Above the Clouds

Chapter 19

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"What are you doing?!" Zheng Zhenzhen exclaimed. 『Elegant*Wen*Words*Emotion*First*Posted』

"The paperwork is done. We can put on their clothes and go to the hanging city." Song Liyou threw the two disciples who were walking in the Temple of Heaven to the ground, and both of them fainted. Obviously, he felt that he had no worries if he had more debts. He had already killed one disciple of the Temple of Heaven, and he had already offended them all, and killing a few more would be the same.

"Okay, you go with Zheng Zhenzhen, I want to see the Lutian Holy Altar." Yun Qing nodded, and with a wave of his hand, a black flame burned Song Liyou's belt.

Several documents that had been used as a cover-up fell out from his waist. Yun Qing waved his hand to summon two of them, took Amang and walked down the stone steps.

Song Liyou stood there, speechless, staring at the two unconscious female disciples in his hands.

Zheng Zhenzhen looked at Yun Qing's leaving figure and chuckled.

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Jingdu, formerly known as Fancheng.

The late emperor descended from the northern grasslands, his clanking iron cavalry was as powerful as breaking bamboo, and broke through thirteen natural chasms along the way, heading straight for Fancheng.

As soon as Fancheng was destroyed, Lu Tiantan dismantled the altar and moved the entire altar to Fancheng using secret methods. After the blood sacrifice of the city, the Lutian Holy Altar was finally completely fixed here. After that, while the late emperor mobilized troops from the northwest, he began to use the Lutian Holy Altar to gradually annex surrounding cities.

The power of faith in Lutian Holy Altar is very great. It is said that during the massacre of the city and the marching ceremony of the Heavenly Altar, the holy ring was lifted into the sky and blocked out the sun. The mortals in more than a dozen cities around them knelt down and proclaimed their submission. Those who were willing to resist were turned into blood under the holy ring. Three days later, no one around Fancheng could stop the power of Lu Tian.

At that time, every wall brick in Fancheng was seeping with blood, there were piles of corpses in the moat, red river water overflowed, and the whole city was plunged into a sea of blood. Only the majestic and holy white stone altar continuously releases pillars of light in the center of the city, supporting the holy ring in the sky without a trace of blood.

After that, every time the late emperor's cavalry conquered a city, the holy ring expanded by one point, shrouding that city under the control of the Temple of Heaven. By the time the late emperor conquered the entire Tianzhu Kingdom, the Lutian Holy Altar had been divided into thousands and thousands of them and were densely distributed throughout the original Tianzhu Kingdom. The Temple of Heaven is like a giant tree, spreading its roots and firmly rooting into the fertile land in the south.

It took little effort to appease the people after the war, because the faith of Lutiantan had penetrated into every inch of the southern land.

And if a nation has faith, it will always become easy to control.

A hundred years later, the Mirror Kingdom created a new "peaceful and prosperous age". The cruel and mysterious past of Lutian Temple has been almost forgotten. The people still do not believe in the existence of immortals, but they feel that belief in Lutian Temple can bring salvation.

Yun Qing was about to take a look at the legendary Lutian Holy Altar that created such a "peaceful and prosperous age".

"Taoist Priest, please stay..."

Chen Jiukai was walking on the crowded South Street, thinking about how to arrange the disciples who came from various cities in the next two days. There was an accident when decorating the altar not long ago, and several gardens near the altar were affected. Those gardens originally housed disciples from other places, but now they may have to be moved to another place. A childish voice interrupted his thoughts.

When he looked back, he saw that she was a thin and small blind girl. Her clothes were clean and she seemed to be well-behaved.

"What's the matter?" he asked with a frown.

"I am a disciple of the branch in Ci'an City..."

"The disciples who have just arrived here should go to Tianling Palace. There are people there who will arrange food, clothing, housing and transportation for you, and will also give you some advice on sacrificial matters. en8." Chen Jiukai glanced at her clothes and couldn't help but frown, "Why don't you wear sacrificial clothes? "

"I was just thinking about this... I came to Jingdu the day before yesterday. The spiritual energy in the garden suddenly became extremely violent a few days ago. I was a little scared and stayed outside... "

"Don't you know that disciples who participate in sacrifices are not allowed to go out at will?" Chen Jiukai frowned even more tightly.

The blind girl looked panicked and quickly explained: "I... wasn't I scared? Besides, there were indeed flashes of fire in the garden a few days ago. I went to see it this morning and found that everything was burned clean... "

"You come with me." Chen Jiukai had dealt with a lot of these things in the past two days, and without raising any suspicion, he led her towards Lingtian Palace.

"Yes, yes! Thank you, Taoist priest!" The girl thanked her quickly.

"Just call me Senior Brother." He nodded, "We come from the same school, so there's no need to be polite."

"Yeah." The girl looked a little timid.

