Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

After Liu Qingyun confirmed that there was no one else in this ancient land, he finally felt relieved and shook his head: "No, that's a weirdo."

He had heard in the past that someone had spoken ill of the current Taoist master of Hongmeng Taoist Temple behind his back, and was eventually severely punished. He felt a little scared, but he couldn't show it in front of such a group of fellow disciples.

"How is it so weird?" the beautiful girl asked curiously.

Gu Chi and the big black dog in the dilapidated mountain gate also became interested and tilted their heads and pricked up their ears.

"I heard that the current Taoist master of the Hongmeng Taoist Temple was once jointly suppressed by all major sects and schools. He was no better than a rat crossing the street." Cheng Haoyu said.

Naturally, his words caused surprise among the freshmen.

On the other side, Gu Chi and the big black dog looked at each other. The current Taoist master of the Hongmeng Taoist temple should be Ling Xiaoke. What did he do in the past that angered heaven and man, causing him to be jointly eradicated by all major sects and schools?

Cheng Haoyu said, "At that time, the entire Jiuli Dynasty, regardless of size, as long as it was a sect you knew, almost all of them hunted him down. It's not an exaggeration to say that he was the enemy of the whole world. Just think about it, how bad does a person have to be to be hunted down like this?"

"So what did he do?"

Cheng Haoyu pointed to the dilapidated mountain gate ahead and said, "Look at the ruins on this ancient land. Although dilapidated, you can still imagine the grandeur and magnificence of this place in the past. But do you know how these things came about?"

“Didn’t they build it themselves?” A group of freshmen looked at each other in confusion.

"Bullshit!" Cheng Haoyu spat, "All of this was stolen from other sects by Ling Xiaoke, the current Daoist Master of Hongmeng Daochang! Take this mountain gate we see now, for example. As far as I know, it originally belonged to the Hanlin Academy, but he secretly moved it here."

A group of people were speechless. Moving people to the mountain gate was too rude, wasn't it?

Cheng Haoyu said, "Do you know how he finally explained it? He said he missed the days of training at the Hanlin Academy, so he moved the mountain gate back here to keep as a reminder."

"Missing the days in the Hanlin Academy? Was he once a student in the Hanlin Academy?"

A senior sister curled her lips and said, "What's so strange about this? He was once a disciple of our Holy Spirit Academy."

"Ah? Did he do anything weird in our academy?"

"Of course, this notorious fellow took advantage of the old dean's absence and carried away the Taoist temple where he was in seclusion. Afterwards, the elders of the academy were severely scolded by the old dean."

Everyone was shocked. After all, he was the headmaster of a Taoist temple. Why did he just like to steal things?

"That's not right. The old dean's retreat palace is a forbidden area of ​​the academy. Even the elders and famous people are not allowed to enter freely on weekdays. How did he sneak in?"

"Uh, well..." Cheng Haoyu coughed dryly and lowered his voice, "Of course he can enter the forbidden area because of his privilege. I heard that he almost stole the old dean's granddaughter back then!"

"..."

Everyone was stunned. The beautiful girl opened her eyes wide and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Isn't the old dean's granddaughter the head of our Mingxiang Hall? He actually..."

"Shh!" Cheng Haoyu quickly made a gesture to silence them and whispered, "This happened many years ago. You can't talk about it in the academy."

In the distance, Gu Chi curled his lips. It would have been fine if he had just stolen someone's Taoist palace, but he even almost stole their granddaughter. This damn old man was really shameless!

"Do you see the palace ruins on the top of the mountain? It is said that they were brought here from the Yunyin Sword Sect." Cheng Haoyu continued to introduce.

Everyone was speechless. Everything was stolen. Was there nothing belonging to Hongmeng Daochang on this ancient land?

"This is truly bizarre. In our Jiuli Dynasty, including the neighboring Qian Kingdom, he has disguised himself as a disciple of any reputable sect. After learning the sect's inherited unique skills, he defected. It's because those aristocratic families don't accept outsiders, otherwise he wouldn't have escaped his harm."

A woman in her twenties opened her red lips and said, "But we have to admit that he has an extremely high talent in cultivation. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to learn the highest and most unique skills of each sect he joined in just a few decades."

Another senior sister added, "How should I put it? This person is indeed extremely talented, but he doesn't act like a good person. He's been stealing teachers' skills, secretly attacking his teachers, blackmailing his fellow disciples... The list of things he's done is endless. While he can't be called an unforgivable criminal, he's certainly a jerk and a scoundrel."

Suddenly, someone spotted Gu Chi walking out of the dilapidated mountain gate and asked in surprise, "Hey, who is that person? Is he here to visit the ancient sites as well?"

"Fellow Daoist, are you also here to visit this small, dilapidated mountain gate?" someone asked.

Gu Chi raised his eyes and glanced at the man, then replied expressionlessly, "This is my master."

"what?"

A group of people rushed over and stared at Gu Chi as if he were a monster.

"Fellow Daoist? Are you really a disciple of this broken mountain sect?"

"What a joke! How could anyone be so foolish as to join this infamous little sect? This fellow Taoist must be kidding us."

Gu Chi's face was dark, and she had an urge to curse. It was bad enough that she was abducted into a mountain gate that was no longer glorious, but her master was a notorious person who was hated by everyone. How could she seek justice?

In the future, if you dare to claim to be the successor of Hongmeng Daochang when you go out, you will definitely be pointed at and despised by thousands of people.

Just thinking about that scene, Gu Chi wanted to find a crack in the ground to bury his face in.

She finally figured it out now. No wonder Lingxiaoke asked her that day if she had heard of his name. It turned out that the old man himself was also feeling guilty!

Someone noticed Gu Chi's expression and asked in surprise, "No, fellow Daoist, you are not really the heir of this broken mountain sect, are you?"

"That Ling Xiao guest has been on the run for who knows how many years. How could he have the time to come back and recruit a successor? You must be planning to occupy this ancient land under the guise of being the successor of the Hongmeng Daochang?"

Cheng Haoyu raised his chin slightly, his attitude somewhat arrogant, thinking that he had guessed Gu Chi's plan. He chuckled and said, "It's not that no one has thought of coming here to explore before, thinking that maybe with luck they could obtain the inheritance of Hongmeng Daochang, but in the end they all returned empty-handed. So forget it."

"Why do you have to get involved with a notorious sect when you can do something else? You've only met us. If you met anyone else, no matter if you are a descendant of Hongmeng Daochang or not, as long as you have the slightest connection with them, you will be killed on the spot."

A group of young men and women pointed and looked at Gu Chi with strange eyes.

Gu Chi's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, not because of these people's comments, but because of that damn old man Ling Xiaoke. This old guy cheated her so badly!

"Leave early, don't think about those trivial things, practice hard, maybe one day you can join the Holy Spirit Academy and become a fellow disciple with us."

A plump woman smiled, and although she was trying to comfort him, there was a flash of disdain in her eyes, and she was obviously looking down on Gu Chi.