Chapter 2: Visiting Taishang at night and encountering injustice
Changyun Peak is towering into the clouds, and there are many natural caves on the peak. The Taishang Sect used these natural caves to build its sect.
The sect starts at the third place, and has a martial arts training platform, a reception hall, and a meditation room halfway up the mountain. Further up are the meeting hall, the internal affairs office, the library, the treasure pavilion and other sect buildings.
It has to be said that when True Man Lieyang first established his sect, he had a good eye for choosing the location: the perpetual clouds and mists added a touch of fairy air to the place.
Lingxiang scoffed at this: I have lived in such a place for years and I am not afraid of dampness entering my body.
However, it is undeniable that Changyun Peak is indeed a good place to establish a sect. Although being located at a high peak may be inconvenient for ordinary people, it can achieve twice the result with half the effort when practicing. Once you reach the Qi Refining stage, these harsh conditions are actually a kind of help.
Moreover, there is abundant spiritual energy between the peaks, which is also very beneficial for practicing mental methods.
But this is also where the trouble lies.
Such abundant spiritual energy indicates that there is more than one spiritual vein between the peaks, and the spiritual energy is surrounded, making it difficult to find any trace. It is not easy to find the location of Chonglou.
It just so happened that the Supreme Sect had some new inner disciples, and Lingxiang was very interested in watching them practice martial arts every day.
She certainly didn't stay there for two days without any purpose.
He strolled around or chatted during the day to find out the general location of the sect, and then sneaked out quietly at night.
I received news earlier that there is a Peiyuan Cave on the west peak of Taishang Sect. It is said that insects, snakes and small creatures gather there all year round.
Places like this are most likely to be spiritual veins.
Snakes, ants, rats and insects either like to gather in the shade of mountains, or linger in places with abundant spiritual energy all year round.
Lingxiang walked around the guard and groped her way carefully. When she was still some distance away from Peiyuan Cave, she could faintly hear a hissing sound, which showed that a lot of reptiles had gathered there.
Although I had sprinkled anthelmintic powder on my body beforehand, it might not be feasible to do so much.
Moreover, although this thing that stores spiritual energy does not have much Taoist power, it has the ability to absorb human essence and distinguish spiritual power.
Lingxiang made a hand gesture with her left hand to conceal her breath, then took out a calming talisman from her Qiankun bag with her right hand and applied it to her body.
After climbing for a while, the hissing sound became clearer, and I could also feel the flow of spiritual energy that was richer than usual.
After taking a few quick steps, I heard heavy footsteps. It seemed like someone was arguing or doing some heavy work.
Lingxiang quickly found a big rock to hide herself, opened her eyes and ears, and observed carefully.
"It's not a good idea for us to do this. If there is one person missing from the sect, it will always be discovered. What if someone finds out?" A childish voice whispered.
"What are you afraid of? I've already inquired about it. There are a lot of poisonous creatures here. By the time someone finds him, he will have been completely disfigured. If he waits longer, he might just be a pile of bones!" This is another person, who sounds about eighteen or nineteen years old.
"But it's a human life after all. If we do this, aren't we killing someone?"
"So what if we killed someone?! Do you want those people in the sect to know that we were secretly refining the secret manual?!" The older man suddenly said harshly, "If that's the case, given my family's status and position, it might not be a big deal. But you? Humph..."
The younger ones were probably frightened by the sneer and hesitated for a moment before answering, "Well... okay..."
Then Lingxiang heard a sound as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.
"Now pretend you're up at night and go back to sleep!" said a louder voice.
"Get up...get up at night?...Okay...Okay..."
After the footsteps of the two gradually faded away, Lingxiang walked out from behind the big rock.
It seemed that someone was killed just now, so what was thrown away must be a corpse.
Lingxiang walked along, sprinkling the medicinal powder made from the leaves of the snake-seeing sorrow plant. Soon, she saw something that seemed to be entangled by several long snakes, which looked strange and unusual under the moonlight.
When I got closer, I saw that it was indeed a person.
This person was wearing the inner sect Taoist robes of Tai Shang Sect. He had sword-like eyebrows, a straight nose and thin lips, and was very handsome.
However, his limbs and torso were all entangled by long snakes, and there was even a long worm sucking blood from his body. The rise and fall of his chest and abdomen proved that he was still alive.
