Taoist Ling Yun's soul was devoured by Ling Xiaotian and turned into nutrients to nourish Ling Xiaotian's soul, and his body was turned into ashes by Ling Xiaotian.
Ling Xiaotian is not a local cultivator. In his inheritance, there is not only the method of devouring souls, but also the method of practicing martial arts using furnaces.
Ling Xiaotian proposed to Wu Xiuyun by taking advantage of the opportunity of "dual cultivation" and using Wu Xiuyun as a cauldron.
By the time Wu Xiuyun realized it, he was almost exhausted.
Wu Xiuyun's death instilled a strong sense of crisis in He Jingjing. Even more frightening was the fact that, to conceal his identity as an "evil cultivator," Ling Xiaotian had actually passed on the secret technique of using a furnace to cultivate Qi to several of the Yushan Sect's peak masters. With the exception of He Yuxia, the peak master of Caixia Peak, who was a woman and therefore unable to use Ling Xiaotian's techniques, and Baopu Daoren, the peak master of Jinping Peak, who was deceased and therefore also unable to use Ling Xiaotian's techniques, the other two peak masters, overjoyed, searched extensively within their sects for female disciples with roots that matched their own to practice the furnace.
Of course, these things were done in secret. No matter how rampant Ling Xiaotian and the two peak masters were, they would not openly talk about using female disciples to practice martial arts. However, the inexplicable deaths of two or three female disciples after their power was drained away still caused great panic in the Yushan Sect.
At this time, Wen Ziqing had already taken back his body from Taoist Baopu.
He Jingjing begged Wen Ziqing to take her out of the Langyuan Secret Realm. It happened that Wen Ziqing declined Ling Xiaotian's "good intention" to let him take over as the master of Jinping Peak and was preparing to return to Kyoto City.
Because of a misunderstanding by Taoist Baopu, He Jingjing was already branded "Wen Ziqing's fiancée" within the Yushan Sect. To survive, He Jingjing exploited this identity to the utmost. When Wen Ziqing was about to leave, He Jingjing clutched at his clothes, weeping uncontrollably and insisting on following him.
He Jingjing believed Wen Ziqing and told him about her situation while crying.
Wen Zhu, the Taoist servant who served Wen Ziqing, was a gossipmonger. He had already gossiped to Wen Ziqing about the fact that several high-ranking members of the Yushan Sect were using female cultivators to practice martial arts. Combined with He Jingjing's sobbing, Wen Ziqing had no idea what "Liu Jingyu" and the others had done.
Wen Ziqing thought that He Jingjing was an acquaintance after all, and seeing He Jingjing crying pitifully, he felt soft-hearted and took her back to Kyoto.
Xiaoyao Peak, the main hall of the peak master.
Ling Xiaotian (Liu Jingyu's inner core is already Ling Xiaotian. In order to avoid confusion, the head of Yushan Sect will be referred to as Ling Xiaotian in the following text) sat on the high head throne with a gloomy expression.
The several Daoist children serving in the main hall were all hunched over, their heads burrowed into their clothes. The Sect Master was in a particularly violent mood today. From morning till now, one Daoist child serving in the main hall had died and one had been injured. The cause was simply that the tea was a little too hot and a little too cold.
"Master, the traitor Xie Hanmei has escaped into the Maoshan Sect. Master Mao of the Maoshan Sect said that they will only release her if the master personally goes to retrieve her." Li Changqing walked into the hall with a stiff upper lip and reported to Ling Xiaotian the latest progress in the hunt for Xie Hanmei.
Li Changqing's heart was in turmoil. The Yushan Sect had sent two Foundation Establishment cultivators and two Qi Condensation cultivators to hunt down Xie Hanmei. Xie Hanmei was only in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, yet surrounded by four cultivators, she had managed to escape all the way to the Maoshan Sect, thousands of kilometers away. This was undoubtedly a disgrace for the Yushan Sect. Li Changqing feared the Sect Master would be furious over this, perhaps even severely punishing him.
A month ago, Xie Hanmei, an inner disciple of Yushan Sect, killed Yue Haotian, the direct disciple of the master of Qingyun Peak, and fled from Yushan Sect.
