Chapter 23: 【Visiting Relatives and Investigating Secretly, Joining the Herb Garden】 (Seeking recommendation votes)

It was naturally impossible for the two of them to fly back with swords; that would definitely lead to being robbed.

They first arrived in Wushi Prefecture, then waited for a few days, followed a caravan from the City Lord's Mansion to another prefecture city, and then changed to follow another caravan.

Caravans were willing to have more cultivators accompany them, as this would increase safety significantly.

Just like this, half a month later, they arrived at the sect station of the Ziyao Immortal Sect.

The Immortal Sect governed one hundred and seventy-three prefectures, and the sect station was located within the "Ziguang Prefecture" in the central region.

This was a place where spirit veins converged, full of spirit Qi, and the vast majority of the powerful cultivation families under the Immortal Sect's rule were also located within this prefecture.

Returning to the Immortal Sect, he went to the Outer Sect office to submit the task document.

Such a long-term task of guarding for twenty years exchanged for a generous amount of contribution points for him; with these contribution points, he could not do tasks for a year and just stay in the sect to cultivate.

Of course, the place where he cultivated was just a small hut at the foot of the mountain, and the spirit Qi was not rich.

After submitting the task, Lu Chengtong didn't go directly to the Herb Garden, but left the sect first and came to the Yuanzhi Zhou where Cheng Tongru's family was located, and found Cheng Tongru's home.

At the beginning, the two agreed that if the other died, they would help each other take care of their families.

What's more, he was now using Cheng Tongru's identity, so it was only right to go home and visit.

Cheng Tongru's family, except for himself, were all mortals.

His parents were still alive, he was the fourth in the family, had an older sister, two older brothers, and a younger sister and a younger brother below.

Now the men in the family had all married and had children, and the women had married out; living a mundane life, it was quite happy.

Cheng Tongru became an Immortal Sect disciple, although he had no status in the Immortal Sect, taking anything to his family was enough for the whole family to live a wealthy life for a lifetime.

This time Lu Chengtong came back, he only left a little wealth.

And he didn't leave much, not even a single spirit stone.

Mortals possessing spirit stones would one hundred percent bring disaster; now their life was quite good, not getting involved in the disputes of the cultivation world, living a life without illness or disaster, and being able to die of old age, this was the greatest blessing.

He only stayed at home for ten days before separating again; after all, immortals and mortals were different.

On the way back to the sect, he secretly changed direction and headed towards the adjacent Luyang Prefecture.

Lu Chengtong and Cheng Tongru became friends partly because the two prefectures they came from were adjacent.

This time, coming here to visit relatives was one thing to fulfill his promise, and the other was to take the opportunity to return to his ancestral land to search for some clues.

He took advantage of the night to come to Chanyun Mountain and found that the original Lu family mansion here had been razed, and a new, smaller mansion had been built, with the words "Liu Mansion" written on the plaque.

What kind of strength, what kind of mansion; this rebuilt courtyard was much smaller than the original Lu family, indicating that its own foundation was far inferior to the Lu family's.

It was estimated that it should be a family with only Qi Refining Realm cultivators or only one or two Foundation Establishment True Persons.

Lu Chengtong caught several servants in succession, checked their memories with the 【Soul-Bewitching Soul-Seizing】 supernatural power, and confirmed the origin of this Liu family.

At that time, the Lu family was at its peak, and various families in the Tongyue Prefecture were attached to it, sending their daughters to the Lu family to become in-laws.

The Liu family was one of them.

After the Lu family was destroyed, although most of the wealth was taken away, the things left behind were still a huge fortune.

Not to mention anything else, just the spirit fields on Chanyun Mountain were a generous industry.

Several families that were originally attached to the Lu family began to fight for them, and the final result was that this Liu family won.

Lu Chengtong didn't care about the Lu family's remaining property; after understanding the inside story, he came to the place where the spirit fields were located.

Of course, there were people guarding here, but these people's cultivation was only at the Qi Refining Realm; with Lu Chengtong's supernatural power, he easily hallucinated them, let them fall asleep, and they wouldn't realize they had just fallen asleep after waking up.

He came to the location of the wooden house where the heads of the family had lived for generations, calculated the time, and unleashed the 【Round Light Image Projection】 supernatural power to project the scene of the past.

He searched three times and finally determined an accurate period of time.

Immediately after, he saw the previous head of the family, Lu Wuzhen, leading his clansmen to fight, saw the scene of Lu Wuzhen dying, and also saw the face of that Golden Core Master, remembering his aura.

With hatred pressed in the bottom of his heart, Lu Chengtong noticed a key piece of information.

This person knew of the existence of the supernatural power Dao seed!

He must have used soul searching on the Lu clansmen.

Analyzing from the current situation, this person didn't get the Dao seed; as a result, those Lu family disciples in the Immortal Sect were very likely all captured and killed by this person for the purpose of obtaining the Dao seed.

But he still failed.

The secret of the Dao seed lay in the Treasure Mirror.

Although the culprit of everything seemed clear now, Lu Chengtong didn't arbitrarily think that there was only this one murderer.

Regarding those victimized clansmen in the sect, he needed to investigate further.

After calming his mood, Lu Chengtong left this place.

After he left, it was as if nothing had happened; whether it was for those servants or the cultivators guarding the spirit fields, it was just a trance.

Returning to Yuanzhi Zhou, he returned to the sect through the way of following the prefecture city caravan.

This trip back and forth took a month and a half.

Holding the document given by Pei Yuan, Lu Chengtong came to the Youzhi Valley where the Herb Garden was located; after waiting for someone to report, he met one of the deacons here, Pei Zhang.

Pei Zhang was Pei Yuan's younger cousin, much younger, only over one hundred and fifty years old; although he was also at the Foundation Establishment early-stage, he had already reached the perfection stage and had a much brighter future than Pei Yuan.

He wore a greenish Dharma robe, his hair bun was neat and tidy, and he looked like a middle-aged man of fifty.

Lu Chengtong briefly described his relationship with Pei Yuan and then presented the document with both hands.

Pei Zhang finished reading the document and laughed at Lu Chengtong:

"So that Baiyuan Fruit tree from the east was discovered by you. Coincidentally, it was just transported back and planted in the Herb Garden three days ago. Since that's the case, you will continue to be responsible for taking care of it."

Lu Chengtong was stunned; he didn't expect that the thing he originally wanted to leave for the White Ape would return to his side after turning around, but the White Ape had left.

"Thank you, Elder." Lu Chengtong said respectfully.

This address of his made Pei Zhang very satisfied; with such an address, he was actively treating himself as a nephew, more intimate, and quite intent on relying on him.

The Herb Garden was managed by four deacons and one elder; the four deacons belonged to three forces, and Lu Chengtong was introduced by him, so he was his person.

Lu Chengtong addressed him this way, representing that he also understood his status; he was indeed a smart person, just as his older brother had said.

"I heard that you are also an alchemist. With your aptitude, being able to get started on your own, you indeed have some talent in this aspect. Continue to work hard in the future; if you achieve something one day, you might be able to enter the Spirit Herb Peak to work."

Spirit Herb Peak was the place specializing in alchemy, the richest mountain peak in the sect; the laborer disciples working there were all a circle fatter than the laborer disciples of other peaks, which was truly a good place to yearn for.

Lu Chengtong heard this and had some calculations in his heart, thanked him again, and then followed Pei Zhang into it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====