Ling Ling and Su Yuexing

Meanwhile, after leaving Yunqing Courtyard, Chen Qinglin headed to the Disciple Promotion Office.

He had no idea what Ning Jingyuan was thinking.

If he wanted to find someone, perhaps Senior Sister Ling Ling might know something.

Entering the small building, he found that aside from Ling Ling, who was stationed here, there was still no one else around.

Qingfeng Mountain was so vast—were there really so few people advancing to the Inner Qi Realm?

Chen Qinglin was somewhat puzzled.

"Knock, knock! Senior Sister, is it usually this quiet here?" He knocked on the counter. At noon, Ling Ling was already so bored that she was sprawled across it.

She had not even noticed Chen Qinglin approaching, so he had no choice but to remind Senior Sister Ling Ling.

"Mm, who is it? What do you need?" She opened her bleary eyes and glanced up.

The moment she saw Chen Qinglin, Ling Ling instantly came alive.

"Junior Brother, why are you here?"

"Senior Sister, is it really alright for you to sleep like this?"

"What could possibly happen? This place is only busy for a short while now and then. Most of the time, there's hardly anyone here."

"This month is when new disciples enter the sect. Those who want to make breakthroughs generally do so two or three months later. There are only the occasional disciples who entered in previous years."

"Looks like this job is pretty leisurely, Senior Sister Ling!" If such a job had existed in that urban world, who knew how many people would have longed for it.

"Leisurely? It's so boring, Junior Brother." Ling Ling pouted.

"Usually, there isn't even anyone to talk to. Why did Master have to take on this assignment? It's driving me crazy."

"Junior Brother, why don't you come sit here instead? Senior Sister will let you experience this job for yourself." Her eyes shifted as Ling Ling leaned closer and spoke.

"Senior Sister, I came here because I have something to do. I'd like to ask for your help." Though the job was easy, to Chen Qinglin, it was a waste of time.

People changed with their surroundings, let alone with the world itself.

That lazy, mild-tempered person who could not muster interest in anything was already a thing of the past.

The train of the times rumbled ever onward. That person had merely been an ordinary man unable to keep up with it. Chen Qinglin would not forget him, because that person was also himself.

That stretch of life was like a mirror. Chen Qinglin arranged his clothes before it, determined to turn the person in the mirror into the person he envisioned in this world.

"What is it, Junior Brother? Tell me, and I'll see if I can help."

"It's like this. Senior Sister, do you know someone named Xie Jingyun? Around eighteen years old, from Cangzhou Changyang Commandery."

"Xie Jingyun?" Ling Ling tilted her head and thought. The name seemed familiar, but she could not quite remember.

"Junior Brother, wait a moment. It feels familiar, so why can't I remember?" Ling Ling lowered her head and racked her brains, but in the end, she still could not recall.

"..."

"It's fine if Senior Sister can't remember. Can the jade register Master used before be checked?"

"That's right, Junior Brother, you reminded me!" Ling Ling's eyes brightened as she began searching through the jade registers one by one.

"Eh, why isn't she here?"

"Junior Brother, are you sure the disciple you mentioned is from our Qingfeng Mountain? These jade registers contain information on disciples from previous years, but there's no record of her."

"Mm, if she was a disciple accepted outside by an Elder or a deacon, would she be listed here too?"

"Perhaps this Senior Sister of mine didn't participate in the disciple recruitment assembly." Chen Qinglin thought it over. Xie Jingyun seemed to have been taken in by someone from Qingfeng Mountain who had passed by while carrying out a mission outside. Perhaps that was why.

"I see. If she didn't participate in the disciple recruitment assembly, then there really wouldn't be a record here."

"Disciples accepted outside by sect Elders are entered directly into the Sect Jade Register, and they usually cultivate under the Elders." Having thought of this possibility, Ling Ling suddenly stood up.

"Ah! I remember! Come with me, Junior Brother!" Ling Ling pulled Chen Qinglin out of the small building and headed to the bustling mission hall nearby.

Upon entering the mission hall, they saw an enormous rectangular jade slab stretching before them, lined with mission after mission.

[Seeking Flame Grass; three Merit Points per stalk]

[Kill the bandit Lin Shijie. This man is vicious and ruthless, at the Body Tempering Ninth Level, and is suspected to have broken through to the Inner Qi Realm. Those at the middle stage of the Inner Qi Realm or multiple people are advised to go; fifty Merit Points]

[Feed Spirit Beasts, term of one month; five Merit Points]

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Completely unlike the Disciple Promotion Office, this place had many Inner Disciples, and one could even occasionally spot True Disciples coming and going.

Some people who knew Ling Ling were also greeting her.

