A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 348 Lu Qingzhu's Identity
The work of repairing the palace only takes four days, and it costs a total of five contribution points.

This work was a little harder, as they had to carry wood and stones from the bottom of the valley to a place not far from the palace on the top of the mountain.

That palace is an old temple for worshipping, enshrining the tablets of ancestors of all generations.

They were only responsible for piling the wood and stones at the designated location on the top of the mountain, while another group of people would take over the actual construction of the palace.

These registered disciples were all warriors, but the wood and stones were quite heavy, and the mountain path was rugged, so they were all very tired after four days.

On this day, after four days of work, they finally finished their work and received their stamped approval slips, ready to go to Guangluyuan to exchange them for contribution points.

Ximen Kankan shook the note in his hand and muttered, "It's wood and stone! How can this be done by humans? Isn't this the work of oxen and horses? After all the picking and choosing, this is the only job you can choose?"

Shen Mizhi also looked at Duan Rong with some suspicion.

Duan Rong said: "Five contribution points in four days. This is already very good. Do you think contribution points are easy to earn? We are just cattle and horses in the sect."

"Think about it, you only earned 85 points in the Weapon Shop in a year." Duan Rong said, turning his head to look at Shen Mizhi and said, "You earned more in the Elders' Council, but you only earned 95 points in a year."

After Duan Rong said this, Ximen Kankan and Shen Mizhi fell silent. Yes, they only get so many contribution points for a year's work. If you calculate it this way, they get five contribution points in four days, which is indeed a lot.

Although the work was a bit hard, they were all martial artists and could handle it.

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Okay. Anyway, it's finally open, right? We can look for it next time. Let's go back first and have a good meal."

Ximen Kankan's eyes lit up when he heard this. "The sour fruit soup we made last time tasted good. How about another pot this time?"

Ximen Kankan was already drooling as he spoke.

Xiao Yu said, "You are greedy. I will give you the job of hunting game."

Ximen Kankan curled his lips. "I haven't even had my meal yet, but I've been assigned to work first."

The four of them returned to the hill where Shang Xiangyu was. With joint efforts, Xiao Yu quickly cooked a pot of delicious thick soup. The other three people were already drooling at the tempting aroma.

When Xiao Yu saw that the food was cooked, he served each of them a bowl of soup.

Holding stone bowls, they sat beside the campfire at the entrance of the cave and began to eat with a slurp.

After a hearty meal, everyone felt refreshed. They sat lazily at the entrance of the cave and started chatting.

We had just chatted for a while when suddenly a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky!
The lightning, like an electric dragon, tore the entire sky apart, followed by a deafening thunder that echoed in valleys near and far.

Without any warning, heavy rain poured down on the endless mountains.

The diffuse fog disappeared in an instant, and the heavy rain in the dark night, with a strong fishy smell, filled every corner of the mountain...

Lightning, thunder, heavy rain, summer in Changliu Mountain is here...

The rainstorm came quickly and went away quickly.

A few people just took shelter from the rain in the cave and wiped themselves with towels. In an instant, the rain stopped.

Shen Mizhi walked out of the cave first, and saw the sky full of stars, the bright moon like a disk, and the night sky was as clean as glazed tiles.

The light of the stars and the moon shines on the endless mountains. Without the obstruction of fog, the water droplets on the trees are shining with a faint light, ethereal and dreamy, like a fairyland.

"Come out and see!" Shen Mizhi called out softly.

"What are you looking at?" Ximen Kankan asked, "Were you bitten by a dog?"

As they spoke, Ximen Kankan and the others all walked out of the cave.

After they came out of the cave, they were all silent.

After three months in the mountains, the environment had always been cloudy and foggy. Suddenly, the fog disappeared, the clouds dispersed, and Changliu Mountain showed them its true face under the mysterious veil for the first time.

The moon is bright, the sky is starry, the mountains and fields are vast, the moonlight is bright, and the whole place is clear.

