Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

In the courtyard.

In the middle of the courtyard, five sixteen-year-old boys stood in a row, surrounded by many onlookers.

On one side stood Wang Qingshan's three disciples, the sect leader of Lingshan Sect, and Pu Erhuang, the sect's steward; on the other side stood the sect leaders and elders of the other two sects.

They were invited by the Lingshan Sect to witness the identification of the prodigy.

After Ji Yuan and the others came in.

Wang Qingshan's eldest apprentice, Wang Shouqing, clasped his hands and said loudly:

"Fellow villagers and fellow Daoists, our late master ascended to immortality on the seventh day of this month, leaving behind a precept that a spiritual child should inherit the Lingshan Sect. Hence, we have today's Lingshan Spiritual Child Recognition Conference."

To ensure fairness, we have invited Elder Ma of the Yinshan Sect and Headmaster Yang of the Hegui Sect to witness this conference.

The chosen spirit child from this assembly will inherit all the assets of the Lingshan Sect, including three branch altars, four hundred acres of land, and twelve shops.

Upon hearing these words, especially regarding the Lingshan Sect's assets...

Various voices of discussion arose all around.

The boys standing in the center of the courtyard were also quite excited.

Inside the courtyard, Wang Shouqing continued, "Since our master did not leave behind a clear method of verification, we came up with a solution."

"We invite all the young disciples to step forward, strike the jade chime before the golden statue of the sect leader, and kowtow to request guidance."

After Wang Shouqing finished speaking, all the boys knelt down on the prayer mats in front of them. There was a small table in front of each of them, and on the small table was a jade chime.

"start!"

Wang Shouqing immediately announced the start of the child identification conference.

The next second, several teenagers began to strike the jade chime.

Just as he started tapping, Fang Duobing noticed sparks and immediately shouted, "Something's wrong! Stop right now!"

Fang Duobing's shouts came a little too late. Sparks flew out, igniting the fuse attached to the prayer mats, which directly set the prayer mats beneath the others, except for Wang Fu, ablaze.

The next second, the flames seemed to have eyes, and burned directly onto the people.

"Quickly put out the fire!"

Fang, who was ill, shouted.

The people from the Lingshan Sect immediately came up and splashed water, quickly extinguishing the flames on the boys.

"How interesting, Young Master Fang's page is actually a spirit child found by the Lingshan Sect."

Ji Yuan smiled and looked at Li Lianhua.

"There must be something fishy about this."

Li Lianhua said, arms crossed.

Not long after the flames on the boys were extinguished, a quiet courtyard of the Lingshan Sect was opened.

Among the boys, except for Wangfu, the others stood together looking somewhat disheveled.

Opposite them were three disciples and their steward from the Lingshan Sect, as well as the leaders and elders from two other sects.

Ji Yuan and the others also followed.

Yang, the head of the Guihe Sect, spoke up: "This method of identifying children is indeed a bit strange, but only this boy didn't catch fire. Could he be the spiritual child?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Duobing immediately said, "This is not a miracle at all."

This was an arson case.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Wang Shouqing immediately rebuked him.

"I just checked it. There's a flint inside the jade chime, and there's also a fuse inside the jade chime connected to the cotton inside the prayer mat."

That's why it caught fire. It's obvious; it was a trap deliberately set by someone. Do you know how this happened?

Fang Duobing looked at the three disciples of the Lingshan Sect and their steward.

"These are all worthless old items, usually kept in the warehouse and unattended."

As Wang Shouqing spoke, he looked at the other ordinary disciples behind him and asked, "Have any of you seen anyone suspicious?"

A group of ordinary disciples all shook their heads: "No."

Li Lianhua then approached the several burned boys, looked at them, and scraped some white powder off their bodies.

"This is phosphorus powder. This stuff ignites instantly, so it's definitely deliberate. We should first investigate who came into contact with these children."

Li Lianhua looked at the group and offered her advice.

The third of Wang Qingshan's three disciples looked at Fang Duobing and said, "Since someone did this, why is your servant unharmed? In that case, you are the prime suspect."

Fang Duobing was not angry when he heard this. He smiled and said, "I am Fang Duobing, the Young Master Duochou. I am a detective from Baichuan Academy. We have just arrived here and have only just come to your sect. How could we have time to do anything shady?"

Since we don't know what's going on right now, why don't you let me investigate?

I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly.

As Fang Duobing spoke, he showed his token.

However, knowing that there was a name on the token, he didn't show it to many people, only giving one person a quick glance before putting it away.

"Since you are a member of Baichuan Academy, we can naturally trust you."

However, this servant boy will remain until the Child Recognition Ceremony concludes and the truth comes to light, at which point he will be returned to you.

Sect Leader Yang spoke up.

"Are you going to continue the child identification conference?"

Fang Duobing stared wide-eyed.

The steward of the Lingshan Sect, Pu Erhuang, said with a smile, "Young Master Fang, you may not know this, but the Child Recognition Ceremony was set up by the late sect leader. The Lingshan Sect cannot be without a leader for even a day."

"No! If you continue, what if the person in the shadows continues to harm these teenagers!"

Fang Duobing immediately objected.

The scene immediately froze.

"Everyone, I have an idea. All this commotion and chaos is because Sect Leader Wang didn't leave behind an accurate method for identifying the prodigy. Why don't I go and ask Sect Leader Wang?"

Li Lianhua stepped forward and spoke.

"What nonsense are you spouting?! My master has already ascended to immortality, how can you possibly speak to him?!"

The disciples of the Lingshan Sect shouted in rebuke.

"Who is your Excellency?"

Wang Shouqing, however, remained calm and questioned him.

"My name is Li Lianhua. I am not very talented, but I have a reputation as a divine physician. I have some knowledge of the art of reviving the dead. If you trust me, why not let me give it a try?"

Li Lianhua said calmly.

"Are you the Divine Physician Li who cured the great swordsman Tie Xiao and the third young master of the Shi family?"

Sect Leader Yang asked.

"It's down."

"I've long heard of your reputation, but I never expected to meet such a master. I think it's worth a try."

Both Sect Leader Yang and Elder Ma clasped their hands in greeting.

Since the two highly respected sect leaders and elders had said so, the rest of the Lingshan Sect naturally had no other opinions.

"Thank you. By the way, please send the golden statue of Sect Leader Wang and some of his personal belongings to his former residence so that I can perform the resurrection technique."

Li Lianhua nodded slightly.

"it is good."

The Lingshan Sect members immediately followed suit.

Ji Yuan and his three companions then arrived at the residence of Sect Leader Wang.

"Li Lianhua, what are you up to now? I don't believe in any magic of bringing the dead back to life or reviving the soul!?"

"Don't think I don't know your tricks. The other day, the master thief used the Returning Breath Technique to steal the loot, right? I thought about it all night before I figured out that martial art."

Fang Duobing looked at Li Lianhua and asked.

Li Lianhua smiled and said, "Young Master Fang is indeed very knowledgeable."

This Guixi Gong (Returning Breath Technique) is now almost lost, with only one lineage remaining. The fact that you even know about it is already quite remarkable.