Chapter 22 The Mountain Lord Who Can Communicate

Regarding Realm and cultivation, Jiang Chen truthfully filled in the Dao Entry Realm.

Captain Xu Chang, watching from the side, felt his eyebrows twitch instantly.

"Dao Entry Realm?"

As expected, without a long-standing tradition, it would be impossible to know the division of Realms, although even the Binhai 749 Bureau did not know if the later Realms truly existed.

Moreover, his strength was indeed beyond his expectations.

One must know that the current director of the Binhai 749 Bureau was only at the Mystic Light Realm, and this director was already nearing the end of his Lifespan.

As for himself, he was only at the Qi Induction Stage.

"Jiang Chen, it seems your sect is not simple. The seven stages of Dao cultivation were said to have been established 1,500 years ago, during the Tang Dynasty, by a great Immortal Master, Grand Master Sima Chengzhen."

Jiang Chen asked curiously, "What happened to that great Immortal Master later?"

There was some information online about his Revered Master, Grand Master Sima Chengzhen, but it was mostly nine parts false and one part true.

The Binhai 749 Bureau, however, certainly knew much more than the general public.

"It is said that the Ancestral Master Immortal Master ascended to immortality, but no one knows if it is true or false," Ye Qingmei said with a sense of reflected honor.

Jiang Chen gave her a strange look, thinking, 'That is my Revered Master; what are you feeling honored for?'

"That Immortal Master had five direct Disciples. The eldest Disciple, Li Hanguang, inherited the Maoshan Sect tradition. However, after the Ming Dynasty, Maoshan's influence gradually waned, and in modern times, it can only be considered a small sect," Ye Qingmei said with some regret.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen frowned, because for a Cultivator who has reached the Primordial Spirit Realm, living for thousands of years is not a problem at all.

Yet now, the Maoshan tradition had withered. Could it be that after his Revered Master ascended to immortality, no one in Maoshan had achieved the Primordial Spirit Realm?

Or was it related to the arrival of the Age of Dharma Decline?

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and truthfully filled in his tradition in the Legacy origin column.

Maoshan Sect, Shangqing Sect!

He wanted to tell a little lie, but after the ordination vows, lying would mean breaking the precepts, which he could not do.

Behind him, Captain Xu Chang and Ye Qingmei were both incredulous.

Ye Qingmei even blurted out, "Jiang Chen, you come from the Maoshan Sect?"

Seeing Ye Qingmei's shocked expression, it seemed she found it hard to believe.

"That is correct. Is there a problem?"

"But I have never seen you before!" Ye Qingmei frowned.

Captain Xu Chang coughed twice and introduced, "I forgot to tell you, Ye Qingmei's ancestors had a great connection with the Maoshan Sect. Ye Qingmei is now also considered a lay Disciple of Maoshan."

A lay Disciple is one who has not been ordained or registered, only practicing Cultivation Techniques and some Spells without requirements.

Jiang Chen really did not expect that Ye Qingmei was actually a Disciple of the Maoshan Sect, and she also had the surname Ye. Could she be a descendant of his second Senior Brother?

Jiang Chen had a strange look on his Face. Maoshan did not forbid marriage, but he really did not know if his second Senior Brother had any descendants.

Ye Qingmei was now quite persistent, looking disbelieving: "I have met almost all the Disciples of the Maoshan Sect, and there is no one like you. Jiang Chen, did you write down a fake tradition?"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Chen's expression turned cold.

"My sect is my foundation; how could I fabricate it? Whether you believe it or not, what does it have to do with me? The fact that I came here to register today is already giving you Face."

Seeing Jiang Chen get angry, Captain Xu Chang immediately waved his hand to stop Ye Qingmei from getting to the bottom of it.

Such an expert at the Dao Entry Realm—if they were to fight, there would be few people in the entire Binhai 749 Bureau who could restrain him.

