As the most core area in the entire Qingliang City.
‘Lingyun Palace’ was also built in the ‘Back Mountain Blessed Land’, specifically located in the peak area of the back mountain of the Blessed Land.
This is an extremely large building complex, with dozens of large and small palaces inside.
It not only houses the entrance to the ‘Lingyun Cave’, the core of the Houshan Paradise.
At the same time, it is also the daily residence and retreat place of Qingliang City Protector and ‘Yu Linglong’.
The core palaces, such as the Sutra Collection Hall, the Alchemy Hall, and the Weapon Refining Hall, which are personally overseen by the deacons and elders, are also symmetrically distributed in the surrounding area of the Lingyun Palace.
This is the place with the tightest defense and the most orderly and solemn order in the entire Qingliang City.
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After returning from the depths of the 'grey desert', Gao Yuan stayed in the cave for a day without going anywhere.
Early on the third day, he got up and left the practice room.
Under the service of the two maids Wen Xin and Wen Lan, a set of elder robes specially used for attending important gatherings was put on and neatly dressed.
Gao Yuan sat quietly for a while in the flower hall in the outer courtyard of the cave mansion.
It wasn't until he estimated that the time was almost up that he left his cave.
He walked slowly along the winding path up the mountain towards the peak of the mountain, Lingyun Palace.
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Although this was the first time since joining Qingliang City that he was summoned by the city guard.
But as for the general process of the audience, Gao Yuan had already understood it after getting acquainted with Hua Wuqisi.
After arriving at the main entrance of Lingyun Palace, he stood there and waited for a while.
Soon I saw two girls, about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing aqua deacon dresses, running towards them.
After the two sides exchanged greetings and answered questions, Gao Yuan followed the two young female deacons with a blank look on his face and was led all the way into the depths of the 'Lingyun Palace'——
It is located in a side hall not far from the central main hall, which is large in scale and elegant in style.
Before he entered the side hall, he heard a burst of low voices talking and laughing.
In addition to more than a dozen female deacons standing in various corners holding refreshments, there were already three figures sitting in the side hall.
These three people are no strangers to Gao Yuan, they are Qi Tianyuan, Bai Ziming and Song Wenli who are also the elders of the Keqing.
When Gao Yuan walked in, the three people were gathering together, talking softly about something.
After the latter three saw Gao Yuan being introduced, they all stood up and each exchanged a few words with him.
Shortly after Gao Yuan returned the greetings and sat down, Mei Zhi and Shen Wuyou, who were also guest elders, also walked in quickly.
Then there are Xiao Huaizhi and Feng Zeyuan among the deacons and elders.
And Hua Wuqi and Yin Shiyi, who fell behind the two of them, approached the side hall almost in no particular order.
In just a few minutes, except for the deacon elder Tang Qi who was stationed deep in the gray desert and could not return.
All the other ten elders registered in Qingliang City have already arrived.
As these people arrived one after another, the atmosphere in this side hall became more and more lively.
The elders were chatting, chatting, and greeting each other one after another, making it very lively.
Gao Yuan sat quietly in the last seat, speaking less and listening more, looking at the friendly and warm scene in front of him.
At the same time, he was also secretly observing the seating order of everyone in the hall, trying to extract some useful information from it.
I saw that in the side hall at this time, there was a luxurious and huge armchair set up near the innermost position, directly opposite the door.
As the main seat, the latter is second to none in this hall in terms of shape and scale.
At the same time, with this separate armchair and the door of the hall as the axis, six pairs of twelve slightly smaller chairs in total were arranged symmetrically.
At this time, Hua Wuqi and Yin Shiyi, one on the left and one on the right, were sitting next to the separate armchair.
Behind them, two deacons and elders, Feng Zeyuan and Xiao Huaizhi, sat respectively.
Behind them, a pair of chairs were immediately vacant.
After that came the three pairs of Mei Zhi, Shen Wuyou, Qi Tianyuan, Bai Ziming, and Song Wenli and Gao Yuan.
