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"Ugh...!!!"
Lying on the ground with a furrowed brow, Li Ling couldn't help but groan before slowly opening his eyes. He saw more than ten people dressed in Taoist robes standing in front of him, with a boy standing beside them.
"Great, Ah Ling, you're finally awake!" The boy was overjoyed, and then he asked with concern, "How are you feeling now?"
"Hmm, I'm fine now, Xiao Fan!" Li Ling shook his head slightly, frowning as a faint headache lingered, but inwardly he was quite pleased, thinking, "So, I've indeed arrived at the Qingyun Sect?"
More than ten years have passed since Li Ling was reincarnated into this world, and his main consciousness only awakened half a month ago.
Li Ling in this world is an orphan who grew up relying on the kindness of others. Although life wasn't easy, he wasn't starving to death.
What came into this world was a split soul of Li Ling, carrying the power of the ancestral fire god Zhu Rong. After the consciousness of this split soul awakened, the system also unsealed the energy contained within this split soul.
Since it was a split soul transmigration, the energy it carried was not much. This energy was only enough to give it a basic ability to protect itself after the split soul was reincarnated. To become stronger, it would still need to rely on cultivation in the mission world.
Over the past two weeks, Li Ling's body in this world has gradually been transformed by the energy of Zhu Rong, the ancestral witch of fire, within this split soul.
Since Li Ling in this world has never cultivated, this energy is currently only cleansing his marrow and changing his physique, making him a spiritual body carrying a trace of the bloodline of the Ancestral Witch of Zhurong Fire.
Moreover, since Li Ling in this world is an ordinary person who has not undergone cultivation, after the energy of this split soul transformed his body, a portion of the energy remained in his body, which he could use after cultivation to increase his cultivation progress.
During the two weeks that his divided soul awakened its main consciousness, Li Ling also found out the location of the Qingyun Sect, and then he rushed there.
While traveling, Li Ling inquired around and eventually arrived at Caomiao Village at the foot of Qingyun Mountain. There, he met Zhang Xiaofan, and on the night of the great change in Caomiao Village, he was successfully brought up the mountain.
As for Lin Jingyu, he has probably already met a terrible end. Because of Li Ling's influence, he did not meet Puzhi with Zhang Xiaofan. This slight change cost him his life.
Li Ling only felt a slight pity about the result, but he didn't feel any guilt. In this era of great competition, what people are competing for is opportunity. He could only say that Lin Jingyu lacked the right opportunity.
If given the chance in the future, Li Ling will resurrect the villagers of Caomiao Village who died tragically, and give Lin Jingyu another opportunity. Of course, that's something for the distant future.
On the night of the great change in Grass Temple Village, Li Ling also met the monk Puzhi. It was this monk who wished to explore the secrets of immortality, which allowed his split soul to come to the world of [Zhu Xian].
Li Ling knew that the monk Puzhi was kind by nature, but he had become a demon due to the long-term invasion of the Bloodthirsty Bead and his serious injuries, which led to his downfall in his later years. When he woke up from the frenzy of slaughtering the villagers of Caomiao Village, he was filled with endless regret and self-blame.
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Inside the Qingyun Sect.
At this moment, the Qingyun Sect members standing nearby were all quite happy to see Li Ling wake up.
Dao Xuan, sitting at the head of the table, stroked his long beard, looked at Li Ling with a kind and benevolent expression, and chuckled, "You've finally woken up. I never expected such a talented person to appear at the foot of my Qingyun Mountain. Child, I heard that you went to Caomiao Village originally to seek a master at Qingyun Mountain, is that right?"
“That’s right, Immortal Master.” Li Ling nodded and explained his situation: “I had heard that the Qingyun Sect was a sect for cultivating immortality, so I tried every means to come to Qingyun Mountain to become a disciple, but I never expected to encounter such a tragic event in Grass Temple Village!”
In the end, Li Ling couldn't help but have her eyes redden slightly, revealing a look of 'fear'.
