The Condor Heroes: The Quanzhen Sect has produced a vengeful master!

"Qingdu, did you hear anything when I left last night?"

Wang Jiuling looked up and asked Lu Qingdu.

Lu Qingdu's eyes flickered slightly. "No? Martial Uncle didn't go out!"

Wang Jiuling frowned. "Are you sure I didn't go out?"

Lu Qingdu nodded. Because Huang Rong had blocked the news, he was still unaware that Wang Jiuling and Huang Rong had fought last night.

"No! Martial Uncle, you absolutely did not go out! If Martial Uncle Guo asks, I can testify!"

Wang Jiuling narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Lu Qingdu in front of him.

"Qingdu, you're definitely hiding something from me!"

Lu Qingdu felt a chill run down his spine from Wang Jiuling's gaze, and he hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands.

"No, no! Uncle-Master! Really, no! You didn't go out!"

"Uncle-Master! I'm very tight-lipped! You have to trust me!"

Wang Jiuling took a deep breath. "Qingdu, last night I suffered a qi deviation and don't remember what I did. Tell me honestly, did you see anything?"

Wang Jiuling always felt that he and Lu Qingdu were not on the same wavelength, so he could only speak plainly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingdu's face was full of surprise.

"Huh? You've gone mad from practicing qi cultivation? Martial Uncle, you've gone mad from practicing qi cultivation? I thought..."

Wang Jiuling stared at him.

"What do you think?"

"Speak! If you don't speak, when we get back to Zhongnan Mountain, I'll suggest to the sect leader that you be sent to repair the Cliff of Repentance!"

This truly terrified Lu Qingdu, who immediately knelt down. "Uncle-Master! I thought you were going to kill Guo Fu!"

"Why did you think I was going to kill Guo Fu?" Wang Jiuling asked, somewhat puzzled.

Lu Qingdu scratched his head.

"Wasn't it because she offended her martial uncle at the restaurant?"

"We didn't manage to kill them that rainy night, so we went again last night."

Wang Jiuling became increasingly confused as he listened.

"A rainy night? You mean, that's the day I went to kill Guo Fu?"

Lu Qingdu's eyes darted around, and he was about to deny it when Wang Jiuling threatened him with a look.

"I'll say it again, explain everything you know clearly!"

Wang Jiuling already had a bad feeling.

Lu Qingdu had no choice but to speak.

"Uncle-Master, that night when I got up to use the bathroom, I saw you leaving with your sword on your back."

Then I heard that Guo Fu was almost killed, and she even identified you as the perpetrator. That's when I found out what you were doing...

"Just like last night!"

Wang Jiuling was stunned. That rainy night, he went out carrying a sword? He had no recollection of it at all.

No! Could it be like last night, that he's gone mad from practicing qi cultivation?

"Are you sure you saw me?" Wang Jiuling was still somewhat skeptical, while Lu Qingdu nodded vigorously.

Wang Jiuling sat down, picked up the teacup and brought it to his lips, but hesitated to drink. "What were you doing, acting so suspiciously in the front hall that night?"

Speaking of this, Lu Qingdu looked ingratiating.

"Uncle-Master! You were careless back then! I noticed your shoes were terribly wet. That Chief Huang is no ordinary person; if she had noticed, she would definitely have suspected you!"

"So I took my junior brothers for a walk, and everyone's shoes got wet, so she wouldn't notice, right?"

Lu Qingdu's face was full of self-satisfaction. "Uncle-Master, I know I'm smart, but you don't need to praise me. This is what I should do!"

Wang Jiuling closed his eyes; he already understood everything.

He was unaware that he had gone mad with demonic possession, and it was he who had gone mad with demonic possession that day who tried to kill Guo Fu.

The same was true last night.

"Everything you did, including yesterday when you said the thief was Mongolian, was all to cover for me?"

Lu Qingdu nodded and shook his head, patting his chest.

