Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 17 Disciples of Bliss
Cui Haike was very pragmatic, unlike his stubborn apprentice, who was almost submissive.

Although Yang Li remained stubborn, his master was his weakness. Guan Minghui had Cui Haike under his control, and he would go east if he was told to.

Even if he was unwilling and sullen, he had to go east. Once he got to the east, he would wait angrily for his next order.

Guan Minghui asked the master and apprentice to refine black silk for him.

Yang Li was about to resist and refuse when Cui Haike secretly transmitted a message to Guan Minghui while he was cultivating: "This monster is a master of many years. Even your great-grandfather was a junior of him."

He is a scourge to humanity; those capable individuals like Long-Eyebrow and Blissful Abode will deal with him. We, master and disciples, are no match for him. We must proceed with caution and wait until he leaves this place.”

Yang Li said, "Master, do you really believe he will let us go in the end? Master, you don't know, he's a liar, a master at deceiving people. You can't believe a single word he says!"

He whispered about how he had been deceived twice, and how his attempt to exorcise the demon had backfired and ended up doing the other party a great favor.

Cui Haike patted his head: "When he was fighting wits with the Blissful Immortal for a thousand years, you were still in your previous life. It's normal for you to be deceived by him. Not to mention you, I would be deceived by him too."

"But then you still..."

Yang Li couldn't transmit his voice, so he spoke directly. Cui Haike knew what he was going to say and stopped him immediately.

“I have secretly calculated these past few days. Although the divination is very unclear and there are several variables, as long as we, master and disciple, do not disobey it, we will eventually be able to return to the South China Sea safely.”

Guan Minghui overheard all of this. Although he was a little annoyed by being talked about behind his back, he was very satisfied with Cui Haike's attitude.

He had originally thought that the master and apprentice were each other's weaknesses, and if one disobeyed, the other would be punished. But he didn't expect that the other person would correct their attitude first.

Guan Minghui assigned tasks to the master and apprentice. At first, each of them had to refine ten black silk threads every day, and then gradually increase the number as they became more proficient.

The Taiqing Divine Talisman of the Long-Browed Immortal was broken, but the Fire Cloud Chain is still there.

In the original story, the chain was cut off by Li Yingqiong with the Purple Ying Sword, and Guan Minghui tried various methods during this period but could not damage it in the slightest.

Using Yang Li's ancient sword from the South China Sea didn't work either; instead, it stimulated a large amount of solar divine flames. If it weren't for the ten-thousand-year-old warm jade absorbing the fire, Guan Minghui would have been burned to a pulp.

He can only pin his hopes on the Azure Sword now, but acquiring the Azure Sword is not so easy.

The Qing Suo Sword had been nurtured and refined by the Long-Browed Master for a thousand years, and had already accepted the Emei Sect's techniques. It was also unruly, making it difficult to subdue even with the Emei Sword Technique. When Guan Minghui tried to subdue it with the Xuan Yin Sword Technique, he was bound to be met with a fierce attack.

The second-ranked peerless weapon in the Shushan world is incredibly sharp. Even if Yang Li's flying sword were to meet it head-on, it would probably be broken in one strike.

To obtain the Azure Rope, Guan Minghui's greatest hope still lies in the Profound Yin Gathering Beast Banner. He needs more and higher-grade Black Beast Silk to refine the banner, and with Cui Haike and his apprentice working like oxen and horses, the efficiency can be greatly improved.

He sent the master and disciple to the Earth's Lung Pass to collect Black Omen Earthly Fiends, condense them into threads, and then Guan Minghui freed up his hands to sit on the bed and recuperate. Whenever he had free time, he would use the ten-thousand-year-old warm jade to refine the Fire Cloud Chain.

Although the chain cannot be destroyed, it can be lengthened to increase one's range of motion.

His goal was to extend into the Earth's core so he could set up an ambush there. If Hua Yaosong really came looking for him, he would catch her off guard!

Only a few days later, Hua Yaosong didn't arrive, but Lu Min did.

It turned out that after Cui Haike left that day, Lu Min had been reflecting on whether she had made a mistake somewhere.

Cui Haike and he were recent acquaintances, not old friends.

