Journey to the head

Hearing the voice of the person coming, Liu Zaijiu was surprised and happy. He jumped out of bed, ran to the door immediately and opened it.

Sure enough, the person I missed day and night was right in front of me.

She was tall, with two thick black braids that fell to her waist, and her body was more muscular than the average slender and frail female cultivator. She had a round face with a ruddy complexion, a cheerful look, and a bit of baby fat, which was very cute.

When she met Liu Zaijiu's eyes, her clear big eyes were filled with joy.

"exquisite!"

Liu Zaijiu shouted, but before he could open his arms, Cui Linglong responded and hugged him tightly.

The familiar aroma of herbs from her lover came over, and Cui Linglong sighed with contentment.

Liu Zaijiu was even more surprised. He felt the extremely distinct foundation-building spiritual pressure surging from Cui Linglong, so he hugged her even tighter, then put some distance between himself and Cui Linglong, looking at her carefully.

Cui Linglong felt a little shy when she saw such a look. She lowered her eyes and saw that Liu Zaijiu was barefoot.

With her father's approval, she and Liu Zaijiu have been Taoist partners for several years. How could she not know that her lover paid great attention to his manners and would not walk around barefoot even at home?

He was not wearing any shoes or socks, so naturally he heard me coming and jumped off the bed in surprise and ran over.

Cui Linglong felt even sweeter in her heart, and she gently hit him: "Why are you staring at me?"

Liu Zaijiu laughed: "I want to see how Linglong is different after building the foundation. Yes, she is indeed more beautiful."

Cui Linglong's face flushed slightly, she gave him a coquettish look, pushed him into the room, kicked the door and slammed it shut.

They had not been in contact for several months and had been worried about each other's safety. At this moment, in the dim porch, the deep longing and the excitement and surprise of successfully building the foundation all turned into love.

"Brother." Cui Linglong's face was mixed with shyness and charm, "Have you missed me in these few months?"

"exquisite."

The young lovers expressed their attachment and longing for each other, but when Liu Zaijiu found it difficult to control his deep impulse, Cui Linglong bit her lip and held his hand.

"No. Wait until you succeed in building your foundation and we become husband and wife under the witness of the headmaster."

"Good Linglong, my chance to build my foundation is right before my eyes." Liu Zaijiu tried to break through the defense line, "It will only take a few months, just obey me."

Cui Linglong was shy, and her determination could not match the passion and primitive impulse at the moment. She convinced herself that her father had promised her to Senior Brother Liu anyway, so what difference would it make if it was earlier or later?

Besides, Senior Brother Liu spends most of his time in Lingsha City, by my father's side, so there is no way anything unexpected could happen.

Her face flushed and she nodded imperceptibly. Liu Zaijiu was overjoyed and turned over to press Cui Linglong under him.

Suddenly, there was a ding-dong sound and the alarm went off. It turned out that the early warning magic circle in front of his door was triggered!
Liu Zaijiu was shocked and felt as if a basin of ice water was poured over his head, extinguishing all his passion in an instant.

He sat up with his limbs stiff, and before Cui Linglong could react, Liu Zaijiu reached out and removed the silent magic circle in the room.

"Who's outside the door?" Liu Zaijiu's voice was dry and hoarse, which made Cui Linglong feel a little unfamiliar.

"Senior Brother Liu, Senior Sister Cui." A junior fellow's voice came from outside the door, "There is an urgent message from the sect, please take it as soon as possible."

Both of them were startled and hurriedly put on their clothes. Cui Linglong was shy and embarrassed, and pushed Liu Zaijiu to the front to answer the call.

Liu Zaijiu came to the door nervously, opened it with one hand, and secretly held his flying sword with the other hand.

When the door opened, a Yunshan disciple was seen standing in front of the door, holding a scroll of documents in his hand, without any other movements. Liu Zaijiu's stiff body finally felt relieved.

The disciple greeted the two and bowed, "Senior Brother Liu, Senior Sister Cui, this is an urgent message from the sect. Elder Wang Yu ordered a copy to be sent to all inner sect disciples."

Liu Zaijiu nodded, and then he heard this fellow disciple stand up straight and read: "Notice on the case of inner sect disciple Tang Zhong violating the rules and regulations of the Yunshan Sect."

Cui Linglong couldn't help but exclaimed: "Tang Zhong! Is that the fellow student Tang who has failed to advance to the late stage of Qi training in ten years?"

When Liu Zaijiu heard the report about a fellow disciple violating sect rules and being punished, he clenched his fists, his heart beat like a drum, and was quite frightened.

But this Junior Brother Tang is indeed very famous. He has three spiritual roots, good talent, and is also very hardworking. Especially in terms of executing tasks, he can be said to be a task maniac. While completing the tasks in his job position, he also accepts optional tasks at a very high density, and the speed at which he earns points is far faster than that of his peers.

At the same time, he also bravely participated in various battles, daring to fight and charge, and could almost be described as fearless and intrepid, and was also recognized by a number of division commanders.

