Daoist Competition

The Mirror Spirit sensed the movement and joyfully came out to greet, bowing and saying, "Master has returned."

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Zhang Yan smiled and took out the Jade Pots containing the Earth Evil from his Sleeve Bag, instructing, "There are sixteen ten-thousand-year-old Earth Evils here, you should go and place them properly."

The Mirror Spirit’s expression turned solemn, he steadily stepped forward, carefully received them, thought for a moment, and said, "Master, previously Lord Gui did not cultivate the Earth Evil, and there is no place in the manor for planting evil spirits, but I can start now, and within half a day, create another manor beneath this Heavenly Pool for Master to plant evil spirits."

Zhang Yan nodded slightly and said, "It has been thirteen days since I took out this Earth Evil, it may dissipate in a few more days, you must be careful."

The Mirror Spirit cupped his hands and said calmly, "Master, rest assured, if any dissipates, I will be at fault."

Zhang Yan pondered for a while, then took out the Demon Flood Dragon Broken Bone, saying, "This item is also crucial, but I am going to meet the Sect Leader soon, carrying it might be inappropriate, you keep it safely, and I will ask for it upon my return."

The Mirror Spirit saw Zhang Yan speak so earnestly and did not dare to ask more, and also stepped forward to receive it.

Zhang Yan still had to report to the Sect Leader, so he did not ask more about the matters in the manor, after a few more instructions, he ordered the Mirror Spirit to withdraw.

Afterwards, he took out the letter from the Sect Leader, his gaze shifted down to the Dharma seal of the Lower Method, he pinched the spell, the letter trembled, and a brilliance enveloped him, carrying him out of the Cave Mansion, soon breaking through the Gang Qi, directly entering the Floating Heavenly Palace.

This golden light arrived in the Heavenly Palace, seemingly not wanting to alarm others, after a few turns, it descended into a side hall.

As the light dispersed, Zhang Yan’s feet landed on the ground, he looked up, and in front of the side hall, there were two immortal crane copper statues, smoke curling from the incense burner, footsteps sounded, and a clear-eyed Daoist boy came out, bowing and saying, "Junior Master Zhang, Sect Leader Ancestor knows of your arrival, specially ordered this small boy to wait here, please follow this small boy into the hall."

Zhang Yan nodded, stepped onto the stone steps, and followed the boy into the hall.

Looking up, he saw Sect Leader Qin sitting on a cushion in the hall, holding a horsetail whisk, with eyes slightly closed, behind him an endless Heavenly River flowing continuously, hurriedly took two steps forward, paying respect, and said, "Disciple Zhang Yan, greets the Sect Leader."

Sect Leader Qin opened his eyes, looked Zhang Yan over a few times, smiled gently, and said, "Zhang Yan, you have returned, was this journey smooth?"

Zhang Yan replied solemnly, "Reporting to Sect Leader, with the assistance of those three Dharma Talismans, disciple fortunately did not disgrace my mission."

He took out the Yao Yin Sect’s inheritance of the Five Artifacts, omitting some parts, made some revisions, and recounted the journey briefly.

Sect Leader Qin did not give a glance to those five inheritance treasures, only sighed, "For this journey, you to eliminate this ten-thousand-year-old Demon, sacrificed an avatar sword form of Beiming Master, the sect is indebted to you, a compensation is due."

He pointed a finger, a talisman shining with golden light flew over, and drilled into Zhang Yan’s forehead, saying, "I now grant you a True Seal Seed, besides not being able to pass it on, whether to use it or not, is entirely up to you."

Zhang Yan was taken aback, then was overjoyed, he condensed his True Seal differently from others, with no path of predecessors to follow, only able to explore on his own, having this True Seal from the Sect Leader as a reference, it would save much effort for self-deduction, he bowed respectfully, saying, "Disciple thanks Sect Leader for bestowing the True Seal."

At this moment, he suddenly remembered something, saying, "Senior Brother Fang is still trapped in the realm, due to the critical nature of the matter, disciple fears he may reveal the details of the small realm, thus does not dare to easily release him."

The Sect Leader nodded and said, "You have handled this matter appropriately. You went on this mission under my command, with a concealed identity, not to be publicized, after a few days, you may take the Golden Seal and make another trip to retrieve him, as for Huo Xuan’s place, I have a Dharma Decree to go, recording a merit for you, no need to explain further."

Zhang Yan felt assured, on this journey he originally went to assist Fang Zhenlu, but later, due to having a secret order, he did not appear before him in true form, it would have been difficult to explain at Huo Xuan’s place, but with the Sect Leader issuing a Dharma Decree, covering for him, there was no need to argue further.

Sect Leader Qin glanced at the five treasures in Zhang Yan’s hand but did not take them back, smiled and said, "Now that these Yao Yin Sect’s Five Artifacts have returned to our Mingcang Sect, we should select a successor, this matter must fall upon you."

Zhang Yan couldn’t help but be surprised, "I am a disciple of the Mingcang Sect, how can I take on the Yao Yin Sect’s inheritance?"

Sect Leader Qin smiled and said, "I am not asking you to change sects, with your current cultivation, even if this small realm were given to you, you could not defend it. I say this because there is another reasoning behind it."

Zhang Yan cautiously said, "I request Sect Leader True Master to enlighten me."

Sect Leader Qin looked at him and said, "Someone else is meant for this inheritance, but you are the one who closed this karmic cycle, so the reincarnated body of that person must become your disciple, within thirty years, keep an eye out for a person with an eye on their forehead, if seen, bring them back to the Mountain Gate."

Zhang Yan considered that this matter held more benefits than drawbacks, nodded in agreement, silently pondering, "If it’s a reincarnated body, I wonder who this person was in a past life?"

Sect Leader Qin waved his horsetail whisk and said, "You may keep an eye on this matter at your discretion, there is no hurry. Before you set out, I promised that as long as you eliminated that Old Demon, you could choose another Divine Skill to practice, in the twelve Divine Skills of the sect, whichever you fancy, you can go to the Jingluo Courtyard to review, if anything is unclear, you are welcome to come and ask me."

Zhang Yan felt a flash of joy in his heart.

Being granted a Divine Skill is indeed a good thing, but having personal guidance from the Sect Leader, what an opportunity is that?

Meng, Zhu, Yan, and Sun, the four Cave Heaven True Masters, were all direct disciples of the Sect Leader True Master, reflecting his ability to teach disciples.

Moreover, with this layer of guidance as a favor, anyone who wants to target him would have to think twice.

He quickly bowed in gratitude.

He vaguely perceived in his heart, it seems that after he handled this matter for the Sect Leader, the attitude towards him became noticeably more amiable compared to before, perhaps there is a deeper meaning underlying this, but it is beyond what he can comprehend at the moment.

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