The Chronicles of the Nine Provinces describes the great events that have occurred in the world of cultivation.
The most significant event that occurred last month was the emergence of the Misty Immortal Mountain's Sect Leader, the Nine Doubts Immortal, who engaged in a fierce battle with the left and right protectors of the Dark King Sect at the Furnace Mountain, directly killing the Silver King and severely injuring the Purple Gold Marquis who then fled.
The Dark King Sect, as one of the giants in the demonic path, has been growing increasingly powerful in recent years, even showing signs of moving from behind the scenes to the forefront. The bold action taken by the Nine Doubts Immortal this time can be considered a significant blow to them. It remains to be seen how the mysterious leader of the Dark King Sect will respond.
Another event concerns the Three Absolute Valley, one of the ten major sects, where a new female disciple named Luo Yao has recently emerged, displaying extremely ruthless methods. Roaming the southern land, she has already killed three sorcerers from the Witchcraft Sect within a month.
The Three Absolute Valley itself relies on the Three Absolutes of witchcraft to establish its position in the world, being a major sect with both righteous and evil aspects. With Luo Yao's vicious actions, one can't help but wonder if her fellow sect members are trembling in fear.
The Shu Mountain Sect also made an appearance in this month's Chronicles of the Nine Provinces, briefly noting that the Peak Master of the Jade Sword Peak, Wang Xuanling, recently killed a sea dragon causing trouble for fishing boats in the East Sea.
Upon seeing this news, Chu Liang suddenly felt a sense of worry. Her master has always had a feud with Wang Xuanling, and given her temperament, she would be hard-pressed to contain herself if Wang Xuanling dared to make a public appearance.
She wasn't worried about her master's safety, but rather about the ecological impact on the East Sea...
As if sensing something inexplicable, as soon as this thought arose, a fiery light rose in the distance, heading southeast, and a message came through the wind: "I'll be gone for a few days, take care of yourself!"
"..." Chu Liang fell silent.
Her master has always been strong-willed.
Finally, there are the popular "Jianghu Rumors" that the common people most enjoy hearing about.
Compared to the serious and solemn "Chronicles of the Nine Provinces," the "Jianghu Rumors" are more oriented towards entertainment, often involving gossip and scandal.
For example, the first piece of news is about the recent visit of the Emperor of the Yu Dynasty to the Ascending Dragon Academy, where he attempted to arrange a betrothal between his daughter, Princess Jingyang, and the chief disciple of the academy, Zhang Chen, but was unexpectedly refused by Zhang Chen, citing that personal affairs would affect his studies.
The Ascending Dragon Academy is the top academy of Confucianism, backed by the imperial court, and is among the foremost of the ten major sects. Zhang Chen, as the chief disciple, can already be certain of a bright future, whether in diligent cultivation or in serving the court. However, this refusal has suddenly made his future somewhat unpredictable.
And it's not just the Emperor who is worried about his daughter's marriage.
The leader of the Thunderclap Castle, one of the ten major sects, also made an announcement, offering ten valuable treasures as dowry to recruit a husband for his only daughter, Huang Linger, but surprisingly found no one daring to step forward among the heroes of the Nine Provinces.
Of course, there are hidden reasons behind this.
After all, this is the son-in-law of the Thunderclap Castle, and even if he's a supplemental son-in-law, there's no shortage of outstanding young talents vying for the position.
The reason why no one dares to come forward is that Huang Linger had already issued a stern warning, stating that the person she marries should have higher cultivation than her, or else on the first day of marriage, they would become food for her ferocious dragon-toothed mammoth.
Amidst many such anecdotes, only one piece of news from the Shu Mountain made it on the list.
It's about the figure known as Immortal Jiang on Shu Mountain, Jiang Yuebai, who was seen with the leader of the Heavenly King Sect, Feng Chaoyang, at the Drunken Moon Pavilion in Jiangnan, leading to suspicions of a romantic relationship.