In addition to these existing orders, Gao Yuan also noticed two details.
The first was Qi Tianyuan and three others who had already arrived before he entered the hall.
The place they were sitting at that time was the position slightly towards the back.
Secondly, even if Tang Qi, as an elder deacon, was absent this time because she was stationed at the Gray Desert Station, her position was not occupied, but simply left vacant.
"From this point of view, the ranking in front of me is probably the ranking of the elders in Qingliang City."
"Among them, the deacons and elders are the most respected, followed by the guest elders."
"The last position I chose just now for the convenience of talking to Qi Tianyuan and the others seems to be the right one."
"I just don't know the specific arrangement rules for this position. Is it based on the order of joining Qingliang City, or is it tacitly agreed upon by everyone based on their own strength."
After thinking about it for a while, Gao Yuan still preferred the latter.
After all, in the world of cultivation, strength has always been used to determine superiority and inferiority.
If there is a huge difference in strength, it is very common for the older person to salute the younger person and call him senior.
Regarding this, Gao Yuan himself has experienced this many times over the years.
Just as his thoughts were turning secretly, time was passing by bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, the time for making tea was over.
At this moment, the sound of gentle footsteps suddenly sounded from outside the hall, from far to near, and entered the side hall bit by bit.
The people here, including Gao Yuan, are all people with keen senses.
Naturally, he noticed the sound of undisguised footsteps at the first moment.
Then I heard a series of fairly neat sounds of tables and chairs——
Everyone in the hall has stood up.
They were each facing the center of the side hall, and the figure slowly walking in bowed and saluted, saying in unison:
"Welcome to the Lord Guard!"
Gao Yuan mingled in the crowd, taking advantage of the opportunity to bow and salute, and quickly glanced in the direction of the visitor.
Just this look made him feel an indescribable feeling of disparity.
What caught his eye was a middle-aged woman with a very ordinary appearance and figure.
She wore a plain white cloud-patterned palace dress, and a flying fairy bun decorated with a beaded crown on her head.
Apart from this, there is no other decoration on the whole body, making it look unusually simple.
It is far from the image of Gao Yuan's imagination as an independent, powerful and powerful spiritual monk.
"It does not mean that after the cultivation level is promoted to the spirit realm, the cultivator's control over his own body will be greatly improved."
"So that you can freely change and reshape your appearance and appearance according to your own ideas?"
"As a female monk, this senior 'Yu Linglong' did not take this opportunity to change her appearance!"
"From this point of view, in addition to its own strong strength, it must also have a very high character."
"So much so that he doesn't even bother to make the slightest modification to his appearance."
Thoughts were swirling in his mind, but Gao Yuan's face showed no emotion at all.
Together with other people in the palace, he slowly sat back to his seat after the city guard greeted everyone to sit down.
At the same time, he took the opportunity to sit down and quietly took a look at this Shenso Realm elder whose appearance and appearance were completely different from what he expected.
However, he saw that the reputable senior guard of the town, Yu Linglong, although his appearance could only be described as average, his brows were even more peaceful, without showing any sharpness.
But in his eyes, there is a kind of aura of concentration.
Although after entering the hall, he did not make any move to strengthen his power.
But between his brows and his gaze, there was an aura of calmness and authority that made no one dare to feel the slightest contempt.
At the same time, I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
When Gao Yuan looks at the senior 'Yu Linglong', he can always faintly see a layer of soft and delicate white light around his body.
The latter is like a layer of human body strokes, appearing faintly.
But when he looked at it carefully, it disappeared.
Seeing this abnormal scene, Gao Yuan's heart moved slightly.
But he was worried that he would offend the other party by looking at him wantonly, so after sitting down, he directly lowered his eyelids.
But I heard this senior ‘Yu Linglong’ pause for a moment after everyone sat down, and then slowly said:
"This time I asked Shiyi to summon all the elders here, mainly because there are several things that need to be announced."
As she spoke, her eyes kept moving, scanning everyone present.
