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

Zhou Yiqiao took the wine glass respectfully with a look of understanding.

"If the junior's guess is correct, the senior should be from the Chu Kingdom."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiongde laughed loudly.

"Yes, fellow Taoist has already established a foundation at such a young age. He is indeed a talented and intelligent person!"

Zhou Yiqiao smiled and said nothing, while Zhang Xiongde continued.

"My little friend guessed it right. I am a member of the Xuanwei Army of Chu State. This trip to Liang State is on the order of the Emperor of Chu..."

At this point, Zhang Xiongde stopped abruptly and had no intention of continuing.

Seeing this, Zhou Yiqiao took a sip of the spirit wine in his glass without saying a word. Since this matter was related to Chu State's military aircraft, he did not intend to get to the bottom of it, so as not to get involved in the turmoil between the two countries.

Zhang Xiongde originally wanted to arouse Zhou Yiqiao's desire and let the other party take the initiative to ask questions so that he could have the upper hand. Unexpectedly, the other party was unusually cautious, and he couldn't help but secretly thought that this person was shrewd.

Seeing this, he had to take the initiative and slowly got to the point.

"I won't give in. This time I want to invite my little friend to join my country of Chu and serve my Holy Emperor."

The Chu Kingdom is different from the Liang Kingdom. The royal family of the Chu Kingdom is a family of immortal cultivators. The current Chu Emperor is even more immortal. He is only over 400 years old and is already a great monk in the late Nascent Soul stage.

After the Emperor of Chu came to the throne, he worked hard to govern. In less than a hundred years, he had already unified the forces of all states in Chu State, conquered several surrounding countries, and his national power was second to none in Yanzhou.

The Emperor of Chu knows how to make good use of people, and it is well known in Yanzhou that many casual cultivators are willing to defect to this huge empire, and the Xuanwei Army is an army composed of these casual cultivators.

Zhang Xiongde continued.

"Everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before the Holy Emperor unifies Yanzhou. If I join the Xuanwei Army now, I can seek an official position in the future."

Zhou Yiqiao did not immediately answer Zhang Xiongde's invitation, but asked slightly confused.

"I'm just a casual cultivator, so why should I be valued by seniors?"

After listening to Zhou Yiqiao's words, Zhang Xiongde immediately shook his head and denied it.

"My little friend, you don't have to belittle yourself. No matter how young you are, you have already reached the foundation level. Your talent and opportunity are superior to others, and your future will definitely be limitless."

"Just seeing my little friend's strength in killing the Yaori Sect disciple with one strike is enough to join the Xuanwei Army."

Zhou Yiqiao frowned slightly, but still did not express his position.

He possesses the Moon Stone Dimension, has no shortage of spirit stones, and does not want to join a sect or have a force that restrains him.

"Senior is ridiculous. I used my trump card to barely escape from the Yaori Sect. How can I compare with my senior?"

"To be honest, I want to go further to Central Continent on this trip to see the more prosperous world of cultivating immortals. Therefore, I have no intention of stopping in Chu State."

Zhou Yiqiao found an excuse and declined politely.

When Zhang Xiongde heard what Zhou Yiqiao said, instead of being disappointed, he burst into laughter and spoke after a while.

"The Central Immortal Territory is rich in spiritual energy, has a beautiful environment, and has great immortal cultivators everywhere. It is indeed a holy land that all immortal cultivators want to go to."

"But if you want to go to the Immortal Realm of Central Continent, you should join our Xuanwei Army and serve the Holy Emperor."

Zhou Yiqiao raised his eyebrows and asked shamelessly.

"Fellow Taoist, please clarify!"

The old god Zhang Xiongde drank the spiritual wine in front of him in one gulp before speaking slowly.

"My little friend, I don't know. Yanzhou is located in the northwest of Tianchen Realm, and there is a whole Zhuozhou Island between it and the Central Immortal Realm."

"And Zhuozhou is the holy land of the demon clan. If human monks like us want to cross Zhuozhou, if we are not powerful enough to reach the sky, it will undoubtedly be a foolish dream."

"If we, the monks of Yanzhou, want to go to the Central Immortal Realm, we can only rely on the four teleportation formations distributed in Yanzhou that lead directly to Central Continent. And now two of them are under the control of our Chu royal family."

Zhang Xiongde explained over and over again and observed Zhou Yiqiao's attitude. Seeing that the other party was still unfazed, he continued to follow the good advice.

"Except for the two teleportation formations mastered by Chu State, the remaining two are in dilapidated condition and cannot maintain operation."

"Maintaining the teleportation array is very expensive, so only those who work for the Holy Emperor have the opportunity to go to the Central Continent Immortal Realm."

After hearing this, Zhou Yiqiao finally felt a little moved and asked after a moment of silence.

"If I agree to join the Xuanwei Army, when can I go to Central Continent?"

Seeing that Zhou Yi finally relaxed, Zhang Xiongde drank the wine in his glass again with a look of joy on his face.

"After joining the Xuanwei Army, you will get a jade medal every thirty years. With it, you can teleport away to the Liuli Imperial City, the capital of the Chu Kingdom."

"Of course, if my little friend can make great achievements for the Holy Emperor during this period, you can also ask for a jade medal when the Holy Emperor rewards you."

After hearing this, Zhou Yiqiao cautiously asked the most important question.

"What do you need to do after joining the Xuanwei Army?"

Zhang Xiongde took a bite of food and spoke slowly.

"Although this Xuanwei Army is an army under the Holy Emperor, due to its large number, not all of them need to conquer everywhere. If you have a skill, you can naturally sit firmly in the rear, but there will be a lot less of them. An opportunity to make meritorious deeds.”

"But for us casual cultivators, we only count on making contributions on the battlefield in exchange for resources, and logistics positions are often vacant."

Zhou Yiqiao knew what he was doing and cupped his fists towards Zhang Xiongde.

"In this case, I will be disrespectful and agree to the invitation of fellow Taoist!"

Hearing that Zhou Yiqiao finally nodded in agreement, Zhang Xiongde's face lit up. He had always thought that he had a good vision. From the first moment he saw Zhou Yiqiao in Gubian City, he felt that this person was different.

Now that he had finally managed to win over this person after all his efforts, he picked up the wine flask on the table, filled the cups for the two of them, and then raised his glasses to signal.

"Happily, we will be brothers from now on!"

Seeing this, Zhou Yiqiao also picked up the wine cup, touched it with the other party, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

After drinking, Zhang Xiongde spoke again.

"After this banquet, I will take my fellow Taoists to the Xuanwei Army propaganda office in Zhenhuang City and then go to the Imperial Capital with me to report!"

Zhou Yiqiao naturally had no objection and nodded.

……

In the evening, Zhang Xiongde and Zhou Yiqiao walked out of the Xuanwei Army propaganda office in Zhenhuang City.

"Brother Zhou, you will be my comrade from now on."

Zhang Xiongde handed Zhou Yiqiao a bronze medal representing the identity of the Xuanwei Army, smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Since we are already colleagues, I will not be polite to you, brother. Without further ado, we will go to the imperial capital to report now."

After Zhang Xiongde finished speaking, he took Zhou Yiqiao and walked towards the city gate. Because the two of them were at the announcement point, the spiritual beast Stepping on the Cloud Horse for transportation had already been prepared at the city gate. After the two of them rode on the Stepping on the Cloud Horse , and flew towards the direction of the imperial capital.