Chapter 133: Sorting Out Chaos
Zhuang Zhou had long known that although the ancestral court of the Dream Hunter Clan was in Yunmeng Mountain, there were still a large number of clansmen in the secular world, and their number probably had already surpassed that of Yunmeng Mountain.
For Zhuang Zhou, the Dream Hunters in the secular world are also a distant and mysterious existence. He has never really been to the secular world, and has only lived in the secular world of dreams constructed by Liu Canglong for "twenty years".
What kind of world is that? Zhuang Zhou knew that one day, he would really enter that world!
Turning over this "Catalogue of the Distribution and Change of Clansmen in the Secular World", Zhuang Zhou looked at it page by page, and his heart was gradually full of surprise, puzzlement, excitement, and confusion.
This booklet introduces the distribution of the Dream Hunters in various parts of the world, including who is the leader in a certain place, how many people are approximately, and what industry they live from. It also records the "tribute situation" of the Dream Hunter people in various places every year, that is, the people of the secular world hand over a certain share of the industrial income to Yunmeng Mountain, and there are reports on various strange things that happened in the secular world, conquests and killings. One of them surprised Zhuang Zhou.
There is a special page of "Beijing Clansmen" in the booklet, which reads: There are about 400 clansmen, and An Ziyuan is the leader.
An Ziyuan?!Zhuang Zhou's sudden feeling is so familiar! Where has he heard or even seen it?
Zhuang Zhou sat in the book and pondered, but he couldn't think of it. He flipped from front to back and back to front, trying to find clues from other records, but, to his disappointment, the three words An Ziyuan only appeared here once, and there was no relevant information otherwise.
Who is An Ziyuan? It seems that in order to unravel this mystery, we must go to the secular world!
Zhuang Zhou was contemplating his brows and thinking hard, and before he knew it, the sky was already bright, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. He was shocked when the sunlight shone through the window and shook in front of his eyes. Hurriedly got up, put the book away, and went out.
He was anxious to know the results of the search for Li Chaowen.
As soon as he went out, he met Yin Ji and Zhou Long. The two of them were pale, obviously extremely tired, and when they saw that Zhuang Zhou was still in shape, they said, "Patriarch!"
Zhuang Zhou hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
Yin Ji and Zhou Long glanced at each other and said, "We searched the whole mountain, but we didn't find Li Chaowen!"
Zhuang Zhou was stunned and said, "How is it possible?" He thought that Li Chaowen would definitely be caught. Unexpectedly, the two returned empty-handed.
Zhou Long wiped his sweat and said, "Gong Dingren hasn't come back yet, maybe he found it somewhere." ”
Zhuang Zhou nodded and said, "I hope so!" While seeing the tired appearance of the two, he said, "Two senior brothers." You tell everyone to go and rest, two days and two nights. I'm so tired!"
Yin, Tuesday has to speak. Hearing the sound of knocking upstairs behind him, Gong Dingren ran up, and without waiting for Zhuang Zhou to ask, he said: "Patriarch, we didn't find Li Chaowen!" Seeing Yin Ji and Zhou Long, he asked again: "Two senior brothers." How are you guys over there?" Zhou Long glanced at him and said, "Do you still need to ask, if we find it, do we need you to shout here?"
Gong Dingren was embarrassed again, and anger flashed on his face.
Zhuang Zhou hurriedly said: "Everyone has worked hard! Let's go and rest." He ordered that all the disciples should go down the mountain and go back to their parents for a day off!
Looking at the backs of the three of them leaving, Zhuang Zhou was thoughtful.
After a while, I heard cheers outside. Everyone has been exhausted from the catastrophe in the past two days, and they are eager to return home to reunite with their parents, share the joy of the disaster, and get a good night's sleep!
Zhuang Zhou returned to the patriarch's room, but saw a cyan back cleaning the room, and at a glance, he recognized that it was Xiao Chen, a servant in green clothes who had been summoned by Liu Canglong. In the past few days, Yunmeng Mountain has been in turmoil, and this Xiaochen doesn't know where to hide, and now he doesn't know how he came back here. However, just like the other miscellaneous disciples on Yunmeng Mountain, his own cultivation is basically zero, and he can only avoid chaos and protect himself in the chaos, and Zhuang Zhou doesn't care.
At this moment, the patriarch's room has been cleaned up and almost restored to its original state, Xiaochen heard Zhuang Zhou's voice, turned around, bowed and said, "Patriarch!"
Zhuang Zhou smiled: "You have worked hard! From now on, you will still help me here!"
Xiaochen was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, patriarch!" You must know that his position is like a personal eunuch in the palace, although his status is low, the benefits are self-evident.
Zhuang Zhou said: "I want to take a break, you go and organize people to clean up Yunmeng Pavilion." Bring the food to me at noon, and no one can let him in except Uncle Ma, you know?"
Xiaochen agreed, closed the door, and left lightly.
Zhuang Zhou exhaled! He is too tired these days, he has to rest well, as for the chaos of Yunmeng Mountain, he will take care of it after he has finished sleeping!
After lying down, he didn't bother to drive Chihu to clean up his thoughts, he thought that he would be able to fall asleep completely in an instant after exhaustion, and enter a dreamless sleep, but he didn't expect his mind to be unusually clear, and many miscellaneous things flashed in front of his eyes: Ma Shanhao didn't know if he had caught Li Chaowen, how to care for the eighteen dead disciples, and how to explain to her after Liu Ling woke up, who An Ziyuan was, and what would happen to Yunmengshan in the future......
