Chapter 40
Luo Hengzhi was focused on adding the seasonings and didn't notice that Master Yunqing's expression kept changing.
"Yes, I can lay it out after seeing it once, but if I want to modify and integrate it, I need to try two or three times." Luo Hengzhi spoke the truth, completely unaware that her words had left her master bewildered and questioning his life.
Hearing Luo Hengzhi's nonchalant tone and seeing her composed expression, Yun Qing Zhenren, who had lived for thousands of years, instantly shut up and didn't want to say or ask anything!
Even a level nine formation master who has lived for thousands of years wouldn't dare say that he could set up any formation after just one glance.
I'm so ashamed!
Fortunately, Luo Hengzhi did not notice his master's embarrassment and changed the subject.
"Master, did you and Ye Zi go out this time to investigate Yu Yun?" Luo Hengzhi asked.
“Yes, we went to Yanshui City and visited the Yu family mine. We did find some things.” The disheartened Master Yunqing silently composed himself and said, “I rushed back because I was afraid that Yu Jun might hurt your junior brothers.”
Luo Hengzhi: "Harm your junior brother?"
Yu Yun's main target was him; his attitude towards his junior brothers was alright, but he hadn't yet realized how much he was hurting them.
Master Yunqing looked at the young disciples playing and laughing outside the door: "Yu Jun may very well... have possessed someone else's immortal body."
"Possession!" Luo Hengzhi was shocked!
Luo Hengzhi had indeed read records about possession incidents in the cultivation world in the Scripture Pavilion. When he saw the "invasion" of other people's bodies, he thought it was an extremely dirty and despicable method.
"Going back to the cultivation of immortal bodies in the cultivation world a thousand years ago, immortal bodies have a far greater talent for cultivation than spiritual roots. Sects would provide all-round training for immortal body disciples they recruited. In modern terms, they would cultivate all-round talents. Although your junior brothers are currently cultivating individually—Yan Yan focuses on alchemy, Jiang Yuzhi on weapon crafting, and Xiao Shenmu on talisman making—once their cultivation reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, the others will follow suit," Master Yunqing explained.
Luo Hengzhi remembered that Yu Yun's current cultivation level was the late Foundation Establishment stage: "So you have discovered that Yu Yun is not an all-around cultivator, but he can say that he has never had a master and no one has taught him."
Master Yunqing nodded: "When he first arrived at Lingju Temple, he did emphasize that he did not know his constitution and had no one to teach him."
“That would have been plausible, but he used the identity of the eldest son of the Yu family, who is two years older than Ye Zi,” said Master Yunqing. “Ye Zi is the first immortal being to descend to earth in nearly a thousand years, which is an indisputable fact. There were warnings and special purple auras and other celestial phenomena associated with Ye Zi’s descent. Purple is the most revered color and the most prominent. Therefore, it is impossible for Yu Jun to have descended to earth two years earlier than Ye Zi.”
Luo Hengzhi understood: "Master must already know the purpose of Yu Yun's painstaking efforts to enter Lingju Temple?"
Master Yunqing nodded: "The mines owned by the Yu family are actually a secret realm, but the concealment array of the secret realm has been destroyed. Yu Jun's purpose in coming to Lingju Temple should be to learn array techniques."
Luo Hengzhi: "Array formations...that Scripture Pavilion..."
"He never entered the Scripture Pavilion. Without the jade token on you, he couldn't get in, and he couldn't even find the location of the Scripture Pavilion," Master Yunqing explained, understanding Luo Heng's concerns.
Luo Hengzhi was relieved and nodded: "It's good that they can't get in."
“Master, I have another question. Since you suspected Yu Yun’s identity, why did you still accept Yu Yun as your disciple and give him the opportunity to enter Lingju Temple?” Luo Hengzhi asked the question that had been on his mind.
Master Yunqing shook his head helplessly: "Because he concealed his cultivation level; his true cultivation is above Master's!"
"Hidden cultivation level?" Luo Hengzhi thought of Ye Zi's trip and subsequent serious injuries: "Ye Zi was... by Yu Yun..."
Master Yunqing waved his hand: "Xiao Yezi's injuries are not because of Yu Jun. Ye Zi has an array plate on her body, which can withstand some of the damage. It is enough for Xiao Yezi to escape from Yu Jun and save her life. Moreover, Yu Jun did not achieve his goal and will not kill Xiao Yezi."
