Uncle Jiu's Senior Brother

Maoshan Mountain, also known as Juqu Mountain and Difei Mountain, is located in Su Prefecture.

It is a famous mountain in Taoism, the birthplace of the Shangqing School of Taoism, the first blessed land, and is known as the Shangqing Sect Altar and the Eighth Cave Heaven.

Later, the three brothers Sanmao Zhenjun came here to practice Taoism and collect herbs to cure diseases and save lives. Later, people changed the name of Juqu Mountain to Sanmao Mountain, and finally to Maoshan.

At this time, Lu Li and Uncle Jiu arrived at the foot of Mount Maoshan.

It is autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the colors are colorful.

The fallen leaves in the forest float lightly to the ground, and nine mountain peaks stand between heaven and earth.

Different from Mount Qingcheng, Mount Maoshan has a sense of solemnity and majesty, which is the essence of Taoist culture.

Maoshan is a place that combines natural beauty and cultural charm.

Inheriting the ancient Taoist wisdom, this is Lu Li's second time here.

But I am still deeply attracted by the beauty and mystery of this place.

The disciples who were receiving them at the foot of the mountain bowed slightly when they saw Uncle Jiu and Lu Li, but they were not surprised.

The two of them went up the mountain and came to Wanfu Palace. They walked into the main hall and saw the head monk Qin Zhenren sitting in the hall with several elders, including Elder Cui from the Punishment Hall.

When Master Qin saw the two people entering the hall, he turned his head and looked at the elders, "Look, our Master Puji is back. He really made us old guys wait for so long."

"Maoshan disciple Lin Fengjiao (Lu Li) greets the headmaster! And greets the nine elders!"

Uncle Jiu and Lu Li first greeted the headmaster and the elders, and then Lu Li began to reply.

"Grandmaster, please let your disciple go."

Now every time Lu Li heard this name he felt embarrassed, he was only in his twenties.

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone in the hall laughed.

Everyone loves Lu Li very much. There are only a handful of people in the entire history of Maoshan who can become a Golden Core True Person at this age.

The existence of Lu Li means that the heritage of Maoshan will be protected for the next few hundred years.

Now the Maoshan disciples feel a lot more confident when they come down the mountain.

Elder Cui had a hot temper and hated to see the headmaster, Master Qin, showing off, so he interrupted the two people's chatter.

"Alright! Alright! I know you have a good relationship as grandparents, so stop showing off. Jiu, I called you here for a serious matter. Xiao Li is already a Golden Core Real Person, so he should be promoted to a higher level. That's why I called you here."

"Yes, normally Xiao Li will be promoted to the position of Grand Elder, in charge of the entire peak, and will take over my position in the future."

The head teacher, Master Qin, also interjected.

"You want me to be the grand elder? And the head teacher?" Lu Li pointed at himself. He was not the kind of person who would do such a thing.

If I manage all the disciples of a peak, I won't be able to pull the millstone myself. Besides, I have to travel, so I don't have the time.

The world is so big and there are so many things to see.

"Yes, you are the second Jindan Zhenren in Maoshan. Although you are the great elder, there is usually nothing for you to do."

The head monk Qin Zhenren saw that Lu Li was about to give up and quickly stopped him.

"Master, I am only in my twenties and I still need to travel. I don't have that much time to stay in the mountains on weekdays."

Lu Li talked about his biggest problem, which was that he was too young to stay.

"This?" The headmaster and several other elders looked at each other. Now Lu Li was the greatest reliance in dealing with the Zi Luo Sha Palace, and he really couldn't stay on the mountain for long.

Elder Cui shouted, "What's the big deal? Just put your name on the list. If that doesn't work, put your name on the list as an honorary elder. Then find someone else to be the elder and the two of you can manage it together."

After some thought, this was a good idea.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether Lu Li is the grand elder or not, but he must have a name on the headquarters list.

Otherwise, how could it be possible that such a famous Jindan Zhenren in the spiritual world would still be an ordinary disciple in his own sect?

Outsiders thought that there was a conflict between Maoshan and Lu Li.

"But who should we find to replace him? Currently, there is no one else in the late stage of foundation building in Maoshan except Elder Cui, the criminal law elder. But Elder Cui is in charge of the Criminal Law Hall.

"My master, my master is in the late stage of foundation building, and isn't my great uncle here too?"

Lu Li pulled Uncle Jiu over and started to sell the product to everyone. Uncle Jiu was confused by this and said, "What do you mean, just let me be the elder?"

How can I spend all the money I have saved in Maoshan? Even to have morning tea here, I have to travel dozens of miles away.

"Hmm? Yes, Ajiu, you are also in the late stage of foundation building." The master clapped his hands and laughed.

"Ajian is not available now. I still need him to help me manage the punishment hall."

