Chapter 97: Team Up
Although Lu Qingyang had obtained the Dragon Pearl, he was in no hurry to temper his physical body.
Because he had no method to temper a dragon body.
Thus he could only do as the Return to True cultivators did, borrowing the Dragon Awe inherent to the Dragon Pearl to nourish his aura.
Because of this, Zhu Gangkai, who had originally come to pay his respects every day, after feeling the Dragon Awe on Lu Qingyang for the first time, actually did not set foot on Chaotian Peak for an entire month.
However, Lu Qingyang was rather curious about how that simpleton had been handling the Demon Servitude Bureau.
So after consolidating his realm, Lu Qingyang went directly to the Demon Servitude Bureau.
The moment he set foot inside, he was immediately astonished by the bustling scene within.
He saw White-Furred Sea Monkeys, each one meter tall, arranged in neat rows.
Every one of them held its head high and chest out, gazes sharp, expressions resolute.
Their mouths were even howling something with great seriousness.
“Hoo hoo hoo!”
“Hoo hoo hoo hoo!”
“Hoo hoo hoo!”
“...”
“What are they saying?”
Looking at that group of monkeys in the distance, Lu Qingyang flicked his sleeve and turned to look at Zhu Gangkai, who stood eight zhang away from him.
“Sect… Sect Master, you can just stand there.”
Zhu Gangkai swallowed and his voice came out a little halting.
The Dragon Awe on Lu Qingyang was pressing him so hard he nearly shit himself!
If not for the fact that he was a fifth-rank top-tier great demon, only one step from sixth-rank, which for humans was Void Return.
By now, he probably would have pissed and shat himself.
“Hm? Is the pressure really that strong?”
Could it be because I just obtained the Dragon Pearl and can’t control this Dragon Awe?
Seeing this, Lu Qingyang also felt somewhat embarrassed.
But he quickly recovered. After all, now was not the time to dwell on this.
“Alright, tell me. What are those monkeys muttering?”
At this point, Zhu Gangkai clenched his buttocks and wore a rather proud expression.
“Reporting to Lord Sect Master, ever since Old Pig took over the Demon Servitude Bureau, I have been racking my brains day and night.”
“In order to let the little bastards in the bureau better serve you and the sect, Lord Sect Master, I specially went to invite a teacher from a mortal city.”
“What did you invite a teacher for?”
“Were they respectful to others?”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang frowned slightly.
Zhu Gangkai scratched his head.
He played dumb and skipped over the matter of respect.
After all, after that old teacher left, he had nightmares for several days in a row. In the dreams, there were nothing but monkeys and pigs…
“Uh, what I invited was a teacher from a mortal estate responsible for instructing servants. I had him write me a set of rules.”
“Including what they need to do for their master each day, and what to say.”
“Right now, what these little bastards are shouting is: Sect Master’s heavenly might covers the world, awe shakes the Nine Heavens!”
“Long live the Sect Master, long live, ten thousand times long live!”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang finally understood.
This fellow had actually taught these monkeys to flatter.
But from the looks of it, it does seem somewhat useful.
At the very least, these monkeys now seem able to follow orders and do things.
Looking at that group of monkeys in the distance, marching in orderly fashion and shouting slogans that shook the heavens, Lu Qingyang smiled.
He did not comment much on it.
After all, he was just raising a bunch of cannon fodder.
As long as they were useful in the future, that was enough.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang prepared to take another look around the Three Halls.
After all, ever since the Chaotian Sect’s reformation, he had not yet had the chance to look at the cultivation states of the disciples.
However, just as he was about to set off, the jade talisman at his waist, belonging to the Sect Management Council, began to flicker.
“Hm?”
Lu Qingyang was slightly startled.
He then took out the jade talisman and sent his divine sense inside.
“Elder Qingyang, do you have time recently? If you do, you might come to the Vast Sea City Sect Management Council to check in first.”
So this is telling me to go report.
But… wasn’t it said that all official business related to the Sect Management Council would have a Great Vehicle accompanying it?
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang tentatively replied.
