Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 21 Ye Yunqiao's Purpose
On the walls surrounding the Jinguang Cave Hall, there are twelve ancient bronze mirrors arranged in an array.

These mirrors, together with the golden magic spell talisman on Yang Qisheng's neck, can form a complete set of Twelve Yuanchen Golden Light Array.

He decided to take these bronze mirrors away!

It is as difficult as climbing to the sky for others to take out the mirror. After all, this formation was set up by Master Jin Guangding's master, Master Jin Guang. The mirror is usually buried in the stone wall and will only appear when it is activated.

But it was very easy for Yang Qisheng to do this, as his "Eight Yang Divine Mantras of Heaven and Earth" had annotations made by Master Jin Guang himself, especially in the last chapter, which contained a lot of tiny calligraphy on the application tips of this most powerful formation.

Yang Qisheng used the golden magic spell as if he had a detailed instruction manual to collect Zi, Wu, Mao, and You first, then Chou, Chen, Wei, and Xu, and finally Yin, Si, Shen, and Hai.

Following the order, he took down the bronze mirrors one by one, which only took a cup of tea.

This bronze mirror is quite large and heavy. When they are piled together, it takes up quite a lot of space and the Qiankun bag can’t even fit it!

Yang Qisheng could only make a package and wrap the mirror inside.

I picked it up with my hand and it was a heavy lump. I put it on the table with a loud bang.

This is too cumbersome!

He asked Mingyi Zhenren, "Is there any way to make these mirrors smaller? Or perhaps to store them directly within my body?"

Mingyi Zhenren said: "It is easy to refine them into small pieces, but you need to successfully build a furnace in your abdomen, refine them into evil spirits, and use the Dansha to polish and refine them for three hundred days. If you want to take them into your body, you need to go a step further.
"I will erect a tripod in your skull, refine it into Gang Qi, and then use Gang Sha to combine it and refine it from a tangible and material form to an intangible and intangible form. However, these are unorthodox methods, not the orthodox Xuanmen method, and will greatly hinder your future cultivation."

When Yang Qisheng heard that it would hinder his future practice, he gave up the idea.

It doesn't matter to him whether he is from the orthodox Xuanmen sect or not. The Blood Pecking Sword is also an unconventional method. If he didn't have it, how could he kill Ma Xiong and the other two to avenge his family?
What's more, these mirrors are so powerful. If they can be successfully refined, they can be displayed and formed into a formation when fighting with others in the future. In an instant, the opponent who is stronger than oneself can be refined into ashes. Wouldn't that be great?

But Master Mingyi was quite displeased with the unconventional methods. He did not want to upset his master, and it would also affect his future achievements and lower the upper limit of his immortal career, so he let it go.

The master is a true immortal who is over three hundred years old and has achieved the Nascent Soul stage, becoming a world-defining immortal.

Yang Qisheng knew that he had just entered the immortal world and had only taken half a step forward. He must not be self-righteous. When facing problems, he can have his own opinions and should have independent views, but when his opinions contradict his master's, he must follow his master's opinions.

The old man said that unconventional methods are not good, and that is it. They can be used for short-term emergency purposes, but you must never rely on them too much!
Chu Linyi's hometown, Tianyang, is in Jiangbei, more than two thousand miles away from here. Ye Yunqiao did not return until the next morning.

His sword energy was nearly refined by the golden light array, and his vitality was severely damaged. When he came back, his face was pale and his forehead was covered with sweat.

Yang Qisheng quickly took out another pill left by the Golden Light Ding and gave it to him to take. He asked him to rest in the inner cave for a while, then went to the mountains outside to pick some wild fruits, washed them in the mountain stream, and brought them back to replenish Ye Yunqiao's strength.

Ye Yunqiao has already reached the Great Zhoutian realm, and his vital energy can be integrated with heaven and earth.

He concentrated his mind in meditation, opened all the pores on his body, and soon his breath and pulse stopped, entering a state of fetal breathing. He no longer used his mouth and nose to breathe, but instead absorbed spiritual energy directly from the surrounding heaven and earth.

After just one meal, he opened his eyes, and his eyes were shining again.

He was very happy to see the wild fruits that Yang Qisheng picked for him, and expressed his gratitude while eating them.

Yang Qisheng was also full of doubts about his "abandoned disciple brother" and asked him, "Did Master ask you to come and pick me up?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yunqiao's smile immediately fell, and the light in his eyes disappeared. He sighed and told Yang Qisheng about his past.

It turned out that Ye Yunqiao came from a family of officials and had a twin brother named Ye Xueqiao. Both brothers were extremely intelligent, one studying literature, the other martial arts, and both were extremely diligent. Ye Yunqiao had been familiar with the classics since childhood, and at the age of twelve, he passed the imperial examination with the highest score in the county. However, that same year, the two brothers went out for an outing, and the younger brother got lost in the crowd and was never found again.

