Chapter 9 Shaoyang Sect (9) Three Hundred Years Have Passed
Feijue Peak.
"cheers--"
"Good wine!" Zhou Mingran drank a glass in large gulps. "Yingying, congratulations on winning a spot to go to Penglai Island."
Zhu Ciying replied, "Senior Sister, thank you so much for speaking up in the meeting hall and covering for Senior Brother Xie."
"Oh, my dear junior sister, stop thanking me. I am your only dear senior sister. Who else should I help if not you?" Zhou Mingran picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into her bowl.
Zhu Ciying ate it in one bite, her cheeks puffed up slightly.
The bird buried its head in its meal. Woo woo woo, what a hard life it had led in the back mountains.
Zhou Mingran: "Master, you fellow disciples, eat too."
On the way back from the meeting hall, Yu Yin Zhenren had already heard Zhou Mingran talk about Zhu Ciying's chance encounter with Xie Rangchen in the back mountains. He was also greatly shocked.
Spiritual roots, golden elixir, and sword bones are the foundation of a cultivator; lacking any one of them will directly lead to disability. The murderer's methods on Xie Rangchen were like toying with a caged animal, gradually pulling out its sharp teeth, grinding away his wildness, and destroying his ambition.
It can be said to be extremely vicious and murderous.
Xie Rangchen took off his mask and placed it on the empty space beside him.
True Man Yu Yin felt a deep sense of regret. He had heard the Sect Master mention Xie Rangchen, a gifted and intelligent man with exceptional aptitude, a rare swordsmanship prodigy with the potential for future ascension. But the world is unpredictable. How could a once-prodigy suddenly become a cripple, the vast difference in status? How could anyone accept this?
"Master, why don't you eat? Is the food not to your liking?" Zhu Ciying picked up a piece of lotus root and gave it to him.
Immortal Yu Yin put his thoughts aside for the moment and turned his eyes to see Xie Rangchen calm and composed, eating with great relish. He looked completely untroubled.
Forget it, let’s eat first and think of a solution later.
Zhu Ciying cooked more than a dozen dishes.
Zhou Mingran likes to eat spicy shredded chicken and garlic shrimp tails that are delicious and go well with wine. Yu Yin Zhenren has a lighter taste and ate some shrimp and tofu soup and stir-fried okra... All the dishes she cooks for herself are meat.
As for what Xie Rangchen liked to eat, Zhu Ciying forgot to ask and subconsciously made a few dishes according to the taste of his senior brother in his previous life.
Sweet and sour pork tenderloin, corn pancakes with milk flavor, small rice dumplings with white fungus and pear, and candied peach preserves.
Xie Rangchen scooped a spoonful of corn cake, the milky aroma inhaled into his nostrils, and he opened his mouth to swallow it, chewing it. At the same time, he lowered his eyes to stare at the clean spoon, his movements becoming smaller and smaller.
Zhu Ciying silently watched his reaction.
"Not to your taste?" she asked.
Xie Rangchen concealed the strange look that flashed across his eyes, slowly raised his eyes, and his smile as gentle as a spring breeze reappeared: "Yes, Junior Sister's corn pancakes are delicious."
Zhu Ciying served him some soup: "Then eat more, brother, and get well soon."
Xie Rangchen said hoarsely, "Okay."
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The Zhixing Division manages all matters within the sect, including assigning tasks and spirit stones; organizes various competitions and assessments, oversees the promotion and demotion of disciples; and transmits various types of information.
After Xie Rangchen lost his memory, he couldn't remember the way to Zhixingsi, so Zhu Ciying had to act as his guide.
Before leaving, Master Yuyin called her and said that he had something important to tell her.
Zhu Ciying asked Xie Rangchen to wait for a moment and followed him into the study.
"Master, what do you want to tell me?"
True Man Yuyin was easygoing and hesitated for only a moment before saying, "Yingying, do you resent my concealment? Because of my negligence, you suffered an undeserved disaster."
Zhu Ciying hadn't expected him to mention this. After a moment's silence, she pursed her lips and said, "Master, if you hadn't rescued me, I would have died in the fire seventeen years ago. Furthermore, even if I had survived, I would have been controlled by the demonic energy and embarked on a path of untold sin and eternal damnation."
She bowed deeply and said, "Master, I am deeply grateful for saving my life and giving me a new life. I will always remember this in my heart."
Seeing the child he had raised grow from a child to an adult with a pure heart, Yu Yin Zhenren felt truly relieved. His choice back then was not wrong, and the years of raising and teaching him had not been in vain.
He said earnestly, "Master believes in you. You have a strong heart and will definitely be able to resist the temptation of evil spirits."
True Man Yu Yin calmed down and got down to business: "The Sect Master has ordered that I will lead the team on this trip to the Penglai Secret Realm."
