Chapter 4 I am your father

Chapter 4 I am your father

Lou Yuqing nodded, then suddenly remembered something: "Master, why don't I see any senior brothers or sisters? Didn't you say I was your last disciple?"

"Yes, you are my last and youngest disciple." A look of sadness flashed in the eyes of the Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable, and he remained silent for a long time.

Even if Lou Yuqing was stupid, she knew that she had definitely hit her master's sore spot. Her senior brothers and sisters, whom she had never met, had probably all unfortunately perished.

"Master, you still have me. I will take care of you in your old age." Lou Yuqing said in a deliberately joking tone.

Zixiao Immortal was both amused and exasperated by her words: "Silly girl, your master is not that old yet. Living another thousand years is no problem."

Lou Yuqing chuckled: "Then I'll have to outlive you to take care of you in your old age."

"Alright, your teacher will be waiting."

A warm light shone in the eyes of the Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable. Being alone for too long had left him feeling somewhat lonely. Taking on a disciple instantly filled that void in his heart.

Watching the girl's departing figure, he pondered again the events of yesterday, including the matter his little disciple had mentioned in his heart that Zeng Changfeng had stolen his healing pills. Now that the other party no longer had that opportunity, he didn't need to worry unnecessarily.

But with his current cultivation level, what kind of injury would cause his strength to drop so drastically?

Immortal Venerable Zixiao shook his head. The future is ultimately unpredictable; we must focus on the present.

The cultivation world is full of people with extraordinary talents who can awaken their innate supernatural abilities, each of which has incredible effects.

If the little disciple is such a person, her inner voice should be her innate divine power, but this divine power is so rare that it has never appeared in the cultivation world.

Since ancient times, prying into the secrets of heaven has been a way to shorten one's lifespan, especially prying into the fate of great cultivators. Although he hasn't seen any results yet, he wants to buy more longevity pills for his little disciple.

Zixiao Immortal Venerable was fortunate that those who could hear his little disciple's thoughts could not speak them to those who were unaware of them. For example, he tried to tell his friends, but he just couldn't bring himself to say it. However, he could tell Qingxuzi and Zeng Xuangan.

Also, the little apprentice keeps talking about gossip, and it seems like the people involved in the gossip can't hear her true feelings. That's good news, though, because she doesn't have to worry about them getting revenge.

Zixiao Immortal Venerable felt that there must be other patterns that had not yet been discovered, and in order to ensure the safety of his little disciple, he needed to stay by her side at all times.

Thinking of his three disciples who had perished in the past, Immortal Venerable Zixiao pursed his lips.

However, his approach was too conspicuous, and he needed to find a more tactful method.

In a flash of inspiration, Immortal Venerable Zixiao suddenly remembered an avatar he had created, and immediately touched his storage ring to take it out.

The avatar's features bear a resemblance to his; those familiar with him can tell the difference if they look closely.

Zixiao Immortal Venerable did not want people to associate this avatar with himself, so he pondered and said, "To outsiders, just say that you are a distant relative of mine, and call me by my real name, Gu!"

Seeking immortality and enlightenment, our original aspiration remains unchanged.

Over the years, very few people know this name anymore.

Immortal Venerable Zixiao formed hand seals and began refining his avatar. To fully control this avatar, he not only needed to continuously cast incantations for three days and three nights, but also to dedicate a portion of his divine soul to it.

The process of splitting the soul is extremely important; if the splitting fails, the original soul will suffer severe damage.

...

Lou Yuqing returned to her cave and began studying the panel of the "Eating Melon System." Last night, in order not to disappoint her master's expectations, she had used all her energy to guide Qi into her body, and then fell asleep.

Host: Lou Yuqing

Gossip Value: 0 points

The melon field's boundaries are: within a mile in radius.

List of gossip enthusiasts: Zixiao Immortal Venerable (100,000 points)

Friendly reminder: You don't have enough "gossip points" (points for eating melons). Please work hard to earn more.

Lou Yuqing: 100,000 points!

We can't afford it, we simply can't afford it.

This melon is the most expensive melon she has ever seen.

"Besides my master, there's no one else here. Surely there are only the two of us on Cangtian Peak?" Lou Yuqing recalled that they hadn't encountered anyone along the way, and her lips twitched.

Could it be that because of Tang Xueyao's incident, Master sent everyone away?

Lou Yuqing was unaware that she had guessed the truth.

Ordinary disciples of a sect are usually scattered in the outer and inner sects. Only those who are chosen by the peak masters to be their personal disciples can enter the mountain peaks to live.