Suddenly, a ray of light flashed across the starry night.

It's a meteor!
At this moment, the meteor is like a tear in the sky.

Tears left no trace...

Even a naughty boy like Ximen Kankan clenched his hands, closed his eyes and made a wish.

The four of them were very happy. Ximen Kankan asked Duan Rong what wish he made. Duan Rong smiled and said, "To marry a good wife and give birth to a big fat boy."

Ximen Kankan said: "Vulgar, vulgar beyond endurance!"

Duan Rong was just joking, but for some reason, Xiao Yu's face turned red as soon as he finished speaking.

Under the light of the stars and the moon, Shen Mizhi looked at Xiao Yu's expression, as if she could understand her feelings at the moment.

Xiao Yu treated her like her own sister, and she also regarded Xiao Yu as a relative in her heart.

She grew up in a repressive family, but she felt a sincere and warm emotion from Xiao Yu.

Shen Mizhi turned her head and glanced at Duan Rong, but Duan Rong didn't seem to notice Xiao Yu's shyness at all. He just stared at the endless galaxy with flickering eyes, wondering what he was thinking...

After all, the four of them had worked for four days. Although the starry sky was so beautiful, they gradually felt tired and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, there was no more fog in the valley, and even the morning light seemed brighter.

The four of them agreed to go to Guangluyuan together again to take on the task five days later, and then prepare to return to their own places.

Duan Rong had nothing to do, so he said he would see them off.

Ximen Kankan patted Duan Rong on the shoulder and said with a sly smile, "Why are you so polite? Could it be that you've slept with me for a few days and developed feelings for me?"

Duan Rong coughed and pretended to retch.

Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi were amused by them.

They first started from the Shang Xiangyu hill and then used an iron chain to reach the hill where the lower house was located.

The four of them were still whistling on the iron chain when suddenly the sun came out, with dazzling golden light rising to the east, and in the distance the mountains were green and the shadows of cranes passed by...

Several people were on the iron chain, looking down, and saw that the valley was so deep that they could not see the bottom. Ximen Kankan's neck could not help but shrink...

They jumped off the iron rope and landed on the top of the hill in the lower courtyard, walking slowly along the cliff.

The direction they were heading at this time was exactly opposite to the direction they had first entered the sect and came out of the lower courtyard, so the first place they arrived at was the several iron chains near Taipu Hall.

After Xiao Yu and Shen Mizhi said goodbye, Duan Rong took the animal skin straps and tied them up for Xiao Yu. Duan Rong walked Xiao Yu to the iron chain and whispered, "Be careful."

Xiao Yu nodded, her heart filled with sweetness and sadness.

Xiao Yu rowed along the iron chain into the air in the valley. At this time, Ximen Kankan also wanted to row away, but Duan Rong suddenly stopped him.

“Kankan!”

"Ah..." Ximen Kankan turned his head, thinking that Duan Rong was calling him for something, but he didn't expect Duan Rong to kick him on the butt and kicked him out.

With a loud crash, Ximen Kankan slid a long distance away.

Duan Rong said, "Why do you think I'm here? I came all this way just to give you this kick."

"Duan Rong, wait for me...I..." Ximen Kankan shouted on the iron chain, but the mountain wind was howling and Duan Rong could not hear clearly what he shouted.

Shen Mizhi stood behind Duan Rong and smiled. Duan Rong turned around, glanced at Shen Mizhi, and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to the iron chain over there."

Shen Mizhi is on the iron chain leading to the Elders' Council, which is still some distance away from here.

The two walked along the cliff in silence, neither of them saying a word. The cliff was bare, with only a few ferns here and there.

Duan Rong casually pulled a fern branch and swung it in his hand as he walked.

Seeing Shen Mizhi rowing near the iron chain of the Elders' Hall, Duan Rong suddenly said, "Mizhi..."

