Chapter 50
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"You've been tired from the journey for a long time. Take a good rest for the night.
Tomorrow, you will follow me up the mountain and report the details of your attack. Then, go to the Outer Hall to register your identity as a cultivator. "Lu Zhi thought for a while and arranged.
The night went by without words. The next morning.
The Lu Family's blessed land was located on the Secret River Peak.
Lu Qingshan followed Lu Zhi along the mountain path. They walked all the way for an hour until they could no longer see the path in front of them. Only then did they stop.
Lu Qingshan knew that these clouds were the Lu Family's forbidden illusion array.
Lu Zhi took out a bronze medallion from his bosom. The word 'Lu' was engraved on the medallion in a flamboyant manner.
This was the Lu Family's communication token.
Lu Zhi threw the token into the clouds.
Under the urging of 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 cultivator walked out of the clouds.
He must be the person responsible for guarding this forbidden illusion array, commonly known as the gatekeeper.
"Who are you, what's the matter?" The young cultivator held the token that Lu Zhi just threw in and asked.
"Lu Zhi of the Outer Hall has something to report to the Duty Hall."
The young cultivator nodded and looked at Lu Qingshan on the side.
"What about him?"
"His name is Lu Qingshan. He has cultivated spiritual power recently. I will take him to the Outer Hall to register."
The young cultivator's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but look at Lu Qingshan a few more times.
He looked fifteen or sixteen. Although he just became a cultivator at this time, it was a little late.
But as long as he can cultivate spiritual power before the age of eighteen, he can enter the Lu Family's Outer Hall.
He can be regarded as his colleague in the future.
Thinking of this, the young cultivator's tone was also a bit polite, "Well, then you can go in."
The young cultivator waved his hand, and the clouds disappeared in an instant. After that, a winding path appeared.
The young cultivator slightly turned sideways and made way for Lu Zhi and Lu Qingshan.
Lu Zhi thanked the young cultivator and led Lu Qingshan in.
At first, it was extremely narrow, but after a few dozen steps, it suddenly became clear.
The sky was filled with auspicious clouds, and the air was much fresher than the outside world.
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but take a deep breath. He immediately felt refreshed.
This was because the spiritual energy here was extremely strong.
The Lu Family's blessed land was built on top of a Grade Three Spirit Vein.
There was a limit to the amount of Spiritual Power that a Grade-3 Spirit Vein could produce. In order to avoid draining the pond to catch all the fish, the Lu Clan had been controlling the number of people in the blessed land.
Many cultivators like Lu Zhi who were already old and did not have much chance to break through to the next level of cultivation would be sent to Secret River Town by the Lu family to take charge of the family business and prevent wasting the spiritual power in the blessed land.
This was Lu Qingshan's second visit to the blessed land of the Lu Family.
The first time he came here, it was to test his spiritual roots.
All the children of the Lu family would undergo a test from the family when they were five years old.
The test object was the Spirit Root in the body.
When the results of the test came out, those children with good spiritual roots and excellent cultivation talent would be valued by the family and could stay in the blessed land to cultivate.
If the results of the test showed that their Spiritual Roots were not good enough, then they would not be able to stay in the blessed land.
However, this did not mean that he would be completely cut off from cultivation in the future.
Although talent was an extremely important part of cultivation, it was definitely not the whole story.
After all, there were many cultivators with average Spiritual Roots who eventually became powerful cultivators.
Naturally, the Lu Clan would not be so short-sighted. They were willing to give their children a chance to prove themselves with their own efforts.
Disciples who were not talented in cultivation could take home a cultivation manual and cultivate on their own at home.
If they could cultivate Spiritual Qi before the age of eighteen and become a cultivator, they could enter the family's outer hall.
Lu Qingshan's first test for his Spiritual Roots was not good, so he did not stay in the blessed land of the Lu Clan.
Although Lu Qingshan usually took time to cultivate, he could not succeed in cultivating Spiritual Qi, so he never entered the blessed land of the Lu Clan again.
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The entire complex of buildings within the blessed land faced east. They were built against the mountain, taking advantage of the situation.
The surrounding mountains were like jade dragons coiling around, forming a staircase.
A river flashing with silver light flowed from the top of the mountain all the way down. This was the so-called Secret River.
Lu Zhi led Lu Qingshan along the Secret River. Soon, a small three-story building came into view.
"This is the Duty Hall. When we go in later, report the attack to the Duty Hall cultivator in detail. He just needs to record it in a book." Lu Zhi instructed.
Lu Qingshan naturally did not have any objections.
As soon as they entered the Duty Hall, a black-clothed cultivator with a cold expression came up to them. "What's the matter?"
It was a Qi Refinement Level Eight cultivator.
Even in the Lu Clan, Foundation Establishment cultivators had a very high status. Therefore, the people in the Lu Clan's halls were mostly Qi Refinement cultivators.
Lu Zhi explained his purpose.
The black-clothed cultivator understood and did not say anything else. He led Lu Zhi and Lu Qingshan into a side room.
Large cabinets were placed on all four walls of the side room. The cabinets were divided into small compartments.
In each compartment was a jade scroll.
These jade scrolls recorded all the missions of the Duty Hall.
"When was the attack?" The black-clothed cultivator asked.
"The thirteenth of the fourth month." Lu Zhi thought for a moment and answered respectfully.
"The thirteenth of the fourth month …" The black-clothed cultivator's eyes swept over the cabinets, his fingertips constantly pointing at one jade scroll after another.
"Here it is!" Soon, the black-clothed cultivator took out a jade scroll from one of the compartments.
"On the thirteenth of the fourth month of the twentieth year of Chang 'an, Lu Qingshan (Lu Bei's son) mysteriously disappeared while transporting goods in the Lu Clan's Garment Shop. This is to report to the Clan, hoping to find out the cause of this matter.
Reporting by: External Hall Lu Zhi
Report time: 17th of the fourth month.
Result: Not solved. The Duty Hall has already sent people to investigate on the eighteenth of the fourth month, but they have found nothing. There are no witnesses. Unsolved case. "
The black-clothed cultivator slowly read out the contents of the jade scroll.
When he saw the remark "Lu Bei's son", the black-clothed cultivator could not help but raise his head to look at Lu Qingshan.
— It was precisely because Lu Qingshan's identity was the Golden Elixir Daoist Lu Bei's son that the Duty Hall would spare no effort in investigating the attack on Lu Qingshan.
Otherwise, if an ordinary person of the Lu Clan was attacked and disappeared and also had to be handed over to the Duty Hall, how could the Duty Hall be so busy?
"It's this, right?"
Lu Zhi nodded. "Yes, Milord."
"Alright, tell me the details of what happened."
Lu Zhi looked at Lu Qingshan. Lu Qingshan did not hesitate and repeated his previous explanation to Lu Zhi.
The black-clothed cultivator followed Lu Qingshan's explanation and first changed the result from "Not solved" to "Solved", then added a lot of information to the jade scroll.
"Good, I've recorded it down. Then this matter is considered over." After Lu Qingshan finished narrating the matter, the black-clothed cultivator finished recording the information and put the jade scroll back into the compartment. He raised his head and said to the two of them.
Clearly, the black-clothed cultivator did not understand what the name "Zhishou Tower" meant. Otherwise, he would not have let this matter go so easily.
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