Lingyunpo was inexplicably puzzled:
"Brother Lou, I wonder how this disaster could have happened?"
Lou Zhizheng smiled slightly:
"Junior Brother Ling, do you know that your master who is in seclusion now was seriously injured and returned to the mountain, and was in seclusion for life and death!"
Ling Yunpo's pupils shrank slightly.
In fact, Seven Killings Master Su Jian had been in seclusion for so long that he had probably guessed some clues, but he never thought that he was really in seclusion because of a serious injury.
The so-called life and death barrier is to seal it with all your strength with the highest level of cultivation before going into seclusion.
Because it is easy to seal a barrier but difficult to break through it with the same level of skill, one must break through to the next level and greatly increase one's cultivation before one can break through.
The restrictions of doing so are too great, and as a result, only those who are about to die and have no choice but to take a desperate gamble, or those who are seriously injured and dying and need to use secret methods to survive, will choose to seal themselves in the life and death barrier.
To put it bluntly, it was a life-or-death situation. Not to mention when you can get out, it's unknown whether you can get out alive!
"Junior Brother Ling, you were so careless when you became a disciple at Qingluo Peak. Didn't you ask other senior brothers and sisters in advance?" Lou Zhizheng said with great sorrow, "Everyone in Shushan knows that Su Jian was seriously injured that year. If he hadn't gone into seclusion, he would have died immediately?"
"According to the concept of Yuanying cultivators, such injuries would require at least several hundred years of seclusion to recover. Which Qi Condensation cultivator can afford to wait that long?"
"If you fail to achieve the golden elixir, your life span will be no more than two hundred years. By the time your master comes out of seclusion, you will have already turned into a pile of bones!"
Ling Yun broke the silence for a moment and said:
"Thank you for the reminder, brother, but..."
"Listen to me." Lou Zhizheng interrupted him and said earnestly, "Junior Brother Ling, you have only been practicing Taoism for a short time, so you don't know the hardships involved."
"The path of cultivation for a sword immortal is filled with countless difficulties and obstacles. Without guidance, it would be almost impossible to make any progress in cultivation!"
"I'm not exaggerating. Think about it, if your mental skills have become obscure, who can teach you? If your sword skills have become ineffective, who can enlighten you?"
"Even if you have a great fortune and successfully cleanse your marrow and transform your body into a palace, and you reach the final golden elixir heavenly tribulation, who can protect you and resist it?"
Ling Yunpo was left speechless by what he said.
He couldn't tell Lou Zhizheng that he didn't have to worry about this matter, as Qiu Changtian had taken Ziwei's head teacher as his master in Kunlun, so there would be someone to take care of his Taoism, mental skills, sword techniques and golden elixir tribulation.
Seeing that he was speechless, Lou Zhizheng thought that he had been persuaded, and continued to incite him with saliva flying:
"Look at your Senior Sister An. She was a disciple that Su Jian secretly adopted from outside. When she returned to the mountain, she was already at the Huafu level."
"Half a century has passed. Has your cultivation improved at all?"
"Go ask the other brothers and sisters, if they know the pros and cons, who would dare to enter Qingluo Peak as a casual cultivator?"
"That is, Senior Sister An, who regards Elder Su Jian as her father, would rather work hard for many years and barely maintain Qingluo Peak than switch to another master."
"We at Ziyun Peak can't bear to watch you ruin your future, so Master asked the headmaster to allow you another chance to choose."
"When you enter my peak, and practice hard for a decade under the guidance of Master, you might have surpassed Senior Sister An and entered the Golden Core realm ahead of time!"
Ling Yun broke the silence and listened, and probably understood what was going on.
Oh, the headhunters are here to poach our talents.
What he said is indeed true, everything else about Qingluo Peak is good except the fact that “there is no master” which is really too detrimental. Practicing here is basically the same as practicing independently.
If it was a normal Shushan Lingyunpo, even though Senior Sister An was gentle as water and had been considerate and caring to him since he entered the sect, it was still a matter of longevity after all...
Sorry, I have to leave. I wish you a happy life in the future. Goodbye.
However, what's so strange is that Ling Yunpo is not an ordinary person, but an undercover agent who wants to infiltrate the top leaders of the sect.
The key to being an undercover agent is, of course, not being suspected of being a traitor.
If I betray my master and go somewhere else shortly after joining the sect, even if the master of Ziyun Peak is willing to take me in, how will my senior brothers and sisters in Ziyun Peak view me?
Look, that guy called Ling Yunpo is the one who betrayed Qingluo Peak before. With such a previous record, it shows that he has no loyalty at all. It is not impossible for him to betray Ziyun Peak in the future...
