Lin Li and the other two regained their senses and looked at each other with a hint of astonishment in their eyes. Zhao Jianbo, in particular, appeared shocked. Despite looking like he was in his thirties, he was actually fifty years old and had the highest cultivation level among the three. However, when faced with the young museum curator just now, he unconsciously adopted a respectful attitude towards his elder.

Recalling the casual tone with which he addressed the current leader of the Taiping Sect and his interruption of the ancient talisman just now, Zhao Jianbo realized that he couldn't see through the young man. The latter seemed elusive, like a figure hidden in the clouds and mist.

While their thoughts were churning, the three quickly approached and carefully examined the inscriptions on the broken staff, then carefully collected the other part of the Nine-section Staff. They also informed the local special operations team members to quickly collect the dead Taoist's body.

Only then did they bring the Nine-section Staff back to the place where they had fought before. The Taiping Sect members had already been subdued by the special operations team members who arrived later. At this point, the group split into two. The members of the Wei Ming Sect were responsible for dealing with the Taiping Sect members, while Lin Li, the three of them, and Wei Yuan escorted the Nine-section Staff to the capital.

Wei Yuan also learned that the battle spirit just now was the lingering obsession left on the Guangzong battlefield, not the Taiping Sect's follow-up move. The battle spirit's obsession was only temporarily awakened by the middle-aged Taoist using the talisman, and it naturally subsided after the talisman's effective time had passed.

There was an eerie silence in the car.

Wei Yuan closed his eyes and sat in the back seat, while Lin Li and the other two instinctively remained quiet, with only the sound of the car.

After a long time, Wei Yuan suddenly spoke, "Lin, I don't know who that Taoist with the Nine-section Staff is. He shouldn't be the current leader of the Taiping Sect, right?"

Lin Li was taken aback. He didn't expect Wei Yuan to be unaware of the current leader. But since he didn't know, why was he so certain that the person he knew had a higher cultivation level than the leader of the Taiping Sect?

With a stagnant mind, Lin Li subconsciously answered, "No, but he is a high-ranking member of the Taiping Sect."

"The current leader of the Taiping Sect obtained the original version of the ancient Taiping technique by chance. With the help of the records, he seized the opportunity to enhance his cultivation speed with the revival of spiritual energy. However, we didn't expect that he would secretly recruit disciples and turn the Taiping technique into a shortcut for evil cultivation."

"The Taoist you subdued is named He Taiping."

"He is a high-ranking member of the Taiping Sect."

"While the leader of the Taiping Sect is being restrained by several seniors, he, He Taiping, is responsible for breaking through. Since the Taiping Sect does not have the tradition of passing down talismans, he received the title of one of the thirty-six generals of the ancient Taiping Sect and called himself Bai Qi."

"General? Bai Qi..."

Wei Yuan muttered inexplicably, thinking of the young man in his memory, he said, "He is not worthy of this name."

After a pause, he continued, "Does that Taiping Sect leader have the original version of the 'Taiping Technique'?"

Lin Li replied, "Yes, he does."

"It is said to have been left behind by the great teacher Zhang Jiao. However, even the original version of the Taiping Technique has many flaws. That's why he is extremely eager to obtain the Nine-section Staff. He believes that the legacy of the great teacher Zhang Jiao is divided into two parts, one in the Taiping Technique and the other in the Nine-section Staff."

"We speculate that the reason he widely disseminated the Taiping Technique as a shortcut was to obtain the Nine-section Staff or to attempt more profound supernatural powers in the Taiping Technique."

Wei Yuan nodded and said, "I see."

Thinking of the Taoist who traveled through troubled times and the Taiping Sect that spread evil practices and harmed lives during prosperous times, Wei Yuan silently noted down the name of the leader of the Taiping Sect. If Zhang Jiao were still alive, he would personally eliminate these so-called disciples who harmed others. But now that Zhang Jiao was gone and the thirty-six generals who had taken on his name were buried in history, only the cultivation remained as Yellow Turban warriors.

Therefore, the task of cleaning up the sect could only be done by him, who had once been the weakest.

