Chapter 714: Sacred Land Taoist

Pure Nine-Lotus Lantern.

As soon as this task was posted, Yue Zutao, being in a favorable position, immediately accepted it.

The others, like Xie Yuntian, had all accepted tasks from the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion and were not in Giant Wood Ridge at this time.

In Yue Zutao's opinion, with a cultivator of his Perfected Foundation Establishment stage acting, coupled with the righteous cultivators from all corners of the land who came to assist Jiang Zongheng, conquering Frost Nation and Snow Nation would be effortless.

Yue Zutao couldn't believe that the mere Blowing Snow Palace would dare to retaliate against the grand might of their Five Elements Sect. However, they were then stopped before the snowy mountains of Frost Nation.

Relying on the advantageous terrain, Blowing Snow Palace had early on set up the Wind, Frost, Rain, and Snow Grand Array, preventing the Rock Nation army and the accompanying cultivators from advancing even an inch.

When faced with such a problem, Jiang Zongheng's first reaction was naturally to report to Chen Mobai. However, Yue Zutao discerned more from Blowing Snow Palace's attitude.

Currently, throughout the entire Eastern Desolation, everyone knew that the Five Elements Sect intended to unify the mortal realm and create an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity. Even Zhou Ye, who guarded the Primordial Immortal City, had bowed his head and surrendered.

Why would a mere Blowing Snow Palace dare to intervene and obstruct?

Immediately after, a chilling, bone-piercing sword intent surged forth from the bamboo grove...

However, for Dongtu and Ye Qing, it was an invaluable treasure.

Lan Youxiang thought this spiritual wine was a new variety. After sniffing it, he heartily drank it all in one gulp. "Yes, Sect Master!"

A moment later.

As soon as that sentence was uttered, many cultivators around cast their gazes over, and some, wearing the attire of the former Divine Wood Sect, had unfriendly eyes.

Could it be that a force from outside the Eastern Desolation intended to intervene and hinder the Five Elements Sect's grand unification? Inside the Plum Blossom Chamber, Chen Mobai, as the manager, personally attended to Beiyuan City, who asked a question with a smile.

The elderly cultivator nodded. He had visited this place several times with the sect's merchant association. Although he couldn't claim to know Yuetao City like the back of his hand, he at least knew where all the major landmark shops were.

Beiyuan City dipped his finger in the wine and casually drew a spiritual sense-blocking restriction, deflecting it back. "Genius? Only in such a rustic, small place."

Heavenly Dining Tower had seven floors in total. Among them, the seventh floor was exclusively for the most distinguished guests, offering a panoramic view of most of Yuetao City.

"Please wait a moment, I will immediately go inform Grand Chef Shen to come over." "Yes, Venerable Ye."

Ye Qing recalled sitting on the eighth floor earlier, looking towards E Yun in the center of the front hall. The moment their gazes met, a chilling and terrifying sensation filled his heart, making him realize that this person's cultivation was far superior to his own.

Lan Youxiang was also shocked when Chen Mobai told him that E Yun had arrived. He immediately put down the ladle in his hand and, without even changing his clothes, went directly to the front hall.

"Please enter!"

"Although this rustic market is not large, its layout is very distinctive. I have never seen such a form before."

After finishing his drink, he calmly put down the wine cup. Beiyuan City smiled and refilled it for him. Considering that their cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, Beiyuan City only poured them one cup.

A fair-skinned young woman with bright eyes and white teeth, wearing a blue fitted long gown and carrying a long sword on her back, walked along the bustling yet neat and orderly commercial street, exclaiming in wonder.

Others might not know Lan Youxiang's status, but how could I not know?

Everyone in the Eastern Region who knew Dong Jie believed that his formation of a Nascent Soul was only a matter of time.

With this thought, Dong Jie could no longer eat. He immediately settled the bill and left the Heavenly Dining Tower, then headed directly to Yuetao City's grand hall.

After opening the jar, Beiyuan City was naturally the first to taste it. He discovered that this third-tier spiritual wine had a clear and refreshing taste, with a hint of bamboo sap fragrance, and could also enhance spiritual sense.

Although Heavenly Dining Tower cultivated qi through food, consuming myriad spiritual delicacies and refining grand techniques...

Before all the dishes were served, Dong Jieming took out a pot of Zhuo Ming's fine spiritual wine from his storage bag. This wine was brewed using third-tier pure bamboo corn as raw material and was the first third-tier spiritual wine brewed in the Eastern Desolation.

Beiyuan City happened to arrive at that time, clearly coming for E Yun. After listening to the elder's narration, the young woman remarked sharply, completely unconcerned.

