Chapter 2: Living in a Big City Is Not Easy

Not far from Lu Shuihan is Bai Yuru's dream, and Qi Xuansu went there for a visit.

This is an endless grassland, where a man and a woman are riding together on a horse, galloping on the grassland.

At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong, but looking closely, the posture of the two is a bit strange. It is not that the man hugs the woman from behind, but that the two are hugging each other face to face, and their bodies rise and fall with the galloping of the horse under them. Bai Yuru's face is flushed and she is breathing softly.

Qi Xuansu was amazed and lamented that the dreams of these "superior people" are really rich and colorful, and the little things between men and women are all played out.

The horse galloped all the way to a place with abundant water and grass, and the two rolled off the horse and began to entangle in various ways.

Qi Xuansu found a problem. The man's face was still blurry. Not only Qi Xuansu couldn't see it clearly, but I'm afraid that the owner of the dream couldn't see it clearly either.

Could this be a spring dream without a trace?

In fact, after this step, the ill-intentioned Taoist priest can replace the man whose appearance cannot be seen clearly. Qi Xuansu naturally disdains to do so, but he thought that since he had seen Lu Shuihan and Bai Yuru's dreams, he might as well see Zhao Huang's dream.

So Qi Xuansu jumped to another dream.

Unlike the bright colors of the first two dreams, the third dream was very gloomy and dark. Countless walls and alleys formed a huge maze. Zhao Huang ran desperately in this maze, and he did not forget to look back while running.

Behind him, there was a black shadow chasing him. This black shadow walked slowly, clearly walking, but the speed was not inferior to running, as if shrinking the ground into an inch, so that Zhao Huang never pulled away.

This scene was like a cat playing with a mouse.

Qi Xuansu suddenly felt that this black shadow looked familiar - holding a horizontal sword in his right hand and a pistol in his left hand, why did he look a bit like him?

Was Zhao Huang scared by his battle with Qi Jianyuan? Or did he hear some rumors?

Qi Xuansu had no intention of rescuing Zhao Huang who was struggling in a nightmare, and quietly left this dream.

After experiencing three dreams, Qi Xuansu's dreaming skills were already very proficient, and he began to look for Yao Pei's dream.

The higher the realm of cultivation, the "bigger" the dream is. For example, the dream meeting is the dream of a person with extremely high cultivation. It can not only accommodate hundreds of people, but also the guests cannot shake or change the dream.

There are a number of celestial beings in the Wanxiang Dao Palace. When 99% of the celestial beings do not dream, Yao Pei's dream will be particularly conspicuous.

Soon, Qi Xuansu found Yao Pei's dream. This is a misty Jiangnan town with black tiles and white walls, small bridges and flowing water, and black boats. Raindrops fell on the green river, stirring up waves of subtle ripples, and fell on the roof tiles, inlaid with a white water edge.

Bai Yuru and Zhao Huang's dreams seemed very large, but in fact they were only limited to a small area around them. As they moved forward, unknown dreams in front of them continued to be generated, and the dreams they had experienced in the back continued to turn into nothingness. They only maintained a very small area, but gave the dream owner an illusion that the dream was extremely vast.

Yao Pei's dream was very complete. It seemed small, but the entire town did not generate or dissipate because of the movement of the dream owner's perspective. In other words, this is a stable world that will not change at will. It is somewhat similar to a place in a dream, which means that the dream owner can fully control his dream and can change the dream according to his own ideas, instead of drifting in the dream.

Qi Xuansu walked around the town and found Yao Pei in a pavilion by the river. She leaned on the beauty, with the river rippling with countless ripples behind her.

Qi Xuansu walked into the pavilion and asked directly, "What have you been doing?"

Yao Pei didn't like to be polite either, so he replied, "Qi Jianyuan is my senior brother. He asked me for a favor. I can't refuse because of my master's favor."

Qi Xuansu didn't ask what the specific matter was, but just asked, "Where are you? Why do you want to meet in a dream?"

"I'm in the lower palace." Yao Pei's tone was calm, "It's too troublesome to frequently go back and forth between the upper palace and the lower palace, so I just meet in a dream."

Qi Xuansu was surprised at first, and then he was relieved. Although the upper palace and the lower palace were isolated from each other, Yao Pei dared to go to Tianshui Yixin Tower, let alone the lower palace. This cousin's niece obviously did a lot of homework about the Wanxiang Dao Palace in advance, and she simply regarded it as her own backyard.

Qi Xuansu asked again, "When will you return to the upper palace?"

"What do you have to do?" Yao Pei asked back.

Qi Xuansu said, "I learned from Master Sun that the ancestors of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace sank the statue of the sage of the Confucian school into the Xingye Lake, which contains a lot of divine power. Are you interested?"

"So it's this matter." Yao Pei had a blank expression on his face, and it was hard to tell whether he was interested or not. "Speaking of which, this matter is somewhat related to what I'm doing."

Qi Xuansu finally asked, "What exactly is it?"

Yao Pei was silent for a moment and said, "Catch the monsters of the secret society."

Qi Xuansu was stunned for a moment: "This should be the job of Tiangang Hall, how could a deputy head of Ziwei Hall take over?"

