Gong Dingren played his wishful thinking.

He volunteered to find Zhuang Zhou, it was so reasonable, others naturally thought that he wanted to atone for his failure to protect the patriarch, and he had no doubt about his loyalty, as for who he chose to go with, who would pay attention?

Gong Dingren picked the group of disciples who had defected in battle, and naturally he had his deep meaning!

The greatest possibility of going to find Zhuang Zhou is, of course, to find the body of the patriarch, which is also the result that Gong Dingren wants the most. However, what if Zhuang Zhou's life was really as Ma Tianhu said, and he didn't fall to his death? In a very short period of time, Gong Dingren had already made a decision: Zhuang Zhou must not be allowed to come back alive! He was sure that Zhuang Zhou would definitely die, and even if he did not die, he would inevitably be seriously injured, and at that time, he would unceremoniously make up for Zhuang Zhou's body and destroy his body!

And to do all this, of course Gong Dingren has to rely on this group of people who are already dissatisfied with Zhuang Zhou!

Gong Dingren led a group of people down the mountain and disappeared into the night.

The entire Yunmeng Mountain fell into anxious waiting, and all the disciples couldn't sleep at night. The main hall of Yunmeng Pavilion is brightly lit, and the walls around it are hung with portraits of the patriarchs of the past dynasties, some of them are fairy wind bones, some are simple and pure, some have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and some are delicate and delicate...... These old patriarchs, looking at Ma Shanhao who was anxiously wandering under the candlelight, seemed to have countless things to say.

Ma Shanhao walked back and forth in the main hall, waiting for the news brought by Gong Dingren, but he was afraid of Gong Dingren's news! He seemed to have a premonition that another new storm was coming in Yunmeng Mountain!

In the torment of this contradiction, the sky gradually brightened, and the autumn sun sprinkled weakly on a corner of the Yunmeng Pavilion hall, and also fell on Ma Shanhao's pale and anxious face.

Gong Dingren hadn't come back yet, Ma Shanhao couldn't sit still anymore, and stepped out of the palace gate. When I raised my eyes, I saw that the square was already crowded with disciples, and everyone was extremely anxious, as soon as they saw Ma Shanhao come out, they all rushed up and asked, "Uncle Ma, why hasn't Senior Brother Gong come back yet?" "Master Ma, patriarch, shouldn't he really be fine?"

Ma Shanhao knew that he must not mess up at this moment, he calmed down and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to worry. The patriarch's martial arts are world-famous, and the auspicious people are in heaven, and there must be nothing wrong, maybe they are rushing back with Dingren at this moment......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone behind the crowd say loudly: "Senior Brother Gong is back!" "Look." Uncle Gong, they're back!" The crowd hula went back, and Ma Shanhao also quickly separated the crowd. Walked over.

I saw Gong Dingren and more than 30 other people surrounded by everyone with haggard faces. Even his lips were blue and black, and everyone's eyes were bloodshot, apparently exhausted physically and mentally after a night of searching.

No need to ask, everyone knows the result. However, everyone still couldn't help but ask.

Ma Shanhao's tense nerves suddenly relaxed. What he was most afraid of was that Gong Dingren brought back Zhuang Zhou's corpse. Now seeing Gong Dingren's empty hands, he was a little happy, as if everything in front of him confirmed what he said yesterday: Zhuang Zhou's life is great, maybe he really didn't fall to his death! Twenty years ago, his father could have escaped. Twenty years later, he can too! Yunmeng Mountain is thousands of miles in circumference, except for the main peak, almost every mountain is a cliff, stretching for hundreds of miles, clouds and mist, after Zhuang Zhou fell, he may be seriously injured, and heal in a hidden corner at the foot of the mountain, or he is fine, but he is just lost between the mountains and forests......

Ma Shanhao also felt that these thoughts were a bit too self-deceptive, but at the moment, he would rather believe that a miracle happened!

Now, Gong Dingren returned empty-handed, which makes him even more convinced: miracles can really happen!

However, Ma Shanhao still asked nervously: "Dingren, how is it?"

Gong Dingren shook his head and said, "No, I didn't see anything......

No one knew how frightened and shocked Gong Dingren's heart was at this time. After a night of searching, he didn't even see Zhuang Zhou's shadow, could it really be as Ma Tianhu said, Zhuang Zhou's martial arts were so powerful that he couldn't even help him in the abyss? No, this was absolutely impossible! Gong Dingren didn't believe it. However, they circled the foot of the mountain several times, and every bush and rock turned upside down, but they found nothing!

Ma Shanhao took a long breath and said to everyone: "I said a long time ago, the patriarch's martial arts are world-famous, auspicious people, and the patriarch is not seen under the mountain, which means that the patriarch has turned the danger into a disaster, maybe he is walking on the way back to the mountain at this moment!"

He really didn't have any confidence in what he said, and even he didn't believe it. When the disciples heard this, although they were silent, they already had pessimistic thoughts in their hearts, and some people even began to think: As soon as the patriarch dies, who will respect this Yunmeng Mountain in the future?

Ma Shanhao saw that several disciples who were following behind Gong Dingren were covered in blood, their clothes were torn apart, and they were very embarrassed, and asked: "Dingren, are you in any danger?" Gong Dingren said: "It's not a danger, but when I came back, I met a group of wild wolves at the foot of the mountain, the body size is much larger than ordinary wolves, and it is extremely fierce, we fought with them, and several brothers were injured, but fortunately, it was fine, and all the dozens of wild wolves were killed......

