Ruins of the past

In the library of the Cao family, a local wealthy family in Ba Mansion.

Chu Qiguang was reading a biography with great interest.

This was written by an ancestor of the Cao family more than 150 years ago. It tells the story of Emperor Gaozong of the Han Dynasty who sent troops to wipe out the demon party in Shuzhou.

The ancestor of the Cao family was a partial general in the army at that time.

Because the rule of the dragon clan was shattered, a large number of demon clans fled into Shuzhou and entrenched themselves in the mountains.

The ancestors of the Cao family followed the imperial army and wiped out the monsters in Shuzhou, and finally drove the monsters into the snowy mountains.

'But according to the ancestor of the Cao family, at that time, Emperor Gaozong of the Han Dynasty, in addition to having his army sweep away monsters, was also secretly searching for dragon classics. ’

'After all, these monsters were once subordinates of the Dragon Clan. It is said that the Dragon Clan was defeated. These monsters fled from the Central Plains to Shuzhou, carrying a large number of books, weapons, and elixirs belonging to the Dragon Clan. ’

Chu Qiguang once heard from Qiao Zhi that after the Han royal family smashed the rule of the Dragon Clan in the East China Sea, they inherited a lot of power and knowledge from the Dragon Clan.

The "Five Songs of Earthly Origin", the dharma of enlightenment mastered by the royal family, originally belonged to the Dragon Clan.

All along, the Han royal family has been constantly searching for resources and knowledge related to the Dragon Clan in the world. In order to transcend the realm of Taoism, Emperor Yong'an of this generation went very far in pursuing the power of dragons.

‘Speaking of the Dragon Clan, Yisiman’s travel notes are also related to the Dragon Clan. He saw a dragon corpse in the temple of Huangtian Dao. ’

'Maybe Yang Ling can present the diary in the capital...but it depends on the timing...'

After reading the biography in his hand, Chu Qiguang once again felt a gift pouring out of the Ring of Foolishness.

This time, he upgraded his steel and iron bone skills to the third level.

‘Unfortunately, I have finished reading the Cao family’s books. ’

Chu Qiguang put the books back, and with a flash of his body, he left the library like a gust of night wind and arrived outside the Cao family's house.

Seeing Bai Mi waiting there, he asked curiously: "What happened to Ning Chigong's side?"

Bai Mi said: "The Taoist seed named Jun Li has taken over all of Ning Chigong's subordinates. In addition, the five types of demons have also arrived."

"Also, that Jun Li Hui Vajra Explains the Dharma."

Chu Qiguang smiled slightly: "The show is about to begin."

…

Early the next morning, Chu Qiguang came to the Taoist temple and asked to see the abbot Zhang Fengyun.

Seeing Chu Qiguang in front of him, Zhang Fengyun said directly: "You are here to see Hao Xiangtong, right?"

Zhang Fengyun looked at Chu Qiguang and said: "Xiangtong is studying hard recently. Her qualifications are very good. She will definitely become a top expert in the fifth realm in the future."

"If it's for her own good, you'd better not disturb her."

Chu Qiguang said: "Abbot Zhang, you have misunderstood. I am here to find you."

After that, he took out a letter from his arms: "This is a letter of recommendation written to me by the Taoist priest in the Taoist temple when I was on Chaoyao Mountain."

"The main reason I came here this time is to borrow a few Taoist scriptures from the Taoist temple's library."

Zhang Fengyun took the letter from the other party, opened it, glanced at it a few times, and then said unexpectedly: "Zhao Lingxiao?"

The letter in front of him was written by Chu Qiguang when he made a special trip to Zhao Lingxiao's house a few days ago and asked him to issue it to him.

Zhao Lingxiao saw that this disciple was still devoted to the Tao after coming to Shuzhou, and he wrote a letter of recommendation with comfort.

The letter was filled with various words of praise, telling how Chu Qiguang studied Taoist scriptures diligently, how he admired the Celestial Master Sect, and how he followed Zhao Lingxiao to study the scriptures and meanings of the Celestial Master Sect...

It just didn't mention that Chu Qiguang couldn't inspire the talisman.

After reading the letter, Zhang Fengyun sighed: "Senior Brother Zhao Lingxiao, he used to be my colleague. I didn't expect you to study scriptures with him on Chaoyao Mountain."

Zhang Fengyun casually exchanged Taoist scriptures with Chu Qiguang again. After finding that the answers were fluent, she said: "Since you are devoted to Taoism and want to borrow Taoist scriptures, and Senior Brother Zhao recommends it, I will naturally not refuse."

"Also... I'm afraid the situation in Ba Mansion will become more and more chaotic. You might as well stay in the temple for a few more days. I can protect you."

So in the next few days, Chu Qiguang successfully entered the Taoist library and began to search for books according to the guidance of the Ring of Foolishness, in order to improve the steel and iron bone skill to the fourth level of the limit.

In the eyes of the people from the Suppressing Demon Division, the Jie Sect, and the Tianshi Sect, Chu Qiguang, a member of a hundred households, found an opportunity to hide in the Taoist temple, and seemed to be far away from all kinds of disputes.

But in Bafu City, the undercurrent beneath the water surface became more and more turbulent, and conflicts of all sizes left the local government in a state of distress.

First, Gao Yi's body sealed in the yamen was stolen and missing.

Then at the Ning family's banquet, a local martial arts senior who had attacked Gao Yi had his family beheaded by the Jie Cult, and his heads were neatly placed at the door of the yamen, frightening the governor and fleeing the Ba Mansion overnight.

The house of this martial arts veteran was also burned to ruins by a fire.

