Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 100 [Yun Zong Past] (7500 words)
Chapter 7500 [Yun Zong Past] ( words)
Port city?

When Chen Yan heard this, his brows raised!
What a coincidence!
Even if Chu Keqing didn't ask him for help, Chen Yan himself was actually planning to go to Hong Kong City recently!

Lu Sisi's story isn't over yet! The real culprit who stole her fate, changed her destiny, and caused Lu Sisi to be unlucky until she was eighteen years old, is in Hong Kong!

Chen Yan had originally planned to go to Gangcheng after the Spring Festival to find the real culprit behind the incident. He had actually planned to help before he and Lu Sisi became a couple. But now that Lu Sisi and he were confirmed as a couple, it was impossible for him to let the mastermind behind Gangcheng go.

However, after returning from his hometown during the Spring Festival, he immediately encountered the "Shancai Nanshe" illness. Both people in his family fell ill, which delayed him for some time.

After recovering from the illness, in order to solve the problem of regular settlement by heaven, I had to take time to find a job.

This forced Chen Yan to postpone his plan temporarily - he had originally planned to take Gu Qingyi to Hong Kong City at the end of the month.

Chen Yan pondered for a moment and asked, "I wonder why you went to Hong Kong City?"

Chu Keqing took a deep breath, her tone somewhat complicated, as if carrying a hint of sadness: "To be honest with you, Senior, this matter is actually related to some old internal grievances within my Yun Sect."

Chen Yan didn't say anything, but slowly picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of tea, signaling Chu Keqing with his eyes to continue.

“Before my master passed away, he appointed me as the head of the Yun Sect.

But in the Yun Sect, among my fellow disciples, I, Chu Keqing, am the youngest and the last to join. Not to mention Master's only son, Luo Qing—that is Master's bloodline, and the position of Sect Leader should be inherited by him.

But Luo Qing's mind was complicated and he was attached to the worldly world, which was not in line with the skills of my Yun Sect, so he was unable to enter the Tao. So the master gave up this idea.

But even if we put Luo Qing aside, I still have several senior brothers above me. Among them is a third senior brother, who is also a man of enlightenment and has received some true teachings from the master. His methods and cultivation are not much inferior to mine.

Plus, he's been a disciple longer than me, he's more open-minded, he's a man, and he has better relationships with other brothers, so..."

"Well, so he is unhappy with you being the head. This is not difficult to understand." Chen Yan nodded.

Chu Keqing sighed softly, "Yes, after I became the headmaster, right after my master passed away and was buried, he started to oppose me in every way, pretending to obey my words but secretly disobeying them. He even encouraged other brothers to come and dictate to me about my various decisions.

At the time, I was the youngest and a woman. Although I had learned some skills, the other brothers weren't entirely convinced. So after this Third Brother stirred things up a bit, it did cause some of the other brothers to waver. While they didn't openly side with him against me, quite a few stood by and watched coldly.

Chen Yan scoffed and shook his head slightly. "You're being too polite. You were appointed the Sect Leader by your master. Those people stood by and watched during the dispute between you and Third Senior Brother. This is no different from openly siding with your Third Senior Brother. You don't need to hide it for them."

Chu Keqing shook her head and whispered, "At that time, I was young and didn't have much prestige. I don't blame them for being like that."

"and then?"

Chu Keqing took a deep breath and said, "I want to inherit my master's legacy and expand the Yun Sect in Jinling Prefecture.

But my third senior brother had made some friends in the south, and he'd repeatedly told us that the atmosphere in Hong Kong City was good for the mystical arts, that society, from top to bottom, respected and believed in the art, and that the wealthy families there were especially fond of making friends with masters of the art. He also said that anyone in Hong Kong City with some real skills in the art would become a guest of honor for the powerful there, and make a fortune.

He has always advocated that our Yun Sect should leave Jinling Prefecture and head south to Gangcheng to start anew and establish a foothold there..."

