From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 434: My Family Will Not Die
After the two-hall competition was over, the teaching work of the first semester of Baiyun Taoist Academy was completed and all disciples officially began their winter vacation life.

The water and electricity supply to Linlang Garden and Qiwu Garden of Baiyun Taoist Temple will end on January 18th, and the food supply to Baiyun Zhaitang will end on January 16th.

In order to enjoy the last meal at Baiyun Zhaitang, most of the disciples waited until the 16th to go down the mountain and return home.

If for no other reason, the meals on the first floor of Baiyunzhaitang are provided free of charge to students. The rice is mixed with a certain proportion of spiritual rice. Although it is not as good as the second floor cafeteria which costs task points, if it is placed outside, only wealthy or noble families can't even smell the smell.

Not only Baiyun Taoist Temple, but also the other 36 Taoist Temples as well as Mount Qingcheng and Mount Wutai took holidays during this period, and hundreds of thousands of Taoist temple disciples began their journey back home in a mighty procession.

The Taoist temple was on holiday, but the most intense reaction came from the government.

The other thirty-six Taoist temples and Wutai Qingcheng are okay, they are basically controlled by the government, and there are various legal regulations and core value courses every day.

Baiyun Taoist Temple is different. It has been extremely mysterious since the opening of the school. Apart from the disciples, even their family members are not allowed to go up the mountain. They can only stay in a hotel in Shiyang Village below, not to mention media reporters and official personnel.

In other words, the education of these 1,800 disciples is completely beyond official control.

So as early as January 10th, the Special Bureau received the news in advance and set up a tent at the foot of Baiyun Mountain and began to stake out, arresting everyone who came down.

If nothing else, it is to register them and sign various documents and contracts with them, and to uphold our values.

Although these 1,800 disciples were not very powerful, they had learned breathing techniques after all, and there were two or three hundred who had cultivated the sense of qi, so they belonged to the circle of cultivators.

When they return to their hometown, they might become arrogant and get into trouble.

The official regulations regarding cultivators are extremely strict. No matter if you are from a famous sect or a casual cultivator in the countryside, if you dare to cause trouble and practice evil methods to harm mortals, you can be captured and punished by anyone in the world!
Before the disciples of Baiyun Taoist Temple went down the mountain, Wang Xin and Yubao also greeted them. They knew that these regulations were formulated with the participation of Li Zhenjun from their own mountain. Facing the persuasion of the Special Bureau, they all nodded frequently like quails and signed the documents quickly.

The four little ones from Baiyun Mountain also went down the mountain one after another on January 20th and returned home to celebrate the New Year.

Nanxi Village, Shuchuan.

Today's Nanxi Village is completely different from what it was a few years ago. Zhao Ziyao walked into the village with a suitcase and looked at the villagers and tourists coming and going in the village. The walls were painted white and the original dirt road in the mountain village had been turned into asphalt and cement roads. For a moment, she felt as if she was in another world.

After the Wutongshen incident was resolved, the Nanshan Mountain Locking Formation was also broken by Li Yang and the Taoist Alliance. Although there was still fog in the Nanshan Mountain, it was not as thick as before and did not disturb people's vision.

After the Luotian Dajiao revealed to the whole society the revival of spiritual energy, some top-secret files of official records were also disclosed, including those about the Ma Yi Jumping Zombie, the Five Gods of Nanxi Village, the Qingcheng Blood Demon and evil sects like the Ruliu Sect.

As a result, this remote village in the border hills of Shuchuan became completely famous.

This is the place where Li Yang once appeared as a divine being, and it gave birth to the mysterious inheritance of Wutong Shen. Tourists and admirers of Li Yang flocked to the place upon hearing the news. The local towns and cities struck while the iron was hot and immediately turned Nanxi Village and Nanshan into an integrated tourist area. They also built a Wutong Shen Memorial Exhibition Hall, in the hall of which is placed a stone statue of Li Yang killing the inheritor of Wutong Shen.

Zhao Ziyao dragged her suitcase in a daze and finally found her home. As soon as she entered the door, she saw her aunt and aunt in tears:
"Zi Yao, you're finally back, it's good that you're back, wuwuwu..."

As the head of Nanxi Village, my father was still smoking a cigarette. Although his eyes were red, he said, "Why are you crying at your age? Aren't you ashamed? Ziyao, come in, come in!"

Zhao Ziyao seemed to have thought of something, and her expression suddenly became strange, but she still carelessly threw the suitcase into the room, walked out with her hands on her hips in an air of adultery, and stood among the aunts and sisters.

