Chapter 1197: Senior Brother Dai, We've Brought the Parties Back (Seeking Monthly Votes)

The Tiger Roar Martial Hall was personally built by Murong Daya, and he was very familiar with every brick and tile.

Clearly the martial hall is exactly the same as before, so why does it feel a bit off?

Never mind, I won't think about it anymore. Murong Daya could cultivate up to the Golden Core stage solely because of his carefree personality; if he couldn't figure something out, he just wouldn't think about it, and wouldn't make things difficult for himself.

"Senior, I discussed it with Old Meng, and we feel it's about time we left." Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou came to say goodbye to Murong Daya.

Although they still wanted to keep teaching at the martial hall, such a major event had occurred in Mu Xue City, so emotionally and logically they should return to the sect to report, and only these two brothers knew the full details of what happened.

Moreover, everyone in Mu Xue City now knows the identities of the two brothers, and staying here would only cause trouble for Murong Daya.

"Ah, you're leaving?" Murong Daya looked wistful. Though he knew Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou's identities, what left the deepest impression on him were still Little Lu Teacher and Little Meng Teacher.

"We'll come back to visit you again."

Murong Daya shook his head and smiled helplessly, taking it in stride: "What's there to see about me? You two are both very busy people; having this thought is enough."

He could already imagine the students' disappointed expressions when they found their teachers gone after the New Year, and at that time he would try to comfort the students.

Finding teachers of the same level is difficult; worst case, he could just become a teacher himself.

What Murong Daya didn't know was that Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and the three from Snow Ten Pavilion had sneaked into the students' dreams at night, one by one saying goodbye to the students, urging them to strengthen their training and not to slack off just because the teachers were gone, for what the teachers taught would be enough for them to use for a lifetime.

The students wept in their dreams, and upon waking their eye sockets were red and swollen, only then realizing this was not a dream.

Gong Che, Shi Yi, Fang Zhige, and Su Yuan were the most mature among them; when they realized that Lu Teacher was actually Lu Yang, they had already anticipated this outcome, but even when it truly happened, they still found it hard to accept.

"Though the Snow Emperor is gone, you can still be considered my successor. Are you willing to cultivate with me?" the Snow Emperor said sincerely. He had gone eighty thousand years without finding an heir to his mantle, but now with Snow Ten Pavilion as this fine seedling, he could properly nurture it.

"Willing!" Snow Ten Pavilion immediately kowtowed three times with loud knocks, offered tea to the Snow Emperor, which made the Snow Emperor laugh heartily.

Lu Yang recalled something and went to the backyard, seeing Old Ma just getting up from his exercise stand, packing and tidying up dried wild grass; once they left the Jibei, they wouldn't be able to eat this kind of grass anymore.

What Lu Yang recalled wasn't Old Ma, but the tree at his room's door.

Under the tree, he discovered Yang Chongdong's corpse, except the corpse was being gnawed by tree roots—or rather, digested?

Lu Yang was startled: how had this tree become so sinister?

"I just fed it a corpse of Luo Shi at the Foundation Establishment stage, and a corpse of Xiao Yao Ke at the Spirit Transformation stage."

"It should be that Leng Ningxiang's obsession dissipated, leaving an instinctive attachment to this tree." The Immortal Maiden analyzed, "It can also be considered that she and Yang Chongdong have always been together."

"Although it looks a bit sinister, after eating Yang Chongdong's corpse there's nothing else to worry about."

The more professional Si Ming also came to analyze: "This tree has already been counted as spirit-awakened, or rather, this is a kind of reincarnation, unrelated to past lives."

"When this tree gives birth to true spiritual intelligence, it will only be a completely new life."

Lu Yang roughly understood what was going on, but he cared more about another question: "Is there a threat to the martial hall?"

Si Ming shook his head: "No, if the martial hall properly nurtures this tree, before it grows legs and transforms into human form, it can always guard the martial hall."

"Then that's good."

……

"Did an earthquake happen in the Jibei?" Dai Bufan received the intelligence just delivered and was utterly puzzled.

