From a scholar to a villain, I was a good person at the beginning

"Don't, don't kill..."

Jiang Zheng tightened his five fingers, and the sound of bones breaking was heard. Xiao Longtao's voice stopped abruptly. He gently loosened his hands, and the corpse fell towards the cliff like a grain of dust.

Without even taking a second look at it, he gently took off the blood hairpin on his head, enlarged it and threw it out suddenly. The magic flag turned into scarlet light and azure sword light and chased after the fleeing people.

As the blood flag appeared, the smell of blood immediately filled the air and the wind howled.

Jiang Zheng stood there with his hands behind his back. After a while, the magic flag and the flying sword returned from the sky, each with two corpses on it.

Although they had expected such an outcome, the disciples still couldn't believe it when they saw it with their own eyes.

A disciple at the ninth level of Qi Refining, can he be killed just like that?

He didn't even blink, he's the king of hell!

"What? Are you still waiting here for me to invite you to dinner?"

Jiang Zheng stood there and spoke indifferently, his voice reaching everyone's ears.

"Elder Jiang, please calm down. I will take my leave now."

“…”

How could they dare to stay any longer? They left faster than they could run away.

After they left, Jiang Zheng gently waved the magic flag, and blood and souls from the four corpses floated out and sank into the magic flag. After a few breaths, blood and a soul also floated out from the foot of the mountain and sank into the blood pattern.

The blood flag flashed a scarlet light, and then turned into a blood hairpin and returned to Jiang Zheng's crown.

"Sigh..." Jiang Zheng flew to the top of the mountain, landed in front of Jin Ling and sighed, looking a little guilty and helpless.

"Jin Ling, how could you be so stupid? I told you to stay here and wait for me, which meant living nearby, but I didn't ask you to stand here as a punishment. Why didn't you run away when someone came to plot against you?"

He had seen the speed of the golden spirit. If it wanted to run away, even ten Xiao Longtao would not be able to catch up with it.

"Li..." Jin Ling raised her head with difficulty and rubbed Jiang Zheng's body affectionately. Her eyes flashed with a humane light and she seemed very happy.

"Alright, alright. I will gather the essence of heaven and earth to heal you."

Jiang Zheng smiled and felt Jin Ling's love for him.

Combined with what happened some time ago, it is certain that Jin Ling is loyal to him. In this way, Jin Ling's position in Jiang Zheng's heart has also become important.

“Hey, kid, you’ve killed quite a few people again. That’s brilliant, really brilliant. Your methods are ruthless, a bit like the demeanor of this immortal in the past, hehehe…!”

Jiang Zheng's expression turned cold. Kong Qing always said something disgusting to him when he was in a good mood, so he ignored it.

Instead, he sat cross-legged and visualized the Tongtian Method.

It was the time when the sun was at its brightest. About half an hour later, a pool of golden water gathered around Jiang Zheng, with colorful threads swimming in it, like spirit fish.

These are the essence of all things. Jin Ling bathes in them, squinting his eyes in enjoyment, using the essence of all things to heal himself.

Jiang Zheng also used this pool of spiritual essence to strengthen his body, qi and blood, nurture the rhythm of Taoism, and improve his Tongtian method.

But he knew in his heart that this alone was not enough to embark on the path of martial arts. After all, he had only obtained a heaven-defying method. Although it was countless times better than any other method and could give rise to the true rhythm of martial arts, he could not truly attain the Tao.

Even if he could achieve ultimate visualization and enlightenment, he would only obtain a powerful method. As for how to truly enter the martial arts, he still had no idea.

The essence of all things turned into strands of light and gathered towards Jiang Zheng. Jin Ling slowly closed his eyes. It was the first time in so many days that he slept soundly.

…

As dusk fell, a spiritual light rose from the top of the mountain and then dissipated between heaven and earth.

There were many people gathered above a courtyard, including elders, disciples, and even the headmaster himself.

They looked solemn and dignified.

A girl's crying sound came from it.

“Wuwuwuwu…! Grandpa, don’t leave. Don’t leave Qing’er alone! Wuwuwuwu…”

Meng Qingqing lay on the old man who was sitting on the mat and cried bitterly.

No matter how she shook the old man, he remained unmoved, like a dried-up statue, with his eyes tightly closed. There seemed to be a deep sense of unwillingness and worry on his face, but these emotions were taken away from the world by the old man.

Meng Qingqing desperately shook the old man and cried heartbreakingly. For her, the last relative in the world had left her, and this blow almost crushed her.

Above the courtyard, the girl's crying gradually became weaker and hoarse, but everyone heard her sadness and pain.

Elder Meng Yangzi...passed away.

Everyone is aware of it, but is not moved by it. It seems to be nothing unusual.

The glorious years are full of comings and goings.

Everyone will die one day, and flowers will wither one day.

"Elder Meng has been loyal to the sect all his life. Now that he has passed away, I, the sect leader, announce that I will promote Elder Meng's granddaughter Meng Qingqing as an inner sect disciple, and give Elder Meng's cave to my disciple Meng Qingqing!"

