Chapter 404 Duel Recruitment

Outside of Cloud Guest City—
Xie Zidi stopped tracking here, and Yu Chuanyun, who followed closely, had a bad expression on her face.
Could it be that those two female cultivators have hidden in Cloud Guest City?
It's difficult to handle this situation. The flying flag he possesses is a medium-grade flying spiritual treasure, so you can imagine its flying speed. However, he wasn't able to catch up with those two female cultivators and allowed them to escape into the Yunket City.
"Senior Yu, why don't we go into the city as well? As long as we find them, we'll have a chance to secretly...."
The demonic cultivator who spoke gestured with his hand, making a neck-slashing motion.
Yú Chuányún shook her head: "Their strength is not inferior to yours, on the contrary, they are much stronger than you. Even I may not be their match. It is probably difficult to even approach them, let alone launch a surprise attack. Moreover, Cloud Roving City is within the territory of the Taiqing Sect. How could they allow us cultivators from the Northern Domain to cause chaos in there? Unless we can be completely invisible, do you think that's possible?"
They are both peak-level cultivators in the Golden Pill stage, and it would be possible to use overwhelming numbers to capture those two female cultivators. However, it is clearly impossible to do so without alerting the other cultivators in Cloud Guest City.
"Are we just going to give up like this?"
Once they thought about how these two women had repeatedly killed nearly hundreds of people from their Divine Ghost Sect, they couldn't swallow this anger.
"Of course not."
Not to mention anything else, but considering that Pearl and her companions might have received generous rewards from the Heavenly Realm, Yu Chuanjun was unwilling to let go.
"We are waiting outside. I don't believe they will stay hiding in Cloud Guest City forever."
But little did they know that ZHuzhu and the other two hadn't entered Cloud Guest City at all, and had actually arrived in the Eastern Territory.
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"Who is your master?"
"Zhuzhu saw that it was the Void Pearl Spirit, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, 'Didn't you refuse to recognize me as your master?'"
"The Void Beast held the pearl and spun in the air, sticking out its tongue apologetically at Zhuzhu. Its appearance was quite adorable, but Zhuzhu remained unmoved."
The attitude of the spiritual essence towards Zhu Zhu has changed drastically compared to when Zhu Zhu saw it in the Endless Mystery Realm before. Zhu Zhu even suspects that the sudden drastic change in attitude of the Void Bead's spiritual essence may be due to some ulterior motives and calculations towards Zhu Zhu.
"This is a time for this, that is a time for that."
"The Void Pearl Spirit realized that acting cute was not effective and knew that Zhu Zhu would not fall for it. So it put away its cute appearance and said seriously, 'Previously, I was blinded by my own prejudices and thought that you were no different from Xuzi Yi. It wasn't until I turned into chaos energy and followed you through the trial tower that I realized I had seriously underestimated your potential. You do have the qualifications to be my master.'"
Actually, it also wanted to follow Pearl and see what it's like in the Heavenly Palace. Unfortunately, because it hasn't recognized her as its master, when Pearl broke through the Starry Array on the stone gate and entered the Heavenly Palace, it was blocked by an invisible barrier and couldn't follow further.
The Void Bead Spiritualist had to leave the Trial Tower with regret, but it knew that with Pearl's strength, entering the top ten in the Heavenly Realm would be no problem at all.
Originally, it was waiting at the exit of the Boundless Secret Realm, intending to recognize her as its master when Pearl came out. However, it didn't expect that Pearl would use a flying spiritual treasure to teleport everyone away from the Southern Region immediately after killing the demonic cultivator from the Dark Ghost Sect.
Not giving it any time to manifest, leaving the Void Orb Spirit completely confused.
Clearly, she killed all the reckless demonic cultivators and won the battle, so why is she running so fast?
The Void Orb Spirit may not understand the twists and turns in the hearts of human cultivators, but since it has chosen Zhuzhu as its master, it will not give up.
Fortunately, the Void Spirit is also fast, and after a few times of catching up, it finally caught up with Zhuzhu and the others shortly after they arrived in the Eastern Region.
"I may not have as many Shaluo fruits to eat if you follow me, would you still be willing?"
Zhuzhu doesn't want to keep a picky eater as a pet ancestor.
"... I'm willing."
The Void Pearl Spirit endured the pain in its heart and said.
"Well then, let's form a pact."
Zhu Zhu's hands formed several streams of spiritual energy, condensed into a master-servant contract, hovering above the two individuals.