Because of the merit points gained from missions and battles, he was successfully promoted to the inner sect's third-grade disciple at the seventh level of Qi training.

This is extremely rare in the Yunshan Sect where promotion is becoming increasingly difficult nowadays. It is not easy at all and it shows his hard work and perseverance.

However, what made him truly famous in the Yunshan Sect was not these achievements, but his long-term inability to advance to the late stage of Qi training.

Logically speaking, with the talent of three spiritual roots, there would be no barrier at all to advance to the later stage of Qi training.

The higher-ups of the Yunshan sect, and even the sect's most skilled medical disciple Wu Yan, had all tried to diagnose and treat him, but they could not see anything wrong with his body. For some reason, he had not been able to advance.

In the end, people all over Yunshan were saying that maybe Tang Zhong had some psychological problems, which created an invisible barrier.

Heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. The Yunshan School has no way to treat this strange disease and can only wait for him to recover.

It started out as five years, then eight years, and finally ten years, all without any breakthrough into the late stage of Qi training. Even other sects had heard of Tang Zhong's strange illness, and it became a topic of conversation in the market.

However, Tang Zhong himself was not discouraged. He always maintained a positive attitude and continued to fight on the front line of the Yunshan Sect's battle and construction.

Although his story caused some of his fellow students to talk about and ridicule him behind his back, his deeds of hard work and perseverance were widely recognized, and he was even used as an idol by some disciples with ordinary talents to reflect on themselves and encourage themselves.

How come it is now that such a positive case and benchmark has become a major case that violates the rules and regulations of the sect and even needs to be reported to the entire sect?
"It has been found out that Tang Zhong, the former inner sect third-class disciple, was originally named Zhao Zhong. He is from the Zhao family in Gushan and the son of Zhao Chenguang, the head of the Zhao family."

Liu Zaijiu and Cui Linglong were both surprised. They looked at each other and thought of a possibility.

The Zhao family of Gushan is also a family that practices Qigong and cultivates immortality in Sanshan County. During the reign of Li Yuanzong, they were subordinate to the foundation-building sect of Wen Ningshan.

After the Yunshan Sect took over Mianlong Mountain, the Zhao Family of Gushan, like the Liu Family of Banlan, as one of the eight local Qi-training sects, came under the jurisdiction of the Yunshan Sect. Under Lu Qian's kingly policy, they directly became subordinate sects of the Yunshan Sect and lived a life of peaceful development.

But today——

"Zhao Zhong was assigned by Zhao Chenguang to go by the alias Tang Zhong and disguise himself as a refugee caught in the war, sneaking into the villages under the jurisdiction of the Yunshan Sect to live."

"After that, you will pass the spiritual seedling selection of our sect and enter our sect."

"After joining the sect, Zhao Zhong secretly colluded with the Zhao family of Gushan, betrayed his family, and used his power to benefit himself. On the surface, he was dedicated and loyal, but in fact, he exchanged all the merit points he earned from missions and battles for various martial arts secrets and rare materials, and secretly sent them to the Zhao family of Gushan!"

Cui Linglong's eyes widened. If she gave the secret technique to others, she would violate her oath, so - "Because of violating the oath, she has made no progress in her path, and therefore has not been able to break into the late stage of Qi training in ten years!"

That's true! Liu Zaijiu had a complicated expression.

The Yunshan Sect's inner disciples' merit points exchange list includes rare techniques, rare materials, powerful magic tools and spiritual tools, as well as rare elixirs and magic talismans.
This is absolutely attractive to the Qi training forces.

But no one would have expected that the Zhao family of Gushan would be so bold as to do such a thing!
And this Tang Zhong, oh no, it was Zhao Zhong, who actually sacrificed his own path for the benefit of his family. He was not hesitant to break his oath of Taoism and give all kinds of treasures he had obtained to his family.

In other words, the Zhao family sent him to the Yunshan Sect for this purpose.

Zhao Zhong knew that he was a discarded pawn, but he still became a traitor without hesitation. It seems that he was brainwashed thoroughly by his family.

No wonder, no wonder. The Dao Heart Oath is so mysterious. If Zhao Zhong doesn’t say it himself, how can outsiders tell it?

I don't know where he gave away his true colors this time, which led to him being exposed and discovered by the gang.

"Zhao Zhong's case has seriously damaged the interests of our sect, seriously hurt the feelings of the master and the sect, and seriously affected the image of our sect! It violated Articles 1, 3, and 8 of the Yunshan Sect Rules, Articles 1 and 2 of the Yunshan Sect Transmission and Teaching System, and Articles 2 and 4 of the Yunshan Sect Merit Point Exchange System."

"For all the above, multiple crimes will be punished together."

"Sentence Zhao Zhong to death and behead him immediately!"

Liu Zaijiu's calf trembled.

"The Zhao family of Gushan rebelled against the emperor, sent spies to the clan, plotted to gain profit, and stole intelligence. Their methods were extremely bad and the circumstances were extremely serious. They are unforgivable!"