Chen Yan laughed out loud after hearing this: "What a good plan!"

He looked at Chu Keqing and said, "It certainly took him a long time to make friends in the south. At that time, he asked you to move your sect to Gangcheng... If you went, he would have a group of friends in the same field who could help him and introduce him to other people.

But you are unfamiliar with the place, have no relatives, and are all alone.

By then, how the Yun Sect establishes itself in Hong Kong City, how it develops, and how it operates will all be decided by him. After a long time, you, the leader, will be nothing more than a figurehead without any troops."

Chu Keqing's eyes flickered, but she lowered her head and whispered, "Senior, you are absolutely right. He had this idea in mind from the beginning, but I, Chu Keqing, am not a fool. I naturally know what he is thinking, so of course I will not let him get what he wants.

And I don't have any selfish motives. When my master was still alive, he once said that he hoped that our Yun Sect could take root in Jinling Prefecture and flourish in Jinling Prefecture. So... I will never agree to Third Senior Brother's plan to go south.

Then... after I quarreled with my third senior brother several times, we finally got angry one time and he proposed to fight me.

Witnessed by several other brothers, we swore an oath that the outcome of the duel would determine the future of our sect. If he won, I would give up the position of leader, and he would be in charge of the entire Yun Sect from now on.

If I win, he will never again oppose my authority as the head of the sect."

Chen Yan nodded: "So it seems that you won that battle."

"That's right." Chu Keqing nodded and said calmly, "After all, I practiced harder. Although my cultivation level is comparable to Third Senior Brother's, I put more thought into the talisman technique and am slightly better than him in attainment. That's why I was able to surpass him in the battle."

Chen Yan listened, looked at the woman carefully, and his heart moved!
Things are definitely not as trivial as Chu Keqing said...

How difficult it was for a young and beautiful woman to be able to run the Yun Sect in Jinling Prefecture to such a level today, and to make a name for herself in Jinling Prefecture as "Purple Master" and become famous?

This Chu Keqing is definitely not that kind of weak little white rabbit!
As for the battle back then...

Since the third senior brother has always been against Chu Keqing, he must be confident in his own cultivation and thinks that he, as a senior brother, is definitely better than Chu Keqing, the junior sister.

As for Chu Keqing, she must have been hiding her cultivation level and deliberately showing weakness!
The third brother thinks he is stronger, so he proposed a fight!

In other words, in the fight that year, it was actually the third senior brother who was tricked by Chu Keqing.

You can't say Chu Keqing is bad. What she did is understandable from her standpoint, but it is certain that this woman is very scheming.

Chen Yan understood what he was thinking, but naturally he wouldn't say it out loud. He slowly asked, "After he lost the duel to you, did he really never cause you any trouble again?"

Chu Keqing shook her head and said, "After that, Third Senior Brother lost to me in a duel, and in a rage he stormed out, threatening that he would never return to Yun Sect as long as I, Chu Keqing, was alive.

After leaving, the third senior brother went south to Gangcheng. Just as he said, he had never set foot in Yunzong in all these years.

He himself had a good cultivation, and had also learned a superb hand in the art of talismans. He was also quite skilled in geomancy, feng shui, fortune-telling and divination. Relying on this ability, he had been very successful in Hong Kong City in the past few years and had established a considerable reputation.

But in recent years, Hong Kong's fortune has gradually declined. With the overall environment like this, a shallow pond with less water can't support many fish. Third Brother has contacted me many times, ostensibly to try to mediate, but actually to exploit me.

He had been in Hong Kong for many years, had built quite a reputation, and had also met many Southern School magicians in Hong Kong. In recent years, our economy has developed rapidly, and luck has gathered here.

He was thinking that he could use me to help them open up channels, and then use the reputation and halo he had gained in Gangcheng to come back and make money. He wanted me to introduce him to the powerful people here, and then he would return to Yunzong, and with his title of "Gangcheng Master", he could come back and make a fortune!"

