Chapter 1202: Chapter 1146: How Does This Kid Always Twist the Conversation?

For three consecutive days, Qin Liuxi administered two types of acupuncture techniques to the Qinglan Temple Master, watching him visibly improve. Taiqing and others were overjoyed, but upon seeing Qin Liuxi’s pale face, their joy turned to guilt and heartache.

The recovery of the Qinglan Temple Master came at the cost of her spirit.

Qin Liuxi, however, didn’t mind. The improvement of the Qinglan Temple Master was also a consolation for her regret of not being able to save her master previously, so her smile was relaxed.

"Next, there’s no need to use the Rejuvenation Nine Needles. Every other day, I’ll use the Taiyin Divine Needle for treatment. You should do the Grand Circulation daily to guide the Five Elements’ Spiritual Energy into your body, and take it slow." Qin Liuxi took the Qinglan Temple Master’s pulse, then wrote a new prescription on paper and handed it to Taiqing. "Use this prescription instead."

Taiqing received it and solemnly bowed.

"Brother, are you trying to shorten my life?" Qin Liuxi avoided him.

"It’s necessary," he said with a smile. "There’s a tonic soup on the table, remember to drink it. I’ll go change this prescription; you stay and chat with Master."

Qinglan Temple Master said, "Not only Taiqing, but I too, owe you a grand ceremony of gratitude for saving my old life."

"You’re exaggerating. If the old man finds out, he may accuse me of arrogance!" Qin Liuxi drank the soup Taiqing had prepared for her and said, "You should also tell me about the Feng Family. I heard from He Ming that their Qi Fortune was completely lost, and no one from the Feng Family survived."

Qinglan Temple Master looked a bit solemn and said, "The Feng Family was a great clan during the Xia Dynasty, producing two Empresses. Even during the great-grandfather’s dynasty change, he wanted to make a Feng daughter a concubine, but there were no suitable young women in the Feng Family by then, so he appointed talented sons as officials. Over the decades, the Feng Family dwindled, and no one thought deeply until last year, when a fire left just one young lady alive."

As he spoke, he looked mournful. "A loyal servant of the Feng Family met a blind traveling Taoist who said the Vermilion Bird shed tears of blood, and the Feng Family’s fortune was exhausted. The servant, realizing the Feng Family’s dwindling numbers, brought the young lady to me in search of protection."

Qin Liuxi asked, "A blind traveling Taoist?"

The Qinglan Temple Master nodded. "I saw the young lady, and there was already a sign of death on her face. The old Feng residence was just a framework after the fire. I used the Da Yan Divination Method for her, and her only chance of survival was at Qing’er Mountain, on the border of Qing Province and Shu, where the Feng Family’s ancestral tomb was. But when I arrived at the ancestral tomb, I found... alas."

"Could it be the Feng Family’s ancestral tomb’s Qi Fortune was dispersing?"

Qinglan Temple Master noted her words and said, "Also? Have you encountered this before?"

Qin Liuxi didn’t hesitate to recount the events involving the Yu Family and the Xie Family’s Qi Fortune over the years.

The Qinglan Temple Master turned grave and said, "One coincidence is a coincidence, but more than two cannot be a coincidence anymore. You said the families’ Qi Fortune was stolen, yet they survived long enough for you to intervene. But not the Feng Family. The traveling Taoist said their fortune was completely exhausted, and I understood when I reached their ancestral tomb."

"Please tell me."

The Qinglan Temple Master took a deep breath, his face heavy. "Under the mountain where the Feng Family’s ancestral tomb lies, Qing’er Mountain, there is a small spiritual vein. When I arrived, it was too late. To seize this spiritual vein, I had no choice but to engage in spiritual combat with that person. The result... you already know."

Qin Liuxi was a little shocked.

Though today’s world lacks spiritual energy, the nature’s spiritual energy isn’t completely gone. Especially in Divine Mountains or Heavenly Ponds, spiritual veins are hidden. In places with Mountain Gods, there are always spiritual veins. People always say where there is an immortal, there is spirit.

