I imitate others' cultivation, and I will never reason with you.

Chapter 152: Stealing the Jade Sign

Cheng Bi arranged a place for Ruan Xing to live, and let her have a good rest and adapt to the new environment, and then took her to collect her monthly salary.

Because there are many new disciples, everyone in the Sect Affairs Hall is very busy, and the monthly salaries will probably be paid out a little later in the near future.

However, Ruan Xing said it didn't matter, because she was afraid that the simulation would end before she could receive her monthly salary.

If we can successfully enter the Lotus Pond Secret Realm this time, then even if it ends, it will end in the secret realm and we will not return to the Xuanbing Sect.

Ruan Xing thought about it and contacted Zhao Cheng through the sect’s jade token.

We agreed to meet the next morning.

The next day.

When Ruan Xing saw Zhao Cheng, he had a completely new look and was wearing the exclusive badge of a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall.

"Congratulations, senior brother, for successfully joining the Law Enforcement Hall." Ruan Xing said with a smile.

Zhao Cheng scratched his head. "In fact, it's not that difficult to join the Law Enforcement Hall. For cultivators, maintenance and guard duty take up most of their practice time. The Law Enforcement Hall is short of people every day. Fortunately, I don't have to worry about the practice before I get the elixir and the technique. Otherwise, if I spend a lot of time on these things every day, it will be even more difficult to seek immortality."

"So where has senior brother been assigned to guard?" Ruan Xing asked curiously.

"I don't know yet. I just joined the Law Enforcement Hall yesterday. The senior brothers in the hall asked me to familiarize myself with the rules of the sect first and then arrange it for me in the afternoon." Zhao Cheng said, and asked Ruan Xing, "Junior sister, how about you? Did you go to Shenshui Peak smoothly yesterday?"

Ruan Xing frowned, looking like someone who had been wronged but didn't want to make people worry, and forced a smile, "It's going well, brother, don't worry about me. After all, I'm already a registered disciple and officially a member of the sect."

Zhao Cheng was silent. It was only after he entered the Law Enforcement Hall yesterday that he began to understand how complicated the intertwined relationships were among the various immortal cultivation families in the large sects. When a disciple from a family made a mistake, the punishment standard was different from that for ordinary disciples.

Even if Junior Sister Xing was really bullied, the two of them could do nothing.

I could only sigh and say a few words to comfort him.

Ruan Xing originally wanted to ask Zhao Cheng to find out in the Sect Affairs Hall who were the people on the list. After all, the candidates had been decided and the jade slips had been issued. It should not be a secret in the Sect Affairs Hall. The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall had a lot of contact with the Sect Affairs Hall, so it should not be difficult given his temperament and ability.

However, after chatting for a long time, Zhao Cheng never mentioned any news about the Lotus Pond Secret Realm.

Could it be that the information about the Lotus Pond Secret Realm was not made public, but she suddenly came into contact with a small group of direct disciples within the sect, so she felt that the news was not kept secret?

Never mind. Zhao Cheng is just a new disciple who has just joined the Law Enforcement Hall. It is too much to ask of him to do such a thing.

Since Zhao Cheng couldn't help, she wanted to chat with him for a few more minutes before sending him back.

She still had to go to the Weapon Refining Peak to find Xu Sirui later, but she didn't know Xu Sirui now, so it would be too obvious to go there directly, so she had to think of a reason.

But what she didn't expect was that Xu Sirui was not at the Weapon Refining Peak.

Ever since learning the news of his father's sacrifice, Xu Sirui has been devastated and has not been to the Weapon Refining Peak for nearly a month.

Qin Taihe was not in the sect, so she couldn't go to Yaoguang Peak to take a peek.

The Xu family is now at a loss, all their thoughts are on the spiritual rice shops in Xianyuan City, and they even want Mu Shi to come back to help them keep the shops, but Mu Shi was sent to Nanzhou by the sect leader himself, so it is unrealistic to ask him to come back in less than a month. Moreover, Mu Shi is the only one who can take charge of Nanzhou now. If he is transferred back, there will not even be a Jindan stage in Nanzhou. What about the mines? What about the disciples in Nanzhou?
The only place Xu Sirui could stay was the Law Enforcement Hall. At least, his mother was still there.

But my mother's life is not easy either. In the past, other disciples would call her "Madam" out of respect. Now the hall master is about to be replaced, who still cares about the hall master's wife?

Zhu Lihua looked at her daughter and sighed, "You've been depressed for a few days. Isn't it time to think about the future?"

Xu Sirui rolled his eyes dully, "Later? What later?"

"Take advantage of the fact that the Xu family has not yet been completely destroyed and find a suitable backer with the dowry. Even if you cannot form an elixir in this lifetime, you still have a hundred years to live. Do you have to be a servant for the next hundred years?" Zhu Lihua said bluntly.

