Dong Zhongshu Determines Her Location

Zhang Xuezhou waited in Chang'an City for two days. On the third day, he couldn't resist and rushed to Guangchuan, the hometown of Dong Zhongshu.

"She came to see you?"

"Please help me, find out where she is, even just to know what she looks like, otherwise I can't stop her, and I have no idea how to get away from her!"

Zhang Xuezhou had met Dong Zhongshu long ago, when Dong Zhongshu was skilled in the technique of tracking with white cloth.

More than twenty years have passed, and none of these reverse investigation methods are as effective as Dong Zhongshu's.

Zhang Xuezhou found Dong Zhongshu, who promoted the concept of the divine right of kings and wrote books, and directly asked him to help find the mortal body of the Earth Goddess Houtu.

"What are you afraid of? No matter how powerful she is, she's still just a mortal at this moment!"

Seeing Dong Zhongshu hesitate, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but keep urging him on until Dong Zhongshu agreed to the matter, at which point he stopped talking.

"Now that you've reached the True Self stage in cultivation, the success rate of me using you as a catalyst for my Incantation Technique won't be very high. You need to be mentally prepared!"

Feeling somewhat uncertain, Dong Zhongshu offered a warning beforehand to avoid Zhang Xuezhou misunderstanding that he hadn't given his all.

"Go ahead and cast your spell!"

Following Dong Zhongshu's instructions, Zhang Xuezhou collected the Essence Blood, then stood aside patiently waiting.

Dong Zhongshu performed his magic meticulously and took the matter extremely seriously, even constantly chanting in an attempt to enter a state of Unity of Celestial Person and Heaven.

A pool of water gradually appeared on the white cloth. When Zhang Xuezhou's eyes widened, he could see what appeared to be the shadows of living beings in the pool.

The spellcasting wasn't as difficult as Dong Zhongshu had imagined. Zhang Xuezhou's expectation that Houtu Niangniang would immediately pursue and kill him was far from being realized, as the opponent seemed to still be in the process of taking shape.

"It's too blurry. The spellcasting effect needs to be a little clearer!"

The speckled pattern resembled a pixelated image, making it difficult for Zhang Xuezhou to discern clearly. The blurry wriggling motion further obscured the form of Houtu Niangniang.

He had to urge Dong Zhongshu, who was casting the spell, to try to get a clear look at the surroundings.

"It's a scorpion, surrounded by water, with a bird nearby and lotus flowers!"

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't clearly see the scene presented on the white cloth, but Dong Zhongshu could, and pointed out the scene obtained through the spell.

"This direction is too vague, how can we investigate?" Zhang Xuezhou said, feeling a headache coming on.

"There are very few places with lotus flowers at this time of year," Dong Zhongshu said. "If the Goddess Houtu descended in her demon form, the physical bodies of ordinary demons would be unable to withstand her. Demons that are too weak are useless. This means that she either chose a powerful demon in the world or is patiently nurturing a powerful demon. Such nurturing cannot be done in an ordinary pond!"

You mean to say?

Although Dong Zhongshu was apprehensive before investigating, he remained extremely calm after casting the spell.

Using Zhang Xuezhou to investigate a top-tier cultivator would be disastrous, but since the opponent's current strength is clearly inferior to his, the risk of investigation is undoubtedly reduced.

"She lives in a very faraway place, a paradise on earth, yet she must also be among the mortals!"

Dong Zhongshu pointed to the distance.

During the current autumn and winter season in the Great Han Dynasty, there is no possibility that lotus flowers will still be blooming. Ordinary open water bodies cannot nourish a growing demon, so a blessed land is necessary.

If they continued searching in the direction he pointed, Dong Zhongshu felt there was a good chance they would find it.

"I'll go check on the situation!"

As long as Houtu Niangniang doesn't become a second Huyu, Zhang Xuezhou felt that everything would be fine.

The Spider God Liao Meng once attempted to descend, but Zhang Xuezhou suffocated her inside, preventing her from ever seeing the sunlight of the real world.

Once you've done something once, you'll be able to do it easily the second time.

