Chapter 136: Villain

Zhuang Zhou frowned, thinking, who came up the mountain so early as dawn?

Just as he was about to ask, he saw a person flash out behind Xiaochen, and said to him with a smile: "Li Qiaosheng meets the patriarch!"

Zhuang Zhou saw that it was Li Qiaosheng who had "the merit of supporting the establishment". At this moment, Li Qiaosheng was dressed in a new dress, with a smile on his face, and without waiting for Zhuang Zhou to speak, he said: "The patriarch is newly appointed, and Qiaosheng has no congratulatory gifts. I think that the patriarch has always announced to the people of the world when he takes office, and I remember that my predecessor Liu Canglong also held a grand ceremony...... Although Patriarch Zhuang is modest and low-key and does not like luxury, how can we clansmen be so ignorant. I have come up to the mountain today to ask for ...... on behalf of all the village chiefs."

Before Li Qiaosheng finished speaking, Zhou Long took a step forward and scolded: "Li Qiaosheng, you are so bold! Have you forgotten all the clan rules? Without the patriarch's order, except for paying taxes and reporting on your work every year, you are not allowed to go up the mountain without permission! You actually ......" Li Qiaosheng glanced at his eyes and said: "I naturally know the clan rules, but you as cultivators on the mountain actually ignore such a major event as the patriarch taking office, and only we mortals can arrange it!"

Zhou Long was furious, he had never had a village chief under the mountain dare to speak to a cultivator like this in his more than ten years in Yunmeng Mountain, let alone openly point fingers at the affairs on the mountain! You must know that in Yunmeng Mountain, for thousands of years, the cultivators on the mountain have been superior to others, and even those disciples who have been reduced to servants cannot be easily offended under the mountain.

Zhuang Zhou is also extremely disgusted with this Li Qiaosheng in his heart, this person is arrogant and cunning, and more importantly, he can't measure himself, he actually thinks that he can say a few words on Yunmeng Mountain with his previous support, isn't it a joke! A villain like him, as long as his interests are there, may immediately turn his face and rebel, just like he took the lead in opposing Liu Canglong before...... Zhuang Zhou couldn't wait to step forward and grab his hair. With a flick of his hand, he threw him off the cliff of Yunmeng Mountain, and threw him without a single bone. However, as the new patriarch, everything has not yet stabilized, and at this moment, he is determined not to act rashly.

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Zhuang Zhou's eyes.

Yin Ji saw that Zhou Long was angry, and he was almost about to pounce on him and tear Li Qiaosheng apart, and saw that although Zhuang Zhou's face had not changed, his eyes flashed coldly, and he knew that this village chief who didn't know how high or low had left evil thoughts in Zhuang Zhou's heart. He was naturally extremely disgusted with Li Qiaosheng, so it was better to take this opportunity to burn a fire in the patriarch's heart...... There is a plan in my heart. said: "It's hard to believe that Village Chief Li is so loyal to the patriarch, even we are ashamed! Your son wants to go up the mountain to cultivate, you don't have to be in such a hurry, the patriarch will think about it!"

Li Qiaosheng was still proud when he heard the first half of Yin Ji's sentence, but he didn't expect the second half of the sentence to say his selfish intentions about going up the mountain this time. I can't help but feel embarrassed. As is customary, a new patriarch takes office. After the ceremony, the village boys were selected to enter the mountain. His son was defeated in the selection in previous years, and he has always been haunted in his heart, which is why he hates Liu Canglong. This time, he supported it meritoriously, and the first thing he thought of was to send his son up the mountain again, estimating that the new patriarch was standing up and supporting him, so he would not refute his face...... Of course. He has even greater ambitions.

When Zhuang Zhou heard Yin Jiyi, he remembered that Liu Canglong had mentioned this incident when the village chiefs rebelled, and he sneered in his heart.

Seeing Li Qiaosheng's embarrassed face, Ma Shanhao was secretly amused. Suddenly thinking of something, he said intentionally or unintentionally: "Speaking of which, I remember that the rebellious Li Chaowen should also call Village Chief Li an uncle, isn't it?"

Li Qiaosheng was taken aback, Li Chaowen was indeed in the same village as him, and he should indeed be called uncle in terms of seniority, but there was actually no relationship between him and Li Chaowen. However, at this moment, Ma Shanhao deliberately mentioned it, listening to the ears of the patriarch, who can guarantee that the patriarch has no other ideas? This seemingly insipid sentence is actually like a sharp sword hanging above his head, as long as the patriarch ponders it a little, he will cut it down, leaving him dead without a place to be buried!

Li Qiaosheng hurriedly defended: "Patriarch, although the rebellious Li Qiaosheng said that he was in the same village as me, he actually had nothing to do with it, not to mention that after his parents died in a fire more than 20 years ago, he never returned to the village......

Zhuang Zhou waved his hand and said: "Village Chief Li doesn't have to explain, I believe that Li Chaowen has nothing to do with the village chief, don't worry! As for the ceremony, it's not for you to ask, and I don't blame you, you can go down the mountain, I will naturally send someone to inform you of anything!"

Zhuang Zhou and a few people left, leaving only the frightened Li Qiaosheng standing on the spot, his face pale. Xiaochen complained: "I said you don't trespass in without permission, you don't listen, you see, fortunately, our new patriarch is magnanimous, if it is replaced by the previous ...... Hmph!" he ran back to the patriarch's room.

Xiaochen's words were like a thunderclap rolling in Li Qiaosheng's ears, making his heart tremble. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned to go down the mountain.