Of course, the Celestial Axis Pavilion would not concoct baseless rumors, and before the relationship between the two is confirmed, they only use "alleged" to describe it.
Nevertheless, one can imagine that just this one piece of news is enough to break the hearts of many of Immortal Jiang's admirers.
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"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"My sister Jiang Jiang could never have been taken away by the bad boys of the Tianwang Sect!"
"Sister Jiang! Please, leave the love at Shushan Sect!"
"..."
In front of the grand white square in front of the Immeasurable Palace, there were occasional desperate screams.
Occasionally, there were also voices of female disciples arguing back.
"You like Sister Jiang, but there's no need to belittle Feng Chaoyang, right? He's an ideal person who is hardworking and kind in the mortal world!"
"Yes, yes, at nineteen, he is the most favorable competitor for the chief position of the Tianwang Sect. When will you sour lemons catch up to even half of what he has achieved?"
"..."
The sorrow and joy between people are not connected, and Chuliang felt that they were just making a fuss.
He calmly crossed through the crowd, traversing the entire square. The four halls of the Shushan Sect were located on the edge of this square.
Apart from the "Hall of Discipline" which was in charge of the disciplinary laws of the sect, the "Hall of Transmission" was responsible for magical weapons, the "Hall of Guardian" was responsible for supernatural spells, and the "Hall of Alchemy" was responsible for elixirs and talismans.
All three halls displayed many listed items for purchase with the sect's currency.
With the tasks that Chuliang had completed, he had accumulated twenty sword coins. This might not be enough to buy magical weapons or scriptures, but it was enough to purchase some elixirs for auxiliary cultivation.
He arrived at the Hall of Alchemy and bought four "Spirit-Gathering Elixirs" in the state of divine intent. With the help of these elixirs, he believed he would soon break through to the middle stage of the divine intent.
Compared to other disciples, he was able to save all his sword coins to buy elixirs, which was quite beneficial.
Leaving the Hall of Alchemy, he then came to the Sword Exchange Pavilion.
The pace of demon-slaying missions could not be halted. Since he possessed the White Tower, he had to make full use of it.
It was also not good to seek help from Senior Shen every time in selecting the missions, this time he wanted to choose one by himself. In the main hall of the Sword Exchange Pavilion, several jade tablets were hung high, and the tasks on them were changing rapidly. Especially the one for those in the divine intent, the tasks were numerous, making it dizzying to look at.
Before he could take a good look, he heard someone shouting, "Harvesting the Human-Faced Jade Spirit Flower! Handsome reward, missing one person with divine intent, leave immediately! There's a senior brother in the Golden Dan realm leading the team, it's absolutely safe!"
"Harvesting the Human-Faced Jade Spirit Flower..." the one shouting was a young disciple in a black brocade, with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, looking very vigorous.
Behind him, there were three other male and female disciples, indicating that the four of them were together.
Human-Faced Jade Spirit Flower...
Chuliang pondered briefly. He wasn't entirely sure where to harvest the item. But he knew that tasks requiring multiple people meant that the difficulty of the mission was high or that there were many demons to face.
The mission with many evil creatures is indeed a good one.
So he took the initiative to go up and said with a smile, "Hello, can I join you?"
Although he didn't know these people, they were all disciples of Shu Mountain, as close as family, and there would be no barriers.
"Huh?" The young man in black was pleased to hear this and immediately pulled Chu Liang over with a smile. "That's great, let's quickly get the mission signed. My name is Lin Bei, what's your name?"
"Chu Liang."
"Brother Chu, let me tell you, this mission is quite popular."
When everyone was gathered, Lin Bei skillfully went forward to help several people sign for the mission, then came back to distribute them to everyone.
After handing it to Chu Liang, he warmly asked, "Brother Chu, we are from Yu Jian Peak, which peak are you from?"
Chu Liang replied, "I am from Yin Jian Peak."