Chapter 2: Searching for Demons
A middle-aged man in a black robe with a hideous scar on his face walked up to Ning Chen, who was already drunk, and sat down across from his wine table, staring at him silently.
Ning Chen felt that someone was sitting across from his wine table, he glanced at the middle-aged man with scars blindfolded, and muttered in his mouth, "Then, there is still time over there, you are at the empty wine table, you don't sit, you want to sit on me, I'm here, yes, don't you see that I'm a bully?"
The middle-aged man with the scar was expressionless when he heard this, stretched out his hand to the center of Ning Chen's eyebrows, then looked at him, and said lightly, "Little brother, did you give up so if you were disappointed in seeking immortals?"
Ning Chen was stunned for a moment, shaking his head in his mouth and snorting. Suddenly, he found that his mind had become much clearer.
He looked at the middle-aged man with the scar suspiciously, "What's the matter, why did I sober up all of a sudden after drinking so much wine?"
The scarred middle-aged man shook his head, still asking lightly, "Did you really give up like that?"
Ning Chen's brows furrowed, and then he laughed at himself. "As far as my waste spirit root can no longer be wasted, which immortal sect will want me. What else can you do if you don't give up?"
The middle-aged man with scar nodded, "Cultivating the qualifications below the spiritual root, the immortal sect will not recruit them." However, if you want to cultivate, it is not only the way to enter the Immortal Gate, there are countless ways to cultivate in the world. β
Ning Chen raised his wine glass and took a sip, but he was a little unimpressed in his heart, but he still pretended to look at the middle-aged man with interest. "Oh, what other ways to cultivate?"
The eyes of the middle-aged man with scars suddenly became gloomy, and Ning Chen was a little creepy by him.
I only listened to the scarred middle-aged man gently squeezing out two cold words from between his teeth. "Demon cultivation!"
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Ning Chen was shocked, but the middle-aged man with a scar reached out to cover his mouth.
A cold voice came out of the scarred middle-aged man's mouth, "This is not the place to talk in detail, if you want to become a strong person like an immortal cultivator, then follow me." If you give up and go home, you'll forget about what you met me. β
After speaking, he let go of the hand that covered Ning Chen's mouth, then glanced at him lightly, then stood up and walked slowly outside the wine shop.
Ning Chen sat there stunned, looking at the back of the middle-aged man with a scar who was about to walk out of the wine shop. In an instant, a resolute intent surged through him.
Originally, he thought that he had only one way to go, that is, to extinguish the hatred in his heart, return to Tiannan City tomorrow, and then live a civilian life with his parents under the ridicule and bullying of countless people.
However, he was not reconciled. This kind of life is not what he wants, and there is even a feeling that his life is worse than death, but it seems that he is helpless.
And now there seems to be a mysterious road waiting for him to embark on, he only knows about cultivating immortals, but he has never heard of cultivating demons. But no matter what, as long as it can be comparable to cultivating immortals, then how about trying this demon cultivation.
"Wait!"
Ning Chen had already made a choice in his heart, and he shouted to the scarred middle-aged man who was about to step out of the door of the wine shop.
The middle-aged man with the scar looked back and smiled faintly, "Follow me." With that, he stepped out of the liquor store.
Ning Chen immediately took out a tael of silver and threw it on the wine table, and said to the shopkeeper of the wine shop, "No need to look for it." With the baggage, he hurried out of the drunken homesick wine shop.
When I got out of the wine shop, I saw the middle-aged man with the scar walking in front of him without hurrying. He chased after him in a few steps, and was about to ask something.
The middle-aged man with the scar was the first to speak, and said in a low voice, "Don't speak, just follow me." β
The two walked through the streets, the night market, and the black alleys. Half an hour later, we arrived at the workshop area of Tranquility Town. Stop in front of a compound where Huang's dyeing workshop is hung.
The middle-aged man with the scar knocked on the door of the dark and heavy compound and shouted, "There is business coming to the door." β
The door of the compound creaked and slowly opened. Inside the courtyard gate, an emaciated young man wearing the same black robe as the middle-aged man with the scar was revealed.
