The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 34 The Great Purge of Luofu Immortal City

Elder Chu sat upright in the main hall, Zhao Cangwu stood with his hands at his sides, and Elder Lu stood on the other side with Qinghe.

Zhao Jian lay motionless on the ground, clearly the poison had seeped into his veins.

Elder Chu suddenly asked Qinghe, "Can you cure this poisoned needle?"

Qinghe was stunned for a moment. Old Lu gave her a look, and Qinghe realized that he was asking her, "Reporting to the elder, this disciple can answer."

"Then you should remove the needle from that boy first."

"Yes."

Qinghe then swallowed another Qi-restoring pill, gathered her magical power in her hand, and began to remove the poison needle from Zhao Jian's body.

The poison needles were as thin as hair, and there were seventy-two in total. In the final strike, a rain of flowers mixed with poison needles was shot out, and more than twenty of them entered Zhao Jian's body.

The poisoned needles moved along the meridians, and even Zhao Cangwu knew he couldn't save his grandson, which was why he had the intention to kill him. He never expected that a girl at the fourth level of Qi Refining could actually save him.

Elder Chu remained silent throughout, as if he hadn't seen He clearly, but he was perfectly aware of the methods she used.

Two cups of tea had already been drunk, but Qinghe still hadn't finished removing the poisoned needle. She swallowed another Qi-restoring pill, closed her eyes to rest, and when she opened them again, green light shot from her eyes as she carefully examined Zhao Jian's body, clearly searching for the poisoned needle that was moving along his meridians.

Elder Lu was dumbfounded. He couldn't even do this technique. This disciple of his really had a lot of secrets.

Elder Chu clearly noticed Elder Lu's expression and knew in his heart that Luofu Mountain did not have such a healing technique, so this girl must have some background.

After Qinghe removed the last poisoned needle, she counted the number and, finding none missing, breathed a sigh of relief. She was drenched in sweat and could only force herself to use her Rejuvenation Technique to draw out the toxins from Zhao Jian's body.

Zhao Jian slowly woke up and was startled to see Qinghe beside him.

Qinghe walked to her master's side and sat down cross-legged to meditate. Retrieving the needles actually consumed more magical power and mental energy than fighting.

Elder Chu glanced at Zhao Cangwu, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Cangwu lowered his head meekly and said, "Indeed, I was reckless and almost caused a disaster!"

Elder Chu slammed the covered teacup on the coffee table. "You haven't said a single word about bullying men and women!"

Zhao Cangwu broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that Elder Chu's sudden appearance was because Old Man Lu had gone to the inner sect to seek help.

"Elder Chu must have misunderstood. My grandson did not do anything outrageous. Challenging the merchant to seize the jade token is in accordance with the sect's rules."

"Considering your years of managing the outer sect, I originally wanted to give you a chance, but you insisted on humiliating me. I think you should give up your position as the chief elder of the outer sect and go to the inner sect's affairs hall immediately for further judgment."

Two masked cultivators in black suddenly appeared behind Zhao Cangwu. They were clearly spies from the inner sect of Luofu Mountain, and had been waiting in the hall for some time.

Knowing that further arguing was pointless, Zhao Cangwu dejectedly followed the two inner sect deacons away.

Zhao Jian had just managed to get up when he saw the Hall of Deacons taking the old ancestor away. He knew he had really messed things up this time, and he was on the verge of tears.

Elder Chu didn't even bother to look at him, waving his hand to tell Zhao Jian to get lost. Zhao Jian staggered away, unaware that his home had already been surrounded by the Inner Sect's Hall of Affairs.

After dealing with the grandfather and grandson, Elder Chu glanced at Old Lu again and said, "Your disciple is not bad."

Old Lu beamed with joy, "Thank you for the compliment, Elder Chu!"

"Did you teach me the technique for removing the needle?"

Old Lu then realized that he had dug a hole for himself. "Reporting to the elder, my apprentice already possessed skills when he came to me. I was forced into a corner by Zhao Jian and had no other choice but to seek my protection."

"Her ability to remove the poisoned needle shows she's not a bad person, and her aptitude is indeed quite good. But you only consider aptitude and not background when accepting disciples. Is it so easy to get into Mount Luofu?"

Qinghe had almost caught her breath and naturally realized that Elder Chu was questioning her background. Having no other choice, she could only resort to the excuse Jiang Yuan had taught her.

