Volume 1: Rebellion in Chang'an Chapter 50 Deacon's Hall
"You have been traveling for a long time, so you should have a good rest for the night. Tomorrow you will follow me up the mountain and report the details of your attack, and then go to the outer hall to register your identity as a monk." Lu Zhi thought for a moment and made such arrangements.
Nothing happened that night until the next morning.
The Lu family’s blessed land is located on Mihe Peak.
Lu Qingshan followed Lu Zhi along the mountain path and walked up for half an hour until the road ahead was shrouded in mist and they could no longer see it clearly, so they stopped.
Lu Qingshan knew that these clouds were the Lu family’s access control magic array.
Lu Zhi took out a bronze token from his arms, on which was engraved the word "Lu" in a flamboyant style.
This is the Lu family’s communication token.
Lu Zhi threw the token into the mist.
Driven by Lu Zhi's spiritual power, the token turned into a stream of light and flew into the clouds.
In less than a moment.
A young monk walked out of the clouds.
I think he is the person in charge of guarding the access control illusion array, commonly known as the gatekeeper.
"Who are you and what are you doing?" The young monk asked, holding the token that Lu Zhi had just thrown in.
"Outer Hall Lu Zhi, there is something that needs to be reported to the Deacon Hall."
The young monk nodded and looked at Lu Qingshan beside him.
"What about him?"
"His name is Lu Qingshan. He has recently developed spiritual power. I will take him to the outer hall to register."
The young monk's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but look at Lu Qingshan a few more times.
He looks to be fifteen or sixteen, which seems a little late even though he has just become a monk.
But as long as one can cultivate spiritual power before the age of eighteen, he can enter the Lu family's outer hall.
This person will be my future colleague.
Thinking of this, the young monk's tone became a little more polite: "Okay, then you can go in."
The young monk waved his hand, and the clouds and fog disappeared in an instant, revealing a narrow path.
The young monk slightly turned sideways to make way for Lu Zhi and Lu Qingshan.
Lu Zhi thanked the young monk and led Lu Qingshan inside.
It is very narrow at first, but then it becomes passable. After walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly becomes clear.
I saw auspicious clouds floating in the sky, surrounded by greenery, and the air was much fresher than the outside world.
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but take a deep breath and suddenly felt a lot more refreshed.
This is because the spiritual energy here is extremely strong.
The Lu family’s blessed land was built on a third-grade spiritual vein.
The spiritual energy production capacity of the third-grade spiritual vein is also limited. In order to avoid exhausting the resources, the Lu family has been controlling the number of people in the blessed land.
Many cultivators like Lu Zhi, who are old and have few opportunities to break through to the next level of cultivation, will be sent to Mihe Town by the Lu family to manage the family business and prevent the waste of spiritual power in the blessed land.
Lu family’s blessed land, this is Lu Qingshan’s second visit.
The first time I came was to test my spiritual roots.
All the children of the Lu family will undergo a family test when they are five years old.
The thing being tested is the spiritual root in the body.
When the test results come out, if the child has good spiritual roots and excellent talent for cultivation, he or she will be valued by the family and can stay in the blessed land to practice.
If the test shows that your spiritual roots are not good enough, you cannot stay in the blessed land.
But this does not mean that you will have no chance to practice in the future.
Although talent is an extremely important part of cultivation, it is definitely not everything.
Haven’t you seen how many practitioners with average spiritual roots and aptitude eventually became powerful monks?
The Lu family would naturally not be so short-sighted and were willing to give their children a chance to prove themselves through their own efforts.
Disciples who do not have a good talent for cultivation can take home a book of cultivation techniques and practice on their own at home.
If one can cultivate spiritual energy and become a cultivator before the age of eighteen, he can enter the outer hall of the family.
The first time Lu Qingshan tested his spiritual roots, the result was not satisfactory, so he did not stay in the Lu family's blessed land.
Although Lu Qingshan usually found time to practice martial arts, he was never able to successfully sense the Qi, so he never entered the Lu family's blessed land again.
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The entire building complex within the blessed land faces east and is built against the mountain, taking advantage of the terrain.
The surrounding mountains are like a winding jade dragon, in a stepped shape.
A river shining with silver light winds down from the top of the mountain. This is the so-called Mi River.
Lu Zhi led Lu Qingshan along the Mi River, and soon a three-story building came into view.
"This is the Deacon's Hall. When you go in, you will report the attack in detail to the monk in the Deacon's Hall and he will record it in the book." Lu Zhi instructed.
Lu Qingshan naturally would not have any objection.
As soon as I entered the Deacon Hall, a stern-looking monk in black came up to me and asked, "What's the matter?"
He is a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.
The status of Foundation Establishment cultivators is extremely high even in the Lu family, so most of the people who work in the various halls of the Lu family are still Qi Refining cultivators.
Lu Zhi explained his purpose.
The black-robed monk understood and said nothing more. He took Lu Zhi and Lu Qingshan into a side room.
There are large cabinets on all four walls of the side room, and the cabinets are divided into small compartments.
There is a jade slip placed in each grid.
These jade slips record all the tasks of the Deacon Hall.
"When did the attack happen?" asked the black-robed monk.
"April 13th." Lu Zhi thought for a moment and answered respectfully.
"April 13th..." The black-robed monk glanced over the cabinet, his fingertips continuously touching one jade slip after another.
"Here!" Soon, the black-robed monk took out a jade slip from one of the grids.
"On April 13, 20,000 years in Chang'an, Lu Qingshan (son of Lu Bei) from the Lu family's clothing shop mysteriously disappeared while transporting goods. I have reported this to the family, hoping to find out the cause of the incident. Reporter: Lu Zhi from the Outer Hall. Reporting time: April 17. Result of handling: Unsolved. The Deacon Hall sent people to investigate on April 18, but found nothing and there were no witnesses. The case remains unsolved."
The black-robed monk slowly read out the contents of the jade slip.
When seeing the remarks made by Lu Bei's son, the black-robed monk couldn't help but look up at Lu Qingshan again.
——Precisely because Lu Qingshan is the son of Jindan cultivator Lu Bei, the Deacon Hall would do its best to investigate how Lu Qingshan was attacked.
Otherwise, if an ordinary mortal of the Lu family were attacked and disappeared, and it had to be handed over to the Deacon's Hall for management, how would the Deacon's Hall be able to handle it?
"Is this it?"
Lu Zhi nodded: "Yes, sir."
"Okay, tell me the details."
Lu Zhi looked at Lu Qingshan, and Lu Qingshan did not hesitate and repeated his previous explanation to Lu Zhi.
According to Lu Qingshan's description, the black-robed monk first changed the result from unresolved to resolved, and then added a lot of information to the jade slip.
"Okay, I've recorded it, so this matter is over now." After Lu Qingshan finished explaining what happened, the black-robed monk recorded the information, put the jade slip back into the grid, looked up and said to the two of them.
Obviously , the black-robed monk did not understand what the name Zhishou Tower meant, otherwise he would never have revealed the matter so easily.
