After being reborn, she went on a killing spree in both the Yin and Yang realms.

Upon hearing Jia Zhengjing's voice, Ling Yue plopped down on the cushion and began to move her hands, feet, neck, and even her facial expressions.

After meditating for half an hour, I felt completely stiff.

Seeing this, Jia Zhengjing really wanted to take back what he had just said.

"Master, why is our patriarch no longer in the temple?"

Sure enough, they started asking follow-up questions.

"He's reached retirement age, and it's his freedom to do whatever he wants. We should all respect his choices."

Well, I knew I wouldn't get anything out of them.

“Master, we’ve been apprentices for so long, but you haven’t taught me any practical skills. Why don’t you teach me some special techniques today?”

Ling Yue, somewhat obsequiously, went forward to massage Jia Zhengjing's shoulders.

Jia Zhengjing was taken aback after hearing this, and said somewhat apologetically, "Xiao Lingzi, you see, I'm getting old and my memory is so bad. I didn't explain it clearly to you back then. My apprentices are different from other people's apprentices. My teaching philosophy is a free-range model, which means letting individuals figure things out on their own."

Ling Yue was stunned.

"Are you kidding me? What's the difference between me becoming an apprentice and not becoming an apprentice at all?"

"Oh, you're mistaken. Being Jia Zhengjing's apprentice is quite prestigious. Besides, you can freely enter and exit Baiyun Temple without paying admission."

Ling Yue was now really cursing and swearing.

She's here to learn real skills, what use are these empty formalities?

Jia Zhengjing noticed Ling Yue's strange look; was she angry? He hoped she wouldn't cry in front of him, as he couldn't explain it to Ling Guofu and Jing Yangsheng.

"Ahem, however, we all have secret manuals, but the contents of those manuals must be understood by ourselves."

Ling Yue thought to herself, at least there's a secret manual, so it's not a loss.

"Master, Master, where is the secret manual?"

Jia Zhengjing rummaged through her bookshelf, but couldn't find it.

He remembered giving it to Chuxin back then, but the kid looked at it for two days and then switched it back, saying he couldn't understand it at all.

It's been several years, so it's really hard to find now.

For the next while, Ling Yue watched as Jia Zhengjing searched every room in the entire courtyard.

Just when we were about to give up, we suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a book propped up under the legs of the coffee table in the main hall.

As if seeing the last glimmer of hope, Jia Zhengjing hurriedly ran forward and called Ling Yue to help move the coffee table aside.

He took out the dusty book, which also had marks from the table leg.

Jia Zhengjing carefully wiped the dust off the robe with the sleeve.

He handed it to Ling Yue.

Ling Yue choked on the dust in the book after taking it.

Okay, seeing the two big "secret manual" words on its cover, she tolerated it.

"Ahem, Xiao Lingzi, this is the only copy left. It's out of print. You can take it and study it, but remember to keep it safe!"

Actually, this book was passed down to him by his master, Zhang Weiyi. He didn't understand it at the time. Later, he passed it on to Chuxin, thinking that Chuxin, a child with such wisdom, would definitely be able to understand the book. But it didn't work out either.

Perhaps this book isn't as mystical as Old Zhang described at all.

He then stopped paying much attention to the book.

Ling Yuexin thought to herself, "Can I still believe what you say?"

Let's try anything, what if it really is a secret manual?

Ling Yue happily received the "Secret Manual" and planned to go home and find a secluded place to study it carefully.

I wonder where Ningxia has gone off to play with the original intention.

Just as I was about to make a phone call, Chuxin walked over.

He immediately spotted the book Ling Yue was holding in her arms.

"Hey, junior sister, did Master trick you into thinking this is a ghost-catching manual, a Taoist secret technique?"

Ling Yue noticed that her original intentions had become a bit frivolous lately, and she was calling her "little junior sister" so fluently.

He was a sixteen-year-old boy, six years older than Ling Yue, a college graduate!

Forget it, I won't stoop to the level of a minor.

"So what?"

As Ling Yue spoke, she hid the book behind her back.

Upon seeing this, Chu Xin burst into laughter: "Alright, alright, then senior brother will wait for junior sister to return after completing her studies."

That kid really deserves a beating!

Ling Yue was furious and prepared to teach him a lesson. Just as she raised her arm, she saw Chu Xin take out a talisman from his pocket and slap it on her shoulder.

Ling Yue felt like she couldn't move.

"What is this?! Why can't I move?"

Chu Xin put his hands behind his back, circled around Ling Yue, and even rubbed her face with his fingers. She really couldn't move at all!

"This is a talisman I spent all night drawing last night, a 'freezing' talisman, haha, I didn't expect it to actually work!"

Ling Yue couldn't help but roll her eyes. So she'd become his experimental subject now?

"Take it off right now!"

"No way! Who told you to strike first? This was self-defense."

What the hell are you talking about?!

She raised her arm, but didn't actually hit him.

"Which eye of yours saw me about to hit you? I just saw some white dust on you that I didn't know where it got on you, and I was just thinking of brushing it off for you. Look at you, aren't you being narrow-minded?"

Chu Xin's eyes seemed to say: Keep making things up.

My arms are so sore! And my neck hurts too!

A good man does not suffer immediate losses.

"Good intentions, please take off that talisman. I promise I'll never lay a hand on you again, okay?"

My initial intention was just to try out this talisman; I didn't mean to make things difficult for Ling Yue. Unexpectedly, she seemed to have become a completely different person. She really is flexible and adaptable.

And so, the desire to play arose.

"Don't talk nonsense. Who gave you permission to lay a hand on me? If you want me to remove the immobilization talisman, you can call me 'Senior Brother' first."

Looking at Chu Xin's sly grin, he seemed to be full of anticipation.

Sigh, when you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head. Who can blame her for being less skilled than others now?

A gentleman's revenge is never too late.

"Senior...brother...please be merciful and remove this immobilization talisman?"

The term "senior brother" is really hard to pronounce.

"What's your name? Oh dear, your voice was too soft, I didn't hear you."

Their initial aspirations have started to become increasingly arrogant.

"Senior! Brother!"

Ling Yue practically gritted her teeth as she roared out those two words.

Chu Xin picked at his ear with a sly grin on his face.

"I heard you, I heard you, stop!"

The immobilization talisman flew back into Chu Xin's hand with a "whoosh".

Ling Yue then realized that she could move again and quickly started moving her arms and legs.

Ling Yue dared not speak out against her original aspirations.

What about Ningxia?

Chu Xin was relieved to find that Ling Yue had stopped doing anything to him.

“I just took her to the massage therapist in the temple. She said her neck has been hurting and sore lately.”

Massage therapist?

"Are there any massage parlors around Baiyun Temple?"

This is really unheard of.

"Gu Luo is ignorant, isn't he? Our temple has many other businesses! The entire Taoist temple belongs to the Jing family, and they have planned this place quite well."

"Aren't you with Ah Cheng? Didn't you know? Come on, let me take you for a massage as a thank you for helping me test the immobilization charm."

They were forced to be guinea pigs!