Qin Liuxi had never been to Qing’er Mountain, so she didn’t know if there was a Mountain God. But since there was a spiritual vein, it undoubtedly was a Divine Mountain.

"The spiritual vein was taken away, and the Feng Family’s entire ancestral tomb collapsed, buried under Qing’er Mountain," Qinglan Temple Master said with sorrow. "And that young lady’s life, I couldn’t save it."

"If an ancestral tomb is on a spiritual vein, its fortune ends when the vein is lost. It’s fate, you shouldn’t feel too guilty, you’ve done your best." Qin Liuxi said. "However, if a spiritual vein is lost and even the ancestral tomb is buried beneath Qing’er Mountain, there should have been a big incident, like a mountain collapse. I returned last year, yet I’ve heard nothing of a collapse."

Qinglan Temple Master paused, "Indeed, there was no collapse, just the complete disappearance of the Feng Family’s ancestral tomb."

The two exchanged a glance. The only reason there wasn’t a catastrophic mountain collapse was...

"The Mountain God," they both said simultaneously.

Qinglan Temple Master added, "It seems it must have been protected by the Mountain God."

"Preventing a mountain collapse, it must be more than just protection." Qin Liuxi considered a possibility, feeling a bit suffocated.

The Qinglan Temple Master shared her thought and sighed, "I am simply outmatched."

Qin Liuxi shook her head, "The person you fought against probably wasn’t an ordinary monk. To remove an entire small spiritual vein, his mana must be extremely powerful, probably Si Luo himself. Did you see his face when you fought him?"

"He was cloaked in a black robe, and his appearance was indistinguishable. His methods were of the Buddha’s path, summoning a dharma form that was immensely evil. The sacred sound was like demonic voice, disturbing the mind, easily leading to a Heart Demon." The Qinglan Temple Master recalled exhausting all his skills without gaining an advantage and felt even more burdened. If that was truly the Evil Buddha himself, he was far stronger than imagined.

Qin Liuxi said, "It should be him. At the Xie Family, he also left a soul imprint on that practitioner from the Evil Path, producing a similar dharma form. However, you managed to escape, proving it’s not your end."

Qinglan Temple Master said, "It’s strange, given his strength, it should be impossible for me to escape, yet somehow I made it out of Qing’er Mountain alive."

"You don’t remember how you got out?"

The Qinglan Temple Master thought for a moment, "After I used the Qiankun Great Method and suffered severe backlash, my Divine Soul was near detachment, and then in the next moment, I was outside."

Qin Liuxi speculated, "Perhaps the Mountain God protected you, or you had another life-saving magic treasure, or he was so intent on extracting the spiritual vein that you managed to escape."

"I lean towards the first or the last; he had already bested me and saw no need to harm me further. As for the life-saving magic treasure, I had already used it during the Great Technique." The Qinglan Temple Master smiled bitterly, then suddenly remembered something. "Buqiu, if it was indeed him, there is indeed a potential weakness to counterbalance him."

"What is it?"

"A Divine Weapon!" Qinglan Temple Master said, "Our Qinglan Temple has a Divine Weapon, a replica of the Heavenly Master’s Magic Artifact, the Three Five Female and Male Evil-Slaying Sword, tempered by flame. Although it is not as powerful as the real Evil-Slaying Sword, it contains a sword soul and is a Divine Weapon. When I used this sword, he showed evident caution and was slow to act, but alas, I lacked the cultivation to defeat him."

Qin Liuxi listened, staring at him with an inscrutable expression.

"What’s wrong?"

Qin Liuxi couldn’t help but ask, "In addition to the Nine Revolutions Great Rejuvenation Pill, you at Qinglan Temple even have a Divine Weapon. What other treasures do you have hidden?"

Qinglan Temple Master: "..."

How could this child’s thoughts twist so quickly?