Chapter 120: Breaking the Situation with One Piece

Breaking the Situation with One Piece

The next day, Ruan Ci ordered the Tiger Servant to sail slowly toward the mountain gate of the Jin Bo Sect. At this time, it had been several hours since the young scholar fell. It stands to reason that the Jin Bo Sect should have received the news. The disciples' soul lamps were extinguished one by one, and it was at the doorstep of the Green Jade Hall. The sect should have sent elders to check. If it were an impatient Nascent Soul True Person, the young scholar would have fallen on the front foot, and he would have flown here on the back foot. It was precisely because the Jin Bo Sect had no reaction until now that Ruan Ci was sure that the sect already knew the inside story and had formulated countermeasures, just waiting for her to arrive at the Jin Bo Sect mountain gate, and there would be another good show.

With True Person Wang shielding her, Ruan Ci had nothing to fear. Along the way, she chatted with the Tiger Servant and asked about the Jin Bo Sect. There were many sects in the Central Continent. In the past, Ruan Ci was not very interested in the background of these sects, but now her cultivation level has grown, and she can think about more things at the same time in her spiritual sense, and gradually realized that this knowledge is not useless, it can only disturb people's cultivation. People in the world must produce cause and effect. It is not a bad thing to know more about these things.

The Tiger Servant is only at the Golden Core cultivation level. He is a demonic beast born in the Purple Void Heaven after True Person Wang enlightened the Purple Void Heaven. He doesn't know the past of the Jin Bo Sect. Wang Panpan has always been vague about the past, especially three thousand years ago, which was around the time Xie Xie Yan Huan rebelled against the Shangqing Sect. In front of the Tiger Servant and others, even if she knew, she would say she didn't know. Seeing Tianlu, although only fifty years old, was very knowledgeable and said crisply, "The Jin Bo Sect was just established three thousand years ago and had not yet set the mountain gate. The Great Elder was only at the late Nascent Soul cultivation level, and was about to find a blessed land to set the mountain gate, and even more to use the fortune of opening a sect to achieve Grotto-Heaven. Just at that time, Xie Nie rebelled against the sect, and the Sect Master's lineage was weak. The one near the Jin Bo Sect's mountain gate was another Mao Sect, named Yuyu Sect, which had always been on good terms with the Sect Master. Many disciples in the Yuyu Sect were from the Wang and Xie clans. Therefore, True Person Ouyang of the Zhelong and True Person Xu of the Pure Yang both suspected that the Yuyu Sect was hiding Xie Nie and went to check several times."

"How can the sect's fortune withstand such frequent harassment from the upper sect? The Yuyu Sect's fortune declined sharply from then on. In less than two hundred years, the only Grotto-Heaven True Person in the sect failed to integrate into the Dao and became a Dao slave. True Person Pang, the Great Elder of the Jin Bo Sect, took advantage of the situation to provoke a dispute with the Yuyu Sect. At that time, the master had not yet achieved Grotto-Heaven, and the Sect Master's lineage only had the Great Master and the Sect Master True Person. Many Grotto-Heaven in the sect were dissatisfied with the Sect Master. The Shangqing Sect did not come forward, so True Person Pang drove the Yuyu Sect out of the Central Continent and took advantage of the situation to achieve Grotto-Heaven. He is also the only Grotto-Heaven True Person in the Jin Bo Sect today. However, this True Person achieved it by the lower method and can only support one Grotto-Heaven. Therefore, the Jin Bo Sect has had no movement for three thousand years, just peacefully managing the land originally belonging to the Yuyu Sect."

When Seeing Tianlu talked about the past, he would never avoid anything, as if reciting from a book, reciting this history of blood and rain without any emotion. I don't know how many disciples' lives were hidden in it. Everyone couldn't help but stop listening. Ruan Ci also understood why True Person Wang still ordered her to go to the mountain gate and let her do as she pleased. She couldn't help but curse herself for being rough. If she had known the background of the Jin Bo Sect earlier, she wouldn't have needed to speculate on True Person Wang's position. Just calculate the general trend in the sect now, and she would know that her accidental move to go out this time was exactly in line with the rise of the Sect Master's lineage. If there were changes on the way, it was a robbery, and the reactions of all parties were all in response to the robbery. Perhaps Ruan Rong's trip to the Cold Water Swamp thirteen years later was also a foreshadowing in the robbery.