Because of his brother's disappearance, his mother became ill due to worry and passed away that year. His father remarried a stepmother who made things difficult for him in every way. He simply gave up his official career and ran away from home.

Soon, he became a little beggar wandering the streets, and was happened to be met by Mingyi Zhenren, who took him in as his disciple.

According to the rules of Taiyi Palace, Mingyi Zhenren first accepted him as a registered disciple and only taught him the skills required for the Qi training period. He still let him wander around the world on his own, and during this period he secretly tested his ability to handle affairs and his moral character many times.

Ye Yunqiao was extremely intelligent. Not only did he learn the skills quickly, but he was also able to calm down and practice diligently. His skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he achieved "perfect spirit and sufficient energy" after just a hundred days. It then took him more than a year to open up the meridians throughout his body, completing the "all meridians gathered together."

Zhenren Mingyi was very happy and made him a regular monk before the three-year term was up. He brought him back to Zhaoye Cave in Longgao Mountain and taught him the "Lingbao Five Talismans Sutra".

Everything was fine at the beginning, but not long ago, he did something that made Mingyi Zhenren very disgusted. Mingyi Zhenren directly announced that he would be expelled from the sect and would no longer be his disciple!
Ye Yunqiao's face was filled with sadness when he said this, and he was extremely upset. Yang Qisheng didn't know whether he should continue asking, after all, he didn't like to pry into other people's private affairs.

Ye Yunqiao didn't wait for any questions and began to tell the story: "Last winter, I encountered a strange thing in Siming Lake——"

He gestured with his hands, "There's a thousand-year-old clam spirit, about this size. Every moonlit night it floats to the island in the middle of the lake, spits out the spirit pearl refined from its inner elixir, and absorbs the moonlight.

Seeing it had become so powerful, I remembered three things: First, the Universal Grand Ceremony had issued a decree prohibiting the formation of any alien spirit within a hundred years; second, the lakeside villages were densely populated, and I was worried that it might cause trouble in the future;
Thirdly, the spirit pearl was indeed an excellent material for refining magic weapons. So I killed it with my sword energy, took the pearl and brought it back to Longgao Mountain to present to my master.

At this point, he smiled bitterly. "I thought I'd be praised, but Master flew into a rage. If it weren't for Uncle Wutou visiting us on the mountain and trying his best to dissuade me, Master would have nearly destroyed my five spiritual treasures, crippled my cultivation, and even forcibly taken away the ten sharp sword energies!"

After hearing this, Yang Qisheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his master would get so angry just because a clam spirit was killed!

He hurriedly reflected on himself: Since becoming his master's disciple, he has killed Liu Yanniang, Bai Jin, Lu Hu, and Ma Xiong with his own hands. He wondered if this would also anger his master?
probably not……

From a personal grudge perspective, Jin Guangding killed 48 members of his family, and he in turn wiped out Jin Guangding's entire family, which was quite in line with the ethics of the martial arts world.

I just don't know whether the masters of Taoism will recognize the morality that these people in the martial arts world talk about.

However, speaking from a fair point of view, Jin Guangding and his disciples abducted girls in the cave, and now there are only six of them left in the cave. According to Chu Linyi and the others, some sisters were tortured to death before. In the past twenty years, these four beastly masters and disciples have harmed countless innocent girls. They deserve to die.

Including Liu Yanniang, they all deserved to die!
Even if this lawsuit goes to the ends of the earth, I am still right. If the master is unhappy because of this, it is the master's fault, not mine!

Thinking of this, Yang Qisheng felt more confident.

The master said that he had been secretly observing me for several years, and made an exception to accept me as his disciple early, which proved that he knew my style of doing things very well and approved of it, and he should not be angry because I killed these four bad guys.

But then again, that clam spirit did die innocently...

Ye Yunqiao recounted the entire incident in detail, and finally sighed, "I heard that Master was refining the elixir on Wutou Mountain, so I hurried here. I've done three hundred good deeds in the human world these days, and I wanted to ask Master for forgiveness. But Master refused to see me.

I knelt before the mountain for several days, and finally, Uncle Wutou sent a disciple to tell me that Master had taken in a new disciple in the north, whom he cherished very much and praised frequently. He was about to come to Wutou Mountain and asked me to come and greet him.

As he spoke, his eyes turned red. "If I could meet you, I'd like to ask you to help me put in a few good words in front of Master. I don't ask to return to the sect immediately, I just hope Master can give me a chance to redeem myself and make meritorious contributions. Even if it means going through fire and water, I will definitely complete it at the risk of my life. At least, it gives me hope."

At the end of his speech, Ye Yunqiao's eyes became moist and he choked with sobs.

Yang Qisheng never dreamed that this senior brother who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was a little overly enthusiastic towards him actually wanted him to help him plead with the master.

(End of this chapter)