The young woman: "Yuan Zhen."

She was brought back to the Holy Land at the age of four to begin qi cultivation. At fourteen, she perfected her qi cultivation, comprehended the Dao, and established her Foundation. Afterward, she traveled down the mountain, slaying seventy-seven demonic cultivators with her sword and destroying countless heretical sects.

However, three large cups of third-tier spiritual wine were simply too much for Lan Youxiang, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. After hearing the young man's name, Chen Mobai's mouth gaped wide open, his face filled with disbelief.

Given Beiyuan City's status, as long as he came, he would certainly go to the seventh floor.

At that moment, the young man, who had been silent, spoke. He had sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, a face as fair as jade, and a simple white robe fluttered in the wind, with a long sword on his back.

After Yu Lian left, Beiyuan City asked Dongtu if anything important had happened in the past year. "Is Dong Jie a Core Formation cultivator from some major sect?"

A new Core Formation cultivator could have a significant impact on the situation in the Eastern Desolation.

After consuming three pots, Beiyuan City barely managed to raise his spiritual sense strength to the third level of Golden Core. But even if he drank more afterward, it would have no further effect.

When I met these two at the entrance of the large teleportation array in Golden Crow Immortal City, I was equally shocked.

After forming his Core, E Yun took over as the Dao Son of the Four Heavens Demonic Sect. He achieved Perfected Core Formation before reaching a hundred years old and once challenged the Saint Son of the Netherworld Demonic Sect to a duel on Sky Pillar Peak. He defeated the latter within a hundred moves. If not for a Nascent Soul elder from the Netherworld Demonic Sect shamelessly intervening personally, the Saint Son would likely have already died by E Yun's sword.

The elderly cultivator was Yu Hai from Bathing Sun Sea. After hearing this, he couldn't help but cough lightly twice and pointed to the two senior and junior siblings behind him: "Manager Lan, these two wish to see Grand Chef Shen."

Even so, after drinking it, they all had to close their eyes, feeling the clear qi surging from their Purple Mansion's Sea of Consciousness, and began to sit in meditation and refine it.

A moment later, a knocking sound was heard at the door.

After the elderly cultivator entered, he asked the qi-refining attendant who was serving them. The attendant's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, and then he respectfully replied, "I will go call the manager over."

Chen Mobai, unaware of Dong Jie's identity, knew that if a Holy Land Dao Son came to this rustic Eastern Desolation, it must be for an extraordinary matter, so he dared not reveal anything.

And as they were conversing. But what right did Kong Lingling have?

Cultivators from afar who met his eyes, as calm as a deep, secluded pool, felt a chill surge from the depths of their hearts, causing them to shiver involuntarily.

Soon, the three people arrived at a seven-story high wooden pavilion. On the topmost floor, the three large characters 'Heavenly Dining Tower' were carved on a plaque, hanging and shimmering with spiritual light.

Could it be an elder from Blowing Snow Palace's main clan invited from Qirui?

For high-level cultivators of unknown origin, Beiyuan City, as the master of Yuetao City, felt it necessary to investigate thoroughly.

"He's here, he's here. However, there are guests in the next room who need to be attended to. I'll go inform him in a bit, and ask him to come over for a few drinks with Manager Chen when he's free."

Beiyuan City's voice rang out, and then Chen Mobai and an elderly cultivator walked in.

Previously, when Nujiang was a guest, Beiyuan City brought him to Heavenly Dining Tower to entertain him. Ye Qing was accompanying them then, and it was on that occasion that he learned Lan Youxiang was the true person in charge of Heavenly Dining Tower.

At that moment, Dong Jieming was conversing with Dong Jie. What was the origin of this young man?

However, Heavenly Dining Tower also had a Nascent Soul cultivator presiding over its branch in Qirui, and was not very afraid of the Five Elements Sect, a minor faction in the Eastern Desolation. In contrast, Chen Mobai became increasingly composed when facing Beiyuan City.

"Is Grand Chef Shen not here today?"

Why would such a figure come to this rustic Eastern Desolation?

The speaker was the elder leading the group. His appearance was weathered, yet his posture was upright. However, in his eyes, facing the young man and young woman beside him, there was a clear look of respect.

A moment later, one after another, magnificent dishes began to be served by beautiful female cultivators.

"Manager Chen, please don't be offended. A good friend of my master from Qirui came... I'll fine myself three cups..." The young man: "Dong Jie."

"The Sect Master's favorite is the Bamboo Chamber."

