Chapter 78 has been revised. The past scenes between the two have been deleted, and the inner discussion between Fu Changling and Fu Yushu has been added.
Hearing this, Fu Changling was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Qin Yan. Seeing his hesitation, Qin Yan said, "Go."
As he spoke, Qin Yan looked at Fu Yushu and said, "I'll stay here with Young Master Lin. If anything happens, I'll let you know."
"That's great."
Fu Yushu turned to Fu Changling and said, "Brother Changling, let's go now."
"Oh, wait a minute," Fu Changling said bewilderedly, "Didn't I agree to this yet?"
"Your senior brother has agreed," Fu Yushu said happily, pulling Fu Changling up. "Let's go."
Fu Changling was inexplicably dragged out by Fu Yushu. Before leaving, Fu Changling turned around and told Qin Yan: "Brother! Remember to contact me!"
Qin Yan couldn't help laughing when he saw Fu Changling being dragged out by Fu Yushu.
Fu Yushu and Fu Changling were playing and quarreling with each other. Fu Changling's voice disappeared in the distance: "Hey, don't hold me back! Brother Yushu, wait a minute, I dropped something. Fu Yushu, why are you so anxious?"
When Qin Yan saw Fu Changling being dragged away, he returned to his seat, lifted his clothes, and sat down. He picked up a flower with both hands and placed it on his knees, then closed his eyes and started to sit in meditation.
Fu Changling was forced onto the flying boat by Fu Yushu and rushed towards the place where the formation was to be set up. He twirled his small fan and sighed, "Brother Yushu, your wedding is in seven days. There's no need to rush."
"Good morning."
Fu Yushu laughed: "To avoid any trouble."
"What are you afraid of?" Fu Changling chuckled. Fu Yushu lowered his head and said gently, "Achen has been in Hongmeng Palace for a long time. I'm afraid there will be a conflict regarding the affairs of Le Country."
"Oh?" Fu Changling looked up at Fu Yushu, "What kind of conflict is this?"
"Achen should tell the Palace Master directly about the Le Kingdom incident, but the Palace Master probably won't care and will even find an excuse to brush Achen off. Achen has been in Hongmeng Palace for a long time and has always followed the palace rules. It's fine if the Palace Master doesn't care, but if she encounters anyone involved in this incident again, she's afraid she won't be able to resist teaching them a lesson, and there might be a conflict."
Fu Changling listened to Fu Yushu's words and nodded, then realized: "Wouldn't it be easy for my senior brother to get into trouble there?!"
Fu Yushu was a little puzzled: "What does this have to do with your senior brother? Can he imitate Lin Chen and teach the people of Hongmeng Heavenly Palace a lesson?"
Fu Changling: “…”
He really can. After all, Lin Chen is the eldest senior brother of Hongmeng Tiangong. Hasn't he taught many people a lesson in the past?
Fu Changling choked for a moment, coughed lightly, and then said, "Well, you said that a group of people in Hongmeng Tiangong are using human meridians to refine their bodies. Who do you think is leading this? It can't be that the entire Hongmeng Tiangong is doing this, right?"
Fu Yushu remained silent. He twirled his fan and said slowly, "It's hard to say. The Fu and Lin families shouldn't have... right?"
Fu Yushu raised his eyes to look at Fu Changling, who stared at him intently: "Explain to me what you mean by 'no...right'?"
"Well," Fu Yushu smiled embarrassedly, "Aren't we just the Young Master? Ah Chen is better. You are a member of our Fu family, you know that the Young Master of our Fu family is a backup. I have 123 candidates in the sequence, all waiting for me to do something so that they can become the Young Master."
Hearing this, Fu Changling was stunned.
His later Fu family was not like this.
In his memory, although there were many disputes over the Young Master position in the Fu family, they were generally limited to legitimate descendants. In other words, in their generation, only Fu Yushu's descendants had the ability to participate in the Young Master competition.
He had vaguely heard that his father had struggled to become the head of the family, but he had no idea that there were 123 people competing for the position.
How did Fu Yushu change the rules of the Fu family?
Fu Changling didn't dare to think too deeply about it. As he was thinking, he saw a jade pendant on Fu Yushu's neck and waist light up.
Fu Yushu quickly stood up: "Achen called me. She must have been wronged by Yan Guhong. I will go and comfort her. You can do whatever you want."
