Under One Person: I Rebuilt Trinity Gate in Modern Times

Chapter 244: Exemption from Punishment
If someone rashly engages in a fight with the head of a mountain sect in front of its gate, he should at least be properly controlled and interrogated. However, Xu Yao certainly would not say a word about anything he shouldn't say.

“What else can I do? Anyway, you didn’t tell me who asked you to do this. There’s no point in not letting you go. Do you think I’d send someone to beat you up again?” Qin Che said indifferently. After all, the Yixian School was in decline now, and Qin Che didn’t want to make things difficult for someone like Xu Yao who still held the relatively core inheritance of the Yixian School.

"Hahaha, that makes sense. Then I'll leave?"

When Xu Yao heard Qin Che say this, he didn't feel guilty and was about to leave in a nonchalant manner.

The mentality is just as casual.

Qin Che didn't care. It was just a small matter and not worth his attention. He continued to go up the mountain. As long as he was in Wuyuan Mountain, there would naturally be people watching Xu Yao.

Qin Che had just walked up a few steps when people came out to greet him. The disciples from the lower courtyard were all still young, with the oldest being no more than fourteen or fifteen years old. Some of them cautiously poked their heads out to look.

Seeing these children, Qin Che waved and greeted them with a smile. A little girl cautiously poked her head out. Qin Che remembered her. She had been practicing in the lower courtyard for a long time, but she still could not enter the reverse rebirth state.

Unexpectedly, when I returned half a year later, she was still in the Lower House. She had neither joined another sect nor broken through to be promoted.

On her wrist was still hanging the disposable protective magic weapon that Qin Che had given to the disciples in the lower house.

Realizing that Qin Che was looking at him, the little girl became shy again, and hid away with her eyes covered with embarrassment.

Qin Che was unwilling to delay these children. As long as they could enter the reverse-life state, they could naturally become formal disciples of the Trinity Sect.

If they are unable to enter the realm of Ni Sheng, there are some other methods that can be taught within the sect, and any child who enters the lower house will at least be seriously taught the method of building a foundation in 100 days, to at least ensure that their time here will not be wasted.

The Trinity Sect would also participate in some activities within the circle. If a child was noticed by other sects, Qin Che would not have any objection as long as the child's family agreed.

After all, some of the children in our own sect had tried other sects for a period of time and eventually switched here. As long as there is no problem with their character, everything else will be easy.

The news that Qin Che was coming back had already spread when Lu Lin set out to pick up Qin Che. The entire Trinity Sect knew that Qin Che, the head of the Trinity Sect, would end his six-month house arrest and return today.

In addition to the many disciples welcoming us from the lower courtyard, familiar figures appeared as we walked further up.

The first one to rush forward was Chen Duo, who was dressed in a snow-white robe. His expression was calm, but his eyes could not hide the joy.

Zhi Jinhua, Lu Linglong, Xiao Xiao, Yun Lingxi, Jia Zhengliang and others were all there.

There are also Ming Huihai and Zhuge Bai standing on both sides. The two of them have made rapid progress in their cultivation and were able to successfully enter the state of reverse rebirth a year ago.

Logically speaking, there is no need to stay in the mountain gate for a long time. After all, I am still young and I cannot fall behind in my secular studies.

But today, they all appeared on the mountain, which is rare.

Except for Han Dan, who was specifically told by Qin Che to be well protected and not to show up easily, almost all the people from the Trinity Sect on the mountain showed up here to welcome Qin Che.

Canglong followed behind, while Lu Lin was all smiles.

He deliberately gave Qin Che the space to take the next step, but Qin Che stretched out his arms and stopped Cang Long and Lu Lin together: "Everyone, long time no see, I'm back."

Qin Che smiled brilliantly, and a curve appeared on the corner of Chen Duo's mouth.

Her eyes were extremely clear and sparkling.

With Qin Che's return, the entire Trinity Sect completely regained its vitality.

Wuyuan Mountain, which had seemed a little chaotic and noisy due to the upcoming gathering of fate, became peaceful again at this moment.

It seemed that as long as Qin Che appeared, everyone would feel at ease. Even Lu Jin couldn't do this.

In fact, Lu Jin had never thought about how important a position he would occupy in the Trinity Sect. In his heart, as long as the lineage of the Trinity Sect could be passed on, and as long as the ancestral hall of the Trinity Sect's predecessors, including his own teacher, continued to be worshipped, that would be enough. He felt relieved to leave everything to Qin Che.

Everyone on the mountain made way for a path, and Qin Che climbed up the mountain step by step.

The next day, which was the day before Li Muxuan's fate-collecting ceremony, two old men appeared at the foot of Wuyuan Mountain in the early morning. They were Li Muxuan and Lu Jin who were walking side by side.

