Immortal Mansion: With mediocre qualifications, I have no choice but to live forever

When Zhou Yiqiao returned to Yinxian Market, Xu Hanchang and the other two had already packed up Black Crow's body and were waiting at the entrance of the market.

"Brother Xu, where is Black Crow's body?"

After Zhou Yiqiao landed, he immediately asked via voice transmission.

"Brother Zhou, don't worry. This is not the first time Xu has done this. I will make sure it is done cleanly."

Xu Hanchang smiled, took out a delicate storage bag from his waist and gave it to Zhou Yiqiao.

"This is the Black Crow's storage bag. Brother Zhou, keep it."

Zhou Yiqiao took the storage bag, probed his spiritual sense into it, took out two yellowish toad spirit jades, and then threw the storage bag back to Xu Hanchang and the others.

"Today's incident has delayed everyone's plans. Although the other things in this storage bag are not valuable, just consider them as a token of my appreciation. I hope you three will not refuse."

"this......"

Xu Hanchang was a little hesitant, but seeing Zhou Yiqiao insisted, he did not refuse. He simply divided the things in the storage bag into three parts and gave them to Qing Jimeng and Li Mubai beside him.

According to the identities of the three people, they naturally had no shortage of things in the storage bag, but now they were accomplices after all. In order to maintain the consistency of everyone's interests as Zhou Yiqiao said, they gladly accepted this kindness.

"Brother Zhou, this is all the information about the Golden Toad that I have searched from Black Crow's memory. If you are in a hurry, you can go to the locations listed above to check it out first."

Zhou Yiqiao took the jade pendant that recorded the black crow's memory from Xu Hanchang, placed it on his forehead and touched it lightly. Suddenly, a stream of information poured into his sea of ​​consciousness like a trickle.

The pictures flickered, and secrets and clues about the Golden Toad emerged in his mind.

After simply confirming the content of the message, he shook his head and refused.

"The matter of High Heaven Palace is of great importance, and we cannot afford to wait any longer."

"The hiding places that Black Crow and his men chose for the Golden Toad are extremely secretive, and according to my guess, those places may have many mechanisms and traps set up, which cannot be cracked overnight."

"I'd better work with you to solve the problems here before I deal with the matter of the Golden Toad."

His decision was not made on impulse, but was the result of careful consideration.

Firstly, the leaders of the three major forces, Yunyin Sect, Bibo Mansion, and Xuantian Sect, as well as most of the elite members within the sects, had already died in the secret realm, and the sects should have long been plunged into chaos.

If they cannot return to Lingjian Sect and reunite with Zhao Dingshi as soon as possible to carry out the next plan, it will be extremely difficult to take any action after the chaos within the three major forces has been resolved and stability has been restored.

Secondly, although the Golden Toad is precious and the Toad Spirit Jade is a treasure that is enough to make most cultivators jealous, they are ultimately just icing on the cake.

Zhou Yiqiao does not have enough spiritual objects on hand to help those magic weapons upgrade. Even if he gets the Toad Spirit Jade, he cannot immediately improve his strength.

What's more, after the Dusk Sword was promoted to an innate ancient treasure, combined with his life-long magic weapon, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Zhou Yiqiao believed that he had enough means to fight against the enemies and was able to cope with the various challenges that would follow.

Therefore, focusing one's main efforts on resolving the issue of Lingxiao Palace is the wisest choice at the moment.

"Brother Zhou is right. We should stabilize the overall situation first, and then plan for other things."

Xu Hanchang nodded in agreement.

After the four of them reached an agreement, they did not delay any longer and took out their respective flying magic weapons, which transformed into four streams of light, cutting through the sky and rushing towards the direction of the Lingjian Sect.

Half a month later, the four finally arrived outside the mountain gate of Lingjian Sect. They saw the mountain gate of Lingjian Sect standing majestically amidst the clouds and mist, like a blessed land of immortals, isolated from the troubles of the outside world.

In front of the mountain gate, several disciples were on high alert. When they saw Zhou Yiqiao and his group returning, one of them immediately stepped forward to ask them questions.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the gate of our Spirit Sword Sect?"

"We are the followers of Elder Zhao. We have received an imperial edict from Elder Zhao and are returning to the clan to meet him."

When the four of them arrived, they had already learned about Zhao Dingshi's current situation through their contact methods.

After Zhou Yiqiao and the other two entered the secret realm together with the cultivators from the three major forces, Zhao Dingshi did not do as they had discussed and stay in the sect waiting for Zhou Yiqiao and the other two's return.

When Zhao Dingshi saw that the team that entered the secret realm had not returned for a long time, he realized that something might have happened. He secretly mobilized two disciples of Qinjian Villa to help the force he had established within the sect, seize the initiative, and snatch the basic training resources of the three major forces close to Lingjian Sect.

If this incident had happened in the past, it would have inevitably led to retaliation from the three major forces and caused enormous trouble for the Lingjian Sect.

But just when the three major sects were about to react, the news of the collapse of the secret realm exploded like thunder, completely disrupting all layouts and plans.

The three major forces of Yunyin Sect, Bibo Mansion, and Xuantian Sect were instantly plunged into unprecedented chaos. The struggle for power within the sects intensified, and they had no time to pay attention to the small moves of Lingjian Sect.

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Dingshi not only consolidated his position in the sect, but also cleverly used the looted resources to build his own power.

Now that he has power, Zhao Dingshi is no longer as lonely in the sect as he was when he first met Zhou Yiqiao and Xu Hanchang. Naturally, he is able to arrange a reasonable identity for Zhou Yiqiao and the other three who have returned.

"So you are Elder Zhao's disciple. I am sorry that I didn't recognize you. Please forgive me, seniors."

Upon hearing the identities of Zhou Yiqiao and the other three, the disciple immediately changed his attitude and bowed respectfully.

"There are important matters to be discussed in the sect these days. Elder Zhao should be discussing matters in the meeting hall now. Please follow me to Elder Zhao's residence and wait for a while."

After the disciple finished speaking, he led Zhou Yiqiao and the other three through the mountain gate, and went up along the winding mountain road towards the cave where Zhao Dingshi was currently living.

Along the way, Zhou Yiqiao and the other three noticed that the atmosphere in the Lingjian Sect was completely different from that of a normal sect. The disciples were in a hurry, with some worried and some excited on their faces. It was obvious that the sect was undergoing considerable changes.

Zhou Yiqiao and the other three were all smart people. Just from the actions of these disciples, they could vaguely guess that during the time they were away, not only had Zhao Dingshi gained considerable say in the sect, but the local cultivation world was also in turmoil and a storm was about to come.

The mountain guarding disciple brought Zhou Yiqiao and the other three to Zhao Dingshi's cave and then said goodbye and left.

The four of them rested for half an hour under the care of the cave servants, and finally saw Zhao Dingshi, who was returning quickly with two disciples from Qinjian Villa.

"Brother Xu, Brother Zhou, you are finally back!"

Before the person landed, Zhao Dingshi's voice was heard.