Chapter 8: The Change in the List of Gods

  Qin Shuang's cultivation was unlike Gu Pan's, who could sit for several thousand years. Qin Shuang was restless and had only been cultivating in the 'Hongyuan Estate' for a few months before running out again.

  The capital of the Song Dynasty, Bianliang City, is the largest city on the continent of Qianlong. The Qingyun Tavern is the largest tavern in Bianliang City. According to legend, a celestial being once wrote an inscription for the Qingyun Tavern, which transformed it from a small tavern into a comprehensive establishment that combines "eating, lodging, and entertainment".

  The third floor of Qingyun Wine House was specially prepared for the officials and nobles of the royal court, Qin Shuang simply created a general's nameplate and walked in.

  The third floor is elegantly decorated, with eight small private rooms and some scattered tables surrounding a large stage in the center. The stage features performances by the city's most famous songstresses every day. The private rooms are lavishly furnished, with silver tableware used for dining. Each room has a small window, and the owner of the wine house is particularly ingenious, as the windows are similar to those with rolled-up leaves on earth, allowing you to see outside while preventing others from seeing in.

  At this time, the one performing on stage was Qiyun, known as the best dancer in the Dragon Continent. Qiyun was also one of the eight great beauties of the Dragon Dynasty. The boss had gone to great lengths to invite her, so now all three floors were packed.

  When Qin Shuang came in, there were no empty seats. However, this didn't deter Qin Shuang. With a slight movement of her hands and feet, several people on the couch suddenly clutched their stomachs and ran out. Qin Shuang sat down unceremoniously in the vacant seat.

  Zi Yun was very beautiful, only seventeen years old, and at the most beautiful time for a girl. Her wonderful dance matched her stunning looks, and everyone in the third floor was enchanted by her dance.

  At the time of the divine realm, Qin Shuang had already appreciated the dance of the gods. Compared to the heavenly dancers, Qi Yun was far inferior, but in this mortal world, he could still be considered a sight to behold. If Qi Yun were to go to Earth, he would undoubtedly become a very famous star.

  In the easternmost wing, Song Fei, the current crown prince of the Song Dynasty, sat. Song Fei had been infatuated with Qi Yun for a long time, and this time, the Qingyun Tavern invited Qi Yun to the Song Dynasty, it was all orchestrated by Song Fei behind the scenes, just to get Qi Yun.

  "Little brother, take away the things on the table and bring me new ones. Put everything on my bill." Qin Feng pointed to the remaining food on the table and smiled at the little servant waiting beside him.

  "Sir, look, they haven't come back yet. If it wasn't for waiting!" The shop assistant was somewhat embarrassed. There wasn't a single customer on the third floor that he could afford to offend. If those few customers came back, he would be the one to suffer.

  "Don't worry about it, they won't come back. Those few are my buddies, they had something urgent and left."

  "Hey, sir, wait a minute. What would you like to have? I'll go tell the chef." The waiter quickly cleared the table and smiled at Qin Feng.

  "Bring out all the best dishes and also get the finest wine, quickly."

  "Right away, I'll bring you our signature dishes and the best wine. Please wait!" The waiter cleared the table and quietly walked downstairs to order food.

  When Ziyun finished her dance, the third floor erupted in thunderous applause. Prince Song Fei even walked out of his private room and clapped enthusiastically. Many people outside who knew the prince went up to pay their respects, but only Qin Shuang remained seated, sipping wine and eating dishes without any reaction.

  Zi Yun was very polite and slightly bowed to Song Fei before leaving the stage to rest in her room.

  Song Fei was so captivated by Qi Yun's courtesy that he almost followed him, fortunately the attendants behind pulled him back, otherwise he would have lost his manners in public.

  "Interesting, it turns out that Qi Yun is a Golden Elixir cultivator. According to Father's words, the Golden Elixir stage on the Profound Dragon Continent is already considered an Upper Immortal. And yet, this Upper Immortal has revealed herself and become a dancer." Qin Shuang smiled secretly, he was the only one who could discover Qi Yun's true identity.

  The Qi Dynasty is closely linked to the Song Dynasty. The current emperor of the Qi Dynasty, Qi Xuan Huang, has a great ambition, and when he ascended to the throne, he vowed to unify the entire continent of Penglai. Qi Xuan Huang's youngest daughter, Qi Yun, has excellent qualifications and has been practicing under the guidance of Qi Wangchao's upper immortal Chu Ming since childhood. Qi Yun did not disappoint everyone's expectations, and at the age of 16, she reached the Golden Elixir stage, becoming the fastest cultivator in Penglai for tens of thousands of years.

  Qī Yún had already made the rounds in the Mù Róng and Wèi dynasties before arriving at the Sòng dynasty. Qī Yún's mission was to stir up chaos among the three dynasties. In the other two dynasties, Qī Yún only met with a few princes. Unexpectedly, upon arrival at the Sòng dynasty, he encountered Crown Prince Sòng Fēi.

  After reaching the Golden Elixir stage, Qi Yun didn't think any of these ordinary people were worthy. The Emperor had promised that once this task was completed, he would let Qi Yun return and focus on his cultivation. Qi Yun was extremely dissatisfied with the task his father had given him, but couldn't bear his father's pleading, so he reluctantly accepted the mission.

  "Haha, you see, everyone is smiling at me, she's smiling at me, haha." Qi Yun's courtesy gave Song Fei endless motivation, to the point of being a bit out of control, and he burst into loud laughter outside.

  "Haha, interesting. Laugh now, I reckon you'll be the one crying in the end." Qin Shuang didn't even glance at Song Fei, secretly smiling to herself as she continued savoring the delicious dishes from Qingyun Restaurant.