Another path one can take is to be recruited as a nominal disciple, who is a disciple in name only but in reality manages various miscellaneous affairs.

Although the tasks are somewhat trivial, there is a chance to gain the peak master's favor. Many disciples are vying for this position, making the competition extremely fierce.

Zixiao Immortal Venerable is the peak master of Cangtian Peak. He prefers quiet by nature, so he only recruited three or four nominal disciples to manage some affairs. Now, they have all been rewarded with some gifts and sent back.

Currently, there are only the master and his apprentice within a hundred miles of Zangtian Peak.

Lou Yuqing stared at the "Gossip Points" column; the 0 point value was glaringly obvious. She asked the panel, "System, how do I earn Gossip Points?"

The panel refreshed, and new content appeared.

[The host can earn "gossip points" by observing gossip; the bigger the gossip, the more gossip points are earned.]

Eating melon seeds?

She likes this.

There must be a lot of old gossip in the sect.

Where is the most convenient place to get melons to eat?

I've got it! Let's go there!

Three days later, in a room in the Hall of Law Enforcement.

Kui Houming's sharp eyes swept over the two new disciples: "Let me introduce myself. I am Kui Houming, the captain of the fifth team of the Enforcement Hall. From now on, you can call me Captain Kui."

"Yes, Captain Wei," Lou Yuqing and another person replied.

Kui Houming had a serious expression and stood up straight, looking like the kind of person who would handle business in a very formal way. Behind him stood a female disciple who had the same attitude.

Lou Yuqing thought to herself, "As expected of the Law Enforcement Hall, everyone is very strict."

When she first entered the sect, Sect Leader Qingxuzi led her through the Law Enforcement Hall and introduced it to her like this: "All matters, big and small, in the sect must be adjudicated and judged by the Law Enforcement Hall."

Lou Yuqing immediately remembered it and marked it as a "big melon field." After seeing the system's method to earn melon-eating points, she quickly locked onto this place.

Lou Yuqing's memory drifted back to a few days ago when she went to her master, hoping he could arrange a seat for her to observe the proceedings in the Hall of Law Enforcement, but she was turned away for three days.

Today, Master's cave dwelling has been opened.

Upon hearing her wish, the master agreed without hesitation and led her to meet someone, saying, "This is a distant relative of mine; you two should look after each other."

So Lou Yuqing and the male disciple named Gu Bugai were packed together and sent to the Hall of Enforcement. She felt that this person was a bit aloof because he had no expression on his face.

Little did they know, Gu Bugai was also helpless. There was a problem when he was refining this avatar, which resulted in him having a blank face and being unable to make any expression.

He had originally planned to use a gentle demeanor to get closer to his apprentice, but now that his apprentice hadn't formed a negative impression of him, he was content.

Kui Houming said calmly, "Xiao Si, you're in charge of those two. The Enforcement Hall will implement a system of collective punishment. If they make a mistake, you'll also be implicated, understand?"

The female disciple replied meticulously, "This disciple understands."

"Some rules should be taught." After giving his last instruction, Wei Houming left the room with lightning speed.

"They're finally gone."

Lou Yuqing's thoughts were interrupted: What was that sound?

She looked at the female disciple with surprise and doubt, only to see the other woman plop down in a chair, her hands on the armrests, her lazy posture like that of an old man.

Lou Yuqing hesitated and asked, "Senior Sister?"

The female disciple patted the seat next to her and said generously, "You can sit down too. Don't look at me like that. It was all Captain Wei who forced me to do that."

"Why?" Lou Yuqing asked, intrigued.

"He's a rather old-fashioned person. Actually, we can just coast along in this observation section. We don't need to be as tense as the regular law enforcement officers. When you see Captain Wei in the future, remember to put on an act." The female disciple imparted her experience.

Lou Yuqing understood perfectly and said, "Thank you, Senior Sister."

Gu Bugai: "..." Has the audience room developed to this extent?

The female disciple asked, "What are your names?"

Lou Yuqing.

"Gu Bugai".

The female disciple replied, "Alright, my surname is Si, you can call me Senior Sister Si."

She paused suspiciously when she said the term "Senior Sister Si".

Lou Yuqing could understand her, because "Senior Sister Si" sounded like "Dead Senior Sister," which felt unlucky: "Senior Sister, what's your full name?"

Since the surname doesn't sound right, we'll use characters from the given name.

"Me?" The female disciple pointed to herself, hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Your father!"

