Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 27 The Divine Pen

When Yun Yi woke up, he found himself leaning against a tree, with Fang Yuan's sword at his side. The aroma of medicine still lingered in his mouth, and he immediately realized that he had been rescued.

The pill tastes bitter yet sweet, with the fragrance of osmanthus. It should be a life-saving pill of extraordinary grade.

The Life-Rescuing Pill is a specialty of the Fuyao Sect's Danmai. Looking at the man and woman not far away, who were also wearing the uniforms of Fuyao Sect disciples, Yun Yi finally felt relieved.

No matter how ruthless the world of cultivation might be, those of the righteous path were at least easier to get along with than those of the demonic sect. Furthermore, the fact that this pair of disciples were willing to use a priceless elixir to treat a stranger showed their pure nature.

As expected of a man who has lived two lives, he was able to judge his current situation with just a few clues.

Xun Ziyu was the first to notice Yun Yi's movements and asked with concern, "Brother, are you awake?"

Yun Yi stood up, reluctantly shouldered the Fangyuan Sword, and saluted, saying, "My name is Yun Yi. Thank you both for saving my life. May I ask your names?"

Xun Ziyu quickly returned the greeting, "It wouldn't be called a life-saving favor. Your physique is very strong, and you'll be able to wake up after a while of rest. I'm Xun Ziyu from the Fuyao Sect, and this is my junior sister Qi Ling'er."

People of the right path like to introduce themselves by telling their origins and taking the initiative to state where they come from. This can be considered a unique way of greeting in the world of cultivation.

Qi Ling'er didn't seem to care about the rules. She chattered, "Brother Yun, are you a sword cultivator or a physical cultivator? Is that big piece of iron your magic weapon? How did it make such a big hole?!"

Faced with the barrage of questions, Yun Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Can I ask first where this place is?"

Xun Ziyu replied, "Cuiwei Mountain is less than a hundred miles away from Fuyao Sect."

"It actually flew so far?!" Yun Yi said in surprise, thinking that this was bad. He had originally agreed with Zhuque to meet in Crescent City, but now he was taken thousands of miles away by the Green Lotus Sword Intention. It would probably take some time to go back.

Qi Ling'er asked curiously, "Did you fly here?"

Yun Yi replied, "To be honest, I was actually in the northwest desert, but a storm suddenly blew up there, and I had no choice but to fly away on my sword. I never thought I would get so far."

Unexpectedly, Xun Ziyu was not surprised after hearing this. Instead, he said solemnly, "The Sect Leader discovered a large-scale abnormal movement in the ground veins in the northwest when he was observing the qi today. It seems to be the direction of Crescent Moon City."

"That storm is related to the leyline movement?"

"That's right, and it has far-reaching implications. Even here, we've discovered abnormalities in the ground veins, which is why the two of us were ordered down the mountain to investigate."

Yun Yi was no stranger to the anomalies of the earth's veins. In his previous life, there was an organization called the "Futian Pavilion" that remained relatively secretive, but once it emerged, it caused a huge stir in the world of cultivation.

To be precise, Yun Yi's fall from the cliff in his previous life was also inextricably linked to Futian Pavilion.

However, he had no impression of Cuiwei Mountain.

He did remember something about the Fuyao Sect. This sect was divided into Dan Pavilion, Jian Pavilion and Shu Pavilion. The disciples of the three pavilions were good at healing, attacking and magic respectively.

Later, for some unknown reason, Shu Ge committed a crime and Song Xinci was so angry that he directly killed the elder of the sect.

Unfortunately, Yun Yi couldn't remember the specific reason. After all, Song Xinci's relationship with him was cold at that time, and it was impossible for her to tell him the reason for anything she did.

Xun Ziyu's voice suddenly came: "Brother Yun?"

Yun Yi suddenly came back to his senses and apologized, "Sorry, I was just thinking about the storm."

"Since you're from the desert, I want to ask you about someone."

"who?"

Qi Ling'er interrupted, "His name is Sang Jing. He's a disciple of the Fuyao Sect's Book Pavilion. He's in his forties and looks a bit old. He went back to Crescent City to visit his family a while ago, but suddenly we lost contact and he hasn't returned yet."

Yun Yi shook his head: "To be honest, I'm also new to cultivation, and I've never seen a Fuyao Sect disciple dressed like you two."

Xun Ziyu sighed, "Alas, Ling'er's master and I had a divination, and he said that Senior Brother Sang has been killed."

The Fuyao Sect's Book Pavilion, the murdered disciples, and the divine pen?

Yun Yi's eyes suddenly lit up. He reached into his arms and pretended to take out the magic pen from the Sumeru Ring.

"You guys take a look at this first."

Seeing this, Qi Ling'er snatched it away and took a closer look, and found that there was indeed a "mulberry" character engraved on the end of the brush.

She said excitedly, "It's Brother Sang's stuff. Have you seen him?!" Xun Ziyu's face flushed with excitement, and he asked nervously, "How is he?"

