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“Going to Kunlun Mountain and not seeing the Queen Mother of the West is like going to Litang and not seeing Ding Zhen. There is no sense of sacredness in worship, right?”
Although he didn't know where Litang was or who Ding Zhen was, Lu Qing roughly understood what Jiang Lu meant.
As the ruler of Kunlun Mountain, Queen Mother of the West is actually equivalent to an iconic symbol. It seems a bit lacking if you don't pay homage to Queen Mother of the West when you go to Kunlun Mountain.
But unfortunately, you can’t see the Queen Mother of the West whenever you want.
"I understand your feelings, but I'm afraid this is unlikely."
Lu Qing explained to Jiang Lu with some regret:
“The Grandmaster has been in seclusion for many years, and only shows up once every sixty years at the Kunlun Grand Ceremony. Not to mention that you are just here to study abroad at Kunlun Mountain, even the inner disciples of our sect, or even those high-ranking officials in the Sanqing Temple, have no chance to meet her.
If you want to see her outside of the Kunlun Ceremony, you have to be a big shot in the fairy world or an elder of the sect to see her."
"Hiss..." Jiang Lu narrowed his eyes: "Then is it possible that the Kunlun Ceremony, which takes place once every sixty years, may be held in a few days?"
Listening to this flag-raising setting, Jiang Lu keenly realized that something big seemed to be about to be triggered.
But before he could think about how to show off and embarrass others at the Kunlun Ceremony, steal the show, and then get the attention of the Queen Mother of the West and have a gorgeous exposure, Lu Qing poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"That's probably not possible."
Lu Qing shook his head:
"The last Kunlun Ceremony was thirty years ago, and the next one will be thirty years from now. This year is right in the middle of the two events."
"That's okay." Jiang Lu's traditional fantasy spirit that had just been ignited disappeared in an instant.
But it doesn't matter. He is not a traditionalist. Since the path taken by countless fantasy predecessors is not feasible, he will just open up a new way to speed up the process. It is not a big problem.
However, although his attitude was optimistic, he couldn't help but reveal a little disappointment.
Seeing this, Lu Qing comforted him, "It's okay. Although you can't see the master, being able to study in Kunlun Mountain is an opportunity that ordinary people may not have in their entire lives. You can practice with peace of mind. With this incense and love, maybe many years later, when you become successful or even become an immortal, you will have the opportunity to see her again."
"That's too long." Jiang Lu said disappointedly.
"Why are you in a hurry?"
Lu Qing was a little curious: "Do you have any reason to meet her?"
"Because...she is my belief." Jiang Lu sighed, "I grew up listening to her legend, and my dream is to meet her. If I can see her heroic figure with my own eyes, I will die without regrets."
"I never knew you had such admiration for the Grandmaster."
Seeing Jiang Lu's sincerity, Lu Qing was also somewhat moved:
"The Grandmaster is very knowledgeable and I believe she can sense your enthusiasm."
Perhaps it was Jiang Lu's obsession that made Lu Qing feel a sense of identity, and she felt a lot more friendly towards Jiang Lu.
"Since you admire the Grandmaster so much, why don't you stay here and I will tell you some of her legends that are unknown to outsiders along the way?"
Jiang Lu was startled and pointed at the two empty beds above him: "Are you asking me to sleep here with you? Isn't that inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate?" Lu Qing said with a smile, "We are out there in the martial arts world, so we naturally don't care about trivial matters. Things like men and women not being able to touch each other are all outdated. These things are not popular in this era."
"But." Jiang Lu declined embarrassedly: "After all, you are all beautiful girls, and you are the chief senior sister of Kunlun Mountain. I am just an ordinary international student. If this gets out, won't it ruin your reputation?"
"Don't belittle yourself like that." Seeing Jiang Lu speak so humbly and praise her and Zhu Zhen to the sky, Lu Qing felt a little embarrassed: "Aren't you also a hero who captured the big devil who caused trouble in the Sanqing world? How can you be ordinary?"
At this time, Zhu Zhen, who had been concentrating on eating noodles and seemed never to care about what the two were talking about, suddenly advised: "It's normal to sleep in the same compartment on the train, and don't you think the hard seats are difficult to sit on?"
"That's true." Jiang Lu nodded. The hard seat was indeed very uncomfortable to sit on.
He wanted to sleep here, to learn more about Kunlun Mountain and get closer to the two beautiful girls. However, there were five people outside. Among them, they had seen Dong Wanggong, the great devil who brought disaster to the Three Pure Ones World. They absolutely could not let them meet.
How to handle the relationship between the two sides is a big problem.
Thinking of this, Jiang Lu decided to take a risk and make a big bet.
"Well...Is it really not going to cause any trouble for you?"
"No." Lu Qing replied, "And according to my experience, those foreign students who only come here for gilding their reputations usually don't get favored by the elders, and are mostly left to us disciples to take care of. Your situation is quite special, so you may get some attention from the elders, but you will spend most of your time with us, so it's not a bad idea to get familiar with them now."
"Then I feel relieved." Jiang Lu seemed to have finally unloaded the burden in his heart, and said to the two of them: "Then I will go back to my compartment to pack my things, and then come to find you."
"Okay." Lu Qing asked casually, "Do you need help?"
"No, it's not a lot, I can handle it by myself."
After saying that, Jiang Lu left them and returned to the hard seat compartment.
But he did not go to find his companions immediately. Instead, he found the flight attendant first and asked about upgrading to the soft sleeper car.
Soon, he used the proceeds from the first live broadcast to successfully complete the procedures for upgrading hard seats to soft sleepers and upgraded everyone's tickets.
