Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 394 - 393 The first person?

Seeing Yan Shan slowly descend from the carriage, Zheng Wenguang and more than a dozen immortal beings went up to meet him, "Big Brother Yan, congratulations on successfully exiting seclusion. Your cultivation has improved yet another step."

"What congratulations?" Yan Shan waved his hand, a bit displeased, "I'm still at the 7th realm, who knows when I'll be able to reach the 8th."

After saying that, he reached out and grabbed bottle after bottle of pills from inside the carriage and threw them to everyone present, "Since you're all here, take one bottle of pills each, let's all be happy together."

All the cultivators said in unison, "Thank you, Senior Brother Yan."

Meng Ruocun and the Senior Sister beside her reached out and grabbed a bottle of pills each. Upon seeing the pills inside the bottle, Meng Ruocun expressed surprise, "Is this the Ice Heart Pill? That's quite generous."

The Ice Heart Pill was specially crafted by the Celestial Palace, blending various herbs that calm the mind and spirit, with the key addition of an advanced cultivator's thought, which stabilizes the mind and clears agitation.

After taking the Ice Heart Pill and then reading the Dao scriptures, the efficiency could increase more than twofold.

Furthermore, when the heart is restless and cultivation veers off course, moving towards distortion, taking the Ice Heart Pill can adjust one's mental and physical health and decrease the chances of becoming twisted.

Compared to various pills that fortify the body, refine the bones, and grow the Primordial Spirit, the value and difficulty of creating the Ice Heart Pill, which reduces madness and deformation, is much higher.

The Senior Sister nearby said, "I told you Yan Shao is the most generous. If you follow him, you'll definitely not lack benefits."

On the other side, after rewarding the pills, Yan Shan dismissed the non-immortal cultivators, planning to speak first with the immortal beings like Zheng Wenguang, showing a distinctly different attitude towards the immortal beings compared to the ordinary cultivators.

"Let's go, brothers, it's been a while since we last caught up, let's have a good chat in my cave residence."

They saw Yan Shan lead more than a dozen immortal beings into his cave residence. There, seated on both sides, all kinds of fine wines and delicacies were served up, with goblets passed back and forth in dazzling succession, creating a scene of colorful bloom and brocade.

And Yan Shan was clearly the leader among these dozen or so immortal beings, the others revealing a subtle trace of fawning towards him.

Zheng Wenguang, although outwardly enjoying the pleasures of the feast, was inwardly extremely calm, observing the expressions and tones of everyone present, watching some stand up and speak loudly, and others dance happily with joy.

Zheng Wenguang just sneered inwardly, "A bunch of fools unaware of the hardships of the mortal world. Living in the Celestial Palace for so many years, yet you can't even see the situation clearly; you deserve to be raised like pigs."

As the drinking reached its peak, Zheng Wenguang sighed, placing his wine cup on the table.

Yan Shan, sitting at the main seat, said, "Wenguang, you seem to be in a bad mood today?"

Zheng Wenguang shook his head, stopping short of speaking, "Let's not talk about it, let's not spoil the mood today."

Yan Shan frowned and said, "If you have something to say, just say it outright."

Zheng Wenguang sighed, "Work in the Thunder Department hasn't been going well recently. We're short on people, and there's so much to manage every day, it's starting to affect my cultivation."

Yan Shan said, "You're the son of Zi Yang True Monarch; how can the cultivators in the Thunder Department make you do all the dirty and tiring work?"

Zheng Wenguang gave a wry smile, "Big Brother Yan doesn't know. Recently, West Mountain City was besieged by the Heavenly Demons. The Thunder Department has its own considerations for the allocation of the battlefront, and we also need to guard against Heavenly Demons on the other fronts; we couldn't send reinforcements immediately. But the word got out that the Celestial Palace was unwilling to support West Mountain City."

Zheng Wenguang let out a wry smile, "As a result, a large number of cultivators tendered their resignations from the Thunder Department, intending to go support West Mountain City."

"Hmph," Yan Shan sneered after hearing this, "All the resources that Heaven spent nurturing them, and yet these cultivators who come from the four major cities have always kept us at arm's length."

Zheng Wenguang said, "If that's all, it would be fine. The key issue is that later in the great battle at West Mountain City, a young cultivator named Zhou Bai appeared out of nowhere and helped West Mountain City drive away the Heavenly Demon. Now it's causing an uproar everywhere, with people saying that Zhou Bai is the top cultivator under the age of 30."

"Although it was good that he helped West Mountain City, it has put the Thunder Department in a passive position. The support we were originally going to send couldn't make it out, and a lot of the uninformed public now believe we were abandoning West Mountain City, further exacerbating the conflict between the local forces and Heaven."

"Oh?" When he heard of Zhou Bai's performance, Yan Shan's eyes immediately showed a strange gleam, "So there's such a person? The number one among the younger generation? That's quite a bold claim."

At the banquet, someone couldn't restrain themselves and said, "Not just the number one among the younger generation? This Zhou Bai has been talked up quite a bit, all sorts of things are being said."

"Some even claim he repelled five major Heavenly Demons with a single sword stroke."

"And there are tales of him alone, with one sword, driving back a hundred thousand Heavenly Demons."

"Lately, the cultivators from the four major cities who stay in Central City have gone wild, acting as though they no longer rely on Heaven."

"I heard that he also took first place in the Four Schools' Grand Competition and is the number one person among the Four Schools."

"However, I've heard he's only in the third realm and already he can claim the title of number one among the Four Great Taoist Schools; they've truly declined."

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In just a few words, a handful of celestial beings recounted Zhou Bai's situation clearly, clearly indicating that they had been paying special attention to this astonishingly talented new cultivator these past few days.

Yan Shan showed a hint of displeasure, "The number one among the younger generation? I wouldn't dare make such a claim, but this guy sure dares to boast. Do those wastes from the Four Great Taoist Schools really think they're that impressive? Where is this kid now?"

Zheng Wenguang said, "Young Master Yan, this Zhou Bai is currently highly sought-after. Countless pairs of eyes are watching him— he's untouchable."

Hearing Zheng Wenguang say that, Yan Shan grew even more impatient and said directly, "A country bumpkin who's never even been to Central City is now being touted as the best of his generation; it's like he's blown the lid off the sky, what nonsense! What I, Yan Shan, hate the most is those with undeserved reputations."

Someone excitedly said, "Young Master Yan? Shall we deal with him?"

Another person suggested, "The Heavenly Demons have recently retreated, and many are heading to West Mountain City to explore in the northwest, seeking fortune. Let's also take a tour and, by the way, teach this Zhou Bai a lesson."

Zheng Wenguang smiled inwardly but outwardly appeared concerned, "Young Master Yan, Zhou Bai is currently in West Mountain City, and his reputation there is soaring; we mustn't touch him."

Young Master Yan snorted, "Rest assured, I'm not an idiot; how could I go after him directly? We'll just relax on a trip to West Mountain City and casually assess the weight of this 'number one.'"

"Heh, 'number one?'"

...

Elsewhere, a sword light had already shot out of West Mountain City, cutting through the sky at high speed, racing toward the Heavenly Demon Battlefield. It was none other than Zhou Bai, who outwardly claimed to be in seclusion but secretly had his Primordial Spirit emerge, preparing to reap fortune following the demon's retreat.

Zhou Bai looked toward the ground below and thought to himself, "So many troops; they must be redeploying defenses after the Heavenly Demons retreated."

"I need to go deeper and find more Heavenly Demons."