Under One Person: Starting with the Dual Cultivation of Body and Soul.

Not only that, all of Lu Linglong's friends from the capital also came to support her.

"Brother Chang'an!"

"Brother Chang'an, it's been a long time!"

Zhi Jinhua and Bai Shixue walked over quickly and greeted Li Chang'an warmly.

Over the years, during winter and summer vacations, the two girls often came to the Lu family compound in Suzhou with Lu Linglong. However, the number of times they were able to see Li Chang'an was very limited.

In their eyes, Li Chang'an was a cultivation fanatic who had no interest in things that young people liked to do these days, such as surfing the internet or singing karaoke.

Lu Linglong also knew that Li Chang'an had difficulty getting along with others, so when she invited her friends out to play, she usually wouldn't invite Li Chang'an.

Besides Zhi Jinhua and Bai Shixue, there were quite a few unfamiliar faces among the people who came this time.

Lu Linglong introduced them to Li Chang'an one by one: "Brother Chang'an, this is Xiao Xiao. He also came when Grandpa held his disciple-acceptance banquet last time, do you remember?"

Li Chang'an looked at the young man in the long robe and nodded, saying, "That guy from Deyun Society, I remember him."

Xiao Xiao stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and respectfully greeted, "Senior Brother Li!"

Li Chang'an nodded slightly to him.

Then, Lu Linglong pointed to several people next to her and introduced them to Li Chang'an one by one.

"This is Yun."

Lu Linglong pointed to a boy wearing a black and red mask, holding a measuring ruler, and dressed like Jason from "Friday the 13th".

"Greetings, Senior Brother Li!" Yun nodded in a muffled voice. He was a very proud man, so proud that he was even unwilling to lay a hand on a woman. But reputation precedes him, and in front of Li Chang'an, nicknamed the Immortal, he couldn't be proud.

"This is Wang Ergou."

Lu Linglong pointed to a young man with a pink buzz cut, wearing skinny jeans and loafers, triangular glasses and colored contact lenses, who looked like a very energetic young man, and introduced him.

Wang Ergou was also very respectful to Li Chang'an, bowing and calling him "Brother Chang'an".

"This is a burly man from Shandong, hope!"

Lu Linglong pointed to a boy who was only about 1.5 meters tall and introduced him.

"Hey, hey, just introduce yourself by name, no need to deliberately mention that I'm a big Shandong man!" hope scratched his head and called out to Li Chang'an, a little embarrassed, "Senior Brother Chang'an."

"This is Canglong," Lu Linglong introduced, pointing to a fat man wearing black-rimmed glasses and a plaid shirt, who looked like a typical couch potato.

It's worth mentioning that Canglong is Lu Linglong's number one fanboy and also the leader of her fan club.

The reason he followed Lu Linglong so devotedly was because when he was in elementary school, he was chased and bitten by several vicious dogs. It was Lu Linglong who stepped forward and stood in front of him to drive away the dogs.

When he was in middle school, he went to watch a ball game. Suddenly, the stands collapsed. Just as he was about to be hit, Lu Linglong once again held up the stands with one hand, saving his life.

Since then, he has become Lu Linglong's most loyal follower and even created a fan club specifically for her.

Wherever Lu Linglong went, he followed her around like a disciple of the Starry Sky Immortal, cheering her on. This time, he naturally shamelessly came along as well.

Actually, Canglong is also an extraordinary person. However, he is not good at fighting; he excels at intelligence gathering.

With his excellent intelligence, he was naturally very clear about Li Chang'an's strength. In addition, he also had the connection with Lu Linglong. When Canglong saw Li Chang'an, he was very enthusiastic, calling him "Brother Chang'an" and praising him as "so amazing" one after another. His exaggerated praises came out like a machine gun, making his friends around him feel a little embarrassed.

Li Chang'an remained calm and simply smiled and nodded at him.

Afterwards, the group of young people sat together and chatted.

As they chatted, the topic naturally shifted to some gossip that had recently happened in the world of supernatural beings.

