Chapter 177: Farewell to Maidong and the Mirror Sect
Master Fuyin had been quite exhausted these days due to the Maidong and Lingxiang matters. After a long day of toiling over the affairs of Qiuyun Peak, he sat in his study, frowning and rubbing his Jingwai Qixue, feeling extremely restless.
It's said that those who live in seclusion should be pure and peaceful, but when he thought of Mai Dong, he couldn't calm down and always felt a little uneasy. Mai Dong had been by his side since childhood, and the two of them were more like father and daughter than father and daughter. Now she had gone down the mountain alone to make a living, how could he, as her master, feel at ease?
There is also Lingxiang, who always finds things to do for herself. She clearly promised me in advance that she would not take any more risks, but she went down the mountain without permission. She even left me a note, asking me to take good care of the spiritual plants on Qingwei Peak.
How dare she order me around like this! She's so arrogant!
Master Fuyin sighed. Even massaging his Taiyang acupoint couldn't alleviate his fatigue. Suddenly, he sensed something strange in the study, feeling that something was different than usual, but he couldn't figure out what it was.
However, as a cultivator, this kind of intuition is extremely important. Once a cultivator reaches a certain level of cultivation, their mind becomes sharper, allowing them to discern even the smallest details. Generally, if they sense something unusual around them, it means something is amiss.
But what exactly is wrong?
Master Fuyin frowned and stood up, looking around the study, but found nothing wrong. Just as he turned around, he suddenly discovered that the flower branch that looked like dead wood in the celadon vase on the antique shelf had disappeared.
His face suddenly changed and he hurriedly called Guanxu who was waiting outside the door and asked him to pick up a branch quickly.
Guanxu was extremely surprised. Normally, his master never used branches to decorate the house, so why did he suddenly have the idea today and ask him to go find some? However, seeing the stern expression on Master Fuyin's face, he hurried to the kitchen to find a thin piece of firewood.
Fuyin Zhenren took the thin stick and, without caring about anything else, directly put it into the white porcelain on the antique shelf. As the mechanism opened, he rushed in before the door was fully opened.
When he arrived at the secret room, Master Fuyin walked straight to the door, but saw that the space in front of it where a painting had been hanging was now empty.
Master Fuyin was greatly shocked, and hurriedly went to Guanxu to invite the elders from various mountains, while he himself flew to Kuncheng Peak on his sword.
In the Wuji Palace, the Immortal Shangqing was listening to the Immortal Qianyuan talking about the affairs of many sects, when he saw the Immortal Fuyin walking quickly towards him with a serious look on his face.
The two Immortals were very puzzled. Although their Sixth Junior Brother was a straightforward person and had practiced Taoism for many years, he naturally knew how to keep a straight face. So why did he look like this now? Wasn't it just that little Mai Dong had run down the mountain for some fun? There was no need to be so serious, right?
"Sixth Junior Brother, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry? What happened?" When Zhenren Qianyuan saw Zhenren Fuyin walking up to the Hunyuan Platform and standing still, he asked hurriedly.
Master Fuyin frowned deeply, and spoke after a long moment: "I'm afraid Lingxiang has other purposes for this trip. Fairy Tumi's hanging scroll is missing..."
Upon hearing this, Master Qianyuan's expression changed drastically. But before he could ask more, Master Fuyin continued, "And then there's..."
"Penglai Jade Branch..."
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Xiaobai, carrying Lingxiang on his back, and Chi Yanzi and the other two hurried towards the city. Chi Yanzi's brows were furrowed, as he was somewhat concerned about whether Long Qi and the others could handle those monsters. Seeing him like this, Lingxiang comforted him, "Don't worry, Senior Brother. With their cultivation level, they should be able to handle those monsters easily."
Despite saying so, Chi Yanzi, the good-natured man, still had a look of worry on his face. Seeing this, Lingxiang smiled and joked, "I'm afraid Senior Brother won't be able to accept disciples in the future. How can you help them grow if you're so restrained? Young people, after all, need more experience. Besides, there's Xinyi there. He's at the Jindan stage. With him around, he'll definitely keep them safe."
Hearing this, Chi Yanzi found it very funny. Lingxiang was only fifteen years old, and was actually younger than Long Qi and the others. Yet, he could still call them young people. He didn't know where he learned this mature tone from.
At this moment, Lingxiang suddenly asked Chi Yanzi, "Let's put everything else aside for now. While we're on our way, I have something to ask you, Senior Brother. My mother went to Yunmengze back then. I think you went with her, right?"
Upon hearing this, Chi Yanzi opened his eyes wide and even forgot to hurry on. He stopped immediately and stared at Lingxiang on Xiaobai's back who was still running a few steps away.
"Why do you ask this? Do you want to enter the water mirror?!"
