The Black Lotus Reborn: The Entire Sect Kneels and Begs for My Forgiveness

After waiting for a while, the hairpin did not react at all.

There was no space, no system, no old man or old woman—none of them appeared.

The hairpin shone briefly, then dimmed again, like a final burst of light before fading into a tattered state.

Ye Yunong was not giving up, so she dripped some more blood onto the hairpin. The hairpin, like a starving ghost that had been thirsty for a long time, sucked the blood dry in an instant.

The night passed quickly.

By daybreak, Ye Yunong's complexion was already quite pale. She had to take several Qi and Blood Pills to regain some color.

The hairpin remained unchanged.

What's this? Not full?

Ye Yunong thought about it again and realized something. Lu Jinxin clearly knew that this hairpin was a rare treasure. Why didn't she try to get it back after she took it away?

It was because she knew she wouldn't be able to use the hairpin for the time being.

Ye Yunong recalled whether Lu Jinxin had any unusual behavior after obtaining the hairpin before her rebirth.

It actually reminded her of something.

Not long after the explosion at the medicine shop, Lu Jinxin obtained the purple hairpin.

Although Ye Yunong was seriously injured, she was confined to her quarters by her master for a period of time because of the incident at the medicine hut.

At that time, many spirit beasts died on Qinglian Peak. She only found out after the ban was lifted, and she was heartbroken for a long time, since she had personally raised all the spirit beasts on Qinglian Peak.

By the time she was released from confinement, the spirit beasts' corpses had already been disposed of. She remembered that it was Lu Jinxin who disposed of the corpses.

"Could it be blood...?"

Ye Yunong suddenly realized that this hairpin was rather evil and needed to absorb enough blood to be effective.

"We can't just kill all the spirit beasts on Qinglian Peak; that would be too immoral. We need to think of another way."

As Ye Yunong was thinking, she heard footsteps outside.

"Fifth Junior Brother, why haven't you gone to feed those spirit beasts yet? They've been barking incessantly since early morning, it's so noisy."

"I don't have time, I'm busy practicing martial arts. Go find Senior Sister, the grass over the spirit field has grown tall, ask Senior Sister to use magic to remove the grass."

Ye Yunong sneered. These people really treated her like a maid.

She's quitting this job as a housekeeper.

Ye Yunong used a teleportation technique to leave Qinglian Peak and went to the Hidden Dao Pavilion.

Before she died, she discovered that she had a Chaotic Spiritual Root within her body. However, since she had previously used martial arts and Taoist scriptures for cultivation, her most urgent task was to go to the sect's ancestral library to find the cultivation method for the Chaotic Spiritual Root.

The Biluo Sect was built against the mountain, with its buildings rising and falling with the terrain. The seven main peaks were the Dao Peaks, and there were more than a dozen smaller peaks, with the important positions of the sect located among them.

The Zangdao Pavilion is located on Zangdao Peak. It is an octagonal building with white walls and blue tiles, and has three floors. It contains various Taoist cultivation methods.

The library is for reading only and cannot be borrowed.

Many people went to the Zangdao Pavilion after their monthly salaries had just been paid.

As soon as Ye Yunong entered the door, she saw a reclining chair placed by the door, with a person on the chair covering their face with a lotus leaf.

Early in the morning, the man was snoring loudly, sound asleep.

There was a wooden sign and a box next to it, containing some spirit stones.

"The first layer contains two low-grade spirit stones."

The second layer contains five low-grade spirit stones.

For levels three and above, sect merit tokens are required.

These are the spirit stones needed to read for a day in the Hidden Dao Pavilion.

Within the inner sect, cultivators below the Foundation Establishment level receive a monthly stipend of ten low-grade spirit stones, which is quite an expense.

Ye Yunong remembered that the first floor contained Dao techniques of the first and second rank, suitable for cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage, which was perfect for her.

She left behind two spirit stones and went to the first floor of the Hidden Dao Pavilion.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past three days, Ye Yunong has read almost all the books in the first floor of the Daoist library, and she even went to the second floor once.

To her disappointment, the first and second levels contained numerous cultivation methods for those with the five elements spiritual roots, but not a single cultivation method for those with the chaotic spiritual roots.