Ever since he and Shi Jian carried out a mission together last time, Elder Cui felt that Shi Jian was the best choice to be in charge of the Punishment Hall.

Shi Jian, who has gotten rid of his inner demons, has become so hardened that he can break his son's legs, but most importantly, he remains loyal to Maoshan.

"Great! Ah Jiu is worthy of being my disciple. He can teach a disciple like Xiao Li, so he must be good too. It won't take a few more years. I estimate that in ten years, there will be three Jindan Zhenren guarding our Maoshan Mountain. Hahaha!"

Master Qin was extremely excited. This was from his own lineage. In the future, all his disciples and grandchildren, three generations, would be Jindan masters. That would be a great achievement.

The other elders also showed envious expressions. How could this not be from their own lineage? Look at how others teach.

"In that case, then, Ajiu, you will also receive the dharma ordination with Xiaoli, and you will be the elder of the Second Peak. Xiaoli will be the honorary elder of the main altar. Although he is an honorary elder, his authority is the same as that of the headmaster. What do you think, elders?"

After the head master finished speaking, he looked around with a lightning-like gaze.

Everyone understood that this basically confirmed the position of Young Master.

How could the elders dare to have any objections? If they had any objections, they would be going against the two Jindan Zhenren.

Is he still alive? And Lin Jiu is also in the late stage of foundation building.

His cultivation level is similar to that of others, so he is qualified to be an elder.

In the spiritual world, it all comes down to one’s cultivation level; all other things like seniority are secondary.

You, a mortal, just try to stop the foundation-building cultivators. If you provoke him, he will slap you to death.

In this way, everyone reached a consensus and the formal ceremony of Uncle Jiu and Lu Li’s ordination ceremony would be held seven days later.

After leaving the palace, Uncle Jiu began to complain about Lu Li, saying that he was not as free in Maoshan as he was in Renjia Town.

No matter what you do here, there will be a group of people staring at you. There are no restaurants or teahouses.

Lu Li quickly explained, "Master, just leave Renjia Town to Qiu Sheng. He will soon be a master anyway."

"You can achieve the Golden Elixir faster in Maoshan. There are so many things to do there. It will take a long time to cultivate. And you don't want me, at such a young age, to deal with a group of old Taoist priests every day."

There is no other way. For the sake of my disciple's freedom, I have no choice but to ask you to take over. I will find more good things for Uncle Jiu.

"Alas! It's already like this, forget it. We have to send a message to Qiu Sheng, Wen Cai, Hua Ling, and A Wei. Those who are willing to go up the mountain can come. Those who are not willing can just guard the charity cemetery and they won't starve."

Now that things have come to this, Uncle Jiu had no choice but to start making arrangements for the future, at least for those apprentices.

As time approached, news that Maoshan was going to give Lu Li a promotion began to spread.

All the nearby sects arrived early. It was an extremely rare event to be able to witness the Jindan Zhenren's ascension with one's own eyes. It could almost be said that it only happens once in a hundred years.

In the past hundred years, no one had been promoted to the Golden Core True Person.

The latest headmaster of Laoshan Shinto Temple entered the Jindan stage a hundred years ago.

There are only about 10 known Jindan-stage masters now, and the youngest is Qin Zhenren of Maoshan, who is over 260 years old.

However, this record was broken by his disciple's grandson. Lu Li is only 26 years old this year and has already reached the Golden Core Realm. He still has several hundred years to live.

Lu Li and Uncle Jiu also started fasting these days, and they had to do morning and evening exercises. Maoshan also started to build the altar.

The faces of the Maoshan disciples were all glowing, especially Mamadi, who was currently practicing in Maoshan.

Every day he brags to others that his nephew is a Golden Elixir True Man.

Once, Shi Jian happened to see this. He said, "Your uncle has not even reached the foundation-building stage yet. You don't practice well every day and just do useless things."

In the end, he was punished by Shi Jian to go into seclusion.

Mom was not afraid of anything except this senior brother. She didn't even dare to complain and ran away to practice with a dirty face.

Lu Li also saw Mao Shanming in Maoshan. He is now following the Third Elder. Strictly speaking, he should be the Third Elder's disciple's grandson.

Upon learning that his disciple had passed away long ago, the Third Elder was sad for a while.

Although he knew in his heart that the extinguishing of Mao Shan's soul lamp meant the person's death, he was unwilling to believe it unless he saw it with his own eyes. For now, he was still pretty nice to Mao Shan Ming.

Mao Shanming came to visit Uncle Jiu and Lu Li specifically to thank them for their help.

The three of them reminisced about the past. He had already reached the initial stage of Qi training. It seemed that those years were really wasted.

The time was too short so Taoist Simu and others couldn't come, so they could only send a message to congratulate.