Chapter 36 New Year's Day
As the new year approaches, the days are getting longer and the nights are getting shorter.
This is a very auspicious and important festival in the world of Qingyun, marking the beginning of the cycle of the four seasons, and all things will gradually revive from this moment.
At this time, the city of Shengjing would be decorated with lights and lanterns, and temple fairs would be held together with the festival.
People also hold spring-praying banquets and draw spring-praying talismans, hoping for the early return of spring and the melting of the ice and snow.
At this moment, in the most prosperous Xinghua Lane in Shengjing, a team of Shanhai Pavilion disciples hurriedly passed by.
The leader was Qiu Ni, who had spent one or two taels of silver to learn swordsmanship in Tianshuyuan. At this time, he was holding the portrait and asking neighbors and vendors if they had seen the people in the portrait.
They lost five disciples yesterday and couldn't find any trace of them after searching for a whole day and night.
On the Xinghua Tower next door, a group of outer court disciples of Tianshu Academy were sitting and drinking, discussing what had happened in the academy in recent days.
"Chu He had already condensed the seventh spiritual light yesterday, and he is only two steps away from breaking through."
"Not only Chu He, but also Du Zhu. Do you remember Du Zhu?"
"The one from Liangzhou who is in the Ninghua upper realm?"
"That's right. He seemed to have suddenly attained enlightenment. A month ago, he suddenly reached perfection in the lower three realms. Later, he asked for leave and said he was going out of town to visit his relatives. Unexpectedly, when he came back, he had already gathered two spiritual lights."
Upon hearing the news, several Tianshuyuan disciples who did not know the details looked at each other in disbelief.
Chu He suddenly broke through the barrier, from being unable to recover to having seven mysterious lights, but it was still reasonable in the disciples' minds.
After all, the Chu family's talent is known to the world.
Although Ji You was a private cultivator in the countryside and should not have been favored, he was able to sense the Heavenly Book and made progress step by step under the attention of everyone, so there was nothing much to say.
Especially some time ago, he controlled two battlefields with three swords and saved two inner courtyard brothers from Rong Dao Realm. His prestige was quite high during this period.
But Du Zhu was just a character that no one cared about at the beginning, but now he suddenly came to the fore, which is really amazing.
"I thought Ji You's admission to the inner courtyard was a foregone conclusion, but I didn't expect it to be so full of twists and turns."
"The matter of cultivating immortals is indeed very mysterious."
"Ji You is not from an aristocratic family. If he really forces us to enter the inner courtyard, wouldn't that be a slap in everyone's face?"
The disciples present were talking about it, and at the same time they couldn't help but turn their heads and look at the Xihe Building opposite.
Lu Qingqiu hosted another party today and invited some classmates to drink, including Ji You.
She originally wanted to invite Chu He and Du Zhu to come together, but ever since they broke through, the two of them have been a bit unapproachable and would not go anywhere except to gain enlightenment.
"Chu He has now gathered seven rays of profound light and is about to enter the upper fifth realm. What does Master Ji think?"
"It's fine as long as he doesn't take my position as the headmaster."
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Lu Qingqiu thought he was trying to be happy despite the hardship, so he smiled and then frowned slightly.
She thought she had made friends with an inner court disciple with a bright future, but she didn't expect Chu He and Du Zhu to come with such a strong force.
Qian Yunxiao picked up a dish with chopsticks and suddenly looked at Bai Rulong: "Along, why are you so silent today?"
Bai Rulong frowned and said, "A few days ago, my family sent me a spiritual elixir for cultivation and told me to take it. They also said that the glory of the Bai family would all be on me. I don't know what to do."
Lu Qingqiu has been taking pills since he was a child, and he doesn't think it's a big deal: "Taking pills is a common thing."
“But I always feel like there’s something wrong here.”
"What could be wrong with the pills?"
Bai Rulong crossed his arms and said, "After my mother died, my father favored the second branch and gave all the family resources to my second brother. If there really was any spiritual elixir for cultivation, how could it fall into my hands?"
Hearing these words, everyone suddenly remembered the scene on the day when the sword was given to them.
When they were guessing the identity of the attacker, Bai Rulong mentioned this second brother.
He felt that the attack was arranged by his second brother Bai Sihu, with the purpose of destroying him and preventing him from returning to inherit the family property.
"Medicine is three-quarters poison, it is better to eat less pills to avoid harming your body."
Ji You emptied the plate in front of him and said, "Although there is no evidence to prove the harm of elixirs, those who enter the upper five realms with this method basically stop at the Tongxuan realm and cannot move forward. Look at me, I never take elixirs."
Bai Rulong was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it because of poverty?"
"That's just my disguise."
Ji You was a little angry, and reached out to bring the untouched ginseng soup in front of him to himself.
Lou Siyi suddenly remembered something at this moment, raised her head and said: "Speaking of breaking through, it seems that the young master of Lingjian Mountain also broke through the realm the day before yesterday."
"It took five years to reach the state of Tongxuan and Rongdao, and it has only been three and a half years since Rongdao. Now you have broken through again?"
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"Well, at the age of 22, he is at the beginning of Yingtian realm, and is the best person in the world. I wonder if he has gathered the Dharma image."
Lou Siyi said with some admiration: "It is said that when she broke through the realm the day before yesterday, something very interesting happened."
Lu Qingqiu loved gossip, so he looked up after hearing this: "What's interesting?"
"The direct disciple of the Daoist Sect had been concerned about the young Master Jian for many years. Upon hearing that she had achieved a breakthrough, he went to congratulate her with great fanfare and brought numerous gifts, but in the end, he didn't see her."
"Why didn't I see anyone?"
"The headmaster of Lingjian Mountain said that she left the mountain on the night she broke through and is not in the mountain now. No one knows where she went, but everyone thinks that is an excuse."
"Spirit Sword Mountain is the largest sect in the south, and its status is almost equal to that of Heavenly Academy. The Asking Dao Sect has always wanted to befriend Spirit Sword Mountain, but it was too impatient. No wonder they didn't want to see it."
Just as they were chatting, a strong storm suddenly arose in the distance, causing the lanterns all over the city to sway continuously.
Everyone stopped drinking, and before they realized what was happening, they saw all the badges in their arms emitting a golden light.
They were stunned at first, and then they saw the disciples of Tianshu Academy sitting opposite them rushing back in a hurry.
"It's a call from the Heavenly Academy!"
"I had never seen a call-up order displayed before, and I thought it was just an ordinary badge."
"Something must be wrong when it's out of the ordinary. It looks like something is going to happen tonight."
They looked at each other, then put down their chopsticks and returned to Mount Ni in the dusk.
Sure enough, a large number of disciples had gathered at the White Jade Platform of Ascension at this time.
In front of them were the three heads of the Office of Administration. They had serious expressions on their faces, clenched fists, and then spoke calmly.
Every New Year's Day, the Dan Sect would escort large quantities of elixirs to supply the four sects. But tonight, they were attacked in Wanzhuo Mountain outside the city.
The Dan Sect mainly practices alchemy, and their combat capabilities are generally not strong.
However, the higher the quality of the elixir, the less stable it is and the easier it is to be damaged, so every time the elixir is delivered, there must be more than five alchemists to protect it.
The cultivators of today are extremely dependent on elixirs, so this matter is of great importance.
Because the incident happened too suddenly, they had to issue a call for action.
At this moment, as the three masters put their fingers together, a huge flying sword whizzed in from the air and landed on the white jade platform.
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