Chapter 302 Capable
Qingpingzi is very busy these days. Since attaining enlightenment and becoming the Immortal Ancestor of All Laws, he not only has to prepare for his sermons next year, but also has to deal with visits from saints from all directions.
Accepting visits would lead to countless small banquets where treasures would be burned, while refusing them all would be detrimental to the propagation of the Great Way.
Therefore, as soon as He saw Ji Rong arrive at the foot of Yun Cliff, He immediately threw those visiting cards onto the Yun Table.
Qingpingzi descended the cloud cliff and led Ji Rong up.
Ji Rong looked at Qing Pingzi, whose face was displeased, and asked, "Senior Brother, why are you unhappy? Is something bothering you?"
Qingpingzi waved his hand, pointed to the thick stack of visiting cards on the table, and said, "It's nothing serious, it's just that there are just too many visiting cards these days, and there's never a moment of peace."
Ji Rong casually picked up a few, looked at them for a while, and said, "Senior brother, you are busy now, you should find a few capable junior disciples to serve you and let them handle some tedious matters for you."
Senior brother, I'm not exaggerating, but my nephew Gu Lin is excellent. He has profound cultivation, is polite and principled, and is patient and steady.
Hearing Ji Rong praise him like this, Qing Pingzi thought to himself that it was time to cultivate a successor. He kept Ji Rong's words in mind and said, "Junior Sister, did you come to see me at this time because Jue Jun is staying at your place?"
Ji Rong said solemnly, "I should have come to invite my senior brother the next day, but I thought you must be tired and unable to come after you finished lecturing on the 'Medicine Classic', so I waited three days before coming over."
Senior brother, would you like to come to my place? The path of immortality has just begun, and Juejun wishes to change his path and start cultivating again.
After you and Juejun have spoken, I will go into seclusion to familiarize myself with magical techniques. Juejun will protect me during that time.
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi immediately nodded and said, "I understand. That's the proper way. This is a very important matter. Please allow me to make the necessary preparations, and then I will go with you."
No sooner had Ji Rong left than the old Taoist Gu Lin, who had settled the Kun Dan Room, came up the mountain and greeted Ji Zhuang, who was in a hurry to go down the mountain to invite him.
He looked at Jue Jun, who was sitting in the main seat of the Shoudao Palace with a kind expression. When he heard that Ji Rong had gone to invite Qing Pingzi, he immediately instructed his disciple Hu Rong, who was traveling with him, to prepare spiritual fruits and fragrant meat, and also to burn incense wood inside and outside the Shoudao Palace.
He also had Ji Zhuang perform the "Soaring Clouds and Turning into Rain Technique," and personally had Gu Qingqing, who had transformed into a half-beast, wipe the spirit bamboo dragon and phoenix on the archway spotless.
For a time, the Shoudao Palace was filled with the fragrance of incense, resembling a palace of immortals.
Ji Rong and Qing Pingzi had just arrived at the foot of Shoudao Mountain when they saw the old Taoist Gu Lin riding a cloud down to the mountainside to greet them.
Having heard Ji Rong's words, Qing Pingzi couldn't help but take a look at his junior disciple, whose alchemy skills were not particularly outstanding, but who was famous in the Jade Void Palace for raising a spendthrift tiger.
Upon closer inspection, Qingpingzi took it to heart. He noticed that Gu Lin was respectful in his words and actions and behaved appropriately, which made Qingpingzi like him more and more the more he looked at him.
So Qingpingzi, who had only been poor for a short time and had not yet become rich, thought for a moment and then took out a whisk he had used in his youth. It was made of dragon bone, with silk from celestial horse tail, inlaid with jewels all over and adorned with black clam pearls. He said, “Nephew Gulin, you have been guarding the mountain gate for Qingjizi for some time now. You have worked very hard.”
This was given to me by your grandmaster Lingxiaozi when he was still alive. Now that I am old, I no longer use this weapon, so you can take it and play with it.”
Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest Gu Lin replied, "I am willing to serve the Jade Void Palace."
The old Taoist priest from Gulin bowed respectfully to Qingpingzi and accepted the whisk with both hands.
He thought to himself that his fellow disciples had indeed been right. Uncle-Master Qingpingzi did not treat Qingjizi as a junior sister at all; he clearly treated her as a disciple and raised her as his daughter.
Thinking of this, Gu Lin became even more respectful and polite to Ji Rong.
