After strolling around Wangfujing in the northern capital and buying a few clothes, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan flew back to Haicheng that evening. One continued going to work, the other resumed his usual idle life.
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“Lu Lang, here are three bottles of Spirit Nourishing Pills. When you go to Taohua Ping next, take them to Sister Shen.”
One morning, Liu Qingyan came to Lu Zheng’s home and gave him three bottles of pills.
“They are already refined?”
These Spirit Nourishing Pills used the spiritual medicine from the Netherworld that Wen Jiong had given. They were specially for elevating the true spirit and divine soul realm, aiding cultivation.
Liu Qingyan nodded. “Refined yesterday. I kept one bottle. Lu Lang, you keep one too. Give the remaining two to Sister Shen. She needs them most.”
“Good.” Lu Zheng nodded. Then Liu Qingyan hurried off to Renxin Hall.
Lu Zheng put away the pills. Just as he was thinking he should go to Taohua Ping first, he sensed Yuan Jing approaching.
When Yuan Jing reached the Lu family gate and was about to knock, Lu Zheng opened the door from inside. “Senior Brother, something wrong?”
Yuan Jing was not surprised. He nodded. “Someone from the sect has come. We are preparing to slay the Night Bone True Lord of Yuanyuan Cave in the Netherworld. Master wants you to go too.”
Lu Zheng’s eyes lit up. “Confirmed?”
Before Wen Jiong left that day, he gave Lu Zheng three suspects. Later, Yuan Jing reported these three to the sect. It seemed Baiyun Temple had confirmed the culprit from that day.
Yuan Jing nodded affirmatively. “Master found Miss He in Yuanyuan Cave.”
Lu Zheng understood. No escape then.
“Let us go now!”
Lu Zheng waved his hand, took Yuan Jing onto a cloud, and flew straight to Shaotong Mountain. As they flew, he asked, “Which senior from the sect came this time?”
“It is Great Uncle-Ancestor Qing Song.” Yuan Jing said.
“Great Uncle-Ancestor Qing Song?”
Lu Zheng immediately pictured a young Taoist with a refined and gentle appearance, bright and profound eyes.
The first time he went up Baiyun Mountain, he was tested with the Body Fixing Spell by this person and even got a pine cone as reward.
Mm, that pine cone was quite tasty…
“Is it necessary? To invite this one out?” Lu Zheng said in surprise.
In Baiyun Temple’s generational ranking, before Yuan was Ming, before Ming was Yue, and before Yue was the Qing generation.
True Person Qing Song’s age was at least over a hundred. As everyone knew, this one was a genius of Baiyun Temple’s generation. He had a thousand years of cultivation when young. Now over a hundred years later, who knew how powerful he had become.
Yuan Jing said, “According to Master, originally they planned to invite a Yue generation uncle-ancestor. But Great Uncle-Ancestor Qing Song happened to be free, so he volunteered to come.”
In the Ming generation of Baiyun Temple, there were not many famous geniuses. Only two well-known: the current temple master, True Person Ming Yu, and True Person Ming Hui.
Although True Person Ming Yu had sufficient cultivation, the current temple master could not come to exorcise ghosts. True Person Ming Hui had just over a thousand years of cultivation, not stable enough.
So normally, they should invite a Yue generation Taoist.
But this matter happened to be learned by the extremely bored True Person Qing Song. He was preparing to travel anyway, so he actively volunteered, making Tonglin County his first stop on the journey.
“I see.” Lu Zheng understood.
As they spoke, the two had already arrived outside Baiyun Temple on Shaotong Mountain.
Lu Zheng did not hide his figure. He openly descended from the cloud, landing directly outside the backyard of Daoist Ming Zhang.
“Yuan Zheng is here. Come in quickly!”
“Yes, Master!”
Lu Zheng responded, then entered the yard with Yuan Jing. They bowed in salute to True Person Qing Song, who was sitting on a stone bench.
“Greetings to Great Uncle-Ancestor!”
True Person Qing Song nodded, looking Lu Zheng up and down. His eyes were full of admiration.
“In just a few years, your cultivation progress has become faster and faster?”
“Not bad. Really not bad. Already surpassing me back then.”
“Perhaps in another twenty or thirty years, you might even surpass me.”
Lu Zheng’s growth speed had indeed exceeded True Person Qing Song’s expectations. Apart from those historical figures who suddenly achieved enlightenment and ascended, or clearly non-human cultivation monsters, Lu Zheng was the fastest genius he had seen.
Between human and non-human.
While True Person Qing Song, though a genius, still fell within the human category.
“Great Uncle-Ancestor overpraises. Disciple’s cultivation is still insufficient. Before Master De Jie of Fahua Temple and the Jade Dragon King, I had no power to resist.”
Daoist Ming Zhang had sensed the great battle at the City God Temple that day. Though he had not set out before it ended, Lu Zheng later reported the matter to him.
So True Person Qing Song knew about it too, but he was quite speechless.
“Do you know how many generations back the De generation is at Fahua Temple? Do you know the status of the Jade Dragon King?”
True Person Qing Song said, “These two are top existences of the current era. Who else could you compare to? You had to compare with them? Even I am not their match now…”
“Really?” Lu Zheng scratched his head. “I did not know much… Always felt a thousand years of cultivation was still very weak…”
Daoist Ming Zhang, “…”
Yuan Jing, “…”
Lu Zheng’s cultivation advanced too quickly, so he encountered many events and knew too many experts. This caused his perspective to grow abnormally.
In reality, how could there be so many experts in the world?
If great masters were everywhere, how could those with one or two hundred years of cultivation travel the world? They would be killed right after leaving the village!
One should know that talents like the Three Holy Tianshi of Golden Light with over a hundred years of cultivation were the mainstream. Lu Zheng was the outlier!
Yuan Jing with over two hundred years of cultivation would be a solid elite disciple anywhere.
Daoist Ming Zhang with five hundred years would be a proper senior expert anywhere.
And the Night Bone True Lord of Yuanyuan Cave they were dealing with this time was also a famous local expert in the Netherworld, not some small fry. If not for bullying the weak by killing Yuan Ye, Baiyun Temple might not even target him.
“Since Yuan Zheng is no longer weak…”
True Person Qing Song thought and said, “Then this time, I will not act first. Let Yuan Zheng face the enemy.”
Lu Zheng: ???
I was just coming to watch. How did I suddenly become the main force?
“Your cultivation advances too fast. I fear you lack experience fighting experts. This is a good chance for me to watch while you test hands with that Night Bone True Lord.”
True Person Qing Song smiled. “Ming Zhang says you have extraordinary talent, learned a pile of methods outside Baiyun Temple, very powerful. No need to hold back this time. Just use your best.”
Lu Zheng cautiously glanced at Daoist Ming Zhang. He had not expected that Daoist Ming Zhang had seen through his deliberate use of only Baiyun Temple techniques when fighting alongside him.
Daoist Ming Zhang laughed and scolded. “Is your master so petty? The stronger you are, the happier I am!”
Lu Zheng felt touched, but the moment was a bit awkward. So he could only scratch his head and laugh dryly twice.
True Person Qing Song smiled faintly. “The hour is not early. Let us set out.”
Then he waved his hand, lifted Lu Zheng, Daoist Ming Zhang, and Yuan Jing onto a white cloud, and headed towards Tonglin County. Just as they entered the city, he broke open the passage between the two realms and entered the Netherworld directly.
