Chapter 36: News from the Small Town

  As soon as the 'door' was opened, the orange cat darted into the alchemy furnace and fell fast asleep.

  Zhang Fei Yang stepped onto his flying sword and said to the two heavenly dogs under his feet, "I'm going to the outside town to buy some bedding and food supplies. You guys keep an eye on the house."

  Two celestial dogs barked at Zhang Fei one after another, then sat down in the courtyard, scratching their heads and fiddling with their ears.

  Zhang Fei Yang wielded his sword and flew through the air, below the clouds, gazing down at the mortal world, heading in a certain direction. After about an hour or so, he left the Qianyun mountain range and entered the plains area. In the distance, he saw a large town, with many people walking in the center of the town, bustling and extraordinary, it must be a market place.

  "After arriving in the divine continent for so long, this is actually my first time seeing the mortal world!" Zhang Fei Yang couldn't help but startle the mortals, and from a distance, he descended, putting away his flying sword into the Alchemy Furnace, and walked over with a leisurely pace.

  This market is very lively, with everything available, clothes, silk fabrics, grains, fruits, household items, farm tools, and even fish, meat, and fragrant wine.

  The pedestrians in the market looked at Zhang Feiyang with a look of surprise, and Zhang Feiyang glanced at them, quickly discovering the difference between them. Zhang Feiyang had been practicing in the mountains all day, not eating human smoke and fire, and had long since become transparent skin, clean features, ten times better than ordinary people.

  Even the most beautiful mortal in the market admired Zhang Fei's beauty.

  "Landlady, bring me the best 'bed' sheets, quilts, pillows, and pillowcases. Bring three sets for each of the four seasons - spring, summer, autumn, and winter!"

  Zhang Feiyang said in the largest fabric store in the market to the old lady boss.

  "This official wants so much, and also for winter?" The landlady asked doubtfully, but seeing Zhang Fei's extraordinary clothes and demeanor, she didn't dare to disbelieve.

  "Isn't there winter?" Zhang Feiyang asked.

  "Yes, yes, we have a lot in stock. I'll go get them." The boss's wife was reluctant to let Zhang Fei Yang leave, and while saying so, she walked away with a "girl" into the inner room. After bustling around for a while, under Zhang Fei Yang's urging, they brought out item after item of bedding, filling up half the room.

  "Sir, with so many things, how are you going to take them away?" The shopkeeper's wife asked in puzzlement, not seeing any horse-drawn carriage outside.

  Zhang Fei Yang turned his back to the landlady, pinched the Lian Yao furnace, and those "bed" items flashed with golden light, disappearing one by one, all of which were stored in the Lian Yao furnace.

  The boss's wife was shocked and lost her color, every time an item disappeared, her heart ached once, finally shouting: "No way? My things, how can they disappear in the blink of an eye? This is my hard work for a whole year!"

  "Hey, boss lady, don't panic, how much are those things worth?"

  The landlady said: "It's worth fifty gold coins!" She said, and was about to shed tears.

  Zhang Feiyang pulled out a gold ingot from his bosom, worth more than 100 gold coins, and heavily threw it into the landlady's hands, scaring her so much that she bent her waist and said: "These gold coins are considered compensation for you."

  The landlady exclaimed in surprise: "That quilt of mine, did you make it disappear? So you're a god, please accept our mortal's kowtow!" She and the 'woman' knelt down on the ground, about to knock their heads, but were pulled back by Zhang Fei.

  Zhang Fei said, "I'm not a god, at least not now... Don't mention anything else, I have to go now. If you take me as a god, don't chase after me, hehe!" He laughed and walked out of the fabric store, and those two 'girls' really didn't come chasing after him.

  Zhang Fei Yang bought some small items such as pots, bowls and spoons at the market again, and also bought some "chicken" duck fish meat. In order not to cause panic, he only put them into the alchemy furnace in a small alley. He felt very emotional, Shenzhou's fertile land, demons and immortals were born together, but ordinary people still made up the majority. These ordinary people did not know about the magical powers of demons and immortals, although they could not live at the top of Shenzhou's society, they actually lived quite comfortably.

