Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Because their brother had died, the two young ladies of the Liu family were in mourning, so they naturally could not be allowed to enter the final round of the selection process.

To avoid bringing bad luck to the nobles in the palace.

The two were escorted out of the palace.

The two ambitious young women were furious, not saddened at all by their brother's death, but only regretting that Liu An hadn't died a few days later.

The stepmother truly regretted it at this point, but it was too late.

The funeral arrangements held by the Liu family were very simple, and not many people were notified.

Liu Dongdu learned of Liu An's death later from Liu Sui.

Liu Tong: "..."

With one of the parties involved dead, has the matter of the real and fake young masters been completely buried?
He didn't expect that the truth would be exposed so soon.

It turned out that Liu An's biological parents had come looking for her.

The fact that they switched their own son with a child from a wealthy family and even tried to kill the wealthy family's child shows how greedy and ruthless this couple was.

The couple had a tough time over the years, and their family had become increasingly poor.

The two then thought of their own son who had been switched out.

They wanted to find their biological son, reunite with him, and enjoy a life of happiness with him.

When they arrived at the Marquis's residence, they learned from the servants that their son had died.

How could either of them accept that?

They were clamoring for the Marquis's mansion to accompany their son.

As a result, the fact that the sons had been switched was exposed.

Two ignorant peasants thought they could get compensation from the Marquis's mansion, but little did they know that they would be tortured by the Marquis's mansion instead.

Hearing that his second son had been switched at birth and thrown into the mountains, he feared he had already been eaten by wild animals.

Liu's father was furious.

No wonder Liu An was such a spoiled and foolish brat—he never even considered that Liu An was deliberately fattened up by his stepmother—it turns out he wasn't his own child, but a child of the lower class.

It's so pitiful that her own child was killed at such a young age.

Liu's father ordered his men to beat the couple to death and then throw their bodies, along with Liu An's, into a mass grave.

It was Liu Sui who, mindful of their nearly twenty years of brotherhood, had Liu An's body collected again and found a place to bury him.

After doing all this, Liu Sui came to find Liu Tong.

The two played a game of chess.

Liu Sui told Liu Tong everything about Liu An.

Liu Sui stared at Liu Tong: "I have a feeling that my younger brother is not dead."

Liu Tong smiled slightly, uttered "Amitabha," and said nothing else.

Liu Sui understood.

Perhaps the person in front of him knew this even earlier than he did.

Perhaps, his extraordinary encounter back then was arranged by the person in front of him.

Even though they didn't acknowledge each other, this person still cared about him and treated him like an older brother.

And he also learned of the choice the person in front of him had made.

The person in front of them didn't care about the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion.

Liu Sui stood up: "I should go."

Liu Tong stood up and saw Liu Sui out of the temple gate.

Liu Sui: "I'll come to see you when I have time."

Liu Tong responded and said, "If there's anything you can't resolve, you can come to me."

Liu Sui smiled: "Okay."

He's the older brother; he should be the one protecting his younger brother. How can he let his younger brother protect him?
Although he is not strong yet, he will work hard to become stronger and protect his younger brother.

His own brother!

It was only after meeting Liu Dong that he understood what true blood ties were!
After the imperial selection was completed, the emperor assigned a woman to Situ Ren as his wife.

Situ Ren was unwilling, but he could not disobey the imperial decree and could only endure it.

He sought out Yun Fengyao for drinks. Situ Ren asked, "Fengyao, if I were to rebel against the emperor, would you help me?"

Yun Fengyao curled his lips: "Given our relationship, is there any need to say more?"

……

The palace is haunted!
Many people witnessed it firsthand.

At night, the patrolling guards saw white ghostly figures swiftly passing before their eyes.

The next day, everyone saw that the water in the pond in the Imperial Garden had turned completely red.

Someone heard a cough, but when they went over, they didn't see anyone.

Many concubines heard knocking at the door in the middle of the night, but when the eunuchs opened the door, they saw no one.

Furthermore, the emperor himself saw a face appear in the window, but when the eunuch opened the window, there was nothing there either...

—As an aside, thanks to the previous time travelers, glass had already been invented. The palace was equipped with glass windows.

Rumors are circulating privately that the emperor has lost his virtue and, like the old emperor, has been rejected by Heaven.

There are also rumors that the old emperor died unwillingly and returned to seek revenge.

The emperor could not suppress such rumors at all, and they quickly spread far and wide, reaching beyond the capital and into the ears of Liu Tong.

Liu Dong knew immediately that someone was faking it.

Ghosts do exist in this world, but after death they have no contact with people. They are quickly taken back to the underworld by soul-reapers to be judged and await reincarnation.

As for those ghostly situations mentioned above, Liu Dong could come up with several ways to create them by human intervention.

Even the old emperor being struck by lightning, Liu Dong felt that it was done by someone.

Perhaps someone is specifically targeting the royal family.

The emperor was extremely anxious and fearful.

He had seen the ghostly face on the window with his own eyes, and he was immediately terrified.

Then I saw the pool full of blood...

The emperor was truly afraid.

The emperor invited monks and Taoist priests into the palace to exorcise evil spirits.

Master Kongwen was the first choice, but he had gone into seclusion before the old emperor died, and no one or anything could disturb him.

Therefore, Master Liaokong, a disciple of Master Kongwen, was invited into the palace.

Before entering the palace, Liu Sui hurriedly came to see Liu Tong.

He was very worried about Liu Dong's safety.

Liu Sui also believed that someone was faking ghosts, but as an ancient person, he did not understand science and did not know how those phenomena were created.

Therefore, although she suspected that someone was pretending to be a ghost, she was still worried that if there really was a ghost, her younger brother would be in danger.

Liu Tong smiled and reassured Liu Sui: "Don't worry, I'm just a monk who can chant sutras, I don't know how to catch ghosts. Catching ghosts is the job of Taoist priests."

Well, that sounds a bit like a trap for Taoist priests.

However, if the emperor wanted to use incompetence as an excuse to kill the Taoist priests, he would save them.

It's no wonder that Taoist priests all worship the Three Pure Ones.

Among them, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun is Tongtian Jiaozhu, and is Liu Dong's master!

Liu Sui was still worried, but Liu Tong, right in front of him, lightly touched the ground with her toes and jumped to the treetop.

"I have the ability to escape!"

Liu Sui was relieved.

As expected of his younger brother, he possesses internal strength and agility just like him.

In this world, apart from the two of them, no one else knows the art of light-body kung fu.

The others didn't even know what internal energy was.

Liu Dong followed the people into the palace, where many monks and Taoists had already arrived.

Among them, the number of Taoist priests was even greater.

Sure enough, in everyone's mind, catching ghosts was the job of Taoist priests.

The monks are just there for show, aren't they? (End of Chapter)