Li Changqing received the news today that Xie Hanmei went to Maoshan Sect. Li Changqing hurried over to report to the Sect Leader, but he didn't expect that the Sect Leader was in a bad mood.
Li Changqing didn't dare to delay and had to bite the bullet and go into the hall to see Ling Xiaotian.
"Yeah." Ling Xiaotian agreed, and his frown finally relaxed a little.
Li Changqing didn't know that Ling Xiaotian was desperately hoping that Xie Hanmei could escape. After all, there was an agreement between Ling Xiaotian and Xie Hanmei. If Xie Hanmei helped Ling Xiaotian, Ling Xiaotian would not only have to deal with Taoist Ling Yun, but also be responsible for Xie Hanmei's safety in Yushan Sect.
To avoid suspicion, Ling Xiaotian did not dare to publicly take care of Xie Hanmei. Instead, he placed Xie Hanmei under the tutelage of Li Yuanpei, the leader of Qingyun Peak. Li Yuanpei was known for his viciousness and was a figure not to be messed with in the Yushan Sect. Ling Xiaotian believed that under Li Yuanpei's care, Xie Hanmei would be safe.
Unexpectedly, Li Yuanpei's eldest disciple Yue Haotian was so audacious that he wanted to kidnap Xie Hanmei to use as his furnace. In anger, Xie Hanmei killed Yue Haotian and rebelled against the Yushan Sect.
Ling Xiaotian needed Li Yuanpei's support to become the leader of the sect. It just so happened that the deceased Yue Haotian had another identity: the beloved grandson of Yue Zhenshan, the master of Piaomiao Peak. Because both Yue Haotian and Li Yuanpei were cultivators with gold spiritual roots, and Yue Zhenshan's own wood-based cultivation method was unsuitable for Yue Haotian, Yue Haotian became Li Yuanpei's disciple.
Yue Haotian's death at the hands of Xie Hanmei ignited Yue Zhenshan's fury, threatening to capture Xie Hanmei and use her as a cauldron for all of his male disciples at Piaomiao Peak. Having lost his most powerful disciple, Li Yuanpei harbored a murderous rage towards Xie Hanmei. Pressured by the two peak masters, Ling Xiaotian issued a decree from the sect leader, hunting down Xie Hanmei.
In reality, Ling Xiaotian wanted Xie Hanmei dead more than anyone else. The power of the Heart Demon Oath was immense, and if Xie Hanmei were to die at the hands of a Yushan Sect cultivator, it would definitely trigger Ling Xiaotian's Heart Demon Oath.
On the surface, Ling Xiaotian showed no bias towards Xie Hanmei. In reality, he had sent two of his trusted aides to secretly aid Xie Hanmei. Otherwise, Xie Hanmei would have died at the hands of the disciples of Qingyun Peak and Piaomiao Peak long ago. How could she have escaped to Maoshan Sect alone?
Last night at midnight, the disciple that Ling Xiaotian secretly sent to help Xie Hanmei told Ling Xiaotian that Xie Hanmei was stopped outside the gate of Maoshan Sect by people from Qingyun Peak and Piaomiao Peak. Ling Xiaotian thought that Xie Hanmei was in great danger this time, so he was shocked and angry.
Even if Ling Xiaotian used all his strength to control his sword, it would still take half a day to travel from Yushan Sect to Maoshan Sect. Ling Xiaotian knew that even if he rushed over, it would not change Xie Hanmei's fate. He could only suppress his anxiety and wait for the latest developments in the hall.
The news Li Changqing brought put Ling Xiaotian at ease for the time being. Ling Xiaotian thought for a while, and when he felt that there was nothing else to tell Li Changqing, he waved his hand, signaling Li Changqing to leave.
After Li Changqing left the hall, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Li Changqing was originally an outer sect elder of the Yushan Sect. Somehow, he had won Ling Xiaotian's favor. Not long after Ling Xiaotian became the sect leader, he transferred Li Changqing from the outer sect to the inner sect and appointed him as the manager of Xiaoyao Peak.
Lin Muchen, the former steward of Xiaoyao Peak, resigned from his position and disappeared on the day Wu Xiuyun got married.
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