Book 1: Chapter 20.1: Older People Are More Forgetful
“This jade pendant is the only thing left by the Qingming disciple who teaches you cultivation method?”
In the palace of the Spiritual Advisor, Bai Qiuran sat in the main seat, looking at a piece of jade pendant in his hand.
This jade pendant was equivalent to the Qingming Sword Sect’s disciple identity card, which recorded information and permissions of the holder. Bai Qiuran himself also has a piece of it. Looking at the style of this jade pendant, the owner of this jade pendant should belong to the sixth generation of inner disciples of the Qingming Sect. When they traveled down the mountain two hundred years ago, some people did not return.
“Yes, the disciple was originally a peasant who farmed in the western border of Shangxuan. Because he had retained my house for one night, he awarded me the cultivation method.”
Although the Spiritual Advisor Fu Qianqiu was in the Foundation Establishment stage, after watching the traces of damage left by the emperor’s tomb, he was naturally afraid to take it easy in the face of the Qi Refining stage Bai Qiuran. He answered Bai Qioran’s problem very respectfully.
“Unfortunately, I still failed to save the life of my master.”
“It’s okay, it’s not your fault. A true cultivator must go through the calamity. It is normal to fall down on the path. He died in the battle with demons to save the innocent, Qingming Sword Sect will be proud of him.”
Bai Qiuran took back the jade pendant.
“I will bring this jade pendant back. The method he passed on to you is the most orthodox method of Qingming Sword Sect. With your qualifications, it’s also possible for you to practice well and get into the Golden Core stage in your lifetime.”
Having said that, he had some envy in his tone, adding:
“Treasure it, Qingming Sword Sect’s method is the right path.”
“This disciple remember.”
Fu Qianqiu replied.
“One more thing.”
After Bai Qiuran put the jade pendant into his bag, he continued to ask:
“After coming down the mountain, I heard that you instigated Shangxuan Emperor to impose heavy taxes on the people of Shang Xuan Kingdom, and then used the revenue to refine pills. Is this true?”
“This, this… it’s true.”
Fu Qianqiu was ashamed.
“Remember, except to take some pill when you hit the bottleneck, at other times you should not take the pill to increase your level. It will make your foundation unstable.”
Bai Qiuran taught the lesson lightly, and then asked again.
“But what kind of pill do you make?”
“what?”
Fu Qianqiu touched his head and said:
“Yeah, what am I making?”
Bai Qiuran stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped him.
“Demon-Possessing Daoist Conviction. Look like not all things in the remnant was shallow.”
The so-called Demon-Possessing Daoist Conviction was a high-level spiritual technique of the demonic cultivator. It was created by a stunning and talented demonic cultivator of the Nether Spirit Sect 2,000 years ago. Unlike other manipulation methods which oppressed target’s consciousness, this technique would not capture the subject ’s consciousness, but changed the subject’s concept in a subtle way, guiding them step by step to complete what the caster wants them to complete.
As the saying goes, “it takes three years to learn good habits but three days to learn bad habits”. That demonic cultivator used this trick to guide many cultivators stuck in the bottleneck period into the demonic road.
Then he heard that Qingming Sword Sect had a self-disciplined disciple of Qingming Daoist, who was stuck in the bottleneck of the Qi Refining stage for more than a thousand years. Later… there was no later.