"Master, what do you mean ......" Wu Zhiyuan didn't quite understand the meaning of Zhang Zefang's words.

"At the beginning, after your uncle Yu Yisu stole the Maoshan Treasure Mirror and the Guiyuan True Scripture, your master ordered me to go down the mountain to chase him, and I chased him all the way to the Longshan Territory, and found that he had been to your house, and later chased him to Qingdao City and lost him. I didn't expect your master to also go down the mountain, and also went to Yonghe Yizhuang, I thought he also went down the mountain to catch Yu Yisu, and later learned that he went to the Longshan Hundred Years Covenant with your Wu ancestors to eliminate drought for Wujia Village. Zhang Zefang explained, "But during this period of time, some people of the Maoshan faction, led by Yang Chengzong, the disciple of your third master, regenerated the incident, claiming that your master could not recover the treasure of the Maoshan faction, and returned to Maoshan with no shame, and he also claimed to be the acting head of the Maoshan faction, and was in charge of the affairs of Maoshan and the next qiē. You also know that your master is a person, he has always been free and easy, he doesn't care about these fame and fortune disputes, he comes and goes whenever he wants, and he doesn't disdain to argue with juniors about these, so he simply stayed in Yonghe Yizhuang, I think, he told you not to go to Maoshan as a disciple of Maoshan Mountain, it should be this reason. ”

"It's a power struggle again!" Wu Zhiyuan secretly said in his heart, when will the world stop losing themselves in the pursuit of power? If you lose your authenticity, what's the point of getting the whole world?

"Now you understand your master's good intentions, right? Actually, he's for your good. Zhang Zefang looked at Wu Zhiyuan with caring eyes.

"Master, I'm sorry." Wu Zhiyuan lowered his head and said, "You help me ask my master for guilt, this time I have to go to Maoshan Mountain." ”

Zhang Zefang was stunned when he heard this, looked at Wu Zhiyuan in a daze, and then nodded and sighed for a while: "Okay, I know that you may have your own troubles for doing this, be careful." As he spoke, he gently patted Wu Zhiyuan's shoulder, like a loving father instructing his son.

Wu Zhiyuan nodded heavily. The two chatted for a while, and the content of the conversation was all about the Maoshan faction, and Wu Zhiyuan had a general understanding of the current situation of the Maoshan faction from Zhang Zefang's words. Shigong Gushen has two apprentices, namely Zhang Zefang and Yu Yisu, the second master has no apprentices, and the third master has only one apprentice, which is Yang Chengzong, who now claims to be the head of the generation, that is to say, there are only these two forces left in the current Maoshan faction, and Yang Chengzong is obviously the representative of the third master.

After the two came out of the tofu brain shop, Wu Zhiyuan went to the bun shop on the side to buy more than a dozen meat buns, wrapped them and stuffed them into Zhang Zefang's hands. The Maoshan disciples did not leave overnight money, but they did not say that they would not leave overnight meals, and these dozen or so meat buns could ensure that their master would not starve for two or three days. He wanted to give Zhang Zefang some more money, but after thinking about it, he knew that he would not accept it, and the hand that took out the money retracted.

The two broke up on the outskirts of the city, Wu Zhiyuan reluctantly said goodbye to Zhang Zefang, and embarked on the official road to the direction of Jurong, Maoshan is at the boundary of Jurong.

In fact, Wu Zhiyuan already believed what Zhang Zefang said, and also thought that the Purple Void Hall in Maoshan might really have nothing to do with the Purple Void Pingshi he was looking for, but since he had come here, he felt that he had to go up the mountain, because Sheng Wanxiang was still under house arrest in Maoshan. This time, I want to bring her out no matter what, and by the way, I will find out the purpose of Yang Chengzong's house arrest Sheng Wanxiang and blackmailing himself to go up the mountain.

At noon, Wu Zhiyuan finally arrived at the foot of Maoshan Mountain. As far as the eye can see, Maoshan Mountain is handsome, although it is the season of all things withering at this time, but its beautiful scenery is still faintly visible among the upright mountain bones, the green pines on the mountain are scattered, the fairy wind is slow, the green brick eaves of the Taoist temple are reflected in it, the charm is very.

