Chapter 1 [001] See you again, but who are you (1)

At dawn, in the distance there are towering mountains, stretching one after another, shrouded in clouds and mist.

The reddish glow shines on the top of Sanqing Mountain. The moment you open the door, it's like golden light blowing on your face, making you feel relaxed and happy.

Jinping Peak of Sanqing Mountain is located in the northwest of Yujing Peak, with cliffs on all four sides as thin as walls. Its top is narrow and long, with jagged rocks, which look like carved lace from a distance, and the facade is steep and the stone lines are linear.

On the top of the peak there is a three-story tower supported by a spiritual power array. It is exquisitely octagonal and suspended in the air. It is surrounded by clouds and mist, and the scenery is hazy, as if it is a fairy tower.

In addition to being able to fly swords, the person who leads to the mid-air attic can also take the stone lift platform next to the rocks. The platform has been infused with spiritual power by Elder Cangyan, the master of Jinping Peak. Once a person stands on it, the platform can automatically rise and fall.

This is the place for alchemy and medical treatment in Sanqing Mountain. The heavenly fire at the top of the attic never stops all year round, and various elixirs are continuously refined every day. Therefore, the fragrance of medicine is always around, refreshing the heart. When you come here and take a breath of the air, you will feel that even the pain in your body is relieved a little.

Early in the morning, Shi Qing flew to Baicao Pavilion to collect today's portion of blood-recovering pills. The disciples in the pavilion had not started refining the pills yet. A group of people gathered together, talking in a buzz, as if they were discussing something important.

"Zhongli——?! Are you kidding me?? He has lost his cultivation and even his spiritual roots are useless! How can he come to Sanqing Mountain to study?"

"That's right! Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Besides, if he comes, he will be in constant contact with Senior Sister Shi Qing. How embarrassing! "

She walked in and heard her own name suddenly. Before she could react, she saw that the eyes of all the disciples in the hall on the first floor were focused on her in the next second!
"..."

"What's the matter?" Her red lips moved slightly, her voice was cold, and she glanced at everyone with a hint of confusion.

After he finished speaking, one of the female disciples stepped forward, pursed her lips, looked at Shi Qing with an embarrassed look, and said, "Nothing...it's just that I don't know who heard it from, saying that among the disciples who came to Sanqing Mountain to study this year, there seems to be...Xuanxiao Sect's Zhongli Jin..."

She spoke the last three words very carefully, her voice was weaker, and her eyes were always watching Shi Qing's expression.

I thought the other party would be a little surprised, but Shi Qing just said calmly: "Oh."

As if responding to something very ordinary, he walked straight to a corner somewhere in the attic and sat down without saying anything, waiting to receive today's portion of pills.

Everyone: "..."

--oh.

Just this reaction? ?

That’s Zhongli Jin!

Zhongli Jin, the one whose engagement she broke off two years ago!

I came to Sanqing Mountain to study! What if we meet on a narrow road? ! Isn't Sister Shiqing afraid of embarrassment? !
All those who practice Taoism are familiar with the name Zhongli Jin. He was once praised by the world of Taoism as a rare genius in cultivation that is hard to come by in a thousand years. At the age of fourteen, he had already established the seventh level of foundation and was about to break through to the golden elixir level. His cultivation speed was unprecedented.

Unfortunately, one night two years ago, while the leader of Xuanxiao Sect, Zhongli Zhen, and many elders were out, a group of highly skilled demon cultivators attacked Xuanxiao Sect at night and almost slaughtered half of the sect.

That night, the evil cultivators were probably targeting Zhongli Jin, a genius who had practiced Taoism for thousands of years. They used extremely vicious and cruel methods to destroy his cultivation and cripple his spiritual roots, causing him to fall from a talented young man to a useless person who could no longer practice Taoism overnight, in order to mock these cultivators.

This experience caused regret in the entire cultivation world.

Zhongli Zhen's hair also turned white overnight, and the Xuanxiao Sect began to decline from then on.

On the third day after Zhongli Jin became a cripple, Shi Qing, the last disciple of Shi Yue, the current head of Sanqing Mountain, went to Xuanxiao Sect to visit him. However, it was said that the visit was just a superficial excuse, and the real purpose was to cancel the engagement that the two previous heads had arranged for them.

Although this behavior, which is almost like kicking someone when they are down, is immoral, many people understand it.