Lingxiang smiled and said, "Why not?"
Chi Yanzi's face changed drastically. "If you want to go to Yunmeng Lake, you must pass through that stagnant water. But it is said that the stagnant water is a spell cast by the ancient god Yunzhongjun, and it is not so easy to enter! Besides, Yunmeng Lake is extremely dangerous and no one knows where it is. Why are you going there?!"
"Of course it's for..." Lingxiang jumped off Xiaobai's back with a smile, took out a medicine book from her Qiankun bag, then took out a fragment of a prescription and handed it to Chi Yanzi.
Chi Yanzi took it and looked at it, and was shocked: "Restoring Pill! How did you get this prescription?!"
"I discovered it by accident too." Lingxiang said, taking the prescription from Chi Yanzi's hand, and then opened the cover of the book of pharmacology, only to see that there was a layer in the cover.
"One year, I dozed off while refining the elixir, and the book fell to the ground. When I picked it up, I discovered this interlayer."
Only then did Chi Yanzi realize that the book cover was written in the handwriting of Fairy Tu Mi! He never thought that the book he had been looking for for so long was actually taken to Yuanqing Sect by Fairy Tu Mi.
He still remembered hearing Fairy Tu Mi say that the information in this medicine book was a mixture of good and bad, and if it fell into the wrong hands, it might bring disaster to the world. So after hearing the news of Fairy Tu Mi's death, he searched everywhere for this medicine book.
At the beginning, he had also asked at the Yuanqing Sect, but when Master Fuyin was collecting the relics of Fairy Tumi, he had never seen any medicine books.
Therefore, he always thought that his master had left it in a place where the two of them had stayed, but he could not find it anywhere. Even many of the places where he and Fairy Tu Mi had lived were turned upside down, so he always thought that someone had stolen this medicine book.
But now it seems that the master specially left it for Lingxiang.
This is fine. Although Lingxiang is very eccentric, she is kind. If this book were in her hands, she would definitely use it for the right purpose. However...
But this time, Tiandan...
"That's right. When Master went to Yunmengze, she did take me with her, but she didn't let me go with her. She only ordered me to wait for her by the swamp. However, this Tiandan was not created by Master. It was a single recipe she found by chance."
Hearing this, Lingxiang's face was very calm, as if she had known it for a long time, but Xiaobai was very surprised.
He had heard of the name of Fairy Tu Mi in the past, but had never seen her. He only knew that she was very skilled in the art of making elixirs and was an extremely powerful person, but he did not expect that she would obtain a single prescription from someone else.
"Of course," Lingxiang said calmly, "Although most of the pharmacology in this world is similar, and the art of Qi Huang has a long history, this kind of heaven-defying alchemy is not common. I think it must have come from ancient times."
Xiaobai was even more surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Xiang Lingxiang, "Did you know this all along?"
Lingxiang just smiled, but then Chi Yanzi said, "When Master got this recipe, it was written in ancient Xiangwen. She also spent a lot of effort to decipher it."
"No wonder the ingredients are so rare. I've never heard of any elixir requiring something from an ancient evil god."
"You mean..." Chi Yanzi frowned, "the things in it were obtained from Yunmengze?"
"Not only that, I suspect..." Lingxiang said, looking at the remaining prescription in her hand, "This single prescription also came from that place."
Yes, yes. After thinking about it, Chi Yanzi felt that what Lingxiang said was very reasonable. Otherwise, with the Huitian Pill being so amazing, it was hard to imagine where else it could have such an effect except in the Tushita Palace on the 33rd level of the Lihen Heaven.
"But back then, before Master Ruzhao Lake Water Mirror, he asked Kunwu Sect for the Penglai Jade Branch..."
Before Chi Yanzi could finish his words, Lingxiang took out a dry branch from the bag on his waist and handed it to him. It was the same branch that had been inserted in the celadon in Master Fuyin's study for many years.
"This! The Penglai Jade Branch!" Chi Yanzi exclaimed when he saw the branch. Isn't this the one that Fairy Tu Mi used back then?
Although Chi Yanzi was extremely surprised, he quickly regained his composure. "Even if you had the Penglai Jade Branch, it would be useless. It's said that although the Penglai Jade Branch is immortal, it only bears leaves and blooms every hundred years. If you want to open the Swamp Lake Water Mirror, you must have a living Jade Branch."
Lingxiang was thoughtful after hearing this, and after a long while she said, "I have my own way."
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Zhenren Xuanhuai led Lingxiang and Zhenren Fuyin to a mountain. After twisting his fingers for a while, he saw that a piece of the mountain in front of him began to move, and a door appeared from time to time.
