Pulling the Old Heavenly Master onto the Bandwagon
For the past few days, Lu Linglong and Lu Lin had remained out of contact. No one knew what they'd been through.
In any case, Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, and the others had tried all sorts of ways to reach them, but nothing worked. In the end, it was only after Zhi Jinhua made inquiries through several channels that they finally learned the two had been dragged back by the Lu family's Grandfather, Lu Jin, and confined to the house. They were currently under house arrest, and even their phones, computers, and every other means of contacting the outside world had been confiscated.
Zhang Chulan and the others couldn't do much about it. Once they confirmed the pair were safe for the time being, they let the matter drop and decided to leave them alone for now.
Then, as things at Tang Sect gradually settled down, and Wang Ye—the little Taoist—finally accepted the situation, acknowledged their "great cultivation sect," the Qingyuan Sword Sect, and officially joined it, Zhang Chulan's thoughts began to wander again.
After reaching the first level of Qi Training, he'd discovered that his Golden Light Mantra and Thunder Method—especially the latter—had hit a bottleneck. He needed the next stage of the cultivation method to make further progress. The Qingyuan Sword Art was advancing slowly and wasn't doing enough to raise his strength. Many spells, sword techniques, and sword formations were beyond what someone at the Qi Training stage could use. More importantly, he couldn't use or reveal the Qingyuan Sword Art indiscriminately. So he had no choice but to turn his attention to the Heavenly Master's Mansion on Mount Longhu.
That was right!
With no assignments or other business on his plate, Zhang Chulan planned to go to the