Evan's Journey Through the Unknown Chapter 8

Evan Drake has always been incredibly accurate in judging people, and his judgment based on first sight has never been wrong.

Although he thought Jizai was a strange person at first sight, like Leo Vaughn, he didn't think he was a bad person. Even though Jun Xiao found out that there was a spell in his "mobile phone", Evan Drake still felt that Jizai and the two people who appeared at his doorstep last night might be related, but they were definitely not the same kind.

Jizai twisted his body uncomfortably and stammered, "Hey - it was wrong of me to randomly measure other people's birth dates, but, but... my starting point was good..." After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Evan Drake eagerly. But after looking at him for two seconds, he realized that Evan Drake had his eyes closed, so he turned his gaze to Leo Vaughn, who seemed to be easier to talk to.

Leo Vaughn scratched his chin, looked at the chandelier on the ceiling, and said nothing.

Jizai was about to cry, so he had to look at Jun Xiao reluctantly and fearfully.

Evan Drake saw the entire struggle process without missing a single word, and he immediately found it somewhat amusing - with such a fellow, even if he had ten times the courage, he would not be the mastermind who instructed those two men to bring the three-headed monster to block the people.

"Then what is your starting point?" Evan Drake asked.

"Ah?" Jizai was probably particularly afraid of Jun Xiao. Just being stared at by his dark eyes made him wish he had never appeared in this world. Logically speaking, he didn't look like a particularly quiet person. No one knew why he had so little courage when facing Jun Xiao, so much so that when Evan Drake spoke out of the blue, he was a little unable to react.

"You calculated my birth date and what did you do?" Evan Drake asked more directly this time.

"Actually, it's like this---" Ji Zai hesitated for a moment, then said, "You may find what I said a little bit fantastic, but believe me, these are all real."

Evan Drake's expression suddenly became as subtle as if he had swallowed a hamster: ...

When you have been poisoned and harmed by a lunatic who is obsessed with transcending the calamity and ascending to heaven since childhood, and your door was blocked by two abnormal people the night before, and you were almost bitten to death by three monsters, and finally you suddenly have a disciple who was accepted more than 5,000 years ago, what else can make you feel fantasy?

However, it seems that when Jun Xiao and Leo Vaughn caught the chicken and questioned him, they did not mention what happened last night, otherwise the chicken would not have said such things.

As the most mysterious existence in this room, Jun Xiao leaned against the door unconsciously, folded his arms, and looked at the chicken with narrowed eyes, as if he wanted to listen to what kind of mysterious method it was.

Even Leo Vaughn, who had been wandering outside the normal world all day and could jump three channels with just one sentence, sat up straight.

Jizai's face turned green after being stared at. He stiffened his neck and said, "I heard you talking before. You mentioned Taoist friends and knew about spells. I guess you know something about cultivation."

Leo Vaughn immediately nodded solemnly.

Evan Drake: ...

"And this Huo... well, Senior Huo should not be an ordinary person. His cultivation is definitely beyond the reach of small characters like us." While speaking, Jizai took the opportunity to flatter him. He flattered him with tears in his eyes, which not only did not make people feel disgusted, but also made people feel a little funny.

But Evan Drake couldn't laugh, he just thought: Oh no, this chicken's description has confirmed the matter of practicing Taoism, Leo Vaughn will probably become even crazier and more self-righteous in the future...

Although he never felt guilty.

He turned around and saw that Leo Vaughn was listening very attentively. He couldn't help but feel a little headache.

However, Jun Xiao never gave any response to the chicken. He just listened without comment or expression.

Jizi had no idea what kind of person he was. His aura was so restrained that he couldn't sense it at all. He just felt that he was a little dangerous and unfathomable, but he had no idea how deep he was. So he glanced at Jun Xiao, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "This cultivation is naturally not random. Except for a small number of independent cultivators, most people still have sects. These sects are big and small, old and new. At present, there are several sects that are relatively famous."

