Nanyi City is a prosperous city in the southernmost part of Taixing County, located in a basin surrounded by mountains at the foot of Fengshan Mountain.

Nanyi City is quite vast, and there is no end in sight to the rows of attic halls. The water veins in the city are criss-crossed, and the clear river reflects the blue tiles and white walls on both sides, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, which has a bit of the graceful charm of the water town.

In the sky above the castle, the smoke and sunlight slowly rise into the air, and from time to time there are Taoist figures jumping up and down among the roofs, the body is vigorous and light, as if the young swallow learning to fly rises and falls, indicating that Nanyi City is not an extraordinary city but a monk city.

There is naturally a difference between the monk city and the mortal city, in addition to the difference in the aura and scenery, more importantly, the monk city has a Taoist mansion.

The Taoist Mansion is a completely open ashram, and every day there are Taoist masters who open the ashram to explain the essence of the Heart Sutra, impart the practice experience, and guide the monks to practice, and young monks under the age of 16 who have the practice qualification can join the Taoist Mansion.

There were no decent sects within a radius of thousands of miles from Nanyi City, and the Dao Mansion was almost the only place to practice.

Today is the day of the annual distribution of rewards and reports on the progress of cultivation, and monks from near and far have rushed to the Taoist Mansion.

At this time, there were hundreds of young monks gathered in the front yard of the Taoist Mansion, but for some reason they surrounded a delicate girl in a long green dress in the middle, and many monks pointed at the girl, and even shouted and scolded, as if the girl had done something that people and gods were angry about.

"If you don't leave Qin Yue's reward today, don't think about leaving the Dao Mansion!"

"That's it, don't think about leaving without leaving the reward, hand over the reward!"

"Hmph, it is not known how long Qin Yue, a short-lived ghost, can live, not to mention that his cultivation can be beneficial, he is afraid that his cultivation in this life will end here, but he receives rewards every year, and gives him so many cultivation resources, can he still break through the Vortex Spirit Realm?"

"It's a waste of resources, if these resources are given to others, I'm afraid they have already cultivated three or four whirling spirit masters!"

Qin Yue's cultivation qualifications are acceptable, and the two lives of people make Qin Yue born with a mature mind, and he practiced several years earlier than others, although the accident in the early years caused a great change in his physique and it was difficult to cultivate for many years, but his cultivation was not too bad, and he was still ranked in the forefront of the Dao Mansion.

According to the rules of the Taoist Mansion, he deserves the highest reward every year.

This reward is only ten, and the cultivation resources of the reward are extremely rich, one hundred green spirit beads and one spirit yuan pill, not to mention a single monk, even the cultivation families in the city are extremely jealous of this reward, and secretly encourage the juniors to compete for these reward resources.

Although Qin Yue's cultivation is not inferior to that of a human, everyone knows that Qin Yue's physique is problematic, not only will he not live for a few years, but he will not be able to break through to the next realm at all, but he has also enjoyed such a rich reward for many years in a row, which makes other cultivators extremely unbalanced.

Under the long-term accumulation of jealousy and dissatisfaction, he became more and more jealous of Qin Yue, and today he suddenly broke out for some reason.

"Hand over the reward, and never squander it on the short-lived ghost!" shouted someone.

Everyone approached the girl, and many stared at the bag around the girl's waist, with a greedy glint in their eyes.

The girl in the crowd is Qin Yue's maid Qin Qingzhu, Mo is about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a light green dress, her body is delicate, her skin is as condensed as plain snow, and under her picturesque eyebrows is a pair of clear eyes, Qiong's nose is slightly upturned, her lips are small, and two strands of black hair naturally fall from the side of her face, looking pretty and fresh.

In the face of everyone's pointing and insulting and scolding, Qingzhu Bei bit her red lips tightly, her heart was extremely hot, everyone insulted Qin Yue, she felt more uncomfortable than scolding herself, especially the word short life was the most harsh.

Listening to the more and more unbearable insults of everyone, Qingzhu's anger continued to rise, her snort was snorting, her eyes were bright, and her pretty face was flushed, she secretly warned herself, "Qingzhu, Qingzhu, you must hold back, don't make trouble for the young master, just treat these people as mad dogs, and the young master said that people can't see ...... like mad dogs."

The reason why she came to the Dao Mansion to help Qin Yue receive the reward on her behalf was to avoid conflicts between Qin Yue and other cultivators, after all, Qin Yue's physical condition was very bad, and there were no elders in the family to support him, so it would be difficult to end if there was a conflict.

Because of this, she has to hold back her temperament to avoid conflict.

However, the situation did not ease because of her patience, but only intensified, and the insults intensified.

Qingzhu really couldn't listen to it anymore, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he said coquettishly: "You are short-lived ghosts...... Your whole family is short-lived, one mother, two fathers, three brothers, four brothers, five relatives, six relatives, seven aunts and eight aunts...... The eighteen generations of our ancestors are all short-lived ghosts!"

Qingzhu is not easy to mess with, he is by no means a cowardly person, on the contrary, under the influence of Qin Yue, he has developed the arrogance that if someone offends me, I will offend others, and under the anger, he pulled out the bright sword on his waist with a sonorous sound, and pointed at the people around him who were scolding.

Qingzhu Liu's eyebrows were upside down, and he shouted hatefully: "Who dares to scold again, I cut his tongue!" The young master is just having some physical problems, and he will definitely be able to find a solution, I'm afraid you are all dead, and the young master is alive and well!"