Lou Yuqing: ?

Gu Bu Gai: ?

Lou Yuqing looked at Gu Bugai and asked for confirmation, "Did she insult me?"

Gu Bugai replied expressionlessly, "Yes."

We can't stay here; it will corrupt my little apprentice.

"It's a misunderstanding. I really didn't insult you. My name is Si Nidie. It just sounds a bit like an insult."

After explaining, the female disciple said with grief and indignation, "Everyone reacts like this when they hear my name. I can't help it; it's just that my parents gave me this name back then."

Lou Yuqing: "...Senior Sister Ni, do you have an accent?"

"How did you find out?" Si Nidie asked in surprise. "I thought I hid it quite well."

Lou Yuqing: You can tell just by listening to it.

"Senior Sister Ni, hmm, this sounds much better."

Si Nidie thought of her twin brother and chuckled, "That guy can't be dealt with using such a clever trick; his name is even more difficult to pronounce than mine."

Gu Bugai glanced at her with a complicated expression, thinking to himself, "Won't something bad happen if I leave my little apprentice in this kind of environment?"

"Alright, you're all under my jurisdiction now. You must know the rules of the Enforcement Hall. There are ten in total. First, no fighting is allowed. Second..." Si Nidie can be quite intimidating when she gets serious.

Lou Yuqing nodded repeatedly.

"Including you, there are now thirty-six disciples in the auditorium, most of whom are ordinary disciples, and like you, they are all at the Qi Refining stage."

"Upon reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, one is automatically promoted to a steward disciple. I am unworthy, having just become one of the steward disciples." Si Nidie smiled.

"Clap clap clap!"

Lou Yuqing clapped along politely, and Gu Bugai, seeing this, reluctantly clapped a few times as well.

Si Nidie raised her hand in a gesture of restraint: "Keep it down, keep it down." But she couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

Suddenly, the storage bag vibrated, and she took out a jade slip. The jade slip was glowing, and Wei Houming's voice came: "Xiao Si, come here."

Si Nidie immediately turned serious: "Okay, Captain Wei."

As the jade slip dimmed, she relaxed again.

Lou Yuqing was amazed. Senior Sister Ni was indeed a seasoned office worker; her ability to change her expression was quite skillful. She still had a lot to learn: "Senior Sister Ni, where did Captain Wei ask you to go?"

“Naturally, we go to the Hall of Law Enforcement. Our daily routine involves reviewing the jade slips of cases that have been adjudicated in the Hall of Law Enforcement, writing down our judgments, and when there are cases being heard, we go to the scene to observe. You should learn and observe more from me first, and you will soon be able to complete your work independently,” Si Nidie instructed earnestly.

Lou Yuqing's heart stirred, and her impression of her changed somewhat.

The Hall of Law Enforcement.

Kui Houming sat in the only main seat, with three piles of jade slips on the table in front of him. He was currently holding a jade slip and browsing through it, with a serious and unsmiling expression.

Upon seeing Si Nidie and the other two emerge from the small door of the inner passage, he casually waved his hand at the pile of jade slips on the right side of the table, and the jade slips flew out like rain.

"Give your opinions after reading."

Si Nidie raised her hand and the jade slip obediently landed in her hand, her professional attitude clearly evident: "Yes, Captain Wei."

The three of them returned to the room in the audience area via the same route.

Lou Yuqing suddenly realized that only a few of them were there, and asked curiously, "Senior Sister Ni, where did the others go?"

Si Nidie explained, "The Enforcement Hall operates on a rotation system, and our observation room follows the same schedule. Today it just happens to be our turn, and tomorrow it will be someone else's turn."

"Can't you come every day?" Lou Yuqing pressed.

Si Nidie gave her a strange look: "Junior Sister Lou, could it be that you?"

"What?" Lou Yuqing got goosebumps on her arms from being stared at.

Si Nidie said with certainty, "You're here because of the case in the Hall of Law Enforcement!"

Lou Yuqing was startled: "Could it be that you, Senior Sister Ni, are also one?"

"good!"

Si Nidie laughed and said, "The days of cultivation are too boring, so I'm trying to find some fun for myself. And you know what? I'm always happy when I see those cases."

Lou Yuqing chuckled: "Me too."

The two hit it off immediately and huddled together to examine the jade slip.

Gu Bugai: "..." It seems he has been forgotten.

Oh well, it's not a bad thing.

[Gossip Value +10]

[Gossip Value +30]

[Gossip Value +20]

...

