that it might be related to this."

Cui Qingyang didn't know that Zhou Heng was the one who reported the coming of the Nine Dragons Plague Emperor to the Zhoutian Xunjie Division, and he didn't even know that Zhou Heng was a member of the Zhoutian Xunjie Division. He just thought that Zhou Heng was a member of the Chunyang Palace. The spokesperson is here to convey his attitude on this matter.

"Well, we have been notified by Zhou Tian Xunjie Division." Zhou Heng smiled and said, "We will lend a helping hand."

"Oh? This is great." Cui Qingyang was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "The Zhou Tian Xunjie Secretary said that seven heavenly beings will come by then to join forces to prevent the evil god from coming."

He didn't know that Chunyang Palace had planned to stop the evil god from descending.

"My five senior brothers will come." Zhou Heng said with a smile: "By then, including the seven heavenly beings from the Heavenly Patrol Division, we will have twelve heavenly beings. Even if the advent ceremony really starts, there will be huge consequences. I hope to prevent the incarnation of the evil god from coming."

As soon as the advent ceremony begins, it means that the incarnation of the evil god begins to descend. Even if the ceremony is not completely completed, the evil god can still use the ritual to establish contact and descend with some power.

"There are actually five heavenly beings coming!" Cui Qingyang couldn't help but gasped when he heard this, and his heart was filled with turmoil. He didn't expect Chunyang Palace to be so powerful.

In an era when the Taoist Lord and the Holy One were unable to take action, being able to send out five heavenly beings at once meant that there was still a more powerful force guarding the mountain gate.

The ancient sect of Chunyang Palace is truly profound and difficult to measure. It is worthy of being one of the three sects of Taoism.

"Well, among them is my senior brother Yan Shouyi." Zhou Heng nodded gently and said with a smile: "After all, the arrival of the evil god incarnate is not a trivial matter. If there is a slight mistake, there may be another evil way in this world. Senior brother is also very worried. Pay attention to."

"The first heavenly person in the world is also coming?" Cui Qingyang couldn't help but said with a smile, "In this way, the matter is almost certain. The evil demons of the Emperor Plague Sect probably never dreamed that so many immortals would come."

In ancient times, the realm of heaven and human beings could already be called "ranking among the immortals", and they were genuine immortals.

"However, the arrival of heavenly beings to prevent the arrival of evil gods is only the last step after all. We'd better find the people from the Plague Emperor Sect in advance." Zhou Heng said in a deep voice: "As long as Zeng strangles this matter from the source, there is no need to Even if the gods come, we can solve it.”

"Yes, that's right." Cui Qingyang nodded, but then frowned and said: "However, I have sent people to search everywhere in the past few days, but there are still no clues. Even if my eldest brother uses the supernatural powers of gods and humans, the entire Fengzhou I checked more than a dozen times and couldn’t find anyone who was intentional.”

Cui Qingyang's eldest brother is Cui Tianhe, the leader of the Cui clan in Fengzhou, the lord of heaven and man.

"Can't even trace the supernatural powers of gods and humans?" Zhou Heng also frowned, and couldn't help but wonder, "Does the Plague Emperor Sect have such a background? Or are they going to make the incarnation of the evil god come at all costs this time?"

The Emperor Plague Sect had only risen for three thousand years, and the evil god it served was in a state of being suppressed and had not yet recovered. There were only a few heavenly beings, and they were not very powerful.

If you want to hide your search from the supernatural powers of gods and humans, you must either have special heavenly secret treasures or even Taoist secret treasures, or you must have a cave with you.

No matter which one, the Emperor Plague Sect can easily come up with it.

——The evil god that the Plague Emperor Sect serves is not Lu Yue, the Great Emperor of the Nine Dragons Plague Emperor, but an evil god that Zhou Heng has never heard of. He has no Baogao and calls himself the "Plague God King of All Heavens".

"Will there be other forces involved?" A thought suddenly flashed in Zhou Heng's mind, and he suddenly shuddered, "Yes, my judgment on the arrival of the evil god's incarnation actually only came from those two crazy people. Just fragments of the believer's memory.

"But the information on the memory fragments is extremely incomplete. It's very possible that what I learned is only one-sided. Maybe it's not just the Plague Emperor Sect that is going to welcome the evil god's incarnation now?"

With this thought, I suddenly got out of control. The more I thought about it, the more likely it was that my previous thinking was a bit one-sided.

So Zhou Heng explained this guess to Cui Qingyang.

Of course, it only mentioned that it was suspected that other forces were involved, which might cause some variables, but did not mention anything else.

When Cui Qingyang heard this, he immediately believed it and said: "It is indeed possible. I will go find my elder brother right away. Can the little Taoist priest go with him?"

"No need." Zhou Heng shook his head and said, "I'll go find Senior He."

"That's fine." Cui Qingyang nodded and said: "Senior He is using the dream method to investigate this matter. I would like to trouble the little Taoist Priest to inform Senior He of this guess."

"No problem." Zhou Heng nodded.

…

Zhou Heng met He Mengqiu in a large mansion in the southern district of Fengzhou County.

"Are you saying that you suspect that there are people from other forces helping the Plague Emperor Sect?" He Mengqiu frowned slightly after hearing Zhou Heng's description, and nodded: "It's not impossible."

"Senior He has discovered something?" Zhou Heng asked.

"Yes." He Mengqiu nodded lightly and said: "After I came to Fengzhou County, I tried to walk in the dreamland to look for suspicious people, but I never found them. Until just now, I suddenly felt that there was a person's consciousness. The sea shadow disappeared.