"Yingying." He frowned slightly, his expression heavy. "The secret realm was left behind by a powerful ancient being, and it contains countless rare spiritual treasures. The spiritual energy in the cultivation world today is not as abundant as it used to be, and many spiritual plants are facing a decline in production and extinction. If you're lucky, you might be able to find unexpected treasures in the secret realm."
Zhu Ciying: "Master means..."
"I've seen Xie Rangchen's injuries. Losing a cultivator's spiritual roots and golden elixir is no less painful than losing one's internal organs. With the current state of medical care in the cultivation world, there's simply no way to treat it."
As for sword bones, they are divided into natural sword bones and false sword bones. Those who possess natural sword bones are favored by heaven, and are super geniuses in the way of sword. False sword bones, on the other hand, are formed by cultivators who have diligently cultivated to achieve a state of unity between man and sword, and have comprehended the sword's will.
There is another reason why the natural sword bone is able to suppress the fake sword bone: the natural sword bone is blessed with the power of the divine beast, and the power it exerts is often ten or a hundred times that of the fake sword bone.
Damage to the pseudo-sword bone can still be repaired, but Xie Rangchen has a natural sword bone, so the chance of recovery is almost zero.
"There are countless opportunities in the secret realm. If we can obtain spiritual plants that have healing effects on spiritual roots and refine them into medicine, perhaps we can help Xie Rangchen rebuild his spiritual roots."
Reshape the spiritual roots! Zhu Ciying's mind was shaken, and immediately a huge storm was set off.
Finally, she said, "Disciple, I've made note of this."
After leaving the study, Xie Rangchen and Lingniao had been waiting for a long time.
"Let's go, I'll take you to Zhixingsi."
"Thank you, Junior Sister." Xie Rangchen put on the mask.
Feijue Peak was inhabited only by Master Yuyin and his disciples, a quiet and peaceful environment. After descending the mountain and encountering all sorts of cultivators along the way, Xie Rangchen finally realized how bustling the Shaoyang Sect truly was.
On normal days, he was wearing a mask and everyone's attention was focused on him, but with Zhu Ciying there, the focus of everyone's attention naturally fell on her.
For a moment, the forum exploded.
[Explosive] #Yu Boying voluntarily resigned from his position as elder and was exiled to the forbidden area of Yanmen City for half a year#
[Explosive] #Shocking reversal! Inner disciple Zhu Ciying's grievances are redressed and his innocence is proven#
The congratulatory words closed the jade slip.
He turned around and said to the person behind him: "Brother, the road is long and you are not in good health, so let's go by speeding car."
A flying car? A jade slip surprised him, so what exactly was a flying car? Xie Rangchen nodded calmly.
Zhu Ciying chose the shortest route.
The flying car station is about the same size as the competition venue.
"Wow--"
"Is this a flying car?"
The spirit bird sat on Xie Rangchen's shoulder, staring at the cloud-shaped white carriages, its heart full of curiosity.
Excluding the front of the train, there are fifteen carriages, floating at a height of half a calf above the ground.
Xie Rangchen was also curious. After observing it for a while, he asked, "There are no wheels. Is it driven by spiritual power?"
In front of the carriage, Zhu Ciying paused as he brushed the jade slip. "Right. Senior Brother, don't you even remember the flying car?"
Xie Rangchen lowered his head slightly: "I have forgotten too many things, probably far more than you expected."
Zhu Ciying secretly clutched the jade slip. Master had said that normally, amnesia involves forgetting people or events, but it rarely affects common sense. But Senior Brother seemed to have forgotten everything.
He must have suffered some unforgettable pain before he lost his memory, which is why he could forget it so completely.
The car door slowly slid open to the right, and Zhu Ciying reminded the people behind her: "You can get in now."
Cultivators rely on spiritual energy for cultivation, but the spiritual energy in the cultivation world is so scarce that they can only turn to spiritual stones. The process of mining large quantities of spiritual stones has led to the development of many convenient tools. For example, the flying car, popular in the thirty-four states, can travel thousands of miles a day by burning only a small amount of spiritual stones.
After a stick of incense, the car stopped safely at the station.
Xie Rangchen got out of the car and looked up. The three golden characters "Zhixingsi" were clearly visible.
As I walked through the door, I saw a familiar figure standing at the front office.
Zhu Ciying stepped forward and greeted him: "Brother Ji, what a coincidence, you are also here to do business at the Zhixing Division."
"Yingying!" Ji Feibai was surprised.
He held a black wooden sign between his fingers and shook it. "Money is tight lately, so I'm taking on some missions."
Zhu Ciying nodded.
Ji Feibai moved closer and whispered, "The price the client offered is ridiculously high. Isn't it just to find someone? Is it really necessary to pay 10 million spirit stones?"
Zhu Ciying: "Ten million!" Even though she was mentally prepared, she was still shocked.
