Lian Sanyue had a high Cultivation state and generation, but for some reason, she hadn't broken through the Heavenly Arrival State.
This was common knowledge in the Cultivation circle.
Yet, Jing Jiu told him calmly and straightforwardly that it was not true.
The atmosphere in the medical house suddenly turned quiet, full of awkwardness.
The doctor looked a bit embarrassed, saying, "Everybody knows it, but Shui Yue Nunnery didn't announce it to the world and didn't admit it, so we don't dare think so, just like the Sword Justice of your sect. If Lian Sanyue had reached the Heavenly Arrival State a long time ago and stayed behind closed doors for the ultimate Dao, we don't dare comment on it."
After a moment of silence, Jing Jiu said, "Go on."
"Fifteen years ago, Guo Dong suddenly appeared at the Shui Yue Nunnery, claiming that she was the personal disciple of Lian Sanyue. Lian Sanyue stayed behind closed doors all the time, so where did she find a personal disciple? For some reason, the Chief Nun and the Great Grandmaster admitted her identity. And it was said that she had a special status in the nunnery, so nobody controlled her, and she could do whatever she wanted. "
The doctor continued, "The first time she appeared in public was at the Plum Meeting that you attended, and she won first place in zither playing. Her whereabouts were still uncertain after that, but she was discovered many times in White Town. As you know … we don't dare get too close to that temple, so we don't know the details."
"What about the other matter?" asked Jing Jiu.
The doctor took out another jade amulet and held it in his hand, saying, "Tong Yan was not on the Cloud-Dream Mountain when the Cloud Platform was destroyed three years ago, and his whereabouts were unknown. He came back from the southwest half a year later, but he still kept his mouth shut. When Bai Zao went to Zhaoge City a few days ago, Tong Yan held a banquet in the Hanshi Valley to see him off. There was a plate of red moss on the table."
Jing Jiu didn't eat anything, so he didn't think there was anything special about the plate of red moss.
"It's not a seasonal food. The four seasons are distinct in the Hanshi Valley. Even if the formation can be used to cultivate it, it's not worth using it to grow red moss."
Gu Qing explained softly behind him, "Tong Yan came back from the southwest, and with the red moss, he might have stayed at the Baotong Zen Temple."
The doctor looked at him with admiration, thinking that he was worthy of being called Gu Qing.
Jing Jiu asked, "Did anything major happen in the southwest three years ago?"
"The Cloud Platform was destroyed in the north. Other than that, there are a few other things worth noting."
The doctor told him about the incidents one by one, and then continued, "The Young Master of the Mysterious Dark Sect, Su Ziye, suddenly appeared in Yizhou for no reason and was assassinated by Bulao Lin. Everybody thought that he was dead for sure. Unexpectedly, he is still alive and has become a guest of the Western Sea Sword School. This incident has been tacitly acknowledged by the orthodox sects. It can be said that he has forsaken the darkness for the light."
Gu Qing couldn't help but shake his head and say, "The more I try, the more I don't understand."
Jing Jiu got up to thank him and left the clinic with Gu Qing.
Gu Qing was a little puzzled. He didn't see his master give him anything, so why did he leave just like that?
The information of the Curtain Rollers was always expensive, and the information they gave him that day was very valuable. Guo Dong was worth a lot of money, but it was mainly about Tong Yan.
She came back from the southwest and a plate of red moss. These two seemingly insignificant pieces of information could predict many things in the eyes of the observant people.
Jing Jiu didn't understand why it was so.
Back when he started to deal with the Curtain Rollers, they would exchange information. It was probably because the information he gave them was too old or useful, so the Curtain Rollers had the intention of befriending him. Later on, the attitude of the Curtain Rollers toward him grew more and more respectful; it could be said that they would take whatever he wanted, as if he were the one who opened the shop.
Juye City was still bustling at night. The smell of mutton could be smelled on both sides of the street.
Jing Jiu led Gu Qing into a restaurant and asked for a private room on the highest floor. He ordered a double-duck hotpot, half of which was filled with clear water and the other half with flames.
Back when he traveled the world with Zhao Layue, he had developed the habit of ordering a hotpot whenever he came to a place, but he didn't actually eat it.
It was the same as when he saw little children like Jing Li and Jing Yao ask if they wanted to hold them, but they didn't actually hold them.
Gu Qing was his disciple, but he didn't eat much either, and he didn't care for little children.
The two of them sat on both sides of the table, looking at the green onions and a few Sichuan peppercorns bobbing up and down in the two-colored soup.
Below the restaurant, the owner of the restaurant couldn't help but lift his head to take a look at the top floor after taking out the golden leaf from his mouth, thinking that these two were truly strange people.