"Fatty, you're the most well-informed. Has anything big happened in the industry lately?" Yun, dressed like Jason, asked.

Canglong didn't mind people calling him Fatty. He looked around, lowered his voice, and a mysterious expression appeared on his round face: "Speaking of big things, there really are."

"What's going on?" Everyone gathered around curiously.

"This matter is actually related to the four major families. You all know the Lü family, right?"

"I know, what happened to the Lü family?" Lu Linglong asked while munching on potato chips.

Canglong swallowed hard and whispered, "Rumor has it! Lu Huan, the so-called genius girl of the Lu family, who is said to be one in a hundred years, is dead! It is said that her brother Lu Liang was jealous of her talent and killed her, and then staged the scene as an accidental fall off a cliff!"

"Is that so?" Wang Ergou exclaimed in surprise. "A brother killing his sister? What a misfortune for the family!"

Lu Lin, sitting to the side, said, "No wonder Master Lü came with a grim face and no one with him. It turns out something big has happened. But Lü Liang seems honest and simple; I never expected him to do something like this."

Li Chang'an sat beside him, lost in thought.

Lü Huan is dead.

It seems the plot has already begun. I just don't know exactly how far it's progressed.

In recent years, he has been focusing on spiritual practice and paying very little attention to worldly affairs.

He turned to look at Canglong and asked, "What happened to Lü Liang in the end?"

Seeing that Li Chang'an had taken the initiative to ask a question, Canglong quickly said, "After the incident, the Lü family arrested Lü Liang. But this Lü Liang is really something else. Lü Family Village is so remote, yet he managed to escape from there."

Lu Linglong crunched the potato chips in her mouth: "After doing something like this, he still dares to run away. With Master Lü's temper, wouldn't he send people all over the world to hunt him down?"

Canglong shook his head and said, "It's strange, but the information I've gathered is that the Lü family doesn't seem to have sent anyone to hunt him down in a big way. However, this kid is probably afraid of being hunted down by the Lü family, so he announced that he has joined Quanxing."

"Joined the Quanxing?" Wang Ergou sneered. "The Quanxing are demons, everyone hates them. Before, only the Lü family hunted him down, but now that he's joined the Quanxing, won't even more people be after him? Is he trying to get himself killed already?"

Canglong explained, "That's true, but he's still getting protection. After joining Quanxing, this kid got together with Xia He, the 'Bone-Scraping Knife' from the Four Madmen, and is now working as her sidekick."

Chapter 204 The Grand Ceremony of Luo Tian

Lu Linglong said, "Lust is a double-edged sword. I've heard that Xia He has the ability to bewitch and seduce people. Could he be under someone's control?"

After the title "Four Madmen" appeared, Lu Jin specifically reminded her to stay away from such people who were good at manipulating people's hearts.

Canglong nodded and said, "I think it's very likely. Although Xia He, the bone-scraping knife, has only been a member of Quanxing for a few years, she has a lot of cases on her hands. Countless people have been taken advantage of by her, leaving not even a bone fragment."

Wanting to confirm the timeline of the story, Li Chang'an continued to ask, "After Lü Liang started following Xia He, what has he been doing lately?"

"Speaking of which, they really did something big."

"What important matter?" everyone asked in unison.

Zanglong said, "They've set their sights on Zhang Huaiyi."

"Zhang Huaiyi?" The others were taken aback, not recognizing who this person was.

Zhi Jinhua, who was known as a living computer, suddenly spoke up: "Isn't this person the junior brother of the old master of Longhu Mountain? More than ten years ago, he caused quite a stir in the circle, killing many famous masters all by himself, but he himself died in that battle."

Canglong said, "That's right, it's this person. Legend has it that he possesses a very powerful method. Xia He may have been trying to learn his method, so she dug up his grave."

"Digging up graves?" Zhi Jinhua said, "Digging up graves to obtain methods? As far as I know, no one in the industry would use their own methods as a funerary sacrifice, would that just invite grave robbing?"