Lingxiang hurriedly used medicinal powder to drive away the poison, only to see that the man's neck was abnormally black and purple, and the poison's tooth holes were clearly visible, as were other exposed skin areas.
She hurriedly felt the man's pulse. The drowsiness was not caused by some inferior drugs, but by snake venom entering his body. If she had discovered it later, he might have died.
Then she took out silver needles from her Qiankun bag and fixed the major meridians around the snake to prevent the snake venom from penetrating deeply, and then fed it with anti-poison pills.
But the poison cannot be eliminated immediately.
Different snake venoms have different remedies. Even if you are poisoned by the same type of venom, different people will have different symptoms and the remedies will also be different.
Besides, it would be best to suck out some of the poison first.
Forget it, there is a saying in Zen Buddhism that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Since you are beautiful, I will sacrifice myself!
To prevent being discovered, Lingxiang secretly took the disciple to her room and found some leeches to suck out the poison. She only removed the silver needle when the poisonous blood was almost sucked out.
After about two hours, the man began to have a fever and blisters formed around the wound, which were signs of the snake venom taking effect.
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An inner disciple of the Tai Shang Sect has disappeared recently. It is said that the disciple has good qualifications, but he has not shown up for duty for three consecutive days. This has panicked several elders who wanted to accept him as a true disciple.
Taoist Xunfeng was also extremely anxious. Not to mention the constant urging of the elders and peak masters, he was also very satisfied with this disciple: at such a young age, he had already reached the second stage of Qi training and his comprehension was extremely high. When he accepted him as a disciple, the headmaster was also very optimistic about him.
Now the headmaster is not here and has disappeared without a trace. I have the highest cultivation level in the entire sect, but I am only at the second level of the Golden Core Realm. I am not good at deducing and have no way of finding him.
Just when Master Xunfeng didn't know what to do, a little boy came to report: Lingxiang from Youran Residence in Guyang City wants to see him for something.
To be honest, even if it was a top-grade marrow cleansing pill, he didn't have the heart to deal with it right now. But since the person had come to his door, it would be difficult to turn him away. He would just find a random excuse to get rid of him first.
Lingxiang had just finished paying her respects when Taoist Xunfeng wanted to send her away on the grounds that she was not in good health.
But Lingxiang sat down.
Physical discomfort? He's just trying to comfort the kids! As the head of a sect, with a golden elixir level of cultivation, immune to all diseases, how could he be inconvenienced?
"Master, are you confused by the numerous affairs of the sect? I am also a cultivator. With your level of cultivation, you can cure all diseases and evils without any taboos. Why would you say it is inconvenient?"
Xunfeng Zhenren was shocked and thought: Oh no, I forgot that this little kid also entered the Taoist sect.
Before Xunfeng Zhenren could speak, Lingxiang directly stated her purpose: "I know what is troubling you, Zhenren, and I have come to relieve your worries."
This made Taoist Xunfeng feel very interesting.
Looking at this girl, who is only 28 years old, I heard that she had already established her foundation when she just started to grow teeth, but she is still at the foundation stage. How can I relieve my worries?
After all, she is still a child, lacking in experience and not knowing the seriousness of the matter.
Lingxiang saw through Taoist Xunfeng's thoughts, but she didn't get angry: "It's just cultivation. If the opportunity hasn't arrived yet, who can do anything?"
"Hahahaha, baby, you're quite open-minded. So how do you plan to help me solve my problems?"
"I heard that your clan was disgraced?" Lingxiang's words were a double entendre. They not only made her intention clear, but also relieved her anger at being looked down upon.
When Taoist Xunfeng heard this, he felt a little embarrassed: This kid is really straightforward, but what she said is also true. It is not right to be angry, nor is it right to be angry. It is really aggrieved.
"In today's world, spiritual roots are scarce, especially for those who have entered the Dao, and even more so for those with superior aptitude. Isn't it a big deal that your sect has lost such a person?"
"This...how did you know this? Could it be you..." Taoist Xunfeng said seriously.
"By chance, I saved an inner sect disciple of your sect. I believe he must be the root cause of your illness," Lingxiang fiddled with the tassel of her Qiankun bag. "But he's injured and can't move. If you want to know if it's him, you can only come with me to the wing room to take a look."
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