The next morning, Rong Jing had just finished washing up when someone sent by the special department knocked on his door.

The people who came were not the ones he was familiar with, but they were shrouded in national destiny and had righteousness in their eyes and brows. Rong Jing recognized their identities at a glance.

"Hello, Master Rong Tian." Several people saluted Rong Jing, and then said, "We were sent by Captain Zhou to pick you up."

They were specifically instructed to be respectful when facing Master Rong Tian. Although they had never seen Master Rong Tian's abilities before, according to the brothers who had been on missions with Team Zhou, Master Rong Tian's strength was indeed extraordinary.

So, after they carefully explained the purpose of their visit, they looked at Rong Jing carefully.

"Yes." This Master Rong Tian was unexpectedly handsome. When he saw them coming, his expression did not change at all, as if he was a beautiful jade sculpture, distant and cold, "Let's go."

Seeing that he had nothing in his hands, unlike other masters who had special disciples to help hold their ritual instruments and robes, they hesitated for a moment, said nothing, turned around and followed him downstairs.

The address of the special department is a bit far from Rong Jing, and it may take more than half an hour to get there.

"Captain Zhou, I wonder how long it will take for Master Rong Tian to arrive?"

The kind-looking bald monk sat on the sofa, gently turning the rosary in his hands. The "tick, tick" sound echoed in the quiet room, as if carrying some extremely strange rhythm.

Zhou Songyun was also anxiously waiting for Rong Jing's arrival. Hearing this, he gave a bitter smile and said, "Master Rong Tianshi's residence is a little far from here. It may take some more time."

He had wanted to pick up Rong Jing in person today, but several Heavenly Masters working with him in the department heard that Rong Jing would come today to draw the vitality energy from the Life Gathering Card to return it to the victim, so they all gathered in the special department without any prior arrangement. He had no choice but to stay and entertain them first.

In addition to the Master Yuankong who had just spoken, there were three other masters sitting in the room. One was Pei Yuan, who had met Rong Jing several times before, and the other two were also well-known great masters in the imperial capital, one surnamed Liao and the other surnamed Long.

The Heavenly Master surnamed Long was a female Heavenly Master, about thirty years old, with a gentle and amiable appearance. However, the people present did not dare to look down on her because of her gender and appearance.

This is because she is not only well-versed in metaphysics, but also particularly skilled in the art of witchcraft.

Or maybe, she originally entered Taoism through the use of Gu, and her talent is considered to be top-notch among their group.

And that Master Liao looked a bit rough, with a thick beard, and his temper was as irritable as his appearance.

At this time, he heard the conversation between Zhou Songyun and the other person, and snorted and laughed: "It's been a long time since I heard the name of this great Master Rong Tian. I hope that when I see him later, he won't disappoint me, Liao."

Zhou Songyun felt helpless when he heard this.

Master Liao Tianshi came from a prominent family and had great talent, but because of the indulgence of the elders in the sect, he developed a competitive nature.

After coming out of seclusion, he had always been surpassed by Master Yuankong and Master Long in the ranking of the Heavenly Masters in the Imperial Capital. He was already unhappy in his heart. Now suddenly Master Rong appeared and said that he could extract the vitality and luck from the life-gathering card and return it to the victim. Master Liao was even more unhappy.

Ordinary people don’t understand, but don’t those of them who specialize in metaphysics know how difficult this operation is?

Let alone anything else, just talk about the Heavenly Masters present here, even Yuan Kong, who has the most profound cultivation among them, is helpless when facing the Life-Gathering Card.

The reason is simple, it's because the process of extracting vitality and luck from the life-gathering card requires too much control of spiritual power from the Heavenly Master.

The life-gathering card was the center of the entire life-changing formation, especially the few life-changing formations they had dealt with, the integrity of which was simply the most complete they had ever seen in their lives. The vitality and luck absorbed by such a formation was so huge, and the number of victims affected was also countless.

That small life card contains the vitality and luck of at least hundreds of people. If the action is not done properly, it will easily cause the life card to be damaged, and the vitality and luck stored in it will naturally return to nothingness.

Not to mention that after extracting these vitality and luck, they are accurately returned to each victim.

How is this possible?

However, Zhou Songyun praised Master Rong highly, and the higher-ups also valued him very much. Master Liao was unhappy, and his words were naturally not very pleasant.