Lin Li and the other two also fell silent. After a while, Lin Li couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Wei, have you met the most powerful Taoist in the entire world who practices the Taiping Technique?"

Wei Yuan replied, "Yes."

"But he didn't have any grand ambitions. He only wanted to heal and save people, accumulate some money, open a Taoist temple, and pass down his Taoist arts and medical skills to a few disciples."

Lin Li was surprised. It seemed that he hadn't expected a Taoist with such a high cultivation level to have such a simple wish.

"Then he must have succeeded."

Wei Yuan fell silent for a moment and replied, "No."

"He failed."

The three Taoists were astonished. He Yangwen asked curiously, "Then where is that senior?"

Where is he?

Wei Yuan's thoughts paused for a moment as he thought of the young Taoist with chubby cheeks and dimples when he smiled, and the young Taoist who rarely smiled but remained gentle and firm. He also remembered the warmth of his palm when it pressed against his head.

Lin Li saw the young museum curator's eyes narrow slightly, deep and empty. It was as if he had suddenly realized something, lost in thought.

It was like the empty feeling after waking up from a big dream.

After a long time, he finally answered as if waking up from a dream, "He is dead..."

...

Beizhili was an area directly under the jurisdiction of the capital and was very close to the capital city.

The vehicle escorting the Nine-section Staff entered the highway, and Wei Yuan also learned how they planned to restore the staff. Similar to this kind of weapon and treasure that once belonged to the most powerful cultivator of a certain era in Shen Zhou, it had a strong spiritual nature. By combining the broken parts of the Nine-section Staff, it could naturally restore itself.

They were going to visit an elder who had many collections.

They would borrow his formation and some of his treasures to shorten the restoration process.

To the greatest extent possible, they would avoid the dispersion of spiritual energy during this process.The capital city is the gathering place of the entire Shen Zhou's qi and dragon veins. When Wei Yuan and the others arrived there, Wei Yuan was surprised to find that it was actually a museum. As they entered, several Taoists walked out, their bodies surrounded by faint qi.

Wei Yuan was slightly surprised.

These Taoists seemed to know Lin Li and the others, and they also seemed slightly startled. They exchanged greetings reluctantly, cold and distant, before leaving. The leader of the Taoists glanced at everyone, slightly surprised by Wei Yuan, who was dressed in a black robe with a qin case on his back.

His thoughts paused for a moment. He didn't remember that there was such a young person among the disciples of the Zhengyi Sect and Quanzhen Sect.

But he didn't pay much attention to it, just remembered his appearance and left it at that.

Wei Yuan felt the faint relationship between the two sides. After the group of Taoists left, he asked, "Who are those people?"

He Yangwen of the Shenxiao Sect replied with a complicated tone, "They are Taoists from the Fu Longting lineage."

"They are cultivators who rely on the qi and dragon veins of Shen Zhou to cultivate and attach themselves to dragon scales."

Wei Yuan was surprised and thought of the records in the Taoist scriptures of the Wei Ming Sect. Naturally, he asked, "Are they considered orthodox cultivators even though they violate the rules of the Taoist sect and come into contact with the qi of the dragon veins?"

This time, Lin Li and the others were astonished and puzzled. Laughter came from inside the museum, and a spirited old man walked out.

Lin Li and the others paid their respects.

Wei Yuan also gave a slight bow.

That old man was the senior they came to visit this time. It was said that the entire Shen Zhou's Taoist and Zen practitioners coveted the treasures in this place, but no one dared to have any thoughts because of certain reasons.

The old man waved his hand and couldn't help but tease Wei Yuan, who looked young, "Are you the Wei Master they mentioned?"

"You're so young, why do you still follow those ancient rules? You seem more like an old man than me."

Wei Yuan nodded and said, "I just saw it in the Taoist scriptures."

The old man couldn't help but laugh, "Then you must have seen the Taoist scriptures from the Han Dynasty. At that time, cultivating by coming into contact with the qi and dragon veins was truly seeking death. But later on, more and more people started to cultivate by relying on the qi and dragon veins. In the Song Dynasty, didn't they even produce a prime minister named Qingci who took a shortcut to the Zhongnan Mountains?"

