Chapter 1 It Turns Out I'm a Scumbag

Wang Qian's eyes fell, looking at the counter. He couldn't see the spirit body, but the Musician's spirituality could sense that there was something there!

He raised his eyes, looking at the Yuanshi Tianzun with a longing and pleading gaze!

Zhang Yuanqing lightly exhaled a mouthful of Taiyin Qi again, gently puffing it onto his face. Wang Qian only felt a coolness on his face, as if frost had formed around his eyes!

He felt that his eyesight had been granted some kind of ability and immediately looked at the counter. Sure enough, he saw an adorable infant with sparse hair lying there!

Unlike before, the infant's dark, large eyes were full of agility, occasionally flashing with wisdom, no longer empty and ignorant!

Wang Qian's eyes softened instantly. Picking up the infant spirit, he said, "If only Sister could see you, how happy she would be. Her child is still here, always here!"

*Or it might scare her into a reunion with her child on the spot...* Zhang Yuanqing mentally complained and said, "Ordinary people will get sick from seeing spirit bodies. I advise you to dismiss this bold idea! You have fifteen minutes to interact with the spirit body, a chance to see the spirit body. Enjoy your time!" Having said that, he went deeper into the hotel!

Taking the elevator upstairs, he arrived at the leftmost room on the third floor. Zhang Yuanqing knocked on the door! "Ka-cha!"

The doorknob automatically turned, and then slowly opened!

Zhang Yuanqing stepped into the room, passed through the entrance hall into the living room, and glanced around. He saw the Palace Master of Zhisha sitting lazily behind a desk, with the window behind her!

The light from outside the window poured into the room. She was bathed in light, her hair shining, but her face was shrouded in shadow!

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing enter, a joyful light bloomed in her beautiful eyes under the silver mask, but after careful examination, her eyes suddenly sank and became indifferent!

The light affected Zhang Yuanqing's ability to read her expression. Without noticing anything amiss, he said, "Palace Master, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a murderous aura coming from above. Then, his hands and feet tightened. Before he could react, he floated up into the air, suspended in mid-air!

A string of question marks flashed through Zhang Yuanqing's mind!

"I'm very angry!" The Palace Master of Zhisha pushed away from the desk and walked over gracefully, the curves of her jade-like feet faintly visible beneath her skirt!

She stopped in front of Zhang Yuanqing, raised her head, and said coldly, "I hate people cuckolding me, even if it's you. My solution for impure men is castration, drowning in a pig cage, hanging for forty-nine days, making them into jerky..."

She suddenly twitched her nose and said through gritted teeth, "As expected, you are an impure man. You have the scent of other women on you!" Having said that, she summoned a snow-white blade with icy eyes, holding it against Zhang Yuanqing's crotch. "It seems castration is the only option!"

"P-P-Palace Master... let's talk this out..." Feeling a chill down below, Zhang Yuanqing, who was still bewildered, finally reacted. He realized that the Palace Master had seen through his 管鲍之交 (guan bao zhi jiao; intimate relationship) with Guan Ya!

She was jealous!

Hongluan Xingguan (Star Lord of Red Matchmaking), who governs marriage, probably has a stronger sense of this than an astrologer! "What's there to talk about?" the Palace Master of Zhisha said coldly. "After I cut off the filth below you, I will use the Elixir of Life to help you recover, and you will be clean again! Remember, every time you use it once, I'll cut it off once!"

Zhang Yuanqing tried to open his item bar to summon a prop to fight against the psycho!

But he found that he had lost his connection to the item bar!

Since becoming a Lingjing Xingzhe, this was the first time he had encountered this situation!

Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank. He suspected that the Palace Master was even more seriously ill. A psycho could do anything! Although there was the Elixir of Life to heal the injury, he didn't want to experience the pain of losing his little brother!

"Palace Master, let's talk this out... Actually, you are the most important person in my heart..." Zhang Yuanqing said while thinking about the wording and recalling the teachings of his mentor, trying to appease the psycho!

The Palace Master held the knife and gestured around his crotch for a while, then suddenly sighed, "I still can't bear to blame you. Forget it, I'll find a chance to kill Guan Ya to vent my anger!"

