CH 79

The original owner is already dead, but since he uses this body, he must bear the corresponding responsibilities of the original owner.

Duan Changqing held the old man’s hand and gave him some spiritual power.

This old man is too old. If he hadn’t tenaciously held on, he would have died long ago.

A person in the qi refining stage can only live for two hundred years at most, even if they have reached the peak of the qi refining.

Elder Bai felt a lot more comfortable all over with the influx of spiritual power. Knowing what he knew about the High Priest, he said: “Little master, don’t use your power, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable… As for forgetting the past, it’s fine. “

His little master used to have the best conditions, but he really didn’t have a good life.

“When I use my strength now, I don’t feel uncomfortable anymore.” Duan Changqing smiled.

“Really?” Elder Bai was very surprised. 

Duan Changqing replied: “Really.”

Through his observations of the old man since meeting, Duan Changqing found that the old man’s feelings for the original owner were genuine.

This old man is dying, power and material things are useless to him, and he is unlikely to betray the original owner.

Of course, it is still necessary to ask about the original owner’s situation back then.

Duan Changqing changed the subject and asked about the original matter.

Elder Bai explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

Before, Duan Changqing never thought that the original owner was the High Priest, because even if the original owner had spiritual marrow in his body, he could not exert any of its strength. He was essentially a weak ordinary person.

After chatting with Elder Bai, he realized that the original owner had something else in his hands.

There is a treasure rumored to be passed down by the High Priest from generation to generation. Only the High Priest can use it. Although there is a price to pay when using it, as long as it’s used, the High Priest can use extraordinary means to heal many people at once.

The thing described… sounds like a spiritual tool1Original translation is “magic weapon”. Maybe spiritual artifact? Hard to translate when there’s Xianxia terms (Duan Changqing’s previous cultivation world) mixed with modern terms (current world) that can be activated with spiritual power.

Although the original owner is weak, he doesn’t lack spiritual power due to the spiritual marrow in his body. While he might not have been able to use any of this spiritual power, activating such a tool shouldn’t be a problem.

“The situation that day was very chaotic. I was led away, and asked you to hide before I left, little master. But they still found your hiding place.” Elder Bai explained the situation that day.

Duan Changqing listened carefully and analyzed the specific situation at the same time.

Elder Bai actually has another identity, that is, the Great Elder of the Holy Temple.

There used to be many elders in the Holy Temple, but now there are only two. Both are senior priests, and because they serve the Holy Temple, they cannot be as famous as other senior priests.

Elder Bai was willing, but the Second Elder was unwilling.

The Second Elder is also someone who watched the original owner grow up, and his position in the original owner’s mind was probably second only to Elder Bai.

Holy City falling into chaos was actually due to the Second Elder persuading the other two well-known senior priests to attack the original owner and Elder Bai together.

Although Elder Bai has great power, he is also weak and was unable to resist. More importantly, the uprising happened too suddenly. By the time many people who were loyal to the original owner knew about it, the rebellion was over.

Fortunately, the three of them didn’t completely trust each other. Their quarreling left the original owner some room to maneuver. 

Unfortunately, the original owner still died.

The situation at that time was quite chaotic. After repeated investigations, Elder Bai only knew that the original owner had fallen into the water. He sent some people to find the original owner, but many of the people he sent out betrayed him and pledged themselves to the Second Elder or two other senior priests.

In addition, the three of them attacked him together. He was old and his health was not good, so he couldn’t come out to find someone in person.

It was not until he saw Duan Changqing’s photo that he realized that Duan Changqing was still alive.

This is really good!

Fortunately, he insisted that his little master wear a mask since he was young, preventing those traitors from knowing what his little master looks like.

“Little master, what are you going to do now?” Elder Bai asked again.

Of course he wanted his little master to go back and continue to be the High Priest, but his little master didn’t seem to plan to do so. His little master even pretended to be the Ghost King!

“I don’t want to leave Hongye City.” Duan Changqing said.

“Alright… Little master, I will find someone to protect you, and then clean up all those restless people under my hands.” Elder Bai felt the motivation to live again.

When he only saw Duan Changqing’s photo, he was not sure of Duan Changqing’s identity, but when he saw Duan Changqing in person, combined with Wen Che’s description, he had already determined that the person in front of him was his little master.

Even if his little master feels completely different, he will not make a mistake in admitting his little master.

Only his little master has the ability to make an ordinary person like Xie Yunnan become a senior priest in a short period of time.

“You should stay here for a few days before leaving.” Duan Changqing said.

He plans to take another look at Elder Bai’s situation. If Elder Bai is sincere to him, he can help prolong Elder Bai’s life with medicinal pills.

It is a pity that Elder Bai is too old, and the spiritual power in this world is too thin. He has no hope of breaking through and forming a foundation to prolong his life.

The old man agreed immediately.

Duan Changqing told Xie Yunnan about his conversation with Elder Bai that night.

Xie Yunnan: “…” So Duan Changqing’s original identity is really the High Priest?

He fished the “High Priest” out of the river?

He also suspected that the “High Priest” was a poor little kid who was imprisoned and tortured?

Now… the High Priest’s subordinates have come knocking at the door?

“Are you surprised? Are you surprised? Do you want to sleep with the High Priest?” Duan Changqing asked.

Xie Yunnan: “…”

The “High Priest” slept very well that night.

Duan Changqing went to see Elder Bai again the next day. At the same time, Elder Bai handed over someone to serve him.

This person is Elder Bai’s assistant, and he is also the heir carefully cultivated by Elder Bai, named Bai Ye.

Bai Ye was an orphan adopted by Elder Bai. Elder Bai taught him to be loyal to the High Priest since he was a child. In addition, the High Priest himself has long been deified2treated like a god/deity in Holy City… Bai Ye looked at Duan Changqing with piety.

Duan Changqing’s first impression of him was that Bai Ye was a fanatical believer.

Fanatical believers are quite useful sometimes. No matter what Duan Changqing asks him to do, he will do it seriously… So Duan Changqing kept him.

Peng Qisheng was a little sad.

At first, he was the only one who knew Duan Changqing’s identity, but now more and more people know about it, and they all rushed to help Duan Changqing…

After being reduced to a background character, he never imagined that others would still come to rob him of his role!

Duan Changqing didn’t know what Peng Qisheng was thinking, but he quickly asked Bai Ye to leave his side.

The Second Elder didn’t know him, but he definitely knew Bai Ye. If Bai Ye stayed by his side like this, they would definitely be able to guess his identity.

Not only that, Elder Bai also intends to give him more people…

Duan Changqing simply asked Bai Ye to follow Xie Yunnan, and also asked Xie Yunnan to cooperate with Elder Bai as the heir of the High Priest.

Then everyone discovered… Xie Yunnan had another handsome guy beside him!

Chapter lengths are really inconsistent. Most are 1.4-1.7k words, and then you get the previous 2 chapters that are 2.2k+ long.

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