At this moment, most of the Binhai 749 Bureau's manpower was tied up by that great demon at Baijun Mountain, and even the director was on the scene.

There were many other ways to verify Jiang Chen's identity; there was no need to be so aggressive.

Moreover, Jiang Chen had not shown any anti-social side. The Binhai 749 Bureau also needed to choose a reasonable way to handle its relationship with Jiang Chen, so as not to be counterproductive.

"I am sorry. Qingmei just values the reputation of the Maoshan Sect too much. In the past, some people have impersonated Maoshan Sect Disciples to tell fortunes and scam people, causing the Maoshan Sect's reputation on the internet to plummet again and again."

Jiang Chen said solemnly, "I value the reputation of the Maoshan Sect even more than she does!"

Ye Qingmei was unconvinced, but she did not say anything more, just bit her red lips and stood sulkily to the side.

After pressing his fingerprints on the instrument, Jiang Chen's registration process was considered complete.

"Since there is nothing else, I will be leaving first."

"Mr. Jiang, I will say it again: in this era, joining the Binhai 749 Bureau is the best choice for all extraordinary people. Qingmei, show Mr. Jiang the way."

Ye Qingmei gave a huff but still walked ahead.

Arriving at the elevator entrance, the elevator just happened to open, and inside was a young man wearing gray Taoist robes.

This man first looked at Ye Qingmei, and then took a glance at Jiang Chen.

Neither side spoke, passing each other by, as Jiang Chen and Ye Qingmei boarded the elevator to go down.

"Is this a newcomer to the Binhai 749 Bureau?" The man felt Jiang Chen looked familiar and asked casually.

"No, it is an extraordinary person who came to register."

A trace of disdain immediately appeared in the corners of the young man's eyes. So it was just a rogue practitioner.

As a Disciple of the Maoshan Sect, which was once the leader of the Daoist schools and is still not weak today.

Xie Yan looked down upon those folk eccentric people and extraordinary individuals. Mere shamanic rituals and exorcism arts, those from the lower nine classes—how could they be mentioned in the same breath as the orthodox schools?

"Jia He, were you not watching at Baijun Mountain? Why did you suddenly come back?" Captain Xu Chang came out and asked.

Ever since Xie Yan was ordained, he was no longer willing to let others call him by his secular name, so in the Binhai 749 Bureau, everyone called him by his Daoist name.

Only then did Xie Yan remember the main business, "Captain, that great demon seems to be able to communicate!"

"Really!" Captain Xu Chang said in surprise.

If it could communicate, then many things would be much easier to handle.

They could completely establish a compact with this Mountain Lord, and perhaps even make the Mountain Lord useful to humanity.

"What did it say?"

Xie Yan took out a voice recorder. After some rustling, a soul-shaking roar came out, followed by a thick, deep voice.

"What year of Wanli is this year?"

This Mountain Lord came down the mountain just to ask about the time.

And this further indicated that this Mountain Lord already possessed intelligence identical to that of humans during the Ming Dynasty and even knew the era name of that time.

Afterward, the Binhai 749 Bureau personnel told this Mountain Lord the current era name. Listening to that trembling voice, one could imagine how scared the person answering the question was at that time.

Afterward, the Mountain Lord did not say anything else, just spoke an inexplicable sentence.

"My name is Jiang Bai. By the decree of the Maoshan Sect, I am the Mountain Lord of Baijun Mountain."

Then, there was another burst of majestic beast roars.

Captain Xu Chang looked at Xie Yan with a surprised and suspicious expression, "This Mountain Lord once received a Maoshan decree?"

Xie Yan also did not know how to answer for a moment, because he did not know much about the history of Maoshan either.

"I do not know either. Many materials and Secret Manuals of the Maoshan Sect were lost in the past."

"The director asked me to come back and ask Senior Sister Ye. She has a deeper connection with the Maoshan Sect and also knows the Sect Leader, so perhaps she understands this period of history."