Chapter 48 (Part 3)

At the time, an elder from another lineage had set his sights on Medicine Peak’s interests and deliberately spread rumors to make Qingquan lose his position as peak master.

Because of this incident, after Lingbi switched to cultivating the Taizhen Immortal Sect’s cultivation method, she worked very hard at cultivation, wanting to help Qingquan win back some dignity.

Between them, there was only the simple affection of master and disciple, as well as a father-daughter-like bond formed after many years together. It was not at all like the rumors said, claiming that Qingquan had taken a fancy to her, which was why he had brought her back and accepted her as his disciple even though she had already reached Foundation Establishment.

Most people, when accepting disciples, would not accept someone who had already reached Foundation Establishment, because the foundation was already formed, and switching cultivation methods was extremely painful.

Moreover, the new cultivation method had to be of a higher grade than the original one. What Lingbi cultivated at first was an earth-grade cultivation method. Only after she came to the Taizhen Immortal Sect did she switch to a heaven-grade fire-attribute cultivation method.

For loose cultivators and small sects, never mind heaven-grade, even earth-grade cultivation methods were extremely hard to come by.

That was why most people, when accepting disciples, would not accept someone who had already reached Foundation Establishment.

If not for the fact that Lingbi’s parents had been old acquaintances of Qingquan, that they had entrusted her to him before their deaths, and that Lingbi only acknowledged him, he would not have accepted her into his door.

However, after taking her in, he still changed her cultivation method to a heaven-grade one, allowing her to smoothly switch to a better cultivation method.

It was also because the sect was rich and powerful, and had a cultivation method suitable for Lingbi to switch to. Otherwise, Qingquan could only have let her continue cultivating the earth-grade cultivation method passed down by her parents.

“At the time, I was still outside training. Although my strength was decent, it was not powerful enough to make others wary, much less afraid.”

In the entire master’s line, only Eldest Senior Brother could rank among the top ten in Holy Feather World’s combat power. At the time, there were internal troubles and external threats. Aside from him, everyone in the Qing generation had entered the Tribulation stage. Unfortunately, every one of them had trash combat strength, so they could only rely on Qingsheng alone to hold everything up.

It was also because of that time that Qingsheng stepped down from the position of sect master and let Lingbao take over as the new sect master.

Yu Yu lay over the armrest, listening to his shizun talk about old events from several hundred years ago.

Although his senior brothers and sisters had not participated in these matters, they had heard of them. Only Yu Yu, because he had become a disciple too late, knew nothing about the affairs of the Taizhen Immortal Sect.

“Shizun was outside at the time. After receiving the news, did you rush back?”

Such a major matter as changing the sect master was something his shizun definitely would not have missed.

“Mm. It was also from that time onward that I decided to become number one in the cultivation world. I could not let Eldest Senior Brother carry the entire sect alone.”

When Qingyang thought of the old past, his whole person became somewhat dispirited.

When he returned, what he saw was an eldest senior brother full of self-blame. Those elders who had died because of internal strife—Qingsheng believed it was because he had not done well as sect master that internal strife had occurred.

“What did that have to do with your Eldest Martial Uncle? Those people belonged to another lineage. From the ancestor’s generation onward, they had never given up trying to fight the main lineage for power.”

When Qingyang mentioned them, his face was full of disdain. Every one of their cultivation bases was inferior to the direct line, yet they were experts at stirring up trouble.

They had forgotten all the rules set by the ancestor. They only knew how to fight for fame and profit, completely disregarding the sect’s interests. There was a reason why, back then, the ancestor had not chosen their ancestor as sect master.

After listening, Yu Yu thought of the past of the Huaxia people on Blue Star.

So the Taizhen Immortal Sect had also had so many difficulties. All of this had been shouldered through by the Qing generation, which was why the present Taizhen Immortal Sect existed.

There was no such thing as peaceful years. It was merely that someone else was carrying the burden forward. The Taizhen Immortal Sect had also gone through lessons of blood and tears, which was why they put so much effort into the sect master’s heir.

The sect master was the helmsman. Anyone could have selfish motives, except him.

That was why, after discovering that Wuchen had demon race blood, Lingbao had cleanly and decisively chosen another heir instead of insisting, out of private feelings, that Wuchen inherit the position.

Although this was not fair to Wuchen, the sect was more important.

“I understand.”

Yu Yu nodded. After listening to the story, he knew what he should do.

“Little Junior Brother, what do you understand?”

Linglong asked curiously. They had all heard a little about these matters. Only Little Junior Brother completely did not understand this period of history.

Since Shizun was in the mood to tell a story, they followed along and listened. They discovered that there were some things even they had never heard of, so presumably the elders had concealed them.

“When cutting weeds, remove the roots. Even if they are fellow sect members, once they threaten the sect’s interests, we absolutely cannot show mercy.”

Yu Yu’s answer shocked everyone.

