Chapter 256: Unrest, the Situation in Zhongzhou
When the old doctor took Lu Qing and followed the direction of the jade token's vibration, they searched all the way there.
In a certain area of Qinglong City, in a tall tower, an old man in black who was meditating and practicing martial arts suddenly changed his expression. He opened his eyes and looked at a jade plate in front of him with a strange look in his eyes.
He counted on his fingers for a while, and his expression gradually became solemn.
After a moment's hesitation, he shook a rope at his side.
A pleasant sound of copper bells rang out, and soon a middle-aged man in gray cloth, holding an abacus in his hand, walked in respectfully.
"Elder, what do you want me to do?"
"A distinguished guest is coming soon. Please get ready and come with me to greet him later." The old man said softly.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Yes, Elder."
But he was curious about who could make the elder, who usually didn't like to see people, go out to greet him.
Could it be that one of the big families in the city, or some important figure in the City Lord's Mansion is coming?
Just as the middle-aged man had finished making arrangements, the elder in black also came down from upstairs.
“Elder…”
The middle-aged man was about to step forward and say something, but the black-robed elder raised his hand to stop him.
"The distinguished guest has arrived. Please follow me to greet him."
The middle-aged man had no choice but to shut up and follow the elder outside.
As soon as I went out, I saw the old doctor and Lu Qing standing outside the door, looking hesitant.
"Master, are you sure this is the place?"
Lu Qing looked at the tower, but found it to be very ordinary, without even a plaque. It did not seem like the base of a large sect.
Only the star pattern engraved on the door seems to have some mystery.
"It should be correct. The unusual movement detected by the jade token originated from this tower." said the old doctor.
Just when Lu Qing was thinking about whether to use his supernatural powers to investigate, he suddenly saw an old man in black and a middle-aged man holding an abacus walking out of the tower.
"It is a great honor to have friends coming from afar. I, an old man, am honored to meet you, my two distinguished guests."
Before Lu Qing could say anything, he saw the old man in black bowing to him and his master.
"Father, what are you doing..."
Lu Qing's heart moved slightly and a puzzled look appeared on his face, but he quietly activated his special powers in secret.
"My name is Xuanjizi, I am here to temporarily manage the Tianji Building branch of Qinglong City. I have come here specially to welcome the two distinguished guests."
After the old man in black saw the faces of Lu Qing and the old doctor clearly, the smile on his face became even warmer.
At this time, Lu Qing also used his special powers to find out the identities of the two people in front of him and knew that they were not lying.
However, he still had a puzzled look on his face: "But old man, how did you know we were coming?"
Could it be that the Tianji Tower's method of calculation is really so mysterious that it can even calculate the whereabouts of him and his master?
"Of course, this old man is not that powerful enough to be able to predict the whereabouts of the two of you."
Xuanjizi seemed to see through Lu Qing's thoughts and said with a smile, "I know you two are coming here because of the jade token in your master's hand."
Lu Qing looked at the jade token in his master's hand and suddenly realized.
It seems that this jade token should be bidirectional. Not only can they know the location of Tianji Tower, but the other party can also sense their arrival.
No wonder Li Zhirui said that as long as we take the jade token to Zhongzhou, we will understand.
"So that's how it is. I'm Lu Qing, the junior. This is my master. Nice to meet you, Senior Xuanjizi." Lu Qing bowed.
"It is indeed Young Master Lu and Old Doctor Chen Songqing. Please come in quickly." Xuanjizi made a gesture of invitation.
Lu Qing and the old doctor looked at each other, and without refusing, walked into the tower.
After they sat down inside and were served tea, Lu Qing took a sip and said:
"Senior Xuanjizi, you even know the names of my master and my disciple. Is this the information left by Master Zhirui?"
"Yes, Junior Brother Zhirui once left a portrait of the two of you here, and said that the two of you should come here within a year or two. However, I, an old man, did not expect that the two of you would not come to Qinglong City until now."
"How is Lord Zhirui doing these days?" the old doctor asked with some concern.
He was quite fond of that young man with extraordinary bearing.
"Junior Brother Zhirui made a breakthrough in his cultivation last year and has returned to the Zhongzhou main building to practice in seclusion. If I calculate, it should be about time for him to come out." Xuanjizi was frank.
"Oh, Master Zhirui has broken through to the Xiantian realm?"
Lu Qing's heart moved. When he met that person that year, he was already a martial arts master who had cultivated the power of the soul, and his ranking on the Hidden Dragon List was higher than his.
If I were to break through again, I would probably be able to enter the innate realm.