If it were in the past, the master and disciple of the Sect Master's lineage would treat her as a chess piece, placing her here and dropping her there, not knowing how many benefits they had gained by taking advantage of the situation, while she knew nothing about the inside story. Ruan Ci thought of this, and she would definitely not be happy in her heart. But after True Person Wang derived the robbery of cause and effect for her, she was no longer so concerned in her heart, and faced the Jin Bo Sect trip calmly. She still ordered the Dharma Boat to move forward slowly. After a few more days, she felt that the cause and effect line with Qu Qu Tan Yue was gradually becoming clear in the dark, knowing that he would be here soon, and he would definitely not miss this good show. Only then did she order the Tiger Servant to speed up the car slightly and cast a mountain-visiting book in front of the Jin Bo Sect mountain gate.

All sects must have a mountain-protecting array, and there are also welcoming disciples. If a friend visits, not to mention high-level cultivators above Nascent Soul, they can perceive each other in their spiritual sense. Even if the main body is in seclusion, meeting with an incarnation is not a difficult thing. Golden Core cultivators can also send flying sword letters to agree on a rough date in advance. Foundation Establishment cultivators are different. Because their lifespan is limited, if the sects are too far apart, it is almost impossible to come and go. Even like Ruan Ci and Li Pingyan, they must send someone to send a letter in advance to know that the other party is not in seclusion and has not gone out to travel, so they come to visit. Therefore, the Jin Bo Sect naturally knew that Ruan Ci came to visit Li Pingyan. After the mermaid handed over the mountain-visiting book, not long after, a welcoming disciple came to send a token, and personally accompanied Ruan Ci and her party through the array and flew into the mountain gate.

The Mao Sect mountain gate naturally does not have the vast atmosphere of the Zijin Mountain, but there are strange flowers and grasses, flying mountains and overlapping springs in the sect, indescribable immortal atmosphere. The welcoming disciple led everyone past several restrictions and fell in front of a flying peak. This flying peak naturally has a small array to shield it. The welcoming disciple knocked on a copper drum at the foot of the mountain. Not long after, Li Pingyan flew out from the mountain and smiled, "Welcome, distinguished guest—ashamed, ashamed, but I don't have so many servants to follow."

Ruan Ci had already flown out of the boat, changed into the Jin Bo Sect's own crossing magic treasure, and seeing Li Pingyan as always, she felt relieved in her heart, stepped forward and smiled, "Martial Brother Li, you know, it's all because the elders at home want to pay attention to the style."

Li Pingyan shook his head and sighed, "It's like this when I go home. There are always things like this and that, and I'm never free when I go out."

The attitudes of the two had already been revealed in their words. Ruan Ci's worries were gone by seven or eight points. She flew to the peak with Li Pingyan. This flying peak was quite craggy and thin. Li Pingyan took everyone to a valley full of spiritual energy, sent servants to send spiritual fruits to entertain, and said politely to Seeing Tianlu and others, "My humble home is simple, and I haven't been able to entertain you well. Please forgive me."

The Tiger Servant smiled, "We followed Young Lady here, how dare we be picky about anything? Young Master, go and entertain Young Lady. It is enough for us to have a place to stand."

Li Pingyan's servants and Ruan Ci's were all at the Qi Condensation stage. Except for Wang Panpan hiding in the spirit beast bag, the Tiger Servant, Seeing Tianlu, and others talked happily with these Qi Condensation disciples. Li Pingyan and Ruan Ci talked freely in the mountains. Li Pingyan smiled, "Junior Sister Ci, don't look anymore. People who shouldn't meet you have been moved away. At this moment, no one in our sect will rush out to kill you, the little demon girl."

Ruan Ci was a little surprised, "Oh? All sent away? What about the attendants of your Martial Brother? —If the people who want to seek revenge are all sent away, then your master is not..."