Luo Hengzhi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Ye Zi had escaped unharmed.
Then, Master Yunqing continued, "If Yu Jun really goes all out, Little Yezi will probably suffer more than just injuries; she may never return!"
Luo Hengzhi's heart, which had just settled down, jumped again when she heard that Ye Zi might not have made it back. A cold sweat broke out on her back, and she was still shaken.
Even more powerful than her master, Ye Zi must have thought that she might not be able to come back when they fought. Just thinking about it made Luo Hengzhi's heart clench and a pang of pain surge through her!
Scenes of my time with Ye Zi welled up from the bottom of my heart!
Ye Zi would forcefully take his hand every time, and every night she would gently soothe his meridians by his bedside!
As the library drew ever closer, Luo Hengzhi experienced her heart pounding uncontrollably for the first time in her life!
And there's also the rich, lingering fragrance of plum blossoms that stays close to the nose!
There were some things that Luo Hengzhi could see but was unwilling to admit at the time!
"Senior Sister is awake." Little Shen Mu saw Ye Zi come out of the room, and ran over with his short legs, asking with concern, "Senior Sister, how are you?"
"It's nothing." Ye Zi bent down and rubbed Xiao Shenmu's chubby little face. It was good that he was back. Her spiritual power had been fully restored, and the torn wounds on her body had healed automatically.
"It's good that you're awake. Wash your hands and eat." Master Yunqing placed the food on the table with a natural expression and waved for Ye Zi to wash up.
"Master, Luo Hengzhi..." Ye Zi didn't see Luo Hengzhi and assumed that Luo Hengzhi had gone down the mountain again.
"Here." Luo Hengzhi appeared at the kitchen door with the food in his hands, looking at Ye Zi with a deep gaze. He looked away for a second, but couldn't help but look at Ye Zi again.
[Thank goodness, she hasn't left.] Ye Zi's brows relaxed as she saw that Luo Hengzhi was still there, and her heart, which had been pounding, was finally at ease.
"At that time, my spiritual power was exhausted, and I had to absorb your spiritual power to replenish it." Ye Zi had just woken up, her lips were a little pale, and her already cold face had a sickly coldness, and she looked at people with a sense of aloofness.
Looking at the aloof Ye Zi, Luo Hengzhi lowered his eyes to conceal his emotions. At this moment, Luo Hengzhi was once again grateful to have heard Ye Zi's thoughts, otherwise he might have thought that Ye Zi disliked him.
Luo Hengzhi: "It's nothing, it won't affect anything."
Ye Zi, who had just woken up, did not notice Luo Hengzhi's change in mood. After washing up, she saw the empty seat next to Luo Hengzhi, but still chose to sit next to Master Yunqing.
Looking at the empty seat beside her, Luo Hengzhi felt a pang of loneliness in her heart.
Master Yunqing: "Let's eat. After we finish eating, we'll talk about what happened."
“Master, Yu Yun is indeed a person from a thousand years ago, and Yu Yun’s true cultivation level is the peak of the Nascent Soul stage,” Ye Zi said directly without being in a hurry.
He's actually at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!
Luo Hengzhi suddenly looked up at Ye Zi, her eyes filled with unconcealed worry.
Luo Hengzhi already knew about the cultivation level system, and naturally knew how terrifying the pressure that the peak Nascent Soul stage cultivation would exert on Ye Zi, who had only reached the Golden Core stage!
[What's wrong with Luo Hengzhi? Why does she look at me with a hint of tenderness? Could it be that my injury hurt my eyes and made my eyesight worse? Hmm, that must be it. Luo Hengzhi is avoiding me like the plague; she must be shocked by Yu Yun's cultivation level.]
When Ye Zi met Luo Hengzhi's gaze, she quickly lowered her head to avoid it, trying to minimize her presence so that Luo Hengzhi wouldn't have to hide from her as she went down the mountain.
"Peak of the Nascent Soul stage, three minor levels higher than Master's cultivation! Senior Sister, are you really alright? Could you be injured somewhere else? Let Master check on you quickly!" Jiang Yuzhi stood up anxiously, ran to Ye Zi's side and circled around to see if there were any other inconspicuous but fatal wounds on her senior sister's body.
