"Sect Leader Senior Brother~" As soon as Jiang Baitao saw Lu Qian, her voice elongated, becoming sticky and greasy, making everyone cry out in exasperation. Li Da’s entire body was filled with goosebumps, thinking if Baitao ever called him like that one day, he would definitely run as far and as fast as possible.
The little girl leaped forward, imdiately hugging Lu Qian’s arm, looking pitiably up and saying, "I know I was wrong, I shouldn’t have sneaked out, I won’t dare to do it again, just spare this ti."
"No way!" Jiang Qingfeng angrily said, "You rely on everyone’s affection, repeatedly violating the rules, with increasingly serious consequences each ti. This ti, if a fellow disciple hadn’t happened to see you and report back, and Elder Zhou hadn’t arrived in ti, your life would’ve been over! You even implicated Li Da and Wang Ruoyu!"
Jiang Baitao’s eyes widened, "Well, I knew he tattled, watch how I deal with him—"
"Taotao!" Lu Qian suddenly said sternly, "He saved your life, don’t be ungrateful!"
Jiang Baitao dumbfoundedly raised her head; Lu Qian had never spoken to her this way.
Facing Baitao’s fearful and aggrieved gaze, Lu Qian hardened his heart, "If we don’t punish you, you won’t understand the seriousness of the matter. If a real disaster happens in the future, it will be too late for regrets!"
"This ti, you sneaked out of the mountain gate, disobeyed orders to infiltrate the marketplace, and even dragged along Li Da and Wang Ruoyu, counting several offenses. You’re punished to three months of seclusion, followed by a year’s restriction on Bichao Mountain!"
Jiang Baitao’s small face suddenly turned pale, tears welled up in her eyes, and she slowly loosened her grip on Lu Qian’s hands, whispering, "Sect Leader Senior Brother..."
Lu Qian did not relent, "Taotao, I’m doing this for your own good. I hope during your seclusion, you think seriously about where you went wrong and reflect on your problems. It’s already fortunate nothing happened; if there’s a mishap, your sister and I would be imnsely pained. This punishnt is ant for you to always rember this lesson."
Jiang Baitao took a few steps back, tears rolling down, then turned and ran away.
Lu Qian hurriedly said, "Elder Zhou, please check on her, make sure nothing happens, send soone to take her back to Bichao Mountain."
Master Xuan Ji nodded and chased after her.
Having lived two lifetis, Lu Qian’s psychological age was quite old; in his heart, Baitao was more like a daughter than a sister, never willing to utter a harsh word.
Yet excessive pampering might lead to major trouble in the future; this ti was already a fortunate escape.
Hopefully, after this, Taotao will mature a bit.
Lu Qian sighed, shifting his gaze to Li Da and Wang Ruoyu. Li Da quickly pulled Wang Ruoyu and knelt down, "Sect Leader, we admit our mistakes."
"You were likely dragged along by her forcibly. Baitao is your Junior Martial Uncle, and you’re usually very close, so it’s not entirely your fault." Lu Qian’s words gave Li Da a mont of relief, but then the latter part did co, "However, when you encounter such violations of sect rules, you should report to the sect, not join in her antics. Sect orders have their reasoning; as junior cultivators, you may not understand fully, just need to follow them."
"If a disaster had occurred this ti, the loss of the three most outstanding junior disciples in our sect would be a huge loss for Yunshan Sect."
Li Da rembered that sharp flying ring, connecting everything, he was also startled and broke into a cold sweat.
Before, he thought too simply, believing that on their own territory, with so much law enforcent power, surely there would be no problem. However, they hadn’t considered that with their current cultivation levels, if danger truly arose, they wouldn’t even have ti to react, unable to hold out until the Law Enforcent Team arrived.
No wonder the sect leader strictly prohibited Early-Stage Qi Cultivation Practitioners from entering the marketplace.
However, turning around, he was also pleased with the phrase "most outstanding junior disciples." Imdiately, he kowtowed, "Sect Leader, we understand, we are willing to be punished."
Beside him, Wang Ruoyu suddenly spoke up, "Sect Leader, can you punish and Junior Martial Uncle together in seclusion? If she’s alone, she’ll be terribly upset."
Li Da was greatly anxious in his heart, good grief, Wang Shitou, Wang the Fool, Pug, don’t drag into this! Even if there’s seclusion, I do not want to be confined with you two!
These junior cultivators had uncertain mindsets, scattered spiritual power, unable to undergo seclusion, and combined with a childlike nature, being locked in a small room unable to go anywhere was an enormous punishnt.
Lu Qian gave Wang Ruoyu a glance, smiled, "You all have deep feelings, but it’s not possible, you have to be punished separately, to reflect on your mistakes."
Subsequently, the two juniors received a month’s seclusion penalty, drooping in spirit as they were escorted out.
Having dealt with everything, Lu Qian turned around, smiled bitterly, and respectfully saluted, "The disciples are mischievous and naughty, lacking discipline, please don’t laugh."
Watching this for a while, the middle-aged man beside him felt considerably relieved from his tension, feeling that the distance he first felt dissipated, this young Yunshan Sect Leader was indeed down-to-earth and handled matters fairly.
He imdiately pulled Linglong to bow, "Fellow loose cultivator Cui Shanyan, along with my daughter Cui Linglong, greet Sect Leader Lu."
Lu Qian smiled, "I heard from the disciples who communicated that Fellow Daoist Cui is highly talented, good at growing and cultivating spiritual dicines, and our sect is precisely lacking such talents. Just not knowing which kind of spiritual dicines Fellow Daoist Cui excels in? What techniques are mastered?"
Cui Shanyan knew this was the main discussion, even considering it the initial assessnt, he then said, "My teacher’s lineage cos from Xianzhi Sect in Xinghu County. Two hundred years ago, Xianzhi Sect was destroyed by its enemies, my ancestor at that ti was a core disciple, degraded to a loose cultivator, and passed down this lineage to ."
"I am skilled in cultivating Purple Spirit Grass, Jade Marrow Mushroom, Cold Tobacco, Golden Spirit Seed, Daffodil Ling Flower, Celestial Essence Fruit... totaling twenty-three kinds of spirit herbs and dicines, commonly used as main ingredients for various elixirs during Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishnt stages."
Lu Qian was taken aback upon hearing this, would this destitute-looking middle-aged man in Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation possess such talents?
If what he said is true, even in Foundation Establishnt sects, he would be a rare spirit alchemist, definitely a sought-after individual. Why is his situation so dire that he needs to travel a thousand miles to Chongming County to try his luck?
Noticing Lu Qian’s doubt, Cui Shanyan bitterly smiled, having seen such expressions too often, and slowly explained, "Because I have two conditions, one is to have more than fifty acres of Spirit dicine Garden, to fulfill my master’s final wishes, perfecting the ’Sun, Moon, and Star Reincarnation Spirit Cultivation Technique.’
Sun, Moon, and Star Reincarnation Spirit Cultivation Technique was initially explored and proposed by Cui Shanyan’s ancestor, summarized and continued by Cui Shanyan’s master, but ultimately couldn’t completely create it, thus the responsibility fell on Cui Shanyan."
What is ant by sun, moon, and star, differing from one spiritual dicine planting an entire garden, is making one spiritual dicine as the main herb for the Sun Wheel, one to two spiritual dicines as secondary herbs for the Moon Wheel, while more dicinal materials act as auxiliary herbs for stars, cultivated together to achieve a greater than sum effect."
Lu Qian listened, internally shocked, isn’t this intercropping?
Cui Shanyan continued, "In addition to that, there is a second condition."
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