Li Pingyan said, "My master has been out traveling for more than a hundred years. To tell you the truth, even I have never seen Master's true body. When I was accepted into the sect, Master was still in the south of the Central Continent, so there was an incarnation of the Foundation Establishment stage in the sect, which could point out our cultivation. After I established my foundation, Master said that his true body had an opportunity and wanted to go to a secret realm in the north to find out, and he had to deal with it with all his strength, so that incarnation gradually lost its spirituality. In the past few decades, I haven't received any guidance. Most of the things in our lineage are decided by Senior Uncle Liu, who is in the same lineage as Master."

This was the first time Ruan Ci heard such inside information. She couldn't help but feel absurd, and after careful consideration, it was quite reasonable. Nascent Soul True Persons go out to find opportunities and break through cultivation levels, most of which are counted in centuries, and the disciples under their knees are bound to fall a lot. If they don't accept disciples when they are not in the sect, and close twice, maybe the direct disciples will all die. In the sect, they are even more blocked. Even if it is to interfere with the cause and effect of lower-realm cultivators, most of them have to find ways to maintain their own power to a certain extent.

She took a sip of tea and couldn't help but say, "Then if you fall in the Hengze Heaven, you will have never seen your master from birth to death."

"Isn't it? Just say my Martial Brother, who was accepted into the sect, only saw Master's incarnation twice, and then fell halfway." Li Pingyan mentioned the young man in red, his attitude was quite calm, not without regret for him, but the sadness was not strong, only sighed, "Martial Brother Xiao is also gone. Of the three people who were accepted into Master's knees at the same time in our generation, only I am left. The other senior brothers and sisters are either in seclusion or out looking for medicine, and have not returned for many years. I am like the only seedling in our lineage."

Martial Brother Xiao fell in Huang Shoushan. At that time, Li Pingyan was depressed for several days. It seems that the relationship between the two was deeper than that with the young man in red. Ruan Ci said, "Martial Brother Li seems to love Martial Brother Xiao more."

Li Pingyan nodded, "Martial Brother Xiao and I have always supported each other. Although we were accepted into the sect at the same time, I am a few years older, so I am like his elder brother."

He sighed deeply before continuing, "As for Martial Brother Chen, he has a jumping temperament. Master is not here, and senior brothers and sisters have never managed him. He is closer to Senior Uncle Liu. Senior Uncle Liu brought me back from Hengze Heaven a few years ago and went out, so he became even more arrogant, working hard on many external affairs every day."

If the Huang Shoushan and Hengze Heaven trips were too dangerous and not suitable for bringing the young man in red, a place like the Green Jade Hall, if it weren't for the Nine-Infant Demon Snake, could be said to be no safer. But Li Pingyan took his Martial Brothers out to practice, and the young man in red was not seen. And the young man in red didn't even know that Li Pingyan and Ruan Ci were friends, which shows how alienated the relationship between the two sides was.

It's just that Martial Brother Chen is dead now, and Li Pingyan doesn't want to belittle him too much, so he has to speak implicitly. But Ruan Ci already understood his meaning: Master is away for a long time, and no one takes care of him. How can the senior brothers and sisters have a cultivation level only slightly higher than him, and how can they take care of him as well as the upper-realm cultivators like the young scholar? Even if some leak from the palm, it is enough to save several years of hard cultivation. Moreover, Martial Brother Chen and Li Pingyan are fellow disciples of the sect. Everyone has to look at Li Pingyan's face and be polite to him, so he developed this kind of impatient, thoughtless, and eager to stand out, hoping to exchange for the grace of his superiors. Relying on these to improve his cultivation, he doesn't have to go out to find medicine, and he has already practiced to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Without the planning of his teachers, he has never gone out to handle errands, and he doesn't know the dangers of the world at all. It is very normal for such a cultivator to die halfway. The only difference is which day he dies.

In the end, he died at the most appropriate time. He has been raised in the light and dark for these years, and he has returned a satisfactory result to the mastermind behind the scenes. Ruan Ci also sighed secretly in her heart: Generally, the teacher is away and no one takes care of him, but Li Pingyan can get the opportunity to practice in Hengze Heaven by himself, and associate with core disciples like Meng Lingyue who are favored, and most of the people he makes friends with are Sheng Sect disciples like her. Under the extremely harsh environment of the Central Continent, there is a world of difference between talents and mediocre people.