Yun Yi explained, "I haven't met your Senior Brother Sang, but I did meet a stinky beggar. He was fighting with a swordsman and he even used this brush to awaken a stone statue. It was quite impressive."

Qi Ling'er pressed on: "It's actually a divine spell! And then?"

"Then he died. I, a man who loves to take advantage of small gains, searched the stinking beggar's body to see if I could find anything useful. This brush was found during that search."

Naturally, the identities of Song Xinci and Zhuque could not be revealed, so Yun Yi could only use the words he had prepared in advance to get by.

"So you haven't met Senior Brother Sang either..." Qi Ling'er was about to cry, and Xun Ziyu could only touch his junior sister's head as a comfort.

He sighed and said, "The divine messenger in the library never leaves his pen. Since this pen has fallen into the hands of someone else, it means that Master's calculations were correct. Senior Brother must have passed away."

Seeing the genuine sadness between the two senior brothers and sisters, Yun Yi couldn't help but sigh that there was a difference between the righteous sect and the demonic sect. The demonic sect's members acted without scruples, and there were countless independent cultivators like the stinky beggar. This was also the reason why he was unwilling to follow Song Xinci to the demonic sect again.

Is it fun to engage in intrigue with a group of creatures that are neither human nor ghost?
In his previous life, Yun Yi was not a bloodthirsty person, and he never indulged in drinking, whoring or gambling, so the Demon Sect had no appeal to him.

Xun Ziyu did not doubt that Yun Yi had any connection with Senior Brother Sang's death. He just thought that his master's fortune-telling had never been accurate, but he did not expect that it was accurate this time.

Moreover, he is now quite grateful to Yun Yi and the mysterious swordsman. The latter avenged Senior Brother Sang, and the former was the benefactor who returned Senior Brother Sang's belongings.

He believed that if Yun Yi had bad intentions, he could have hidden the Divine Messenger Pen instead of giving it to himself and his junior sister.

Qi Ling'er wiped away her tears and said, "Then let's patrol the mountain quickly. After the patrol, we will go back and tell the leader the news."

Xun Ziyu nodded and said, "Okay."

After saying this, he bowed respectfully to Yun Yi, and Qi Ling'er followed suit.

"Xun Ziyu thanks Brother Yun!"

"Qi Ling'er thanks Brother Yun!"

Yun Yi quickly helped the two of them up while thinking about his next plan. He was just starting to practice cultivation and urgently needed a place with abundant spiritual energy and preferably someone to guide him.

In this world, being a free cultivator inevitably means being a villain, plundering the interests of ordinary people. The actions of the Demon Sect are also inconsistent with Yun Yi's own beliefs. In this sense, the righteous sect is the most suitable for him.

The Fuyao Sect was renowned in the righteous world, being one of the most prestigious sects for cultivating immortals, on par with the Qinglian Sect. Therefore, Yun Yi suddenly had an idea: if he could become a disciple of the Fuyao Sect, wouldn't that be a great opportunity to kill three birds with one stone?

The first is the Fuyao Sect's Dan Pavilion, which, as the name suggests, is good at refining pills, and can just refine the precious medicinal materials in the Xumi Ring.

The second is that the Fuyao Sect's Sword Pavilion is also helpful to Yun Yi's swordsmanship.

The third reason is that he was fed up with being with Song Xinci in his previous life, and this time he wanted to live again and find his own path.

So Yun Yi took the initiative to ask, "Actually, I have a favor to ask. Is your sect still accepting disciples?"

Xun Ziyu was stunned after hearing this, then he calculated and replied, "Our sect holds an entrance trial every four years, and the last one was exactly two years ago, so there should be no plans to accept disciples in the near future."

Qi Ling'er interrupted, "Brother Dazi, we can take Brother Yun to see the Sect Leader. I think Brother Yun is already at the Qi Refining Stage, so there's no need for him to compete with ordinary people for a spot."

Xun Ziyu nodded and said, "That makes sense, but our sect has very strict rules for accepting disciples, and we have secret methods to detect the cultivation level of the newcomers."

He looked meaningfully at the large piece of iron in Yun Yi's hand, which looked like a sword but was not a sword. His implication was that if Yun Yi's cultivation was not obtained through legitimate means, he would not only fail to become his disciple, but would also lose his life on the mountain.

Yun Yi naturally understood and said, "Don't worry, I just practiced swordsmanship with that swordsman for a while, and then I somehow completed the refining of essence into qi. I don't think she is from the Demon Sect, so it shouldn't be taboo."

In order to keep the secret, he could only mix Song Xinci and Monkey Sword Immortal together and make up a white lie.

Qi Ling'er counted on her fingers and said, "It just so happens that I'm a disciple of the Dan Pavilion, Senior Brother Xun is a disciple of the Shu Pavilion, and Big Brother Yun is a sword cultivator. The three of us can form a team."

Xun Ziyu was relieved when he heard this: "Alright, how about Brother Yun come with us to patrol the mountains, and then return to the sect after we finish this matter?"

Yun Yi smiled and said, "It's a deal."

Qi Ling'er also said: "It's a deal!"

(End of this chapter)