One person: I am Li Buren, I cannot bear to do anything!

Li couldn't bear to leave the Talisman Sect.

"This is the highest level of understanding I can achieve in the short term."

"The seniors of the talisman school certainly didn't hold back their knowledge, and I'm no longer a complete novice in the art of talismans."

"From now on, I'll have to walk this road alone."

On the plane, Li couldn't bear to close his eyes and rest.

During this period, a storm is brewing.

The actions of the Talisman Sect represent the Zhengyi lineage and are also a microcosm of the mobilization of everyone in the Old Celestial Master lineage.

Needless to say, Lu Jin and the Lu family could not possibly stand idly by in this matter.

The Lu family, besides Lu Jin, will definitely do their utmost to stop this covert operation.

Then there are Zhang Zhiwei's ten disciples.

"The eldest, second, and fourth brothers are all people Zhang Zhiwei trusts extremely, and they spend most of their time on the mountain."

"The fifth brother, Qian Dahu, doesn't seem to be on the mountain usually. Last time he came back, he kept saying he wanted to help the Old Celestial Master. He must be quite strong."

"The sixth and seventh brothers should have gone up the mountain as well, but there's not much news about them."

"Liang Fuguo, the eighth brother, should have some influence. He has quite a few extraordinary people under his command and he also cares about the old Celestial Master."

"Old Ninth Rongshan is probably harboring murderous intent. He was already feeling resentful because of Old Tian's matter, and this is probably when his bloodlust is at its peak."

"Tenth Brother... that guy Zhang Lingyu..."

Li, who had been resting and thinking with his eyes closed, couldn't help but open them, his face twitching.

"Ever since the old Celestial Master decided to go down the mountain, this guy has run down the mountain and disappeared."

"Who is he going down the mountain to see? It's so hard to guess!!"

Li couldn't help but scroll through the contact information on her phone.

He had Zhang Lingyu's phone number, but the two rarely contacted each other.

When the Celestial Master went down the mountain to wipe out the Quanxing, he and the old Celestial Master tacitly avoided mentioning Xia He's location.

"Given the old Celestial Master's personality, he probably knew that Zhang Lingyu would go to find Xia He, so he simply ignored the two of them."

Li Buren still remembers what the old Celestial Master had told him back then.

"Lingyu is a good child in every way. At first, she resembled me, but she resembled me too much, so she stopped resembling me."

"His pursuit of perfection made the flaws more numerous and obvious."

"If possible, I'd really like to see him shatter the 'perfection' he's pursuing with his own hands."

Listening to the announcements on the plane, Li couldn't help but check the time.

"Judging by the time, Wang Ai's guys will probably be heading to Longhu Mountain in a few days."

"Perfect timing. It's been quite a while since I've seen Master Lingyu here."

...

Jiangdong territory

"Spirit Jade..."

A woman with pink hair pinned down by a baseball cap looked at a man in the hotel room who was staring out the window with a gloomy expression.

At this moment, Zhang Lingyu was not wearing a Taoist robe, but rather casual clothes and a baseball cap, with only half of his face showing.

Zhang Lingyu ignored Xia He and kept looking at the message she had sent to Li Buren.

Are you still worried about the friction between the Old Master and the Ten Elders?

"Do you want to go back up the mountain to protect Master? I can go back with you..."

It would have been better if he hadn't listened. Seeing the chat box still not responding, Zhang Lingyu flew into a rage.

"Shut up!"

Zhang Lingyu turned around and glared at Xia He, but seeing the other's obviously panicked and pitiful expression as she shrank back, Zhang Lingyu's heart quickly softened.

If someone else were here and saw Xia He, known as the "Bone Scraper" of Quanxing, behaving like this, they would probably be shocked.

Xia He, who was originally charming and alluring, and had a thousand ways to charm men, now looked like a little woman who had been scolded by her own man.

That expression was completely genuine, without the slightest hint of pretense.

They were both shrewd people, so how could Xia He not know what Zhang Lingyu was thinking?

"Lingyu cares about me, so even at the risk of being punished by the Celestial Master, she still came down the mountain to take me away."

"But he still couldn't let go of his identity as a high-ranking Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain, feeling that as a disciple of the Old Celestial Master, he couldn't associate with me."

For the first time, Xia He felt a sense of helplessness and bewilderment.

Meanwhile, on Zhang Lingyu's side...

This high-ranking Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain turned his phone on and off repeatedly; his anxiety was practically written all over his face.

Unable to bear it any longer, Zhang Lingyu sent Li Buren this message again.

"How is my master doing?"

This time, Li Buren did not ignore it.

"Open the door."

Zhang Lingyu's expression changed.

He subconsciously turned his head to look outside the door, and glanced at Xia He as well.

Zhang Lingyu hesitated.

"What a conflicted person he is."

"Should we hesitate between the monk of Longhu Mountain and Xia He, and also hesitate about whether or not to open the door?"

"I told you to open the door."

The moment Zhang Lingyu saw the message, a soft sound came from outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, the door opened, and Li Buren walked in with his eyes closed.

"Ward rounds! You all better put your clothes on!"

"Show me your ID card, what's your name...?"

Seeing Li Buren's smug expression, Zhang Lingyu quickly closed the door and looked at Li Buren speechlessly.

Xia He also knew Li Buren.

Although Zhang Lingyu didn't say anything, she guessed something based on her Quanxing intelligence network.

"How is my master doing?"

Zhang Lingyu asked in a hoarse voice.

Li couldn't bear to see it; the young man's eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes revealed complex emotions that shouldn't exist at his age.

Li couldn't bear to lower his head, and when he raised it again, he was looking at Xia He.

"Don't call him master anymore, you've been expelled from the sect."

His words were calm, yet they transformed Zhang Lingyu into a lion, a lion who had lost his composure.

"No, that's impossible!"

"Why would Master expel me? You're lying to me, aren't you?"

Zhang Lingyu rushed barefoot to Li Buren in a panic, wanting to grab Li Buren by the collar and question him.

Li Buren would not tolerate Lingyu Zhenren.

"Bang!"

He kicked Zhang Lingyu, who had lost his balance due to panic, and knocked him to the ground.

Zhang Lingyu rolled around on the floor in a disheveled state, her baseball cap falling off and her long hair falling loosely, making her look even more haggard.

Xia He didn't even bother to put on her shoes. She jumped off the bed and stomped across the floor to help Zhang Lingyu up.

At this moment, Zhang Lingyu was muttering to himself like a lost madman.

Xia He, standing beside Zhang Lingyu, looked at him with a pained expression.

She wanted to hug Zhang Lingyu, but hesitated.

"Lingyu was expelled from the sect by the Old Celestial Master because of me. Will he blame me?"

And so, Xia He squatted down beside Zhang Lingyu with her arms crossed, yet dared not actually get close.

Li Buren, at this moment, seemed like a villain, leaning against the wall and looking at Zhang Lingyu.

"Master Lingyu? Ha, just a cowardly boy. You can't even be called a man."

"Whether it's becoming a high-ranking priest at Longhu Mountain or being with the woman I love, it doesn't matter."

"If even one thing is satisfied, I will still respect you, Master Lingyu."

"Unfortunately, because you want everything, you're destined to lose everything."

Li couldn't bear to ramble on any longer.

With a flick of his hand, an aura of Yang Five Thunders was instantly revealed.

The Heavenly Talisman - Five Thunder Talisman!

"Today, Li Buten of Wudang, acting on the orders of the Old Celestial Master, has come to eliminate the evil man Xia He of Quanxing."

"Zhang Lingyu, aren't you going to move aside?!"