It was not that they were surprised by this answer, but rather that they were surprised by Yu Yu’s clean decisiveness when dealing with this kind of matter.

Back then, Qingsheng had done exactly that, so everyone was not surprised. But when this answer came from Yu Yu’s mouth, everyone found it very astonishing.

“No, what are those expressions? I’m not a real child. Is it strange for me to say something like that?”

Yu Yu said, annoyed.

Everyone shook their heads. They had forgotten that before Yu Yu became a child, he had actually been an adult.

“It’s not like I haven’t killed people before.”

Yu Yu muttered.

Although his voice was very soft, everyone still heard him clearly.

Everyone glanced at each other and felt that their previous guesses had been correct. His identity on Blue Star had indeed not been simple. A soldier was only one of their guesses.

“Shizun, I’m back.”

Just as everyone was still guessing Yu Yu’s identity before crossing over, Lingfeng finally dawdled her way back from outside.

By now, it was already noon, and only then did she and Lingbi return to Holy Sun Peak.

“Oh, you still know to come back? Why didn’t you eat lunch before coming back?”

Qingyang said sarcastically.

“Shizun, can I?”

Lingfeng’s eyes lit up. So she could do that?

“Did you really not hear that Shizun was mocking you? For such a short road, you still managed to spend half a day walking it, and you’re asking if you can? If your brain has flooded, go pour the water out. Don’t come out and embarrass yourself.”

Linglong was so infuriated by her attitude that he nearly fell backward. He finally could not hold back and began spraying her with criticism.

“Tch, so that’s what it meant!”

Lingfeng’s fear was completely wiped away by this interruption.

“Kneel down.”

Qingyang endured and endured, but in the end, he could not hold back and roared at her.

“Shi-Shizun.”

Lingfeng knelt on the ground with a thud. Even Yu Yu could not help wanting to cry out in pain for her.

“Lingbi, thank you for sending her back. I’ve troubled you.”

Qingyang temporarily ignored this disciple and instead spoke to Lingbi, who was standing to the side.

“Greetings, Little Martial Uncle. You are too polite. This is what I should do.”

After Qingyang raised his hand to exempt her from the courtesy, Lingbi straightened and replied.

“Sigh. My disciple is disappointing. How embarrassing!”

Qingyang covered his forehead. He, a dignified Daoist Lord, had been angered into a headache by his disciple.

“Little Martial Uncle, if there is nothing important, this disciple will take her leave first.”

Lingbi knew that what came next was how Qingyang would deal with Lingfeng. Although she was his martial niece, it was not good for her to stay too long. She had to leave Lingfeng a bit of face.

“All right.”

Qingyang did not force her to stay, because his thoughts were more or less the same as Lingbi’s. No matter how bad Lingfeng was, she was still his disciple. Some dignity still had to be left to her.

“Senior Sister Lingbi, these are spirit fruits I grew. Please eat them.”

Yu Yu took out a basket of high-grade spirit fruits. A small portion had even reached supreme grade, making them extremely rare in Holy Feather World.

“Many thanks, Little Junior Brother. When we have time, let’s play together.”

Lingbi accepted the spirit fruits, said goodbye to everyone, and quickly left Holy Sun Peak. After Lingbi left, everyone’s expressions instantly changed, and they began dealing with Lingfeng.

“Lingfeng, do you know where you were wrong?”

There was not the slightest smile on Qingyang’s face, scaring Lingfeng so badly that her body trembled.

What should she do? The way Shizun looked right now was so scary! It was as if he wanted to eat her.

“Shizun, this disciple knows she was wrong. I shouldn’t have left Little Junior Brother behind because I was playing.”

Lingfeng had reflected on herself last night, but her personality was just like this. There were many things she did not take to heart. Although she knew she was wrong, making her suddenly change would still be rather difficult.

“So it turns out you know where you were wrong? You want to play. Fine. No one will stop you from playing. But do you still remember the promise you made to your master before going down the mountain?”

Qingyang asked her expressionlessly.

“I remember. I said that even if I got lost, I wouldn’t lose Little Junior Brother.”

The more Lingfeng spoke, the lower her head sank.

She had made a promise, but she had not kept it.

Whether it was abandoning Little Junior Brother or failing to fulfill the promise she had spoken, both were things she absolutely should not have done.

“Very good. Then your master now punishes you to face the wall at the Cliff of Reflection for twenty years. Do you accept?”

Once Qingyang’s decision came out, Yu Yu and the others were all stunned. They had not expected Shizun to punish her so severely.

“Shizun…”

Yu Yu wanted to speak, but Qingyang raised a hand to stop him.

“No need to speak. None of you are to plead for her. Lingfeng, do you think this punishment is too heavy?”

“It is not heavy. This disciple thinks Shizun’s punishment is very good. This disciple did wrong. I will go to the Cliff of Reflection.”

Lingfeng bit her lower lip and agreed.

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