How is he going to survive in the future?
For others, whether to trade a good reputation for a better environment for cultivation may be a choice worth careful consideration.
But here at Lingyunpo, there is no need to think about it.
After Lou Zhizheng finished speaking, Ling Yunpo showed a determined expression and said in a deep voice:
"Thank you for your kindness, Purple Cloud Peak. However, I have already entered the sect of Green Snail Peak and worshipped Master Su Jian as my teacher."
"I am your teacher for one day, and I will be your teacher for life. How can I betray you so easily?"
"I, Ling Yunpo, am not such a disloyal and unrighteous person! Even if there are thousands of obstacles and difficulties in the future, I will bear them all by myself!"
[Unyielding character, synchronization value +1. ]
He spoke with an impassioned and powerful tone, and then he heard Senior Sister An behind him excitedly shouting:
"Junior brother!"
Ling Yunpo turned around and saw An Zhisu running out from the back door and hugging his arms excitedly.
As early as when Lou Zhizheng said "Your master is in the gate of life and death", she happened to fly back to Qingluo Peak from the back. Seeing her junior brother and a strange young man talking in front of the Taoist temple, she quietly hid behind the main gate and listened.
When An Zhisu heard Lou Zhizheng say "Who dares to enter Qingluo Peak as a casual cultivator", his face turned cold at first, then he remained silent, and finally his expression became gloomy.
Without the guidance of a master, this is the biggest weakness of Qingluo Peak. As long as the opponent grasps this point, they will be invincible.
Therefore, over the years, apart from Ling Yunpo, Qingluo Peak did not receive a single disciple, and it became increasingly dilapidated.
She remembered that before her master went into seclusion, he had told her, "Su'er, Qingluo Peak is now in your hands."
She didn't know the pros and cons at the time and just agreed naively.
After that, he experienced the ups and downs of life and was looked down upon by others. His cultivation reached a bottleneck and stagnated for many years, and people laughed at him and despised him. Even now, his monthly salary was deducted, and he didn't even have enough spirit stones for cultivation...
No matter how lonely and helpless she was, she still kept her master's instructions in mind, as if her master's words were ringing in her ears, and she always remained self-reliant and refused to admit defeat.
When her monthly salary was deducted, she went to the Political Affairs Hall to argue; when someone broke into Qingluo Peak to provoke her, she picked up her sword and beat the other person until he was unable to take care of himself.
Anyway, according to the sect rules, Jindan Zhenren is not allowed to take action against disciples in the foundation-building stage, so she practiced the sword-wielding art day and night, and now she has become the best person below the Jindan stage.
It was thanks to her efforts that the Qingluo Peak system was able to survive.
The only thing he could do was recruit disciples. After all, given the current situation at Qingluo Peak, it would be difficult to ask others to sacrifice their own paths and force them to stay at Qingluo Peak - so he was never able to recruit any junior brothers or sisters.
Because of this, when Ling Yunpo joined Qingluo Peak, she showed him all kinds of care and love, taking care of him as if he were her own brother.
Now Junior Brother Ling actually rejected Ziyun Peak's recruitment for her sake, and what he said just now was full of emotion, and his expression did not seem false, so she felt warm in her heart and said softly:
"Brother, are you serious about what you said?"
"Of course!" Ling Yunpo said resolutely.
[Unyielding character, synchronization value +1. ]
An Zhisu's eyes became more gentle, and he asked again:
"Master may have to remain in seclusion in the future and won't have time to come out and instruct us on our cultivation. We have to rely on ourselves for everything. Can you accept this?"
Ling Yunpo said sternly:
"It doesn't matter if I don't have a master. From now on, my senior sister and I will support each other and keep Qingluo Peak going!"
[Unyielding character, synchronization value +1. ]
It’s a bit difficult to increase the synchronization rate of this unyielding character!
"Junior brother..." An Zhisu was deeply moved, her eyes immediately filled with tears, her gaze was gentle, and she bit her lower lip, unable to speak.
Lou Zhizheng, who was standing opposite him, had already been stunned by what he heard. It took him a while to come back to his senses. He waved his sleeves in anger and shouted:
"Stubborn!"
"In this case, I, Ziyun Peak, don't need to show any mercy!"
After saying this, he dropped a sword talisman and rode away on the sword.
An Zhisu was quick-witted and quick-handed. The Frost Sword turned into a stream of light and he rolled it back before the sword talisman fell to the ground. When he saw the words on it, his face changed immediately.
It was written on it:
The Shushan Law Hall approved Lou Zhizheng, a disciple from Ziyun Peak, to challenge Ling Yunpo, a disciple from Qingluo Peak, to a sword duel under the witness of the deacon.