Having said that, Fu Yushu went back to his own room.
Fu Changling sat there, he didn't know why, but he suddenly felt something indescribable...
acid?
He thought about it and took out the jade pendant Qin Yan gave him. Fu Yushu had someone to chat with, and so did he!
He held the jade pendant and began to call Qin Yan: "Brother, brother, what are you doing?"
The jade pendant didn't respond. After a while, Qin Yan's voice came from a distance: "What's the matter?"
"Brother," Fu Changling lay on the table, "I'm bored, I want to chat with you."
Qin Yan was silent for a while. After a while, he said calmly, "Recite the Heart Purification Sutra three times, then come and talk to me."
After saying this, the jade pendant dimmed.
The journey from the Fu family to the Hongmeng Heavenly Palace is long. On the day of the wedding, the journey needs to be compressed into two hours, which requires eleven large teleportation arrays.
The teleportation array consumes spiritual energy and mental effort, and most importantly, it takes time. Every stroke and every line has to be drawn slowly.
Fu Changling and Fu Yushuo lay on the ground every day to draw the teleportation array. Sometimes they would draw one together and chat aimlessly.
Sometimes the two of them painted separately, each drawing one. When Fu Changling was bored, he would go to Qin Yan to chat.
Hongmeng Palace has been bustling recently. Lin Chen's marriage is a big event in Hongmeng Palace. Qin Yan has never seen such a Hongmeng Palace. He is like an outsider, wandering in this strange yet familiar place. He looks at Hongmeng Palace decorated with lights and people coming and going around. No one greets him, and no one recognizes him.
He felt like a wandering soul. Every time this happened, he would hear Fu Changling's noisy voice in his ears: "Brother, what are you doing? Have you eaten? Are you happy today?"
Sometimes on sunny days, Fu Changling would say to him, "Brother, the sun is too hot today. I feel like a coolie. Fu Yushu is not even human! He keeps calling me senior, but does he treat me like a junior treating a senior?"
"He's your father."
Qin Yan spoke calmly, and Fu Changling was speechless for a moment.
Sometimes when it rained heavily, Fu Changling would put on a straw hat, raise his hands to form a barrier, and while drawing the teleportation array, he would complain to Qin Yan: "Brother, can you hear me? It's raining so hard here! I want to come back, I don't want to work anymore!"
Qin Yan sat at the desk, holding a pen and looking at the Qingxin Sutra on the paper. Listening to Fu Changling's words, he couldn't help laughing.
The seven days passed quickly, and soon it was the day before Fu Yushu and Lin Chen's wedding. On this day, all of Lin Chen's friends came to visit and give gifts. Lin Chen was a little overwhelmed, so he finally found Qin Yan and said awkwardly, "Friend Qin, could you please help me look after the guests?"
Most of Lin Chen's guests are of noble status, and it would be embarrassing for ordinary people to receive them. Although Qin Yan does not have any special status, his cultivation level is there, so he will never lose face if he stands out.
When Qin Yan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement and said, "If the young master doesn't mind, I can go to the mountain gate to receive you."
"No need to go to the mountain gate." Lin Chen smiled, "Just stay at Wuya Peak."
Qin Yan nodded.
People came and went that day, and Qin Yan didn't actually have to do anything. He was just responsible for receiving visitors in the house and accepting gifts.
This should have been done by Lin Chen's brothers, but Lin Chen entered the secular world early and chose to get married in Hongmeng Heavenly Palace. Her father and brothers were in seclusion in the mountain gate, and there were not enough people of certain status left for her, so Qin Yan had to fill the number.
As the eldest brother of Hongmeng Heavenly Palace, Qin Yan doesn't care about worldly matters most of the time, but he still has to take care of key matters.
He received the guests one by one. As the day went on, there were fewer and fewer guests. Qin Yan thought he could take a rest, but unexpectedly, at dusk, a man came to the yard.
He was dressed in plain clothes, not much different from what he was wearing later. He was accompanied by a child who looked no more than four or five years old. He was wearing the white shirt of a disciple directly taught by Hongmeng Tiangong. The child looked cute, but his expression was calm and wooden, and he did not look like a child at all.
When Qin Yan saw the child, he paused. After a moment, the man led the child to him.
Qin Yan stood up and saluted, saying respectfully, "Greetings, Lord Sanggan."
