"It's alright. I just got married and came all the way from the Northern Lands, a little." Lu Sheng smiled.
"Junior Apprentice Brother, are you married?" He Xiangzi asked casually.
"Yes, I'm married." Lu Sheng nodded.
"That's great … when I got married, I was only a teenager. After giving birth to two children, I was chased out because I was too stupid and made a mistake … If not for Master taking me in, I wouldn't even know where to go," He Xiangzi said softly as she stared blankly at the heavy rain.
"Didn't Senior Apprentice Sister grow up in the Sect?" Lu Sheng asked.
"Yes, but I was tricked by a man from an aristocratic family … I left the Sect and married him. At that time, I was angry with Master because of that man. Now that I think about it …" He Xiangzi sighed.
Lu Sheng didn't expect He Xiangzi to have such a past. He didn't know how to answer, so he kept quiet.
Both of them were silent for a while.
After an unknown amount of time, the heavy rain was blown to the left by the wind. Amidst the sound of the rain, the sound of hurried hooves could be heard.
Lu Sheng straightened up and looked towards the stone steps leading to the surface.
In the distance, a knight in a straw raincoat was standing on the surface. He seemed to have just dismounted from his horse.
The knight held a small box in his hand and carried a saber on his back. He walked down the stone steps quickly.
"The person I've been waiting for is here," Lu Sheng said calmly.
"Mm." He Xiangzi also saw the knight in the straw raincoat on horseback.
The man walked down the stone steps quickly and came to the cave entrance. He respectfully handed the box in his hand to Lu Sheng.
"You've worked hard." Lu Sheng nodded and patted the knight's body. A trace of Aquarius Qi flowed into the knight's body to help him dispel the cold Qi.
"This is what I should do," the knight replied in a low voice. He bowed to Lu Sheng and turned to leave quickly.
Lu Sheng watched him return to the surface and mount his horse. He quickly disappeared in the curtain of rain until he could no longer be seen. He then turned to look at He Xiangzi.
"By the way, Senior Apprentice Sister, why haven't I seen Senior Apprentice Brother Fei Huangzi these days?"
"Fei Huangzi?" He Xiangzi paused, a complicated expression on her face. "A few days ago, he tried to sneak into the ancestral hall to search for the Primogenitor Devil Secret Art, but he was discovered by teacher. In a fit of rage, he was severely injured and sent away."
"Ah?" Lu Sheng did not expect something like this to happen to Fei Huangzi. No wonder I haven't seen him these past few days.
"In other words, there's only the two of us in the sect now?" Lu Sheng asked in surprise after some thought.
"Yes …" He Xiangzi also fell silent.
The two of them looked at each other in silence. They stood at the entrance of the cave for a while before Lu Sheng left and returned to his own cave.
On the way back, he saw the Great Elder standing alone in front of the stone pillar with the red symbol. He stood there silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Teacher." He walked up and greeted her.
The Grand Elder turned around and saw Lu Sheng. "Oh, it's Little Sheng …" He seemed very tired, and his eyes were a little cloudy.
"Are you going to read again?"
"Mm. I found a historical record yesterday. I haven't finished reading it yet." Lu Sheng nodded.
The Grand Elder looked at the disciple in front of him. If a few months ago, he still had the mind to choose an inheritor, but now, he really had no other choice.
For the sake of the Primogenitor Devil Secret Art, Fei Huangzi had barged into the ancestral hall and disturbed the patriarch's peace. And without his consent, he even wanted to steal the Primogenitor Devil Secret Art. Such a temperament was simply unbearable.
As for He Xiangzi, although she was loyal to the sect, her aptitude was really … It should be pointed out that if one's aptitude and cultivation were insufficient, once the secret art was lost, one would have to rely on the inheritor to draw it again.
And if one's aptitude was insufficient, it meant that once the original secret art was lost, the secret art would be lost forever.
So, apart from He Xiangzi, the Grand Elder suddenly realized that he had no other choice.
"You … there's no problem with Karmaless Skill, right …?" the Grand Elder asked in a low voice.
Lu Sheng nodded.
"Fortunately, there's no problem."
The Grand Elder stared at the disciple in front of him in silence.
"That's good … from tomorrow onwards, come to my cave two hours earlier than usual."
Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"Yes. Teacher. "
The Grand Elder scrutinized Lu Sheng for a while, until he found the latter baffled. Then, he turned and left slowly.
Lu Sheng watched the Grand Elder leave, unable to fathom the Grand Elder's thoughts.
Returning to the cave, he tidied up a little and hurried towards the library. Apart from reading, he had a new Devil's Pool stimulation today.
Early the next morning, Lu Sheng arrived at the entrance of the Grand Elder's cave two hours earlier than usual.
"Dong, dong, dong."
He knocked lightly on the door.
"Rumble …"
The stone door opened slowly, soundlessly. Lu Sheng walked in and saw that the Grand Elder had been waiting for a long time. He sat alone on a cattail hassock on the ground, a scroll of parchment in his hand. Lu Sheng could not tell what he was reading.
"From today onwards, apart from Karmaless Skill, you'll have to memorize some other foundational skills with me. Is that alright? "the Grand Elder asked in a low voice when he saw Lu Sheng walk in.
Lu Sheng immediately understood and nodded seriously.
"Understood."
"Very well then. Sit properly like me." The Grand Elder pointed at another cattail hassock not far in front of him.
