Ye Zan and his party left Luoshui City and headed north under the leadership of He Anzhi. Not that far away, less than a thousand miles away from Luoshui City, in a small town under the high mountains, was a temporary stronghold of the Freemasonry.
This small town is quite large, with about a few hundred households. Since it's right at the entrance to the mountain, it's not that remote and shabby, and there are even pubs and inns.
The temporary stronghold of the Freemasons is not in a tavern or inn, but in a "mansion" in the town.
The owner of this mansion is a wealthy man in the town and owns half of the industry in the town. The rich man's son was a disciple of a deacon of the Freemasonry, and was originally dismissed from the Taoist palace. It can be said that many of the Freemasonry's strongholds in various places are in similar situations, and each can be regarded as getting what they need.
The members of Freemasonry can actually be divided into two categories. One category is the ascetics who broke away from the Taoist palace, and the other category is the ascetics who passed on this kind of master-disciple inheritance. But no matter which type, they all belong to black monks in this world, and they are all targets of arrest and attack by the Taoist palace.
However, whether it is immortality or freedom, they are both desirable and people are willing to pay any price for them. Therefore, no matter how severe the Dao Palace cracks down, it will not be able to completely eliminate these two types of people, and people will continue to join them one after another to fight for the "ideal" in their hearts.
In this temporary stronghold, Ye Zan and others met three deacons from the Freemasonry. Counting He Anzhi, there were a total of four deacons here. These three deacons were responsible for an area adjacent to the area He Anzhi was responsible for, so they represented other deacons to discuss cooperation with Ye Zan and others.
"I, Qiao Ronghua, have met all the fellow Taoists from the Hidden Sect." A female cultivator saluted Ye Zan and others. This female cultivator is unusual. She is a true ancestor of the Nascent Soul, and is considered a highly respected figure in the Freemasonry.
"I've met Ancestor Qiao." Ye Zan and others quickly saluted each other.
"I, Xu Ting, have met all of you fellow Taoists." Another deacon then saluted Ye Zan and others.
"I've met fellow Taoist Xu." Ye Zan and others returned the greeting.
"Feng Kewei, I have met all of you fellow Taoists." The third deacon also stepped forward to salute.
"I've met fellow Daoist Feng." Ye Zan and others returned the greeting again.
After the two parties greeted each other, Ye Zan and others were led into the main hall, where more than a dozen people sat down separately.
At this time, the meeting gift prepared by Ye Zan and others for the Freemasonry was naturally taken out by He Anzhi and placed in front of the other three deacons.
"This object can avoid detection by the Taoist Palace. It has extraordinary significance to me as a Freemason. On behalf of all the Taoists of the Freemasonry, I would like to thank Taoist Ye and all of you." Got it. After hiding the function of the ring, Qiao Ronghua stood up and saluted Ye Zan and others solemnly.
Indeed, this concealment ring does not seem to have much power despite its low level. However, for a group of "evil people" who can only stay away from the city and hide around, it is definitely of great significance and use.
"Ancestor Qiao said something serious." Ye Zan and others quickly stood up and returned the courtesy.
Regarding cooperation, there is actually nothing that requires too much discussion. After all, Ye Zan did not make excessive demands. On the contrary, the Freemasons can get more benefits from Ye Zan and the others, and all they have to pay are some secrets that may not be known to outsiders.
Of course, as for what Ye Zan needs to know, he doesn't have a clear goal, and the Freemasonry can't directly put the news on the table. Therefore, we need to discuss how Ye Zan can obtain more comprehensive and extensive information from the Freemasons.
In addition, the Freemasons need Ye Zan and others to help them refine something, as well as some details on talent training. These things are relatively clear and can be determined in detail.
After some discussion, it was basically decided how the two parties would cooperate.
Next, there is an oath of alliance between the two parties. On the Freemasons side, Qiao Ronghua is the representative, and on Ye Zan’s side, Ye Zan naturally takes the lead.
This oath is actually a verbal contract, and it is not very binding. Of course, even if it is written down in black and white, if there is any conflict between them, no court can decide it for them, so it basically depends on their own consciousness.
In fact, the real binding force comes from interests. As long as there are enough interests, fools will do things that undermine cooperation.
After the two parties swore an oath, the cooperative relationship was finalized. Qiao Ronghua took the other two deacons and stood up to say goodbye to Ye Zan and others, and wanted to go back immediately to prepare the things for cooperation. For example, if you ask Ye Zan and the others to help refine something, you have to bring in the various materials for refining. In addition, they also need to mobilize the information Ye Zan needs from various places.
Freemasonry is not a Taoist palace. Although it is an organization, it actually does not have a real sect, or a place like a headquarters. After all, the Freemasons have always been at an absolute disadvantage in the confrontation with the Dao Palace. If they really set up a headquarters, they would be easily wiped out by the Dao Palace.
