Inside a secluded chamber within the Jade Void Palace, on the spotless white jade floor lay a fiery red meditation mat carved from red jade. A beautiful young girl with bright eyes and pearly whites, dressed in Daoist attire, sat upright on the mat, her hands clasped together at her chest, assuming the standard posture for practicing Qi.
If Zhou Qing were here, he would have definitely discovered that this girl was none other than Ling Ruoshui, the one he had rescued from Sanqi Taro and then fooled again in Las Vegas.
At this time, the top of Ling Ruoshui's head was surrounded by misty clouds, and those misty clouds had five colors, in the shape of a lotus flower, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing. Every half an hour, the five-colored misty clouds became thicker, and the color became clearer and brighter. The spiritual energy around him gradually entered his body, transformed into five-colored misty clouds, floating on top of his head. After a long time, the five-colored misty clouds finally solidified, no longer drifting, and stably formed three fist-sized, five-colored lotus flowers with radiant light. Taking a deep breath, the three lotus flowers slowly entered Ling Ruoshui's Tianling and disappeared.
Ling Ruoshui's entire body was flashing with a fine, clear light, and his eyes were shining even brighter. His gaze seemed to have substance, clearly indicating that his powers had made great progress. With a soft cry, Ling Ruoshui suddenly rose into the air, his hands waving, as five streams of immortal energy shot out, each over a foot long, thick as a teacup, and colored a deep blue, shooting towards the white jade floor.
"Again, you're causing trouble!" A green figure flashed into the room, and suddenly there was an additional person wearing a green robe, with a youthful face like a crane's, and skin as smooth as a baby's. The old Taoist rubbed his hands together, and a gentle breeze blew over, silently and quietly blowing onto the five surging columns of light. Without any sound, the seemingly indestructible pillars were blown apart by the breeze, dispersing into tiny green powder that scattered across the white jade floor before disappearing without a trace.
"This Jade Void Palace was opened by our Kunlun Ancestor, the Primordial Heavenly Lord. It is a supreme immortal mansion to commemorate the ancestor's supreme divine powers. In this Jade Void Palace, it is forbidden to use magical techniques. Have you forgotten?" The old Taoist scolded Ling Ruoshui.
"Master! Why are you shouting so loudly, you scared me to death! I completely forgot for a moment!" Ling Ruoshui whispered to the old Taoist. This old Taoist was none other than the current head of Kunlun, with the Daoist name Qianji Zi. His cultivation was truly profound and unfathomable. Alongside Shu Mountain's elder Lingxu Daoren, Miao Mountain's Kaiyang Daoren, Dragon Tiger Mountain's Daoyi Tian Shi, and Tibet's Living Buddha, he was known as one of the Five Great Masters of the world. It was said that Qianji Zi's cultivation ranked first among them, only a single step away from breaking through to the realm of Xianren, where the physical body would no longer die.
However, Qianji Zi's cultivation was high and profound, and he couldn't help but shake his head at his disciple. His originally calm eyes suddenly shone brightly as he carefully examined Ling Ruoshui, then exclaimed with delight: "Good! Your talent is indeed not bad, you've grasped the first volume of the Shangqing Zifuchen so quickly! Although the spiritual energy in this Yuexu Palace is a hundred times thicker than outside, it's still rare." Qianji Zi continued to stroke his half-foot-long beard under his chin, nodding in praise.
"Master, I haven't got a flying sword yet. I want one just like my brother's. It looks so cool when he flies with his sword!" Seeing the old Daoist nodding in agreement, Ling Ruoshui took advantage of the situation to make demands.
"The Xian repair is a side door, the progress is fast, the lethality is also great, slightly careless, it will hurt people and oneself, and the foundation is very unstable. When you cultivate to a high place, the probability of going crazy is very large. In those years, your brother was eager for quick success, so I passed on the Liu Lan sword and the Xian repair method to him. You don't need to learn it anymore. The cultivators value a calm and peaceful mind, what's the point of learning such a heavy killing technique?" Dry machine son preached, but looking at Ling Ruo Shui's appearance, it was likely that he had already forgotten what he just heard.