Chen Yan sneered and glanced at Chu Keqing: "No need to ask, you must have rejected him, right?"

Chu Keqing slowly stood up, looked at Chen Yan, and said seriously: "In front of the senior, I dare not lie! I rejected him.

But...I don't have any selfish motives!"

As she spoke, the woman's expression was stern, and her tone was serious. "I swear to heaven, if Third Senior Brother simply wants to put aside past grudges and return to Yun Sect, I, Chu Keqing, am not someone who is petty. After all, we are fellow disciples, and he is also a direct disciple of my master. Even if it is just for the sake of our past friendship, I am willing to open the main gate and welcome him back.

But my third senior brother took some shady approaches when doing things in Hong Kong City!

The friends he made in the south were nominally a branch of the Southern School of Yin-Yang Magic, but in fact they were colluding with the evil demons in Southeast Asia.

I have also heard a little about what they have done in Hong Kong over the years. Some of their methods are insidious and vicious, and are not what upright people do!
How could I let him come back and poison the people after he behaved like this? I was even more afraid that he would bring disaster to our Yun Sect! So, I rejected him time and again.

"So you are going to Gangcheng this time. Is it because your third senior brother has caused some trouble there that involves you?" Chen Yan asked.

After hearing this, Chu Keqing was silent for two seconds and then sighed softly.

"Third Brother...he's dead."

"..."

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Keqing carefully. There was no sadness in her eyes, but rather a complex meaning of emotion.

Perhaps it was because he thought that this old friend, with whom he had once fought so fiercely, was now dead—the debt was settled, and although the two had a falling out, there was no deep hatred after all. So, the friendship they had as fellow disciples in the past would instead come to the fore at this moment...

"Just last night, in Hong Kong City, at Third Senior Brother's dojo, his eldest disciple called me to report that my Third Senior Brother had died suddenly in an accident!

His disciple, who could be considered my nephew, told me that Third Brother had left a will, saying that after his death, he wanted to return something to me, and that item was in the hands of my nephew.

He called me to talk about this matter and asked if I wanted to go to the funeral of my third senior brother to see him off for the last time, and to give me the gift while I was there.

Chen Yan frowned and said, "So you went to Gangcheng to pay your respects to your third senior brother? If that's the case, you invited me to go with you..."

"Originally, I thought I was just going to pay my respects. Even though we had a falling out, considering our past friendship, it's not too much for me to go. However...after the phone call last night, things changed this morning!"

Chu Keqing's tone sank: "Something... is wrong!"

Chen Yan's eyes moved: "What's wrong?"

Chu Keqing's tone was a little cold: "That nephew called me this morning and said something to me hurriedly on the phone! He said that Master was murdered by someone!"

Chen Yan subconsciously sat up straight: "What else?"

Chu Keqing shook her head with a cold face and said, "No more! He just said this in a hurry on the phone, and then the call was disconnected. No matter how many times I tried to contact him later, no one answered the phone!"

Chen Yan's expression also changed!
Then Chu Keqing continued coldly, "I've spent the whole day today asking a friend I know in Hong Kong to inquire about the situation. My third senior brother is indeed dead. There's an obituary in the newspaper, and a mourning hall has been set up in the Taoist temple.

The disciple of my third senior brother who contacted me was his eldest disciple, but his whereabouts are unknown. Why can't I find him?

My third senior brother's death was also very strange. He was staying overnight at a woman's house when a gas leak in the pipe exploded, causing a fire on the floor above and burning people to death.

After a moment of silence, Chen Yan frowned and said slowly, "Your senior brother's cultivation level should be similar to yours, right?"

Chu Keqing nodded: "Well, Third Senior Brother is quite talented. Among my fellow disciples, he is the one with the best talent except me.

Moreover, he started practicing earlier than me and is older than me. If we were to talk purely about cultivation, he would probably be a level higher than me. The reason he lost to me back then was because I had a little more attainment in talisman magic than him.