Although he didn't say anything, Li Muxuan still looked at the buildings around him with curiosity, and was amazed by the changes in this world.

The rugged and bumpy paths in the past have now been turned into flat mountain trails.

Wuyuan Mountain was very difficult to climb in his time, which is why the Trinity Sect chose this place and built a mountain gate on the mountain.

After all, no matter what sect it is, as long as it is related to Taoism, people will always prefer these dangerous and deep places.

Stay away from the world and hone your character.

Returning to Wuyuan Mountain brought back many memories of Li Muxuan's childhood. Although he was very young at that time, once a strange person has achieved success in cultivation, his thoughts and other things will become very sharp and his memory will hardly ever be forgotten. As long as he recalls carefully, he can always remember them.

The broad road he was walking on now was exactly the road his father had taken him to Trinity Gate when he was a child.

He still remembers his current name, Li Muxuan.

I changed it myself before going up the mountain. It was a little trick I had when I was a kid, hoping to attract Zuo Rutong's attention with such a name.

Thinking about it now, Li Muxuan couldn't help but feel that it was ridiculous, but also cute.

Everything hasn't happened yet. Even Lu Jin, Zuo Rutong and I haven't met each other yet. It would be great if everything could go back to that time.

With such thoughts in his mind, Li Muxuan couldn't help but snort coldly. He was laughing at himself.

Originally when he was in the Lu family compound, Lu Jin was able to suppress his anger.

Occasionally, he could chat with Li Muxuan. When Lu Linglong persuaded Lu Jin, Lu Jin also felt a little hesitant in his heart, wondering whether he should let Li Muxuan go.
But after climbing up Wuyuan Mountain, Lu Jin's confusion gradually faded. If Li Muxuan didn't die, he would not be able to explain to his teachers and superiors back then.

Li Muxuan walked towards the gate of Trinity Gate step by step. He was very familiar with this route because he had hoped to enter Trinity Gate. After Nasen Island, the things that happened in those years kept flashing back in his mind, and even became the way he spent his free time for so many years.

Li Muxuan had heard a long time ago that the main gate of Trinity Gate had been rebuilt. Although Trinity Gate no longer had the splendor it had in its heyday, it still had a unique youthful aura and was thriving.

Noticing that Li Muxuan was walking towards the mountain gate of Sanyi Sect, Lu Jin snorted coldly and said, "Going to the mountain gate? Humph! Are you worthy? The place you chose before was not in the back mountain. Just follow me to the back mountain."

Li Muxuan had let go of everything after returning from this trip, and was determined to die. At this moment, he had a smile on his face: "Why, Brother Lu, why are you so stingy? I have already climbed up to Wuyuan Mountain, but you still won't allow me to go to the mountain gate and take a look. At least let me burn some incense for the left gate chief."

Hearing Li Muxuan mention Zuo Rutong, Lu Jin's anger became even more difficult to suppress, and his fists clenched slightly, but the softest part of his heart was also touched. Before his mentor Zuo Rutong died, he had personally told him and others not to seek revenge on Wu Gensheng and Li Muxuan, and there was no revenge to be taken. Unfortunately, given the situation at the time, he had no choice.

In Lu Jin's later recollections, he could judge that in Zuo Rutong's heart, Li Muxuan should be considered half a disciple, and Li Muxuan could actually burn this incense stick.

Although he was very conflicted, Lu Jin had always been very clear-headed and would treat these things one by one.

Then he continued to say to Li Muxuan: "Then I will only give you time to light an incense stick, and then you can leave after that."

At this moment, Lu Jin seemed to be protecting something he loved, fearing that Li Muxuan would touch it again.

Li Muxuan could actually understand Lu Jin's reaction. After getting Lu Jin's consent, Li Muxuan smiled even more wantonly and went to the gate of Sanyi Sect on his own. Since Lu Jin had already agreed to Li Muxuan, he had no choice but to go to the gate of Sanyi Sect with Li Muxuan.

As soon as the two arrived at the gate of Trinity Gate, they saw a little boy about ten years old carrying a wooden barrel that was not much smaller than him, walking up the steps towards the gate. The barrel was full of mountain spring water.

However, even though the little boy was carrying such a large bucket of water, there was no sign of effort on his face. He just walked carefully step by step towards the mountain gate.

As if he noticed someone coming from behind, he put down the barrel and turned to look.

But when he saw that it was Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, a smile immediately broke out on his face. He turned around politely and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Grand Master."

The disciple who carried the big wooden barrel up the mountain was Qin Che's disciple Ming Huihai. At this moment, he was wearing the snow-white training suit of the Trinity Sect, and spoke with a somewhat restrained look on his face.