Shen Mizhi turned her head and looked at Duan Rong, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and her eyes flickered.

Duan Rong said, "Is that so... I have something I want you to help me find out." "What is it?"

Duan Rong said: "Do you know Lv Qingzhu? When we were in Xiangu County, she was also one of the sect's envoys who supervised the Selection of Talents."

Shen Mizhi rolled her eyes and said, "I know. What's wrong?"

Duan Rong smiled awkwardly and said, "You should be able to find out about her in the Elders' Council. Please help me find out. What is her situation in this sect?"

After all, Lu Qingzhu was his first woman.

The two of them spent a night together in a dilapidated temple in the wilds of Xiangu County, which left an indelible impression on Duan Rong.

He didn't really want to get close to Lu Qingzhu again. He had figured it out during this period of time. Having Xiao Yu was enough for him.

But if he had the chance, he still wanted to know what kind of person Lu Qingzhu was?

Duan Rong still remembered that when Lu Qingzhu left, someone picked her up with a Cloud-Winged Wild Eagle.

It turned out that Duan Rong didn't know much about it, but three months after entering the sect, he already knew that only the elders of the Council of Elders had the authority to mobilize the Cloud-Winged Crazy Eagle.

So, the person who came with the Cloud-Feathered Wild Eagle to pick up Lu Qingzhu that day was an elder of the sect?

This question has been lingering in Duan Rong's mind for the past three months, and he really wants to know the answer.

Shen Mizhi looked at Duan Rong suspiciously and said, "Why are you asking about her?" Shen Mizhi was actually asking on behalf of Xiao Yu.

Duan Rong said: "Don't ask so many questions. Just help me find out."

There was a hint of determination in Duan Rong's tone.

Shen Mizhi said: "Okay then."

In the past three months, she seemed to have heard the maids mention the name Lu Qingzhu several times, but she never paid much attention to it. Since Duan Rong wanted to find out, she could just ask those people.

After Shen Mizhi entered the cable car, Duan Rong turned back to a certain iron chain. He planned to go to the medicine cabinet, first count the accounts for two hours, and then exchange the medicinal materials for refining Zhengyang Pills. He planned to try to refine a batch of Zhengyang Pills to practice.

Before noon, Duan Rong returned to Shang Xiangyu's hill from the medicine pavilion.

He first sat outside Shang Xiangyu's stone chamber and processed the herbs, then sat there quietly, carefully reviewing some information about alchemy in his mind.

It was not until dusk fell that Duan Rong took the processed medicinal materials and entered the cave where Shang Xiangyu usually made pills.

At dawn, Duan Rong returned to his cave with a gloomy face. He divided a furnace of pills into three portions, but all three portions were burnt.

"It seems that refining pills is really a technical job!"

After all, Duan Rong had the spirit of the weapon that Shang Xiangyu had carried with him for many years in his mind. Although he ruined three batches of medicinal herbs, he quickly discovered the problem.

Although he was very clear about the details of the steps, he found it difficult to grasp the timing.

If the heat is too high, the medicine will become mushy; if the heat is not high enough, the medicinal power cannot be extracted.

But the control of heat is erratic and it is not enough to just know it. It requires practice.

Duan Rong was thinking over and over again in the cave. At the moment when he finished refining the medicine three times, he compared the delicate details of the information in his mind and pondered over and over again.

Duan Rong was deep in the cave when his eyes suddenly lit up. He knew why he had failed in his three attempts to refine the medicine.

Because Shang Xiangyu's speed was much faster than his, if he only controlled the temperature according to the memory points in his mind, it would be too slow. He had to advance Shang Xiangyu's memory points.

As soon as Duan Rong understood the connection, he suddenly felt tired. He had been in the cave over there, refining the medicine three times and pondering over it over and over again, which took him a whole night.

At this moment, once I stop thinking, I will feel listless.

Duan Rong lay down on the hammock and fell asleep instantly.

