Journey to the head

This sudden terror made Lu Qian silent. He frowned and looked at Yang Qing and Ji Shu.

What's going on here?
But Ji Shu had already spoken.

"During the New Year of 2024, you accepted a banquet hosted by Li Xianyu, the chairman of Mingyu Group, a business-related company. You drank Maotai liquor produced in the Year of the Dragon in 2000, and he also gave you a valuable Longquan sword—"

"Wait a minute!" Lu Qian couldn't help but retort, "Where did this slander come from? Director Li and I did have a meal together, but it was just a homely meal, and we drank the liquor we brought from home. You can't just say such nonsense."

Ji Shu smiled and made some marks on the paper: "Oh, there may be some problems. What is the real situation? Mr. Lu, can you recall it?"

Lu Qian clenched his fists.

……

Endless waves and a deep boundary wall.

Lu Qian was sitting cross-legged in the middle, sweating profusely, his body trembling slightly, his aura rising and falling, and a black air surged between his eyebrows!
This is a very dangerous sign!
"Oh no, it's over!" The Jade Dragon Fairy turned into a human form and muttered in panic, "I can sense that Lu Qian is in a state of panic and fear. He is about to sink and fall, and give up resistance!"

Jiang Qingfeng was already very nervous, and upon hearing this, he grabbed his shoulders and said, "How could this happen? What else did you sense?"

Yu Jiao rolled his eyes at her swaying: "Wait, let me sense it again..."

"Hurry up, Junior Brother can't get into trouble!"

Yu Jiao sighed and said, "Of course I know. I don't want anything to happen to Lu Qian any more than you do!"

He closed his eyes and tried hard, his face turned red, as if he had been constipated for decades.

Following the sensation of the Ni Lin Blood Seal, some blurry shadows seemed to appear before his eyes.

"Let me see... uh, where is this?"

"Retention? What does retention mean?"

“What is a supervisory body?”

"Great, Lu Qian secretly ate and drank without me!"

He shuddered suddenly.

"I'm going to die! How could there be such a horrible woman like Ji Shu?"

He opened his eyes: "My lord is being entangled by Ji Shu again!"

Jiang Qingfeng paced back and forth: "It seems that Ji Shu is really too powerful. He has left a deep shadow on Junior Brother. Otherwise, Ji Shu would not be in his inner demons."

"It's just not right. Junior Brother rarely goes against his own heart, and his heart is not confused. How could he have such a powerful inner demon?"

Yu Jiao said: "I just heard the inner demon's illusion saying that the lord violated the solemn oath under the flag and forgot his original intention."

A solemn oath? Original intention?
what is this?
Jiang Qingfeng couldn't figure it out, so he rushed to Lu Qian and said anxiously: "Junior brother, don't be confused by your inner demons. Your original intention is to revive the Yunshan Sect!"

Yu Jiao shook his head: "My lord has been dragged into the void illusion by the inner demon, and he can't hear the thunder even if it thunders."

Can’t hear, can’t hear... Jiang Qingfeng turned around suddenly, and the look in his eyes made Yu Jiao feel creepy.

"You can hear the voice of the inner demon's phantom!"

Yu Jiao nodded in panic: "Ah, the blood seal has established a spiritual connection between us. We had a vague sense of it at the beginning, and the connection has become closer and closer over the years. As long as the lord does not take the initiative to cut it off, I can--"

Jiang Qingfeng grabbed him again: "Then on the contrary, I can hear your voice in the inner demon's illusion!!!"

"Ah?" Yu Jiao opened his mouth wide.

……

"Mr. Lu, your attitude will only prolong your stay here."

Lu Qian remained silent. Ji Shu put down his pen and sighed helplessly.

"You don't want to keep staring at us. There's no one to talk to here. To be honest, I think you're not in a good mental state."

Lu Qian moved his lips and said in a dry voice: "I apply to see my lawyer."

Yang Qing snorted coldly: "Are you crazy again? Have you watched too many TV series, and are they Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas?"

He crossed his arms and said, "How did you learn the Regulations? The supervisory authority is detaining you now. During the detention period, not to mention lawyers, no one, not even God, can intervene!"

"There are only two of us here to talk to you. Think it over."

Lu Qian didn't say anything, and the two sides just confronted each other across the table.

The room was terribly depressing.

No clock, no watch, no time...

Maybe a minute has passed, maybe ten minutes, maybe an hour -

This feeling is really driving me crazy!
Ji Shu suddenly spoke up: "Forget it, I will break the rules and tell you that these things you did are not serious. If you confess everything and verify it, you may not lose your public office."

Lu Qian's breathing quickened. Even though he knew this was all a trick, he really couldn't stay any longer.

After all, I didn't do anything wrong.

