After learning that the Ghost King was a local lord, Fang Ruotang and Xiao Jingzi briefly learned about the structure of the Underworld.
The newly deceased souls first arrive at the Lost Plains, a vast wasteland shrouded in mist, where it is easy to get lost. Low-ranking ghost messengers guide the souls toward the Hall of Judgment.
Fang Ruotang estimated the timeframe and concluded that the people from the Tiangang Sect must have already arrived at the Trial Hall, and perhaps they had already finished their trials and gone about their business.
Therefore, she didn't know where Zhou Qing was now, or whether he had been reincarnated. If he had been reincarnated, she would have to find out which realm and which family he was in.
[Little Mirror, is Zhou Qing still in the Underworld?]
[Here! He is in the Land of Blessed Life, waiting to be reincarnated.]
Fang Ruotang inquired further about the Yinshou Blessed Land and learned that it was an area where benevolent souls awaited reincarnation, which was even better. Bringing back anyone else wouldn't cause any harm.
"Zhou Qing is in Yinshou Blessed Land. After you find him, tell him that his master used his connections to allow him to return to Yun Shen Continent. Ask him what he thinks. If he wants to come back, bring him back. If he doesn't want to, find out which realm he was reborn into."
Whether to reshape the physical body or take the unorthodox path, one must start cultivating again. Fang Ruotang was not involved and did not know whether the other party was willing.
She didn't want to do something wrong with good intentions.
Although they wanted to expand the Tianyi Sect's membership, they didn't want to bring back unwilling people.
"……good!"
The Ghost King was neither able to fight nor escape, so he could only grit his teeth and agree. But when he thought that he wasn't the only one suffering, and that other Ghost Kings were in the same predicament, he felt that it wasn't unacceptable.
After all, he was the first Ghost King to take action. The Underworld was unprepared, so his chances of success were high. Once he finished his mission, he could hide in the Abyss of Oblivion and cultivate for a thousand or eight hundred years without coming out. Who could do anything to him then?
Fang Ruotang felt she had said everything she needed to say. As for releasing the Ghost King, whether he would become a wild horse was beyond her control, and she could only give him a small amount of trust.
As soon as the first ghost king left, Fang Ruotang summoned another one without stopping. Using the same method, she first crippled the ghost king, then gave him some sweets, and finally gave him instructions.
In Fang Ruotang's view, things went very smoothly. After a series of combined attacks, each ghost king left with either a bruised and swollen face or missing an arm or a leg. However, they all kept Fang Ruotang's promise and guaranteed to bring back a disciple of the Tiangang Sect.
While Fang Ruotang was working diligently, the results of the competition came out, and she went to the Mingtang like a tireless ox or horse.
After exchanging pleasantries and handing over the cultivation techniques and weapons, she couldn't wait to rush back, since according to the confessions of these ghost kings, she could summon many more.
She is always fair and just, and she cannot show favoritism to the ghost king who did not come, lest he think that she does not value them.
Lin Huai was very excited. He wanted to be number one, but he wasn't sure he could win. After all, there were still a few strong opponents.
Moreover, the grand prize for the champion is a Heaven-rank cultivation technique and a weapon; which disciple in the sect isn't scrambling to win first place?
But when he actually received the reward, before he could even feel happy, the sect leader left in a hurry, and most of the elders also left. His blood froze instantly.
"Master?" Lin Huai looked at Elder Jiang in confusion and asked with a heavy heart, "Does the sect leader not think highly of me and not favor me?"
Having become the sect leader, he is tantamount to becoming the new generation's leader of the sect. From now on, disciples inside and outside the sect will follow his lead.
The disciples of the former Wanjian Pavilion were always like this, but the disciples of Tianyi Sect and Tiangang Sect are different. This time, he won first place, which is well-deserved.
"Don't overthink it, the sect leader and elders have something to do."
When Fang Ruotang said she could save Zhou Qing, Jiang Wangzhou was standing behind her and heard her words. After Fang Ruotang left, the elders of the Tiangang Sect immediately started discussing who to save, but no specific name came up until the end of the competition.
"Congratulations, I'm so proud of you." Jiang Wangzhou looked at his eldest disciple with satisfaction, feeling very proud of him.
Lin Huai breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled brightly.
As long as the sect leader doesn't dislike him, that's fine.
After merging into the Tianyi Sect, he had already figured out the Tianyi Sect's model. A disciple who is disliked by the sect leader has no future in the Tianyi Sect.
It's not that Fang Ruotang would target any particular disciple—she doesn't have that kind of free time—but rather that disciples who don't meet her standards receive no preferential treatment.
Because he increasingly understood a phrase that the former disciples of Tianyi Sect liked to say: being favored by the sect leader was an opportunity.
Fang Ruotang hadn't walked far before she was surrounded by a group of elders.
"What? Who do you want to save?"
Fang Ruotang asked the question casually, not noticing the awkwardness on Qin Hongyan and the others' faces, and continued talking on her own.
"I just contacted the King of the Underworld. So far, we've decided to save Zhou Qing. As for the others, we'll just have them bring back whoever they see. After all, I don't know their names, and most importantly, some of them may have already been reborn."
Qin Hongyan and the other elders paused for a moment.
"That's fine too!"
"Well, before I ask the Ghost King to save them, I always ask them if they want to come back. If they don't want to come back and want to be reborn, I just need to record their reincarnation information. Of course, for those who want to completely sever ties with the past, I don't record their information."
Fang Ruotang doesn't believe that everyone will cherish this life.
Just like her fifth disciple, Jiang Zao, if she hadn't taken him under her wing and asked for his opinion before she died, she would never have had any contact with anyone in this life.
Because it was too bitter.
The disciples of the Tiangang Sect probably wouldn't suffer such a fate?
But who knows!
In short, Fang Ruotang didn't want to do something wrong with good intentions. She had thought of everything she could think of, and that was all she could come up with.
"Good! Sect Master's thinking is very comprehensive. Regardless of whether they come back or not, I thank you on their behalf!" Qin Hongyan said with a serious expression.
Fang Ruotang waved her hand dismissively and said, "No need. On the contrary, if they come back, you'll need to set up another place. You don't need so many elders to manage the Discipline Department. You can let one or two elders manage these disciples who will cultivate the demonic path in the future."
"Alright! We'll handle this well! As for the spiritual veins, we'd like to discuss this with you and ask for your opinion." Qin Hongyan had only returned because of the competition.
Qi Yu didn't even come back. After all, his only disciple was Fang Zhili, who had just entered the Qi-cultivation stage. He would have been a sitting duck if he had gone up there. The two of them simply didn't come back and would have been embarrassed.
"Guarding the spiritual vein? You can decide that. If you don't want the hassle, just tell Steward Jin, and she will assign people to manage it."
"Ah! Right, I need to open the secret realm. Let's set the entrance in the Trial Forest!" Fang Ruotang hurriedly left a group of people and ran off.
Halfway there, she was stopped by a handsome male disciple who looked at her with a hesitant expression.
Fang Ruotang looked at her disciple, whose eyebrows were twitching, and scolded him with a puzzled expression: "If you have something to say, say it quickly. If not, get out of the way."
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