Chapter 64 - 60: Seeking Immortality Temple

For several days in a row, Lu Heng’s life was very pleasant.

Besides eating and attending lectures, he was cultivating.

With the help of the Spiritual Qi Pill, his cultivation progress was quite good.

He had a premonition that it might not take a month before he breaks through to the Fifth-Layer Qi Refining.

This progress satisfied him, yet also brought a hint of worry.

As his cultivation level gets higher, how can he still keep a low profile?

A genius like him is practically like a firefly in the night, so conspicuous, so outstanding.

"Senior brother, are you there?"

"Master is looking for you!"

Outside the door came Qingyue’s familiar voice shouting again.

"Got it."

Lu Heng quickly got up, went out, and headed to Qingyun Hall.

This Qingyun Hall is where the Sect Leader of the Shangqing Tao lives and practices daily.

The hall is spacious, with plenty of sunlight, and in terms of comfort, it is much better than the dormitories of minor Daoists.

Upon entering the hall, Lu Heng saw his master Xuan Cheng, who had taken countless blames for him, talking with another uncle-master, Xuanming.

"Master, your disciple is here."

He spoke softly.

"Qingfeng, you don’t have anything on hand, right?"

Xuan Cheng turned around and asked kindly.

"Disciple is not busy."

Lu Heng shook his head.

"That’s good."

Xuan Cheng nodded slightly and then said, "Then you can go to Seeking Immortality Temple instead of me."

"Yes, Master!"

Lu Heng nodded in agreement.

This Seeking Immortality Temple is located to the southwest of Dragon Tiger Mountain, requiring crossing four mountains, and is quite remote.

Unlike a thriving major sect like Shangqing Tao with many disciples, Seeking Immortality Temple is a minor sect among minor sects.

In Qingfeng’s previous memories, the most people it ever had was only five.

The head of Seeking Immortality Temple, known as Fuyun, was said to have lived over a hundred years.

This old Daoist outlived all of his few disciples.

After the old Daoist’s lifespan ended and he passed away, there was no succession.

Currently, Seeking Immortality Temple has no successor and is in an abandoned state.

Xuan Cheng and Fuyun had been close despite their age difference, and every month, Xuan Cheng would send a disciple to clean the temple and offer incense to the Celestial Venerable Statues inside.

This month, the cleaning task fell on Lu Heng.

The other disciples didn’t want to go to Seeking Immortality Temple.

The main reason was that the mountain roads were too difficult to walk.

A round trip would take a day.

With that time, wouldn’t it be better to read books, recite scriptures, or watch small videos?

But for Lu Heng, this bit of mountain road was simply no problem.

Did you think "Heaven-Stepping Cloud Step" was just for show?

After returning to his room, he packed a few things and set off directly.

No matter how rugged or steep the mountain roads were, they felt as smooth as flat ground.

In less than two hours, he arrived at Seeking Immortality Temple on Taoyuan Mountain.

"This little temple looks quite new!"

"Master must have had people repair it before..."

The Seeking Immortality Temple before him was not the broken little temple from Qingfeng’s previous memories.

Lu Heng took out the key, opened the tightly locked door of the little temple, and prepared to start working.

...

Taoyuan Mountain, surrounded by mountains, is remote and far from the urban area.

To get to the city from here would require taking a bus for seven or eight hours.

Because of this, Taoyuan Mountain is rarely visited by people and has a lot of wildlife.

However, today, four hikers unexpectedly came to the serene and tranquil Taoyuan Mountain.

Among the four hikers, two are male and two are female, appearing to be in their early twenties.

Judging from their clear yet silly eyes, the four should be college students.

Each carried a large backpack, and their gear seemed very complete, comparable to those of professional hikers.

"Wow, there’s actually a temple here!"

Among the four, a somewhat short, long-faced guy suddenly exclaimed.

On hearing this, the other three looked up in unison and indeed saw Seeking Immortality Temple located halfway up the mountain.

"There really is a temple here!"

A rounded girl said in surprise.

"We heard from villagers in Dongqiao Village earlier that there was a temple in the mountain."

"At the time, I didn’t believe it, but they weren’t lying after all."

The round girl continued.

"I remember too!"

Another robust yet dark-skinned guy spoke.

He looked puzzled at the temple in the distance, furrowing his brow, "I remember a villager saying this temple had been abandoned for over a decade."

"It used to have only one nearly hundred-year-old Daoist. Who knows if he’s still alive or not."

"Wow!"

"After such a long time, maybe that old Daoist has already turned into a pile of bones..."

The long-faced guy chuckled.

"Ew...that’s disgusting!"

"Let’s not go!"

"I can already imagine the stench of rotten flesh as soon as we enter."

The round girl shivered and shook her head repeatedly.

"What’s there to be afraid of? Just a pile of bones, it’s not like it’s a White Bone Spirit."

"Besides, what if that old Daoist is still alive?"

"We could go in, check out the situation, and maybe gain some followers by posting a few videos."

The long-faced guy said unconcernedly.

"Let’s go check it out."

"A hundred-year-old man living alone on the mountain is truly pitiful!"

The last girl among them spoke up softly.

She was relatively tall, with delicate features, wearing glasses, and spoke tenderly.

"Then let’s have a look!"

"Tingting makes a good point; if the old Daoist is still alive, we might be able to help."

"Of course, if he’s dead, we can help bury him properly."

Seeing that Song Tingting had spoken, the robust guy immediately agreed.

"Heh!"

The other two pursed their lips and secretly cursed "bootlicker" in their hearts.

The long-faced guy Zhao Shuo turned his eyes, speaking ominously, "Aren’t you afraid that after the old Daoist’s death, his ghost may still linger in the temple?"

"If we go in recklessly, that old Daoist’s ghost might possess one of us without us knowing."

"By then, the person possessed by the old Daoist’s ghost might do all kinds of strange things, or even murder..."

The round girl shivered at the thought.

She couldn’t help recalling those horror movies she had seen before and exclaimed, "Zhao Shuo, could you stop?"

"I’ve got goosebumps all over!"

"Ghosts, what’s there to fear?"

At this moment, the robust guy suddenly laughed.

Then he took out a crucifix necklace from around his neck, confidently saying, "I have already embraced God."

"With God protecting me, a mere ghost is nothing to worry about."

Seeing this, the long-faced guy Zhao Shuo couldn’t help but laugh, "Wow, He Ming, you’re something else!"

"Showing a crucifix in front of a temple, aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?"