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Chapter 788 - 662: First Order [Asking for Subscription, Asking for Monthly Tickets]

Chapter 788: Chapter 662: First Order [Asking for Subscription, Asking for Monthly Tickets]

It was as if none of the past events had happened, Wang Zijia remained as familiar as ever with the East Wilderness, understanding Shen Hong and storing spells.

This state of affairs had persisted for about half a month, probably due to various overlapping circumstances and his growing popularity, Wang Zijia finally received his first order as a heritage master in the East Wilderness.

One morning, Wang Zijia was teaching and instructing Yu Guangyun.

After all, Guangyun was his disciple, whether in name only or not, and he couldn’t just fulfill the duties without fulfilling the responsibilities.

So, during these days, Wang Zijia would occasionally use the name of instruction to give Yu Guangyun a small glimpse of some insights.

Yu Guangyun was two thousand five hundred years old and if he didn’t step into the Crossing Tribulation stage, he might depart from this world at any moment.

Wang Zijia definitely didn’t want the situation just getting better for Yu Guangyun to end abruptly by any chance.

One was teaching earnestly, the other was listening earnestly.

Suddenly, the teaching Wang Zijia paused.

He looked towards a corner of the courtyard, his eyes cold.

"What’s wrong, Master?" Yu Guangyun immediately became alert and asked.

Wang Zijia didn’t respond, but looked at the empty courtyard, his eyes cold and a chill in his voice said, "Do you want this seat to invite you out personally?"

"Sure enough, you are the renowned elder Yun Zhongzi."

With a voice originating from the courtyard, an old Taoist magically appeared out of thin air.

"You’re...from Centipede Mountain, Zhu Fazheng?" Yu Guangyun was slightly surprised, and then asked suspiciously, "Why did you sneak into my house?"

The visitor was a Primordial Spirit old Taoist, whom Yu Guangyun seemed to recognize, but probably wasn’t familiar with.

He must have either heard of the old Taoist’s reputation or merely encountered him a few times.

"It’s been many years, fellow Daoist Yu, you are as enviable as ever!" Zhu Fazheng greeted Yu Guangyun and Wang Zijia with a smile.

"You, on the other hand, haven’t changed a bit." Yu Guangyun responded indifferently.

After exchanging greetings with Yu Guangyun, Zhu Fazheng formally greeted Wang Zijia, who had already picked up his cold gaze, saying, "Zhu Fazheng, a descendant of the Zhu family of Centipede Mountain, has the honor of meeting elder Yun Zhongzi."

The Zhu family of Centipede Mountain?

A Primordial Spirit clan?

In this period, Wang Zijia had never ceased keeping himself updated with all kinds of information, including the knowledge of the major and minor forces in the Northern Region and the whole of East Wilderness. The Zhu Family of Centipede Mountain was among them.

"If you hadn’t snuck in here, your greeting would’ve been appropriate." Wang Zijia swiftly scanned through information in his mind and indifferently glanced at Zhu Fazheng, adding, "Or do you think my disciple’s place is too humble to deserve a formal invitation from you?"

Upon hearing Wang Zijia’s words, Yu Guangyun gave Zhu Fazheng a somewhat displeased glance.

Zhu Fazheng stiffened, quickly apologized, and said, "Elder, please don’t misunderstand. I intruded rashly because of an emergency."

"There have been too many prying eyes here lately, and if I were to visit and announce my arrival in a traditional manner, I fear that everyone would know before I left. However, I can’t afford to let too many people know about the matter at hand."

Wang Zijia merely glanced at him coldly, not moving a muscle.

While it was indeed an excuse, sneaking in so blatantly wasn’t the only way.

"So, you sneaked into my courtyard using subtle gu insects to conceal your aura?"

Zhu Fazheng knew he was wrong and respectfully admitted his mistake, saying, "I had no other choice. I had no way of communicating with fellow Daoist Yu, so I was indeed a bit rash. Please forgive me, elder."

"Oh, so you had no choice? You thought your skills were so formidable that I wouldn’t be able to detect you and you could come and go as you please? The Centipede Mountain Zhu Family indeed lives up to its reputation as an ancient and grand clan."

Yu Guangyun, who was standing beside him, interjected with a touch of sarcasm in his voice, clearly displeased.

Although Zhu Fazheng was somewhat flustered, he was not panicking. After all, Wang Zijia was only reprimanding him and did not take action, which meant that Wang Zijia was merely expressing his discontent.

"I admit my mistake!"

In the end, he didn’t continue to make any excuses.

Wang Zijia took a cold glance at him and said, "Speak, what’s the matter? You’d better not be trying to fool this seat."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Fazheng heaved a quiet sigh of relief, respectfully bowed, and answered with a question, "Is the elder a Seventh Grade Heritage Master?"

Wang Zijia’s eyebrows raised, and he answered with a question, "Are you giving me a Seventh Grade order?"

Zhu Fazheng stiffened and replied, "Elder, you misunderstand. Our patriarch is on his deathbed and we wish to ask the elder for help in his final rites."

There was a pause in his speech before he added, "A Crossing Tribulation Peak Cultivator."

"A Crossing Tribulation Peak Cultivator?" Wang Zijia frowned slightly, didn’t reply to Zhu Fazheng immediately, but turned his head to look at Yu Guangyun and asked in confusion.

"When did you send me those outdated antiques for information? The information about the Zhu Family of Centipede Mountain didn’t mention that they had lost all their crossing tribulation cultivators five thousand years ago and had completely become a Primordial Spirit family? How come there is suddenly a Crossing Tribulation Peak Cultivator who needs rites?"