At this time, Li Pingyan's attitude, Ruan Ci already knew everything. Although Li Pingyan looks upright and gentle, he is by no means a pedantic person, and he is not unaware of planning for himself. Martial Brother Chen is a chess piece in the sect's game, and the chess player behind the scenes has no good intentions for Li Pingyan. Both of them are clear about this. However, the Jin Bo Sect also has Grotto-Heaven sitting in town. Ruan Ci didn't want to say many things too clearly, and she had to take care of Li Pingyan's face, so she couldn't tell him in detail about her killing people. She secretly thought, "If according to what Martial Brother Li said, Martial Brother Chen could have lived for a while longer. The chess player might not have thought that I would kill so fast and so ruthlessly, and didn't think that Master would let me bring Uncle Hu. Without Uncle Hu sitting in town, others couldn't beat the young scholar, and I would mostly have to let people go."

At that time, the two sides would have a grudge, and Martial Brother Chen would naturally hate Ruan Ci in his heart. At this time, the chess player could improve Martial Brother Chen's cultivation in many ways, and even let him establish a Golden Core one step ahead of Li Pingyan. In this way, when Li Pingyan's master returns to the mountain, he needs to choose between two disciples with completely opposite positions. Which disciple he chooses to cultivate shows his own inclination toward which force. If there is only one promising disciple, Li Pingyan, and he is on good terms with Ruan Ci, and he has no inclination himself, and even needs someone to help him improve his cultivation or even promote to Grotto-Heaven, then it is natural to lean toward the Purple Void Heaven.

Ruan Ci deduced from this step that Li Pingyan's master's lineage is probably a neutral faction that has not attached itself to the two major True Persons of the Shangqing Sect, Xu and Li, and therefore it is worth the Purple Void Heaven placing pieces to win over. From Li Pingyan's experience, one can also see clues. In this generation of disciples, no one looks after the newcomers among the senior brothers and sisters, which shows that the talents of this lineage are indeed a bit withered. The disciples of this lineage, just because of an accidental cause and effect connection with Sheng Sect disciples, became tools for fighting. If Martial Brother Chen hadn't died, in the future cultivation path, he might have been manipulated several times to deepen the grudge with Ruan Ci, making the two sides even more irreconcilable, so as to make this lineage even more divided.

This was originally a meticulous conspiracy, but Ruan Ci actually brought the Tiger Servant out, enough to suppress the young scholar, and was ruthless. For the sake of a Flying Bear, she killed nine people at the beginning of the dispute. This matter is probably far beyond the expectation of the chess player. Ruan Ci thought of this, couldn't help but smile sweetly, and stopped mentioning Martial Brother Chen, and chatted with Li Pingyan, "Martial Brother Li, you will also go out to find external medicine in a few days, right? If your master returns to the sect within those decades and leaves in a hurry, wouldn't you miss it even more?"

Cultivators need external medicine to combine when they promote from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core. Ruan Ci didn't know what the rules of the Jin Bo Sect were and whether the sect provided external medicine, so she asked this question. Li Pingyan also said, "It should be. My Foundation Establishment sixth layer is almost full, and my lifespan is still far away. If the opportunity is suitable, traveling and practicing at the same time, finding the three external medicines, it should be almost full at the eighth layer, and I can prepare to establish a Golden Core."

It seems that he has also made extraordinary progress in the past twenty years and has begun to prepare for the Golden Core establishment. Ruan Ci was not surprised. In fact, she also carried a Golden Core external medicine this time, intending to use it as a reward for asking Li Pingyan to do things. Just as she was about to mention it to Li Pingyan, Li Pingyan said again, "However, a few days ago, the Sect Master sent a message, asking me to practice with peace of mind in the mountain, and not to go out if there is nothing to do. He will naturally send me the Golden Core external medicine. I haven't thought about how to reply to the Sect Master's kindness."