Sitting close to Dao Xuan, Cang Song comforted him, "Child, you don't need to be afraid. Your innate meridians are now unobstructed, and your innate energy is abundant. Your talent is extraordinary. Now that you have entered my Qingyun Mountain, you will cultivate the Dao and practice the methods in the future. Once your cultivation is sufficient, what is there to fear from those evil demons!"
At this point, Cangsong's eyes revealed an extremely tempted look. He had already made up his mind to take such a talented person as his disciple.
Similarly, even Dao Xuan, who sat in the head seat, showed a hint of excitement in his eyes. Unfortunately, this excitement faded quickly, and he thought to himself, "It's a pity. I have already decided to make Yi Cai the next head of the Qingyun Sect. If I were to take him as my disciple, it would be undesirable for the two of them to compete with each other!"
Thinking of this, Dao Xuan said to the chief disciples of the peaks beside him, "These two children are in great trouble now, and our Qingyun Sect cannot ignore them. Which of you junior brothers is willing to guide them?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was slightly startled. Those who were quick-witted immediately realized why Dao Xuan did not accept disciples. Among them, Cang Song was the most excited and was the first to stand up and say, "Senior brother, since you have no intention of accepting disciples, why not entrust Li Ling to me? He has just encountered a great calamity, and I will take good care of him."
Cangsong said this, but the other peak leaders disagreed.
“Senior Brother Cangsong, your Dragon Head Peak is already overcrowded. Why not entrust this child to me? As a woman, I believe I can take better care of him!”
Li Ling's current aptitude as the Fire Ancestor Zhu Rong has even stirred the heart of Shui Yue, a woman who only accepts female disciples.
“Isn’t Xiaozhu Peak all women? He’s still young, so it’s fine, but when he grows up, it’ll be really inconvenient for a man to be there alone! Aren’t you afraid of causing some scandal…”
Tian Buyi retorted and couldn't help but express his opinion to Dao Xuan: "Senior Brother Headmaster, our Great Bamboo Peak lineage has only a handful of people, so it would be better to entrust this child to me... I will never let his talent go to waste!"
Just as Dao Xuan was about to speak, Cang Song coldly mocked from the side: "Alright, everyone knows that you, Tian Buyi, are the number one disciple in the Qingyun Sect! Aren't you afraid of delaying his progress by taking him as your disciple?"
These words immediately enraged Tian Buyi. "Cangsong, what do you mean?! Do you want to fight me?"
"Let's fight! Who's afraid of who! Whoever wins will become this child's master. Do you dare to bet with me?"
"Just what I wanted!!!"
The two were arguing fiercely, but the other peak leaders couldn't stand it anymore.
"You few have arbitrarily decided that this child can only be accepted by the Dazhu Peak and Longshou Peak lineages, as if you don't care about us at all? We also want to have another disciple with exceptional talent in our sect!"
With Li Ling's profound talent, who wouldn't want to take him under their wing?
Li Ling, however, was not too surprised to see this scene. As the ancestral fire god Zhu Rong, he was born with a fire spirit body, a powerful physique, and all his meridians were open.
With such a strong foundation, as soon as you start cultivating, your cultivation level will definitely improve rapidly.
With such talent, which master wouldn't want him? In no time, the seven elders of the Qingyun Sect began to vie for his hand in the art.
Watching the leaders of the various factions argue fiercely over him, Li Ling remained solemn and quietly awaited the outcome. He knew that he could not choose who he took as his master, so he simply waited patiently.
After much debate among the many chief disciples and elders, Dao Xuan finally spoke up, placing Li Ling under the tutelage of Cang Song at Dragon Head Peak. As for Zhang Xiaofan, he became Tian Buyi's disciple, just as in the original story.
"Does this mean I've completely taken over Lin Jingyu's role?" Li Ling thought to himself, feeling that this might be a good start.
As for Cangsong, he was involved in the matter of Wan Jianyi's death and the alliance with the demonic path, which was related to the events in Caomiao Village, but Li Ling didn't care too much about it.
He wasn't from Caomiao Village and had no grudge against Cangsong, so there was no reason for him to expose Cangsong for the sake of villagers he didn't know.