Yu Guangyun also looked at Zhu Fazheng with doubt at this moment and respectfully said to Wang Zijia, "Master, the information I gave you are the latest."

Zhu Fazheng was being observed by both of them with eyes full of doubt, and he said cautiously, "This...is a long story. How about the elder and I go for a walk?"

Wang Zijia heard this, looked at Zhu Fazheng and said, "Fine, I will go to your Centipede Mountain and see what’s going on."

As he spoke, Wang Zijia was quite straightforward. He stood up and waved his hand. The Blood Cloud Demon Jade Shuttle transformed into a not-so-large celebratory cloud that was suspended before his knee.

Wang Zijia took a step onto it. After a while, he saw that Zhu Fazheng hadn’t gone up yet and was standing there as if he wanted to say something. He turned his head and asked, "What’s the matter? Was there something else?"

Zhu Fazheng looked at the Immortal Tool shrouded in celestial aura and asked, "Elder, can we go back quietly?"

Wang Zijia gave him a faint glance, saying, "Come on!"

With those words, Wang Zijia’s and Bai Yun’s auras quickly disappeared. If it wasn’t for their eyes still seeing the cloud and Wang Zijia, they would have thought Wang Zijia had vanished.

Seeing this, Zhu Fazheng exhaled a relief. Only then did he cautiously move on to the Celebratory Cloud, standing at a corner of the edge.

The next moment, he saw a grey aura flowing, and they just disappeared into thin air.

"Farewell, Master!" Upon seeing this, Yu Guangyun paid his respects to the empty courtyard.

Unknown to anyone else, Wang Zijia was flying quickly towards Centipede Mountain.

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Centipede Mountain wasn’t close to Sanyuan City, but with Wang Zijia’s current speed, crossing all the Northern Regions of the East Wilderness would only take half a day, so it was not far away.

After flying for less than two hours, they arrived at the Centipede Mountain boundary.

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The Centipede Mountain Zhu Family, no longer considered as freelance monks, was a cultivation family in the East Wilderness with some fame, with its ups and downs lasting at least hundreds of thousands of years.

In the East Wilderness, they were considered an old cultivation family with profound foundations.

However, just like their namesake, they started with Gu insects. The family was teeming with Gu Cultivators, which was considered heterodox, and somewhat unorthodox.

Moreover, over the years, the family hadn’t relied on any famous schools of thought, so their reputation was neither good nor bad.

Centipede Mountain was not a single mountain, but a range of mountains and a large plain.

About the plain, it was where the ordinary people who had been proliferating for countless years in the Zhu Family resided.

The core mountain range was where the monks of the Zhu Family lived.

Regardless of the Zhu Family’s insignificant status in the East Wilderness today, in the Spirit Suppressing Realm, even the first-class forces under Wanyu couldn’t accommodate them.

After all, this Clan alone had more than three hundred God Monarchs, including more than twenty Primordial Spirits!!!

Under such circumstances, it was unusual for the family not to have a Tribulation Crossing Cultivator.

Normally, even a useless Tribulation Crossing Monk could be piled up.

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The two continued on their journey, even after they reached the core area of the Zhu Family, in front of the main mountain range of the Centipede Mountain Range.

Zhu Fazheng insisted on hiding their figures.

Seeing this, Wang Zijia did not object.

After all, the other party was a customer, and this was not an unreasonable request.

The two slipped through the core defense array of Centipede Mountain and descended from the cloud at the entrance to the forbidden area in the back of the mountain.

Upon opening the forbidden area, they saw an old man and two older women.

At this moment, the elders of the Zhu Family who had received the news had rushed here. Including Zhu Fazheng, there were only four of them, all Primordial Spirit Peak Cultivators.

From their appearances, not all the great cultivators at the Primordial Spirit level in the Clan were informed about this matter.

It all seemed very mysterious!

Zhu Fazheng led Wang Zijia into the forbidden area. After isolating the inside and outside, the three old men, who had been waiting in the forbidden area for a long time, finally paid their respects, "Glad to meet Elder Yun Zhongzi!"

"I sincerely apologize for making Elder sneak around like this. We really had no choice. We hope Elder will bear with us." Zhu Fazheng also apologized.

"Not at all, I’ve seen all kinds of customers in my past cases. Some of them were even more afraid of being exposed due to the threat of enemies. Let’s first go check out the target," said Wang Zijia indifferently.

Although the Zhu Family was clearly not for this reason, after all, they had been disjointed for many years.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Fazheng quietly breathed a sigh of relief and respectfully said, "Elder, this way, please!"

Then he led Wang Zijia into the forbidden area. The other elders immediately followed.

The five of them, four men, and a woman continuously penetrated deeper into the forbidden area, finally coming to a cave at the foot of a sub-peak. They went through multiple layers of defense before they proceeded.

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Upon entering the cave, Wang Zijia felt that the surrounding environment was slightly strange. It was too dark and damp, nothing like a place for an old ancestor to meditate, retire, or have his final rites.

At the same time, his mana was somewhat active. This meant that even if there were no sinners in the cave, it was almost there.

They continued through the dark tunnel, and half a moment later, the door of a huge underground palace blocked their way.

Looking at the door, Wang Zijia’s brow furrowed deeper because he could feel a strong seal aura from it.

An ordinary ancestor would definitely not choose a place like this for his final rites.

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Zhu Fazheng used a token, which cracked a gap in the huge stone door, and made a gesture of invitation to Wang Zijia.

Wang Zijia didn’t ask more and stepped into the door. Zhu Fazheng immediately followed.

However, the three clan elders behind them didn’t follow in. They just stood straight outside the door.

Once the two of them entered the Great Hall, the huge door immediately closed behind them.