Canglong said, "No one would use their methods as a sacrifice, but the Lü family's innate ability, the Soul-Searching Technique, can search souls. I guess he wants to search Zhang Huaiyi's body to see if he can get any information."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately felt that it was a bit too far-fetched.

“If he had just died, it might be possible. But Zhang Huaiyi has been dead for more than ten years. His body is probably just bones by now. How can you still search his soul? Is the Soul-Searching Technique that powerful?” Lu Linglong said.

The living computer, Zhi Jinhua, said, "Linglong, the more powerful an extraordinary person is, the slower their body decays. I estimate that Zhang Huaiyi is definitely not completely decayed yet. However, after being dead for so long, his remaining spiritual essence should have long since dissipated, right? He certainly won't gain anything. I estimate that those few Quanxing demons were just trying their luck. As we all know, Quanxing demons rarely have any meticulous plans when they do things; they mostly act on impulse."

Zanglong said, "It seems that's true, so they've set their sights on Zhang Huaiyi's grandson."

Zhi Jinhua said, "That makes a lot of sense. Obtaining methods from the living is much more reliable than obtaining methods from the dead. With the Quanxing Bone-Scraping Knife's abilities, wouldn't we get everything if we just used it on Zhang Huaiyi's grandson?"

Zanglong said, "Zhang Huaiyi's grandson seems to be an ordinary person. They attacked an ordinary person, which led to the company's intervention. As for what happened after that, I'm not too sure."

Li Chang'an listened quietly. Had the story reached this point? Was the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony about to begin?

At this moment, Feng Shayan noticed Li Chang'an, walked over, overheard their conversation, and spoke up:

"That guy is no ordinary person. He is a very secretive extraordinary person. He not only has the Golden Light Mantra, but also inherited the thunder magic of the Celestial Master's Mansion, and even some other things!"

Feng Shayan's family has a tradition of controlling spirits and commanding generals, so she naturally knows about the origin of Qi. However, she is not sure if Zhang Chulan has inherited this tradition.

"Thunder Magic?"

Everyone was taken aback. The thunder magic of the Celestial Master's Mansion was a famous technique in the world of supernatural beings. However, very few people knew it. They had only heard of it but had never seen it.

"How did you know?" Canglong asked hurriedly, as he had no idea about this.

“Because I saw it with my own eyes,” Feng Shayan explained with a smile. “My father thought he had great potential, so he wanted to recruit him into the World Society. That’s how he had some contact with him. By chance, I saw Zhang Lingyu from the Celestial Master’s Mansion also approach him, inviting him to participate in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony a month later. However, before that, Zhang Lingyu tested him, forcing out the lightning magic within him.”

The Grand Ritual of Luo Tian? Upon hearing this, everyone was even more astonished, having no idea such a thing existed.

Feng Shayan recalled the time at the Lu family compound when Li Chang'an defeated Zhang Lingyu. Now that Zhang Lingyu had learned thunder magic, he might want to get revenge. She reminded him, "Senior Brother Li, Zhang Lingyu also knows thunder magic. However, Zhang Lingyu's thunder magic is black, while Zhang Chulan's thunder magic is silver. When the two exchanged blows, Zhang Chulan was no match for Zhang Lingyu."

She paused, then lowered her voice: "Zhang Lingyu's strength has greatly improved now, and he might come looking for you to get revenge."

Li Chang'an nodded without speaking. He didn't take Zhang Lingyu seriously. He was a little confused. Had the plot really developed this far? He was a bit out of the loop. Wasn't the Celestial Master a big mouth? Why hadn't he announced this beforehand?

Lu Lin said, "As far as I know, the Celestial Master's Mansion only teaches thunder magic to some highly respected high-ranking masters and disciples who have adopted the surname Zhang. Zhang Huaiyi is a traitor to the Celestial Master's Mansion, right? How could his grandson possibly know thunder magic?"

Feng Shayan said, "I'm not quite sure either. It wasn't just me; I noticed that the two Taoist priests from the Celestial Master's Mansion were also very surprised."