“Senior Yun, I have time recently. I can set off tomorrow.”
“Very good, Elder Qingyang. Be at ease. Great Vehicle Ma, who is responsible for guarding your sect, will return soon.”
“At that time, Great Vehicle Ma and another Mahayana Venerable will be responsible for escorting Elder Qingyang to the Sect Management Council.”
“Very good, thank you, Senior Yun.”
“Heh heh, no need for thanks.”
Lu Qingyang withdrew his divine sense, and a faint, peculiar smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It seemed the things the Sect Management Council had promised him were not all empty checks.
Putting everything else aside, just having two Mahayana Venerables assigned to escort him on official business was enough to make him look impressive.
Let alone…
Who says an official carriage cannot be used for private purposes?
Heh heh…
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang could not help but chuckle softly, then turned and went to the Outer Gate.
At the Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate, after the battle to guard the southeastern coast, the atmosphere was even more austere than before.
The Outer Gate disciples were now almost all armed to the teeth.
Flying swords, talismans, Dharma Artifacts, bodyguard puppets.
Anything they could buy to preserve their lives, they had basically dabbled in.
And the most effective system since the sect’s reformation was the one that gave rise to the Team Up system!
The Outer Gate Mission Hall.
Lu Qingyang hovered within the clouds in mid-air, looking down at the bustling Mission Hall below, nodding repeatedly.
I never imagined this Mission Hall would be so effective.
Now, in order to increase mission rewards, these disciples usually team up to take multiple missions at once.
Once the missions are complete, they return to the sect to hand them in together, and the rewards are extremely generous.
Mm, not bad, not bad.
Looking at the crowd of disciples below constantly shouting, Lu Qingyang nodded in satisfaction.
Among the crowd, Qi Refining disciples with surging auras were loudly calling out.
“Seven Stars Sea Region! Eight-person team, first-rank Sea Man Snake, first-rank Spike Crocodile, first-rank Electric Dolphin extermination mission, need a disciple with water-element talismans!”
“Currently seven waiting for one! One more and we leave!”
“Six second-rank extermination missions, currently missing two Senior Brothers with sharp flying swords as main killers. We already have two Foundation Establishment cultivators! Two more and we leave!”
“Caravan trade mission! Vast Sea City trade route, missing one Golden Core True Monarch to preside! Is there any Elder willing to take it!”
“I will!”
A powerful aura abruptly emerged from the crowd. The newcomer was none other than Wu Ji, an Inner Gate Elder who had joined not long ago.
“Hm? It has been a while since I last saw him.”
Looking at that familiar face, Lu Qingyang raised an eyebrow.
Ever since he had thrown that Empress Chosen One into a remote corner of the Seven Stars Sea Region, he had never actively come into contact with her again.
He did not know how that person, hailed as the Firmament Empress, was doing now.
But when he thought of the Chosen One, another figure immediately flashed through Lu Qingyang’s mind.
I wonder where Junior Brother Yang is now. It has been decades since we parted at the Great Zhou.
Well, I only hope he can make a name for himself out there, and that we never meet again in this life…
Lu Qingyang murmured, but deep within his eyes, a trace of dimness showed.
No matter what, he and Yang Yu had once been life-and-death fellow disciples.
And now, he did not even know whether the other was alive or dead.
Yet within the distant Demon Domain, someone seemed to have heard something.
And abruptly opened his eyes!
“Boy! Do not lose focus!”
“Forming the Nascent Soul is a major matter. You must not be distracted.”
“Once you form your Nascent Soul, you can leave this ghostforsaken place and go to the Central Region to retrieve my Secret Treasury from back then.”
Listening to the words of the Heaven Sword Venerable by his ear, Yang Yu immediately snapped back to his senses.
An excited light flickered in his eyes.
“I have finally formed my Nascent Soul!”
Once I go to Qingnan Shengzhou and retrieve the Secret Treasury, I will return to the Great Zhou to find Senior Brother Lu!
After so many years without seeing him, he must miss me greatly too!
Heh heh, I just wonder how he will feel when he sees me and finds out I have already formed my Nascent Soul…