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

Chapter 496 Fan Hongjiao's Oolong
After that enlightenment, Shen Mizhi's swordsmanship became more sophisticated, and she practiced diligently from then on. After about half a month, she achieved the great perfection of the true Qi realm and walked out of the tower forest.

A few days later, she went to the Dragon Fish Hall to become a disciple, but no elder or senior was willing to accept her as a disciple. The Dragon Fish Hall was empty.

It took Shen Mizhi nearly a year to get out of Tallinn, and the results of the Valley test were mediocre. Coupled with the stain on her family background, she had anticipated all this and was quite calm about it.

In a corner of the inner room of the Dragon Fish Hall, Lao Sheren Chen Ci burned incense and asked her to kowtow and pay homage. This was considered as accepting her into the inner sect on behalf of the sect's founder Lan Ruoshui, making her a formal disciple of Taiyi Sect.

After the apprenticeship, Shen Mizhi walked down Cuiwei Peak. Without stopping, she went towards Yunfu Peak where Duan Rong was.

During the few days she spent in the training camp, she had already found out that Duan Rong was a disciple of Zhu He, the chief of the Internal Affairs Department, on Yunfu Peak.

Shen Mizhi crossed the iron chain, passed through the swirling clouds in the valley, and landed somewhere on the hillside of Yunfu Peak. She looked at the winding mountain road not far from the hillside, and couldn't help but touch the copper bracelet hidden in her lapel.

It was handed to her by Xiao Yu personally before she left Tallinn.

When leaving, Xiao Yu's sad look flashed before her eyes. Shen Mizhi wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked up the winding mountain road.

When you reach the end of the mountain road, you will see a pavilion built on the cliff. It has carved beams and painted buildings, and it has eight floors. It looks quite majestic.

She walked to the first floor of the pavilion, but did not dare to go in, so she had to wait there.

After waiting for a while, she suddenly saw a young man coming down the stairs. Shen Mizhi immediately ran over and asked, "I'm looking for Duan Rong. Can you pass the message to me?"

The servant looked Shen Mizhi up and down and asked, "What do you want to see Master Duan for?"

Shen Mizhi said: "Just tell him that Shen Mizhi has come out of Tallinn. Come and find him."

When the servant saw Shen Mizhi explained clearly, his eyes moved and he said, "Wait here for a moment."

He then went upstairs from the entrance and reached Duan Rong's room in the pavilion. He saw a copper lock on the door of the room, so he turned back.

When Shen Mizhi saw the servant coming downstairs, her eyes lit up and she asked, "What did he say?"

The servant said, "Master Duan is not here."

At this time, Duan Rong and Ximen Kankan were practicing in the secret room. In the secret room, the people in the pavilion were not allowed to enter and leave at will.

"Not here?" Shen Mizhi's eyes dimmed with joy, and she asked, "When will he be here?"

The servant said, "I don't know. You can come back in two days. But I will let Lord Duan know for you when I see him."

Shen Mizhi frowned slightly, but still said: "Thank you!"

Just as she was about to turn around and leave, a figure dressed in red suddenly walked out of the pavilion and took one look at Shen Mizhi.

When Fan Hongjiao was walking at the stairs, she heard the servant say that Lord Duan was not in. As soon as she left the pavilion, she looked at Shen Mizhi and asked from a distance, "Are you here to look for Duan Rong?"

Just as Shen Mizhi was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly stopped and stared at the woman who walked out of the pavilion. She had a few strands of hair slightly raised at her temples, red lips, white teeth, and a charming demeanor.

Shen Mizhi nodded, looked at the woman curiously, and said, "Well, I'm looking for Duan Rong."

Fan Hongjiao came closer, looked at Shen Mizhi carefully, with a faint smile on her face, and asked: "Just came out of Tallinn?"

Shen Mizhi said: "Well, it just came out a few days ago."

Fan Hongjiao looked at Shen Mizhi's face and demeanor, nodded, and said softly: "She is a good person. Junior brother is really lucky."

Fan Hongjiao said, "Little sister, come with me. I will take you to see Duan Rong."

Shen Mizhi's eyes lit up. She saw the woman walking out of the pavilion, which meant she was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since she said she was going to see Duan Rong, she probably knew where Duan Rong was.

Shen Mizhi asked: "Didn't the servant just now say that Duan Rong wasn't here?"

Fan Hongjiao smiled and said, "The servant can only go to the room in the pavilion to check. Junior Brother Duan has such a bad temper that he would practice in the secret room as soon as he returned to the mountain. He might not be able to return to his room once in ten days or half a month. If you want to wait for the servant to send you a letter, you may have to wait until when."

Shen Mizhi looked at the woman in front of her in surprise and asked, "Are you Duan Rong's senior sister?"