Okay, I understand. My internal strength is not inferior to yours, but my moves are weaker than yours... Chen Yan shook his head in his heart.

A person whose cultivation is not inferior to Chu Keqing, that is to say, is most likely also in the Guiyuan realm!
Although in Gu Qingyi's words, the Guiyuan Realm in this world are all weak Guiyuan Realm.

Moreover, the Yun Zong martial arts method is inherently flawed: the vital energy enters the body but the method of nourishing the physical body is unknown, so the physical constitution is not much stronger than that of ordinary people.

He also doesn't know any magic and doesn't understand the art of attack.

But! A weakling in the Guiyuan realm is still a Guiyuan realm!
A person at the Guiyuan realm would actually die in a fire?
Even if he was trapped by a fire, didn't know any magic, couldn't escape, and his body wasn't strong enough to climb walls and fly like Superman...

But, wouldn't a sorcerer at the Guiyuan realm be able to read his own fortune? Wouldn't he understand the art of reading qi?
Could it be that you have no sensitivity at all to things like disasters, illnesses, and calamities?

Don’t you know the simplest way to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune?

How can it be!

His apprentice called and said, "Master was murdered by someone."

It seems that what he said is true.

He hung up before the call was finished, and we couldn't get in touch with him again - most likely something unexpected happened - maybe he was silenced!
Chen Yan pondered for a moment and asked, "So, this time you're going to Hong Kong City, are you planning to find the murderer behind this for your third senior brother and avenge him?"

“…Not really.” Chu Keqing shook her head, her tone very complicated: “My senior brother has an extreme personality and is eager for quick success. He has made a great reputation in Hong Kong City over the years.

But I just told you, Senior, that he's colluding with those Nanyang sorcerers in Hong Kong City and has probably done quite a bit of bad things! The first sentence of our Yun Sect's cultivation method is, "Fate is reincarnated, karma is retribution!"
He went astray, and even if he died a violent death, it was the result of his own actions that led to his own consequences.

What I thought was that this time I went there, I had to investigate the cause of his death.

If he was killed innocently, I might have offered my help—even if he hadn't returned to Jinling Prefecture for years, he was still a member of my Yun Sect, a disciple of my mentor. If he was killed innocently, I wouldn't let anyone kill me so easily!
But if I find out the cause of his death, if it was because of some evil deed I did, I will reap what I sowed.

Or maybe he was killed by his accomplices because they couldn't divide the spoils...

If that's the case, it's his own karma, and I won't interfere!"

Chen Yan nodded.

This is still acceptable.

If you insist on taking care of this matter regardless of anything... Even though you know that Third Senior Brother is not a good person, you still want to avenge him.

Then I'm sorry, Chen Yan, I can't accompany you anymore!
It’s good that Chu Keqing is not a saint.

As for the third senior brother being killed innocently... in fact, this possibility is just talk. Chu Keqing and Chen Yan both feel that given his personality, it is unlikely.

"I'm going to Hong Kong City, but actually there's something more important." Chu Keqing said slowly.

Chen Yan thought about it, and an idea occurred to him: "What did his disciple say he wanted to give you?"

"Yes!" Chu Keqing said solemnly, "When my master passed away, he left behind three treasures for our Yun Sect. They are three [Cloud Tokens], treasures that have been passed down in our Yun Sect for many years.

Legend has it that this was a treasure in the hands of the founder of our Yun Sect. Before he passed away, he divided the treasure into three parts, namely three [Yun Zhong Ling]. Legend has it that if these three Yun Zhong Lings are put together, they contain a mysterious skill left by the founder.

However, after so many generations of our Yun Sect, no one has been able to unlock the treasure left by our ancestor, and gradually everyone has regarded this matter as just a legend.

But no matter what, after all, it is something left behind by the founder of the sect, so it is naturally a treasure of the sect. Every generation of Yunzong disciples has carefully preserved it."