The young man nodded at the scar middle-aged, and then glanced at Ning Chen next to him with his eagle-like eyes, which gave Ning Chen a cool and secluded feeling, making him shudder.
The young man took out a small token and handed it to the middle-aged man with the scar, "Senior Brother Yan's speed is quite fast, and the three of them will be brought back in four hours, it seems that Senior Brother Yan will be able to complete this recruitment task tomorrow." β
The middle-aged man with the scar, that is, the senior brother Yan in the mouth of the young man, grinned at the corner of his lips, and said with a faint smile, "The immortal seekers with cultivation qualifications have all been picked by the immortal gate, and there are countless people who have no way to find immortals but are unwilling. The biggest wish of these people at the moment is that as long as they can cultivate, they don't care about the difference between immortals and demons. Senior Brother Liao, weren't you and me like that at the beginning? β
Senior Brother Liao nodded, "Senior Brother Yan is very right. β
After the two of them finished speaking, Senior Brother Yan arched his hand, glanced at Ning Chen, and left the Huang family's dyeing workshop.
Senior Brother Liao beckoned to Ning Chen and said lightly, "Come in." β
Ning Chen walked into the gate of the Huang dyeing workshop in a daze, and Senior Brother Liao closed the door and said to him, "Follow me." And he went to the courtyard.
Ning Chen followed his footsteps, only to hear Senior Brother Liao say as he walked, "What's your name, where are you?"
Ning Chen said simply, "Ning Chen, Tiannan County." β
"Tiannan County, it's quite far from Tranquility Town. "Tell me about your spiritual root attributes, right?"
Ning Chen laughed at himself, "The Five Elements Spirit Root is all twenty percent. β
Senior Brother Liao turned his head when he heard this, and after being stunned, he laughed instantly, "Such a waste, with all due respect, this is the most wasted spiritual root I have ever seen." β
Ning Chen didn't mind, and laughed at himself again, "The Heavenly Yue Sect Immortal also said so. β
Senior Brother Liao pursed his lips when he heard this, and said with a disdainful expression: "What immortals are not immortals, they just want to show their status in the hearts of people in the world." You don't have to be discouraged, although your spiritual root is useless, it's not that you can't cultivate. I might as well tell you that I have the best fire spirit root, but it's only forty percent. But there were no less than ten people in the immortal sect who died in my hands. Among them, the worst is also cultivating the spiritual root, and there is no shortage of yellow spiritual roots. β
Ning Chen's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. He immediately threw up his hands and said excitedly, "Please give me a chance." β
Senior Brother Liao was a little stunned at first, then waved his hand and smiled lightly: "My little cultivation can't give you any chance." The only way out for those of us who are inferior to the spiritual root is to enter the Demon Gate and cultivate the Demon Dao. Immortal cultivators rely on their excellent spiritual root attributes and the abundant cultivation resources of the Immortal Gate. On the way of cultivation, the cycle is gradual, and it is safe and secure. However, demon cultivators are cultivating exercises that harm the heavens and harmony, and every step is full of demons in their hearts, and if they are not careful, they will never recover, and it is difficult for those who are not lucky to cultivate into the climate. And he also has to face heavy punishment from those sanctimonious immortal cultivators. It's hard to cultivate demons!"
Senior Brother Liao sighed, then looked at Ning Chen and said, "Once you enter the Demon Gate, you will be a demon for life." As soon as he entered our Huangquan Sect, he was a disciple of the Huangquan Sect for life. Since you choose to cultivate demons, there is no way back. I can only send you one sentence, one way to cultivate, don't be a woman's kindness. I hope you don't die in the introductory trial. I know you have a lot of doubts in your mind, but you'll know when you survive the entrance trial. β
After Senior Brother Liao finished speaking, he stopped speaking and quickened his pace. Ning Chen had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but he had to give up when he saw this.
After a while. The two walked through a compound and came to the rows of houses.
Senior Brother Liao pushed open a wooden door of a house. Pointing inside, he said to Ning Chen, "You live here first, three meals a day are delivered by someone, and after seven days, the sect will send elders to bring people back to the sect." β
Ning Chen nodded and asked, "I haven't asked for the name of my predecessor yet!"
