Time flies by like flowing water.
In recent years, Long Xun took some time to return to Buzhou Mountain. Without his physical body guarding it, the environment was even more desolate, and the spiritual energy was violent and chaotic, making it completely unsuitable for living beings to live in.
Shen Ye, Xie Yi, Tong, Feng Ya, Hua Yue, Yu Feng... These priests who remained finally moved away from Longyou City after his persuasion, and went to Liuyue City, which is now located near Chang'an City, to live out their retirement.
Every year, Ouyang Shaogong would return to Qinchuan from Qingyutan to visit his adoptive parents in this life. At that time, Long Xun and Yin Chen would also stay at the Qinchuan Inn, waiting for Shaogong's arrival.
Five years passed in this way. In the sixth year, Long Xun and Yin Chen no longer saw Ouyang Shaogong return home. In the eighth year, they came to Qinchuan again at the agreed time, only to find that the Ouyang family had moved away and their whereabouts were unknown. They left a letter telling them that Shaogong had returned, but was currently entangled in some troubles and had to inform his adoptive parents to leave. He also sent someone to inform Long Xun and Yin Chen that he was still safe.
After that, every time Long Xunyin Chen went to Qinchuan, he would receive a letter from Ouyang Shaogong. It seemed that he was hiding from something, and his whereabouts were elusive. Just from the material of the letter paper, one could tell that he had traveled a long way.
After piecing together the bits and pieces of information from the letter, Long Xun Yin Chen learned what had happened to Ouyang Shao Gong.
Ouyang Shaogong once lamented the fate of the child from Wumeng Linggu whom he had met. He wondered if the child had escaped when Qingyutan attacked Wumeng Linggu.
In this life, Ouyang Shaogong's soul is complete, finally allowing him to begin cultivation. However, he prefers health preservation and medicine, and is also very dedicated to the art of playing the zither. He simply dislikes fighting and killing; although his cultivation is quite profound, he lacks practical skills.
This meant that even though he tried his best to maneuver within the situation and notified Wumeng Linggu, he ultimately couldn't save Wumeng Linggu from its calamity. Similar to the plot that Long Xun knew, after suffering heavy damage, Wumeng Linggu retreated into its barrier and completely cut off contact with the outside world.
In the cultivation world, the strong prey on the weak. The Azure Jade Altar may appear glorious on the surface, but it actually reveres strength above all else. Although Elder Danzhi, Ouyang Shaogong, is respected within the sect, few people actually listen to him when something really happens.
This greatly displeased Ouyang Shaogong.
He initially agreed to join the Qingyu Altar to further his medical studies, and he didn't care about these sordid matters, as long as no one bothered him. However, after the incident at Wumeng Ling Valley, he realized that the Qingyu Altar's intentions were not ordinary, especially since it involved his child's hometown...
The prime minister, who was once so ruthless that even the most cunning ministers in the court dared not utter a word, expressed his displeasure and said he would kill a few petty villains to quell his anger.
Lei Yan wielded immense power and held absolute authority within the sect. Ouyang Shaogong, without leaving a trace, secretly laid out plans, gathering capable individuals to gradually erode Lei Yan's control over Qingyutan.
Lei Yan was also ambitious and capable. The key was that he was stronger than Ouyang Shaogong. When Shaogong lost contact that year, it was Lei Yan who realized that something was wrong in Qingyutan and directly put Ouyang Shaogong under house arrest.
He wasn't afraid of the gentle Elder Danzhi. When Ouyang Shaogong wanted to know what he was up to, Lei Yan coldly revealed all the secrets of the Azure Jade Altar and even tried to get Ouyang Shaogong involved.
The Azure Jade Altar possesses a secret alchemy manual. By collecting living souls using the Jade Balance technique, one can create heaven-defying elixirs. Lei Yan's massacre of Wumeng Spirit Valley and his dispatching of disciples to various places for clandestine missions were all aimed at collecting living souls.
Because of his past experiences, Ouyang Shaogong had a deep aversion to secret techniques that touched the soul. Lei Yan crossed his bottom line, and Lei Yan's attempt to force him to refine medicine with the Jade Balance made Ouyang Shaogong hate him even more.
After lying low for three years and feigning compliance, Ouyang Shaogong finally found an opportunity to shatter the Jade Balance and collect a fragment. With the help of his subordinates whom he had gathered over the years, he escaped from the Jade Altar.
He hurriedly returned to Qinchuan to inform the Ouyang family to move out and not be implicated, and then packed his bags and ran away.
This run lasted for two years.
In the latest letter that Long Xun and Yin Chen received, Ouyang Shaogong's calm and gentle words contained a hint of worry. He sensed that Qingyutan might be planning something big, so he wanted to return to Qinchuan to check.
Because he lacked confidence in his own martial arts skills, Ouyang Shaogong earnestly asked his adoptive father for help.
Long Xun gently trembled his right hand holding the letter, and the letter turned into powder like snowflakes, drifting away in the wind. He turned to look at Yin Chen, who was deep in thought while playing chess with him, and said slowly, "A-Chen, shall we go?"
"...Are you going to make a move?" Yin Chen raised his head, his calm and indifferent black eyes looking at Long Xun. With a flick of his hand on the chessboard, the chess pieces and the chessboard disappeared.
Long Xun remained silent for a moment before saying, "Let's go take a look first."
The two of them had long been dissatisfied with the Azure Jade Altar, but Long Xun was concerned that the plot had already collapsed, and if he interfered with the main plot again, it might really cause a time reversal, so he had been refraining from interfering. Fortunately, even though Yin Chen didn't understand, he didn't ask too many questions and was understanding of him.
The couple had nothing to pack, so they stepped out of the wooden house and flew into the air, heading straight for Qinchuan.
...
When Ouyang Shaogong awoke from his coma, he felt the uneven, potholed ground beneath him and his first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief.
He thought he had been caught by the people of Qingyutan because he had revealed his whereabouts, but judging from the ground, it was not the dungeon of Qingyutan.
Slowly opening his eyes, the handsome young man sat up leisurely, placed one hand on the back of his neck, pressed his slender fingers against the swollen mark on the back of his neck, and sighed with a wry smile.
He looked up and surveyed his surroundings. A crudely made wooden fence stood at the entrance of a poorly dug cave. This was a prison cell inside a cave, where, besides himself, his childhood friend Fang Lansheng, who had come to pick him up, and residents of Qinchuan were also imprisoned.
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