As for the other people present at the time, they were all approached by Jie Cult and asked about the information at that time.

This is because Nu Mo and others from the Jie Sect failed to find monsters in Gao Yi's body, so they began to investigate everywhere.

Apart from the people present, the one they suspected the most was Zhang Fengyun, who had killed Gao Yi.

So next...the woman who went out to do shopping in the Taoist temple was kidnapped by the Jie Cult.

This incident angered Zhang Fengyun, and she went to pursue it alone, but the Taoist temple was attacked by an angry demon.

However, the Taoist temple was well prepared, and the three Taoist seeds from the Demon-Suppressing Division all took action to repel the angry demon.

But Zhang Fengyun on the other side was also attacked by the Jie Cult who had ambushed him in advance, leaving a hole in his stomach.

The three parties then fought several times, with each winning or losing.

But in general, the greed demons, crazy demons, lust demons, and angry demons of the Tribulation Sect each have different strange abilities, and they have the upper hand in several confrontations.

Originally, after Chu Qiguang borrowed Taoist scriptures, Zhang Fengyun would come over from time to time to give guidance.

But as the war situation became more and more tense and the conflicts between the three parties became more and more intense, Zhang Fengyun also felt tremendous pressure, her face became increasingly ugly, and she no longer came to visit Chu Qiguang these days.

Chu Qiguang naturally didn't care. He just stayed in the library to learn knowledge and avoided the disputes in the outside world.

And his subordinates Chen Gang, Zhang Jitian, Lei Yushu and others were always able to take the initiative to avoid conflicts between these three parties because they had intelligence from Ning Chigong.

Hundreds of people also broke out into big fights among members of various Jie sects and Tianshi sects in the city. The local government officials kept suppressing the fights and were able to stop them.

But more intense emotions were brewing in the hearts of both parties.

…

At the gate of the Taoist temple, Chu Qiguang was stopped by a Taoist boy: "It's so dangerous outside now! How can you get out?!"

Naturally, it was impossible for Chu Qiguang to tell the other party that he had finally reached the fourth level of the Iron Bone Kung Fu and wanted to comprehend the "Sutra of Mount Sumeru King".

After all, the movement of him comprehending the "Sutra of Mount Sumeru King" was too great.

So he simply didn't bother to say anything anymore, passed the Taoist boy with a casual movement, and left the Taoist temple.

Chu Qiguang came all the way to a remote forest outside the city, then took out the scriptures of "Sumishan King Sutra" from his arms and began to meditate on them.

"1994 days, 2 hours, 56 minutes and 55 seconds."

The time left to fully comprehend the "Sumishan King Sutra" is getting shorter and shorter.

But just as Chu Qiguang came along, a middle-aged man with a pale face and a thin body followed him quietly.

This person is the greedy demon of Jie Sect.

After Ning Chigong secretly reported to him that Chu Qiguang came out of the Taoist temple, Greedy Mo followed him all the way.

At this moment, Greedy Mo touched his chin and wandered around the surrounding woods. He thought to himself: 'It doesn't look like an ambush, but in this case... leaving the Taoist temple alone? ’

‘Is this Chu Qiguang a fool? Why on earth did he come to such a remote place? ’

Greedy Mo watched Chu Qiguang take out a scripture from his arms and thought in his mind: 'What is this? Let's take it over later and take a look. ’

‘Kill him? It seems like such a waste, kidnap him and then threaten the Demon Suppressor? ’

‘I heard that he is not from the same faction as the Demon Suppressor in Shuzhou. How about developing him into a spy? Find a way to ambush Zhang Fengyun? ’

In Greedy's eyes, although Chu Qiguang was just a young man who had just come down from the mountain, his identity had many uses.

‘Forget it, let’s arrest him first, so as not to have a long night of nightmares. ’

I saw swords emerging from the skin of Greevil's neck, back, hands, and feet.

This is his ability. He can hold a large number of weapons in his body, which can be said to be a combination of offense and defense.

But as soon as the blades of the swords covered his body, a wave of heat came over him.

Greedy Demon suddenly had a look of surprise on his face. He saw Chu Qiguang in front of him, with blood all over his body and the temperature around him rising continuously.

‘This kind of blood? He turned out to be in the fifth realm? ’

Greedy Demon smiled: 'Hide your strength? No wonder he dared to come out alone. ’

At this time, his smile was still a little relaxed.

But then, as the heat wave became more and more raging, with Chu Qiguang's body as the center, a large number of vegetation gradually withered and turned black.

Greedy Mo's expression gradually became unnatural as he watched this scene: 'How did this Chu Qiguang... cultivate? Fortunately, I met him this time, otherwise he would have continued to grow...'

boom! A cluster of flames suddenly burst out on a piece of withered grass, and the high temperature caused by Qi and blood actually ignited the grass and trees.

But before Greevil could be surprised, the next wave of even more turbulent heat came.

At this moment, Chu Qiguang... his whole body had turned red, a large amount of white air continued to spurt out, and his body shape appeared to be slightly deformed with the twisting air.

Sizzling...

Some of the dumbfounded Greedy Demon suddenly felt a burning smell, and it turned out that his own hair was starting to turn yellow.

Greevil's body couldn't help but tremble, which meant that if he fought with the opponent, he might be burned just by getting close.

If Greedy Demon's mood could be described, it would be from contempt to surprise, then solemnity, confusion, horror, and finally the fear at this moment.

"What a joke!"

"How could this Chu Qiguang be so strong?!"

"We must go back immediately to report that there is such a freak in Ba's house..."

At this moment, Chu Qiguang, who was wrapped in layers of white air, suddenly looked at him and showed a smile.