If she hadn't had the courage to risk everything, she would have been buried in that valley and moldering by now.

Since God has given her spiritual bones and beautiful appearance, these are her capital for survival in the world of immortal cultivation.

Xu Shengping is already dead, so she should find a new way out for herself and her daughter.

"Didn't the Sect Master give you a jade sign to compensate you? Think carefully about how to use it."

Xu Sirui naturally understood what his mother meant, and said with a wry smile: "Among the first 20 people, except for Liang Yue from the inner sect, all the others are talented people. How could they be interested in me? And with my cultivation level, I'm afraid I can't help much in the secret realm."

"Since you know that there is little benefit in entering the secret realm, why do you want to enter? Don't you know that Yue Mingqi is not on the list?" Zhu Lihua said with some regret.

Xu Sirui was stunned for a moment and began to think.

Yue Mingqi was the sect master's direct disciple, but in order to avoid suspicion, the sect master did not include Yue Mingqi in the first batch of list.

The sect leader was not from an aristocratic family, and he had no descendants. Yue Mingqi was raised by him. Although his aptitude was not very good, as he was only in the early stage of the Golden Core at over 200 years old, it was estimated that he still had a good chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Could it be that the sect leader gave her this jade sign so that she could use it to establish a relationship with Yue Mingqi?
She whispered, "How could the Sect Master be interested in these things from the Xu family..."

"You are so stupid." Zhu Lihua tapped her daughter's forehead and sat beside her. "The sect leader may not like him, but Yue Mingqi does. Moreover, with his cultivation and status, he can just keep these businesses of the Xu family."

Xu Sirui was silent.

Yue Mingqi is a very secular monk.

With a jade token and the things from the Xu family, he might indeed be willing to accept and protect them. After all, his master is the sect leader.

But can she really live the same carefree life as before?

Moreover, she is a refiner of the fire refining method. Years of refining have made her figure not as slender and graceful as other female cultivators. Her skin is also a healthy wheat color, not the fairy-like white.

Refining equipment was her hobby and a means to attract her father's attention. She had once been secretly proud of herself, but she knew that other male cultivators did not like female cultivators like her.

"Will he like me?" Xu Sirui murmured, and thought of Qin Taihe who always had a cold face.

"Why do you care whether he likes it or not? As long as you give birth to a child with spiritual bones, what will you worry about in the second half of your life?" Zhu Lihua said earnestly, but thinking that her daughter had been brought up in love since she was a child, she might not understand that love is the least important thing among all these.

With another long sigh, Zhu Lihua said, "You still have one day to think about it. If you have figured it out, go meet Yue Mingqi tonight. If you still can't figure it out, wait until the Xu family is disbanded and become an ordinary cultivator. Anyway, your ability to refine equipment is barely enough for you to use."

Xu Sirui responded, and Zhu Lihua stopped talking and turned to leave.

If Zhu Lihua had not been the Taoist partner with whom Xu Shengping had held a serious ceremony, if Zhu Lihua had not damaged her body through giving birth and then used elixirs to build up her cultivation and force herself to form a golden elixir... If she was a Jindan Zhenren with real strength, she might not be able to save the Xu family, but there are not so many ifs in this world.

Xu Sirui finally walked out of the room. She wanted to go out for some fresh air to calm her fevered head.

Ruan Xing widened his eyes in surprise, "What did you just say?"

Zhao Cheng was stuck for a moment, remembering what he had said during the casual chat just now, and stammered: "I said... yesterday a female disciple in the Law Enforcement Hall was summoned by the sect master. I didn't expect that an ordinary foundation-building disciple could also get the favor of the sect master..." "It's not that. What's the name of the female disciple you are talking about?" Ruan Xing asked.

Yesterday afternoon, Cheng Lun sent a jade sign to Cheng Shuo. At the same time, the sect leader summoned a female disciple in the foundation-building stage from the Law Enforcement Hall.

There is no such thing as a coincidence.

"I don't know her name, I just heard others call her Sister Xu."

That's right.

The female disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, whose surname is Xu, has completed her foundation building and was summoned by the sect master yesterday afternoon.

With so many conditions listed together, it must be Xu Sirui.

"I understand, Brother Zhao, thank you for chatting with me and enlightening me. I will take you back to the Law Enforcement Hall and also introduce you to the place so that it will be easier to find you in the future." Ruan Xing said sincerely.

Zhao Cheng was stunned for a moment, then said, "Okay."

But she was wrong. Xu Sirui had lost his father, so it was impossible for him to be so heartless and continue to work as a blacksmith at the Refining Peak. Fortunately, she met Zhao Cheng and brought him the news.

Otherwise she might have to waste one more day in this simulation.

