Chapter 106: Foundation Building

Mo Juren wanted to get to know the Five Friends of Mengshan, so naturally there was no reason to refuse. So he accepted the invitation and sat at the same table opposite them.

Although Zhao Han looks young, only about seven or eight years older than Zhang Tie, he is quite powerful.

Mo Juren was sitting opposite him, and could clearly feel the endless fluctuations of his magic power. He could deeply sense a sense of suppression in his cultivation without the need for the divine eye technique.

The opponent's strength should be far superior to mine!
This Zhao Han was obviously a regular here. After he entered, the waiter served him a pot of wine and two snacks as usual.

The two clinked their glasses and drank. Zhao Han said,

"Although the food here has a spiritual aura, the taste is far inferior to some restaurants among mortals."

"This wine is not bad."

"Indeed, but it's mainly because of the spiritual energy in it. Sometimes the wine in the secular world is more fragrant."

Mo Juren didn't know why Zhao Han was so obsessed with the food and wine of ordinary people, but suddenly he heard him say,
"If we talk about really good wines, we have to recommend 'Three Cups of Drunk' from Nanhu Restaurant and 'Thyme' from Xiangjia Restaurant!"

Mo Juren thought, what a coincidence, could Zhao Han be talking about the Xiang Family Restaurant next to his Mo Mansion? Could he have seen through his identity?
So he pretended to be a little confused and said,
"Your taste is really unique, I didn't expect you still linger on the worldly desires."

"Haha, I see that Fellow Daoist Zhang is only a few years older than me, but why does he talk like my elder brother? He just can't stand me going to the secular world to eat and drink so often, and every time I go there I can't avoid getting some advice from him."

After taking another sip, he continued,

"It would be too boring to practice Taoism if one just meditates all day long! Although my cultivation is not very high, I have seen through it a little bit. One must have one's true nature. Otherwise, everyone will be like a clay Buddha, serious and stern, and the Taoism will not be very high."

"Your point of view is quite inspiring. I am grateful for your advice. But are these secular wines, such as 'Thyme', really so magical in name?"

"I don't know if you have been to Lanzhou Jiayuan City. If you have been there, you must go to the 'Xiangjia Restaurant' I introduced. It is located on Nanling Street in the south of the city. 'Thyme' is the signature wine there. It is soft and mellow, and the fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth. The taste is really unique. After you have tasted it, you will know that what I said is true."

Mo Juren breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Zhao Han was indeed just a glutton and he had not discovered him.

So he raised his glass and echoed,
"Haha, after hearing what you said, I must go to Xiang's Restaurant to see it for myself if I get a chance."

The two toasted again, and Mo Juren mentioned casually,
"Then Jiayuan City is a big city in the secular world. I heard that such cities are usually guarded by sect patrols. Aren't you afraid of being accused of interfering with mortals?"

Zhao Han didn't care and waved his hand.

"That's what they say, but as long as you don't show your magical powers in the secular world and act like a mortal, the sect patrols will turn a blind eye. Otherwise, there are so many independent cultivators in the world, how can they be managed?"

"That's true. We don't have that much free time to patrol the sect. We can't just sit there and use the Sky Eye Technique to look for cultivators every day, right?"

"That's right. But now that you mentioned that, fellow Daoist, I remember one thing. I can't go to Jiayuan City anymore in the next few years."

"Oh? Why?" Mo Juren asked puzzledly.

Zhao Han glanced at Mo Juren, and after thinking for a while, he revealed,
"It's because the sect inspector of Lingshou Mountain, in order to support some mortal gangs, has issued a ban on all independent cultivators. They have not been allowed to enter Jiayuan City for the past three years. What a pity."

The news revealed by Zhao Han caused a shock in Mo Juren's heart. He never expected that Jingjiao Society would actually attract the attention of the immortal cultivation world!

It seems that his identity as a cultivator can no longer be exposed casually, otherwise the Mo family might be put in danger.

But then he thought again, if what Zhao Han said was true, then it wouldn't be a bad thing for the Jing Jiao Society, and he wouldn't need to do anything more. So he pretended to know nothing and probed,

"Who is that sect inspector? Why do his words have such great power?"

Zhao Han put down his wine glass and said leisurely,

"Then we have to mention the three famous independent cultivators in the foundation-building stage in Lanzhou..."

After drinking, this man became like a chatterbox, unstoppable, saying a lot of things like pouring beans, from which Mo Juren learned a lot of useful information.

It turns out that the sect inspector in charge of the secular world of Lanzhou is named Hong Jin. He is one of the rare independent cultivators who has cultivated to the foundation-building stage on his own. After building the foundation, he was accepted by Lingshou Mountain and became a sect disciple.

But for some reason, this person always likes to stay in Lanzhou. He accepts a sect mission every three years and volunteers to become the sect inspector of Lanzhou.

And because of his familiarity with Lanzhou, Lingshou Mountain was also happy to see this, so over the years, all the independent cultivators in Lanzhou knew the name of Hong Jin.

Moreover, this person relied on the power of the sect to do many things that bully others. The independent cultivators were secretly dissatisfied, but they could do nothing about it.

The second of the three foundation-building cultivators is a female cultivator named Grandma Jinhua.

This person is very mysterious. All we know is that her cultivation is at least at the foundation-building stage, and she only accepts female disciples. She rarely shows up in the outside world, and has her own training ground somewhere in Lanzhou.

The third foundation-building cultivator shocked Mo Juren the most!

Diao Yuanzheng, a casual cultivator who came to Lanzhou from nowhere, recruited many disciples in Lanzhou and expanded his influence. Some people suspected that he wanted to create his own immortal cultivation family.

Isn't this the man who Jin Can told him before his death that he was the culprit who had murdered him? Who would have thought that he was such a high-level cultivator!

In order to find out more about this person, Mo Juren and Zhao Han had several rounds of drinks, and obtained a lot of information indirectly, and finally they parted with great pleasure.

After Zhao Han left, slightly tipsy and contented, Mo Juren felt heavy in his heart.

Who would have thought that Diao Yuanzheng not only had the foundation-building ability, but also had many disciples and followers, and controlled such a huge force as the 'Gu Sellers'.

Although it is still unknown why such a highly skilled cultivator would have participated in the murder of the leader of a secular sect.

With his cultivation, wouldn't it be easy for him to kill his former self? Why make it so complicated?

There are corpse worm pills, bone butterflies, and hired killers.

Could it be that his disciples were using his name to do this? Mo Juren was a little confused.

But no matter what, Mo Juren remembered this grudge.

Even if they didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, if they knew that Mo Juren didn't die under their hands, they probably wouldn't let him go easily.

With such a powerful enemy, Mo Juren's sense of urgency to improve his own strength became even stronger.

(End of this chapter)