Fan Hongjiao said, "Oh. What do you think? Not everyone can enter the secret training room of Yunfu Peak."

Shen Mizhi saw that the information the woman said was correct. Moreover, Duan Rong was indeed a crazy cultivator, and since she was someone who had just come out of the pavilion, she no longer doubted the woman in front of her.

Shen Mizhi clasped her fists and bowed, "Then I'll trouble you, sister, to take me to see Duan Rong!"

Fan Hongjiao smiled, and actually took Shen Mizhi's hand directly, and said in a familiar manner: "No need to be so polite to Sister Fan! Life in Tallinn is hard, right?"

Shen Mizhi said: "It is a bit bitter, but it is beneficial to cultivation."

Fan Hongjiao chuckled and said, "Sister, you have a strong character. So you have been in there for a year, right?"

"It will be a full year in one month."

"Really? Time flies! It's been almost a year since Junior Brother came to Yunfu Peak!"

As they chatted, the two of them had already walked into the enclosed space behind the lobby on the first floor.

As soon as Fan Hongjiao walked in, three servants came to her and bowed, clasping their fists, saying, "Lord Fan."

Fan Hongjiao said: "Open the door!"

A servant turned the mechanism, and a whole carved wooden wall suddenly opened up, revealing a dark stone cave entrance behind it.

While Shen Mizhi was still in shock, Fan Hongjiao had already pulled her hand and walked into the dark cave.

Duan Rong and Ximen Kankan were practicing in the secret room when they suddenly heard someone knocking on the stone door. Duan Rong frowned and heard Fan Hongjiao's faint voice. "Junior brother, open the door."

Duan Rong stood up and opened the stone door, and a figure dressed in red flashed in.

As soon as Ximen Kankan saw Fan Hongjiao coming in, he immediately came over, his pair of cunning eyes kept looking around at Fan Hongjiao.

As soon as Fan Hongjiao came in, he patted Duan Rong and said with a smile, "Junior brother, I brought your wife here. How do you want to thank me?"

"Wife?" Duan Rong was confused.

"Yes! Your wife has come out of Tallinne!"

Duan Rong was pleasantly surprised and said, "It's Xiao Yu?!"

In the past few days, Duan Rong has been thinking about how to rescue Xiao Yu. How could he not be happy when Xiao Yu left Tallinn by herself?
As Fan Hongjiao spoke, she had already pulled Shen Mizhi in from outside the door, and looked at Duan Rong with a smile as if to take credit.

Duan Rong was stunned.

Shen Mizhi glanced at Duan Rong, her face flushed, her brows furrowed, and she lowered her head without saying a word.

Ximen Kankan originally thought it was Xiao Yu who came out, but when he saw it was Shen Mizhi, he immediately covered his stomach and laughed loudly, shouting, "Wrong, wrong! How can this be his wife? Aren't you just randomly matching people up?"

As soon as Fan Hongjiao saw Duan Rong and Shen Mizhi's reactions after their meeting, she became suspicious. After hearing what Ximen Kankan said, she immediately realized that she had made a mistake.

She knew that Duan Rong's wife was still in Tallin. When she saw a young lady coming to see Duan Rong, who had just come out of Tallin, she had a preconceived notion that she was Duan Rong's wife, so she gave her a warm reception. But she was wrong from the beginning.

Fan Hongjiao looked a little embarrassed, but she still managed to say, "She's not my wife, right? We must know each other, right?"

Duan Rong said: "He is a good friend from the same hometown."

"That's all." Fan Hongjiao waved her hand and said, "I've sent the person off. Senior sister, I have something else to do, let's talk later!"

After Fan Hongjiao finished speaking, he turned around and walked away as if escaping.

Duan Rong shouted from behind her, "Thank you, Senior Sister Fan."

Fan Hongjiao raised his hand without even turning his head.

Duan Rong looked at Shen Mizhi, whose face was red, and said, "Mizhi, you came out too?"

Shen Mizhi nodded as softly as a mosquito.

Duan Rong said: "Come in."

The two of them walked into the secret room.

At this time, Ximen Kankan was still standing at the stone gate, looking out with some reluctance.

Duan Rong turned his head and said, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you close the stone door!"

Ximen Kankan uttered an "oh" and only turned around, turned the spring and closed the stone door when Fan Hongjiao, dressed in red, disappeared completely in the dark stone cave entrance.

At this time, Duan Rong and Shen Mizhi were already sitting at the stone table in the secret room.

Ximen Kankan also walked over.

Before Duan Rong could say anything, Shen Mizhi took out the thing that Xiao Yu gave her before she left Tallinn from her lapel, placed it on the stone table, and said, "This is for you by Sister Xiao." It was a copper bracelet wrapped in a handkerchief.