Sang Ganjun returned the greeting and then looked at Qin Yan: "May I ask where is Lin Daojun?"
Asking this meant that he wanted to see Lin Chen. Qin Yan understood and nodded, "Wait a moment."
Qin Yan asked someone to notify Lin Chen, and then turned around to look at Sang Ganjun. He looked very thin, but his expression was calm. His eyes were lifeless and silent.
After a while, Lin Chen came out. She was obviously changing into her wedding dress. When she heard that Sang Ganjun was coming, she actually put on the shirt underneath her wedding dress and came out.
Qin Yan saw Lin Chen coming out, he saluted respectfully, and then retreated. He took a few steps and just stepped onto the small bridge in the courtyard, when he heard Fu Changling's voice again: "Brother, what are you doing?"
"I was just entertaining guests for your mother. Now that Senior Brother Sanggan has arrived, I'll be leaving first."
"No, no, no."
Fu Changling hurriedly said, "Stand there and don't move."
As he spoke, Qin Yan felt a spiritual consciousness climbing up along the jade pendant. He recognized it as Fu Changling's spiritual consciousness, but did not resist. He just said, "What are you doing?"
"Let me see what's going on. Now what you see is what I see, what you hear is what I hear. Don't move yet. Stand there and pretend to watch the fish."
“There are no fish in here.”
"Then look at the water plants!"
Qin Yan: “…”
Although he felt something was wrong, Qin Yan still followed Fu Changling's arrangement and stood at the bridgehead without moving.
The two people sitting in the hall clearly didn't care about Qin Yan's presence. Lin Chen poured tea for Sang Ganjun and said with emotion, "It's been a long time since we last met. I heard you were traveling. Why are you back now?"
"I came back two months ago, but I was slightly injured and have been in seclusion until now." Sang Ganjun drank his tea and spoke calmly.
"You're injured?" Lin Chen was a little surprised. "Are you okay?"
"It's not very good." Sang Ganjun shook his head. He raised his hand and looked at the sword at hand. He reached out and touched his sword and said in a low voice, "My sword is broken."
Lin Chen remained silent. Sang Ganjun took a deep breath and forced a smile, saying, "It's okay though. I'm feeling much better now. I think in a few years, maybe I'll be able to draw my sword again."
"Although I don't know what you've been through," Lin Chen thought for a moment and sighed, "However, if you can get through this ordeal, I'm sure you'll make some breakthroughs in the future, which isn't a bad thing."
"Perhaps."
Sang Ganjun spoke of this in a cold voice. He took a sip of tea and changed the subject, saying, "I heard you were getting married. I'm late, but congratulations anyway."
As he spoke, he turned to look at the little girl and called out, "Qing'er."
Hearing the name, Lin Chen paused. She looked at the girl in front of her. She came forward respectfully, holding a gift in her hands. She placed the gift in front of Lin Chen and said solemnly in her still childish voice, "Congratulations, Elder Lin."
Lin Chen studied the girl for a long time before she accepted the gift. She then looked up at Sang Ganjun and said, "Lin Sang, I want to ask you something."
"Um?"
Sang Ganjun looked up, somewhat puzzled. Lin Chen looked at him and asked seriously, "Is your disciple called Xie Yuqing?"
Sang Ganjun paused, holding the cup. The girl next to him looked up blankly at Sang Ganjun. After a long moment, Sang Ganjun spoke in a hoarse voice, "Qing'er, go play with the uncle on the bridge."
Hearing this, the girl responded respectfully and then walked out to the bridgehead.
She came to Qin Yan, who was looking at the water plants while listening carefully to what Sang Ganjun and Lin Chen were saying. Then he felt someone pulling his clothes. He turned his head and saw Xie Yuqing looking up at him.
"Uncle," Xie Yuqing said seriously, "Master asked me to play with you."
Qin Yan was silent.
Fu Changling subconsciously said, "Let her see the water plants!"
Qin Yan was speechless.
Xie Yuqing looked up at Qin Yan and asked seriously, "Uncle, what are you looking at?"
"Look...water plants."
"Uncle, what are you looking at the water plants for?"
Qin Yan was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Plants and trees have their own principles."
Hearing this, Xie Yuqing nodded: "Then I will also look at the water plants."
Qin Yan couldn't help but look sideways when he heard this: "Do you want to attain enlightenment?"