"Hey, come on, those who want to urge marriage or introduce someone to a blind date, my vacation is tight, I will be back to Baiyun Mountain after the Lantern Festival at the latest, I am in a hurry."

"Of course, I've been in a bad mood recently and have high standards. Don't bring me those crooked things, or I'll get so emotional that I'll break my arms and legs and I won't pay for the medical expenses."

Zhao Ziyao is already a veteran of such big scenes. Ever since she graduated from college and started her graduate studies, she has to face her family's urging to get married every year when she returns home. Debating with scholars is commonplace. Every time her younger brothers and sisters see her come back, they act like they have seen a savior.

So when facing the courtyard full of relatives who were all looking at her, Zhao Ziyao was as steady as an old dog and not at all panicked.

"Zi Yao, we are not introducing you to someone. We all know about it. Are you really not a human being now?"

A close aunt, crying and snotting, suddenly came over to Zhao Ziyao, holding her hand and speaking sadly.

Then, Zhao Ziyao was stunned. She looked at the eyes of her relatives around her and found that they all looked at her strangely.

Zhao Ziyao was startled, and then she turned around and looked at her father with red eyes, and immediately knew that everything was exposed.
She had kept her puppet identity a secret from her family before, but who knew it would be exposed now.

"Are you really not a human anymore?"

"I heard that she couldn't even eat and could only breathe. Alas, how could such a good girl become like this?"

"Zi Yao, please say something. Can you change back to your current state? Otherwise, forget about dating. You can't have children. You're not even a woman. Which boy would dare to want you?"

Zhao Ziyao listened to the concerned inquiries of her relatives, but she, who was always good at speaking, was speechless for a moment and just stood there blankly.

This expression naturally meant consent in the eyes of her relatives and her father.

The father took a few puffs from the pipe, blew out smoke rings, knocked the wooden pipe against the stone, stood up, and seemed to have made an important decision: "Zi Yao, why don't you stay in the village or go back to school to complete your graduate studies! I'm worried about you..."

"You've been practicing Taoism for so long that you've even ceased to be a human being. Is there no way to change back to normal?" Fourth Aunt said it in a more tactful way, but her meaning was very clear.

In their eyes, being unable to have children, or even to get married and start a family, is almost a death sentence for a woman.

"Ugh……"

Zhao Ziyao sighed, not knowing how to respond.

After thinking for a moment, she picked up a teacup on the table. This was a set of porcelain cups collected by the village chief's father. They had a white background with blue patterns. When she was a child, she listened to the song "Blue and White Porcelain" and liked the image of a crane with a red neck very much. She thought it was elegant and graceful.

But looking at it this time, I feel that the red-crowned crane is just a vulgar white and green object, with a very artificial look.

"Crack!"

She unconsciously exerted force, and the porcelain cup was broken into pieces. Her father and other aunts were shocked and stopped talking. Zhao Ziyao used her spiritual energy, clasped her hands together, and rubbed them repeatedly like kneading mud. After a series of teeth-grinding sounds, she spread her hands, and a pile of white and bright porcelain powder fluttered in the wind. There was not even a trace of blood on her white palm.

Oh, this feeling is so good!

Zhao Ziyao laughed inexplicably, sprinkled porcelain powder into the air, and said, "Dad, Fourth Aunt, I am indeed no longer the normal human being you think I am. Giving birth to children, taking care of my husband and raising children like an ordinary woman has long been not my path."

Fourth Aunt continued to shake her head: "Zi Yao, you should know that you are the only one in your family. Your father only has you as a daughter, and he was planning to find a son-in-law for you. If you do this, you will end your family's bloodline!"

Fourth Aunt slapped her thigh and wiped her tears, and other relatives echoed her.

Being wiped out from the family is the most miserable thing in the countryside.

Zhao Ziyao spread her hands and said, "There's nothing we can do. Let my dad see if he can find me a stepmother... You don't have to worry about things like extinction of the family."

"It's true that I am a puppet... Perhaps you don't understand what a puppet is. You just need to know that I am similar to the Nezha in the sea of ​​trouble."

Zhao Ziyao frowned and turned to a distant relative who was still crying and shouting: "This is not a sin, but a good thing that you never expected. Giving birth to children, raising a husband and raising children? That has never been my path. As for the extinction of the family, ha ha ha, as long as I don't die, our family will not be extinct."

My father took two more puffs of his pipe, his face sad, "Zi Yao, please don't lie to us. How can this man not die?"

"Human? Don't you all know that I'm not human?" Zhao Ziyao's eyes turned red, and she hugged her father's neck: "Dad, you know, as long as I don't commit suicide now, your daughter will not die. As long as there is a trace of spiritual energy in this world, I will not die."