"Yes, Junior Brother Zhirui has been gifted since he was young. He is one of the most outstanding disciples of his generation in our Tianji Tower. It is not surprising that he can enter the Xiantian realm."
"Awesome." Lu Qing praised.
Xuanjizi looked at Lu Qing secretly.
If he remembered correctly, the young man in front of him had also been listed on the Hidden Dragon List two years ago, which caused quite a sensation at the time.
Now, more than two years have passed, and no one knows how far his cultivation has reached.
However, when Xuanjizi wanted to sense Lu Qing's cultivation, he found that his spiritual perception was completely unable to detect the situation inside Lu Qing's body.
It was as if there was a thick fog covering Lu Qing, obscuring all information about him and making it impossible for him to see through it at all.
Xuanjizi was slightly surprised, knowing that there were generally only two possibilities for this situation.
One is that Lu Qing has practiced some special secret method that allows him to perfectly restrain his own aura so that it cannot be sensed by outsiders.
Another thing is that Lu Qing possesses a rare treasure that can block the spiritual power perception of others.
He prefers the latter possibility.
After all, Lu Qing is too young, and even if he has practiced the secret technique, his level of skill should not be very high.
And according to the information from their Tianji Tower, two years ago, Lu Qing was only at the Inner Viscera Realm.
Even if his progress was fast now, at such a close distance, he should not be able to hide it from someone who had been in the innate realm for many years.
After making a judgment, Xuanjizi turned his attention to the old doctor.
When he saw this, he was stunned again.
Because he found that he was also completely unable to understand the old doctor's skills.
If we say that Lu Qing is full of fog and cannot be seen through.
At this moment, the old doctor was calm, just like an ordinary old man, nothing special.
But Xuanjizi knew that the old doctor could not be an ordinary old man.
Junior Brother Zhirui had clearly told him that this old doctor was not only a person of profound Xiantian realm cultivation, but also possessed the light of merit and virtue, making him much more miraculous than the average Xiantian realm warrior.
"It seems that this person's cultivation has made great progress in the past two years. He is indeed a virtuous person with the light of merit." Xuanjizi exclaimed in his heart.
As soon as they met, the master and disciple duo, Lu Qing and the old doctor, gave him a lot of shock.
No wonder Junior Brother Zhirui had told him so seriously that he must treat these two well.
Lu Qing could naturally feel that Xuanjizi was observing him and his master.
However, he did not care, but showed a humble look: "Senior Xuanjizi, my master and I came here this time because we have some things that we want to ask you."
"I'm not worthy of your advice, but I wonder what you two want to ask?" Xuanjizi said.
"We want to know what the current situation in the world is like, and what the situation is like in Zhongzhou.
To be honest, we encountered a lot of things along the way from home.
There are even sects that openly disobey the Holy Order. Some of them, as the supreme elders of the Innate Realm, openly set up evil formations to practice evil methods and refine the flesh, blood, and essence of warriors as nourishment for their own cultivation.
However, this act that angered God and people did not bring about any punishment from the Holy Mountain.
My master and I are quite confused about this, and we would like to ask the seniors to give us some guidance. "
Lu Qing said with a serious expression.
"What? People in the Xiantian realm are already using living people as sacrifices to practice evil methods?"
Xuanjizi was surprised when he heard this.
"Yes, it was the Liuyun Sect in Yunzhou who committed this evil deed. Senior, now there are signs of unrest in the other states. If the Holy Mountain and the major sects in Zhongzhou do not take any action, it will not be long before the situation becomes irreversible."
Xuanjizi fell into silence.
After a while, he sighed deeply: "I didn't expect the situation outside to have reached this point. Unfortunately, even the Holy Mountain is powerless to deal with this situation now."
Lu Qing and his master looked at each other and said, "Senior, I wonder why this is happening?"
"You two are both blessed with extraordinary talents. You should have sensed the nine Dao sounds that resounded through the heavens and earth a while ago, right?"
"Yes, we have some feeling about it. It is because of this matter that we, the master and the disciple, decided to go to Zhongzhou to find out the truth."
"The sound of Tao rings nine times, and the great changes in heaven and earth officially begin. Spiritual energy revives, and evil demons reappear. Do you two know what this means?" asked Xuanjizi.
Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, then humbly said, "I'd like to hear more details."
"Hasn't there been a rumor circulating in the world in recent years that the world is about to undergo a major change?
This is not a rumor, but a fact.
The sound of heaven and earth a while ago represented that the changes in heaven and earth had truly begun, and the legendary spiritual energy began to revive.