"Yes." Xie Yuqing answered seriously. Qin Yan said slowly, "Why?"
"I don't know either."
Xie Yuqing frowned: "But I just feel that I have to become stronger."
"I don't remember anything," Xie Yuqing said calmly, "but I feel like I need to become stronger."
Qin Yan paused, speechless for a moment. Fu Changling listened to her words and paused in drawing the teleportation array. After a moment, he finally said, "She wants revenge, right?"
Qin Yan pondered for a moment, then he slowly said, "No."
"She just wanted to protect."
Some people go through pain and think about revenge.
But Xie Yuqing - Qin Yan believed - no matter how much pain this girl suffered, it would only make her feel that she should not let this happen just once.
Qin Yan glanced at Xie Yuqing who was staring at the water plants intently, and Sang Ganjun's voice came to his ears again.
Seeing that his apprentice was settled, he set up a barrier. However, this barrier was of little use to a Taoist master like Fu Changling. The moment he set up the barrier, Fu Changling had already quietly broken through Sanggan Jun's restriction.
"Why do you ask?"
"Some time ago, I passed by a remote country called Leguo and encountered a small sect that was killing its people." Lin Chen chose his words carefully. "I rescued Leguo. The king of Leguo was named Xie Shen. He said his daughter was missing and asked me to help him find the child. Before I came to Hongmeng Tiangong, I asked Yu Shu to use the child's belongings to investigate. In the end, I found that the child should be in Hongmeng Tiangong. I have checked all the new disciples of Hongmeng Tiangong recently, and it just so happens that you are about the same age..."
Lin Chen thought for a moment and finally said, "The appearance is very similar to the portrait that Lord Xie gave me, so I asked this question."
Sang Ganjun didn't say anything. Lin Chen glanced at Xie Yuqing. She had made up her mind and said, "Is there anything you can't say?"
"Is it really a small sect?"
Sang Ganjun raised his eyes and looked at Lin Chen. Lin Chen was stunned for a moment. Seeing Sang Ganjun's serious expression, she finally did not hide anything after a moment. She picked up the tea and lowered her head and said, "There are also some people from Hongmeng Tiangong, and the Yue family."
"Now you know," Sang Ganjun breathed a sigh of relief. "What are you going to do?"
"That's it."
Lin Chen lowered his eyes: "The person has been rescued. As long as nothing else happens, everything will be fine."
Sang Ganjun was speechless for a long time. Finally, he said, "I brought this child back from Le Country."
Lin Chen was stunned for a moment. She slowly raised her head and looked at Sang Ganjun in shock. Sang Ganjun didn't dare look at her directly. He only said, "I received a secret order from Hongmeng Heavenly Palace and went there. Before I left, I didn't know what happened. After I arrived, I found out that my mission was to kill a group of ordinary mortals."
"I didn't do it."
Sang Ganjun's voice was hoarse. "But I didn't dare to stop it. That night, I stood in the backyard of the Le Kingdom Palace. I kept wondering what we were doing. Then I met this child. She was hidden in a tree hole. I should have taken action, but when I put my sword in front of her, it broke."
"I didn't dare draw my sword for them, Yunze," Sang Ganjun said with a wry smile, "I couldn't draw my sword for them, either. My swordsmanship was destroyed that night."
Lin Chen was speechless, her blood boiling. After a long moment, she finally said, "So, this wasn't done by a group of scum, or a certain family, or even a traitor. The fact that I discovered this was actually a decision made by the top management of Yunze, right?"
Sang Ganjun remained silent. Lin Chen took a breath, calmed herself down, and then asked, "Why?"
"Have you not noticed?" Sang Ganjun looked up at her, "Yunze's spiritual energy is gradually disappearing. Several small sects on the edge of Yunze have already lost their spiritual power and have been destroyed."
Hearing this, Lin Chen's face was filled with shock. Sang Ganjun turned his head and continued, "The three sect masters and the four family heads have all learned of this matter. They were afraid of causing panic among the ordinary cultivators, so they kept it a secret. For the past few decades, the Palace Master has been sending people to investigate the cause of the disappearance of spiritual energy and to find a solution. If Yunze continues at this rate, he will disappear in no more than a hundred years."
"So, the Baile Sect's method of using humans to refine their meridians is what they came up with?" Lin Chen frowned. "Drinking poison to quench thirst, when will this end?"