Every time Lou Yuqing finished reading a jade slip, the system's mechanical voice would sound. To her disappointment, the jade slips were all about trivial matters, and her "gossip points" could only increase by tens at a time.

[Gossip Value: 180 points]

After reading all the jade slips, my "gossip points" reached three digits, but with just these points, it would be difficult to even get a proper gossip.

Lou Yuqing frowned: "Senior Sister Ni."

"I know what you want to ask, but major cases don't happen often, and when they do, they're always astonishing!" Si Nidie advised, as if she had been through it all. "As long as we wait patiently, we'll eventually get our chance!"

Lou Yuqing said disappointedly, "Alright."

Seeing that Lou Yuqing was not in high spirits, Si Nidie stroked her chin and said, "How about this, I'll tell you about a big event that happened recently. I don't tell just anyone. It's really exciting."

Lou Yuqing looked at her expectantly.

Si Nidie blurted out, "Do you know our sect's Immortal Venerable Zixiao? Something incredibly dramatic happened to him."

Lou Yuqing's face stiffened: Ah, this.

Gu Bugai: "..." Why am I the one who gets hurt again?

"Who would have thought that the dignified Immortal Venerable would be cuckolded by his Daoist partner? In a fit of anger, the Immortal Venerable decisively divorced his partner and sent the adulterer flying!" Si Nidie became more and more excited as she spoke, as if she had witnessed it firsthand.

Lou Yuqing started digging her toes into the ground, and in an instant, she dug out a dreamy Barbie castle.

With a deafening crash, the adulterer smashed through four mountains, stubbornly rising from the rubble, shouting, "Zixiao, Xueyao and I are the true love!"

Si Nidie passionately recited a version that seemed to have been stitched together from who-knows-where: "The Immortal Venerable ignored the adulterer completely, casually swatting him away and saying, 'Since you two can't forget your old flame, I will grant your wish!'"

"The Immortal Venerable didn't kill the adulterer, but chose to let him go. I'm so sad. How can there be such a kind person?"

Immortal Venerable Gu Bugai: "..."

I suddenly feel like finishing him off.

Qingxuzi, rumors are flying all over the sect, and you, as the sect leader, aren't you going to do anything about it!

The sect leader, who was handling matters far away at Xuantian Peak, suddenly sneezed.

Meng Zonghan, the Hall Master of the Enforcement Hall, asked, "Sect Leader, what's wrong?"

Qingxuzi waved his hand: "It's alright, please continue."

"This matter is related to Martial Uncle Zixiao. Rumors have been circulating within the sect about his affair with his Daoist partner. The rumors are quite outrageous, saying that Martial Uncle is in love but cannot have her, which is somewhat damaging to Martial Uncle's reputation. Should we step in and stop it?" Meng Zonghan asked.

Qingxuzi denied it, saying, "No need. Everyone's enthusiasm will subside after a while. If we step in, it will only cause them to backlash. We should pay attention to the direction of the rumors and not let anyone slander our master."

“Okay, there’s one more thing that’s related to my martial uncle. I heard he recently took on a disciple,” Meng Zonghan said.

Qingxuzi asked in surprise, "Where did you get this news, you busy man? Did Junior Brother Zeng tell you? Right now, everyone's attention is on Uncle's love life, and not many people know that Uncle has taken on a disciple."

“That old fellow Zeng Xuangan can’t let go of his family. He said he wanted to reorganize them, and he hasn’t returned yet. I know it’s because my uncle personally came to the Hall of Enforcement,” Meng Zonghan said with a smile.

Qingxuzi pressed further, "Is this really true?"

In everyone's impression, Immortal Venerable Zixiao dislikes interfering in sect affairs. Could it be that Uncle-Master is now intending to take over the Law Enforcement Hall?

Junior Brother Meng has done a good job as the Palace Master, and it would be hard for him to step down now. Should I try to appease him?

Meng Zonghan interrupted the sect leader's reverie and said, "My uncle came for his closed-door disciple. He didn't want the position of law enforcement disciple, but instead asked for two auditing spots."

"Two?" Qingxuzi pondered that the number was wrong, since his master had only taken Yuqing as his disciple.

Meng Zonghan smiled mysteriously: "Do you know who that other spot is for?"

"Tell me quickly, stop beating around the bush," Qingxuzi said, blowing his beard and glaring.

"That person's name was..."

Meng Zonghan said, enunciating each word clearly: "No, change!"

Qing Xuzi:! ! !

Isn't that my martial uncle's name?