Zhao Cheng saved one hundred points for her, and the admiration in Ruan Xing's eyes when she looked at him became more real.

The two walked to the door of the Law Enforcement Hall and happened to meet Xu Sirui who was out relaxing.

Xu Sirui looked a little dazed, and bumped into Ruan Xing without paying attention when he went out.

Ruan Xing staggered and Zhao Cheng quickly supported her, "Hey! Junior sister, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Ruan Xing shook his head.

"This Senior Sister Xu is really something. Doesn't she look at the road when she walks?" Zhao Cheng complained in a low voice.

"Maybe she has something wrong. I believe she didn't do it on purpose." Ruan Xing smiled softly, "Brother, you can go back. I should leave too."

"okay."

After saying goodbye to Zhao Cheng, Ruan Xing followed Xu Sirui from a distance.

Zhao Cheng was next to her just now, and a jade sign suddenly appeared in her hand. If Zhao Cheng saw it, it would be difficult to explain, so she could only wait for Zhao Cheng to leave.

Fortunately, her magical powers did not require direct contact with Xu Sirui.

She tried to imagine the jade skewer was on Xu Sirui's body, but failed to catch it.

Perhaps because the storage bag's refining technique also involves spatial magic, she was unable to use her magical powers to grab it without seeing it with her own eyes.

I can only follow Xu Sirui for now.

However, her illusion technique has been in use for more than two hours since this morning, and it will expire in more than an hour and the CD will have to be refreshed.

I hope Xu Sirui can take out the jade sign as soon as possible.

The opportunity came quickly.

Xu Sirui wandered aimlessly in the sect and met a few monks who were also doing nothing.

When he saw Xu Sirui, he greeted him. Seeing this, Xu Sirui could only go over and say a few words.

These people are basically the second generation of cultivators in the sect. Their parents are Jindan cultivators or have some relatives in some family. Xu Sirui was also a member of this circle in the past, but at that time everyone praised her because her father was the head of the Law Enforcement Hall.

If she hadn't obtained the spiritual bones from the Luoqi Pill, she might have been able to get into Cheng Bi's circle.

Now...she can't be so high and mighty anymore.

Although those cultivators were not very polite to other female disciples, they did not have that attitude towards Xu Sirui. Firstly, it was because Xu Sirui's cultivation was higher than theirs, secondly, Xu Sirui did not meet the aesthetic standards of most male cultivators, and thirdly, the accumulated prestige from the past still existed for the time being.

After a few words, he started complaining about how all their storage bags were lost the day before yesterday.

Xu Sirui asked, "Why don't you look for it if it's lost? What's the point of complaining?"

"Well, who knows where it was lost? It's only a few hundred spirit stones. Let it be lost."

"Maybe one of our senior brothers didn't like us the day before yesterday, so he opened our storage bags to teach us a lesson."

"That's right. As long as I didn't get beaten, losing some spirit stones is nothing."

Xu Sirui listened silently, she was the same in the past. A few hundred spirit stones were nothing in her eyes, and she could give away magic swords made from precious materials as gifts.

But if the Xu family really broke up, and she needed to earn spirit stones by refining magic tools on her own, it might take her half a month to refine a magic tool with hundreds of spirit stones.

"Senior Sister Xu, would you like to go down the mountain and play in the city together?" A male cultivator, seemingly unaware that Xu Sirui was no longer the same as them, extended an invitation.

Xu Sirui shook his head and said, "No, you guys go ahead."

After the few people left, Xu Sirui took out the jade sign from the storage bag and stared at it intently for a moment, as if he had made up his mind.

Ruan Xing had been paying attention to Xu Sirui. When he saw Xu Sirui finally took out the jade sign, he immediately perked up.

The moment Xu Sirui put the jade stick back into the storage bag, Ruan Xing used her magical power and the jade stick fell into her hands.

After lifting it up and taking a look, there seemed to be no special marks or numbers on the jade sign, and it was no different from the one Cheng Shuo had.

"That's good. I hope we can enter the secret realm smoothly tonight." Ruan Xing said with satisfaction.

After midnight, use spiritual power to activate the jade sign and you can be teleported to the secret realm.

After finishing her work, Ruan Xing returned to Chenshui Peak. Her illusion time was almost up, so she planned not to go out in the afternoon and wait until night before entering the secret realm before using the illusion.

There are still some materials in the storage bag, so she has to draw a few water-repellent talismans for herself. The Lotus Pond Secret Realm is full of water, so she will have to dive underwater. The use time of a water-repellent talisman is limited, so she should prepare more.

As for other things, just let it go. The main purpose of entering the secret realm this time is to get the key.

Then she could go to Xizhou, give the key and the skills to Qin Taihe, and then use the resources of the Qin Tai family to break through the Nascent Soul stage in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)