If Houtu Niangniang cannot attack him in the void, cannot launch an attack in the Three Realms, and lacks the order dominated by the Demon Race, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the threat posed by her was even less than that of Donghua.

"There aren't many blessed lands where lotus flowers can be grown. The Heavenly Pool of Kunlun Fahua Palace has been shattered, so it seems that only the secret land of Lingshan remains!"

If you search for blessed lands in the direction pointed out by Dong Zhongshu, you won't find many secret places along the way.

Adding to the factors of needing superior Spiritual Qi energy and planting lotus flowers, Zhang Xuezhou almost singled out his target. He even speculated whether the birds on the white cloth were Yang Jian in disguise.

"Could it be that the Goddess Houtu is in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool?"

Only the Eight Treasures Merit Pool on Mount Ling grows the Thousand-Petaled Golden Lotus, so searching this body of water is almost effortless.

This was indeed a place for body shaping; Zhang Xuezhou even suspected that Donghua had also set his sights on the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

He had previously planned to wait for Houtu Niangniang in Chang'an City to see if she wanted anything from attacking or capturing him. He also hoped that he could gather the help of powerful cultivators like the Emperor and Empress to deal with her. However, Zhang Xuezhou never expected that Houtu Niangniang would enter Mount Ling.

The other side may even encounter a conflict between the Immortal Court, Kunlun, and the Western Sect.

"What? The Goddess Houtu might have gone to Mount Ling, and even used the Eight Treasures Merit Pool to reshape her body?"

Zhang Xuezhou made a special trip back to Chang'an City, firstly to tell Yi Shuo not to worry, and secondly to go to the Western Sect after bringing God with him, to see if they could form a joint force to strike at the Western Sect.

Zhang Xuezhou can't cause much trouble on Lingshan by himself, but he can take advantage of the chaos to search.

If he could combine this with the feigned fight by Buddha Son Shigong and others, he would be able to search without any panic.

He relayed the message to Zhang Hao and the Emperor and Empress, who were startled and quickly stood up.

The fortuitous opportunity to shape one's body in this world is rare and cannot be repeated. The Emperor and Empress had previously tried to seize Donghua's fortuitous opportunity, but now she had no courage to disrupt Houtu Niangniang's plan.

But whether it's for revenge or to seize fortuitous opportunity, she needs to go to the location of the Western Sect's sacred mountain to determine the truth.

She embraced Zhang Haoyang's body for a few seconds, then leaped into the air.

Once they stepped into the air, dozens of feet high, the Eight Scenic Spots Carriage appeared and then carried the Emperor and Empress inside.

"Dongfang Shuo, would you like to ride in the Eight Views Carriage?" the Emperor and Empress called out.

"This thing is too slow, I'll go check it out!"

Too slow?

As the emperor and empress were slightly taken aback, they saw Zhang Xuezhou's body turn into golden light and disappear.

This made her gasp, realizing that Zhang Xuezhou hadn't been serious when he and the others had been flying earlier.

With Zhang Xuezhou's incredible speed, there are very few in the Three Realms who can match him.

This inevitably gave her a sense of being left behind by the relentless passage of time.

"If this is true of me, what about the Goddess Houtu?"

Before the Immortal Court appeared, the Emperor and Empress represented the strongest in the world. From top to first-class, and now the Empress feels that her strength is insufficient, she can't help but think of Houtu Niangniang, the earliest founder of the Heavenly Court.

If compared to her true form, Houtu Niangniang would be able to easily defeat even the top cultivators in the Three Realms.

However, Houtu Niangniang was only descending to her demon form at the moment, and her past top-level strength was completely different from the current standard. The emperor and empress had a vague premonition that Houtu Niangniang's descent to the mortal realm this time might not be so smooth.

The emperor and empress kept pondering the matter, and continued to intensify the Demon Power used by the Eight Views Chariot.

A wisp of green smoke rose up, and the already fast flying Law Treasure increased its speed several times over.

No matter how fast she increased her speed, the Emperor and Empress never saw Zhang Xuezhou flying ahead.