The more Evan Drake listened, the more he found it hard to understand: "Sect?"

"Yes!" Ji Zai looked at him, thinking that he didn't understand why there were different sects in Taoism, and said, "After all, the way of worshipping is different in each sect."

"No, I mean, do these sects still exist now?"

"Of course!"

"Where is it? In the deep mountains and forests or in uninhabited areas?" As far as Evan Drake knew, he obviously felt that "there are so many sects hidden under the noses of ordinary people" was really unimaginable, and it probably could only exist in places where there were few people.

But the answer from the little chicken surprised him: "There are indeed some sects that have set up a forbidden place on the top of a mountain or in a dense forest, but not all of them are like that."

"Where else can it be?" Evan Drake had a feeling that his worldview was about to be refreshed again.

"Well, as far as I know---" Ji Zai raised his head and thought for a while, then betrayed all the fellow Taoists without hesitation, "There are three sects, six schools and twelve realms. Among the three major sects, except for the long-declined Yusheng Sect, the other two are all in the city. For example, Qingyun Sect is in Lin City. The second largest sect among the six sects, Shaoyang Sect, has never moved since its establishment thousands of years ago and is now under the jurisdiction of Heng City. There is also Changling Sect, which is in Li City. However, Changling Sect is now in name only. The few remaining disciples are not as good as the old Taoists and monsters in Huaiyin Temple on Zhongcui Mountain on the outskirts of the city."

Evan Drake: ... Lin City and Heng City are both prosperous metropolises, right? In such a bustling place with lots of traffic and bright lights, there is also a sect that sounds quite big? Does their mayor know that there are such a group of terrorists there... Although Li City is not a big place, it actually has a few monsters hiding there?

However, after receiving this series of sect reports, with specific cities attached, Evan Drake was a little worried that Leo Vaughn would go crazy during a thunderstorm and run directly to another city. After all, this guy has a bad brain but a lot of courage, and he can really do such a thing.

Thinking of this, Evan Drake glanced at the sofa on the right again, only to find that Leo Vaughn looked dazed for some reason, as if he was in a daze.

However, this was not the first or second time that he was distracted while talking or doing something. Perhaps something that Ji Zai said opened up a new channel for him, so he started to meditate.

He could understand Leo Vaughn's absent-mindedness, but in the blink of an eye, he discovered that Huo Junxiao, who had been standing beside him, seemed to be distracted as well. He saw that he had retracted his gaze from the chicken at some point, lowered his eyes, and his gaze seemed to fall on his own wrist?

Evan Drake glanced at Jun Xiao's wrist, and vaguely saw a bead sticking out from between his sleeves. He didn't know what material it was made of, but he felt it had a sense of simplicity and heaviness.

However, just after Evan Drake glanced for a moment, he felt Huo Junxiao's wrist move, and then the pair of dark eyes raised up again, just in time to meet Evan Drake's gaze.

Although he had done nothing wrong, Evan Drake still felt a little awkward and embarrassed, so he quickly turned his gaze back to the chicken and said, "You've gone through so much trouble and talked about so many sects. It seems that you haven't gotten to the point yet."

"The point is, since there are so many sects, each one is constantly expanding its power to gain a higher status and more resources. Our sect is no exception. A few days ago, the head of the sect said that our sect hasn't accepted any disciples for nearly ten years, so we plan to recruit some new ones recently. The quality is more important than the quantity. There are also requirements for the birth date, so we should pay attention to it when we go out. I carved this talisman on my phone, and wanted to see if I could pick up a few suitable ones to take back."

Evan Drake: ... How come you are such a good sect, but recruiting disciples is like picking up stray cats and dogs on the street?

"I ran into you in that alley that day, and my phone started vibrating. Your birth date and horoscope matched the requirements of the sect leader for this batch of disciples, so I wanted to ask you if you were willing to go, but when I turned around, you were gone. I had something urgent to do, so I went back to the sect first."