Ruan Ci thought for a while and smiled, "This might be the compensation given to you by the Sect Master. It seems that the Sect Master has a gentle temperament and doesn't want to expand the dispute. I am ignorant and made a big fuss in the Green Jade Hall, but he didn't take it to heart. Instead, he knew that Martial Brother Li had been wronged."

Li Pingyan smiled slightly and said, "Not bad, the Sect Master has the most peaceful temperament. This time, he ordered the relocation of a few sect members, and there are also generous rewards. Impartial, it makes people feel very moved and admired."

Ruan Ci laughed loudly, took out a Universe Bag and handed it to Li Pingyan, "The Sect Master is so generous, he will finish rewarding no matter how many treasures he has in his hands. If he only finds medium-quality ones when looking for those precious medicines for you, what should he do? Quality is the most important thing for Golden Core external medicine—although it may not be so, it is better to be more prepared. I have a 'Endless Wind' here, which is a precious medicine commonly used by cultivators to establish Golden Core. My master loves me the most and gave me a lot. I will share some with you, Martial Brother. It is best if you can use it. If you can't use it, you can also exchange it with others for some good things."

In fact, Li Pingyan's meaning, just from the fact that he is not very willing to listen to the Sect Master's arrangements, can be seen very clearly. Ruan Ci's words are already too straightforward. The Jin Bo Sect Master is naturally a direct disciple of the Great Elder. They are right next to the Great Elder. Ruan Ci dares to arrange the Sect Master like this, which shows how arrogant the Sheng Sect disciples are.

Li Pingyan raised his eyebrows, didn't refuse, took the Universe Bag and threw it into his sleeve, and smiled, "There is no reason to go to the Three Treasures Hall without anything. Junior Sister Ci suddenly visited, and gave me beautiful things. I think there must be something to send."

Ruan Ci said, "I came here to tell you two things. The first is about Fellow Daoist Sengxiu. That day when I came out of the Hengze Heaven, I originally wanted to ask you to take me to find the high monk of the Wugou Sect and return him. But before I had time, that terrible change happened. Later, I placed him in the guest house of our Shangqing Sect. It has been twenty years without any movement, and I am afraid it is also more ominous than auspicious."

Both of them couldn't help but feel a little sad. Li Pingyan said, "Are you thinking of asking me to return him to the Wugou Sect? If I go out to find medicine, it's on the way."

Ruan Ci originally planned to do this, so she brought Sengxiu out. But at this time, so many changes have occurred, whether Li Pingyan will go out has become a suspense, so she didn't hand over Sengxiu for the time being. Li Pingyan asked what the second thing was. Ruan Ci rolled her eyes and smiled, "I'm going to see a friend tonight, and I'll tell you after I see him."

She came to find Li Pingyan as a guest, and the sect naturally arranged a guest house. Otherwise, Li Pingyan, a Foundation Establishment disciple, could not entertain so many Golden Core guests in his cave dwelling. If the Tiger Servant and others were really allowed to sleep in the wind and drink the dew, the Jin Bo Sect would inevitably become a laughing stock. Therefore, after chatting with Li Pingyan for a long time, she returned to the perfect place to rest. Ruan Ci rested in the quiet room for a few hours, only feeling that the perception in her heart was getting stronger, so she took the Tiger Servant and flew out of the mountain gate, and ordered, "Uncle Hu, wait for me in front of the array."

She stood in mid-air, the wind passed through her hair, blowing the bells and pendants, her sleeves fluttering, ethereal and immortal. She stood in the wind and dew for a while, suddenly showed a smile, turned her head and shouted, "Husband, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Qu Qu Tan Yue shook his feather fan lightly, walked out of the void, and smiled, "Eh, twenty years have passed, my wife has grown up a bit—this flying fairy bun is combed very beautifully."

He seemed to be very surprised, his eyebrows added a bit of special color, tender and affectionate, holding Ruan Ci and walking toward the mountains, "Go, let's go and see the black and white Flying Bear you were thinking about at the Yiyun Ferry."

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, everyone. I will send you yesterday's red envelope in the afternoon, don't worry, everyone~

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