Mysterious mirror hanging high

Jing Yu looked up at the sky, waved his robe sleeves, and the images in the sky suddenly disappeared.

Only the people in the temple were staring at Jing Yu and Guan Lingxiao, stunned and speechless.

After all, it was Zhao Yuankong who reacted first. The monkey raised its golden tail and ran to Jing Yu and shouted:

"Congratulations to Master Xuan Jing for finding a great disciple!"

Guan Lingxiao was stunned for a moment, and murmured, "Senior, are you the Master Xuan Jing?"

"Oh? Do you recognize me?" Jing Yu asked with a smile.

Guan Lingxiao's eyes reddened slightly as he finally bowed, unbendingly saying, "When the Sword Pavilion was still in existence, Lingxiao often heard his parents mention the Immortal. If it weren't for the Immortal's support during the battle between good and evil in the Yunchuan Territory, my father would have died in the Houtu Sect... My mother also relied heavily on the Immortal's care when she was in the Xuan Ce Sect."

Jing Yu sighed, "Qiu Dongxuan went mad, causing the annihilation of the entire Jiange clan, including your parents...yet you, a mere mortal, managed to escape with your life."

"So that fellow's name is [Qiu Dongxuan]..."

Guan Lingxiao gritted his teeth, then hesitated for a moment before offering the sword-shaped stone hanging from his neck with both hands. "Without this treasure, I would be doomed... However, it seems to have fallen into a dormant state. I wonder how I can activate it again."

Jing Yu pressed his hand lightly: "This is your opportunity, no need to tell me."

"Ling Xiao, you've suffered so much over the years... I'll ask you again, are you willing to join my sect?" Jing Yu said with a pleasant expression, "I have a close relationship with your parents, and you're an orphan from Jiange. It's only natural that I should take care of you!"

"However, my swordsmanship is only mediocre. If I were to teach swordsmen, I would inevitably mislead them... Fortunately, you have an amazing talent for swordsmanship. I think even if you learn swordsmanship on your own, you won't be inferior to a famous teacher!"

Guan Lingxiao immediately performed the ceremony of becoming a disciple: "Lingxiao is willing to meet Master!"

"Okay, okay." Jing Yu smiled and said, "I have been practicing Taoism for over two hundred years and have never accepted a disciple. You are my first disciple... I am quite wealthy, so this is a welcome gift for you."

After that, he handed over a storage bag and said, "Once you draw the Qi into your body, you can open it and see what's inside."

Zhao Yuankong, who was watching from the side, was jealous, but he saw Jing Yu turned around and said, "Yuankong, I don't lack a Foundation Establishment warrior like you under my command. You might as well follow Ling Xiao and protect him from now on."

"Yuankong will obey your orders!" Zhao Yuankong said hurriedly, and then bowed to Guan Lingxiao: "Greetings, Young Master..."

Jing Yu then looked at the other selected candidates, pinched a spell, and a wave of energy swept over them. He sighed and said, "What a pity, no one has spiritual roots..."

Zhao Yuankong continued, "Yuankong Monastery also accepts mortals. If they are willing, they can stay here and work as servants. If there are any descendants with spiritual roots, they can also be sent here first."

Jing Yu nodded and said, "I'm about to return to Zhongzhou. Yuan Kong, what do your disciples think?"

Zhao Yuankong turned to Zhao Ran and shouted, "Ran'er, your master now gives you two choices. First, leave this place with your master and others and go to a treasured place with richer spiritual energy to cultivate. Second... your master will leave you a considerable amount of spiritual funds, and you will guard this home in Lingtai Mountain."

Zhao Ran looked hesitant and said, "Master, will Ran'er have the opportunity to build his foundation in this lifetime?"

Zhao Yuankong shook his head and said, "Let me be frank with you. Your aptitude is too poor. It took you thirty or forty years to reach the third level of Qi training. Even if you follow us to the Zhongzhou region, the probability of building a foundation is almost zero..."

Zhao Ran gritted his teeth and said, "I'd rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix... I'm willing to stay here. With this cultivation, I can live a carefree life in the secular world."

In this way, Jing Yu took Zhao Yuankong and Guan Lingxiao to leave Yunchuan Territory. It took them about three months to fly all the way back to Zhongzhou Territory.

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Zhongzhou Region

A blind boy holding a wooden sword stood on a flying boat, looking at the blurry scenery below, wondering what was going on in his mind.

"Lingxiao." Jing Yu, dressed in a gray robe, walked out of the cabin of the flying boat and called softly.

"Master!" Guan Lingxiao bowed. A faint spiritual pressure emanated from his body at this moment. It was obvious that he had already drawn Qi into his body during the journey and became a Qi-cultivating cultivator.

"Master, can you take me back to Jiange first?" Guan Lingxiao said in a muffled voice: "Lingxiao wants to go back and take a look..."

Jing Yu murmured for a moment: "...Alright."

The flying boat changed direction and headed towards Jiange. After a few days, Jing Yu could see yellow sand all over the sky from afar.

"This is……"

When we got closer, we saw that the ruins of Jiange had turned into a desert. Strong winds were howling, blowing up streaks of yellow sand. In the center of the desert, we could vaguely see several fairy mountains that had been shattered into pieces.

"The Xuanhuang Qi is spreading here, even the terrain has been completely changed. A place that was once full of spiritual energy and could be called a Spiritual Transformation Center has become unsuitable for cultivation..." Jing Yu thought to himself, "Is the power of the Spiritual Transformation really this great?"

Guan Lingxiao looked at the yellow sand all over the sky in front of him in silence. After the flying boat slowly reached the edge, he jumped off the boat, scooped a bottle of yellow sand with a jade bottle and kept it, then jumped back to the flying boat in silence.

"Master, let's go."

Jing Yu sighed, the flying boat rose up, turned into a stream of light, and flew towards the direction of Xuan Ce Gate.

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"It turns out that Xuan Jing is back!"

Jing Yu didn't expect that the person who came out to greet him would be Ye Xingyun.

"Master Ye is still in Penglai Island? I thought you had returned to the East China Sea."

"Alas, it's too much to explain. Please come in and we'll talk." Ye Zhenjun, whose body was ablaze with precious light, glanced at Guan Lingxiao and asked curiously, "This little kid... do you want to sell the stone piece around your neck? I'll pay a high price for it."

"What's the explanation for this?" Jing Yu asked.

"I don't have much to say, I just think this thing must be a good treasure." Ye Xingyun said casually: "If it is of extraordinary significance, then forget it. A gentleman does not take away what others like."

Jing Yu followed Ye Xingyun into the Baixiao Pavilion and found that Li Jiangmei was also there, and her cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul stage. However, she looked around but could not find any trace of Yun Xuance. The main seat of the Baixiao Pavilion was empty, and instead, Yun Xuance's disciple Bai Xiaoxiao was sitting below.

"Where's the door master?"

"Xuan Jing, please wait a moment."

Bai Xiaoxiao and Jing Yu exchanged greetings, and the master took out a magic weapon that looked like a mirror, pointed it at the main seat, and as he chanted the incantation, a shadow appeared, and it was Yun Xuance himself!

"Master? What are you doing..."

Yun Xuance's shadowy figure stood with his hands behind his back, smiling faintly, "So it's Xuan Jing who has returned... I've already left Penglai Immortal Continent and am currently staying at the Ye family in the East China Sea."

Jing Yu exclaimed in amazement, "How bizarre! Master Ye isn't staying at Zhanlong Island, but is instead residing at Xuan Ce Sect. And yet, Sect Master, you're visiting the Ye family. How can this be possible?"