After a pause, Chu Keqing said, "When it was passed down to my master's generation, before he passed away, he gave the three Cloud Orders to three people respectively.

As the leader, I took one.

My eldest brother is the master's first disciple, and the master also gave him one back then.

And the last one, Master gave it to my third senior brother.

Among these three [Yun Zhong Ling], the one in my senior brother's hand, he passed away three years ago, and his descendants have returned the Yun Zhong Ling to me.

Now I have two.

But the last one has always been in the hands of the third senior brother.

When he broke out, although he had a falling out with me, he never betrayed the Yun Sect. He also made a promise with me that if he died, he would definitely return the Yunzhong Order.

Chu Keqing gritted her teeth and said, "Other matters are fine, but if my third senior brother died by his own fault, I won't bother to care about his affairs. At most, I'll go to his grave to pay my respects and that's all I can do!"

But the Cloud Order left by our ancestor is the inheritance of our Yun Sect. As the current head of the Yun Sect, I must go there and find a way to retrieve it! ”

Chen Yan sighed: "Actually, there is no difference.

Your third senior brother was murdered, and the Yunzhongling is in the hands of his disciple.

But now it seems that the disciple was most likely killed by the person who killed your third senior brother.

In other words, if you go to Gangcheng, even if you don't intend to investigate the death of your third senior brother - even if you just want to find Yun Zhongling, you have to look for the missing disciple.

From this perspective, you will also have to confront the mastermind behind the death of your third brother!"

Chu Keqing's face was solemn, and she said slowly, "To be honest, Senior, I have figured this out. My Third Senior Brother is quite capable, and the person behind his death must have had some powerful methods. Although I have some abilities, a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. If we go to Gangcheng, that's their territory.

I've already divined for myself today. My trip to Hong Kong City is uncertain, whether it will be good or bad! If this were just my Third Senior Brother's matter, I wouldn't dare trouble you. But the Cloud Order is truly a valuable treasure of our Yun Sect's inheritance—that's why I'm so shameless in asking for it!
Although I also know a few friends who share the same ideals, in terms of methods and cultivation, they are not even a fraction as good as you!

After much thought, I can only ask Senior for help in this matter..."

Chen Yan didn't say anything, but lowered his head in thought.

To be honest... he doesn't really want to care.

She had made tens of millions from the He family through her before - but in the final analysis, that money came from the He family, not from her, Chu Keqing.

And I also helped her modify the Yun Sect's martial arts. This favor is huge!

If we really calculate the actual value, Chen Yan doesn't owe Chu Keqing anything.

But Chu Keqing has always been respectful and obedient to me. Whatever I ask her to do, she will do her best to carry it out without any objection.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan slowly said: "Isn't the Cloud Order you mentioned a magical weapon?"

Chu Keqing smiled bitterly and said, "That's the weird thing.

The three Cloud Tokens have been preserved in my Yun Sect for many generations, but successive sect leaders have studied them carefully - even if they were three ordinary objects, if they were magical weapons, they would not be handed over to disciples so easily.

All along, our Yun Sect has only considered this item as a token of our inheritance and a symbol of our status as a direct disciple, which is why we gave one to Third Senior Brother."

Chen Yan thought for a moment and said, "Don't you have two in your hand? If it's convenient, could you show them to me?"

Chu Keqing agreed without hesitation: "Of course! Senior, if you want to see it, I'll go get it right away."

Chu Keqing turned and walked into the inner hall. After a while, she came out holding a wooden box. She placed the box on the table and slowly opened it.

"Senior, please look, this is the Cloud Order of my Yun Sect."

Following Chu Keqing's introduction, Chen Yan looked down...

Two metal pieces lay quietly in the wooden box.

Judging from the color, it should be made of copper. Probably because of its age, some parts are slightly oxidized, but because it is well preserved, the overall appearance is still good. The slight copper rust in some places is not a big deal.

Each Cloud Order is about the size of a mobile phone and has an oval shape.

But there is a square hole in the center of the copper plate.

