Qin Ping welcomed Yun Jin inside.
He brewed a cup of tea.
Yun Jin took a sip and was just about to say something when Qin Ping smiled faintly and said, "You came for Linglong, didn't you?"
Between smart people, there's already a tacit understanding.
Yun Jin smiled and said, "This time, although it is called an opportunity, there are also dangers. Whether Senior Sister Linglong is willing to go along depends on her own wishes."
What the secret treasury would actually be like was still unknown.
Although Yun Jin would do her utmost to ensure everyone's safety, if something unexpected happened, she couldn't give a one-hundred-percent guarantee.
Qin Ping smiled and directly looked toward the confused Feng Linglong at the side, "Linglong, the Wushuang Sect secret treasury is about to open. Yun Jin intends to give you one slot. Are you going or not?"
Feng Linglong was stunned.
She had already felt that something was strange.
Clearly, everything had already been handled, yet her master had remained in Lin City and hadn't left.
Now she suddenly reacted.
From the very beginning, the one her master had been waiting for was Yun Jin.
He clearly hadn't interacted much with Yun Jin, yet between the two of them, it seemed as though some kind of tacit understanding had already formed.
Yun Jin looked at Feng Linglong and formally extended the invitation, "Senior Sister Feng, when the secret treasury opens, I have a total of five slots. I don't have many friends, and now there is one slot left. I intend to give this slot to you. What do you think?"
As she spoke, Yun Jin continued, "This time, when the secret treasury opens, people's hearts are unpredictable, and the interior of the secret realm is also fraught with danger. If Senior Sister chooses to go, I cannot guarantee your absolute safety."
Feng Linglong looked at Qin Ping. Qin Ping was leisurely drinking his tea, his meaning very clear, this was something she had to decide herself.
In a flash, Feng Linglong made her decision.
She said firmly, "If word were spread, I don't know how many people would rush toward such an opportunity. Junior Sister Yun deliberately reserved such an opportunity for me, this is already you intentionally helping me. I would be too grateful to ask for anything excessive. For such a secret realm, one can only rely on oneself, who could demand one hundred percent safety?"
Feng Linglong continued calmly, "The path of cultivation must be fought for. If one does not fight, one becomes mediocre, and mediocrity is no different from death. Junior Sister Yun, I am willing to go."
There wasn't the slightest bit of hesitation in Feng Linglong's words.
Qin Ping wasn't surprised.
He knew his own disciple well. Feng Linglong usually kept a low profile, but in reality, her ambitions were high. Although she had the reputation of a genius within Canglan Kingdom, the world was vast, what did a mere Canglan Kingdom amount to?
This Wushuang Sect secret realm was something that could truly allow one to rise in a single step.
Linglong would absolutely not miss this chance.
"When the secret treasury is about to open, I will notify Senior Sister," Yun Jin said.
Feng Linglong nodded, the joy in her eyes impossible to hide.
These past few days, her master had told her about the legendary Wushuang Sect.
Whether it was the power of Wushuang Sect or the great righteousness of its disciples, both had filled her with longing.
Now that she could obtain such an opportunity, even if not for the secret treasury itself, merely to witness the former splendor of Wushuang Sect would already be worth it.
"Since that's the case, it's settled. Linglong, you may withdraw first. I have something to discuss with your Junior Sister Yun," Qin Ping said.
Feng Linglong looked curiously at her master, then at Yun Jin, but in the end, she didn't ask anything and obediently withdrew.
After Feng Linglong left, only Yun Jin and Qin Ping remained in the room.
Yun Jin leisurely drank her tea, waiting for Qin Ping to speak first.
She had deliberately come a few days late, giving Qin Ping time to think things through.
Now that three days had passed, he should've thoroughly considered things.
Amid the curling steam, Qin Ping slowly spoke, "May I see Senior Tianpo?"
Yun Jin nodded and directly released Tianpo.
Tianpo appeared in midair, its voice deep and imposing, "What is it?"
Judging by appearances alone, it was quite capable of bluffing people.
Qin Ping stood up, "Back then, the entire Wushuang Sect went to their deaths to protect all living beings under heaven. This junior thanks senior and the disciples of Wushuang Sect for their sacrifice."
He bowed respectfully three times toward Tianpo.
Yun Jin froze for a moment, but didn't stop him.
Tianpo accepted the three bows naturally.
Even greater bows than this, he was qualified to receive.
After finishing the bows, Qin Ping said, "On that day, if the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan had invaded, the first to die would definitely have been the common people. Next would've been cultivators, and only last would have been those of profound cultivation such as the Sword Sage of Ten Thousand Daos. They chose death of their own accord in order to protect all living beings. The people of the world do not know this, but in the unseen currents, Wushuang Sect naturally has great Qi Luck upon it. This time, the reconstruction of Wushuang Sect will surely proceed smoothly."
Qin Ping suddenly said such words, and even Tianpo was somewhat surprised, "You can actually see Qi Luck?"
Qi Luck was something invisible and intangible, illusory and elusive. Even cultivators of the four holy lands could only barely glimpse a little of it through immortal artifacts. And activating immortal artifacts required an enormous price, something even the four holy lands couldn't do frequently.
Yet Qin Ping possessed no immortal artifact, and still seemed able to glimpse a trace of the mysteries of Qi Luck.
Qin Ping smiled and said, "Senior, in terms of cultivation, I naturally cannot compare to those of the four holy lands. But a thousand years ago, I served as a prime minister and once protected the people of an entire region, receiving the incense of ten thousand households. Later, for reasons unknown, I gradually gained a bit more sensitivity to this unseen Qi Luck. I cannot directly describe how much Qi Luck a person has, but naturally, a kind of intuition arises. When Senior appeared together with Yun Jin, there was a voice telling me that Wushuang Sect shall rise!"
This was the guidance given to him by the Qi Luck of the Heavenly Dao.
Previously, upon seeing Yun Jin, Qin Ping already faintly sensed something. After seeing Tianpo, that sensation became incomparably clear.
Qin Ping was now completely certain.
The path forward for their dynasty cultivators lay with Yun Jin, or rather, with the future Wushuang Sect.
Yun Jin's expression shifted slightly.
Receiving the incense of ten thousand households, and thus obtaining guidance from the Heavenly Dao?
Yun Jin suddenly had a very strange feeling.
Cultivators cultivate, cutting off emotions and love, focusing solely on oneself. Is this saying truly correct?
If abandoning everything was the only way to reach the peak.
Then aside from power, what would one gain?
If cutting off emotions and love were truly correct.
Then why would Qin Ping, who served as prime minister of a nation and received the incense of ten thousand households and gain the favor of the Heavenly Dao?
Yun Jin temporarily suppressed this doubt.
Right now, she isn't able to touch upon such profound matters yet. She only knew that she had her own Dao.
She wouldn't be blindly kind, but she would do her utmost to protect those around her.
She didn't like meddling, but if she had the capacity, what harm was there in meddling a little?
At the end of the day.
A cultivator is first and foremost a person.
If one cannot be a proper person, how can one be a proper immortal?
"That's somewhat interesting," Qin Ping's words seemed to give Tianpo some insight as well. But he didn't say more and only asked Qin Ping, "So what is the meaning of all this?"
Qin Ping took a deep breath and slowly said, "Wushuang Sect is being rebuilt from scratch, and naturally everything is in need. I wonder, may I bring the dynasty cultivators of Canglan Kingdom and join Wushuang Sect?"
This is a major decision, yet Qin Ping's expression was calm.
Isn't it just gambling once?
Then let's gamble.
If he won, there would be light beyond the willows.
If he lost, it would still count as having done his utmost to stake everything on one throw.