  "I'm so angry I could die! How did I end up with such a stupid disciple!" Hou Fei shouted, brandishing his staff at Sun Wukong. During this period of time, Hou Fei had been suppressing his temper to teach this disciple in the realm of immortals and demons, but no matter how many times he explained the "Seventy-Two Heavenly Staff" technique, Sun Wukong just couldn't master it. As a result, every day Hou Fei would end up yelling several times.

  "Master, these 72 staff techniques are too complicated! Master, you practiced for so long when you were young, how can I learn them so quickly?" Sun Wukong had been tormented by Hou Fa for several months. When he arrived at the realm of immortals, demons and monsters, Sun Wukong asked Hou Fa about his parents' news, but Hou Fa refused to tell him unless he mastered the Heaven-Shocking Staff technique.

  "Alright, little Huang Yu, I think Wukong's skills are not bad either. You were originally training in the Forbidden Land of Inheritance, and Wukong hasn't even entered the Forbidden Land yet, so it's not bad that he can train to this level." Hong Yun was the one who liked Wukong the most, and every time she had to spend money to teach Wukong, Hong Yun would always speak up for him.

  "Hmph, what's so good about it? As my disciple, you can't be the same as others." Houfei glared at Sun Wukong, who was standing still: "What are you spacing out for? Hurry up and practice!"

  Qin Yu and Jiang Li were currently on Feng Yue Xing, where Qin Yu had just ascended to. They witnessed the scene of Hou Fei teaching his disciples with their divine senses.

  "Fei Ge, why must you find an apprentice for Fei!"

  "There's nothing, don't you think Sun Wukong making Feifei his apprentice is quite a good match? It's time for Feifei to calm down and teach this apprentice well, after all he's the Heavenly Lord now, yet he's idle every day which isn't good." Qin Yu smiled and took Jiang Li away from Fengyue Star instantly.

  Three years later, Sun Wukong finally mastered the Heaven-shocking Seventy-two Pole, and his realm also advanced to the late stage of Kongming. Although Hou Fei scolded him on the surface, he was very satisfied in his heart. It is worth noting that when Hou Fei learned the Heaven-shocking Seventy-two Pole back then, it was with the help of a practice partner, and it took him five years to master it.

  In three years, Qi Yun successfully completed the task given to her by Emperor Qi Xuan. The princes of the three dynasties all wanted to win Qi Yun's heart, but she neither refused nor agreed to any of them, always using the other two princes as a shield. On the surface, the three dynasties seemed calm over the past three years, but in reality, there had been multiple assassination attempts. The emperors of the three dynasties were very dissatisfied with this situation, and their relationships became increasingly strained.

  For three years, Qin Shuang had been living in Bianliang City. When she was free, she would often take a stroll around the city and even went to Wu Bian Hong Huang once, bringing back several demon beasts into the Hong Hang Prefecture.

  The Seal of the Gods has undergone changes over the years, with fewer and fewer true spirits remaining, now less than ten, but all much larger than before. Qin Shuang had once tried it out, and found that even the demonic beasts of the Purple Mystic Star could be subdued.

  Half a year later, the Song Dynasty was the first to bear it no longer and sent troops to attack the three counties on the border of the Wei Dynasty. Interestingly, the identity of the general that Qin Shuang disguised himself as was included in the attacking army, so Qin Shuang followed the Song Dynasty's army to the border of the Wei Dynasty.

  The war in the mortal realm is different from the war in the divine realm. Both sides' soldiers are fighting on land, and the upper immortal has a deterrent effect to prevent the opponent's upper immortal from taking action against the mortal army.

  Qin Shuang had seen many such wars on Earth and after watching for a few days, felt bored, so she quietly left the battlefield and ran to the underwater demon beast world to have fun.

  In the underwater demon beast world, Qin Frost found the place where Jiang Lan and Jiang Li lived back then. There were still many demon beasts in that place, and the Star Pavilion created by her father was one of the three major forces in the underwater demon beast world. Moreover, relying on the array left behind by Jiang Lan at that time, it became the most powerful force.

  Qin Shuang moved Honglian's mansion here and began to cultivate in peace.

  Hong Jun Dao's first layer, Qin Feng, had a feeling that something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. As a result, he couldn't improve it. Hong Jun Dao's cultivation was similar to Xing Chen Bian, but unlike Qin Yu, there were no changes in the dantian. Instead, there was only a gray, nameless substance that had existed since the creation of Hong Jun Dao and had been slowly increasing. The Sealing God List floated among these substances, and strangely, it could absorb them.

  Qin Shuang absorbed the spiritual energy from the divine stone, but it was all absorbed by his physical body. The substance in his dantian seemed incompatible with the spiritual energy. Qin Shuang had tried several times to let the spiritual energy enter his dantian, but they all failed. Therefore, Qin Shuang didn't pay much attention to cultivation anymore. Cultivation was just for cultivating his physical body, and the substance in his dantian grew on its own.

  This time Qin Frost sat down quietly to cultivate, the Sealing God List was different from the peaceful times, with only one true spirit left inside, and the speed of absorbing the nameless substance had accelerated. Qin Frost's increased substance was slower than the Sealing God List's absorption. The nameless substance in his dantian had shrunk to the amount of over a thousand years ago and was still decreasing.

  No matter how hard Qin Shuang tried, the Sealing God List continued to absorb nameless substances. After only one true spirit was left in the list, Qin Shuang lost control of it and no matter how he summoned it, it would not come out.

  In a year's time, the Sealing God List had absorbed all of Qin Feng's nameless substance that he had accumulated over 100,000 years. At this point, Qin Feng felt anxious in his heart. The cultivation of the Hongmeng Tao was based on these nameless substances. If they were all absorbed by the Sealing God List, Qin Feng didn't know what would become of his own Hongyuan Tao.