Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World
Chapter 174: Tomb Guarding

Qin Yi came to the back of Ju Yunxiu's house for the first time.

There was a cliff not far away. From behind the house to the cliff, there were green grass, tea trees, and flowers. At this time, the tips of the leaves were tender. He wondered if Qing Cha grew here...

There was a deck chair on the grass with a book on it. It looked like a place where Ju Yunxiu read and took the afternoon nap.

Very bourgeois.

If a parasol was added on top of it and pairing it with sunglasses and coffee, it would be like a villa lawn, the epitome of a bourgeoisie lifestyle.

There was a clear pond at the back of the house. Qing Cha said that this was where the brushes were washed. However, it did not look dirty at all. It was not stained black with ink as expected, and there was no paint colors. On the contrary, it was crystal clear with lotus leaves and fish and shrimps looming below.

There was a rainbow floating on the pool like a bridge.

Ju Yunxiu slowly walked onto the rainbow.

Qin Yi stood behind and felt a little embarrassed, "I don't know how to ride the clouds yet. Will I fall stepping on it?"

Ju Yunxiu looked back and chuckled, "Come up. You won't fall off."

Qin Yi tried to step on it, feeling quite surreal. The material was unknown to him.

"Is this… painted?"

"Yes."

Ju Yunxiu responded casually, stood on the rainbow bridge, and looked at the lotus leaves.

Qin Yi walked slowly to her side, then Ju Yunxiu whispered softly, "This rainbow bridge is the symbol of the initial completion of my painting way. I could already visualize dead objects. Although it does not possess a soul, it already has infinite possibilities. From that moment on, Master passed on the sect to me without worry."

So this is considered a commemorative place? Ordinary people won't be able to visit.

She also has the heart of a young literary girl.

Qin Yi stood side by side next to her, smelling the lingering fragrance, and whispered, "Actually, people like you... don't want to be a sect leader."

"I can't just get a good benefit and be ungrateful." Ju Yunxiu said, "Although I don't want to take on any important responsibilities of the sect, I must admit that the benefits of being the sect master are great. These twenty-two spiritual mountains are under my control, the ancestors' relics belonged to me, and the chess fanatic and book immortal support me... It seems to be more in line with my own way of being free from attachment, but in fact I may not be able to enjoy these benefits. "

Qin Yi looked thoughtful. Many people might not be able to see it clearly like Ju Yunxiu.

Although Ju Yunxiu had a literacy spirit, she was still a clear-minded powerhouse after all. She would not blindly pursue freedom and hobbies and forget what was the prerequisite for truly giving herself comfort.

"So since I enjoy this benefit, I need to bear this responsibility, care about its inheritance, and maintain its majesty." Ju Yunxiu said, "I once thought that if I replace a reliable successor like the two Master's Juniors and become a grand elder myself. I will have both worlds if so."

Qin Yi pointed at himself with a strange look. "Have you ever considered me?"

"I did." Ju Yunxiu laughed and said, "Later I found that you have less desire for power than me, and you have no sense of belonging. If I really pass it to you, I'm afraid you will run faster than me. "

"You know me well." Qin Yi also smiled, "Because of this, you and I are the same type of person."

Ju Yunxiu tilted her head with a blush, but she did not refute it.

Indeed, their mutual understanding of each other stems from this.

He had no desire for power and greed, loved freedom, and pursued the uncontested pursuit of music and painting.

She was also lonely and like a passerby like him.

She didn't even have a tao friend who appreciated her music, and she could only bully the maid; he always felt a little out of place in this world. When Liu Su fell into a slumber, he felt unbearable loneliness.

Of course, the specifics were still very different. For example, Ju Yunxiu was sincerely obsessed with music, calligraphy, and painting, while Qin Yi only treated them as a way of enlightenment. Ju Yunxiu also knew that Qin Yi was not as modest and a gentleman as he appeared on the surface. He also had some dirty thoughts.