Ji Shu suddenly took out a recorder.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Your mother called this morning. She said that Mid-Autumn Festival is coming and asked if you would go back for dinner."

Lu Gan's eyes widened.

"I pretended to be your secretary and replied, saying that you were busy at work and would reply to her later."

"The recording is here. Do you want to listen to it? Or, give her a call back?"

Lu Qian couldn't hold on any longer. With trembling lips, he gave up resisting.

"I--"

At this moment, Ji Shu suddenly stood up!

Under Lu Qian's shocked eyes, Ji Shu jumped up and stood directly on the table. She spread her arms, stuck out her buttocks, and waved her arms like an old hen spreading her wings.

Then, in ecstasy, he looked up and sang.

"The Jade Dragon Fairy has boundless magical powers!"

"Mystical power is so great that I can unify the world!"

At this moment, it was as if thunder exploded in Lu Qian's mind!

A flash of lightning turned the world upside down!

Mianlongshan, Jiang Qingfeng, Shashi Poshan, and the two Dragon Kings!
I am Lu Qian, the head of Yunshan. This is an illusion of my inner demon!

"How ridiculous! I, Lu Qian, have always been upright and have never violated any law or discipline. How can a little evil spirit seduce me?"

In the entire room, Chang Qingzi and Ji Shu suddenly disappeared!
Inside the wall of the Yellow Springs, the Jade Dragon Fairy rolled his eyes and fainted on the ground. He couldn't even maintain his human form and turned directly into his true form as a dragon.

Following the blood seal connection, he tried his best to transmit a word, but he had exhausted his spiritual power and fainted.

But Lu Qian's expression suddenly relaxed.

It seems to be successful!

Jiang Qingfeng checked and found that Yu Jiao was just unconscious and his life was not in danger, so he finally felt relieved.

That’s great, God have mercy on me, this time the inner demon attack that seemed so powerful was actually broken by the Jade Dragon!

There will be subsequent attacks, it can’t be that powerful, right?
It’s a pity that Yu Jiao’s spiritual awareness is not enough, so he can only do it this time. It would be better if he could still hold on.

Unable to resist complaining, Jiang Qingfeng decided that if he could escape the disaster, he would train the Jade Dragon to death.

Yu Jiao twitched in his coma, as if he felt the deepest malice.

……

There was darkness before his eyes, but Lu Qian had his own understanding.

Was everything that just happened the result of an inner demon caused by my other life?

It seemed that it was the Jade Dragon that helped me, warned me of the illusions in my heart, and helped me to see through the maze and escape.

I never thought this kid could be so helpful. I'll have to thank him when it's over.

However, the void before his eyes did not dissipate, and he was still in the great calamity of his inner demon. So, next -

The wind is rising and the clouds are rolling, and the scene is changing.

A child with fair skin and gorgeous clothes stood on the martial arts field in front of him.

He lowered his head, secretly observing Lu Qian from the corner of his eye, and asked timidly: "Master, was what I just practiced correct?"

Tan Yunxing!
A nameless fire rose up in his heart. He was submissive and cautious, always hiding his thoughts and liking to guess at others, and would become silent at the slightest criticism. How was he like his brave and strong father?

Just as Lu Qian was about to scold him, the child had grown into a tall but ordinary-looking young man, and he knelt in front of him.

"Master, I would like to ask about the foundation-building volume of the "Blue Sea Rising Tide Art"."

Lu Qian scolded, "Yun Xing! Don't be too ambitious and try to show off! You are only at the ninth level of Qi training now. It is harmful rather than beneficial to try to figure out the foundation-building level techniques. You should be down-to-earth and stop doing superficial work. What's the point of deliberately speeding up the progress and practicing beyond the syllabus to show off your extraordinary talent? Don't have such petty thoughts anymore!"

Tan Yunxing looked panicked and kowtowed repeatedly, making a thudding sound.

Lu Qian let out a long sigh.

The more Tan Yunxing tried to show off, to please, and to be clever, the more annoyed Lu Qian became and the more he scolded him harshly.

It has been thirteen years since I accepted Tan Yunxing as my apprentice. I have always disciplined him strictly and there have been few happy laughs or smiles from him.

Then, it was Tan Yunxing who was eager for quick success and selfish, and killed Senior Brother Yang and then fled for fear of being punished!
The scenery changed, and when they met again, he had completely fallen into the devil's way!

Inside the valley, he slaughtered people in a bloody and rampant manner, venting his powerful strength unscrupulously.

They even harmed their fellow disciples and betrayed their teachers and ancestors!
His distorted face was full of smugness, and he was roaring at himself.

"Master! Did you see this? My current power!"

"Master, you are willing to acknowledge me now! You acknowledge me!"

"I am more qualified than anyone else to inherit the Yunshan Sect and protect it!"