Yao Pei said, "Although we in the Taoist sect like to criticize the father-son monarch-minister relationship of the Confucian sect, we have to admit that this set of rules has been infiltrated into everyone's bones. As the saying goes, family disgrace should not be made public, and some things can only be handled by our own people."

Qi Xuansu understood.

Among the three upper halls now, Tiangang Hall is the sphere of influence of Zhengyi Dao, Ziwei Hall is the sphere of influence of Quanzhen Dao, and Beichen Hall is the sphere of influence of Taiping Dao. Donghua Zhenren asked Ziwei Hall to handle this matter, avoiding Tiangang Hall, which is a professional counterpart. In addition, Yao Pei is also from Quanzhen Dao, so the matter is very clear. This matter involves some people in Quanzhen Dao, which is a "family scandal". Donghua Zhenren does not want outsiders to know about it.

As for which secret society is involved, Qi Xuansu's first reaction is Qingping Society, but Qi Xuansu quickly denied this guess, because from Pei Xiaolou's attitude, Qingping Society is considered an ally of Quanzhen Dao, and cooperation with Qingping Society is a tacit understanding of the top leaders of Quanzhen Dao. It is impossible that Pei Xiaolou and his brother Pei Xuanzhi will disagree.

Since it is not Qingping Society, who else could it be?

Qibaofang is a group of businessmen who will not get up early without profit. The "inn" has a thousand connections with the court. Even if it wants to target the Taoist sect, it is unlikely to spend effort here in Wanxiang Dao Palace. As for the "Heavenly Court", it is a group of crazy people, and also a group of rough people. It is not difficult to let them do some rough work of gathering people to make trouble in the rivers and lakes, but it is a bit difficult to let them do such delicate work of sneaking into the Wanxiang Taoist Palace.

There are also Lingshan Wujiao and Zhimingjiao. These two have been causing trouble for the Taoist sect, and they can always make a big move that shakes the world. However, the Taoist sect is not a vegetarian, and they must give a strong counterattack. These two sects have been hit hard recently and began to lie dormant.

In this way, only the most mysterious Ziguang Society is left.

Ziguang Society is also called Ziguangjiao. Compared with secret societies such as "Heavenly Court", Lingshan Wujiao, Zhimingjiao, etc., it has few members and is similar to Qingpinghui, taking the elite route. Most of them are women, most of whom have been carefully selected and trained by the Purple Light Sect since childhood. They are not only outstanding in appearance, but also the best at understanding men's minds and serving men. They are both talented and beautiful. In addition, they have carefully arranged identities by the Purple Light Sect. They may be disciples of Taoism, good women with clean backgrounds, or daughters of a large family. M..

The Purple Light Sect is best at playing idle chess and cooking cold stoves. It takes several generations to cultivate a family. From grandmother to mother to daughter, they are all members of the Purple Light Sect. If you check, you will definitely find nothing. It is extremely difficult to prevent the daughter of this family from marrying into other families. In addition to the other operations of the Purple Light Sect, these women are like spiders weaving webs, forming a large web under the sky. Many flying insects hit this large web and are either eaten by them or become their accomplices.

Qi Xuansu asked tentatively, "Is it the Purple Light Sect?"

"Smart." Yao Pei's praise didn't sound very sincere. "Our Quanzhen Dao people have been infiltrated by the Purple Light Sect. A high-ranking Taoist priest has become a formal member of a secret society. This is a scandal. Master meant that only a few people must know about it, and the actions must be kept secret, so he sent Qi Jianyuan to deal with it."

Qi Xuansu felt a little guilty.

He is now a high-ranking Taoist priest and a Class C member of the Qingping Society.

Yao Pei's words sounded like he was talking about him.

But he comforted himself that the Purple Light Sect was a secret society with unforgivable crimes and extremely bad nature, while the Qingping Society was a secret society that could be turned a blind eye to and was not so serious.

Qi Xuansu changed the subject: "To borrow a saying from Confucianism, if the king is not discreet, he will lose his ministers, and if the ministers are not discreet, they will lose their bodies. He just arrived at the Wanxiang Dao Palace and competed with me. Is he here to deal with the secret society? Or is he here to show off his power?"

Yao Pei was silent for the first time.

Obviously, she agreed with Qi Xuansu's words, but her position made her not want to blame Qi Jianyuan too much in front of Qi Xuansu. After all, this was also a kind of family disgrace.

Qi Xuansu asked: "You said that the member of the secret society is a high-grade Taoist priest, so this person should be in the upper palace, why did you go to the lower palace?"

Yao Pei didn't want to reveal too many details: "It's not one person, but a group of people. In addition, some evidence is needed for the final confirmation. After all, people with backgrounds must die clearly."

Qi Xuansu asked again: "You said this matter is related to Xingye Lake..."

"The reason why this group of people leaked their feet is because they planned to take action on the divine power in Xingye Lake." Yao Pei did not hide it, "Although these divine powers are nothing to the Taoist sect, they are still very rich for the secret society, and it is a huge piece of fat meat."

Qi Xuansu's expression was solemn.

This group of evil cult monsters actually came to grab food, which is intolerable.

So Qi Xuansu asked: "Can I help?"

Yao Pei pondered for a moment: "Yes."