"Uncle-Master! If all else fails, I can step in! Don't worry, Uncle-Master! I will absolutely not let them doubt you!"

Wang Jiuling looked up and sighed deeply.

So that's how it is. Lu Qingdu is too clever. He thought he was really going to kill Guo Fu, so he secretly helped him all along.

...

This is truly a huge blunder.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Wang Jiuling asked helplessly.

Lu Qingdu scratched his head.

"Uncle-Master, how can you say such a thing outright?"

Wang Jiuling shook his head, both angry and amused. "Qingdu! Do you really think of me as that kind of person?"

"Just because a little brat said a few disrespectful things to me, I'd go out and kill someone in the middle of the night with a sword?"

"Am I that petty?"

Lu Qingdu shook his head vigorously. "My uncle-master is a paragon of virtue, a model for all!"

Wang Jiuling fell silent, unsure whether to praise him or scold him.

"Sigh...it's not what you think!"

Wang Jiuling could only explain to him, and only then did Lu Qingdu understand what had happened.

"Uncle-Master! I...I didn't know you'd gone mad! Are you alright, Uncle-Master? How are we going to explain this to Uncle-Master Guo?"

Wang Jiuling sighed.

"Come on! Come with me to explain!"

Wang Jiuling has always been straightforward, and he plans to go and talk things out with Guo Jing and Huang Rong.

On the other side, Guo Jing and Huang Rong were still discussing how to expose the matter to Wang Jiuling while saving Wang Jiuling's face.

Then a servant came to report that Wang Jiuling had brought Lu Qingdu to request an audience.

"Junior brother, you suffered a qi deviation last night, you should rest more now!"

Guo Jing smiled and invited Wang Jiuling in, but Wang Jiuling looked serious and somewhat guilty.

"Senior brother, Chief Huang..."

Wang Jiuling glanced at the servants who were serving him tea, and Huang Rong, understanding his meaning, dismissed them.

"Does Master Wang have anything to say?"

Guo Jing looked at Wang Jiuling with curiosity. Wang Jiuling nodded and told him all the truths he had discovered, including the matter of Lu Qingdu.

"For the past two days, I've been suspicious of Qingdu and the others, but I never imagined it would be me..."

"Senior brother! This was not my intention!"

Guo Jing and Huang Rong exchanged a glance and smiled wryly.

"Junior brother...we actually guessed it too, and we were just discussing how to tell you, but we didn't expect you to tell us first."

Now that everything was out in the open, the atmosphere actually became more harmonious.

The wariness in Huang Rong's eyes lessened somewhat, and she quite admired Wang Jiuling's frankness and straightforwardness.

"Senior brother, given what has happened, it is no longer appropriate for me to stay at the Guo residence."

"I think I should take my leave."

Guo Jing truly repaid evil with kindness.

Guo Jing had almost killed Huang Rong yesterday, but Guo Jing spent the whole night using his internal energy to clear Huang Rong's meridians. Even now, Guo Jing's face was still a little pale.

Wang Jiuling felt he couldn't stay any longer, so he turned and gestured for Lu Qingdu to go back and inform the other disciples to prepare to leave.

Lu Qingdu left, but Guo Jing got up.

"Junior brother! Your qi deviation is so severe. In my opinion, you should stay here for now. Perhaps I can help you!"

"You saved Fu'er yesterday, which is an immense favor. How can your senior brother just watch you go astray and do nothing?"

"If something happens to you, how can your senior brother have peace of mind? And how can he explain it to Master Ma and the others?"

Guo Jing has always been like this; if he approves of you, he will trust you unconditionally.

Beside her, Huang Rong looked tenderly at Guo Jing.

She didn't think Guo Jing had done anything wrong, even though she didn't agree with letting Wang Jiuling stay.

Isn't this exactly the kind of Guo Jing she likes?

At this moment, Huang Rong was really curious about what kind of martial arts Wang Jiuling practiced.

"Master Wang, last night I saw you use the acupoint-releasing chapter of the Nine Yin Manual."