Master Long Tianshi on the side just listened silently without saying much.

But she maintained certain friendships with many noble families in the imperial capital, and the Ji family's affairs had previously been asked of her, but she happened to be busy solving the problem of a poisonous insect leak in a certain place at that time, so she did not accept it.

After she came back, she made some inquiries and found out that Ji Yucheng's vitality and luck were not only taken away by the life-changing array, but also a fatal Gu was hidden in his body - as the saying goes, every profession has its specialties, and Master Long Tianshi entered the Taoism through the use of Gu, so he knew the habits of these poisonous insects best.

It was not difficult to remove the fatal Gu in her hands, but the process was extremely troublesome.

But according to the information she got from the Ji family, Master Rong Tian just raised his hand and directly removed the poison, his attitude was so relaxed and carefree!

She couldn't help but feel a little curious about this Master Rong Tian, ​​so when she heard that Master Rong Tian would come to the special department in person today, she also came uninvited.

Yuankong Tianshi didn't have as many thoughts as they did. As a monk, he was compassionate, and he thought that if Rong Jing could really deliver the vitality in these life-gathering cards back to the victims, that would be the best thing.

The only person who had interacted with Rong Jing and even saw him take action, Master Pei Yuan, looked at the people with different thoughts and shook his head slightly.

It's not that he didn't understand Master Liao's idea. But Master Liao didn't know that there are always some people in the world who are born to attack others.

And Rong Jing's own talent...

Pei Yuan recalled the scene where his senior brother was defeated after the opponent made only a slight move. A trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but there was also a trace of longing that could not be concealed.

After all, they were all Heavenly Masters who had contributed a lot to the country. After Zhou Songyun sighed in his heart, he still tried to comfort Heavenly Master Liao with a few words.

His identity was there, and his attitude and tone were all very good. Upon hearing this, Master Liao Tian snorted twice and didn't say anything else.

At this time, several footsteps were heard outside.

Zhou Songyun immediately realized that it was Rong Jing who came, and quickly turned around to greet him: "Master Rong."

Pei Yuan also stood up unconsciously. Seeing this, Master Long suddenly remembered something: "I remember that Master Pei seemed to have some friendship with this Master Rong before?"

Pei Yuan smiled and said, "It's hard to say that we are close. It's just... we have met a few times."

It was these aspects that made him realize that there are always people better than you and that he no longer felt superior because of his background. Instead, he returned to humility and studied the vast metaphysical arts.

Master Long Tianshi seemed to see something from his expression and his heart was slightly moved.

The footsteps were getting closer. Everyone turned their heads to look.

The first person to come in was Zhou Songyun himself, and following behind him was a silver-haired young man who looked extremely young and handsome.

The long hair that was as bright as flowing light was scattered behind him, but it did not look strange. On the contrary, because of his handsome appearance, his temperament was more noble and mysterious.

Several Heavenly Masters had seen Rong Jing's information and photos before today.

This was also one of the reasons why Master Liao was unhappy. Rong Jing looked too young. When they were his age, they could not even establish a name in front of the various noble families in the imperial capital. If you count carefully, it was probably that they had only just begun to truly enter the path of metaphysics not long ago.

But now that he had actually met Rong Jing in person, he actually looked younger than in the photo. Especially the aura that permeated his body. Liao Tianshi had originally looked at him with a slanted eye, but when he saw the aura of heaven shrouding Rong Jing, he couldn't help but frown and put away his contempt.

Although spiritual practice is an act that goes against heaven, most heavenly masters practice diligently throughout their entire lives but still find it difficult to touch the boundary of "going against heaven".

Three years ago, Master Liao Tianshi himself, in order to help the special department catch a vicious criminal, worked desperately for a period of time to change the other party's fate. Only then did he touch the Heavenly Dao and gain a trace of the Heavenly Dao's breath.

But the aura on Rong Jing was so strong that it was extremely eye-catching.

This means that Rong Jing may have modified the fate of more than one person before, and he still survived the heavenly punishment and thunder tribulation, which is why the aura of heaven on his body is so strong.

However, what is certain is that he did not see any bloody evil power on the other party, which means that although the other party's actions are intolerable to the will of heaven, when you look closely, they are not acts of harming others.