Therefore, the information Ye Zan needs is basically scattered everywhere.
Or, it cannot be said that they are scattered, but rather that they have never been concentrated, and are all collected spontaneously by deacons from various places. In fact, there may be some deacons who have no habit of collecting any materials at all, and perhaps they need to be collected now.
In fact, to put it bluntly, survival is a problem for Freemasons. Who has the time to collect those things
Ye Zan had no choice here, otherwise, in terms of the richness and completeness of this information, I would probably have to recommend Daogong first.
Therefore, regardless of Ye Zan's side, which only needs some information, the Freemasons also need to put in a lot of effort.
Next, Ye Zan and others did not return to Luoshui City, but stayed here. After all, even if there is a hidden ring, Luoshui City is still the territory of the Dao Palace, and there will definitely be a lot of inconveniences.
After settling in the town, only two days later, Qiao Ronghua came back again and brought the first batch of information. It only took Ye Zan less than half an hour to read through all the information. On the one hand, he flipped through the pages quickly, and on the other hand, there was really not much information.
Moreover, Ye Zan did not find much useful information from these materials.
However, for Ye Zan, although it is still very important to find clues to pass the test, it is not the only purpose of cooperating with the Freemasons. Even if he found the clue quickly, he did not intend to take people to the customs and leave immediately.
After all, in addition to passing the test, Ye Zan also wanted to poach the Freemasons. He not only needs time to deceive people, but also needs time to examine people. He can't bring a few white-eyed wolves out.
As for whether someone else would get there first, Ye Zan really wasn't worried at all. Now, with the distribution of high-altitude detectors, it can be said that the entire small world has been placed under his surveillance. If Guo Zhenyang and others discover something, he can get the news immediately.
Speaking of Guo Zhenyang and others, they caused a tragedy in Hongye City that shocked the world, but they did not feel proud for long.
Is Taoist palace so easy to bully
Within a few days, Ye Zan saw another good show. This time, Guo Zhenyang and others could no longer be arrogant.
The Taoist Palace learned about the strength of Guo Zhenyang and others, and this time directly sent five protector mages, and also led dozens of golden elixir masters. Even if the five protector mages are not strong enough personally, do not have powerful magic weapons, and do not have any exquisite sword skills, their cultivation in the Nascent Soul realm is there.
This time, it was Guo Zhenyang and others' turn to be dumbfounded.
You know, Guo Zhenyang and others do not have technological detection methods like Ye Zan. Regarding the power of monks in this world, they rely more on their personal experience and so-called "common sense" to make guesses and judgments. Therefore, when they thought about it, it was impossible for a small secret realm to support too many cultivators. The appearance of two Nascent Soul Ancestors was already the limit of their judgment.
However, it turns out that this is the secret realm of Xuanqing Daozu, and it cannot be judged with "common sense".
The five protector mages used their respective Coiling Dragon Golden Seals and violently beat Guo Zhenyang. Anyway, Hongye City is like that, so the country-protecting mages don't think about the consequences. The golden seals turned into small peaks, directly destroying Hongye City and creating a deep small basin on the ground.
No matter how powerful Guo Zhenyang is, he is not so powerful that he can defy the heavens. If he really had the ability to stand up to the five Nascent Soul Ancestors, he would not have been defeated by Ye Zan so easily.
After a fierce battle, Guo Zhenyang's ice crystal flying sword was almost smashed. It was refined with ten thousand years of ice marrow. What's even more terrible is that the ice crystal flying sword is still his natal flying sword. Naturally, if the flying sword is damaged, he himself will also be seriously injured.
Seeing this situation, Guo Zhenyang still dared to fight. He tried his best to escape from the attack of the five country-protecting mages. However, he still had some sense of shame and did not escape alone. When he ran away, he did not forget the golden elixir masters who followed him.
Of course, Guo Zhenyang did not escape alone. The more important reason was that among the group of golden elixir masters there were people from his Arctic Sword Sect.
As for the Golden elixir masters on Guo Zhenyang's side, this time they did not get any benefits from the Golden elixir masters in the Shangdao Palace, and finally tasted the feeling of being beaten by a group of people. In the end, with the protection of Guo Zhenyang, he still defeated three golden elixir masters, and finally escaped the Taoist palace's pursuit.
You know, here, death is really death. After all, now that Xuanqing Daozu is gone, it is impossible to send them out when they are in danger. Only people like the Taihao Sect before, who wanted to touch the jade bottle of earth milk essence and touched the ban, would be "lucky" and be sent out.
Of course, if Daozu Xuanqing was still alive, based on the evil deeds done by Guo Zhenyang and others in Hongye City, none of these people would have survived and would have been reduced to ashes long ago. (To be continued.)