"Although the Fu Longting lineage has always been disliked by orthodox cultivators."

"But by relying on the qi and imitating the practices of the Earth Deity lineage, their cultivation has been rapidly advancing."

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"There have been a few outstanding individuals in this lineage who are said to have formidable magical powers and are no less than the Celestial Master. But let's not talk about that. The Taoist of the Zhengyi Sect has already told me about the matter. Come, come, where is the Nine-section Staff? Take it out and let me see."

Lin Li took out the treasure as instructed.

The old man held the Nine-section Staff and walked into the back hall, telling them to wait. The damage to the Nine-section Staff was not serious and would naturally recover in less than a day. However, he made it clear that this item had experienced too many things in the past and had lost its spirituality. Even if it was restored to its original complete state, it could only be used as a collection and not as a magic weapon.

…………………………

Wei Yuan settled in the residence arranged by the Special Operations Group.

He silently waited, still drawing symbols, practicing swordsmanship, and practicing breathing exercises every day.

He temporarily suppressed the merits he obtained from capturing the Taiping Sect and did not use them.

Three days later.

Lin Li changed into ordinary clothes, looking like a fashionable and beautiful girl rather than a true disciple who had received the transmission of the Shangqing Sect. She lazily sat on the sofa, holding a laptop and watching TV shows.

The old man of the Lin family who was staying in the capital city had profound cultivation and extensive knowledge, and he was also dignified. But there was one thing, he doted on his granddaughter.

So when Lin Li behaved in a way that would be scolded by her master in the Taoist sect, the old man, who had scolded her master before, simply turned a blind eye. Sometimes, he even watched things that young people liked together with Lin Li.

Lin Li sometimes felt a little embarrassed by the old man's attitude of allowing her to do whatever she liked. When the old man brought a fruit plate over, she coughed a few times, realized her conscience, silently closed the video, pretended to be seriously thinking, and then asked when the old man sat down:

"Grandpa, I have a question that I haven't been able to figure out for several days."

The old man laughed out loud and didn't expose her pretense of being serious in front of her elders. He just smiled and said, "What's the question? Tell me."

Lin Li thought for a moment and said, "Grandpa, have you read the Taoist scriptures? Do you know if there is a most powerful Taoist among the Taiping Sect cultivators, someone whose cultivation surpasses all others in their generation, but only hopes to open a Taoist temple, heal the sick, and save people, and yet, despite having the ability to move heaven and earth, they died without fulfilling such a simple wish?"

The old man was surprised that there was actually a question.

After thinking for a moment, he could only shake his head and say, "I don't know..."

Lin Li stuffed a piece of apple, which had been cut into the shape of a rabbit, into her mouth and smiled, "That's right, I thought about it later, how could that be possible..."

But the old man laughed again, "But if we're talking about it, there is indeed one person who fits the description."

"Who?"

"The great and virtuous teacher, Zhang Jiao."

Lin Li's movements froze.

Who?!!

She subconsciously wanted to refute that it was impossible, that it was too absurd.

But then she thought of the museum curator who was lost in thought when he saw the Nine-section Staff, thought of the Yellow Turban warrior who protected him, thought of the ancient talismans that were stopped, and thought of his three words, "He's dead," which seemed like he had just woken up from a dream. She thought of that time when the young museum curator carried a sword case on his back and smiled with unwavering confidence:

"I have only seen the most powerful Taoist of the Taiping Sect in the world..."

Lin Li suddenly felt speechless and unable to refute.

…………………Inside the quiet room.

Wei Yuan extended his hand.

A complete nine-section staff lay within the box.

His palm slowly gripped the staff, and the secret inscriptions on it began to glow. Once again, the past buried in history emerged before his eyes.

PS: Today's first update... Three thousand six hundred words, the third day of the routine is completed. There are still four days left in the week. I hope to finish the second update earlier, sigh.

Thanks to the alliance leader who likes reading, Xiao Hui Li Yi, thank you very much~