"At least," Sang Ganjun lowered his head, "it's a solution, isn't it?"
Lin Chen didn't say anything. She sat there blankly. Sang Ganjun sighed, "Yuqiong told me that this is called sacrificing some people for the greater good. I don't understand these things. I can't tell right from wrong, nor can I distinguish between good and evil. After watching you get married tomorrow, I plan to go into seclusion."
"As for this child," Sang Ganjun turned his head and looked into the distance. Xie Yuqing was standing on the bridge in the distance, quietly watching the carp in the pond. A slight smile appeared on his face. "I couldn't kill her that day, nor could I bear to let anyone kill her. It just so happened that she had good spiritual roots, so I secretly brought her back. She doesn't remember anything now. I saw the word "Qing" on her waist badge, so I named her Qing'er. She is now my first direct disciple. Since you have discovered her, please tell Xie Shen. If he is willing, let this child stay here. If not..."
Sang Ganjun paused, and finally said, "Then I will send this child back to him."
Lin Chen lowered her head for a long time before she said, "If this was an order from the top leaders of Yunze, would they really let the people of Le Country go?"
Sang Ganjun remained silent until a voice came from a distance. Sang Ganjun gave a wry smile, stood up, and said respectfully, "Someone else is coming. I'll take my leave first."
"Yeah." Lin Chen nodded, and she stood up to see Sang Ganjun off. Sang Ganjun walked out the door and headed towards Xie Yuqing.
When Qin Yan saw Sang Ganjun coming, he nodded to him, then turned sideways and let him lead Xie Yuqing away.
The two walked to the door, and Qin Yan was about to see them off when he suddenly heard Lin Chen say, "Lin Sang!"
Sang Ganjun pulled Xie Yuqing to a halt. Qin Yan and Sang Ganjun turned their heads and saw Lin Chen, wearing a red wedding dress, quietly gazing at the master and disciple at the door. He said gently, "You are injured, so there is no need to force yourself. Just retreat today."
Sang Ganjun was stunned for a moment, then heard Lin Chen speak again: "As for this child, there is no need to send her back, but don't let her forget her own name. Let her practice the Way of Mercy in the future. If one day she recalls the past, at least," Lin Chen lowered his voice, "she will be happier."
Sang Ganjun remained silent, as if he understood something. After a long moment, he said hoarsely, "Okay."
Lin Chen looked at him, his eyes bright. "Lin Sang," she said, "My sword will never break."
Sanggan Jun stared at him for a long time. Then he raised his hand, held the sword in front of him, bent down, and saluted deeply.
Lin Chen returned the greeting.
After Sang Ganjun left, Lin Chen looked at Qin Yan.
Qin Yan's heart was beating a little faster. He intuitively knew what was going to happen, but he didn't dare to ask. He just looked at Lin Chen quietly.
Lin Chen smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, are you tired?"
"No……"
Qin Yan hesitated and spoke, and Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for troubling me today. I'll go back and continue trying on the wedding dress."
"Elder Lin."
Qin Yan couldn't help but call out to Lin Chen. Lin Chen turned around to look at him. Qin Yan frowned and said, "Are you still going to continue with the wedding tomorrow?"
"Go on."
Lin Chen smiled. She turned her head, looked into the distance, and said calmly, "I promised Yu Shu that I would complete the wedding no matter what."
"I always let him down," Lin Chen said tiredly, "I can't keep doing this, can I?"
As he spoke, Lin Chen comforted Qin Yan: "Don't worry, fellow Daoist, there will definitely be wedding wine to drink tomorrow."
Qin Yan responded, not knowing what else to say. He saluted Lin Chen, and the two of them left. Qin Yan walked out of the yard. Fu Changling saw that he had been silent for a long time. While drawing the formation, he affirmed, "Senior Brother."
"Um?"
"You're sad."
Qin Yan was silent for a long time before he said slowly, "I can understand her."
"I know."
Fu Changling drew the formation stroke by stroke. This was the only way to calm his heart: "You and her are very similar."
"It's going to rain, and I'm about to finish drawing the last formation." Fu Changling looked up at the sky and said calmly, "Brother, you should go and rest."
"Um."
Qin Yan responded, and then he suddenly thought of someone: "Where is Yue Sinan?"
Fu Changling was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll go find it right away."
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