There was a hint of complexity in his eyes, and Master Liao Tianshi sat in his seat with a sullen face, without moving.

Tianshi Yuankong and Tianshi Long were both a little surprised. They knew Rong Jing might be really strong, but they didn't know that his strength was at a level that they couldn't see through.

After chanting a Buddhist name, Yuankong Tianshi stood up and said, "Rong Tianshi."

He was an old man with white eyebrows and beard. Rong Jing glanced at him lightly, but returned the greeting with a Buddhist salute.

Yuankong was a little surprised, and the smile on his face became more genuine: "I didn't expect that Master Rong Tian also knows some of the etiquette of my Buddhist sect."

The other party's attitude was very good, so Rong Jing was naturally not arrogant. His expression was still cold, but he replied: "I was fortunate enough to practice Buddhism for a period of time before."

"I see." Yuankong Tianshi nodded. In this way, Rong Jing and he could be said to be close.

Master Long Tian also stood up and greeted Rong Jing.

She spoke softly with a distinct Southern accent.

But when Rong Jing glanced at her lightly, he could feel that there were poisonous insects everywhere on her body, even her voice, which was a kind of poisonous insect.

After thinking about it, Rong Jing also performed the etiquette that was used when sorcerers met each other in the past.

Long Tianshi's eyes moved slightly. This kind of etiquette is indeed circulated among Gu Masters, but there are very few who can perform it as completely and standardly as Rong Jing did.

Considering that the other party had previously helped Ji Yucheng remove the death poison, Master Long Tianshi looked at Rong Jing seriously.

Could it be that this Master Rong Tian is actually also a Gu Master?

But the poisonous insects in her body are currently very quiet, and they don't have the excitement they feel when they meet their own kind.

Although he was somewhat confused, Master Long Tianshi still smiled and returned the greeting to Rong Jing.

Pei Yuan came next. He looked at Rong Jing's young and handsome face and said slowly, "We meet again... Master Rong."

Rong Jing nodded slightly at him.

In a blink of an eye, several Heavenly Masters greeted each other. Zhou Songyun just breathed a sigh of relief, but he caught a glimpse of Heavenly Master Liao standing up, and his heart sank again.

It was not easy to invite Rong Jing over, so Master Liao must not say anything unpleasant that would make him angry and leave.

Fortunately, although Liao Tianshi was competitive, he still had the basic concern for the people. He looked at Rong Jing solemnly and said, "Can you return the vitality and luck in the life-gathering card to the victim?"

Master Rong had seen this kind of look in the eyes of many of his peers before, so at this moment, they would not bother with a junior like him.

Her long and thick eyelashes lifted slightly, her amber eyes looked indifferent, and Rong Jing said "hmm" calmly.

But his attitude is even more infuriating than directly retorting.

Master Liao secretly gritted his teeth and endured it for a while before saying, "Then I'll wait and see what Master Rong will do!"

What he said was really not grand enough. Master Yuankong couldn't help but frowned and chanted a Buddhist name softly.

"Yeah." Rong Jing lowered his eyes and glanced at him, "No need to wait."

"Where are the three life-gathering tablets found under the mountain god temple?" Rong Jing turned around and asked.

Zhou Songyun was actually a little unhappy in his heart, but Master Liao Tianshi and the Liao family behind him had contributed a lot to the special department. He didn't want to speak out now and disappoint them. He could only make up his mind that after this matter was over, he would give Master Rong Tianshi more bonuses.

When he heard Rong Jing's question, he quickly came to his senses: "They are all in the archives room. I will take them out now."

It's called an archive room, but it's actually more like a special storage place for metaphysical objects. Zhou Songyun applied for permission this morning, and went there with the key. After a while, he took out the life-gathering card.

These life-gathering tablets are all labeled with serial numbers. The first few were collected from Jinshi, Lanzhou Province and Yun Province, and the remaining three were found under the mountain temple.

Rong Jing reached out and took the life-gathering tablets. The originally cool jade stones felt slightly warm in his hands.

The deep red color slowly emerges from the depths of the jade, and one can vaguely see the vitality flowing within it.

The moment he took the life-gathering card, everyone's eyes were involuntarily focused on him, whether they wanted to or not.