Qingzhu's action of drawing his sword and scolding frightened everyone, after all, Qingzhu's strength is extraordinary, but thinking that private fighting is prohibited in the house, and there are many of them, Qingzhu will definitely not dare to make a move, and after a short silence, everyone laughed.

At this time, the crowd suddenly parted on both sides, and a young man strolled out of the crowd, the young man had a white face and beard, and his appearance was quite handsome, wearing a luxurious brocade robe and stepping on gold boots, which was really extravagant.

With an arrogant and playful smile on his face, the young man said coldly: "Can you find a solution? What a joke, who doesn't know that he is in a situation where the gods can't save him, I'm afraid he won't be able to solve it until he dies, so why deceive himself?

Qingzhu is no stranger to the young man in front of him, the young man's name is Li Ziang, and he is a direct descendant of the Li family, one of the top ten cultivation families in the city.

Seeing Li Ziang suddenly appear, Qingzhu couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately understood, today so many cultivators surrounded her as if they had discussed it, and insulted Qin Yue with evil words, I am afraid it was all because Li Ziang was secretly instigating.

"What about the others? Why didn't he come to the Daofu? He was afraid of being challenged! The highest reward for the Daofu was only ten places, and depending on his strength, as long as he defeated him in the ring, he had to give up this reward, and he couldn't refuse to fight, this was the rule!

He has enjoyed this resource for too long, it is a pure waste! Today, I will defeat him and take this reward that does not belong to him, and vent his evil anger on everyone's behalf! I wonder where he is hiding now?" Li Ziang smiled proudly, as if he had the chance to win.

Now that his cultivation is not lower than Qin Yue, and he has cultivated the ancestral mastery, if he is in the ring, he is confident that he can defeat Qin Yue, a sick man with a weak soul.

Hearing this, Qingzhu's expression changed, it turned out that Li Ziang's purpose was not as simple as gathering a crowd to humiliate Qin Yue, it was to prevent her from leaving and force Qin Yue to show up, what Li Ziang wanted to deal with was Qin Yue.

Qingzhu couldn't help but be a little panicked, she had been coming to the Daoist Mansion for a while, Qin Yue was worried about her safety, and would definitely come to the Daoist Mansion!

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from the air: "Oh, defeat me, you seem to be very confident!"

Everyone followed the sound and looked up, and saw a gray figure standing on the top of the high-rise building, the figure was thin and long, the clothes fluttered in the wind, and the black hair was dancing, as if they wanted to ride the wind away, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds behind them, which was exceptionally elegant and leisurely.

The figure jumped from the top of the tall building, landed steadily, and the impact was dissolved by the slight bend of the legs.

The person who came was none other than Qin Yue, who had come from Fengshan.

Qin Yue came to the arena and stood in the crowd, his calm and introverted temperament made him very different from the young monks, as if standing out from the crowd, his cold eyes swept over everyone, and the originally noisy compound suddenly quieted down.

Those who were still scolding just now couldn't help but close their mouths, subconsciously avoiding Qin Yue's gaze.

Qin Yue's cultivation was a few years earlier than others, and his cultivation had been much higher than his peers over the years, even if his cultivation was stagnant due to physical problems and his soul was weak and weak, everyone was still extremely jealous of Qin Yue, and everyone knew that Qin Yue was not easy to mess with.

"Young Master!"

Seeing Qin Yue coming suddenly, Qingzhu snorted lightly and took the initiative to hold Qin Yue's arm, the anger on his pretty face immediately disappeared, replaced by worry, shook Qin Yue's arm, and obediently comforted: "...... Master, let's go!"

Qingzhu was very worried that Qin Yuezhen and Li Ziang would make a move, she knew Qin Yue's character too well, but Qin Yue's physical weakness was too serious, and he was not suitable for fighting with others at all, no matter whether he won or lost, Qin Yue would suffer.

Qin Yue shook his head and said calmly, "Let's go, when have we swallowed our anger?"

"Never...... No!" Qingzhu looked at Qin Yue's firm eyes, and couldn't help but feel a touch of the tip of his nose slightly pantothenic.

Yes, Qin Yue has never bowed her head, and it is precisely because of this that she feels sad and sad, Qin Yue is such a strong person who does not admit defeat, why is the path of cultivation so bumpy?

If it weren't for the physical problem, who would dare to give Qin Yue a blank eye now, and who would dare to scold Qin Yue for half a word?

Her current cultivation to be able to reach the first level of the Vortex Spirit Realm is largely due to Qin Yue's teaching and cultivation, but Qin Yue cultivated her to the Vortex Spirit Realm, but he couldn't let him break through the Vortex Spirit Realm by himself, which made her even more uncomfortable, and even ashamed.

Qin Yue patted Qingzhu's fragrant shoulder, turned to look at Li Ziang, and his eyes became extremely sharp.

Although he had just arrived at the Daoist Mansion, he already had a general understanding of the cause and effect from Li Ziang's words just now.

On the surface, in order to snatch his share of the reward, Li Ziang instigated other monks to surround Qingzhu and humiliate him, force him to appear, provoke him to enter the ring, and then defeat him, so as to achieve the goal of robbing him of cultivation resources.

The so-called people die for money, birds die for food, whether it is a sect, a family or an individual in the cultivation world, most of the battles revolve around the word profit, and cultivation resources are the most fundamental interests of practitioners, and fighting for cultivation resources is commonplace, and it is not uncommon for Li Ziang to want to snatch this reward.

However, in his opinion, Li Ziang's move is by no means as simple as snatching the reward.

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