Lan Tianyu stood in front of everyone and made a loud announcement. After he finished speaking, everyone behind him was dissatisfied. He was silent for a moment, then turned around and stepped into the air towards the depths of Lingxi.

"Junior Song Yan respectfully sends Elder Meng off!"

Song Yan cupped her hands and bowed deeply towards the courtyard below.

Meng Yangzi had done her some favors during his lifetime, but before she could repay him, he had passed away. She sighed inwardly, "How unpredictable life is."

"Rest in peace, Fellow Daoist Meng!"

"Disciple respectfully sends Elder Meng off!"

“…”

The other disciples and elders also bid farewell.

After the ceremony, everyone dispersed. They still had a lot of things to do.

The herbs in the medicine garden needed to be taken care of, the talisman on the table in the cave had not been finished, the black iron in the furnace had not been refined, and the bottleneck of cultivation had not been broken through...

Meng Qingqing sat alone next to Meng Yangzi, feeling sad, lonely... countless emotions flooded into her heart like a tide, almost suffocating her.

At this moment, it seemed as if she was the only one left in the world.

Just when she was about to give up, she quickly took out a bowl of sweets and stuffed it into her mouth, but she couldn't swallow it.

Tears silently fell from her beautiful eyes.

…

The night deepens.

On the top of the mountain, a pool of colorful water is particularly dazzling under the dim night sky.

Suddenly, Jin Ling opened his eyes abruptly, brilliant golden light burst out from his eyes, and his aura reached a new level, breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

“Screech!”

It let out a loud cry, leaped into the sky, and circled happily above Jiang Zheng's head.

The wounds on its body had long since healed, and new feathers had grown, making it as golden and dazzling as before, and extremely handsome.

Jiang Zheng also opened his eyes, looked up at Jin Ling's huge figure, and nodded with satisfaction.

He had left Jin Ling here before, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen, causing Jin Ling to suffer such a brutal attack. If he hadn't arrived in time, Jin Ling would have been beaten to death.

In this case, considering Jin Ling's low IQ.

After thinking about it, he could no longer feel safe leaving it here.

Jiang Zheng decided to bring Jin Ling back to the sect. Judging from his current progress in cultivation, it wouldn't be long before he would leave the sect and take Jin Ling to the upper sect of Shen Cang Domain.

Before this, he would concentrate on retreating to break through the Jindan realm. Now he has enough spirit stones and sufficient resources to cultivate the golden spirit.

Jin Ling's current cultivation is still too weak. Apart from being used as a means of transportation, he will be of little help once a fight breaks out and will instead be a hindrance.

After a while, Jiang Zheng plans to go to Song Yan to exchange spirit stones for some elixirs to help Jin Ling quickly improve his cultivation.

If it really doesn't work, we can only gather the essence of heaven and earth to help it improve its cultivation.

For some reason, Jin Ling can quickly improve his cultivation by bathing in the essence of heaven and earth, but he can only nourish his body, qi and blood.

Jiang Zheng jumped up, came to Jin Ling's back, and stroked Jin Ling's head.

"It's my fault for leaving you here before. Come back to Lingxi Sect with me."

"Cry——"

Jin Ling nodded obediently, and his wings shone with golden light, shaking slightly.

call--!

Jiang Zheng was startled and felt a strong wind blowing towards him. He almost fell down. When he looked back, the top of the mountain behind him had turned into a dot and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Hiss! So fast?!"

Jiang Zheng was extremely shocked as he watched Lingxi Mountain rapidly enlarge before his eyes. The speed was truly terrifying.

Even with his cultivation level at the middle stage of foundation building, he was still far behind Jin Ling when he exerted his full strength. And this was not even Jin Ling's full speed, it was simply horrifying. You have to know that Jin Ling was only a demon beast at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

A gust of wind came down from the sky above where the menial disciples lived, and Jin Ling's gigantic figure appeared in the sky, immediately shocking countless menial disciples.

He originally planned to go back to the cave directly, but when he passed by the residence of the menial disciples, Jiang Zheng remembered that he had asked Wang Zhengfeng to take over the menial duties temporarily, and he didn't know what to do.

Although he no longer cares about the menial disciples, since he is in charge, he still has to take a look at them. He has to think about his job well.

"Look, it's Manager Jiang... it's Elder Jiang!!"

A chores disciple recognized the figure on Jin Ling's back and was extremely surprised and shouted.

"It's Elder Jiang! Elder Jiang is back!"

"Great, Elder Jiang hasn't forgotten us!"

“…”

Many errand disciples immediately gathered around, and even those who were still in the house who heard the noise came out one after another.

For a moment, the menial disciples' quarters were in an uproar, one could even say it was crazy.

"Silence," Jiang Zheng said in a calm but dignified tone, and he was not at all moved by the enthusiasm of the crowd.

With just two words, the crowd of errand disciples below immediately quieted down, fearing that they would displease Jiang Zheng.

"Where is Wang Zhengfeng?" Jiang Zheng spoke again and asked about Wang Zhengfeng.