Seeing Ming Huihai, Lu Jin's originally tense face softened, and he could clearly feel his mood relaxing. He asked with some concern in his voice, "Why are you carrying water up the mountain so early?"

When Lu Jin and Li Muxuan first entered Trinity Gate, they were placed in the lower courtyard. Their daily task at that time was to fill the large water tanks in the lower courtyard, and then the formal disciples of the upper courtyard of Trinity Gate would carry the water up to the upper courtyard.

In this era, drinking water is no longer so troublesome.

Even the children below are rarely assessed in that way.

Ming Huihai suddenly became a little nervous when asked this question. He subconsciously clutched his clothes and lowered his head to answer carefully: "I was so happy when Master came back yesterday that I forgot what Master Lu told me. Master punished me to fill up all three large vats in the upper courtyard by myself today for the guests coming to the mountain."

Hearing this, Lu Jin frowned slightly, and felt a little distressed. Although he had gone through the same thing in the past, he still felt that it was a bit too much to hear Qin Che asking these young people to do this.

"To fill the three vats with water, you will have to run back and forth at least a dozen times. The fine is a bit heavy. Okay, you don't have to carry the water. I will exempt you from this fine. I will talk to your master."

Hearing Lu Jin say this, Ming Huihai was obviously a little confused, and then said: "Grandmaster, you don't need to tell my master, I can fill the three large vats with water, I have already filled one."

Ming Huihai kept calling him Grand Master, and Lu Jin couldn't help but feel better. He glanced at Li Muxuan and continued to talk to Ming Huihai, "What? You don't even listen to me?"

As he spoke, he walked forward, picked up the wooden barrel in Ming Huihai's hand, and walked towards the mountain together: "Come on, I'll go up the mountain with you."

Ming Huihai could only follow obediently.

Li Muxuan stared at the old man and the young boy, slightly stunned, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he caught up with the others.

When they were almost at the top, Lu Jin saw Qin Che squatting on the top step, supporting his face with his hands, looking down.

Chen Duo squatted beside Qin Che. Even when she saw Lu Jin walking towards her, her expression did not change. Instead, she turned her head to look at Qin Che. Chen Duo did have a strong sense of belonging to Trinity Gate, because this was the place Qin Che had promised her, the place where she could belong.

But it still rarely gets along with other people in the Trinity Sect. Apart from Zhi Jinhua, Lu Linglong and others who are relatively familiar to it, the person it trusts the most is still Qin Che. Even Lu Jin, the nominal elder of the sect and one of the top ten in the circle of extraordinary people, cannot compare to Qin Che in her heart.

When Qin Che saw Lu Jin, Li Muxuan and Ming Huihai coming up together, he guessed what had happened and a bit of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"Qin Che, I will exempt Xiao Hai from punishment. If you want to punish him again, I will make up for the three jars of water." Lu Jin pretended to be serious and said.

After hearing this, Qin Che could only laugh: "Grand Master, how can I let you do this! If you say so, then forget it."

"Has the house arrest at Lingyin Temple ended?" Lu Jin asked as he walked up.

"Yes, Master Tai, the six-month period has expired."

Lu Jin nodded: "Well, the time is just right. Li Muxuan and I have something to do here. Don't worry about me. Just do your thing."

"Okay, Master, I was supposed to keep an eye on Ming Huihai, but now that you've exempted him from punishment, I don't have anything to do."

Although Li Muxuan was still with him, Lu Jin's mood had gradually relaxed. Spending time with Qin Che, Ming Huihai and the others made him feel much more comfortable. He casually asked Qin Che, "How many people from the circle are here?"

"Most of the famous families have come. The two heroes, Ru Hu and Ding Shimaan, have already come up the mountain. I have placed them in the guest rooms inside the mountain gate. Wang Ai from the Wang family and Feng Zhenghao from the Feng family have also come up the mountain, but they have found accommodations in the scenic area on their own. You know, I have always had some conflicts with the Wang family. They didn't come to the mountain gate probably because they were afraid of getting into trouble.

In addition, Senior Mu Youmu from Jianghu Inn and the new leader of Tang Sect, Tang Xin, should also be here today. I have already arranged for people to receive them.

In addition, the venue in the back hill has not been determined yet, so it needs some preparation. At least there should be a place for those who come to watch the ceremony to sit."

Qin Che mentioned several important figures, and Lu Jin nodded repeatedly. He had already mastered such a level of knowledge after only being back for one day, which was enough to show Qin Che's dedication.

"Well, you decide. You don't need to think too much about the back hill. Just find a spacious area and put a hundred or so small stools there. Just have some to sit on."

Since Lu Jin said so, Qin Che was relieved and agreed, saying, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

(End of this chapter)