"You need to go to Yantian Palace to collect your punishment for going out privately. I will take you to deal with the matters here first, and then you can take care of it yourself." Chen Jiukai strode towards the center of the city, where there were buildings surrounding the Lutian Holy Altar. One hundred and eight palaces, each performing its own duties.

"Yes, senior brother. I will definitely obey your order."

"By the way, what's your name and what inheritance do you cultivate?" Chen Jiukai asked suddenly. He thought this girl had good potential and a good attitude.

"I, Zheng Zhenzhen, practice the Kunshan Jade Broken Technique."

"Well, for the outer disciples, this Hundred Flowers Festival is a good promotion opportunity. If you make good use of it, you might be able to stay at the Lutian Holy Altar to practice this time." Chen Jiukai is still very willing to give advice to potential juniors. .

"But I went out without permission a few days ago... will it affect my promotion?" Yun Qing, who was pretending to be Zheng Zhenzhen, asked calmly.

Chen Jiukai stopped. There was a continuous palace in front of him. He took Yun Qing in through the side door.

The moment he stepped over the door barrier, a colorful bird silhouette appeared on his body, and there was a wave of water ripples at the entrance.

"Why don't you come in?" Chen Jiukai turned around and asked.

"Senior brother, I..." Yun Qing looked hesitant, "I believe the bird died in the fire the day before yesterday."

Chen Jiukai looked at her strangely and asked: "This is troublesome... You are really good at making trouble. Give me a copy of your name, date of birth, and entry time, and I will find out how to remedy it."

"Yes." Yun Qing lowered her head and raised her hand to form a jade slip, on which the relevant matters after her entry were written in detail.

After writing, the jade slip in Yun Qing's hand automatically flew into Chen Jiukai's hand. He nodded: "You are quite skilled in using the Xuanyuan Jade Transformation Technique. If you work hard, you will definitely be able to make further progress."

When Chen Jiukai saw her technique, his doubts disappeared. It was indeed the Kunshan Jade Broken Jue.

Of course, this was something Yun Qing had prepared for a long time ago.

There is only one lineage of top inheritance in the Temple of Heaven, which is the Qianyuan Gentleman Way. All other inheritances are branches that evolved from the Qianyuan Junzi Tao, and Kunshan Jade Broken Jue belongs to the last of these countless branches. The special thing about this Temple of Heaven is that all branches can be inferred from the Qianyuan Gentleman's Way. In other words, you only need to be given an ordinary inheritance at will when you start. If this disciple makes great achievements in this ordinary inheritance, it means that his understanding of the Qianyuan Gentleman's Way may also be excellent.

In this way, the inheritance can be given widely, and finally those talented disciples can be concentrated to pass on a higher level of inheritance. Because they come from the same lineage, it is easy to switch between inheritances.

Because this kind of inheritance requires large-scale and widespread dissemination, it is not difficult to copy the secret pattern of inheritance. Kunshan Jade Broken Jue Yun Qing has already asked Zheng Zhenzhen for it on the way.

It's just that the fire a few days ago happened strangely. Is there someone like her who wants to pick up the plane and sneak into this Hundred Flowers Festival

No matter what, the fire gave her a lot of convenience.

Not long after, Chen Jiukai came out of the door. He said with a smile: "You are lucky. The large number of outer sect disciples here have not been arranged yet, but the inner sect has been arranged. Just now, there is a senior sister in Yutian Palace who I want to find. You live in the same garden as a quiet spiritual companion, so I recommended you to him."

Yun Qing thanked her, but felt nervous in her heart. The outer disciples were fine, but she was afraid she wouldn't be able to cope with the inner disciples.

"Are you talking about her?" came a cold and clear voice.

Chen Jiukai turned around, and a middle-aged woman wearing a light-colored Taoist robe walked out of the door.

Although the woman was wearing a Taoist robe, her expression was graceful, her manners were perfect, her figure was quite plump, but her expression was a little cold.

"Exactly." Although Chen Jiukai is also an inner disciple, he seems to be quite respectful to this woman.

"Zheng Zhenzhen, this is your letter bird, please don't cause any more trouble. Follow Senior Sister Yu quickly."

Yun Qing nodded, took the letter bird, and followed the woman silently.

Senior Sister Yu was quite satisfied to see that she was reticent. Her expression softened and she said to Chen Jiukai: "How is the investigation of the arson?"

"It's unclear whether this... was an accident or someone did it deliberately. Senior sister is still..." Chen Jiukai said hesitantly.

"Hmph, you're a deadbeat, and you're procrastinating in doing things. If you don't get results within three days, just go and stay in any city in the south. Don't come looking for me." Senior Sister Yu's face darkened, and she turned around and left.

Yun Qing quickly followed her.

It seems that someone is indeed doing something secretly and took the opportunity to sneak into the Hundred Flowers Festival in the Temple of Heaven. Moreover, this man's hands and feet were very clean, and not even a single clue was revealed for several days.

The garden where Senior Sister Yu lives is very close to the Temple of Heaven, and is much cleaner than where the outer disciples live.