"The so-called projection of the sea of ​​consciousness is the way of dreams. As long as a person is alive, even if he is unconscious, his spiritual power will escape. When this spiritual power is gathered together, it is called the sea of ​​consciousness.

"The spiritual power emitted by different people will be slightly different in the sea of ​​consciousness. This is called the projection of the sea of ​​consciousness. The projection of the sea of ​​consciousness suddenly disappears, either because the person suddenly died, or... entered another world. world."

"Since Senior He said this, someone must not have died." Zhou Heng said.

"That's right." He Mengqiu nodded and said: "I can confirm that there should be a world similar to the cave sky, hidden in Fengzhou County, providing shelter for the people of the Plague Emperor Sect.

"Moreover, this 'world' used to protect them is probably related to the way of dreams. At that time, after the person's sea of ​​consciousness projection disappeared, a substitute was instantly condensed to deceive others.

"Observing the projection changes of the sea of ​​consciousness is the scope of the dream method, and controlling it is even more difficult. If I didn't have some attainments in the dream method, I might not be able to discover it."

"Is it related to the way of dreams?" Zhou Heng was moved when he heard this, and said: "Senior He, I went to the Southern Jin Dynasty some time ago, and there is a Dream Saint relic there..."

He roughly told He Mengqiu about the picture of the hundred palaces of the Yao Palace and the story of turning a flower into a spirit with a smile.

"The picture of the Hundred Palaces of Yao Palace... This picture actually contains the master's great fear." He Mengqiu sighed softly after hearing this: "I picked up the flower and smiled, I roughly know who it is, it should be my second senior brother , but he has long been far away from the Central Plains, so it shouldn’t be him this time.”

She did not elaborate on this "second senior brother".

"It seems that the senior already has a candidate in mind?" Zhou Heng said. Although he thought of continuing to ask about Nianhua Yixiao, he couldn't make it too obvious.

"I'm afraid it's my senior brother." He Mengqiu said with a somewhat complicated expression on his face: "At the beginning, there were only three of us in the Master's presence. The three of us listened to the story of Nianhuahua and Smiling together. It was really a wonderful time. Days.

"After the Middle Ages, the second senior brother went to the south, and the senior brother disappeared for many years. However, I was reborn after my death, and the master's three disciples were completely separated.

"However, this method of opening up the void and manipulating the sea of ​​consciousness is indeed very similar to the method of my senior brother, but he has always hated evil gods and evil spirits, so how could he..."

At this point, she could no longer speak.

Zhou Heng did not speak.

He could hear that although He Mengqiu had just mentioned many things in this paragraph, there were probably a lot of secrets and tangled pasts hidden in it.

After a while.

"No matter what, we must not let the evil god come." He Mengqiu adjusted his mood and said in a deep voice: "By the way, what are you doing here? Is Chunyang Palace also coming to help?"

"Yes." Zhou Heng nodded and smiled: "I can also do my best."

"Just a little help?" He Mengqiu suddenly laughed and said: "I'm afraid it's not the power of Dingding Qiankun."

...

Three days later, Zhou Heng and others still couldn't find any clues.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the Plague Emperor Sect jumped over the wall and started the ceremony directly, and the Zhoutian Patrol Division only came two celestial beings in secret to help investigate.

Zuo Yuan and You Yuan are both immortals with long experience. It is said that they have been practicing Taoism for nearly three thousand years. They have passed the five declines of immortals and their strength is unfathomable.

However, even these two immortals could not find any traces of Plague Emperor Sect's activities.

Except for the abnormality of the sea of ​​consciousness sensed by He Mengqiu before, all other investigation results showed that there was no abnormality in Fengzhou County.

But Zhou Heng and the others knew that an unstoppable storm was about to break out.

If they could not find the people of Plague Emperor Sect, it meant that they could not stop the start of the evil god's coming ceremony, and they had to resist it head-on.

Three more days passed.

Fengzhou County was still sunny and windy, and many people went out to buy vegetables and take a walk as usual... But an invisible force was quietly spreading in the dark.

Some people suddenly began to cough inexplicably and had difficulty breathing, as if they were infected with some disease, and the number of such people increased rapidly. In just a few breaths, more than 100,000 people were infected.

At the same time, the sky above Fengzhou County City suddenly darkened, as if it was about to collapse, and the clouds were stained with a strange purple-black color. Two huge black palms seemed to reach down from an infinite height, trying to push the clouds away.

In the dark alleys of the North District, the Grandmaster of the Plague Emperor Sect, Yu Zheng, and several of his companions, including a celestial being and six grandmasters, all walked out of the hidden void and came to reality.

"Hahaha!! The Great Emperor is about to come, and my god is about to revive!" The celestial beings of the Plague Emperor Sect danced and cheered, looking at the strange phenomenon in the sky, extremely excited.

But at this moment, thirteen rays of light suddenly broke through the sky, illuminating the sky, and the purple-black clouds were squeezed by pure golden light.

Figures walked out of the golden light one after another. They carried the sky on their backs, wore the avenue, and intertwined the law with their bodies. There was a rhyme of Tao in their every move, and there were many strange phenomena accompanying them.

Tigers roared and dragons roared, and phoenixes and cranes sang in harmony!

The sword light was brilliant, and the knife light was shining!

The tiger plays the harp and the phoenix turns the chariot, and the immortals are lined up like hemp!

The people of the Plague Emperor Sect were stunned, looking at the scene in the sky in disbelief, their mouths slowly opened, like puppets and clay sculptures, all of them froze there.