“Chaotic spiritual roots are extremely rare in the world, but I never expected that there isn’t a suitable cultivation method for those with chaotic spiritual roots in the sect.”

Ye Yunong got up and stretched her arms and legs.

At that moment, a dignified voice reached her ears.

"Return immediately."

The voice was clear and cold, like a mountain spring, but it carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

Ye Yunong's eyes sharpened; the voice came from Qinglian Peak.

Master, you've emerged from seclusion.

She was told to return to Qinglian Peak immediately.

As if sensing something, Ye Yunong's lips curled into an extremely sarcastic smile.

In the past, if Ye Yunong heard her master's order, she would rush back immediately.

But this time, let Master worry.

When I left the Zangdao Pavilion, the person on the recliner was still fast asleep.

She took out seven more spirit stones and put them into a box next to her. Just as Ye Yunong was about to leave, the person on the recliner spoke.

"Little guy, which peak are you from? I've never seen you before."

Ye Yunong was taken aback, and then saw an old man with a red nose and white beard appear under the lotus leaf.

"Greetings, senior. I am Ye Yunong, a disciple of Qinglian Peak. May I ask how to address you, senior?"

Ye Yunong clasped her hands in a fist salute.

Although she had been cultivating in the Biluo Sect since childhood, she was the senior sister of Qinglian Peak. Since the age of ten, she had been in charge of the internal affairs of the peak and had never had time to come to the Zangdao Pavilion before.

"I am the manager of the Hidden Dao Pavilion. You can call me Old Wang."

You little rascal, you're quite something. So many people came to the Hidden Dao Pavilion, and when you saw me sleeping in the old man's room, you got the idea to do something bad.

Most of those people stole spirit stones, but you alone, even though you only spent half an hour on the second floor and didn't read a single book, gave me the full amount of spirit stones for a day."

Ye Yunong was horrified.

Her intuition was right. This Hidden Dao Pavilion was half the size of the square, but she always felt that she had been being watched by something these past few days.

Just to be on the safe side, she didn't dare to give less spirit stones.

Years of reading online novels and watching TV dramas have taught her that most of the elderly people in these hidden Taoist pavilions are not ordinary disciples.

"Reporting to the senior, my cultivation is insufficient, and I dare not covet the Dao methods of the second level. The reason I went to the second level is to find cultivation methods for spiritual roots outside the Five Elements."

Ye Yunong did not explicitly state that she was looking for a cultivation method for the Chaos Spiritual Root.

Having experienced betrayal before her rebirth, she is unlikely to trust people easily.

"Cultivation methods outside of the Five Elements?"

Old Wang looked Ye Yunong up and down, and immediately realized that Ye Yunong was injured and had damaged her spiritual root.

Looking at Ye Yunong's entire body, her Taoist robe was faded from washing, and she didn't even have a decent magical treasure.

Five spiritual roots... another one who is not favored by the master.

Old Wang's eyes showed a hint of sympathy.

So poor and so honest, how can they survive in the cultivation world?

In these three days, she spent nine spirit stones, which was all of her monthly salary to read books. She's a diligent little girl.

"The Zangdao Pavilion will be closed on the fifteenth of the month. Come find me then."

After saying that, Old Wang, with an attitude of "a dead pig doesn't fear boiling water," leaned back in his recliner and fell asleep in a second.

Ye Yunong looked puzzled, wondering what Old Wang was up to.

It's been three days, and Ye Yunong hasn't returned to Qinglian Peak in these three days.

On Qinglian Peak, apart from the third and sixth junior brothers who were out on training, the others had a difficult three days.

Ye Yunong had disappeared, and the spirit beasts on Qinglian Peak were crying out in hunger, making it impossible for Jun Ce to concentrate on refining pills.

After three days, everyone was thoroughly annoyed.

Even so, Jun Ce was unwilling to lower himself to go to Ye Yun Nong.

In his opinion, Ye Yunong must have regretted giving away the hairpin he gave her, and Ye Yunong was the one who should apologize.

These past few days, Jun Ce has subconsciously looked towards the door, thinking that Ye Yunong would appear there, but three days have passed and she has not appeared.

At this time, their master, Master Qinglian, emerged from seclusion.