*Then let me down, hiss, it's tightening even more...* Zhang Yuanqing gasped, as hair-thin red threads cut into his flesh, oozing blood!

He tentatively said, "Palace Master, can you let me down first?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the red threads tightened even more, and blood dripped down along the red threads! Zhang Yuanqing obediently shut his mouth!

At this time, the Palace Master put away all her emotions, walked to the table, and took out a football-sized pottery pot and ten gold bars engraved with dazzling runes!

"I extracted the essence of the remaining Elixir of Life and stored it in the pottery pot. The power of the Sun God is sealed in the gold. I asked a refiner to create these temporary containers. They can only hold them for three days. After three days, the gold will melt. Absorb them as soon as possible!" The Palace Master said indifferently!

Everything was prepared for him!

*Three days is enough. After entering the dungeon, I will cultivate the Pure Yang Cleansing Body Record. If I can advance to Level 5 after entering the dungeon again, I should have the power to protect myself and survive the ominous omen of the Tortoise Shell Divination...* Zhang Yuanqing silently calculated in his mind!

"Why do you have to improve in the dungeon?" the Palace Master asked!

Zhang Yuanqing told her about the Tortoise Shell Divination, saying, "I guess that in the future, I may be matched with higher-level Lingjing Xingzhe, instead of playing with those of the same level!"

The Palace Master leaned against the edge of the table and tapped her chin with her finger. "Your guess is correct!"

*Correct... In the future, I will be teaming up with higher-level Lingjing Xingzhe...* Zhang Yuanqing raised an eyebrow. "How do you know?"

"I won't tell you, you ungrateful scumbag!" The Palace Master dragged her long skirt and walked out the door, humming, "You can hang here. You can come down after dark!"

In a secret room in the capital!

"I've already said that I don't like naive and passionate men. Your Seventeenth Brother has been dead for so many years!" Victoria lit a lady's cigarette and slowly exhaled smoke in the dim green candlelight. "Sunny and cheerful, warm to others, conceited, naive... that's about it. He has super talent and is a formidable powerhouse!"

"But some of his ideas are very naive. I remember when he was pursuing me, he suddenly blurted out one day: Do you want to join forces with me and become a world-saving, admired partner!"

*Seventeenth Brother also had such a chuuni (delusional) time. But because he was chuuni, he joined the Xiaoyao (Carefree) organization...* Ling Jun recalled his gentle brother and felt a little out of place!

After finishing his conversation with Yuan Shi Tianzun, he searched for the background of the Xiaoyao organization and learned about their chuuni and exaggerated slogans!

Now that he heard Victoria talking about the old days, he was even more certain that Seventeenth Brother was the Night Tour God among the Shadow Twins!

Victoria rolled her eyes. "I don't like this kind of man. I prefer a scumbag who was only 15 years old but had the audacity to flirt with me, saying that a young man is perfectly matched with a young woman, and nothing can tear us apart!"

Ling Jun looked embarrassed. If it were any other woman, he would have already started flirting, but he felt guilty towards Victoria. He suppressed his inner feelings and didn't want this illicit affair to be rekindled!

"Anything else?" he silently changed the subject!

Victoria flicked the ashes. "But now that you mention it, I do remember that the year before he returned to the Lingjing, he seemed to have fought with the Great Elder, Chi Ri Xingguan (Red Sun Star Official). The conflict was very intense!"

"What was the reason?" Ling Jun asked quickly!

"This is the most interesting part. After that day, Chi Ri Xingguan removed Ling Tuo from the Taiyi Sect! The specific reason was not revealed to the public. I don't know!"

Ling Jun suddenly realized: "So Seventeenth Brother was removed by the Great Elder, and Father acquiesced to it... Alas, this information will not be written in the data. Only the elders of that time know. Sure enough, an old family is like a treasure!"

Victoria's pretty face sank. "An old family?"

"In my eyes, even if you reach a hundred years old, you will still be so beautiful and moving!" Ling Jun said sweet words unconsciously, and then quickly stopped, saying, "Anything else? Hmm, anything you find suspicious!"