The slender white fingertips gently rubbed the round surface of the jade token, and Rong Jing could feel the rich vitality and luck contained in it... as well as the breath of several souls that were almost dissipating inside.

Pei Yuan closely watched Rong Jing's movements. He was thinking, he is very strong, but can he really send back all the vitality and luck of so many life-gathering cards?

Liao Tianshi and others had similar ideas.

Only Zhou Songyun had seen Rong Jing's methods before, so he asked, "Master Rong, do you need to prepare anything?"

Rong Jing shook his head, thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to a wider place."

This is nothing. Now this building is the office area of ​​​​the special department. As soon as Rong Jing finished speaking, Zhou Songyun took him to the back yard.

Osmanthus and apricot trees are planted in the spacious courtyard. The layout is very reasonable, and you can see the designer's intentions.

Rong Jing took a glance, then followed the breath flowing in the yard and walked to the place where the vitality was the most intense and stable.

Master Liao curled his lips upon seeing this, but his opinion of Rong Jing rose again.

It is not impossible to ask them to find the point with the most vitality in the Feng Shui layout, but the process is much more troublesome than Rong Jing's.

This one move alone is enough to make people dare not underestimate him.

However, Rong Jing didn't have the heart to pay attention to their thoughts at this time. Standing under an osmanthus tree in the courtyard, he lowered his eyes slightly, and the spiritual power flowed through his fingertips. In an instant, a layer of light and beautiful golden light was covered on several life-gathering cards.

Then, a few crisp "pop" sounds were heard in everyone's ears, and the deep red color on several life-gathering plates faded quickly, and then turned into thousands of light blue lights, moving up and down in the air with the wind.

Seeing that the extracted vitality was about to dissipate, Rong Jing's eyes condensed slightly, and then he turned his wrist, the spiritual power in his hand suddenly stagnated, and then turned into an ancient and elegant light golden jade pen.

"This is..." Master Yuankong's pupils shrank slightly, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "Spiritual power transformation!"

Liao Tianshi and others couldn't help but reveal a look of shock.

Zhou Songyun, on the other hand, was not a person who was familiar with metaphysics, and he had seen Rong Jing's method before, so he remained relatively calm at this time.

However, when he heard Master Yuankong blurt out the words "spiritual power", he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

“Turning spiritual energy into objects… can only be done by a great Heavenly Master.” Heavenly Master Yuankong only said this, then stopped talking, staring at Rong Jing’s next move without moving for a moment.

He was seen standing tall and straight, with the magic pen in his hand waving freely. The golden light under his pen was as bright and dazzling as the sea of ​​stars. After a while, a huge rune gold net was formed, covering the light blue vitality and luck emanating from the life-gathering plate, and then scattered to all directions in the sky.

Everyone had a vague premonition that these dissipated vitality and luck must have really returned to their original owners, rather than falling on someone randomly.

What kind of meticulous mind and control over spiritual power is needed to achieve this?

Even this is nothing.

Everyone thought that it would be enough to send the vitality in the life-gathering card back, but Rong Jingshou had not yet taken back the spirit-pointing pen in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, the few people continued to stand there and watch.

Then they saw Rong Jing actually pulled out several pale white light balls from these life-gathering cards.

The colors of these light balls were so pale that they looked as if they would be blown away by the wind in the next second when they fell into the air.

Rong Jing also lowered his eyes and looked at these souls that were almost dissipated after being tortured.

Their faces were almost unrecognizable, with only the last bit of soul power left to maintain the integrity of their three souls and seven spirits.

But that's enough.

With a slight movement of his wrist, the light golden jade pen with spiritual light fell on these souls.

The soft and refreshing spiritual energy slowly permeated the tired and numb soul. Gradually, the light soul became solid, and a bit of spirituality appeared on the face.

"Boom! Boom-Boom!" It was as if a loud bell was ringing in their ears. Several souls were shocked and bowed reverently towards Rong Jing. Then the road of reincarnation began, and the lost vitality and luck returned to them, and they walked into the next reincarnation together.

Such a scene was so shocking that everyone present, including Master Liao, remained silent for a long time.

It was not until Rong Jing gently dispersed the spirit-pointing pen in his hand and all the strange things that had just appeared before their eyes disappeared that everyone came to their senses.

"Amitabha."