"Could your qi deviation be related to the Nine Yin Manual?"

It's no wonder Huang Rong asked that question; the Nine Yin Manual is indeed powerful, but if practiced incorrectly, it can be extremely dangerous.

Just like Ouyang Feng.

Wang Jiuling's condition reminded Huang Rong of the Western Poison.

Wang Jiuling shook his head, only saying that he had learned a part of the Nine Yin Manual by chance.

"My qi deviation is simply unrelated to the Nine Yin Manual!"

Wang Jiuling did not recount Wang Chongyang's story, but only briefly explained his own problems.

Honestly, even Wang Jiuling himself gasped in shock, finding it horrifying.

Since Guo Jing helped him calm down from his demonic possession last night, his mind has become clear, and he has discovered many things.

He had unknowingly forgotten many things.

Come to think of it, has it been several days since he last studied internal alchemy?

Despite the urgency of the matter, he instinctively didn't care, which reminded him of Wang Chongyang who had lost his memory.

He suddenly realized that his condition was exactly the same as Wang Chongyang's.

It was only when Huang Rong mentioned the Nine Yin Manual that Wang Jiuling remembered.

Before Wang Chongyang left last time, I did not ask him about the Nine Yin Manual.

Wang Jiuling clearly remembered that the general principles of the Nine Yin Manual included methods for calming the mind.

If combined with internal alchemy classics, it might be able to nourish the spirit and treat the aftereffects of innate qigong?

Wang Chongyang had obtained the complete Nine Yin Manual, and Wang Jiuling, though aware of this, seemed to have forgotten it.

I won't ask, and I don't want to.

If Huang Rong hadn't mentioned the Nine Yin Manual today, Wang Jiuling would have remained lost and confused for who knows how long.

He couldn't even remember when this bizarre situation had started...

The key point is, Wang Chongyang himself didn't mention it? Did he forget? Or was it because Wang Chongyang himself didn't practice the Nine Yin Manual?

"Refining the Spirit to Return to Emptiness..."

As Guo Jing muttered those four words, he suddenly remembered the Nine Yin Manual. His eyes lit up, but he hesitated.

At this moment, Wang Jiuling also thought of Guo Jing, who had learned the entire Nine Yin Manual.

Wang Jiuling and Guo Jing exchanged a glance, both wanting to say something, but neither spoke.

Wang Jiuling really wanted to ask Guo Jing if he could pass on the general principles of the Nine Yin Manual.

But for a moment, I didn't know how to start the conversation.

Just as Wang Jiuling was about to say something, Guo Jing patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Junior brother, don't overthink it. Just stay at the Guo residence for now! I'll try to help you. If you're worried about losing control again, I'll share a room with you tonight!"

Wang Jiuling was interrupted and nodded.

"I understand your good intentions, senior brother, but you've already helped me so much, I can't ask for more!"

"My junior brother will be setting off tomorrow!"

Wang Jiuling really couldn't figure out how to bring it up at the moment, so he could only give up for the time being.

Watching Wang Jiuling leave, Guo Jing lingered with his raised hand.

"Brother Jing?"

Huang Rong noticed that Guo Jing was preoccupied and stepped forward to take his hand.

Guo Jing sighed.

"Rong'er, my junior brother took care of my son, and he saved Fu'er yesterday. Besides, he didn't mean to hurt you and Fu'er."

"I... as his senior, I can't live with myself if I don't help him."

"Brother Jing has come up with a solution?" Huang Rong guessed what was going on.

Guo Jing nodded. "Since my junior brother suffered a qi deviation due to excessive mental damage, wouldn't it be helpful if I taught him the general principles of the Nine Yin Manual?"

"But I promised Brother Zhou that I wouldn't pass on the Nine Yin Manual to outsiders..."

(A long chapter of 3,100 words is here! I just want more updates, please don't let the book sit idle. The data has been dropping lately and I can't keep it going...)