"Junior Sister Ling..."

Ling Ling glanced at the person. Seeing that they were not familiar, she could not be bothered to respond.

Still holding Chen Qinglin's hand, she expertly turned into the rear area.

This was where mission rewards were issued. Several disciples, both male and female, were seated there.

At the front right stood a woman dressed in a pale pink gown.

The woman had delicate features. Beneath her curved brows, her eyes were warm; she looked like a gentle woman filled with compassion.

Ling Ling saw her and immediately rushed up to hug the woman.

"Yuexing, I missed you so much! Sob! I haven't seen you in ages."

Didn't you see each other this morning? I even saw the two of you together, the Senior Brother beside them grumbled inwardly.

The woman seemed used to Ling Ling being like this. She did not push her away, letting Ling Ling burrow against her.

"What is it, Ling'er? I'm still working," she said.

She also rubbed Ling Ling's head. Nice feel—hehe!

"Well, Yuexing, my Junior Brother wants to find someone, but I don't know them, so I came here to ask you to help look them up!"

As though remembering the matter at hand, Ling Ling climbed off Su Yuexing and said.

"Aren't you Martial Uncle Fu's youngest disciple? Where did you get a Junior Brother?" Su Yuexing asked unhurriedly.

"It's him behind me. His name is Chen Qinglin, and he's the disciple Master took in today." As she spoke, she pointed at Chen Qinglin and introduced him to Su Yuexing.

"Greetings, Senior Sister." Seeing Ling Ling point at him in introduction, Chen Qinglin bowed to the woman before him.

"Oh, so you're Martial Uncle Fu's newly accepted disciple. Hello, Junior Brother."

"Who are you looking for, Junior Brother? Let Senior Sister take a look for you." Looking at Chen Qinglin's somewhat youthful face, Su Yuexing said with a smile.

"Senior Sister's name is Su Yuexing, and the Senior Brother beside her is Lu An. You can call him Senior Brother Lu." She pointed to the Senior Brother beside them as she introduced him.

"Senior Brother Lu, it's like this: I'm looking for a Senior Sister named Xie Jingyun, from Dingyuan County, Changyang Commandery, Cangzhou."

He bowed to Senior Brother Lu at the side, then spoke to Su Yuexing.

"Junior Brother Chen." Lu An returned the salute with a smile.

Su Yuexing took out the Sect Jade Register. It recorded the Outer Sect Disciples and Inner Sect Disciples registered with the sect, as well as the True Disciples of every peak.

After she wrote down the name, several people with the same name appeared. Chen Qinglin identified them one by one, finally settling on this disciple from Qingzhu Peak.

[Xie Jingyun, native of Dingyuan County, Changyang Commandery, Cangzhou. Brought back by Elder Meng Yuling five years ago.]

"Thank you, Senior Sister Su, Senior Brother Lu. It should be this Senior Sister Xie from Qingzhu Peak."

"Oh, it's Senior Sister Xie from Qingzhu Peak." Su Yuexing and Ling Ling were both seventeen and belonged to the same batch of disciples.

Xie Jingyun was already eighteen, so she counted as their Senior Sister. They had seen her around before; though they were not familiar with her, they had heard of her.

"Junior Sister Ling isn't familiar with Qingzhu Peak and probably doesn't know anyone there. I'll take you over to have a look."

"Senior Brother Lu, I'll leave things here to you." Having said that, she turned sideways toward Lu An.

"Don't worry, Junior Sister. Go on ahead!" Lu An said with a smile.

"This... isn't this too much trouble for Senior Sister? I can look for her myself." Seeing how enthusiastic Su Yuexing was, Chen Qinglin felt a little embarrassed.

"You're Ling'er's Junior Brother, which makes you my Junior Brother too. What trouble is there? Come on, Junior Brother." She rose and led Ling Ling outside.

"What do you mean? I'm the Senior Sister, Yuexing!" Seeing that they had found the person, Ling Ling pretended to be displeased.

"When your cultivation surpasses mine, I'll call you Senior Sister. Right now, you're the Junior Sister, Ling'er. Hehe!" As she spoke, she pinched Ling Ling's cheek.

"Ah, I'm already working so hard, but I still can't catch up to you. Doesn't that mean I'll be a Junior Sister for the rest of my life? Sob."

"You call that working hard? If you don't put in more effort, I'm afraid Junior Brother will catch up to you before long." Su Yuexing pointed at Ling Ling and Chen Qinglin with a smile.

"Ah! No way..."

"..." Watching the two of them fool around, Chen Qinglin pretended not to see it and followed them out of the main hall toward Qingzhu Peak.

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