The two followed Master Xuan Huai into the cave. The path in the cave was very narrow at first, but after twists and turns, it suddenly became clear. There was a depression in it, and in the depression there was a water pool, filled with spiritual energy. There was an island on the top with a dead tree growing on it. The moonlight sprinkled down from the top of the cave, and the spiritual energy was all around, which was very beautiful.
Lingxiang was greatly surprised. The last time she saw such a scene in a cave was in Xiaobai's cave. This place was similar in nature. The only difference was that the spiritual energy in this cave was steaming, and under the moonlight, there was a unique artistic conception in it.
Just as Lingxiang was secretly admiring the beauty of this place, she heard Master Xuanhuai say, "Girl, as you can see, this is something the Kunwu Sect has guarded for generations. When the King of the East arrived, he commanded a blue bird to bring a branch of Penglai and plant it here to ensure peace and stability in the Nine Provinces. It's only been twenty years since it last sprouted. If I were to fold this paper and give it to you now, I'd destroy this spiritual root. If this Penglai branch is damaged, the consequences are obvious, I don't need to explain."
Upon hearing this, Master Fuyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had not known about this saying before, but now that he knew it, he no longer had to worry about Lingxiang causing trouble.
Lingxiang stared at the dead branch surrounded by spiritual energy for a long while before asking, "Could it be that the time my mother came to discuss the matter of Yunmengze was when this spiritual root began to bloom? How could it be such a coincidence?"
Upon hearing this, Master Fuyin quickly rebuked Lingxiang, saying that she shouldn't embarrass Master Xuanhuai like this. However, Master Xuanhuai simply raised his hand and said, "It's okay."
"You don't know this. As long as the Penglai branch produces leaves and flowers, it will never wither. But if its branches are broken, all its spiritual power will be lost along with the branches. Within a hundred years, although it will still be alive, it will be withered."
Lingxiang rolled her eyes when she heard this: "Then all my efforts were in vain?"
"Well, that's not quite the case," Xuan Huai Zhenren stroked his beard and smiled. "During this hundred years, the branch that was broken off previously can be used continuously. However, it will wither after being used once. However, if there is pure spiritual water, it can be made green again."
Pure spiritual water? Where could she get pure spiritual water...
Lingxiang was about to complain, but she saw Xuanhuai staring at the jade on her waist with a smile on his face. She suddenly understood, but she didn't say much, just smiled and bowed:
"There's no other way. It seems I really don't have the karmic affinity to practice cultivation. Forget it, let it be..."
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Zhao Wuyang noticed the movement outside the house and hurried out to see what was going on. He saw Lingxiang and the other two entering the yard. When he saw Chi Yanzi, he was stunned at first, then he quickly bowed.
Lingxiang was very surprised. Although Chi Yanzi stayed in Yuanqing Sect for some time, these two people should not have met each other. Could it be that they knew each other before?
Seeing her expression like this, Zhao Wuyang hurriedly explained, "The benefactor of the City Lord's Mansion mentioned earlier was the Immortal Chi Yanzi. It was he who suggested to my father that I go to Yuanqing to practice."
Lingxiang suddenly understood what was going on. She had never expected that Chi Yanzi had such a wide range of interests. Not only was he in the Cangzhou Governor's Mansion, but he also had a close relationship with the family of the Lord of Guyang City.
Seeing the meaningful look in Lingxiang's eyes, Chi Yanzizi smiled and hurried into the house. After all, Maidong needed to be treated as soon as possible.
Chi Yanzi was well versed in medical theory and had reached the third level of Golden Elixir. Although the method of expelling the miasma was laborious, he managed to save Ophiopogon japonicus in the end.
However, Maidong has been eroded by the evil miasma for a long time. Now his body is extremely weak and his cultivation has been damaged. He cannot wake up for a while, but if he recuperates in this mortal world, it is unknown when he will be able to recover.
After discussing it, several people felt that it was inconvenient for her to stay any longer and that it would be best to send her back to Yuanqing Sect as soon as possible and hand her over to Master Fuyin for care.
But Lingxiang had a purpose in this trip. If she went back this time, based on the tempers of the elders in the sect, she didn't know when she would be able to come out again.
Long Qi and his party were ordered to go out for training, and they could not return to the sect too early. After much deliberation, they decided that Master Fuyin and Long Sheng would take Maidong back to Yuanqing Sect.
With Chi Yanzi here, I think Maidong should be able to get excellent care along the way, and it should also be easy to explain to Master Fuyin.
However, based on her understanding of Chi Yanzi, she was afraid that he might encounter some trouble on the road and be delayed, so she asked Xiaobai to accompany him all the way, so that she could feel at ease.
Ruyi planned, and Lingxiang prepared enough pills for Maidong. After giving him some instructions, they set off on their own journey. Her destination was the same as Long Qi's, which was the former residence of the Nanhuai Long family.
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