After a while, he suddenly saw Gong Dingren coming out of the Yunmeng Pavilion canteen, hurriedly walked to the patriarch's room, and when he saw Li Qiaosheng, he didn't answer and walked with his head down. Li Qiaosheng shouted: "Gong Mengxian, are you going to find the patriarch?"

The villagers under the mountain call the dream hunter cultivator "Dream Immortal", which is also customary.

Gong Dingren stopped, it was also a little strange for a village chief to appear alone in Yunmeng Pavilion so early, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he told him his purpose, and asked, "How do you know?"

Li Qiaosheng was a little proud, and said, "I just met the patriarch!" Gong Dingren let out an "oh" and asked, "Where did the patriarch go?" Li Qiaosheng pretended to be surprised and said: "Gong Mengxian doesn't know where the patriarch went?"

Li Qiaosheng said: "The patriarch is with Yin Mengxian, Zhou Mengxian, and that Ma Mengxian, it seems that he is going to do something...... This, even you don't know?" While observing Gong Dingren's face, he saw that Gong Dingren was a little lonely, and said to himself: "Senior Brother Yin took people out in the middle of the night last night, and I don't know what to do, why did I leave early in the morning......"

Li Qiaosheng remembered Gong Dingren's face in his heart, turned to leave, and said, "The patriarch is doing a big thing, why don't you even bring it...... Tsk......"

Gong Dingren's face turned cold.

Besides, Zhuang Zhou and the others abandoned Li Qiaosheng and walked straight to a wing room in the backyard of Yunmeng Pavilion. It was there that Ma Tianhu recuperated.

It turned out that Zhuang Zhou had always remembered Ma Tianhu in his heart, and he wanted to come to see him before going down the mountain to inspect.

Pushing the door in, I saw that the two servants who were taking care of Ma Tianhu were boiling medicine in front of a stove, and the smell of fireworks and medicine were mixed together. And Ma Tianhu was lying on his side with his back to the door, and when he saw Zhuang Zhou coming in, one of the servants was about to come forward and wake him up. Zhuang Zhou waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary.

When Ma Shanhao saw his son, his eyes were red. Zhuang Zhou asked, "What kind of medicine did you boil for Senior Brother Ma?" Yin Ji replied: "I arranged for them to boil some herbs for Senior Brother Ma, first restore Senior Brother Ma's qi and blood, and as for the recovery of Jingyuan, ......

Zhuang Zhou frowned and asked, "Is Senior Brother Ma seriously injured this time?" He remembered that although Ma Tianhu's body was weak after he came out of the dream array, his mind seemed to be very clear, and he thought that he would recover after a few days of rest.

Ma Shanhao's tone was choked and said: "This time, the Heavenly Tiger was caught by Liu Canglong into the sea of thoughts, which can be described as nine deaths. The essence was extremely damaged, and most of the vitality in his consciousness was destroyed, and it was difficult to recover ......"

Zhuang Zhou remembered that Liu Canglong once said that the longer a person is lost in a dream, the more serious the damage to consciousness becomes, and the more layers of dreams trapped in the dream, the more the essence will be lost, like Ma Tianhu was forcibly brought into the sea of ideas, and in the third layer of dreams, if he is not rescued in time, I am afraid that he will end up with a walking dead!

Zhuang Zhou was sad in his heart and asked, "Is there any special method, such as elixir or exercises, to allow Senior Brother Ma to recover in a short time?"

Ma Shanhao shook his head and said, "Not to mention recovery, it is still very troublesome to remove the dream poison that remains in his mind......"

Seeing that Zhuang Zhou was a little unclear about the word dream poison, Yin Ji added on the side: "People who are trapped in dreams or forcibly refined and locked in their minds by others, even if they are lucky enough to come out, there are still a large number of dream information and thought fragments remaining in his consciousness, and these information or fragments are incompatible with the trapped person's own thoughts, and in the position of a strong person, they will continue to devour the trapped person's thoughts and essence...... If you don't clean it up in time, after a long time, you may even transform into a dream poison beast similar to a dream demon, and then it will be terrible!"

Ma Shanhao's face became more and more ugly, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Zhuang Zhou was also secretly frightened, his dream hunting skills may have surpassed Yin Ji, but his knowledge of dreams was much poorer, it seemed that he still had a lot of way to go on the road of dream hunting and cultivation, and after finishing the affairs of Yunmeng Mountain, it was time to focus on his own cultivation!

Zhuang Zhou asked, "Like Senior Brother Ma, there is always a way to treat it, right?"

Yin Ji said: "The treatment of Senior Brother Ma should be divided into two steps, the first is to enter his dream first, clean up the dream poison in his mind, and the second is to use the Gu Nian Pill to restore and consolidate his mind. As for cultivation, his mind shield must have been shattered, and the situation of the dream spirit beast is not much better, everything has to be started all over again......"

Zhuang Zhou didn't expect that after Liu Canglong's deal, he would basically destroy Ma Tianhu's dream hunting cultivation! After hearing about Yin Ji's treatment method, he immediately said: "Then let's go and clean up his dream poison right now, as for the Gu Nian Pill, although it is rare, there is always a way!"

Ma Shanhao shook his head and said: "At this moment, I can't clean up the dream poison immediately, because Hu'er's mind has been shattered and extremely fragile, I'm afraid even the dream realm is incomplete...... So, I can only wait, wait for his qi and blood essence to be a little stronger......"

He was very moved by Zhuang Zhou's eagerness, and knew that the first step of this treatment was not too difficult. The difficulty is the second step: Where did the Gu Nian Pill come from? Since the vein in Yunmeng Mountain that was used to refine the Gu Nian Pill material was "given" to Feimeng Mountain by Liu Canglong, Yun Mengshan has not refined a single Gu Nian Pill for more than 20 years...... (To be continued......)