Lu Sheng knew that the Grand Elder intended to make him a true core disciple. Now that the sect had withered, there were only him and He Xiangzi left. The Grand Elder probably had no other choice. There was no other way.
"Today, I'm going to talk about the details of Level Six of Karmaless Skill. Remember it well …" The Grand Elder began to explain the subsequent levels of Karmaless Skill to Lu Sheng in detail. At the same time, he took out the visualization diagrams he had prepared and showed them to Lu Sheng.
After the Grand Elder's detailed explanation without holding anything back, Lu Sheng finally understood what the main legacy system of the Prime Devil Sect was like.
From the most basic Three Yin Technique to Karmaless Skill, then to Ghost Face Mantra, Phantom Path Mantra, and finally Devil Heart Dao.
This was a complete and detailed legacy.
And this entire legacy was completely reliant on the Devil's Pool, which was also known as Devil Qi.
"The Devil Qi we speak of actually originates from an underground river made up entirely of highly toxic liquid," the Grand Elder said calmly. "We call this river the River of Poisoned Fog. All the Devil Qi is a special gas that disperses from the air above the River of Poisoned Fog. "And the Devil's Pool is a hole formed by the corrosion of the stone walls where the gas seeps into. "Some holes have large holes, which means that the concentration is high. "Some holes have small holes, which means that the concentration is low."
Lu Sheng instantly understood. He asked again, "In other words, the root of our Prime Devil Sect lies in the River of Poisoned Fog?"
The Grand Elder nodded. "That's right. That's why we didn't hesitate to build our headquarters in such a remote area. "When you've reached the stage where you can practice the Phantom Path Mantra, I'll tell you more secrets about our sect. "Alright, next is a mantra. You must memorize it carefully. It'll be good for you."
The Grand Elder did not wait for Lu Sheng's reply. He began to recite the mantra carefully.
As he listened, Lu Sheng felt strange.
Although the sect was weak now, it was still one of the Hundred Lineages and could easily recruit new disciples. He didn't know why the Grand Elder was in such a hurry. There was still time to train new disciples. Under normal circumstances, it was unlikely that he would be accepted as a core disciple so early and start receiving private guidance.
But since the Grand Elder took the initiative to do so, Lu Sheng did not mind. After all, this kind of thing only benefited him.
Two hours passed quickly. Soon, it was time for the official morning lesson. He Xiangzi slowly walked into the cave. Seeing Lu Sheng sitting down, she was also slightly surprised. Then, as if she thought of something, she looked at Lu Sheng a few more times.
"Alright, now it's just the two of you. If you have any questions, ask them directly." The Grand Elder sat still, his eyes downcast.
He Xiangzi didn't say a word. Indeed, Lu Sheng didn't have anything else to ask. Everything that needed to be said, everything that needed to be asked, had already been asked in one go.
The two of them simply sat down and practiced for a while. When it was time, they stood up and took their leave.
From then on, every morning, Lu Sheng would be forced by the Grand Elder to memorize some inexplicable mantra. From time to time, he would be suddenly checked to verify that his memory was accurate.
Although he felt that the Grand Elder was a little strange, Lu Sheng did not have much resistance. Who would complain about knowing too much?
In this kind of repetitive, boring life, he soon broke through again and reached Level Five of Karmaless Skill.
At Level Five, if he did not conceal his aura in his Yin Extreme Mode, the demonic thoughts that would naturally appear when Lu Sheng looked at the water surface of the mirror would already be so thick that it could affect one's mind.
And the Level Five Body-strengthening special effect of Level Five of Karmaless Skill could gradually help Lu Sheng's physical body a little.
As time passed, the Grand Elder began to tell Lu Sheng some secrets and strange things. Gradually, he stopped talking about cultivation levels.
Time passed slowly. During this period of reading and understanding, Lu Sheng had gained a lot of knowledge about the people around him and the sects.
Especially when he read a book, a book called "The Source of the School", he understood why the Great Elder was so eager to stuff all the messy content into his hands.
It turned out that the sects had a Hundred Lineages Conference where they would meet every once in a while.
Rather than calling the Hundred Lineages Conference a face-to-face exchange, it was more like an internal ranking competition between the sects.
Otherwise, how did the upper three grades, middle three grades, and lower three grades of the sects come about? They were created during the Hundred Lineages Conference.
And from He Xiangzi, Lu Sheng found out that the Prime Devil Sect had not reached the minimum standard of the Hundred Lineages for three years in a row.
The so-called minimum standard of the Hundred Lineages was that there must be at least one person who could be the successor and representative of the sect. In the absence of the sect master, that person would be able to pass on the sect's ideology and everything else. And reach a certain level of strength.
The struggle of ideology was the most bone-chilling.
Therefore, the disputes between the sects within the Hundred Lineages were equally cruel. Once a sect's development direction was in danger and was questioned, they would need to send someone to stand up and argue.
And the way to argue was with their fists. Using their fists to explain to the doubters the principle that knowledge was power.
You say that your ideology is advanced, so you're right? Then send someone to spar with us. Let's see what level the disciples guided by the correct ideology could reach.
After all, we're all sects built to get rid of Divine Weapons and Devil Blades. Outdated knowledge systems need to be eliminated. Only by constantly maintaining the latest knowledge could the Hundred Lineages Conference be maintained at its best, and not be dragged into its coffin by the old and corrupt system.
This was the origin of the Hundred Lineages Conference. Constantly competing for the strongest ideology. Let the old and outdated die, so as to avoid wasting their own resources.
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