You two have traveled all the way to Zhongzhou, and you should have sensed the changes in the world along the way, right?"
The old doctor nodded: "There is indeed a very strange energy between heaven and earth."
“That strange energy is the legendary spiritual energy. It is said that as long as there is an innate warrior who can refine the spiritual energy and use it for his own benefit, he will be able to go a step further.
Let me ask you two, if this rumor is true, what will happen to those Xiantian realm warriors who have been stagnant in their own realm for many years?"
"On the path of martial arts, one should be brave and enterprising. Martial artists all pursue self-strength. If there is such an opportunity, I believe those powerful warriors in the innate realm will be very happy." Lu Qing said.
“That’s right. As warriors of my generation, since we have embarked on the path of cultivation, we will naturally try our best to strengthen ourselves.
At the beginning, spiritual energy reappeared in the world, making many innate realm warriors in Zhongzhou ecstatic.
But after a while, everyone found that it was not easy to refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Only the most ancient and unique method of practice can achieve this, and there are not many of these ancient methods of practice handed down in the world.
Even in Zhongzhou, only a few sects have mastered it.
This is where the problem arises.
You two should be able to guess why, right?"
Lu Qing thought for a moment and said, "What's worrying is not the lack of knowledge, but the imbalance of resources. The opportunity for a breakthrough is right in front of us, but we are unable to enter due to the lack of skills. I'm afraid that those sects with ancient cultivation methods will become the target of public criticism."
"That's right. It's not the lack of wealth that's worrying, but the inequality. Young Master Lu is really talented. He pointed out the root cause with just a few words."
When Xuanjizi heard Lu Qing's words, his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but praise him.
"Thank you for the compliment, Senior. How did it go?"
Lu Qing blushed and asked.
“Just as you said, young master, those Xiantian Realm experts who have been stagnant for a long time will naturally not give up now that they have seen the opportunity to break through.
So when the spiritual energy just revived, some sects in Zhongzhou began to attack and kill other sects in order to seize the ancient methods of cultivation.
Even for this reason, the two sects' supreme elders and innate masters all went out together, killing people so hard that blood flowed like a river and countless lives were lost."
"Is it so cruel?"
Lu Qing and the old doctor were suddenly shocked. They never expected that such a powerful conflict would break out in Zhongzhou.
“Originally, if they were just trying to snatch the cultivation method, the two sects wouldn’t have fought to this extent.
Unfortunately, these two sects are still sworn enemies, and the hatred between them has accumulated for hundreds of years.
In the past, under the suppression and mediation of the Holy Mountain, although there were frictions between the two sects, they were still under control.
The innate realm masters on both sides rarely took action, so the casualties in both cases were not heavy.
But this time, the changes in heaven and earth and the revival of spiritual energy made these two sects unable to sit still.
As a result, the fight went on, and both sides became angry, which led to the tragedy."
"So that's how it is." Lu Qing understood.
Since the two major sects are sworn enemies, this war is truly unavoidable.
After all, spiritual energy has revived, and the sects that possess ancient cultivation methods have taken the initiative.
Once a supreme elder in the sect breaks through the bottleneck and enters a new realm.
By then, even the Holy Mountain may not be able to suppress it.
The other sect, naturally, was unwilling to sit and wait for death, so it had to make a prompt decision and take action.
"Senior Xuanjizi, if that's the case, then Zhongzhou is in chaos, isn't it?"
Lu Qing couldn't quite imagine what kind of chaos Zhongzhou would be in now if all those powerful sects in Zhongzhou were caught up in a melee.
"The situation is not that bad yet." Xuanjizi said.
“After the two major sects fought, Holy Mountain immediately stepped in and issued a holy order that the major sects should not kill each other again.
For this reason, the three Holy Lords came out of their mountains and went directly to all the major sects to take a look, and only then did they get the situation under control."
Holy Lord?
Lu Qing chewed over the title and knew that the three saints must be extremely powerful and unrivaled warriors.
Otherwise, it would not be so easy to suppress the major sects that were ready to make moves.
But Lu Qing didn't think that Holy Mountain could really control the situation completely with this alone.
"But senior, this kind of forced suppression is only a temporary solution after all. Those sects that don't have ancient cultivation methods will not give up so easily, right?"
After the revival of spiritual energy, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth will become more and more dense.
The longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it will be for the sects that possess ancient cultivation methods.
Lu Qing didn't believe that other sects would be willing to do so.
"Young Master, your guess is correct. Those sects are indeed not so easily willing to give in.
So in order to reassure these sects, the Holy Mountain made a very important decision.”
(End of this chapter)
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