Xiao Yu actually has two anklets, one on each foot. The one on her right foot is the same anklet she has with Xiao Baiqiao and Zhu Xiaoqi, and was custom-made for them by Xiao's mother.

There is also a bracelet that Duan Rong took out from a pile of discarded weapons when he and Xiao Yu were registered as disciples. Xiao Yu has been wearing it all these years.

At this time, the anklet on the stone table was the one on Xiao Yu's right foot, which was the same style as Xiao Baiyu and Zhu Xiaoqi's.

When Duan Rong picked up the anklet, many past events came to his mind.

Duan Rong stroked the bracelet, but the handkerchief that originally wrapped the bracelet slipped off and spread out on the stone table.

On the handkerchief embroidered with willow branches and mandarin ducks, there was a line of words written in blood: It is better to forget each other in the world than to live together in misery. The signature was just a dry and blurred word "玉".

The two characters "相辱" were rich and bright red, but the last character "玉" was already mottled and dry. Duan Rong could imagine that when he wrote that character, the blood on Xiao Yu's fingertips must have been squeezed out.

Duan Rong felt a sudden pain in his heart.

A husband and wife are bound by love for a hundred days. Moreover, he and Xiao Yu have experienced life and death, and have supported each other to get to where they are today.

Xiao Yu's voice, appearance and smile from the past appeared before his eyes. Duan Rong felt a surge of anger in his heart and even wanted to rush into Tallinn and abduct Xiao Yu.

He suppressed his anger, then looked at Shen Mizhi and asked, "What did she say? Can you tell me?"

Shen Mizhi said: "Sister Xiao told you to treat Zhu Xiaoqi well."

Duan Rong looked at Shen Mizhi and asked, "Anything else?"

Shen Mizhi said: "That's all. Just this one sentence."

Duan Rong's eyes turned stern.

Xiao Yu only told him to treat Zhu Xiaoqi well, but did not talk about the love between husband and wife. The blood-written words on the handkerchief, about forgetting each other in the world, showed her determination.

She asked me to let her go!
She took off the anklet on her right foot and gave it to Shen Mizhi to take out, just to leave it for me as a memory.

All these signs pointed to one thing. Xiao Yu knew in her heart that she could not leave Tallinn.

She was making arrangements for her funeral.

Because she knew that once Shen Mizhi went out, there would be no reliable person who could pass on the message to her.

It seems that the rescue of Xiao Yu can no longer be delayed. If it is delayed any further, Xiao Yu might be in danger.

Just as Duan Rong was thinking this, he saw that on a certain area of the stone wall not far behind Shen Mizhi, it suddenly began to twist and wriggle like a quagmire.

Duan Rong and Ximen Kankan both saw it, but it was not the first time for them to see this strange scene. Although Ximen Kankan's eyes widened, he was not terribly frightened.

As the stone wall twisted vaguely, a figure slowly walked out. It was Zhu He.

Zhu He stood at the stone wall, glanced at Duan Rong, and said, "Duan Rong, come with me."

Shen Mizhi was startled when she heard that. She turned her head and saw that an old man with white hair and beard was standing at the stone wall behind her.

Shen Mizhi just walked into the secret room. Apart from the three of them, there was no one else here, let alone the old man. Shen Mizhi was shocked. Where did this old man come from?
Seeing Shen Mizhi's pale face, Ximen Kankan moved closer to her and said in a low voice, "That old man is Zhu He, the elder of the Elders' Council and the chief of the Internal History Department."

Hearing this, Shen Mizhi looked at Ximen Kankan in surprise, and Ximen Kankan nodded at her. When Shen Mizhi turned her head to look at the old man, her eyes were full of respect.

Elder of the Elders' Hall, Chief of the Internal History Department? In other words, this plain-looking old man in front of him is a powerful being in the Cavernous Realm! ?
Duan Rong sighed. He was immersed in the melancholy of Xiao Yu's blood letter and bracelet, but Zhu He happened to want to find him for something at this time.

Duan Rong stood up and asked, "Now?"

"Correct!"

Duan Rong stuffed the handkerchief and bracelet into his clothes, looked at Ximen Kankan and said, "Take Mizhi to the room in the pavilion to have a good meal later."

Ximen Kankan said: "I know."

Duan Rong walked towards Zhu He who was standing in front of the stone wall. Zhu He could see that Duan Rong seemed to be in a low mood.

Zhu He asked, "What's the matter?"

Duan Rong said: "It's okay."

He couldn't tell Zhu He that he was going to Tallinn to kidnap Xiao Yu.

If you don’t achieve the Great Perfection of the True Qi Realm, you will never be allowed to leave the Pagoda Forest. This is the sect’s iron rule.

Besides, Tallinn is still under the management of Master Truman, so even if he wants to do something, he has no chance.

