My virtue is above yours.

After much deliberation, Chen Jingxuan felt that his senior brother's words made more sense. They couldn't be cowards; they needed to find Yu Chan first and witness the so-called great karma. Even if it was a disaster, there was still the golden light that would restart reincarnation to protect them.

He said, "I still want to find her. Senior sister, you don't need to try to persuade me anymore. My mind is made up."

Lu Yunci sighed. She knew her junior brother's temperament well; once he made up his mind, he wouldn't turn back. "Alright then. I'll also help you find someone to inquire about the whereabouts of that jade cicada. I'm not very familiar with the rules of the Azure Phoenix Pavilion. In a couple of days, when you see Young Pavilion Master Yi Bei, you can talk to her yourself. We're partners; we can always make an exception. The Azure Phoenix Pavilion is well-informed; they'll be the fastest to find it."

That night, Chen Jingxuan stayed at the house.

The senior sister reserved the biggest and most spacious room for him.

Looking at Chen Jingxuan's house, which was over 100 square meters, Zhu Lingyun asked, "Then where will I live?"

Lu Yunci pointed to a small, dilapidated outbuilding in the corner of the courtyard, dozens of meters away. The windows were covered with spider webs, and the roof tiles fell down with a "thud," making it look like an abandoned outhouse.

Zhu Lingyun shouted, "Why does my junior brother get to live in the big house while I get to live in this one?"

Lu Yunci said, "The house belongs to Xiaoquan'er, so of course he should live in the bigger one. You should be grateful that we've left you a room. Whether you stay there or not is up to you; if you want to go back and live with your roommate, no one will stop you."

"Okay, I'll stay. I never want to share a room with anyone again."

They each returned to their rooms. After refusing the maid's request to warm his bed, Chen Jingxuan lay down on the soft couch and pondered his duties for the next day.

I don't know if Grade C Xinyangfang is good or bad.

The next morning, he got up early, changed his clothes, and headed straight for Xinyangfang with the medicine box provided by the sect on his back.

Xinyangfang is located in the southeastern part of the capital. Unlike the red walls and green tiles of other places, once you step into Xinyangfang, you can see that the buildings are all made of wood or earth, much like the houses in Qingyuan Village.

Stepping off the bluestone bricks of the main road, one lands on the yellow earth of Xinyangfang.

Most of the pedestrians on the street were dressed in coarse linen clothes, and the children ran around freely, just like a flock of free-range sheep.

The air was thick with the stench of livestock, making one wrinkle their nose.

At the foot of the earthen wall, there was a free clinic stall set up with two chairs, a table, and a flag next to it. The front of the flag read "Tianyi Dao" and the back read "Free Clinic".

To prevent illiterate people from not understanding, a picture of a doctor treating patients was specially drawn.

Chen Jingxuan could see long queues forming in front of the free clinic booths from afar. He thought to himself that the free clinics provided by Tianyi Hospital were very important to the local people, and he had to take them seriously.

He walked briskly forward with his medicine kit on his back, and heard the people in line whispering among themselves.

"Why are there two Taoist priests today?"

"Isn't it good to have two? We don't have to wait in line for so long."

Chen Jingxuan suppressed his doubts and walked forward, and saw a beautiful female Taoist priest with a cold face sitting in front of the stall taking the pulse of a pregnant woman. The beauty mark at the corner of the female Taoist priest's eye was particularly eye-catching, and she could be recognized at a glance. This person was Jiang Zhen, the abbot's personal disciple who had chatted with him a few days ago.

That day in the square, this icy beauty inexplicably made him submit to her. How come she's showing up in front of his free clinic stall today?

Chen Jingxuan remembered clearly that the senior brother in charge of Qingyao Mountain had told him that he was going to comfort the people of Xinyangfang alone, without a partner. So why was Jiang Zhen here?

Recalling what his senior brother had said yesterday—that the previous rotating disciple of Xinyangfang was also a direct disciple of the abbot—Chen Jingxuan felt that this matter was not simple.

He quickly stepped forward, and after Jiang Zhen finished preparing the medicine for the pregnant woman, he apologized to the people behind him. Then he came to Jiang Zhen's side and asked, "Senior Sister Jiang, I didn't know that two people were on duty at Xinyangfang today."