It looks like an elongated copper coin in shape.

Chen Yan didn't hesitate, he reached out and picked up one, rubbed it carefully in his hand, and secretly injected a trace of vitality into it.

But the copper piece didn't react at all.

(It seems like it is really just an ordinary thing?) Chen Yan frowned and was confused.

After looking at it for a while, Chen Yan slowly put the Yunzhongling back into the box with a calm expression. "Okay, you can take it back."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Chu Keqing's eyes - she was actually hoping that this senior master with great magical powers might be able to find out the extraordinary aspects of the legend of Yunzhongling.

But seeing that Chen Yan's search yielded no results, Chu Keqing also sighed - could it be that the story about the ancestor hiding the skills in it was really just a legend?

"Do you have any clues about going to Hong Kong? You can't just go there and run around like a headless fly in such a huge city, right?" Chen Yan asked carefully, "Do you have any clues?"

Chu Keqing's heart moved, and a bit of hope surged up in her.

Since this senior is willing to ask, it means he is determined to take action!
Otherwise, why would he ask himself these questions?
Chu Keqing said seriously: "I can't say I have any clues, but I do have some ideas.

When my third senior brother was alive, he repeatedly mentioned a person to me. That person claimed to be the successor of the Southern School of Yin-Yang Magic, but in fact he had learned a lot of evil magic from Southeast Asia.

That man and my third senior brother were both very famous in Hong Kong, known as rivals. They started out as rivals, but later on, I heard, they became partners.

In fact, speaking of ability - I heard my third senior brother mention that person several times. He was arrogant and refused to say it clearly, but I know his character. Judging from his tone, that person's ability should be higher than my third senior brother's.

Third Senior Brother has done a lot of bad things in Gangcheng. If you think about it, they are all related to that person!
When he suddenly died this time, the first person I suspected was that person. Moreover, in terms of strength, there aren't many people in Hong Kong City who are capable of killing my third senior brother, so this person's ability is enough."

Chu Keqing said slowly, "That man's surname is Zhong. In the esoteric arts community of Hong Kong City, everyone respectfully calls him Old Zhong..."

Last name Zhong?

After hearing this, Chen Yan's heart moved. He slowly raised his head and looked at Chu Keqing closely!
Mr. Zhong?
Before I helped Lu Sisi break the calamity and change her fate, I used a paper figurine tracking spell to track her to Hong Kong City...

I could vaguely glimpse some images using magic! I clearly heard the name "Mr. Zhong"!

After a moment of silence, Chen Yan slowly nodded.

"I agree to this matter!"

Chu Keqing was overjoyed when she heard this!

She divined for herself and realized that it was hard to predict whether her trip to Hong Kong would be good or bad. She was actually quite nervous, fearing that she would not be able to retrieve the inheritance from the sect's founder.

But if this powerful senior in front of him could take action... then the situation would be completely different!

"Thank you very much, senior, senior..." Chu Keqing said, and bowed down.

Chen Yan stood up and helped her up, then slowly said: "I can go with you. But I have something to explain!

You hired me to help you with this matter!

This has nothing to do with my position as a teacher in your academy! I must make this clear!

Also, please swear an oath to the Way of Heaven and make your statement to the Way of Heaven.

This time I, Monk Chen Yan, am here to help you, the Master of the Yun Sect, and I also want to get a share of the benefits.

But it is definitely not me, Chen Yan, the teacher of the academy, helping you, the dean of the academy, Chu Keqing, to go on a business trip to Hong Kong City to work overtime! ! "

Chu Keqing was stunned: "Huh?"

"Don't ask, just swear." Chen Yan's face was serious, and he added: "By the way, as for the reward, let's say it's one million."

He was not really greedy for the one million, but only by taking this salary could he distinguish himself from his job as a teacher in the academy!

Chu Keqing didn't understand why, but seeing that the senior was very determined, she slowly knelt down and swore to the sky on the spot.

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