Chapter 50: The Deacon's Hall
"You've been tired for a long time, so let's rest for the night.
Tomorrow you will follow me up the mountain, report the details of your attack, and then go to the outer hall to register your status as a monk. Lu Zhi thought for a while and arranged it like this.
There was no word for one night, and the next morning was early.
The blessed land of the Lu family is located on the peak of the Mihe River.
Lu Qingshan followed Lu Zhi along the mountain road, all the way up for half an hour, until the front was covered with clouds and mist, and he could no longer see the road clearly, and then stopped.
Lu Qingshan knew that these clouds and mist were the Lu family's access control phantom array.
Lu Zhi took out a bronze token from his arms, and the dragon and phoenix danced on the token with the word Lu engraved.
This is the Lu family's communication token.
Lu Zhi threw the token into the clouds.
Under the urging of Lu Zhi's spiritual power, the token turned into a streamer and flew into the clouds.
Less than a moment.
Out of the clouds came a young monk.
I think it is the person who is responsible for guarding this gate control phantom array, commonly known as the doorman.
"Who is it and what is the matter?" The young monk held the token that Lu Zhi had just thrown in his hand and asked.
"Lu Zhi in the outer hall, there is something to report to the deacon hall."
The young monk nodded and looked at Lu Qingshan on the side.
"What about him?"
"His name is Lu Qingshan, and he has recently cultivated spiritual power, and I will take him to the outer hall to register."
The young monk's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but glance at Lu Qingshan a few more times.
It looked like fifteen or sixteen, although he had only become a monk at this time, it seemed a little late.
But as long as you can cultivate spiritual power before the age of eighteen, you can enter the Lu family's outer hall.
This can be regarded as his future colleague.
Thinking of this, the young monk's tone was also a little polite: "Okay, then you can go in."
The young monk waved his hand, and in an instant, the clouds and fog dissipated, and then a small path appeared.
The young monk turned sideways slightly, making way for Lu Zhi and Lu Qingshan.
Lu Zhi thanked the young monk and led Lu Qingshan in.
At the beginning, it was extremely narrow, and only then did it pass people, and it was dozens of steps back, and it suddenly became clear.
I saw the sky floating auspicious clouds, surrounded by greenery, and the air was much fresher than the outside world.
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but take a deep breath, and suddenly felt a lot refreshed.
This is because the spiritual power here is extremely strong.
The blessed land of the Lu family is built on a three-grade spiritual vein.
The spiritual power production capacity of the Sanpin Spirit Vein is also limited, and in order to avoid fishing with exhaustion, the Lu family has been controlling the number of people in the blessed land.
Many monks like Lu Zhi, who were too old and no longer had much chance to impact the next realm of cultivation, would be sent by the Lu family to Mihe Town to take charge of the family property and prevent wasting the spiritual power in the blessed land.
The Lu family is blessed, and Lu Qingshan is here for the second time.
The first time I came was to test the spiritual root.
All the children of the Lu family, when they are five years old, will undergo a test from the family.
The thing to be tested is the spiritual root in the body.
According to the test results, if the child has good spiritual root qualifications and excellent cultivation talent, he will be valued by the family and can stay in the blessed land to practice.
If the test is out, the spiritual root qualification is not good, then it cannot stay in the blessed land.
But this does not mean that you will not be able to practice at all in the future.
Although talent is an extremely important part of spiritual practice, it is definitely not the whole story.
You don't see how many cultivators with average spiritual root qualifications have finally become powerful cultivators.
The Lu family is naturally not so short-sighted, and is willing to give the children of the family a chance to prove themselves with their own efforts.
Children who are not talented in cultivation can take home a copy of the cultivation exercises, and they can also practice by themselves at home on weekdays.
If you can cultivate spiritual energy and become a monk before the age of eighteen, you can enter the outer hall of the family.
Lu Qingshan tested the spiritual root for the first time, but the result was not satisfactory, so he did not stay in the Lu family's blessed land.
Although Lu Qingshan had time to practice the exercises on weekdays, he was unable to succeed in feeling his qi, so he never entered the Lu family's blessed land again.
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The entire complex of buildings in the blessed land faces east in the west, and is built against the mountain, taking advantage of the trend.
The surrounding mountains are like a jade dragon coiled, in the form of steps.
A river that glows with silver light, winding all the way down from the top of the mountain, is the so-called Mi River.
Lu Zhi led Lu Qingshan along the Mi River, and soon, a three-story small building came into view.
"This is the Deacon Hall, you can go in later, and you can report the attack to the monk of the Deacon Hall in detail, and he can record it in the book." Lu Zhi confessed.
Lu Qingshan naturally has no opinion.
As soon as he entered the deacon hall, he was immediately greeted by a black-clothed monk with a grim face: "What's the matter?" β
He is a monk of the eighth level of qi refining.
Foundation building monks, even in the Lu family, have an extremely high status, so the people who act in the various halls of the Lu family are still mostly Qi refining monks.
Lu Zhi explained his intentions.
The black-clothed monk understood, didn't say anything more, and took Lu Zhi and Lu Qingshan into a side room.
On all four walls of the side room are large cabinets, which are divided into small compartments.
Inside each compartment is a jade slip.
These jade slips contain all the tasks of the deacon hall.
"When was the attack?" The blackfriar asked.
"April 13." Lu Zhi thought about it for a moment and replied respectfully.
"April 13......" The blackfriar's eyes scanned over the cabinet, his fingertips constantly clicking on one jade slip after another.
"Here!" Soon, the black-clothed monk took out a jade slip from one of the compartments.
"On April 13, the 20,000th year of Chang'an, Lu Qingshan (the son of Lu Bei) of the Lu family's garment workshop mysteriously disappeared when he was transporting goods.
Reporter: Lu Zhi of the outer hall
Escalation time: April 17
Result: Unresolved. On April 18, the deacon hall sent people to investigate, but found nothing, and there were no eyewitnesses, and the case was unsolved. β
The black-clothed monk read slowly according to the contents of the jade slip.
When he saw Lu Bei's son's remarks, the black-clothed monk couldn't help but look up at Lu Qingshan more.
ββIt is precisely because Lu Qingshan's identity is the son of the Jindan monk Lu Bei that the deacon hall will do its best to investigate the process of Lu Qingshan's attack.
Otherwise, if an ordinary mortal of the Lu family was attacked and disappeared, and it would have to be handed over to the management of the Deacon Hall, where would the Deacon Hall be busy?
"That's it, right?"
Lu Zhi nodded: "Yes, my lord." β
"Okay, you'll tell me the details."
Lu Zhi looked at Lu Qingshan, and Lu Qingshan did not hesitate much, and recounted his previous explanation to Lu Zhi.
According to Lu Qingshan's account, the black-clothed monk first changed the result of the treatment from unresolved to resolved, and then added a lot of information to the jade slip.
"Okay, I've recorded it, then it's over." After Lu Qingshan finished telling what had happened, the black-clothed monk finished registering the information, put the jade slip back into the grid, raised his head and said to the two.
Obviously, the blackfriar didn't understand what the name Zhishoulou meant, otherwise he would never have exposed the matter so easily.