"Hehe, even if I die, I will get these ten million." Ji Feibai curled the corners of his lips.
"Brother, if you need spirit stones urgently, I can lend you some."
"No need." Ji Feibai's jade slip flashed, he put away the wooden sign, and hurried away. "Yingying, I appreciate your kindness. I'll treat you to a meal after I finish the task and get the spirit stones!"
Zhu Ciying smiled and said, "Brother, please be careful."
front desk.
The person on duty today happened to be Yu Chunyan, a senior sister that Zhu Ciying knew.
"Yingying, are you okay? I've heard everything about you. Don't take it too seriously."
"It's okay, Senior Sister." Zhu Ciying said, "I'm here today to help my senior brother get a house number."
"Brother?" Yu Chunyan looked at Xie Rangchen and understood. This was the disciple that the forums had mentioned, the one that Jade Yin had left behind.
But when I took another look at his outfit... the forum was right, this guy really has peculiar taste.
He is on par with Ji Feibai.
Yu Chunyan turned around and opened a drawer on the cabinet that was more than ten meters high, and took out a brand new jade slip and a doorplate engraved with the words "Shaoyang".
"Yes, you can use it after engraving your name with spiritual power."
Zhu Ciying took them one by one: "Thank you, Senior Sister."
She first carved "Jiang Huai" on the back of the doorplate and handed it to Xie Rangchen. Then she activated the jade slip and entered "Jiang Huai" in the user column. Then she took out her own jade slip and touched it with it. "Brother, I've added you. Please agree."
Xie Rangchen took the jade slip and saw a message:
[Zhu Ciying] applies to add you as a friend.
Xie Rangchen clicked to agree, and a chat box immediately popped up on the jade slip.
[You have added Zhu Ciying and can start chatting now.]
[Hello, please take care of me, Junior Sister.]
[Hello, please take care of me, brother.]
The two messages were sent almost simultaneously. Zhu Ciying looked up at Xie Rangchen, whose expression couldn't be seen through the mask he wore. But she had a hunch that he was also watching her.
Zhu Ciying smiled slightly: "Brother, before I go back, I want to take a detour to the library."
Xie Rangchen: "I'll go with you." It just so happened that he had some questions that needed to be verified.
The library was not far from the Zhixing Division, and it only took the two of them half a quarter of an hour to get there by flying car.
Zhu Ciying taught Xie Rangchen how to use the jade slip to enter the attic.
"Brother, the first floor is the history books and geography, the second floor is the encyclopedia of spiritual plants and elixirs, the third floor is the encyclopedia of magical instruments, and the fourth floor is the encyclopedia of mythical beasts and monsters..." Zhu Ciying introduced seriously, "This time I go to the Penglai Secret Realm, I want to try my luck and find more spiritual plants, so I'll go to the second floor to look for information."
She looked at Xie Rangchen.
Xie Rangchen said: "I'll wait for you on the first floor."
"Um."
Xie Rangchen watched her leave, then stood alone in front of the bookshelf and picked out a century-old history book to read.
…
In the evening, the library's broadcast automatically sounded:
[It is now three quarters past the hour of You. The library will close in half an hour.]
Zhu Ciying came down from upstairs, only to find Xie Rangchen leaning in a chair with one hand behind his head and a book on his mask, seemingly asleep.
"Senior Brother?" Zhu Ciying took the book and put it back where it belonged.
"Brother, we should go back."
"Yeah." Xie Rangchen replied in a low voice, took the wooden stick and followed her away.
Before getting on the flying car, he looked back at the towering and imposing attic.
No wonder.
No wonder he didn't recognize the Jade Slip Flying Car, hadn't heard of the Thirty-Four States, and didn't remember the Shaoyang Sect.
Because... this is not the era he is familiar with.
Xie Rangchen sighed inwardly, a strong sense of loneliness sweeping over his body.
It turned out that three hundred years had passed since the demise of the Qingwei Sect.
The author has something to say:
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Ji Feibai (biting his handkerchief: All the spirit stones I received this month were used to buy clothes for my “rival”, woooooo…
——The daily slacking off of elderly man Xie Rangchen.
forum.
[Fan Fiction]: The great war between immortals and demons, and my extraordinary love affair with a genius swordsman.
On the day of the great battle between immortals and demons, I was covered in blood, my soul vanishing before his shattered gaze. Heartbroken, he drew his sword and engaged the Demon Lord in a desperate struggle, ultimately slaying him.
After that, he hugged my body, his eyes slightly red, and he didn't want to separate for a long time... He regretted it, and he finally admitted that he was attracted to me.
Spirit Bird: "After reading this, you really won't call the police?"
The protagonist Xie Rangchen (drinking tea): "Although it is quite different from the facts, it is well written and I have saved it."
Spirit Bird: ...There is no need to be so indifferent.
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