"Senior Sister, you're alright. Eat your food properly." Ye Zi's tone was unusually gentle as she coaxed her junior brother back to his seat.
Xiao Shenmu agreed with his senior sister, but his junior brother beat him to it: "Yu Yun's cultivation is already so high, yet she still went to such lengths to infiltrate our Lingju Temple. She is indeed up to no good and has ulterior motives!"
Ye Zi nodded: "Just as Master suspected, Yu Jun came to our Lingju Temple to learn formations, and wanted to completely hide the secret realm and take it for himself, so that the Yu family could mine gold at any time."
Master Yunqing: "He has been exposed and has failed to achieve his goal. He will likely return to Lingju Temple soon to forcibly seize the formation."
Master Yunqing looked at his youngest disciples, Jiang Yuzhi and Xiao Shenmu, and instructed them: "Tonight, take Xiao Cenguan with you to the back mountain to find your senior brother."
"Yes, Master." Jiang Yuzhi and Xiao Shenmu knew the seriousness of the matter.
Master Yunqing then looked at Luo Hengzhi: "Hengzhi, things may not be peaceful on the mountain these days, perhaps you..."
Ye Zi interrupted, "Master, Luo Hengzhi cannot go down the mountain. After Yu Yun returned to the Yu family, she mentioned Luo Hengzhi, clearly showing hostility towards him. It would be dangerous for Luo Hengzhi to go down the mountain at this time."
“Yes, Master, when you and Senior Sister were not around, Yu Yun deliberately made things difficult for Senior Sister’s husband, but he slapped her in the face instead. Yu Yun suffered a loss and held a grudge against Senior Sister’s husband.” Jiang Yuzhi said, “So Senior Sister’s husband must never go down the mountain.”
Luo Hengzhi glanced at Ye Zi and said to Master Yunqing, "Master, I want to stay on the mountain."
Upon hearing that Luo Hengzhi had volunteered to stay, Ye Ziqing's calm face showed obvious surprise. She had thought that Luo Hengzhi would choose to go down the mountain without hesitation.
Luo Hengzhi took in Ye Zi's changing expression. It seemed that his attitude when he came down the mountain last time was too resolute, which ultimately hurt Ye Zi.
"Then go with your junior brothers to the back mountain and enter the secluded cultivation barrier there. No matter how high Yu Yun's cultivation level is, he won't be able to break in," said Master Yunqing.
Luo Hengzhi shook his head: "Master, I'll stay and help. I should be able to lend a hand in setting up the formation."
Master Yunqing pondered for a moment, then took out a bottle of pills: "You can decide for yourself. This is a Soul-Stabilizing Pill. One pill for each person. Xiao Cen Guan and Long Bao Huo Feng must take it."
"Do you want Dragon Treasure Fire Phoenix too?" Jiang Yuzhi and Xiao Shenmu asked, but their little hands were already stuffing pills into Dragon Treasure Fire Phoenix's mouth.
Although the Dragon Phoenix is in beast form, it is, after all, a divine beast!
Although Luo Hengzhi did not know anything about pills, she could guess that this pill was probably to prevent Yu Jun from possessing her body, so she took the pill and swallowed it immediately.
“Master, I have sent a message to Huo Qinglei to temporarily suspend work starting tomorrow, and to have him take Huo Zhongkui, Xiaohui, Xiaoyu and the others to the back mountain to hide,” Ye Zi said.
Luo Hengzhi also sent a message to Luo Yi, ordering him not to go up the mountain and to destroy and acquire the Yu Group as quickly as possible.
After the meal, Master Yunqing took Luo Hengzhi to the front gate to set up the formation, while Ye Zi sent her junior brothers, as well as Long Bao and Huo Feng, to the back mountain.
Xiao Shenmu walked up to Ye Zi and lowered his voice: "Senior Sister, let me tell you a secret, Senior Sister's husband is actually very rich. He said he has to do some things, so he is hiding his strength. Also, Senior Sister's husband said he was going to take over Yu Jun's gold mine. A moment later, Yu Jun received a call about an accident at the gold mine and left in a hurry."
Ye Zi smiled as she looked at Xiao Shenmu's gossipy expression and asked, "Luo Hengzhi... is your senior brother-in-law really rich?"
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