Chapter 1428: Qingping Melody
Chapter 1428: Qingping Melody
Qi Xuansu slightly interrupted Qi Jiaozheng. “Sage Wanmiao, if Qi Haoran was your cousin, then why does Daoist Qi Muyu know nothing about him?”Qi Jiaozheng replied, “The reason is simple. Qi Haoran was not originally called by that name. He only changed his name to Qi Haoran after leaving the Qi family and joining the Zhengyi Sect. Very few people knew about this matter. The Qi family had always publicly claimed that he was dead, so Muyu never knew that Qi Haoran was actually her brother. Since he had already changed his name, I may as well continue referring to him as Qi Haoran.”
Qi Xuansu nodded. “I see.”
Qi Jiaozheng continued, “The reason I call it a cliché story is that it follows the same old pattern of a man unable to escape a woman’s charms. He came to know a certain woman by chance.”
Hearing this, Qi Xuansu suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of dread.
Could this woman possibly be Madam Qi? After all, Madam Qi had once used the alias Qi Jiaoyao.
That would truly make the story unbearably cliché.
“This woman was named Zhou Mengyao.” Qi Jiaozheng’s next sentence immediately made Qi Xuansu breathe a sigh of relief. Thank goodness it was not Madam Qi.
Qi Xuansu asked, “Who’s Zhou Mengyao? I’ve never even heard of her.”
Qi Jiaozheng replied, “You’re still young, so it’s only natural you aren’t aware of many old matters. Strictly speaking, Zhou Mengyao was a seventh-generation disciple of the Daoist Order. But like Madam Qi, she left the Daoist Order very early on, so her official rank wasn’t high, nor did she hold any formal post. She was what people call a wandering Daoist.”
Such a situation was not unusual. Not only Madam Qi, but even the Golden Patriarch himself had originated as a wandering Daoist.
The Golden Patriarch once recounted that when he was young, he had traveled to Jinling Prefecture and stayed at Zhenwu Temple. Yet after only two days, he was politely asked to leave because an Omniscient Sage was coming. Around dusk, a squad of Spirit Guards arrived first to inspect the temple grounds and set up various formations. Then a flying ship descended onto Zhenwu Lake. Despite the vessel’s enormous size, only a single Omniscient Sage and several attendants emerged from it. As the Omniscient Sage walked down the ramp, everyone present bowed in salute. The display of authority and prestige was truly awe-inspiring. At that moment, the Golden Patriarch swore to himself that he would one day hold such power.