Senior Brother Liao paused when he turned around and said, "Liao Fan, a disciple of the inner sect of the Huangquan Sect. β
After Liao Fan left, Ning Chen closed the door, lit the candle on the table and sat there pondering.
"The mountains and rivers are exhausted, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village. I'm afraid that this road is a rugged and bumpy road, and this village is a village inhabited by fierce gods and evil spirits!"
He suffered a family accident, and his feelings were warm and cold. has changed from ignorance to calm and introverted. Liao Fan said those words, he could vaguely understand some things from them. also knows that the life he is about to face may be extremely dangerous. But this may also be his only chance. So he decided to do it without hesitation, what about cultivating this demonic path?
He stretched out his hand and touched the warm jade bead hanging with a red rope around his neck, and sighed, "It's just that I'm gone, I don't know when I will be able to go home and see my parents again! I didn't expect the Ning family to collapse within a month, and my father handed over the head of the family to me in self-blame, expecting me to revive the Ning family in the future. For me now, this responsibility can only depend on my future creation. I'm afraid that if I encounter an accident one day, the jade bead of the owner of this family will be lost in my hands, but I am ashamed of the ancestors of the Ning family who are under Jiuquan. β
After some sighing, Ning Chen got up and fell asleep.
Seven days passed in a flash, and during the seven days of the Huang family's dyeing workshop, Ning Chen, except for chatting in the compound with some teenagers who were also frustrated in seeking immortals and were recruited by the disciples of the Huangquan Sect, was thinking nonsense alone in the house.
Today is the date when the elders of the Huangquan Sect come to pick up people, and early in the morning, Ning Chen and the other teenagers were summoned to the compound, he glanced at the crowd, and saw that there were estimated three hundred people standing here at this time. And among them, there were a few familiar faces, which he had seen in the No. 6 Immortal Seeking Courtyard.
As soon as the sunlight shone into the compound, the courtyard door opened.
Everyone looked and saw Liao Fan walking in behind an old man in black robe with a respectful expression.
This black-robed old man has a mediocre appearance, but when he walks, he has a dragon and tiger momentum, which makes people dare not despise him.
The black-robed old man was none other than the elder You Qi sent by the Huangquan Sect to pick up people back to the sect.
You Qi stopped and glanced at the people in the courtyard lightly, without a trace of expression on his face.
"Let's go on our way!"
His voice was hoarse and low, but when it came to everyone's ears, there was an extremely uncomfortable feeling in their hearts, which was extremely uncomfortable.
"Yes, by the Elders. Liao Fan replied respectfully, and immediately took out a piece of jade slip and handed it forward.
You Qi stretched out his thin hand to take the jade slip, lowered his head and stared at the jade slip for a few breaths, and when he looked up, the jade slip also disappeared into his hand.
Then he waved his hand, and a huge boat appeared above the compound. The size of the boat almost enveloped the entire compound, and the body of the boat was engraved with strange pictures, these strange pictures had a faint flow of light.
"Prepare to get on the cloud boat. β
As soon as Yu Qi's voice fell, he waved his hand again. Everyone in the courtyard felt that their bodies were enveloped by an irresistible force, and in unison they exclaimed, and everyone rose into the air and boarded the cloud boat.
"Congratulations to the Elders. Liao Fan saw that you Qi flew towards Yunzhou, and immediately bowed down and said.
On the cloud boat, you Qi stood at the front, pinching his hands and gesticulating, and chanting words in his mouth. "Hurry!"
As soon as the words fell, white mist appeared around the boat, and everyone noticed that the sound outside the boat seemed to be isolated.
At this time, Yunzhou was already like a sharp arrow, flying in one direction at a high speed.
Everyone on the boat could only see vague scenes passing by Yunzhou.
At this time, everyone looked at You Qi, who was standing at the front of the cloud boat, with respect and fear in their eyes. There is a way that the methods of immortal cultivators, casually showing their hands, can shock and discourage people in the world.
Ning Chen sat down in the middle of the crowd, he looked at You Qi's back, his eyes flickered a few times, thinking of the feeling of being bound by an irresistible force when he went to the cloud boat, his heart inexplicably swelled with indignation. "Maybe that's the anger of the ants, right? I have to be strong. β