Since the Jibei is vast and sparsely populated, and relatively closed off, he rarely paid attention to matters there.

But even if he rarely paid attention, he knew the Jibei had never experienced an earthquake.

"Senior Brother Dai, we're back."

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, these two meritorious officials, returned triumphantly, pulled by Old Ma as they and a cartload of immortals flew back desperately.

Although they gained a lot in the Jibei, no matter how great, they were still disciples of the Questioning Dao Sect, and Dai Bufan's junior brothers; having gained something in the outside world, they should report to Dai Bufan.

"You two came back from the Jibei?"

Dai Bufan was surprised, seeing Lu Yang and the two with their joyful smiles, which reminded him of how Sweet Junior Sister looked when she returned from the Demon Realm, indicating she had achieved success in cultivation and gained much there.

"Looks like you two gained quite a bit in the Jibei?"

"Senior Brother Dai's judgment is spot-on!" Lu Yang gave a thumbs-up, sincerely praising.

"Go on, tell me what you did in the Jibei."

Listening to others' red dust experiences helps one's own cultivation; this is a principle Dai Bufan learned during his Void Refining stage, and it still applies now.

"Senior Brother Dai knows, we've always advocated low-key cultivation, red dust to mundane, so I and Old Meng chose to be teachers at a martial hall, teaching the students fist techniques..."

"The martial hall master's cultivation isn't high either, just early Golden Core stage, and he doesn't know our identities."

"The students are all ordinary people, of course, there are inevitably a few special ones among them..."

Dai Bufan nodded frequently as he listened; it sounded like that, and the Senior Martial Sister still said Lu Junior Brother went to the Jibei to temper himself, it seems the Senior Martial Sister also sometimes misjudges—Lu Junior Brother going to the Jibei was basically just going to live an ordinary life.

"Then the Unfeeling Sect's sect master Yang Chongdong just started fighting with the Mu Sect master and the Chi Sect master..."

Dai Bufan was about to nod when he suddenly stopped his head, lunged forward, and stared fixedly at the two good brothers.

"What did you just say?!"

Weren't we just talking about the class opening meeting? How did we jump to the Unfeeling Sect's sect master!

"We don't know either." Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou looked innocently at Dai Bufan; they really hadn't figured out how Yang Chongdong started fighting with Mu Baiyi.

"Maybe it's internal strife in the Demon Sect?" Meng Jingzhou guessed.

This is precisely why they came to find Dai Bufan to report their Jibei experiences; as righteous path cultivators, having encountered Demon Sect internal strife, this major righteous-demonic conflict, how could they possibly hide it?

"Please continue."

"... just like that, I and Old Lu fought Yang Chongdong, then my cultivation dropped, and Old Lu leapt to the Tribulation Crossing peak to continue fighting Yang Chongdong."

"... the Great Qian Dynasty's Si Ming and Immortal Jiu Chong just started fighting, and they fought until heaven collapsed and earth split."

Dai Bufan pondered, always feeling he had missed a segment.

How did it go from teaching ordinary people fist techniques to leaping into immortal battles?

Other Void Refining stage cultivators either cultivate amidst the red dust or fight to nurture combat; how are you two nurturing combat through the red dust?

"Lu Junior Brother defeated Yang Chongdong; where is Yang Chongdong now?"

When asked this question, Lu Yang felt a bit embarrassed: "I want to say his corpse was eaten by a tree—do you believe me?"

「……」

Lu Yang raised his hammer: "I just knew senior brother you wouldn't believe me, so we brought the person involved here."

"I'm telling you, it wasn't easy to get him here—even the eldest senior sister took action."

"The person involved?"

Lu Yang turned and opened the door, respectfully welcoming Immortal Jiu Chong.

"This is the first ascendant of ancient times, Immortal Jiu Chong Venerable!"

Immortal Jiu Chong is a very polite person, aware that the Cultivation Realm is vast and customs vary across regions; upon arriving at the Questioning Dao Sect, one must follow its customs, and to reside there for a period requires registration.

He paced into the room, revealing a gentle smile: "You may call me Immortal Jiu Chong……uh, why did he faint?"

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