  Returned to the bamboo floor stone house, tidied up the bed, and put the kitchen utensils back in the kitchen. Looking up at the sky, it was already noon. Zhang Fei Yang flew his sword again and headed to Biyun Mountain.

  I used to ride on "Dog Head Immortal Carriage" and "Tiger Head Immortal Carriage", although also in the high sky, but because I couldn't control the direction by myself, when looking at Bìyún Mountain, I only saw one side. Now flying with a sword, the direction is freely controlled, so I looked at Bìyún Mountain from bottom to top.

  On the mountain waist, it is the inner 'door' pavilion. Several hundred inner 'door' disciples live inside, and from a distance, you can see people walking around. Above the inner 'door' pavilion, there is a section of mountain road that separates it from the true transmission sword pavilion. The true transmission sword pavilion is further up, and after crossing another section of mountain road, at the very top, a luxurious palace was built called "Biyun Hall", which is where the master of Biyun Sword Pavilion lives. Biyun Hall is located on the peak of the surrounding mountains, and it is the first to receive the sunlight and moonlight, making it an excellent place for cultivating immortality.

  In front of the Biyun Temple, a lake water, green waves rippling, deep and bottomless. A huge shadow lurked beneath, slowly moving, attracting attention. Suddenly, the shadow shook violently, a green dragon head burst out of the lake surface, letting out a mighty roar. Looking at the divine beast again, its entire body was emerald green with a hint of golden yellow, with a dragon head and neck, and on its back, it had a gigantic tortoise shell - it was the mountain-guarding divine beast: Dragon Tortoise!

  "Wow, dragon turtle! I've heard the inner 'door' disciples mention this divine beast before, but it's still shocking to see it in person! It's so massive, it's even bigger than three heads of cattle combined!" Zhang Fei Yang wanted to ride his sword over for a closer look, but due to some kind of force, his flying sword began to shake violently as he approached the Azure Cloud Temple.

  Zhang Fei Yang hastily turned around in mid-air, barely maintaining control over the flying sword. He exclaimed to himself, "There must be a mysterious treasure within Biyun Temple that's suppressing it, or else the flying sword wouldn't have been unable to enter!" He temporarily forgot about the dragon turtle and headed towards the Zhenchuan Sword Pavilion's Yu Jian Hall instead.

  Huang Juan hugged her arms and stood in front of a two-zhang stone wall, seriously looking at something.

  Zhang Feiyang walked over and tapped Huang Juan's shoulder, saying: "Big sister, what are you looking at? You're so focused, I didn't even see it when I walked up behind you."

  Huang Juan was startled, and upon seeing it was Zhang Feiyang, she immediately smiled and said: "I'm looking at the 'Disciple Rankings'. Come quick and take a look, the names of all one hundred true disciples in the top rankings of the Xianjian Pavilion are revealed on the 'Disciple Rankings'."

  Only to see that on the white stone wall, there were a hundred names carved, listed in order from top to bottom. The first place was taken by someone named "Long Ao Tian", and Tang Lingyan, the chief disciple of Biyun Jian Ge's true transmission, was also ranked second!

  "Wow, our senior sister is ranked second! The Xianjian Pavilion has 33 large and small sword pavilions, each with a true disciple as the leader, and our Biyun Sword Pavilion's true disciple leader is second! Not bad, not bad, it's worth being proud of." Huang Juan said in surprise.

  Zhang Fei Yang touched the stone wall and said, "This stone wall is full of spiritual energy, it must be made of special stones. The words on it shine brightly, they can change at will. It seems that the names on this disciple ranking list are constantly changing, and it's also made of such special stones."

  Huang Juan said: "Right, as long as you defeat any of the disciples on the disciple rankings, you can replace him and occupy his ranking."

  Zhang Fei said with a smile: "How interesting, it seems that the disciples of the 'Men' sect must have had many fierce battles among themselves. By the way, are you hungry? Let's go eat."