Zhu Zhu became the master, while the Void Pearl became the servant. One condensed a drop of their own blood and shot it towards the top of their head, while the other exhaled a breath of the Chaos Qi of the Void Pearl, floating towards the contract seal above.
After absorbing their respective primordial powers, the two contract imprints entered their own bodies and beads.
Then, with a flick of her mind, the vacant bead in front of Xuan disappeared, and a green bead appeared next to the Red Lotus Battle Mirror in her dantian.
Others knew that the Void Pearl had been stored away by Zhu Zhu, so they continued their journey.
"Hey, did you hear? The daughter of Lord Zhang is going to hold a martial arts competition to find a husband. I wonder which lucky guy will be able to win the beauty's heart."
"I haven't heard of it. I even know that the other three big families in the city are planning to participate."
"It's more than that. I also heard that Junyang City and Feilong City have young talents from their families coming to our Qingluan City to participate in the martial arts competition for marriage."
"I didn't expect the daughter of Lord Zhang to be so popular. This means Miss Zhang must be very beautiful, right?"
"You must be a cultivator from out of town. Using the word 'beautiful' alone is an understatement for the daughter of the lord. She is simply like a celestial being. Moreover, Lord Zhang also controls most of the Wu Jin stone mine outside Qing Luan City. He is also an Astral Projection True Immortal. Unfortunately, there is only one daughter in the Zhang family. If anyone can marry the lord's daughter, they might become the head of the Zhang family and the lord of Qing Luan City. It would be like rising to the top in one step."
The speaker unintentionally hears that many cultivators who are just passing through Qingluan City have started to feel tempted.
Zhuzhu and the others have just arrived in Qingluan City after traveling for more than half a month. Everyone is a bit tired, so they plan to rest their feet for two days and continue their journey. Unexpectedly, as soon as they enter the inn, they hear discussions about the city lord's daughter holding a martial arts contest to choose a spouse.
However, none of the six people are interested. No matter how beautiful and wealthy the lord's daughter is, it has nothing to do with them.
They have been away from home for too long and are eager to return. In addition, in the past few years, several of them have either been hovering on the edge of life and death or constantly fighting. Otherwise, they have been on the run, and they have had no respite. They are already exhausted.
She has no interest in going to watch the martial arts contest for marriage.
But unexpectedly, things often go against her wishes.
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The Lord's Mansion in Qingluan City -
"What did you say?"
Lord Zhang flew into a rage and picked up a teacup from the table, throwing it at the intruder.
Miss... she... she has run away from home!
The person who came was hit by a teacup and had a bleeding head, but still endured the pain and recounted it once again.
If we hide the truth and do not report it, us servants will be even more doomed.
"What are you people eating? You can't even keep an eye on a cultivator in the early Golden Core stage. This brat, when she comes back, I'll break her legs."
Zhang, the City Lord, said so, expressing his concern about his daughter leaving home and possibly encountering some trouble. He intended to immediately gather manpower and search outside the city.
However, the Zhang family has already announced a martial arts competition to find a spouse. If it is known that Xinran is missing at this time, those cultivators who have come from outside for the purpose of marrying Xinran and participating in the martial arts competition will think that the Zhang family is not interested in marrying their daughter, but is playing a trick on them.
But who knows if Lord Zhang really wants to find a suitable husband for his daughter.
This way, after his death, his daughter won't be without support and be taken advantage of by other families.
Unfortunately, his daughter Xinxin has been overly spoiled by him and does not understand his actions. She only thinks that he is pushing her to marry for the sake of the family's interests.
Zhang, the clan leader, showed a bitter smile. Two years ago, he tried to break through to the Divinity Realm but failed due to demonic possession.
Not only did his cultivation drop from the peak of the Out-of-Body Stage to the mid-stage, but his body also suffered many irreparable injuries.
Moreover, over the past two years, the injuries have become increasingly severe, and his dantian is on the verge of collapsing, possibly crumbling completely with a little force.
He knows that he can hold on for at most another year or two. By then, not to mention enemies, even the other three major families in the city will kill him in order to vie for the Wujinshi mine. And Zhang’s only heir, his daughter Xinran, will lose her father as a backing, and her future is likely to be bleak.
After much consideration, Lord Zhang decided to find a spouse for his daughter through a martial arts competition, in hopes of finding someone who is as strong as him or a cultivator with a powerful background to become her husband.
This way, even if he has any unexpected events, with a son-in-law taking care of her, Xinqian will not be bullied by the three major families in the city.