Jing Jiu and Gu Qing weren't in a daze while looking at the hotpot, but they were thinking and listening to the conversations of the customers in the restaurant at the same time.
Juye City was located in the north of Chaotian, where the weather was very cold. It was close to the Cold Mountain and the snowland, so it was relatively dangerous.
Though there weren't too many regular citizens in the city, there were many traveling merchants, warriors and Cultivation practitioners.
The information here was more complicated, though it was far inferior to that of the Curtain Rollers; but some useful information could be found once in a while.
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The news about the Fiend Prison had finally arrived in Juye City after more than ten days. The people in the restaurant were talking about this matter.
"That Old Dragon is about fifty miles long. It hovered over Zhaoge City, as if a mirage had moved Kunlun Mountain over there. My master had almost passed out when she saw the scene outside the city! The fourth manager wrote a letter to me that night, telling me that the Old Dragon and the King Of The Underworld had fought for three hundred rounds, and neither of them could defeat the other; they had no choice but to perish together. The King Of The Underworld was burned to death by the heavenly fire, and the Old Dragon fell to the ground. With a loud boom, half of the houses in Zhaoge City were crushed, and countless cracks appeared on the ground, the deepest of which was a few thousand feet deep. It was formed by the underground river flowing backward, and it has turned into a large river! If you don't believe me, you will see it when you go to Zhaoge City. "
"It's ridiculous! Even though the Old Dragon is the divine animal of the Cloud-Dream Mountain, he can't be so long; otherwise, where does he usually stay in Zhaoge City? "
"I told you earlier! The Old Dragon usually hides under the ground! He is the rumored Fiend Prison! Those prisoners are all in the dragon's stomach! "
This statement caused another round of surprised screams in the restaurant, making it even livelier.
"I heard that the Old Dragon's spiritual soul was controlled by the King Of The Underworld in the end, and he died a miserable death," someone said sentimentally.
Someone sneered, "He deserves it! The Zhongzhou School claims to be an orthodox sect, but they connived the Old Dragon to eat humans. What kind of divine animal is he? He's worse than a devil! "
"Bah! How can we believe what those devil men of the deviant sects and the King Of The Underworld said? The divine dragon has done a great service to the human race, but you people dare insult him. It's truly outrageous. You will die a horrible death! "
The people with different viewpoints argued fiercely when they couldn't agree with each other, and the strong liquor added to the fun. In the end, it turned into a chaotic fight.
It was a mess in the restaurant, with fists and bowls and plates flying in all directions. However, none of the parties used their weapons, nor did they employ any Cultivation methods.
Those merchants who supported the Zhongzhou School suffered a great loss and were driven out of the restaurant. It was because they were outnumbered compared to those who were gloating over the misfortune of the Zhongzhou School.
Juye City was the territory of the Windy-Broadsword Church. The reason the Windy-Broadsword Church could establish a foothold in the north was that they had suppressed the Kunlun Sect by force. How could the people here like the backing of the Kunlun Sect? Moreover, this place was very close to the Cold Mountain, and many Cultivation practitioners and merchants in the city had connections with those deviant sects and free-traveling practitioners; how could they stand on the side of the orthodox Zhongzhou School?
After the merchants who supported the Zhongzhou School were driven away, the restaurant returned to its usual tranquility. The overturned copper pots were picked up again, and the freshly cut mutton was served with hot steam. The curses were replaced by the sound of finger-guessing games.
The clopping of hooves suddenly broke out on the street outside the restaurant, and the sounds of birds flying through the air could be vaguely heard in the night sky, followed by the surprised screams.
"Something has happened! Something serious has happened! "
A man rushed into the restaurant from the street and yelled at the people in the restaurant, his forehead full of sweat.
A customer who knew him handed him a bowl of rice wine and asked, "What's going on?"
The man drank up the rice wine in one gulp and said while panting, "The Mysterious Dark Sect will change its sect and establish a church in three days!"
The people didn't take it seriously at first. They kept eating and drinking, pointing at the man and saying something with a smile.
Hearing this, the sound of eating and drinking in the restaurant suddenly stopped, and it became deathly quiet.
The Mysterious Dark Sect was going to change its sect and establish a church?
For the people in other parts of Chaotian, changing the sect and establishing a church was merely changing the name; it was nothing serious.
However, for the residents of Juye City who were familiar with the history of the Cold Mountain and had a close relationship with the free-traveling practitioners of the deviant sects, it was of course a significant event.
Not all the deviant sects were qualified to be called a church; in other words, the word "church" shouldn't be used carelessly.
The Windy-Broadsword Church was a small sect that wasn't ranked. If Cao Yuan hadn't appeared out of nowhere, it would have caused a great deal of trouble because of its name.
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