Luo Jianqing finally broke down: "Puff."
The disciple then recounted some of Li Xiuchen's misfortunes on Haoming Peak. Half an hour later, he finally left Luo Jianqing's room. Before leaving, the disciple stared in wonder at the sword mark on Luo Jianqing's forehead. After a moment, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Luo, I wonder what's wrong with you..."
Luo Jianqing noticed the disciple's gaze, flicked his sleeves to open the door, and said lightly: "It's just a little thing, don't pay attention to it."
Luo Jianqing's intention to send the guest away was so obvious that the disciple certainly didn't dare to ask any more questions. He bowed and left immediately.
When he was the only one left in the room, Luo Jianqing raised his hand and made a water mirror in the air, looking at himself in the mirror with a quiet gaze.
Jade Sky Peak's supreme technique, the Nine Lotus Heart Record, cultivates swordsmanship, forming a sword pattern on the forehead. This sword pattern resembles nine lotuses, with the first petal blooming during the Foundation Establishment stage, the second during the Golden Core stage, and so on until the Spiritual Transformation stage, when eight petals have finally opened. Finally, upon ascending to immortality, the ninth petal is achieved, transforming into the Nine Lotuses, allowing one to roam freely across the heavens and earth, unstoppable.
Luo Jianqing now has two green sword patterns on his forehead, while Xuan Lingzi already has eight golden sword patterns.
At this moment, a single crimson cinnabar mole dotted the center of his cyan sword pattern. Bright red like fire, blazing with brilliance, the vibrant cinnabar mole seemed to bring this elegant and peerless face to life, imbuing his features with an inviolable, ethereal aura.
When Xuan Lingzi's thought entered Luo Jianqing's sea of consciousness, it formed this cinnabar seal. Luo Jianqing carefully examined this cinnabar seal on his way to Yitian City, but he was unable to conceal it, let alone eliminate it.
That person is a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage. Although he himself is gifted, he is only in the Golden Core Stage now.
There were five major realms between the two of them, and he could not resist even a hint of the other party's thoughts.
After looking at the cinnabar seal in the water mirror for a long time, Luo Jianqing slowly narrowed his eyes, waved his sleeve to remove the water mirror, turned around and continued to meditate, practicing attentively as the man said.
On the second day, he looked at the four Foundation Establishment disciples, then at the twenty-four new disciples, then nodded with satisfaction, activated the flying magic weapon, and let everyone step on it and head towards the ruins together.
The one leading Luo Jianqing this time was no longer the Foundation Establishment Stage Elder Liu from yesterday. Instead, an elder in the early Golden Core Stage bowed to Luo Jianqing and said, "The Yitian Sect had no idea that Mount Taihua would actually send Fellow Daoist Luo to lead the group this time. I was truly disrespectful yesterday. I am Cao Haining, the Third Elder of the Yitian Sect. I have come specially to guide you this time. I hope Fellow Daoist Luo will forgive me and not be angry."
The fact that the Yitian Sect had changed its guide was not mentioned in "Seeking Immortality", but Luo Jianqing did not care. After talking to Elder Cao for a few words, he returned to his room, opened a barrier, and continued to meditate and practice.
This kind of flying magic weapon was given to Luo Jianqing by his sixth junior brother a few years ago. It looks like a treasure ship with a total of eighty-one rooms. Its flying speed is half that of a Jindan stage cultivator, but it is very comfortable and very suitable for carrying such a group of little kids.
When they approached the ruins, Luo Jianqing put away his magic weapon and walked on land with other disciples.
The cultivators' speed was naturally unmatched by ordinary people, but the ruins lay deep within the Yitian Mountains. After a full day's journey, they saw no trace of them. Elder Cao, fearing Luo Jianqing might misunderstand, immediately bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist Luo, these ruins are deep within Yitian and very hidden. We'll need another day's journey to reach them."
Luo Jianqing nodded in understanding.
With the speed of him and Elder Cao, they would naturally arrive in no time. But this group of youngsters was different. The highest among them was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and there were more than a dozen newcomers who had just reached the first level of Qi Refining. They were lucky to have made it this far; they couldn't force it.
That evening, the group sat down on the grassy grounds amidst the forest. They divided the fires into two groups: one for Luo Jianqing and one for everyone else. Although Cao Haining, like Luo Jianqing, was a Jindan-stage cultivator, he knew that this leader of the Seven Taihua had already killed an early Jindan-stage demon cultivator while still in the Foundation Establishment stage, and his strength was far beyond his reach.
Elder Cao looked at Luo Jianqing from afar and said with emotion: "Fellow Daoist Luo is really hardworking and has been practicing all the way."
A Foundation Establishment disciple laughed heartily, "Elder Cao, you don't know this. Our eldest brother is a renowned cultivator in Taihua Mountain. When he was brought back to Taihua Mountain by Uncle Xuan Lingzi, he was just a baby. By then, our second brother had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, a generation older than our eldest brother! But what about now? Our eldest brother has already reached the middle stage of the Golden Core, while our second brother is only in the early stage of the Golden Core."
Elder Cao was shocked and said, "Fellow Daoist Luo is so powerful?"
Another Foundation Establishment disciple explained, "It's probably true that Senior Brother was very strict with Uncle Xuan Lingzi. It's said that Senior Brother could have broken Uncle Xuan Lingzi's Foundation Establishment record, but Uncle Xuan Lingzi said that Senior Brother's foundation wasn't strong enough. He forced Senior Brother to go to Myriad Beast Ridge and slay monsters for three years before allowing him to establish his foundation." After a pause, the man sighed, "Senior Brother was only in his teens back then..."
Elder Cao opened his eyes wide in horror: "Venerable Xuan Lingzi is truly... truly courageous!"
Everyone laughed out loud.
Even those who had reached the Golden Core stage were inevitably drawn to gossip. Soon, these seasoned Foundation Establishment disciples began to recount some of the gossip and anecdotes of Mount Taihua. Besides Elder Cao, the other new Qi Refining disciples also listened with curiosity.
In the dark night, no one noticed that Li Xiuchen quietly got up and walked to the fire not far away.
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