Despite having been a saint for many years, he always bowed half a head appropriately in front of Ji Rong. This action was so smooth and natural, it was clear that he was used to it and had the Yu Xu Palace's rules of respecting teachers and valuing the Way engraved in his bones. As a result, Qing Pingzi was even more satisfied.
They arrived at Shoudao Palace. Ji Rong saw the newly renovated roads, the fragrant aroma wafting through the air, and the Shoudao Palace hidden in the clouds and mist. She exclaimed with delight, "Nephew Gu Lin, when did my place become so magnificent?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Lin immediately slowed down and respectfully bowed his head, replying, "I arrived shortly after my uncle left. Seeing that Jue Jun had already settled down, I took it upon myself to tidy up my uncle's dojo."
Ji Rong exclaimed happily, "That's wonderful! Nephew Gu Lin, thank you so much!"
Meanwhile, Qingpingzi, who was standing to the side, was very satisfied with Gu Lin's ability to handle things, after hearing that the old Taoist Gu Lin had tidied up Shoudao Mountain so well in just a few hours.
In the main hall of Shoudao Palace, a table had already been set up, and Jiaojue and his group had taken their seats. After Ji Rong and Qingpingzi sat down, Gu Lin and his disciple Hu Rong served spiritual food and wine to the cultivators one after the other. Ji Rong stopped Gu Lin and said, "Nephew Gu Lin, we are all fellow cultivators. Please take your seats. You must be tired after working for so long."
Gu Lin tactfully declined, saying, "I left in a hurry. Now that things are settled here with my uncle, I'll head back first." Then, he readily bowed and took his leave with Hu Rong.
As soon as Gu Lin left, Ji Rong looked at Qing Pingzi and said with a smile, "Senior brother, did you see that? Isn't junior nephew Gu Lin just as I said?"
Qingpingzi nodded and said, "Junior Sister has keen insight. Nephew Gulin is wasting his talents in the Kundan Room."
After Ji Rong closed the palace door, Jue Jun went straight to the point and asked, "Senior Qingpingzi, is it possible for someone like me to cultivate into an immortal?"
After some thought, Qingpingzi said, "Juejun is not a born god, so he should be able to change his cultivation. However, I do not have the technique to strip away authority, and Juejun's divine core is already formed. If I forcibly remove the authority, I fear the divine core will shatter."
The ancient god-making technique can indeed strip away authority and transfer it to the flesh and blood differentiated from the original body, but in that case, you will not be yourself.
Juejun, did you notice the unusual behavior of the Golden Mother that day?
The previous Palace Master of the Heavenly Fate Palace, Si Yuan, was created by the Lord of the Rising Sun using the Third Eye of the Nine Lives. You should have been aware of all the limitations involved.
Jiaojue released the four small dragons that had been transformed from his authority, letting them frolic in the hall. He nodded and said, "I know everything you have said, senior."
But my authority is very different from others; they came first, and then I attained enlightenment and became divine.
Therefore, I wish to ask the Immortal Ancestor to devise a method to allow them to remain gods and perform their duties, while I, I will return to being a free dragon.
Qingpingzi was silent for a while, then said, "Yuanjun and Master Lingxiaozi are of the same clan. I will invite Him down another day and ask Him."
Jiao Jue squinted, recalling his encounter with Yuan Jun a few days ago, and said, "Senior, since it is my matter, let me ask him myself."
After a moment's thought, Qingpingzi nodded and said, "Alright."
They agreed that once Ji Rong had mastered the new magic, Qingpingzi would invite Yuanjun down for a drink.
During this time, Qingpingzi will be brewing a new Zhaoxia wine.
Ji Rong then took half of the large pot of source water that Jiao Jue had given him and gave it to Qing Pingzi, saying, "Senior brother, since we want to invite the Yuanjun down, let's use this as a guide."
Qingpingzi stared at the pot of nectar, bewildered, and asked, "Where did it come from?" Then he paused, looked at Jiaojue, and exclaimed in astonishment, "Could it be that you scooped up all the nectar?"
Jiao Jue nodded and said, "That's right. Lord Xi led us to clean that place thoroughly, even scraping the bottom of the pool."
"What a waste!" Qingpingzi cried out in anguish. "If we had left even a little bit, who knows, in a few years, when the earth's veins are connected, the source of the water would be restored. How could we be so short-sighted?"
Jiao Jue said, "Perhaps he won't live long enough to live to see that day."
"Indeed," Qingpingzi sighed. He took the pot and returned to Yunya.
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