Jiang Zhen remained glued to her chair, showing no intention of getting up. She said coldly, "It wasn't originally. I'll switch with you. You can go to Chengxifang, which is a second-tier area. You're getting a good deal."

Upgrading from Grade B to Grade C? Even a fool knows there's no such thing as a free lunch. Jiang Zhen is definitely up to something.

"If Senior Sister Jiang wishes to make a change, please present the special document issued by the patrol officer; otherwise, I cannot comply."

Jiang Zhen coldly replied, "There are no documents."

Chen Jingxuan forced a smile: "Senior Sister Jiang, please don't tease me. Without the proper documents, I'm really not worthy of this second-class treatment. You should go back now. The people are still waiting to see a doctor."

The crowd stretched for dozens of meters, all waiting for the two to clear their names.

Jiang Zhen suddenly stood up, thinking he was about to leave, but then leaned close to Chen Jingxuan's ear and whispered, "I know you cultivate the Way of Benevolence. If you don't want me to spread your path, you'd better switch places with me."

"Where did you hear that from?"

"You don't need to know, all you need to know is that I have leverage over you, and you just need to do whatever I say."

After saying that, she sat down with a "thud," coldly told the line behind her "next person," and began seeing patients on her own.

For the first time, Chen Jingxuan felt it would be a shame not to slap such a handsome face.

Why did she suddenly say that she was practicing benevolence?

Although Chen Jingxuan's path to enlightenment is obscured, he has long since ruled out the common path of benevolence. He has had no contact with Jiang Zhen these past few days, so where did the other party get this false information from?

Besides, and most importantly, Jiang Zhen's efforts to stay in Xinyangfang mean that a great opportunity is definitely going to happen there.

Could it be that Xinyangfang appears to be a Class C area, but a great opportunity will appear today? Jiang Zhen's senior brother has paved the way for her, so she is here to pick the fruit today.

But if that's really the case, why didn't she have the abbot arrange for her to be placed here directly, instead of trying to snatch it herself?

There is only one answer—the abbot is unaware of this matter.

Before he left the mountain, his master specially analyzed the personalities of the various bigwigs in the main sect for him.

The master had only one evaluation of the abbot Zhang Shunan: "The righteous have turned evil."

Chen Jingxuan didn't say anything, and turned to leave.

Before leaving, he saw the contemptuous smile in Jiang Zhen's eyes, and he suddenly felt that such a beautiful face would be even more beautiful if it blushed after being slapped.

A standoff here is definitely not a solution; it will only delay the people behind us. If something goes wrong here, we'll likely have to take the blame ourselves. Going to Jiang Zhen's area is out of the question; if problems arise there, we can't afford the consequences.

He strolled around Xinyangfang for a while, but found nothing unusual, so he returned to Qingyaoshan without stopping.

The newly recruited disciples were assigned to various places around the capital to take up their posts. The mountains were very quiet, with only a few disciples on duty inside the temple coming and going.

Chen Jingxuan crossed the square and arrived at the Surveying Academy, where eight major halls of officials were set up, each in charge of various affairs within Qingyao Mountain.

He knocked on the door of the first dormitory room from the left.

The dormitory was an administrative unit responsible for arranging labor, conducting inspections, and managing internal discipline and production.

A disciple in a green robe opened the carved wooden door, and a noisy commotion immediately erupted inside.

A dozen or so disciples in green robes moved among the rows of bookshelves, searching for and copying documents, extremely busy.

The disciple in the green robe, clutching the books, said impatiently, "Ordinary disciples are not allowed to enter this area. What brings you here? Tell me quickly."

Chen Jingxuan quickly said, "Senior Sister Jiang Zhen wants to switch my shift area with me, but there's no official document. She's taken over my area, and I don't dare to act rashly, so I've come to bother you, Senior Brother."

"I will report this to the patrol officer."

"What should I do now—"

Before he could finish speaking, the other person slammed the door shut.

Chen Jingxuan knocked on the door again, and a powerful force pushed him out.

"What a terrible attitude. I had no choice but to resort to this."

He took a sleeping pill from the medicine box and swallowed it.

Before the effects of the drug took hold, he returned to the square, glanced at the twelve-story building atop the mountain, and, taking advantage of the absence of others, knelt down in the very center of the empty square.

Amidst the astonished gazes of several passing disciples, Chen Jingxuan collapsed to the ground with a thud.