"I am a puppet, and my organs will never age or degenerate. I also have Li Zhenjun... the immortal Li you mentioned. He has found many rare materials for me. I can live for hundreds or thousands of years. The spiritual tide will never recede, and I will never age or die."

"A hundred years, a thousand years?" Even though he had been the village chief for so many years and had seen countless storms, the old village chief Zhao couldn't help but feel his legs go weak and fell into the chair.

Zhao Ziyao's face straightened, and she quickly supported her father: "Yes, as long as I am alive for hundreds and thousands of years, our family will not be extinct. Moreover, in these hundreds and thousands of years, I must have found a way to solve the problem of my body."

"And don't worry, my dear relatives. I will keep going on the path I have chosen. Dad, you are almost at retirement age, and I have made up my mind. Once you retire, you will move to Baiyun Mountain with me. At least you will have a house in Shiyang Village below. The spiritual energy there is abundant, far beyond that of Nanxi Village, and I can take care of you often."

"you……"

Village chief Zhao was shaking all over, and the other relatives were speechless.

Because they found that the little girl they watched grow up was no longer the same as before.

It was a kind of complete overlooking and detachment, away from the daily necessities they depended on for survival, away from the trivialities of life, and became a state that they could hardly understand and imagine...
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A village in Meishan, southern Sichuan
This is a very remote place. The village is hidden in the barren mountains. As night falls, only a few scattered incandescent lamps are lit.

"Your Excellency, you mean that the man from Baiyun Mountain has become your friend and has tacitly approved the existence of our Liu Sect. From now on, you can enter and leave Baiyun Mountain with your token of honor."

Liu Ming nodded seriously, "Yes, I have promoted the teachings of my sect to that Master Li Zhenjun. He has already submitted to my sect and is willing to welcome the Lord. However, he still has doubts about my identity as a venerable. I need to bring the venerable token to confirm with him."

"Good!"

"Oh my god, Your Excellency is awesome. I don't blame you for voting for me!"

"Venerable, are you going back to Baiyun Mountain now?
"Well, if I delay, something bad will happen. In order to welcome the coming of Allah, I must devote myself to the cause until my death."

Liu Ming's face was solemn. After shaking hands with everyone, he turned and walked out.

He strode out of the village. Above the mountain path, the moonlight was like rippling water, and the world was silent.

Stretching out his hand and looking at the moonlight flowing from his fingertips, Liu Ming was filled with emotion.

He knew that unless something special happened, he would never return to this village.

It's good here. In this village, I am almost like a local emperor. I can do whatever I want, show off my power, and have everything provided for me. I have a large group of thugs under me and I am very powerful.

This is the foundation that I have built with great difficulty.

Unfortunately, none of my younger brothers are good people.

"In my dreams I searched for mountains, but each mountain was longer than my dreams... I have already reached the mountain."

Liu Ming played with the Tai Chi fish jade pendant in his hand, with a black ancient sword on his back and a khaki sword ball on his waist. He shook his head and sighed.
These Liu sect followers are hiding here just because they are cowards, but they are not good. They are still waiting foolishly for the so-called God to come so that they can release the desires and evil in their hearts.

The moonlight was as clear as water. Liu Ming looked up at the boundless starry sky. Somehow, he suddenly thought of the cool green figure on Baiyun Mountain, the narrow dormitory, Wang Shuhuan who fought for food in the cafeteria every day, and the arrogant Yang Xinwu and Yan Fu.

"Just wait, I've cleared my name. No need to hide your incompetence. Next semester I'll show you what it means to be a child of destiny! You're all trembling in fear under my tyranny!"

"squeak"

Under the moonlight, among the scattered shadows of the trees, a little monkey with hair as white as snow swung down from the forest, climbed onto Liu Ming's shoulder, pinched his nose, and pulled his hair.

"Xiao Bai, are you sure you want to go to Baiyun Mountain with me? There is a mortal enemy of yours there. I almost got into trouble for him. I have to take the blame for you. Let me make it clear that my current cultivation is completely useless and I cannot defeat him."

"Hahaha, this is your own choice. You owe them a lot. If you can't pay it back, it will be your mortal enemy."

"Hey, what are you talking about? I just used a little of your blood when I was practicing, but what does your karma have to do with me?"

"Okay, okay, that's fine. If you go up, he might just ignore me and focus on beating you up. Then I can focus on picking up girls... No, I want to focus on practicing Taoism!"

“…F*ck, you little bastard, you dare to pull my hair?! Stop right there!”

Liu Ming became furious and under the moonlight, the man and the monkey chased each other in the woods, gradually going farther and farther away.

(End of this chapter)