Wild wolf? Ma Shanhao was shocked in his heart, and an ominous feeling suddenly enveloped his heart again. He knew that there were packs of wild wolves in the area of Yunmeng Mountain, often harassing the villages under the mountain, and sometimes attacking the disciples who came down the mountain, these wild wolves were ferocious by nature, and the combat power of a single wolf was certainly not as good as that of a thunderbolt beast or a red tiger, but they were all in groups, sometimes even hundreds or thousands, swarming up, which was extremely terrifying. Successive generations of patriarchs have organized large-scale wolf hunting operations, and the number of wolves has become smaller and smaller, which is rare to see once in the past few years, but it has never been completely eradicated.

The jade-faced wolf, Li Chaowen's dream spirit beast, was condensed into a dream after taming a wild wolf in reality.

You must know that wild wolves are ferocious, and after defeating the enemy, they often devour the corpses of the enemies, leaving no bones behind...... There are wild wolves in that area, could it be that Zhuang Zhou's body has been ......

Ma Shanhao's face changed, and he almost couldn't stand!

Although Gong Dingren's voice was small, the disciples around him could hear it clearly, and they couldn't help but whisper, and this discussion quickly expanded, and soon spread among hundreds of people, everyone knew what the appearance of the wild wolf meant!

Looking at Ma Shanhao's pale face and hearing the whispered discussions around him, Gong Dingren lowered his head and showed a smile that was not easy to detect......

Ma Tianhu behind Ma Shanhao hurriedly shouted: "Don't guess nonsense, little wolf, how can you be the patriarch He? From today onwards, we will send a group of people down the mountain every day to search for the patriarch until we find the patriarch!"

Ma Shanhao also immediately came to his senses, raised his head and said: "Hu'er is right! Before I find the patriarch, I, Ma Shanhao, am not afraid of relying on the old and selling the old, and temporarily give orders on behalf of the patriarch, and please do your duty for the sake of my old bones, starting tomorrow, we will take a team of 100 people, and each team will have a team leader, and take turns to go down the mountain to search every day." The rest of the people continue to cultivate as usual, and the matter of the patriarch's temporary failure to return must be kept absolutely confidential, especially not to let the Feimeng Mountain know...... If anyone talks nonsense, don't blame me for Ma Shanhao's ruthlessness!"

On this Yunmeng Mountain, even if Ma Shanhao has the highest seniority, he stood up at this time and wanted to take on the affairs of the patriarch after his disappearance, which was justified, and all the disciples had no objections.

Only a shadow passed in Gong Dingren's heart, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The next day, the first group of 100 people set out for the mountain and did not return until late in the evening, but they found nothing.

Then the next day, the third day......

Seven days have passed in the blink of an eye, and almost all the disciples on Yunmeng Mountain have been rotated, and after everyone came back exhausted, of course, the result was still nothing. The anxiety of the Ma family father and son is increasing day by day, and during these seven days, some subtle changes have taken place in the mountain.

First of all, of course, there is a change in the psychology of more than 800 people. Everyone was shocked and sad when they first heard that the patriarch fell off the cliff, and then Gong Dingren's search was fruitless, and a hope rose under the encouragement of the Ma family's father and son, but as the search made no progress, everyone began to be disappointed, panicked, and even panicked. The father and son of the Ma family naturally noticed all this, but even they themselves began to lose confidence, and the last belief melted away little by little, how could their pale rhetoric stabilize people's hearts and control the overall situation?

Seeing that more than 800 people in Yunmeng Mountain were finally condensed by Zhuang Zhou, the hearts of the people were about to collapse like a mountain peak.

However, what is more serious is that some people began to doubt the legitimacy of the Ma family's father and son in presiding over the overall situation. Rumors began to spread, and some people said that Ma Shanhao was not qualified to exercise the rights of the patriarch at all, because although he was an elder, he was an accomplice who framed Zhuang Zhou's father, Zhuang Tianyang, more than twenty years ago, and he was the culprit who colluded with foreign enemies to attack Yunmeng Mountain a few months ago. Some people also say that Ma Shanhao relies on the old and sells the old, and his dream hunting cultivation is actually not high, and his son Ma Tianhu is already equivalent to a wasted person, how can he lead Yunmengshan? Some people even say that maybe the patriarch is missing, and the happiest are the Ma family father and son, who just took the opportunity to seize power and establish the Ma family in Yunmengshan......

Finally, everyone is thinking about one question: the disappearance of the patriarch has become a fact, who will succeed him as the new patriarch?

On the eighth day of the search, Gong Dingren led the team, and after more than 100 people set off in a mighty way, they rushed back to Yunmeng Mountain at dusk.

After Ma Shanhao listened to Gong Dingren's still fruitless report in the Yunmeng Pavilion Hall, he fell into a desperate contemplation.

At this time, a disciple standing behind Gong Dingren suddenly stepped forward and said to Ma Shanhao: "Master Ma, we have been looking for eight whole days, but we still haven't found anything...... There are some things that my nephews and grandchildren would not dare to talk about, but ......"

Ma Shanhao's eyelids jumped, and when he looked up, he saw that it was a disciple of Gong Dingren, named Jia Youdao, he still had some impression of this Jia Youdao, knowing that this person was sleek and could speak well with one mouth, and he usually looked down on him. Seeing him talking and spitting today, it looked like a trick to capture the old man, and he left a note in his heart and said: "There is a way, there is something to say directly! The patriarch is not here, and at this time of danger, as long as it is for the overall situation of Yunmeng Mountain, those taboos will be avoided, and if you have something to say!" (To be continued......)