Chapter 382.
Thousand Mountain Pavilion.
The building was thirty feet high, sitting on the top floor was able to have a full view of half of Wan Ling City, the night breeze came to make merry with wine, together with the table of delicacies, it was as if one was in the midst of the Qiong Yu Immortal Banquet.
After three rounds of drinking, Wang Chen remembered a question, “What is a dao protector?”
Earlier, Zuo Qingcheng said that he was Zuo Xiaomo’s Taoist protector, and Wang Chen had no idea what this Taoist protector meant.
Zuo Xiaomo put down his wine glass and scratched his head in embarrassment, “It’s a bit of a long story.”
Wang Dust laughed, “It’s still early, let’s talk slowly.”
He had long since seen that Zuo Xiaomo’s invitation to Ten Thousand Spirits City today was not as simple as going to the Immortal Market to gamble on jade.
Nine times out of ten, the matter hidden in the heart of this Zuo Family’s son had something to do with this “Taoist Protector”.
Wang Chen’s guess was not wrong.
It turns out that Zuo Xiaomo is now a reserve disciple of the West Sea Sect’s outer door, and if he wants to be “corrected”, he has to pass the outer door’s examination.
And this year’s external examination, placed in the Nine Dragons Palace!
Nine Dragons Earth Palace is located three hundred miles south of Wan Ling City, hidden under the remains of a huge ancient capital city, its scale is extremely large, so far been explored out of the area is afraid that not even one-tenth of it.
This huge palace is equipped with prohibitions, which are still functioning today, and the higher the cultivation level of the cultivator who enters it, the greater the suppression he receives.
Once a Jindan real person led a team to explore the underground palace, and the result was never to return!
But this does not mean that low-ranking cultivators in the underground palace can be safe and sound, the underground space is coiled with a lot of demons and evil monsters, and sometimes there are evil spirits, so it is very dangerous.
Since the discovery of the Nine Dragons Earth Palace a few hundred years ago, the West Sea Sect had never stopped exploring it, but after suffering several major losses, it adopted a step-by-step and gradual strategy.
Digging little by little, even opened a few entrances for casual cultivators, as well as other small sects of cultivators to enter the adventure.
Although the Nine Dragons Earth Palace was dangerous, there were many treasures hidden inside.
Among them was the Ancient Sealed Jade.
In addition, the Nine Dragons Earth Palace was also included by the West Sea Sect as a place for disciple examinations.
And Zuo Xiaomo was planning to participate in this year’s examination.
“I’ve been in the outer sect for three years.”
He laughed bitterly, “I failed the previous two assessments, so if I fail again this time, then I’ll have to leave the sect.”
This was actually similar to Wang Chen’s situation, the West Sea Sect was extremely large, with the number of outer sect disciples exceeding a million, and the internal competition was fierce to the extreme.
If you failed to turn in three years, you were bound to be eliminated from the game!
“That’s why I’m bound to win this time!”
The Dao Protector was the fellow disciple who accompanied Zuo Xiaomo to the examination!
The Dao Protector wasn’t the one who helped the candidate complete the mission, but rather exerted rescue when the latter fell into an irresistible danger.
The entire mission was recorded with a shadow-retaining stone and finally handed over to the sect to pass or fail.
Because it is related to one’s life, the choice of the Taoist protector is very important.
Zuo Xiaomo solemnly said, “Senior brother Wang, I would like to hire you as a dao protector, I wonder if you are willing?”
Wang Duan mused, “Why choose me?”
He believed that with the other party’s status, it shouldn’t be a problem to find a Dao Protector with a higher cultivation level than his own.
Zuo Xiaomo laughed bitterly, “All the trustworthy Dao Protectors that I can hire have been snatched away first!”
The Zuo Clan was a very large clan, the main and branch clansmen combined amounted to more than 100,000, and many of the sons and daughters of them were disciples of the West Sea Sect, and would also be participating in this year’s examination.
Zuo Xiaomo did not have a high status in the clan, and also had a great conflict with Zuo Qingcheng and the others, being targeted by the latter at every turn, which is why he was caught in a situation where no one could be invited.
It wasn’t true that there would be no more Purple Mansion cultivators to invite, the problem was that the protector had to be reliable, it was impossible for him to trust his life and family to a stranger!
Wang Chen was curious, “You trust me that much?”
He and Zuo Xiaomo had come across and befriended each other by chance, and there was no deep friendship between them.
“Yes!”
Zuo Xiaomo replied frankly, “I knew my senior brother at first sight, and I believe that senior brother is never the kind of person who forgets his own righteousness at the sight of profit, so I was willing to trust my life with it.”
After a pause, he added, “Please rest assured, senior brother, I will never let you suffer.”
Saying that, Zuo Xiaomo pulled out a storage bag and placed it in front of Wang Chen, “This is the deposit.”
Wang Chen wasn’t clear about the Daoist Protector’s “market” and didn’t open the bag to see what was inside.
After thinking about it, he nodded and said, “It’s fine, I’ll accompany you on a trip when the time comes.”
According to Zuo Xiaomo’s words, it was impossible for the sect side to test the disciples with a mission that would lead to certain death, and passing or failing would mainly depend on the performance of the disciple in the mission.
The Nine Dragons Earth Palace had been explored for hundreds of years, and it was clear to everyone that those places could be visited and those places were the most dangerous.
Nor would they risk their own lives.
The Taoist Protector was actually a safety rope that only needed to be used if there was an accident.
Wang Chen agreed to Zuo Xiaomo’s request, also because the other party gave him a lot of help.
He should return this favor in both reason and conscience.
“Great.”
Zuo Xiaomo rejoiced, “Then I’m relieved.”
Although Wang Chen’s cultivation was only at the first level of the Purple Mansion, in the special environment of the Nine Dragons Earth Palace, there wasn’t really much difference between the first level and the second or third level.
Wang Chuan came from a remote area, and to be able to pass the examination to enter the inner sect of the Western Sea Sect as a casual cultivator, he must have unique skills.
After this matter was finalized, Zuo Xiaomo was so happy that he summoned the restaurant staff to serve two more jars of spirit wine.
He drank a lot with Wang Chen.
When Wang Chen flew back to his residence in West Sea City, it was already late at night.
Luckily, there was no checking for drunk driving in the sect, otherwise he would have been put in a small black room for drunk driving.
At home, he brewed a pot of spiritual tea, and then opened the “deposit” that Zuo Xiaomo gave himself.
Inside this storage bag, there was a thousand Zhongling!
According to the current market price, a thousand medium spirits could be exchanged for 120,000 lower spirits.
This was only the deposit!
Wang Chen immediately felt that his already deflated storage bag would become bulging again.
He hadn’t taken this job wrongly.
Putting away this storage bag, Wang Chen took out the ancient sealing jade from his pocket that he had previously bid for in the Immortal Market.
His bidding for this sealing jade was not just a simple matter of supporting Zuo Xiaomo’s relief!
The moment this item was placed on the table by the stall owner, Wang Chen felt his brow burst, and the Tai Gu Dao Stele perched in the sea of consciousness shook violently, as if awakening from its slumber.
Even though it instantly fell back into silence, Wang Chen sensed something strange.
Therefore, he auctioned off this Ancient Sealing Jade.
He suspected that the sudden movement of the Ancient Dao Monument was directly related to this thing!
It didn’t matter if he guessed wrong, the price of a few tens of thousands of spirit stones, Wang Dust could still afford to pay.
But if it was really as he thought ……
Holding the Ancient Sealing Jade in his hand, Wang Chen decisively injected a trace of mana.
Click!