  "Let's go!"

  The two walked down the stone stairs and passed through a long corridor to arrive at the "Gyokusho Hall" of the true transmission disciples.

  The Yuanshan Hall is not large, only over 200 square meters, and there are only three true disciples eating inside. The immortal food in the Yuanshan Hall has been upgraded compared to the inner 'door' hall, with ginseng, immortal 'chicken', abalone, and some other immortal foods that can't be named, all of which can nourish the body, prevent hundreds of diseases, and help improve spiritual power.

  The two of them found a table and sat down, Xianchu served two sets of dishes to the pair. Zhang Feiyang sighed: "When we were in Nei Men Ge, we had to line up to receive food, but now that we're in Zhen Chuan Jian Ge, we just wait for Xianchu to deliver our meals - what a huge difference in treatment!"

  Huang Juan said, "Yes, the food here is even better than what the emperor eats. Once you become a true disciple, who would still care about the glory and wealth of the lower realm? I really want to spend my whole life living here. By the way, my courtyard has a bunch of yellow poplar trees around it, with lush flowers and grass, it's very beautiful. What's your courtyard like?"

  "There's a sea of bamboo forest, elegant and quiet, with two heavenly dogs keeping watch."

  Huang Juan suddenly became interested and asked about the two celestial dogs. Zhang Feiyang burst out laughing, and the two of them started chatting casually. After finishing dinner, Zhang Feiyang and Huang Juan went to Zhang Feiyang's courtyard to take a look around and play with the two celestial dogs and two small puppies. Huang Juan liked the little dog very much and wanted to take one of the small celestial dogs away, but the two celestial dogs were unwilling and kept barking loudly. Huang Juan had no choice but to give up.

  The two of them went to Huang Juan's courtyard and took a look, the environment was not bad either. At this point, it was already sunset, Zhang Feiyang returned to the bamboo forest stone house, lay on the luxurious wooden bed, feeling the bamboo forest atmosphere, and soon fell asleep.

  In the night's hues, moonlight is like water, sprinkling the bamboo forest, the bamboo forest is serene, all insects are quiet, what a great place to rest and rejuvenate!

  Two "spirited" foxes darted through the bamboo forest, stopping in front of a clearing before a stone hut, their two pairs of nimble eyes fixed on it.

  The two spirit foxes, one white and one red, were both highly spiritual. Suddenly they spun around in a circle, and with a flash of red and white light, they transformed into two beautiful women, one dressed in plain but elegant clothing, the other in a bold red dress, revealing themselves to be two thousand-year-old fox spirits!

  Some beasts, sensing a certain immortal machine, cultivate with their hearts towards the direction of humans. After thousands of years of cultivation, they can finally refine into human form. This kind of creature is called "yaojing". Yaojing and yaoshou have great differences, yaoshou are formed by the demonization of the ten thousand demons, while yaojing are naturally born spirits that sense the immortal machine.

  Su Yi Hu's 'essence' was extremely seductive, with charming eyes and red lips. Her face revealed a hint of resentment as she said in a soft voice: "This Luo Yun Zhu has been desolate for hundreds of years, but today there is actually someone living in the stone house. It seems that from now on, we won't be able to play here as freely as before."

  The red-clothed fox spirit said with a sly tone, "Sister, why don't we two go into the stone house and eat that person? From then on, this Luo Yun Bamboo Forest will return to its tranquility, and this land will once again become our cultivation blessed land."

  "Susu Fox 'Jing' Dao: "We can't do harm to people, have you forgotten the oath we made before? We don't engage in vile acts, nor do we suck human 'essence' blood. Completely relying on intuition and cultivating with the heavenly machine, after one thousand five hundred years, we finally transformed into human form, and are greatly different from those of the same kind who rely on sucking 'essence' blood to cultivate. This is also the reason why we can survive for a long time. We absolutely cannot break this taboo. Let's continue to follow our oath, okay?""