However, compared to the difficulty of replaceing a soulmate, those differences were no longer important. It was not like looking in the mirror.

So they were so compatible with each other that she even changed her thoughts on making him participate the tao conference.

Originally, they were just soulmates without any impure thoughts, but after the 'painting scroll confession', it was finally no longer pure.

Their moods were fluctuating and unclear. They hadn't fallen in love yet, but they were unwilling to let go.

So 'I want to paint you myself' became their best excuse.

In fact, they were just standing side by side on the rainbow bridge, enjoying the gentle breeze blowing by the pool. They were just accompanying each other, so how did the 'painting part' fit in?

After standing quietly for some time, Qin Yi broke the silence, "Your master's painting that was in the hands of Zheng Yunyi... Was it the one you said you lost to the Zheng Family in a bet?"

The sect business was more important. The other matters could be left for the future.

"That should be another one. My Master would not give away my portrait." Ju Yunxiu pondered. "In my understanding, this painting should have been buried with Master..."

"Your Master wasn't buried by you?"

Ju Yunxiu helplessly said, "Cultivators at my level don't need others to bury us? We have chosen our tombs, so no one will know about it."

After a pause, she continued, "When the immortal is about to die, the appearance is horrible... it is even worse than the mortal. No one wants to be seen unless necessary."

Qin Yi complained, "And they said cultivators won't bother about their appearances anymore."

"..."

"So since you didn't bury your Master, this painting was lost to the Zheng Family, and the other one was buried with him." Qin Yi said, "You think your Master wouldn't give away your portrait. Maybe he intended to make a match for you and someone from the Zheng Family, but he later put it aside. "

Ju Yunxiu frowned and thought for a while, then she muttered to herself, "It's not impossible. If so, it means that Master was dissatisfied with the Palace Master and reached some kind of tacit understanding with the scheming sect."

"Huh? The story of the Palace Master?"

"Because the Palace Master has not shown his face for many years. Everything is conveyed by the immortal crane. Even if we go to see him in the palace, we can only talk to him remotely and never see him in person."

Qin Yi finally understood why the Palace Master didn't attend the tao conference that he deemed important.

No wonder the scheming sect began to seize the resources of the other sects. Their ultimate goal was probably to seek the position of Palace Master. The Palace Master shouldn't be completely unaware of such a situation. He was probably in some abnormal situation that he couldn't handle openly, so he could only acquiesce it.

"I'm afraid something may have happened to the Palace Master... The last time he showed his face, did he say anything about cultivating in seclusion?"

Ju Yunxiu thought for a while, "I just heard the immortal crane say very strange term, tomb guarding. But in this Immortal Palace, whose tomb is worthy of being guarded by the Palace Master in seclusion?"

Qin Yi was also confused. Even Ju Yunxiu, who stayed in the Immortal Palace for thousands of years, didn't know about it. There was no way he could figure out the exact situation.

But he knew at least one thing.

The Palace Master, who was in semi-seclusion, wouldn't show up under normal circumstances. Most of the deacons in the Immortal Palace did not have high levels of cultivation and were responsible for internal and external affairs. In other words, the actual controllers of Myriad Tao Immortal Palace were the four strongest sect masters. Whoever conquered the other three sects would become the Palace Master...

The piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting sect that only had a few members would definitely be the first target.

"If this is the case... we can actually ask the other two sects to intervene. If we fall, they will be next. Why should we fight the opposing sect alone?"

Ju Yunxiu hesitated and said, "If someone else intervenes, I'm afraid the situation will be more complicated. After all, we have few people and will be stretched to cope."

Qin Yi said, "But the other party has already colluded with the other sect, not as gentlemanly as you imagined. I'm afraid that we will have to fight one against two, and that would be a tragedy."

"Huh?" Ju Yunxiu didn't react to it immediately.

Qin Yi sneered slightly, "Where did Xi Xiangzi's elixir of the Temple Great Joy come from?"