After a brief meeting with the ox-headed and horse-faced beings, Qin Jun continued to practice swordsmanship.
Time passed, and noon arrived.
Liu Bowen led Tai Bai Jin Xing into the courtyard. At this moment, Tai Bai Jin Xing was still feeling embarrassed. He had boasted before that he was only slightly weaker than the Dragon King of the South Sea, never expecting that Qin Jun would confront the Dragon King so quickly.
The most embarrassing thing in life is being caught boasting.
"You may leave first," Qin Jun said to Liu Bowen. Although Liu Bowen was curious about why Qin Jun had summoned Tai Bai Jin Xing, he dared not disobey Qin Jun's command and could only obediently turn and leave.
When only Qin Jun and Tai Bai Jin Xing were left in the courtyard, Tai Bai Jin Xing, feeling somewhat uneasy, asked, "Your Majesty, what task do you have for me?"
Could it be that Qin Jun was blaming him for the matter of Xiao Li?
Last night, Li Bai had specifically sent a message to him, letting him know that Qin Jun had inquired about his relationship with the Dragon King of the South Sea, causing him to have a sleepless night.
Sure enough, the next morning, Qin Jun had sent someone to summon him.
"You should know about the mysterious disappearances and returns of Yuan Ba, Xiao Tianquan, and Guan Yu, right?" Qin Jun said with a smile.
As Zhang Jiao was still in the demon realm and had not come out, having subdued An Lang, he had obtained another opportunity to enter the demon realm. Therefore, he planned to send Tai Bai Jin Xing back.
It was unlikely that this old guy's cultivation would have a significant breakthrough, but perhaps he could obtain some elixirs from the Supreme Old Lord or win over some immortals and gods.
"Your Majesty, do you mean..." Tai Bai Jin Xing became excited. Although he considered himself a civil official, he also hoped to strengthen his own cultivation.
Unfortunately, he was mistaken. Qin Jun did not have the ability to drastically increase one's cultivation. Everything still depended on their own efforts.
"Next, I will use supreme divine power to send you to another world. You will spend one thousand days there, while only one day will pass here," Qin Jun said in a deep voice, causing Tai Bai Jin Xing's eyes to widen.
Regarding the demon realm, Qin Jun had ordered everyone to keep it a secret.
Of course, the Golden Peng Army and the Wei Qin Army brought back by Guan Yu had some loose-lipped individuals, but fortunately, it did not cause too much of a stir.
"System, which demon realm can Tai Bai Jin Xing go to?" Qin Jun asked in his mind.
"Ding! Tai Bai Jin Xing can go to the Journey to the West demon realm."
And then?
That's it?
"System, prepare to send Tai Bai Jin Xing to the Journey to the West realm!"
Qin Jun's mouth twitched, then he spoke with a solemn tone to the still dazed Tai Bai Jin Xing, "After I send you over, remember to find a way to become stronger and to gather strong allies for me. When the time is right, I will bring you and those willing to follow you back together!"
Tai Bai Jin Xing nodded as if he understood, pondering where Qin Jun's divine power had come from.
After all, this was not the first time Qin Jun had sent someone into a demon realm, so Tai Bai Jin Xing's first reaction was not to question, but to be shocked.
Soon, Tai Bai Jin Xing disappeared from the spot, being sent by the system into the Journey to the West realm.
"I hope you don't disappoint me," Qin Jun murmured to himself, then picked up the teacup on the stone table. The hot tea had turned cold, accompanied by a faint fragrance in the breeze.
...
After Tai Bai Jin Xing's departure, the matter of the Fire Extinguishing Primordial Goddess became increasingly intense.
As the Peak Master of the Northern Snow Peak, Hu Yu Zhi was the goddess of countless people, leading to more and more people condemning Qin Jun. Even though some people mentioned that it was Hu Yu Zhi who repeatedly provoked the Primordial Goddess, more people chose to ignore this fact.
Especially the leader of the Haori Alliance, the head of the Nine Venerables of the Demon Path, immediately declared his intention to kill the Emperor Qin. It was said that Hu Yu Zhi and the leader of the Haori Alliance had an unspeakable relationship, so his reaction was even greater than the other four heroes of the righteous path.
When the news reached Qin Jun's ears, he sneered.
"The Haori Alliance?"
Qin Jun pondered, his gaze sweeping over the generals sitting below.
He smirked, revealing a malicious smile. "Send someone to buy a map of the Haori Alliance from the Command Mechanism Pavilion. Who is willing to go to the Haori Alliance?"
Did Qin Jun intend to confront the Haori Alliance?
"I am willing to go!" Li Yuanba volunteered eagerly, his face filled with excitement.
Qin Jun rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "Just you? Don't you consider your own strength?"
Wouldn't it be seeking death for Li Yuanba, who was at the ninth level of the True Immortal Realm, to go to the Haori Alliance?
"Your Majesty, let me go!" King Huang Feng licked his lips and smiled, his rat-like appearance particularly sinister when he smiled.
"Remember, go and come back quickly, and make it clean!" Qin Jun said with a smile, pausing for a moment before adding meaningfully, "The more attention you attract, the better."
Since the Holy Dynasty was already eyeing him, he no longer had any scruples. The bigger the commotion, the better, using the Haori Alliance to deter various forces.
King Huang Feng nodded. Feeling guilty for forcibly taking Xiao Li away, he wanted to make amends.
"The Haori Alliance, your end is near!" King Huang Feng thought coldly, sending shivers down the spines of the civil officials who saw his smile.
After all, King Huang Feng was a demon, and ordinary people would fear him. If it weren't for Qin Jun's control, who knows what trouble King Huang Feng would cause.
Subsequently, Cheng Yi took King Huang Feng to the Command Mechanism Pavilion in the Guardian City. In the Command Mechanism Pavilion, one could buy any information as long as they could afford the price.
...
Time passed quickly.
Qin Jun diligently cultivated, and on the third day after King Huang Feng's departure, he successfully broke through to the fifth level of the Void Transformation Realm.
On this morning, Zhang Jiao finally returned.
"Ding! Due to the large number of people brought back by Zhang Jiao, it is suggested that the host go outside the city."
The system's words surprised Qin Jun.
Indeed, Zhang Jiao, who possessed the power to bewitch people, did not disappoint him.
With that in mind, he quickly flew outside the city, and Nezha, who was acting as his bodyguard, quickly followed.
The two soon arrived outside the city, and Qin Jun did not fly too far, but instead released Zhang Jiao in front of the city guards.
In an instant, a dense crowd of soldiers appeared out of thin air in front of the city wall. As far as the eye could see, it was impossible to count them all, and they filled the area for thousands of kilometers, like a sea of people.
"Wow—my goodness!"
"Scared me! How is this possible! Where did all these people come from?"
"Am I dreaming?"
"How could so many soldiers suddenly appear?"
"Could it be the doing of the emperor?"
The city guards were in an uproar, each person looking as if they had seen a ghost.
Qin Jun also widened his eyes, and Nezha's mouth hung open.
Qin Jun noticed that these soldiers all wore yellow scarves around their necks, which made him tremble involuntarily. Could it be that they were the infamous Yellow Turbans from history?
The Yellow Turban Rebellion was the largest peasant uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in ancient China, and it was also the largest rebellion in Chinese history, known as the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
In the world of Journey to the West, with the addition of the new Zhang Jiao, the strength and number of the Yellow Turbans might skyrocket. [End of this chapter]