After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

"what?"

"Is he a stone?"

Jiang Liqian and Shui Lian'er exclaimed at the same time.

Xu Youan also looked over in surprise.

Qin Beiyao quickly gestured for them to speak in a lower voice.

"I just heard from my master that Zhai Lao came from the Hopeless Sea. Not long after he transformed into a human form, he was picked up by the Qiankun Sect and became a disciple. I heard that the Haikun Stone gathers the spiritual power of the Hopeless Sea and has the ability to move mountains and overturn seas. Some even say that the Haikun Stone can make people become immortals. It is extremely precious. It may take tens of thousands of years for such a piece of Haikun Stone to form, let alone transform into a human form. So just think about it, how many years should Zhai Lao have lived... I guess there are few people in the world of cultivation who can rival him."

Qin Beiyao looked at Shui Lian'er and said, "Stones are naturally heartless, and without heart, they cannot become human. Master Zhai was able to transform a stone into a human. His experience is so profound that it's hard for us to imagine. It's not surprising that he talks so much. Many people fail the annual quizzes. We should just focus on reading. Every bit counts."

Shui Lian'er frowned and once again deeply sighed at the profound background of the Qiankun Sect. There were really all kinds of strange people there.

After hearing what Qin Beiyao said, Jiang Liqian began to guess why Jiang Yueming would not leave Qiankun Sect. Jiang Yueming came from the Hopeless Sea and his original body was made of the extremely rare Haikun Stone. If he left Qiankun Sect, he would probably cause a bloody storm wherever he went.

"Alas, I also heard," Qin Beiyao suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "It seems that Master Zhai had a disciple five hundred years ago, but this disciple disappeared later..."

apprentice?

Missing?

Jiang Li frowned slightly.

She had never heard of this matter. Even when she took over the management of the sect later, she had never seen the soul lamp of the so-called disciple, and there was not even a registration of the disciple's jade card.

And five hundred years ago? With all his cultivation, he should be a powerful person who dominates the world. How come I have never heard of such a person?

"How do you know about this?" Jiang Liqian asked.

Qin Beiyao scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "One day, I was practicing drawing talismans, but I accidentally put too much spiritual energy into it and it blew up the room. When I was scrambling to clean it up, I found an old piece of talisman paper in an inconspicuous corner of the room. The rune on it was only half drawn. It wasn't smooth, but it looked very carefully drawn. At the bottom of the paper, a line of small words was written with a red brush."

"I wish Master a long life and a blissful immortal journey.

"It was followed by the person's name, but the ink was blurred, so I couldn't see clearly who it was. I only saw at the end: Liu Qiming."

Qiming, most likely refers to Qimingzhai. Who in Qimingzhai is qualified to be called Master?

The answer is self-evident.

Jiang Liqian, Xu Youan, and Shui Lian'er were all shocked. It was such a huge melon!

No one in the Qiankun Sect has ever heard that Jiang Yueming has a disciple...

If this story is true, then why did the disciple mysteriously disappear? If it's false, then whose is the half-painted rune? And what does the word "Qiming" mean?

Inexplicably, a cool breeze seemed to wisp across the backs of the four people, making them feel creepy. Shui Lian'er rubbed the goose bumps on her arms and subconsciously leaned towards Qin Beiyao.

"But this is all speculation, and it has nothing to do with us." Qin Beiyao warmed up, "I... let's continue reading. The test is the real business, we can't be distracted, um, we can't be distracted!"

He picked up the book and began to read it hastily, as if this could drive away the strange chill that had suddenly arisen in him.

Shui Lian'er also followed him, but Xu Youan didn't care much. The person he cared about was right in front of him, and he had no interest in anything else.

Only Jiang Liqian fell into deep thought.

She didn't think Qin Beiyao's judgment was wrong. Jiang Yueming probably really had a disciple, but for some reason he no longer appeared and he no longer mentioned him in front of outsiders.

When she was managing the Qiankun Sect in her previous life, she also sensed something was amiss, but she couldn't put her finger on it. For example, the elders in charge of each peak were all puppets made of spiritual thoughts, but where did their spiritual thoughts come from?

"Senior sister? Senior sister!"

"Huh? What...what happened?" Jiang Liqian came back to her senses.

Xu Youan glanced at her eyes and looked to the right: "Someone is coming."

Jiang Liqian was puzzled and turned to look over.

They saw several people standing in a circle, flatteringly protecting a small figure who was coming towards them. The small figure was wearing the clothes of an outer sect disciple, with his hair tied up with a silk ribbon with a jade pendant on his head. In addition to the disciple jade card, he also had valuable jade pendants and sachets hanging on his waist. There were as many as four or five of them in total, which looked extremely ostentatious. Even the usually low-key disciple clothes of the Qiankun Sect suddenly looked extremely tacky.

The little guy walked in an extremely arrogant manner. Any disciple who stood in front of him was scolded or beaten away by the people around him.

When he finally walked in front of Jiang Liqian and the others, the people surrounding him made way for him, and everyone could see his appearance clearly.

He has a rat-like face, a pointed chin, an arrogant expression, and a gangster-like smile on his face, which makes people feel sick.

He was short, but looked older than Xu Youan and Qin Beiyao. His cultivation was only at the first level of Qi Refining, so he must have been a new disciple who had just joined this year. Jiang Liqian hadn't seen him on the first floor of Qimingzhai, so he must be on the second floor.

I just don’t know what he is going to do by coming to them so brazenly today?

"Who are you?" Shui Lian'er couldn't stand this kind of disciple's expression the most, and her face suddenly turned cold.

The short cultivator seemed a little wary of Shui Lian'er. When he heard her ask, he immediately smiled, thinking he was being suave and charming. "Junior Sister Lian'er, my name is Cao Xian. I'm the youngest son of Outer Sect Elder Cao. My father and your mother are also brothers and sisters from the same peak. We are indeed related by blood."

"What do you mean by 'closer relationship'? That's nonsense!" Shui Lian'er looked away in disgust, feeling that if she looked at him for another second, she would be dirtying her eyes.

Seeing this, Qin Beiyao stepped in front of her and blocked Cao Xian's sight.

Cao Xian didn't know who this guy was, but he knew he was his direct disciple by looking at his disciple jade token. He didn't come here to cause trouble for others, but to find Jiang Liqian.

"Jiang Liqian, I've been looking for you high and low for such a long time, but you're hiding here enjoying yourself. What? Are you hiding from me?" Cao Xian picked his teeth with his hand, made a "pah" sound on the ground, and looked at her with contempt.

Jiang Liqian was very confused: "Have I ever offended you?"

She basically follows the same route every day. Either she is with Shui Lian'er, or she is with her junior brother and Qin Beiyao. When has she ever offended anyone?