After Duan Rong woke up, he went to the medicine cabinet again and exchanged a batch of herbs, which he divided into three parts. After processing them on the big platform, he went back to the cave for refining herbs.

When the sky was just getting light, Duan Rong dragged his tired body out of the alchemy cave.

Again, all three batches of medicinal materials failed to be refined.

However, Duan Rong's face looked much better than yesterday, because he almost succeeded the last time.

Moreover, it was at the last time of failure that an idea suddenly dawned on him, and he gained some understanding of the temperature required to refine the medicine.

He had a feeling that if he had another chance, he would be able to succeed.

Duan Rong was just about to go back to the cave to sleep. When he walked to the cave entrance, he suddenly saw a figure walking towards him along the cliff wall several feet away.

Duan Rong's heart moved. "It's Shen Mizhi!"

In two days, Shen Mizhi had found out everything about Lu Qingzhu.

When a group of maids get together, they like to gossip. When Shen Mizhi asked, several of them rushed to tell her.

That day, she got up two hours earlier and came to tell Duan Rong the news she had found out.

Shen Mizhi stayed with Duan Rong for a stick of incense. When Duan Rong sent her away, he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, was it disappointment or calmness...

Lu Qingzhu's situation is quite complicated.

The leader of Taiyi Sect is elected by the Council of Elders.

Once every fifty years!
The current leader of Taiyi Sect is Chu Qiushan. Before becoming the leader, Chu Qiushan was the chief of the Judgment Department and had made countless contributions.

However, Chu Qiushan has been the sect leader for more than 40 years, and he will retire in six years.

At that time, the Council of Elders will elect a new leader.

And six years later, there are only two people capable of competing for the next sect leader.

These two people are also elders of the Council of Elders, one is Lu Zhongtang and the other is Zhu He.

Of course, some people also think that Yang Sixian, the chief of the Judgment Bureau, also has a chance. After all, Chu Qiushan was promoted from the position of chief of the Judgment Bureau.

But, in fact, Yang Sixuan's chances are slim, because his qualifications are too shallow, and he has no foundation in the sect. His only resource is the appreciation of the current sect master Chu Qiushan.

And Lu Qingzhu is the only daughter of Elder Lu Zhongtang, who is the only one qualified to compete for the next sect leader.

But this is not the most important.

The most important thing is that the father and daughter of the Lu family are the descendants of Lu Yinlin, the ancestor of Taiyi Sect.

The ancestor of the Taiyi Sect is an old monster in the Nascent Soul Realm and is more than a thousand years old.

An old monster who has lived for more than a thousand years no longer cares about the so-called bloodline.

Therefore, hundreds of years ago, Lu Yinlin stopped interfering in the matter of the Council of Elders nominating the sect leader.

However, the Council of Elders has always reserved a nominal position of elder for the descendants of the Lu family, which can be regarded as an explanation to the ancestor of the sect.

But the current situation has changed a bit. When Lu Qingzhu was five years old, Lu Zhongtang took her to the mountains to pay homage to the ancestors.

For some reason, Lu Yinlin actually liked this little girl very much and kept her at his feet for several years.

This is the first time in hundreds of years.

When Lu Qingzhu was a little older, Lu Yinlin cultivated him even more carefully.

Although Lu Yinlin does not care about worldly affairs, in fact, he is the real master of Taiyi Sect.

Lu Yinlin's attitude towards Lu Qingzhu immediately made the people in the Elders' Council become more subtle about Lu Zhongtang, and many people even tended to nominate him as the next leader.

Of course, there are naturally many people who disagree. The old man has not been involved in worldly affairs for many years, and Lu Zhongtang only holds a nominal position in the Council of Elders. How can he be the next leader?
Six years later is the date for electing the next sect leader. These matters have already been widely circulated inside and outside the Council of Elders, and there are all kinds of gossip.

It’s just that registered disciples like Duan Rong have no access to this information at all.

(End of this chapter)