"I don't care, I want to fly with my sword." Ling Ruoshui, seeing that extortion didn't work, immediately clung to Gan Ji Zi and coquettishly asked for pampering.
"Even if you had a flying sword, it wouldn't work! Your current skills are only at the mid-to-late stage of Qi gathering. You're still short by just a little bit. Moreover, the Upper Clear Purple Mansion Immortal Technique I taught you is a secret transmission from my Kunlun sect. Even your brother didn't receive this transmission, and compared to the Sword Cultivation Method, it's countless times more profound. The technique is extremely exquisite, containing the Earth Shrinking Technique of 'Phoenix Soars for a Thousand Miles, Potentate Contracts the Land'. If you cultivate it to a high level, you can traverse thousands of miles in an instant, far surpassing the Flying Sword Technique."
"Master! I don't want this flying sword, but can you give me a powerful treasure to protect myself? This time I was ambushed by that little devil, it's not because I didn't have any treasures to defend myself." Ling Ruoshui's eyes rolled around in circles, seeing that acting cute wasn't working, she came up with another plan.
"It's like this, but how did you manage to escape later? Although that little demon's magic is not orthodox, there are also formidable figures. You said someone saved you, who exactly was it? Why don't you say clearly which sect or school they belong to? They must be no ordinary person! Hurry up and go thank them tomorrow." Upon hearing Ling Ruoshui say this, Gan Jizi's heart became filled with doubts.
As soon as Ling Ruoshui mentioned this matter, Zhou Qing was so angry that he itched to the root of his teeth. Now, hearing Gan Jizi say that he had to go and thank him himself, he almost burst with rage. However, he couldn't lose his temper in front of Gan Jizi, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Fine, I'll go down the mountain and 'thank' that person properly!"
"By the way, Master, do you know that our sect has a Tian Dao Sect?" Ling Ruoshui suddenly thought of it. He had come to the mountain to ask his master to teach him immortal techniques, which was to increase his power and then go find trouble with Zhou Qing. However, now he remembered that he didn't even know what kind of person Zhou Qing was. He vaguely remembered that Zhou Qing seemed to have said that he was the sect leader of Tian Dao Sect. But he didn't know what kind of sect Tian Dao Sect was or where its mountain gate was located. So he asked Qian Jizi.
Who would have thought that the Tian Dao Sect was actually fabricated by Zhou Qing himself, and had not yet spread in the cultivation world? This Qianji Zi, although knowledgeable and well-informed about Taoist magic, Buddhist secrets, demonic arts, magical powers, and even Western magic, also had no idea about this Tian Dao Sect.
"I've never heard of such a sect! There's only the Five Elements Sect, the Pure Yang Sect, the Yin Symbol Sect, and the Qimen Dunjia Sect! How can the Cultivation World have a Tian Dao Sect?" The old Taoist muttered to himself, completely without the demeanor of a first-rate master.
Ling Ruoshui saw Qianji Laodao muttering to himself and suddenly remembered some clues, asking: "Hey, Master! Is there any sect that is particularly good at array techniques, such as the Five Elements Maze Array?"
"A sect skilled in array techniques? Array techniques are a way of borrowing the power of heaven and earth to achieve things, and do not place much emphasis on one's own cultivation. Therefore, sects that focus on array techniques have long since declined. Now, the only sect skilled in array techniques is the Qimen Dunjia Sect. Could it be that they saved you? However, from your tone, you sound like a young person. This Qimen Dunjia Sect may be mysterious and secretive in the cultivation world, but I, as a master, have connections with several of its elder leaders, and they are all old men, not young people! This Five Elements Maze Array is also not a particularly impressive array technique, and there are many in the cultivation world who know it. It must be some young genius from another sect."