"You stay here first. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me." Senior Sister Yu took her to the entrance of the garden without going in. She must have something to do next.

"Looking at you, you don't seem to be a dirty and noisy person, so I won't say anything more. I think there are many outer disciples who will rise to the top through this Hundred Flowers Festival. Don't be disturbed by external things, just concentrate on seeking the truth. The sect can naturally see your efforts." Senior Sister Yu was very patient when she said this. It seems that although her face is cold and serious, she is also a person who likes to give advice to the younger generations.

"I follow the instructions of Senior Sister." Yun Qing nodded, carrying his things and walked into the garden, "Senior Sister, can you explain to me the matters of the Hundred Flowers Festival? I am the flower boy..."

"Someone will send these classics." Senior Sister Yu thought that her previous books had been burned, so she turned and left without asking any more questions.

Because it is a temporary resettlement place, it looks a bit deserted inside. There are piles of fallen leaves on the ground and no one is cleaning them.

Yun Qing didn't pay attention to this, walked into a room in the south, took out the square inch lamp from the package, and placed a ban.

This place has entered the coverage area of the Lutian Holy Altar. In her current situation, she cannot resist the power of the Lutian Holy Altar. Each sub-altar gathers the wishes of all people and then transmits them to the holy altar. The holy altar continuously transforms the wishes into spiritual energy suitable for practice.

However, the spiritual energy that is suitable for inheritance and practice in the Temple of Heaven may not be suitable for the demonic path that Yun Qing practices. She could either set up a formation to transform the spiritual energy herself, or she could only practice the half-baked Kunshan Jade Broken Technique first, at least to get through the Hundred Flowers Festival first.

Originally, Yun Qing wanted to see what was unique about the Hundred Flowers Festival, to study the world's Dharma, and to understand the world's ways. But now it seemed that there was hope for her to enter the inner gate with her fake identity, and she couldn't help but think about it.

Zheng Zhenzhen had mentioned the secret method of the soul to her before. Maybe it would be a good idea to start with the Temple of Heaven.

Yun Qing thought of this, suppressed other distracting thoughts, and began to silently recite the Kunshan Jade Broken Jue. She has already cultivated the True Qi of the Great Sun and Black Heavenly Wheel. Although one is a demon and the other is a human being, they are all orthodox cultivation techniques at any rate. She can barely use the True Qi of the Great Sun and Black Heavenly Wheel to move Kunshan Yushang's mind.

She had used the Xuanyuan Jade Transformation Technique before to eliminate Chen Jiukai's doubts. As long as she doesn't use magic spells herself and no one detects the movement of her Qi, she won't be exposed in a short period of time. After all, as the flower boy of the outer sect, it was quite easy at the Hundred Flowers Festival.

Since Kunshan Jade Broken Jue evolved from the gentleman's way of the Qianyuan Dynasty, it must have some of the gentleman's way. Jade can nourish people, but the brilliance of time fades away, but my heart is as gentle as jade, as gentle as before, and I will not change my Taoist heart. Jade is also very spiritual among many metals and stones. It is also endowed with the virtues of a gentleman. If you nourish the heart like jade, it can make people calm and calm, indifferent and calm.

However, Kunshan Jade Broken Jue has gone to an extreme in the line of "a gentleman is like jade". Kunshan jade is broken, a gentleman has integrity, he would rather leave the jade body in pieces than remain in the world like a fly or a dog. Therefore, this inheritance and cultivation should be as bright as a shooting star's extreme attack technique. It's a pity that most disciples can only understand the level of "a gentleman is like jade", and it is difficult to understand the level of jade. Most of those Lutiantan disciples who could penetrate to the "Jade Broken" step have changed to a more advanced lineage.

Just when Yun Qing was silently comprehending the way that a gentleman would rather be a jade, and wanted to figure out some attack techniques, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the door. Someone had hit her limit.

The leaves in the garden rustled down, Yun Qing frowned, waved his hand and shot a sapphire-colored sword out the door.

This move is the introductory Taoist technique of Kunshan Jade Broken Jue, Suhua Daoyu. The power is similar to that of ordinary flying knives, but its aim can be controlled by the soul.

"Don't do anything, don't do anything!" A panicked voice came from outside the door. It was very childish and sounded about the same age as Yun Qing.

Yun Qing stood up and opened the door. Standing at the outer door was a cute and pink girl, wearing a black and white Taoist robe with wide sleeves, holding a pile of jade slips in her hands.

The girl smiled and said, "Are you Zheng Zhenzhen? I am also a flower boy. Senior Sister Yu asked me to make a copy of these classics and bring them to you."

Yun Qing was about to reach out and take the thing, but her expression suddenly changed and she dragged the girl into the house.

Suddenly there was a huge fire outside, and half of the sky was burned red. Those dead leaves and trees were engulfed by the raging fire in the blink of an eye.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the tongue of fire that came from nowhere spread to the two of them.