Tianshi Yuankong chanted a Buddhist mantra again, "I didn't expect that there were still a few ghosts in this life-gathering tablet. Thanks to Tianshi Rong's kindness, they were sent back into reincarnation."

The breath of these ghosts was so weak that it was almost undetectable. They had studied the life-gathering cards for a long time before, but had no idea anything was happening.

It had only been less than half an hour since Rong Jing got the jade tablets, but he not only returned all the vitality and luck in the life tablets, he even found these ghosts, solidified their souls, and sent them into reincarnation.

Any one of these items would consume a lot of spiritual energy. However, Rong Jing not only did all of them, but he didn't look tired at all, not to mention that he looked exhausted.

How strong is such a person?

What’s even more terrifying is, how old is he?

When Master Yuankong thought of this, he couldn’t help but chant “Amitabha”.

Being quiet and doing nothing is the greatest freedom. He doesn't need to care about others, all he needs to do is to cultivate his mind for himself, he only needs to focus on himself.

Even Master Yuankong's state of mind showed a trace of wavering, not to mention Master Long and others.

The youngest of them is ten years older than Rong Jing, but judging from their current cultivation level, they are indeed no match for the young man in front of them.

Master Liao Tianshi was completely unable to utter any sarcastic words at this moment. He felt the last breath of the reincarnation road dissipating in the air, pursed his lips, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Rong Tianshi's methods are indeed extraordinary."

Pei Yuan also realized once again that even though he had previously overestimated Rong Jing's cultivation level, it now seemed that he had underestimated it.

Sighing in their hearts, Pei Yuan and Master Long Tian looked at each other and saw a hint of fear in each other's eyes.

When Zhou Songyun saw that several Heavenly Masters suddenly fell silent, and heard Heavenly Master Liao praise him with a somewhat difficult tone, he vaguely understood something in his heart.

He couldn't help but feel fortunate that when Xie Xuanqing contacted them before, he didn't let his subordinates handle it casually, but went there in person and successfully established a relationship with Rong Jing.

“Master Yuankong, thank you for your praise.” Rong Jing also withdrew his gaze from the disappearing road of reincarnation, heard what Master Yuankong and Master Liao said, turned his head slightly, and replied to Master Yuankong.

Liao Tianshi didn't have the energy to pay attention to Rong Jing's behavior of ignoring his words at this time. He just stared at Rong Jing, as if he couldn't accept it, and asked as if he was really confused: "You... why are you so strong?"

Are people named Rong Jing really born to be suitable for metaphysics?

Tianshi Liao thought Rong Jing would not answer. However, he looked at him and said calmly, "Why do you practice the mystical arts?"

for what?

For money? For fame?

No……

At the beginning, he practiced the mystical arts only to help the people, support the good and punish the evil.

Liao Tianshi seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand.

He stood there motionless, pondering the meaning of Rong Jing's words.

When Master Yuankong heard these words, he was awakened from a dream, as if he had been hit by a wake-up call.

He has always been steadfast in cultivating his mind without fear, so what is the mind he is cultivating?

It turned out that his persistence had been blurred without him realizing it. Rong Jing's words cleared away a layer of fog that he himself was not aware of, and pointed directly to his heart's desire.

As he suddenly realized the truth, the aura on Master Yuankong began to rise and fall, and finally became quiet, becoming more and more obscure and difficult to describe.

"Thank you Master Rong for your guidance." There is no distinction between the old and the young in the Tao. Master Yuankong came to his senses and performed a solemn Buddhist etiquette towards Rong Jing without hesitation.

This time, Rong Jing stood where he was and accepted his salute, then raised his hand and returned an ordinary Buddhist salute.

"You're welcome." The tone was light.

Zhou Songyun, who witnessed everything that happened: "..."

???

What happened just now? Why did Master Yuankong thank Master Rong? Why did Master Rong tell Master Yuankong that he was welcome? Wasn't he talking to Master Liao just now?

I can only say that if you are not an expert in metaphysics, you really can’t understand it.

As if noticing his gaze, Rong Jing turned his head to look at him, then handed over a few life-gathering cards that had turned white.

Zhou Songyun noticed at this time: "Don't you say that we need to return to the local area to..." to return the vitality and luck inside?

"Yeah." Rong Jing lowered his eyes and said calmly, "It has been improved just now."

Zhou Songyun: “…”