After brewing, it was aged in a cellar for seventeen years, only reaching its prime last year.

Dong Jie also disliked being watched by a crowd, so he nodded and went upstairs with Lan Youxiang.

During the clash, he comprehended the Dao and formed his Core, using his flying sword to draw down his own heavenly tribulation to slay demonic cultivators, earning him the reputation as the most talented sword cultivator in Qirui in a thousand years.

Yu Hai saw this scene and immediately sent a message to E Yun in the next room.

Seeing Beiyuan City, Chen Mobai could only wipe the sweat from his forehead and lead them down to another private room on the seventh floor.

This wine could now only satisfy Beiyuan City's palate.

They saw Lan Youxiang sitting with a flushed face, their expressions subtly changed, thinking Beiyuan City was taking his anger out on Lan Youxiang over the private room incident.

An old man, accompanied by a pair of young male and female disciples, entered the Heavenly Dining Tower.

In all of Yuetao City, perhaps only the Sect Master's arrival would merit him personally coming out to greet. Of course, when he came to eat, he disliked bringing his own wine.

Chen Mobai also found it very strange. The Reverting Heaven Valley dared to resist because they had the Star Heaven Dao Sect, an overlord of the Eastern Peak, behind them, and Yan Shaoyin had hopes of forming a Nascent Soul.

After the group went up, Dong Jie, who was dining in Heavenly Dining Tower, put down his wine cup and frowned slightly.

Although the Five Elements Sect was now the overlord of the Eastern Desolation and had Zhou Shengqing, a Nascent Soul cultivator, Beiyuan City did not become complacent. He knew that Qirui harbored hidden dragons and crouching tigers, with hundreds of forces that had produced Nascent Soul cultivators in addition to the Holy Lands, many of which their Five Elements Sect could not afford to offend.

Some even proclaimed him to possess the 'potential for Soul Transformation.' Dong Jie's name was indeed renowned in Qirui.

After listening to Dong Jie's report, Beiyuan City's eyebrows twitched slightly.

"This place is named Beiyuan, built by the largest Five Elements Sect in the Eastern Desolation to maintain its rule over this plateau. It is said that the person who designed this city is Chen Guixian, the current Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect. This person is also known as the most outstanding genius in the Eastern Desolation in a thousand years, having never suffered a defeat since his debut."

The seventh floor had seven private rooms, named Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum, which allowed one to overlook the scenery in all four directions of the Heavenly Dining Tower.

At the age of seventy, he encountered a Core Formation demonic cultivator slaughtering mortals to refine a Ten Thousand Souls Banner and decisively drew his sword to act.

Watching Chen Mobai leave in a hurry, Yu Hai also felt the same way.

However, that spiritual sense was only at the Foundation Establishment level.

But even then, Dong Jieming did not display such a fawning attitude.

A moment later, a middle-aged man wearing a square hat walked over. He was very polite to the elderly cultivator: "Brother Yu, I didn't expect to see you. However, it's currently peak dining hour, and Grand Chef Shen really can't spare any time..."

Dong Jieming listened and smiled as he first poured him a cup. Dong Jieming knew that the fine wine of the Little South Mountain lineage was the best in the Eastern Desolation, so much so that even their Heavenly Dining Tower had to procure it.

The cautious Yue Zutao also wrote a letter with his conjectures and submitted it along with Jiang Zongheng to Beiyuan City.

"To Heavenly Dining Tower!"

Dongtu, standing by, saw the character 'Plum' at the entrance and frowned. He looked at Dong Jieming, intending to suggest changing rooms, but Beiyuan City raised a hand to stop him.

"Blowing Snow Palace fails to recognize the signs of the times. However, they have been neighbors for many years. Draft a document in my name for Kong Lingling, and let's reason with them..."

"Venerable Ye, your visit to my Heavenly Dining Tower's Northern Branch truly honors us! Come, come, let's go up to the seventh floor. I'll arrange a fine table for you."

Dongtu drafted a document with calm wording. After Beiyuan City read it, he made it even calmer, then called Yu Lian over and sent him to Blowing Snow Palace.

A moment later, Lan Youxiang arrived, his first action being to apologize.

Heavenly Dining Tower cultivated qi through food, so the Grand Chef held the highest status. The attendant was not qualified to directly approach the Grand Chef at the front desk, thus needing to invite their superior, the manager.

As a force with branches spread throughout the Eastern Region, Heavenly Dining Tower's establishments were generally located in the best positions in the market centers. The square-hatted middle-aged man was named Chen Mobai. After hearing Yu Hai's words, he couldn't help but look over.