Lu Qian watched all this quietly.

He was the person he had once placed high hopes on. He was the descendant of Senior Brother Tan and his direct disciple.

Now he is so cruel and vicious.

Anger? Pain? Disgust? Sadness?

In the end, it all turned into a long sigh.

Lu Qian stretched out his hand, and all the scenes froze at this moment.

It was because he knew that all of this was just an illusion created by the inner demons that were trying to confuse his true mind.

Just as he said to Jiang Qingfeng, his inner demon had been weakened layer by layer and could no longer drag him into the abyss from which he could not escape like in the previous round of attacks.

He can distinguish between reality and falsehood, and the power of illusions is greatly reduced.

However, illusions are false, but emotions are real.

There was a flash before my eyes, and then there was another wave of disturbance.

When his senior brother with a resolute face reappeared, Lu Qian couldn't help but tremble.

"Senior Brother Tan!"

However, Tan Hong shouted at him.

"Junior brother, I entrusted the orphans and widows to you, but what have you done?!"

"You keep saying that you'll always remember my kindness, but is this your way of repaying me?"

Zhang Lemei appeared again with disheveled hair and bared fangs and claws, shouting and screaming.

"Lu Qian! Lu Qian! You are such a heartless person!"

"Who helped you restore your sect, who saved Yunshan! Have you forgotten?!"

"You even didn't let go of Old Tan's child! You have absolutely no conscience!"

Next came Wang Yu, who looked disappointed.

"Master, Tan Yunxing has no father and has been taught by you since he was a child. Now he has become like this. You have committed a great sin!"

"You are the one who has no way to teach and educate people. This is your fault!"

The three surrounded Lu Qian, drowning him in words of rebuke. All kinds of negative emotions were rising up, like countless tentacles, trying to pull Lu Qian into a vortex of painful self-blame.

But Lu Qian looked at them steadily, especially at Tan Hong, and suddenly his eyes became red.

"Brother Tan, it's great to see you again, even though it's just an illusion."

"Every time I was in Lingsha City and saw the waves on the Lingsha River as big as mountains, moving without wind, I always wondered, could that be your heroic spirit, still watching me?"

"Every time I think of this, I dare not slack off."

All illusions froze.

Lu Qian wiped his eyes and said in a deep voice.

"Brother and sister, I am wrong!"

"As Yun Xing's master, I have a lot of responsibility for what happened to him. I can't escape blame."

"I am too impatient, too strict, and too arbitrary. I am such a failure as a master that I dare not accept a third disciple now."

"I will shoulder this guilt, this cause and effect, and this guilt. It will always be a part of my life and will always remind me not to let Tan Yunxing's tragedy happen again in Yunshan."

Lu Qian suddenly raised his head and stared into the void.

"I accept my own faults, and I will pay for them with my life."

The three phantoms shook.

"As for Yun Xing, I will definitely find him and clean up the mess myself."

"I'm sorry, Senior Brothers and Sisters, I am the head of Yunshan first, and Master Yunxing second!"

A sound like melting ice was heard in the void, and the illusions of Tan Hong, Zhang Lemei and Wang Yu were quickly dissipating.

At the last moment when Tan Hong's illusion disappeared, Lu Qian seemed to see Senior Brother Tan nodded to him.

Lu Qian stood in the void, feeling lost.

After a few breaths, he perked up.

This period of inner demon calamity has also been resolved. Is the inner demon calamity--

Boom! The void shook, and the world turned upside down!
Black mud, pitch-black silt was surging from all directions, like a wave, swallowing Lu Qian.

In the mud, there were horrific wails, roars, denunciations and cries. It was the souls of hundreds of millions of creatures, howling, collapsing and struggling in it.

This is the time when the world collapses, and all living beings feel resentment and pain!
Just one look at it will pollute your spirit and cause your soul to collapse!

And now, this extremely terrifying malice is pressing down on Lu Qian!

"Lu Qian! Lu Qian!" Billions of lives cried and cursed Lu Qian's name.

"You destroyed our world and killed everyone! Do you feel our pain?"

"Come with us and fall into hell forever!"

Inside the Yellow Springs boundary wall, Lu Qian's body shook violently, his entire face was wrapped in black air, and was filled with pain.

Jiang Qingfeng was terrified, but no matter how much she called out, Lu Qian could not wake up.

This is an attack that is much more terrifying than the first wave of inner demons!

How could this happen? Just now, I saw that my junior brother had successfully survived the second attack. What on earth was going on with the third attack?

At this moment, the boundary wall shook slightly!
A crack stretched out on the boundary wall at an extremely fast speed, and Yue Yuanjun outside let out a wild laugh.

The Yellow Springs boundary wall can no longer hold! (End of this chapter)