519 Choices (1/2)

Meng Qi asked solemnly, ”What else?”

Gatekeeper shook his head. ”Nothing else was mentioned.”

He just locked me here for 60 years...

”What does he look like?” Meng Qi asked calmly.

”Tall and thin, he had a bamboo crown that was popular during medieval times. He wore a deep blue Taoist coat and had an average mouth and nose, but he liked to squint his eyes until they became a thin line. He also had an unspeakable aura of charm...” Gatekeeper said as he started recalling.

Meng Qi asked several more times to ensure that Gatekeeper didn't miss anything. He looked at the ”chain” that ”broke” because of the opening of the door and said, ”I won't make your life difficult since you have a deal with Ice Fairy. You may leave now.”

This was instructed by Ye Yuqi.

When he saw that Gatekeeper looked surprised and delighted, Meng Qi added, ”I'm not sure about whatever you did before and that doesn't concern me since your enemies will naturally look for you. But since I've saved you today, I'll personally eliminate you if you commit great evil in the future.”

”Thanks for your advice, senior.” Although Meng Qi's breath became normal, the shock still lingered in the air and Gatekeeper still believed him to be a senior and a master.

The feeling of one's breath pressuring and shattering the void could not be false!

With chains and a relieved mind, he sped towards the forked road and disappeared in the split of a second. He seemed extremely impatient.

”What were you surprised about?” Ye Yuqi walked out of the painted door, wearing a light purple dress.

Meng Qi did not conceal his secret. ”I had found a set of artistic treasures in Dongyang Villa, left behind by Dongyang God. The words on it are 'who am I, I am who'.”

Ruan Yaoguang and others had all witnessed the incident, thus Meng Qi couldn't possibly hide the event.

”In the era of the holy emperor, Dongyang God wasn't outstanding...” Ye Yuqi didn't continue; in her point of view, even if some mysterious spell could allow big powers to survive until now, it wouldn't be something that Dongyang God could handle.

”That's why it's strange.” Meng Qi mused and asked, ”Fairy Ye, have you seen any Taoist like him?”

Ye Yuqi pondered for a while before shaking her head. ”I have never seen him.”

There was no clue about this mystery at the moment. Meng Qi turned his head, and stepped back into the painted door, deciding to take all the Asoka Blossoms on the hill with him.

He had not dared to take too many Asoka Blossoms previously, as he was afraid that he might break any forgotten seals and cause destruction.

Ye Yuqi did not mention much about the Devil-rinsing Flag. Standing alongside Meng Qi, she said abruptly, ”If there are no clues about the evil intentions of Zhenwu, we can all help you.”

Since it concerned the Five Ancient Emperors and Nine Primogenitors of Taoism, Ye Yuqi viewed the issue seriously. It might be true that nothing could be gained from eliminating the evil intentions, but the developments after that would be worth looking forward to.

”If I can't successfully resolve any issue for this matter, I won't hesitate to ask for help.” Meng Qi believed that this chain mission could be full of danger in the end and that he should release his goodwill ahead of time.

Meng Qi walked around in the stone room full of red mist once more but did not discover anything else. He recalled all that had happened before and suddenly frowned. ”Fairy Ye, I still believe that this matter is strange. If Netherworld had escaped, why didn't he take the Devil-rinsing Flag away? Even though this object is almost destroyed and is useless now, such an act can disrupt his enemy Zhenwu's plan, and will be beneficial to him.”

Ye Yuqi was silent for a moment. ”The tortoise shell inscription beside the Devil-rinsing Flag never talked about suppressing the Netherworld. The flag was inserted there, waiting for someone to take it away.”

After the Devil-rinsing Flag was taken away, the tortoise shell had deteriorated into powder.

This matter is truly mysterious, unless...Meng Qi had a few guesses, but he had no proof, and could only suppress his ideas first. He walked towards the stone room, reminiscing about what had happened, thinking about his weaknesses and mistakes, so as to reflect on and correct them.

Honestly, if he had not joined in the elimination of Yang Zhenchan, he would not have met Slayer Yaksh and Merciless Tyrant, and would not have discovered their exploration. And if he didn't join them, they would have taken much longer to find the living door. When Jiang Zhiwei had arrived, they would have found the node of the array easily, as the earthquake in Bomi had made it obvious, thus the living door would be easily discovered. Then, Old Zhong and Emperor of the Netherworld would not be provoked, and the Royal Advisor wouldn't be awakened.

That was to say, if he did the mission in Carefree Valley normally, his biggest danger would be encountering a sneak-attack by the old monster when looking for the node of the array, being attacked by ancient spirits after entering the living door, and being infiltrated by the cold moist energy of the Royal Advisor, becoming a part of him.

If they were well prepared and were careful, then the mission shouldn't be difficult.

...

After taking away the Asoka Blossoms, Meng Qi and Ye Yuqi returned from the entrance of The Immortals near Quicksand Town.

The two changed their clothes discretely, each wearing a mask. Progenitor Doumu then opened the entrance directly, as she no longer needed to inform those inside using an Immortal-traveling Charm.

”When you change your accessory later, you'll officially become a member. You can use your accessory to enter any of the nine entrances.” Ye Yuqi, who had transformed into Progenitor Doumu, said lightly.

Official member...Meng Qi first thought of the benefits!