These thoughts were clear for a while and blurry for a while, tumbling and rising in Zhuang Zhou's thoughts. When he was troubled, he saw a flash of red light in his mind, the red tiger rushed out, flapped its wings, the tiger's mouth opened, and those light clusters that were still jumping in his mind instantly flew into the red tiger's mouth and disappeared.
The Red Tiger already had the ability to defend itself, and Zhuang Zhou didn't take the initiative to summon it, so it ran out to clean it up by itself.
The world was finally quiet, and Zhuang Zhou entered the realm of nothingness and emptiness.
I don't know how long I slept this night, and when Zhuang Zhou opened his eyes, he found that the surroundings were dim, and only a little candlelight flickered in front of him. He rolled over and pushed open the window, but saw that the moon and stars were scarce, and the mountains in the distance were rolling and silent.
It turned out that I slept all day!
Zhuang Zhou got out of bed and shouted: "Xiaochen!"
I heard the door creak open, Xiaochen came in, and said, "Patriarch, are you awake!" Zhuang Zhou asked: "Why didn't you wake me up......?
I heard a voice behind Xiaochen say: "I'm here ......" A person turned out, it was Ma Shanhao. Zhuang Zhou stepped up and asked, "Where is Li Chaowen?"
A trace of helplessness flashed across Ma Shanhao's face, and he said, "I led people to search all the villages, but I didn't see them. ”
What? Didn't see it? Zhuang Zhou was taken aback, and his last hope had been dashed! Could it be that his judgment was wrong? Or was Li Chaowen able to escape from the mountain through the chaotic mountains and forests and the phantom array without a map out of the mountain?
Is this absolutely impossible? So...... The owner of the village pondered for a moment and said: "Forty-nine villages under the mountain, those relatives or friends of Li Chaowen or something...... Ma Shanhao shook his head and said: "We investigated, not long after Li Chaowen went up the mountain to cultivate, there was a fire in his house, the house was burned to the ground, his parents were also burned to death, and even the corpse was missing...... He has no relatives in forty-nine villages, and even if he does, no one dares to harbor him......"
Zhuang Zhou frowned and said, "That's weird...... Uncle Ma, do you think it is possible for him to escape from the mountain?" Ma Shanhao also shook his head and said, "It is impossible, but I have never been out of the mountain, and I don't know what is going on with the phantom array and the chaotic mountain forest under the mountain." ”
It was the first time Zhuang Zhou heard that Ma Shanhao had never left Yunmeng Mountain, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and he wanted to ask him about the worldly world, but it seemed that he could only give up.
The two entered the patriarch's room, Xiaochen made tea, and said: "This tea is still a family in the secular world last year to pay tribute to the mountain, it is said that what is called Tieguanyin, it is very precious in the secular world, it smells fragrant, and the master loves to ......drink it the most" Suddenly stopped, immediately realized that he had too much to say, looked at Zhuang Zhou, and saw that his face was not abnormal, so he was relieved and bowed out.
Zhuang Zhou asked: "Tea in the secular world? Could it be that our Yunmeng Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, and we actually don't produce tea?"
Ma Shanhao said with a smile: "Yunmeng Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, it is a world isolated from the world, which is quite different from the secular world. What we have in the secular world may not have it here, and what we have here may not have in the secular world. For example, the Thunderbolt Beast, the Red Mulberry Tree, and all kinds of strange beasts, just like the Patriarch's Dream Spirit Beast, the Red Tiger......"
Zhuang Zhou suddenly remembered that although he was a native of the Dream Hunter Clan, he was actually very unfamiliar with the Dream Hunter Clan and Yunmeng Mountain. The memory before Liu Canglong constructed the dream of secular life for himself was basically blank, and after returning to Yunmeng Mountain, although he listened to Liu Canglong's brief introduction, it was probably just the tip of the iceberg. He concentrated on cultivation again, and he had no time to take care of Yunmeng Mountain, and he soon strayed into Bicui Valley, and it was two years in a flash......
Thinking of this, Zhuang Zhou was secretly ashamed. Now he is the dream hunting patriarch, but he is so ignorant of the things in the clan!
Zhuang Zhou asked, "Uncle Ma, I still have a lot of questions to ask you, I don't know ......."
Ma Shanhao smiled and said: "Don't worry! When you were resting, I also slept in the next room for an afternoon!" Zhuang Zhou said happily: "That's great! I'm ashamed to say that everyone pushes me as the patriarch, in fact, I don't know anything about the affairs of the clan, I want to take this opportunity to understand!" Ma Shanhao said: "It's so good! You have this ambition, I'm very pleased!"
Zhuang Zhou was excited for a while, thinking that although Ma Shanhao had gone down the mountain many years ago, he was an old man of the Dream Hunter Clan after all, not to mention that he was not really isolated from the affairs of Yunmeng Mountain, and he must know everything about the past and present life of the Dream Hunter Clan......
On Yunmeng Mountain, apart from Wen Tian and Liu Canglong, who else has been to the secular world?
After thinking for a while, a name flashed in Zhuang Zhou's mind. He laughed and said, "Why did you forget him!" stood up, called Xiaochen in, and said, "Go and see Senior Brother Yin, see if he sleeps, if not, call him here!"
Zhuang Zhou was excited, he felt that the unknown of the Dream Hunter Clan and the secular world was like two gorgeous paintings, about to unfold in front of him. (To be continued......)