Duan Rong walked over, and Zhu He's mind moved, and a group of space ripples enveloped Duan Rong's body. Then, the two of them walked into the stone wall that was twisting and squirming like a quagmire.

Shen Mizhi watched in astonishment as Duan Rong's figure disappeared into the stone wall, and the stone wall, which had been twisted like a quagmire, instantly returned to normal.

Ximen Kankan looked at Shen Mizhi and said, "This is the power of law!"

Here, Duan Rong felt like he had passed through the stone wall in a flash.

Outside the stone wall was a thousand-foot cliff with swirling clouds and mist. As soon as the two men came out of the stone wall, their figures suddenly rose high and flashed in the mist. Before Duan Rong could react, he was shocked to find that they were already standing in the bathing place in the pavilion.

The two young servants inside had already prepared the bath water. Zhu He glanced at them and said, "You guys go down."

The two servants answered yes and closed the door and went out.

Zhu He then began to undress as if no one was around, and jumped into a wooden barrel naked. Duan Rong noticed that Zhu He's skin was as white as a virgin, without a single wrinkle.

Zhu He was soaking in the wooden tub, his graying beard floating on the steaming bath water.

Zhu He rubbed his body and looked at Duan Rong and said, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you wash up quickly?"

Duan Rong said: "Master, you brought me here so eagerly, just to take a bath with you!?"

Zhu He's face darkened and he said, "Bah! Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? You look so dark and smell so bad. Am I crazy to ask you to take a bath with me!?"

Duan Rong thought about it and decided that it was true, so he took off his clothes and jumped into the bathtub. It had been almost a month since the last time he went there, and his body purification had been going on. A lot of yellow and white pus had accumulated on the surface of his body, and the smell was really pungent.

Zhu He glanced at Duan Rong and said, "Wash yourself clean! Come with me to see the ancestor later."

Duan Rong was startled and asked, "Go see the ancestor?"

"Yes!" Zhu He smiled and said, "I haven't seen him for a few years. I can go to see him this time, thanks to you, kid!"

Duan Rong stood there in a daze, his heart churning. Zhu He was obviously going to take him to see the sect's ancestor, Lu Yinlin, no wonder even Zhu He himself had to bathe and change clothes.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he looked at Zhu He and asked, "Master, why does the ancestor want to see his disciple?"

Zhu He glanced at him and said, "It was because you created a vortex in the Elders' Hall last time and caused the tide of heaven and earth's vital energy."

"Ah!" Duan Rong looked bitter when he heard that.

If he had known, he would have suppressed the impulse in his heart. Not only did he cause hidden injuries to his Dantian, delaying his cultivation for three months, but he also alarmed the ancestor.

The ancestor of Taiyi Sect, Lu Yinlin, has lived for more than a thousand years and is an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage.

Duan Rong's heart immediately surged and he thought about what had happened to him.

In the sea of spiritual consciousness, the blood light of the origin of the foul blood magic has long been refined and eliminated. There is no hidden danger at this point.

There was also the matter of the Taizang Sutra. He had already achieved the twelfth level of the Taizang Sutra. I wonder if Lü Yinlin would find out about it. Duan Rong thought about it and suddenly felt relieved. Even if he found out, it would be fine. At most, he would reveal the whole case of Xu Ruhu. With his current talent and the great contribution he had made to Zhu He, this dirty background was nothing.

In fact, the Divine Art of Filthy Blood is the Achilles' heel, and everything else is nothing.

Duan Rong thought about it and felt that it shouldn't be a big problem even if he went to see Lu Yinlin, so he started to take a bath.

Zhu He suddenly asked, "Duan boy, do you know why you caused the tide of heaven and earth's vitality? Does the ancestor want to see you?"

Duan Rong turned his head and glanced at Zhu He's beard floating on the water, and said, "Master, did you know that the ancestor would meet me?"

Zhu He smiled slightly and said, "Of course. Because before you, there was only one person in the Kyushu Continent who had created a vortex and also triggered the tide of heaven and earth's vitality."

Duan Rong was suddenly startled. He had not thought that this incident would cause such a sensation. If he had known this, he would rather stop the further growth of the cyclone at that juncture to avoid causing so many troubles.

There is a record in the Kyushu Continent that only one person caused the tide of heaven and earth's vitality when he formed a vortex. Wouldn't this event be more sensational than when he stepped onto the altar during the test in the valley four years ago?

Later, he knew that if he stepped onto the altar at that time, he would be the first person in Taiyi Sect in 180 years. Because the only other person who stepped onto the altar was Chu Qiushan 180 years ago.

But now, he has become the only two people in the history of Kyushu Continent who have caused the tide of heaven and earth's vitality when they formed a vortex. This is far more amazing than the Yougu stepping stage! No wonder the ancestor wants to see him! ?
(End of this chapter)