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on herself, 'Yu Linglong''s face became calmer, and she continued with a clear voice:
"When it comes to 'Yu Jin', this extremely evil organization must be familiar to everyone here."
"To put it further, this organization is the culprit of the 'bloody chaos' that plagued the four regions for more than a hundred years."
"And speaking more recently, the Qingyuan Mountain incident led by 'Yu Jin' ten years ago caused our Qingliang City to lose two guest elders in one day."
"As for the recent past, 'Yu Jin' has set off another round of war in the Southern Territory, during which several large-scale blood sacrifice rituals were conducted."
"Even in our Northern Territory, various members under the command of 'Yu Jin' are making frequent changes, seriously disrupting the safety and order of the cities in the Northern Territory."
"Therefore, I have discussed and met with the city guards of other cities in the Northern Territory."
"We jointly decided to launch a series of actions against the evil organization 'Yu Jin' from now on."
"The specific implementation process will be divided into three parts and unfolded in sequence."
"First of all, the city lord's palace will make overall arrangements and all the elders will cooperate."
"In the shortest possible time, gather all the market towns, scattered cultivator settlements, etc. in the Northern Territory near Qingliang City and centrally place them in several newly designated areas."
"At the same time, within these newly designated areas, the city lord's palace will dispatch law enforcement teams for unified management, and the elders will take turns to be on duty."
"In this way, we can ensure that members of the 'Yu Jin' cannot arbitrarily hunt down casual cultivators in our Qingliang City and use them as sacrifices for their blood sacrifice rituals."
Speaking of this, 'Yu Linglong''s tone paused slightly.
Her eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the hall one by one, and then she continued:
"Of course, this plan is just a passive defensive strategy and has many disadvantages."
"Therefore, it can only be used as a temporary expedient. After the task of gathering loose cultivators within the territory is completed, the second plan will be implemented - strengthening the wall and clearing the country."
"At that time, the elders will lead a team to conduct a blanket search for the 'Yu Jin' personnel throughout Qingliang City."
"We must kill all the 'remnant' members hiding in Qingliang City in the shortest possible time."
Although the people below did not raise any objections, the expressions on their faces changed slightly.
A smile flashed across the face of 'Yu Linglong', and then she continued:
"Of course, the entire territory of Qingliang City is vast. The so-called carpet search will inevitably lead to slow entry when it is implemented. I am very aware of this."
"Therefore, in the process of implementing this plan, the Weapon Refining Hall will assist in providing a large number of monitoring arrays, and you only need to place the corresponding monitoring arrays in place one by one."
"After all, the first two parts are just preventive measures. If we want to solve the problem of 'remnant' from the root, we have to start from its foundation."
"Therefore, after the first two parts of the plan are completed, the three regions of the east, west and north will be united and send people to the southern region to encircle and suppress the 'Yu Jin' organization."
"By then, Qingliang City will naturally not be an exception."
"The specific action arrangements must wait until the first two plans are completed before making detailed arrangements."
"Speaking of which, I would like to mention a few more words."
"During the bloody turmoil that year, in many major cities in the four regions, there were instances where Hunyuan realm elders committed themselves to the 'Yu Jin'."
"I have been dealing with Yu Jin for so many years, so I naturally know very well the methods this organization uses to win over and corrupt ordinary monks."
"I don't know if any of you here have been involved with 'Yu Jin' in the past, and I don't want to get into the details."
"Now I just want to say one thing, if you are not deeply involved with 'Yu Jin', if you are serious about it, then use today as the boundary. As long as you can completely cut off all ties with 'Yu Jin' in the future, I will let the past go.
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"But if those are too deeply involved with 'Yu Jin' and cannot be separated from them at all, they will also use today as a boundary and ask to leave later. I promise not to do anything to stop them."
Having said this, the peaceful aura on 'Yu Linglong''s face dissipated, and she continued with a hint of chilling aura:
"But if after today, I find someone who is entangled with 'Yu Jin', then don't blame me for not remembering the past!"