"Sentence the Zhao family of Gushan to be expelled from the family!"

"Zhao Chenguang, the head of the Zhao family, and all his direct descendants will be beheaded! The rest of the Zhao clan will be summoned to the elders' meeting after the head of the family returns to discuss and pronounce the verdict."

"We will now summon all of Yunshan's disciples to investigate this case. Everyone must take this as a warning, keep a vigilant eye on it, and learn from it!"

"First, we must do a good job of learning and implementing. We must once again thoroughly study the "School Rules" and the laws and regulations of our sect, grasp their essence, deeply understand the significance of the sect rules and regulations, and deepen our understanding through meticulous implementation."

"Second, we must immediately conduct self-examination and self-reflection. We must thoroughly identify the problems and shortcomings in our implementation of the rules and regulations, compare them with the lessons learned from the reported cases, and conduct in-depth rectification and improvement."

"Third, we must strengthen daily supervision. We must educate ourselves and our fellow disciples and pay close attention to any clues in our daily practice. If there are any major violations, we must report them in a timely manner."

"Senior Brother Liu!" A hand flashed in front of Liu Zaijiu's eyes. He was startled and stepped back, but his hand had already grasped his magic weapon.

"Brother Liu, what's wrong with you?"

The familiar voice came again, and Liu Zaijiu's eyes finally focused. He saw that the disciple who delivered the message had already gone far away, and in front of him was Cui Linglong, whose face was full of confusion and worry.

"Brother, you look so bad, are you sick?"

"It's okay. I just can't believe it. We thought he was such a good junior brother, but it turns out he was a spy." Liu Zaijiu explained.

Cui Linglong did not doubt him and echoed a few words, but the next sentence made Liu Zaijiu frightened again.

"Brother, you and the Banlan Liu family have been related for more than ten years, right?"

".What's wrong?"

Cui Linglong didn't have any special reaction, she just held his hand and went back to the room: "Brother, you must stick to the bottom line. It's okay to have many relatives, but you must not do anything that harms our sect."

At this point, her voice lowered again, and a blush slowly rose on her face: "You will successfully build your foundation in just a few months, so don't make any mistakes at this juncture. I, I'm still waiting to marry you."

Liu Zaijiu stared at her blankly, remained silent for a while, and then became dazed again.

Faint fluorescent light flickered, scales rustled, and blind snakes of all sizes squeezed and rubbed against each other, bringing Lu Qian to the original waterway.

The negotiation was happily completed under the mediation and promotion of Ji Yunrou. The Blind Snake Branch of the Chen Clan and Lu Qian made an agreement to meet here every five years to conduct transactions.

The Blind Snakes of the World provide various rare outputs from the earth veins, while the Yunshan Sect provides magical instruments, spiritual instruments and even magical instrument embryos for human cultivators to refine, as well as talismans, elixirs and other supplies.

Originally, Lu Qian wanted to trade with the Chen clan blind snakes right now, but some of the treasures that the blind snakes had found had just been sent to the underground holy city for trading, and there was nothing good left, so he had to give up.

We agreed to see each other in five years.

At this moment, these blind snakes sent Lu Qian to the side of the waterway and were about to return underground.

Lu Qian looked at Ji Yunrou who was standing quietly at the front of the team, and Ji Yunrou was also looking at him.

"Five years later." Lu Qian just opened his mouth but was interrupted by Ji Yunrou.

"Five years from now, or even many years from now, we won't be able to see each other again." She smiled and said, "I want to practice with peace of mind and take on the responsibilities of a saint. I don't want to see you again."

"Otherwise, I'm really afraid that I won't be able to leave, will miss the human world, and doubt my decision. That's not good."

Lu Qian was silent for a while, and finally nodded: "That's fine."

He said no more and was about to turn around when suddenly a silver light flashed and Ji Yunrou slid in front of him and gently pulled off the white veil in front of her.

The dark tunnel seemed to light up.

On that charming and enchanting face, a pair of eyes containing stars and deep emotions were flashing a faint blue light.

Lu Qian felt slightly dazed, and his consciousness was about to activate itself, but he heard Ji Yunrou whisper: "Don't resist, I will pass on Meng Chi's memory to you."

Lu Qian suppressed his counterattacking consciousness and looked into the pair of deep and strange eyes. Suddenly he felt dizzy and the whole world rumbled.

This is the dream secret technique of Meng Chi. Am I starting to dream?

But he was already on guard in his heart, and when he sensed the intensity of this dream, he felt relieved that he could break free in an instant with his powerful spiritual sense.

In another trance, a steady stream of memory fragments like a galaxy flowed in, entangled with his own consciousness, and countless images began to emerge in his mind.

At this moment, Lu Qian's lips suddenly felt cool, wet and soft, and the fragrant aroma permeated his nose.

"Lu Lang, see you again in five hundred years."

"If, I was still alive at that time." (End of this chapter)