She never mentioned that she came from Wuling County, but only said that she was from the Cui family of Qinghe. Her family fell into poverty when she was young, and she was sold into slavery. Fortunately, she was rescued by her husband, and they became husband and wife to repay his kindness.

Later, a vengeful ghost appeared in their home. A wandering cultivator from the martial world came to kill the ghost and saw that the couple had the potential to cultivate Taoism. He then took them in as disciples and taught them Taoist methods, thus embarking on the path of cultivation.

Elder Chu remained noncommittal. "How old are you?"

"Twenty-one years old (by Chinese reckoning)."

What a pity! In Elder Chu's eyes, being only at the fourth level of Qi Refining at the age of twenty-one meant he had no future and could only waste his time in the outer sect.

The martial arts techniques of wandering cultivators are always diverse, including all sorts of strange and unusual things. Unless they are spies from Qingcheng Mountain, they are not worth investigating.

Elder Chu had been investigating the outer sect for many days, and even without today's incident, Zhao Cangwu would not have been able to continue as the chief elder of the outer sect.

However, Elder Chu did not agree with Lao Lu's handling of the matter. Indulging his disciples in a vicious fight was a disgrace to Luofu Mountain. If Qinghe hadn't removed the poison needle, he wouldn't have let Lao Lu off so easily.

Old Lu's lifespan is nearing its end, and he will never be able to advance to the Golden Core stage. Moreover, he is all alone and has no offspring. Being an outer sect elder is his limit. Elder Chu is not suppressing Zhao Cangwu because of his reputation.

Zhao Cangwu was demoted to guard a spirit stone mine on the coast, a place that several sects were vying for, and there was bound to be fighting. He might be killed at any time.

All of Zhao's descendants were expelled from Mount Luofu. Without Zhao Cangwu's protection, the merchants who had been bullied by the Zhao family in the past were naturally plotting how to beat them when they were down.

The Luofu Immortal Market Management Office also replaced dozens of people and recovered more than a dozen jade pendants, all of which belonged to those who sold counterfeit and shoddy goods through connections. As soon as the news came out, hundreds of merchants applauded.

A cultivator surnamed Cheng was parachuted into Luofu Mountain from the inner sect to serve as the chief elder of the outer sect. Naturally, he was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who had no hope of forming a Golden Core and whose lifespan was not long.

Elder Lu handled the matter discreetly, neither promoting nor demoting him, but his newly accepted disciple, Cui Qinghe, has already become a celebrity in the Immortal City.

Cui Qinghe made a desperate counterattack and defeated Zhao Jian. She then used magic to retrieve needles and save people at the management office. She was pushed to the limit twice, and that very night she showed signs of breaking through her cultivation level.

Jiang Yuan naturally took it very seriously. He set up an array in the small courtyard room and instructed Qinghe to go into seclusion for a few days and not to be impatient.

If one can open the Yangguan acupoint on the Du meridian, one will benefit immensely in the future.

When it came to cultivation, Qinghe naturally obeyed her every word.

Since obtaining the "Yi Mu Jing", Jingxuan has been studying it every day, but she has found that it has many contradictions with the cultivation method she originally practiced. If she were to change her cultivation method now, she would probably see her cultivation level drop, so she hesitated.

Jingxuan's original master was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment and died while carrying out a sect mission. Therefore, although Jingxuan was in the outer sect of Luofu Mountain, he was practically a rogue cultivator and had no one to guide him.

Jingxuan had wanted to discuss the "Yi Mu Jing" with Qinghe several times, but found that she had not come to Xianshi for six or seven days. He thought that she had been injured in the battle that day, so he went to visit her in the small courtyard of the military dependents' village outside Xianshi.

Qinghe had just emerged from seclusion, opened the Yangguan acupoint of the Du meridian, and sensed the innate essence, thus advancing to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Jingxuan felt no jealousy and sincerely congratulated Qinghe, after all, Qinghe's successful breakthrough gave her the confidence to change her cultivation method.

Jiang Yuan took the opportunity to discuss with Jing Xuan the possibility of entrusting the Immortal Market shop to Jing Xuan for management, saying that he and Qing He would both be going into seclusion.

Jingxuan originally wanted to go into seclusion to cultivate, so he found a trustworthy junior sister from the outer sect to help him sell pills.

Jiang Yuan naturally wanted to resolve his own spiritual vein problem.

There was no time to delay any longer. Qinghe was forced to face Zhao Jian and nearly met with disaster, which caused Jiang Yuan's mentality to waver.

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