"Return to your sect?" Evan Drake grasped these three words accurately, "Is your sect in Yi City?"

"That's right." Jizi nodded and said, "It's not too far from here, just ahead on Xijing North Road."

Evan Drake was really confused this time: "Isn't Xijing North Road a financial and commercial street? If I remember correctly, there are office buildings and skyscrapers on both sides of it!"

"Yes!" Jizai was quite surprised, thinking that even though this blind man was blind, he knew quite a lot of details.

Evan Drake: "Then where is your sect?" Could it be that there is only a few grid-like empty spaces between a bunch of buildings that can accommodate an entire sect?

"Well..." Jizai turned his face away silently, "I can tell you the approximate location, but it's against the rules to tell you the specific location, young man, please don't embarrass me."

Evan Drake: ... Can you die if you talk nicely?

"Okay---" Since this question couldn't be answered, Evan Drake changed the subject, "You said your leader has requirements for birth dates, what does he require?"

Jizai didn't shy away from this question: "It is said that people must be born in an yin year, yin month and yin hour. I don't know why there is such a requirement. Maybe the sect has had a bad year and needs disciples like this to change the luck?" He shrugged his bound shoulders with difficulty, indicating that he didn't know more details.

"Yin year, Yin month, Yin time?" Huo Junxiao repeated with a frown.

The little chicken, who finally relaxed a little, shrank back, nodded, and thought to himself: Oh my god! Why is this ancestor frowning again?

"What's wrong?" Evan Drake asked.

Huo Junxiao shook his head and said, "This is not a very auspicious birthday. People who need this kind of birthday... always feel that it is not just for the purpose of changing their fortunes."

Evan Drake himself didn't understand these things, so he didn't say anything. He just asked the chicken: "You didn't have time to find me, so you later told those two weirdos, one tall and one short, my birth address?"

"Two weirdos, one tall and one short?" Jizi immediately twisted his body when he heard it: "Have you seen my senior brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt three sharp gazes falling on him. Even Leo Vaughn, who had been distracted, had a gloomy face. Although he had never been reliable in his work and his brain was not very good, he could not bear Evan Drake being threatened.

Jizai shuddered, thinking that he had said something he shouldn't have, so he stammered to explain: "I didn't tell them, I told them when I was talking to the headmaster. They probably overheard it accidentally. Those two brothers have always been a little... well, they have bad intentions. The headmaster said that there would be rewards for finding new disciples with good qualifications, and they were a little eager for quick success, so they hurried out to find you. It wasn't until this morning that I found that they hadn't returned yet. I was sent out to find someone, and when I passed by here, I wanted to come and ask you if you were willing to join our sect. As a result, I was organizing my words downstairs when Senior Huo and Senior Huo brought me up..."

After he finished explaining, Evan Drake and Leo Vaughn's expressions eased a little. After all, he didn't look like someone who would have the guts to lie at this time. Since he had no intention of harming anyone, it meant that there was some misunderstanding.

As for why the two so-called senior brothers went from recruiting disciples to killing them, probably only they themselves know.

Thinking of this, Evan Drake wanted Jun Xiao to untie the chicken first. If it was tied up like this, it would probably be crippled due to blood circulation problems.

Unexpectedly, Jun Xiao's expression was still a little gloomy. He suddenly asked, "Which sect did you learn from?"

Evan Drake realized after hearing this. This chicken talked about a lot of things but forgot to say what his own sect was.

Ji Zai was stunned for a moment, then said with some pride: "Our sect is also considered a big sect. After the decline of Yusheng Sect, our sect should be the most powerful among the three sects. I am from Hengtian Sect."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Huo Junxiao, who was leaning against the door, suddenly stand up straight, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he raised his hand expressionlessly, and Jizi felt a sharp pain in his neck, almost making him cough up blood. When he reacted, he found that he had been held by Huo Junxiao's neck in his hand.

The chicken with dull eyes: ... Holy crap help me!!!