"Yes," Victoria's eyes shone brightly. After talking so much, she had completely entered the case-handling state. More irrational details of the past emerged in her mind. "Not long after your Seventeenth Brother returned to the Lingjing, another elder also returned to the Lingjing. His ID was 'Shan He Yong Cun' (Mountains and Rivers Forever). This elder was very experienced and was a Lingjing Xingzhe from the late Republic of China!"

"Losing two elders in one year is a bit illogical, especially since there were no intense conflicts with evil organizations that year! However, I wasn't very familiar with that elder. He was from the most senior generation, while I was a young and strong faction. As far as I remember..." As she spoke, a Wraith holding a notebook came to the secret room!

In Ling Jun's eyes, it was the notebook flying over by itself, fluttering in the air!

Victoria took the laptop, opened the Taiyi Sect database, and searched for the four characters "Shan He Yong Cun". The result showed: Entry does not exist!

"His information has also been cleared!" Victoria closed the notebook. "At least one thing is certain: This person's death is closely related to your Seventeenth Brother's death!"

"This is a clue. How should we investigate the information about 'Shan He Yong Cun'?" Ling Jun asked!

"It's useless to check the information. The information that can be left in the data is often easily erased. Asking someone who knows is the most effective!" Victoria had a clear mind. "He had a very good relationship with Elder Sun. We can consider breaking through from Elder Sun!" "The confused old Sun..." Ling Jun nodded thoughtfully!

At this time, the flame of the nearly burned-out white candle flickered, turning from a dim green color to an orange flame!

The secret blessing was completed!

Above the East Sea, the ocean surged!

A golden light swept across the sky, flying over the endless ocean!

In the golden light, the figure was graceful and otherworldly, like a goddess from the ninth heaven, untainted by mortal dust! After flying for an unknown amount of time, a large area of land and forest appeared in front. Further away, there was an endless wilderness. At the end of the wilderness was a towering peak that could not be seen!

The Third Mountain Goddess was overjoyed and immediately accelerated. The golden light streaked towards the tall mountain at the end of the wilderness like a meteor! Before long, she arrived at the towering mountaintop... It was empty, with nothing at all!

"The Fusang Divine Tree is not in the Lingjing."

The Third Mountain Goddess frowned slightly. This was different from the information she had gathered from several Lingjing Bosses!

The Fusang Divine Tree is the place where the sun rises, and it is home to the legendary Golden Crow. The Golden Crow is very likely the source of the Day Tour God and the source of the power of the Sun God!

She had gone through all kinds of hardships to finally find the place where the sun rises, but there was nothing here! While she was wondering, suddenly, a voice came from behind her: "The Fusang Divine Tree is not in the dungeon. It was left in Takamagahara in the island country because the demon refining pot is in the Divine Tree. At the beginning of the birth of the Lingjing, it could not accommodate this source artifact of the Musician profession. Later, it was intentionally left in Takamagahara by a certain existence!"

The Third Mountain Goddess suddenly looked back and saw a figure standing behind her!

He was between illusory and real, his face shrouded in a golden mist, unable to see his facial features, but his eyes were gentle and familiar!

"You are..." The Third Mountain Goddess subconsciously pointed her fingers like a sword, and the power of the Sun God in her body showed signs of boiling! She felt that these eyes were very familiar, but she couldn't remember them!

After thinking for a few seconds, the Third Mountain Goddess's beautiful face changed slightly: "You are the person in my dream!" That person smiled: "Goddess, I woke you up. Have you ever thought about why the ancient cultivators who were included in the Lingjing have basically become dungeon Bosses, but you are the exception?"

"I'm showing up to see you this time because I have a request!"

The Third Mountain Goddess narrowed her eyes, "You helped me get rid of the Lingjing's control. Why hide your head and show your tail? Show me your true form!"

"There's something wrong with my true form. I can't see it!" As he spoke, the golden mist on that person's face dissipated, revealing his true face! The Third Mountain Goddess lost her composure and almost couldn't control her tone, trembling: "It's you.!"

At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhang Yuanqing returned to Fujiawan in ragged clothes!

Taking off the clothes that had been cut by the red thread, washing away the blood on his body, and comforting Guan Ya, he lay on the bed, closed his eyes to adjust his breathing, and waited for the dungeon to descend!

Nothing happened all night!

It wasn't until seven o'clock the next morning that the Lingjing prompt finally came from his ear!