"How long ago was this?" Li Chang'an asked.

Feng Shayan said, "It happened the day before yesterday!"

“The day before yesterday…” Li Chang’an turned to look at the old master who had just finished taking a group photo with local leaders.

After dealing with the local leaders, the old master walked up to Lu Jin and said with a smile, "Old Lu, you're getting on in years, be more reserved. Look at you, smiling like an old chrysanthemum!"

"You think I'm like you?" Lu Jin scoffed under his breath, "Pretentious!"

Then he added, "By the way, what did you want to say when you called me a few days ago? You seemed hesitant to speak, which isn't like you."

The old celestial master narrowed his eyes, glanced at him sideways, and said slowly and deliberately:

"There is something. I was going to say it a few days ago. But aren't you busy with this ribbon-cutting ceremony for the reopening of the mountain gate? I was afraid that if I said it in advance, I would steal your thunder and not be the one to take the lead."

"So I've decided to wait until you've finished the ribbon-cutting ceremony before we talk. Today's perfect timing, all the big names in the industry are here. It'll save me the trouble of calling everyone individually to notify them."

Lu Jin smiled and said, "What? Is there some good news at Longhu Mountain too?"

The old master nodded: "It should be considered a joyous occasion."

"What is it? Hurry up and tell me, don't keep me in suspense." Lu Jin urged.

The old master looked at Lu Jin and calmly dropped a bombshell:

"I plan to launch the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the old master, asking in surprise, "Open what? What do you want to open?"

The old celestial master glanced at Lu Jin, barely suppressing the urge to tease him about his age and hearing loss, and said, word by word:

"Cai! Luo! Tian! Ritual!"

Chapter 205 The Old Celestial Master's Scheme

"The Cairo Heavenly Ritual?" Lu Jin looked at the old Celestial Master in surprise: "Why do you suddenly want to hold the Cairo Heavenly Ritual?"

"Why so many questions?" the old Celestial Master said calmly. "I'm over a hundred years old. Shouldn't I pass on this Celestial Master position as soon as possible? If I'm not careful one day and fall asleep, causing the Celestial Master position to be lost in my hands, how can I face the Ancestral Master?"

Lu Jin glared at him angrily: "Stop talking nonsense! We all know when we're going to die. How can we just fall asleep and die? I think you old man have more energy than an ox. You can live for many more years without any problem. There's no need for you to be in such a hurry to pass on your skills, is there?"

The old master laughed and said, "It's normal to prepare early as you get older. My third son passed away last year. As his master, how much longer can I, an old man burying his young son?"

The "third brother" mentioned by the old Celestial Master was his third disciple, Liang Youyi, who passed away last year at Longhu Mountain.

Lu Jin sighed and said, "You passed on the Thunder Technique to Zhang Lingyu a few years ago. What, are you planning to pass on the position of Celestial Master to him?"

“Lingyu is indeed a good child!” the old Celestial Master said.

That being said, he was still dissatisfied with Zhang Lingyu in his heart.

When Zhang Lingyu returned from his training, he had lost his virginity. He thought Zhang Lingyu had become enlightened and could face himself, even his own desires, which was a kind of sincerity.

But to my surprise, this silly boy hadn't changed at all. In fact, after practicing Yin Five Thunder, he became even more conflicted and less able to recognize himself.

In terms of inheriting the position of Celestial Master, any one of his nine senior brothers would have been more suitable than him.

Lu Jin asked, "Zhang Lingyu is indeed quite good, so you plan to pass the position to Zhang Lingyu?"

The old master smiled at Lu Jin: "Still thinking about it? I'm hesitant too. Why don't you help me think of something, Lu Jin?"

“This is a family matter of your Celestial Master’s Mansion. How can I, an outsider, interfere?” Lu Jin would not meddle in such matters.

However, although he didn't say it aloud, he still pondered the situation of the old master's several personal disciples.

The eldest brother, Zhang Qianhe, was getting old, and if he were to pass on his message, he would have to participate in the Cairo Heavenly Ritual again in a few years.