Because Cui Haike was skilled in alchemy and was humble, and seeing that Lu Min was a disciple of the righteous Xuanmen sect and a follower of the Blissful Immortal, he wanted to get close to her, and the two hit it off immediately. In her anger, Lu Min suspected that Cui Haike and his disciple Yang Li were both skilled in yin-yang cultivation, and that after harming her daughter, they could still maintain their pure yang bodies so that no one could tell.

After arguing with Cui Haike, and considering his previous words and actions, he didn't seem like that kind of person.

Lu Min was in a state of utter confusion. As her daughter's pregnancy became more and more pronounced, she still couldn't figure out what was going on.

He bathed and changed his clothes, burned incense and calmed his mind, and secluded himself for three days to deduce the future.

He discovered that he and his daughter were about to face a great calamity. According to the divination, his daughter's pregnancy was not related to Cui Haike and his disciples, but the threads of cause and effect were intertwined and unclear.

The divination was unclear, and he was caught in the middle of the situation, his mind already in turmoil.

After thinking it over, he went to find his daughter again and questioned her sternly.

Lu Rongbo was still confused, and besides, she was innocent, so how could she explain herself?

Lu Min then used magic to gather the rocks at the cave entrance, sealing Lu Rongbo inside: "When I return, if you, you wretched servant, still cannot explain yourself, I will use my flying sword to behead you, to cleanse the Lu family and to punish my master, the Blissful Immortal, for his teachings!"

Then, he left Rabbit Cliff and flew to Spirit Jade Cliff.

He wanted to find Cui Haike and his apprentice, bring them back, and have them perform a divination in person so that all three parties could confront each other and get to the bottom of things.

Guan Minghui was refining the alligator dragon pearl when he suddenly sensed someone approaching. He quickly looked and saw that it was Lu Min.

In the past few days, he has learned about the background of Lu Min and her father through Cui Haike.

He thought that Lu Min would release a flying sword to kill Lu Rongbo, just like in the original story, and then activate the talisman left by Li Jingxu beforehand to take away the flying sword, block the killing intent, and then explain the cause and effect that Lu Rongbo was pregnant because she accidentally smelled the acacia lotus.

Next, Lu Rongbo will cultivate in the mountain wall until she ascends to immortality, after which the three phoenixes will capture her nascent soul and take it to the Purple Cloud Palace.

Lu Min will go to Beihai to undergo corpse liberation and reincarnation, as arranged by Li Jingxu.

Unexpectedly, this guy actually came to Lingyu Cliff.

Lu Min is not like Cui Haike. Cui Haike is just a wandering cultivator from overseas. Although he has a few close friends, they may not be willing to risk their lives for him. So, leaving him and his disciple in this cave is fine.

Lu Min's master is Li Jingxu, one of the most powerful people in the world after Changmei ascended to immortality. He can achieve physical sainthood and ascend to the Golden Immortal realm!
It wasn't that the Long-Browed Immortal couldn't eliminate Gu Chen; it was because he was about to ascend to immortality and was in a hurry to leave, so he suppressed him here.

Li Jingxu had plenty of time. In order to ascend to immortality with his wife and concubine, he was willing to delay his immortal journey. He kept his physical body in his own cave with his wife, and only sent his primordial spirit out. He collected the five elements from the five directions and refined a child's body, which he then used to travel around the mortal world and accumulate good deeds.

With Hua Yaosong coming, Guan Minghui can still try to find a way to fight back.

If Li Jingxu comes, we can really eliminate him completely if we give it our all!
Therefore, Guan Minghui tightly closed the gate to the immortal abode above and covered it with layers of green vines.

They concealed the entrance as much as possible so that Lu Min wouldn't find it, hoping he wouldn't be able to find the entrance and would leave on his own.

However, Lu Min cultivated the orthodox Xuanmen techniques. Although she only grasped the basics of Li Jingxu's immortal techniques, she was still much stronger than Cui Haike!

He cultivated a Taibai Golden Pill in his abdomen, and his cultivation and magical power were on a completely different level from Cui Haike's. He was also good at divination, so he quickly found the entrance to the Immortal Gate.

(End of this chapter)