After being crippled, Zhongli Jin can no longer practice cultivation. He will have to grow old, get sick and die like an ordinary person in this life. If Shi Qing does not cancel the engagement, will he have to live with a gray-haired burden in the future?
So even though there was a gust of wind at that time criticizing Sanqing Mountain's actions, the wind came and went quickly, and eventually there was no sound.

There has been no news about Zhongli Jin in the past two years.

Who would have thought that they would hear this name again, and it turned out to be on Mount Sanqing! The disciples wanted to chat about gossip again, but at this time, the senior sister Cangying from Jinping Peak came down from the second floor and interrupted them directly: "What are you doing?! Time is so precious in the morning, why don't you start pounding medicine and refining pills? All of you standing here, go back to your seats!"

After the eldest sister spoke, the disciples had to suppress their curiosity and concentrate on refining the elixir.

The first floor finally quieted down. Cangying fixed her eyes on Shiqing who was standing by the windowsill, and walked over to him and said, "The effects of the pills in the pill storehouse have been lost. The blood-recovering pills you want can only be made on site today. I'm afraid you'll have to wait all morning."

Shi Qing nodded and agreed: "Okay."

Cangying began to prepare the materials for alchemy, and chatted with Shiqing: "I heard that Zhongli Jin of Xuanxiao Sect is coming to be a visiting disciple."

"Ah."

"You seem to have known this all along?"

“It’s on the roster.”

The list of disciples studying abroad at Sanqing Mountain is updated every two years, and some disciples from other sects will be accepted to study abroad.

Unexpectedly, the updated list would include Zhongli Jin, the former genius boy in the cultivation world whose spiritual roots had been destroyed and whose engagement was broken off by Shi Qing.

Everyone who knew about this could hardly hide their surprise, but the reaction of another party involved was very indifferent. Not even a ripple in her eyes, as if it had nothing to do with her at all.

Cangying knew Shi Qing well enough to know that this guy could remain calm even in the face of an earthquake, not to mention that he was just her ex-fiancé who had broken off the engagement with her and came to study in Mount Sanqing. She was probably already completely oblivious to what Zhongli Jin looked like.

After officially starting to refine the elixir, one must maintain full concentration. Any slackness will affect the control of the temperature. Therefore, Cangying did not say a word to Shi Qing afterwards, and Shi Qing did not speak either, waiting quietly for her to refine the elixir.

*
It was almost noon and the summer sun was scorching.

The mountains are at a high altitude and are surrounded by clouds and mist, but the mountain breeze is very refreshing and cool.

The disciples finished refining the elixir one after another, and each of them breathed a sigh of relief. Then they took out the elixir from the furnace and checked its quality.

Pills are divided into different grades, from high to low, they are super grade, top grade, middle grade and low grade. The disciples who have made middle grade and top grade pills are delighted, while the low grade disciples are unhappy and throw them into the waste basket beside them.

The alchemy was basically finished in the morning, and the disciples of Baicao Pavilion had some free time. Some of them continued the topic they had not finished discussing in the morning. They spoke in low voices, whispering, trying not to disturb other fellow disciples who had not finished refining the alchemy.

"Hey, tell me, if Zhongli Jin really came to our Sanqing Mountain, which peak would he worship?"

"How should I know? His spiritual roots are useless. Those sword cultivators, knife cultivators, array cultivators, talisman cultivators, or martial arts cultivators will definitely not want him. The alchemy cultivators at Jinping Peak have the lowest threshold to enter the Dao, but at least they have to draw Qi into their bodies. He has no spiritual roots, which is equivalent to being an ordinary person. The most he can do here is to do odd jobs and do some logistics work."

"So it's still most likely here?" someone asked.

"Not necessarily," the other man shook his head and sneered, with some unfriendly joking in his words, "What if those sword cultivators and knife cultivators also want to do odd jobs?"

These words really made the male disciples laugh, and they laughed quietly.

However, before he could finish laughing, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of the attic door, accompanied by a polite and gentle question -

"Excuse me, fellow brothers and sisters."

The voice was as clear as the moon, with a strong youthful atmosphere. The disciples who heard the question fell silent and looked towards the door.

When their eyes met the young man outside the door, they instantly stared with their eyes wide open! Their eyes were so amazed! They even seemed to have forgotten to breathe!
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