Chapter 5 Entering Taiqiong Sect
When the spirit boat landed, a group of people were already waiting in front of the gate. Leading the group was a beautiful fairy, gentle and generous. She came forward and pulled Zhong Ling'er over and said with a smile: "This is Master Zhong's daughter. She is really smart and lovely."
Wu Chen Zhenren smiled and said, "Ling'er, this is your fourth uncle, Fairy Qionghua, the leader of Danfeng."
Zhong Ling'er greeted them politely, and Ye Qinglan also came forward to meet the master, and the group walked into the hall happily.
With the previous lives as a comparison, Zhong Ling'er felt that although the Taiqiong Sect was not as grand as the Lingjian Sect, the atmosphere was much better. Although there were only a few people to welcome her, it was very intimate. Recalling the previous life when the entire Lingjian Sect welcomed the return of the leader, it was a scene no less than the arrival of an emperor. She could dig out two bedrooms and a living room with her feet.
After sitting down, Master Wu Chen asked Fairy Qionghua to help check Zhong Ling'er's body. Sure enough, the damaged spiritual root made both of them frown. Bai Luochen repeated what Zhong Ling'er had said to him. Seeing that Zhong Ling'er seemed very confident, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhong Ling'er suggested practicing to repair her spiritual roots on her own, and Master Wu Chen agreed.
Taiqiong Sect is one of the five major sects. It covers a vast area with nearly a hundred peaks, including seven main peaks. The Yunqiong Peak where Zhong Ling'er is now is the Taoist temple of Wu Chen Zhenren. The five shorter peaks scattered around it belong to the five direct disciples. Now, except for Bai Luochen, the others are either on missions or out for training, and are not in the peaks.
Because Zhong Ling'er was an extra disciple, there was no mountain prepared for her in advance, and she was too young and not suitable for living alone, so Master Wu Chen gave her a small courtyard and let her live on his mountain first.
As for the other peak masters, except for Fairy Qionghua, none of them were here. It was said that they all went out with their disciples. Therefore, the huge Taiqiong Sect now only has some elders and inner and outer disciples, and there are only two or three core figures.
Ye Qinglan came early in the morning and took Zhong Ling'er to the main peak dining hall to eat. Then he went to the elders to get the identity card and clothes of the direct disciple, and went to get this month's share. After that, he acted as a guide, taking Zhong Ling'er to ride a crane around everywhere, claiming to familiarize herself with the environment.
"Senior Sister Ye, are you really taking me to familiarize myself with the environment instead of taking the opportunity to slack off and play around?" Zhong Ling'er and Ye Qinglan had become familiar with each other, so she spoke directly.
Ye Qinglan smiled shyly, and pulled Zhong Ling'er mysteriously and said, "You can only relax for a few days. You should be happy that I am willing to play with you. Otherwise, when your senior brother comes back, you will be so busy that you won't even know where to go."
Zhong Ling'er was curious, "Why is my senior brother so scary?"
Ye Qinglan said sternly, "Wrong, not only your eldest brother is scary, your eldest brother, second brother, and third brother are all scary. Your eldest brother is verbal encouragement, your second brother is gentle encouragement, and your third brother is a loving touch."
"Alas, there are three huge mountains pressing down on you, you must stay strong!"
Zhong Ling'er was speechless for a moment. What she said was very profound and difficult to understand. Just as she was about to ask in detail, she heard a gentle voice behind her, "What are you two sisters talking about? What's so scary about me?"
Ye Qinglan immediately turned around and smiled, "How can Second Senior Brother be scary? You heard it wrong."
After saying this, he hinted at Zhong Ling'er crazily, and Zhong Ling'er frowned and said, "Second Brother, if you eavesdrop on girls' conversations, you will not be able to find a Taoist partner."
Ye Qinglan was stunned for a moment, then the corners of her mouth twitched wildly. This junior sister is really good at turning the tables. I've learned something!
The gentle Bai Luochen didn't know whether he felt guilty for "eavesdropping" or embarrassed for "not being able to find a Taoist partner". His expression was unnatural for a moment, and then he didn't ask about the "terrible" thing anymore. Instead, he said to Ye Qinglan: "Thank you, Junior Sister Ye. I have delayed a lot of your cultivation time this morning. Remember to hand in your cultivation experience for this month. I will accompany you wherever you need to get familiar with next."
Ye Qinglan rolled her eyes secretly, said goodbye to the two of them and left.
Zhong Ling'er blinked her eyes. Why did she feel like the teacher was urging her to do her homework?
"Junior sister, have you figured out how to practice?" Bai Luochen's smile was elegant, kind and warm, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze.
Under normal circumstances, the younger sister should ask the older brother for advice on how to practice, and the older brother will teach her everything he knows, and the brothers and sisters will be friendly and respectful, and everyone will be happy.
But who is Zhong Ling'er? She is a genius, or to be more precise, a genius with an unruly soul. From childhood to adulthood, she has always had the final say on how to study and has never been controlled by others.
The little girl smiled shyly, "Brother, my situation is rather special. Master said I can practice on my own."
Bai Luochen frowned and asked softly, "Junior sister, can you let me take a look at the condition of your spiritual roots?"
Seeing the concern in his eyes, Zhong Ling'er nodded and said yes.
Bai Luochen probed his spiritual power into Zhong Ling'er's body, and then he was stunned.
A normal person's spiritual root is a small glowing fleshy bud surrounded by the power of the five elements, but Zhong Ling'er's spiritual root is a fleshy ball covered with cracks, a circle larger than a golden elixir, and without a trace of spiritual power fluctuations.
Obviously, no matter what this spiritual root was, it was already useless. No wonder the master agreed to let her practice on her own and didn't arrange anything for her to do, because there was nothing to do!
Bai Luochen still smiled, "Since Master has asked me to practice on my own, then I should work hard. If you need anything, just tell me."
Then he took out a jade whistle, injected spiritual energy into it, and handed it to Zhong Ling'er, saying, "The dining hall is on the main peak. It's inconvenient for you to go back and forth, little junior sister. When you need to ride a fairy crane, just blow this whistle."
Zhong Ling'er took the whistle and marveled at the attentiveness of this second senior brother. She had no spiritual power and could not activate the magic weapon, so it was really troublesome for her to travel everywhere. She was also unable to practice fasting and had to eat three meals a day. The distance between Yunqiong Peak and the dining hall was enough for her to climb for a whole day. This whistle could be said to have solved her big problem.
Seeing the second senior brother's graceful back walking away, Zhong Ling'er tried hard to recall how the second senior brother died in the previous three lives. It seemed that he died in the Tianyuan Secret Realm not long after, but the details were not clear.
In her previous lives, she was an unknown person and had not heard any useful information, so without thinking too much, Zhong Ling'er returned to her residence and began to practice.
In fact, she would have practiced diligently even without Bai Luochen's urging, because there was indeed a big problem with her body. If she didn't work hard, it would be hard to say whether she could practice or not, let alone how many years she could live. It seemed that God wanted to kill her.
When the original owner was five years old, her spiritual roots were shattered by a man in black. It was the gray bead in her sea of consciousness that emitted a white light, which flowed into her dantian and wrapped up her spiritual roots layer by layer, forming a fleshy ball, protecting that bit of origin.
In her previous two lives, it was this flesh ball that replaced her spiritual roots, allowing her to practice. However, because she used the divine power in the bead to turn back time, the power in the bead became less and less. In the third life, cracks appeared in the flesh ball, and the original owner was unable to practice until she was in her twenties.
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