In addition to this, he bought two more tickets, which is very critical and important.
Hong Yi and Jin Yao slept in a separate room, leaving two extra beds empty; Dong Wang Gong Sickle and the performer slept in a room, leaving one bed that they got by upgrading their tickets empty.
The two compartments and Lu Qing and her friends' compartment were scattered in three different carriages.
In this way, he only needed to live in the compartment where Lu Qing and the others were, and travel back and forth between the other two compartments from time to time, so that he could create the illusion that he was always with his companions.
At that time, Dong Wanggong and the others would think that he was with Jin Yao and Hong Yi when he was away, and would tacitly not disturb them. Jin Yao and Hong Yi would also think that he was playing with Dong Wanggong and the others, and would tacitly not disturb them. But in fact, he was playing with the Lu Qing sisters and no one disturbed him.
The plan was perfect!
After doing all this, Jiang Lu hurriedly found his companions with the exchanged tickets.
They were just wondering why Jiang Lu had been smoking for so long when they heard the good news that Jiang Lu brought them. They would finally no longer have to endure the bad environment of the hard seats.
So without any suspicion, the five people took their luggage and happily followed Jiang Lu to stay in the soft sleeper.
After settling them down, Jiang Lu told the people in the two compartments that he would go and check on the others, and then swaggered towards the compartment where Lu Qing and the others were.
At the same time, he thought about the content of the next live broadcast——
[Night visit to the sisters, an ambiguous challenge starting from zero! ]
Chapter 328 Reactions from all parties
Nanjiang City, Law Enforcement Bureau.
Director Ye is scolding his subordinates.
"How can we not find it? Nanjiang City is such a small place, how can we not find it?!"
A whole day passed, and the suspect in the world's major prison break case had not been caught yet. This not only made Director Ye feel humiliated, but he also didn't know how to report to his superiors.
He had just confidently reported to his superiors that the casino case had been solved perfectly not long ago, but in the end the criminal ran away. What should he do?
What's worse is that things here haven't been dealt with yet, and on the other side, representatives sent by Sanqing Temple to investigate the heavenly calamity incident are about to arrive, but they still have no clue at all, and he has no idea how to respond to the envoys' questions.
A day ago, he was still thinking about getting promoted and making money, but just one day later, all he had to think about was how to keep the hat on his head.
The only good news is that although the suspect escaped from prison, the clues he left behind are still there. Following the clues, law enforcement agencies in other cities successfully closed down a number of secret underground casinos.
This can at least prove to his superiors that he is not so crazy about making up such results.
But even so, it can only be said that it is a blessing in disguise. As long as he can't catch the person, his situation will still not be optimistic.
"Go look for him again! Even if you have to turn Nanjiang City upside down, you have to find him for me!"
Director Ye slammed the table:
"Carefully check everyone who enters and leaves the city. I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!"
"Yes!"
His law enforcement officers received the order and immediately threw themselves into the capture operation again.
When the last law enforcement officer left him, Director Ye stopped being tense. His face was full of fatigue, and he slumped in his chair like a deflated ball.
"What is this..."
He was full of grievances and insatiable anger at the unfairness of fate.
It's no wonder that a sinister and experienced person like him can't keep his temper. The duck that was about to be in his mouth flew away. No one can bear it.
After making proper arrangements here, he had to pull himself together and start dealing with the heavenly tribulation incident.
He knew very well that he would not be able to investigate a catastrophe of that scale and influence, but he had to at least come up with some ideas and make some achievements before the envoys arrived. Otherwise, if he was accused of being mediocre and lazy, he would not be able to get a promotion. He might even be cursed at this critical juncture when he was about to retire and would never be able to recover.
Just as he picked up the information about the heavenly tribulation that the law enforcement officers had collected from various places and began to study it carefully, someone knocked on the office door.
"Come in." Director Ye didn't even raise his head.
After getting permission, his secretary came in with a freshly printed document.
"Chief, this is the result of today's work by Law Enforcement Officer Jiang Mubond."
"Results? What results?" Director Ye was unable to react for a moment: "Isn't he on his way to Kunlun Mountain? What results can he have?"
"It's about the live broadcast you arranged." The secretary replied.
"Oh." Director Ye just remembered this and took the information: "Let me see it."
While picking up the documents, he gently pressed the bridge of his nose to relieve his fatigue.
"You've been live streaming for an hour and twenty-five minutes? That's a bit lazy."
Director Ye commented somewhat dissatisfiedly: "He has nothing to do on the road, can't he broadcast live for a while longer?"
Hearing this, the secretary smiled and said, "Director, don't just look at these, take a look at his data."
"Data... just over an hour, what data can there be?"
But having said that, the director still turned to the second page and continued to check:
"Let me see... 136798 new followers, um... tens, hundreds, thousands, a hundred thousand... Duo Shao?! ?!"
Director Ye thought he had seen it wrong, so he picked up the reading glasses on the table, put them on and checked again, only to find that the number was still the same, with no decimal point in the middle, it was the genuine 130,000.
He was shocked: "How come there are so many?"
Before the secretary could even open his mouth, he thought of something and began to blame her with some distress: "Are all these fans bought? I told you to find a way to attract traffic, but why did you buy so many? How much money does this cost the bureau?"
The secretary was stunned, then quickly explained: "Director, you misunderstood, this is really not bought."
"Didn't you buy it?"
"That's right. Our PR contacted the operations department there and asked them to push some traffic, but they only pushed about 2,000 to 3,000 people. According to the normal retention rate, this number needs to be reduced by two-thirds. In other words, if this traffic was purchased, then this number should be around 1,000."
"But this is 130,000."