Wu Zhiyuan stopped at the pavilion at the foot of the mountain, and saw the big stone tablet erected on the side with two vigorous and powerful characters of "Maoshan", and he couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart. In fact, he worshiped the Maoshan faction just to admire the chivalrous style of the Maoshan faction to catch ghosts and eliminate demons for the benefit of the people, and he never expected to go to Maoshan in this life.

Tightening his outfit and adjusting his collar, Wu Zhiyuan couldn't hide the excitement in his heart and set foot on the mountain road up the mountain. He had just walked a dozen steps when suddenly there was a sound of chanting a trumpet behind him.

"Taiyi Supreme Heavenly Venerable."

Wu Zhiyuan suddenly turned around when he heard the sound, and saw a little Taoist priest standing in front of the gazebo he had stopped in just now, bowing with both hands, and making a gesture to himself.

Wu Zhiyuan smiled in his heart, walked over to the little Taoist, and asked with a smile, "Daoist is a disciple of the Maoshan Sect?" ”

The little Taoist priest was not tall, only twelve or thirteen years old, and when he heard this, he saluted Wu Zhiyuan again and said, "Exactly." I don't know if this big brother went up the mountain to offer incense or find someone? As he spoke, he looked up at the peachwood sword on Wu Zhiyuan's back.

In order not to reveal his identity, Wu Zhiyuan had already wrapped the peachwood sword with cloth, but he could still see that it was a sword.

Wu Zhiyuan was wearing the clothes of the world, so this little Taoist priest was commensurate with him as a big brother according to his age. Taoist priests call the secular people different from monks, monks generally call the secular people "donor" or "Tan Yue", because the monk gave them alms when he turned into a relationship, but the Taoist priest did not have this said, so the secular people are generally called by the name of the world.

"I'll go up the mountain and look for someone." Wu Zhiyuan said with a kind smile, he looked at this little Taoist priest and had a sense of intimacy looking at his little brother.

"Then you're on the wrong track." The little Taoist priest said solemnly, he pointed to the road that Wu Zhiyuan had just walked with his hand, "This road is for pilgrims to go up the mountain to enter the incense, if you are looking for someone, you should take that road." As he spoke, he pointed with his hand to a winding path at the west end of the pavilion.

"Oh?" Wu Zhiyuan looked in the direction of his finger in surprise, and said with a smile, "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome." The little Taoist priest did not smile, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Wu Zhiyuan smiled slightly, turned around and walked towards the winding path pointed out by the little Taoist.

The little Taoist priest stood beside the gazebo, looking at Wu Zhi's distant back, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth......

The path is winding but not difficult, and there are occasional rough steps of ashlar stone underfoot, apparently built by hand. Taoist temples and temples all have paths for pilgrims to go up the mountain, and they usually lead directly to the main hall, so it is not surprising that there is another path leading to the meeting place. Wu Zhiyuan didn't think much about it, and walked along the path, and soon arrived at a small forest halfway up the mountain.

This grove is dominated by poplars, and the leaves have fallen all at this time, and the road is gone here, Wu Zhiyuan thought for a while, and felt that he might have to pass through this grove to find the way up the mountain, so without thinking, he walked straight towards the woods.

There are not many fallen leaves in the woods, but there is still a subtle "rustling" sound when you step on your feet. Wu Zhiyuan had just walked to the middle of the woods, and suddenly felt that the light around him had dimmed, he immediately stopped, looked up, and saw that the sky had darkened for some time, the sun was dim, and the woods were even darker.

Wu Zhiyuan suddenly felt that the situation was not good, it was noon, it was the sunniest time of the day, how could the sky suddenly darken?

There is only one explanation, and that is that he broke into the formation. Only in the formation will people's eyes be blinded by strange and ingenious techniques, and they will not be able to see the situation outside the formation.

At this moment, suddenly there were four "bang bang bang" sounds all around, and the lanterns on all four sides rose sharply from the four corners at the same time, surrounding Wu Zhiyuan in the center.